Flipper
Ranger Porter Ricks is responsible for the animal and human life in Coral Key Park, Florida. Stories center on his 15-year-old son Sandy and 10-year-old Bud and, especially, on their pet dolphin Flipper.
- 1964-1967
- 3 seasons
- NBC
- Action & Adventure, Family
Ranger Porter Ricks is responsible for the animal and human life in Coral Key Park, Florida. Stories center on his 15-year-old son Sandy and 10-year-old Bud and, especially, on their pet dolphin Flipper.
Season 3 Episode Guide
28 Episodes 1966 - 1967
Episode 1
Agent Bud
Sat, Sep 17, 1966 30 mins
A plane crashes in the ocean with two men trapped inside and Flipper is the only one who knows where they are. Fortunately the plane is sealed tight so no water is inside, but how much air do they have left?
Episode 2
Disaster in the Everglades: Part 1
Sat, Sep 24, 1966 30 mins
While checking on a poaching complaint, Porter is injured and captured by an alligator poacher and taken to his camp. When he's late for a camping trip with his sons, they worry and contact the coast guard.
Episode 3
Disaster in the Everglades: Part 2
Sat, Oct 1, 1966 30 mins
While the boys wait on word from the Coast Guard on the whereabouts for their father and Flipper continues to search the ocean for the missing father, Porter tries to find a way to escape and get home.
Episode 4
Lost Dolphin
Sat, Oct 8, 1966 30 mins
Bud disobeys Sandy and goes out to watch an explosion which effects Flipper and gives him amnesia.
Episode 5
The Warning
Sat, Oct 15, 1966 30 mins
The animals are acting strangely and even Flipper is heading out to sea. The boys tell their father, but he blows them off. Still, they believe something bad is just about to happen. Will they figure out WHAT in time?
Episode 6
Cupid Flipper
Sat, Oct 22, 1966 30 mins
Sandy has met a girl he really likes, but she doesn't seem to want to spend time with him. Instead, she wants to spend time with Porter.
Episode 7
An Errand for Flipper
Sat, Oct 29, 1966 30 mins
Sandy sends Flipper on an important mission to deliver something to Porter he needs to repair the plane so he can make it to an important meeting in time. Flipper has to make a few stops along the way.
Episode 8
Whale Ahoy
Sat, Nov 5, 1966 30 mins
Bud has an essay to write about whale-hunting. While thinking about it he goes to sleep in his skiff and has a strange dream. Before his eyes, Captain Peabody is about to harpoon the animal but the whale flips the skiff over.
Episode 9
Explosion
Sat, Nov 12, 1966 30 mins
A friend of the Ricks' wants to earn some fast money to send his brother to school. He offers to help do some blasting by lying to the foreman, after the professional they hired is critically injured.
Episode 10
Executive Bud
Sat, Nov 19, 1966 30 mins
Bud has formed his own business and hired other kids to do the work while he "supervises," only taking 1/3 of the cut for himself. But he's a hard taskmaster and gives no breaks.
Episode 11
Flipper and the Puppy
Sat, Nov 26, 1966 30 mins
An injured man out at sea has to jump ship when his boat catches on fire. He's able to get his dog off, but he floats away and when Porter and Sandy find him, the dog is no where to be found. But, Flipper is on the job.
Episode 12
Flipper's Island
Sat, Dec 3, 1966 30 mins
Porter is trying to get an island named after them and leaves the boys alone on the island to map it out for two days. But what Porter doesn't know is that they are not alone. Danger lurks very near.
Episode 13
Alligator Duel
Sat, Dec 10, 1966 30 mins
After showing off, Flipper is stolen by some men trying to make a movies involving attacks of alligators. They want Flipper to be the star.
Episode 14
Flipper and the Fugitive: Part 1
Sat, Jan 7, 1967 30 mins
In the aftermath of a hurricane, Flipper discovers a man unconscious in his boat and tows the boat to a beach. Porter rescues the obvious bank robber and takes him back to his home, unaware of who the stranger really is.
Episode 15
Flipper and the Fugitive: Part 2
Sat, Jan 14, 1967 30 mins
While the Ricks are being held hostage in their home, Flipper desperately tries to get someone to help them.
Episode 16
The Most Expensive Sardine in the World
Sat, Jan 21, 1967 30 mins
A lobster is wearing an expensive diamond, but Flipper is accused of swallowing it. He's in danger of being cut open to retrieve the expensive bracelet by a court order.
Episode 17
Flipper and the Seal
Sat, Jan 28, 1967 30 mins
When part of Porter's specimen comes up missing, he blames the new kid on the beach. Meanwhile, Bud is trying to develop a roll of film.
Episode 18
Dolphins Don't Sleep
Sat, Feb 4, 1967 30 mins
Instead of shooting the saw fish with his tranquilizer dart, the hunter shoots Flipper. But dolphins cannot sleep underwater. They boys must get him the antidote before he dies.
Episode 19
Aunt Martha
Sat, Feb 11, 1967 30 mins
Porter's Aunt Martha has come to visit for the first time since Porter's wife died. She instantly decides to take over, and her first order of business is sending Flipper out to sea because she believes all wild animals can be dangerous.
Episode 20
Dolphin for Ransom
Sat, Feb 18, 1967 30 mins
When Porter orders a teenager to be in court early Monday morning for poaching lobsters, he revenges Porter by stealing Flipper and holding him for Ransom.
Episode 21
A Dolphin in Time
Sat, Feb 25, 1967 30 mins
Scott Emson is trying to study sharks, but Flipper doesn't seem to understand he wants the sharks - not saved!
Episode 22
Decision for Bud
Sat, Mar 4, 1967 30 mins
A scientist goes to Bud to ask his permission to take Flipper for a special study. He and Bud make a deal, but then Flipper is called upon to help find a missing diver.
Episode 23
The Firing Line: Part 1
Sat, Mar 11, 1967 30 mins
Porter leaves Sandy and Bud in charge while he goes to take care of some business for the day. He even tells them that they can open his mail when it comes. They do as instructed, only to find a check that says "termination pay" on it. Bud and Sandy are distressed about having to leave Coral Key, so they set out to find their father a job. You wouldn't think they could get into any trouble but...
Episode 24
The Firing Line: Part 2
Sat, Mar 18, 1967 30 mins
Sandy and Bud took a short cut on the way to their errand and end up in the middle of an active shooting range. While they are stuck there being shot at after their motor is struck, Porter Ricks desperately looks for his boys, then tries to save them from being killed.
Episode 25
Devil Ray
Sat, Mar 25, 1967 30 mins
A large sting ray has shown up in Coral key park and everyone is afraid of it. Porter is told he must get rid of it - one way or another.
Episode 26
Cap'n Flint
Sat, Apr 1, 1967 30 mins
There's trouble brewing when Capn' Flent, the talking parrot, get's loose on his raft and floats right into the part of the ocean an explosion is about to happen.
Episode 27
Flipper's New Friends: Part 1
Sat, Apr 8, 1967 30 mins
A new family moves into the park, and Flipper befriends them. But the children's curiosity gets them stranded on an island and nobody knows where they are.
Episode 28
Flipper's New Friends: Part 2
Sat, Apr 15, 1967 30 mins
Flipper and the dog try to get help to two lost children stranded on a deserted island.