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The Best Episodes of Muppet Babies

Every episode of Muppet Babies ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Muppet Babies!

The Muppet Babies (Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzy and company) live in a large nursery watched over by Nanny. The babies have active imaginations, and often...
Genres:AnimationKids
Network:CBS

Best Episodes Summary

"The Case of the Missing Chicken" is the best rated episode of "Muppet Babies". It scored 8.1/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Jeffrey Scott, it aired on 10/20/1984. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Weirdo Zone".

  • The Case of the Missing Chicken
    8.1/1032 votes
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    #1 - The Case of the Missing Chicken

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1984

    Gonzo panics when he can't find his stuff baby chicken camella.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • The Weirdo Zone
    7.6/1022 votes
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    #2 - The Weirdo Zone

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1986

    Gonzo shows the other babies what its like to be a ""weirdo"" like him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Comic Capers
    7.6/1025 votes
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    #3 - Comic Capers

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1989

    The Muppet Babies look at comic books and comic strips and imagine themselves as the characters in them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sindy McKay, Larry Swerdlove

  • In Search of Bronze Beatle
    7.6/1031 votes
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    #4 - In Search of Bronze Beatle

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1990

    The babies search for the bronze beatle that they hear about.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Hank Saroyan, J.R. Young

  • Get Me to the Perch on Time
    7.6/1023 votes
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    #5 - Get Me to the Perch on Time

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1990

    After a messenger pigeon gets hurt outside the nursery window, the Babies help her by deliverying her messages around the world.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Hank Saroyan, J.R. Young

  • Good, Clean Fun
    7.5/1025 votes
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    #6 - Good, Clean Fun

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1984

    The babies accidently brake a lamp and try to compensate by preparing lunch, but they just ending up making up making a bigger mess, especially Animal.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • When You Wish Upon a Muppet
    7.5/1025 votes
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    #7 - When You Wish Upon a Muppet

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1985

    The Muppet Babies play a wishing game where they each imagine their greatest wishes coming true.

    Director: Susan Harris

    Writer: Chuck Lorre

  • Muppet Babies: The Next Generation
    7.5/1019 votes
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    #8 - Muppet Babies: The Next Generation

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1990

    The babies parody The Jetsons, Star Trek, Bill & Ted, and Indiana Jones. Kermit pretends to be George Jetson, and tries to get Rolf to take a bath.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sindy McKay, Larry Swerdlove

  • Noisy Neighbors
    7.4/1049 votes
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    #9 - Noisy Neighbors

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/5/1984

    The Kids spend all day Trying to keep animal quiet so they don't disturb their next door neighbor officer caruthers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Piggy's Hyper-Activity Book
    7.4/1021 votes
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    #10 - Piggy's Hyper-Activity Book

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1985

    When all the babies have nothing to do, Piggy takes out her activity book to play with.

    Director: Jim Henson

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
    7.2/1027 votes
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    #11 - What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1984

    All the Muppet Babies except for Kermit know what jobs they want to have when they grow up. The babies show Kermit different jobs he can be, and he finally chooses to be a cab driver.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood
    7.2/1019 votes
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    #12 - This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1987

    Piggy tells the babies about how she wil become a movie star like Shirley Temple.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sindy McKay, Larry Swerdlove

  • Who's Afraid of The Big, Bad Dark?
    7.1/1041 votes
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    #13 - Who's Afraid of The Big, Bad Dark?

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1984

    Bunsen hasn't been getting sleep lately each night beeker is waking up screaming saying that the monster attacked him in his sleep the kids realize that beeker is afraid of the ark and try to help him overcome his fears.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Where No Muppet Has Gone Before
    7.1/1021 votes
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    #14 - Where No Muppet Has Gone Before

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1987

    Bunsen and Beaker come over, and the babies learn about different things in outer space.

    Director: Terry Hughes

    Writer: Katherine Lawrence

  • Is There a Muppet in the House?
    7.1/1022 votes
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    #15 - Is There a Muppet in the House?

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1988

    Rowlf hadn't disapeared - he'd just watched a scary movie the night before and had gone to see Nanny. The secret passage was actually an old dumbwaiter which Animal found and had been using to move between the attic, kichen and basement.

    Director: Susan Harris

    Writer: Sindy McKay, Larry Swerdlove

  • Happy Birthday Uncle Piggy
    7.1/1017 votes
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    #16 - Happy Birthday Uncle Piggy

    Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1990

    Uncle Statler and Uncle Waldorf have an aniversary.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Lois Becker, Mark Stratton

  • Raiders of the Lost Muppet
    7.0/1035 votes
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    #17 - Raiders of the Lost Muppet

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1984

    During a game of hide and seek, Animal gets lost. They search the nursery up and down. Until they eventually find out that Animal was with Nanny.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Beauty and the Schnoz
    7.0/1018 votes
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    #18 - Beauty and the Schnoz

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1988

    Piggy learns that ""beauty is in the eye of the beholder"", when she makes fun of Gonzo and it hurts his feelings.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sindy McKay, Larry Swerdlove

  • Gonzee's Playhouse Channel
    7.0/1016 votes
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    #19 - Gonzee's Playhouse Channel

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1990

    Gonzo does his own conduit of tv.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sindy McKay, Larry Swerdlove

  • Beraly Alone Babies
    7.0/1018 votes
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    #20 - Beraly Alone Babies

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1990

    The Nanny leave to go to the market and she leaves the alone babies.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Hank Saroyan, J.R. Young

  • Close Encounters of the Frog Kind
    6.9/1027 votes
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    #21 - Close Encounters of the Frog Kind

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1984

    Kermit and the other Muppet Babies get to meet his little nephew, Robin, the tadpole. But since he is too small, they must find him after he esapes from his bowl.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Weirdo for the Prosecution
    6.9/1017 votes
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    #22 - Weirdo for the Prosecution

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1987

    Gonzo is accused of breaking the cookie jar and stealing cookies, so the babies hold a trial to give him a chance to defend himself. (Boy, is he in trouble...)

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sindy McKay, Larry Swerdlove

  • Scooter By Any Other Name
    6.9/1018 votes
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    #23 - Scooter By Any Other Name

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/1988

    Scooter's tired of being a nerd, so Gonzo convinces him to reinvent himself; first as a jet fighter pilot, then as a stand-up comic, then as a rock star, and finally as a superhero.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: J.R. Young

  • Scooter's Hidden Talent
    6.8/1024 votes
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    #24 - Scooter's Hidden Talent

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1984

    All of the babies are showing their talents, but Scooter can't seem to find his. By some inspiration, he learns his talent is being computer smart.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott

  • Gonzo's Video Show
    6.8/1035 votes
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    #25 - Gonzo's Video Show

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1984

    Borrowing Nanny's camcorder, The Muppet Babies make their own movies including a ""Star Wars"" parody.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeffrey Scott