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13Whenever you have a series that's really adored by the fans, it's natural that many different fans are going to have their own favorite episodes. At the same time, creators and others involved with the shows can definitely feel a sense of pride with their work, and as such, will find a particular episode that they feel really stands out that they favor. Many creators particularly favor ground-breaking episodes.
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15In some instances, the creator's choice might be a case of MagnumOpusDissonance.
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17Not to be confused with CreatorsFavorite, which covers creators' favorite characters -- but it may overlap.
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19!!Example subpages:
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21[[index]]
22* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode/LiveActionTV
23* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode/WesternAnimation
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26!!Other examples:
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30[[folder:Advertising]]
31* Billy Ray has written numerous acclaimed films like ''Film/ShatteredGlass'' (which he also directed), ''Film/{{Breach}}'' (ditto), ''Film/TheHungerGames'', and ''Film/CaptainPhillips'' (which got him an Oscar nomination). His [[https://variety.com/2022/film/features/amc-theaters-ad-nicole-kidman-heartbreak-feels-good-1235356818/ favorite line]] that he's ever written, however, is "somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this" from AMC Theaters' Advertising/WeMakeMoviesBetter ad, one of many over-the-top, melodramatic lines that quickly turned the ad into an instant {{camp}} classic.
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34[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
35* Aka Akasaka stated that his favorite chapter of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' was chapter 43, "Chika Fujiwara Really Wants to Eat".
36* Gosho Aoyama has been asked his favorite ''Manga/CaseClosed'' case multiple times over the years, and has consistently answered ''The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages''.
37** Creator/KappeiYamaguchi's favorite case is ''The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case''. Perhaps not surprising, considering it's [[WholeEpisodeFlashback one of the few cases where Shinichi is in focus the whole time.]]
38* Creator/HayaoMiyazaki named ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' as his favorite of his films.
39* Creator/HirohikoAraki considers ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' his favorite part of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure the series]].
40** Creator/BillyKametz, the voice of Josuke in the Dub, said that his favorite episode was "Let's Go Eat Some Italian Food".
41* ''Anime/HelloSandybell'': Several people working for Wendros AB who produced the Swedish dub, including the company's founder Christer Hagström, have stated that ''Hello! Sandybell'' was their favourite anime dub project (along with ''Anime/CandyCandy'').
42* A special airing of the ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' episode "Delivery Dilemma" was put up in memory of Creator/MaddieBlaustein, the voice of Chef Kawasaki and Waddle Doo, as it was her favourite episode.
43* Yoh Yoshinari considers episode 8, Akko's Adventure in Sucyworld, to be his favorite episode of ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017''.
44* ''Manga/TimeStopHero'': In an interview, the author, Yasunori Mitsunaga, said his favorite chapter was Chapter 9 "Realm and Stop", for the epic scene where Kuzuno Sekai freezes time to evacuate everyone in the city and save them from a meteor shower. The editor said his favorite chapter would either be Chapter 3 "Disarm and Stop", for the hilarious scene where Sekai freezes time to strip Clau Belltree and her party naked in an instant, or Chapter 10 "Orison and Stop", for the scene where Sekai strips Zaraza and then goads her into making sexy poses with an audience watching.
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47[[folder:Audio Plays]]
48* Creator/AlexanderVlahos has said that his two favourite audios from ''AudioPlay/TheConfessionsOfDorianGray'' were "The Heart That Lives Alone" and "Murder On 81st Street".
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51[[folder:Comic Books]]
52* Creator/{{Herge}} called ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInTibet Tintin in Tibet]]'' as his favorite ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' story.
53* Creator/ReneGoscinny named ''Recap/AsterixAndCleopatra'' as his favorite ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' story while Creator/AlbertUderzo named ''Recap/AsterixInCorsica'' as his favorite story.
54* Creator/GrantMorrison considers ''ComicBook/TheFilth'' to be their best work in comics.
55* Some of Bill Watterson's favorite arcs in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' are the arc where Hobbes gives Calvin a haircut (he burst out laughing when drawing the EpicFail results of the haircut, and the arc also introduced Tracer Bullet) and the arc where Calvin creates five duplicates who all frame him for their antics (the story went completely out of control and repeatedly surprised Watterson.)
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58[[folder:Fan Works]]
59* ''Fanfic/{{Paradoxus}} (''WesternAnimation/WinxClub, VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''): Since it has several authors (for fanfic standards, anyway), each author has her own favorite chapter.
