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Season 1

  • S01E01 Boes on the Loose

    • October 6, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes and Tad are rafting down the river enjoying themselves. All of a sudden the raft starts to bud changing the raft into a jungle. As Boes` view is obstructed he is unable to control the raft. It hits a rock and Boes and Tad are thrown down a waterfall. They manage to swim ashore. They like what they see around them and Boes decides to build his house there...

  • S01E02 It Ain’t Easy to Run a Farm

    • October 13, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes starts his work early in the morning. His milch cows` breast are swollen, almost reaching the ground. To solve the problem he puts faucets on the cows` to milk them automatic. He then has to train an untamed horse, which is not easy. This is not all, he has to colect eggs, take care of the sheep, chop wood etc. etc....The animals do not help at all...

  • S01E03 Emergency Vet

    • October 20, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    The phone rings. Boes takes his first-aid-kit and runs out. Some animals are injured and some are ill. Boes takes care of them all day, taking out a nail, bandaging etc. He is in high spirit, but.....

  • S01E03 This Little Peggy Didn’t Stay Home

    • November 17, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    Ping is sick and tired of taking care of her children. They are always a nuisance. She really wants to have a rest and take a nap. All the piglets want is to be fed. She disappears leaving her husband (Biton) with the small ones. Boes finding out that Biton can`t cope alone, he tries to hire babysitters. In the end they all refuse to work because the piglets are noisy.

  • S01E04 Holy Mole-y!

    • October 27, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes is happy and full of vigor working the field. He plows and plants seeds of carrots and spinach. While working the birds pick the seeds. The hens eat the seeds from his seed bag. Boes plants the hens together with the seed and to his surprise: the hens bud and egg flowers bloom. The moles are trouble-makers, making burrows, destroying the whole field. Boes gets a good idea. He will attempt to challenge the moles...

  • S01E05 Come and Get It!

    • November 10, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    It`s time for breakfast. The Biton family who are all big eaters can`t wait for Boes to feed them and fall in the feeder. Tad eats too much and his shell falls apart. The birds steal the food from the dog. However, the Bitons eat more then the others. They eat and eat and eat....

  • S01E08 It’s Ruff Being a Dog

    • November 24, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    Tays is a good-for-nothing dog. He tries as hard as he can, but he always makes a mess out of it. Boes asks him to watch the hens. The hens knowing that Tays is not a good watch dog, do what ever they like. Even thought the hens ignore and snub him, Tays even sits on their eggs. The hens are not afraid when the fox arrives. They even make friends with him (ignoring Tays)

  • S01E12 The Nest Making Contest

    • December 22, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    It`s noisy in the forest. Everywhere young birds are born. Some fall onto the ground a peep frantically. Finding that the nests are too small for the birds, Boes decided to make boxes. However, they look funny and the birds don`t like them. Even though the birds ignore the boxes, Boes is happy and in high spirits...

  • S01E49 The Mischievous Crow

    • August 17, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Bura the Crow is a thief. He makes a fool of everyone in the woods, stealing something from them. He steals sausages and cheese from Boes and calls him a fool. Boes is now very angry with him. Boes and Tad decide to teach him a good lesson. They set a trap to catch him but in vain. Dura just takes a nap using Boes’ umbrella and cushion. Seeing this, Boes sets another trap to catch Bura and…

  • S01E102 Dressing up

    • TV Tokyo

    Boes gets it into his head that he should try to beautify the animals. He tries to give lessons in dressing up to look better, and gets himself into a lot of hot water..

  • S01E103 Ooh, those nasty Wolves

    • TV Tokyo

    Boes at his shiny best! Two wolves try to get at Does’ hens and pigs. For a change, everything Boes does (well, almost) to turn back the wolves goes well! This is not the same Butterfinger Boes we know so well...

