S01E01 The 10th Anniversary Special
Fred falls asleep in the lab and dreams that his family is starring in a sitcom celebrating its 10th anniversary. Plans for an anniversary dinner at the Taiwan On go awry because they're spraying for...
Maniac Mansion
S01E15: Brainiac Mansion
The parents of Dexter, a guy in Tina's class, convince him that he must defeat her academically, so he comes over and plants a virus in her computer. Her computer is hooked up to the computer in the lab, so when Fred tries an experiment on Buck it turns him into a mutant monster. Dexter, who is torn between his crush on Tina and his parents' hard line, goes to the mansion to confess what he's done. He has an argument with his parents through the closed door, and finally his family agrees to stop pushing him so much. Dexter fixes the virus he put in the computer so Buck is turned back to normal.
Overview
Maniac Mansion was a Canadian sitcom created by Eugene Levy, which aired concurrently on YTV in Canada and The Family Channel in the United States for three seasons from September 17, 1990 to April 4, 1993.
The series is very loosely based on the popular 1987 LucasArts video game of the same name. While LucasFilm served as co-producers on the series, the show thematically shares little in common with its source material.
The series followed the adventures of the Edison family, who lived in a large mansion in an upper-class suburban neighborhood. Fred, the father of the family, was an eccentric scientist, and many of the plots revolved around his wacky experiments. One of these experiments caused his toddler son, Turner, to transform into a large adult man and his brother-in-law, Harry, to be turned into a fly with a human head! They both remained this way for the entire run of the series.
Episodes
S01E02 Flystruck
Fred is experimenting with a giant chicken to try to get Harry back to normal size. Meanwhile Idella is jealous because Harry is spending a lot of time with a female fly. Idella flashes back...
S01E03 Trapped Like Rats
Tina has a big date and wants to borrow Ike's leather jacket. He refuses but she persists. They're arguing in the andromeda chamber when Turner locks them in. The experiment starts and they motion to...
S01E04 Love Thy Neighbour
The Pratts, the Edisons' yuppie neighbours, stay at the mansion when they get their house renovated and make themselves a pain in the behind. Casey has hostile feelings towards them and dreams of experimenting on...
S01E05 Fred's A-Courtin'
Fred is spending so much time with his guiney pig Fats that he neglects Casey. Casey finally gets over her inhibitions and tells Fred exactly how she feels about it. Fred is really distraught and...
S01E06 The Sandman Cometh
The show starts with Tina politely telling her date that she doesn't really like him. Turner's tooth is loose, and Fred is out buying popcorn for the big movie ""Tara, Tara, Tara"", a TV remake...
S01E07 Good On Ya
Fred is playing around in the living room when Lenny Orca, Harry's long-lost boxing twin brother from Canada, comes to the door. Lenny tells the family that the reason he's taken so long to visit...
S01E08 Bring Me Harry Orca
A gangster boss just got out of prison so he sends his two stoolies to look for the guy who ratted on him, Harry Orca. Turner lets them into the house by mistake, and they...
S01E09 Dad's Bummed Out
When Fred's experiment fails he gets very depressed and flashes back to his graduation when Casey gave him Success and Failure stamps. The rest of the family is singing the Edison Family song. Richard comes...
S01E10 Webs, The Really Tangled Kind
Ike wants to see a scary movie that his family won't let him see, so he goes with Turner. Turner is scared out of his mind. During the night, Harry gets caught in a spider's...
S01E11 National Security Risk
Tina wins an essay contest and the vice-president plans to visit the mansion to celebrate. The guy that Tina invites to dinner is an environmental activist who wants to spraypaint the VP green. Tina dreams...
S01E12 A Little Old Time Jazz
For Fred and Casey's 16th anniversary, Fred goes to the mall and gets her two tickets to see her old band-mate Jaz Pope. The family watches a video of Casey and Jaz to see what...
S01E13 Hawaii Blues
The family is making plans for a trip to Hawaii, but Ike is told by his teacher that if his next essay isn't good enough, he will fail Social Studies and have to go to...
S01E14 Good Cheer On Ya
The family is worried whether Uncle Lenny will make it to the mansion for Christmas because of a big storm that's predicted. Kiefer tells Turner that Santa Claus doesn't exist. Meanwhile Lenny's dogsled gets snowed...
S01E15 Brainiac Mansion
The parents of Dexter, a guy in Tina's class, convince him that he must defeat her academically, so he comes over and plants a virus in her computer. Her computer is hooked up to the...
S01E16 Little Big Fly
Idella tells Harry that she misses their old relationship. He is distressed and asks Fred to turn him into a giant fly to save his marriage. Idella is delighted, but every time someone comes over...
S01E17 Money Dearest
Fred goes to the a meeting of the L.L. Edison Corporation, the company that his grandfather founded which he has to go to once a year to sign a bunch of forms. The new board...
S01E18 Turner: The Boss
Ike is being mean to Turner and Casey yells at him when he puts his man in the toaster so he goes up to his room to play with his dollhouse. Casey comes up to...
S01E19 The Case of the Broken Record
For Tina's '60s dance Fred is going to teach her the twist, but the record is broken in two. Fred and Casey automatically blame the kids, and try to find out which one did it....
S01E20 The Live Show
This episode is done live, in front of an audience in Toronto. Fred's too sick to go to the zoo but the family doesn't seem to mind. He gets depressed about this, collapses and dies...
S01E21 Tina's Excellent Adventure
Idella is telling Tina about the romance in Europe because of Tina's class trip that she's going to take. Tina is in the closet and overhears Casey telling Fred that because of a hair disaster...
S01E22 The Cliffhanger
Fred and Tina finally discover a way to get Harry and Turner back to normal. Turner doesn't really want to be small, Casey doesn't really want it either because Harry and Idella are going to...
Cast
Joe Flaherty
Dr. Fred Edison
Deborah Theaker
Casey Edison
George Buza
Turner Edison
Kathleen Robertson
Tina Edison
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
Idella Muckle Orca
John Hemphill
Harry "The Fly" Orca
Avi Phillips
Ike Edison
