NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - A great love
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1980
Tom goes to the harbor to meet his cousin Mary, and sees Becky Thacher for the first time. Her family moves into St. Petersburg, and Tom falls in love.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - The magic spell
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1980
Tom tries to arouse Becky's interest at Sunday School, but is ignored. That night Old Sam shows him a special charm to make wishes come true.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Becky
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/1980
Tom arrives at school late and finds that Becky is in his class. He finally manages to become friends with her, and promises to visit - forgetting another promise he has made to Huck.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Huck's house
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/1980
Huck is offended that Tom forgot his promise. The next few days Tom works with Huck, telling Becky he is busy helping his sick aunt. Becky discovers his lie but her anger is replaced with surprise when she sees Huck's newly built tree house.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - Competition
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/1980
Tom just can't get along with his new classmate Alfred, and challenges him to a fighting match. On the way home, the boat they are aboard sinks and Tom rescues Alfred, who can't swim at all - winning Becky's praise.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Panic at board
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/1980
A large steamship comes to St Petersburg. Tom and Huck steal aboard for a trip. Next day, Tom boasts about their adventure, fascinating his classmates.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - The children of aunt Polly
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/1980
Aunt Polly falls sick and is struck with an idea. She calls Tom to her bedside, pretending to be dying. Aunt Polly tells Tom she cannot go to heaven unless he promises to be a good boy but Tom refuses to promise, because he doesn't want his aunt to die.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - The treasure
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/1980
The villagers do not like drunken Muff and Indian Joe. Tom and Huck rescue Muff and he, in return, tells them about a treasure buried near St Petersburg. The boys decide they will find the treasure, and Indian Joe joins Muff in his search.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Pirates
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/1980
Mr. Dobbins, the schoolteacher, doesn't trust Tom, but all Tom's classmates like him. Younger brother Sid saves Tom from punishment at school. Later, Tom and Huck decide to conduct their treasure hunt at night, to avoid Indian Joe.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - The professor
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/1980
Tom gives Becky an engagement kiss. But with a slip of the tongue, he tells her that he had once been engaged to Amy. Becky is furious, and Tom becomes so discouraged he ends his treasure hunt.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - I want to be a pirate
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/30/1980
After Becky ignores Tom for five days, he decides to run away from home to be a pirate. During the night he sails to Jackson Island on a raft, along with Huck and Ben.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Pirates don't go to school
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/6/1980
Tom, Huck and Ben enjoy their adventure on the island while everyone in the village worries about their disappearance. A rainstorm washes away their raft, and it is found by a villager broken to pieces.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Ah! the adventure...
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/13/1980
The villagers believe the boys have drowned in the river. Though they play all day on the island, Ben misses his home. Tom returns secretly for news of the village and sees Aunt Polly praying for his safety.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - The pirates crush black
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/20/1980
Ben and Huck miss the village, so Tom proposes that they return on the very day of their funeral. No other village children, Tom decides, have ever become the center of so much attention.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Good old days
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/27/1980
After the funeral Tom is a hero at school, and everyone wants to hear his story. Charlie inks Tom's schoolbook out of jealousy, and Tom is punished. Becky saw what happened and feels guilty that she did not tell the truth.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Reconciliation
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/4/1980
Becky accidentally tears a page of Mr. Dobbins' precious book on medical science, and Tom takes the blame. Becky makes up with him.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - The frog contest
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/11/1980
Frog leaping matches are popular with the school students, and Tom trains his frog to be a great leaper. Charlie doesn't want to hand over his championship, so he stuffs Tom's frog with pebbles.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - The secrecy of mr. Dobbins
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/18/1980
Tom and Huck discover that Mr. Dobbins wears a wig. On the last day of school, when the teacher whips every student, even girls, for sleeping during class, Tom hits on a capital idea for revenge.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - The holidays begin
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/25/1980
Sid comes down with the mumps just as summer vacation starts. Tom doesn't want to get sick and spoil his holiday. Just then two men come to town with Water of Life, guaranteed to cure every disease.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - The charlatan
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/1/1980
Tom distributes handbills in return for the medicine. It sells like hotcakes, then the two men disappear. The medicine turns out to be a sham. Tom doesn't get the mumps, but he makes many trips to the outhouse.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Fishing party
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/15/1980
Tom goes fishing with Huck and Becky. They catch a big one, but only after Becky jumps in to lend a hand.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Huck carries a tie
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/22/1980
Becky's great aunt has no children of her own, and decides to adopt Huck. Tom makes him take a bath, dresses him up, and takes him to Becky's house. Huck doesn't like anything that binds, including a tie, and declines the offer.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - A stubborn boy
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/29/1980
Alfred hones his swimming skills in order to show up Tom. At his birthday party he challenges Tom to a swimming race and wins. Tom then challenges Alfred to a contest to see who can stay under the water the longest.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - Lisette
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 7/6/1980
The village children are bored; nothing exciting ever happens there. Then a theatrical troupe arrives and announces a play for the children. Among them is a young actress Lissette, and Huck falls in love.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - The rising of the curtain
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 7/20/1980
Tom promises to take Huck to the play. To earn the money he works for his aunt, moving furniture to a friend's ranch quite a distance away. When a wheel comes off the cart, Tom is almost defeated - but manages to run home just in time for the play.
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The Worst Episodes of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Tom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends...
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureDrama
Network:Fuji TV
Worst Episodes Summary
"A great love" is the worst rated episode of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/20/1980. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The magic spell".