The WORST episodes of Wild Kratts
Every episode of Wild Kratts ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Wild Kratts!
The Kratt brothers go around the world looking for animals and use "creature power suits" - suits created by their friend, Aviva, out of the creatures' DNA. There are three villains in the show: Zach Varmitech, who controls the creatures' minds and uses them as slaves; Donita Donata, who freezes creatures and sells them alive as jewelry; and Gourmond, who makes expensive gourmet dishes out of endangered species. The Kratts use their creature powers to foil these three villains' plots.
#1 - Duck, Duck, Loon!
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/6/2025
When Chris and Martin lose their gear to a snapping turtle, they are stuck mini-sized in a vast northern woodland lake. Coming across a lost baby loon, they decide to go on a mini quest to rescue the baby bird and find its parents. Along the way, they realize how much hard work goes into raising young creatures.
#2 - Stealthazar The Leopard
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/7/2025
Chris and Martin are delivering critically needed tellurium crystals back to the Tortuga when Zach tries to intercept their cargo.
#3 - Butternut Tree
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/6/2025
Martin and Chris stumble upon a rare and endangered seedling of a butternut tree.
#4 - Moose Nibbles
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/9/2025
The Kratt brothers take a day off from adventuring to go camping, where they meet a mischievous little moose calf.
#5 - Mini Heroes and Mighty Mouths
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/8/2025
The brothers get swept up in the planktonic lifestyle when they go on a mission to understand the foundation of life in the ocean.
#6 - Bumblezzzz
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/5/2024
Martin and Chris go on a "mini" creature adventure and learn about bumblebees.
#7 - To Touch a Hummingbird
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/11/2013
Martin and Chris are getting cocky about all the Creature Powers they’ve collected, and Koki cautions them not to get too full of themselves because when you do, Nature always teaches you a lesson. The brothers dismiss her advice, then a hummingbird appears. Amazed by its flight capabilities, Aviva creates a hummingbird power disc while the brothers set out trying to touch the friendly little bird, which is more difficult then they think! Gourmand, meanwhile, decides to create chocolate–covered hummingbird egg snacks, prompting the brothers to utilize hummingbird powers to save the eggs before Gourmand can cook them!
#8 - Neck and Neck
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/18/2013
While trying to uncover the mystery of the giraffe’s long neck, the Tortuga crew encounter a mischievous giraffe that starts stealing their supplies. Learning Goals: Animals develop in ways that keep them from competing directly with each other for food and resources. Animals Featured: Giraffe Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moment: Giraffes engaging in neck battles, and giraffes defending themselves against lions.
#9 - Our Blue Green World (1)
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2024
While doing their annual Laundry Day, the Kratt brothers disagree on what's better: blue oceans or green forests.
#10 - Musk Ox Mania
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/14/2017
While the Kratt brothers are being charged by an angry rhino on the African savanna, they decide to use a harpy eagle feather from Chris's creature souvenir collection to activate Harpy Eagle Powers and fly out of harm's way. However, Chris forgot his souvenir collection on the Arctic tundra during the events of "Baby Tooth and Kid Musky". To find the valuable collection, the Wild Kratts travel to the Arctic and search for the collection using the Creature Powers of the muskox. However, the team will have to hurry, because Zach Varmitech is also after the creature souvenirs.
#11 - Journey to the Subnivean Zone
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 1/30/2014
A miniaturized Chris and Martin get lost in a snowy field and uncover the secret underground world of the meadow vole. Learning Goals: Some animals have unique strategies for surviving the winter season, and snow requires specific environmental conditions to occur. Animals Featured: Meadow Vole, Red Fox, Weasel Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moment: Voles living in subnivean zone winter tunnels, weasel hunting voles, and fox strategy for hunting voles.
#14 - Gila Monster Under My House
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/28/2013
Chris and Martin set out to prove that gila monsters are misunderstood lizards, and also to protect them from becoming part of Zach’s latest invention. Learning Goals: Gila monsters are one of the most unique and misunderstood lizards in North America. Animals Featured: Gila Monster Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moment: Gila monster eggs hatching, and gila monster prowling and defending itself against predators.
#15 - Speaking Dolphinese
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/21/2013
The Wild Kratts team is on a mission to decode the secret language of the dolphin with one of Aviva’s new inventions, but a hungry great white shark puts their new animal friends in harm’s way. Learning Goals: Animals that live in groups develop unique ways to “”talk”" with each other. Animals Featured: Dolphin, Great White Shark Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moment: Dolphin defending themselves from shark attack, and dolphins cooperating to hunt fish.
#16 - Aqua Frog
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/15/2013
Martin and Chris are studying bullfrogs when Zach decides to dump his waste in the same pond, threatening the frog’s delicate lifecycle. Learning Goals: Animals depend on clean habitats to survive. Animals Featured: Bullfrog, Tadpoles, Froglets Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moment: Male bullfrog battling over a prime spot in a pond.
#17 - Cheeks the Hamster
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/23/2018
Aviva loses the MicroXT Power Chips for the Creature Power Suits, prompting the gang to search a huge field in Germany to try to find them.
#18 - Ker-honk
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 12/30/2011
When Martin’s and Chris’ Creature Power Suits unexpectedly get jammed in Proboscis monkey mode and the top monkey of the troop is injured protecting a youngster from a crocodile, the Kratt brothers find themselves stepping into the injured monkey’s role. While Aviva nurses the monkey back to health, Chris and Martin must keep the troop together and soon discover the important communication function of the proboscis monkeys strangest feature – his huge, droopy, bulbous nose! They uncover some of the different methods animals utilize to communicate important information to each other.
#19 - Mystery of the North Pole Penguins?
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/25/2017
The Wild Kratts hear from Wild Kratts Kid, Nua, that there are penguins in the Arctic, where the birds aren't supposed to be. The team must investigate this mystery and get the "lost" penguins back to where they belong.
#21 - Capture the Fishmobile
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/2015
When Aviva unveils her new Fishmobile invention, Chris and Martin challenge the gang to a brand new creature game.
#23 - Sea Otter Swim
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/27/2016
Jimmy reveals to the other Wild Kratts that he's not a very good swimmer. To help Jimmy learn to swim better, the Kratt brothers take Jimmy to meet a friend of theirs-a sea otter named Coach. While Jimmy practices swimming and diving, the Wild Kratts learn about the features that make sea otters such good swimmers.
#24 - Rocket Jaw: Rescuer of the Reef
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/20/2013
The bros discover a frogfish while exploring a coral reef, only to also find that Zach and Donita are stealing parts of the reef as part of their next scheme. Learning Goals: Coral reefs are a delicate habitat under threat by humans, and some animals are capable of blending into their habitats to hide and hunt. Animals Featured: Frogfish, Parrot Fish Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moment: Coral polyp eating a plankton, and frogfish hunting prey.
#25 - Masked Bandits
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/25/2011
As they prepare for a creature costume party, the Wild Kratts team begins to notice all sorts of strange things happening in the Tortuga HQ. Jimmy is sure there is a ghost or monster living with them, but the Kratt brothers are convinced it’s some kind of creature. When the gang sets out to discover who is causing all the trouble, they discover that certain animals gravitate towards human habitation because it provides food and protection from predators.