The WORST episodes of Happy Days
Every episode of Happy Days ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Happy Days!
A nostalgic comedy set in 1950s Milwaukee centered on the squeaky-clean Cunningham family and their relationship with Fonzie, a motorcycle-riding Casanova who became a pop-culture phenomenon during the show's heyday in the 1970s.
#1 - Be My Valentine
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/14/1978
Joanie daydreams about the gang singing romantic Valentine's Day songs.
#2 - Chachi Sells His Soul
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1979
Wanting to be treated more like an adult, Chachi sells his soul to the devil. In order to get him out of it, Fonzie has to go 24 hours without receiving a kiss from a girl.
#3 - Hollywood (1)
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1977
A Hollywood talent scout, needing a mechanic for his limousine, sees Fonzie at Arnold's and thinks he could be the next James Dean. The Cunninghams, Potsie, and Ralph go to Hollywood with Fonzie for his screen test.
#4 - The Hucksters
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/5/1980
After hearing from a former employee about the wonders of television advertising, Howard thinks it will help his hardware store. He hires someone to handle the advertisement who guarantees a 40 percent increase in business in exchange for complete control of the project.
#5 - The First Thanksgiving
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1978
Upset that the rest of the family is watching a football game instead of helping her prepare the Thanksgiving dinner, Marion reminds them of the meaning of the holiday with the story of the first Thanksgiving.
#6 - Spunkless Spunky
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/7/1978
Fonzie's dog, Spunky, appears depressed and distant. After a visit to the veterinarian, it is determined that Spunky's problem is mental.
#7 - Joanie's Weird Boyfriend
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/1/1977
Thinking her life is dull and that she's always treated like a little kid, Joanie wants to join the Red Devils' gang.
#8 - Richie Almost Dies
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/31/1978
Lori Beth reports that Richie isn't moving after they crash his new motorcycle.
#9 - Not with My Mother You Don't
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1981
Al tells Chachi about his dull, mundane life, so Chachi suggests that he ask his mother out. He shows up at Arnold's the next night disheveled and tells Chachi that his mother is already seeing someone. Chachi is shocked and vows to get to the bottom of it.
#10 - Graduation (1)
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/1977
The guys discover that Fonzie has been going to night school so that he can graduate with them. Marion gave them this information, and she becomes worried that Fonzie will be angry with her for telling.
#11 - Fonzie's Spots
Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/24/1984
With the recent death of a fellow Leopard Lodge member, Howard fears that he may be ousted as Grand Poohbah for not attracting any new members other than Potsie during his five-year reign. He gets Fonzie, Chachi, and Roger to join as pledges, and they have to follow the orders of Potsie during their initiation.
#12 - American Musical
Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/26/1981
Chachi struggles with an essay on the causes, hardships, and influences of immigration until Fonzie tells him several stories in a series of musical vignettes.
#13 - Fonsillectomy
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1977
Fonzie has to have his tonsils removed and will miss a big Halloween party.
#14 - The Book of Records
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/1977
To get some publicity, Al tries to have someone break a world record at Arnold's. Meanwhile, Fonzie's cousin, Angie, is in town for a visit and proves to be extremely clumsy.
#15 - Father & Son
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/4/1980
Richie goes to a Leopard Lodge convention with Howard in Chicago despite wanting to go to a Bears game with Potsie and Ralph.
#16 - Nose for News
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1977
After getting a "D" on a paper for his investigative reporting class, Richie decides to do a story about the corrupt sanitation department that is forcing Howard to pay a weekly surcharge.
#17 - The Fonz is Allergic to Girls
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/14/1978
Fonzie comes to think that he is allergic to girls.
#18 - Rules to Date By
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/23/1978
Richie and Lori Beth have a fight and break up before going on a weekend trip where the band is backing up Leather and the Suedes. Meanwhile, Howard and Marion argue about women's rights.
#19 - Casanova Cunningham
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1978
Richie makes up a story to tell Lori Beth when he's actually escorting a baton twirler to the fraternity dance.
#20 - School Dazed
Season 11 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/12/1984
Joanie brings home one of her students in an attempt to help her with her drug problem. The student promises Joanie that she'll make changes in her life, but she immediately takes several pills after everyone has gone to bed.
#21 - A Potsie is Born
Season 7 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1980
Potsie secures an audition as a singer for a local club. The potential success goes to his head, and he treats those around him as inferiors.
#22 - The Physical
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1977
Richie, Fonzie, Potsie, and Ralph receive notices from the army to report for physicals.
#23 - Graduation (2)
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1977
After passing make-up health exams and getting permission for Fonzie to participate, the guys arrange for aspects of the graduation ceremony to be sped up in order to accomodate the inclusion of Fonzie's speech.
#24 - Requiem for a Malph
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1977
Ralph is caught with the girl of the football team's star fullback, Rebel E. Lee. Instead of a fight, Fonzie arranges a boxing match between Rebel and Ralph to settle their dispute.
#25 - They're Closing Inspiration Point
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1979
Milwaukee's East Boulevard Business Association, led by Howard, wants to build an expressway off-ramp through Inspiration Point. Everyone does their best to stop the construction and save Inspiration Point.