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The Best Episodes of Animalia

Every episode of Animalia ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Animalia!

Animalia is an Australian children's television series based on the 1986 picture book of the same name by illustrator Graeme Base in 2012 being distributed...
Genre:Animation
Network:Network Ten

Best Episodes Summary

"Butterfly Winter" is the best rated episode of "Animalia". It scored 9/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by David Scott and written by John Ludin, it aired on 11/28/2007. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Long Story Short".

  • Butterfly Winter
    9.0/109 votes
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    #1 - Butterfly Winter

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/2007

    In this episode, the animalians become hooked on TV.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: John Ludin

  • Long Story Short
    8.6/108 votes
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    #2 - Long Story Short

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/26/2007

    In this episode, an important message is incorrectly communicated. The kids struggle to discover the truth about Livingstone's disappearance.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Mark Seidenberg

  • Forget Me Not
    8.4/1010 votes
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    #3 - Forget Me Not

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/2007

    Alex and Zoe go on a search for a Corespore in a place where lost Animalian memories go, Memory Canyon.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger, Nicholas Hollander

  • Righting the Writing
    8.4/109 votes
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    #4 - Righting the Writing

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/2007

    Chaos erupts when words go missing.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: John P. McCann

  • Speechless in Animalia
    8.4/108 votes
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    #5 - Speechless in Animalia

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/2007

    All the animals lose the power of speech.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Sherri Stoner

  • Don Iguana
    8.4/108 votes
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    #6 - Don Iguana

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/2007

    To impress Zoe, Iggy the iguana dons a cape and becomes Animalia's secret hero.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Mark Seidenberg

  • Being Peter Applebottom
    8.4/108 votes
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    #7 - Being Peter Applebottom

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/2007

    When G'Bubu is hit on the head by a bongo nut, he assumes the personality of Peter Applebottom, a brilliant but pompous scientist who claims to know how to permanently fix the Core.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger, Deanna Oliver

  • Animalia's Talent-o-topia
    8.4/108 votes
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    #8 - Animalia's Talent-o-topia

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/2007

    Allegra the crocodile admits to Zoe that she can't read. Zoe helps her to write a song for Animalia's talent contest. Iggy and G'Bubu also perform in the competition.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Deanna Oliver

  • Iggy's Quest
    8.4/108 votes
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    #9 - Iggy's Quest

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/11/2007

    On a visit to his grandfather's home, Iggy must come to terms with the fact that he is not a full-blooded iguana, but rather, is part chameleon. With the help of his grandfather Carmine, Iggy gets in touch with his 'inner chameleon' and overcomes his fear of a recurring nightmare.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Deanna Oliver

  • The Mist of Time
    8.3/109 votes
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    #10 - The Mist of Time

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/2007

    In this episode, G'Bubu the gorilla is swept back in time to an era when his ancestors fought for control of the trees against their enemies, the giant tree frogs.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger

  • Over and Beyond
    8.3/108 votes
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    #11 - Over and Beyond

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2007

    Zoe travels to the land of Over and Beyond, a realm populated by fictional characters, to rescue two zebras who have been captured by a dragon. To allow them to escape, Zoe must stay behind and entertain the dragon with her stories like Scheherazade.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Sherri Stoner

  • Tunnel Vision
    8.3/108 votes
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    #12 - Tunnel Vision

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/10/2007

    Alex explores Animalia's tunnel system where he becomes trapped, along with an Animalian he has never met before, a weasel named TC.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Sherri Stoner

  • What's the Good Word?
    8.3/108 votes
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    #13 - What's the Good Word?

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/12/2007

    Tyrannicus starts his own nation of Tyrannia and teams up with the Creeper to declare war on Animalia, with the goal of driving Alex and Zoe out of the kingdom.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger, Deanna Oliver

  • Catcher in the Rhyme
    8.0/1010 votes
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    #14 - Catcher in the Rhyme

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/22/2007

    Zoe and Alex must recover the Corespore before the Animalians are stuck forever.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger, Sherri Stoner

  • Hello, We Must be Going
    7.9/1013 votes
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    #15 - Hello, We Must be Going

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/19/2007

    Alex and Zoe are mistaken for monsters when they first arrive through the portal.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger

  • Goodbye, We Must be Staying
    7.9/1010 votes
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    #16 - Goodbye, We Must be Staying

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/20/2007

    In this episode, the animals fear that they will be returned to their feral, uncivilised state. Zoe is torn between her desire to help and her need to return home.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger, Nicholas Hollander

  • Save Our Swamp
    7.8/109 votes
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    #17 - Save Our Swamp

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/7/2007

    Zoe and Tyrannicus join forces to shut down and drain the swamp. When Alex is struck with a swamp fever, Zoe puts aside her aversion and teams up with Allegra to track down the elusive plant.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: John P. McCann

  • Brain Drain
    7.6/108 votes
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    #18 - Brain Drain

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/2007

    Livingstone is feeling unappreciated, but he gets the day off when a Corespore blast results in Livingstone turns into a happy-go-lucky twit.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: John P. McCann

  • Alex's Secret Code
    NaN/100 votes
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    #19 - Alex's Secret Code

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/13/2007

    The Creeper sabotages the Core by destroying a main root which causes the animals to revert to their original language. The kids must find the origin spore that allows the animals to communicate.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger, Nicholas Hollander

  • Whistling in the Dark
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    #20 - Whistling in the Dark

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/14/2007

    The search for the Creeper leads Alex and Zoe to the Chamber of Legends, a dusty room filled with Animalian relics. Alex reveals that he helped a weasel escape from the tunnels, and only now does Alex learn that the weasel is none other than the notorious Creeper.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger, Deanna Oliver

  • The Call to Action
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    #21 - The Call to Action

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/2008

    Livingstone calls an Animalian meeting to reveal that the Creeper is back. He journeys into the tunnels with Alex and Zoe to find it. However, the Creeper uses the Wind of No Return to foil the heroes' attempts.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Deanna Oliver

  • The World According to Iggy
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    #22 - The World According to Iggy

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/18/2008

    Iggy is asked to babysit Echo while his parents, Erno and Elni, handle a portal-guarding shift. To entertain the baby elephant, Iggy tells him tales of Animalia in which Iggy is cast as the hero. But the Creeper sweeps Elni and Erno into the tunnels in order to kidnap Echo, whom the Creeper believes stands in the way of him controlling Animalia.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Deanna Oliver

  • Nothing But The Truth
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    #23 - Nothing But The Truth

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/19/2008

    Tyrannicus plants a story that Livingstone is to retire. Livingstone refutes the rumour, but many Animalians believe Tyrannicus. When the Truth Corespore blasts off, Animalia can only speak in lies, so the kids must find the Corespore before Tyrannicus tricks Livingstone into quitting.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: John P. McCann

  • The Dream-Weavers
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    #24 - The Dream-Weavers

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/20/2008

    When nightmares plague Animalians, Alex and Zoe go to 'over and beyond', where they must find the Dream-Weaver and rescue Animalia from its dream troubles.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger

  • Getting Over The Glums
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    #25 - Getting Over The Glums

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/21/2008

    Livingstone and Reenie are struck by the 'glums', a rare Animalian version of the blues. There is only one cure for the syndrome: a good, long laugh. But those affected with the glums don't find anything the least bit funny, so Alex, Zoe, G'Bubu and Iggy must criss-cross the kingdom in search of the funniest joke in Animalia.

    Director: David Scott

    Writer: Tom Ruegger, John P. McCann