List of Bella and the Bulldogs episodes

Bella and the Bulldogs is an American sitcom that airs on Nickelodeon. The series was created by Jonathan Butler and Gabriel Garza. The series premiered on January 17, 2015.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	19	January 17, 2015	May 30, 2015
	2	TBA	September 30, 2015	TBA

Episode list

Season 1 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [1]	Prod. code [2]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Newbie QB"	Jonathan Judge	Jonathan Butler Gabriel Garza	January 17, 2015	101/102	2.52[3]
Bella Dawson, a cheerleader at her school in Texas, gets invited to try out for quarterback of her school's football team, The Bulldogs. At first, the boys don't want her on the team, but in the end, they come to realize she would be a great part of the team.
2	2	"That's Some Gossip, Girl"	Shannon Flynn	Jay J. Demopoulos	January 24, 2015	103	1.84[4]
When Bella finds out the team's deepest secrets, she promises not to reveal any of them. However, when the secrets get exposed, Bella is accused of their embarrassment.
3	3	"Pretty in Stink"	Shannon Flynn	Rick Williams Jenna McGrath	January 31, 2015	106	1.46[5]
A team ritual to not bathe jeopardizes Bella's opportunity to go to the dance with her crush. Meanwhile, Sophie and Pepper find out that Bella's sixth grade rival is going to ask her crush to the dance.
4	4	"Tex Fest"	Eric Dean Seaton	Jonathan Butler Gabriel Garza	February 7, 2015	109	1.64[6]
When the school is holding their annual Tex Fest, Pepper wants Bella to participate in her video project. At the same time, Troy and Newt join the choir, but when the teacher gives Newt the opportunity to sing at Tex Fest, he gets nervous. Meanwhile, Sawyer and Sophie challenge each other to the pepper eating contest after a prank gone wrong.
5	5	"Dancing in the End Zone"	Shannon Flynn	Jennifer Joyce	February 14, 2015	104	1.87[7]
Bella and Troy must cover up the fact that Troy's taking ballet lessons, but Troy's solution may affect more than his football skills. Meanwhile, Sawyer and Newt ridicule Sophie and Pepper's favorite show, but end up obsessed with it.
6	6	"That's My Tri-Five!"	Shannon Flynn	Carly Althoff	February 28, 2015	105	2.04[8]
When a girl named Nicky fills Bella's spot on the cheerleading squad, Bella suspects that she is trying to steal her friends Sophie and Pepper. Meanwhile, Troy, Newt, and Sawyer become obsessed over their new spy equipment.
7	7	"A Goodbye Week"	Sean K. Lambert	Peter Dirksen Jonathan Howard	March 7, 2015	108	1.67[9]
Bella and Kyle finally go on their first date, but Kyle's family situation threatens their relationship.
8	8	"Bromantically Challenged"	Eric Dean Seaton	Katie Greenway	March 14, 2015	107	1.69[10]
When Troy and Sawyer fight over who is going to be Bella's top wide receiver, Bella tries to mediate the situation. At the same time, Newt tries to challenge himself. Meanwhile, Sophie and Pepper are having trouble getting customers at the bake sale without Bella's help.
9	9	"Tornado Afraido"	Alex Winter	Jeffrey Bushell Jenna McGrath Rick Williams	March 21, 2015	110	1.66[11]
A tornado warning traps the gang at school during Pepper's birthday party. To make up for being late for Pepper, Bella and Newt transform the gym into a cool Parisian scene for a surprise party. However, things go bad when Bella is trapped in the rafters and Newt must conquer his fear of heights to rescue her. Meanwhile, Troy and Sophie go to the school's kitchen to make a cake, but disagree on how to make it, and end up throwing ingredients everywhere.
10	10	"Incomplete Pass"	Trevor Kirschner	TBA	March 23, 2015	111	1.30[12]
