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Franklin
Franklin

Franklin

★ 6.7•1997•6 Seasons•ANIME
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Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. It was produced by PolyGram Television, Alphanim, LuxAnimation, Nelvana, Neurones Enterprises, Reader's Digest for Young Families, TF1, Funbag Animation Studios, Europool, Mini TFO, and Family Channel, and syndicated by Summit Entertainment.

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Top Cast

R

Richard Newman

Mr. Turtle (voice)

C

Cole Caplan

Franklin Turtle (voice)

M

Marc McMulkin

Bear (voice)

Elizabeth Saunders

Elizabeth Saunders

Mrs. Turtle (voice)

Leah Renee

Leah Renee

Beaver (voice)

Bryn McAuley

Bryn McAuley

Harriet Turtle (voice)

Episodes

Franklin Plays the Game

1. Franklin Plays the Game

12m

Franklin is not looking forward to playing soccer for his team always loses. During a practice, Franklin notices how his teammates play and suggest they practice every day to get to know their positions. Eventually, they all learn to play as a team and have fun, even though they haven't won a game.

Aired: 11/3/1997
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2. Franklin Wants A Pet

12m

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Janet-Laine Green

Janet-Laine Green

Narrator (voice)

Vivien Endicott Douglas

Vivien Endicott Douglas

Goose (voice)

Franklin still loves his stuff dog Sam but have trouble deciding which pet to choose and tries to convince his parents he is ready for a real pet.

Aired: 11/3/1997
Hurry Up, Franklin

3. Hurry Up, Franklin

12m

Franklin heads over to his best Friend Bear's surprise birthday party. However, Franklin tends to take his take as he is sidetracked with nature's beauty. He enjoys the adventure and even picks up treasures along the way. In the end, he still makes it to the birthday party just in time.

Aired: 11/6/1997
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4. Franklin's Bad Day

12m

Franklin is sad his best friend, Otter had moved away. Even though he refuses to admit it, he's also angry and mad at everyone. He then realizes, no matter what, it's no excuse for his behavior.

Aired: 11/6/1997
Franklin Goes to School

5. Franklin Goes to School

12m

Franklin is excited about the first day of school. However, he is also scared as to the expectations. He then learns what school is all about and even drew a picture of his family to take home.

Aired: 11/10/1997
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6. Franklin Is Lost

12m

Franklin and his friends are playing hide and seek. However, things turn to worst when Franklin and Fox tries to hide in the forest and wound up getting lost.

Aired: 11/10/1997
Franklin Has a Sleepover

7. Franklin Has a Sleepover

12m

Franklin has Bear over. However, towards the end of the night, Bear was feeling homesick. Franklin helped Bear overcome his fear and had a wonderful night.

Aired: 11/13/1997
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8. Franklin's Halloween

12m

It's Halloween and everyone's buzzing about. They all can't wait for the Halloween party. When strange noises and ghosts appear, Franklin thought it was Bear until he heard he was home with the flu.

Aired: 11/13/1997
Franklin Rides a Bike

9. Franklin Rides a Bike

12m

Franklin noticed all his friends are riding their bikes without training wheels. At first, he was a little embarrased with his training wheels but with the help of his mother, he learned how to finally ride a bike without training wheels.

Aired: 11/20/1997
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10. Franklin Is Messy

12m

Mr. & Mrs. Turtle are always on Franklin to clean up his room. Franklin never seemed to have time to get around to it until he accidently stepped on his favorite toy. He also realized he couldn't find anything. He starts to organize his room with his dad's help and eventually have everything in place.

Aired: 11/20/1997
Franklin Fibs

11. Franklin Fibs

12m

All of Franklin's friends can do special things. Franklin can't seem to think of anything he could that his friends couldn't so he made up that he could eat seventy-six flies in the blink of an eye. But didn't realize fibbing could also get him into trouble.

Aired: 11/27/1997
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12. Franklin's Blanket

12m

Franklin is spending a night at his aunt's place but couldn't find his favorite blue blanket. His friends and father tried to give Franklin something in it's place but in the end all Franklin really want is his special blanket.

Aired: 11/27/1997
Franklin is Bossy

13. Franklin is Bossy

12m

Franklin can tend to be too bossy when playing with his friends. It got to a point where he friends can't enjoy playing games with Franklin always bossing them around and they didn't want to play with him anymore. He soon realizes being bossy and alone is no fun and learns to play fair.

Aired: 12/8/1997
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14. Franklin's Fort

12m

Franklin and his friends decide to build a fort but in a tree. What his friends don't know is that Franklin is afraid of heights.

Aired: 12/8/1997
Finders Keepers for Franklin

15. Finders Keepers for Franklin

12m

Franklin finds a lost camera and his friends tell him it's his because he found it "Finders Keepers". He didn't realize the significant of a lost item until his own stuffed dog, Sam is also lost.

Aired: 12/15/1997
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16. Franklin's New Friend

12m

A new family have moved into Woodland and Franklin is curious. Little did he know the new kid in town is also a six foot tall Moose!

Aired: 12/15/1997
Franklin's School Play

17. Franklin's School Play

12m

Franklin was thrilled to be the lead of his school play, the Nutcracker. He would rehearse for his parents and spent extra time memorizing all his lines. However, on opening night, Franklin ended up with stage fright.

Aired: 12/25/1997
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18. Franklin and the Secret Club

12m

Porcupine creates a Secret Club to be more popular than Franklin. When she finally allows Franklin to join, but he had to choose between a friend or the club, it's Porcupine who learns the real true meaning of friendship.

Aired: 12/25/1997
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19. Franklin and the Red Scooter

12m

Franklin sees Rabbit's new red scooter and tried to convince his parents to buy him one. But he just got a new bike. Franklin tries to earn some money but without any success. He then had an idea which Rabbit agreed to.

Aired: 1/5/1998
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20. Franklin in the Dark

12m

Franklin tells his parents he's afraid of small drak places which includes his own shell. His mom tells him a story of a little turtle who was also afraid of the dark and how others are also afraid of other things.

Aired: 1/5/1998
Franklin and the Tooth Fairy

21. Franklin and the Tooth Fairy

12m

When Bear shows Franklin what he received from the tooth fairy, Franklin was upset that since turtles don't have teeth, he'll never receive a visit and a gift from the tooth fairy.

Aired: 1/12/1998
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22. Franklin Takes the Blame

12m

Mr. Mole asks Franklin to take care of his flower garden while he goes on vacation. However, Franklin gets sidetracked and kept forgetting to water Mr. Mole's garden. When he discovered his error, he tries to correct the problem, only it couldn't be fixed.

Aired: 1/12/1998
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23. Franklin's Christmas Gift

12m

Franklin looks over his toy chest to donate a toy to a needy child. He didn't realize how hard it was to choose which toy.

Aired: 1/19/1998
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24. Franklin's Granny

12m

Franklin had to visit his Granny but he rather play with his friends instead. He didn't realize how exciting and fun Grannies can be until they went through Granny's old trunks and photos.

Aired: 1/19/1998
Franklin and the Baby

25. Franklin and the Baby

12m

Franklin's best friend, Bear have a new baby sister. Franklin wishes he could have a baby brother or sister too. Until Franklin heard what Bear had to say about the new baby.

Aired: 1/26/1998
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26. Franklin Goes to Day Camp

12m

Franklin and Bear befriends Possum at day camp until he notices Possum was getting all of Bear's attention. Franklin tries to clown around and get back Bear's attention but just ended up getting in trouble.

Aired: 1/26/1998