Franklin is an Canadian educational animated television series, based on the Franklin the Turtle books by Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois. The television series was named after its main character, Franklin the Turtle. It was produced by PolyGram Television, Alphanim, LuxAnimation, Nelvana, Neurones Enterprises, Reader's Digest for Young Families, TF1, Funbag Animation Studios, Europool, Mini TFO, and Family Channel, and syndicated by Summit Entertainment.
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Pure Flix
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Amebatv
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Kartoon Channel
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Great American Pure Flix
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Sensical
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Wonder Project
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Amazon Video
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Apple TV Store
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- Seasons
- 6
- Episodes aired
- 156
- Latest aired
- S06E25
- Total runtime
- 1d 7h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 November 1997 – January 1998 26 episodes
- Season 2 September 1998 – November 1998 26 episodes
- Season 3 October 1999 – February 2000 26 episodes
- Season 4 May 2000 – July 2000 26 episodes
- the show was away for 1 year and 9 months
- Season 5 April 2002 – July 2002 26 episodes
- the show was away for 1 year and 10 months
- Season 6 May 2004 – August 2004 26 episodes
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S04E01 Franklin's Good Deeds
May 8 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin tries to do a good deed in order to get journalist Mr. Coyote to get him into the newspaper.
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S04E02 Franklin's Submarine
May 8 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin receives a submarine by mail that isn't at all what he imagined it to be.
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S04E03 Mr. Fix-It Franklin
May 15 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin gets to help out around the house on small fix-it jobs. He then tries to apply it to helping his friends, which seem to work at first, until he finds out that his fixes caused bigger messes. However, his friends forgive him and his parents tell him that learning from one's mistakes is experience, too. And with his father's help, he does it again the right way.
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S04E04 Franklin Has the Hiccups
May 15 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin gets nervous about a forthcoming chess championship being held at his school.
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S04E05 Franklin Delivers
May 22 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin and Bear are eager to deliver newspapers while the local paperboy is away for the weekend. They soon find out that windy Saturdays are much better for flying kites than delivering papers.
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S04E06 Franklin's Shell Trouble
May 22 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin's shell is peeling due to having Carapace Eczema and is treated with an embarrassing ointment. He then tries various ways to hide this from his friends.
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S04E07 Franklin's Sailboat
May 29 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin thinks that a newer, prettier sailboat in Mr. Mole's store is better than his older, run-down sailboat he currently owns. He waits for his father to fix his old run up, but runs out of patience and buys the new boat, only it looks better than it swims. In the meantime, Mr. Turtle fixes his old boat up, so Franklin gives the new boat as a trophy to his dad in gratitude.
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S04E08 Franklin Snoops
May 29 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin accidentally snoops on Bear's birthday present and tells him it's an action figure. He then convinces his friends into buying all the accessories, but when he finds out the action figure was for his own birthday, Franklin gives it to Bear to avoid revealing the truth so nobody is let down.
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S04E09 Franklin's Father
June 4 · 12min find the promo
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Mr. Mole tells Franklin stories of his father's childhood mistakes while he and Franklin wait at the train station for Franklin's mother.
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S04E10 Franklin Plays Hockey
June 4 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin and Bear help Skunk get ready for hockey season.
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S04E11 Franklin and the Puppet Play
June 11 · 12min find the promo
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Beaver becomes too bossy during a production of a Little Red Riding Hood puppet play.
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S04E12 Franklin's Stopwatch
June 11 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin discovers how slow he actually is when he gets his hands on a stopwatch.
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S04E13 Franklin Meets Ermine
June 18 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin's friends don't believe him when he explains that a different kid wreaks havoc on his fun.
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S04E14 Franklin's Funny Business
June 18 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin and Rabbit get too much into playing practical jokes being played on their friends.
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S04E15 Franklin and Sam
June 25 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin tries to hide Sam while on a camping trip with his friends.
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S04E16 Franklin's Berry Patch
June 25 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin and Bear try to hide a secret berry patch all to themselves.
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S04E17 Franklin's Rival
July 2 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin feels challenged by the affections of another kid Granny is babysitting.
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S04E18 Franklin and the Trading Cards
July 2 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin gets an extra copy of a rare trading card and has to decide whether to give it to Beaver or Fox.
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S04E19 Franklin's Robot
July 9 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin and Fox try to build a robot. When their friends Beaver and Badger mock their simple made one that doesn't actually do anything, they each take turns wearing the robot suit and a forced to do the chores Rabbit, Goose, Beaver and Badger think they are ordering it to do.
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S04E20 Franklin the Detective
July 9 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin tries to find out where the ball went during a game of baseball played by Beaver, Fox and Raccoon. All the clues point to it falling in the river, but Bear points out that it knocked down a branch as it got stuck in a tree.
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S04E21 Franklin the Fearless
July 16 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin's friends think that he is fearless going down Thrill Hill, the steepest hill in all of Woodland.
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S04E22 Franklin's Lucky Charm
July 16 · 12min find the promo
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Bear feels unlucky, so Franklin gives him a fake four-leaf clover to try and boost his luck.
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S04E23 Franklin at the Seashore
July 23 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin and Bear accuse two crabs of stealing their seashells.
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S04E24 Franklin & Snail's Dream
July 23 · 12min find the promo
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Snail wants to learn how to fly, but everyone else thinks it's ridiculous and dangerous, except for Franklin.
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S04E25 My Franklin
July 30 · 12min find the promo
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Franklin and Bear want to play in the park, but Bear's younger sister keeps calling out to them. Franklin keeps retiring until, which makes Bear jealous, but they realize the she was actually calling out to Franklin because Bear was too busy.
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S04E26 Franklin's Mom
July 30 · 12min find the promo
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Bear, Franklin and his family prepare to go out for a camping trip. While packing up, Mr. Turtle accidentally drops a frying pan and it lands on his foot which gives him serious injuries, forcing him to stay out of the vacation. Mrs. Turtle takes care of the rest of the work, which has some differences than what Mr. Turtle does.