All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 3-2-1 Blast Off!

    • May 29, 2006
    • PBS

    While Ruff Ruffman scrambles to get ready for the first episode, Anna, Julia, and Khalil go on a hunt for all nine planets in a scale model of the Solar System scattered throughout the "lovely city of Boston". Taylor, Noah, and Brian stay in Studio G (Ruff's garage).

  • S01E02 Good Dancing and Bad Teeth

    • May 30, 2006
    • PBS

    Ruff Ruffman sends Julia and Khalil to learn how to dance the waltz, while Anna and Brian investigate whether dog mouths are cleaner than human mouths. Noah and Taylor stay behind.

  • S01E03 How To Get Out Your Inner Hip Hop

    • May 31, 2006
    • PBS

    Anna learns hip hop dance, and Noah, Khalil, and Julia cook for zoo animals. Taylor and Brian stay behind.

  • S01E04 Cats? I Thought You Said Kites!

    • June 1, 2006
    • PBS

    Noah and Brian built a kite to deliver a dog biscuit, and Taylor and Anna attempt to teach cats to fetch. Julia and Khalil stay behind.

  • S01E05 Ye Olde Colonial Episode

    • June 5, 2006
    • PBS

    Losing power in the doghouse gives Ruff the most Brilliant Idea in the History of Television! All he needs is a $250,000,000 advance from his boss, Henry, to buy a time machine to send the whole cast back in time - way back - to 1627! Dressed as Colonists, the cast members abandon their videogames and cell phones for log sawing, oven starting, jaw harping, goat tending, and lessons in Colonial life.

  • S01E06 Saturday Night with a Slight Fever

    • June 6, 2006
    • PBS

    Taylor, Brian, and Noah are required to make a music video with some easily-recognizable stars - their grandparents- while staying under a budget. Anna, Julia, and Khalil stay behind at Studio G.

  • S01E07 To Bee or Not to Bee

    • June 7, 2006
    • PBS

    Ruff gets stuck in a bee costume when filming an advertisement for FETCH!. Brian and Khalil learn to be beekeepers, while Julia and Anna learn to windsurf. Taylor and Noah stay in Studio G.

  • S01E08 B.L.T. for Breakfast

    • June 8, 2006
    • PBS

    Ruff must sell his new beverage. Brian braves a day as a short-order cook in a local diner, while Taylor, Khalil, and Noah design a new ice-cream flavor with ingredients that start with the letters B, L, and T. Anna and Julia stay at the Studio.

  • S01E09 The Mystery of the Missing Thing in the Haunted Castle

    • May 29, 2006
    • PBS

    Ruff forces the kids to retrieve a lost invention in the castle of inventor John Hays Hammond, Jr.

  • S01E10 This Old Lemonade Stand

    • May 29, 2006
    • PBS

    Ruff accidentally reduces the show's budget to 13¢. Norm Abram, one of the hosts of This Old House, another program on PBS, teaches Anna and Noah to build a lemonade stand. Anna and Noah must also test thermal insulation to sell lemonade as a fundraiser. Meanwhile, the rest stay in Studio G and help bail Ruff out with his financial problems.

  • S01E11 It's Raining Cats and Dogs

    • May 29, 2006
    • PBS

    Ruff is confused when a weather forecast predicts clear skies, but there is thunder. Taylor learns to forecast the weather, conduct interviews, and give a live weather report in front of a greenscreen. The boys paint a mural in Jamaica Plain for the mayor of Boston. Julia and Anna stay at Studio G once more.

  • S01E12 That Doesn't Float My Boat

    • June 13, 2006
    • PBS

    Ruff Ruffman floods the doghouse when trying to relax. Julia, Anna, and Khalil build a boat out of recycled trash, test it out and race in it. Taylor, Noah, and Brian stay behind.

  • S01E13 Send in the Clowns

    • June 14, 2006
    • PBS

    It is revealed that Ruff wanted to be a clown, but was cheated out by Spot Spotnik (see character list). Julia, Taylor, Noah, and Anna build water balloon launchers for revenge. Brian spends the day with Circus Smirkus and learns how to be a clown. Khalil stays behind, alone.

