The BEST episodes of The Jetsons

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

The Jetsons is an animated sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera. It was Hanna-Barbera’s Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones, a half-hour family sitcom projecting contemporary American culture and lifestyle into another time period. The Jetsons live in a futuristic utopia in the year 2062 of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions.

Last Updated: 1/7/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Dance Time
star
8.42
12 votes

#1 - Dance Time

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/3/1985

Jane convinces George to take dancing lessons so he won't embarrass Judy at her housewarming party, but his uncoordinated moves lead a mechanic to offer him some help with Automatic Dancing Shoes.

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Miss Solar System
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8.40
55 votes

#2 - Miss Solar System

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/3/1963

Jane decides to enter the Miss Solar System contest without George knowing. However, Spacely Sprockets is sponsoring the contest. George & Mr. Spacely are judges, but Mrs. Spacely removes her husband from the judges' stand & George is the ""Mystery Judge"".

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Crime Games
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8.34
47 votes

#3 - Crime Games

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/19/1987

A malfunction of the TeleViewer causes Elroy to discover a robbery plot by "The Gripfather" (a take on "The Godfather"), and George ends up trapped in the middle of it.

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The Vacation
star
8.09
11 votes

#4 - The Vacation

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 11/7/1985

Jane wins a vacation on the Love Rocket. George meets his old girlfriend and Jane meets her first boyfriend on the rocket. Elroy and Judy find out and try to save the marriage.

Writer: Alex Lovy
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Astro's Big Moment
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8.00
11 votes

#5 - Astro's Big Moment

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 11/1/1985

Mr. Spacely assigns George to be the judge for the annual dog show. But this leads to a very stressful situation for him as his family wants him to make Astro the winner, as well as the boss wanting him to insure his wife's poodle comes out on top, and even a mobster gets into the act by making George choose his mutt as the top dog. What choice will George make?

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The Swiss Family Jetson
star
8.00
13 votes

#6 - The Swiss Family Jetson

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/23/1985

The big city drives the Jetson family mad, and they decide to move to an empty moon. They live in a true paradise until some real estate brokers discover the paradise like moon and turn it into a crowded city. The Jetsons find themselves where they started from anyway.

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Robot's Revenge
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7.91
11 votes

#7 - Robot's Revenge

Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 11/20/1985

A disgruntled robot gets fired from yet another job--this time at a gym where George is a member as a result of his usual incompetence. As payback, the robot issues a code red in which all machines turn against George. And the timing couldn't be worse as Jane's great aunt visits when the family believes she'll be leaving an inheritance.

Writer: Alex Lovy
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The Wrong Stuff
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7.90
10 votes

#8 - The Wrong Stuff

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/5/1985

After winning a school science contest, Elroy is invited with the family to view a space shuttle launch. But he gets more than he bargains for when he and Astro get aboard the shuttle and get launched into deep space. They're able to return to Earth, but are significantly changed in an unexpected way.

Writer: Mike Dirham
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Wedding Bells for Rosey
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7.89
9 votes

#9 - Wedding Bells for Rosey

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1987

Rosie falls in love with the robot of the janitor. To get a 'green card' for that robot they need to get married. But can robots get married?

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Fugitive Fleas
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7.88
16 votes

#10 - Fugitive Fleas

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/25/1985

After losing out on a big raise, George gets "compensation" from Mr. Spacely with tickets to an outer space theme park. There, the family go on various rides and attend a flea circus. Afterward, the Moon fleas escape on Astro and seek sanctuary with the Jetsons because their ringleader mistreats them.

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The Cosmic Courtship of George and Jane
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7.85
13 votes

#11 - The Cosmic Courtship of George and Jane

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/14/1985

It's George and Jane's wedding anniversary. Yet George forgets and Jane throws a fit. Afterward, they recap to the kids how they got together. Later, when watching a news report, they found out that the man that married them was a fraud. So they decide to go to Las Venus to renew their vows (legally, this time).

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Elroy in Wonderland
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7.85
13 votes

#12 - Elroy in Wonderland

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/22/1985

The night before the family leaves on vacation to Club Mellowstar, George shows Elroy some old tools his great-great grandfather used to work with. After they get there, the supervising robot restricts Astro from joining them as dogs aren't allowed at the resort. Elroy later frees him from confinement and the two scramble to get away from the supervisor, only to wind up in an unusual junk land occupied by old obsolete tool robots. Elroy and Astro work alongside some of them to prove they're not as useless as they're regarded. Will the two be able to find a way out of the junk land?

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Jane's Driving Lesson
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7.84
25 votes

#13 - Jane's Driving Lesson

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1963

Jane gets fed up with public transportation and decides to take driving lessons. After all, Elroy can get a learner's permit when he's 8 years old, so Jane should be able to get driving lessons, can't she? Her talents scare the teacher so much, he goes back hunting wild lions again. Accidentally Jane thinks she's got a new instructor while that persons turns out to be a crook on the run ...

