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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 1 - A Tail in Twain (1)
    8.9/10(37 votes)

    #1 - A Tail in Twain (1)

    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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  2. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 2 - A Tail in Twain (2)
    9.1/10(27 votes)

    #2 - A Tail in Twain (2)

    S1:E2

    Part One continued.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 3 - Twisted Tail
    8.9/10(30 votes)

    #3 - Twisted Tail

    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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  4. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 4 - Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!
    8.6/10(29 votes)

    #4 - Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 5 - Homer Sweet Homer
    9.1/10(31 votes)

    #5 - Homer Sweet Homer

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 6 - Bark That Bark
    8.7/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Bark That Bark

    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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  7. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 7 - Cyranose
    9.1/10(26 votes)

    #7 - Cyranose

    S1:E7

    Wishbone is Cyrano de Bergerac, serenading Roxanne with poetry.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 8 - The Slobbery Hound
    8.4/10(27 votes)

    #8 - The Slobbery Hound

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 9 - Digging Up the Past
    8.7/10(24 votes)

    #9 - Digging Up the Past

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 10 - Bone of Arc
    8.7/10(25 votes)

    #10 - Bone of Arc

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 11 - The Impawssible Dream
    8.7/10(31 votes)

    #11 - The Impawssible Dream

    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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  12. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 12 - Fleabitten Bargain
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Fleabitten Bargain

    S1:E12

    Joe is dazzled by a virtual-reality machine demonstrated by a cunning salesman at a town fair. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as Faust, learns that making big sacrifices just to gain immediate satisfaction is not necessarily the wisest choice in the long run.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 13 - Sniffing the Gauntlet
    8.6/10(24 votes)

    #13 - Sniffing the Gauntlet

    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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  14. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 14 - The Hunchdog of Notre Dame
    8.5/10(30 votes)

    #14 - The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 15 - Golden Retrieved
    8.9/10(21 votes)

    #15 - Golden Retrieved

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 16 - A Tale of Two Sitters
    8.9/10(20 votes)

    #16 - A Tale of Two Sitters

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 17 - Frankenbone
    8.2/10(30 votes)

    #17 - Frankenbone

    S1:E17

    David claims that through his experiments he has discovered the secret of life. Wishbone compares the mysterious experiment to the Mary Shelly horror, ""Frankenstein.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 18 - Hot Diggety Dawg
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    #18 - Hot Diggety Dawg

    S1:E18

    Wishbone digs for Wanda, turning the day into the pages of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 19 - One Thousand and One Tails
    8.8/10(25 votes)

    #19 - One Thousand and One Tails

    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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  20. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 20 - Mixed Breeds
    7.5/10(23 votes)

    #20 - Mixed Breeds

    S1:E20

    Secrets abound in all people. Wanda and Mr. Pruitt find that out themselves, as does Wishbone in his visions of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 21 - The Canine Cure
    8.4/10(19 votes)

    #21 - The Canine Cure

    S1:E21

    This time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 22 - The Pawloined Paper
    8.9/10(19 votes)

    #22 - The Pawloined Paper

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 23 - Bark to the Future
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    #23 - Bark to the Future

    S1:E23

    Joe learns that his own intellect can never be replaced by modern technology. Meanwhile, Wishbone, as The Time Traveler, finds that in the year 802,701 the lazy Eloi have allowed their intellect to be replaced by technology in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 24 - Paw Prints of Thieves
    8.6/10(31 votes)

    #24 - Paw Prints of Thieves

    S1:E24

    When Joe gets under the crosshairs for what appears to be a good deed, Wishbone imagines himself as Robin Hood.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 25 - Furst Impressions
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    #25 - Furst Impressions

    S1:E25

    While Sam, David, and Joe agonize over finding a date for the pending dance, Wishbone goes over the story of ""Pride and Prejudice"" by Jane Austin.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Tail in Twain (1)" is the best rated episode of "Wishbone" season 1. It scored 8.9/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/23/1995. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "A Tail in Twain (2)".