JoJo's Circus (Season 1)

Easy as Pie (Episode 1)

Writer: Eric Weiner

Air date: 2003-09-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: JoJo Tickle has finally attended her first day at the Little Big Top Clown School alongside her pet lion Goliath. At Clown School, they both meet their new teacher, Mrs. Kersplatski, and introduce her to her new classroom. But before she left, she told JoJo not to press the orange clown nose button of a UFO shape robotic machine and left. As curiosity gives in, JoJo pressed the orange clown nose button and hilarity ensures as the strange machine runs amok and starts to throw cream pies all over the room.

Take a Bow (Episode 2)

Writer: Suzanne Collins

Air date: 2003-09-28

Overview: There's a new kid in class, a frog named Croaky Frogini, and JoJo teaches Croaky, how not to be nervous about the first day of class and how to do their best in class.

Uncle Flippy's Funny Farm (Episode 3)

Writer: Susan Kim

Air date: 2003-09-29

Overview: JoJo and her friends go on a field trip to the farm, but hilarity ensues, when JoJo accidentally left the barn doors open and the animals are out of their pens running amok.

Up, Up and Away! (Episode 4)

Writer: Jill Cozza-Turner

Air date: 2003-09-29

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Baloney Balloony, the amazing grandmaster balloon clown, visits JoJo's school and makes balloons for the children that look just like them, but the children must pop the balloons, when Goliath floats to the ceiling with them.

Hide and Go Dinky (Episode 5)

Writer: Eric Weiner

Air date: 2003-09-30

Overview: Dinky wants to play hide and seek, but JoJo and Skeebo rather play other games that are too hard for Dinky to play.

Fire Chief Says (Episode 6)

Writer: James Ponti

Air date: 2003-09-30

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: JoJo and Goliath are with their classmates, while waiting at Chief Seltzer's fire station plays Fire Chief Says (a type of game similar to "Simon Says"), but when they receive a call for a cat rescue, JoJo and her classmates helps out by cleaning the fire truck, while playing Fire Chief Says.

Confetti Caper (Episode 7)

Writer: Susan Kim

Air date: 2003-10-01

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A box of confetti goes missing and JoJo and her friends must locate the missing confetti before her parents' performance, and discovers that the mice used the confetti to use for their circus posters.

JoJo on the Tightrope (Episode 8)

Writer: Frederick Stroppel

Air date: 2003-10-01

Overview: JoJo tries to prove that she can be a tightrope walker just like Trina, but finds out that it is more difficult, than she thought.

Try These on for Boing! (Episode 9)

Writer: Alan Goodman

Air date: 2003-10-02

Overview: JoJo goes to the Clown Shoe Store to purchase a new pair of Clown Shoes, after outgrowing her old shoes.

Happy Birthday Tater! (Episode 10)

Writer: Suzanne Collins

Air date: 2003-10-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: JoJo and her friends try to wake up Tater and his family, in time for Tater's fifth birthday party celebration.

Cotton Andy (Episode 11)

Writer: Frederick Stroppel

Air date: 2003-10-03

Overview: JoJo learns how to make cotton candy from Cotton Andy the Cotton Candy master, but she forgets one of the steps on how to stop the machine and blankets Circus Town with cotton candy.

Nighty Night (Episode 12)

Writer: Lisa Jinkins

Air date: 2003-10-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: JoJo learns about different bedtime routines from her friends, and must sing to Goliath, when her father is at the Big Top Clown convention and can't sing her to sleep.

The Circus Shh Shh (Episode 13)

Writer: Richard Register

Air date: 2003-10-06

Overview: It's Play All Day Day at JoJo's house, but JoJo's father is suffering from a bad case of the Sneaky Sneezies, and has to stay home from work and rest, but JoJo's friends have a hard time trying to keep quiet.

The Little Big Top Boogie Band (Episode 14)

Writer: Dan Elish

Air date: 2003-10-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: JoJo and her friends form a band, but Croaky feels left out because she can't find an instrument to play and her singing is poor, so JoJo tells her that her singing might still be good in the band even though it's bad, and finds a way to include her in the band.

Skeebo's Missing Hat Trick (Episode 15)

Writer: Robert David

Air date: 2003-10-04

Overview: Jumberto the Jackrabbit mistakenly made Skeebo's hat disappear, so JoJo and Goliath have to help him find it, before a big performance.