  • S01E14 Grandma Ruffman's Recipe for Success

    • June 20, 2006
    • PBS

    Under Grandma Ruffman's marketing advice, Khalil learns to be a stand-up comedian, and Taylor, Noah, and Brian cook Grandma Ruffman's recipes on a farm to learn about energy transfers in a New England food chain. Julia and Anna stay at Studio G.

  • S01E15 Tryin' Chef

    • June 21, 2006
    • PBS

    Ruff is tired of his food. Taylor, Brian, Julia, and Khalil compete against each other as chefs - Iron Chef style to cook up new recipes for Ruff. Noah and Anna are left behind again, but help bail Ruff out.

  • S01E16 Don't Put the Kart Before the Sea Lion

    • June 22, 2006
    • PBS

    Ruff is training for an interactive driving test monitored by the DMV, but crashes into a sea lion tank. Taylor trains sea lions; Julia helps in a pit crew for a junior go-karter. Anna, Khalil, Noah, and Brian stay behind.

  • S01E17 Relaxin' with Ruff

    • June 26, 2006
    • PBS

    Ruff decides to calm down from the stresses of running a show. The kids learn to relax with yoga and to calculate heart rate (pulses in 15 sec * 4). Next, they mathematically measure their "fear factor" at Canobie Lake Park, an amusement park in New Hampshire.

  • S01E18 Scat Cat, Scat

    • June 27, 2006
    • PBS

    A cat steals Ruff's kneeboard. Noah learns to kneeboard. The girls track down wild animals using various clues, especially scat. Khalil and Brian stay in the studio.

  • S01E19 Ruff Ruffman Spaces Out

    • June 28, 2006
    • PBS

    The FETCHers go to space camp when the FETCH satellite breaks down.

  • S01E20 The Dogcathalon Finale (Grand Finale)

    • June 29, 2006
    • PBS

    Three rounds of competition and one ultimate quiz will pit the FETCHers against each other. At last Anna was crowned FETCH! seasonal champion.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Ruff Ruffman Breaks the Mold

    • May 28, 2007
    • PBS

    It's the premiere of FETCH, Season 2! Ruff learns he has a new intern: Princess Blossom Pepper Doodle Von Yum Yum. One little detail... she's a CAT! If that isn't bad enough, he then accidentally sends a message to the press about his horrible mold problem, and now the health department is shutting down his show until further notice! Ruff immediately sends two FETCHers out to learn about germs (so he can sanitize his doghouse), and he sends two other kids to a chocolate factory to make candy (as a bribe for the health inspector). Will the new season be more than one episode long?

  • S02E02 Ruff's Case of Blues on the Brain

    • May 29, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff challenges Bridget and Mike to prove the urban myth that humans only use 10% of their brains. He sends Madi and Willie to take music lessons with Blue Man Group. Rosario and Nina stay behind.

  • S02E03 You Lucky Dog

    • May 30, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff enters Rosario, Nina and Mike into a soapbox derby race. He enters Bridget in a Chinese Dragon Boat race to improve his own bad luck. Madi and Willie stay behind.

  • S02E04 Ruff's Big Break

    • May 31, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff spins and dances on the fence outside the doghouse, and hurts his leg. He sends Bridget and Rosario to ease his fears about going to the hospital, and sends Mike and Willie to learn how to improve his balance. Nina and Madi stay behind.

  • S02E05 The Mystery of Dogtopia and Catlantis

    • June 4, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff sends all the FETCHers to Misery Island to solve the mystery of what happened between dogs and cats in the lost civilization of Dogtopia and Catlantis.

  • S02E06 Reducing the Calories and Cats in Your Life

    • June 5, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff challenges Mike and Nina to make a healthier pizza and sends Bridget and Madi to volunteer as "kitty adoption counselors" at an animal shelter. Rosario and Willie stay behind.

