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Season guide

Dennis the Menace: Season 3

38 episodes Premiered Oct 1, 1961 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on Dennis the Menace

Season 3 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 Dennis the Menace Season 2.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 3 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S3·E1 Mytharc

Trouble from Mars

Oct 1, 1961 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson accidentlly gets a space helmet that belongs to Dennis stuck on his head.

S3·E2 Core

Best Neighbor

Oct 8, 1961 · 30 min

Dennis and Mr. Wilson camp out on a moutain so that Dennis can join the Junior Pathfinders club.

S3·E3 Core

Keep Off the Grass

Oct 15, 1961 · 30 min

Henry gets a ticket for walking on the grass in the park. When Mr. Wilson hears about it he thinks it isn't fair, So he convinces Henry to go to court and contest it.

S3·E4 Core

Mr. Wilson's Safe

Oct 22, 1961 · 30 min

Dennis is using numbers for a football play which is the combination to Mr. Wilson's safe, So Mr. Wilson and Henry get Dennis so confused that he forgets the combination. Then

S3·E5 Core

Haunted House

Oct 29, 1961 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson and Henry both invest in a house that is known to be a haunted house.

S3·E6 Core

The School Play

Nov 5, 1961 · 30 min

Dennis' school is putting on a play which Mr. Wilson ends up being in (not by choice) because him and Tommy (who is also in the play) get handcuffed together before the play st

S3·E7 Core

The Fifty-Thousandth Customer

Nov 12, 1961 · 30 min

Mr. Finch is having a contest that when the fifty-thousandth customer walks in his store they will win 5 minutes of free shopping of which Mr. Wilson is determined to be the

S3·E8 Core

Dennis and the Pee Wee League

Nov 19, 1961 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson coaches Dennis' Pee Wee League baseball team because Dennis' dad (who originally was the coach) got sick.

S3·E10 Core

Dennis Is a Genius

Dec 3, 1961 · 30 min

The school test scores mistake Dennis as a genius.

S3·E11 Core

The Lucky Piece

Dec 17, 1961 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson tricks Dennis into taking a silver coin that says GOOD LUCK and a horseshoe on it instead of 50 cents that he owes him for cutting his lawn. Mrs. Wilson is very angry

S3·E12 Core

The Fifteen Foot Christmas Tree

Dec 24, 1961 · 30 min

Dennis, Henry and Mr. Wilson go out in the woods and cut down a big Christmas tree which ends up getting almost destroyed by the time they get it home.

S3·E13 Core

Dennis' Bank Account

Dec 31, 1961 · 30 min

Dennis opens a bank account at the bank of where Mr. Wilson works at and causes a lot of chaos at the bank.

S3·E14 Core

Through Thick and Thin

Jan 7, 1962 · 30 min

Dennis' cub scouts are putting on a circus of which Mr. Wilson is the Lion in the circus, which is suppose to be a secret from everyone.

S3·E15 Core

Calling All Bird Lovers

Jan 14, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson holds a bird lovers session at his home Where a woman does bird calls that sounds just like a bird.

S3·E16 Core

Silence Is Golden

Jan 21, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson agrees to give Dennis his magnifying glass if he doesn't talk around him for the day.

S3·E17 Core

Dennis Has a Fling

Jan 28, 1962 · 30 min

Dennis is put on the spot when he askes both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Mactavish to represent Scotland in his school project.

S3·E18 Core

Frog Jumping Contest

Feb 4, 1962 · 30 min

Dennis enters his frog in the frog jumping contest with Mr. Wilson as his partner who has a bet with Sgt. Mooney that Dennis' frog will beat his.

S3·E19 Core

Where There's a Will

Feb 11, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson gives Dennis a Gold watch in his will. Soon after that Mr. Wilson begins to feel old and is convinced that he has short time to live.

S3·E20 Core

Mr. Wilson's Uncle

Feb 18, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson's Uncle comes to visit him and convinces him that he isn't in shape, so he starts a physical fitness program and forces Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Wilson to be in it.

S3·E21 Core

A Quiet Evening

Feb 25, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson plans to have a quiet evening at home, but his plans change when Henry needs a sitter for Dennis.

S3·E22 Core

The Private Eye

Mar 4, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson gets his wallet taken by a pick pocket, So Dennis and Tommy try to find the crook for the police.

S3·E23 Core

Mr. Wilson's Housekeeper

Mar 11, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson hires a housekeeper for Mrs. Wilson but soon regrets it when the housekeeper tries to tell Mr. Wilson what he can and can't do in his home. Mr. Wilson then tries

S3·E24 Core

A Dog's Life

Mar 18, 1962 · 30 min

A big shaggy dog followes Mr. Wilson home and Mr. Wilson tries to get rid of it.

S3·E25 Core

Dennis' Documentary Film

Mar 25, 1962 · 30 min

Dennis does a documentary film of the town for a school project with Mr. Wilson's help.

S3·E26 Core

Horseless Carriage Club

Apr 1, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson takes Dennis and his friends up to the lake and back in an old car. Mr. Wilson then gets elected president of the Horseless Carriage Club.

S3·E27 Core

Junior Pathfinders Ride Again

Apr 8, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson attempts to start a fire like the pioneers did for Dennis' Junior Pathfinders club and nearly burns down the place.

S3·E28 Core

The Treasure Chest

Apr 15, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson buys a treasure chest at an auction thinking that it has buried treasure in it. Mr. Wilson later discovers a treasure map drawn by Dennis. Although Mr. Wilson thin

S3·E29 Core

Wilson Goes to the Dentist

Apr 29, 1962 · 30 min

Dennis convinces Mr. Wilson to go to the Dentist for his tooth because Dennis thinks he can get a basketball from the Dentist until he learns that the Dentist only gives away

S3·E30 Core

The Man Next Door

May 6, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson thinks his next door neighbor is the stocking bandit and tries to prove it.

S3·E31 Core

Dennis and the Dodger

May 13, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Quigley coaches Dennis' baseball team with help from Sandy Koufax.

S3·E32 Core

Dennis' Lovesick Friend

May 20, 1962 · 30 min

Dennis helps Mr. Wilson's Uncle Ned plant flower bulbs in his yard in order to get out of playing house with Margaret Wade.

S3·E33 Core

John Wilson's Cushion

May 27, 1962 · 30 min

George Wilson's brother John Wilson comes to visit, only he has trouble working without his old cushion.

S3·E34 Core

John Wilson Wins a Chicken

Jun 3, 1962 · 30 min

Dennis and his friends win John Wilson a chicken, which John wants to cook for dinner and the children try to talk him out of it.

S3·E35 Core

The Bully

Jun 10, 1962 · 30 min

Dennis is all set for a big day. He is scheduled to have a fight with Gifford - the school bully.

S3·E36 Core

The Club Initiation

Jun 17, 1962 · 30 min

Dennis wants to join an older boys club, but in order to do so he has to take an initiation.

S3·E37 Mytharc

Community Picnic

Jun 24, 1962 · 30 min

The Neighborhood Community puts on a carnival in the park with different winning contests to participate in.

S3·E38 Mytharc

Dennis and the Witch Doctor

Jul 1, 1962 · 30 min

Mr. Wilson is doing a magazine article on voodoo, Dennis gets the wrong idea and tells the whole neighborhood that Mr. Wilson is a Witch Doctor, Soon the whole town gets the

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