Season 1

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  5.0/101 votes

  The Picnic Panic

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1979

  Benjy and his friends attend their high school picnic at the Centerville Picnic Grounds, but when the Yancy Street Gang shows up at the picnic and causes trouble, The Thing must save the day.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  5.0/101 votes

  Bigfoot Meets the Thing

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1979

  Benjy and his friends confront a real Bigfoot while on a ski trip at North Woods Ski Lodge.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  Junkyard Hijinks

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1979

  Benjy and his friends decide to transform the Yancy Street Gang's junkyard into a playground for the neighborhood children.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  Gone Away Gulch

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/1979

  Benjy and his friends visit the town of Gone Away Gulch and, during a storm, the group seeks shelter in a deserted hotel haunted by an old prospector.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  Circus Stampede

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/22/1979

  Benjy and his friends attend the Barney and Baillum Circus where the Yancy Street Gang sets loose a mouse, causing the elephants to stampede and all the other animals to escape.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Thing and the Queen

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/22/1979

  When Betty runs for homecoming queen, the Yancy Street Gang (whose friend Sophie is also vying for the same title) resorts to their usual dirty tactics as they try to sabotage Betty's campaign.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  Carnival Caper

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/29/1979

  Benjy and his friends visit a local carnival and, after stopping a runaway ferris wheel and fixing it, The Thing is offered a job at the carnival by its owner.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Thing Blanks Out

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/29/1979

  Benjy and his friends enjoy a trip aboard Ronald's father's yacht; Thing saves the group from crashing into a downed drawbridge, but then he is stricken with amnesia following the closing drawbridge's impact on his head.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Thing Meets the Clunk

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/6/1979

  Dr. Quimby introduces his latest invention – a robot called Clunk who is programmed to do good – however, the robot malfunctions, goes out-of-control and causes trouble for The Thing.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  Beach Party Crashers

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/6/1979

  Benjy attends a beachside surf party with Kelly, Betty, Ronald and Miss Twilly, but the Yancy Street Gang are up to their old tricks as they crash the party and sabotage a volleyball game.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  Decepto the Great

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/13/1979

  A magician, Decepto the Great, performs his magic show at the high school fair, but Benjy discovers Decepto is stealing from the school kids and it's up to The Thing to stop him from escaping town.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Thing's the Play

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/13/1979

  Betty studies with acting teacher Ferdinand Bestmore so she can audition for a TV crew coming to Centerville High School to shoot a commercial; however, Bestmore confuses Betty with an old actress he once discovered and whom she resembles so he kidnaps her.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  5.0/101 votes

  Double Trouble for the Thing

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/20/1979

  An evil scientist named Danton Blackwood creates a robot Thing to commit crime to make the citizens believe The Thing has gone bad, but which also lands the real Thing in jail.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  5.0/101 votes

  To Thing or Not to Thing

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/20/1979

  No description available

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Big Bike Race

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/27/1979

  Benjy enters a cross country bike race because the winner gets to escort the Race Queen to the dance.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Thing and the Treasure Hunt

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/27/1979

  No description available

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  Out to Launch

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/3/1979

  Benjy and his friends are going to a ship launching but the world's greatest demolition expert intends to ruin the day.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/3/1979

  The Yancy Street Gang decides to steal Benjy's ring, causing no end of trouble for The Thing.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  A Hot Air Affair at the Fair

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/10/1979

  No description available

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Thing Goes to the Dogs

  Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/10/1979

  Ronald has entered his dog Countess in the Centerville Dog Show, but chaos ensues when Countess is dognapped by the troublesome Yancy Street Gang and it's up to The Thing to rescue her.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Thing Goes Camping

  Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/17/1979

  Benjy, his friends and Miss Twilly go on a camping trip as part of a special school project which is anything but relaxing with a bear running loose at their campsite and a big storm triggering a landslide that threatened the entire camp.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  Dude Ranch Rodeo

  Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/17/1979

  No description available

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Photo Finish

  Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/24/1979

  Benjy accompanies his friends to the Centerville Zoo which is sponsoring a photo contest and the Yancy Street Gang resorts to their usual dirty tactics to win.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  Lights, Action, Thing!

  Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/24/1979

  Ronald and Betty are hired to appear in a movie currently filming at a local lake, but problems occur when a mechanical octopus monster (controlled by an angry stuntman) attacks the set, trying to sabotage the entire production.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Thing and the Captain's Ghost

  Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/1/1979

  The Yancy Street Gang dares Ben and his friends to stay on a haunted ship for a night.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.0/101 votes

  The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor

  Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/1/1979

  Benjy and his friends attend Centerville's annual inventors show where they meet the absent-minded Fenwick Twilly (Miss Twilly's uncle) who unveils his gigantic vacuum cleaner Supervac, which sucks everything in sight and destroys all the other inventions during its rampage.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown