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The Worst Episodes of Wishbone

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The Worst Episodes of Wishbone

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

    #1 - 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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  2. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 38 - Dances With Dogs
    7.6/10(17 votes)

    #2 - Dances With Dogs

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

    #3 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #4 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Wishbone Season 2 Episode 9 - Pup Fiction
    8.1/10(19 votes)

    #5 - Pup Fiction

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

    #6 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #8 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 30 - A Dogged Expose
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #9 - A Dogged Expose

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

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

    #11 - The Canine Cure

    S1:E21

    This time, Wishbone imagines The Imaginary Invalid by Molière.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 35 - !Viva Wishbone!
    8.4/10(84 votes)

    #12 - !Viva Wishbone!

    S1:E35

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #13 - The Entrepawneur

    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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  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 29 - Little Big Dog
    8.5/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Little Big Dog

    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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  16. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 32 - Shakespaw
    8.5/10(15 votes)

    #16 - Shakespaw

    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 2 Episode 3 - The Prince of Wags
    8.5/10(15 votes)

    #17 - The Prince of Wags

    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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  18. Wishbone Season 2 Episode 8 - Barking at Buddha
    8.5/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Barking at Buddha

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

    #19 - 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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  20. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 13 - Sniffing the Gauntlet
    8.6/10(24 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 24 - Paw Prints of Thieves
    8.6/10(31 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Wishbone Season 1 Episode 26 - The Prince and The Pooch
    8.6/10(21 votes)

    #22 - The Prince and The Pooch

    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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  23. Wishbone Season 2 Episode 4 - Groomed for Greatness
    8.6/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Groomed for Greatness

    S2:E4

    A statue to honor Wishbone consumes David's every waking moment, or at least that's what his friends think. It appears to Wishbone that David strikes a chord with Pip in Dickens's Great Expectations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Mixed Breeds" is the worst rated episode of "Wishbone". It scored 7.5/10 based on 23 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/3/1995. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Dances With Dogs".