| Episode |
Featured work |
Wishbone's role |
Contemporary story |
Other notes |
| A Tail in Twain |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
Tom Sawyer |
Wishbone and the kids explore Jackson Park, where they discover a man digging up the "No Name Grave". |
Two episode show |
| Twisted Tail |
Oliver Twist |
Oliver Twist |
A crime wave hits Oakdale and juvenile offenders are suspected. Joe can't believe that his new friend Max is responsible, but Max is also friends with a rowdy older boy. |
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| Rosie, Oh! Rosie, Oh! |
Romeo and Juliet |
Romeo Montague |
Found without his collar, Wishbone is taken to the pound, where he falls in love with a female dog named Rosie. After being rescued, he conspires to lose his collar again so that he can get back to his love. |
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| Homer Sweet Homer |
The Odyssey |
Odysseus |
The kids try to save Jackson Park from developers. |
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| Bark that Bark |
African-American folktales ("Anansi the Spider" and "The People Could Fly") |
Anansi/Wana |
David overloads on responsibilities and refuses to ask for help. |
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| Cyranose |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
The kids struggle over a challenging poetry assignment they have to do for English class. |
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| The Slobbery Hound |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
Sherlock Holmes |
Wishbone is suspected of causing canine chaos around Oakdale, but the kids think a bigger dog is responsible. |
First of two episodes in which Wishbone portrays Holmes |
| Digging Up the Past |
Rip Van Winkle |
Rip Van Winkle |
Wishbone and the kids meet an elderly woman who lived in Joe's house as a child. |
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| Bone of Arc |
Joan of Arc |
Louis de Conte |
Samantha joins the boys' soccer team. |
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| The Impawssible Dream |
Don Quixote |
Sancho Panza |
Joe aspires to make it into the "Encyclopedia of World Records" for making the most free throws ever recorded. |
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| Fleabitten Bargain |
Faust |
Faust |
A salesman will give Joe a virtual-reality machine, but only for Wishbone in exchange. |
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| Sniffing the Gauntlet |
Ivanhoe |
Wilfred of Ivanhoe |
Samantha can't go to school on the day of a big spelling bee, leaving David to win it for their team. |
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| The Hunchdog of Notre Dame |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
Quasimodo |
The boys become jealous when Samantha helps an awkward boy named Nathaniel. |
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| Golden Retrieved |
Silas Marner |
Silas Marner |
Joe only realizes how much Wishbone means to him when the dog goes missing. Meanwhile, Wishbone is adopted by a kind older man who names him "Spot". |
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| A Tale of Two Sitters |
A Tale of Two Cities |
Charles Darnay |
Joe and David refuse to properly babysit David's little sister Emily and her friend Tina since it would interfere with their plans. Instead, the girls are left alone inside, where they wreak havoc on the Talbots' home. |
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| Frankenbone |
Frankenstein |
Victor Frankenstein |
David's science project causes unending trouble when it comes to life. |
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| Hot Diggity Dawg |
Journey to the Center of the Earth |
Professor Lidenbrock |
Wishbone digs for buried treasure in Wanda's yard. |
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| One Thousand and One Tails |
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights ("Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves") |
Ali Baba |
When David has a run-in with cybercriminals on the Internet, the FBI is accidentally sent to the Barnes' home. This causes Wishbone to think the cops are after Emily, who has stolen Wanda's purse. |
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| Mixed Breeds |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Gabriel John Utterson |
Wanda falls for another man, jeopardizing her relationship with Mr. Pruitt. |
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| The Canine Cure |
The Imaginary Invalid |
Argan |
A boy who is supposedly allergic to dogs stays with the Talbots. |
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| The Pawloined Paper |
The Purloined Letter |
C. Auguste Dupin |
Joe tries to get back a word puzzle before anyone sees it. |
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| Bark to the Future |
The Time Machine |
The Time Traveller |
Joe tries to use a calculator instead of his own intellect. |
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| Paw Prints of Thieves |
Robin Hood |
Robin Hood |
Joe and a cafeteria worker "steal" perfectly good food headed for the dumpster so that it can go to the local food bank. |
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| Furst Impressions |
Pride and Prejudice |
Fitzwilliam Darcy |
The kids agonize over finding dates for the Oakdale school beach party social. |
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| The Prince and the Pooch |
The Prince and the Pauper |
Tom Canty/Edward VI of England |
Joe tries to coach a tee-ball team that includes Emily and Tina. |
Written by Mo Rocca. |
| The Count's Account |
The Count of Monte Cristo |
Edmond Dantès |
David thinks of a clever way to get revenge against Damont. |
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| Salty Dog |
Treasure Island |
Jim Hawkins |
Samantha convinces the boys to help her look for "Blackbeard's Horseshoe" inside a condemned barn. |
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| Little Big Dog |
David and Goliath |
David |
After he and Samantha break a side-view mirror off his parents' new car, David tries to hide the damage. When the mirror breaks off and Mr. Barnes prepares to sue the manufacturer, Emily convinces her brother to come clean. |
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| A Dogged Exposé |
A Scandal in Bohemia |
Sherlock Holmes |
Samantha tries to find out who is distributing embarrassing pictures of her. |
Second episode in which Wishbone portrays Holmes |
| The Terrified Terrier |
The Red Badge of Courage |
Henry Fleming |
Neglecting David and Sam, Joe decides to hang out with more popular kids. |
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| Shakespaw |
The Tempest |
Ariel |
The kids attempt to put on their own production of Shakespeare's The Tempest. |
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| Muttketeer! |
The Three Musketeers |
D'Artagnan |
Wishbone tries to join the kids at school. |
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| Hercules Unleashed |
Hercules and the Golden Apples |
Hercules |
Samantha tries to find a gift for her father's fortieth birthday. |
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| Viva Wishbone! |
Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Juan Diego |
Joe buys a music box for his mother, but it gets broken and the store's policy doesn't allow him to return it. |
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| The Entrepawneur |
Metamorphoses |
King Midas |
Joe becomes overbearing towards Sam and David when he tries to run a grocery delivery business. |
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| Pantin' at the Opera |
The Phantom of the Opera |
Viscount Raoul de Chagny |
Books start disappearing at the local library after the kids meet the supposedly dead former librarian. |
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| Dances with Dogs |
"The Song of the Deathless Voice" |
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Lee Natonabah, a Native-American friend of Joe's, speaks about Navajo culture and story-telling. |
Narrated by Lee Natonabah, not Wishbone |
| Rushin' to the Bone |
The Government Inspector |
Ossip |
Wishbone gets the chance to be a star. |
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| Picks of the Litter |
Various |
Various |
Wishbone tells bits of his favorite stories to a female dog. |
Clip show; excerpts of 1, 5, 10, 24, 4, 12, 16, 9, and 2, above. |
