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This is the list of episodes of Shapes. All episodes are written by the series creator, Ralf Hat and are either rated TV-PG or a light TV-14 rating in the US.

Season Episodes Year(s) Premiere Date Finale Date DVD Release Date
Season One 17 2001 May 22, 2001 October 2, 2001 December 23, 2001
Season Two 23 2002 June 11, 2002 November 12, 2002 January 25, 2002
Season Three 20 2003 - 2004 October 21, 2003 April 6, 2004 June, 19
Season Four 17 2005 TBA
Season Five 20 2006
Season Six 20 2007 - 2008
Season Seven 20 2009 - 2010

Season 1 (2001)[]

# Title Summary Rating Airdate
1 Interview An introduction to the main characters, and discussing how Square, Triangle, and Circle got their job at Cube's Shipping Company in Reeston, Ohio. TV-PG May 22, 2001
2 Chill Pill A heat wave has hit Newland since the past week. Grandpa Jones asks Circle to help fix the air-conditioner in the local Senior Center. At the Senior Center, Circle mistakes some pills for candy. Once eating all of the pills, Circle develops ice powers and tries helping the town out. Unfortunately, Circle's powers draw in an angry mob who mistake him as a witch. TV-PG-V May 29, 2001
3 The Gons Aren't Gone The gang meet up the company's rivals, Octagon and Hexagon. They keep tempting the gang to join their company, Oct-Hex Corps. As the two give up on attempting to lure in the others, they begin sabotaging pocking events, and stealing ideas for their own company. Grandpa Jones gets a job as an intern. TV-PG June 5, 2001
4 Dr. Circle Circle illegally becomes a self proclaimed doctor, after saving Grandpa Jones's life. He begins treating patients resulting him to become famous around the entire state. A group of terrorists kidnap Circle, and force him to care for their dictator from the Middle Eastern country of Nortonstan. TV-PG June 12, 2001
5 Commercial Broadcasting Cube and Rector plan to make a commercial to be broadcasted on the Reeston Television Access Network. Square and Circle try to get involved with it, but always end up ruining the directing. TV-PG June 19, 2001
6 Blackout An electric malfunction caused by one of Triangle's experiments results in a blackout for the whole town. When the citizens of Reeston start a crime riot, the guys must go to the electricity company to bring back power to the area. TV-PG June 26, 2001
7 Carpet Crisis Fleas infest the company, and drive the crew away. It is founded out that Square's family carpet which brought the fleas in the first place. The guys try to rid the fleas away by: hiring an exterminator, using toxins, etc, but all plans fail miserably. TV-PG-V July 3, 2001
8 Road Killers A motorcycle gang challenges Square, Triangle, and Circle at a street race. Square uses Cube's car, but ends up getting it wrecked afterwards. While the guys try to replace the car with a complete replica, the motorcyclists declare the company as their "turf". TV-PG-V July 10, 2001
9 Neoclassic Park While digging up roots in the yard,Square finds a painting originating back to the 18th century. When he agrees to sell it to the Smithsonian Museum, he wakes up the next morning finding the painting stolen. Square tries to investigate. TV-PG July 17, 2001
10 Dinner Date The guys go to a dinner date, and fall in love with three women: Diamond, Star, and Olivia (an oval). TV-PG-D July 24, 2001
11 Brother Grandpa gets life insurance when fearing that his life may be at stake without it. Square reunites with his brother, a wealthy individual who tries to buy the entire company. TV-PG-V July 31, 2001
12 Superstition Subway Square, Triangle, and Circle meet up with Diamond, Star, and Olivia again. The six of them hang out at an underground subway station, waiting for a train home. But they soon meet up with supernatural urban legends in the subway. TV-PG August 7, 2001
13 Viruses These Days Triangle rediscovers an ancient disease with awkward but deadly effects on whoever catches it. The disease quickly spreads immediately amongst the town, and the guys are forced to search for a cure. TV-PG-DLV August 14, 2001
14 Box Surprise While a mishap happens involving a wrong box being shipped to someone, Cube's Shipping Company goes under a lawsuit. Circle gets himself stuck in a box which gets delivered to the ghetto of the town. TV-PG August 21, 2001
15 Food Fight When Circle bakes a cake but instead uses cocaine to use or flour, he ultimately makes his workmates trip out. They soon believe that the food is alive and that they are living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. TV-PG-V August 28, 2001
16 Camping Socks A camping trip goes completely horrid when a deranged serial killer attempts to hunt the guys down to use their skin to make socks. TV-PG-V September