  • S02E07 I'm OK, You're Okra

    • June 6, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff challenges Madi and Mike to prove that dogs have a soothing effect on people, and he sends Rosario and Nina to the Louisiana Bayou to learn how to make gumbo. Bridget and Willie stay behind.

  • S02E08 The Small Fork is for Dessert (Unless You're a Dolphin)

    • June 7, 2007
    • PBS

    Grandma Ruffman returns! Appalled by Ruff's manners, Grandma sends Rosario and Nina to meet an etiquette expert. She sends Willie to Florida to compete against Calvin the dolphin. Bridget, Mike, and Madi stay behind.

  • S02E09 Roughing It with Ruff

    • June 11, 2007
    • PBS

    Fearing that he is being forced to live out in the wild, Ruff sends all the kids into the wilderness to meet with a survival expert to learn the ways of the woods.

  • S02E10 Ruff's Bowling is Going Downhill

    • June 12, 2007
    • PBS

    Rosario goes to the mountains to learn how to snowboard, and Bridget and Willie go to Michigan to build a better bowling machine. Mike, Madi, and Nina stay behind.

  • S02E11 Mush If by Land, Mush Mush If by Sea

    • June 13, 2007
    • PBS

    In the first of this two-part episode, Willie and Nina embark on a race following Paul Revere's famous ride through the streets of Boston. Madi and Rosario go to Colorado in search of the Continental Divide. Bridget and Mike stay behind.

  • S02E12 Still More Mush If by Land, Mush Mush If by Sea

    • June 14, 2007
    • PBS

    In the second half of this two-part episode, Madi and Rosario travel by dogsled and snowshoe to the Continental divide, while Nina and Willie warn the countryside (Boston suburbs) that the Redcoats are coming. Bridget and Mike are still in the studio. Technically there is no Half-time Quiz Show" in this episode (due to the fact that this was a "Part two" episode), but Ruff gave Bridget and Mike a task to complete for the same number of points.

  • S02E13 Yippie Tie Yie Yay, Get Along Little Doggies

    • June 18, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff is inspired by a dream about ranch dressing in a ten-gallon hat and sends all his FETCHers out west on a cattle drive.

  • S02E14 Tape Loops and Loop-the-Loops

    • June 19, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff challenges Mike and Madi to write a song for Grandma Ruffman; Bridget and Willie go to Disney World to design a rollercoaster. Rosario and Nina stay behind.

  • S02E15 A Lobster Bake? Oh Buoy!

    • June 20, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff challenges Nina and Willie to learn scuba diving to retrieve some stuff he lost. He then sends Bridget and Rosario out to learn about lobster trapping. Mike and Madi stay behind.

  • S02E16 How to Get Dogs and Doggerel in Better Shape

    • June 21, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff wants to impress Charlene, the poodle, so he sends Madi, Mike, and Willie to learn about getting fit. He sends Nina to learn the art of writing poetry. Bridget and Rosario stay behind.

  • S02E17 Scruff Ruffman at Large!

    • June 25, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff discovers that his evil twin, Scruff Ruffman, has pulled off a major art heist. Ruff sends Bridget, Rosario, and Nina down into a cave to recover the missing paintings. He challenges Madi to be a trapeze artist. Willie and Mike stay behind.

  • S02E18 Take Me Out to the Fashion Show

    • June 26, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff has two things that are mistakenly at the same time- throw the first pitch at a baseball game and go to Europe for a party for his fashion cousin, Helga. So, he hires someone to dress up like him and throw the pitch while he goes to Europe. He soon realizes he accidentally put his clothes in the trash and his trash in the dry cleaning. After the party, Helga tells Ruff he can no longer go to Europe unless he can get some fashion sense, and the Ruff costume was so big the pitch was thrown badly. Ruff sends Mike out to the ballpark to learn the science of pitching strikes, and he challenges Bridget, Madi and Rosario to create high fashion for dogs. Willie and Nina stay behind.

