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Pelswick

TV·2000–2002·2 seasons, 26 episodes·Nickelodeon·Animation, Comedy, Kids·30m·Created by John Callahan

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Pelswick Eggert is just like most 13-year-olds, except that he is in a wheelchair -- or permanently seated as he prefers to call it. He doesn't let that stop him, though, as he deals with the usual obstacles that come with being a teenager.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01The Wheel WorldS01E08 · 7.0A camera crew invades the Eggert household when a producer sees Pelswick as the ideal subject for a reality-based TV show.
  2. 02Inherit the WheeledS01E01 · 6.0Fearing for his safety, the school forbids Pelswick to go on a class camping trip, even though Pelswick correctly points out that ""I'm the only kid who can't get accidentally paralyzed!""
  3. 03N'TalentedS01E06 · 6.0A pre-packaged boy band has all the girls swooning. Pelswick, meanwhile, desperately tries to hate the band, but to his horror finds that he actually kinda likes their music...

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2000Aired 6.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Inherit the WheeledOctober 5, 2000 6.0Fearing for his safety, the school forbids Pelswick to go on a class camping trip, even though Pelswick correctly points out that ""I'm the
  2. S01E02I Won't Run, Don't Ask MeOctober 12, 2000Unable to threaten Pelswick physically, Boyd decides to humiliate him on a whole different level -- by nominating him for school president.
  3. S01E03Brain Suckers of Skuldeth 5October 23, 2000Ace and Goon lure Pelswick into particpating in the latest craze, the Brain Suckers trading card game. Soon Pelswick is totally hooked -- an
  4. S01E04Me, Myself and IrateOctober 30, 2000Pelswick tries to avoid the humiliation of having Gram-Gram deliver a guest lecture at school.
  5. S01E05Draw!October 16, 2000Pelswick's anonymously drawn cartoon is banned from the school newspaper, leading to a suspension for editor Julie when she won't reveal who
  6. S01E06N'TalentedNovember 13, 2000 6.0A pre-packaged boy band has all the girls swooning. Pelswick, meanwhile, desperately tries to hate the band, but to his horror finds that he
  7. S01E07Pelswick S01E07Assault and a BatteryNovember 6, 2000 6.0Pelswick and Boyd build a chili-powered battery that ends up turning Pelswick's wheelchair into a 50-mph menace.
  8. S01E08Season's bestThe Wheel WorldDecember 7, 2000 7.0A camera crew invades the Eggert household when a producer sees Pelswick as the ideal subject for a reality-based TV show.
  9. S01E09David and GoonliathDecember 7, 2000Despite a noticeable lack of talent, Goon becomes a professional wrestler -- and Pelswick must figure out a way to keep him from getting sla
  10. S01E10Spring BrokenDecember 22, 2000Ace, Goon and the Eggert family head off to Camp Self-Esteemawa for Spring Break...but the camp's determinedly non-competitive atmosphere pr
  11. S01E11Transmission ImpossibleDecember 29, 2000When Bayview's only rock-and-roll radio station changes its format to all-news, Pelswick opens a pirate rock music station of his own -- one
  12. S01E12Blink and You're at 182April 8, 2001The school is thrown into an uproar when a website publishes a list of students in order of popularity.
  13. S01E13Nursing Home AloneApril 15, 2000Gram-Gram and her friends decide to check into a shady nursing home without even saying good-bye to their families. It's up to a bewildered

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0213Episodes2001–02AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01EggertggedonOctober 3, 2001All of Bayview starts panicking when it appears that a nuclear-powered space station is going to plunge through the atmosphere and destroy t
  2. S02E02WheeldiniOctober 10, 2001The mayor of Bayview somehow manages to lose all of the town's money, so he hires a magician to find it. Though it's obvious the magician i
  3. S02E03The Bird Boy of AlcatrazOctober 17, 2001Pelswick is deemed terminally uncool when he takes up birdwatching to impress Julie. Meanwhile, Gram-Gram and Agnes get jobs as store detec
  4. S02E04Boyd, Here Comes The FloodOctober 24, 2001Substitute teacher Gram-Gram spins tales about the Bayview flood of 1921 in order to impress Pelswick's class, little dreaming of the disast
  5. S02E05It Must Be the ShoesOctober 31, 2001Basketball fever sweeps Bayview as Pelswick considers trying out for the school basketball team, Sandra and Julie try to organize a girls' t
  6. S02E06Oh Bully, Where Art Thou?November 7, 2001Pelswick enters the Paraquest Games for handicapped athletes, and is surprised to find that Boyd is his chief competitor. Meanwhile, Julie
  7. S02E07The Case of the Filchered FilesNovember 14, 2001The Eggert family are forced to scrimp and save when Quentin loses his job; Alcatraz Junior High celebrates its 75th anniversary.
  8. S02E08Pelswick on a StringNovember 21, 2001A decidedly flaky therapist forces the students in Pelswick's class to build marionettes in their own self-images as a therapeutic exercise.
  9. S02E09Shall We Dance?November 28, 2001Pelswick goes on a blind date with a girl who doesn't know about his wheelchair. When he discovers that his date loves dancing, he goes to
  10. S02E10A Rap and a Hard PlaceDecember 5, 2001Julie tries to shake everyone out of their apathy by forming a band; Sandra obsesses on the healing powers of yellow boots; Gram-Gram and Ag
  11. S02E11Hear No Evil, P.C. No EvilSeptember 20, 2002Quentin's politically correct new girlfriend wins over everyone in the Eggert family except Pelswick.
  12. S02E12Kick Me KateSeptember 27, 2002Pelswick tries to get Kate's new boyfriend to stand up for himself; Julie gets increasingly frustrated with Sandra's outrageous clothing; Gr
  13. S02E13Invasion of the Buddy SnatchersNovember 15, 2002Almost everyone in town gets caught up in a bizarre pyramid scheme to sell laundry detergent. The only exceptions are Julie and Sandra (who

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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