The WORST episodes of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan

Every episode of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan!

A six-year-old girl named Kai-Lan, who invites friends at her home to share in the colorful interplay of Chinese and American cultures, as well as the Mandarin language, through interactive exercises and magical stories.

Last Updated: 9/20/2024Network: NickelodeonStatus: Ended
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Tolee's Rhyme Time
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#1 - Tolee's Rhyme Time

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/11/2008

The gang is going to have a music show, with Kai-Lan on a tambourine, Rintoo on a xylophone, Hoho on the turntables and Tolee on the vocals to sing a rhyming song. The gang keeps trying with their difficult parts, but Tolee struggles finding what rhymes with the words he recently states, and quickly gives up until Kai-Lan and the viewer show him not to give up and observe his surroundings for the answer.

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#2 - Hoho's Big Flight

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/9/2008

It is the night of the lantern festival, but Hoho isn't listening to Ye-Ye's instructions and instead chases leaves, sniffs apples, and sways lanterns, so he eventually loses his lantern. And what's worse is that Hoho doesn't know how to listen, either.

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#3 - Safari Pals

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/26/2008

The gang is going on a safari, but Rintoo gets jealous and envious of Stompy the Elephant because he wants to be big like him and the other friends begin playing with Stompy instead of Rintoo.

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#4 - Wait, Hoho, Wait!

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/2008

Hoho is having a hard time waiting for Rintoo's car to be finished, so he jumps in and breaks the car just before it is ready by accident. Kai-Lan needs your help to help Hoho find a way to be patient.

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#5 - The Snowiest Ride

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/25/2008

Kai-Lan and the viewer helps Kai-Lan's friend, Tolee overcome his fear of sledding by taking things little by little. First, they down a small hill, then a medium-sized hill, then finally the large hill.

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Kai-Lan's Campout
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#6 - Kai-Lan's Campout

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2008

The gang is having a campout in Kai-Lan's backyard, but when they want to play with Tolee's stuffed panda Pandy, he refuses to share him with his friends. Kai-Lan needs your help to remind him to be a nice friend and share.

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#7 - The Ant Playground

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/12/2008

Kai-Lan and her friends help build a brand new swing for the ants' unfinished playground.

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Ni Hao, Halloween
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#8 - Ni Hao, Halloween

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/28/2008

Rintoo is excited to go trick or treating, but after injuring his ankle on a rock because he was walking backwards and he did not watch where he was going, Rintoo has to stay in bed with his ankle in a cast for a day and he can't go trick or treating today until next year of Halloween. Kai-Lan and her friends refuse to go without him, and need your help to find a way for him to go trick or treating with his friends.

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#9 - Sports Day

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/6/2008

When Rintoo wins all the dinosaur games, he brags about it and it causes Tolee and Hoho to quit playing the games. It's up to the viewer to help Kai-Lan show Rintoo that he needs to learn to say something nice when you win games.

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Beach Day
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#10 - Beach Day

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/11/2008

When a wave knocks over Tolee's sandcastle three times by accident, Tolee becomes angry and stomps on his friends' whole sandcastles. Kai-Lan needs your help to get Tolee to calm down so they can finish the sandcastle.

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Roller Rintoo
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#11 - Roller Rintoo

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/7/2008

Rintoo wants to be good at roller-skating, but at first it is more difficult than he expected, until he learns to take it slow by going on two hands, then one hand, then all by yourself.

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#12 - Kai-Lan's Carnival

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/6/2008

Rintoo and Hoho run away when they break Stompy's rocket by accident they think Stompy will be elephant mad, the reason being the balls at a splashing game bounced off and hit a tire, then a coconut, then a seesaw, which made a beanbag box fly into the air and land on the rocket, So Kai-Lan needs your help to teach Hoho and Rintoo that they need to say "sorry", and help fix it.

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#13 - Lulu Day

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/8/2008

Kai-Lan and Lulu have a special play date but they can't figure out what to play together because they want to play with different things. So the viewer helps them learn how to compromise.

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Kai-Lan's Trip to China
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#14 - Kai-Lan's Trip to China

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/14/2009

Kai-Lan and her friends visit to China to visit her great aunt and see the naming of a baby panda. Rintoo, Hoho and Tolee got scared to try something new in China, and soon the baby panda is scared to ride a boat for the first time as well. He is eventually calmed down by Kai-Lan and her friends, and overcomes Naviphobia.

