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The Best Episodes of Octonauts Season 1

Every episode of Octonauts Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Octonauts Season 1!

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Follows an underwater exploring crew made up of stylized anthropomorphic animals, a team of eight adventurers who live in an undersea base, the Octopod, from where they go on undersea adventures with the help of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Octonauts Season 1 Episode 1 - The Undersea Storm
    8.3/10(38 votes)

    #1 - The Undersea Storm

    S1:E1

    As a huge storm heads towards the headquarters, the Octonaut crew hurriedly goes into preparation. However, Kwaji, who went out to test drive the expedition ship, is unable to return to Octopold because he is rescuing the animals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 2 - The Giant Squid
    8.2/10(34 votes)

    #2 - The Giant Squid

    S1:E2

    The Octonauts roam the oceans in search of adventure and fun. Whether it's a perilous voyage to the bottom of the sea or the piratey pursuit of a giant squid, the Octonauts leap into action and always prove that eight heads are better than one! The Octonauts set out to find and photograph Inkling's long lost cousin, the elusive Giant Squid.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 3 - The Great Algae Escape
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #3 - The Great Algae Escape

    S1:E3

    Captain Barnacles and his crew must catch a runaway Octopod, when it is hijacked by a group of crustaceans trying to escape their algae-infested waters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 4 - The Walrus Chief
    7.2/10(29 votes)

    #4 - The Walrus Chief

    S1:E4

    When Peso's precious medical kit is taken, Barnacles and Kwazii sneak into a dangerous walrus colony to get it back, disguised as a walrus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 5 - The Flying Fish
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #5 - The Flying Fish

    S1:E5

    When a school of flying fish accidentally make off with a rare book belonging to Professor Inkling, the Octonauts rig up the Gup B to fly after them and get it back.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 6 - The Narwhal
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #6 - The Narwhal

    S1:E6

    While exploring the Arctic, the Octopod gets trapped in the ice. Only Barnacles's skillful navigation, and the help of a friendly Narwhal, can get them free.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 7 - The Monster Map
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #7 - The Monster Map

    S1:E7

    The Octonauts follow an old map to what Kwazii believes is treasure guarded by a sea monster but, instead, they meet a playful Octopus with all kinds of surprising abilities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 8 - The Crab and the Urchin
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    #8 - The Crab and the Urchin

    S1:E8

    The crew pursues crustaceans who’ve hijacked the Octopod.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 9 - The Albino Humpback Whale
    8.3/10(22 votes)

    #9 - The Albino Humpback Whale

    S1:E9

    The Octonauts help out an Albino Humpback Whale with a nasty sunburn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 10 - The Remipedes
    8.4/10(22 votes)

    #10 - The Remipedes

    S1:E10

    When Shellington gets lost in a dark sea cave, he gets unexpected assistance from some blind Remipedes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 11 - The Orcas
    8.5/10(24 votes)

    #11 - The Orcas

    S1:E11

    When a huge Orca whale becomes stranded on a beach, Captain Barnacles Bear and the Octonauts devise a plan to pull him back into the water, with some help from a group of tunnelling Fiddler Crabs.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 12 - The Blobfish Brothers
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #12 - The Blobfish Brothers

    S1:E12

    The Octonauts must evacuate sea creatures before an underwater volcano erupts, but there's one creature that won't budge: a slow moving, gelatinous Blobfish.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 13 - The Decorator Crab
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #13 - The Decorator Crab

    S1:E13

    When important objects go missing from their ship, the Octonauts stake out the thief, who turns out to be a decorator crab stealing their things to decorate his shell.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 14 - The Whale Shark
    7.6/10(23 votes)

    #14 - The Whale Shark

    S1:E14

    When Kwazii's Gup-B breaks down in a storm, not even brave Captain Barnacles can save him alone. Fortunately, a chain of reef lobsters lends a hand - and some claws.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 15 - The Cookiecutter Sharks
    7.9/10(22 votes)

    #15 - The Cookiecutter Sharks

    S1:E15

    Some mysterious holes that keep appearing in the Octonauts' equipment turn out to be the work of cookiecutter sharks whose bioluminescence initially made them invisible against the light coming down from the sea surface.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 16 - The Jellyfish Bloom
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #16 - The Jellyfish Bloom

    S1:E16

    When Shellington gets trapped in the middle of a massive Jellyfish bloom, it's up to the Octonauts to rescue him.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 17 - The Speedy Sailfish
    8.2/10(25 votes)

    #17 - The Speedy Sailfish

    S1:E17

    When all the Gups go out of control, Barnacles and Kwazii leap onto the backs of some speedy Sailfish to round them up.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 18 - The Vampire Squid
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #18 - The Vampire Squid

    S1:E18

    Peso must gather all his courage when he travels deep down to the very bottom of the ocean, the Midnight Zone, and encounters the mysterious Vampire Squid.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 19 - The Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #19 - The Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

    S1:E19

    When the Octopod's waterworks are flooded with frightened Humuhumu fish, the Octonauts have to find a way to flush them out.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 20 - The Giant Spider Crab
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #20 - The Giant Spider Crab

    S1:E20

    The octonauts help a 100 year old spider crab which has got its leg trapped in a giant clam whilst en route to its own 100th birthday party. It turns out that Kwazii's afraid of spiders, but he still helps, even though he thought it was a real spider at first.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 21 - The Giant Kelp Forest
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    #21 - The Giant Kelp Forest

    S1:E21

    When Kwazii's favorite sub, the Gup B, goes missing, the Octonauts journey into a mysterious kelp forest to find it, meeting strange and interesting creatures along the way.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 22 - The Hermit Crabs
    6.7/10(26 votes)

    #22 - The Hermit Crabs

    S1:E22

    When Captain Barnacles Bear and most of the crew are unable to return to base, it's up to Peso and Tweak to remove a stuck hermit crab from its shell.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 23 - The Hungry Pilot Fish
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #23 - The Hungry Pilot Fish

    S1:E23

    The Octonauts are chased by a whitetip shark only to discover all it really needed was a pilot fish to clean its teeth, and it just so happens that they have just met a lonely pilot fish that is hungry for action.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 24 - The Beluga Whales
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #24 - The Beluga Whales

    S1:E24

    The Octonauts lead a pod of Beluga Whales stuck under the pack ice to safety by getting them to follow Peso while he's playing the same tune as the Beluga's song on his xylophone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Octonauts Season 1 Episode 25 - The Snot Sea Cucumber
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #25 - The Snot Sea Cucumber

    S1:E25

    After an underwater tremor, an injured sea cucumber named Slippy gets loose on the Octopod, so to let her breathe, they flood the ship!

    Director:Unknown
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Undersea Storm" is the best rated episode of "Octonauts" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/5/2010. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Giant Squid".