NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Surprise Attack
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/1985
Bert, Ralph, Melissa, and the rest of the gang plan a surprise for Cyril Sneer, which makes him paranoid when he thinks that the Raccoons are planning an uprising against him.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Rick Jones
NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Going It Alone!
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/12/1985
Bert Raccoon climbs Evergreen Mountain in order to prove to Melissa and Ralph that he can do something on his own. Meanwhile, Cyril Sneer plans to stop Bert in order to keep a dark family secret hidden.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande
NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - A Night to Remember
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/13/1985
Bert and Ralph take Cedric on a camping trip to a fort they built as kids, without the girls and Cedric must spend the night inside the local haunted house to join their club.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Jamie Wayne
NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - The Evergreen Grand Prix
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/1985
Cyril Sneer and Mammoth Motors plan to create a car factory in the Evergreen Forest, possibly ruining the beauty of the forest forever. In order to save it, Bert and his friends create a solar-powered car to race against Cyril's own Sneermobile.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande, Alan Gordon, Tobi Gordon
NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - The Runaways!
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/1985
Because he feels that his father doesn't appreciate him, Cedric Sneer runs away from home and lives with his friends, the Raccoons. Meanwhile, the human children Julie and Tommy run away from home as well, but get lost in the forest.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande, Charles Lawther, Gail Kerbel
NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Buried Treasure!
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1985
While fishing, Bert finds a treasure map in a boot. They make a ship out of barrels with Cedric and set out to find treasures. In the meantime, the pigs find out about their scheme and tell Cyril Sneer. Cyril, greedy for money, chases them. Bert and Cedric find the treasures, but Cyril shows up and claims possession of the land where they dug up the treasures. But Cedric recollects that Cyril never told him that the land was his, and he and Bert set out in pursuit of Cyril. During the pursuit, Cedric falls in the river and Cyril must choose if he loves Cedric or the treasure more dearly. He chooses Cedric, and the treasure chest is irrevocably lost in the river.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Jamie Wayne
NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - The Intruders!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1985
While Cedric shows Ralph the inside of Cyril's new vault, the pigs mistake the two for intruders, and time-lock the vault, sealing Ralph and Cedric in 'til next Groundhog Day. Cyril tries everything he can to get them out, even the promise of a master security key hidden in the vault, but it seems hopeless, until Melissa, Bert, Broo, Sophia, and Schaeffer find out. Pretty soon, Cyril, Bert, Broo, and Melissa are dodging the extra precaution systems as they make their way underground to get to the vault.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, bpNichol, Carol Bolt
NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Opportunity Knocks!
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/6/1986
Dan the Forest Ranger is offered a job in the city, and has to choose the best life for his children. Ralph is offered the post of Editor of a paper, and makes ready to leave the Forest. However, Cyril Sneer needs putting in his place, and the first issue of the Evergreen Standard is printed. Also Bert gets sick when Ralph and Melissa plan to leave.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande
NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Cry Wolf!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/7/1986
Bert uncovers a plot by Cyril to concrete over the Evergreen Forest. Unfortunately, Bert has been doing so much wild speculation and rumour-mongering lately that no-one will believe him.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, bpNichol, Carol Bolt
NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Rumours!
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/1986
Rumours abound in the Evergreen Forest about the arrival of the royal family. Berts sets out on a number of arduous tasks with a Knighthood in mind, while Cyrils sees this as the ideal chance to clear his family's name.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Gold Rush
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/1986
There is gold in the Emerald [Evergreen] Forest and Cyril Sneer wants it.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande
NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Double Play!
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/1987
The Mammoth Mudheads come to the Evergreen Forest. Bert and Cedric compete for a place on the team, putting a strain on both their friendship, and ultimately their chances of winning.
Director: Kevin Gillis
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande
NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - The Sweet Smell of Success!
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/1987
The Raccoons have formed a rock band and Cyril tries to enlist their help to promote a new brand of aftershave he has developed. But, although Ralph and Melissa decline, Bert can't resist the lure of starring in a tv commercial.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Blast from the Past!
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/1987
Cyril panics when he learns that a former business partner Karl Snarl - whom he walked out on years before - is going "to give him what he deserves" and steps up security at Sneer Mansion. When Bert and Cedric become trapped on a rapidly narrowing ledge, Melissa has to overcome her fear of heights in order to rescue them by helicopter. Also Melissa fights her fear of flying to save Bert and Cedric.
