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The Worst Episodes of Full House

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After the death of his wife, Danny enlists his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle.

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#1 - Tanner's Island
S3:E19/22/1989
Danny takes the Tanners to Hawaii in honor of their two year anniversary since becoming a family. While there, Danny becomes his usual controlling self and takes the family around together, including on a visit to a deserted island where he forgets to tie the boat and it sails away. The family thinks they're doomed until they find out they are in fact on Pua Island where they meant they go for a show. Also Joey keeps seeing a hula girl he likes, and Jesse & Becky have an argument about Elvis.
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#2 - Back to School Blues
S3:E29/29/1989
The new school year is starting, and Stephanie, who is entering 2nd grade, is the only Tanner left in her school, and she expects a bad day at school, but instead, it turns out to be a good day for Stephanie. The same can't be said for 12-year-old D.J., who is entering 7th grade, a step closer to becoming a teenager. On her first day in junior high, D.J. is humiliated by Colleen and Susan, a couple of bullies. On the next morning, D.J. decides to put on make-up, because she believes the only way to fit in among the 7th graders is to do what Kimmy and virtually all of the other 7th grade girls are doing -- look twice as old as she really is by putting on makeup. Danny thinks D.J. is overdoing it, so he lets Becky help D.J. with the makeup. Meanwhile, Joey tries to teach Jesse how to play golf so they can impress a client who likes to play golf.
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#3 - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (in 22 Minutes)
S3:E310/6/1989
Sometimes, Jesse thinks it's not fun to do what Becky wants to do, and Becky sometimes thinks it's not fun to do what Jesse wants to do. This leads to an argument between Jesse and Becky, and then leads to a break-up between the two. Jesse starts dating a woman named Diane, and Jesse constantly talks about Becky on his date with Diane, because he regrets the break-up. Jesse brings Diane home with him, and Diane looks at Becky and says, ""If you're not Becky, you're going to hear a lot about her"". Touched by this, Becky realizes that she also regrets the break-up, so she and Jesse work things out and decide to stay together. Meanwhile, Stephanie loses a tooth, and "Tooth Fairy" Danny mistakenly leaves Stephanie a 20-dollar bill under her pillow when in the darkness of night time, he thought he had pulled a 1-dollar bill out of his wallet. Danny and the guys also try to teach Michelle that she shouldn't be selfish during playtime.
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#4 - Granny Tanny
S3:E510/20/1989
Danny's mother Claire has arrived for a visit. Claire has retired from her job, and Danny wants to make Claire feel that she is still a needed person, but Danny's plan ends up working too well -- now Claire wants to move into the Tanner house. Danny has a talk with Claire, and since there is nothing keeping her in the state of Washington anymore, Danny decides to help Claire search for an apartment near the Tanner house. During Claire's visit, Michelle's crib is replaced with a new bed for Michelle...but all Michelle wants to do is jump up and down on the new bed.
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Writer:Dennis Rinsler
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#5 - Star Search
S3:E611/3/1989
The family watches a videotape from when Danny and Joey were in college, and on the tape, Joey gave himself a deadline of 10 years to be a successful comedian. The end of the 10-year deadline is now two weeks away. Danny surprises Joey with a chance to appear on Star Search, hosted by Ed McMahon. Joey is accepted as a contestant on the show, and he competes against defending champion Steve Oedekerk, who wins yet again, leaving Joey feeling depressed about not being able to honor the 10 year deadline he set for himself, but Michelle lifts his spirits.
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Writer:Kim Weiskopf
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#6 - And They Call It Puppy Love
S3:E711/10/1989
Joey and Michelle are outside having a little rest in the backyard when a golden retriever shows up and steals Joey's snack. The girls want to keep the dog, but Danny's not sure that he should allow that. Jesse is not thrilled at all when the dog picks his bed, of all places, to give birth to a litter of puppies. The dog's owner, Frank Flood, who is from Ohio, arrives to pick up the dog after the guys call him and tell him where the dog is, and Frank decides to give the family one of the puppies. Danny allows the girls to accept the puppy from Frank.