Sophie helps Bella prepare for her oral exam in Spanish class because if she does not pass, she will be benched from playing the next game. Meanwhile, the boys find what they believe to be a crush list that fell out of Pepper's locker.
11	11	"Backseat Quarterback"	Sean K. Lambert	Peter Dirksen Jonathan Howard	April 4, 2015	112	1.49[13]
After Bella injures her shoulder during practice, she helps Troy prepare to play backup quarterback for the upcoming game. However, after Troy makes the winning touchdown pass, Bella fears she will be replaced as quarterback on the team. Meanwhile, Pepper becomes Newt's lab partner in science class.
12	12	"Traitor Dater"	Sean K. Lambert	Katie Greenway Jennifer Joyce	April 11, 2015	113	2.13[14]
When Bella dates a boy on a rival homecoming team, the team is worried that it will become a distraction. Meanwhile, Sawyer is upset when Newt mistakenly asks Pepper to the homecoming dance.
13	13	"Bulldog Buddies"	Sean K. Lambert	Peter Dirksen Jonathan Howard	April 18, 2015	114	1.64[15]
When Bella gets paired with DJ, Troy's brother in the Bulldog Buddies program, Troy becomes jealous. Meanwhile, when Sawyer asks Pepper to be his girlfriend, she begins dating him despite the fact that her parents forbid her from having a boyfriend.
14	14	"Player Hater"	Sean K. Lambert	Katie Greenway Jenna McGrath Rick Williams	April 25, 2015	115	1.49[16]
When Troy begins dating Charlotte Newman, Bella tries to put their past aside, but when she finds out the truth about Charlotte, she doesn't tell him. Meanwhile, Sawyer accidentally sends a text message to Pepper saying "I love you.", which was meant for his mother. This causes Pepper to freak out and send a random string of emojis in reply, and Newt misinterprets it, resulting in awkward feelings between Sawyer and Pepper.
15	15	"Root for Newt"	Eric Dean Seaton	Blake J. Williger	May 2, 2015	118	1.22[17]
Bella tries to help Newt get a spot in a game by finding the perfect position for him in time for his dad to see him play. However, when Coach isn't sure about Newt playing so close to the playoffs, Bella will have to choose between her team and her friend. Meanwhile, Troy attempts to get a date with a high school girl with Sophie's help. Elsewhere, Pepper enters a picture contest involving food, annoying a hungry Sawyer.
16	16	"Bulldog Blues"	Trevor Kirschner	Jonathan Butler Gabriel Garza Jay J. Demopoulos	May 9, 2015	117	1.63[18]
After unexpectedly losing to the worst team in the league, Bella guarantees the Bulldogs will win a game to make the playoffs. However, after Bella gets the "yips," the Bulldogs' chance of making the playoffs is endangered. Meanwhile, Sophie stays over at Pepper's house to get away from her brothers for a while.
17	17	"Kicking and Scheming"	Trevor Kirschner	Jeff Bushell	May 16, 2015	116	1.56[19]
Bella searches for a new kicker for the Bulldogs, but she realizes it may be more difficult when conflict between their team and the soccer team arises. Meanwhile, Sophie, Pepper, and Newt try to spark some chemistry between Coach Russell and Mrs. Park.
18	18	"Third Degree Ba-Burn"	Shannon Flynn	Zach Butler	May 23, 2015	120	1.09[20]
Bella's joke about Sawyer at the team's annual roast causes a rift between Sawyer and Pepper. Meanwhile, Newt tries to get between Sophie and a boy who she practices karate with.
19	19	"No Girls Allowed"	Jonathan Judge	Jennifer Joyce	May 30, 2015	119	1.39[21]
When Coach Russell gets a letter informing him that it is against the rules to have a girl play on a football team, which means Bella can't play in the big game, the Bulldogs support Bella in hopes of overturning the rule. Meanwhile, the cheer squads on both teams pull pranks on each other.