60** Crowgirl's is the [[Recap/ParadoxusCapitulo06 sixth]] as she thinks the transition between the Bergström and Oathdir families (who are the same people under different aliases) is very smooth and cool.
61** Phoenix Daybreak's preferred chapter is the [[Recap/ParadoxusCapitulo23 twenty-third]] because it's the moment when [[TheDogBitesBack Trisha finally bites back]], turns into a fallen keeper of the Dragon's Flame, and thus her more unhinged, raw side is depicted. All in all, when the consequences of her psychological wounds are fully blown in our faces.
62** Bloom_Farella favors chapter [[Recap/ParadoxusCapitulo24 twenty-four]] by virtue of being the point where everything in the plot converges. The events of the half nightmare, half flashback prologue are finally disclosed, which fully explains the character's motivations and personalities (both thanks to severe trauma) and how they ended up in their current predicament.
63** Popsicle leans towards the [[Recap/ParadoxusCapitulo25 twenty-fifth chapter]] since Altalune confronts her aunt Daphne in it. The former discovers she and her sister were the nymph's {{Unwitting Pawn}}s all along and feels understandably miserable about it. It doesn't help that she lost badly against the BigBad. Like her sister two chapters ago, this is the turning point in her CharacterDevelopment.
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66[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
67* Creator/RowanAtkinson [[https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9r0of2/im_rowan_atkinson_star_of_johnny_english_strikes/ stated in a]] Website/{{Reddit}} AMA that the film that he's the most honored to be involved in is ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''.
68* [[Creator/RalphBakshi Ralph Bakshi's]] favorite of his movies is ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic.''
69* Creator/WaltDisney's favorite piece of animation his studio worked on is the transformation of WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'s tattered outfit into a PimpedOutDress.
70* Michael Eisner has stated that his favorite film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon is ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''.
71* Writer Matthew Fogel said ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' was his favorite thing he ever worked on, especally since he's a fan of the games.
72* Disney animator Ward Kimball said his favorite film he animated on was ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'' because he wasn't given any real direction for the title song so he just did whatever he wanted. He thought for sure he'd get fired but to his surprise, Walt approved of it and it got to stay.
73* Creator/JohnLasseter describes ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' as "One of the most beautiful movies we ever made".
74* Creator/JamesWoods is very fond of his role as Hades in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' and will gladly voice him at every opportunity.
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77[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
78* Creator/IngmarBergman named ''Film/Persona1966'' and ''Film/CriesAndWhispers'' as the best films he's ever done.
79* Creator/AlfredHitchcock often cited ''Film/ShadowOfADoubt'' and ''Film/The39Steps1935'' as his favorites.
80* Creator/JimmyStewart's favorite of the films he did for Hitchcock was ''Film/RearWindow'', while ''Film/TheFarCountry'' was his favourite of the westerns he did for Creator/AnthonyMann.
81* When Creator/AkiraKurosawa was asked what his favorite of his films was, he'd always reply, simply, "The next one." That was until he made his masterpiece ''Film/{{Ran}}'', which became the answer to that question for the rest of his life.
82* Creator/JohnFord's favourites among his works were ''Film/YoungMrLincoln'', ''The Fugitive'', ''Wagon Master'' and ''The Sun Shines Bright''.
83* Film/TheThreeStooges:
84** Curly's personal favorite was "[[Film/APlumbingWeWillGo A-Plumbing We Will Go]]".
85** Moe and Larry both cited ''Film/YouNaztySpy'' as their favorite.
86** Shemp's favorites were "[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesFrightNight Fright Night]]" (his first after replacing ailing Curly) and "[[Recap/TheThreeStoogesWhoDoneIt Who Done It]]".
87* Creator/JohnWoo named ''Film/TheKiller1989'', ''Film/BulletInTheHead'', and ''Film/FaceOff'' as his personal favourite films of his own.
88* Creator/GrouchoMarx named ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'' as his favourite Marx Brothers film.
89* Franchise/JamesBond:
90** Producer Creator/AlbertRBroccoli named his three favourite Bond films as ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' and ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''.
91** Creator/SeanConnery named ''From Russia With Love'' as his favourite Bond film of his own.
92** Creator/RogerMoore named ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' as his favourite of his own.
93** Creator/TimothyDalton loved the script for ''Film/LicenceToKill'', calling it the best since ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', though he preferred ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' as a film.
