Maniac Mansion
Maniac Mansion
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Maniac Mansion

4.2 / 10
1990
3 seasons
66 episodes
Comedy

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.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.The 10th Anniversary Special

    17-09-199030m

    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...

  • Ep 2

    2.Flystruck

    24-09-199030m

    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...

  • Ep 3

    3.Trapped Like Rats

    01-10-199030m

    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 sta...

  • Ep 4

    4.Love Thy Neighbour

    08-10-199030m

    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 th...

  • Ep 5

    5.Fred's A-Courtin'

    15-10-199030m

    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 real...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Sandman Cometh

    22-10-199030m

    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"...

  • Ep 7

    7.Good On Ya

    29-10-199030m

    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...

  • Ep 8

    8.Bring Me Harry Orca

    05-11-199030m

    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 hold th...

  • Ep 9

    9.Dad's Bummed Out

    12-11-199030m

    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...

  • Ep 10

    10.Webs, The Really Tangled Kind

    19-11-199030m

    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 web...

  • Ep 11

    11.National Security Risk

    26-11-199030m

    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...

  • Ep 12

    12.A Little Old Time Jazz

    03-12-199030m

    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 sh...

  • Ep 13

    13.Hawaii Blues

    17-12-199030m

    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 summer schoo...

  • Ep 14

    14.Good Cheer On Ya

    24-12-199030m

    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. M...

  • Ep 15

    15.Brainiac Mansion

    29-01-199130m

    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...

  • Ep 16

    16.Little Big Fly

    12-02-199130m

    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 s...

  • Ep 17

    17.Money Dearest

    19-02-199130m

    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 membe...

  • Ep 18

    18.Turner: The Boss

    26-02-199130m

    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 talk to him and they...

  • Ep 19

    19.The Case of the Broken Record

    05-03-199130m

    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. So...

  • Ep 20

    20.The Live Show

    12-03-199130m

    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 d...

  • Ep 21

    21.Tina's Excellent Adventure

    19-03-199130m

    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...

  • Ep 22

    22.The Cliffhanger

    26-03-199130m

    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...

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