America's Funniest Home Videos: Season 12
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of America's Funniest Home Videos Season 11.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 12 Progress Shield
Ice Skating Follies, Babies are Easy Laughers, and Abe Lincoln's Sock
Feb 15, 2002 · 60 min
Ice-skating follies; giggling babies; parrot.
Pets Unleashed, Weekend Warriors, and Birds on the Attack
Mar 1, 2002 · 60 min
A man snowboards nude; dogs chase runners.
Camel Chaos, Class Clowns and Balloon Antics
Mar 8, 2002 · 60 min
Troublesome camels; a woman encounters a crocodile; musical tribute to motorcycles.
The Tooth Hurts, AFV at the Movies, and Lotto Nothin'
Mar 15, 2002 · 60 min
Hockey blunders; party surprises; tribute to movies.
Still Stuck, This Business We Call Show, and Bad News/Good News
Mar 22, 2002 · 60 min
Dog-show etiquette; surprise party; precarious situations.
Spray This, Beware of the Dog, and Mysterious Mysteries of Mystery
Mar 22, 2002 · 60 min
Vacation follies; wedding proposal in an operating room; diaper-changing adventure.
AFV's $100,000 Episode
Mar 29, 2002 · 60 min
Previous $10,000 winners compete for $100,000 grand prize.
Milk? Yes We Got, Crash Test Smarties, and Ask Tom Stuff
Apr 5, 2002 · 60 min
Videos featuring football follies, a man's emotional reaction to a gift and creative ways to pour milk.
Ski Crashes Versus Dogs in Toilets, Mullet Mania, and Bless This Mess
Apr 12, 2002 · 60 min
The Nudnick's Guide to Child Development, To Grandmother's House We Go, and Bad Dog!
Apr 19, 2002 · 60 min
The Battle of the Best (2)
May 2, 2002 · 60 min
Celebrity panelists pick their favorite home videos from the past 12 seasons, then the audience chooses one video that will collect the grand prize; host Tom Bergeron.
Bicycle Wrecks Versus Kids in Goo, Nature Strikes Back and Putt Putt
May 10, 2002 · 60 min
Videos featuring golfing mishaps, a tot's impression of a president and Mother Nature striking back. Host: Tom Bergeron.
$100,000 Competition Show
May 17, 2002 · 60 min
The $100,000 grand prize winner is chosen from among five finalists.