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The Best Episodes of Clarissa Explains It All

Clarissa Darling is a teen girl dealing with typical pre-adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra and an annoying little...

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  1. Background image for The Last Episode
    8.4/10(57 votes)

    #1 - The Last Episode

    S5:E13

    It's a sad day as Clarissa complete her last assignment for the Dispatch - an article dedicated to the future.. where will everyone be in 20 years?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Piper Comes to Visit
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    #2 - Piper Comes to Visit

    S5:E4

    Clarissa has her work cut out for her, when Piper, the daughter of one of her mom's old school friends comes to stay and is far from friendly.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(37 votes)

    #3 - Dear Clarissa

    S5:E9

    Clarissa is given her own advice column in the school paper. She soon finds out that giving people good advice isn't as easy as she thought.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(35 votes)

    #4 - U.F.O.

    S5:E11

    Clarissa discovers that real science can be really weird. After interviewing a woman who supposedly spotted a UFO, Clarissa decides to get to the bottom of the UFO phenomena herself.

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    Director:Unknown
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    8.0/10(61 votes)

    #5 - Haunted House

    S1:E4

    Clarissa is faced with the terror of a visit from her Canadian Aunt Mafalda, who's capable of hugging the life's blood out of helpless young relatives. Clarissa enlists Ferguson's help in trying to scare Aunt Mafalda out of the house.

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for New Addition
    8.0/10(64 votes)

    #6 - New Addition

    S1:E5

    Using her deductive powers, Clarissa determines that her parents are having a baby. She orchestrates a series of demonstrations to try to dissuade them, only to discover they're actually adding a new room on to the house.

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  8. Background image for Parents Who Say No!
    8.0/10(60 votes)

    #7 - Parents Who Say No!

    S1:E13

    In an effort to break free from the shackles of "kiddie" jobs like babysitting, Clarissa asks for permission to apply for a job at the Baxter Beach Carnival. Her parents say no, but Clarissa perseveres only to wind up running the day care center.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Sam's Dad
    7.9/10(34 votes)

    #8 - Sam's Dad

    S5:E6

    Clarissa and Sam sign up for the school intern program to help them get aquainted with the real world. Clarissa ends up as Mr. Ander's intern and Sam is Mr. Darling's intern. However, trouble ensues when they both get annoyed with each other's fathers.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Revenge
    7.8/10(88 votes)

    #9 - Revenge

    S1:E1

    When younger brother Ferguson displays her training bra in show and tell, Clarissa hatches a plan to send Ferg-face into outer space via helium balloons and a straight jacket.

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    7.8/10(57 votes)

    #10 - Cool Dad

    S1:E12

    Clarissa is mortified by the prospect of her dad speaking at her school's career night. To no avail, he tries to get hip quick. His speech winds up making her proud even if he does hug his T-square during it.

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #11 - Editor In Chief

    S5:E3

    Clarissa learns a few lessons about responsibility when she becomes the editor in chief for her school newspaper.

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    7.8/10(32 votes)

    #12 - Clarissa Gets Arrested

    S5:E12

    When Clarissa decides to protest against animal testing at Woolcott Industries, she and Sam end up getting arrested! But afterward they can't decide whose parents they should call from the police station.

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    7.7/10(74 votes)

    #13 - No T.V.

    S1:E2

    In an attempt to get around her mother's mandate that there be no TV in the Darling home for a whole week, Clarissa connects her computer terminal to the cable converter and nearly blows up the house.

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  15. Background image for Urge To Drive
    7.7/10(58 votes)

    #14 - Urge To Drive

    S1:E7

    Although she's too young for a driver's license, Clarissa is consumed by the desire to aquire a 1976 Gremlin she finds in the want-ads.

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    7.7/10(62 votes)

    #15 - Brain Drain

    S1:E9

    An I.Q. test result has Ferguson believing that he is really a genius. His dreams of creating a model society come crashing down when he goes head-to-head with Clarissa on a game show called "Brain Drain".

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    7.7/10(35 votes)

    #16 - A New Mom

    S5:E2

    Clarissa has a history assignment: take something old, tired, and worn out, and reinvent it. So Clarissa tries to reinvent her mom.

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  18. Background image for Janet and Clarissa, Inc.
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    #17 - Janet and Clarissa, Inc.

    S5:E8

    After Clarissa is given a class assignment to invent and market an environmentally safe product, she teams up with her mom to market Bouncy Balls- yummy health treats that bounce when they're dropped on the floor. The business doesn't work out so well when Clarissa feels left out of marketing process. Meanwhile, both Ferguson and Marshall have their tonsils removed.

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    7.6/10(60 votes)

    #18 - Bully

    S1:E8

    When a greedy bully forces Ferguson to hand over his big sister's walkman, Clarissa decides to stand up and fight. It's not her fists but her spirit that KO's the bully, and he winds up falling for Clarissa.

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  20. Background image for Clarissa Makes A Cake
    7.6/10(59 votes)

    #19 - Clarissa Makes A Cake

    S1:E10

    Clarissa pitches in to help celebrate her parents' anniversary. Unfortunately a couple of things get in the way of the party-- her parents stop talking to each other, and Clarissa's cake nearly explodes.

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  21. Background image for Sick Days
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #20 - Sick Days

    S1:E11

    When Clarissa is asked to play the part of a column in a pageant celebrating ancient Greece, she hatches a plan to get sick. The pageant turns out to be really cool, but it's too late-- Clarissa's plan has taken effect and she's grounded.

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  22. Background image for Alter Ego
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #21 - Alter Ego

    S5:E5

    Clarissa and Sam go to a party dressed as cool, hip, outrageous characters. Clarissa dons a wig, a tatoo, and a nose ring and decides to call herself Jade. At the party, she falls for a cute guy named Paulie. But Clarissa isn't sure if he's interested in her or the ficticious Jade. Meanwhile, Ferguson finds a stray cat who he names William F. Buckley and tries to hinder his parents from looking for the real owner.

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    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #22 - The Firm

    S5:E7

    Marshall joins an architectual firm after receiving some very generous offers from the corporation. But the money doesn't seem to make up for how the entire family feels about the firm. Meanwhile, Clarissa tries to write an essay to win a scholarship for college.

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  24. Background image for Ferguson Explains It All
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #23 - Ferguson Explains It All

    S5:E10

    Ferguson orders a pair of new mind control glasses and decides to try them out on the family. However, Clarissa decides to fight back too as she has the same mind control glasses.

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  25. Background image for Clarissa News Network
    7.5/10(71 votes)

    #24 - Clarissa News Network

    S1:E3

    Clarissa decides that news is cool, and that she'd rather be Jane Pauley than anyone else in the world. Her first story is her mother's midlife crisis, which is triggered by a college pal showing up in town as a successful modern dancer.

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    7.5/10(66 votes)

    #25 - School Picture

    S1:E6

    Clarissa is determined not to wear the same old blue cardigan and knee socks for her school picture and devises a scheme to outfit herself in the coolest clothes around.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Last Episode" is the best rated episode of "Clarissa Explains It All". It scored 8.4/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/1/1994. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Piper Comes to Visit".