The BEST episodes of The Backyardigans

Every episode of The Backyardigans ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Backyardigans!

Five high-spirited best friends Uniqua, Austin, Tyrone, Tasha and Pablo, who are animals, use their vivid imaginations to create musical and interactive adventures in their backyard.

Last Updated: 12/18/2024Network: Nick Jr.Status: Ended
star
9.00
4 votes

#1 - Catch That Train!

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/9/2011

Ragtime music plays as Engineer Uniqua runs to catch the runaway Imperial train, when it leaves the station with no one driving and the Tsar of Russia (Tyrone) sleeping inside!

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8.79
14 votes

#2 - It's Great to Be a Ghost!

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2004

Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone are ghosts, haunting an old house to the sounds of '20s-style jazz. When unsuspecting Tasha drops by, they really put their scaring skills to the test!

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8.60
5 votes

#3 - Robot Rampage (1)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/21/2010

Robot Repairman Austin has an unexpectedly busy day in futuristic Mega City when all the robots go on a rampage set to roller disco! When the evil Professor Bug (Pablo) starts making all the robots malfunction, it's up to Repairman Austin to save the day in this double-length adventure!

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8.50
6 votes

#4 - Robin Hood the Clean

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/11/2009

Sway to Countrypolitan music as Robin Hood the Clean of Purewood Forest (Pablo) sets out to free the villagers of Filthingham from the rule of Mayor Austin Stinkypants!

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8.40
5 votes

#5 - Tale of the Mighty Knights (2)

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/1/2009

Knights Uniqua and Tyrone are ready to do mighty deeds in service to their King, Pablo. But he wants them to babysit…an egg? It all seems pretty simple until the egg grows legs and runs away. Then the mighty knights must pursue it — through Goblin land where they encounter a grabbing goblin (Austin), through Fairyland where they meet a tiny but flighty and mischievous fairy (Tasha), all the way to Dragon Mountain where they face a mighty dragon. Will the knights face and conquer their greatest challenge yet?

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8.25
4 votes

#6 - Who Goes There?

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/21/2010

It's a madcap museum adventure set to Flamenco as rookie Security Guard Tyrone tries to chase down some runaway works of art before Curator Tasha returns!

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8.25
4 votes

#7 - Chichen-Itza Pizza

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/2008

College fight songs rock the ancient Mexican jungle as Uniqua and Tasha embark on an adventure to deliver a pizza to fearsome King Tyrone.

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8.25
4 votes

#8 - Robot Rampage (2)

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/30/2010

Austin is the best robot repairman in Mega City, a futuristic metropolis where robots do everything. There's just one thing about being a robot repairman - the robots in Mega City never, ever break! But one day, that all changes as robot after robot, all over Mega City, have complete breakdowns. With his ever-reliable assistant, Robot Roscoe, and the outraged citizens of Mega City (Uniqua, Tyrone and Tasha), Austin must try to figure out who sent all the robots in town on a rampage. Could it be the work of that evil genius, professor Bug (Pablo)?

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8.25
4 votes

#9 - The Action Elves Save Christmas Eve

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/2/2011

When Abominable Snowmen Tyrone and Austin take Santa's magic sack, it's up to the heroic Action Elves to use their terrific toy-building talents to get that sack back!

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star
8.22
9 votes

#10 - Best Clowns in Town

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/21/2007

Uniqua, Pablo, and Austin are a team of clowns looking for a circus to perform with. Tyrone is the ringmaster of his own circus, which is heading for Big City. When Tyrone inadvertently misses his train, the clowns make a deal with him: if they can get Tyrone to his train before it reaches Big City, he must let them join. Even with all sorts of wacky hikings unfolding, they still reach Big City in time for the circus' next show.

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star
8.17
6 votes

#11 - Sinbad Sails Alone

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/31/2007

Set sail for adventure - and mambo - as Sinbad (Tyrone) encounters rough waters, Siren Uniqua, and Medusa Tasha! Will bumbling First Mate Pablo help or sink the ship, and find the end of the rainbow?

