The BEST episodes of Franklin

#1 - Franklin's Family Treasure / Franklin's Music Lessons

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1998

Franklin is given an old penniwhistle by his father and carelessly trades it away. When Granny tells him that the whistle belonged to his grandfather, they go on a wild goose chase to get it back.; Franklin and his class were entertained by Ms. Panda and her piano. This inspired Franklin and Beaver to take up piano lessons from Franklin's Granny in order to impress Ms. Panda. However, while Beaver has the patience, Franklin's enthusiasm for his piano lessons begins to wane. He didn't realize how practice can really be perfect until he noticed how well Beaver was playing the piano while he was out goofing off.

#2 - Franklin's School Play / Franklin and the Secret Club

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/25/1997

Franklin was thrilled to be the lead in the school's production of The Nutcracker. He would rehearse for his parents and spent extra time memorizing all his lines. However, on opening night, Franklin ended up with stage fright.; Porcupine creates a Secret Club to be more popular than Franklin, who is trying to understand why some of his friends may not want him to join her club. When she finally allows Franklin to join, but he had to choose between a friend or the club, it's Porcupine who learns the real true meaning of friendship.

#3 - Franklin and the Baby / Franklin Goes to Day Camp

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/1998

Bear becomes a big brother to Beatrice, which at first distresses him until he gets the chance to look after her.; At day camp, Bear spending more time with Possum makes Franklin feel left out, until Bear consoles him.

#4 - Franklin Has a Sleepover / Franklin's Halloween

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/1997

Franklin has Bear over. However, towards the end of the night, Bear was feeling homesick. Franklin helped Bear to overcome his fear and had a wonderful night.; It is Halloween and everyone can't wait for the Halloween party. Franklin and friends go out for a spooky night of trick-or-treating. When strange noises and ghosts appear, Franklin thought it was Bear until he heard from Mr. Mole that he was home sick with a nasty cold.

#5 - Franklin Rides a Bike / Franklin Is Messy

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/1997

When every one of Franklin's friends seem to be discarding their bicycle training wheels overnight, Franklin decides it's time for him to take the plunge - two wheels or no wheels! Thinking it easier than it turns out to be, Franklin's first fall has him convinced that he'll never be able to do it. Franklin has the messiest room going. He also has the best toy sword going. However, taking pains to avoid tidying up, it's not until Franklin accidentally steps on his prized sword hidden beneath all the junk does he realize the merits of "a place for everything".

#6 - Franklin Goes to School / Franklin Is Lost

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1997

In `Franklin Goes to School', Franklin is excited about his first day at school, and in `Franklin Is Lost', Franklin loses his bearing during a game of hide-and-seek.

#7 - Franklin's Christmas Gift / Franklin's Granny

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/1998

Franklin has to decide which of his gifts he needs to give to the toy drive for Christmas.; Franklin visits his Granny for the day and learns how much those visits mean to Granny and there's much more to her than he knows; eventually, he discovers that grannies can be also be friends too.

#8 - Franklin's Gift / Franklin Growing Up Fast

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1998

Seeing his friend's Mother's Day gifts that have a use makes Franklin think his isn't special enough, until his mother sees it for herself.; Franklin feels he has grown up overnight. Bear makes him have second thoughts about growing up, but Franklin's parents tell him it doesn't happen that quickly.

#9 - Franklin Delivers / Franklin's Shell Trouble

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/22/2000

#10 - Franklin and the Copycat / Big Brother Franklin

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/31/2000

#11 - Franklin Plays the Game / Franklin Wants a Pet

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/3/1997

In `Franklin Plays the Game', Franklin is determined to be the best player on his soccer team. In `Franklin Wants a Pet', he sets out to prove that he can take good care of a pet if they buy him one.

#12 - Franklin and the Tooth Fairy / Franklin Takes the Blame

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/1998

Franklin wants a present from the tooth fairy, but he feels left out because he doesn't have teeth like his friends.; Franklin does jobs for Mr. Mole while he's on vacation, but neglects his garden. However, Franklin and Mr. Mole fix it.

#13 - Franklin and the Red Scooter / Franklin in the Dark

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/1998

Franklin sees Rabbit's new red scooter and tried to convince his parents to buy him one. But he just got a new bike. Franklin tries to earn some money but with no success. He then had an idea which Rabbit agreed to.; Franklin tells his parents he is afraid of small, dark places, which includes his own shell. His mom tells him a story of a little turtle who was also afraid of the dark and how others are also afraid of other things.