Season 2 (2015–16)

• Rio Mangini is absent for two episodes.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [22][23]	Prod. code [2]	U.S. viewers (millions)
20	1	"Wide Deceiver"	Jonathan Judge	Jonathan Butler Gabriel Garza	September 30, 2015	201	1.49[24]
Troy leaves the bulldogs because he got accepted somewhere else.
21	2	"Girls' Night"	Sean Lambert	TBA	October 7, 2015	203	1.21[25]
The girls have a hang out together for the first time in forever. Bella discovers that the pizza boy is Zach and the girls call for pizza continuously for revenge on him. Meanwhile, the guys stay with Troy and Troy wants them to leave without being rude about it.
22	3	"Personal Foul"	Sean Lambert	Jeffrey Bushell	October 14, 2015	205	1.31[26]
Troy helps his new team prank the Bulldogs: Troy must do his loyalties when his new team plays dirty: Rico Hills comes and performs at the halftime show: Meanwhile, Pepper wants her own show so she becomes the news reporter when Ace is sick.
23	4	"Rally Week"	Trevor Kirschner	Jennifer Joyce	October 21, 2015	204	1.32[27]
Bella accidentally gives away Pepper's scarf when the Bulldogs were asked to switch their gifts with another teammate: Meanwhile, a girl named Vera treats Newt the way he treats Sophie.
24	5	"Sha-Boo! Ya"	Sean Lambert	Patrick Bottaro	October 28, 2015	202	1.21[28]
During Halloween, Troy and Sawyer try to scare the girls at the annual football and cheerleader camp out; an urban legend about the school's old groundskeeper becomes real.
25	6	"Who Killed Tex Fest?"	Trevor Kirschner	Sasha Stroman	November 4, 2015	208	1.30[29]
When the town's annual Tex Fest is cancelled, the school is determined to find out why. However, it turns out that Tex Fest was cancelled because all the extra funds that usually paid for the festival were used to buy new equipment for the football team. As the equipment cannot be returned (it's already been used) the team tries to raise funds instead. Meanwhile, Pepper finds out that her mother is pregnant, and is elated, stating all the girly activities she and her sibling can do together, (wanting the baby to be a girl, as she has no knowledge of boys), when Sophie states that there's a fifty percent chance Pepper's mother will give birth to a boy, popping her bubble. Pepper begs Sophie for help (she has nine brothers) so that she'll know a bit more about baby boys.
26	7	"Dudes & Chicks"	John Whitesell	Katie Greenway	November 11, 2015	207	1.54[30]
Sawyer's cousin Charlie comes into town for Farmers Market. Bella has hated Charlie ever since Sawyer's ninth birthday. But after Bella sees what Charlie looks like now, she is attracted to Charlie immediately and does what ever it takes for Charlie to like her too. Meanwhile, Sophie, Troy, and Newt find out that a deep fry food truck are getting its meals from a petting zoo, and they do whatever means necessary to save the chicks.
27	8	"Two Many Dates"	Jody Margolin Hahn	Jay J. Demopoulos	November 18, 2015	209	1.19[31]
Bella has two dates to a formal dance and doesn't know how to handle the situation that she had gotten into. Rico Hills performs at the formal dance.
28	9	"The Outlaw Bella Dawson"	Jean Sagal	Zach Butler	February 13, 2016	214	1.27[32]
Bella, Sophie, and some other students from their school participate in a live-action history class, along with some students and teachers from other schools about life in the 1850s. Sophie and Sawyer play the parts of Jonas and Abigail Silverado while Bella plays their cousin, Carol.
29	10	"Parents & Pigskins"	Sean Lambert	Zach Butler	March 19, 2016	212	1.46[33]
The annual flag football for students and parents is around the corner and Bella is afraid that her mom is going to be an embarrassment, while Sawyer, Newt, and their dads try to compete against Troy and his uncle. Meanwhile, Sophie and Pepper try to promote Sophie's mom's homemade tamales, but her mom refuses to give them the secret formula, so the girls try to figure it out.
30	11	"Glitz & Grit"	Shannon Flynn	Jonathan Butler Gabriel Garza	March 26, 2016	210	1.29[34]
Absent: Rio Mangini as Ace
31	12	"Accept No Substitutes"	Trevor Kirschner	Matthew Poisson	April 2, 2016	213	1.39[35]
32	13	"I Love You, Hunter Hayes!"	Shannon Flynn	Rick Williams Jenna McGrath	April 9, 2016	206	1.30[36]
Bella skips cleaning up the football field with her team and lies to her coach about it. Instead, she goes to the Hunter Hayes concert with Sophie and Pepper. Troy, Newt, and Sawyer threaten to tell coach she skipped, but she says she'll do anything for them. After a series of long requests, they keep using Bella until she finally tells Coach.
33	14	"Party of Three"	Shannon Flynn	Peter Dirksen Jonathan Howard	April 16, 2016	215	1.18[37]
34	15	"Bad Grandma"	Sean Lambert	Jennifer Joyce	April 23, 2016	211	1.11[38]
Bella ends up meeting her idol after she, Troy and Sawyer are assigned to an elderly person. Meanwhile, Pepper, Newt and Sophie try to decorate Pepper's soon to be baby brother's room but cannot decide on what to make the room. Absent: Rio Mangini as Ace
35	16	"Bella in the Spotlight"	Sam Orender	Sasha Stroman	April 30, 2016	216	1.31[39]
36	17	"Doggone Record Breaker"[40]	TBA	TBA	May 7, 2016	217	TBD
37	18	"Tailgating"[41]	TBA	TBA	June 4, 2016	220	TBD

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External links

• Official website
• List of Bella and the Bulldogs episodes at the Internet Movie Database