Ned's Newt

S01E19: Broken Record

Local hero Gus Gingrich has held the world's record for "Most Pants Worn at Once" since 1959, until a man in Germany breaks his record, leaving the town heartbroken. Ned and Newton decide to restore the town's spirit by trying to break a record, but Ned fails at each record he tries. Because of this, however, Ned breaks the world record for "Failing at a World Record" (according to Newton) and restores the town's spirit.

Overview

When nine-year-old Ned Flemkin feeds his pet newt a can of Zippo, he ends up turning into a 6-foot shapeshifting pal for life.

Episodes

S01E01 Out With The Old, In With The Newt

October 18, 1997 30 min
Ned goes to the pet store, hoping to buy an elephant, but all he can afford is a listless newt he called "Newton" who does nothing but sit in a fishbowl. The pet store owner...

S01E02 What Rock Through Yonder Window Breaks?

October 18, 1997 30 min
Ned has a crush on the girl across the street, Linda Bliss, but can't talk to her. Newton tries to get her attention by throwing a tiny pebble against Linda's bedroom window while she's asleep,...

S01E03 Nightmare On Friendly Street

October 24, 1997 30 min
Ned's class are making small floats for the annual Friendly Day Parade, and Newton wants to help. He ends up making an enormous, barge-sized float for Ned and ruins the parade when the float causes...

S01E04 A Snitch in Time

October 24, 1997 30 min
Ned's tattletale cousin Renfrew comes to visit. He destroys most of Ned's toys and repeatedly tells on Ned. Newton decides to drive Renfrew away by causing a series of ridiculous situations, which causes Renfrew to...

S01E05 Voyage To The Bottom Of The Dump

October 31, 1997 30 min
Ned's father gives Ned a vintage "Captain Ocelot" action figure after his son takes an interest in the show. Ned's mother, however, throws it out, and Ned and Newton have to go to the Friendly...

S01E06 Happy Blood Alter Ring to You

October 31, 1997 30 min
Ned's mother wants a 35 carat "Goldina" ring for her birthday, but Newton just insists it's a "cheap replica" of a sacrifice ring used by a group of Peruvian savages called the "Jajamojos". Ned and...

S01E07 Mars Dilemma

November 7, 1997 30 min
Ned is sent to the grocery store to get a can of tomato paste, but Newton instead suggests they go to Mars, thinking that it's made of tomato paste similar to the idea that the...

S01E08 Saturday Night Fervor

November 7, 1997 30 min
Ned wants to impress Linda at the school dance, but the town showoff, Rusty McCabe, also wants to impress Linda, and challenges Ned to a dance contest. Ned is completely unable to dance, but he...

S01E09 Citizen Ned

November 14, 1997 30 min
Ned starts a paper route to save up money for a bike, but Newton has more ambitious plans for him. He turns Ned's paper route into a media empire, making him extremely wealthy, but depressed...

S01E10 The Most Grating Show on Earth

November 14, 1997 30 min
Ned and Linda go on a date to the circus, after Newton accidentally sells Ned's parents' car to raise the $5 ticket price. The circus turns out to be a scam with the circus acts...

S01E11 Jurassic Joyride

November 21, 1997 30 min
After a fun weekend, Ned says he can't wait for the next one. This gives Newton the idea to build a time machine out of household items so that they can go back to Friday...

S01E12 Take a Hike

November 21, 1997 30 min
Ned attends Boy Scout camp, and Newton notices that the other scouts have more merit badges than Ned. Ned doesn't care, as he's allergic to the outdoors and doesn't enjoy being a Boy Scout, but...

S01E13 New Improved Zippo

November 28, 1997 30 min
The company that manufactures Zippo Newt Food has changed the formula, which leaves Newton unable to control his morphing ability. Ned and Newton go to the corporate headquarters to complain, but the president of the...

S01E14 What Big Rewrite Notes You Have

November 28, 1997 30 min
In another attempt to get closer to Linda, Ned plans to audition for a school production of "Little Red Riding Hood". Newton, eager to help out, wants to be cast as the Big Bad Wolf....

S01E15 Home Alone With Frank

December 5, 1997 30 min
Ned has been watching too many monster movies, and when he's left in the house alone, he's paranoid that there are monsters around the house. This isn't helped when his parents ask Uncle Frank and...

S01E16 The Lucky Penny

December 5, 1997 30 min
Ned's father opened a new bank account for Ned, after finding all the change around Ned's room. To Ned's horror, however, that means he has deposited his "lucky penny", a treasured penny that has an...

S01E17 Help Me, I'm Bald

December 12, 1997 30 min
After watching too much television, Newton gets the idea to improve Ned's life with all the things featured in the various commercials he's watched.

S01E18 Planes, Trains, And Newtmobiles

December 12, 1997 30 min
Ned's family is on a long, boring car trip, with only a "Vehicle Bingo" game to pass the time. Ned's parents accidentally leave him at a rest stop, however, and Ned needs Newton's help to...

S01E19 Broken Record

December 19, 1997 30 min
Local hero Gus Gingrich has held the world's record for "Most Pants Worn at Once" since 1959, until a man in Germany breaks his record, leaving the town heartbroken. Ned and Newton decide to restore...

S01E20 Newton's Day Out

December 19, 1997 30 min
Ned is on a dull field trip at the Friendly Falls Museum of Dusty Old Things, and has to fill out a worksheet of questions about the historical exhibits in the museum. Newton wants to...

S01E21 Can't See The Forest For The Treefort

December 26, 1997 30 min
Rusty McCabe has built a secret clubhouse that he won't let Ned in, so in response, he makes his own secret club in a tree fort. Newton wants to help, though, so they end up...

S01E22 Saving Lummox

December 26, 1997 30 min
Ned's friend Doogle has a pet dog, an obese, listless dog named Lummox. Doogle, when overhearing his parents talking about fleas on Lummox's fur, thinks his parents are going to get rid of him, and...

S01E23 Newton Falls In Love

January 2, 1998 30 min
Newton has been acting stranger than usual, and when Ned takes him to see the veterinarian, Newton professes that he has fallen in love with her. As the day goes on, however, he keeps falling...

S01E24 Show Me the Money

January 2, 1998 30 min
Ned has been entered into a track and field day at school, but he's not happy about it, since Rusty McCabe always wins every event. He wins so often, he's even gotten his own theme...

S01E25 One Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest

January 9, 1998 30 min
Ned's parents have the flu, and want Ned to do the day's chores. Newton tries to help, to get them done faster, but he ends up being incredibly destructive.

S01E26 Mall Good Things Come To An End

January 9, 1998 30 min
The local mall is holding a contest where the first person to guess how many jellybeans are in a jar will win a drivable toy car. Ned wants the car, but when Newton comes out,...

Cast

Peter Keleghan
Peter Keleghan
Eric Flemkin (Ned's father) (voice)
Tracey Moore
Ned Flemkin (voice)
Carolyn Scott
Carolyn Scott
Sharon Flemkin (Ned's mother) (voice)
Harland Williams
Harland Williams
Newton (voice) (#1)
Colin O'Meara
Doogle (voice) / Mr. Bliss (voice)
Ron Pardo
Ron Pardo
Newton (voice) (#2)

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