The WORST episodes of Clifford's Puppy Days
Every episode of Clifford's Puppy Days ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Clifford's Puppy Days!
Set two years (1998) before the events of Clifford the Big Red Dog, the series focuses on when Clifford was a tiny red puppy, the runt of the litter in a litter of puppies given birth to by the pet dog of Emily Elizabeth's neighbor, Mr. Bradley (who appeared in an episode of the first cartoon series, "Little Clifford"), after he had been adopted by Emily Elizabeth before he grew up into a giant red adult dog, forcing the Howard family to move to Birdwell Island so Clifford would be able to live comfortably. The series shows Clifford and Emily Elizabeth's life and friends before they moved from New York City to Birdwell Island and all of their adventures to make room magic.
#1 - Fine Feathered Friend
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/16/2004
Norville has started molting. Being the handsome bird that he is, he worries that everyone will laugh at his new appearance. His friends, however, don't really care how he looks, but have to figure out a way to make him know that.
#2 - Up, Up & Oops
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 9/10/2004
After Emily Elizabeth, Nina and Shun spot some kites in the store, the storekeeper encourages them to join him for Kite-Flying Day. Shun spots a book on how to make kites and the three decide that they'll all design their own. Emily Elizabeth and Nina have big plans, but find that their kites aren't working when they don't follow the instructions in the book.
#3 - Norville's New Game
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 9/9/2004
On a bright morning day, Clifford wants to play ball games with Daffodil, while she just wants to sleep. After hearing about the prospect of a bouncy game, she joins Clifford, Norville, Jorge, Flo and Zo in the courtyard. The game comes to an abrupt end when the hopscotch lines are ruined, but Norville invents a new game. Unfortunately, his ever-changing rules and refusal to play fair threaten to spoil things for everyone.
#4 - Share and Share Alike
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 9/8/2004
Emily Elizabeth, Shun and Nina get involved in a drive to collect books for the library. As they make their rounds, they find a lot more shared with them than just books. Unfortunately, Nina can't take part after waking up with a bad cold, but Emily Elizabeth and Shun find a way to include her after appreciating the value of her careful preparations for their journey.
#5 - Sniff, Sniff
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 9/7/2004
Emily Elizabeth gets a bad cold and Clifford is determined to make her feel better. He tries a number of activities after hearing that it would be a good idea to keep her busy.
#6 - With Friends Like You
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 9/6/2004
When Clifford helps out a friend in a sticky situation, he finds that he now has an overbearing helper. At first, he enjoys the attention and treats, but then starts to find it a bit annoying. However, he's not sure how to say this without feelings getting hurt.
#7 - Perfect Pet
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 2/20/2004
Shun knows that he's good with animals and now his Mom has finally given him permission to get a pet. Clifford and his friends catch word of this and decide to try to campaign to get him to select the type of pet that they are as his new pet. Their antics disturb his quiet studying, leading him to think that maybe it would be best if he didn't get a pet at all. Meanwhile, the animals learn that if they work together, they can still help out their friend.
#8 - Practice Makes Perfect
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/19/2004
Emily Elizabeth has been helping Mr. Solomon with a presentation of one of his art books and he graciously offers to tutor in her painting. She's excited by it at first and invites Nina to join in. Nina picks up painting quickly, while Emily Elizabeth worries that her paintings aren't any good and that she should give up art.
#9 - Doggie Duds
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 2/18/2004
Nina has been learning knitting from her abuela (grandmother) and has knitted two handsome sweaters for her and Jorge to wear together for a family portrait. Jorge likes the sweater, but doesn't treat it with the care it deserves and it ends up getting a huge rip. He tries to hide what happened, but the plan fails when the situation gets even worse.
#10 - Tell Me a Tale
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/17/2004
Emily Elizabeth and Nina are bored stiff inside when a big snowstorm keeps them from having fun in the snow. Shun shows up and tries to capture their interest with a tale from Japan his Gtrandma told him. At first, Nina isn't that interested, but as the tale grows more intense, she finds herself invested in the outcome, even after the snow has stopped falling.
#11 - Fair is Fair
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 9/15/2004
Emily Elizabeth and Nina are excited to hear about their favorite author, Marjorie Maxwell, coming to the city fair to sign copies of the newest book in her Sarah Solver mystery series. (""My Blanky"" & ""Share and Share Alike"") They're also excited to volunteer to read picture books to little kids, so long as they can finish up in time for the book signing. When their relief doesn't show up on time, they're forced to come up with a creative solution to keep things going, and are rewarded for their responsibility and creativity.
#12 - Flo Motion
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/31/2003
Flo is a great athlete, but when Jorge gets everyone playing a bouncing game with a new beanbag toy of his, she finds that she's not very good at it. She's disappointed and tries playing alone by herself, but soon decides that it's not any fun playing games like freeze-tag or hide-and-seek by herself.
