The WORST episodes of Polar Bear's Café
Every episode of Polar Bear's Café ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Polar Bear's Café!
The gag comedy follows the daily life of pandas, penguins, grizzly bears, and other animals at a café run by a polar bear.
#1 - Welcome to Polar Bear's Café / Panda-kun's Employment
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2012
Panda, part of generation cupcake, is prodded by his mother to get a job, but he just wants to eat bamboo. While avoiding his mother's ire he happens upon a cafe run by Polar Bear, who just so happens to be looking for a part-time employee.
#2 - There Are Many Kinds of Penguins / What Is Baisen!?
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/9/2012
Polar Bear, Panda, and Penguin go to a water park. Penguin takes along his nephew, but ends up being cowed by Mama King Penguin, while her son and Penguin's nephew become fast friends. The Penko sisters have also tailed Penguin there, while Panda is on the receiving end of King Penguin Mama's grousing about how emperor penguins (like Penguin) are considered superior — and a trio of Pygoscelis penguins out to sell penguin cards. Sasako, on the other hand, rode the train too far and arrives late at the water park. After becoming amazed by the taste of Polar Bear's Café's brand of black coffee, a man named Masaki decides to become the pupil of a tree kangaroo in order to learn how to roast coffee beans.
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#3 - A Magazine Interview Comes By / Salmon Hunter: Mr. Grizzly
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/2012
Furafura Walker Monthly. What should be a simple interview proves to be anything but thanks to Furafura's unique editor in chief. The Café is closed for the day so Polar Bear can get fresh ingredients. A hungry and curious Panda joins Polar Bear and Grizzly Bear on their fishing trip.
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#4 - Mr. Handa's Remodeling Plan / The Great Love Love Driving Operation
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/2012
Panda's new obsession is with popularity, and he attempts to raise Mr. Handa’s popularity with the help of Polar Bear. Penguin finally got his license but now has to get his dating license before he can take Miss Penko out for a drive.
#5 - Let's Go Camping! / Rin Rin and the High School Girl
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/26/2012
Polar Bear, Panda, Penguin and Grizzly go on a camping trip together, where Penguin and Grizzly find they have a lot in common whilst trying to keep Polar Bear and Panda in check. Later, Rin Rin asks a high school girl to accompany him to the zoo; the girl accepts, believing it to be a date, only to find that he just wanted someone to talk to about how cute Panda is.
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#6 - The Café's Ghost Stories / Panda Runs Away from Home
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/2/2012
The café decides to hold a night of telling ghost stories, much to an easily-frighted Handa's dismay. Later, Panda decides to run away from home when his mother decides to lump his birthday celebration with his siblings.
#7 - Everyone's Café / The Café's Flower Viewing Party
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2012
The patrons of Polar Bear’s Café have their own idea on the dream café, which starts to take form. But when the cherry blossoms start to fall, thoughts turn to having a viewing party.
#8 - Mr. Handa's Group Blind Date? / Mr. Handa's Group Blind Date!
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/7/2012
After eating Mr. Handa's very plain lunch, Panda gets Mr. Handa invited on a group date in hopes his lunches improve. But when the third male drops out, Panda goes to the café to find a replacement.
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#9 - Polar Bear's Insomnia / Mr Grizzly
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 1/31/2013
The gang try and help Polar Bear as he has trouble sleeping due to insomnia. Later, Polar Bear and Grizzly think back to their high school days, where Grizzly had a crush on a girl Grizzly named Tsukiko. After learning Tsukiko's family was moving, Grizzly helped her find her missing school badge.
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#10 - Scattering Beans with Everyone / The Café in the Afternoon
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 1/24/2013
The café holds a Setsubun event, where everyone takes turns being the ogre. Later, Sasako and Llama reminisce about their elementary school days.
#11 - The Ideal Single Life / Summer Festival
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/16/2012
Panda imagines a dream life living on his own. After struggling to find a place that meets his expectations, Panda, along with Penguin, check out where the other animals live. Later, Polar Bear and Grizzly run a stand together at a summer festival, joined by a relative of Panda's, Lesser Panda. After selling everything, the gang enjoy the sights of the festival.
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#12 - Rin Rin Deeply Moved! Panda's House! / Mr. Penguin's Proposal
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/31/2012
Rin Rin the florist gets a truly random opportunity to visit the home of Panda, whom he adores. But just meeting Panda Mama and Panda Sister might be too much for him. Meanwhile, Mr. Penguin is getting pumped up to ask Miss Penko out on a date.
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#13 - The Everyday Zoo / The Zoo in the Rain
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 2/14/2013
After spending the previous day spending time together with him, Panda is shocked to learn that Full-Time Panda has been transferred to a zoo in Singapore, leaving behind a letter expressing his thanks for all the times they spent together. Whilst being incredibly saddened by Full-Time Panda's leave, he agrees to work full time until another panda is hired, causing some worry amongst his friends. When a Valentine's couple end up insulting Panda after two weeks of straight work, Penguin stands up against them. Panda soon cheers up after a new part-time panda is found and gives his thanks to Penguin.