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Writer:Rob Dames
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#7 - Divorce Court
S3:E811/17/1989
Sharing a bedroom with Stephanie is driving D.J. crazy, and they end up arguing about when who is allowed in the room and when who's not. In an effort to solve the problem, Danny, Jesse, and Joey set up a courtroom kind of setting in the living room, with Danny being the "judge" and Jesse and Joey being the two "attorneys", but the guys themselves have a problem. They have bet each other as to who among them is the most athletic, and to settle the bet, they have challenged each other to a foot race on a nearby track. It becomes even more serious when Becky shows up with the "Wake Up, San Francisco" crew to tape the race, which Danny wins -- literally by a nose.
Director:Jeff Franklin
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#8 - Dr. Dare Rides Again
S3:E911/24/1989
Teaser: Danny and the girls name their new puppy "Comet", which is the name that D.J. suggested. Main Synopsis: Jesse is reunited with Pete Biaco, a friend he hasn't seen in three years. As they talk about old times, particularly a time when Jesse was known as "Dr. Dare" and successfully performed a life-threatening stunt, Pete mentions that Jesse is obviously not that same guy anymore. Jesse, who feels that he has lost a lot of "action" in his life, takes this as an insult and prepares to repeat the life-threatening stunt as Becky and Pete try to stop him.
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#9 - The Greatest Birthday on Earth
S3:E1012/1/1989
It's Michelle's 3rd birthday, and the guys have decided to throw a "circus" birthday party for Michelle, complete with clowns and other things seen in circuses. Before the party, Danny complains about a problem with his car, and Jesse agrees to fix it. Jesse can't fix it, so he takes Stephanie and Michelle out to a gas station with him to have it fixed. After the car is fixed, Jesse and the girls decide to visit the restroom before they leave, and during this time, Elmer, the mechanic, locks the station up without knowing that Jesse, Stephanie, and Michelle are still inside. Michelle's friends arrive at the house, and Danny, Joey, and D.J. try to keep them busy, in hopes that Jesse, Stephanie, and Michelle will be home soon. At the gas station, Jesse and Stephanie throw a makeshift "circus" party for Michelle, then Elmer returns three hours later, and he's surprised that he locked Jesse, Stephanie, and Michelle in the station. Elmer unlocks the station to let them out. By this time, Mi
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#10 - Aftershocks
S3:E1112/8/1989
An earthquake has left its emotional marks on Stephanie, and now the only thing she wants to do is cling to Danny. Jesse and Joey suggest taking Stephanie to a child psychiatrist. Danny reluctantly follows the suggestion and takes Stephanie to Doctor Mary-Ann Steiner, who uses a picture Stephanie drew to get her to explain her behavior -- on the day of the earthquake, Danny was three hours late getting home from work, and Stephanie thought she'd never see Danny again, and she's been clinging to Danny ever since, so she'll always know where he is. Doctor Steiner helps Stephanie come up with a solution to her problem. Meanwhile, D.J. wants to hide from the world when she gets her first zit -- right on her nose.
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#11 - Lust in the Dust
S3:E151/26/1990
For what seems like the millionth time, Danny has broken a date, and this time it's because her earlobes were not the right size. D.J. and Stephanie set Danny up with Stephanie's dance teacher Karen Penner, and when Danny and Karen go to her apartment, Danny sees what a mess it is, and breaks yet another date. It seems that Danny has been deliberately nitpicking and finding mostly trivial things wrong with his dates, so he can have a reason to cancel them, because almost three years after Pam's death, Danny is still extremely nervous about dating again. Jesse and Joey convince Danny to give Karen another chance.
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#12 - Bye, Bye Birdie
S3:E162/2/1990
It's Michelle's first day of preschool, a day that she has highly anticipated, but at preschool, Michelle accidentally lets the class's pet bird fly out the classroom window, and now none of her new classmates want to be her friend, but that attitude changes when she brings a new bird to class. Meanwhile, Stephanie, who is fascinated by D.J., wants to read D.J.'s diary and learn all of her secrets, but Stephanie unintentionally breaks the lock that holds the diary closed, and when Stephanie tries to glue the lock back onto the diary, she ends up gluing her hand to the diary's cover.