4, 2001

17 The New Guy A new guy comes to town, Trapezoid. He gets a job at the company, and his hard workmanship results in a jealous Square. With everyone adoring him, Square seeks to find a dark truth about his new co-worker. TV-PG-V October 2, 2001

Season 2 (2002)[]

# Title Summary Rating Airdate
18 The Past Won't Last Something in Grandpa Jones's past forces him to retell his and Square's life story. Each of these events reveals a secret which shocks each other gang, especially Square himself. TV-PG-DLV June 11, 2002
19 Shotgun An old Civil War shotgun is bought by Circle at an old antique store. Ever since he brings the gun to the company (to get rid of a pest problem) strange occurrences begin to happen. TV-PG-DLV June 18, 2002
20 Missing Report When Cube, Square, Triangle, and Circle get kidnapped by a recent costumer, Rector attempts to search for them, and bring this "costumer" to justice. TV-PG-V June 25, 2002
21 Sailor Goons The crew go on a shipping trip to Japan, but end up crash-landing on an island filled with uncivilized cavemen. TV-PG-L July 2, 2002
22 Men Can't Have Kids The guys meet Cube's siblings, his sister, Bevel, and his delusional brother, Abe, who believes that he may be the first man on Earth to be pregnant. Square falls in love with Bevel. TV-14 July 9, 2002
23 Eat, Pray, Shove Cube is invited to see his boss and other company owners at a dinner party, only to celebrate the 53rd year anniversary of the REI (Reeston Economic Industries). A murder happens overtime the lights go off, and the bosses must survive each other. TV-PG July 16, 2002
24 Worst Wedding Ever Triangle goes to see his recently divorced mother get married to a drug lord, Dante Eric; Rector attempts to fix a shipping truck, along with the help of Circle. TV-PG-DV July 23, 2002
25 Cartoons Are So Yesterday Grandpa discovers a stolen 1920s television set, with the only channel being a creepy black and white cartoon channel. But there's something more supernatural about this... TV-PG-DV July 30, 2002
26 Lets Get a Tan, Man! While on a vacation to the shore, the shapes try to get a tan at the local tanning beds. They don't realize that they are subjects to a sociopathic mad scientist by the name of Doctor Pen. TV-PG-DV August 6, 2002
27 The Lyin' King When an expensive vase is broken because of Square, he decides to hide his mistake by blaming it on "burglars". This worsens, especially when actual burglars take on Square. TV-PG August 13, 2002
28 Tickity-Tockity, Biggity Bombity A female health inspector may be the cause of bombings at other companies. Nobody believes this besides Square. TV-PG-V August 20, 2002
29 Rise of the Planet of the Shapes Circle attempts to close down the local zoo by boycotting it, once he is certain he has a fear of the place after recent encounters. Triangle gives Cube a pet domesticated monkey for his birthday. TV-PG-DLV August 27, 2002
30 UFO Madness The crew's favorite metal band, "Alien Vomit", is taking a tour around Ohio, so the guys head out to Columbus to "join in the mosh" and to get free autographs. Things go awry when actual aliens kidnap the crew and the metal band. Now the guys must work together to escape the extraterrestrial dungeon and make it safe to the concert. TV-PG-DLV September 3, 2002
31 Circle Gets The Riche$ Circle winds up getting $100 dollars in cash, urging an envious Square and Triangle to encourage Circle to share the cash with one of them. TV-PG September 10, 2002
32 Moose Caboose A moose escapes a local zoo, and is caught by Circle. When Cube won't allow the moose in the house, the moose prepares revenge on him. TV-14 September 17, 2002
33 Naked on Everest TV-14 September 24, 2002
34 Sucky Charms TV-PG October 1, 2002
35 Antonio (Tries To) Commit Suicide TV-PG-V October 8, 2002
36 Cubed Legged Cube goes to the hospital to get surgery on his foot. He instead is mistaken for a test subject being experimented by Doctor Pen, from episode 26. TV-PG October 15, 2002
37 Lets Dunk it An NBA game inspires Square to start his own basketball team, which includes: Square, Grandpa, Rector, Mike, and Mike's friends. TV-PG October 22, 2002
38 Hell Razor The crew enter the Reeston Halloween Motorcycle Contest, and they sign up Rector's power cruiser into it. While Rector races against the rest of the competition into the Halloween night, the guys accidentally awake a raged spirit of an infamous motorcyclist onto the road. TV-PG-V October 29, 2002
39 Problems Square is forced to fix up a pipe leakage, while Record goes to the emergency room after breaking his arm. TV-PG November 5, 2002
40 Day Off Triangle gets a day off, after breaking his leg. While the rest ship some boxes across the town, Triangle must defend the house from burglars. TV-PG November 12, 2002