  • S02E19 CSI Ruff

    • June 27, 2007
    • PBS

    Ruff's grand prize has been stolen! Ruff sends the all the FETCHers to a forensics lab to solve the crime.

  • S02E20 The Grand Prizeless Grand Finale

    • June 28, 2007
    • PBS

    It's the grand finale and Ruff may be going to jail for stealing the FETCH Grand Prize! The kids compete in a series of elimination games to become the FETCH Grand Champion. Blossom disguises as Scruff, gets the grand prize fom Scruff's assistants and gives it to Ruff, meaning Ruff doesn't go to jail.

Season 3

  • S03E01 The Debut of Smell-O-Vision

    • September 29, 2008
    • PBS

    Tracking skunks and using chemistry to neutralize skunk spray is the activity of two of the FETCHers. The other two become junior lifeguards and learn to "brave the waves".

  • S03E02 When Home Is A House of Cards

    • September 30, 2008
    • PBS

    Sam & Sammy go to the MSPCA and make a promotional video. Jay & Noel are taught by a famous card stacker how to build a tower of cards.

  • S03E03 Just Call Him Spot

    • October 1, 2008
    • PBS

    Sam, DJ & Jay are taught how to fight stains by a chemistry expert. Noel goes to a fire academy to learn how fire fighting is done. In the end, Noel goes to the site of a fire to save Ruff's kibble from burning!

  • S03E04 Mr. Ruffman Goes to Washington

    • October 2, 2008
    • PBS

    Sam goes to a high-level meeting with Senator Ted Kennedy. DJ, Sammy & Noel are tasked with designing a float for Ruff's political campaign.

  • S03E05 Mission Improbable

    • October 7, 2008
    • PBS

    The FETCHers go to Washington D.C. to be trained as secret agents.

  • S03E06 How Not to Impress a Poodle's Mother

    • October 8, 2008
    • PBS

    DJ, Sam & Harsha go to the beach to create a sand sculpture. Jay goes to a salon and learns about hair and beauty.

  • S03E07 There's Food Safety and Then There's Food Safety

    • October 9, 2008
    • PBS

    Sam, Noel & Harsha are tasked with building a structure that can protect a tortilla chip and Grandma Ruffman's cake. Sammy goes to NYC's Spanish Harlem.

  • S03E08 Do-Se-Dos and Do-Se-Don'ts

    • October 13, 2008
    • PBS

    DJ & Sammy learn how to square dance. Jay & Harsha learn about gorillas and all about their habitat at the zoo.

  • S03E09 The Dogvinci Code

    • October 14, 2008
    • PBS

    A new mystery must be solved when the FETCHers find out that Ruff's Uncle MacRuffmantosh is back.

  • S03E10 What's Bugging Ruff

    • October 15, 2008
    • PBS

    Noel, Sammy and Jay are sent to Thompson Island where they learn about insects and their habitats. Harsha goes to New Mexico and learns about Pow Wows.

  • S03E11 Will They Like The Show? It's A Shoe-In!

    • October 15, 2008
    • PBS

    Jay & Sam learn the art of street performing. Sammy & DJ go to a sneaker company to design & build more functional footwear.

  • S03E12 Socket to Me

    • October 16, 2008
    • PBS

    Noel & Harsha are given singing lessons to prepare them for a LIVE performance. Sammy & Sam are tasked with helping Ruff reduce his consumption of electricity.

  • S03E13 Dog of the Rings

    • October 20, 2008
    • PBS

    At the request of his nephew Glen, Ruff sends all the FETCHers on a Live Action Role Playing mission while dressed as Elves, Dwarves & Wizards.

  • S03E14 Arrgh - All Me Eggs are Cracked

    • October 21, 2008
    • PBS

    Sam & Harsha are sent to a grocery store to compete in a grocery-bagging showdown. Jay & Sammy are sent to the ocean floor in the Florida Keys to search for a Ruffman family treasure.

  • S03E15 Feeling Sheepish Ruff?

    • October 22, 2008
    • PBS

    Ruff sends two FETCHers to Utah to learn about bighorn sheep and their habitat. The other two get to learn to how to be sheepherders.