Director: N/A
Writer: Derek Diorio, Rick Jones, Dan Lalande
NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Power Trip!
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/1987
After having his electricity cut off for failing to pay his bills, Cyril Sneer decides to build a hydroelectric dam. Meanwhile, Ralph and Melissa have gone camping and Bert is playing host to adventurous Great Aunt Gertie.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Gerald Tripp
NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - Stop the Clock!
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/1987
Ralph's bookish young cousin Bentley Raccoon discovers how to have fun the Bert Raccoon way when he competes against Cyril Sneer in the Evergreen Forest Games. Bentley learns that you don't have to win to be a winner.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande
NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - The Artful Dodger!
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1987
When Melissa Raccoon discovers valuable pre-historic cave paintings. Cyril Sneer plots to turn them into a moneymaking tourist trap. With the help of a mysterious cave dweller the Raccoon gang turn Cyril's destructive scheme around, transforming him into an unwitting patron of the arts.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Gerald Tripp, Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford
NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Last Legs!
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1987
Cyril is ill with a cold and, when the Pigs overhear the doctor on the phone about his clapped-out old car, they think he is talking about Cyril. Believing Cyril only has a few days to live and with Cedric at accounting camp, the Raccoons resolve to do whatever they can to make Cyril's remaining time his best. When Cyril learns the truth, he keeps up the pretence so that the Raccoons will spend the money they had earmarked for a new printing press on a memorial for him and force the Evergreen Standard out of business. However, he has reckoned without the Raccoons' choice of memorial . . .
Director: N/A
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande
NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - Read No Evil!
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1987
When Cyril Sneer's plan to exploit the Evergreen Swamp for it's oil threatens to destroy Herman the hermit's home, the Raccoons step in to help their friend. Herman's painful admission that he cannot read helps the Raccoons save the swamp.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - Courting Disaster!
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1987
When the pigs mix up the Sneer Mansion's outgoing mail and send an invitation to 'merge' to Lady Baden Baden, and a 'thank you' to Mr. Knox, Cyril Sneer finds himself headed for the altar.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Time Trap!
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1987
Crazed by an enormous bill for back-taxes, Cyril Sneer plans to go back in time to thwart every Raccoon victory of the past, hoping to enlarge his present fortune. Hurtling through time in the machine hastily assembled by his pigs, Cyril learns the hard way that tampering with history has some serious side effects.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford
NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - The Prism of Zenda!
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/1988
When Cyril Sneer loses the priceless Prism of Zenda he is forced to offer a valuable reward for its return. In his role as ace detective Bert Raccoon thwarts Cyril's scheme to swindle the public and uncovers the Prism right under Cyril's nose.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford
NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - Paperback Hero!
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/8/1988
Bert Raccoon is amazed when his storybook hero, Sir Malcolm Havelock arrives in the Evergreen Forest. Inspired by Sir Malcolm's popular adventure books, Bert prepares to fulfil his lifelong ambition of joining Sir Malcolm on a safari, until he discovers the disappointing truth about his hero.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford, Paul Schibli
NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - The Chips Are Down!
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/1988
When Bert Raccoon falls victim to a Cyril Sneer advertising campaign, his friends become worried about him. Obsessed and addicted, Bert sacrifices almost everything he cherishes to win the grand prize, only to discover that there is no greater prize than friendship.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford
NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - Life in the Fast Lane!
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/1988
Bert Raccoon risks his life and his friendship with Cedric, in an attempt to impress the tough Bix Wheelie and his gang. When faced with a real crisis, Bert's new found friends turn and run, leaving him in the lurch until Cedric saves the day. Bert learns a new respect for his old buddy and realizes that true friends are forever.
Director: N/A
Writer: Kevin Gillis, Paul Schibli, Gerry Capelle
The Best Episodes of The Raccoons
Every episode of The Raccoons ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Raccoons!
The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series which was originally broadcast from 1985 to 1991 with three preceding television specials from its inception in...
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Network:CBC Television
Best Episodes Summary
"Surprise Attack" is the best rated episode of "The Raccoons". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Kevin Gillis and written by Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Rick Jones, it aired on 11/11/1985. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Going It Alone!".