6.8/1097 votesLoading...#1 - Watch for Falling Idols
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/25/1997
A Thunderbolt executive orders the Dearly Farm be used for the next episode of Thunderbolt. Lucky is overjoyed at the news. Despite this, when Lucky learns Thunderbolt doesn't do all his own stunts, which causes him to lose faith in his hero. Meanwhile, Cruella attempts to play a part in the production.
Director: Rick Schneider
Writer: Jess Winfield
6.7/1062 votesLoading...#2 - Prophet and Loss
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/10/1998
Cadpig plays along with the others and the farm animals as she thinks she's psychic.
Director: Skip Jones
Writer: Thomas Hart
6.2/1050 votesLoading...#3 - The Great Cat Invasion
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/1/1997
Fed up of hearing about Lt. Pug's fictional cat invasion, Lucky devises a plan to get him off their backs. However, the pups later discover Cruella's latest plot and realize that Lt. Pug may have been telling the truth after all.
Director: Skip Jones
Writer: David Hemingson
6.1/1053 votesLoading...#4 - Bad to the Bone
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/18/1997
Rolly joins Mooch's gang after faking a fight with Cydne the Snake, although he dumps his true friends in the process. However, later Cydne comes to confront Rolly to force him to tell the truth.
Director: Skip Jones
Writer: Don Gillies
6.1/1052 votesLoading...#5 - Southern Fried Cruella
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/18/1997
Cruella makes her latest plans using the means of pollution, by being given responsibility of the farm while Roger and Anita are away and fooling the landlord into allowing her to build factories around the farm.
Director: Ken Boyer
Writer: Bruce Shelly, Anne Baumgarten
6.0/1053 votesLoading...#6 - Howl Noon
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1997
Lt. Pug's old bully rival, Persian Pete, comes back to haunt him at exactly noon, and Cadpig is determined to help him face his fear by hypnotizing him into a trance.
Director: Rick Schneider
Writer: Ken Koonce, Michael Merton
6.0/1052 votesLoading...#7 - Two for the Show
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1997
Lucky and Rolly compete on the game show Squeal of Fortune to win a bone autographed by Thunderbolt. Meanwhile, Cruella enters Scorch and Vendella into the show as well to advertise her new fashion pet wear. Then, Steven the alligator arrives and causes havoc at the show's end.
Director: Skip Jones
Writer: Jess Winfield
5.9/1061 votesLoading...#8 - The High Price of Fame
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/1/1997
Spot embarrasses herself while the pups videotape her every move and submit it to Stupendously Embarrassing Home Videos, causing her to sign a deal with Swamp Rat to clear her name.
Director: Skip Jones
Writer: Don Gillies
5.8/1071 votesLoading...#9 - Home is Where the Bark Is
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1997
When Roger and Anita's house proves to be too much trouble for the 101 dogs they own, they move to a new farm. Lucky, Cadpig, and Rolly, however, prefer the city life and are determined to return to their old home. Then, Cruella keeps the pups hostage in the old city house and forces Roger and Anita to give over the farm.
Director: Rick Schneider
Writer: Bobs Gannaway
5.8/1062 votesLoading...#10 - He Followed Me Home
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1997
A circus elephant wanders onto the Dearly Farm, which gives Cruella the idea that the Dearlys will be forced to sell the farm because their deed prohibits them from having any pets other than their 101 Dalmatians and the animals already part of the farm.
Director: Victor Cook
Writer: Mirith J. Colao
5.8/1063 votesLoading...#11 - Easy on the Lies
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1997
When Rolly traps himself into hearing the Colonel tell a story he has heard very often, Lucky stretches the truth to try to get him out of it, which lands them all in trouble by forcing them to sneak into Cruella's dwelling.
Director: Ken Boyer
Writer: Bruce Shelly, Anne Baumgarten
- 5.8/1051 votesLoading...
#12 - No Train, No Gain
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/8/1997
After seeing a boy billionaire ask for a specific railway car, Cruella tries to get rich quick by stealing the one on the Dearly's farm. However, the pups and the Colonel attempt to prevent Cruella from getting her hands on it, causing them to embark on a wild mountain chase.
Director: Rick Schneider
Writer: Len Uhley
- 5.8/1052 votesLoading...
#13 - Dog's Best Friend
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/22/1997
Lucky gets a new friend called Blaze, who has just arrived on the farm, but after a while, Rolly becomes jealous of him.
