The WORST episodes of FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman

Every episode of FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman!

FETCH! is a reality-based game show where young contestants take on various challenges to gain points.

Last Updated: 3/31/2025Network: PBSStatus: Ended

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#1 - When Home Is A House of Cards

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2008

Sam & Sammy go to the MSPCA and make a promotional video. Jay & Noel are taught by a famous card stacker how to build a tower of cards.

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#2 - Arrgh - All Me Eggs are Cracked

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/21/2008

Sam & Harsha are sent to a grocery store to compete in a grocery-bagging showdown. Jay & Sammy are sent to the ocean floor in the Florida Keys to search for a Ruffman family treasure.

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#3 - Dog of the Rings

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/20/2008

At the request of his nephew Glen, Ruff sends all the FETCHers on a Live Action Role Playing mission while dressed as Elves, Dwarves & Wizards.

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#4 - Socket to Me

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/16/2008

Noel & Harsha are given singing lessons to prepare them for a LIVE performance. Sammy & Sam are tasked with helping Ruff reduce his consumption of electricity.

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Will They Like The Show? It's A Shoe-In!

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#5 - Will They Like The Show? It's A Shoe-In!

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/15/2008

Jay & Sam learn the art of street performing. Sammy & DJ go to a sneaker company to design & build more functional footwear.

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#6 - What's Bugging Ruff

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/15/2008

Noel, Sammy and Jay are sent to Thompson Island where they learn about insects and their habitats. Harsha goes to New Mexico and learns about Pow Wows.

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#7 - The Dogvinci Code

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/14/2008

A new mystery must be solved when the FETCHers find out that Ruff's Uncle MacRuffmantosh is back.

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#8 - Do-Se-Dos and Do-Se-Don'ts

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/13/2008

DJ & Sammy learn how to square dance. Jay & Harsha learn about gorillas and all about their habitat at the zoo.

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There's Food Safety and Then There's Food Safety

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#9 - There's Food Safety and Then There's Food Safety

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/9/2008

Sam, Noel & Harsha are tasked with building a structure that can protect a tortilla chip and Grandma Ruffman's cake. Sammy goes to NYC's Spanish Harlem.

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#10 - How Not to Impress a Poodle's Mother

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/2008

DJ, Sam & Harsha go to the beach to create a sand sculpture. Jay goes to a salon and learns about hair and beauty.

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#11 - Mission Improbable

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2008

The FETCHers go to Washington D.C. to be trained as secret agents.

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#12 - Mr. Ruffman Goes to Washington

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/2008

Sam goes to a high-level meeting with Senator Ted Kennedy. DJ, Sammy & Noel are tasked with designing a float for Ruff's political campaign.

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#13 - Just Call Him Spot

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2008

Sam, DJ & Jay are taught how to fight stains by a chemistry expert. Noel goes to a fire academy to learn how fire fighting is done. In the end, Noel goes to the site of a fire to save Ruff's kibble from burning!

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#14 - Feeling Sheepish Ruff?

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/22/2008

Ruff sends two FETCHers to Utah to learn about bighorn sheep and their habitat. The other two get to learn to how to be sheepherders.

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#15 - The Debut of Smell-O-Vision

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2008

Tracking skunks and using chemistry to neutralize skunk spray is the activity of two of the FETCHers. The other two become junior lifeguards and learn to "brave the waves".

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#16 - The Grand Prizeless Grand Finale

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/28/2007

It's the grand finale and Ruff may be going to jail for stealing the FETCH Grand Prize! The kids compete in a series of elimination games to become the FETCH Grand Champion. Blossom disguises as Scruff, gets the grand prize fom Scruff's assistants and gives it to Ruff, meaning Ruff doesn't go to jail.

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#17 - CSI Ruff

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/27/2007

Ruff's grand prize has been stolen! Ruff sends the all the FETCHers to a forensics lab to solve the crime.

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#18 - Take Me Out to the Fashion Show

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/26/2007

Ruff has two things that are mistakenly at the same time- throw the first pitch at a baseball game and go to Europe for a party for his fashion cousin, Helga. So, he hires someone to dress up like him and throw the pitch while he goes to Europe. He soon realizes he accidentally put his clothes in the trash and his trash in the dry cleaning. After the party, Helga tells Ruff he can no longer go to Europe unless he can get some fashion sense, and the Ruff costume was so big the pitch was thrown badly. Ruff sends Mike out to the ballpark to learn the science of pitching strikes, and he challenges Bridget, Madi and Rosario to create high fashion for dogs. Willie and Nina stay behind.

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#19 - Scruff Ruffman at Large!

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/25/2007

Ruff discovers that his evil twin, Scruff Ruffman, has pulled off a major art heist. Ruff sends Bridget, Rosario, and Nina down into a cave to recover the missing paintings. He challenges Madi to be a trapeze artist. Willie and Mike stay behind.

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How to Get Dogs and Doggerel in Better Shape

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#20 - How to Get Dogs and Doggerel in Better Shape

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/21/2007

Ruff wants to impress Charlene, the poodle, so he sends Madi, Mike, and Willie to learn about getting fit. He sends Nina to learn the art of writing poetry. Bridget and Rosario stay behind.

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#21 - A Lobster Bake? Oh Buoy!

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/20/2007

Ruff challenges Nina and Willie to learn scuba diving to retrieve some stuff he lost. He then sends Bridget and Rosario out to learn about lobster trapping. Mike and Madi stay behind.

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#22 - Tape Loops and Loop-the-Loops

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/19/2007

Ruff challenges Mike and Madi to write a song for Grandma Ruffman; Bridget and Willie go to Disney World to design a rollercoaster. Rosario and Nina stay behind.

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Yippie Tie Yie Yay, Get Along Little Doggies

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#23 - Yippie Tie Yie Yay, Get Along Little Doggies

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/18/2007

Ruff is inspired by a dream about ranch dressing in a ten-gallon hat and sends all his FETCHers out west on a cattle drive.

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Still More Mush If by Land, Mush Mush If by Sea

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#24 - Still More Mush If by Land, Mush Mush If by Sea

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/14/2007

In the second half of this two-part episode, Madi and Rosario travel by dogsled and snowshoe to the Continental divide, while Nina and Willie warn the countryside (Boston suburbs) that the Redcoats are coming. Bridget and Mike are still in the studio. Technically there is no Half-time Quiz Show" in this episode (due to the fact that this was a "Part two" episode), but Ruff gave Bridget and Mike a task to complete for the same number of points.

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#25 - Mush If by Land, Mush Mush If by Sea

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/13/2007

In the first of this two-part episode, Willie and Nina embark on a race following Paul Revere's famous ride through the streets of Boston. Madi and Rosario go to Colorado in search of the Continental Divide. Bridget and Mike stay behind.

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