6.5/1068 votes#1 - The Dog the Turtle Story
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1991
Taz rescues a turtle which acts like a dog from a trap and adopts him as a pet, but then he and him visit his outback family and they all rescue Taz from Bull Gator and Axl.
Director: Douglas McCarthy
Writer: Bill Kopp
- 6.3/1054 votes
#2 - Like Father, Like Son
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1991
Taz and his dad (hugh) spend some 'quality' time together. After a series of disastrous activities they discover that maybe they are more alike then they think.
Director: Keith Baxter
Writer: Mark Saraceni, Art Vitello
- 5.7/1047 votes
#3 - Frights of Passage
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/14/1991
Francis X. Bushlad seeks to capture the Tazmanian Devil as part of his rite to manhood.
Director: Keith Baxter
Writer: Bill Kopp, Keith Baxter
- 6.0/1044 votes
#4 - War & Pieces
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1991
Taz and his little siblings Molly and Jake are left to run the house while their parents visit Grandma.
Director: Lenord Robinson
Writer: Mark Saraceni
- 6.0/1047 votes
#5 - Airbourne Airhead
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/21/1991
With help from the Platypus Brothers Daniel and Timothy, Taz attempts to climb Pointy Peak and obtain giant bird eggs with which to make a Taz-sized omelet.
Director: Lenord Robinson
Writer: Mark Saraceni
- 5.6/1044 votes
#6 - It's No Picnic
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/28/1991
Taz goes to visit the platypus brothers and spots some giant eggs on top of a mountain. Unfortunately the platypus brothers decide to help.
Director: Greg Duffell, Gary Hartle
Writer: Mark Saraceni, Art Vitello
- 6.3/1046 votes
#7 - Kee-Wee ala King
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/28/1991
Taz and his best friend, Buddy Boar, compete.
Director: Greg Duffell, Gary Hartle
Writer: Art Vitello, Henry Gilroy
- 6.0/1043 votes
#8 - A Devil of a Job
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/5/1991
To earn money to buy a motorcycle, Taz gets a job at Hotel Tazmania.
Director: Douglas McCarthy
Writer: Gordon Kent
- 5.8/1041 votes
#9 - Battling Bushrats
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/12/1991
Taz defends his home, and the family's dinner, from repeated attacks by the Battling Bushrats.
Director: Keith Baxter
Writer: Bill Kopp
- 5.8/1045 votes
#10 - Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/12/1991
Didgeri Dingo enlists Taz's aid to retrieve undersea treasure, but taz does all the work.
Director: Keith Baxter
Writer: Bill Kopp, Art Vitello, Chris Otsuki
- 6.1/1045 votes
#11 - Woeful wolf
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/19/1991
The last lonely Tazmanian Wolf tries to find a family to live with.
Director: Lenord Robinson
Writer: Gordon Kent
- 6.4/1047 votes
#12 - Devil with the Violet Dress On
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/26/1991
Taz and his mom spend the day doing fun things together, with disastrous results.
Director: Gary Hartle
Writer: Gordon Kent
- 5.9/1044 votes
#13 - Kidnapped Koala
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/26/1991
After Constance is abducted by Bull.
Director: Gary Hartle
Writer: Mark Saraceni
- 6.1/1044 votes
#14 - Mishap in the Mist
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/2/1991
Anthropologist Jane Allgood decides to study the Tazmanian Devil family.
Director: Douglas McCarthy
Writer: Bill Kopp, Art Vitello
- 5.9/1041 votes
#15 - Toothache Taz
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/2/1991
Taz refuses to see a dentist while suffering a toothache and turns to the Platypus Brothers for help.
Director: Douglas McCarthy
Writer: Bill Kopp
- 7.1/10113 votes
#16 - Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/9/1991
Molly gets a cute cat for a pet, who quickly becomes Taz's worst nightmare.
Director: Keith Baxter, Art Vitello
Writer: Art Vitello, Chris Otsuki
- 6.0/1042 votes
#17 - Enter the Devil
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/9/1991
Mr. Thickley trains Taz to be a kung-fu master.
Director: Keith Baxter, Art Vitello
Writer: Art Vitello, Henry Gilroy
- 5.8/1044 votes
#18 - Bewitched bob
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/16/1991
While babysitting Jake, Taz is unexpectedly called to work and must bring Jake with him.
Director: Lenord Robinson
Writer: Gordon Kent
- 6.0/1041 votes
#19 - Instant replay
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/23/1994
Bull and Axl Gator study videotapes, hoping to learn from their past failures how to capture Taz.
Director: Jon McClenahan
Writer: Art Vitello, Henry Gilroy
- 6.0/1040 votes
#20 - Taz and the Pterodactyl
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/23/1994
Taz plunges into uncharted Tazmanian territory.
Director: Jon McClenahan
Writer: Art Vitello, Chris Otsuki
- 5.8/1039 votes
#21 - Pup Goes the Wendal
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/30/1994
Wendal Wolf kicks Dog the Turtle out of Taz's house and inserts himself as the new family pet.
Director: Douglas McCarthy
Writer: Art Vitello, Gordon Kent
- 5.6/1039 votes
#22 - I'm OK, You're Taz
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/30/1991
Buddy Boar tries to improve Taz's personality.
Director: Douglas McCarthy
Writer: Mark Saraceni
- 6.0/1043 votes
#23 - Comic Madness
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/7/1991
The family is worried that Taz is spending too much time with his comic books.
Director: Keith Baxter
Writer: Art Vitello, Henry Gilroy
- 5.4/1038 votes
#24 - Blunders Never Cease
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/7/1991
Francis resorts to taking tribal potions in his quest to capture Taz.
Director: Keith Baxter
Writer: Bill Kopp
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Dog the Turtle Story" is the best rated episode of "Taz-Mania" season 1. It scored 6.5/10 based on 68 votes. Directed by Douglas McCarthy and written by Bill Kopp, it aired on 9/7/1991. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Like Father, Like Son".