Episode
Dennis the Menace: A Visitor from Outer Space/Train That Boy/Genie Madness
Overview
An alien from another planet lands in Dennis room in a quest for peace and quiet... but Dennis wants to show him around! A mad romp ensues with Dennis taking the alien to Mr. Wilson's house.
Details
- Series
- Dennis the Menace
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1985-09-16
Episode context
A Visitor from Outer Space/Train That Boy/Genie Madness is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Dennis the Menace. It aired on 1985-09-16.
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Episode 1: So Long, Old Paint/Trembly Assembly/Private I
Mr. Wilson is painting his house and Dennis invites himself over to help out. Needless to say, Dennis' "helping" gets Mr. Wilson close to a nervous breakdown. Dennis accompanies Henry to an auto showroom, where Dennis harasses the poor salesman so, that Henry buys a new car almost to avoid a law-suit. He discovers that the purchase entitles him to watch the actual car being built on the assembly line, with the hapless salesman acting as their guide. Now Dennis turns his impulsiveness toward the robot assembly line, screwing it up completely, and their "new" car comes out looking like futuristic junk!. A Raymond Chandler-type takeoff in which Dennis pretends to be a hard-boiled private eye, in the Bogart tradition, tracking down his missing pooch, Ruff, by questioning his friends and neighbors.
Episode 3: Cheer Up/Ghostblusters/The Life You Save
Mr. Wilson slips on Dennis' skateboard and has to go to the hospital. Once there, Dennis arrives to cheer Wilson up... Wilson is in for the time of his life! The kids discover an abandoned old gothic house that Dennis decides would make a great club-house.
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Episode 4: Shark Treatment/Jungle Bungle/Racetrack Menace
They're shooting a "Jaws"-type movie at the beach, when the remote control falls into the mechanical shark's mouth, and it zooms off. Dennis finds the fake shark, and crawling inside it, has fun frightening his friends.
Episode 5: All the President's Menace/The Love Rowboat/Wilson the Menace
Dennis and his family visit Mt. Rushmore, which is in the middle of being renovated. Dennis scales the scaffolding in an effort to help out. There he meets an old man holed up in one of the president's nostrils.
Episode 6: Fishing for Trouble/Future Fortune/Time Bomb
Dennis goes fishing with Mr. Wilson, who's out to finally catch "Old Gramps", smartest trout in the whole lake. After a number of zany mishaps due to Dennis' over-eagerness, Wilson manages to hook the prize-winning fish -- only to have Dennis cause it to escape back into the water. When Mr. Wilson gets his hands on a radio that PeeBee has invented -- one that seems to... Read all
Episode 7: Spa Blahs/Whale of a Tale/Disaster on the Green
Mrs. Wilson has bought George a gift membership at a Health Spa. Dennis accompanies Wilson on his first visit, where he proceeds to drive poor Wilson nuts, speeding up his exercycle, pouring bubble bath in the spa water, etc. Finally the management tears up Wilson's membership.
Episode 8: Here, Kitty!/Circus Berserkus/The Monster of Mudville Flats
Dennis brings home a stray kitten which Alice makes him turn over to the Wilsons. But the "kitten" is actually a baby mountain lion, which proceeds to wreck the Wilson's home. Things get worse when it's angry mother shows up, looking for its cub!. Mr. Wilson takes Dennis and Joey to the circus and ends up being the main event.
Episode 9: The Price of Stardom/Space Menace/The Magic Flute
Dennis is made the prop man for the community theater whereupon he turns a serious drama into a roaring comedy. When Henry takes Dennis and the gang on a tour of his aerospace company, the gang slips away. They find a rocket ship and decide to investigate. Once inside, Dennis hits a button and WHOOSH! they are blasted into outer space.
Episode 10: Dennis' Yard Sale/The Abominable Snow Menace/It Came from the Planet Dennis
When Henry and Alice leave to go to a "Poor People's" charity auction, Dennis decides to help the poor people by selling most everything in the Mitchell household.
Episode 11: Snowman Madness/The Invisible Kid/Home Destruction
Slippery ice causes chaos when Henry and Dennis set out to make a snowman. After tumbling and sliding all over the ski resort, they end up as part of a snowman and receive hot cocoa for their efforts.
Episode 12: Chitty Chitty Moon Walk/Wet 'N Wild/Dennis at the Movies
Dennis keeps his eye on the secret solar powered moonwalker for his Dad. But when Joey touches the wrong button, it takes them for a stop-and-go-ride around town, eventually leading two crooks who want to steal it to the police. Dennis and Joey build a raft to go down the local river.
Episode 13: The Supermarket/The Big Candied Apple/The Defective Detector
Dennis visits a supermarket and completely dismantles it. The Mitchell's visit New York. The Statue of Liberty will never be the same. The gang goes to the beach and decide to look for treasure with a metal detector. Once there, a bully tries to take it away from them. Ultimately, Dennis saves the bully from danger by way of the metal detector's powerful magnet.