94** Music/JohnBarry named ''Goldfinger'' as his personal best score for the series, while "We Have All the Time in the World" from ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' was one of his favourite Bond compositions, saying it was the finest piece of music he had written for a Bond movie; also because of the pleasure of working with Music/LouisArmstrong.
95** Creator/LoisMaxwell's favourite was ''From Russia with Love.''
96** Creator/DesmondLlewelyn named ''Licence to Kill'' as his favourite due to his expanded role.
97** Creator/JohnGlen named ''Licence to Kill'' as his favourite of the Bonds he directed.
98** Creator/DanielCraig declared ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' as his favorite of his ''Bond'' movies.
99* Creator/BusterKeaton's favourite film of his own was ''Film/TheGeneral''. Prior to this, he felt ''Film/TheNavigator'' was his best. He was also very fond of ''Film/TheRailrodder", his last ever film performance.
100* Creator/JerryLewis' favorite Creator/MartinAndLewis film is ''The Stooge'' (1951) because "...it came closest to capturing what Dean and I had as a team".
101* Creator/SimonPegg's favorite of his movies is ''Film/HotFuzz.''
102* Creator/TheWachowskis consider ''Film/CloudAtlas'' to be their most profound work.
103* Creator/JohnLandis named ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' as his masterpiece.
104* Creator/CharlieChaplin initially felt ''Film/TheGoldRush'' would be the film he would be remembered for. He regarded ''Film/CityLights'' as his favourite of his own films. Later, he named ''Film/MonsieurVerdoux'' as "the cleverest, most brilliant film I have ever made".
105* Creator/RichardDonner, Creator/MelGibson and Creator/DannyGlover all named ''Film/LethalWeapon2'' as their favourite in the series.
106* Speaking of Mel Gibson, he named ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' as his favourite entry in that series.
107* Creator/ClintEastwood named ''Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales'' as his favourite film of his own. His favourite ''Film/DirtyHarry'' film was ''Film/MagnumForce''.
108* Creator/WoodyAllen's favourite films of his own are (in order) ''Film/MatchPoint'', ''Film/ThePurpleRoseOfCairo'', ''Film/StardustMemories'', ''Film/BroadwayDannyRose'', and ''Film/ManhattanMurderMystery''.
109* Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's favourite films of his own are ''Film/TheRainPeople'', ''Film/TheConversation'', ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', ''Film/RumbleFish'' and ''Film/YouthWithoutYouth''.
110* Creator/RobReiner considers ''Film/StandByMe'' the best film he's ever made.
111* Creator/SylvesterStallone's favourite installments of the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' films were [[FirstInstallmentWins the first ones]].
112* Creator/MarvelStudios head Creator/KevinFeige considers ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' to be their best film.
113* Creator/GuillermoDelToro has said that ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'' is the film he's most proud of.
114* Creator/RonHoward named ''Film/Apollo13'' as the film he's most proud of.
115* Creator/FrankCapra named ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' as his masterpiece.
116* Creator/JimmyStewart named ''Film/{{Harvey}}'' as his favourite film of his own.
117* Creator/WesleySnipes named ''Film/BladeII'' as his personal favourite of the ''Film/BladeTrilogy''.
118* Creator/JohnCarpenter has named ''Film/TheThing1982'' as one of the best, if not the best film he made, lamenting that it [[VindicatedByHistory took so long to get its deserved recognition]].
119* Creator/JohnnyDepp named ''Film/BlackMass'' as his favourite film of his own.
120* [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] named ''Film/TheThomasCrownAffair1968'' as his favourite of his own films. He even named Creator/FayeDunaway as the best actress he ever worked with.
121* Creator/HowardHawks named ''Film/Scarface1932'' as his favourite film of his, stating that it was a movie he had complete freedom to achieve what he wanted.
122* Creator/CarlWeathers' favourite entry in the ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' series is ''Film/RockyIII'', because of how well Apollo Creed is humanised in it.
123* Creator/OrsonWelles was most proud of either ''Film/ChimesAtMidnight'' or ''Film/TheTrial''.
124* Creator/SamPeckinpah named ''Film/TheBalladOfCableHogue'' as his personal favourite of his own.
125* Creator/ChristopherLee regarded ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' as the best film he ever did. When it came to Film/HammerHorror, his personal favourite was ''Film/TheDevilRidesOut''.
126* Creator/KirkDouglas regarded ''Film/LonelyAreTheBrave'' as his favourite film of his own. Creator/MichaelDouglas also named it as his favourite of his dad's films. As for his own, that was ''Film/FallingDown''.