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Dog Daze Afternoon
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7.80
10 votes

#14 - Dog Daze Afternoon

Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/15/1985

George and Jane accompany Mr. Spacely to a business convention where they hope to show off the company's lastest invention, the E.X.I.T. (EXecutive Instant Teleporter). Meanwhile, Judy is in charge of the household as Elroy tests his own invention, a dog trainer, in hopes of earning money helping the neighborhood dogs to better behave themselves. But a mixup of program discs causes near disasterous results on both sides that could lead to George's firing and Elroy having to look for all the missing dogs.

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The Odd Pod
star
7.80
10 votes

#15 - The Odd Pod

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1987

Jane enters a garden contest. Astro crushes Jane's plant and the plant passes away. George buys Jane a new plant at 'Far Out Flowers', a rare import 'A Martian Creeper'. It turns out to be a very rare breed ...

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Judy Takes Off
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7.75
12 votes

#16 - Judy Takes Off

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/7/1985

When Mr Spacely discovers that the only rival to his wife for 'Woman of the Year' is Jane - so he tries to discredit her by secretly filming the antics of Judy.

Writer: Alex Lovy
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Hi-Tech Wreck
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7.75
12 votes

#17 - Hi-Tech Wreck

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/17/1985

George and family are sent to outer Moongolia after he fails to help a malfunctioning RUDI when Mr. Spacely tries to demonstrate a pleasure program to the executive board members. The situation will lead to further disaster as RUDI threatens to destroy the Earth unless George is able to restore his programming.

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One Strike, You're Out
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7.73
15 votes

#18 - One Strike, You're Out

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/30/1985

After Cogswell is picked as Tycoon of the Day by a magazine, Spacely is determined to produce more sprockets by overworking his staff and hiring more human labor. This causes the robots to revolt against the humans and the humans to revolt against Spacely. As a result, George is caught in the middle of it as the crisis takes away the time he needs to spend with Elroy to help build his robot athlete for the Robot Olympics at his school. But appropriately, this leads to the solution at work when he has to play the role of the robot when he nearly ruins his son's project.

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Elroy Meets Orbitty
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7.73
33 votes

#19 - Elroy Meets Orbitty

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1985

On a field trip to mars Elroy picks up a remarkable looking stone and takes it home. It turns out to be the egg of a rare pet. The Jetsons decide to keep the pet and call it Orbitty. Orbitty turns all kinds of colors to show his emotions. He can fix machines unlike a gremlin who usually sabotages them. He also has spring-like legs, enabling him to bounce, and has plunger-like legs that makes him stick to many surfaces. He often uses them to hang from the ceiling.

Writer: Mike Dirham
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S'no Relative
star
7.71
14 votes

#20 - S'no Relative

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/2/1985

Two scientists remove a block of ice holding an alien creature from a frozen planet. Upon returning to Earth, it slips from their grasp and thaws out on the Jetsons' barbecue. They believe him to be their alien cousin who's arriving for a visit. The scientists then realize they have to return the alien to his homeworld before his people realize he's missing and a resulting war will break out.

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Invisibly Yours, George
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7.71
38 votes

#21 - Invisibly Yours, George

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1987

It seems that Orwell Spacely, Mr. Spacely's nephew, is the company's inventor. George becomes the company's Guinea Pig. Just when the patrolling police think no one breaks the 500 mph speed limit, they see a car driven by a man without a face. The new invention doesn't clean people like it is supposed to, it makes them invisible!

Writer: Butch Howard
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Judy's Elopement
star
7.70
10 votes

#22 - Judy's Elopement

Season 2 - Episode 39 - Aired 11/27/1985

In a bit of confusion, George believes Judy is going to elope with Mr. Spacely's nephew.

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Rosey the Robot
star
7.69
234 votes

#23 - Rosey the Robot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1962

Jane wants a maid but George says they can't afford it.

Writer: Larry Markes
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Little Bundle of Trouble
star
7.69
13 votes

#24 - Little Bundle of Trouble

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/18/1985

The Jetsons gets a baby on their doorstep, but this is no ordinary baby. He's really the pint-sized jewel thief Tiny Terror in diguise.

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Future Tense
star
7.67
12 votes

#25 - Future Tense

Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 11/12/1985

In an alien shopping gallery, Jane Jetson unwittingly buys sunglasses that allow whoever's wearing them to see into the near future. When George Jetson finds this out, he decides to take his wife to the space-horse races, to make a little extra money off of Jane's ability to see which space-horse will come in first. Will George's idea succeed, or is he playing with fire?

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