7.9/1013 votes#1 - 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
- 7.9/1010 votes
#2 - 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
- 8.3/109 votes
#3 - 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
- 8.0/1010 votes
#4 - 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
- 8.4/1010 votes
#5 - 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
- 8.6/108 votes
#6 - 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
- 8.4/109 votes
#7 - Righting the Writing
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/2007
Chaos erupts when words go missing.
Director: David Scott
Writer: John P. McCann
- 9.0/109 votes
#8 - 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
- 8.4/108 votes
#9 - 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
- 8.4/108 votes
#10 - 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
- 8.3/108 votes
#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
- 8.4/108 votes
#12 - 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
- 8.4/108 votes
#13 - 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
- 7.6/108 votes
#14 - 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
- 7.8/109 votes
#15 - 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
- 8.3/108 votes
#16 - 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
- 8.4/108 votes
#17 - 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
- 8.3/108 votes
#18 - 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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
- NaN/100 votes
#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
The Best Episodes of Animalia Season 1
Every episode of Animalia Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Animalia Season 1!
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Network:Network Ten
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Hello, We Must be Going" is the best rated episode of "Animalia" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by David Scott and written by Tom Ruegger, it aired on 11/19/2007. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Goodbye, We Must be Staying".