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Tolee's Promise
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#15 - Tolee's Promise

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/25/2010

When the snails' merry go round breaks because it went over a rock and crashed at the bottom of a hill. Kai-Lan and her friends agree to build a new merry go round for the baby snails. When Tolee promises to help, he runs off to go see the ants' scooter race. Kai-Lan needs your help to show Tolee that he should be a good friend and keep his promise.

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The Ladybug Festival
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#16 - The Ladybug Festival

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/2009

The gang gets lost on their way to the ladybug festival because Rintoo and Hoho (and sometimes even Kai-Lan herself) silly and loudly chatter so much Tolee gets mad, because they are not listening to Tolee. Kai-Lan needs your help to get them to listen because Tolee has something important to say and he knows the way to the festival.

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The Place Where We All Live
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#17 - The Place Where We All Live

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/22/2010

The ants, snails and worms are busy building a new fruit stand in Ant City. When Ye-Ye gives Kai-Lan and her friends kites for a present, they forget about the wrapping paper, eventually causing problems for the ants, snails and worms when their trash gets everywhere. Kai-Lan and her friends need your help to help take care of the place where they all live before the insects find out.

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#18 - Happy Chinese New Year!

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2008

While the dragon team carries the dragon to the Chinese New Year parade, Rintoo gets upset and quits because he doesn't want to be in the "boring" middle. So it's up to the viewer to help Kai-Lan teach Rintoo that his job as a team is still important.

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The Hula Duck Dance Party
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#19 - The Hula Duck Dance Party

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/28/2010

The Hula Ducks are having a dance party on the beach, and Kai-Lan and her friends are invited. While playing musical chairs, Tolee has to sit out every time because he lost when he did not pay attention to when the music stops and still dances rather than acting fast to find a chair. Kai-Lan needs your help to find a way for Tolee to play so he will not be left out.

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Rintoo's Big Flip
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#20 - Rintoo's Big Flip

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/16/2009

Kai-Lan and her pals get to take part in a show with some Chinese rabbit acrobats. However, Rintoo does not practice his flips, and when he tries flipping, he falls instead. As a result, he gives up with tears and quits the show. Now it's up to Kai-Lan and the viewer to teach Rintoo a lesson in perseverance.

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Dragonboat Festival
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#21 - Dragonboat Festival

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/2008

Kai-Lan and her friends are going to have a dragonboat festival, and they're going to meet a real dragon after the race is over. When Rintoo and Kai-Lan come in last place at the first dragonboat race because Rintoo didn't listen to Ye-Ye's instructions and was not following the peeking mice's drumbeat, he grumpily whacks the boat onto a gazebo's roof, causing it to have some difficulty to get it back down from up there. Kai-Lan needs your help to show Rintoo what to do when you feel very mad.

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Rain or Shine
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#22 - Rain or Shine

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2008

Rintoo, Tolee and Hoho are sad because they can't play with their stuff in the rain, but Kai-Lan and the viewer teach them that there are some things you can do in the rain.

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Tolee's Turn
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#23 - Tolee's Turn

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/26/2010

Kai-Lan and her friends go sailing and play hide and seek along with the dolphins. Rintoo loves driving too much and does not give Tolee a turn, so Tolee stops the boat with its anchor and jumps on a raft and gets mad at Rintoo. Kai-Lan and the viewer need to show Rintoo the importance of taking turns so everyone can play and fast, so they can find the last dolphin.

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Kai-Lan's Snowcoaster
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#24 - Kai-Lan's Snowcoaster

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/19/2010

It is a snowy day, and Kai-Lan and her friends are building a snow coaster that they can all ride! Everyone has a job to do, but an overprotective Rintoo keeps taking little Hoho's jobs, that makes him sad because he wants to help out. Kai-Lan and the viewer need to help Rintoo see that even though Hoho is small, he still likes to help.

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The Dinosaur Balloon
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#25 - The Dinosaur Balloon

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/11/2009

Kai-Lan breaks her own dinosaur balloon by accident, the reason being she was dancing about how much she loved dinosaurs. Stompy, the only one capable of fixing the balloon; doesn't bother to help her out because he says it wasn't his fault that the balloon broke. Now, it's up to Rintoo and the viewer to convince Stompy that helping others is part of being a good friend.

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