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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 named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. It was

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Franklin Season 1 Episode 14 - Franklin's Fort
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    S1:E14

    Franklin and his friends decide to build a fort but in a tree. What his friends don't know is that Franklin is afraid of heights.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Ardiel

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  2. Franklin Season 1 Episode 15 - Finders Keepers for Franklin
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    S1:E15

    Franklin finds a lost camera and his friends tell him it's his because he found it "Finders Keepers". He didn't realize the significant of a lost item until his own stuffed dog, Sam is also lost.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bonnie Chung

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  3. Franklin Season 1 Episode 16 - Franklin's New Friend
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    S1:E16

    A new family have moved into Woodland and Franklin is curious. Little did he know the new kid in town is also a six foot tall Moose!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Sauder

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  4. Franklin Season 1 Episode 17 - Franklin's School Play
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    S1:E17

    Franklin was thrilled to be the lead of his school play, the Nutcracker. He would rehearse for his parents and spent extra time memorizing all his lines. However, on opening night, Franklin ended up with stage fright.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Maureen Paxton

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  5. Franklin Season 1 Episode 18 - Franklin and the Secret Club
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    S1:E18

    Porcupine creates a Secret Club to be more popular than Franklin. When she finally allows Franklin to join, but he had to choose between a friend or the club, it's Porcupine who learns the real true meaning of friendship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Ardiel

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  6. Franklin Season 1 Episode 19 - Franklin and the Red Scooter
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    S1:E19

    Franklin sees Rabbit's new red scooter and tried to convince his parents to buy him one. But he just got a new bike. Franklin tries to earn some money but without any success. He then had an idea which Rabbit agreed to.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Ardiel

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  7. Franklin Season 1 Episode 20 - Franklin in the Dark
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    S1:E20

    Franklin tells his parents he's afraid of small drak places which includes his own shell. His mom tells him a story of a little turtle who was also afraid of the dark and how others are also afraid of other things.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Peter Sauder, Bob Ardiel

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  8. Franklin Season 1 Episode 21 - Franklin and the Tooth Fairy
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    S1:E21

    When Bear shows Franklin what he received from the tooth fairy, Franklin was upset that since turtles don't have teeth, he'll never receive a visit and a gift from the tooth fairy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  9. Franklin Season 1 Episode 22 - Franklin Takes the Blame
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    S1:E22

    Mr. Mole asks Franklin to take care of his flower garden while he goes on vacation. However, Franklin gets sidetracked and kept forgetting to water Mr. Mole's garden. When he discovered his error, he tries to correct the problem, only it couldn't be fixed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  10. Franklin Season 1 Episode 23 - Franklin's Christmas Gift
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    S1:E23

    Franklin looks over his toy chest to donate a toy to a needy child. He didn't realize how hard it was to choose which toy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Maureen Paxton

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  11. Franklin Season 1 Episode 24 - Franklin's Granny
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    S1:E24

    Franklin had to visit his Granny but he rather play with his friends instead. He didn't realize how exciting and fun Grannies can be until they went through Granny's old trunks and photos.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  12. Franklin Season 1 Episode 25 - Franklin and the Baby
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    S1:E25

    Franklin's best friend, Bear have a new baby sister. Franklin wishes he could have a baby brother or sister too. Until Franklin heard what Bear had to say about the new baby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bonnie Chung

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  13. Franklin Season 1 Episode 26 - Franklin Goes to Day Camp
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    S1:E26

    Franklin and Bear befriends Possum at day camp until he notices Possum was getting all of Bear's attention. Franklin tries to clown around and get back Bear's attention but just ended up getting in trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Frank Diteljan

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  14. Franklin Season 2 Episode 14 - Franklin's Bicycle Helmet
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    S2:E14

    Franklin had to have the flashy new helmet. He was so proud of it until he overhead his friends laughing about the new helmet. He decided not to wear his new helmet for the bicycle safety test but couldn't pass because he didn't have a proper helmet on.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  15. Franklin Season 2 Episode 15 - Franklin's Birthday Party
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    S2:E15

    Franklin's parents couldn't afford to take Franklin and all his friends to Tamarack Point so they built their own little amusement park for Franklin's birthday party.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Frank Diteljan

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  16. Franklin Season 2 Episode 16 - Franklin's Nickname
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    S2:E16

    Everyone loves their nickname that was given to them. Everyone that is except for Bear. Franklin realizes that good-spirited kidding has its place and not all nicknames were meant for everyone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Frank Diteljan

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  17. Franklin Season 2 Episode 17 - Franklin and Otter's Visit
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    S2:E17

    Otter has returned for a visit to Woodland and Franklin was excited. But soon he realizes how things have changed since Otter have moved away, including their once great friendship.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Ross

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  18. Franklin Season 2 Episode 18 - Franklin's Collection
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    S2:E18

    Franklin did not know what to bring to school for show and tell. Everyone had a collection of some sort except for Franklin. Franklin sets out to find a collection but didn't think it was anything spectular until Mr. Owl pointed out what a great collection Franklin has.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Patrick Granleese

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  19. Franklin Season 2 Episode 19 - Franklin Says Sorry
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    S2:E19

    Bear had a surprise for their tree fort and Franklin spoiled it by telling Fox. Bear was really upset with Franklin and wouldn't speak to him for day. Franklin was also upset about what happened and apologized. Fox and Beaver also confessed they were to blame as well for they had insisted Franklin tell them and that it wasn't all his fault.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  20. Franklin Season 2 Episode 20 - Franklin and the Fire
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    S2:E20

    A fire engine awoke Franklin and there was a fire at Mr. Mole's store. Franklin began to worry about his home fire safety and had his parents start practicing fire drills.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Ross

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  21. Franklin Season 2 Episode 21 - Franklin's Garden
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    S2:E21

    Franklin was proud of his little garden until he noticed a caterpillar kept eating his petunias. He tried everything to keep the caterpillar out but Mr. Mole explained the significance of a caterpillar and gave Franklin a whole new outlook about his garden, including other living things.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  22. Franklin Season 2 Episode 22 - Franklin Runs Away
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    S2:E22

    Franklin and Snail feels unwanted due to a series of disagreeable encounters with family and friends. They decide to run away but then realizes how much everyone cares about them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bonnie Chung

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  23. Franklin Season 2 Episode 23 - Franklin's Gloomy Day
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    S2:E23

    Franklin is bored and there was nothing to do especially with the weather not cooperating. With his parents' encouragement, Franklin used his own creative imagination to chase away those boredom blues.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nicola Barton

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  24. Franklin Season 2 Episode 24 - Franklin Tells Time
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    S2:E24

    Franklin pretends to know how to tell time until he realizes it doesn't help when he was always late. Franklin confesses to Mr. Owl and asks for his help to learn and Mr. Owl assures Franklin that everyone needs extra help some times.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Lynn Mason, Rick Jones

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  25. Franklin Season 2 Episode 25 - Franklin's Test
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    S2:E25

    Franklin so desperately wants to win a pen during a spelling test that he cheated. When Bear didn't get a pen because he didn't pass the test, Franklin felt guilty for not earning the pen fairly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ken Ross

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Franklin's Fort" is the worst rated episode of "Franklin". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Bob Ardiel, it aired on 12/8/1997. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Finders Keepers for Franklin".