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The Worst Episodes of Jumanji

Every episode of Jumanji ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Jumanji!

Judy and Peter Shepherd are two kids that found a board game called "Jumanji". With each turn, the two of them are given a "game clue" and then sucked into a dangerous jungle until they solve their clue. There they meet Alan Parrish, who was trapped in the Jumanji jungle because he had never seen his clue.

Genre:Animation

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Jumanji" is "The Riddle of Alan", rated 5.1/10 from 13 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Peter Gaffney. "The Riddle of Alan" aired on 2/8/1998 and is rated 0.4 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Mud Boy".

  • The Riddle of Alan
    5.1/10 13 votes

    #1 - The Riddle of Alan

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 2/8/1998

    When Alan loses his memory, the kids take him on a river journey to find the truth about his past.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Peter Gaffney

  • Mud Boy
    5.5/10 13 votes

    #2 - Mud Boy

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1997

    Peter makes a playmate out of mud.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Plague
    5.5/10 13 votes

    #3 - The Plague

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/22/1998

    Judy finds a giant pearl, but a sick Peter passes his illness on to everyone in Jumanji.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Return of Squint
    5.7/10 13 votes

    #4 - Return of Squint

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1998

    Alan and the kids steal Ibsen's submarine, and Peter turns into a salamander.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Peter Gaffney

  • The Doll
    5.7/10 13 votes

    #5 - The Doll

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1998

    Peter steals the Manji witch doctor's doll and uses it to make people in Brantford do what he wants.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steve Roberts

  • Masked Identity
    5.8/10 22 votes

    #6 - Masked Identity

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1996

    After an encounter with the school bully and his gang, Peter decides to stay in Jumanji and is slowly transformed into a Manji mask-warrior, while Alan discovers the key to the secret back door of Jumanji.

    Director: Bob Hathcock

    Writer: John Behnke, Rob Humphrey

  • The Master of the Game
    5.8/10 13 votes

    #7 - The Master of the Game

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1997

    Alan and the kids use Ibsen's mechanical rhino to cross a great desert in hopes of finding a way out of Jumanji.

    Director: David Schwartz

    Writer: Peter Gaffney

  • Nothing to Fear
    5.8/10 13 votes

    #8 - Nothing to Fear

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/1998

    Judy, Peter, and Alan's worst fears seem to be coming to life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bargaining For Time
    5.9/10 31 votes

    #9 - Bargaining For Time

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1996

    When Judy trades Slick her broken wristwatch for an item that will allow Alan to escape from the game, the three of them get back home to Brantford only to discover that time has stopped, the annoying chimps from Jumanji have come back with them, and Peter is slowly being transformed into a turtle as punishment for Judy's attempt to cheat Slick.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Behnke, Rob Humphrey

  • Master Builder
    5.9/10 16 votes

    #10 - Master Builder

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1996

    When Peter brings a computer with him into the game to help figure out how to rescue Alan, it falls into the hands of a mad inventor who uses it to gain control over the inner workings of Jumanji.

    Director: Bob Hathcock

    Writer: Steve Roberts

  • The Palace of Clues
    5.9/10 14 votes

    #11 - The Palace of Clues

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1997

    In debt to Trader Slick, Alan decides to join an explorer who claims to know where riches can be found.

    Director: Scott Wood, Andy Thom

    Writer: Peter Elwell

  • The Intruder
    5.9/10 14 votes

    #12 - The Intruder

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1998

    When the kids find a prowler in the attic, he ends up going into Jumanji with them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Peter Gaffney

  • Oh, Grow Up
    5.9/10 14 votes

    #13 - Oh, Grow Up

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1998

    Frustrated by his small stature, Peter trades Slick for a potion that makes him grow.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ultimate Weapon
    6.0/10 11 votes

    #14 - The Ultimate Weapon

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1998

    Slick auctions a dangerous weapon, the legendary Trans-Vector, to the most evil characters in Jumanji.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love on the Rocks
    6.1/10 18 votes

    #15 - Love on the Rocks

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1996

    After Judy is ignored by a cute guy at school, who only pays attention to her when he wants her to do his homework, Jumanji conjures up a dashing adventurer who resembles him, to sweep her off her feet, but he transforms Peter into a stone statue.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Three Peters
    6.1/10 13 votes

    #16 - The Three Peters

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1998

    When Peter gets mad and smashes the game, it splits him into three individuals, each with different parts of his personality.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • An Old Story aka (Bark At Jumanji)
    6.1/10 45 votes

    #17 - An Old Story aka (Bark At Jumanji)

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/1998

    After swimming in Jumanji's Pool of Ages, Judy and Peter start aging rapidly.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • No Dice
    6.2/10 15 votes

    #18 - No Dice

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1996

    When Alan steals the dice so that the kids will no longer be put in danger by visiting Jumanji, Peter figures out another way to get into the game and they discover the mechanical underworks of Jumanji where they are chased by The Stalker, and Jumanji transforms Peter into a toucan.

    Director: Steve Ressel

    Writer: N/A

  • The Magic Chest
    6.2/10 14 votes

    #19 - The Magic Chest

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1997

    Peter brings the Sand King's magic box of gold coins back from Jumanji only to discover that everyone who touches one of the coins turns into an animal.

    Director: Tom McLaughlin

    Writer: Patricia Carr, Lara Olsen

  • The Price
    6.3/10 46 votes

    #20 - The Price

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1996

    Judy and Peter discover the game and are transported to Jumanji for the first time, where Peter is transformed into a monkey for trying to cheat the game.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Kevin D. Campbell

  • Ransom or Redhead
    6.3/10 18 votes

    #21 - Ransom or Redhead

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1996

    When Aunt Nora is sucked into the game, the kids and Alan must rescue her from the clutches of Van Pelt.

    Director: Steve Ressel

    Writer: N/A

  • Robo-Peter
    6.3/10 14 votes

    #22 - Robo-Peter

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1997

    Ibsen makes a robot duplicate of Peter in order to trap Alan.

    Director: Bob Foster

    Writer: Steve Roberts

  • Who Am I?
    6.3/10 13 votes

    #23 - Who Am I?

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1998

    A strange lightning ball causes minds to be switched into different bodies throughout Jumanji.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Greg Klein, Tom Pugsley

  • The Red and the Black
    6.4/10 14 votes

    #24 - The Red and the Black

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1997

    Alan and the kids get trapped between the warring red ants and blue ants.

    Director: Bob Hathcock

    Writer: Peter Gaffney

  • Young Alan
    6.4/10 15 votes

    #25 - Young Alan

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1998

    Ibsen sends the kids back 20 years into the past, when Alan first arrived in Jumanji.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Peter Gaffney