Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, sometimes shortened as Fetch!, is a children's television series for children ages 6–12 on PBS during the PBS Kids Go! block of educational programming. It is a game show/reality show that is hosted by an animated anthropomorphic dog named Ruff Ruffman who dispenses challenges to the show's real-life contestants. The series ran for five seasons and 100 episodes from May 29, 2006 to November 4, 2010 on PBS, with 30 contestants in that time. In June 2010, WGBH announced that the series would end due to lack of funding. In June 2008, the series received its first Emmy for Best Original Song for its theme.
Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman (Season 2)
Ruff Ruffman Breaks the Mold 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: It's the premiere of FETCH, Season 2! Ruff learns he has a new intern: Princess Blossom Pepper Doodle Von Yum Yum. One little detail... she's a CAT! If that isn't bad enough, he then accidentally sends a message to the press about his horrible mold problem, and now the health department is shutting down his show until further notice! Ruff immediately sends two FETCHers out to learn about germs (so he can sanitize his doghouse), and he sends two other kids to a chocolate factory to make candy (as a bribe for the health inspector). Will the new season be more than one episode long?
Ruff's Case of Blues in the Brain 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff challenges Bridget and Mike to prove the urban myth that humans only use 10% of their brains. He sends Madi and Willie to take music lessons with Blue Man Group. Rosario and Nina stay behind.
You Lucky Dog 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff enters Rosario, Nina and Mike into a soapbox derby race. He enters Bridget in a Chinese Dragon Boat race to improve his own bad luck. Madi and Willie stay behind.
Ruff's Big Break 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff spins and dances on the fence outside the doghouse, and hurts his leg. He sends Bridget and Rosario to ease his fears about going to the hospital, and sends Mike and Willie to learn how to improve his balance. Nina and Madi stay behind.
The Mystery of DogTopia and Catlantis 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff sends all the FETCHers to Misery Island to solve the mystery of what happened between dogs and cats in the lost civilization of Dogtopia and Catlantis.
Reducing The Calories and Cats In Your Life 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff challenges Mike and Nina to make a healthier pizza and sends Bridget and Madi to volunteer as "kitty adoption counselors" at an animal shelter. Rosario and Willie stay behind.
I'm OK, You're Okra 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff challenges Madi and Mike to prove that dogs have a soothing effect on people, and he sends Rosario and Nina to the Louisiana Bayou to learn how to make gumbo. Bridget and Willie stay behind.
The Small Fork Is For Dessert (Unless You're A Dolphin) 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Grandma Ruffman returns! Appalled by Ruff's manners, Grandma sends Rosario and Nina to meet an etiquette expert. She sends Willie to Florida to compete against Calvin the dolphin. Bridget, Mike, and Madi stay behind.
Roughing It With Ruff 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Fearing that he is being forced to live out in the wild, Ruff sends all the kids into the wilderness to meet with a survival expert to learn the ways of the woods.
Ruff's Bowling Is Going Downhill 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rosario goes to the mountains to learn how to snowboard, and Bridget and Willie go to Michigan to build a better bowling machine. Mike, Madi, and Nina stay behind.
Mush If By Land, Mush Mush If By Sea 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: In the first of this two-part episode, Willie and Nina embark on a race following Paul Revere's famous ride through the streets of Boston. Madi and Rosario go to Colorado in search of the Continental Divide. Bridget and Mike stay behind.
Still More Mush If By Land, Mush Mush If By Sea 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: In the second half of this two-part episode, Madi and Rosario travel by dogsled and snowshoe to the Continental divide, while Nina and Willie warn the countryside (Boston suburbs) that the Redcoats are coming. Bridget and Mike are still in the studio. Technically there is no Half-time Quiz Show" in this episode (due to the fact that this was a "Part two" episode), but Ruff gave Bridget and Mike a task to complete for the same number of points.
Yippie Tie Yie Yay, Get Along Little Doggies 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff is inspired by a dream about ranch dressing in a ten-gallon hat and sends all his FETCHers out west on a cattle drive.
Tape Loops and Loop-the-Loops 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff challenges Mike and Madi to write a song for Grandma Ruffman; Bridget and Willie go to Disney World to design a rollercoaster. Rosario and Nina stay behind.
A Lobster Bake? Oh Buoy! 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff challenges Nina and Willie to learn scuba diving to retrieve some stuff he lost. He then sends Bridget and Rosario out to learn about lobster trapping. Mike and Madi stay behind.
How to Get Dogs and Doggerel in Better Shape 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff wants to impress Charlene, the poodle, so he sends Madi, Mike, and Willie to learn about getting fit. He sends Nina to learn the art of writing poetry. Bridget and Rosario stay behind.
Scruff Ruffman At Large! 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff discovers that his evil twin, Scruff Ruffman, has pulled off a major art heist. Ruff sends Bridget, Rosario, and Nina down into a cave to recover the missing paintings. He challenges Madi to be a trapeze artist. Willie and Mike stay behind.
Take Me Out to the Fashion Show 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff has two things that are mistakenly at the same time- throw the first pitch at a baseball game and go to Europe for a party for his fashion cousin, Helga. So, he hires someone to dress up like him and throw the pitch while he goes to Europe. He soon realizes he accidentally put his clothes in the trash and his trash in the dry cleaning. After the party, Helga tells Ruff he can no longer go to Europe unless he can get some fashion sense, and the Ruff costume was so big the pitch was thrown badly. Ruff sends Mike out to the ballpark to learn the science of pitching strikes, and he challenges Bridget, Madi and Rosario to create high fashion for dogs. Willie and Nina stay behind.
CSI Ruff 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Ruff's grand prize has been stolen! Ruff sends the all the FETCHers to a forensics lab to solve the crime.
The Grand Prizeless Grand Finale 0.0
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: It's the grand finale and Ruff may be going to jail for stealing the FETCH Grand Prize! The kids compete in a series of elimination games to become the FETCH Grand Champion. Blossom disguises as Scruff, gets the grand prize fom Scruff's assistants and gives it to Ruff, meaning Ruff doesn't go to jail.
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