The Bullwinkle Show Season 5, Episode 37: Fractured Fairytales - Androcles and the Lion

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bumbling Brothers Circus (1) - Bumbling Brothers Circus

Fractured Fairy Tales - The Elves and the Shoemaker

We find that the shoemaker has to do many unlikely things to learn his trade.

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Do Stunts in the Movies Without Having the Usher Throw You Out

Dudley Do-Right - Railroad Tracks

Dudley disguises himself as Nell to capture Snidely Whiplash.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bumbling Brothers Circus (2) - Lion in the Bedroom or The Cat's Pajamas

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bumbling Brothers Circus (3) - A Red Letter Day or Drop Us a Lion

Fractured Fairy Tales - The Fisherman and His Wife

A fisherman and his wife are very poor, and he is happy. The wife, however, is unhappy, and wishes that he would catch more fish in order to make a better living. While fishing, he catches a talking fish and takes it home to prove to his wife what he had found. The fish does not want to leave and gives the couple three wishes if they let him stay. They fumble around and get mad at the fish, telling him that they wish he would shut up- thus destroying all their hopes of getting rich. Eventually, they end up poor and back to square one.

Bullwinkle's Corner - Taffy

Bullwinkle recites the poem "Taffy." However, in the telling of the story, Boris (in the role of Taffy) begins to "bend and ad-lib" his parts. For example, instead of stealing "a piece of beef," Taffy steals a whole cow. Bullwinkle gets upset as the poem is changed, and he thinks that he's got Boris with the last line of the poem. ("I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed. I took a marrow bone and hit him on the head.") However, upon arriving, Boris takes the marrow bone and hits Bullwinkle in the head, giving the story an unhappy ending, much to Boris' delight.

Peabody's Improbable History - John L. Sullivan

John Sullivan has a large mustache that is preventing him from competing in the boxing match.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bumbling Brothers Circus (4) - The Fire Eaters or Hot Lips

S05E11 Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bumbling Brothers Circus (5) - The Show Must Go On or Give 'em the Acts

Aesop and Son - The Jackrabbits and the Mule

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Avoid Tipping the Waiter

Peabody's Improbable History - Richard the Lion-Hearted

Mr. Peabody teaches King Richard how to become the truly lion-hearted and win his special noble quest. But, none of Peabody's strategies work, so he tricks him into using a sword which he convinces Richard into thinking is magic.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bumbling Brothers Circus (6) - Looney Lightning or Nuts and Volts

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bumbling Brothers Circus (7) - The Fire Chaser or Bullwinkle Goes to Blazes

Aesop and Son - The Owl and the Wolf

Bullwinkle's Corner - Rocky Bye Baby

Dudley Do-Right - The Masked Ginny Lynne

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bumbling Brothers Circus (8) - Flaming Arrows or Bullwinkle Meets His Match

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bumbling Brothers Circus (9) - It's in the Bag or Rocky Gets the Sack

Fractured Fairy Tales - Riding Hoods Anonymous

Little Red Riding Hood is SO contrite after her booby-trapped basket explodes in the Wolf's face- especially as she's just discovered that he's a member of Riding Hoods Anonymous, a program designed to help him kick "the Riding Hood habit." And this is just the beginning of the story! A wicked, wicked satire that takes on 12-step programs, the DAR and the NRA in only four minutes!

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Tame Lions and Get a Little Scratch on the Side of Your Head

Peabody's Improbable History - Lord Nelson

Lord Nelson is unable to go into battle against the Spanish fleet as his crew has left port minus one important commodity. Now it's up to Peabody to help him get into battle.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bumbling Brothers Circus (10) - A Short Weight for All Seats or One of Our Trunks Is Missing

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Mucho Loma (1) - Mucho Loma

Fractured Fairy Tales - Princess and the Pea

The court jester tries to fool the King by providing him with fake princesses.