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star
8.10
10 votes

#12 - Eureka!

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/19/2005

Uniqua and Tasha are brilliant dinosaur scientists, and Pablo and Tyrone are crusty, dusty prospectors. Township Jive music twangs and confusion reigns as they all scour the South Dakota hills in search of their different kinds of treasure. Is there gold in them thar hills? Or dinosaur bones? Or just a mixed-up misunderstanding?

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8.00
9 votes

#13 - Mission To Mars

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2006

It's an out-of-this-world adventure set to Kenyan Highlife music, as intrepid astronauts Uniqua, Pablo, and Austin blast off to Mars to find the source of a strange signal being transmitted back to Mission Control!

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star
8.00
6 votes

#14 - The Amazing Splashinis

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/21/2009

Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone are practicing their new dive at the Splashini Water Park. But will a Sea Monster in the dive pool prevent them from making their big splash?

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star
8.00
5 votes

#15 - Super Team Awesome!

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/1/2010

Sway to country rock when Tour Guide Tyrone recruits superheroes Uniqua, Pablo, and Tasha to help him unplug a lava geyser before the world splits in half!

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star
8.00
4 votes

#16 - Elephant on the Run

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/14/2011

Go animal with alternative rock as Delivery Agents Pablo and Tyrone try to bring an elephant to a wildlife sanctuary in India while avoiding unscrupulous elephant thieves!

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8.00
2 votes

#17 - Los Galacticos

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/23/2011

It's a gooey intergalactic mission when the Mexican mariachi band Los Galacticos accidentally blasts off into space to save the Earth from gooey aliens Uniqua and Austin.

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star
8.00
2 votes

#18 - Flower Power

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/14/2010

When Flower Seller Uniqua pricks her finger on a thorn of a special flower in Gardener Pablo’s greenhouse, she is transformed into Garden City's newest superhero, Flower Girl, dedicated to keeping things rosy and defeating Gloom Meister (Austin).

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8.00
2 votes

#19 - Dragon Express

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/2010

Sway to a Strauss waltz as the Dragon Express makes it mail deliveries in Norway. Will dragon rider Austin learn to be a fancy flier like Pablo and his dragon Maverick?

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8.00
6 votes

#20 - Cave Party

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/15/2005

Ug! It's an ug-cellent Ice Age adventure set to Calypso as Cave People Uniqua, Pablo and Tyrone invent their way to Tasha and Austin's cave for something called 'a party.

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7.90
10 votes

#21 - Polka Palace Party

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/21/2005

Tyrone is a cowboy polka musician. Tuba in tow, he's on his way to the Cheyenne Polka Palace, to play at Herman the Worman's surprise birthday party. Along the way, he meets more musical cow-pokes - Uniqua, Pablo, and Austin - and helps them out of some jams while simultaneously forming a band. Will they get to Cheyenne in time to rock the house, polka-style?

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star
7.89
9 votes

#22 - Castaways

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/18/2005

Uniqua, Tyrone, and Pablo are castaways on a desert island. To a Bossa Nova beat, they set up their island life - finding water to drink, food to eat, and building a cozy hut. But strange things keep happening - is someone else hiding out on their island paradise?

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star
7.88
8 votes

#23 - The Swamp Creature

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/2006

Sixties guitar music rocks the boat as Tour Guides Uniqua and Pablo lure in customers Tasha and Austin with promises of a Swamp Creature. Little do they know, Swamp Creature Tyrone actually exists!

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star
7.83
6 votes

#24 - The Quest for the Flying Rock

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/21/2005

Uniqua, Tasha, Tyrone, and Pablo are brave, Indiana Jones-style explorers on a quest for the rare, legendary flying rock which sits atop Big Rock Hill. In a frenzied disco dash through the jungle and the desert, they race each other to see who can make it to Stone Step Hill first and claim the prize.

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star
7.83
6 votes

#25 - To the Center of the Earth

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/2011

It's an underground adventure set to 1930's Small Band as Professors Uniqua and Pablo use their inventions to take Tyrone to the center of the Earth to retrieve his lucky penny.

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