Franklin and the Secret Club is the second story in the ninth episode in the first season of Franklin.
Plot[]
Porcupine creates a Secret Club to be more popular than Franklin, who is trying to understand why some of his friends may not want him to join her club. When she finally allows Franklin to join, but he had to choose between a friend or the club, it's Porcupine who learns the real true meaning of friendship.
Quotes[]
- Porcupine: "You can play, but I make the rules."
- Franklin: "Nothing gets past Franklin. Does anything get past you, Snail?"
- Snail: "Not a thing, Franklin."
- Mrs. Turtle: "Hi, Franklin. You're home early today."
- Franklin: "Whatever..."
- Bear: "(to Porcupine) Your club has too many rules."
- Beaver: "Yeah, and rules that don't let other people join are mean!"
- Porcupine: "Would you like to join my secret club?"
- Franklin: "Really?"
- Porcupine: "Yup. And there's only one rule: NO playing with snails."
- Franklin: "WHAT!!!???"
- Bear: "But Porcupine, you never told us about that rule!"
- Beaver: "Yeah!"
- Porcupine: "I just made it up. It's my club. I make the rules! NO SNAILS!"
- Porcupine: "(o.s.) Well? (to Franklin) YES or NO?"
- Franklin: "But, but... No, I don't think so."
- Porcupine: "(raises her voice) What did you say?"
- Franklin: "I don't want to join your club."
- Porcupine: "(angrily) THEN FINE FOR YOU!!! (In the UK: If that's what YOU want...!)"
- Franklin: "Clubs aren't dumb (stupid in UK), Snail. Unless that have dumb (stupid in UK) rules."
Trivia[]
- The morals of this episode are to include all of your friends in certain activities and to avoid purposely hurting any friend's feelings.
- When Porcupine angrily says, "Then fine for you," she walks away in the aisle while the bus is still in motion. In real life, it is dangerous to ever be out of your seat while the bus is moving, because if there was to be a sudden turn or stop, you could fall and crash somewhere.
- In the UK dub, the following was changed:
- The word "soccer ball" is replaced with "football".
- The word "dumb" is replaced with "stupid". This could foreshadow the later episode, "Franklin's Word" from Season 6.
Gallery[]
VHS[]
- Franklin and the Secret Club