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The Worst Episodes of Wishbone

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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 Worst Episode
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    Wishbone Season 1 Episode 38 - Dances With Dogs
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    S1:E38

    Lee Natonabah, a Native-American friend of Joe's, speaks about Navajo culture and story-telling, while Wishbone imagines himself as a young brave in a story that Lee tells.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 20 - Mixed Breeds
    7.7/10(26 votes)

    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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  3. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 23 - Bark to the Future
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 21 - The Canine Cure
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    S1:E21

    This time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 30 - A Dogged Expose
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    S1:E30

    Wishbone is Sherlock Holmes, deftly trying to stop a mastermind from the pages of A Scandal in Bohemia while Samantha is unwillingly tangled in a scandal at Oakdale.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Wishbone Season 2 Episode 9 - Pup Fiction
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    S2:E9

    Intrigue and mystery surrounds a letter addressed to Wanda. In trying to trace the anonymous note, Wishbone drifts into Jane Austen's gothic horror novel Northanger Abbey.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 12 - Fleabitten Bargain
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 17 - Frankenbone
    8.2/10(33 votes)

    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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  9. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 18 - Hot Diggety Dawg
    8.2/10(35 votes)

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 40 - Picks of the Litter
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    S1:E40

    The obligatory flashback episode (and the only best-of the series would ever see).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 25 - Furst Impressions
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. 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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  14. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 24 - Paw Prints of Thieves
    8.4/10(35 votes)

    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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  15. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 26 - The Prince and The Pooch
    8.4/10(26 votes)

    S1:E26

    It's another tale in Twain for Wishbone, playing both The Prince and the Pauper.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 32 - Shakespaw
    8.4/10(18 votes)

    S1:E32

    David runs into no end of problems while staging a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Adam Felber

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  17. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 35 - ¡Viva Wishbone!
    8.4/10(53 votes)

    S1:E35

    The power of love, for Wishbone, plays itself out in Our Lady of Guadalupe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 36 - The Entrepawneur
    8.4/10(22 votes)

    S1:E36

    Based on a portion of the epic poem ""Metamorphoses,"" by the ancient Roman poet Ovid, this episode focuses on the story of King Midas. Meanwhile, Joe is in a ""touchy"" situation with his friends David and Samantha when he hires them to help run his summer grocery delivery business. See more at RECAP

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. 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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  22. Wishbone Season 2 Episode 3 - The Prince of Wags
    8.5/10(17 votes)

    S2:E3

    The weight of leadership weighs heavy on Joe as captain of the school basketball team, and on Wishbone in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Wishbone Season 2 Episode 8 - Barking at Buddha
    8.5/10(17 votes)

    S2:E8

    Wishbone wants to be a hero and tries to rescue two misguided youngsters when they set out to impress the older kids. As ""Monkey,"" he yearns to be immortal and seeks a position of importance in Wu Ch'eng-en's Chinese folktale.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. 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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  25. 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
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Dances With Dogs" is the worst rated episode of "Wishbone". It scored 7.5/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/7/1996. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Mixed Breeds".