The BEST episodes of Flipper
Every episode of Flipper ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Flipper!
Ranger Porter Ricks is responsible for the animal and human life in Coral Key Park, Florida. Stories center on his 15-year-old son Sandy and 10-year-old Bud and, especially, on their pet dolphin Flipper.
#1 - Shark Hunt
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1965
A school of killer sharks attack Flipper after he saves a swimmer and leads Porter Ricks and Sandy in a hunt for the deadly fish.
#2 - Flipper and the Horse Thieves
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1965
While Bud shows off Flipper to his new friend Stevie, thieves steal Stevies valuable show horse.
#3 - Gift Dolphin
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/26/1966
While fishing in the waters off Florida, visiting Prince Kaza and a state department official run aground on a reef. Sharks appear while the pair attempt to free the boat.
#4 - Air Power
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/19/1966
Sandy and Bud place a down payment on a used air boat and plan to pay it off by operating a touring service through the everglades.
#5 - The Lobster Trap
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/12/1966
When Flipper and Bud discover some of Sandy's high school classmates setting lobster traps before the season opens, bud is faced with the problem of reporting it to his father or letting the older boys off.
#6 - Flipper's Odyssey (2)
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1966
The Ricks family sails up the coast in search of their missing friend, Flipper, only to find that the dolphin that saved a man's life, and who they hoped would be Flipper, has gone.
#7 - Flipper's Odyssey (1)
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1966
Flipper is captured by some fishermen who transport him a long way up the coast to stock a new marine exhibit.
#8 - Flipper's Odyssey (3)
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1966
While Flipper recovers from the injuries received during a battle with an alligator, Bud grieves over the loss of his pet just a few miles down the coast.
#9 - Countdown for Flipper
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1964
Flipper's days are numbered when he is accused of eating a prized fish worth a lot of money. Just as Flipper is to be cut open to retrieve the fish, Bud and Sandy discover it has been stolen by Jim and race to prove their pet's innocence in before it's too late.
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#10 - Flipper, the Detective
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/25/1965
Flipper helps Sandy and Bud search for stolen jewels when Ranger Porter Ricks is charged with robbery and hauled off to jail.
#11 - Dolphin in Pursuit (2)
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1965
In the conclusion of a two-part adventure, Flipper tows Porter Ricks to his stolen launch, where he finds that the thief has imprisoned Ulla and stolen her submarine.
#12 - Flipper's Hour of Peril
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1965
Flipper's natural curiosity gets him tangled up in a cable attached to a dangerous floating mine that could explode any minute.
#13 - Flipper and the Shark Cage
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/5/1966
A well meaning Bud skips his chores to go off in search of a way to earn some money for a birthday present for his Dad.
#14 - Flipper and the Elephant (1)
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1965
Sentinel of the sea Flipper discovers a sinking raft, manned by Bonnie McCoy, her father, an elephant and a chimpanzee.
#15 - The Misanthrope
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/1964
Sandy, Bud and Flipper decide to become detectives when reports claim that someone has been looting boats in Coral Key Park.
#17 - The Second Time Around
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1964
Po and Sandy rescue a despondent former water ski champion, now in a wheelchair, and her mother from a hurricane. Flipper gets tangled in a fishnet.
#18 - Dolphin For Sale
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1964
Dorrie steals Flipper and sells him to a carnival owner.
#19 - The Gulf Between
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1964
Bud isn't happy with the new woman in his father's life. Feeling alone in the world, Bud stays out in the ocean too late and winds up lost in an underwater cave at high tide.
#20 - The Day of the Shark
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1965
Porter Ricks, Sandy and Marine Researcher Dr Williams Tollner go to sea to investigate a school of lemon sharks which have invaded Coral Key Park.
#21 - The White Dolphin
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1965
Flipper disappears for several days and, when found by Porter Ricks, Sandy and Bud, is with another dolphin, an amazing albino the only white dolphin in Porter's memory.
#22 - Coral Fever
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1965
Ranger Ricks is knocked unconscious by an underwater explosion while tracking down a coral poacher.
#23 - The Red Hot Car
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1964
The boys find themselves in deep water when they disobey their father and dive down to investigate a car that has been dumped in the ocean.
#24 - Flipper and the Spy
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1965
Flipper and Sandy are duped into helping a spy when a secret instrument package from a rocket is lost in Coral Key Park.
#25 - Flipper and the Bounty
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1965
When Bud gets locked aboard the HMS Bounty, a replica of the infamous Captain Bligh's sailing ship, Flipper tries to get the skipper's attention before the schooner gets too far along on its world cruise.