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The Worst Episodes of Punky Brewster

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

An abandoned waif and her dog are taken in by a cranky apartment manager who becomes her guardian in this family-friendly sitcom.
Genres:ComedyKids
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Worst Episodes Summary

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

  • Gals and Dolls
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    #1 - Gals and Dolls

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 3/3/1985

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

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  • Fenster Hall (1)
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    #2 - Fenster Hall (1)

    Season 1 Episode 24

    Aired 3/31/1985

    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: N/A

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    #3 - Fenster Hall (2)

    Season 1 Episode 25

    Aired 3/31/1985

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Nun's Story
    6.9/10(29)
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    #4 - The Nun's Story

    Season 4 Episode 1

    Aired 4/27/1988

    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: N/A

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  • Wimped Out
    7.0/10(30)
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    #5 - Wimped Out

    Season 4 Episode 18

    Aired 5/23/1988

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Perils of Punky (2)
    7.1/10(42)
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    #6 - The Perils of Punky (2)

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 10/20/1985

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Christmas Shoplifting
    7.1/10(37)
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    #7 - Christmas Shoplifting

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 12/15/1985

    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: N/A

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  • Tons of Fun
    7.1/10(40)
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    #8 - Tons of Fun

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 11/3/1987

    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: N/A

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  • Tangled Web
    7.1/10(30)
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    #9 - Tangled Web

    Season 3 Episode 16

    Aired 11/20/1987

    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: N/A

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  • Aunt Larnese Is Coming to Town
    7.3/10(28)
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    #10 - Aunt Larnese Is Coming to Town

    Season 4 Episode 11

    Aired 5/11/1988

    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: N/A

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  • The Perils of Punky (1)
    7.4/10(48)
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    #11 - The Perils of Punky (1)

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 10/20/1985

    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: N/A

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  • This Spud's for You
    7.4/10(31)
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    #12 - This Spud's for You

    Season 3 Episode 18

    Aired 12/1/1987

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • So Long, Studio
    7.4/10(31)
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    #13 - So Long, Studio

    Season 3 Episode 19

    Aired 12/2/1987

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • See You in Court
    7.4/10(26)
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    #14 - See You in Court

    Season 4 Episode 9

    Aired 5/9/1988

    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: N/A

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  • Dear Diary
    7.4/10(25)
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    #15 - Dear Diary

    Season 4 Episode 12

    Aired 5/12/1988

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dilemma
    7.4/10(26)
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    #16 - The Dilemma

    Season 4 Episode 20

    Aired 5/25/1988

    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: N/A

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  • Punky Gets Her Own Room
    7.5/10(55)
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    #17 - Punky Gets Her Own Room

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/7/1984

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

    Director: N/A

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  • Wedding Bells for Brandon
    7.5/10(32)
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    #18 - Wedding Bells for Brandon

    Season 4 Episode 22

    Aired 5/27/1988

    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.

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  • Lost and Found
    7.6/10(64)
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    #19 - Lost and Found

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/7/1984

    Henry takes Punky shopping and she wanders off.

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  • Punky's Treehouse
    7.6/10(36)
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    #20 - Punky's Treehouse

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 9/22/1985

    Punky has a dream that inspires her to plan to build a treehouse in the tree behind the apartment building. When Henry and Betty and the gang pull out of Punky's plan to build the treehouse, Punky and Mike use psychology to motivate the gang into helping, and the treehouse is built with a lot of different colors of paint being used.

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  • Cheaters Never Win
    7.6/10(39)
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    #21 - Cheaters Never Win

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 9/29/1985

    Punky gets a D in geography on her report card. A big geography test is coming up and while studying with Allen, Cherie and Margaux, Punky just can't seem to get any of it. Allen says he's going to take the easy way out, and cheat by writing the answers all over his body. When the time comes for the test, Punky is stumped. When she sees Allen cheating, she cheats as well by reading the answers off of him. Punky and Allen are the only kids in the class to receive perfect scores. Mike thinks that his tests are not enough of a challenge for Punky and Allen, so he gives them extra work. Allen and Punky study hard with all the extra work they got. When report card time comes, Allen and Punky can't understand why they got a B in geography. They ask Mike, and he says that he knew they cheated on the first test, so he failed them on that test, but then the scores they got on the rest of their tests averaged out to a B. Punky tells Henry the truth, and he is very disappointed, but once he reali

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  • Tap Your Troubles Away
    7.6/10(36)
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    #22 - Tap Your Troubles Away

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 10/13/1985

    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.

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  • Reading, Writing, and Rock & Roll
    7.6/10(41)
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    #23 - Reading, Writing, and Rock & Roll

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 10/30/1987

    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.

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  • The Metamorphosis
    7.6/10(36)
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    #24 - The Metamorphosis

    Season 3 Episode 11

    Aired 11/12/1987

    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.

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  • Brandon's Commercial
    7.6/10(27)
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    #25 - Brandon's Commercial

    Season 4 Episode 5

    Aired 5/3/1988

    Brandon gets a shot at stardom when Churchill,the famous dog hired for a dog food commercial to be filmed at the restaurant, gets camera shy -- and so does Brandon, blowing a chance for $1000 and also messing up Punky's dream of Brandon becoming a star, and for this, Punky calls Brandon a bad dog. After Henry helps Punky realize that she was the one who wanted to be a star, Punky apologizes to Brandon.

    Director: N/A

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