Bad episodes of good cartoon shows

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Jun 29, 2012 11:56:24 GMT -5 Mr. N said:

Jun 29, 2012 11:45:38 GMT -5 Welfare Willis said:

I don't like the Chris Savino era of Dexter's Lab or the newer episodes of the Powerpuff Girls.

You mean when the art style got weird and the writing got even weirder? Yeah, I'm with you on that.

That era of Dexter's Lab is uncanny in my book.

Many will disagree with me but the Pandemic Saga on South Park. The only time I lost hope in South Park.

Any SpongeBob Episode after the Movie. Honestly SpongeBob is an ass in some of these.

Any Fairly OddParents after Channel Chasers is bad too. Shold have ended the show here, would have made an epic last episode.

The Food Court Episode of Invader Zim (Last one of the lost episodes) was bad too. Also Zim Likes Waffles I hated too. (I don't get how people say this is one of the best ones).

Any Rugrats when the show was rebooted (The Dill era).

Family Guy: The bank vault episode. This I think was just about everyone's breaking point.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

Jun 29, 2012 14:42:34 GMT -5 dav said:

Any Homer-centric episode of the Simpsons. Guy has really turned into one of the most vile pieces of crap on TV. Say what you want about Family Guy, at least Peter gets called out on his idiocy from time to time.

.....Wow, I get the exact opposite impression. At least Homer occasionally learns a lesson and it sticks. Peter defies character development at every step. And since all of the characters surrounding him are equally as douchey, nobody calls him out on it.

[dav]

Jun 29, 2012 14:45:25 GMT -5 Spankymac is sick of the swiss said:

Jun 29, 2012 14:42:34 GMT -5 dav said:

Any Homer-centric episode of the Simpsons. Guy has really turned into one of the most vile pieces of crap on TV. Say what you want about Family Guy, at least Peter gets called out on his idiocy from time to time.

.....Wow, I get the exact opposite impression. At least Homer occasionally learns a lesson and it sticks. Peter defies character development at every step. And since all of the characters surrounding him are equally as douchey, nobody calls him out on it.

When does it stick? How many episodes have there been where Homer learns not to neglect his kids or treat Marge like something he scraped off his shoe? It got tired ten years ago and it's worn a groove to the Earth's core by now.

[OGBoardPoster2005]

"Spider-Man:TAS" went straight to hell starting with the episode "Goblin War!". That's when I felt the show became a half-assed version of itself. That episode turned the Hobgoblin from one of Spidey's strongest foes to a total bitch and his "reveal" was just lazy, it really bastardized what was a pretty good character on that show. "Turning Point" started out fine but for me was hurt A LOT by its terrible attempt to mimmick the Death of Gwen Stacey. Network censoring really hurt this show.

After that, it went completely down hill. There were a few good episodes but otherwise the final two seasons (including the Captain America story arc) were just beyond pathetic.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

Jun 29, 2012 12:36:02 GMT -5 @fsinfan said:

Jun 29, 2012 11:41:37 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Scrotie McBoogerballs.

I'll see your Scrotie, and raise you "Britney's New Look"

oh damn hell yeah

BLEUUUUUUUURGGGGGHHHH .....

and that's not me doing an impersanation of her in that episode, it stands out like a blown off head in terms of dumbness ..... even for south park ..... although poor butters in a squirrel costume comes close to saving it from the rubble of the idea!

THE CARTRIDGE FAMILY from the simpsons is probably THE nadir though .....

[Sc]

Jun 29, 2012 13:05:21 GMT -5 @fsinfan said:

Jun 29, 2012 13:02:22 GMT -5 King Ghidorah said:

Any Lisa-centric episode.

I'm the very rare contrarian to that. I think a lot of her early episodes are some of the best in the series

Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
Lisa the Greek
Lisa's Rival
Round Springfield
And the wickedly underrated Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington

I hated the endings to "Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" and "Lisa the Greek." I felt so bad for Homer and Bart when they didn't get to watch the fight in their own home that I don't watch the ending to it any more. "Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" made Lisa a very unlikable character to me.

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Jun 29, 2012 13:36:40 GMT -5 DragonMasterP said:

"I've got a Batman in my Basement" from Batman: The Animated Series was pretty bad.

I remember having one of those old talking books about those episodes.

You know, the books with the buttons on the right side that played different sound effects?

I wore that sucker out quick.

[StuntGranny®]

I just watched the hot tub episode of American Dad today, so I'm going with that. I didn't care for it at all.

[Hakumental]

Any episode of Batman: The Animated Series with Sean Catherine Derek's name on it.

