Madeline (1988–2001)

Plot

A young girl embarks on a series of misadventures, causing her friends and teachers to be worrisome. Based on the children's books by Ludwig Bemelmans.

Episodes by season

Season0126Episodes1988–94AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01MadelineNovember 7, 1988"In an old house in Paris all covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines..." Thus begins this musical adaptation of
  2. S01E02Madeline's ChristmasNovember 22, 1990One year, at Christmas time, as Madeline, her friends and Miss Clavel get ready by making presents for family and friends, decorating the sc
  3. S01E03Madeline and the Bad HatMarch 7, 1991One day, the Spanish Ambassador moves into the house next door to Madeline's school, and he has a son, a 'bad hat' named Pepito.
  4. S01E04Madeline's RescueJune 6, 1991As we know well by now, no one knows better "how to frighten Miss Clavel" than Madeline.
  5. S01E05Madeline and the GypsiesOctober 14, 1991Pepito invites Madeline and the girls to a Gypsy carnival.
  6. S01E06Madeline in LondonNovember 28, 1991"Not a single eye was dry" the day the Spanish Ambassador moved to London, taking Madeline's dear friend Pepito with him.
  7. S01E07Madeline and the Forty ThievesSeptember 12, 1993At the Old House - and all over the neighborhood - people's hats, gloves and scarves are missing. Madeline and Pepito work with Detective Mo
  8. S01E08Madeline and the Dog ShowSeptember 19, 1993Even though she outperforms the competition, Genevieve is disqualified from a dog show because she is not a purebred. But after she rescues
  9. S01E09Madeline and the Easter BonnetSeptember 26, 1993Just in time for Easter, Madeline updates the old hat belonging to Bon Bon, the milk horse. But then an enormous gust of wind sends the hat
  10. S01E10Madeline and the New HouseOctober 3, 1993The Old House, sorely in need of repair, is condemned and the girls are forced to move to a small apartment where their snooty neighbors hat
  11. S01E11Madeline and the Soccer StarOctober 10, 1993Madeline's country cousin Andre comes to town. Everyone thinks he's nothing more than a bumpkin with phenomenal gardening skills until, with
  12. S01E12Madeline and the Toy FactoryOctober 17, 1993When Madeline and the girls visit a toy factory, Madeline is accidentally boxed as a "doll" and sold to a handicapped girl. The ailing child
  13. S01E13Madeline at Cooking SchoolOctober 24, 1993Madeline, the girls, and Pepito prepare a disastrous meal for Lord Cucuface, who immediately enrolls them for cooking lessons at the famed C
  14. S01E14Madeline at the BalletOctober 31, 1993The girls get a chance to perform with a famed ballet master who thinks Madeline is too small to succeed. Madeline's insecurity (and Pepito'
  15. S01E15Madeline and the Singing DogNovember 7, 1993After being evicted from the opera for barking along with her favorite arias, Genevieve is dog napped by an impresario who sets her up at a
  16. S01E16Madeline's Winter VacationNovember 14, 1993Madeline, Pepito and the girls visit Miss Clavel's aunt and nephew in their Alpine chalet.
  17. S01E17Madeline in HollywoodNovember 21, 1993Madeline is 'discovered' by a Hollywood director and is transported to California for her motion picture debut with her idol, Sugar Dimples.
  18. S01E18Madeline and the PiratesNovember 28, 1993Lord Cucuface takes the girls and Pepito on a yacht trip, and excludes the girls when he teaches Pepito sailing techniques.
  19. S01E19Madeline's Birthday at the ZooDecember 5, 1993It's Madeline's birthday & Pepito & his father take her to the zoo while Miss Clavel & the girls get the house ready for a surprise birthday
  20. S01E20Madeline at the LouvreDecember 12, 1993Madeline paints a magnificent picture and accidentally leaves it at the Louvre, where it is mistaken for a masterpiece and hung next to the
  21. S01E21Madeline and the Missing ClownDecember 19, 1993The circus has been cancelled because Monsieur Funnybones, the world's shortest clown, has lost his ability to laugh.
