Genres
Networks
Teletoon
Created By
Nadine Van der Velde
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
Overview
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends is an animated program based on the children's books by David Kirk, which airs on Nick Jr. in the United States, on Treehouse TV in Canada, and on Discovery Kids in Brazil. Each episode follows the everyday adventures of a family of bugs, who have made their home in what is called the Hollow Tree, led by the gentle, kind-hearted Miss Spider. Our gifts, they are many: We hop, fly and crawl. But kindness is the finest of all! - Miss Spider
Key Crew
Top Cast
Rebecca Brenner
Shimmer
Mitchell Eisner
Dragon
Kristin Davis
Miss Spider (voice)
Scott Beaudin
Squirt
Tony Jay
Spiderus Reeves
Julie Lemieux
Bounce
Seasons
Season 1 (2004)
No overview available.
28 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: I'll Fly Away
2004-09-07Dragon wants to leave Sunny Patch to join the Flying Aces, who are dragonflies like he is.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: All Pupa'ed Out
2004-09-07Squirt and Shimmer find an orphaned baby caterpillar in the meadow. They ask their parents if they can take care of her, but get more work than they bargained for.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Bug Your Mom Day
2004-09-08The Spider children make a competition out of giving their mother the best gift for "Bug Your Mom Day".
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: A Cloudy Day in Sunny Patch
2004-09-08Shimmer's hatchday party is nearly ruined when a storm rolls in.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Fly Away Friends
2004-09-09Squirt feels left out when his two winged siblings, Shimmer and Dragon, have high-flying fun that a spider cannot join in.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: Bedtime Story
2004-09-09Miss Spider and Holley try to get their children to go to bed on time.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: Country Bug-Kin
2004-09-10An orphaned cockroach is blown by the wind into Sunny Patch.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: A Star Fell On Sunny Patch
2004-09-10The Spider family, along with Uncle Gus, go out stargazing.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 9: A Little Slow
2004-09-13The kids learn a lesson about patience when Squirt's friend Shelley the Snail tags along with them on their hike.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: Stalking the Beanstalk
2004-09-13Ned and Ted trade moth eggs for Shimmer and Bounce's pies, telling the children that they are magic beans.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 11: Family Circus
2004-09-14The children get out of hand while waiting for the circus. To improve their behavior, Miss Spider shows them the wishing web.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: Eight Is Not Enough
2004-09-14Miss Spider and Holley are busy trying to keep up with their little buggies' activities and become overworked very quickly.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 13: The Marin Rose
2004-09-15After hearing a bedtime story about knights protecting a mythical rose, Shimmer tries to prevent Spiderus from picking the most beautiful flower in Sunny Patch.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 14: A Sticky Situation
2004-09-15The bugs find a honeycomb.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 15: Sing It Sister
2004-09-16The bugs see the Dribbly Dell Singers, an acapella group who are doing tryouts since one of their singers moved away.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 16: Ant-tution
2004-09-16A first frost is nearing Sunny Patch and all the bugs are working to put away storage for the winter, but Squirt would rather have fun.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 17: Something's Stinky in Sunny Patch
2004-09-17Opened in a Private-Eye style mystery, Stinky investigates the case of the missing tree bark from Mr. Mantis' house. Spiderus accuses Shimmer of eating the bark, and spreads the rumor.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 18: The Listening Walk
2004-09-17When Wiggle cannot sleep because he is scared of nighttime noises, Miss Spider takes him on a listening walk around Sunny Patch.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 19: Wiggle's Squiggles
2004-09-20The bugs learn at school how to collect "colors" from the meadow to paint. Wiggle is excited to show his painting off, but after seeing Shimmer's painting which looked like a perfect recreation, he gets discouraged.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 20: Basketberry Blues
2004-09-20The bugs are trying out for basketberry, Sunny Patch's version of basketball.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 21: What a Tangled Web
2004-09-21Squirt accidentally leaves all of his leftover webs all over Sunny Patch and instead of cleaning it up, he goes off to play.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 22: Cry Buggie
2004-09-21Squirt bottles up his feelings.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 23: A Scary Scary Tale
2004-09-22The bugs find a snakeskin and use it to scare everyone in Sunny Patch.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 24: A Bug-A-Boo Day Play
2004-09-22It is "Bug-A-Boo Day" and Shimmer is trying to put on the perfect play.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 25: Hum Bug
2004-10-25Miss Spider's children are all excited to be visited by the "Dream Bug" for doing good deeds.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 26: Dashing Through the Snow
2004-10-25It is "Jolly Holly Day" and the Spider family is celebrating the holiday at home in the Hollow Tree, but Miss Spider, Squirt and Bounce are caught out in a snowstorm and must find their way out.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 27: Episode 27
2004-12-10Episode 28: Episode 28
2004-12-10Season 2 (2005)
No overview available.
21 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Happy Heartwood Day
2005-02-14The bugs all celebrate "Heartwood Day".
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Ground House Rules
2005-02-14The children find a new play area at the bottom of the Hollow Tree.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: No-See-Um is Believing
2005-03-15Squirt meets a fly who is so tiny, the rest of his friends believe he has an imaginary friend.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: A Little Bug Music
2005-03-15Shimmer wants to learn the bugpipes.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Taste-Bugs
2005-03-16Bounce learns to try new things.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: Top O'Big Tree
2005-03-16The bugs climb the biggest tree in Sunny Patch.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: Family Tree
2005-03-17The kids build a family tree for their school project. Shimmer and Miss Spider search for the place Shimmer hatched to try to find a special hatchday memento for it.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: The Jitterbug
2005-03-17Squirt falls off his web while trying a risky new surfer stunt and is too afraid to tell anyone that his death defying trick was actually a very scary accident.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 9: Secret Frog
2005-06-20The bugs meet a frog named Felix while playing in the Taddy Puddle.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: The Big Green Bug
2005-06-21Spiderus starts an anti-frog squad, which places the kids' new friend Felix in danger. To protect Felix, the kids disguise him as a bug.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 11: Be Good to Bugs... and Frogs
2005-06-27It's Be Good to Bugs Day in Sunny Patch.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: Eight Legs Up
2006-02-20Snowdrop becomes self-conscious of her 8 legs.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 13: Spider Mom
2006-02-20The bugs train for a charity race in Sunny Patch.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 14: Captain Sunny Patch
2006-03-13Squirt comes up with his own superhero persona.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 15: Captain Sunny Patch Flies Again
2006-03-13Squirt comes up with his own superhero persona.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 16: Thinking Stone
2006-03-15Squirt faces a tough decision, so he finds a quiet place to think.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 17: Big Bad Buggysitter
2006-03-15It is Miss Spider and Holley's wedding anniversary and Spindella babysits their children while they are out on a date.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 18: Seeing Straight
2006-03-16Dragon finds a pair of glasses while flying around Sunny Patch and loses them.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 19: Stumped!
2006-03-16After Squirt and Shimmer fight over the last berry of the season, Miss Spider and Holley try to settle the argument in multiple ways.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 20: Episode 20
Episode 21: Episode 21
Season 3 (2006)
No overview available.
34 episodes
