Paulette Bourgeois
Director
Franklin (1997)
Season 4
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.
Released Nov. 3, 1997
Episode 11 min
3+
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Kids
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Watch Providers: Pure Flix, VIX , Plex, Plex Channel, Great American Pure Flix Amazon ChannelSensical Amazon Channel
Production Companies: LuxAnimation, Alphanim, Nelvana
Network: Treehouse TV
S4E1 - Franklin's Good Deeds
Franklin tries to do a good deed in order to get journalist Mr. Coyote to get him into the newspaper.
May 8, 2000, midnight
S4E2 - Franklin's Submarine
Franklin receives a submarine by mail that isn't at all what he imagined it to be.
May 8, 2000, midnight
S4E3 - Mr. Fix-It Franklin
Franklin gets to help out around the house on small fix-it jobs. He then tries to apply it to helping his friends, which seem to work at first, until he finds out that his fixes caused bigger messes. However, his friends forgive him and his parents tell him that learning from one's mistakes is experience, too. And with his father's help, he does it again the right way.
May 15, 2000, midnight
S4E4 - Franklin Has the Hiccups
Franklin gets nervous about a forthcoming chess championship being held at his school.
May 15, 2000, midnight
S4E5 - Franklin Delivers
Franklin and Bear are eager to deliver newspapers while the local paperboy is away for the weekend. They soon find out that windy Saturdays are much better for flying kites than delivering papers.
May 22, 2000, midnight
S4E6 - Franklin's Shell Trouble
Franklin's shell is peeling due to having Carapace Eczema and is treated with an embarrassing ointment. He then tries various ways to hide this from his friends.
May 22, 2000, midnight
S4E7 - Franklin's Sailboat
Franklin thinks that a newer, prettier sailboat in Mr. Mole's store is better than his older, run-down sailboat he currently owns. He waits for his father to fix his old run up, but runs out of patience and buys the new boat, only it looks better than it swims. In the meantime, Mr. Turtle fixes his old boat up, so Franklin gives the new boat as a trophy to his dad in gratitude.
May 29, 2000, midnight
S4E8 - Franklin Snoops
Franklin accidentally snoops on Bear's birthday present and tells him it's an action figure. He then convinces his friends into buying all the accessories, but when he finds out the action figure was for his own birthday, Franklin gives it to Bear to avoid revealing the truth so nobody is let down.
May 29, 2000, midnight
S4E9 - Franklin's Father
Mr. Mole tells Franklin stories of his father's childhood mistakes while he and Franklin wait at the train station for Franklin's mother.
June 4, 2000, midnight
S4E10 - Franklin Plays Hockey
Franklin and Bear help Skunk get ready for hockey season.
June 4, 2000, midnight
S4E11 - Franklin and the Puppet Play
Beaver becomes too bossy during a production of a Little Red Riding Hood puppet play.
June 11, 2000, midnight
S4E12 - Franklin's Stopwatch
Franklin discovers how slow he actually is when he gets his hands on a stopwatch.
June 11, 2000, midnight
S4E13 - Franklin Meets Ermine
Franklin's friends don't believe him when he explains that a different kid wreaks havoc on his fun.
June 18, 2000, midnight
S4E14 - Franklin's Funny Business
Franklin and Rabbit get too much into playing practical jokes being played on their friends.
June 18, 2000, midnight
S4E15 - Franklin and Sam
Franklin tries to hide Sam while on a camping trip with his friends.
June 25, 2000, midnight
S4E16 - Franklin's Berry Patch
Franklin and Bear try to hide a secret berry patch all to themselves.
June 25, 2000, midnight
S4E17 - Franklin's Rival
Franklin feels challenged by the affections of another kid Granny is babysitting.
July 2, 2000, midnight
S4E18 - Franklin and the Trading Cards
Franklin gets an extra copy of a rare trading card and has to decide whether to give it to Beaver or Fox.
July 2, 2000, midnight
S4E19 - Franklin's Robot
Franklin and Fox try to build a robot. When their friends Beaver and Badger mock their simple made one that doesn't actually do anything, they each take turns wearing the robot suit and a forced to do the chores Rabbit, Goose, Beaver and Badger think they are ordering it to do.
July 9, 2000, midnight
S4E20 - Franklin the Detective
Franklin tries to find out where the ball went during a game of baseball played by Beaver, Fox and Raccoon. All the clues point to it falling in the river, but Bear points out that it knocked down a branch as it got stuck in a tree.
July 9, 2000, midnight
S4E21 - Franklin the Fearless
Franklin's friends think that he is fearless going down Thrill Hill, the steepest hill in all of Woodland.
July 16, 2000, midnight
S4E22 - Franklin's Lucky Charm
Bear feels unlucky, so Franklin gives him a fake four-leaf clover to try and boost his luck.
July 16, 2000, midnight
S4E23 - Franklin at the Seashore
Franklin and Bear accuse two crabs of stealing their seashells.
July 23, 2000, midnight
S4E24 - Franklin & Snail's Dream
Snail wants to learn how to fly, but everyone else thinks it's ridiculous and dangerous, except for Franklin.
July 23, 2000, midnight
S4E25 - My Franklin
Franklin and Bear want to play in the park, but Bear's younger sister keeps calling out to them. Franklin keeps retiring until, which makes Bear jealous, but they realize the she was actually calling out to Franklin because Bear was too busy.
July 30, 2000, midnight
S4E26 - Franklin's Mom
Bear, Franklin and his family prepare to go out for a camping trip. While packing up, Mr. Turtle accidentally drops a frying pan and it lands on his foot which gives him serious injuries, forcing him to stay out of the vacation. Mrs. Turtle takes care of the rest of the work, which has some differences than what Mr. Turtle does.
July 30, 2000, midnight
Network: Treehouse TV
Episode Runtime: 11 min.
Season Runtime: 1716 min.
Released: Nov. 3, 1997
Last Air Date: Aug. 8, 2004, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-Y
Common sense age: 3+
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