The Berenstain Bears

1985 - 1987

The Messy Room

14th September 1985

Episode 1

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.

The Terrible Termite

21st September 1985

Episode 2

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.

Go Fly A Kite

28th September 1985

Episode 3

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

The Trojan Pumpkin

5th October 1985

Episode 4

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.

The Spooky Old Mansion

12th October 1985

Episode 5

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.

The Fly Away Pizza

19th October 1985

Episode 6

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.

The Giant Bat Cave

26th October 1985

Episode 7

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.

The Wild Wild Honey

2nd November 1985

Episode 8

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

The Neighborly Skunk

9th November 1985

Episode 9

A skunk moves in next door to the Bear family.

The Missing Pumpkin

16th November 1985

Episode 10

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

Too Much Birthday

23rd November 1985

Episode 11

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.

To the Rescue

30th November 1985

Episode 12

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.

The Soccer Star

7th December 1985

Episode 13

Brother Bear tries out for the soccer team.

Shoot the Rapids

14th December 1985

Episode 14

The Bear Scouts try to earn their whitewater merit badges.

Knight to Remember

18th January 1986

Episode 15

The cubs find a cursed suit of armor.

The Super Duper Bowl

25th January 1986

Episode 16

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

The Not So Buried Treasure

1st February 1986

Episode 17

The bears find a treasure map.

The Condemned Backscratcher

8th February 1986

Episode 18

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

Kong for a Day

15th February 1986

Episode 19

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

Blaze a Trail

22nd February 1986

Episode 20

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No Girls Allowed

13th May 1986

Episode 21

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.

The Missing Dinosaur Bone

13th May 1986

Episode 22

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!

The Spookiest Pumpkin

13th May 1986

Episode 23

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.

The Dancing Bees

20th May 1986

Episode 24

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.

Learn About Strangers

27th May 1983

Episode 25

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.

The Disappearing Honey

3rd June 1983

Episode 26

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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David Mendenhall•Brian Cummings•Christina Lange

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Buzz Potamkin

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

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