Season 2

  • S02E02 A Fish Tale

    • November 24, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes goes fishing and gathers an earthworm. The earthworm however doesn`t feels like being swalloed by a fish and tries to escape. Boes tries to persuade him, but the earthworm will not listen. When a fish tries to swallow the earthworm it swalloes the fish instead...

  • S02E04 The Shooting Contest

    • January 26, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes declares that he is an expert archer. Tad says he is good with a slingshot. They both state that they are better than the other and decide to have a contest to find out who is better. Actually their weapons never hit the target. They then decide to go hunting. Boes being very softhearted hesitates to shoot smaller animals. The animals start making a fool out of Boes. When he finally shoots his arrow, it turns around and chases Boes. Tad saves him with his slingshot and Boes has to admit that Tad is good...

Season 3

  • S03E03 Woody

    • February 23, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    The woodpeckers begin to give their young ones intensive training to become good woodpeckers. The young woodpeckers peck the tries trying to find the insects and go too far sometimes. They even peck a whale`s back which irritates the whale who then spouts water. They peck on anything they find on their way getting all the animals in the forest angry. One morning even Boes finds his wooden clogs changed into...??

  • S03E04 Have an Ice Day

    • December 29, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    It`s very cold inside of Boes` house which is no wonder as it is snowing very hard. Penguins start appearing from Boes` fridge, Tad`s shell is frozen hard so that he can`t even stick his head out. Boes tries to help by opening the shell. The shell falls apart and Tad is totally stripped and trembling with cold. The Boes tries to shovel the snow and builds an Iglo, which doesn`t work either. Then Boes goes skiing...

Season 5

  • S05E01 No More Clogs

    • June 22, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes finished his farm work for today. He steps on the open—air fire, attempting to put it out, but his clogs catch fire. He dives into a well in order to put out his burning clogs. as he loses his clogs, he starts to make a new pairs, but some are too big and some too small. Boes gets a good idea. The clogs, which are too big for his feet can be used for, water—skiing. Tad uses his shell as a surfboard and the race start...

  • S05E02 Garden of Eatin’

    • March 2, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    It looks like there will be a large harvest of sugar beets, corn and tomatoes this year. However it hasn`t rained for a long time and the weather is very hot. It`s so hot that the featehrs of Gourmesh are parched, Zebras sweat so much that they loose their stripes etc. etc. Boes offers prayers for rain and it finally starts raining. But it rain so hard that the animals are now almost swept away. Boes` house has swept away. Finally it stops and a beautiful rainbow appears, but...

  • S05E04 A Game of Mouse and Cat

    • March 16, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes has delicious cheese. One day he cuts a piece of cheese and finds out that it`s hollow inside. Boes sets a trap to catch the rat that has been munching on his cheese. He of course gets caught in the trap himself. After speaking to Tad he decides to get a cat. Even though the cat looks big and strong, it actually is a very lazy one...

Season 6

  • S06E01 Balloon Animals

    • November 3, 1988
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes and Tad find an octopus lying unconscious on the beach. They decide to save his life by pumping air into the octopus. The octopus inflates like a balloon and begins to float. Boes and Tad then decide to tie a basket on the octopus` arms so that they can have a journey. Before long the weather changes for the worse, the wind blows the balloon far away and it finally lands in the middle of a desert...

  • S06E03 A Rabbit Tale

    • April 6, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Cal Rabbit is lazy and a big eater. One day he gets fed up of leading a boring life an decides to see what the rest of the world looks like. Boes and Tad worry about Cal, but he is smart enough to survive the hardship of the world outside. He even finds himself a pretty girlfriend. What`s more he gets better at stealing carrots from Boes` field...

  • S06E03 Picnic

    • March 30, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes and Tad go on a picknic. They go by boat. They run after butterflies and pick flowers. When the get hungry the open their hamper. To their surprise they find a hedgehog inside the hamper. The hedgehog runs away with all the bananas and sandwhich leaving only a tin of crabmeat for Boes and Tad. To make it worse they forget to bring a can opener. Boes asks Tad to go back and get it and promises not to start eating, but...