  22. S01E22Madeline and the Costume PartyDecember 26, 1993The girls are looking forward to a big costume bash at Pepito's house. But a week before the festivities they all come down with chicken pox
  23. S01E23Madeline and the Old ViolinJanuary 2, 1994Lord Cucuface becomes convinced that the girls have musical talent and schedules a Bastille Day performance.
  24. S01E24Madeline and the Mean, Nasty, Horrible HatsJanuary 9, 1994The girls and Pepito visit Pepito's relatives' hacienda in Spain and encounter Pepito's cousins who are naughty and mischievous 'bad hats',
  25. S01E25Madeline and the Talking ParrotJanuary 16, 1994The girls find a homesick parrot who repeats the same street names over and over.
  26. S01E26Madeline in New YorkJanuary 23, 1994While on holiday in New York, the girls and Pepito attend a Yankee game, and Madeline catches the first home run ball of the season.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0213Episodes1995AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Madeline and the Lost CrownSeptember 9, 1995Madeline convinces the young Prince of Monaco to remove his crown so he can spend an afternoon as an ordinary boy.
  2. S02E02Madeline on the Orient ExpressSeptember 16, 1995Madeline, Pepito and the girls take the famed Orient Express to Istanbul to compete in the International Spelling Bee.
  3. S02E03Madeline and the Dinosaur BoneSeptember 23, 1995A paleontologist comes to the Old House after Genevieve digs up a huge bone in the garden, which turns out to be a fossilized stegosaurus hi
  4. S02E04Madeline and the Magic CarpetSeptember 30, 1995Pepito becomes frustrated when an old lamp from the Embassy attic fails to produce a Genie, and he throws the lamp in the trash.
  5. S02E05Madeline and the Treasure HuntOctober 7, 1995The newspaper sponsors a treasure hunt leading to a chest full of money. The clues lead the group to famous Paris landmarks.
  6. S02E06Madeline and the MummyOctober 14, 1995Madeline, the girls, Pepito and his three naughty cousins go on a field trip to Egypt.
  7. S02E07Madeline's Detective SchoolOctober 21, 1995The girls want to get Miss Clavel a birthday present.
  8. S02E08Madeline and the Hunchback of Notre DameOctober 28, 1995After Miss Clavel inspires the girls to read more books, they decide to put on a presentation of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'.
  9. S02E09Madeline and the Big CheeseNovember 4, 1995When the mice eat the cheese Lord Cucuface needs for his favorite dish, cheese fondue, Madeline, Miss Clavel, and Pepito drive to town to ge
  10. S02E10Madeline and the Science ProjectNovember 11, 1995For their entry in the Science Exhibition, Madeline and the girls create a magnificent scale model of a hot air balloon.
  11. S02E11Madeline and the Haunted CastleNovember 18, 1995The American child star Sugar Dimples becomes homesick when visiting Paris, and especially misses Halloween, which is not celebrated in Fran
  12. S02E12Madeline and the Wild WestNovember 25, 1995Madeline rides a pony named Gallop in the world's biggest rodeo, Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
  13. S02E13Madeline's Holiday with Mr. GrumpDecember 2, 1995In the middle of the winter holiday season, Miss Clavel gets called away from the Old House to care for her ailing aunt.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0326Episodes2000–01AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Madeline's HalloweenSeptember 8, 2000The girls return to New York City to visit their pen pals, and they get to dress up for a PROPER American Halloween Night out in the city.
  2. S03E02Madeline and the Spider LadySeptember 15, 2000The girls' pretend radio show accidentally gets broadcasted to the entire city.
  3. S03E03Madeline and the Can Can CliquesSeptember 22, 2000While she and the other girls learn to dance the Can Can, eleven little girls form two cliques, and Madeline is caught in the middle, much t
