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: 11/23/2024Network: PBSStatus: Ended
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#1 - White Water Adventure

Season 3 - Episode 17 - 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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Pick Up and Put Away
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#2 - Pick Up and Put Away

Season 3 - Episode 12 - 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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#3 - Go Up and Down

Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/6/2004

The Bears' are invited to the Bruins' cottage to do some fishing. Papa gets so excited he ignores Sister's and Brother's suggestions of preparation. Everytime a cub needs something they forget to take with them for fishing, Papa has to go up and down the steps to get it for them. The cubs all show Papa how important it is to plan ahead and list everything they might need to take.

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Peter Sauder
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#4 - The Perfect Fishing Spot

Season 2 - Episode 20 - 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.

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#5 - Grow It

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/3/2004

Sister gets frustrated and impatient when both her fur and her seed aren't growing quickly. Mama and Gramps tell Sister that things can't be rushed and they need patience to help grow.

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Dawn Parish
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Bears for All Seasons
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#6 - Bears for All Seasons

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/3/2004

Strange weather patterns ruin the cubs' family plans. Mama and Papa tell the cubs not to dwell on the past and to enjoy what the new day has to offer no matter what kind of weather it brings.

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Bruce Robb
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#7 - The Female Fullback

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/2/2004

Brother, Cousin Fred and Too Tall enlist the help of Betsy Broom to help them win their upcoming football game. Betsy, however, also has activities she needs to tend to. With help from the cubs, Betsy helps them in return with their football plays.

Directors: Gary Hurst
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#8 - Papa's Pizza

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/2/2004

When Brother and Sister invite a lot of friends over, they have trouble deciding what to make for lunch. Each friend has some foods they like and dislike, and it's hard for Brother and Sister to keep track. Papa, however, has a way that everybody can be happy and have what they want. He can make them pizza!

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Dawn Parish
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Draw It
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#9 - Draw It

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/1/2004

Brother joins an art class in order to improve his artistic skills. He hopes to learn how to draw faces like his art teacher, but he discovers that there are other things he must learn first.

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Bruce Robb
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#10 - 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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Help Around the Workshop
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#11 - Help Around the Workshop

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/29/2004

When Papa is on a tight schedule for an order from the Squire, Brother, Sister and Mama try to help by organizing his messy workshop, but despite their efforts, chaos ensues.

Directors: Gary Hurst
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Say Please and Thank You
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#12 - Say Please and Thank You

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/29/2004

A lack of manners at school frustrates Sister, whilst Brother also forgets his manners. With Mama's and Papa's advice about using the magic words, please and thank you, Sister and Brother mend their troubles by saying those words to everyone at school the next day, especially their school custodian.

Directors: Gary Hurst
Writer: Peter Sauder
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#13 - Showdown at Birder's Wood

Season 3 - Episode 19 - 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
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The Bad Dream
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#14 - 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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#15 - 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
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Big Road Race
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#16 - Big Road Race

Season 3 - Episode 14 - 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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#17 - Hug and Make Up

Season 3 - Episode 13 - 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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#18 - Pet Show

Season 3 - Episode 10 - 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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Car Trip
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#19 - Car Trip

Season 3 - Episode 11 - 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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#20 - Go to the Movies

Season 3 - Episode 9 - 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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#21 - The Summer Job

Season 2 - Episode 21 - 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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At the Giant Mall
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#22 - At the Giant Mall

Season 2 - Episode 8 - 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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#23 - Think of Those in Need

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2004

Brother and Sister donate a few of their old belongings to the elderly at the Bears' Retirement Home. When Brother accidentally donates his favorite book, he finds out that giving someone your time to read it is just as important as giving away your things.

Directors: Gary Hurst
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#24 - Too Much Vacation

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/24/2003

The Bear family is going on a mountaintop vacation for an entire week. Papa hopes for it to be the best vacation ever. During the week, nothing goes right for Papa. His fishing hook gets caught in the weeds, the boat sinks, the Bears pick sour berries, and their cabin gets flooded during a rainstorm at night. Papa gets frustrated when their vacation is turning into the worst one ever and wants to leave ASAP! Mama and the cubs show Papa pictures they took of him when nothing went right for him, and they show him how to look at things in a different way. Papa realizes that he had been looking at everything on the dark side all along, and the Bears' vacation goes from the worst to the best.

Writer: Peter Sauder
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The Giddy Grandma
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#25 - The Giddy Grandma

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/2004

Sister has a hard time writing her report on who she admires the most. When she goes to Grizzly Gran's to get a book on heroes, Sister finds someone she already admires most: her grandma!

Writer: Dawn Parish
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