History Main / BizarroEpisode

* That TheMovie of ''Film/TankGirl'' would end up as one of these was ''guaranteed'' the minute they decided to cast Ice-T as an anthropomorphic kangaroo.

Has nothing to do with [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Superman's reverse counterpart]] or [[BizarroUniverse the continuity which he inhabits]]. This is also distinct from a WhamEpisode in that in a wham episode, [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore the changes are story-related]] and/or [[GenreTurningPoint root themselves into the overall series]]. This trope is mostly meant for one-offs; though a later episode continuing the theme of an earlier Bizarro Episode that is still otherwise out of place is a SequelEpisode to the earlier one. If an otherwise Bizarro Episode makes more sense ''in light of'' a later Wham Episode, then the former becomes {{Innocuously Important|Episode}}. A ParanormalEpisode can be this. Also, due to the random nature of dreams, it should be no surprise that a DreamEpisode commonly overlaps with this.

* Chapter 3 of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' is the strangest Danganronpa chapter ever. [[spoiler:Akane attacks Monokuma but is defeated and when he's about to execute her, Nekomaru protects her and is recovered in a hospital]]. Then some people, for some reason, get infected by a disease that's making them change their personality which functions as the third motive. Nagito gets critically sick and is recovered in a hospital. After some time, [[spoiler:Ibuki's body is found by Hajime, then Hiyoko's body is mysteriously found in the same room later...and it turns out Mikan is the killer because she was infected too by the disease]]. At the very end of the chapter, [[spoiler:Nekomaru recovered but is now a robot]]. The fact is that no actual development happens in this case, in contrast to the others. The only actual relevant thing is that [[spoiler:Fuyuhiko TookALevelInKindness]].

* ''WebOriginal/TheInterfaceSeries'': Post 49, "The Old Apple Nullity", is completely unlike the serious CosmicHorrorStory tone of the other entries. It takes place in a world that seems to be completely different from either of the main timelines of the series, instead set in a world where trees don't exist and a boy hangs his tire swing from literally nothing, referred to as an "existential nullity". The boy is told to chop down the nullity and does so, somehow. It turns out that trees in this world have been replaced with... [[VulgarHumor giant flayed demon penises]]. This post is promptly never mentioned again, as if it never existed.

* ''Tell Me What to Swallow'' by Music/CrystalCastles. A dark acoustic song in the middle of electronic stuff. Also MoodWhiplash.

** Much later (and less notably), an October 2008 arc involves one of the characters between Jon, Garfield, Odie, and (apparently) [[CompanionCube Pooky]] having a very strange dream wherein all four of them are [[LEGOBodyParts randomly swapping heads around]] throughout the week. The arc abruptly ended on Thursday of that week [[NoEnding without any of the characters being shown waking up from the dream]] nor whom among them was actually having the dream in the first place (it's left ambiguous who it was between the four) being revealed.

** Much later (and less notable), an October 2008 arc involves one of the characters between Jon, Garfield, Odie, and (apparently) [[CompanionCube Pooky]] having a very strange dream wherein all four of them are [[LEGOBodyParts randomly swapping heads around]] throughout the week. The arc abruptly ended on Thursday of that week [[NoEnding without any of the characters being shown waking up from the dream]] nor whom among them was actually having the dream in the first place (it's left ambiguous who it was between the four) being revealed.

* In the context of ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' is essentially a string of bizarro episodes. It involves a Wookiee family watching a cooking show, some sort of strange Wookiee porn, a sci-fi action scene in cartoon form, a Wookiee watching an instructional video on how to assemble a transmitter (every step of which is shown to the audience), and Bea Arthur as a singing bartender on Tatooine. The only thing from it that's ever seen or referenced again is Boba Fett, and he only appears in the cartoon the Wookiees are watching.

->''"It was weird on top of weird with weird in the middle. I'd erase that one. I think you could take that show and split it into two different shows. But putting it together, it just feels like, 'What the fuck is this crap? Why am I watching this? I tuned in to watch South Park. I did not tune in to watch [[Creator/OprahWinfrey Oprah]]'s vagina talk to her butthole and a towel.'"''

-->--'''[[Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone Matt Stone]]''' discussing ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'''s "[[Recap/SouthParkS10E5AMillionLittleFibers A Million Little Fibers]]"

Everything in the episode seems completely [[NegativeContinuity against continuity]], the characters [[IdiotBall act like they're on tranquilizers]], and [[FridgeLogic nothing makes sense within the pre-established context]]. If the show has a continuity, this episode will probably [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never be mentioned again]], save perhaps as [[DiscontinuityNod a throwaway joke]], and none of the likely wild events will ever be repeated.

->''"It was weird on top of weird with weird in the middle. I'd erase that one. I think you could take that show and split it into two different shows. But putting it together, it just feels like, 'What the fuck is this crap? Why am I watching this? I tuned in to watch South Park. I did not tune in to watch [[Creator/OprahWinfrey Oprah's]] vagina talk to her butthole and a towel.'"''

* The spy parody ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967''. Many things in the film are never mentioned again once they happen. It is all completely over the top even for psychedelic sixties spy flicks. Many scenes could be removed from the film with little or no damage to the {{plot}}. There are even some scenes that when seen together have absolutely nothing to do with each other. But somehow it fits together as a whole. You can blame this completely on the film's fascinating TroubledProduction. Those ''five'' directors listed in the credits? None had any contact with each other, and none were working with a complete script. Plus, Peter Sellers was originally supposed to be the star, but either quit or was fired depending on who you believe, prior to filming several important scenes, so the film was awkwardly retooled to center around David Niven instead.