  4. S03E04Madeline in CannesSeptember 29, 2000During spring in Paris, Madeline falls ill with some sort of sinus issue. Doctor Cohn suggests that she go someplace warm and sunny, and the
  5. S03E05Madeline and the Show OffOctober 6, 2000Chosen to be a model for a painting, Yvette shows off and that makes everyone else jealous and uncomfortable.
  6. S03E06Madeline and the WeddingOctober 13, 2000Madeline and the girls play matchmaker and are invited to be in the resulting wedding.
  7. S03E07Madeline on SafariOctober 20, 2000The girls take a trip to Africa.
  8. S03E08Madeline at the North PoleOctober 27, 2000Madeline, the girls, Miss Clavel, and Lord Cucuface spend Christmas at the North Pole.
  9. S03E09Madeline and SantaNovember 3, 2000Madeline helps Santa Claus deliver Christmas presents to children.
  10. S03E10Madeline and the New GirlNovember 10, 2000A new girl named Lakshmi comes to the Paris boarding school from her homeland of India for a month.
  11. S03E11Madeline at VersaillesNovember 17, 2000While touring Versailles with Miss Clavel and the girls, Pepito disobeys a "Do Not Touch" sign, and leaves fingerprints of mud and chocolate
  12. S03E12Madeline at the Hotel RicheNovember 24, 2000When the pipes burst and the old house is closed for a plumbing overhaul, Madeline and the girls move into Lord Cucuface's lavish suite at t
  13. S03E13Madeline on StageDecember 1, 2000Madeline, the girls and Pepito are upset about receiving minor roles as trees in the school play and decide to boycott the show.
  14. S03E14Madeline and the MarionettesDecember 8, 2000Madeline and the girls help to reform an unhappy puppeteer in the Jardin de Luxembourg, who, because he never had the talent to be an opera
  15. S03E15Madeline and the Ice SkatesDecember 15, 2000Madeline gets a new pair of ice skates for her birthday and becomes so obsessed with practicing her skating she doesn't have any time to pla
  16. S03E16Madeline and the GiantsDecember 23, 2000When Madeline and the girls go to Dr. Cohn for a physical, all the girls have grown several inches except Madeline, who has a dream that she
  17. S03E17Madeline and the Fashion ShowDecember 30, 2000When Madeline and the girls are given the opportunity to be high fashion models and meet the top designer Mme. Cliché, they are asked to wea
  18. S03E18Madeline's MannersJanuary 3, 2001After Pepito burps at the dinner table, his parents insist on sending him to etiquette school, where he is joined by Madeline and the girls.
  19. S03E19Madeline and the Magic ShowJanuary 10, 2001After Pepito and the girls go to see Harry Houdini's show, Pepito decides to create his own magic show at home, and puts poor Genevieve in d
  20. S03E20Madeline's ValentineJanuary 17, 2001Madeline and the girls become extremely jealous when lovesick Genevieve falls in love with a neighborhood dog, but in the end, Madeline help
  21. S03E21Madeline and the Perfume FactoryJanuary 24, 2001While touring Lord Cucuface's perfume factory in Grasse, Pepito finds a friendly skunk, which he sneaks into the factory. When Chloe, offend
  22. S03E22Madeline at the Eiffel TowerJanuary 31, 2001After Madeline performs a successful science experiment dropping an egg off the balcony of the old house without breaking it, Pepito dares h
  23. S03E23Madeline and the Tea PartyFebruary 7, 2001The girls are planning a spring tea in honor of Lord Cucuface and the trustees when Sugar Dimples, the child movie star, drops in to visit a
  24. S03E24Madeline and the White LieFebruary 14, 2001When Lord Cucuface becomes suddenly indisposed, Madeline takes over his mission to impress some American tourists who are potential donors t
  25. S03E25Madeline and The Dog Who Cried WolfFebruary 21, 2001When Genevieve wakes up with a strange rash, Dr. Fleabag the vet prescribes lots of loving care, which Genevieve enjoy so much that she begi
  26. S03E26Madeline at the Flea MarketFebruary 28, 2001When Madeline and the girls find some collectibles from the 1800's in the attic of the Old House, they decide to set up a booth at The Flea

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