  • S03E16 I'll Ruff and I'll Ruff and I'll Blow Your House Down

    • October 23, 2008
    • PBS

    Jay, Noel & Sammy are sent to an engineering school to learn how to construct Chet's new home. DJ goes to a dog obedience school to learn how to become an expert dog trainer.

  • S03E17 The People Vs. Grandma Ruffman

    • October 27, 2008
    • PBS

    After Grandma is accused of trying to break Scruff Ruffman (Ruff's twin) out of prison, the FETCHers try the case in a real courtroom before a real judge with assistance from real lawyers. Rosario from Season 2 guest stars as a jury member.

  • S03E18 Just Toying with Ruff

    • October 28, 2008
    • PBS

    DJ & Noel invent a new Ruff Ruffman toy. Sammy & Harsha do a news story on "Brain Freeze" as radio reporters.

  • S03E19 The Ol' Switcheroo

    • October 29, 2008
    • PBS

    Noel & Jay trade places for a day. DJ & Harsha are tasked with engineering a "puck stopper" that Scruff can use when he is the goalie of his hockey team.

  • S03E20 The Season 3 Finale: Ruff & Scruff - The Untold Story

    • October 30, 2008
    • PBS

    Grandma Ruffman does the beginning of this one. Ruff's twin brother Scruff takes control of the show, renames it as "FETCH! with Scruff Ruffman", and designs a series of elimination games for the contestants. After all the rounds, Jay becomes the champion and wins a Ruffman trophy, similar to trophy Mike won in Season 2. After the show, it turns out that FETCH! was canceled and Ruff was fired.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Season Four Is Canceled

    • September 11, 2009
    • PBS

    This episode is an all-animated adventure! Ruff has been FIRED by the new Australian owner of the TV network, Harriet Hackensack, because she hates dogs. With this, Ruff begins a journey in a cooking oil-powered aquatic doghouse shaped like a chicken to get his job back! Along the way he enlists the help of his friends & family , including his brother Scruff, Grandma Ruffman & Uncle MacRuffmantosh, the dread ghost pirate Black Muzzle, his nephew Glen, as well as his Studio G helpers, Chet & Blossom.

  • S04E02 Don't Like Fencing? Try Fencing!

    • September 15, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff decides he needs success for his show, so he decides to find the lost Helmet of Victory, an old Ruffman family heirloom that is supposed to grant success to its wearer. To his dismay, there is a new picket fence installed by his owner to keep Ruff in the yard. Talia & Bethany are tasked with learning all about fencing while Isaac & Liza are supposed to figure out how to pole vault over the fence.

  • S04E03 The RuffMeal Needs More Roughage

    • September 16, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff's new "Ruff Meal" needs is a good jingle and 50 pounds less packaging to become a success. Bethany meets with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops to master "Stars and Stripes Forever" for his new jingle. Sterling, Talia & Isaac work with a chef to create a lunch that is healthier, and more sustainable.

  • S04E04 Ruff Pigs Out and Has a Whale of a Time

    • September 17, 2009
    • PBS

    Tank (Ruff's cameradog) is not the most reliable employee in the world. In looking for a replacement, Blossom finds out him that pigs are actually smarter than dogs. Ruff then tasks Brian & Bethany with proving Blossom wrong. Liza & Sterling go to SeaWorld to determine if Shamu could replace Tank.

  • S04E05 Ruff's Just Fueling Around

    • September 21, 2009
    • PBS

    A new FETCH challenge is organized by Blossom: Two teams of FETCHers will compete in a 50-mile race and the team that emits the lowest amount of CO2 wins. Because they're handcuffed to each other for the entire episode, Blossom & Ruff cannot fully enjoy the race.

  • S04E06 Finding Eight-Legged Tights Isn't Easy

    • September 22, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff has two phobias: spiders and...ballet! Sterling and Bethany (who also shares his fear of spiders) are sent to meet an arachnologist in a spider lab. Brian is given the assignment to become a ballet dancer!

