America's Funniest Home Videos: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
Toy dizzies tot; dog sees reflection
Sep 19, 1993 · 60 min
Toy car dizzies tot; Rottweiler snarls at reflection.
Bloody nose interrupts speech
Sep 26, 1993 · 60 min
""Crazy Cats""; graduation clips, including a bloody nose that interrupts a valedictorian's speech; goat mugs for hunters.
Tot interview at beauty pageant
Oct 3, 1993 · 60 min
Tot is interviewed during beauty pageant; parakeet wears toilet-paper tube.
Ocean wave interrupts video taping
Oct 10, 2003 · 60 min
Ocean wave soaks guitarist during taping of video; skater loses wheels.
World Series; showering horse
Oct 17, 1993 · 60 min
World Series salute; showering horse; dogs brush their teeth.
Biting turtle; mother caught in tire
Oct 31, 1993 · 60 min
Halloween scares; Biting turtle; mother is caught in tire; raft becomes airborne.
Cat attacks dog; sister; pilot
Nov 7, 1993 · 60 min
Cat attacks stuffed dog; scene-stealing little sister; backyard pilot.
Seven videos vie for $100,000 prize
Nov 14, 1993 · 60 min
Seven videos vie for the $100,000 grand award.
Retrospective on the first 100 shows
Nov 21, 1993 · 60 min
The show's 100th episode is a retrospective of memorable video clips.
Retrospective on memorable clips
Nov 21, 1993 · 60 min
The show's 100th episode is a retrospective of memorable video clips.
Thanksgiving; boy; bird
Nov 28, 1993 · 60 min
Thanksgiving salute; boy regrets mimicking sister; bird watches television.
December 12, 1993
Dec 12, 1993 · 60 min
Children who don't like Christmas; cracking eggs.
Unhappy birthday
Jan 2, 1994 · 60 min
Unhappy birthday boy; startled Hawaiian visitor; dog gets wet.
Bicyclist; Dracula; cat; egg-cracking
Jan 9, 1994 · 60 min
Determined bicyclist; Dracula seems to bite man; cat on drums; creative egg-cracking.
January 23, 1994
Jan 23, 1994 · 60 min
Limbo dancer; hungry parrot; duck towing service.
Finalists vie for the grand prize
Feb 6, 1994 · 60 min
Six finalists vie for the grand prize; ""backward classics""; animal videos.
February 13, 1994
Feb 13, 1994 · 60 min
Valentine's Day salute; girl sings like broken record.
Patriot; karate kick
Feb 27, 1994 · 60 min
Young patriot pretends to be Thomas Jefferson; mother's china meets son's karate kick.
Cats affection
Mar 13, 1994 · 60 min
Cat's affection for pot-bellied pig; bunnies and brides; practical jokes.
Cockatiels; grandmother tends bar
Mar 27, 1994 · 60 min
Cockatiels fight; grandmother tends bar at wedding; Candace Cameron.
Mother in drain: disrespect
May 1, 1994 · 60 min
Mother in drain; oven as a musical instrument; canine disrespect for the president.
Five finalists vie for the grand prize
May 22, 1994 · 60 min
Five finalists vie for a $100,000 grand prize.