Dennis the Menace — Season 1

01 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 Henry to an auto showroom, where Dennis harasses the poor salesman so, that Henry buys a new car almost to avoid a law-suit. He discovers that the purchase entitles him to watch the actual car being built on the assembly line, with the hapless salesman acting as their guide. Now Dennis turns his impulsiveness toward the robot assembly line, screwing it up completely, and their "new" car comes out looking like futuristic junk!. A Raymond Chandler-type takeoff in which Dennis pretends to be a hard-boiled private eye, in the Bogart tradition, tracking down his missing pooch, Ruff, by questioning his friends and neighbors.

02 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. Wilson's house.

03 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 abandoned old gothic house that Dennis decides would make a great club-house.

04 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 inside it, has fun frightening his friends.

05 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 one of the president's nostrils.

06 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 manages to hook the prize-winning fish -- only to have Dennis cause it to escape back into the water. When Mr. Wilson gets his hands on a radio that PeeBee has invented -- one that seems to... Read all

07 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 exercycle, pouring bubble bath in the spa water, etc. Finally the management tears up Wilson's membership.

08 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. Things get worse when it's angry mother shows up, looking for its cub!. Mr. Wilson takes Dennis and Joey to the circus and ends up being the main event.

09 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 company, the gang slips away. They find a rocket ship and decide to investigate. Once inside, Dennis hits a button and WHOOSH! they are blasted into outer space.

10 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.

11 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 cocoa for their efforts.

12 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 leading two crooks who want to steal it to the police. Dennis and Joey build a raft to go down the local river.

13 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 for treasure with a metal detector. Once there, a bully tries to take it away from them. Ultimately, Dennis saves the bully from danger by way of the metal detector's powerful magnet.

14 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 both create chaos wherever they go. Dennis and PeeBee enter a friendly challenge of building and flying their own airplanes.

15 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 with a gas-filled balloon, loses control of it, and he, Dennis, Margaret, and Joey, are carried off, ending up on a banana-shaped island.

16 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, trying to capture them and re-switch their brains back to their owners.

17 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, which costs Mr. Wilson a lot of quarters, the price he pays to the boys for each mouse captured.

18 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 in six counties!. Henry's company has developed a sophisticated self-inflating tent to be used by space explorers on the moon.

19 Medieval Evil/Beaver-Mania/Say Uncle

Jan 13, 1986

20 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 and George Wilson take the wrong vacation plane and end up in South America, being pursued by Mayan natives. They have all kinds of wild adventures trying to get back home.

21 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 kittens from tall trees, etc. Dennis challenges the town bully to a fight, not realizing that his super strength has worn off. But the bully proves to be a coward, and runs off anyway.

22 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 uncomfortable no matter where it hides.

23 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.

24 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 and Ruff capture them but make a shambles of the barber shop.

25 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 tree and then Mr. Wilson gets stuck after freeing the bird.

26 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 of the hospital corridors. Dennis makes friends with an old horse named Horace.

27 Dennis Predicts/Dennis & the Kangaroo Cavalry/Meatball Mess

Mar 10, 1986

28 My Fair Dennis/A Good Knight's Work/Life in the Fast Lane

Mar 17, 1986

29 A Nightmare at the Opera/A Royal Pain/Having a Marbleous Time

Mar 24, 1986

30 Marky the Menace/Dennis the Genius/A Step Ahead

Mar 31, 1986

31 The Boss Gets Scalped/Mr. Dennistein/Lean Green Jumping Machine

Apr 7, 1986

32 Laundry Business/Journey to the Center of Uncle Charlie's Farm/Dennis Springs Into Action

Apr 14, 1986

33 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 a bank robber when Ruff is found and is made an honorary policeman.

34 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.

35 The Bicycle Thief/Menace of the Mine Shaft/Margaret's Birthday Party

May 5, 1986

36 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.

37 Ruff's Masterpiece/Going to the Dogs/Big Baby

May 19, 1986

38 Building a Better Dog House/Dennis and the Dragon/Hic!

May 27, 1986

39 Strike Up the Band/Queen of Chinatown/Tale of a Tux

Jun 2, 1986

40 Give a Little Whistle/Charmed I'm Sure/After Hours

Jun 9, 1986

41 Baseball's Best Ballplayer; Mr. Wilson's Diet; The Backyard Band

Jun 16, 1986

42 Double Dennis/Timber Wolves/Help Not Wanted

Jun 23, 1986

43 Million Dollar Dennis/3-D and Me/Barber Shop Disharmony

Jun 30, 1986

44 Bowling for Dennis/Dennis Conquers the Navy/The Longest Half-Yard

Jul 7, 1986

45 Vampire Scare/Give Me Liberty or Give Me Dennis/Wilson for Mayor

Jul 14, 1986

46 Dangerous Detour/The Prodigy/The Chimp

Jul 21, 1986

47 High Steel/Bicycle Mania/Little Dogs Lost

Jul 28, 1986

48 Dennis Destroys Dallas/Black & Blue Hawaii/Oil's Well That Ends Well

Aug 4, 1986

49 Door to Door Bore/Dennis in Venice/Young Sherlock Dennis

Aug 11, 1986

50 Surf's Up/Yo Ho Ho/The Karate Kiddie

Aug 18, 1986

51 Dennis and the Deep/K-9 Kollege/Housepests

Aug 25, 1986

52 Animalympics/No Bones About It/Dennis Takes the Cake

Sep 1, 1986

53 Quiet Riot/The Magic Pen/A Feeling for Stealing

Sep 8, 1986

54 Househusband Henry/Wheeling & Double-Dealing/Stop That Car!

Sep 15, 1986

55 Lights, Camera, Auction!/Boy Ahoy/Faulty Alarm

Sep 22, 1986

56 Hail to the Chief/Dennis in Microchipland/Handy Dandy Dennis

Sep 29, 1986

57 Dennis the Businessman/Soccer it to Me, Dennis/Camp Over Here-Over There

Oct 6, 1986

58 Hullaballoo at the Harmony Homes/Phantom of the Wax Museum/Dennis and the Gypsy Woman

Oct 13, 1986

59 Attack of the Giant Tomatoes/The Dinosaur Doozy/Funhouse Grouch

Oct 20, 1986

60 Dennis Rocks Out/Deserted with Dennis/Fashionable Menace

Oct 27, 1986

61 Back to the Drawing Board/Part-Time Helper/G.I.George

Nov 3, 1986

62 Wanted: Scarface Wilson/Ruff Come Home/10-4 Dennis

Nov 10, 1986

63 Heroes Unwelcome/The Martians are Coming/Ancient Olympics

Nov 17, 1986

64 Pool Haul/Fool for Gold/Nothin' to Be Afraid Of

Nov 24, 1986

65 Yankee Doodle Dennis/Dennis the Barnstormer/Trial and Error

Dec 1, 1986