Bullwinkle's Corner - Barbara Frietchie

Bullwinkle reads a poem about Barbara Frietchie, who ends up being a sewing lady for the Union Army in the Civil War and tries to sew a flag for the Union. Boris plays a Confederate soldier trying to stop Barbara...

Dudley Do-Right - Mother Whiplashes Log Jam

Dudley joins the Mounties and his first assignment is to blow up Snidely's log jam factory.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Mucho Loma (2) - The Boys Bounce Back or Springtime in the Rocky

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Mucho Loma (3) - Rock Meets Rock or Thud and Blunder

Aesop and Son - The Hares and the Frog

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Get Your Money Back

Peabody's Improbable History - Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel has trouble testing his explosives because he does not have a good place to test them. Now, Peabody and Sherman must help him find a safe place to test the TNT.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Mucho Loma (4) - A Watery Grave or Drown Among the Sheltering Palms

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Mucho Loma (5) - The Unsatisfied Costumer or Why Not Try Brand X

Bullwinkle's Corner - The Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts (Rocky) bakes heart-shaped cookies. The Knave of Hearts is Boris.

Dudley Do-Right - Mountie Without a Horse

Snidely impersonates the Colonel and tells all of the Mounties that they must replace their horses with rocking horses.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Mucho Loma (6) - The Inferior Decorators or The Walleyed Moose

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Pottsylvania Creeper (1) - Pottsylvania Creeper

Fractured Fairytales - Sleeping Beauty

A Wicked Fairy casts a beautiful Princess into a never-ending sleep. The Prince who comes to awaken her changes his mind when he sees a chance for commercial exploitation-and turns her castle into a theme park and charges admission for the public to view her. (It is surely mere coincidence that the Prince is a dead ringer for Walt Disney!) When the Wicked Fairy shows up and wants her cut of the action, the Prince must dispose of her if he is to retain control of "Sleepingbeautyland." But is the Princess REALLY asleep? Who's exploiting whom?

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Make the Neighbors Quiet

Peabody's Improbable History - Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane tries everything to have a calamity to live up to her name, but she keeps failing with her good luck. Can Mr. Peabody think of something to help her become the desperado she was written to be?

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Pottsylvania Creeper (2) - Four for the Show or Two Pairs of Plants

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Pottsylvania Creeper (3) - Beaned by a Blossom or The Petal Pushers

Fractured Fairytales - Snow White

The dwarfs are hiding Snow White from the evil Queen.

Bullwinkle's Corner - The Children's Hour: A Babysitters Guide

Bullwinkle barricades himself against some very bratty kids bent on committing mayhem.

Peabody's Improbable History - The Wright Brothers

Kitty Hawk, a troublesome bird, nests in the Wright brothers' plane and prevents them from making their historic flight. So Peabody disguises a rock as an egg to distract the bird without hurting it.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Pottsylvania Creeper (4) - Vacation Days or Visit to a Small Panic

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Pottsylvania Creeper (5) - The Worryin’ of the Green or The Look of the Irish

Aesop and Son - Son of the Masked Clock

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Have a Hit Record

Peabody's Improbable History - Mata Hari

In 1914 England, Mata Hari has stolen the plans to Britain's greatest secret. Peabody and Sherman must capture her before she turns those plans over to the Germans.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Pottsylvania Creeper (6) - It’s Only a Flesh Wound or Better Lead Than Dead

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Moosylvania (1) - Moosylvania

Fractured Fairytales - Pied Piper

This is the story of the Pied Piper who plays a flatt, not a flute, and who drives out all the mice in the town. The strange little man has the ability to create pies from his pipe! The King loves his tobacco pie! The only problem is that when the Queen takes a bite of the pie, she disappears!

Bullwinkle's Corner - The Horn

Dudley Do-Right - Trap Bait

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Moosylvania (2) - Blast Off Spedia with Encyclopedia or Off to Heaven with Volume Seven

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Moosylvania (3) - Resign Your Fate to a 52nd State or Moosylvania Mania!

