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Franklin (1997) - TV Series Streaming, Cast & Reviews

⭐ Rating: 6.7/10 from 108 users | 📺 Available on: Pure Flix, Great American Pure Flix Amazon Channel, Sensical Amazon Channel | 🎬 Genres: Animation, Kids, Family
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Franklin (1997)

Franklin (1997)

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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Duration: 11 min/episode

Status: Ended

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6.7 / 10 (108 votes)

Why Watch Franklin?

Franklin delivers an exceptional animation experience across 6 compelling seasons, featuring outstanding performances from Richard Newman and Cole Caplan. A proven favorite among Animation, Kids, Family enthusiasts.

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Released in 1997, Franklin belongs to the genres Animation, Kids, Family and has received a rating of 6.7/10 on The Movie Database with 108 user votes.

This TV series, completed, has 6 seasons. With episodes of about 11 minutes, Franklin offers you a viewing experience that is unique in its genre.

Seasons and Episodes

Thumbnail Episode 1: Franklin Plays the Game
1

Franklin Plays the Game

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.

12 min
11/03/1997
2

Franklin Wants A Pet

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.

12 min
11/03/1997
Thumbnail Episode 3: Hurry Up, Franklin
3

Hurry Up, Franklin

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.

12 min
11/06/1997
4

Franklin's Bad Day

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.

12 min
11/06/1997
Thumbnail Episode 5: Franklin Goes to School
5

Franklin Goes to School

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.

12 min
11/10/1997
6

Franklin Is Lost

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.

12 min
11/10/1997
Thumbnail Episode 7: Franklin Has a Sleepover
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Franklin Has a Sleepover

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.

12 min
11/13/1997
8

Franklin's Halloween

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.

12 min
11/13/1997
Thumbnail Episode 9: Franklin Rides a Bike
9

Franklin Rides a Bike

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.

12 min
11/20/1997
10

Franklin Is Messy

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.

12 min
11/20/1997
Thumbnail Episode 11: Franklin Fibs
11

Franklin Fibs

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.

12 min
11/27/1997
12

Franklin's Blanket

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.

12 min
11/27/1997
Thumbnail Episode 13: Franklin is Bossy
13

Franklin is Bossy

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.

12 min
12/08/1997
14

Franklin's Fort

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.

12 min
12/08/1997
Thumbnail Episode 15: Finders Keepers for Franklin
15

Finders Keepers for Franklin

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.

12 min
12/15/1997
16

Franklin's New Friend

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!

12 min
12/15/1997
Thumbnail Episode 17: Franklin's School Play
17

Franklin's School Play

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.

12 min
12/25/1997
18

Franklin and the Secret Club

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.

12 min
12/25/1997
19

Franklin and the Red Scooter

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.

12 min
01/05/1998
20

Franklin in the Dark

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.

12 min
01/05/1998
Thumbnail Episode 21: Franklin and the Tooth Fairy
21

Franklin and the Tooth Fairy

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.

12 min
01/12/1998
22

Franklin Takes the Blame

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.

12 min
01/12/1998
23

Franklin's Christmas Gift

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.

12 min
01/19/1998
24

Franklin's Granny

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.

12 min
01/19/1998
Thumbnail Episode 25: Franklin and the Baby
25

Franklin and the Baby

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.

12 min
01/26/1998
26

Franklin Goes to Day Camp

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.

12 min
01/26/1998
1

Franklin's Visitor

Mr. Mole's grandson visits and Franklin have to keep him company. Mole doesn't seem to be interested in anything Franklin wants to do so Franklin has to find a way to compromise.

12 min
09/07/1998
2

Franklin Not-So-Broken Bone

Franklin noticed the attention Skunk was getting with a cast on her arm. He finds a way to put a cast on too but learns there are down sides too.

12 min
09/07/1998
3

Franklin's Gift

Franklin made a beautiful present for his mom for Mother's Day. He was so proud of it. But when he heard what his friends have gotten their mothers, he wasn't so sure about his home made gift after all.

