The WORST episodes of PB&J Otter
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Welcome to the PB&J Otter guide at TV Tome. 1997 must have been a good year for New York-based animation studio Jumbo Pictures, Inc. The company was enjoying the success of its recently renewed "Doug", and was also working on producing "101 Dalmations: The Series" - which premiered later that year. 1997 was also the year that the company's founder, Jim Jinkins, created the upbeat, musical animated series "PB&J Otter" for the Disney Channel. Developed with the cooperation of Harvard Cognitive Skills Group, Project Zero, the show premiered in March of 1998. "PB&J Otter" tells the continuing story of the day-to-day adventures of three young Otter siblings - older brother Peanut, younger sister Jelly, and baby sister Butter - and their friends and family, living life in a small community known as Lake Hoohaw. Other characters include PB&J's friends: sarcastic Flick Duck; slightly paranoid Munchy Beaver; and Pinch Raccoon, a lover of anything dainty. Pinch's r
#1 - The Treasure of Hoohaw Rock / A Sledding We Will Go
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/21/1998
A.) Mayor Jeff takes PB&J on a treasure hunt, to find the long-lost cachè of toys he buried near Hoohaw Rock when he was a kid. B.) On one of the snowiest days of the year, PB&J try to figure out where to find a makeshift sled, when they remember that they don't have a real one.
#2 - Bagpipe Blues / You Can't Come In
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/1998
A.) Peanut takes his father's set of heirloom bagpipes without asking, and lands in a world of trouble when he accidentally drops them in the lake. B.) The kids decide to create their own individual clubhouses, each with their own ""exclusive"" set of rules. However, they soon discover that having a club without friends to be in it isn't much fun at all.
#3 - Born to Chirp / Mega Melon
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/29/1998
A.) While playing in the yard, Jelly finds and captures a grasshopper. And when it manages to secretly escape, Jelly begins to panic, fearing that the grasshopper was maybe a victim of an alien abduction. B.) PB&J keep watch over Mayor Jeff's pompalope melon patch. Later, they accidentally break the stem off of one of his prize melons, but they do try their best to fix it.
#4 - Invitation to the Snooties / Too Hot for Fishsicles
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/5/1998
A.) When the mail carrier accidentally loses PB&J's invitation to Ootsie and Bootsie Snooty's big birthday bash, the Otter kids begin to feel as though they weren't wanted there in the first place. B.) When a massive heatwave hits Lake Hoohaw, drying up every ounce of water in the lake, PB&J and their friends try to figure out how to keep themselves cool.
#5 - Otter in the Water / All Popped Out
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/12/1998
A.) The Otter family tries to help Jelly overcome her fear of going in the water, hopefully in time for the neighborhood's big Waterball Tournament. B.) PB&J's father acquires an authentic popcorn popping machine for his storeboat. When he leaves the room for a moment, the kids decide to pop the popcorn themselves, so they can surprise him when he comes back in. What results is a pandemonious flooding of popped corn!
#6 - Nothin' but the Tooth / Special Delivery
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/19/1998
A.) PB&J plan to trick the tooth fairy into leaving them money, so they can afford to buy their mother a good birthday present. B.) Peanut sends away for a Super Spy Ring, from the back of a Frosted Fish Flakes cereal box. When it finally arrives, though, Peanut finds that the ring doesn't work quite the way he thought it would.
#7 - Soap Box Derby Day / Howdy HooHaw Day
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/26/1998
A.) While getting ready for an upcoming soap box derby, an intense rivalry develops between Peanut and Jelly. B.) When Peanut is chosen for the lead role in the Founder's Day Pageant, he begins to suffer from severe stage fright.
#8 - Butter the Balloonatic / Gizmotronictron Raffle
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/3/1998
A.) When Baby Butter's favorite toy, a red balloon, mysteriously vanishes, Flick becomes the prime suspect of theft. B.) To benefit the Lake Hoohaw Historical Society, Mayor Jeff holds a raffle for a machine that will take care of all household chores FOREVER. The kids then try and rake up enough money (via odd jobs and just plain begging) to buy a raffle ticket.
#9 - Dare Duck / Otters of the Wild
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/10/1998
A.) Flick dares Peanut to go along with him to a dangerous and forbidden cave. B.) What begins as a plan for a quiet Otter family camping trip eventually turns into a neighborhood affair, when Peanut and Jelly invite all their friends along.
#10 - Big Time Bass-Off Contest / The Sleeping Beagle
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/17/1998
A.) A fishing contest is held on the lake, and the Snooties hope to win using the fanciest high-tech fishing equipment that money can buy. The Otters, however, prove to be tough opponents to beat, just by using a simple homemade fishing pole. B.) When a rainy day washes out the family's plans to go see a performance of ""The Sleeping Beagle"" on the Show Boat, PB&J decide to stage their OWN performance of the story.
#11 - Gotta Dance / Otter Pox
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/1999
A.) A make-up-your-own-dance contest is held for all the kids in Lake Hoohaw, and this causes Peanut to completely flip out. You see, he thinks that he can't dance. B.) Jelly comes down with a case of Otter Pox on the day of her birthday party. Obviously, this prevents her from taking part in the festivities. Or does it?
