The WORST episodes of Clifford the Big Red Dog

#1 - Basketball Stories

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/18/2002

Skyscraper Jackson has come to Birdwell Island for a big exhibition game, which Charley wouldn't miss for anything – except a bad cold. But Emily, Vaz and Jetta each write a story about the game for Charley from their different points of view. Charley gets to relive the game through his friend's stories and they have a lot of fun writing and reading them to him.

#2 - Dino Clifford

Season 1 - Episode 80 - Aired 12/5/2001

Vaz's big sister Teresa is home from college and ready to dig for dinosaur bones & fossils on Birdwell Island! Who more perfect to help her dig than Clifford and his dog friends? Everybody has great luck digging up fossils that will complete a dinosaur skeleton that Teresa is piecing together – everybody but T-Bone that is. But by believing in himself, T-Bone ultimately comes up with one of the most important bones needed to complete the job.

#3 - Home Is Where The Fun Is

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/6/2000

#4 - Led Astray

Season 2 - Episode 41 - Aired 2/19/2003

A visiting dog influences Clifford to do things that he knows aren't right. But Clifford soon learns that he can has the strength of character to stand up for himself and what he believes.

#5 - Cleo's Valentine Surprise

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/29/2002

Cleo, with some help from K.C., goes overboard preparing a special gift for Clifford and T-Bone. But when she doesn't get a big gift in return, she learns to recognize the joy in giving.

#6 - Big Hearted T-Bone

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/29/2002

T-Bone generously offers to watch Cleo's niece KiKi so Cleo can get some rest. But his honorable intentions are challenged when his female friend Mimi comes to town and T-Bone must choose between responsibility and pleasure.

#7 - A Ferry Tale

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/5/2000

After Emily grooms Clifford in preparation for Prize Pooch Magazine's "Dog of the Year" contest, he is expected to "stay clean" until the contest judge arrives. Clifford struggles to stay clean, but getting dirty gets the better of him. In the end, Clifford learns that Emily loves him – clean or dirty!

#8 - Special Delivery

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/5/2000

Clifford accidentally breaks a present he was supposed to deliver for Emily, then allows Cleo to convince him to try and hide the fact from Emily. Clifford learns that it's best to be honest, right from the start.

#9 - Dog for a Day

Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 7/6/2001

Fed up with his "responsibilities," Charley decides he would like to lead a dog's life--no chores, no school, no problems. But courtesy of a hilarious dream he learns that while being a dog is just fine, he likes being just who he is.

#10 - Clifford Grows Up

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/28/2002

The Howards do their best to make Clifford comfortable after he's grown too big for their city apartment. They finally move to Birdwell Island, because making Clifford happy is so very important to them.

#11 - Stars in Your Eyes

Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 9/26/2000

Charley gets a new telescope and offers to bring it to Emily Elizabeth's "space" theme party. When Jetta mentions that the telescope might get damaged at the party, Charley changes his mind. Thinking that his friends won't want him at the party without his telescope, he decides to stay home. In the end, Charley realizes that his friends like him for who he is rather than what he has.

#12 - The Best Party Ever

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/15/2000

Jetta ridicules Emily for not planning enough exciting activities for her "homemade" birthday party. Assuming that Jetta doesn't want to come to the party, Charley convinces Emily not to invite her. But Emily exercises compassion when she realizes that Jetta's feelings were hurt and ends up inviting her after all.

#13 - Tummy Trouble

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/8/2000

The dogs convince themselves that it's okay to keep eating treats as long as they've done something "special" to deserve them. All three learn that too much of a good thing can be bad.

#14 - A Big Help

Season 2 - Episode 39 - Aired 2/18/2003

Cleo and T-Bone notice how often Clifford is able to use his large size to help out. But when the kittens, Billy and Betty, get stuck in a tree, the little dogs learn that you don't have to be big to be helpful.

#15 - Flood of Imagination

Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 2/17/2003

It's raining and Cleo's going stir-crazy with boredom! But Clifford comes to her rescue by helping her to imagine an exciting action/adventure story.

#16 - Fishing Lessons

Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/20/2002

Charley promises to teach Emily Elizabeth how to fish, then keeps putting it off until "tomorrow." Emily Elizabeth and Jetta help him to realize that once a promise is made, it should be honored and respected.

#17 - Cleo Gets a Cone

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/2/2002

The dogs see another dog wearing a cone collar and Cleo and Mac make assumptions about the other dog's "weakness of character" (she should have been able to stop scratching!) However, a few days later, Cleo is forced to "walk a mile in her cone" when she herself can't stop scratching – and the experience teaches her compassion.

#18 - Doggie Detectives

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/25/2002

Equipment is disappearing from the local playground and it's up to K.C., inspired by the Detective Mike books he likes so much, to figure out what happened. He enlists the help of Clifford and the gang to form the "Doggy Detectives" to solve the mystery and the whole gang soon discovers the joy of discovery available in reading a good book!

#19 - Embarrassing Moments

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/30/2002

When Vaz rips his pants during a soccer game, everyone helps him feel better by telling their own tales of embarrassing moments. Jetta insists these things never happen to her, but even she ends up laughing at her own potential for embarrassing moments.

#20 - Welcome to the Doghouse

Season 1 - Episode 63 - Aired 10/10/2001

In this flashback episode we see some of the challenges the Howards faced when they arrived on Birdwell Island with a very big red dog! Where will Clifford live? How will they feed him? What will they use as his water dish? The folks of Birdwell Island work together to help the new arrivals solve their dilemmas, forging strong new friendships in the process.

#21 - Clifford on Parade

Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/4/2001

Emily and Charley are having a hard time deciding what kind of float to make for the annual Birdwell Parade. But, with a little help from Clifford, they learn the importance of compromise in making everyone happy.

#22 - Tough Enough

Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 9/26/2000

Thinking that it'll make him more appealing to Sheriff Lewis, T-bone decides to "toughen up." T-bone eventually learns that it's much nicer to be nice than to be tough -- and everyone loves him just the way he is.

#23 - Then Came Bob

Season 1 - Episode 58 - Aired 7/17/2001

Vaz babysits for Bob - a cute, but not very well-behaved little dog that Dr. Dihn recently acquired from the dog pound. This little mischief-maker is very good at getting into trouble – and causing Clifford to get the blame! Several people think Clifford has suddenly developed some very bad habits – but Emily Elizabeth never doubts her big dog for a minute. The truth about Bob finally comes out and Clifford receives apologies from all his doubters.

#24 - Promises, Promises

Season 1 - Episode 64 - Aired 10/10/2001

Jetta and Emily Elizabeth make plans to spend Saturday at the beach together, but Jetta breaks the play date when a "better offer" from an older girl comes along. However, when the older girl calls and cancels on Jetta, Jetta finally understands how Emily Elizabeth must have felt. She now realizes that being a good friend means keeping a promise.

#25 - Baby Makes Four

Season 1 - Episode 68 - Aired 10/24/2001

Jetta gets a new baby brother and at first is extremely proud to be a big sister. But when she realizes this means she will now have to share the spotlight with the baby, she goes all out to get back her position as the "center of attention." She eventually learns, however, that being a good "big sister" is far more rewarding than being the "star of the show."