Seal Fright (Episode 16)

Writer: Frederick Stroppel

Air date: 2003-10-04

Overview: JoJo helps Waldo the seal, who is trying to memorize a musical number, but can't remember the song that he's going to perform and teaches him a trick to improve her memory, and not to be nervous when he's scheduled to fill in for an ailing performer.

Drum Roll Please (Episode 17)

Writer: Suzanne Collins

Air date: 2003-10-20

Overview: JoJo accidentally breaks a bass drum before a performance, and JoJo, Goliath and Skeebo tries to fix the bass drum, before the Frogini's performance.

Cannonball JoJo (Episode 18)

Writer: Annie Evans

Air date: 2003-10-20

Overview: After seeing photos of her relatives being shot out of cannons, JoJo wonders what it would be like to shoot out from a cannon, but learns that it takes much practice to do it.

JoJo Signs Up (Episode 19)

Writer: Susan Kim

Air date: 2003-12-04

Overview: JoJo and Skeebo, while helping Peaches hang up circus posters for her, accidentally hang the posters backward and use their finger painting skills to create new ones.

The Un-Average Day (Episode 20)

Writer: Andy Yerkes

Air date: 2003-12-04

Overview: JoJo spends time with her father for the day, and discovers that she still can have a fun un-average day, than a boring average day.

Flower Shower (Episode 21)

Writer: Suzanne Collins

Air date: 2003-10-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: JoJo must replace her father's squirting flower, after his old one loses its spray, and learns how to pick one, after witnessing Bal Boa's Trance Dance, without getting soaked.

The Itchy-Oochy Scratch Patch (Episode 22)

Writer: Frederick Stroppel

Air date: 2003-10-27

Overview: JoJo, Goliath, and Skeebo accidentally fall into a patch of Itchy Ootchy Scratch Plants, and they develop an ugly rash.

Messy Mess (Episode 23)

Writer: Suzanne Collins

Air date: 2003-12-01

Overview: JoJo, her friends, and Mr. Tickle make a large banana split for Mrs. Kersplatski as a "Teacher's Day" surprise, alongside making a big mess in the process.

Pop Up! (Episode 24)

Writer: Peter Mattei

Air date: 2003-12-01

Overview: Skeebo develops an outbreak of the polka-dot spots (similar to Measles or Chicken Pox) and has to stay home in bed (for two weeks) to recover, so JoJo decides to keep him company with a jack-in-the-box toy.

The Whatchamadoodle (Episode 25)

Writer: Robert David

Air date: 2003-12-02

Overview: Bingo Bongo, the world's greatest circus clown who travels around the world via hot air balloon, accidentally drops a tennis racket while searching for her map, and when JoJo and her friends see it, they have no idea what it is and try to figure out what it is.

What's the Trick? (Episode 26)

Writer: Annie Evans

Air date: 2003-12-02

Overview: JoJo, after seeing Terrific the Tiger Tamer showing off some tricks with his tiger, Tippoo tries to teach Goliath to do the same, but Goliath was too young to learn to do a type of trick, that has degree of difficulty.

Zero Heroes (Episode 27)

Writer: James Ponti

Air date: 2003-12-03

Overview: JoJo and Goliath attempt to learn some emergency practice skills, from Chief Funnyshoes.

The Spudinski's New Act (Episode 28)

Writer: Mary Gallagher

Air date: 2003-12-03

Overview: Mr. Spudinski shows JoJo and her classmates, some new circus acts.

Mirror Mirror (Episode 29)

Writer: Jill Cozza-Turner

Air date: 2003-12-05

Overview: JoJo learns an old family tradition called "Mirroring" from her grandparents, and teams up with Goliath to do the routine for class.

Trina Trips Up (Episode 30)

Writer: Claudia Silver

Air date: 2003-12-05

Overview: Trina learns that everyone makes mistakes sometimes, after she trips during her tightrope act during a talent show at school, and feels embarrassed.

The Legend of Clownfoot (Episode 31)

Writer: James Ponti

Air date: 2003-10-05

Overview: On Halloween, JoJo and her friends get spooked out when they hear some scary noises, believing that it's a Bigfoot-like creature, Clownfoot.

The Clown Family Picnic (Episode 32)

Writer: Andy Yerkes

Air date: 2003-12-06

Overview: JoJo and Skeebo have a short snit before the Clown Family Relay Race to see who would win, but learn that winning isn't everything.

Dinky's Dance (Episode 33)

Writer: Claudia Silver

Air date: 2003-12-06

Overview: Dinky learns to dance for the upcoming dance recital, but worries that his clumsiness will ruin the recital.

