The WORST episodes of Rupert
Every episode of Rupert ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Rupert!
Rupert is an animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by Nelvana, Ellipse Programmé and TVS for the first season, with Scottish Television (now STV Central) taken over control when TVS closed. Aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced. It was broadcast in syndication on YTV in Canada. In the United States, the show first aired on Nickelodeon before moving to CBS; repeats of the series came to Disney Channel on the Playhouse Disney block, Toon Disney, and on Qubo's digital service in January 2007, until May 2013. The show was broadcast in the UK on CITV and has recently been re-airing on the satellite and cable channels Tiny Pop and KidsCo. In Australia, the show was broadcast on the ABC public broadcasting network and on TV2 in New Zealand as part of the Jason Gunn Show.
#1 - Rupert and the Sea Serpent
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/28/1994
While on vacation at the seaside, Rupert meets up with Podgy along with his spiteful cousin Rosalie. When the two pigs fail to get along, Rosalie sets off with a playful young sea serpent, and Rupert and Podgy are forced to go after her.
#2 - Rupert in Toyland
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/1/1995
When Rupert's favorite toy Mr. Squeezer is accidentally thrown away, Rupert follows him to Toyland where he hopes to retrieve him, but winds up becoming a prisoner of Colonel Tinker who has resentment against all former owners of toys.
#3 - Rupert and Archie
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/1995
The Professor invents a robot named A.R.C.H.I.E. that he believes will help people in many ways, and no one has to miss out on leisure activities ever again. But problems arise when A.R.C.H.I.E. starts getting a mind of his own.
#4 - Rupert and the Marsh Mystery
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1995
Rupert travels with Ottoline to her Aunt Felicity's Inn, and once there they both learn of her aunt's financial trouble. To make matters worse, any attempt to keep the inn fixed up is being sabotaged in an attempt to force Felicity into selling off her property against her wishes.
#5 - Rupert and the Wool Gatherers
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1995
Rupert helps his scarecrow pal Odmedod foil a pair of thieves who have been shearing Farmer Brown's sheep.
#6 - Rupert and the Giant
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/1995
After stumbling upon a Giant's castle, Rupert must rescue Bill from the clutches of a baby giant who decides the cuddly badger is his favorite new dolly.
#7 - Rupert and the Clock Cuckoo
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/26/1994
Rupert enlists the help of his pal Odmedod the scarecrow to rescue his new friend Ticktock the Clock Cuckoo from the clutches of a greedy bird collector.
#8 - Rupert and the Carousel
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/12/1994
Rupert and Ottoline find a merry-go-round that has been abandoned on the common, and restore it to its former grandeur. After The Sage of Um accidentally brings the wooden characters to life, the kids find they must rescue the enchanted carousel from the evil Thogmort who wants it for his own financial gain.
#9 - Rupert and the Bell
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/5/1994
The local delinquents, Freddy and Ferdy Fox, find a bell that renders them invisible when they ring it. They put it to good use by playing nasty tricks, making Rupert appear to be the perpetrator.
#10 - Rupert in Dreamland
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/1995
Podgy keeps having the same nightmare every night, and he and Rupert both travel to Dreamland to see if there is a way to stop this nightmare from happening.
#11 - Rupert and the Lost Memory
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/21/1994
In a bid to get his hands on The Professor's latest invention, a misguided inventor steals the entire Nutwood file from the Memory Bank, the place where everyone's memories are stored.
#12 - Rupert and the Cloud Pirates
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/1994
Rupert and Bill do battle with a Cloud Pirate who has shanghaied the Four Winds as part of his dastardly plan to control the world's weather.
#13 - Rupert and the Hedgehog
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/24/1994
Rupert and Bill's experiment with the art of topiary leads them to use a bit too much of The Professor's new growth formula to restore one of Dad's favorite shrubs to its proper size, which results in a "hedgehog" the size of a tour bus running loose through the Nutwood countryside.
#14 - Rupert and the Dragon Race
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/17/1994
A series of misadventures involving a flying couch necessitates a trek by Rupert and Pong Ping to the Valley of Dragons, on a rescue mission to save pals Edward, Bill, and Toby from an uncertain fate.
#15 - Rupert and Growler
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/1994
Constable Growler's day off is canceled when Rupert is kidnapped by a river pirate and his grandsons, and both find themselves working against other police officers while trying stop the thieves.
#16 - Rupert and Ginger
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/3/1994
Rupert's encounter with a friendly Stegosaurus in Nutwood Forest leads him on an adventure to the Jurassic Era. Once there, he helps his friend, The Wise Old Goat, repair his malfunctioning Time Machine and avoid becoming a Tyrannosaurus' next meal.
#17 - Rupert and the Mulp Gulper
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1992
Rupert and Bill's practical joke on Algy leads to a confrontation with the gigantic, and hungry, Mulp Gulper. The boys find they are the next items on the Gulper's menu.
#18 - Rupert and the Firebird
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1992
A little bird that thinks Rupert is his mother turns out to have some surprising, and dangerous, abilities.
#19 - Rupert's Roman Adventure
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/15/1995
Rupert and Bill travel back to the days of the Roman Empire, where they save the village of Nutwoodium from destruction at the hands of the local Governor.
#20 - Rupert in Mirrorland
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/1995
Rupert finds himself in Mirrorland, where The Professor's ill-tempered reflection threatens to destroy everything in his bid to cross through to Nutwood.
#21 - Rupert and the Space Pilots
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/5/1995
While Freddie and Ferdie have the town fooled into thinking that evil aliens landed in Nutwood, Rupert has a real encounter with aliens who are not evil but are instead young and helpless.
#22 - Rupert and Mum's Adventure
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/19/1995
A shopping trip with Mum leads to a trip to China and a harrowing adventure on a mysterious mountain.
#23 - Rupert and the Jolly Roger
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/27/1997
The boys at the Rocky Bay Home for Retired Pirates need Rupert's help, when thieves make off with the treasure they've put on display for Rocky Bay's First Annual Pirate Days Festival.
#24 - Rupert and the Great Mephisto
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/3/1997
Soon after a traveling magician arrives in town and performs a magic show, numerous burglaries occur in Nutwood, and Rupert and Bill discover they are linked to hypnotism by the magician.
#25 - Rupert and the Little Bear
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/10/1997
The constellation Ursa Minor (Little Bear) escapes and Rupert and Podgy help return him to the sky where he belongs.