  • S04E07 Ruff Rocks the (Environmentally Sustainable) House!

    • September 23, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff thinks he has been invited to play rock music in South Carolina. He then realizes that his Swedish environmentalist-rock-star-cousin Ruf Ruffman was actually the one invited to perform. Ruff sends Isaac & Talia to learn how to build a "green" doghouse to convince Ruf that he should play in the concert. Meanwhile, Liza & Sterling go to rock n' roll band camp.

  • S04E08 Doggie Duties

    • September 24, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff tries to get through the show without an accident and learns all about "dog duties" from Sterling & Liza. Isaac & Bethany go to NASA to learn about recycling liquids on the International Space Station.

  • S04E09 How Not to Impress the Press

    • September 28, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff tries out a new beauty cream which turns him into a turkey vulture! Distraught, he sends out all six FETCHers to learn all about turkey vultures. Afterwards, they go to an ad agency to figure out how to improve the image of the turkey vulture.

  • S04E10 How to Break the Ice and also Waddle on It

    • September 29, 2009
    • PBS

    The convention for the Animal Reality Game Show Host and Aquatic Bird Performer Organization (ARGSHAABPO) is coming soon and Ruff wants to be prepared. The convention will be attended by penguins and Ruff struggles to relate to them, so he sends Isaac to the New England Aquarium to learn about penguins to get some pointers. Liza, Bethany & Brian learn the art of improvisation.

  • S04E11 Blossom Bawls While Ruff Has a Ball with Balls

    • September 30, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff would like to see his new game "Ruffball" become a success, but it is only interesting for about 6 seconds. Liza & Talia and Liza meet with a physics teacher to learn how to make Ruffball more exciting. Sterling goes to a stadium to learn how to do a radio broadcast of a baseball game.

  • S04E12 Ruff Bounces Back

    • October 1, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff recently heard that schnauzers are the most intelligent breed of dogs, much to his dismay. He then finds that Chet has shredded his final term paper for obedience school so Ruff tasks Isaac & Talia to determine which dog breed is the most intelligent. Brian & Sterling learn about air pressure when they play wheelchair basketball.

  • S04E13 Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? It's... Ruffmanman!

    • October 5, 2009
    • PBS

    Glen has learned that the mysterious villain Gamma Ray Person is attempting to harness the electromagnetic spectrum for evil. Ruff is forced into a mask & tights to become television's newest superhero... Ruffman Man! At the show's end, "Reveal" uses WorldWide Telescope.

  • S04E14 Shrimp a la Cart

    • October 6, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff is convinced "Crustationery" is a great idea. Customers will write letters on crustaceans, which will then be delivered by race car across the Atlantic Ocean. To prepare for his new business venture, Ruff sends Talia to a shrimp boat to become a deckhand. Brian, Isaac & Bethany learn how to drive race cars.

  • S04E15 Ruff Needs His Herring Checked

    • October 7, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff is hearing a voice heard by no one else. Oddly, the voice is telling him to bake cookies to impress Charlene, the poodle next door. Ruff' sends Liza & Isaac to learn all about hearing with an audiologist. To cover his bases, he also sends Brian & Sterling to a cookie company.

  • S04E16 LePurr Strikes (Laser/Candid Camera)

    • October 8, 2009
    • PBS

    LePurr, the sinister, disguise-wearing criminal, has caused a crime wave by hitting flower shops all around the city. In an attempt to stop her, Ruff has Brian patrol a local flower shop. To see if Brian is a good patrolman, he has Isaac in disguise to try to trick Brian. Sterling & Talia learn about optics & laser light in order to disable the security system in LePurr's hideout.

  • S04E17 Ruff's Yard Sale Makes a Racket

    • October 12, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff bought a sock at a yard sale for $16, after talking the price UP from a quarter and also a broken tennis racquet. Ruff realizes that he is a bad shopper and remembers he needs a tennis racquet for an upcoming match against his nemesis Spot Spotnick. Talia & Liza go to the headquarters of Wilson Sporting Goods to design a new tennis racquet for Ruff. Brian & Bethany give Ruff some shopping tips after going to the largest flea market in the world, Brimfield Fair.

