The BEST episodes of The Berenstain Bears (2003)

Every episode of The Berenstain Bears (2003) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Berenstain Bears (2003)!

We follow a family of bears, known as the Berenstain Bears, as they figure out life together. With friendly neighbors and close friends, the journey is never boring. Inspired by the book series written by Stan and Jan Berenstain.

Last Updated: 2/25/2026Network: PBSStatus: Ended
The Haunted Lighthouse
star
10.00
1 votes

#1 - The Haunted Lighthouse

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/2003

The Bears are visiting an old lighthouse that's rumored to be haunted by the ghost of it's keeper, Captain Salt. Brother and Sister team up to find out if the ghost is real or not.

Writer: Dawn Parish
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The Birthday Boy
star
9.50
2 votes

#2 - The Birthday Boy

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/17/2003

With Mama and Papa too busy setting up Brother's birthday party, Sister reluctantly decides to do her school assignment on Brother.

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House of Mirrors
star
9.00
2 votes

#3 - House of Mirrors

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/21/2003

Lizzie has a lot of Bearbies and wants to give her extra Golden Furred Bearbie to Sister. Lizzie's mom says "Some bears have big ears," and Lizzie replies "You mean Sister has big ears?" Sister thinks she really has big ears and becomes very self conscious about them. She and Mama go to the fair and go into the House of Mirrors. Sister realizes that bears come in all different shapes and sizes. When they get back home, Lizzie tells her that she didn't mean to say Sister has big ears. It's just that she didn't want to spoil the surprise.

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Car Trip
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9.00
1 votes

#4 - Car Trip

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2004

Brother and sister are disappointed when they go on a tour of Bear Country's national parks instead of going to Grizzly World. With Mama and Papa reminding the cubs to try to keep an open mind, Brother and Sister end up enjoying what they see and do on their car trip.

Directors: Gary Hurst
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By the Sea
star
9.00
1 votes

#5 - By the Sea

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 7/29/2003

The Bear family travels to a beach house for a vacation. The cubs are anxious to go swimming, but Mama and Papa want to get things unpacked and cleaned up before they can have any fun. Will Brother and Sister help their parents get things prepared for vacation time?

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The Talent Show
star
8.75
4 votes

#6 - The Talent Show

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/16/2003

There is an upcoming talent show, and it was up to Brother to be the talent scout, and find the performers.

Writer: Ken Cuperus
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The Week at Grandma's
star
8.00
3 votes

#7 - The Week at Grandma's

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/8/2003

Brother and Sister are certain they're in for the most boring time of their lives spending an entire week with their grandparents.

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The Wishing Star
star
8.00
1 votes

#8 - The Wishing Star

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/20/2003

When Mama casually mentions the "Star light, star bright" principle, Sister takes it to heart and wishes for a certain birthday gift and a better grade on her next math test. She gets both her wishes. However, when she wishes for a pony and it doesn't materialize, Papa helps Sister understand that she really got her first two wishes all by herself. She got her special birthday gift because she'd been so helpful around the house, and she got her better math mark because she studied really hard for the quiz. Bolstered by this, Sister makes her pony wish come true by making a deal with Farmer Ben to help him pick his peas in exchange for being allowed to spend time with his retired farm horse, Princess.

Writer: Dave Dias
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star
8.00
1 votes

#9 - The Summer Job

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/23/2003

When Brother and Sister are bored on the first day of Summer Vacation, Farmer Ben invites them to work on the farm with him. The cubs are excited by the news, but are later disappointed to discover how much work it entails. However, they also learn that hard work pays off!

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Big Road Race
star
8.00
1 votes

#10 - Big Road Race

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/2004

Too Tall, Brother, Freddy and Kenny all participate in a go-cart race. Brother is in charge of building the go-cart, Too Tall is in charge of providing parts for the go-cart, and Freddy is in charge of drawing the plans for the go-cart. As for Kenny, who helps the cubs along the way, he ends up getting the honor of driving the go-cart in the race.

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Bruce Robb
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star
8.00
1 votes

#11 - That Stump Must Go

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/1/2004

Papa has troubles with an old tree stump whilst Brother and Sister have trouble making a scarecrow to frighten the birds away from the garden. Mama shows them that there's always a good side to every problem.

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Bruce Robb
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The Stinky Milk Mystery
star
8.00
1 votes

#12 - The Stinky Milk Mystery

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 7/30/2003

Brother and Sister visit Farmer Ben's farm to see some piglets. When they visit the cow pasture, they forget to latch to gate up and Farmer Ben's cows wander off. Now the cubs think they have inadvertently made the cows sick because the milk tastes stinky.

Writer: Dawn Parish
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star
7.03
29 votes

#13 - White Water Adventure

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/30/2004

At cub camp, Two Tall and his gang have trouble keeping up with the various activities, but they intentionally refuse to ask for help, especially Too Tall. When Brother offers to help Too Tall with his canoeing practice for a race, Too Tall accepts Brother's assistance.

