Theodore Tugboat is a Canadian children's television series about a tugboat named Theodore who lives in the Big Harbour with all of his friends. The show originated in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as a co-production between the CBC, and the now defunct Cochran Entertainment, and was filmed on a model set using radio controlled tugboats, ships, and machinery. Production of the show ended in 2001, and its distribution rights were later sold to Classic Media. The show premiered in Canada on CBC Television, then went to PBS, was on Qubo in the US, and at one time, had appeared in eighty different countries. The show deals with life learning issues portrayed by the tugs or other ships in the harbour. Most often, the tugs have a problem, or get involved in a struggle with each other or another ship, but they always manage to help one another resolve these problems and see them through. Their main focus however, is to always make the Big Harbour the friendliest harbour in the world, and to always do a good job with their work related tasks.
Theodore and The Oil Rig
Jul 5, 1993
A new oil rig called Tex is very rude to Theodore and Hank and he simply just doesn't want their help. However, when a terrible storm puts Tex in grave danger will he then accept the tugs' help?
Theodore and The Homesick Rowboat
Jul 6, 1993
Theodore insists on finding a little rowboat a new home all by himself. Things though don't quite turn out right.
A Dark and Scary Cove
Jul 7, 1993
Hank loses his lifeboat in a spooky cove one day. If the lifeboat isn't found then Hank can't leave his dock due to safety reasons. Theodore decides to help out his friend and find the lost lifeboat. When he arrives at the cove, Theodore is quite surprised.
Foduck The Vigilant
Foduck is soon to earn his 'v-word'. This means he will be allowed to travel in the open ocean. However, he is having a spot of bother picking a name so he turns to his other tug friends for help.
Different Strokes - Different Boats
The Dispatcher chooses Theodore to teach Hank how to tow barges. When Hank tries to tow a barge from the side during his towing test, Theodore says that you're supposed to tow a barge from the front. The result at first is a disaster, but at the end of the day luck is on Hank's side.
Hank and The Mermaid
Hank says that he has seen a mermaid beneath the water but no one believes him, at first.
True Blue Friends
George is scared that his hull checkup will hurt so he tries to hide behind a barge but gets stuck. So it's then Theodore to the rescue.
Bumper Buddies
Foduck celebrates by continuously bumping into Theodore. Theodore doesn't like getting bumped but instead of telling Foduck that, he makes the mistake of avoiding Foduck all together.
Theodore and The Welcome
Theodore gets his first try at welcoming ships into the harbor but isn't sure what to say to them.
Theodore, The Vegetable
The Dispatcher assigns Theodore to be the tug in charge of an incoming cargo ship called Julia. However when Theodore actually meets up with her, Julia questions his ability to handle her and Theodore is not so sure himself either.
The Day Ice Came To The Harbour
A big freeze slows the productivity of the harbor right down. The pilot boats are restricted to their docks so Theodore and his other tugboat friends are left in charge to make sure that the harbor is kept safe.
Theodore's Bad Dreams
One night, Theodore has a bad dream about a sea monster and when he wakes up he is scared that the dream will come true. But with a little help from his friends Theodore finds out that dreams are 'just pretend' and he will be alright.
Theodore's First Pull
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Theodore and the Queen
A grand ocean liner named Queen Stephanie visits the harbor. When she tries to pass beneath Benjamin Bridge though she gets severely stuck. Theodore however, quickly comes up with an idea on how to free her.
Theodore and The Bluenose
Bluenose the old sailing ship saves Foduck when his propeller becomes clogged with seaweed.
Is Anybody Listening
Theodore thinks that the pilot boats who patrol the harbor never seem to listen to anybody, and they don't. But soon though, the pilot boats learn a valuable lesson about not listening.
George Buzzes The Dock
It is found that Sandy beach is terribly polluted and Emily and George notice this. They then have an argument about which one of them is causing the pollution. Theodore soon reminds them that all the tugs make pollution. Later on, all the tugs agree on the great idea of a 'Big Harbour Clean-up Contest' to be held.
The Great Harbour Clean Up Contest
All the tugs seem to have a very big plan in terms of what part of the harbor they are each going to clean up in the contest. However, once Theodore has heard each tug's 'big plan' he can't seem to think of one himself. So he has to settle for a 'little plan'.
Best Friends
Theodore tells all the tugs that they are his best friend. Later, they get angry at him when they find out Theodore has said the same thing to all of them. They then demand to know which one of them truly is his best friend.
Theodore and the Big Harbour
It's Theodore's first day in The Big Harbor and he is completely astonished at how different everything is compared to where he used to work. It takes a few lessons for him to take it all in.
Theodore's Whistle
Theodore doesn't like his high-pitched whistle tone so he tries to change the sound of it. He only ends up badly damaging it and Theodore is then unable to do one of his favourite jobs. Later though, he gets a pleasant surprise.
George's Ghost
Theodore says that he has seen a ghost at Shipwreck Rock. George though doesn't believe Theodore until he actually sees the ghost for himself, and what a surprise it turns out to be!
Theodore Changes Sides
George says that Theodore can sleep with the ocean tugs on the other side of the home dock while Emily is away. Theodore agrees because sleeping on the ocean tugs' side of the dock makes him feel more important. Hank though is then left all by himself on the other side of the dock and feels very lonely.
Night Shift
The Dispatcher assigns Theodore and Hank to do the night shift because the other tugs don't want to stay up all night. When it comes for Theodore and Hank to actually do the shift, they find the darkness a little scary.
Whale of A Tug
Theodore finds a whale called Walter who is trapped in seaweed and logs.
The Tugboat Pledge
The Dispatcher has assigned Emily to lead the tugboat parade. Hank suggests to her that she should recite 'The Tugboat Pledge' as well, except he has tricked Emily and there is no such thing!