  • S04E18 Gearing Up for Getting Ruff's Goat

    • October 13, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff is desperate to find the mythical Helmet of Victory that will reverse his fortunes against competing Cat grooming shows. Uncle MacRuffmantosh believes he has located the Helmet on a mountaintop. Ruff needs to go to the top of the mountain to retrieve the prize, but only has a tricycle. Needing something more, Ruff sends Talia, Bethany & Brian to meet a bicycle expert and physics professor. In an effort to get more "grooming" into his show, Liza learns about goat grooming.

  • S04E19 How to Really Train Your Dog

    • October 14, 2009
    • PBS

    Feeling that he is close to finding the Helmet of Victory, Uncle MacRuffmantosh charters a train that will take them to the helmet's hidden location. However, the train is full of riddles, so Ruff sends all 6 FETCHers to solve the train's riddles and unlock a mysterious briefcase.

  • S04E20 Fetch Finale IV: The Prophecy Fulfilled!

    • October 15, 2009
    • PBS

    Ruff is close to finding the Helmet of Victory. He has information that it is somewhere in Old Sturbridge Village, a town that time forgot. The FETCHers are sent to the village to undergo a series of elimination trials and the one who retrieves the Helmet becomes the Season IV FETCH Grand Champion! At the end of this season, Ruff finds out that his parents are still alive.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Ruff Fetches the Fetchers

    • October 3, 2010
    • PBS

    On Season 5's first episode, Ruff is caught up trying to locate his long-lost parents, and forgets to choose his Season 5 contestants. When he does, he loses them on their way to Studio G. He also learns that a competitor show, Go Get It, has come on the market which is actually a rip-off of Fetch.

  • S05E02 Game Show Isle

    • October 4, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff finds his lost FETCHers on a mysterious island, known as Game Show Island. In order for them to leave the island, they must find relics from "The Fabulous Four" gameshow by sundown. Meanwhile, Ruff finds clues on where his parents are.

  • S05E03 You Can't Teach an Orange Dog New Tricks

    • October 5, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff finds out that his cousin, Bluff Ruffman is sending animals to the doghouse. Ruff sends Shreya and Marco to Disneyworld in Florida to learn how to care for animals. Meanwhile, Rubye is sent to Las Vegas to learn magic tricks from Penn and Teller. Jay, Emmie, and Marc stay behind.

  • S05E04 The Ol' Shell Game

    • October 6, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff learns from Crush, a turtle in Finding Nemo that there is trouble going on with the turtles. So Ruff sends Marco and Shreya go to Florida to learn about turtles and help with the turtle hatchlings on the beach. Meanwhile, Jay appears on a radio game show. Marc, Emmie and Rubye stay behind.

  • S05E05 Ruffman Manor is Haunted

    • October 10, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff inherits Ruffman Manor, but finds out it is haunted. Ruff receives an invitation to go to Ruffman Manor, but instead sends out all the kids to spend the night to see if it is truly haunted.

  • S05E06 It's Ruff in the Ring

    • October 11, 2010
    • PBS

    Chet signs Ruff up for a boxing match versus Whipped Cream McGee. Ruff sends out Shreya to learn how to box, and sends out Marc and Marco to meet a helmet designer to design a boxing helmet for Ruff. Rubye, Emmie and Jay stay behind.

  • S05E07 A Whole Flock of Cheese

    • October 12, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff wants to send a letter to his parents. So Ruff sends Emmie out to make her own cheese and sends out Rubye and Jay to meet a carrier pigeon. Marc, Marco, and Shreya stay behind.

  • S05E08 How Much Frosting Can You Bear?

    • October 13, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff sends Rubye and Jay to engineer a bear-proof picnic basket. Shreya, Emmie, Marc, Marco compete in a wedding cake bake-off. No Fetcher stays behind.

