The WORST episodes of The Jetsons
Every episode of The Jetsons ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - Winner Takes All
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/9/1985
George competes in a sports contest to get an account for Spacely Sprockets.
#3 - To Tell the Truth
Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 11/22/1985
After having Elroy confess to breaking Jane's favorite vase, George winds up in a situation where he escorts a beautiful actress hired to sponsor Spacely Sprockets onboard a space flight, which takes off with him still onboard the ship, and having to get home late via a travelling space circus. Will Jane buy George's wild story?
#4 - S.M.A.S.H.
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/26/1985
Jane can drive, and accidentally crashes Mr. Spacely's car that she borrowed, which causes him to gleefully take it out on George, making him a virtual slave and groveler, until it was discovered that the brakes are jammed. This absolves the Jetsons, and then the tables are turned and a furious and humiliated Spacely becomes the reluctant servant of George.
#5 - Family Fallout
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/23/1985
Mr. Spacely & his family are invited to appear on "Family Fallout". So he schemes to find a family dumb enough to compete against them which would be The Jetsons. Who won the grand galactic prize? Who got zonked?
#6 - Rosie Come Home
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1985
Due to a malfunction in her systems, Rosie believes that she is about to be replaced, so she runs off and is nearly crushed within a car destroyer, until the Jetsons are able to convince her that she is a part of the family.
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#7 - Solar Snoops
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1985
An unknown package delivered to Spacely Sprockets contains a robot sentry dog named "Sentro", and Spacely decides to use it to guard his "Chocolate Microchip Cookie". However, the "Galactic Sneak"—a spy for Cogswell Cogs—has pulled a Trojan-Horse–type move by hiding inside Sentro's body to infiltrate Spacely's plant. When he and Sentro steal the prototype Microchip Cookie, it's up to George Jetson—who discovers a want-ad in the news for an executive secretary for Cogswell Cogs—to become "Georgina Jetstream", infiltrate Cogswell Cogs, and get Spacely's cookie back.
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#8 - Jetsons' Millions
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 11/4/1985
A winning lottery ticket makes the Jetsons millionaires.
#9 - Rip-Off Rosie
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/24/1985
When Rosie accidentally eats a faulty lug-nut (thinking it's a piece of a chocolate lug-nut) her programming goes haywire and she starts to steal things not only from her own family, but from shop's too! Rosie is programmed to think that there is "A place for everything, and everything in its place." Can George Jetson manage to save Rosie from herself? Probably.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Boy George
Season 2 - Episode 38 - Aired 11/25/1985
A worn out George starts to feel old and decides to go on a diet and exercise program. When visiting a nutrition store, the owner successfully tests a youth tonic on one of his lab animals. George manages to make off with some of it. But when he tries it out, it works too well as he's as young as his son, and actually attending school with him!
#12 - Mother's Day for Rosie
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/1/1985
As Mother's Day approaches, Rosie is sad because she doesn't have a mother herself. But through research, George is able to find a previous model of his robot maid and try to get a picture. Meanwhile, Jane tells George not to go overboard for her, but she eyes a mink stole that she hopes he'll get for her on her special day. Mr. Spacely tells him to buy it, but for his wife. Realizing his error, will George be able to get out of the mess he's gotten into?
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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?
#15 - The Mirrormorph
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/11/1985
A Mercurian Mirrormorph that was supposed to be delivered to the local scientific institute winds up going to the Jetsons' residence instead and causes all sorts of trouble as it messes up Judy's date and gets George fired as it has the ability to impersonate anyone who touches it. But if the same person holds it for more than 10 seconds, it could end up multiplying out of control and overrunning Orbit City!
#16 - 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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#17 - Fantasy Planet
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/28/1985
With all the problems the Jetson family have, they decide to take a trip to Fantasy Planet. The host has each family member in capsules to live out their fantasies. GEORGE: Boss of Jetson Sprockets! JANE: Queen of an asteroid where she does absolutely nothing. JUDY: Pop-star (naturally) ELROY & ASTRO: Super hero team. They realise their fantasies aren't that glamourous, they use a device to end their fantasies.
#18 - A Jetson Christmas Carol
Season 2 - Episode 41 - Aired 12/13/1985
In a take-off of Charles Dickens "The Christmas Carol," Mr. Spacely is being so greedy and selfish that he would even make Ebenezer Scrooge blush. On Christmas Eve, he's first haunted by his former (ghostly partner) Jacob Marsley (a blue humanoid alien who's now wrapped up in mummy bandages.) Jacob Marsley warns Mr. Spacely about the consequences of being greedy. Mr. Spacely is too full of himself to take Marsley seriously, so now he's going to be visited by (what a surprise, not!) three more spirits. First up is the Ghost of Christmas Past (A giant floating robotic head.) Second is the Ghost of Christmas Present, who literally looks like a Christmas present! Finally, the Ghost of Christmas Future (a tall, speechless mega-computer) appears and finally knocks some sense into Spacely. Spacely takes the true meaning of Christmas spirit to heart by showering gifts and presents on the Jetson's family, and everybody (predictably) lives happily ever after.
#19 - Haunted Halloween
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/31/1985
The curator of a museum takes a special interest in Orbitty, wanting to make him his special project in time for Halloween. Will the Jetsons lose their pet alien to the curator's scheme?
#20 - 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.
#21 - Spacely for a Day
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/12/1987
A medical test shows that George is more suited to be president of the company than Spacely himself. That is: after Elroy finds out Spacely distracted George during the test on purpose so he could pay him less salary. Elroy forces the score and George is executive for 2 weeks. Will George behave or will power raise to his head? Mr. Cogswell tries to put Spacely out of business when George is in charge for two weeks.
#22 - Two Many Georges
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1987
George is convinced by Orwell, Spacely's nephew, to clone himself and improve his traits. But this new-and-improved George leads the original into believing that his family doesn't need him anymore.
#23 - 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 ...
#24 - Wedding Bells for Rosie
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?
#25 - Clean as a Hound's Tooth
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1987
George has a tooth ache and visits his dentist. The dentist uses an experimental artificial teeth for George. The tooth turns out to be a dog's tooth but cannot be replaced because the dentist left for a vacation. Still George starts chasing cats and mailmen and barks at his family member.