  • S06E04 Eggs Over Easy, Rooster Overdone

    • March 23, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Mornin` Cock crows in a lovely voice and the hens lay eggs like crazy. Boes is happy and praises Mornin` too much. So Mornin` crows from early morning to sundown, making Boes totally crazy. Boes and Tad get a good idea. They talk about roast chicken and set the table. Mornin` peeps through the window and becomes scared...

Season 7

  • S07E03 Bees’ Bee—Sting Blues

    • April 27, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes loves honey. one day he follows a honeybee and finds the honeybee’s nest. However, Mark the bear reaches the nest first and eats up all the honey. Drop the bee thinks that Boes has stolen all his honey and Stings Boes. Boes gets enough of sharp pointed things on his back. He wants to lick honey, but Mark gets him wherever he goes, and bee’s impatience are very dangerous...

  • S07E04 A Full House

    • May 25, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Crown the Eagle carries baby rabbits to her nest, where her two chicks hungrily await food. The rabbits bravely fight against the chicks and win. They even eat Crown’s nest. Next Crown carries mice and a crocodile egg to her nest. The chicks peck at the egg, when it cracks a crocodile appears and opens its jaws. The chicks are scared and run. Now Crown has to work very hard to feed her large family. While Boes enjoys fishing, Crown snatches his lunch. Boes wonders when Crown has become a vegetarian...

Season 8

  • S08E01 Jumpy Baby

    • January 19, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Mother kangaroo has two ill-mannered kangaroos, who often disappear from home. Her pouch is very useful, it`s used as a cradle, a trampoline or a ring for wrestling. What`s more when it rains the pouch becomes a swimming pool. Her two never appreciate it. One day they disappear again to see the world. Before long, the are caught by an eagle, but they are so ill-mannered that the eagle returns them back to their mother.

  • S08E03 The Baby Carrier

    • June 29, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Many animal babies are born in this time of the year. Buggy the Stork is busy carrying them to their nests. She gets sick and tired of the work so she leaves it for Boes to carry. Now Boes has to take care it. Then Buggy carries other baby animals such as a baby turtle, a baby ostrich, a baby lion, a baby giraffe, etc. which changes Boes house into a kindergarten for baby animals. Boes and Tad do not know what to do with all these baby animals.

Season 9

  • S09E04 To Fish or To Be Fished

    • May 4, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Boes goes fishing in the river, but he doesn’t have even a single bite. Then Buggy appears and catches a lot of fish. Next a pelican appears and catches a lot of fish too. Boes gets upset and throws away his fishing rod. He uses his pants for a net but that idea does not work well. He won’t give up. Now he tries to catch earthworms and then even Gourmesh. Tad feels sorry for Does and sends him a glass bowl with golden fish in it.

Season 10

  • S10E03 Does Shears Sheep

    • July 6, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    Mary the Sheep is a tomboy. She won’t listen to Tays the Watchdog who is no good at watching sheep. She kicks lays and runs away, Tays cries. Boes tells Lay to go and find Marry. Tays finds Mary all right, but a lion and a wolf are after Mary. Tays fights with the lion and the wolf to protect Mary, but.

Season 11

  • S11E03 The Adventure in the Desert

    • September 14, 1989
    • TV Tokyo

    An eagle flies. Boes shoots an arrow at the eagle, but the arrow misses the eagle and hits a coconut. The coconut falls onto Rambau’s head. Rambau gets angry and throws the coconut at Boes. The coconut hits Boes on the head and Boes faints. The eagle descends and clutches Boes. Boes asks Tad and Tays to help him and the two catch Boes’ tail. The eagle carries the three away and lets go of them onto a desert. Now the three are lost in a vast area on earth. They dig a hole to reach the other side of the earth, but they get nowhere. Boes cannot stand the perching heat of the sun and shoots an arrow at the sun...