Director: Rick Schneider
Writer: Thomas Hart
5.8/1053 votesLoading...#14 - A Christmas Cruella
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/20/1997
Cruella turns into Scrooge on Christmas and fires Anita. When Cruella hits her head she dreams that the pups take her on a trip through time. She goes to the past, present, and future.
Director: Victor Cook
Writer: Ken Koonce, Michael Merton
- 5.8/1056 votesLoading...
#15 - Out to Launch
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/10/1998
The Pups sneak into cruella's Rocket plan to launch the DeVil NCCA spaceship to destroy the earth.
Director: Ken Boyer
Writer: Don Gillies
5.7/1059 votesLoading...#16 - Swine Song
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/25/1997
Rolly believes he has fallen in love with Dumpling and attempts to impress her. However, Dumpling doesn't seem interested in Rolly, causing him to lose hope. Lucky, Cadpig, and Spot attempt to help Rolly make an impression on Dumpling.
Director: Victor Cook
Writer: Cydne Clark, Steve Granat
- 5.7/1020 votesLoading...
#17 - Wild Chick Chase
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/15/1997
Spot has to baby-sit a chick, Peeps, when she really would rather go for a swim. She decides to find out if she can do both. However, Peeps the chick loves milk and keeps sneaking off to find more of it, keeping Spot on her toes.
Director: Rick Schneider
Writer: Mirith J. Colao
5.6/1060 votesLoading...#18 - An Officer and a Gentledog
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/11/1997
Lucky and Tripod compete to become Top Dog of Lt. Pug's Bark Brigade on the "Obstacle Course of Unspeakable Pain and Agony." The competition becomes more and more heated as the obstacle course goes on.
Director: Tony Craig, Bobs Gannaway
Writer: Fracaswell Hyman
- 5.5/1057 votesLoading...
#19 - Love 'Em and Flea 'Em
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1997
Lucky wishes to attend a dance with Two-Tone, but ends up with fleas, and he tries to get rid of them. However, Mooch wants to make Lucky fail so Two-Tone will be his girlfriend again, so he tries to spoil Lucky's friends' attempts at getting rid of them.
Director: Tony Craig, Bobs Gannaway
Writer: Ken Koonce, Michael Merton
- 5.4/1050 votesLoading...
#20 - The Dogs of DeVil
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/22/1997
After watching a soap opera, Cadpig jumps to the conclusion that Cruella telling Anita to work on a Saturday and her obedience to that order means Roger and Anita are divorcing.
Director: Rick Schneider
Writer: Chris Hubbell, Sam Graham
- 5.3/1055 votesLoading...
#21 - Rolly's Egg-Celent Adventure
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/15/1997
Rolly baby-sits Spot's mother's eggs, which Scorch tries to steal. When the chicks hatch, they believe Rolly is their mother.
Director: Skip Jones
Writer: Bruce Talkington
- 4.0/101 votesLoading...
#22 - You Slipped a Disk
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1997
The Trio chases after Scorch when he steals a diskette that Roger ordered Lucky to keep out of Cruella's hands.
Director: Tony Craig, Bobs Gannaway
Writer: Mirith J. Colao
- 4.0/101 votesLoading...
#23 - Chow About That?
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/1997
The trio try to figure out a way to break into the silo when they miss lunch.
Director: Tony Craig, Bobs Gannaway
Writer: Mirith J. Colao
- 3.0/101 votesLoading...
#24 - Tic Track Toe
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/2/1997
The Main Pups help their idol Go-Go the greyhound when a racetrack accident leaves him afraid of bunnies.
Director: Tony Craig, Bobs Gannaway
Writer: Mirith J. Colao
- 3.0/101 votesLoading...
#25 - Lucky All-Star
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/2/1997
Convinced that he is Roger's favorite, Lucky bitterly competes with Tripod over whom Roger will enter in a bone-digging contest.
Director: Victor Cook
Writer: Fracaswell Hyman, Carin Greenberg Baker
The Best Episodes of 101 Dalmatians: The Series
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Best Episodes Summary
"Watch for Falling Idols" is the best rated episode of "101 Dalmatians: The Series". It scored 6.8/10 based on 97 votes. Directed by Rick Schneider and written by Jess Winfield, it aired on 10/25/1997. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Prophet and Loss".