127** In a 2014 article, Kirk cited ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'', ''Film/{{Champion|1949}}'', ''Film/AceInTheHole1951'', ''Film/TheBadAndTheBeautiful'', ''Act of Love'', ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', ''The Indian Fighter'', ''Film/LustForLife1956'', ''Film/PathsOfGlory'', ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'', ''Lonely Are the Brave'', and ''Film/SevenDaysInMay'' as the films he was most proud of throughout his acting career.
128* Creator/ErrolFlynn's favourite film of his own was the boxing picture ''Gentleman Jim''.
129* Creator/StevenSpielberg's favourite Franchise/IndianaJones film is ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. He named ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' as his most personal film and ''Film/SchindlersList'' as his most important.
130* Creator/TimBurton regards ''Film/EdWood'' as his best film, though ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' is his personal favourite.
131** Speaking of which, Music/DannyElfman regarded his score for ''Edward Scissorhands'' as his best.
132* Creator/StevenSoderbergh named ''Film/OceansTwelve'' as his favourite film in the ''Ocean's Trilogy''.
133* Creator/ChevyChase named ''Film/{{Fletch}}'' as his favourite film of his own because it allowed him to be himself.
134* Creator/PaulVerhoeven named ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' as his favourite film of his own.
135* Creator/HenryFonda regarded ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'', ''Film/TheOxBowIncident'' and ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' as the best films he ever made.
136* Creator/RutgerHauer named ''Film/BladeRunner'' as the best film he was ever involved with.
137* Creator/JohnWayne named ''Film/TheSearchers'' as his favourite film of his own, with ''Film/SheWoreAYellowRibbon'' and ''Film/TheQuietMan'' being his other favourites.
138* Creator/JohnGoodman named ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' as his favourite film of his own.
139* Creator/RockHudson claimed that ''Film/IceStationZebra'' was his favourite film of his own.
140* Creator/JamesCagney felt that ''Film/YankeeDoodleDandy'' was his best.
141* Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/MichaelCaine named ''Film/TheManWhoWouldBeKing'' as their best.
142** Of Connery's career choices in TheNineties (pretty much his last decade in film), ''Film/TheRock'' and ''Film/{{Entrapment}}'' are the films he liked the most.
143** Caine considers his performance in ''Film/EducatingRita'' to be his best.
144* Creator/RogerMoore regarded ''The Man Who Haunted Himself'' as his favourite film of his own.
145* Upon viewing ''Film/TheMisfits'', Creator/ClarkGable felt it was his best film because he was "finally allowed to act". It turned out to be his final film before his death.
146* The members of Creator/MontyPython regard ''Film/LifeOfBrian'' as their best work.
147* Creator/OliverReed regarded ''Film/TheDevils'' as the film he was the most proud of.
148* Creator/JackNicholson claims his personal favorite performances are his works in ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'', ''Film/Batman1989'', ''Film/{{Hoffa}}'' and ''Film/AsGoodAsItGets''.
149* Creator/MichaelKeaton named ''Film/MrMom'', ''Film/GungHo'', ''Film/CleanAndSober'', ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'', ''Film/Batman1989'', ''Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing1993'', ''Film/ThePaper'' and ''Live from Baghdad'' as favorite films of his own, with ''Beetlejuice'' as his top pick.
150* Creator/AlecGuinness always felt that the only screen performance with which he was completely satisfied was in ''Hitler: The Last Ten Days''.
151* Creator/GregoryPeck named ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird'' as his favourite film of his own.
152* Creator/RobertMitchum named ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter'' as his favourite film of his own and that Creator/CharlesLaughton was the best director he ever worked for.
153** Creator/ShelleyWinters said that this was "the most thoughtful and reserved performance I ever gave".
154* Creator/MichaelMadsen is only proud of a handful of his own films - ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'', ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', ''Film/FreeWilly'', ''Film/DonnieBrasco'', ''Film/{{Species}}'' and ''Film/KillBill''.
155* Creator/MalcolmMcDowell named ''Film/{{If}}'' and its follow-up ''Film/OLuckyMan'' as his personal favourite film of his own, lamenting that the latter was overlooked on release.
156* ''Film/CarryOn'':
157** Creator/SidJames, Creator/JoanSims, and Creator/AngelaDouglas named ''Film/CarryOnCowboy'' as their favourite.