[paulbearer]

Jun 29, 2012 13:36:40 GMT -5 DragonMasterP said:

"I've got a Batman in my Basement" from Batman: The Animated Series was pretty bad.

Both that and X-mas with Joker are underrated

[H-Virus]

American Dad: Four Little Words


Stan is a douche, and he's done a lot of shitty things to his family in the past (Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option being a prime example), but usually his douchebaggery is brought about because of ignorance or intolerance and he gets set straight in the end.

This episode, however? In this episode, he lies to his wife, drugs her, tricks her into thinking that she murdered her best friend, grinds her friend's body up in a wood-chipper while Francine watches, lets her run off to India for a month so she can have a fresh start, and only goes to bring her back because he thinks he's figured out a way to tell her the truth without getting in trouble.

And why does he do all this? Because he didn't want Francine to tell him "I told you so".

That's it. That's his entire reason.


I mean, people talk about Homer and Peter being horrible human beings, but I don't think either of them have ever done something so horrifying over something so petty.

[Ryback on a Pole!]

Recess: Operation Fieldtrip - Awful episode where the school's bus breaks down and yet they somehow manage to repair it with parts scrounged from a crummy old field. It sucked and was boring.

X-Men Evolution: Can't remember the episode name but it was the one where Cyclops and Havok get lost at sea. Such a boring episode and really, the only bad episode in the series.

MLPFIM: Didn't like Lesson Zero or Look Before You Sleep. Both were pretty dull episodes. I did enjoy Mysterious Mare 'Do Well though which people seem to dislike.

[kidglov3s]

DBZ: Episode 289. They should have ended it before jumping ten years. Awful, awful way to end the series.

[hawkfan44]

for The Simpsons, I'd go with the episode that Bart gets caught shoplifting. don't really watch The Simpsons anymore, but that episode always strikes me as one of the worst

[The Ichi]

That South Park episode with the Mormon family. Don't even know the name, don't care to.

Infact I dislike a lot of their religion centered episodes, minus the excellent Go God Go 2-parter.

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Jun 29, 2012 22:25:48 GMT -5 The Ichi said:

That South Park episode with the Mormon family. Don't even know the name, don't care to.

Even if you don't, it was called "All About Mormons"

[Sajoa Moe]

Jun 29, 2012 22:46:46 GMT -5 @fsinfan said:

Jun 29, 2012 22:25:48 GMT -5 The Ichi said:

That South Park episode with the Mormon family. Don't even know the name, don't care to.

Even if you don't, it was called "All About Mormons"

DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM

[chazraps]

Jun 29, 2012 13:52:24 GMT -5 Perpetual Nirvana said:

Jun 29, 2012 13:36:40 GMT -5 DragonMasterP said:

"I've got a Batman in my Basement" from Batman: The Animated Series was pretty bad.

The one where Bruce gets amnesia and ends up on a chaingang is worse. It's so bad I can't even remember the name of it.

We have a winner/loser!

See, "Batman in my Basement" isn't high on my list, but the final scene with all te villains refusing to believe Batman is Bruce Wayne is a classic moment of the series for me. It really brought to life the idea of the Gotham underworld's honor amongst thieves in a way only the animated series could show us.

AS FOR THE "BATMAN" AMNESIA episode, wow, let's take everything people enjoy about both "Batman" AND "Bruce Wayne" and give them the exact opposite. It's unfortunate the episode is so wretched as the score is excellent, but yeah, this episode in terrible.

Also terrible is "The Tick vs. Pre-History." I know "The Tick vs. The Molemen" is widely considered the worst episode of the series run, but while that one at least had a handful of quotables from the Mole King reciting beat poetry, "The Tick vs. Pre-History" just reeks of an unfinished idea rushed to the screen without the very whimsy or absurdity that makes the show so enjoyable. It's just depressing, plodding and winds up being utterly meaningless.

Wasn't there also a 30 minute Rita and Runt episode of "Animaniacs" that was utterly awful? I seem to recall that episode in the deepest, darkest parts of my mind signaling me to turn to the Disney afternoon.

I'm also tempted to say "Every episode of X-Men where Storm went to Africa," but to get more specific I think the first time she went to Africa in season 2 was THE worst. It was an attempt at flushing out her character with more drama and backstory, but instead took away the intrigue of what caused her claustrophobia and gave us a completely forgettable showdown with a lame villain. Worse than "A Morlock X-Mas," which at least has a handful of campy fun.

[wildojinx]

Is the Batman amnesia ep "The Forgotten"? If so, that DID give us the awesome visual of Alfred flying the batwing.

[Jeremy]

Any episode featuring a character that used the phrase "mah pee-pee money"