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The Best Episodes of Wishbone Season 1

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

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Wishbone is a children's television show. The show's title character is a Jack Russell Terrier of the same name. Wishbone lives with his owner Joe Talbot in the fictional modern town of Oakdale, Texas. He

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Wishbone Season 1 Episode 2 - A Tail in Twain (2)
    9.1/10(31 votes)

    S1:E2

    Continuation of previous episode exploring The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 1 - A Tail in Twain (1)
    9.0/10(46 votes)

    S1:E1

    The kids have an end-of-summer adventure in Jackson Park and learn about the power of stories. Wishbone, as Tom Sawyer, has an adventure with Huck Finn in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 37 - Pantin' at the Opera
    9.0/10(25 votes)

    S1:E37

    Wishbone tells the story of Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom Of The Opera.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 5 - Homer Sweet Homer
    8.9/10(42 votes)

    S1:E5

    Wishbone tells the story of Homer's ""The Odyssey.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 7 - Cyranose
    8.9/10(28 votes)

    S1:E7

    Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 16 - A Tale of Two Sitters
    8.9/10(22 votes)

    S1:E16

    Guilt by association haunts Wishbone in his dream of A Tale of Two Cities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 27 - The Count's Account
    8.9/10(22 votes)

    S1:E27

    Damont gets David into trouble after he uses one of David's inventions. Meanwhile, Wishbone as Edmond Dantes seeks revenge against his enemies in Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 28 - Salty Dog
    8.9/10(22 votes)

    S1:E28

    Samantha convinces Joe and David to help her look for a ""magic"" horseshoe that is rumored to be nailed somewhere inside an old rickety barn in a remote wooded area of Oakdale. Wishbone notes Sam's adventurous spirit and her eager determination to fulfill her quest, and compares her to Jim Hawkins in Robert Louis Stevenson's book ""Treasure Island"".

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 15 - Golden Retrieved
    8.8/10(23 votes)

    S1:E15

    Wishbone is distressed with his owner Joe's infatuation with his new mountain bike, which causes Joe to pay less attention to Wishbone, and to act less caring and patient towards him. Then when Wishbone goes missing for a day, Joe realizes how much Wishbone means to him, and how his dog's company is so much more important than his new bike. Meanwhile, as Silas Marner, Wishbone learns the value of human warmth and companionship as opposed to acquired wealth.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 31 - Terrified Terrier
    8.8/10(17 votes)

    S1:E31

    Now Wishbone feels wounded as he dreams of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 33 - Muttketeer!
    8.8/10(22 votes)

    S1:E33

    Wishbone is always eager to make friends. He does so in the real world at the local school. And as D'Artagnan, Wishbone makes friends of the Three Musketeers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 4 - Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!
    8.7/10(35 votes)

    S1:E4

    Wishbone, not wearing his collar, gets taken to the pound where he meets a beautiful female dog named Rosie. The inside story is that of ""romeo and Juliet"" by William Shakespeare

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 9 - Digging Up the Past
    8.7/10(27 votes)

    S1:E9

    Wishbone and Joe meet a charming elderly Oakdale resident who has returned after a long absense, and together they search for a ""time capsule"" in Joe's backyard. Meanwhile, Wishbone imagines himself as Rip van Winkle, who falls asleep in the forest and wakes up twenty years later to discover that a whole new nation (the USA) has been born.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 34 - Hercules Unleashed
    8.7/10(26 votes)

    S1:E34

    While Samantha seeks the perfect gift for her father's birthday, Wishbone plays up Hercules, seeking the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 3 - Twisted Tail
    8.6/10(37 votes)

    S1:E3

    A crime wave hits Oakdale, making the kids selective in choosing friends and giving Wishbone a chance to dream of Oliver Twist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 10 - Bone of Arc
    8.6/10(27 votes)

    S1:E10

    Samantha becomes the heroine of the boys' soccer team, while Wishbone becomes her ally. Meanwhile, Joan of Arc leads the men of the French Army against the English in Mark Twain's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. Wishbone is her friend, Louis de Conte.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 11 - The Impawssible Dream
    8.6/10(34 votes)

    S1:E11

    Wishbone, while watching Joe pursue his impossible dream of making the book of world records, thinks of Don Quixote.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 19 - One Thousand and One Tails
    8.6/10(28 votes)

    S1:E19

    While greed threatens to grip the humans around him, Wishbone imagines himself as Ali Baba among forty thieves. The sheer power of 1001 Arabian Nights seems overwhelming.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 22 - The Pawloined Paper
    8.6/10(24 votes)

    S1:E22

    Joe has a substitute teacher for his class, who he likes a lot. After a word puzzle he makes up about her gets snatched, courtesy of Curtis, Joe must get it back before anyone sees it. Meanwhile, Wishbone tears the living room upside down looking for his toy newspaper, which is right under his nose the whole time, just like where the stolen letter is hidden in today's story ""The Purloined Letter"" by Edgar Allen Poe

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 39 - Rushin' to the Bone
    8.6/10(17 votes)

    S1:E39

    Wishbone dramatizes Gogol's The Inspector General.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 6 - Bark That Bark
    8.5/10(23 votes)

    S1:E6

    David overloads on responsibilities and doesn't understand the wisdom of asking for help. Wishbone explores the power of wisdom as it lies within two African-American folk tales.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 14 - The Hunchdog of Notre Dame
    8.5/10(33 votes)

    S1:E14

    Wishbone is the Hunchback of Notre Dame, standing for and defending Esmerelda.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 29 - Little Big Dog
    8.5/10(18 votes)

    S1:E29

    In David and Goliath, Wishbone has more bravery than the David we know from this series.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 8 - The Slobbery Hound
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    S1:E8

    Wishbone searches for a wandering dog who is wreaking havoc with garbage cans and items in people's yards and porches. Wishbone imagines himself as Sherlock Holmes in ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"", where he works to track down a murderer who uses a giant hound to commit his crimes.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 13 - Sniffing the Gauntlet
    8.4/10(28 votes)

    S1:E13

    Keeping oneself in the right frame of mind, Wishbone draws into Rebecca's world in Ivanhoe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Tail in Twain (2)" is the best rated episode of "Wishbone" season 1. It scored 9.1/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/24/1995. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Tail in Twain (1)".