#13 - Shun Gets in the Game
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/24/2003
On the first day of spring, Emily Elizabeth is eager to get up, get dressed and play in the first day of Courtyard Volleyball. Shun, new to the neighborhood, doesn't know how to play, so Emily Elizabeth invites him to join in and learn. When it seems to him like he's not a very good player, he starts making excuses to try to get out of the game. Meanwhile, Clifford and his friends are also looking for fun and take part in a game created by Norville: wall-hit-ball, a wacky game that's fun to play but seemingly has no solid rules.
#14 - Just the Right Size
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/17/2003
Clifford's excited about Emily Elizabeth's ballet recital, but when Mrs. Howard can't find her car keys, it looks like they might not be going anywhere. Daffodil immediately launches a search, but when Clifford tries to help, she tells him he can't help because he's too small. Encouraged by Norville, Clifford won't give up. He keeps on trying, feeling that there is something he can do to help.
#15 - Helping Paws
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/10/2003
Clifford has lots of fun with the Sidarsky kids, but sees how tired they make Mr. and Mrs. Sidarsky, so he agrees to babysit to help them out. He thinks it'll be easy and says that he doesn't need any help from Daffodil when she offers it. Clifford, however, finds out that the Sidarsky kids are more trouble to deal with than he thought. Pretty soon, he's very tired out and ends up asking for help anyway, a move the Sidarskys find very responsible.
#16 - Clifford's Super Sleepover
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/2003
Emily Elizabeth has gone to her friend Nina's for a sleepover and Clifford seems inconsolable. At first Daffodil is annoyed with him and just wants to be in peace, but her heart soon gets the better of her and she decides to help Clifford out. Flo and Zo come over too and everyone works together to keep Clifford from being lonely so that he'll go to sleep because Emily Elizabeth will be there waiting for him in the morning.
#17 - My Toy
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/2003
When Nina brings a new squirrel toy to the dog run with Jorge, he doesn't want to share it because he hasn't even had a chance to play with it himself yet. Rather than say so, he worries that the other dogs will be upset and insist on playing with the toy, so he tries to hide it and claim that he doesn't have it all.
#18 - Hup Hup
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/15/2003
When Emily Elizabeth asks for help figuring out what's wrong with her flower garden from Jenny, a horticulturist who happens to be blind, she lets her guide dog, Bibi, play with Clifford. Clifford is happy to have a new friend, but when she later ignores him when she's busy assisting Jenny, Clifford doesn't understand why she won't play with him. All of Clifford's friends begin to think that Bibi must be some kind of snoot and Norville even goes so far as to spy on her when she goes about her daily business. Eventually, Clifford simply just asks Bibi what's going on and meanwhile, Jenny solves the problem that Emily Elizabeth was having with her flowers.
#19 - Clifford's Club House
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/24/2003
Clifford and the gang get the idea to start a club from Emily Elizabeth and her friend Nina and their first task is to find their perfect clubhouse. Norville has some great ideas, but it turns out that all of his suggested locations have problems which keep them being proper clubhouses. When a new location is suggested, Norville seems unhappy and quits the club and everyone thinks that he is just upset because the location isn't his choice. Everyone, however, soon realizes that isn't the real problem and after choosing an alternative location, everyone learns an important lesson about listening and Norville learns one about speaking up for himself.
#20 - Cat-tastrophe
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/2003
Clifford has guests - the kittens Flo and Zo. He's excited that they're staying for the entire weekend, but both Norville and Daffodil warn him that their energetic nature could lead to big problems. Once they arrived, things go exactly as feared, when they want to play constantly and even eat Clifford's food. The final straw comes when they break Clifford's squeak-toy and don't even seem to care. Can anyone get them to slow down and consider the conseqeunces of their actions before they ruin everything?
#21 - Garden Delights
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/16/2005
Clifford, Jorge, Flo and Zo watch with interest as Jenny shows Mr. Solomon how a broken willow branch can be planted to grow into a whole new toy. When Flo and Zo end up breaking one of their toys, he ends up hearing about the willow and comes up with an intriguing idea. He suggests that the toy could be planted, along with some of everyone else's broken toys and then that would repair them. They're not sure at first, but decide to give it a go. However, things get out of control and Shun and Clifford come down to stop them going crazy with the hose. When they see the broken toys, it gives them another new idea.
#22 - Sweethearts Dance
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/23/2006
Valentine's Day brings with it the school Sweethearts Dance. Emily Elizabeth is excited about attending for the first time (and dancing with her father), but soon becomes nervous. Her best friends all know fancy dances, but she doesn't know how to dance at all. She considers skipping the dance when she isn't helped much by a book she checks out from the library on dancing.
#23 - Basketball Blunders
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 2/22/2006
Emily Elizabeth and her friends play against players on Mr. Solomon's wheelchair basketball team.
#24 - The Cookie Crumbles
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/21/2006
Plans for baking Christmas cookies go awry.
#25 - What a Story
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/20/2006
Daffodil tells a story to the Sidarsky children.