The BEST episodes of Wishbone

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

An intelligent and witty dog imagines himself in the role of characters from classic books and gets involved in similar real-life adventures.

Last Updated: 2/28/2024Network: PBSStatus: Ended
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A Tale of Two Sitters
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10.00
1 votes

#1 - A Tale of Two Sitters

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/30/1995

Guilt by association haunts Wishbone in his dream of A Tale of Two Cities.

The Hunchdog of Notre Dame
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10.00
1 votes

#2 - The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/26/1995

Wishbone is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, standing for and defending Esmerelda.

A Tail in Twain (2)
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9.18
11 votes

#3 - A Tail in Twain (2)

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/1995

Part One continued.

Homer Sweet Homer
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9.11
9 votes

#4 - Homer Sweet Homer

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/1995

Wishbone tells the story of Homer's ""The Odyssey.""

Paw Prints of Thieves
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9.00
1 votes

#5 - Paw Prints of Thieves

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/2/1996

When Joe gets under the crosshairs for what appears to be a good deed, Wishbone imagines himself as Robin Hood.

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Pup Fiction
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9.00
1 votes

#6 - Pup Fiction

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/1997

Intrigue and mystery surrounds a letter addressed to Wanda. In trying to trace the anonymous note, Wishbone drifts into Jane Austen's gothic horror novel Northanger Abbey.

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Fleabitten Bargain
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8.67
3 votes

#7 - Fleabitten Bargain

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/5/1995

Joe is dazzled by a virtual-reality machine demonstrated by a cunning salesman at a town fair. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Faust, learns that making big sacrifices just to gain immediate satisfaction is not necessarily the wisest choice in the long run.

Bark That Bark
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8.63
8 votes

#8 - Bark That Bark

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/1995

David overloads on responsibilities and doesn't understand the wisdom of asking for help. Wishbone explores the power of wisdom as it lies within two African-American folk tales.

Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!
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8.56
9 votes

#9 - Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/1995

Wishbone, not wearing his collar, gets taken to the pound where he meets a beautiful female dog named Rosie. The inside story is that of ""romeo and Juliet"" by William Shakespeare

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The Slobbery Hound
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8.50
6 votes

#10 - The Slobbery Hound

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/1/1995

Wishbone searches for a wandering dog who is wreaking havoc with garbage cans and items in people's yards and porches. Wishbone imagines himself as Sherlock Holmes in ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"", where he works to track down a murderer who uses a giant hound to commit his crimes.

Digging Up the Past
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8.50
4 votes

#11 - Digging Up the Past

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/2/1995

Wishbone and Joe meet a charming elderly Oakdale resident who has returned after a long absense, and together they search for a ""time capsule"" in Joe's backyard. Meanwhile, Wishbone imagines himself as Rip van Winkle, who falls asleep in the forest and wakes up twenty years later to discover that a whole new nation (the USA) has been born.

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Hot Diggety Dawg
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8.50
2 votes

#12 - Hot Diggety Dawg

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/1/1995

Wishbone digs for Wanda, turning the day into the pages of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Hercules Unleashed
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8.50
2 votes

#13 - Hercules Unleashed

Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/3/1996

While Samantha seeks the perfect gift for her father's birthday, Wishbone plays up Hercules, seeking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.

Cyranose
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8.33
6 votes

#14 - Cyranose

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/31/1995

Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.

The Impawssible Dream
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8.00
1 votes

#15 - The Impawssible Dream

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/5/1995

Wishbone, while watching Joe pursue his impossible dream of making the book of world records, thinks of Don Quixote.

Twisted Tail
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7.90
10 votes

#16 - Twisted Tail

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/1995

A crime wave hits Oakdale, making the kids selective in choosing friends and giving Wishbone a chance to dream of Oliver Twist.

Bone of Arc
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7.50
4 votes

#17 - Bone of Arc

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/3/1995

Samantha becomes the heroine of the boys' soccer team, while Wishbone becomes her ally. Meanwhile, Joan of Arc leads the men of the French Army against the English in Mark Twain's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Wishbone is her friend, Louis de Conte.

A Tail in Twain (1)
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7.13
24 votes

#18 - A Tail in Twain (1)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/23/1995

The kids have an end-of-summer adventure in Jackson Park and learn about the power of stories. Wishbone, as Tom Sawyer, has an adventure with Huck Finn in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

The Roamin' Nose
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7.00
2 votes

#19 - The Roamin' Nose

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/1997

It's graduation time for the middle-school students, as they face the uncertain future in more ways than one. Wishbone sees a future with just as many question marks in Virgil's The Aeneid.

Moonbone
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7.00
1 votes

#20 - Moonbone

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/9/1997

Would you believe a missing Super Bowl ring could be traced to Wishbone? Hard for him to notice, as he imagines himself as Franklin Blake in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone.

War of the Noses
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7.00
1 votes

#21 - War of the Noses

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/1997

A betrayed Wishbone lapses into the character Richard Shelton in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow.

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Halloween Hound: The Legend of the Creepy Collars (2)
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7.00
2 votes

#22 - Halloween Hound: The Legend of the Creepy Collars (2)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/1997

Continuation of Part 1.

Picks of the Litter
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7.00
1 votes

#23 - Picks of the Litter

Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 11/9/1996

The obligatory flashback episode (and the only best-of the series would ever see).

Dances With Dogs
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7.00
1 votes

#24 - Dances With Dogs

Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 11/7/1996

Lee Natonabah, a Native-American friend of Joe's, speaks about Navajo culture and story-telling, while Wishbone imagines himself as a young brave in a story that Lee tells.

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Pantin' at the Opera
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7.00
1 votes

#25 - Pantin' at the Opera

Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 11/6/1996

Wishbone tells the story of Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom Of The Opera.""