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Dawn Parish
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Visit the Dentist
star
7.00
3 votes

#14 - Visit the Dentist

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/2003

When Sister gets her first loose tooth, Brother teases her that the dentist will extract it with a big yanking tool.

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Pick Up and Put Away
star
7.00
28 votes

#15 - Pick Up and Put Away

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/2004

Rather than tidying his room, Brother spends his time constructing a birdhouse. His room is so messy, Brother and Sister stuff everything in the closet. But when Brother goes to get something from the closet, everything spills out and his birdhouse gets destroyed. That's when Brother and Sister learn an important lesson on getting organized.

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Dawn Parish
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star
7.00
1 votes

#16 - Hug and Make Up

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/2004

The cubs plan a backyard circus. When everybody says that Brother's cycling technique is amazing, Sister feels hurt because she is the one who's going to do that act and she thinks they like Brother's act more than hers. Brother feels as hurt as Sister when Lenny and his dog steal his act with Little Lady. When Sister finds out how Brother feels about losing his dog act, just like when she lost her cycle act, she gives Brother a hug to make up for it all. The cubs all work out their acts for the Bear Country circus.

Directors: Gary Hurst
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Don't Pollute (Anymore)
star
7.00
1 votes

#17 - Don't Pollute (Anymore)

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/25/2003

Looking for something to do their environmental school project on, Brother and Sister visit Professor Actual Factual at the Bearsonian Institute. Not only do they discover that too much trash in Bear Country is a big problem, they also learn about endangered species such as the Bumbleberry tree - one of which Papa is intending to cut down to make a very special table and chairs. By showing them how to recycle eggshells as plant fertilizer, Mama helps the cubs discover that even little cubs like them can help reduce waste. Not only do the cubs spread the word to their friends who come up with their own ways to recycle, they help Papa realize he should help the environment by planting new trees instead of cutting them down.

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Trouble at School
star
6.50
2 votes

#18 - Trouble at School

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2003

Brother is kept home from school with the flu and neglects to do the schoolwork Sister delivered from his teacher.

Writer: Dawn Parish
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0.00
0 votes

#19 - The Perfect Fishing Spot

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/22/2003

It's Grams and Gramps anniversary. Papa and Sister try to find the perfect fishing spot to catch the perfect fish. Meanwhile, Brother and Mama are picking berries for the perfect dessert. After both pairs have many problems, including Little Lady eating the berries and Papa getting caught in a fishing net, they decide that they don't need the "perfect" anything to celebrate Gram's and Gramps's anniversary.

At the Giant Mall
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0.00
0 votes

#20 - At the Giant Mall

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2004

When Papa couldn't find a carving set to buy at the local hardware store, the clerk suggests that Papa should try looking for it at the one at the new mall. The Big Bear Mall is so huge, Mama goes over some rules with Papa and the cubs on how not to get separated. Papa doesn't pay attention to Mama and he loses his way while trying to find the hardware store. When Mama and the cubs finally find Papa, he finds the hardware store. All Papa had to do is get lost to find it. Papa promises not to get lost in such big places after that.

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#21 - Go to the Movies

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2004

Mama plans a trip to the movies so the family can spend some quality time together. But on their way to the theater, they get interupted by many things like running out of gas and getting rained out. When they finally arrive at the movie theater, all shows have been sold out. Despite the Bear family missing out on a movie, they have all been spending time together as a family on the ride to the theater. There is one kind of movie the family can watch and it can never get sold out: home movies!

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Dawn Parish
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0.00
0 votes

#22 - Pet Show

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2004

Brother and Sister enter a pet show with Little Lady and Gran's parakeet. At first, Brother doesn't want to enter Gran's bird in the contest because she doesn't have talent. She can make different kinds of sound effects, but Brother doesn't think it's a special talent. When Gran shows Brother that he's looking at it all from a different point of view, it inspires Brother to show everybody at the pet show all the sounds Gran's bird can make that not many other birds can.

Directors: Gary Hurst
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0.00
0 votes

#23 - Gotta Dance

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/26/2004

Papa is so busy in his workshop, he has no time to practice for the upcoming Spring-Fling Dance Jamboree with Mama as his partner. Brother decides to volunteer, despite the fact that he can't dance. But with Mama showing Brother a little about "'magining", Brother finds that dancing can be fun.

Directors: Gary Hurst
The Bad Dream
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0.00
0 votes

#24 - The Bad Dream

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/26/2004

Sister becomes fearful of the new villain on Brother's favorite TV Show. She tells Mama about her fears, and it helps. But when Brother starts having nightmares of his own, Sister is the one who helps Brother feel better.

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Bruce Robb
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0 votes

#25 - Showdown at Birder's Wood

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/30/2004

When Too Tall and his gang decide to build a tree fort in the tree home to a rare bird, the cubs try to convince them otherwise. When the cubs come up with a compromise, Too Tall and his gang end up making an even better tree fort than they even dreamed of.

Directors: Gary Hurst