Season One

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Theodore Tugboat is a Canadian series about tugboats. This is the list of episodes from the first season. There are one hundred and thirty episodes in the series. All the episodes were shown in Canada and USA. Only fifty-two are rerunning on Qubo. They were aired on PBS and CBS during it's production years.

Note: episodes may not be in perfect order.

[edit] Episodes

• Theodore and the Oil Rig: A new oil rig named Tex is very rude to Theodore and George, and doesn't want their help. But when a storm puts Tex in a dangerous situation, he is rescued by the tugs and becomes friends with them.

• Theodore and the Homesick Rowboat: Theodore meets a stranded rowboat named R. Boat who had been taken away from his old dock by a storm. Theodore insists on finding R. Boat a new home all by himself, but Hank tries to help too. The two tugs find R. Boat a new dock by the Sandy Beach, and Theodore learns the importance of teamwork.

• The Dark and Scary Cove: Theodore and Hank race to Cobequid Cove one night, where they encounter some of the scariest sights and sounds. To make things worse, Hank loses his lifeboat inside the cove. Theodore goes to get it back the next morning when he discovers that the cove isn't so scary after all. He returns Hanks lifeboat and even meets a tiny bullfrog on the way out.

• Foduck the Vigilant: Foduck is soon to earn his 'v-word'. This means he will be allowed to travel in the open ocean. However, he is having a spot of bother picking a name, so he turns to his other tug friends for help.

• Different Strokes - Different Boats: The Dispatcher chooses Theodore to teach Hank how to tow barges. When Hank tries to tow a barge from the side during his towing test, Theodore explains to him that you're supposed to tow a barge from the front. The result at first is a disaster, but at the end of the day, luck is on Hank's side.

• Hank and the Mermaid: Hank sees a mermaid in the ocean, but no one believes him at first.

• True Blue Friends: George is scared that his hull check-up will hurt. So he tries to hide behind a barge to avoid his check-up, but gets stuck. Theodore later rescues George and convinces him to get his check-up.

• Bumper Buddies: Foduck celebrates by continuously bumping into Theodore. Theodore doesn't like getting bumped but instead of telling Foduck that, he makes the mistake of avoiding Foduck all together.

• Theodore and the Welcome: Theodore gets his first try at welcoming ships into the harbour, but isn't sure what to say to them.

• Theodore the Vegetable: The Dispatcher assigns Theodore to be the tug in charge of an incoming cargo ship called Julia. However, when Theodore actually meets up with her, Julia questions his ability to handle her and Theodore is not so sure himself either.

• The Day Ice Came to the Harbour: A big freeze slows the productivity of the harbour right down. The pilot boats are restricted to their docks so Theodore and his other tugboat friends are left in charge to make sure that the harbour is kept safe.

• Theodore’s Bad Dreams: One night, Theodore has a nightmare about a sea monster and when he wakes up he is scared that the dream will come true. But with a little help from his friends Theodore finds out that dreams are 'just pretend' and he will be alright.

• Theodore’s First Pull: Like Foduck, Theodore wants to earn his 'v-word' too. Emily tries to help Theodore by teaching him some skills that he'll need if his 'v-word' is to be so. Theodore soon grows over confident.

• Theodore and the Queen: A grand ocean liner named the Queen Stephanie visits the harbour. When she tries to pass beneath Benjamin Bridge, she gets severely stuck. Theodore however, quickly comes up with an idea on how to free her.

• Theodore and Bluenose: Bluenose the old sailing ship saves Foduck when his propeller becomes clogged with seaweed.

• Is Anybody Listening?: Theodore thinks that the pilot boats who patrol the harbour never seem to listen to anybody, and they don't. But soon, after a lot of confusion and a near crash, the pilot boats learn a valuable lesson about not listening.

• George Buzzes the Dock: It is found that Sandy Beach is terribly polluted and Emily and George notice this. They then have an argument about which one of them is causing the pollution. Theodore soon reminds them that all the tugs make pollution. Later on, all the tugs agree on the great idea of a 'Big Harbour Clean-up Contest' to be held, but that's another story.

• The Big Harbour Clean Up Contest: All the tugs seem to have a very big plan in terms of what part of the harbour they are each going to clean up in the contest. But once Theodore has heard each tug's 'big plan', he can't seem to think of one himself. So he has to settle for a 'little plan'.

• Best Friends: Theodore tells all the tugs that they are his best friend. Later, they get angry at him when they find out Theodore has said the same thing to all of them. They then demand to know which one of them truly is his best friend. Hank becomes very upset with this, and gets stuck on a sandspit. So the other tugs all pull him off and they all become best friends.

• Theodore and the Big Harbour: It's Theodore's first day in The Big Harbour and he is completely astonished at how different everything is compared to where he used to work. It takes a few lessons for him to take it all in.

[edit] Notes

• This the only season when Tex appears.
• Several episodes are out of production order (i.e. Best Friends was slated to appear after The Cold Snap) Also, Theodore And The Pirate should have been produced in Season 1.