List of Braceface episodes
Braceface is a Canadian-American-Chinese animated television series that originally aired on Teletoon in Canada and Fox Family Channel (which later became ABC Family, and is now Freeform) in the United States.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 26 | U.S. | June 2, 2001 | February 24, 2002 | |
| Canada | June 30, 2001 | March 27, 2002 | |||
| 2 | 26 | U.S. | September 27, 2002 | April 11, 2003 | |
| Canada | September 6, 2002 | June 22, 2003 | |||
| 3 | 26 (Canada) | November 5, 2003 | September 1, 2004 | ||
Episodes
Season 1 (2001–02)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | U.S. air date | Canadian air date [1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Brace Yourself" | June 2, 2001 | June 30, 2001[2][3] | |
| Sharon Spitz's teenage life is thrown for a loop when she gets braces put on, but discovers that her braces may have strange electromagnetic powers. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Crushed" | June 3, 2001 | July 1, 2001 | |
| When Connor gets acupuncture to cure his allergies to be with the new girl Tally, Sharon questions whether her newfound infatuation with Connor is real or because of the acupuncture procedure. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "5 Things That Really Bug Me About You" | June 9, 2001 | August 29, 2001 | |
| The electricity from Sharon's braces accidentally opens up her friend, Maria's diary, which contains a list of negative traits, prompting Sharon to worry that Maria may not like her. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Doctor Is In" | June 16, 2001 | September 5, 2001 | |
| Sharon is jealous when Nina starts going to Sharon's mom, Helen, for therapy sessions. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Meat of the Matter" | June 23, 2001 | September 12, 2001 | |
| Sharon's crush, Alden, gets her a new job at a meat-packing plant, but her chances are jeopardized when she goes vegetarian in protest to the unsavory conditions at the plant. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Makeover" | June 30, 2001 | September 19, 2001 | |
| Sharon tries to help her big brother, Adam, with his love life by giving him a makeover. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Mixed Messages" | July 7, 2001 | September 26, 2001 | |
| Sharon confesses her infatuation with Alden via cell phone, but the message accidentally gets sent to his friend, Brock. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Worst Date Ever. Period." | July 14, 2001 | October 3, 2001 | |
| Sharon and Alden's first date together falls apart when Sharon has to help out at Alden's family restaurant. Things get worse when Sharon gets her first period while rollerblading and Alden tries to call an ambulance (as Sharon thinks her menstrual cramps are the pangs from appendicitis), despite his voice changing. NOTE: The word "period" in the title has a double meaning: the dot at the end of a sentence, and the fact that Sharon had her first period in this episode. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Divorce Thing" | July 21, 2001 | October 10, 2001 | |
| Living with divorced parents isn't easy, and Sharon learns just that after her Mom begins dating and her father (a rock star with his own band) comes by to visit. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "Take That" | August 25, 2001 | October 17, 2001 | |
| Sharon and Maria both resort to stealing items while auditioning for a local TV station's talent search, Maria steals a CD to impress a hip-hop crew, and Sharon steals her mother's favorite earrings, but loses one in a gutter and attempts to shoplift an exact copy to cover her tracks. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Twenty Four Hours" | August 4, 2001 | October 24, 2001 | |
| Sharon's Orthodontist needs to modify the adhesive and removes her braces for 24 hours. Sharon takes advantage of this by enjoying hard-to-eat foods and sees this as her chance to finally kiss Alden, but when she assumes responsibility for babysitting her younger brother, Josh, and Josh goes missing, Sharon must choose between going through the window of opportunity as it narrows or letting it close and doing what she's told. Sharon also realizes that Alden is only worth keeping if he respects her, braces or no braces. Written by Michael Teversham. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Driving Miss Sharon" | July 28, 2001 | October 31, 2001 | |