Hamster-cize! (Episode 34)

Writer: Susan Kim

Air date: 2004-01-08

Overview: Hogan the hamster escapes from his cage, and JoJo and Tater uses the exercises that they learned in class, to rescue him.

Shoo Fly Shoo! (Episode 35)

Writer: Susan Kim

Air date: 2004-01-08

Overview: A fly interrupts Mr. Tickle's concert, but JoJo helps out by allowing the fly to co-conduct the orchestra with her father.

The Lost Roar (Episode 36)

Writer: Annie Evans

Air date: 2004-02-29

Overview: Goliath loses his voice before a big performance starring him, so JoJo and her friends fill in for him.

Helping Hands (Episode 37)

Writer: Annie Evans

Air date: 2004-02-29

Overview: JoJo and Goliath need to pick gumdrops, so JoJo's mother, Peaches can use them to make a Gumdrop Supremo for the Circus Town Feast, and gets help from everyone in town.

A Circus Town Christmas (Episode 38)

Writer: Mary Gallagher

Air date: 2003-12-07

Overview: JoJo and Skeebo learn the real importance of giving.

Skeebo's Pet (Episode 39)

Writer: Mary Gallagher

Air date: 2004-07-14

Overview: Skeebo wants a puppy for a pet, but his parents want Skeebo to practice by taking care a toy duck named Quacky-Wacky, before he can get a real pet.

Follow That Rainbow (Episode 40)

Writer: Susan Kim

Air date: 2004-07-14

Overview: JoJo and her friends follow a rainbow to find a special treasure, but they need to get through a series of obstacles to get to the treasure.

A Serious Case of the Sillies (Episode 41)

Writer: Claudia Silver

Air date: 2004-07-12

Overview: While at the big top, JoJo notices rather odd behavior among the circus performers. Everyone seems to be giggling and acting kooky, rather than working on their acts. When JoJo begins laughing like crazy too, it's a good thing that she's just caught up with Dr. Seltzer.

Hide and Go-Liath (Episode 42)

Writer: Andy Yerkes

Air date: 2004-07-12

Overview: It's bath day for Goliath and, as is usual with him, he's hiding everywhere to avoid taking a bath. As he keeps slipping out of JoJo's grasp, it seems that JoJo's attempt to get him clean is just getting her dirty.

Funny Bunnies (Episode 43)

Writer: Claudia Silver

Air date: 2004-07-13

Overview: Jumberto Jackrabbit ask JoJo, Goliath, and Skeebo to babysit his nephews Jig, Jag, and Jug, while he goes to town to fix a magic wand that is not working properly, but when the triplets wake up, chaos ensues, and the threesome tries to get them back in the basket, before Jumberto returns.

Ivan the Bearable (Episode 44)

Writer: Andy Yerkes

Air date: 2004-07-13

Overview: Ivan, a famous circus bear from Circusylvania, arrives in Circus Town, but left his luggage on the train, but since Ivan could only speak Circusylvanian, JoJo and her friends communicate with Ivan, via pantomime.

JoJo to the Rescue (Episode 45)

Writer: Susan Kim

Air date: 2004-07-10

Overview: JoJo pretends to be a superhero like Super Duper Girl, and she then helps Dinky find his lost toy duck.

A Clown Ride (Episode 46)

Writer: Annie Evans

Air date: 2004-07-10

Overview: JoJo visits Uncle Flippy's farm to learn how to ride a horse with her father, but her father rides a horse named Costello, who acts very, very silly rather than riding Moe, who is Uncle Flippy's riding horse.

A Quiet Magic (Episode 47)

Writer: James Ponti

Air date: 2005-12-05

Overview: Skeebo brings his cousin Alex (who is hearing-impaired) to school for a mind-reading act who uses sign language as part of the act and teaches JoJo and her friends how to uses sign language.

Too Many Toys (Episode 48)

Writer: Jill Cozza-Turner

Air date: 2005-12-05

Overview: JoJo and her family have a yard sale and learn to depart with the toys that she has outgrown and doesn't play with anymore.

Charlie the Clown Baby (Episode 49)

Writer: Claudia Silver

Air date: 2004-07-15

Overview: JoJo and her parents babysit her youngest cousin Charlie, but it can be very hard for them.

Fire House Day (Episode 50)

Writer: James Ponti

Air date: 2004-07-15

Overview: JoJo and her friends learn about fire safety during Firehouse Days at the Circus Town Firehouse.