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#14 - Pun Café / The Secret to Delicious Coffee / Mr. Full-Time Panda, Mr. Llama and Rin Rin
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 2/7/2013
Fed up with Polar Bear's annoying puns, Grizzly and Penguin try to get everyone in town to beat Polar Bear at his own game. Later, Masaki is told how coffee can taste different depending on how it's prepared, and wonders if he can win over the Red Squirrels with advice from Polar Bear. Afterwards, after a long day at work, Mr. Full-time Panda and Mr. Llama decide to have a few drinks. They later invite Rin Rin, who takes the drunk Panda and Llama to Grizzly's bar, where everyone there gets drunk into the morning.
#15 - Panda's Apprenticeship / A Sports Day Filled With Animals Panda
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/13/2012
Panda decides he wants to become someone's apprentice but is rather picky about who his master is. He eventually settles on becoming Sloth's apprentice, but quits due to not being able match his levels of laziness. Later, Polar Bear abruptly tasks Sasako with being the emcee of a sport competition for animals (in which Handa is the only human participant), while Panda Mama and Mama Red Squirrel quarrel over how to prepare rice balls.
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#16 - Mr. Handa's Discussion! / Panda Mama's Daily Life
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/6/2012
Mr Handa meets up with Polar Bear to ask his advice on how to ask Sasako out, but Polar Bear seems to be more interested in the food where the meeting takes place. Meanwhile, Sasako winds up serving several good-looking men who come into the café, which worries Panda and Penguin. Later, Panda Mama goes to buy walnuts and learns the trick of stuffing the bag full from Mama Red Squirrel, and then endures a lecture from King Penguin Mama on how to eat at an all-you-can-eat cake buffet. The group then decides to eat at Polar Bear's Café, where they end up taxing his sanity.
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#17 - Mr. Grizzly Goes On an Adventure / A Strange Shop
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/19/2012
As the café starts serving a shaved ice dessert called "Polar Bear", Grizzly gets the wrong idea and believes Polar Bear had been eaten by otters. Later, a salaryman from another town arrives at the Polar Bear's Café for the first time and is astounded by the various customers.
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#18 - Weeding in the Summer / Mr. Penguin's Romance
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/12/2012
The backyard of Polar Bear's Café needs weeding, but Penguin seems to be the only one taking things seriously. Later, Penguin finally works up the courage to confess to Penko, asking her out every day for a week. However, it turns out he inadvertently asked out seven identical girl penguins, leading to disaster when they all show up on the day.
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#19 - Doll Festival / The Animal Doctor
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 2/28/2013
The younger penguins set up a display for Hina Matsuri, which goes a little awry when the cafe-goers make their own contributions. Grizzly is called in to help them set it up, only to realize that, besides Sasako, there are no girls around to celebrate it. Later, Polar Bear develops a fever and goes to the animal hospital for some medicine. Panda and Penguin decide to come over to look after him, only to end up catching fevers themselves.
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#20 - Rin Rin and Mei Mei's Super Exciting Plan / Smelt Fishing
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 2/21/2013
Rin Rin and Mei Mei find they have some common interests and work together to think of a plan to get closer to Panda and Handa. However, Rin Rin ends up catching a fever, so Mei Mei decides to instead look after him. Later, Polar Bear and the others go to the frozen lakes to do some smelt fishing, though soon get distracted. After Grizzly helps to catch a whole bunch, Polar Bear sets up an igloo cafe to make use of their ingredients.
#21 - Grizzly's Hibernation Preparations! / Grizzly's Hibernation!
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 12/6/2012
The pandas look for ways to hibernate at the zoo, but Handa calls them out on it. Grizzly takes Polar Bear shopping for a pillow to sleep on during hibernation, but Polar Bear doesn't seem to be interested in that. When Grizzly does get to hibernate, he is rudely interrupted by Polar Bear, who takes him to the driving range. When Panda and Penguin turn up, Grizzly, cranky from lack of sleep, takes them all out to a hot pot bistro.
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#22 - Sloth Wants to Work / Mr. Handa's Present
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/29/2012
Sloth starts working part-time at the cafe, though it doesn't prove easy with his speed. When asked why he wants to work, he says he wants to buy Sasako dinner to repay her for all of her help, though Sasako says she needn't do so as he was the one who helped get her job in the first place. Later, Handa asks for Polar Bear and Lesser Panda's help in figuring out what to get Sasako for Christmas. Despite their plans failing, Handa manages to think of something and ends up giving it to Sasako when he runs into her.
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#23 - Enthusiastic Polar Bear / Let's Go to the Beach!
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/5/2012
As Panda laments having nothing to due whilst Polar Bear wishes he had more free time, Polar Bear takes Panda's place at the zoo pretending to be a panda, proving to be a hit. Later, Polar Bear, Panda and Penguin take a trip to the beach.
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#24 - The Animals' Hidden Talent Competition / New Year's Guest
Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 1/10/2013
As the New Year rolls in, the Polar Bear's Cafe holds a hidden talent contest. Later, Penguin comes to visit Panda's home whilst the cafe is closed, which doesn't please Panda very much.
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#25 - The Hammock Sea / Panda Mama's Gardening
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 1/17/2013
Polar Bear sets up a hammock in his garden and invites Panda and Penguin to laze around with him. Later, after Panda upsets Panda-Mama by eating her tulips, he tries and find something to replace them.
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