12 min
09/14/1998
4

Franklin Growing Up Fast

Franklin watches an old home movie of his dad. Franklin couldn't believe his dad was once his size. He sets to do grownup things knowing he'll be a grownup some day but yet he still wants to be a kid too.

12 min
09/14/1998
5

Franklin the Spy

Franklin and Bear play secret agents and uses a hidden tape recorder on their friends. But the recorder stopped taping just when the secret was about to be revealed and Franklin & Bear takes it one step to far.

12 min
09/21/1998
6

Franklin's Library Book

Franklin receives his first library card and takes out his first library book. He was so excited with this new responbility. Unfortunately, he left his library book out in the rain and tries to hide the damaged book.

12 min
09/21/1998
7

Franklin's Kite

Franklin's kite broke and he threw it away. Fox asked if he could have it and fixes it. When Franklin saw what he did to it, he wished he never threw it away.

12 min
09/28/1998
8

Franklin and the Babysitter

Granny was not able to babysit Franklin when his parents have to go out for the night. So Mrs. Muskrat was called in. Franklin was not pleased for he was looking forward to spending time with his Granny.

12 min
09/28/1998
9

Franklin and the Broken Globe

Franklin accidently breaks the classroom globe but Goose thought she had broken it. Franklin starts to feeling guilty when Goose feels she's nothing but bad luck.

12 min
10/05/1998
10

Franklin's Valentines

Franklin made beautiful valentine cards for this schoolmates. During class time, Franklin could not find his cards anywhere. He found them on his way home, they were strewn all over and rain soaked. Since his schoolmates were so understanding, he found a new way to celebrate Valentine's Day.

12 min
10/05/1998
11

Franklin's Family Treasure

Mr. Turtle gives Franklin a whistle. Without realizing it's value, Franklin traded it away until his Granny told him where the whistle originates from. Franklin and his Granny desperately tracks down who has the whistle.

12 min
10/12/1998
12

Franklin's Music Lessons

Franklin and his class were entertained by Mrs. Panda and her piano. This inspired Franklin and Beaver to take up piano lessons from Franklin's Granny. He didn't realize how practice can really be perfect until he noticed how well Beaver was playing the piano while he was out goofing off.

12 min
10/12/1998
13

Franklin Takes a Trip

Franklin and his parents takes a trip to a pioneer village. Franklin was not too thrilled about it until he discovered how the early settlers were doing fun things long before amusement parks were built.

12 min
10/19/1998
14

Franklin's Bicycle Helmet

Franklin had to have the flashy new helmet. He was so proud of it until he overhead his friends laughing about the new helmet. He decided not to wear his new helmet for the bicycle safety test but couldn't pass because he didn't have a proper helmet on.

12 min
10/19/1998
15

Franklin's Birthday Party

Franklin's parents couldn't afford to take Franklin and all his friends to Tamarack Point so they built their own little amusement park for Franklin's birthday party.

12 min
10/26/1998
16

Franklin's Nickname

Everyone loves their nickname that was given to them. Everyone that is except for Bear. Franklin realizes that good-spirited kidding has its place and not all nicknames were meant for everyone.

12 min
10/26/1998
17

Franklin and Otter's Visit

Otter has returned for a visit to Woodland and Franklin was excited. But soon he realizes how things have changed since Otter have moved away, including their once great friendship.

12 min
11/02/1998
18

Franklin's Collection

Franklin did not know what to bring to school for show and tell. Everyone had a collection of some sort except for Franklin. Franklin sets out to find a collection but didn't think it was anything spectular until Mr. Owl pointed out what a great collection Franklin has.

12 min
11/02/1998
19

Franklin Says Sorry

Bear had a surprise for their tree fort and Franklin spoiled it by telling Fox. Bear was really upset with Franklin and wouldn't speak to him for day. Franklin was also upset about what happened and apologized. Fox and Beaver also confessed they were to blame as well for they had insisted Franklin tell them and that it wasn't all his fault.

12 min
11/09/1998
20

Franklin and the Fire

A fire engine awoke Franklin and there was a fire at Mr. Mole's store. Franklin began to worry about his home fire safety and had his parents start practicing fire drills.