Fractured Fairytales - Booty and the Beast

Alden Farquhar has good looks and a sense of humor, but no money. While strolling along one day, he runs into a witch who turns him into a big, beastly ogre. People are now scared of him and shower him with money. Now rich, he must find a maiden to turn him back.

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Remove a Mustache

Peabody's Improbable History - Napoleon

Mr. Peabody and Sherman travel to 1810 where they meet Napoleon who is missing his royal suspenders. So, Peabody and Sherman must get them back from some pirates. But when they get them back, they're shocked to see everyone is glad with Napoleon occupied.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Moosylvania (4) - Bad Day at Flat Rocky or A Record in Bullwinkle’s Blot

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Ruby Yacht (1) - Ruby Yacht

Fractured Fairytales - Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin uses the magic of publicity to convince everyone that his client can spin gold out of straw.

Bullwinkle's Corner - Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

Dudley Do-Right - The Centaur

Dudley Do-Right captures what he believes to be a Centaur and makes it his new mount.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Ruby Yacht (2) - Let’s Drink to the Ruby or Stoned Again

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Ruby Yacht (3) - Rimski and Korsakoff Go to Palm Springs or Song of Indio

Aesop and Son - The Mice in Council

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Win Friends

Peabody's Improbable History - Lucretia Borgia

Lucretia Borgia, the worlds best poison artist has just gotten a 12th husband who is snacking on furniture. Peabody and Sherman try to get the husband to leave Lucretia but he loves her too much to bail out on her. So, Peabody creates a special potion for him that will make the man impervious to poison so he will live and not leave his wife.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Ruby Yacht (4) - The Malady Lingers On or I Bought You Violence for Your Furs

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Ruby Yacht (5) - The Deep Six or It’s Tough to Fathom

Fractured Fairytales - Sweet Little Beet

Sweet Little Beet is a poor orphan girl forced into a life of drudgery and ill-treated by her wicked (and UGLY!) stepsisters. A mysterious (and invisible) Prince promises to wed the pure-in-heart maiden who can see him. Sweet Little Beet's wicked (and UGLY!) stepsisters make fools of themselves trying-but Little Beet succeeds! Will she marry the Prince? Well, not exactly... there's a problem.

Bullwinkle's Corner - Woodman, Spare That Tree

Bullwinkle stops Boris from cutting down his beloved trees.

Peabody's Improbable History - Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur's cow thinks she is a chicken after a case of amnesia, so Mr. Peabody decides to find a remedy.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Ruby Yacht (6) - The New Delhi-catessen or Judgment at Bloomberg's

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bullwinkle's Testimonial Dinner (1) - Bullwinkle’s Testimonial Dinner

Aesop and Son - The Vain Crow

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Be a Cow Puncher

Peabody's Improbable History - Annie Oakley

Forest Primeval attempts to cheat Annie Oakley at a shooting match until a certain genius dog and his boy intervene.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bullwinkle's Testimonial Dinner (2) - Hello, Orient or That’s Some Dandy-Looking China You Have There

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bullwinkle's Testimonial Dinner (3) - Let’s Blow Up New York or We Bombed ‘Em at the Palace

Fractured Fairytales - Ugly Duckling

In a pond in the Middle West, an ugly duckling wants to be a star, so he has a face lift that makes him good-looking, and missing the opportunity to play an ugly role.

Bullwinkle's Corner - Jack Be Nimble

Bullwinkle tells us the story of Jack B. Nimble, played by Boris, whose business card is "High Jumps Inc., Candlewicks a Specialty." He gets $40 a week.

Peabody's Improbable History - Don Juan

Don Juan has lost his mojo when he finds out that his love for onions has given him bad breath and he is losing all the ladies. Only Peabody and Sherman can help him recover his reputation. They try to make him give up onions, but that doesn't work. Can Mr. Peabody find a remedy?