| Not wanting to feel like a loser, Sharon gets in the front seat of her mother's car, and goes on an unintended joyride, thanks to her braces. When Sharon crashes the car into a tree, she worries that her mom will blame her, but her mom ends up blaming Adam, as he's the only teenager in the house with a driver's license. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Pickford Project" | August 11, 2001 | November 7, 2001 | |
| Sharon and Maria are upset when, during a wilderness survival project, Nina is chosen to be on their team. | |||||
| 14 | 14 | "Miami Vices" | August 18, 2001 | January 9, 2002 | |
| Irritated by her mom's constant rules, Sharon jumps at the chance to visit her dad, Richard, in Miami, but discovers that her father can lay down the law as hard as her mom after Sharon goes out partying with Richard's friends and gets drunk on rum and Cokes. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Good Life" | September 8, 2001 | January 16, 2002 | |
| Sharon, Connor, and Nina are picked to be extras for Leena's latest music video who is Sharon's favorite singer—and Sharon sees that being famous isn't as glamorous as it looks. | |||||
| 16 | 16 | "The Election" | September 1, 2001 | January 23, 2002 | |
| Sharon runs for class president after Nina is impeached, but faces a smear campaign against her (supposedly) orchestrated by her opponent's campaign manager, Alden. | |||||
| 17 | 17 | "Angels Among Us" | December 1, 2001 | December 15, 2001 | |
| Sharon must confront her own lack of generosity after she is chosen to give a gift to her nemesis, Nina, Christy and Veronique, for the holidays. Meanwhile, Josh learns more about the Spitzs' Jewish heritage, Sharon's mom is stuck with overtime work, and a strange cousin comes to visit. | |||||
| 18 | 18 | "Dissection Connection" | September 29, 2001 | February 6, 2002 | |
| Sharon protests against frog dissection in biology class. Meanwhile, Connor and his girlfriend, Tally, from "Crushed", breakup. | |||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Secret" | September 15, 2001 | January 30, 2002 | |
| Sharon volunteers as a caller for a teen help hotline and mistakes a girl's call about her boyfriend being a "make-out monster" as being a secret about Sharon's brother, Adam. Meanwhile, Alden has issues with his body odor. | |||||
| 20 | 20 | "Whose Life Is It, Anyway?" | October 6, 2001 | February 13, 2002 | |
| Sharon gets in two battles of wills: one between herself and her mother over getting a tattoo (despite the fact that Sharon is underage) and one between herself and Connor, the latter of which is having a hard time adjusting to his break-up with Tally. | |||||
| 21 | 21 | "The Easy Way Out" | October 13, 2001 | February 20, 2002 | |
| Sharon gets addicted to a psychic hotline to get answers about her life and future. Meanwhile, Adam uses his cat, Moishe's, name to get a credit card and play the stock market. | |||||
| 22 | 22 | "Teacher's Pet" | March 2, 2002 | February 27, 2002 | |
| Maria falls for her substitute English teacher, Mr. Riley, and Sharon supports her friend... until Sharon is told that it's unethical for a teacher to date his students. But is Maria correctly interpreting the teacher's suggestions? | |||||
| 23 | 23 | "Skipping" | November 3, 2001 | March 6, 2002 | |
| Sharon and her friends, Maria, Brock, Alden, and new member, Carmen, start a garage band and decide to skip school to audition for a spring concert. Meanwhile, Nina and her friend, Alyson, try to prove that Sharon is faking sick to get out of going to school. | |||||
| 24 | 24 | "Camp Kookalah" | November 10, 2001 | March 13, 2002 | |
| Sharon and Maria go to summer camp, where Sharon is promoted to Counselor-in-Training and must decide between her power as Counselor-in-Training and her friendship with Maria. | |||||
| 25 | 25 | "Stormy Weather" | February 23, 2002 | March 20, 2002 | |
| Fearing that Alden may not be attracted to her, Sharon turns her attention on a fellow Counselor-in-Training named Jason, but Sharon is shocked when she learns that Maria has sights on Jason too. | |||||
| 26 | 26 | "Twisted" | February 24, 2002 | March 27, 2002 | |
| Sharon panics when her father announces that he's getting remarried... to Nina's mother... until it is revealed that it was all a dream. | |||||
Season 2 (2002–03)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | U.S. air date | Canadian air date [1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "The Social Fabric" | September 27, 2002 | September 6, 2002 | |
