The BEST episodes of Martha Speaks season 2
Every episode of Martha Speaks season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Martha Speaks season 2!
Martha Speaks is an animated children's television series based on the 1992 children's book of the same name by Susan Meddaugh, about a talking dog named Martha (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain), who is owned by ten-year-old Helen Lorraine (known in the books as Helen Finney). When Helen feeds Martha some alphabet soup, the soup travels to her brain instead of her stomach, resulting in her ability to speak. The show focuses on synonyms and vocabulary, with each episode featuring an underlying theme illustrated with key words. The show takes place in the fictional town of Wagstaff City, a parody of Flagstaff, Arizona.
#1 - Get Along, Little Dogies!
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/18/2009
Martha is excited to go on a cattle drive. Cookie the cowhand isn't so sure that Martha is fit for the trip and he might be right. Can Martha show Cookie that she has what it takes to be at home on the range? Vocabulary (E) vacation, stampede, lodging, sightseeing, cattle drive, scenery (I) wagon, cowboy, camp, outdoors, tour
#2 - The Jakey Express
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/16/2010
Stuck in a traffic jam, Helen's dad tells the story of the day Jake was born, and how Martha was able to drum up an inventive means of transportation to get mom to the hospital on time. Vocabulary (E) schedule, delivery, funicular, delay, transportation (I) flag down, lift, early, late, traffic, on time
#3 - The Penguin Always Rings Twice
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/17/2009
Someone keeps stealing the zoo's peanut supply. All clues point to Jeffy the elephant, but Martha and Skits are determined to prove his innocence. Can their crack crime-fighting team — a lemur, a bat, a penguin, a baby tiger, and Jeffy — help them outwit the thieves? Vocabulary (E) mystery, clue, culprit, hunch, motive (I) first, second, next, last, after
#4 - Martha Plays Favorites
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/11/2010
Truman is worried that his mom doesn't think he's special anymore. She's too busy taking care of the babies at her daycare. Martha knows just how he feels. She felt the same way when the family got that cute puppy Skits. Vocabulary (E) include, exclude, notice, snub, replace (I) favorite, special, touchy, cute, cuddly
#5 - Martha's Steamed!
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/12/2010
When Helen and Martha discover a dog locked in a hot car on a sweltering summer's day, they snap into action. While they try to track down the owner, it becomes almost impossible for them to keep their cool. Vocabulary (E) emergency, scorching, parched, sizzling, broiling (I) panting, sweat, heat, thirsty, page
#6 - The Martha Code
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/17/2009
After Martha accidentally eats a secret code, it's really, really hard to understand what she's saying. Now Martha's lost and she's leaving Helen coded phone messages. Can Helen break the code and find out where she is? Vocabulary (E) code, decipher, message, gibberish, arbitrary (I) break, unbreakable, crack, secret, key, figure out
#7 - Martha: Secret Agent Dog, part 2
Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/14/2010
The life of a secret agent dog turns out to be trickier than Martha expected. Undaunted, Martha uses disguises and gadgets to hound the evil soup thieves. (2nd of two parts) Vocabulary (E) trespass, self-destruct, invisible, scheme, mastermind (I) disguise, combination, crook, hideout
#8 - T.D. the Pack Rat
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/2009
T.D. has too much junk! T.D.'s mom makes him an offer: He can keep everything he has, as long as he doesn't bring anything else home. Does T.D. have the willpower? Vocabulary (E) worthless, rubbish, clutter, salvage, priceless, perspective (I) garbage, junk, collect, keep, sell
#9 - Nice and Crabby
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/13/2010
Crabby Mrs. Demson is suddenly friendly, cheerful, and fun. What could be wrong with her? Martha sets out to get to the bottom of the mystery. Vocabulary (E) complain, disposition, cruel, personality, amiable (I) grumpy, crabby, lovable, cranky, cheerful
#10 - Martha and the Doggie Lover
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/11/2010
T.D.'s little cousin C.D. really likes dogs. Really, really likes dogs. C.D. loves dogs so much he squeezes them too hard. Can Martha teach C.D. how to be gentle with dogs? Vocabulary (E) sensitive, aggressive, delicate, aggravate, out of control (I) shy, gentle, choke, careful, tame
#11 - Martha's Life in Crime, part 2
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/10/2010
Puppy Martha's new owner turns out to have unsavory plans for her. Can Martha turn the tables on the bumbling crooks and still find a family? (2nd of two parts) Vocabulary (E) reminiscing, background, aspire, sequence (I) time, past, wish, happened, when
#12 - Dogs from Space
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/2010
Inspired by T.D.'s comic about the Planet of the Dogs, Martha has a dream about what life would be like as an alien space dog. Vocabulary (E) universe, extraterrestrial, astronomy, astronaut, asteroid, invasion, humane (I) alien, world, creature