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bullwinkle's Testimonial Dinner (4) - Exploding Population or Pull Yourself Together

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bullwinkle's Testimonial Dinner (5) - Up the River or Yangtze with the Laughing Face

Fractured Fairytales - The Golden Goose

An old man who has three sons plans to give one of them a golden goose, but he first must find out which one deserves it. A rather dimwitted guy trades his stale sandwich to a goblin for a golden goose. Several people try to take the goose, but when they touch it, they are forever stuck to it!

Mr. Know-It-All - Magic Made Easy (The Hard Way)

Dudley Do-Right - Snidely Mounted Police

Snidely Whiplash opens his own mounted police force.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Bullwinkle's Testimonial Dinner (6) - The Bomb in the Cellar or Bullwinkle Lowers the Bloom

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Weather Lady (1) - Weather Lady

Fractured Fairytales - King Midas

King Midas, the most miserly man alive, embarks on an advertising campaign to make people 'like' him, but places a mean tax on the people of his kingdom.

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Get Into the Movies

Peabody's Improbable History - Ponce de Leon

Ponce de Leon's men have overdosed on water from the fountain of youth and changed into babies – just before an enemy attack.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Weather Lady (2) - The Rolling Stone or Look Ma, No Moss

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Weather Lady (3) - A Southern-Style Breakfast or Hominy Grits Can You Eat?

Aesop and Son - The Country Frog and the City Frog

Bullwinkle's Corner - Maury Had a Little Lamb

Bullwinkle changes this story to "Maury Had a Little Lamb" because Rocky is a boy.

Peabody's Improbable History - The Battle of Bunker Hill

The American Army is ordered not to fire on their British enemies until they “can see the whites of their eyes.” Unfortunately, the British are wearing sunglasses.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Weather Lady (4) - Bartender, Turn Those Lights Off or A Shot in the Dark

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Weather Lady (5) - Duel Controls or Put It in Second

Fractured Fairytales - Little Red's Riding Hoods (aka Little Red Riding Hood)

Red owns a fur shop and finds she needs a wolf pelt. Meanwhile, the wolf is going to bring goodies to Grandma's house, and so Red does the riding hood bit in reverse. But there's quite a twist at the end as the wolf goes into the fur business for himself...

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Teach a Mean Bully a Lesson at the Beach

Dudley Do-Right - The Locket

Nell gives both Snidely and Dudley a locket with her picture inside.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Weather Lady (6) - They Didn’t Pick Up Our Option or Show Down

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Louse on 92nd Street (1) - Louse on 92nd Street

Fractured Fairytales - Three Little Pigs

The Wolf, seeking a life of ease, attempts to marry one of the three pigs.

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Be a Human Fly

Peabody's Improbable History - William Tell

Willaim Tell is set to use his son to shoot an apple with an arrow, but he has lost his glasses and can't see a thing.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Louse on 92nd Street (2) - Bullwinkle Sneaks a Peek or There’s Room in the River

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Louse on 92nd Street (3) - The Half Shot Moose or Testify My Eye

Aesop and Son - The Fox and the Minks

Bullwinkle's Corner - Thanksgiving Day

Peabody's Improbable History - Guglielmo Marconi

Marconi's radio is wired underwater in the Venice Canal and Mr. Peabody must drain the canals to help him.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Louse on 92nd Street (4) - Whatever Happened to Joel Kupperman? or Get That Quiz Kid

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Louse on 92nd Street (5) - Doing the Big Apple or May I Have the Next Dunce?

Fractured Fairytales - Leaping Beauty

Beauty is tricked by the wicked witch and is not put to sleep but is forced to put other people to sleep... even the prince.

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Fix a Flat and Retire Your Car

Dudley Do-Right - Snidely's Vic Whiplash Gym

Dudley Do-Right pays a visit to Snidely's Vic Whiplash gym where he loses all of his strength.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Louse on 92nd Street (6) - The Act Is Over or The Big Mink Is the Fink

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (1) - Wossamotta U

Aesop and Son - The Fox and the Hound

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Be a Top Flight Stock Salesman

Peabody's Improbable History - Lord Francis Douglas

Peabody and Sherman aid Lord Douglas and his mountain climbers in reaching the peak of the Alps.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (2) - A College for Two or Rock Enrolls

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (3) - The Hidden Ball Play or Goal Is Where You Find It

Fractured Fairytales - Snow White Meets Rapunzel

The Prince must make like a bird and daringly rescue Rapunzel.

