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The Best Episodes of The Raccoons

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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 1980 and one direct to video special in 1984. The

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    The Raccoons Season 2 Episode 9 - Courting Disaster!
    8.4/10(17 votes)

    #1 - Courting Disaster!

    S2:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Raccoons Season 3 Episode 9 - The Evergreen Express!
    8.4/10(13 votes)

    #2 - The Evergreen Express!

    S3:E9

    Bert & Cedric find an abandoned steam train on an unmapped train track. If the legends about an infamous train robber are true, this train could solve Cyril's financial problems. The Raccoons set about restoring the train to its former glory, unaware of Cyril's scheme.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mary Crawford, Alan Templeton

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  3. The Raccoons Season 1 Episode 7 - The Intruders!
    8.3/10(20 votes)

    #3 - The Intruders!

    S1:E7

    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
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, bpNichol, Carol Bolt

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  4. The Raccoons Season 5 Episode 13 - Go for Gold!
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Go for Gold!

    S5:E13

    Cyril is taken ill and is advised to retire. Cedric is intimidated into sponsoring a televised sports event by a very shady character. Lisa and Bert fall out while training for the events, and too late Cedric discovers the scam he's walked into. It's up to the gang to win the event, or Cedric loses one million dollars.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Darson Hall

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  5. The Raccoons Season 3 Episode 6 - Mom's the Word!
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Mom's the Word!

    S3:E6

    When the Pigs receive a surprise visit from their mother, they try to keep her from finding out that they are merely Cyril's servants.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mary Crawford, Alan Templeton

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  6. The Raccoons Season 4 Episode 9 - Making the Grade!
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    #6 - Making the Grade!

    S4:E9

    When Bentley comes for his annual visit to the forest, Bert and Cedric take him to see the old Evergreen Schoolhouse. There, they meet their old teacher, Ms. Primrose, and learn the school is too small for government regulations, and must be closed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Darson Hall

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  7. The Raccoons Season 1 Episode 3 - A Night to Remember
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    #7 - A Night to Remember

    S1:E3

    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
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, Jamie Wayne

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  8. The Raccoons Season 1 Episode 4 - The Evergreen Grand Prix
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #8 - The Evergreen Grand Prix

    S1:E4

    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
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande, Alan Gordon, Tobi Gordon

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  9. The Raccoons Season 1 Episode 6 - Buried Treasure!
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    #9 - Buried Treasure!

    S1:E6

    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
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, Jamie Wayne

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  10. The Raccoons Season 2 Episode 8 - Read No Evil!
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    #10 - Read No Evil!

    S2:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Raccoons Season 3 Episode 3 - The Chips Are Down!
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #11 - The Chips Are Down!

    S3:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Mary Crawford, Alan Templeton

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  12. The Raccoons Season 3 Episode 8 - Strictly by the Book!
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Strictly by the Book!

    S3:E8

    Determined to have at least one competent individual in his household, Cyril sends Cedric to get some assertiveness training. But, when Cedric returns, it becomes clear that he has learned his lesson a little too well . . .

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande

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  13. The Raccoons Season 3 Episode 10 - Trouble Shooter!
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Trouble Shooter!

    S3:E10

    Bert & Cedric find Bentley hiding in the club house, and it turns out that he has run away from home. At Sneer Mansion, the pigs install a state of the art computer system, to make their lives easier and to keep a watchful eye on The Boss. The computer malfunctions, and only Bentley's knowledge of computers can save their bacon when the computer decides it is under attack.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mary Crawford, Alan Templeton

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  14. The Raccoons Season 5 Episode 4 - End of the Line!
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #14 - End of the Line!

    S5:E4

    Sneer needs a product to sell to Mammoth and puts Cedric in charge of the factory. The product is a failure, but a trainload of garbage arrives at the Forest and sets Cedric to thinking about recycling plastics. A new business venture is born, while Ralph learns the unsettling truth about the source of the rubbish.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Darson Hall

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  15. The Raccoons Season 1 Episode 8 - Opportunity Knocks!
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #15 - Opportunity Knocks!

    S1:E8

    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
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande

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  16. The Raccoons Season 2 Episode 4 - Power Trip!
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #16 - Power Trip!

    S2:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Gerald Tripp

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  17. The Raccoons Season 2 Episode 5 - Stop the Clock!
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    #17 - Stop the Clock!

    S2:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande

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  18. The Raccoons Season 4 Episode 7 - The Family Secret!
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #18 - The Family Secret!

    S4:E7

    When searching the family archives for one of Lady Baden-Baden's literary projects, Bert and Cedric find papers for the adoption of a Sneer and believe Cedric has been adopted.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Darson Hall

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  19. The Raccoons Season 1 Episode 1 - Surprise Attack
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #19 - Surprise Attack

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Rick Jones

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  20. The Raccoons Season 2 Episode 2 - The Sweet Smell of Success!
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #20 - The Sweet Smell of Success!

    S2:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Raccoons Season 2 Episode 7 - Last Legs!
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Last Legs!

    S2:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande

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  22. The Raccoons Season 5 Episode 3 - Moving In!
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    #22 - Moving In!

    S5:E3

    Ralph's brother George moves into the Evergreen Forest with the rest of his family. George has been offered the job of presenter of a cooking program on K.N.O.X. TV. The pigs try out a career in television after being fired for shredding money by mistake. Lisa finds it difficult to adjust to the change.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mary Crawford, Alan Templeton

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  23. The Raccoons Season 1 Episode 9 - Cry Wolf!
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #23 - Cry Wolf!

    S1:E9

    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
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, bpNichol, Carol Bolt

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  24. The Raccoons Season 1 Episode 11 - Gold Rush
    7.7/10(22 votes)

    #24 - Gold Rush

    S1:E11

    There is gold in the Emerald [Evergreen] Forest and Cyril Sneer wants it.

    Director:Kevin Gillis
    Writers:Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande

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  25. The Raccoons Season 3 Episode 11 - The Paper Chase!
    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #25 - The Paper Chase!

    S3:E11

    Cyril Sneer's pigs are very surprised when their Mom shows up anannounced at Sneer mansion, expecting to stay with her wealthy tycoon sons. Unaware of their true job status as Cyril's servants she is kept from meeting him until his interest in her ancient automobile brings them together in a runaway car chase. Mrs. Pig's heroic effort saves Cyril's life and prompts her embarassed sons to confess all to their forgiving mother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Mary Crawford, Alan Templeton

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Best Episodes Summary

"Courting Disaster!" is the best rated episode of "The Raccoons". It scored 8.4/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/12/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Evergreen Express!".