| It's a new year for Sharon and her friends as they start high school. As part of a senior mentor program, Sharon is paired up with Dion, an aspiring fashion designer whose sexual orientation has been called into question. Sharon must choose between ditching her new friend or sticking by him in the face of adversity. | |||||
| 28 | 2 | "14 Candles" | October 11, 2002 | September 8, 2002 | |
| When Sharon overhears plans about a surprise party on her 14th birthday, she gets excited. But the excitement turns to disappointment (and anger) when she realizes that no one is throwing a party for her. Meanwhile, Alden discovers the pressures of being Sharon's boyfriend. | |||||
| 29 | 3 | "Working Girl" | October 18, 2002 | September 13, 2002 | |
| Sharon takes a job at a smoothie shop so she can earn money and gain independence. Meanwhile, Connor simplifies his life by weaning himself off consumerism. | |||||
| 30 | 4 | "Dear Alden" | October 25, 2002 | September 15, 2002 | |
| Sharon ruins her love life with Alden when a letter she wrote out of frustration ends up on the school's website, and Alden gets the message. They both break up. | |||||
| 31 | 5 | "Mommy Nearest" | November 1, 2002 | September 20, 2002 | |
| Sharon's mother becomes stricter in her parenting after discovering that Sharon has been on an X-rated movie site and has an interest in Adam's friend, Tony. | |||||
| 32 | 6 | "The Friend Zone" | November 8, 2002 | September 22, 2002 | |
| Sharon enlists the help of a teen magazine's advice column to mend her broken relationship with Alden. | |||||
| 33 | 7 | "The Coolest" | December 6, 2002 | September 23, 2002 | |
| Sharon enters herself on TV3's "Coolest Teen" contest as a joke, but the joke's on her when she makes finalist and must enter a video about a day in her life if she wants to win the grand prize. | |||||
| 34 | 8 | "Skin Deep" | November 15, 2002 | September 27, 2002 | |
| Dion selects Sharon to wear a new dress he designed for an upcoming fashion show the school is hosting, but when puts Nina makes disparaging remarks about her body, Sharon puts herself on a crash diet the week of the show. | |||||
| 35 | 9 | "Grey Matters" | December 11, 2002 | October 28, 2002 | |
| Maria dates an Arab boy named Cloud, but Sharon is worried that Cloud may be abusing Maria. Things get worse when Sharon's grandfather visits and makes prejudiced comments about Cloud and Maria, making Maria think that Sharon is a racist just like her grandfather. | |||||
| 36 | 10 | "Triangles" | December 13, 2002 | November 1, 2002 | |
| Alyson becomes Sharon, Maria, and Connor's unlikely friend and Connor's girlfriend after Connor is saved by Alyson's father from a fire at the smoothie shop. | |||||
| 37 | 11 | "Vanity Fur" | November 22, 2002 | November 22, 2002 | |
| Sharon and Maria's friendship with each other hits a snag when Maria is offered the chance to model ski wear lined with real animal fur and Sharon plans a protest against animal cruelty. | |||||
| 38 | 12 | "Lorenza" | January 3, 2003 | November 8, 2002 | |
| Sharon and Maria find Lorenza, a stray dog, and have three days to give it a home before it gets sent to the pound. Meanwhile, Adam is hired as Maria's butler to raise money for the school's athletic council. | |||||
| 39 | 13 | "Second Thoughts" | January 10, 2003 | November 29, 2002 | |
| When Sharon's English teacher pairs Sharon with her ex-boyfriend, Alden, Sharon thinks that she and Alden should still be together. | |||||
| 40 | 14 | "Home Alone" | January 17, 2003 | April 12, 2003 | |
| While Sharon's mom and her boyfriend, David, are on vacation, Sharon is put in charge of the house, which doesn't sit well with her brothers or her friends. | |||||
| 41 | 15 | "Miss Understanding" | January 24, 2003 | April 13, 2003 | |
| Dion asks Sharon to take over the school newspaper's advice column, which ends up causing trouble for everyone around her. | |||||
| 42 | 16 | "For The Birds" | January 31, 2003 | April 20, 2003 | |
| Sharon's father gets a day job at the local TV station, and falls for the station's executive, Lauren, whom Sharon cannot stand since Lauren has an exotic bird as a pet, which conflicts with Sharon's belief in animal rights. | |||||
| 43 | 17 | "Oh, Grow Up!" | February 7, 2003 | April 27, 2003 | |
| Sharon's internship at a veterinarian's office traumatizes her when the animal she was tending to suddenly dies. Meanwhile, Adam takes an apprenticeship as a funeral director. | |||||
| 44 | 18 | "Genesis" | February 14, 2003 | May 4, 2003 | |
| Sharon feels upstaged during March break when her mother's best friend comes to visit, and all of Sharon's friends are enamored with said best friend's daughter, Genesis. | |||||
