The Wonder Years:
German episode titles

RTL has shown the first airing of The Wonder Years in Germany as "Wunderbare Jahre" in 1991. RTL2 has then started to show the first 30 episodes.  They brought complete reruns four times in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2000. In September 1999 it was unclear whether The Wonder Years would be shown again in Germany. RTL2 answered our requests: "Diese Serie wird nicht mehr bei RTL II zu sehen sein, da wir nicht länger über die Senderechte verfügen. Wer diese derzeit besitzt, können wir Ihnen leider nicht sagen."

However, on 2 November 2000 RTL2 has started again with the first episode of the last season (#94) and continues with the first season.

All showings in Germany were dubbed; the original voices were never heard.  Some scenes significantly altered by dubbing and cutting to avoid mild sexual content for the daytime airing and to make some jokes understandable for the German viewers.  Kevin Arnold's German voice changed at the beginning of season 3 (episode 24).  Jack Arnold's German voice changed at the beginning of season 5 (episode 70).

RTL and RTL2 have changed the order of the episodes: 1-7, 9, 8, 10-13, 15, 14, 16-25, 27,26, 28-50, 52, 51, 54, 53, 55-57, 59, 58, 61, 60, 62-115.  Especially for 57 ("Heartbreak") and 58 ("Denial") it does not make sense at all.  On 18 September 1995, during the first complete rerun on RTL2, episode 50 was shown instead of episode 46. According to RTL2 the tapes were wrongly labeled. The Christmas episodes, especially 103 and 104, were often omitted or shown just before Christmas.

Living now in Germany I have put the German titles together. The German transcripts were originally compiled by Daniel.