  • S05E09 The Legend of Ruffman's Gold

    • October 17, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff's ancestor Gus Ruffman is believed to have hidden gold in an abandoned mine somewhere in Colorado. He sends Marc, Jay and Emmie to find the mine, and most importantly, find the gold! Marco, Rubye, & Shreya stayed behind.

  • S05E10 Who Wants to Trade for Some Old Tracks?

    • October 18, 2010
    • PBS

    Emmie & Marco analyze fossilized dinosaur footprints out in the field, while Rubye & Shreya learn how to make a good trade. Marc & Jay stay in the studio.

  • S05E11 Eureka is Not a Brand of Dog Food

    • October 19, 2010
    • PBS

    Emmie and Shreya learn how to build a hovercraft and then compete in a fetching race. Ruff sends Jay and Marco to invent a device that will make his life easier. Marc & Rubye stayed behind.

  • S05E12 That Sculpture Isn't Yours, It's Mime

    • October 20, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff sends Emmie and Marc to learn how to mime. Then he sends Jay and Rubye to learn how to build sculptures that move. Marco & Shreya stayed behind.

  • S05E13 Look What the Dog Dug Up!

    • October 24, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff believes a sarcophagus he found in his backyard contains a cursed Egyptian mummy, so he sends the kids to a museum to carbon date the mummy to prove his hunch. Along the way, the kids enjoy an Egypt-theme amusement park.

  • S05E14 Ruff Follows His Dream

    • October 25, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff wants to make a recent dream ---in which he was flying with an elephant---come true.So he sends Marco to an elephant sanctuary to learn how to care for elephants, and has Marc and Rubye learn to skydive indoors.

  • S05E15 Birds are Handy!

    • October 26, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff's rock-star cousin Rüf Rüfman wants songbirds on his next album, so Ruff sends Emmie and Rubye to the field to work with songbirds. Ruff also sends Marc and Shreya to learn how to dance with their hands.

  • S05E16 Wolfing Down Some Barbeque

    • October 27, 2010
    • PBS

    To prepare for a family-reunion barbecue that will include distant wolf relatives, Ruff sends Emmie and Rubye to Yellowstone National Park to learn about wolves, and Ruff sends Jay and Marc to South Carolina to learn about Southern barbecue.

  • S05E17 Go Belugas Go!

    • October 30, 2010
    • PBS

    FETCH! competes with Go Get It!, the rival cat game show, in a synchronized swimming match, so he sends Marco, Shreya, and Rubye to learn about synchronized swimming, and he sends Marc to Mystic Aquarium to learn how beluga whales are adapted for the water.

  • S05E18 Snoop Dog

    • November 1, 2010
    • PBS

    FETCH!'s rival game show Go Get It! is produced by a mysterious organization called PURRS. Ruff sends all six kids to meet with a team of private investigators and learn how to become gumshoes. Ruff and the FETCHers then try to use their sleuthing skills to get to the bottom of who is behind PURRS.

  • S05E19 Long Glen Silver and the Pursuit of the Golden Fetchie!

    • November 2, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff's nephew Glen has been playing a pirate-themed video game on the Go Get It! website. Through this game he's somehow gotten into the Go Get It! mainframe computer, and discovers that they're hunting for something called The Golden Fetchie. Ruff wants to find the FETCHie first, so he sends the kids off to the island. And at Glen's request, he makes them dress up as pirates.

  • S05E20 The FETCH! Finale

    • November 3, 2010
    • PBS

    Ruff has learned that PURRS, the organization that runs Go Get It!, is an evil cat organization! PURRS plans to brainwash the entire country with a device that makes everyone think they're cats. PURRS is also responsible for the disappearance of Ruff's parents. After learning that PURRS headquarters is hidden somewhere inside a water park, Ruff sends the FETCHers to find a way inside. The HQ of PURRS is Studio P, Go Get It's Studio (Only a remodeled Studio G in production terms). The season finale was incorporated during the whole episode and the final winner of the show is determined.