| 45 | 19 | "Nina's Nose Job" | February 21, 2003 | May 18, 2003 | |
| Sharon inadvertently starts a rumor that Nina has had rhinoplasty during the time off school in March. Meanwhile, Maria tries to tell Connor that his bad breath might be impeding in his relationship with Alyson. | |||||
| 46 | 20 | "Baby Think-About-It" | February 28, 2003 | May 9, 2003 | |
| Sharon gets a lesson in proper parenting when her social studies class assigns everyone a high-tech baby doll to test their skills in responsibility. | |||||
| 47 | 21 | "Ms. Spitz Goes To Warsch And Stone" | March 7, 2003 | May 25, 2003 | |
| Sharon protests against a cosmetics company that uses animals for testing. Meanwhile, Josh becomes a street musician to earn money for a new suit. | |||||
| 48 | 22 | "When In Rome..." | March 14, 2003 | June 1, 2003 | |
| Sharon and Maria go to Italy, where (once again) their friendship is strained, this time, over Maria's and her grandparents' conservative values. | |||||
| 49 | 23 | "Pegged" | March 21, 2003 | June 8, 2003 | |
| Sharon, Maria, and Alyson start their own band while Carmen, Brock, and Alden crossdress to enter a girls-only battle of the bands contest. | |||||
| 50 | 24 | "Aliens" | March 28, 2003 | June 15, 2003 | |
| A prank war causes rifts in friendships between Brock, Maria, Connor, Alyson, and Sharon. | |||||
| 51 | 25 | "When In Elkford..." | April 4, 2003 | June 22, 2003 | |
| Feeling left out after learning that she's the only one in the school who isn't dating, Sharon sees her chance to be just like her friends when Marcello (the Italian boy she had a crush on from "When in Rome...") comes to Elkford, but her chance may be jeopardized when Marcello's European ways disconcerts Sharon's friends. | |||||
| 52 | 26 | "Up In Smoke" | April 11, 2003 | June 13, 2003 | |
| In desperate need of a change in routine, Sharon moves in with her father and his new girlfriend, but things get sticky when Sharon discovers that she has a juvenile delinquent named Griffin for a potential step brother. In this episode, Sharon smokes and finds out how truly awful it is. | |||||
Season 3 (2003–04)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Canadian air date [1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "Lucky Break" | November 5, 2003 | |
| Sharon takes advantage of Nina's superstitious tendencies when the two girls audition for a play called Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde. Meanwhile, Josh thinks Alyson loves him. | ||||
| 54 | 2 | "Weird Science" | November 12, 2003 | |
| When Sharon is paired up with Connor for a science project, Sharon fears that her ineptitude in science will be Connor's downfall, but when Sharon stumbles upon information from Maria's and Nina's project she must decide whether to cheat to win or play fair and lose. | ||||
| 55 | 3 | "She Got Game" | November 19, 2003 | |
| Maria joins the boys' ice hockey team at school—and Sharon is hired as the team's psychologist to help them with their game anxieties. | ||||
| 56 | 4 | "Remember When" | November 26, 2003 | |
| A blow to the head from a hockey puck makes Alden think that he and Sharon are still dating. Sharon and her friends play along until he comes to his senses, but Alden's present girlfriend, Marlo, steps in and reminds Sharon that things won't stay this way and Alden's memory is gonna come back. | ||||
| 57 | 5 | "Funny Business" | December 3, 2003 | |
| Dion helps Sharon get a job as a clown to pay for ballet lessons, but soon discovers that she's better at being a buffoon than pirouetting. | ||||
| 58 | 6 | "Busted" | December 10, 2003 | |
| Sick of being mistaken for a little girl, Sharon buys a pump bra so people can finally see her as a woman. However, Sharon runs into trouble when the bra malfunctions during a party and it appears as though her breasts are growing out of control. This episode was banned in the United States and some other countries due to sex references. | ||||
| 59 | 7 | "The Beat Goes On" | December 17, 2003 | |
| Sharon performs at a poetry slam, but her moment in the sun is soon eclipsed by her brother, Adam, who isn't as poetic as his sister. Meanwhile, Sharon's mother is addicted to a video game. | ||||
| 60 | 8 | "Game, Set-up and Match" | January 7, 2004 | |
| Sharon plays matchmaker for Dion, who she thinks is lonely and in need of a boyfriend, but Dion gives Sharon a lesson in interfering with other people's problems. | ||||
| 61 | 9 | "While You Were Sleeping" | January 14, 2004 | |
