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An abandoned waif and her dog are taken in by a cranky apartment manager who becomes her guardian in this family-friendly sitcom.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Punky Brewster Season 1 Episode 23 - Gals and Dolls
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Gals and Dolls

    S1:E23

    Punky, Cherie, and Margaux all want a highly sought-after doll, but Henry can only find one of them at the toy store.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Punky Brewster Season 1 Episode 24 - Fenster Hall (1)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Fenster Hall (1)

    S1:E24

    Punky catches a boy breaking into her room and stealing from her. Henry takes the boy to Fenster Hall where Mike Fulton, one of the workers there, tries to bond with him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Punky Brewster Season 1 Episode 25 - Fenster Hall (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Fenster Hall (2)

    S1:E25

    T.C.'s criminal mentor, Blade, sends him back to Fenster Hall to steal the money from the upcoming benefit auction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Punky Brewster Season 4 Episode 1 - The Nun's Story
    6.6/10(29 votes)

    #4 - The Nun's Story

    S4:E1

    Punky and Cherie must get back an urn that contains the ashes of Henry's late aunt Mable, after Punky and Cherie give the urn away to a convent without knowing what's in the urn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Punky Brewster Season 3 Episode 16 - Tangled Web
    6.8/10(27 votes)

    #5 - Tangled Web

    S3:E16

    Punky fakes being sick so she can avoid school and can go to the movie theater to see "Slime Wars In Space" -- an R rated movie that Margaux and Cherie have each seen twice, and Punky feels left out because she hasn't seen it at all. Punky does end up seeing the movie.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Punky Brewster Season 4 Episode 18 - Wimped Out
    6.9/10(29 votes)

    #6 - Wimped Out

    S4:E18

    Cherie thinks she's a wimp after failing to prevent Punky from falling out of the treehouse, and Punky suffers a broken leg as a result. Cherie later regains her courage in a stalled elevator at the hospital with a pregnant woman named Nancy, who goes into labor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Punky Brewster Season 3 Episode 3 - Tons of Fun
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #7 - Tons of Fun

    S3:E3

    Punky and Henry get a visit from Henry's overweight niece Louise. After Louise is insulted by Margaux, Louise says that she's unhappy with her weight, so Punky helps Louise go on a diet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Punky Brewster Season 2 Episode 7 - The Perils of Punky (2)
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    #8 - The Perils of Punky (2)

    S2:E7

    Lost in the woods, Punky and her friends pass the time by sharing a ghost story in a cave while Betty and Henry are searching for them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Punky Brewster Season 2 Episode 13 - Christmas Shoplifting
    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #9 - Christmas Shoplifting

    S2:E13

    Misled by schoolmate Richmond Matzie, Punky shoplifts a winter scarf for Henry as a Christmas present, and unknowingly switches bags with Mike -- and an innocent Mike is put in jail, but Punky and Henry get Mike out when Punky explains everything.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Punky Brewster Season 4 Episode 11 - Aunt Larnese Is Coming to Town
    7.1/10(29 votes)

    #10 - Aunt Larnese Is Coming to Town

    S4:E11

    Cherie's aunt Larnese, who is Betty's sister, arrives for a visit on Cherie's 12th birthday, and asks Cherie if Cherie would like to live with Larnese in Paris, France.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Punky Brewster Season 3 Episode 18 - This Spud's for You
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #11 - This Spud's for You

    S3:E18

    Overweight classmate Farley "Spud" Blugner has a crush on Punky, but rejection from Punky sends him out on the window ledge on the 6th floor of the apartment building Spud lives in, when Punky refuses to ask Spud to the Sadie Hawkins Day dance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Punky Brewster Season 3 Episode 19 - So Long, Studio
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #12 - So Long, Studio

    S3:E19

    While Henry is closing his studio for the day, he is approached by Matt Glossy, the owner of Glossy's, which is a multi-million dollar empire of photography stores. Glossy admits that his real name is Sam Glossy, and that the name "Matt Glossy" sounded better to use for business. Glossy wants to open a new branch of Glossy's in the mall that Henry's studio is in, and Glossy thinks Henry's studio is in the spot Glossy is looking for, so Glossy offers to buy Henry's studio for $100,000 so he can turn it into a branch of Glossy's. Henry accepts the offer and Glossy hires Henry as the manager of this branch of Glossy's. Henry, who has been a photographer for 43 years, feels so miserable working as the manager that he ends up quitting. Punky convinces Henry to take some of the $100,000 he got from Glossy and open up a new restaurant. Since it was Punky's idea, Henry names the new restaurant "Punky's Place".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Punky Brewster Season 4 Episode 9 - See You in Court
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #13 - See You in Court

    S4:E9

    One of Betty's favorite patients dies and leaves her a Texan car with big bull horns on its hood, but Betty doesn't know how to drive. Henry's attempts to teach Betty how to drive result in Betty crashing the car into a tree, and because of this, Henry and Betty decide to sue each other, and it's Punky and Cherie who help Henry and Betty put aside their differences and be friends again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Punky Brewster Season 4 Episode 12 - Dear Diary
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #14 - Dear Diary

