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The Berenstain Bears — Season 1

198526 episodes7.5/10 (43 votes)

About this season

An animated television series based on Stan and Jan Berenstain's Berenstain Bears children's book series.

Episodes (26)

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1. The Messy Room

Aired 14 September 1985 • 30 min

Mama tries to get the cubs to give their messy room a complete cleanup within a 15-minute time limit. Failing to do so, she tries to throw away their stuff, but Papa stops them and he has a better idea.

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2. The Terrible Termite

Aired 21 September 1985 • 30 min

Raffish Ralph meets the Terrible Termite (who can eat wood in seconds) and decides to use him to threaten people who do not buy his "termite insurance". However, when the Termite realizes he is being used he refuses to serve Ralph anymore, and Brother and Sister free the termite into threatening Ralph's houseboat unless he retires from the insurance business.

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3. Go Fly A Kite

Aired 28 September 1985 • 30 min

Papa Bear makes such a big kite for the kite flying contest that it carries him away and into a hang-gliding contest.

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4. The Trojan Pumpkin

Aired 5 October 1985 • 30 min

Papa gets a magic pumpkin seed that grows into a mutant pumpkin. But Brother and Sister discover it's a scheme by Weasel McGreed to take over Bear Country.

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5. The Spooky Old Mansion

Aired 12 October 1985 • 30 min

The whole bear family is terrified of a spooky mansion down the road. Mama explains that when she was a cub it was owned by a nice lady who was a friendly neighbor, but when she moved away no one else bought it and it fell into disrepair. Mama thinks about buying it to restore it to its former glory, but she needs Papa and the cubs to overcome their fears and superstitions.

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6. The Fly Away Pizza

Aired 19 October 1985 • 30 min

Papa enters a pizza-twirling competition and Weasel McGreed and Raffish Ralph decide to take advantage of this in order to take over Bear Country.

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7. The Giant Bat Cave

Aired 26 October 1985 • 30 min

Raffish Ralph is planning to wreck Giant Bat Cave to build an amusement park, but the cubs, with the help of a smart bat, are able to scare him away with the usage of a giant, fake bat.

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8. The Wild Wild Honey

Aired 2 November 1985 • 30 min

Papa tries to steal some of Queen Nectar's wild wild honey.

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9. The Neighborly Skunk

Aired 9 November 1985 • 30 min

A skunk moves in next door to the Bear family.

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10. The Missing Pumpkin

Aired 16 November 1985 • 30 min

Farmer Ben's prize pumpkin goes missing, so the bear detective cubs decide to search for it.

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11. Too Much Birthday

Aired 23 November 1985 • 30 min

Sister's sixth birthday is coming up. The preparations for the party are bigger than Mama expected, including ponies and a merry-go-round Papa hired. The party is pretty distressing for Sister, but by the end of the party, she sees the advantage of growing up.

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12. To the Rescue

Aired 30 November 1985 • 30 min

The Bear Scouts Brother, Sister, and Cousin Freddy try to earn their merit badges. Papa tries to help, but his reckless and clumsy antics make him the one in need of rescuing. Still, the scouts earn their badges eventually.

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13. The Soccer Star

Aired 7 December 1985 • 30 min

Brother Bear tries out for the soccer team.

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14. Shoot the Rapids

Aired 14 December 1985 • 30 min

The Bear Scouts try to earn their whitewater merit badges.

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15. Knight to Remember

Aired 18 January 1986 • 30 min

The cubs find a cursed suit of armor.

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16. The Super Duper Bowl

Aired 25 January 1986 • 30 min

Raffish Ralph has a football scheme that involves holding a Super Duper Bowl.

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17. The Not So Buried Treasure

Aired 1 February 1986 • 30 min

The bears find a treasure map.

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18. The Condemned Backscratcher

Aired 8 February 1986 • 30 min

Raffish Ralph convinces the mayor to build a superhighway which threatens a Bear Country landmark.

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19. Kong for a Day

Aired 15 February 1986 • 30 min

Bigpaw is captured by Raffish Ralph and Weasel McGreed and exhibited.

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20. Blaze a Trail

Aired 22 February 1986 • 30 min

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21. No Girls Allowed

Aired 13 May 1986 • 30 min

Sister Bear can run faster, climb higher, and hit a ball farther than the boys, and she gloats over it. So Brother Bear and his friends build a clubhouse for boys only, and when Sister discovers this, she plans a terrible revenge on the boys.

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22. The Missing Dinosaur Bone

Aired 13 May 1986 • 30 min

McGreedy Weasel and Raffish Ralph hypnotize Bigpaw Bear into attacking Bear Town. But, Brother and Sister break the spell in a flash. They know you can't make someone do something they really don't want to do!

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23. The Spookiest Pumpkin

Aired 13 May 1986 • 30 min

Papa is ambitious to win a pumpkin carving contest and Brother and Sister are also joining in. Papa is extremely secretive with his own pumpkin and guards it closely. Papa then has nightmares and he chooses to miss out on the contest.

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24. The Dancing Bees

Aired 20 May 1986 • 30 min

Papa buys from Raffish Ralph "The Secret of the Dancing Bees" book and dons on a bee costume in hopes of extracting Queen Nectar's honey. His plan works and humours the bees but when Ralph tries it, the bees are not impressed.

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25. Learn About Strangers

Aired 27 May 1983 • 30 min

After Papa Bear explains about the rules with strangers, Brother decides to only talk to strangers with radio-controlled airplanes and Sister is suddenly scared of everything, viewing all strangers as ominous. But soon, Moma brins some reassuring common sense to the problem, and resolve the children's disputes.

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26. The Disappearing Honey

Aired 3 June 1983 • 30 min

Papa Bear's favorite blackberry honey disappears, and he starts accusing everyone in town, so the Bear Detectives set out to find the culprit. He soon discovers he was the one who ate all of the honey in his sleep.

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