| Sharon takes over for managing their garage band, Mangled Metal, while Maria gets some much needed rest, but Sharon is soon the stressed one as she juggles arrangements for Mangled Metal's performance while babysitting David's children. | ||||
| 62 | 10 | "Identity Crisis" | January 21, 2004 | |
| A quirky, substitute student-teacher helps Sharon get in touch with her inner free spirit, which soon annoys her friends and family. | ||||
| 63 | 11 | "Knight to Remember" | January 28, 2004 | |
| When Sharon's prom date stands her up, it's Sharon's father's girlfriend Lauren, to the rescue, who arranges Sharon to date a male pop singer named Taylor Knight. | ||||
| 64 | 12 | "Just Quacks" | February 4, 2004 | |
| Sharon helps her brother Adam get in good with Hannah's father, who is the head of a duck conservationist organization. | ||||
| 65 | 13 | "Griffin's Girl" | February 11, 2004 | |
| Sharon's potential step brother, Griffin (from "Up in Smoke"), is back—and much better-behaved, all thanks to his new girlfriend. Unfortunately, that "new girlfriend" is Sharon's nemesis, Nina. | ||||
| 66 | 14 | "Poor Richard" | March 3, 2004 | |
| Sharon is mortified when she finds out her father is returning to the music business—as a wandering minstrel at a medieval-themed restaurant. Meanwhile, Connor distances himself from Alyson after he gets an embarrassing after-school job. | ||||
| 67 | 15 | "My Big Fat Braceface Life" | March 10, 2004 | |
| In this clip show episode, Sharon regales her highs and lows as a braces-wearer to a girl named Tracy, who is worried that she may end up a "metal-mouth" just like Sharon. | ||||
| 68 | 16 | "Clean Slate" | March 21, 2004 | |
| When Nina's cousin from England, Petra, truly admits that she decapitated all of Nina's dolls as a child, Nina realizes that she was mean to Sharon all these years for nothing and decides to end the hostilities once and for all, which Sharon reluctantly accepts, but being Nina's friend isn't at all what she expected. | ||||
| 69 | 17 | "The Loooong Weekend" | April 19, 2004 | |
| Sharon finds herself invited on a cabin trip with Alden, Alden's sisters, Daisy and Violet, Alden's girlfriend Marlo, Maria, and Brock, where Alden and Marlo have relationship issues to work out. | ||||
| 70 | 18 | "Act Your Age" | April 21, 2004 | |
| Sharon tries to find a mature young man—and gets one in the form of a twelve-year-old named Pablo. | ||||
| 71 | 19 | "A Dog's Life" | April 28, 2004 | |
| Sharon's pet dog, Pigger, is chosen to be a spokes-canine for a dog food commercial. | ||||
| 72 | 20 | "The Domino Effect" | May 12, 2004 | |
| In an effort to raise money for a charity drive, Sharon uses Connor's anniversary gift to Alyson (a dominos display) to raise money, but finds that the gift wasn't meant to be seen by anyone but Alyson. | ||||
| 73 | 21 | "The Father Factor" | May 19, 2004 | |
| Sharon uses her mother's boyfriend, David, as a "surrogate father" (after Sharon's real father enlists Nina as his "surrogate daughter") on a TV game show where fathers and daughters compete. | ||||
| 74 | 22 | "All About Sharon" | June 16, 2004 | |
| A new girl named Winnie encourages Sharon to audition for a summer job at a pioneer theme park, but Sharon's friends are worried that Winnie is encouraging Sharon for all the wrong reasons. Meanwhile, Adam tries to get rid of the mouse in the house. | ||||
| 75 | 23 | "23's A Crowd" | August 11, 2004 | |
| Sharon befriends a cat lady named Miranda after tracking down her pet cat, Moishe, and tries to save her from being indicted by Animal Control for keeping too many animals in her house. | ||||
| 76 | 24 | "Lights! Camera! Ego!" | August 18, 2004 | |
| Sharon and her friends prep a video for their band, Mangled Metal, to submit to TV3's latest contest, but creative differences may (once again) drive Sharon, Alden, Maria, Brock, Alyson, and Connor apart as friends. | ||||
| 77 | 25 | "Vegging Out" | August 25, 2004 | |
| After being diagnosed with anemia and told to give up her vegetarian diet, Sharon befriends a guy named Cody, who tries to show her that eating meat isn't as bad as she thinks; but how far is he willing to go to prove his point? Meanwhile, Alden shows signs of jealousy towards Sharon's relationship with Cody. | ||||
| 78 | 26 | "Leap of Faith" | September 1, 2004[4] | |
| Sharon, Maria, Brock, and Alden go to Enviro-Camp, where Alden realizes that he still likes Sharon, but discovers it may be too late when Sharon falls for a counselor named Alex. Meanwhile, Maria is suspicious about Brock keeping secrets from her. | ||||
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