8.0/1023 votes#1 - Welcome to Polar Bear's Café
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2012
Pushed by his mother to stop lazing around the house, a Panda searches for a part-time job but has troubling finding one to accommodate his laziness. He soon stumbles upon the Polar Bear Café, run by a Polar Bear who is holding interviews for a part-time position with his faithful customer Penguin.
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- 6.7/1014 votes
#2 - Panda-kun's Employment
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/5/2012
Penguin point Panda towards a part-time job at a petting zoo, where he works with a full-time panda entertaining school children.
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- 7.1/1010 votes
#3 - Everyone's Café
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/12/2012
Panda, Penguin and Llama come up with ideas for if they ran their own café.
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- 6.8/1010 votes
#4 - The Café's Flower Viewing Party
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/12/2012
Everyone goes to a flower viewing party where Penguin gets very drunk and goes on about a penguin he likes.
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- 7.2/1010 votes
#5 - Polar Bear at the Zoo
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/19/2012
Polar Bear and Penguin come to the zoo Panda works at, where they have trouble catching Panda when he's awake and visiting the other attractions.
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- 7.4/1010 votes
#6 - Panda's Anguish
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/2012
Panda and the other animals discuss the problems they face doing their jobs.
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- 7.2/109 votes
#7 - Obsessed with Smartphones
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/26/2012
After seeing everyone with smartphones, Panda convinces his mother to buy him one, only for him to soon break the panda cover it had. Polar Bear cheers Panda up by making him an origami panda cover, only for him to end breaking the actual phone.
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- 7.1/109 votes
#8 - Super Fun Driving Lesson
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/26/2012
Wanting to learn some driving techniques, Penguin joins Polar Bear and Panda on a drive.
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- 7.1/109 votes
#9 - Panda Gets Enthusiastic
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/3/2012
As Panda has to fill in for the full-time panda for a week, he is forced to ride packed trains for work. He cheers up and becomes more energetic when he starts receiving flowers from a supposed fan named Rin-Rin, only to later learn it was the male flower shop owner, Rintaro Hayashi.
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- 7.2/1010 votes
#10 - Everyone's Parfait
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/3/2012
Polar Bear decides to do a parfait fair and tries to come up with some special parfaits to serve.
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- 7.3/1010 votes
#11 - Panda's Diet
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/10/2012
Following an incident at work, Panda feels he is overweight and decides to go on a diet.
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- 7.1/108 votes
#12 - Strive for It! Wild Panda
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/10/2012
Panda decides he needs to get in touch with his wild side, so Polar Bear takes him to meet his childhood friend, Grizzly, who runs a bar.
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- 7.7/1010 votes
#13 - Mr Handa's Remodeling Plan
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/17/2012
Feeling he could do with being more popular, Panda decides to give Handa a makeover, although it ends up turning into a day out with Handa paying for everything.
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- 7.2/109 votes
#14 - The Great Love Love Driving Operation
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/17/2012
Having received his driving license, Penguin is tested by Polar Bear to try and achieve his 'dating license.'
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- 7.6/109 votes
#15 - A Magazine Interview Comes By
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/24/2012
Polar Bear is interviewed about his café by a magazine headed up by the editor who is a Shoebill.
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- 8.1/1010 votes
#16 - Salmon Hunter: Mr. Grizzly
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/24/2012
Panda joins Polar Bear and Grizzly to catch some ingredients.
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- 7.3/1010 votes
#17 - Rin Rin Deeply Moved! Panda's House!
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/31/2012
Rintaro gets excited when he gets to make a delivery to Panda's house and meet his family.
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- 7.1/1010 votes
#18 - Mr. Penguin's Confession
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/31/2012
The others try to support Penguin as he tries to work up the courage to confess to Penko.
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- 7.3/109 votes
#19 - Mr. Handa's Blind Date?
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 6/7/2012
Thanks to Panda's interference, Handa is set up by his fellow employee, Kirino, to go on a mixer to meet some girls.
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- 7.6/109 votes
#20 - Mr. Handa's Blind Date!
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 6/7/2012
When one of the guys cancels, Panda and Polar Bear fill in for the guy's side. However, the girls become more interested in Panda than they are in Handa.
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- 7.5/109 votes
#21 - Mr. Penguin's Broken Heart
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 6/14/2012
Penguin gets heartbroken when he assumes Penko is dating Tortoise.
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- 7.0/109 votes
#22 - Panda's Night Out
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/14/2012
Panda joins Polar Bear and Grizzly on a night out, visiting a batting center and a public bath.
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- 7.1/109 votes
#23 - Panda, Tired of Boredom
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/21/2012
Panda and the Full-time Panda attempt to distract themselves during a boring and rainy day at the zoo, much to Handa's chagrin.
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- 7.2/109 votes
#24 - Panda's Advice Room for Troubles
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/21/2012
Handa once again questions his love life once but finds some peace during his first visit to the Polar Bear's Café.
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- 7.7/1010 votes
#25 - Tanabata Decorations
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/28/2012
As the café prepares for a Tanabata party, everyone has trouble deciding what they should wish for.
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The Best Episodes of Polar Bear Cafe Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Welcome to Polar Bear's Café" is the best rated episode of "Polar Bear Cafe" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/5/2012. This episode is rated 1.3 points higher than the second-best, "Panda-kun's Employment".