#12 - The Dollhouse / The Tell-Tale Candy Wrapper
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/1999
A.) Munchy mistakenly chews up Pinch's favorite toy: a wooden dollhouse her father built for her. PB&J then try to help Munchy figure out the best way to tell Pinch about what happened. B.) Flick secretly devours all of PB&J's favorite candy, and leaves nothing but a big bowl full of wrappers. He then makes a hasty exit, hoping to avoid getting caught. However, his ""conscience"" (a little green candy wrapper stuck to his feathers) begins to bring him unbearable guilt for his crime.
#13 - Eye Spy / Happy Harmony
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/16/1999
A.) Flick tries to hide the fact that he must now wear reading glasses. B.) Peanut and Jelly get into an argument over whether you're supposed to high-five or low-five. Upon overhearing the siblings' squabbling, Mayor Jeff proceeds to tell them a story about a similar argument, which took place on Lake Hoohaw a long time ago.
#14 - Strike Up The Band / World's Strongest Otter
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/6/1999
A.) PB&J perform a Mothers' Day concert for all of the moms on Lake Hoohaw. B.) After failing to pass a test of strength at the local fair one night, Peanut wishes that he were a bodybuilder, just like the super-buff weightlifting pros on TV.
#15 - Come Back, Little Monster / The Big Sweep
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/13/1999
A.) A baby turtle thinks that Peanut is his mother, and begins following him around everywhere he goes. But when things start to get out of hand, Peanut tries to think of a way to show the little turtle that he's just a kid, not a mommy. B.) When the Otters' pet bass, Bubbles, is nowhere to be found, PB&J decide to go around the neighborhood, asking the Lake Hoohaw folks if they have any information as to his whereabouts.
#16 - Butter Tags Along / Flick's Big Find
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/27/1999
A.) Butter goes along with Peanut, Flick and Munchy on an adventurous trip ""around the world"". B.) Flick finds one of Ootsie and Bootsie's toys on the ground, and wants to keep it for himself.
#17 - Tub O' Butter / El Dorado, Seat of Gold
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/18/1999
A.) Peanut and Jelly try to convince Butter to take her bath, so they can all be in bed by 8:00pm, and still have time for their nightly bedtime story. B.) Mayor Jeff holds a big exhibit of old toilet seats, and PB&J mistakenly ""borrow"" his main attraction: an inflatable, imitation gold-plated rubber seat dubbed EL DORADO.
#18 - Mayor Flick / The Greatest Sleepover Ever
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/18/1999
A.) Flick is elected Kid Mayor For A Day, and promises to solve any and every problem his ""kid citizens"" might have. However, it soon becomes apparent to the other kids that their newly-elected official isn't really the extraordinary problem-solver he made himself out to be. B.) Ootsie and Bootsie sleep over at the Otter house, which causes some problems when neither the Otter kids nor the Snooty kids can agree on HOW to go to bed.
#19 - Save Oaky Oak Tree / The Duck Who Cried Wolf
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/18/1999
A.) Ootsie and Bootsie threaten to have a local tree cut down. Unfortunately, it's also the neighborhood kids' favorite tree to play in. Not going down without a fight, the kids try to figure out ways to stop the Snooties from tearing the tree down. B.) During a front-yard campout, Flick tries to scare PB&J by repeatedly yelling, ""Bear!"" when, of course, there is no bear. Sure, to Flick it's great fun for a while...until he spots a REAL bear walking around in the yard.
#20 - Poor Bubbles / Poodle Power
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/18/1999
A.) When PB&J's pet bass, Bubbles, isn't acting like his usual frisky self, the kids try to think of ways to help him feel better. B.) When the Snooties' new high-tech video game short-circuits and causes a neighborhood blackout, PB&J try to show Ootsie and Bootsie that they don't need fancy toys to entertain themselves. Using nothing but your imagination can be great fun, instead.
#21 - Mama Peanut / Bye-Bye Bubbles
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/29/1999
A.) A baby turtle thinks that Peanut is his mother, and begins following him around everywhere he goes. But when things start to get out of hand, Peanut tries to think of a way to show the little turtle that he's just a kid, not a mommy. B.) When the Otters' pet bass, Bubbles, is nowhere to be found, PB&J decide to go around the neighborhood, asking the Lake Hoohaw folks if they have any information as to his whereabouts.
#22 - Practice Makes Perfect / Three's a Crowd
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/30/1999
A.) Peanut learns to ride a bike, in spite of being made fun of by his friends. B.) Opal takes care of the Muskrat family's newborn triplets for the day, but her constant attention to the babies leaves PB&J feeling neglected.
#23 - Lost and Found / Sherlock Otter
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/18/1999
A.) Peanut and Jelly accidentally become separated from their parents at the local fair. B.) When several objects vanish around the Otter household, Peanut and Jelly become ""Sherlock Otters"", and try to solve the mysterious disappearances.
#24 - I'll Be Your Best Friend / Otterly Alone
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/25/1999
A.) Flick and Munchy both try to get on Peanut's good side, to try and prove which one of them is REALLY Peanut's best friend. B.) Mayor Jeff babysits PB&J, when Opal has to go out of town for the day.
#25 - Lemon-itis / Duckbird Alert
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/26/1999
A.) PB&J open up a lemonade stand, hoping to earn enough money to buy an expensive toy. B.) Flick is depressed, when he comes to believe that he'll never learn how to fly.