    S4:E12

    A nosy Punky sneaks a peak at Cherie's diary, and Punky is shocked to see that Cherie has written unkind things about Punky in it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Punky Brewster Season 3 Episode 11 - The Metamorphosis
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    #15 - The Metamorphosis

    S3:E11

    When it's time for Punky to get her first bra, Henry is the one who has the growing pains, because he finds it hard to accept that Punky is growing up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Punky Brewster Season 4 Episode 20 - The Dilemma
    7.3/10(25 votes)

    #16 - The Dilemma

    S4:E20

    Punky is in a mess when she ends up having to juggle two dates -- Brian and Tom -- at the Saturday afternoon movie, and Cherie carries a camera around with her and takes pictures of how Punky, Brian, and Tom deal with it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Punky Brewster Season 2 Episode 6 - The Perils of Punky (1)
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #17 - The Perils of Punky (1)

    S2:E6

    On a camping trip with Henry and Betty, Punky and her friends get lost in the woods while they're finding wood for a campfire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Punky Brewster Season 3 Episode 15 - The Anniversary
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #18 - The Anniversary

    S3:E15

    In a saddening episode: Henry has bought tickets to the circus which is scheduled for the next day, May 9th. When Cherie starts acting strange and says she can't go to the circus, Punky remembers that Punky's diary says that Cherie acted the same way on May 9th of last year too. Punky wants to know why Cherie likes to be alone on May 9th of every year, so Punky decides to follow Cherie around on May 9th -- and discovers that May 9th is the anniversary of the day Cherie's parents, Ronald George Johnson and Elizabeth Marie Johnson, died in a car accident in 1981, and Cherie is still having problems coping with the tragedy, because she feels guilty, thinking that the accident was her fault because her parents were on their way to pick her up from school. Punky talks to Betty, who says that Cherie never talks about her parents, not even to Betty. Cherie has never even been to the cemetery where Ronald and Elizabeth were buried. Cherie has kept her feelings about the deaths all balled up in

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Punky Brewster Season 4 Episode 6 - Passed Away at Punky's Place
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #19 - Passed Away at Punky's Place

    S4:E6

    While Henry is in Detroit buying supplies for the restaurant, Punky and Cherie decide to run the restaurant, and they panic when a customer named Ralph falls asleep because of narcolepsy. Punky and Cherie don't realize that Ralph is just asleep. They think Ralph is dead because of the secret ingredient Cherie uses when she makes hamburgers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Punky Brewster Season 3 Episode 1 - Reading, Writing, and Rock & Roll
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    #20 - Reading, Writing, and Rock & Roll

    S3:E1

    After learning that Punky did not do her book report, Henry cancels Punky's plans to see her favorite singing group DeBarge in concert, a move that Punky vows to never forgive Henry for -- until Henry gets DeBarge to come to the apartment and tell Punky how important reading is.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Punky Brewster Season 4 Episode 22 - Wedding Bells for Brandon
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #21 - Wedding Bells for Brandon

    S4:E22

    In the final episode of Punky Brewster: Punky and the gang throw a wedding for Brandon and another golden retriever named Brenda, who is owned by Punky's friend Myron. As Punky and the gang prepare for the wedding and the wedding takes place, there are flashbacks, focusing on some of Brandon's scenes from past episodes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Punky Brewster Season 1 Episode 5 - Punky Gets Her Own Room
    7.6/10(53 votes)

    #22 - Punky Gets Her Own Room

    S1:E5

    Punky and her friends convert Henry's study room into her bedroom without asking him first.

    Director:Art Dielhenn
    Writer:Neil Lebowitz

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  23. Punky Brewster Season 2 Episode 5 - Tap Your Troubles Away
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    #23 - Tap Your Troubles Away

    S2:E5

    When it comes to tap dancing, Punky dances like she has two left feet, so she decides to quit tap dancing so she can keep from being embarrassed, especially after Jersey Janet, the instructor, calls her a klutz. Henry, who looks like he's falling for Jersey Janet, helps Jersey Janet find a role for Punky in a recital that Jersey Janet's class has been preparing for -- wearing a bee disguise and swinging over the other students, who are disguised as flowers in the recital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Punky Brewster Season 3 Episode 2 - Punky's Big Story
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #24 - Punky's Big Story

    S3:E2

    Punky decides to write a gossip column in the school newspaper, and she soon finds herself in hot water with her teacher, her schoolmates, and Henry when the gossip column does nothing but cause problems, especially when Punky's column tells her teacher, Mrs. Winston, which class put a frog in Mrs. Winston's briefcase. Mrs. Winston thought it was her biology class, but it was her history class.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Punky Brewster Season 3 Episode 6 - Hands Across the Halls
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    #25 - Hands Across the Halls

    S3:E6

    Punky and Cherie enlist the help of the other tenants to help keep Maude Firestein from having to move to a nursing home. Maude is a favorite neighbor among the tenants, and the only tenant who doesn't like the effort to keep Maude from moving is chronic complainer Pete "The Crank" Frank. With a lot support from the neighbors, it turns out that Maude doesn't have to move.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Gals and Dolls" is the worst rated episode of "Punky Brewster". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/3/1985. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Fenster Hall (1)".