Director:Jeff Franklin
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#13 - Mr. Egghead
S3:E182/16/1990
Teaser: Michelle and Danny record the welcome message on the new answering machine. Main Synopsis: Joey gets a chance to be "Mr. Egghead" on a TV science show called "Mr. Egghead". Stephanie and her class are the guests on Joey's tryout episode. Joey feels like Mr. Scrambled Egghead when he accidentally breaks Stephanie's nose during the taping of the show, and Stephanie and her class are scheduled to have their class picture taken on the next day. Stephanie was humiliated in her class picture last year, because the photographer snapped the picture while Stephanie was in the middle of a sneeze, but this year, Stephanie absolutely refuses to let a bandage on her nose result in yet another humiliating class picture, because she's afraid her classmates will call her "Robo-nose".
Director:Unknown
Writer:Rob Dames
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#14 - Those Better Not Be the Days
S3:E192/23/1990
Danny, Jesse, and Joey feel that the girls are taking them for granted. No matter what the guys do, they never receive a "thank you" from the girls, so the guys decide to teach the girls a needed lesson by switching roles and letting the girls see how it feels to be the adults for a day, but when it seems that the girls are not catching on as planned, the guys look into what could happen in the future if the girls continue to take them for granted. Jesse thinks the worst part about the future they imagined is that he wore a hair piece. Later, the girls do catch on to the lesson the guys are trying to teach them, and they admit their mistake of taking the guys for granted.
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#15 - Honey, I Broke the House
S3:E203/9/1990
Jesse wants to have a romantic night with Becky, who tells Jesse that she can't because she is scheduled for a business dinner with Beau McIntyre, a former football player who is scheduled to be a guest on "Wake Up, San Francisco", and this makes Jesse jealous. There are 20 minutes left until Stephanie has to be at dance class, so what is there to do until then? She can't get anyone to listen to her about how her day has gone so far, even Joey, who is preoccupied with his new car ""Rosie"". When Joey sees a nick in Rosie's paint, he leaves with Comet to go to Sid & Jean's Auto Supplies to buy a bottle of touch up paint. While Joey is gone, Stephanie gets inside of "Rosie" so she'll have something to do. As she is sitting in the driver's seat, she decides to turn the radio on, and after messing with the radio, and it doesn't come on, Stephanie turns the key, hoping that she's turning it toward the auxiliary option that allows you
Director:Unknown
Writer:Kim Weiskopf
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#16 - Just Say No Way
S3:E213/30/1990
D.J. and Kimmy organize the "Spring Backwards Dance" at school. For this dance, the girls must ask the boys to the dance. D.J. is too nervous to ask Kevin, so Stephanie does it for her. At the dance, D.J. finds Kevin and two other boys, Sam and Paul, drinking beer. D.J. takes the beer away from them in an effort to stop them. Unfortunately, this is when Jesse enters the hallway and sees D.J. holding the beer can. As a result, Jesse goes crazy and wrongfully accuses D.J. of drinking, and Jesse, Danny, and Joey refuse to believe D.J. when she tells them the truth that she was not drinking and that she was trying to stop Kevin, Sam, and Paul from drinking. Later, Jesse and the guys feel like complete fools for doubting D.J. when Kevin tells Jesse and Danny the truth, exactly what D.J. told them.
Director:Jeff Franklin
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#17 - Three Men and Another Baby
S3:E224/13/1990
The family is babysitting the Kagans' new baby, Tony, for a night. Tony bonds with Jesse, who lets Tony sleep in Michelle's old crib, lets Tony play with Michelle's toys, and sings Michelle's special bedtime song to Tony, and this leaves Michelle thinking Jesse no longer cares about her. Jesse proves Michelle wrong when he realizes how hurt he's making her feel. Meanwhile, Danny enrolls Comet in obedience school, and it's not making Comet as obedient as Danny would like for him to be.
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#18 - Fraternity Reunion
S3:E234/27/1990
It's the night of a reunion for Joey and Danny -- the reunion of Chi Sigma Sigma (CSS), the college fraternity they were in 10 years ago. Joey and Danny remember that the fraternity burned Danny's Chi Sigma Sigma jacket 10 years ago when Danny messed up and unintentionally allowed a sorority, Lambda Tau Delta (LTD), to steal the stuffed seal that was Chi Sigma Sigma's mascot. The Lambda Tau Delta girls tickled Danny to the ground and took the seal. Since the LTD girls are also having a reunion, Joey and Danny see an opportunity to get the seal back from the LTD girls. D.J. and Kimmy then accidentally break the TV while trying to take it upstairs, and Danny tells D.J. and Kimmy that they are not allowed to see each other for three weeks. Later, Danny and Joey head off to the reunion while D.J. stays home to watch Stephanie and Michelle.
