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The Worst Episodes of Octonauts

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S1E22 The Hermit Crabs
6.829 votes
Best episode
S1E45 The Baby Dolphin
8.921 votes
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Season 1
8.2avg
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Octonauts Season 1 Episode 22 - The Hermit Crabs
    6.8/10(29 votes)

    S1:E22

    When Captain Barnacles Bear and most of the crew are unable to return to base, it's up to Peso and Tweak to remove a stuck hermit crab from its shell.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Octonauts Season 2 Episode 11 - The Long Armed Squid
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    S2:E11

    Peso and Kwazii venture down to the midnight zone to help a hurt creature, but what they find is a shipwreck 'haunted' by a spooky-looking long-armed squid.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  3. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 4 - The Walrus Chief
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    S1:E4

    When Peso's precious medical kit is taken, Barnacles and Kwazii sneak into a dangerous walrus colony to get it back, disguised as a walrus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Octonauts Season 4 Episode 6 - Octonauts and the Mantis Shrimp
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    S4:E6

    The Octonauts must get 2 mantis shrimp to stop fighting before their powerful claw strikes destroy the Octopod.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Octonauts Season 2 Episode 8 - The Porcupine Puffer
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    S2:E8

    Barnacles, Kwazii and Peso venture back inside a whale shark to retrieve a Porcupine Puffer Fish that was accidentally swallowed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  6. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 6 - The Narwhal
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    S1:E6

    While exploring the Arctic, the Octopod gets trapped in the ice. Only Barnacles's skillful navigation, and the help of a friendly Narwhal, can get them free.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Octonauts Season 2 Episode 9 - The Damselfish
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    S2:E9

    The Octonauts help a group of algae-eating fish stand up to some aggressive damselfish, who are harming their own reef by over-farming it with algae.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  8. Octonauts Season 2 Episode 12 - The Fiddler Crabs
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    S2:E12

    The Octonauts help clean up a beach after a storm, but things get complicated when the resident fiddler crabs hijack the Gup-D!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  9. Octonauts Season 2 Episode 5 - The Sea Snakes
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    S2:E5

    It's Sea Snakes on an Octopod when a poisonous sea krait lays her eggs in the garden pod, just as Captain Barnacles has to navigate the ship past a treacherous whirlpool.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  10. Octonauts Season 2 Episode 6 - The Bowhead Whales
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    S2:E6

    When the Octonauts are unable to rescue a group of Narwhals trapped behind arctic ice, they recruit a Bowhead Whale to help them break through!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  11. Octonauts Season 2 Episode 14 - The Swashbuckling Swordfish
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    S2:E14

    The octonauts discover a rare showing of a full moon as Kwazii discovers that its known as the Pirate Moon as Kwazii and The Octonauts search for a ship that belonged to the pirate king as Kwazii searches for the sword of the Pirate King until a trio of swordfish prevent Kwazii from getting closer to the wrecked ship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  12. Octonauts Season 2 Episode 7 - The Jawfish
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    S2:E7

    A mouth-brooding jawfish father has lost his eggs, and the Octonauts must brave strong currents and other obstacles to help get them back to him!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  13. Octonauts Season 3 Episode 20 - The Loggerhead Sea Turtle
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    S3:E20

    After an undersea tremor separates the Gup-X and its crew, Barnacles seeks guidance from a mysterious sea turtle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Octonauts Season 4 Episode 1 - Octonauts and the Poison Dart Frogs
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    S4:E1

    When a giant wave hurls Amazon River creatures up into the trees, the Octonauts must get them down safely, without disturbing poison dart frogs who live there.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 14 - The Whale Shark
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    S1:E14

    When Kwazii's Gup-B breaks down in a storm, not even brave Captain Barnacles can save him alone. Fortunately, a chain of reef lobsters lends a hand - and some claws.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 23 - The Hungry Pilot Fish
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    S1:E23

    The Octonauts are chased by a whitetip shark only to discover all it really needed was a pilot fish to clean its teeth, and it just so happens that they have just met a lonely pilot fish that is hungry for action.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Octonauts Season 3 Episode 5 - The Humpback Whales
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    S3:E5

    When a sardine swallows the key to a treasure chest, a humpback whale helps Kwazii track it down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Octonauts Season 3 Episode 14 - The Lion's Mane Jellyfish
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    S3:E14

    A lion's mane jellyfish gets its long and stingy tentacles tangled in the bubble engine, unintentionally flooding the Octopod and causing havoc.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Octonauts Season 2 Episode 10 - The Scared Sperm Whale
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    S2:E10

    A timid sperm whale must help the Octonauts release Peso from a giant clam.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  20. Octonauts Season 2 Episode 15 - The Triggerfish
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    S2:E15

    The Octonauts' floating temperature sensors alert them to a risk of waterspouts due to a rise in sea surface temperature so they decide to retrieve the devices for safe-keeping. But Kwazii gets into an argument with a possessive triggerfish which has adopted one of the devices as its home, and they both get carried away by a waterspout. Kwazii ends up having to defend the fish from a seabird and a swordfish that want to eat it. Luckily the characteristic grunting sounds that triggerfish make when distressed enables the other Octonauts to locate them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rich Fogel

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  21. Octonauts Season 3 Episode 7 - The Sea Pigs
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    S3:E7

    The Octonauts must stop a huge herd of sea pigs before they march blindly into the Mariana Trench - where there will be no access to food. But things get chaotic when Tunip goes missing!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Octonauts Season 4 Episode 13 - Octonauts and the Tiger Shark
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    S4:E13

    When a hungry tiger shark eats the camera that Tweak's turtle friend Sandy gets in the Octopod, she and the Octonauts must rescue her before it eats everything in its path.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 35 - The Eel Ordeal
    7.9/10(23 votes)

    S1:E35

    The Octonauts travel up a treacherous river to help a young migrating eel on her difficult journey.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Octonauts Season 3 Episode 15 - The Red Rock Crabs
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    S3:E15

    When Shellington and the crew try to gather some skittish crabs who have drifted away from home, they get help from some old friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 7 - The Monster Map
    7.9/10(22 votes)

    S1:E7

    The Octonauts follow an old map to what Kwazii believes is treasure guarded by a sea monster but, instead, they meet a playful Octopus with all kinds of surprising abilities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Hermit Crabs" is the worst rated episode of Octonauts. It scored 6.8/10 from 29 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on November 2, 2010. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Long Armed Squid".

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