#14 - Franklin Fibs / Franklin's Blanket

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/27/1997

Franklin's friends can do special things. Franklin can't seem to think of anything he could that his friends couldn't so he made up that he could eat seventy-six flies in the blink of an eye, but didn't realize fibbing could also get him into trouble.; Franklin can't find his favorite blanket before going to stay at his aunt's home.

#15 - Hurry Up, Franklin / Franklin's Bad Day

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/1997

In `Hurry up Franklin', Franklin tries to be punctual for Bear's birthday party. In Franklin's Bad Day', Franklin feels miserable after his friend moves away.

#16 - Franklin Is Bossy / Franklin's Fort

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/8/1997

Franklin's bossy attitude doesn't bode well with his friends. Knowing that he can tend to be too bossy when playing with his friends, they decided to stop playing with Franklin because he was always bossing them around so they didn't want to play with him anymore. He soon realizes that being bossy and alone is no fun so he learns how to play fairly.; Franklin is faced with the fear of going up in his friends' new tree fort.

#17 - Finders Keepers for Franklin / Franklin's New Friend

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/15/1997

When Franklin and Beaver play baseball, Franklin finds a camera, Beaver, Bear and his friends insist that he should keep the camera. But when he loses his stuffed dog Sam, he learns that finders keepers isn't a good idea at all.; A new friend, Moose, comes to school, but because he's different, Franklin doesn't know if he can be friends with him.

#18 - Franklin the Spy / Franklin's Library Book

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1998

Franklin's and Bear's serious spy business ruins Badger and Beaver's puppet show, but the two make it up to them.; Franklin's parents think he's become so responsible that they think it's time he check out books for himself. But he accidentally leaves his library book out in the rain and tries to fix the problem without his parents knowing what happened. Franklin gives the library one of his books in exchange for ruining one of theirs, but that doesn't stop him from getting an overdue notice when he doesn't return the one he checked out. Once he tells his parents what really happened, he learns what true responsibility is.

#19 - Franklin Takes a Trip / Franklin's Bicycle Helmet

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1998

Franklin is initially disappointed when his parents take him on a trip to a pioneer village instead of to an amusement park. As it happens, he enjoys all the different chores, while his parents are exhausted, but are content that Franklin likes it after all.; Franklin cannot wait to show off his flashy new bicycle helmet. When problems arise, Franklin hides his bike and helmet thinking he'll be laughed at, but he is told that he needs to wear it if he wants to pass the safety course.

#20 - Franklin's Birthday Party / Franklin's Nickname

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1998

Franklin is excited because his birthday is approaching closer and he wants to have a party so all his friends can celebrate the big day with him; on the other hand, he thinks it won't be much fun to hold his birthday party at home, but his parents help make the party extra special. However, Franklin gets carried away with his party plans and offers to let Goose, Beaver, Badger, Rabbit, Snail, and all the rest join Franklin's parents in creating a spectacular celebration that Franklin will never forget.; All of Franklin's friends love the nickname that Franklin thought up for Bear, except for Bear himself. The nickname game soon turns up into a bad name game.

#21 - Franklin Migrates / Franklin the Photographer

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/20/2004

#22 - Franklin's Visitor / Franklin's Not-So-Broken Bone

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1998

Franklin finds a fish friend for Goldie, and Mr. Mole's grandson visits Franklin as well. However, the new fish and Mr. Mole's grandson become a little mischievous and don't share Franklin and Goldie's interests to play.; After learning that Skunk is receiving a lot of attention due to her broken arm, Franklin lets Bear put a papier-mâché cast on his arm, so he can get the same, but it proves to be a hindrance.

#23 - Franklin and the Broken Globe / Franklin's Valentines

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1998

Franklin and Bear break the classroom globe, but their friend Goose conveniently accepts the blame. The resulting unhappiness that Goose begins to trouble Franklin and Bear. It becomes clear that the only way to restore their friend's self-confidence is to admit what really happened to the globe.; During the classroom Valentine's Day party, Franklin makes the distressing discovery that his handmade cards were lost en-route to school. Franklin is moved by how understanding his classmates are and decides he'll celebrate their friendships in a special way.

#24 - Franklin and His Night Friend / Franklin and the Two Henrys

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/1999

In 'Franklin and the Copycat', Franklin is offended when Rabbit copies his drawing style, and in `Big Brother Franklin', Franklin finds that Squirrel is better than him at many things.

#25 - Franklin's Kite / Franklin and the Babysitter

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1998

Franklin damages his kite and lets Fox take it. Franklin and Bear learn from Fox's father how to reuse junk into something useful.; Franklin avoids his substitute babysitter Mrs. Muskrat. They come to like each other after getting out of a locked closet.