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The Best Episodes of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 31

Every episode of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 31 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 31!

The Best Episodes of The Wonderful World of Disney Season 31

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday...
  1. Background image for Pete's Dragon
    7.5/10(25 votes)

    #1 - Pete's Dragon

    S31:E1

    This is an airing of the 1977 musical, in which an orphaned boy and his only friend, an animated green dragon named Elliott, escape from the abusive family who took him in as a farm hand and cause trouble in a small fishing village in Maine.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Hero in the Family
    6.2/10(97 votes)

    #2 - Hero in the Family

    S31:E2

    Digger Reed, the most famous American astronaut, sets out on a dangerous mission with Orville, the extraordinary chimpanzee. While in space Reed is exposed to strange crystals. He returns to Earth a changed man...he now has the brain cells of his chimp, and vice versa...

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Little Spies
    6.8/10(221 votes)

    #3 - Little Spies

    S31:E3

    A group of youngsters become involved in a confrontation with a street gang who catch dogs and sell them to a medical research clinic. The odds are against them until a recluse, who happens to be a World War II hero, joins forces and trains them commando style.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The B.R.A.T. Patrol
    6.5/10(542 votes)

    #4 - The B.R.A.T. Patrol

    S31:E4

    Exciting tale of a group of kids who cause chaos wherever they go. Their adventures start when they discover that weapons are going missing from a military base. They decide to go into action to foil the crime despite army officials disbelief that anything is wrong.

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    Director:Mollie Miller
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Ask Max
    6.7/10(92 votes)

    #5 - Ask Max

    S31:E5

    Max is a lonely, brilliant kid trying to get through school without too many hassles. Trouble is, he keeps on using his intellect for small rewards, and doesn't apply himself...until he gets a little incentive.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    #6 - Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration

    S31:E6

    A 15th anniversary celebration of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. It features a description of the World Showcase at Epcot, archival film footage of Walt Disney describing the park in 1965 and scenes of Roy O. Disney opening it in 1971.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Leftovers
    6.3/10(173 votes)

    #7 - The Leftovers

    S31:E7

    A close-knit group of orphans and their father-figure, Max (John Denver), try to keep their home from being shut down. Helping them out are a single mom (Cindy Williams) and the elderly butler from Max's aunt's mansion, where Max grew up.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Thanksgiving Promise
    6.6/10(203 votes)

    #8 - The Thanksgiving Promise

    S31:E8

    A teenage boy is torn between his love for an injured Canadian goose that he has found and his agreement to fatten and kill it for an approaching Thanksgiving dinner for his neighbors. also known as ""Chester I Love You"".

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Sunday Drive
    6.2/10(137 votes)

    #9 - Sunday Drive

    S31:E9

    Two identical cars pull up to a restaurant, one belonging to a childless couple who are taking care of their niece and nephew while their parents are away, who are out on a Sunday drive. The other belonging to a guy who is on his way to meet his fiance and to begin working for her father. In his car is his dog, whom the couple mistake for the children, when they get into his car and drive. While he goes into their car and the children are under a blanket and he mistakenly assumes it's his dog. When they discover the mistake they are both so far away from each other that they don't know what to do.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Swiss Family Robinson
    8.0/10(19 votes)

    #10 - Swiss Family Robinson

    S31:E10

    A family in route to New Guinea is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. They are forced to remain on the island because of the damage to the ship and the pirates that are roaming the islands. They create a home on the island (centering around a huge treehouse) and explore the island and it's wildlife. Plenty of adventure ensues as the family deals with issues of survival, pirates, and the brothers must learn how to live on the island with an uncertain future

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Christmas Star
    6.1/10(10 votes)

    #11 - The Christmas Star

    S31:E11

    A christmas movie about an old convict who learns to feel again after his run in with a young boy.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - Tiger Town/Star Tours

    S31:E12

    Roy Schneider plays an ageing all-star for the Detroit Tigers, who are seriously slumping.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Herbie Goes Bananas
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Herbie Goes Bananas