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#19 - Our Very First Telethon
S3:E245/4/1990
Tag: Mike Love still singing while the Tanners dance.
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#20 - Greek Week
S4:E19/21/1990
Jesse's grandparents, Gina and Iorgos "Papouli" Katsopolis arrive for a visit from Greece and they are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their wedding.
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#21 - Crimes and Michelle's Demeanor
S4:E29/28/1990
Main Synopsis: Michelle encourages Stephanie and D.J. to have a pillow fight with her, and a window ends up getting broken during the pillow fight. Danny punishes D.J. and Stephanie, but he fails to punish Michelle, who started the whole thing. This is because Danny is having a hard time realizing that Michelle, who is almost four-years-old, is old enough to be punished. When D.J. and Stephanie open Danny's eyes to the situation, they give Danny the courage to give Michelle her first punishment. Meanwhile, Jesse buys an expensive engagement ring for Becky, who tries to stop Jesse from selling his Elvis Presley signed guitar in order to pay for the ring.
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#22 - The I.Q. Man
S4:E310/5/1990
Teaser: Michelle is in bed with Comet. Main Synopsis: Jesse and Joey have prepared a commercial for a cologne company. The client, Ms. Garland, wants Jesse to play the main role in the commercial. When Ms. Garland demands that Jesse wear less than he is willing to wear in the commercial, Jesse and Joey decide to stop working for Mr. Malatesta. On career day at D.J.'s school, the family encourages Jesse and Joey to continue to work together in the advertising business, but without Mr. Malatesta, so with the help of a loan from Danny, who wants to be a silent partner, Jesse and Joey open up their own business.
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#23 - Slumber Party
S4:E410/12/1990
Teaser: Michelle builds a block tower with D.J.'s help. Main Synopsis: Stephanie's Honeybee troop is holding a mother/daughter slumber party, and this awakens feelings of loss in Stephanie, because Stephanie knows that she's the only girl in the troop who doesn't have a mother. Becky, who was a member of a Honeybee troop when she was a kid, agrees to accompany Stephanie to the slumber party, but when Becky's car breaks down in Placerville, Joey must take Becky's place at the party. The activities don't exactly fit Joey, so a devastated Stephanie goes back home, unleashes an angry tirade, and says that she hates the fact that she doesn't have a mother, because her mother Pam died a few years ago. D.J. talks to Stephanie, and Stephanie agrees to go back to the party, and this time, D.J. goes with her, and things turn out better with D.J., who used to be in a Honeybee troop. Meanwhile, Danny offers the attic as office space for Joey and Jesse's business, Double J Creative Services, so
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#24 - Good News, Bad News
S4:E510/19/1990
Teaser: Joey teaches Michelle a joke. Main Synopsis: D.J. is the new editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, and she plays favorites by making Kimmy the editor of the sports page. When Kimmy turns in a report that looks like it belongs in the gossip column, D.J. tells Kimmy to rewrite the story, but when Kimmy refuses, D.J. fires her, and this leads to a feud between D.J. and Kimmy, but they work things out. Meanwhile, Double J Creative Services is hired by the TV station, which wants a commercial made for ""Wake Up, San Francisco"", but working with Danny on this commercial is anything but fun. Meanwhile, Michelle plays ""echo"" with Stephanie, and hearing Michelle repeat every word Stephanie says is driving Stephanie crazy.
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#25 - Terror in Tanner Town
S4:E1011/23/1990
Teaser: Tailcoat and top hat fitting for Jesse, who doesn't want to wear a tailcoat and top hat when he and Becky get married. Main Synopsis: Danny introduces the family to his new girlfriend Cindy, who is divorced and has a son named Rusty. When Cindy is called to the laundromat she owns, Rusty stays behind at the Tanner house and terrorizes the family in hopes of breaking Danny and Cindy up, because Rusty wants Cindy to re-unite with his father.
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Tanner's Island" is the worst rated episode of "Full House". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/22/1989. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Back to School Blues".