Bullwinkle's Corner - Simple Simon

Dudley Do-Right - Coming-Out Party

Inspector Fenwick uses Nell's coming out party to steal Snidely's hat, making him a laughing stock.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (4) - Wager at Dawn or Early to Bet

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (5) - Standing Room Only or Bullwinkle Sells Out

Fractured Fairytales - The Seven Chickens

A young Prince takes refuge in a palace where the King's six daughters have been turned into chickens.

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Buy a Used Car

Peabody's Improbable History - Christopher Columbus

Mr. Peabody and Sherman help Christopher Columbus discover that the earth is round. TRIVIA: It is a popular misconception that Columbus discovered America or that the Earth was round. The Earth’s shape had been common knowledge for centuries and Columbus was actually a terrible person who nearly drove the Caribbean natives to extinction. Also, Columbus was the first European contact with the Caribbean, Central America, and South America - not North America as this episode suggests.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (6) - Bullwinkle Scores Again or Fool’s Goal

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (7) - Rogue’s Gallery or Hold That Line-Up

Aesop and Son - The Three Bears

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Direct Temperamental Movie Stars

Peabody's Improbable History - Lawrence of Arabia

Mr. Peabody and Sherman help Lawrence of Arabia with his mission of stopping Turkey's plans to overthrow Arabia. However, Lawrence needs all the help he can get.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (8) - Male Bags or Homely Are the Brave

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (9) - Mine Eyes Have Seen the Gory or Moose’s in the Col’ Col’ Ground

Fractured Fairytales - Tale of a Frog

Julius the Frog wants to become a person and needs the help of his fairy frog mother.

Bullwinkle's Corner - Grandfather's Clock

Dudley Do-Right - Mechanical Dudley

Snidely replaces Dudley with a robot in an effort to infiltrate the Mounties.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (10) - Bullwinkle’s Battle Plan or Civil Defense (the Southern revanchist spoils the Narrator's closing)

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (11) - Bullwinkle Buys a Fence or Pickets Charge

Fractured Fairytales - Red White

Both the Duke and the fair maiden have the reddest hair in the nation. Lucky for them, red hair is the magic word.

Bullwinkle's Corner - The Cherry Tree

Bullwinkle climbs a cherry tree.

Peabody's Improbable History - Johannes Gutenberg

Gutenberg needs to find paper to meet his five o clock deadline, and he must rewrite the stories when he accidentally prints the paper with invisible ink.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Wossamotta U (12) - A Rock for Rock or To Each His Stone

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Moosylvania Saved (1) - Moosylvania Saved

Aesop and Son - The French Poodle and the Alley Cat

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Be a Successful Member of the U.S. Peace Corps

Peabody's Improbable History - Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Issac Newton can't prove his law of gravity, so Mr. Peabody and Sherman travel to 1686, to make sure that Isaac Newton will have the iconic encounter with an apple that leads him to develop the Theory of Gravity.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Moosylvania Saved (2) - (Untitled Episode)

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Moosylvania Saved (3) - (Untitled Episode)

Fractured Fairytales - The Witch's Broom

Grizelda wins the Witch of the Year Award for being so nasty, but then falls in love with a handsome prince - so she decides to enchant herself and make herself a princess. It works, but her broom keeps following her, so she gets it a dustpan (called a "gride"), and they have a double wedding - Bride and Groom, and Gride and Broom...

Mr. Know-It-All - How to Be a Hitch-Hiker

Dudley Do-Right - Saw Mill

Snidely Whiplash kidnaps Nell on her wedding day and holds her hostage in the sawmill.

Rocky & Bullwinkle - Moosylvania Saved (4) - Moosylvania Mish Mash or A State of Confusion