#13 - T.D. Is Talking Dog
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/2010
Inspired by an old Tarzan-style movie, T.D. decides to learn animal languages and become an animal linguist. Under Martha's tutelage, he begins his lessons. Vocabulary (E) enunciate, language, linguist, vocabulary, accent (I) tone, again, repeat, animal, phrase
#14 - The Trouble with Teddy
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/2010
Teddy, a neighborhood dog, is sick, and the vet doesn't know why. When Martha is called in to consult, even she can't diagnose the patient. Enlisting the help of the dog pack, they scour the yard for hazardous materials — when the cause of the problem could be right under their noses. Vocabulary (E) hazardous, ingest, environment, poisonous, pesticide (I) rotten, spoil, safe, dangerous, gross
#15 - Martha, Sled Dog
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/2010
Truman tells Martha the story of Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog. Now Martha wants to become a sled dog, too! Weaselgraft and Pablum overhear her desire to mush. Will Malto deliver herself right into their hands? Vocabulary (E) serum, sled, vehicle, transform, accelerate (I) glide, hitch, steer, haul, brake
#16 - Martha in the White House, part 2
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/15/2010
The president is calling! One of his aides heard about Martha's speaking ability and he needs her to report to the White House immediately. But why does the president want Martha? Is there a top-secret cat conspiracy? (2nd of two parts) Vocabulary (E) mission, function, appoint, advise, representative, cabinet (I) aide, serve, official, secretary
#17 - Martha Puts Out the Lights, part 2
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/16/2009
Helen and her friends are devastated about the fireworks ban. Martha realizes that she helped Mrs. Demson ruin their fun, but can she find a way to reverse the ban and still protect her sensitive ears? (2nd of two parts) Vocabulary (E) purpose, signature, unite, majority, prohibit (I) fireworks, summer, write, support
#18 - Martha's No Dummy
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2009
Granny Flo is hosting a variety show. Helen and Carolina team up to perform a pantomime, Alice practices her tap routine, and Truman perfects his water glass symphony, but T.D. and Martha struggle to come up with an act. Will they ever find their voice? Vocabulary (E) pantomime, routine, rehearse, ventriloquist, entertain (I) host, show, old-fashioned, star, act
#19 - Martha: Secret Agent Dog, part 1
Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 5/14/2010
Martha is on a super secret mission to find out who's trying to steal the formula for Granny's soup. Can Martha stop the crooks before they put Granny Flo — and Martha's speaking voice — out of commission? (1st of two parts) Vocabulary (E) secret agent, service, formula, surveillance, defeat (I) safe, steal, spy, chief, warn
#20 - Martha and the One Thousand Fleas
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/13/2010
Helen is shocked to find that someone has eaten the cookies she was supposed to sell for the school fundraiser. Feeling stuffed and guilty, Martha knows just the thing to raise the money: a dog circus! Vocabulary (E) charity, contribute, fundraiser, salesman, benefit (I) funds, grand finale, money, owe, raise
#21 - Martha's Life in Crime, part 1
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/10/2010
Martha's Life in Crime, part 1 Martha tells the story of her puppy days in the animal shelter and her excitement of finding a family. But it turns out that Helen wasn't the first person who adopted Martha. (1st of two parts) Vocabulary (E) autobiography, possible, yearn, promise, narrate, flashback (I) tell, back then, now, recall, before
#22 - Skits on Ice
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/12/2010
Skits is afraid of hockey pucks, but why? Helen tells the story of how puppy Skits chased a puck onto thin ice, and how quick thinking by Martha saved the day. Vocabulary (E) risky, thaw, solid, freeze, frozen, defrost (I) ice, cold, melt, puck, hockey, thin
#23 - Dogs in Space
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/2010
Mrs. Clusky asks the class to present projects on the solar system, but T.D. finds himself distracted by comic books. Can he save the Planet of the Dogs from evil space cats and still get his homework in on time? Vocabulary (E) planet, star, solar system, constellation, orbit (I) sun, moon, earth, space, spaceship
#24 - ¿Qué Pasa, Martha?
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/2010
Señor Craig expects everyone to present an oral report in Spanish, and Alice is a nervous wreck! With the help of Martha and some Mexican alphabet soup, she aces her presentation, but did she actually deserve her grade? Vocabulary (E) recite, memorize, bilingual, pronounce, articulate (I) speech, oral, aloud, voice, remember
#25 - Paws and Effect
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2010
When Martha gets a piece of glass in her paw, everyone realizes that littering hurts more than the environment. But what can they do about it? As Alice, Helen, and T.D. know, protecting the environment (and paws) is important, but it is easier said than done. Vocabulary (E) discard, litter, thoughtless, debris, recycle (I) careless, trash, important, broke, injured