Has nothing to do with [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Superman's reverse counterpart]] or [[BizarroUniverse the continuity which he inhabits]]. This is also distinct from a WhamEpisode in that in a wham episode, [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore the changes are story-related]] and/or [[GenreTurningPoint root themselves into the overall series]]. This trope is mostly meant for one-offs; though a later episode continuing the theme of an earlier Bizarro Episode that is still otherwise out of place is a SequelEpisode to the earlier one. If an otherwise Bizarro Episode makes more sense ''in light of'' a later Wham Episode, then the former becomes {{Innocuously Important|Episode}}. A ParanormalEpisode can be this.

* ''Turnabout Storyteller'' in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice''. Absolutely no relevance to the story and there's no mention of it after its end. While previous chapters were each of them a WhamEpisode, in this chapter you play as Athena and you have to defend a drunk soba cook accused of killing the rakugo performer Taifu Toneido. The witnesses outside returning character Simon Blackquill are a "big-breasted" balloon artist named Geiru, and a performer [[spoiler:with dissociative-identity disorder]] named Uendo. To find out the truth, [[spoiler:they get Uendo drunk to bring out another personality and find out that Geiru might be culprit, and when she's suspected, she goes for a pirate-like persona]]. And it's not over, [[spoiler:Geiru, who is exposed as the killer, killed Taifu with udon dough because...he didn't gave her title she wanted]]. Yeah, I'm still trying to grasp my head on it.

* The videos of ''WebVideo/SuperEyepatchWolf'' tend to be fairly straight forward affairs where John Walsh goes in depth about the various media he cares about, such as recommendations and critiques, in-depth video essays, and things such as that. If it's anything else, it's something about his life or a deep dive into a that he find important. His video ''Space Jam 2: How Warner Bros Is Lying to You'' starts out seeming to be about his analysis of the hidden dark themes and messages hidden in ''Film/SpaceJam'', but quickly pivots to become the story of an elaborate conspiracy about an unmade sequel to the film known as ''WebVideo/SpaceJamTwoBattleForReality''...which is actually an [[CrackFic utterly bananas]] FanSequel written by John himself.

*** "Push The Red Button", which exists as both a LiveEpisode and a shorter radio episode. The basic premise is largely the same and features crazy goings-on not seen since "I Slap Floor" in both forms, though: Eugene creates and accidentally activates a program meant to combine all of the programs and inventions at Whit's End into one...while Wooton and Whit are creating a Captain Absolutely story in KYDS Radio and Connie and Penny are in the Imagination Station visiting Michelangelo as he paints the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Havoc ensues as characters and elements begin disappearing from one invention/adventure and appearing in another, which spells trouble as the villain in the Captain Absolutely story (who is bent on eliminating all traces of beauty, goodness, and truth from the world with his ultra-defilation device) decides to eliminate all beauty, goodness, and truth from all time. which somehow begins affecting real life and causing Whit's End itself and everything in it to begin to collapse and vanish (since it was founded upon Whit's belief in God's beauty, goodness, and truth). Fortunately, the villain is vanquished by drawing him back to the present with a painting Penny created, causing his ultra-defilation device to backfire onto him (and turning him handsome in the process) and Captain Absolutely puts him away. However, Whit's End and everything else is still a mess. Matthew tries to fix everything by [[PercussiveMaintenance kicking the main computer]]...[[SuddenDownerEnding which causes Whit's End]] [[CruelTwistEnding and all of Odyssey to]] ''[[EverythingExplodesEnding explode]]''. [[GainaxEnding Cue Chris closing out the episode like usual.]] [[spoiler: It's directly after that the episode is revealed to be AllJustADream that Wooton had the previous night and was telling to everyone the next morning. Connie and the others are unimpressed.]]

->''"It was weird on top of weird with weird in the middle. I'd erase that one. I think you could take that show and split it into two different shows. But putting it together, it just feels like, 'What the fuck is this crap? Why am I watching this? I tuned in to watch ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. I did not tune in to watch Oprah's vagina talk to her butthole and a towel.'"''

* Chapter 122 of ''FanFic/GuardiansOfPokemon''. The cast has just gotten back from a [[TrappedInTVLand Trapped In Video Game Land]] arc, only Ash hasn't lost his HeroicMime status, and then it turns out that Butch and Cassidy stole it just before they all left the video game world and now Butch is calling himself "Smash Ketchum" and using Ash's voice to hypnotize everyone over the radio. Then a battle happens and every time someone gets hit, their voice pops out of their body, leading to everyone switching voices for the rest of the episode.

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* Literature/TheBible: Some of the prophet books, like the Literature/BookOfEzekiel, the Literature/BookOfDaniel, and the Literature/BookOfRevelation, set out prophecies for the future that can seem very strange to those who are not versed in the dense symbolism of the era, and have angels described in terms that make them into {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, which is very alien to most people today. So they will come across as Bizarro Episodes to many modern readers.

* ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'' is a relatively down-to-earth comedy/political satire, but has an episode called ''The Day the Martians Came''. Two LittleGreenMen land on England, hijinx ensue and... that's it. No AllJustADream, no ScoobyDooHoax or anything like that, and the landing is never referred to again at all (admittedly in a series that runs on NegativeContinuity). Note that this is the only episode where something explicitly supernatural happens.