12 min
11/09/1998
21

Franklin's Garden

Franklin was proud of his little garden until he noticed a caterpillar kept eating his petunias. He tried everything to keep the caterpillar out but Mr. Mole explained the significance of a caterpillar and gave Franklin a whole new outlook about his garden, including other living things.

12 min
11/16/1998
22

Franklin Runs Away

Franklin and Snail feels unwanted due to a series of disagreeable encounters with family and friends. They decide to run away but then realizes how much everyone cares about them.

12 min
11/16/1998
23

Franklin's Gloomy Day

Franklin is bored and there was nothing to do especially with the weather not cooperating. With his parents' encouragement, Franklin used his own creative imagination to chase away those boredom blues.

12 min
11/23/1998
24

Franklin Tells Time

Franklin pretends to know how to tell time until he realizes it doesn't help when he was always late. Franklin confesses to Mr. Owl and asks for his help to learn and Mr. Owl assures Franklin that everyone needs extra help some times.

12 min
11/23/1998
25

Franklin's Test

Franklin so desperately wants to win a pen during a spelling test that he cheated. When Bear didn't get a pen because he didn't pass the test, Franklin felt guilty for not earning the pen fairly.

12 min
11/30/1998
26

Franklin and the Duckling

Franklin finds a duckling at the pond and tries to hide it from his parents. He soon realizes there's more to it than meets the eye with how much care a duckling needs.

12 min
11/30/1998
1

Franklin and His Night Friend

Franklin makes friends with a bat named Bat, but problems emerge when they can't meet because Bat is nocturnal.

12 min
10/11/1999
2

Franklin and the Two Henrys

Bear loses Beaver's pet hamster, Henry, while watching him when she's on vacation. He buys another hamster to take its place, before admitting his lie. Henry ends up showing up and Bear gets to keep the new hamster, calling it Henry II.

12 min
10/11/1999
3

Franklin's Nature Hike

Franklin helps Snail a bit too much during a nature walk with Bear, Beaver, Fox, and Goose.

12 min
10/18/1999
4

Franklin's Starring Role

Franklin feels sad when he doesn't get a big part in the school's production of Sleeping Beauty, thinking he won't get the same attention as a stage manager, not until he realizes how important his role is.

12 min
10/18/1999
5

Franklin's Masterpiece

Franklin wins a contest with a painting that he, Bear, Beaver, and Fox painted.

12 min
10/25/1999
6

Franklin and the Computer

Franklin spends too much time on Beaver's computer game, Dam Builders. Beaver thinks that Franklin is more interested in the game than spending time with her, who comes to his senses and puts his friend before the game.

12 min
10/25/1999
7

Franklin the Trooper

Franklin helps Mrs. Muskrat repair her old boat. He figures it will only take a short time, but when it turns into a big job, he considers given up, until he discovers she renamed her boat after him in gratitude for his help.

12 min
11/01/1999
8

Franklin's Fossil

Franklin and Bear discover a trilobite fossil in the garden. They make a museum with the fossil as the focal point, but lose customers because they don't know anything about it.

12 min
11/01/1999
9

Franklin and the Fortune Teller

Beaver tells Franklin that he will have a bad day, so Franklin becomes cautious the following day and ends up missing out on a lot of great stuff.

12 min
11/08/1999
10

Franklin's Cellar

Franklin is afraid of going down into the cellar, for fear of the monsters that live there. The fear spreads across Beaver, Bear, and Goose, until they realize that it's their imagination getting the best of them which is also what they use to "fight the monsters" as superheroes.

12 min
11/08/1999
11

Franklin Plants a Tree

Franklin's preconceived notions about trees are turned upside down when he gets the responsibility of planting one.

12 min
11/22/1999
12

Franklin the Hero

Franklin and Snail want to get signed copies of the new Dynaroo comic from Dynaroo herself, but have to help Mrs. Muskrat get into her house after she lost her key in the snow. They get to Mr. Heron's shop a little too late, but Dynaroo stuck around after Mrs. Muskrat called ahead to tell of their good deed.

