Dennis the Menace: Season 1
Episode Guide
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So Long, Old Paint/Trembly Assembly/Private I
Sep 9, 1985
Mr. Wilson is painting his house and Dennis invites himself over to help out. Needless to say, Dennis' "helping" gets Mr. Wilson close to a nervous breakdown. Dennis accompanies He
A Visitor from Outer Space/Train That Boy/Genie Madness
Sep 16, 1985
An alien from another planet lands in Dennis room in a quest for peace and quiet... but Dennis wants to show him around! A mad romp ensues with Dennis taking the alien to Mr. Wilso
Cheer Up/Ghostblusters/The Life You Save
Sep 23, 1985
Mr. Wilson slips on Dennis' skateboard and has to go to the hospital. Once there, Dennis arrives to cheer Wilson up... Wilson is in for the time of his life! The kids discover an a
Shark Treatment/Jungle Bungle/Racetrack Menace
Sep 30, 1985
They're shooting a "Jaws"-type movie at the beach, when the remote control falls into the mechanical shark's mouth, and it zooms off. Dennis finds the fake shark, and crawling insi
All the President's Menace/The Love Rowboat/Wilson the Menace
Jun 9, 1986
Dennis and his family visit Mt. Rushmore, which is in the middle of being renovated. Dennis scales the scaffolding in an effort to help out. There he meets an old man holed up in o
Fishing for Trouble/Future Fortune/Time Bomb
Oct 14, 1985
Dennis goes fishing with Mr. Wilson, who's out to finally catch "Old Gramps", smartest trout in the whole lake. After a number of zany mishaps due to Dennis' over-eagerness, Wilson
Spa Blahs/Whale of a Tale/Disaster on the Green
Oct 21, 1985
Mrs. Wilson has bought George a gift membership at a Health Spa. Dennis accompanies Wilson on his first visit, where he proceeds to drive poor Wilson nuts, speeding up his exercycl
Here, Kitty!/Circus Berserkus/The Monster of Mudville Flats
Oct 28, 1985
Dennis brings home a stray kitten which Alice makes him turn over to the Wilsons. But the "kitten" is actually a baby mountain lion, which proceeds to wreck the Wilson's home. Thin
The Price of Stardom/Space Menace/The Magic Flute
Nov 4, 1985
Dennis is made the prop man for the community theater whereupon he turns a serious drama into a roaring comedy. When Henry takes Dennis and the gang on a tour of his aerospace comp
Dennis' Yard Sale/The Abominable Snow Menace/It Came from the Planet Dennis
Nov 11, 1985
When Henry and Alice leave to go to a "Poor People's" charity auction, Dennis decides to help the poor people by selling most everything in the Mitchell household.
Snowman Madness/The Invisible Kid/Home Destruction
Nov 18, 1985
Slippery ice causes chaos when Henry and Dennis set out to make a snowman. After tumbling and sliding all over the ski resort, they end up as part of a snowman and receive hot coco
Chitty Chitty Moon Walk/Wet 'N Wild/Dennis at the Movies
Nov 25, 1985
Dennis keeps his eye on the secret solar powered moonwalker for his Dad. But when Joey touches the wrong button, it takes them for a stop-and-go-ride around town, eventually leadin
The Supermarket/The Big Candied Apple/The Defective Detector
Dec 2, 1985
Dennis visits a supermarket and completely dismantles it. The Mitchell's visit New York. The Statue of Liberty will never be the same. The gang goes to the beach and decide to look
Henry the Menace/Come Fly with Me/Camping Out
Dec 9, 1985
Henry's father comes to visit, and he tells Dennis what Henry was like as a little boy. Not surprisingly, the child-sized Henry and the present-day Dennis had a lot in common. They
Up Up and Away (From Here)/Going Ape/Dennis the Pirate
