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The Best Episodes of Franklin

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

Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was...
Genres:AnimationKidsFamily
Network:Treehouse TV
Episodes
156
Avg. Rating
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Best Episodes Summary

"Franklin Not-So-Broken Bone" is the best rated episode of "Franklin". It scored 8.4/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/7/1998. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Franklin's Fossil".

  • Franklin Not-So-Broken Bone
    8.4/10(17)
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    #1 - Franklin Not-So-Broken Bone

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 9/7/1998

    Franklin noticed the attention Skunk was getting with a cast on her arm. He finds a way to put a cast on too but learns there are down sides too.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Fossil
    8.4/10(16)
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    #2 - Franklin's Fossil

    Season 3 Episode 8

    Aired 11/1/1999

    Franklin and Bear discover a trilobite fossil in the garden. They make a museum with the fossil as the focal point, but lose customers because they don't know anything about it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin and Betty
    8.4/10(14)
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    #3 - Franklin and Betty

    Season 5 Episode 4

    Aired 5/6/2002

    Beaver's cousin Betty is in town and Franklin is the first of the Woodland kids other than Beaver to meet her. The two quickly become friends with each other, Betty identifying with Franklin's interest in sand-castle building and also wanting to get away from Beaver, who is obliviously centered on her own interests.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin Migrates
    8.4/10(8)
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    #4 - Franklin Migrates

    Season 6 Episode 13

    Aired 6/20/2004

    Franklin learns about Migration Celebration from Goose. Goose's relatives fly south for the winter, while she and her family stay in Woodland. Franklin joins in the celebraetion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin and the Babysitter
    8.3/10(16)
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    #5 - Franklin and the Babysitter

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 9/28/1998

    Granny was not able to babysit Franklin when his parents have to go out for the night. So Mrs. Muskrat was called in. Franklin was not pleased for he was looking forward to spending time with his Granny.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Bargain
    8.3/10(15)
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    #6 - Franklin's Bargain

    Season 5 Episode 10

    Aired 5/27/2002

    When Bear buys a neat detective kit at Mr. Mole's shop, Franklin is disappointed to learn that they're all sold out, but Bear tells him that he can get a "Super Snooper Spy Kit," however, he'll have to get it before it's sold out. Franklin checks his savings and finds that he doesn't have enough money. Hoping to earn the money, he decides to strike a bargain with his Dad to get it by doing an extra chore. He first deals around doing the dishes and then fails keep up his end of the bargain after agreeing to a different chore.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Bad Day
    8.2/10(22)
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    #7 - Franklin's Bad Day

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 11/6/1997

    Franklin is sad his best friend, Otter had moved away. Even though he refuses to admit it, he's also angry and mad at everyone. He then realizes, no matter what, it's no excuse for his behavior.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin Rides a Bike
    8.2/10(23)
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    #8 - Franklin Rides a Bike

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/20/1997

    Franklin noticed all his friends are riding their bikes without training wheels. At first, he was a little embarrased with his training wheels but with the help of his mother, he learned how to finally ride a bike without training wheels.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin and His Night Friend
    8.2/10(14)
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    #9 - Franklin and His Night Friend

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 10/11/1999

    Franklin makes friends with a bat named Bat, but problems emerge when they can't meet because Bat is nocturnal.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hurry Up, Franklin
    8.0/10(20)
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    #10 - Hurry Up, Franklin

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 11/6/1997

    Franklin heads over to his best Friend Bear's surprise birthday party. However, Franklin tends to take his take as he is sidetracked with nature's beauty. He enjoys the adventure and even picks up treasures along the way. In the end, he still makes it to the birthday party just in time.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Gift
    7.9/10(15)
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    #11 - Franklin's Gift

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 9/14/1998

    Franklin made a beautiful present for his mom for Mother's Day. He was so proud of it. But when he heard what his friends have gotten their mothers, he wasn't so sure about his home made gift after all.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin and the Broken Globe
    7.9/10(14)
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    #12 - Franklin and the Broken Globe

