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A wondrous and fiendishly humorous stop-motion animation series about freak orphans who are desperately trying to get adopted.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Being Alone for BeginnersJune 26, 2006—Lucy discovers that not only is she an orphan but she is also not a princess.
- S01E02Do Orphans Dream of Electric ParentsJuly 3, 2006—After Brian Brain is rejected by like-minded Adopters, he creates robotic parents to fill the void.
- S01E03An Orphans' Life IndeedJuly 10, 2006—Princess Lucy accidentally clones herself in an effort to find the perfect BFF.
- S01E04The Perfect LessonJuly 17, 2006—The Orphans put on a play to prospective Adopters, with disastrous results.
- S01E05The Poster ChildJuly 24, 2006—Aldous has a chance to avoid a deadly curse by being adopted by Corporate Executives.
- S01E06Fire the ReverendJuly 31, 2006—Reverend Gamble mistakes Charlie for the Devil, until the real Satan shows up looking for his son.
- S01E07Red, White and OrphanageAugust 7, 2006—After a shiny, new orphanage appears overnight, Brian Brain realizes he wouldn't give up being a free-thinker for all the power and possessi
- S01E08Sammy's EpisodeAugust 14, 2006—Sammy is convinced he's being watched by a TV audience, and is consequently diagnosed by Brian Brain as being a megalomaniac.
- S01E09A Tale of Almost Unbearable SadnessAugust 21, 2006—After a bad day, the Orphans try to find true happiness in the hapless forest.
- S01E10Lucky Lucy/You Got to Know When to Hold'emAugust 28, 2006—Princess Lucy obsesses over the high she gets from gambling, resulting in dire consequences.
- S01E11Armie Loves CigarettesSeptember 4, 2006—Armie takes up smoking after idolizing Cool Carl, the only Orphan ever to be adopted from the Gurney.
- S01E12The Frightful FluSeptember 11, 2006—After all the Orphans come down with the flu, a reformed wicked witch, Karen, is hired to get them under control.
- S01E13Silver Screen LucySeptember 18, 2006—Famed A-list Director, Steven Franchise, has the Orphans compete by making films to impress him into adopting them.
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