12 min
11/22/1999
13

Franklin's Day Off

Franklin would rather go on a bike ride with Bear, than put away his makeshift tent, but then he has a flat tire which leads him into all kinds of problems that could've been prevented if he had put away the tent days ago.

12 min
11/26/1999
14

Franklin's Homemade Cookies

Franklin thinks it's better to tell the truth, but isn't so sure when it comes to the ill-received cookies he made, which have too much ginger in them.

12 min
11/26/1999
15

Franklin the Fabulous

Franklin tries to learn magic like a famous magician, Martin the Magnificent.

12 min
12/06/1999
16

Franklin Camps Out

Franklin becomes too dependent on his friends when they were on a camp out. Eventually they get sick of it and stop. At night, the wind wakes Franklin up who sees the tent in danger, and with Bear asleep, he learns to be self sufficient in tying it down securely by himself.

12 min
12/06/1999
17

Franklin and the Puppy

A lost puppy follows Franklin around, and Franklin wants to keep him.

12 min
01/17/2000
18

Franklin Takes The Bus

Franklin takes the school's toy bus without asking.

12 min
01/17/2000
19

Franklin and the Copycat

Rabbit steals Franklin's technique for drawing storm clouds.

12 min
01/31/2000
20

Big Brother Franklin

A young boy named Squirrel hangs out with Franklin, Fox, and Raccoon.

12 min
01/31/2000
21

Franklin and the Grump

Mr. Groundhog gets grumpy during February 2nd, and Franklin tries to find out why.

12 min
02/07/2000
22

Franklin's Promise

Mr. Turtle promises to fix Franklin's bike, but only after he fixes a sprinkler, which may take more time than originally intended.

12 min
02/07/2000
23

Franklin and the Thunderstorm

Franklin doesn't want his friends to know that he is afraid of thunderstorms.

12 min
02/14/2000
24

Franklin's Maple Syrup

Franklin and Bear compete with Beaver and Fox for who will make the best maple syrup.

12 min
02/14/2000
25

Franklin Helps Out

Franklin can't find a job to help with in the community.

12 min
02/21/2000
26

Franklin's Missing Snacks

Bear is accused of eating all of the snacks his friends stored away for safe keeping.

12 min
02/21/2000
1

Franklin's Good Deeds

Franklin tries to do a good deed in order to get journalist Mr. Coyote to get him into the newspaper.

12 min
05/08/2000
2

Franklin's Submarine

Franklin receives a submarine by mail that isn't at all what he imagined it to be.

12 min
05/08/2000
3

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.

12 min
05/15/2000
4

Franklin Has the Hiccups

Franklin gets nervous about a forthcoming chess championship being held at his school.

12 min
05/15/2000
5

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.

12 min
05/22/2000
6

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.

12 min
05/22/2000
7

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.

12 min
05/29/2000
8

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.

12 min
05/29/2000
9

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.

12 min
06/04/2000
10

Franklin Plays Hockey

Franklin and Bear help Skunk get ready for hockey season.

12 min
06/04/2000
11

Franklin and the Puppet Play

Beaver becomes too bossy during a production of a Little Red Riding Hood puppet play.

12 min
06/11/2000
12

Franklin's Stopwatch

Franklin discovers how slow he actually is when he gets his hands on a stopwatch.

12 min
06/11/2000
13

Franklin Meets Ermine

Franklin's friends don't believe him when he explains that a different kid wreaks havoc on his fun.

12 min
06/18/2000
14

Franklin's Funny Business

Franklin and Rabbit get too much into playing practical jokes being played on their friends.

12 min
06/18/2000
15

Franklin and Sam

Franklin tries to hide Sam while on a camping trip with his friends.

12 min
06/25/2000
16

Franklin's Berry Patch

Franklin and Bear try to hide a secret berry patch all to themselves.

12 min
06/25/2000
17

Franklin's Rival

Franklin feels challenged by the affections of another kid Granny is babysitting.