Dec 16, 1985
Dennis, George, Henry, and Joey all enter a balloon race. Dennis wins the race, but only after a wild series of adventures. A take-off on King Kong, in which PeeBee, experimenting
It's a Ruff Life/Professor Myron Mentalapse/Dennis Race 2000
Dec 23, 1985
When Ruff upsets one of PeeBee's experiments, the dog and Joey end up with their brains switched, Ruff can speak, while Joey can only bark! PeeBee and Dennis chase them around town
A Better Mousetrap/The Wizzer of Odd/Canine Car Wash
Dec 30, 1985
Mrs. Wilson will not return until Mr. Wilson gets rid of all the mice. PeeBee's special mousetraps are regarded as circus rides by the mice and they come from everywhere to play, w
Ride'Em Cowboy/Tenting Tonight/A Hair Raising Tale
Jan 6, 1986
Dennis and his parents visit the beautiful ranch of his favorite Uncle Bud. Uncle Bud has always wanted to win the local rodeo, and Dennis helps him out by riding the wildest bronc
Hopping Mad/Mayan Mayhem/The Big Power Trip
Jan 20, 1986
Dennis buys a magician's hat and gives it to Margaret at her cello recital. The hat goes wild, spewing frogs and rabbits all over the place, creating all kinds of comedy. Dennis an
Strong Medicine/Gold Strike/Lights! Camera! Mud!
Jun 16, 1986
Dennis is blasted by a "strength ray" that Peebee has invented, and suddenly has super muscles. he goes around using his new-found strength to do various good deeds; rescuing kitte
Invasion of the Blob/Wild West Show-Down/The Hen Party
Feb 3, 1986
A blob from outer space enters various forms tree, Ruff, Alice, Henry, Mr. Wilson, baseball in search of a good place to plan an invasion. But Dennis manages to make the blob uncom
Up Up and Oh Boy!/The Company Picnic/Aw Nuts!
Feb 10, 1986
On a bicycle-built-for-two Henry and Mr. Wilson race after Dennis, Margaret and Joey who have accidentally taken flight in Henry's newest invention, a dirigi-blimp.
Clip-Joint Capers/Tanks for the Memory/Second Honeymoon
Feb 17, 1986
After making the barber's guard dog sick, Dennis volunteers Ruff for watch dog. When bank robbers next door drill a hole in the wall of the barber ship to escape through, Dennis an
A Couple of Coo-Coos/The Cloneheads/Nothing But the Tooth
Feb 24, 1986
Dennis accidentally locks the keys in the car while out in the country with Mr. Wilson for a demonstration of homing pigeons. Dennis ties a note to the pigeon which gets stuck in a
Mummy's Little Boy/Horsing Around/Dennis Plasters Pamplona
Mar 3, 1986
Wrapped head to toe in bandages while playing hospital, Joey gets picked up by an ambulance and taken to the hospital. Dennis and Margaret attempt to rescue him and make a shambles
Laundry Business/Journey to the Center of Uncle Charlie's Farm/Dennis Springs Into Action
Apr 14, 1986
Ruff's Hat Trick/A Moving Experience/Lemon-Aid
Apr 21, 1986
After Dennis gets his father stopped by a policeman, Ruff swipes the cop's hat and Dennis and the cop chase him through the city streets leaving a mess in their wake. Dennis stops
Sounds in the Night/Dennis Does Hollywood/Ruff to the Rescue
Apr 28, 1986
Mischievous Dennis Mitchell (Mason Gamble) makes the life of neighbor George Wilson (Walter Matthau) miserable with his overactive energy and inadvertent troublemaking.
So Sorry!/Shock Therapy/Yard Wars
May 12, 1986
Mischievous Dennis Mitchell (Mason Gamble) makes the life of neighbor George Wilson (Walter Matthau) miserable with his overactive energy and inadvertent troublemaking.
Hullaballoo at the Harmony Homes/Phantom of the Wax Museum/Dennis and the Gypsy Woman
Oct 13, 1986