Season 3 (2003 - 2004)[]

# Title Summary Rating Airdate
41 Square's Internet Series Square makes a prank web series, pranking those in the neighborhood. When everyone becomes angry and embarrassed, Square must either choose the life with his friends or the life of internet fame. TV-PG October 21, 2003
42 Arcade Hell Taking some unneeded supplies to the basement, Square, Circle, and Triangle stumble across some old arcade games, sucking each of them into virtual underworld in where they must escape. TV-PG-V October 28, 2003
43 Lord of the Ribs The crew ship 2,000 pounds of ribs to the national RibFest 2003. They end up competing against Octagon and Hexagon's crew in a rib eating contest. TV-PG November 4, 2003
44 Back-To-Work! The crew's weeklong vacation is over, and the guys are forced to go back. Cube adds a list of rules to the company, which makes work life harder. TV-PG November 11, 2003
45 The Birth of a Neigh-tion TV-PG November 18, 2003
46 Rector, Come Home Rector returns to his birthplace in Norway, dealing with emotional issues. While he's gone, the company and the town in general erupt into chaos. TV-14 November 25, 2003
47 Sewer Story Square investigates the sewer beneath the streets, as punishment for accidentally tossing Cube's pet goldfish down the sink. TV-PG-V December 2, 2003
48 Post Cards From Heaven TV-PG-LV December 9, 2003
49 Wall The main three attempt to fill in a hole in Cube's office, when they discover a creature is living inside it, and everything they do only makes it grow larger; Cube goes shopping for groceries, but ends up accidentally shoplifting. TV-PG-V December 16, 2003
50 Christmas Steve TV-PG December 23, 2003
51 Just Plant The Dang Tree TV-PG February 3, 2004
52 PETA Problems TV-PG-V February 10, 2004
53 Stupid Cupid TV-PG-D February 17, 2004
54 Man's Best Bot Square uncovers a dusted up machine in the back of the garage. Apparently, the machine is in fact a robot butler, and the rest reprogram it to help out with certain things. Rector (who is founded out to be the robot's creator) finds out, and urges the crew to deactivate him before "certain things go wrong". TV-PG-V February 24, 2004
55 Slumber Party Wars A group of burglars sneak inside the house, attempting to steal a famous artifact which is suppose to be delivered the following morning. The crew, once finding out about this, are forced to protect the artifact, and fight off the burglars; Rector and Grandpa Jones go to a dinner party with Rector's family, in order to dismiss a former rivalry between the tensions of the squares and rectangles of Ohio. TV-PG-V March 2, 2004
56 Right In The Surface Area Cube gets one of his sides busted up from a load of weights on his back. As he attempts to mend to his pain by working a lot the following day, Cube misshapens himself so brutally, that the townspeople begin to fear him as a "freak"; The crew wish to help their boss recover. TV-PG March 9, 2004
57 Cube Can't Be Pranked Square reveals his infamous pranks around town, pranking and annoying everyone. Besides Cube. Square attempts to prank Cube, but his results fail due to Cube's acknowledgment of nearly all of his pranks. TV-PG March 16, 2004
58 Gramped TV-PG March 23, 2004
59 Circle Pity TV-PG-DLSV March 30, 2004
60 Duck Pox 2: Sitting Ducks TV-14-DLV April 6, 2004
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