12 min
07/02/2000
18

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.

12 min
07/02/2000
19

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.

12 min
07/09/2000
20

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.

12 min
07/09/2000
21

Franklin the Fearless

Franklin's friends think that he is fearless going down Thrill Hill, the steepest hill in all of Woodland.

12 min
07/16/2000
22

Franklin's Lucky Charm

Bear feels unlucky, so Franklin gives him a fake four-leaf clover to try and boost his luck.

12 min
07/16/2000
23

Franklin at the Seashore

Franklin and Bear accuse two crabs of stealing their seashells.

12 min
07/23/2000
24

Franklin & Snail's Dream

Snail wants to learn how to fly, but everyone else thinks it's ridiculous and dangerous, except for Franklin.

12 min
07/23/2000
25

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.

12 min
07/30/2000
26

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.

12 min
07/30/2000
1

Franklin the Teacher

When Franklin learns that Bear has taught his little sister, Beatrice, to count up to five, he decides it's time to start teaching Harriet things himself. He sets up a school session for her, complete with lessons on counting, painting and more. He soon begins to despair when it seems like Harriet isn't learning anything from his lessons.

12 min
04/29/2002
2

Franklin's Allergy

One day, when playing with Bear, Franklin begins sneezing. Noting that the sneezing fits don't seem to happen all the time, his friends diagnose him as having an allergy and after some tests, conclude that he's allergic to Bear! Franklin and Bear try to find new ways to play together that won't cause Franklin to sneeze, but it turns out that the cause of Franklin's allergic reaction isn't exactly what they thought.

12 min
04/29/2002
3

Franklin Loses a Book

Harriet has a favorite book called The Happy Green Frog and she wants Franklin to read it to her over and over. Franklin is okay with reading it at first, but when she keeps asking to hear it and ignoring all of her other books, he grows tired of it and hides it under a pile of newspapers. Later, the newspapers are taken out to the recycling... and the book exits with them! Franklin and Bear launch on a wild hunt throughout Woodland in the hope of finding another copy of the book to read to Harriet, but end up with a very creative solution to the problem.

12 min
05/06/2002
4

Franklin and Betty

Beaver's cousin Betty is in town and Franklin is the first of the Woodland kids other than Beaver to meet her. The two quickly become friends with each other, Betty identifying with Franklin's interest in sand-castle building and also wanting to get away from Beaver, who is obliviously centered on her own interests.

12 min
05/06/2002
5

Franklin's Pumpkin

Franklin and Bear have been growing a huge pumpkin in the hopes of entering it in the county fair and winning first prize. As they run an errand to help Mrs. Muskrat, they tell her of their pumpkin and learn about the amazing things she does with seemingly useless broken glass. When their pumpkin suffers an unfortunate accident, Mrs. Muskrat shows them how they too can make something great out of something seemingly useless.

12 min
05/13/2002
6

Franklin's Jug Band

Franklin's friends Beaver and Bear have started a band and Franklin wants to join too, but he finds that his sister Harriet has taken possession of the instrument he wants. It's up to his friends to show him that his own imagination and creativity is all he needs to have the perfect instruments to play.

12 min
05/13/2002
7

Franklin and the Bus Patrol

As part of "Bus Safety Month," Bear is named "bus patrol officer" by Mr. Owl. Bear is familiar with the rules and seems to be good at the job, but when he ends up ticketing his friends for violations, they become upset with him. Franklin ends up commenting about how he'd do things if he became bus patrol officer and then regrets it when that's exactly what happens. Both he and Bear learn a lesson.

12 min
05/20/2002
8

Franklin and Wolvie

Wolvie, the son of one of Mrs. Turtle's friends is coming to visit Franklin and pretty soon Franklin and all of his friends are on their guard when Wolvie's play turns out to be a little rough for them. Wolvie seems to be rough, rude and just not fun to be around. It turns out, though, that there's a reason for Wolvie's behavior and he can change if need be.