    S31:E13

    America's favorite VW Beetle is back for a final fling in ""Herbie Goes Bananas""! Set in lovely Mexico, friends Pete Stanchek and Davie Johns arrive to enter in a race. Pete's uncle is Jim Douglas from The Love Bug. The car Pete and Davie would be driving is sent ahead: the car, of course, was Herbie. Pete and Davie don't think much of it until he takes them for a fast spin! A little boy, Paco, tries to buddy up with these guys. He's actually a little pickpocket! Hey, the kid's got no family and no place to live. Can you blame him? He steals some photo negatives from two bad guys, Prindle and Quinn. The negatives reveal crucial information to the heist they're planning. While Davie and Pete aren't looking, Paco climbs into Herbie's trunk and when the car is loaded onboard the ship, Paco comes along. The ship is under the command of surly Captain Blythe. Pete and Davie meet Aunt Louise and her niece, Melissa Drake. Pete falls in love with her and Louise offered to sponsor them in the rac

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Great Moments in Disney Animation
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    #14 - Great Moments in Disney Animation

    S31:E14

    A look at Disney animation through the years.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Double Switch
    6.4/10(212 votes)

    #15 - Double Switch

    S31:E15

    Teeny bopper rock star Bart Holton is pushed around by his manager for maximum profit and longs for a normal life. Through a look-alike contest he meets Matt, a student who looks exactly like him and can imitate his dancing style perfectly. Bart proposes to switch roles for a week. At first Matt enjoys being chased by hysterical groupies and Bart enjoys hitting on the highschool girls, but of course both learn quickly that the other's life is quite different from what they'd expected.

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for You Ruined My Life
    5.6/10(137 votes)

    #16 - You Ruined My Life

    S31:E16

    A man who fails to pay up his gambling debt, finds himself taking care of the casino owners's niece Manerva (a delightfully spoiled brat) until his debt is paid off.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Liberators
    7.3/10(68 votes)

    #17 - The Liberators

    S31:E17

    A young boy helps runaway slaves escape via the Underground Railroad.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - Parent Trap II

    S31:E18

    Hayley Mills returns in her role of Susan and Sharon -- only this time they have grown up and are dealing with a pair of mischevious girls who want their parents to marry. Sharons Daughter wnats her best friends dad to fall in love with her mom -- this way the two girls can be real life sisters, the problem - The two are always to busy to ever meet! The girls decide to be resourceful and call aunt Susan in on the deal. They send her on a few dates with this man, as she pretends to be Sharon. Caous ensues and eventually the truth has to come out.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Big Foot
    4.9/10(201 votes)

    #19 - Big Foot

    S31:E19

    A family goes camping in the mountains. They encounter a bigfoot creature, the little girl gets captured leaving the rest to search.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Young Harry Houdini
    6.1/10(170 votes)

    #20 - Young Harry Houdini

    S31:E20

    This biographical movie depicts the youth of the magician Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926). As a boy his name was Eric Weiss and his father wanted him to become a locksmith. But he ran away and joined the traveling show of Dr. Grimaldi, where he learned the tricks of a magician and a little mystery from his Indian assistant, too.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Bedknobs and Broomsticks
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #21 - Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    S31:E21

    This is an airing of the 1971 musical, in which an Englishwoman studies to be a witch so that she can fight off the invasion of England by Nazi Germany.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Double Agent
    5.9/10(108 votes)

    #22 - Double Agent

    S31:E22

    Jason Starr is an international spy. While on a mission there was an altercation and Jason disappears. His boss Vaughn then goes to his twin brother Warren Starbinder, a veterinarian, and asks him to pose as Jason so to complete his mission. Which he agrees to but won't be easy since he is not a spy. And he also can't tell his wife and family what he's doing. Which makes it hard for him to explain the peculiar way he is now behaving.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Bride of Boogedy
    6.4/10(867 votes)

    #23 - Bride of Boogedy

    S31:E23

    Mr. Boogedy returns to once again plague the Davis Family, this time to retrieve his lost love, whom he has kept in eternal torment.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #24 - The Devil and Max Devlin

    S31:E24

    When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to hell. But the devil Barney makes him an offer: if he manages to get three innocent youths to sell him their souls in the next two months, he may stay on earth. Max accepts, and returns to earth, equipped with special powers. However his task is harder than expected, especially when 7 years old Tobi demands that he marry his mother.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Mary Poppins

    S31:E25

    This is an airing of the 1964 theatrical musical, in which a magical nanny changes the lives of an English family.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 31 Ratings Summary

"Pete's Dragon" is the best rated episode of "The Wonderful World of Disney" season 31. It scored 7.5/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/1986. This episode is rated 1.3 points higher than the second-best, "Hero in the Family".