8.4/1015 votesLoading...#1 - 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.
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#2 - 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.
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- 8.3/1015 votesLoading...
#3 - 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.
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- 8.3/1015 votesLoading...
#4 - 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.
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- 8.2/1021 votesLoading...
#5 - 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.
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8.2/1022 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
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- 8.2/1013 votesLoading...
#7 - 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.
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8.0/1019 votesLoading...#8 - 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.
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- 7.9/1013 votesLoading...
#9 - 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.
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#10 - 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.
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- 7.8/1014 votesLoading...
#11 - 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.
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- 7.7/1012 votesLoading...
#12 - 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.
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#13 - 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.
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#14 - Franklin the Weather Turtle
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 6/14/2004
Franklin is an aspiring meteorologist after spending time with Mr. Groundhog.
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- 7.6/1012 votesLoading...
#15 - 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.
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#16 - 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.
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- 7.6/1012 votesLoading...
#17 - 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.
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- 7.5/1013 votesLoading...
#18 - Franklin in Charge
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 6/19/2004
Franklin takes on Mr. Turtle's household chores. He finds that he can't do it all, and doesn't have to.
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- 7.4/1012 votesLoading...
#19 - 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.
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#20 - 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.
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#21 - 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.
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#22 - Franklin's Soccer Field Folly
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 6/12/2004
Franklin is embarrassed after he scores a soccer goal - for the opposing team!
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7.3/1017 votesLoading...#23 - Franklin Goes to School
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/1997
Franklin is excited about the first day of school. However, he is also scared as to the expectations. He then learns what school is all about and even drew a picture of his family to take home.
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- 7.3/1012 votesLoading...
#24 - Franklin Takes a Trip
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 10/19/1998
Franklin and his parents takes a trip to a pioneer village. Franklin was not too thrilled about it until he discovered how the early settlers were doing fun things long before amusement parks were built.
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#25 - Franklin and the Two Henrys
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1999
Bear loses Beaver's pet hamster, Henry, while watching him when she's on vacation. He buys another hamster to take its place, before admitting his lie. Henry ends up showing up and Bear gets to keep the new hamster, calling it Henry II.
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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...
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Network:Treehouse TV
Best Episodes Summary
"Franklin's Fossil" is the best rated episode of "Franklin". It scored 8.4/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/1/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Franklin Migrates".