12 min
05/20/2002
9

Franklin Stays Up

Franklin is having a campout in his backyard and he and Rabbit hatch a plan to stay up all night. Originally, all members of the sleepover are on board, but then they fall asleep one-by-one until finally Franklin and Rabbit are the only ones who make it until morning to see the sunrise, but not without a few setbacks.

12 min
05/27/2002
10

Franklin's Bargain

When Bear buys a neat detective kit at Mr. Mole's shop, Franklin is disappointed to learn that they're all sold out, but Bear tells him that he can get a "Super Snooper Spy Kit," however, he'll have to get it before it's sold out. Franklin checks his savings and finds that he doesn't have enough money. Hoping to earn the money, he decides to strike a bargain with his Dad to get it by doing an extra chore. He first deals around doing the dishes and then fails keep up his end of the bargain after agreeing to a different chore.

12 min
05/27/2002
11

Franklin's Big Game

Franklin and his friends are out playing baseball when the Churchill Bears, a visiting team on their way to a big tournament, roll onto the baseball field. Mr. Mole knows them and invited them to stop by. He arranges for a big game between them and Franklin's team, but when Franklin and his friends see how well the Bears play, they try to back out of the game, worried that they'll get "murgalized."

12 min
06/03/2002
12

Franklin's Reading Club

Mrs. Goose at the Woodland library announces a summer reading contest to Franklin and his friends: anyone who reads thirty or more books will receive a nifty reading club t-shirt. Franklin and Bear like the look of the t-shirt and decide to try and read really fast so that they can get their t-shirts before anyone else. When they find that their friends are getting great enjoyment out of reading, while they can't even remember what they read, they question the wisdom of their idea.

12 min
06/03/2002
13

Franklin in Two Places

Franklin finds himself caught in a difficult situation when he promises to support Bear during his big-kid baseball game and attend Beaver's art-show, both of which are happening at the same time. Bear is best friend and he did promise him first, but he wants to honor his commitment to Beaver because he's always dodged attending her events in the past. Not wanting to hurt either's feelings, he tries to make himself visible at both events without Bear or Beavers' knowing, but quickly finds the juggling act harder to maintain than he thought it would be.

12 min
06/10/2002
14

Franklin's First Star

Franklin and Bear are big hockey fans and have a favorite professional player - Coyote. They take part in outdoor hockey games against Beaver and Fox and Mrs. Muskrat stops by often to provide encouragement and hot chocolate. One day, Mr. Turtle takes them to see a hockey game and they get to meet Coyote. They tell him about how great they think he is, but his response br

12 min
06/10/2002
15

Franklin's Float

Franklin and his friends have always enjoyed watching the annual Woodland parade, but this year, some of them are actually going to be in it, riding their bikes. At least, that was the plan, until Franklin thinks big and suggests that they create their own float. They create the Mothership One and load it up with gimmicks, only to find that it won't even move.

12 min
06/17/2002
16

Franklin's Party Plans

When Franklin finds Skunk crying and learns that she's moving, he tells some of his friends about it and they decide to put together a surprise party to cheer her up. They create a number of items for her to remember them by, but when it comes time for the surprise party, it turns out to be Skunk who surprises them.

12 min
06/17/2002
17

Gee Whiz Franklin

When Rabbit tells Franklin and his friends about the "Gee Whiz Challenge," a contest to do something fun for 24 hours and get in a magazine, everyone jumps at the chance to become famous. They soon find that not only is it harder than they think, but there are other things that are more important.

12 min
06/24/2002
18

Franklin Can't Wait

Franklin and his friends are going to the circus and he told all his friends to come early - but didn't tell his parents. They all soon become very bored by the long wait. When one friend arrives later than all the rest of them, they show that they can still have a good time, even with the long wait.

12 min
06/24/2002
19

Franklin's Spring First

Everyone in Woodland has been looking forward to spring, but a late snowfall make it seem like it's taking forever. Franklin decides to celebrate the first day of spring by creating a holiday based around it, with special traditions such as having waffles for breakfast. On the day of the big celebration, melting snow and heavy rains cause an unfortunate flood, but Franklin and his family still find reason to celebrate after receiving help from a certain animal familiy who's well-equipped to deal with the problem.

