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The Best Episodes of The NeverEnding Story Season 1

Every episode of The NeverEnding Story Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The NeverEnding Story Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The NeverEnding Story Season 1

The animated adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux in the enchanted storybook world of Fantasia.
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 1 - The Tears of Sadness
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #1 - The Tears of Sadness

    S1:E1

    Xayide poisons the water supply of Fantasia with the tears of the Acharis in which anyone who drinks it or looks at it turns into stone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 2 - The Meek and the Mighty
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #2 - The Meek and the Mighty

    S1:E2

    Baby Rockchewer gets lost, Bastian tries to find him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 3 - The Purple Buffalo
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #3 - The Purple Buffalo

    S1:E3

    When Xayide captures the Purple Buffalo it is up to Bastian, Atreyu, and Artax to save them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 4 - Morla's Wish
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #4 - Morla's Wish

    S1:E4

    Bastian and Jacko must deliver a package to Morla the ancient turtle in the Swamp of Sadness, but comes into trouble along the way and that trouble involves Gmork the servant of ""The Nothing,"" Shadow Goblin and his sidekick Vermin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 5 - Spook City
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Spook City

    S1:E5

    Bastain helps Gaya rescue her brother Meek from Spook City with the help of a monkey creature named Argax. Pretty soon, Bastian, Gaya, Meek, and Argax are chased all over Spook City by Gmork and the only way out is to get over their fears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 6 - To Save Falcor
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #6 - To Save Falcor

    S1:E6

    Bastian comes to Fantasia with a cold and accidentally infects Falkor who becomes deadly sick. The Blue Djinn tells Bastian that he must find a Tarkus flower found on the Dead Mountains, where no one has returned from, that might help him before the Luck Dragon dies, but has an encounterment with a spider creature called Ygramul, the horror of horrors along the way.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 7 - Missing Memories
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Missing Memories

    S1:E7

    Xayide has emptied Yor's mine on memory pictures.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 8 - Perilin
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Perilin

    S1:E8

    Bastian travels through Perilin the Night Forest and Goab the Desert of Color, and he meets Grograman the Fire Lion. When Grograman is captured by Xayide, Perilin starts to grow all over Fantasia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 9 - The Sea Of Mist
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Sea Of Mist

    S1:E9

    Engywook's treasure is stolen. Bastian, Engywook and Urgl chase Blondycat and his 3-headed assistant Troll over the Sea of Mist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 10 - Promises
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Promises

    S1:E10

    Bastian, Atreyu and Atreyu's sister Saiya must destroy the evil shaman's staff.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 11 - Through The Misty Mountains
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Through The Misty Mountains

    S1:E11

    Bastian and Large Head must check out stories about a monster in the Misty Mountains.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 12 - A Friendship That Flames
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #12 - A Friendship That Flames

    S1:E12

    Bastian and Barktroll are deceived by Xayide's ally Axin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 13 - The Three Feeling Stones
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Three Feeling Stones

    S1:E13

    The three magic stones are stolen by Xayide.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 14 - The Belt Of Invisibility
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Belt Of Invisibility

    S1:E14

    Shadow Goblin and Vermin find the lost Belt of Invisibility and they use it to steal stuff.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 15 - Good Deeds
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Good Deeds

    S1:E15

    Barktroll expects rewards for his good deeds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 16 - Barktroll's Blame
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Barktroll's Blame

    S1:E16

    Barktroll is suspected of arson.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 17 - The Searcher
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Searcher

    S1:E17

    Engywook takes the egg of Llorp to the Land of Cold Fire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 18 - End Of Time
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #18 - End Of Time

    S1:E18

    Bastian must retrieve the Silver Clock of Amarganth from Lake of Tears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 19 - Thunder And Lightning
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Thunder And Lightning

    S1:E19

    Engywook tries to build a rainmaking machine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 20 - The Everlasting Night
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Everlasting Night

    S1:E20

    Xayide uses a stolen recipe to concoct a spell that cloaks the land in darkness.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 21 - After The Falls
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #21 - After The Falls

    S1:E21

    Ash challenges Barktroll to a log-roll on Splinter Falls.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 22 - Mirror, Mirror
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Mirror, Mirror

    S1:E22

    Xayide's mirror creates an evil-twin image of Bastian and accidentally creates a good-twin image of herself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 23 - The Dreaming Fields
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Dreaming Fields

    S1:E23

    Fantasians dreams come true.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 24 - The Atonal Trolls
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #24 - The Atonal Trolls

    S1:E24

    The Atonal Trolls abandon the Mountains of Harmony.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The NeverEnding Story Season 1 Episode 25 - The Race For The Ivory Tower
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #25 - The Race For The Ivory Tower

    S1:E25

    Bastian and Barktroll compete in the race. The first racer back to the Ivory Tower is the winner. However, Shadow Goblin and Vermin try to win the race by cheating and sabotage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Tears of Sadness" is the best rated episode of "The NeverEnding Story" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/2/1995. This episode is rated 7.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Meek and the Mighty".