The WORST episodes of The Berenstain Bears (2003)

Every episode of The Berenstain Bears (2003) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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
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#1 - 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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#2 - 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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#3 - 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
Draw It
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#4 - 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
Help Around the Workshop
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#5 - Help Around the Workshop

Season 3 - Episode 18 - 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
Say Please and Thank You
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#6 - Say Please and Thank You

Season 3 - Episode 17 - 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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#7 - 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
The Bad Dream
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#8 - 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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#9 - 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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#10 - 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
Bears for All Seasons
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#11 - 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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#12 - 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.

Visit Fun Park
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#13 - Visit Fun Park

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/22/2003

Mama gets free tickets to go to Fun Park. Freddy and Brother say they are not afraid of riding the rollercoaster. Lizzie and Sister admit that they really are afraid. Brother doesn't want to ride the rollercoaster and admits he was afraid, so he and Freddy don't ride it. Papa was in line with them and accidently boards it.

Writer: Ben Joseph
Too Much Pressure
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#14 - Too Much Pressure

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/21/2003

Things get busy around the tree house. Sister, Brother, Mama, and Papa all have things to do! After an incident in which everyone brings the wrong stuff to the wrong places, Papa and the family put up a calendar on a wall to show who has certain appointments to get to. The first time they use the calendar, it gets filled up completely! After a restless night where everyone has dreams about the calendar, it's another pressure-filled day! When Mama can't get the car to start, everyone breaks down in complete tears! The Family re-does the calendar and everything becomes A-OKAY!

Writer: Bruce Robb
Nothing to Do
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#15 - Nothing to Do

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/18/2003

The cubs are bored with nothing to do. But they find that when Mama and Papa have a lot of work to do, they feel they should help them get the work load done quicker so they can enjoy the rest of the day together.

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#16 - The Big Blooper

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/18/2003

After watching a video at Lizzie Bruins house (Trouble at big bear high) Sister learns a new word ""Fur-ball"". After saying it to Lizzie and hers friends they leave. Also she says it to Brother after he tips her milk glass. After getting in trouble she See's Lizzie and mend their friendship with their friends.

Lend a Helping Hand
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#17 - Lend a Helping Hand

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/17/2003

One day, Brother and Sister have eaten their time to play with their friends to help Widder Jones with chores. That evening, Widder Jones calls them to help her clean her attic.

Ferdy Factual
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#18 - Ferdy Factual

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/17/2003

Professor Actual Factual's nephew, Ferdy, is a new student at the cubs' school. Ferdy doesn't have any friends because he thinks everybody is against his smarts. With Brother's advice, Ferdy learns he should be a friend in order to make a friend.

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#19 - The Bad Habit

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/16/2003

Sister has a problem, she keeps biting her nails. The family thinks of many ways to make her stop. The real reason is fractions are making her nervous.

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#20 - The Prize Pumpkin

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/16/2003

Papa bear is growing a giant pumpkin for the pumpkin contest on Thanksgiving day. He becomes obsessed with it being bigger than farmer Ben's and winning the contest. Farmer Ben himself has won the contest 10 years in a row. At the contest, Papa wins third place. Ben tells him 3rd place is good for a first time entry.

Writer: Ben Joseph
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#21 - The In Crowd

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/28/2003

When a snooty new girl named Hilary moves into town, Sister's friends want to become just like her and join her "in crowd". Hilary has a snazzy new mountain bike, all the latest fashions, and the coolest music. Feeling a bit left out, Sister decides to give up jump roping and begins to want to join the crowd. However, she doesn't seem to fit in too well. Mama tells Sister that the best thing to do is to just be herself and do the things she likes to do. Then everyone will like her for who she is.

Writer: Bruce Robb
At the Giant Mall
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#22 - 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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#23 - Too Much Vacation

Season 2 - Episode 17 - 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
The Giddy Grandma
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#24 - The Giddy Grandma

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/2004

For her school assignment, Sister has to write an essay on the bear that she admires the most. She gets the idea of going to visit Grizzly Gran and borrow her book titled "100 Most Famous Bears".

Writer: Dawn Parish
Moving Day
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#25 - Moving Day

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/25/2004

The cubs are sad when they hear that their friend down the street is moving away.

Directors: Gary Hurst