12 min
07/01/2002
20

Franklin Plays Golf

When Franklin sees his Dad warming up for golf season, he becomes interested in the game as well and soon agrees to an outing at the golf course with Mr. Turtle. Bear is worried that the outing will conflict with a soccer game, but Franklin feels that he'll have plenty of time for both events. When Franklin finds that golf not only takes a long game, but he isn't as good as it that he thought, he enlists Bear's

12 min
07/01/2002
21

Franklin's Canoe Trip

Mr. Turtle misses the call of the loons from camping in the wilderness, so he takes Franklin and Bear on a camping trip, encouraging them to be "voyageurs." Although enthusiastic about the trip, they begin to think for a while that it's less fun than they thought it would be.

12 min
07/08/2002
22

Franklin's Interview

Franklin's class has been assigned to do an interview with someone they consider special. Beaver takes Franklin's parents, but Franklin can't seem to find anyone that he wants to interview. After looking all over for a subject, he finally finds the perfect one someplace that he even looked.

12 min
07/08/2002
23

Franklin's Crystal

Franklin and Beaver discover an impressive piece of quartz, but problems with its shared ownership creates problems with their friendship. When Franklin and Beaver realize how unpleasant their quarrelling is to others, they decide to give their rock specimen away.

12 min
07/15/2002
24

Franklin's Advice

During a soccer match, Snail deflects the ball and scores the winning goal, but the victory comes at the cost of a cracked shell. Despite Franklin's advice, Snail refuses to tell his parents about the injury for fear of being pulled from the team. Putting his friendship on the line, Franklin gives Snail one more chance to tell his parents or he will have to do it for him.

12 min
07/15/2002
25

Franklin's Cookie Question

Franklin and Bear have been making homemade cookies for a while now and this time, they've made their biggest batch ever. They want them to last a long time, but are tempted to eat them all up at once. After Bear literally gets his paw caught in the cookie jar, they find the cookies to be the least of their worries.

12 min
07/22/2002
26

Franklin's Picnic

Franklin is sure that he won't like anything spinach, or lots of unfamiliar foods in general. Bear seems to agree with him, but the two find themselves facing this issue head-on when Beaver organizes a picnic and those in change of bringing the food announce plans to bring some pretty strange-sounding things.

12 min
07/22/2002
1

Franklin Itching to Skateboard

When Franklin and Bear decide they want to go skateboarding, they get more than they bargained for.

12 min
05/23/2004
2

Franklin Forgives

Franklin and his family pay a visit to the pond for a picnic supper. Franklin decides to bring his fish Goldie along too. When Harriet accidentally knocks Goldie into the pond, Franklin finds it difficult to accept her apology, even though he knows it was an accident.

12 min
05/23/2004
3

Hockey Fan Franklin

Franklin gets the nervous jitters after winning a contest to meet his favorite hockey star. Things only get worse when the actual meeting happens and he feels like he made a fool of himself.

12 min
05/30/2004
4

Mother Hen Franklin

Franklin becomes overly protective after Harriet scrapes her knee. Mrs. Turtle helps him by talking with him about happened when he hurt himself after experiences such as his first bike ride.

12 min
05/30/2004
5

Franklin's Badge

Franklin joins the Woodland Trailblazer troop, a sort of combination Boy / Girl Scouts, and tries to earn some merit badges. He finds that there is much more to it than simply earning badges.

12 min
06/06/2004
6

Franklin Stargazes

Franklin trades away his new telescope before realizing its potential. He tries to get it back and ends up striking a bargain.

12 min
06/06/2004
7

Franklin's Swimming Party

Franklin and his friends are having a swimming party. Unfortunately, Skunk doesn't know how to swim - and things only get worse for Franklin accidentally reveals her secret.

12 min
06/12/2004
8

Franklin's Soccer Field Folly

Franklin is embarrassed after he scores a soccer goal - for the opposing team!

