The BEST episodes of Madeline season 1
Every episode of Madeline season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Madeline season 1!
Based on the children's books created by Ludwig Bemelmans, this animated series follows the adventures of little red-haired Madeline and her friends in their Paris school. Despite being the smallest girl in Miss Clavel's boarding school, Madeline manages to get herself into one predicament after another. She causes her friends and teachers no end of worry, although things always seem to work themselves out in the end.
#1 - Madeline and the Dog Show
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/1993
Even though she outperforms the competition, Genevieve is disqualified from a dog show because she is not a purebred. But after she rescues the Mayor's dog, the judges change their tune.
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#2 - Madeline and the 40 Thieves
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1993
At the Old House - and all over the neighborhood - people's hats, gloves and scarves are missing. Madeline and Pepito work with Detective Moreau to find the perpetrators, then finally discover that the "thieves" are some altruistic magpies who are distributing the warm clothes to the homeless in the park.
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#3 - Madeline and the Singing Dog
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/16/1993
After being evicted from the opera for barking along with her favorite arias, Genevieve is dog napped by an impresario who sets her up at a dinner theatre. When Madeline finally catches up with her talented canine, Genevieve, now a star is reluctant to go home because she is still embarrassed about the incident at the opera. It is up to Madeline to convince Genevieve how much she is missed at the Old House.
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#4 - Madeline in New York
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/29/1993
While on holiday in New York, the girls and Pepito attend a Yankee game, and Madeline catches the first home run ball of the season.
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#5 - Madeline and the Talking Parrot
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/25/1993
The girls find a homesick parrot who repeats the same street names over and over.
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#6 - Madeline and the Mean, Nasty, Horrible Hats
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/21/1993
The girls and Pepito visit Pepito's relatives' hacienda in Spain and encounter Pepito's cousins who are naughty and mischievous 'bad hats', the way Pepito used to be (only worse!)
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#7 - Madeline and the Old Violin
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/17/1993
Lord Cucuface becomes convinced that the girls have musical talent and schedules a Bastille Day performance.
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#8 - Madeline and the Costume Party
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/13/1993
The girls are looking forward to a big costume bash at Pepito's house. But a week before the festivities they all come down with chicken pox and are quarantined in the Old House.
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#9 - Madeline and the Missing Clown
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/9/1993
The circus has been cancelled because Monsieur Funnybones, the world's shortest clown, has lost his ability to laugh.
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#10 - Madeline at the Louvre
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/5/1993
Madeline paints a magnificent picture and accidentally leaves it at the Louvre, where it is mistaken for a masterpiece and hung next to the Mona Lisa, upstaging DaVinci's creation. Madeline tries to get the painting back, but one believes that she is the anonymous artist. In the end she finds she must use her feisty individuality to prove herself to the authorities.
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#11 - Madeline's Birthday at the Zoo
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/1/1993
It's Madeline's birthday & Pepito & his father take her to the zoo while Miss Clavel & the girls get the house ready for a surprise birthday party.
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#12 - Madeline and the Pirates
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/28/1994
Lord Cucuface takes the girls and Pepito on a yacht trip, and excludes the girls when he teaches Pepito sailing techniques.
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#13 - Madeline in Hollywood
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/24/1993
Madeline is 'discovered' by a Hollywood director and is transported to California for her motion picture debut with her idol, Sugar Dimples.
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#14 - Madeline's Winter Vacation
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/20/1993
Madeline, Pepito and the girls visit Miss Clavel's aunt and nephew in their Alpine chalet.
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#15 - Madeline at the Ballet
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/12/1993
The girls get a chance to perform with a famed ballet master who thinks Madeline is too small to succeed. Madeline's insecurity (and Pepito's teasing) keeps getting in the way of her performance until she is given a pep talk - and a pair of toe shoes - by an accomplished prima ballerina, who convinces Madeline that hard work and courage will help her excel.
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#16 - Madeline at the Cooking School
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/8/1993
Madeline, the girls, and Pepito prepare a disastrous meal for Lord Cucuface, who immediately enrolls them for cooking lessons at the famed Cordon Bleu. After various mishaps, the children finally get the hang of French cuisine, but Madeline fails to receive her diploma because she has given her creation to the hungry. In the end, Miss Clavel helps Madeline realize that the satisfaction of helping someone is more rewarding than any blue ribbon could ever be.
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#17 - Madeline and the Toy Factory
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/4/1993
When Madeline and the girls visit a toy factory, Madeline is accidentally boxed as a "doll" and sold to a handicapped girl. The ailing child considers Madeline her only friend and is devastated when Madeline reveals her true identity and has to go home. But things turn around the next day when the little girl discovers she now has twelve real live friends.
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#18 - Madeline and the Soccer Star
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/1993
Madeline's country cousin Andre comes to town. Everyone thinks he's nothing more than a bumpkin with phenomenal gardening skills until, with Madeline's encouragement, he saves the day at the big soccer match.
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#19 - Madeline and the New House
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1993
The Old House, sorely in need of repair, is condemned and the girls are forced to move to a small apartment where their snooty neighbors hate kids and dogs. But just before the wrecking ball destroys their beloved abode, Madeline enlists the aid of the ladies of the Historical Society, who help get the Old House renovated to perfection.
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#20 - Madeline and the Easter Bonnet
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1994
Just in time for Easter, Madeline updates the old hat belonging to Bon Bon, the milk horse. But then an enormous gust of wind sends the hat flying across town, into the shop of a struggling designer, who attempts to market it in time for Easter.
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