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 10/5/1998

    Franklin accidently breaks the classroom globe but Goose thought she had broken it. Franklin starts to feeling guilty when Goose feels she's nothing but bad luck.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin and Wolvie
    7.9/10(14)
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    #13 - Franklin and Wolvie

    Season 5 Episode 8

    Aired 5/20/2002

    Wolvie, the son of one of Mrs. Turtle's friends is coming to visit Franklin and pretty soon Franklin and all of his friends are on their guard when Wolvie's play turns out to be a little rough for them. Wolvie seems to be rough, rude and just not fun to be around. It turns out, though, that there's a reason for Wolvie's behavior and he can change if need be.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Visitor
    7.8/10(14)
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    #14 - Franklin's Visitor

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/7/1998

    Mr. Mole's grandson visits and Franklin have to keep him company. Mole doesn't seem to be interested in anything Franklin wants to do so Franklin has to find a way to compromise.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin Growing Up Fast
    7.8/10(15)
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    #15 - Franklin Growing Up Fast

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 9/14/1998

    Franklin watches an old home movie of his dad. Franklin couldn't believe his dad was once his size. He sets to do grownup things knowing he'll be a grownup some day but yet he still wants to be a kid too.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Nature Hike
    7.8/10(13)
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    #16 - Franklin's Nature Hike

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 10/18/1999

    Franklin helps Snail a bit too much during a nature walk with Bear, Beaver, Fox, and Goose.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Day Off
    7.8/10(13)
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    #17 - Franklin's Day Off

    Season 3 Episode 13

    Aired 11/26/1999

    Franklin would rather go on a bike ride with Bear, than put away his makeshift tent, but then he has a flat tire which leads him into all kinds of problems that could've been prevented if he had put away the tent days ago.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Nicole Keefler

  • Franklin the Weather Turtle
    7.7/10(12)
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    #18 - Franklin the Weather Turtle

    Season 6 Episode 9

    Aired 6/14/2004

    Franklin is an aspiring meteorologist after spending time with Mr. Groundhog.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Music Lessons
    7.6/10(13)
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    #19 - Franklin's Music Lessons

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 10/12/1998

    Franklin and his class were entertained by Mrs. Panda and her piano. This inspired Franklin and Beaver to take up piano lessons from Franklin's Granny. He didn't realize how practice can really be perfect until he noticed how well Beaver was playing the piano while he was out goofing off.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin and the Fortune Teller
    7.6/10(13)
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    #20 - Franklin and the Fortune Teller

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 11/8/1999

    Beaver tells Franklin that he will have a bad day, so Franklin becomes cautious the following day and ends up missing out on a lot of great stuff.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Submarine
    7.6/10(14)
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    #21 - Franklin's Submarine

    Season 4 Episode 2

    Aired 5/8/2000

    Franklin receives a submarine by mail that isn't at all what he imagined it to be.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Big Game
    7.6/10(14)
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    #22 - Franklin's Big Game

    Season 5 Episode 11

    Aired 6/3/2002

    Franklin and his friends are out playing baseball when the Churchill Bears, a visiting team on their way to a big tournament, roll onto the baseball field. Mr. Mole knows them and invited them to stop by. He arranges for a big game between them and Franklin's team, but when Franklin and his friends see how well the Bears play, they try to back out of the game, worried that they'll get "murgalized."

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Swimming Party
    7.6/10(12)
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    #23 - Franklin's Swimming Party

    Season 6 Episode 7

    Aired 6/12/2004

    Franklin and his friends are having a swimming party. Unfortunately, Skunk doesn't know how to swim - and things only get worse for Franklin accidentally reveals her secret.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin the Spy
    7.5/10(13)
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    #24 - Franklin the Spy

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 9/21/1998

    Franklin and Bear play secret agents and uses a hidden tape recorder on their friends. But the recorder stopped taping just when the secret was about to be revealed and Franklin & Bear takes it one step to far.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Franklin's Kite
    7.5/10(13)
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    #25 - Franklin's Kite

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 9/28/1998

    Franklin's kite broke and he threw it away. Fox asked if he could have it and fixes it. When Franklin saw what he did to it, he wished he never threw it away.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A