12 min
06/12/2004
9

Franklin the Weather Turtle

Franklin is an aspiring meteorologist after spending time with Mr. Groundhog.

12 min
06/14/2004
10

Franklin's Dance Lessons

Franklin initially tries to get out of dance lessons before learning it can be fun.

12 min
06/14/2004
11

Franklin in Charge

Franklin takes on Mr. Turtle's household chores. He finds that he can't do it all, and doesn't have to.

12 min
06/19/2004
12

Franklin's UFO

Franklin and Rabbit chase after UFOs after reading a newspaper article. They consult with Mr. Mole for advice.

12 min
06/19/2004
13

Franklin Migrates

Franklin learns about Migration Celebration from Goose. Goose's relatives fly south for the winter, while she and her family stay in Woodland. Franklin joins in the celebraetion.

12 min
06/20/2004
14

Franklin the Photographer

Beaver starts a camera club at school. Franklin tries to get a picture of a butterfly, but finds it to be a difficult task.

12 min
06/20/2004
15

Franklin's Word

Harriet hears a hurtful word and starts using it at inappropriate times.

12 min
06/26/2004
16

Franklin's Pond Phantom

Franklin and Bear scare their friends with a tall tale about sea-serpent that supposedly dwells in Woodland Pond.

12 min
06/26/2004
17

Franklin the Coach

Franklin is made the substitute coach of his soccer team while Coach Porcupine heads out-of-town. He worries that he is not doing a good job at it.

12 min
06/28/2004
18

Franklin Plays it Safe

Franklin and his friends' tree fort is the subject of a safety inspection.

12 min
06/28/2004
19

Franklin's Favorite Card

Franklin loses a soccer card of his favorite player.

12 min
07/24/2004
20

Franklin's Expedition

Franklin and Bear go on an expedition for the Woodland Trail Blazers.

12 min
07/24/2004
21

Franklin's Bike-A-Thon

Franklin participates in a charity ride for a new library computer.

12 min
07/25/2004
22

Franklin's Candy Caper

When Franklin puts a strange penny in Mr. Mole's candy machine, all of the candy comes out.

12 min
07/25/2004
23

Franklin's Go-Cart Race

Mr. Owl assigns Franklin and his class the task of building go-carts.

12 min
08/01/2004
24

Sir Franklin's Squire

Franklin and Snail play "knights" on a royal quest. Along the way, their friends join in on the fun.

12 min
08/01/2004
25

Franklin Sees the Big Picture

Franklin is teased for reading a "baby" book.

12 min
08/08/2004
26

Franklin Figure Skates

Franklin learns to play 2 on 1 hockey.

12 min
08/08/2004

Season Ratings

Main Cast

Portrait of Richard Newman as Mr. Turtle (voice)

Richard Newman

Mr. Turtle (voice)
Portrait of Elizabeth Saunders as Mrs. Turtle (voice)

Elizabeth Saunders

Mrs. Turtle (voice)
Portrait of Leah Renee as Beaver (voice)

Leah Renee

Beaver (voice)
Portrait of Bryn McAuley as Harriet Turtle (voice)

Bryn McAuley

Harriet Turtle (voice)
Portrait of Janet-Laine Green as Narrator (voice)

Janet-Laine Green

Narrator (voice)
Portrait of Vivien Endicott Douglas as Goose (voice)

Vivien Endicott Douglas

Goose (voice)

Streaming Platforms for Franklin

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Franklin

Where can I watch Franklin streaming?

You can watch Franklin on various streaming platforms in the US: Pure Flix, Great American Pure Flix Amazon Channel, Sensical Amazon Channel

Is Franklin available in English (dubbed/subtitled)?

Yes, Franklin is available with English audio and subtitles on most streaming platforms. Please check the availability of English dubbing on your preferred platform.

What is the plot of Franklin?

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.

Who are the main actors in Franklin?

The main cast of Franklin includes: Richard Newman, Cole Caplan, Marc McMulkin, Elizabeth Saunders, Leah Renee

What is the rating of Franklin?

Franklin has received a rating of 6.7/10 based on 108 user votes.

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