158** Creator/KennethWilliams' favourite was ''Film/CarryOnUpTheKhyber''.
159** Creator/BarbaraWindsor's favourite was ''Film/CarryOnHenry''.
160** Creator/LesliePhillips named ''Film/CarryOnNurse'' as his funniest film. It was also the only one that Creator/KennethConnor rewatched because his son was in it.
161** Creator/PeterRogers' favourite was ''Up the Khyber'', while Creator/GeraldThomas' favourite was ''Film/CarryOnCamping''.
162** Creator/JackiPiper and Creator/ValerieLeon's was ''Film/CarryOnUpTheJungle''.
163** Creator/JuneWhitfield's was ''Film/CarryOnAbroad''.
164** Creator/JackDouglas' was ''Film/CarryOnDick''.
165* Both Creator/JulieAndrews and Creator/JamesGarner listed their first film together, ''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'', as their personal favourite.
166* Emeric Pressburger named ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfColonelBlimp'' as his favourite of the films he made with Creator/MichaelPowell.
167* Creator/JackLemmon said ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss'' contained the greatest acting ensemble he had ever been part of. This is also both director James Foley's and Creator/AlecBaldwin's favorite film of their own.
168* Creator/RayHarryhausen regarded ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts'' as his best film.
169* Creator/GeorgeSanders' favourite film of his own was ''Film/AllAboutEve''.
170-->The critics and the trades loved it. It was a film of distinction: witty, sophisticated, and brilliantly written and directed.
171* Creator/KevinSmith regards ''Film/ChasingAmy'' as his favourite film of his own.
172* Creator/GeorgeARomero regarded ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985'' as his best movie, as well as his favourite in the ''Living Dead'' series, while Creator/TomSavini considers it his best work.
173* Creator/MollyRingwald named ''Film/PrettyInPink'' as her favourite film of her own.
174* Creator/PaulThomasAnderson has repeatedly claimed that ''Film/TheMaster'' is his favorite film that he has made to date.
175* Creator/DouglasFairbanks considered ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1924'' to be his best film.
176* Creator/JamesWoods considers ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica'' to be the best film he's ever been in.
177** For that matter, Creator/SergioLeone himself considers ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica'' to be his greatest work ever.
178-->Once Upon a Time in America’ is my best film, bar none—I swear—and I knew that it would be from the moment I got Harry Gray’s book in my hand. I’m glad I made it, even though during the filming I was as tense as Dick Tra­cy’s jaw.
179* Creator/AlPacino's favourite films of his own are ''Film/TheGodfather'', ''Film/{{Serpico}}'', ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'', ''Film/Scarface1983'' and ''Film/LookingForRichard''.
180* Creator/MattDillon named ''Film/DrugstoreCowboy'' as his favourite film of his own.
181* Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/JohnCandy named ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'' as their favourite film of theirs.
182* Creator/MNightShyamalan named ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' as his favourite film of his own.
183* Creator/MattDamon named ''Film/TheTalentedMrRipley'' as his favourite film of his own.
184* Creator/SamuelLJackson named ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'' as his favourite film of his own, while his favourite collaboration with Creator/QuentinTarantino is ''Film/JackieBrown''.
185* Creator/NicolasCage named ''Film/VampiresKiss'' as his favourite film to work on.
186* Creator/MartinSheen named ''Film/{{Badlands}}'' and ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' as his favourite films of his own.
187* Creator/AdamSandler named ''Film/HappyGilmore'' as his favourite film of his own.
188* Creator/TomHanks named ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'', ''Film/CastAway'' and ''Film/CloudAtlas'' as his favourite films to have worked on.
189* Creator/HarrisonFord said that his two collaborations with Creator/PeterWeir - ''Film/{{Witness}}'' and ''Film/TheMosquitoCoast'' - were the best experiences of his career.
190* Creator/GeneWilder considered ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' to be the best film he made. Creator/MelBrooks named it the best film he ever directed, but rates it number three amongst his funniest, after ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' and ''Film/TheProducers''.
191* In an Ask Me Anything on Website/{{Reddit}}, Creator/NicolasCage named his three favourite films of his own as ''Film/LeavingLasVegas'', ''Film/BringingOutTheDead'' and ''Film/{{Pig}}''.
192* Creator/CaryGrant named ''Indiscreet'' as his favourite film of his own.
193* Creator/QuentinTarantino named ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'' as his favorite of his movies.
194* Creator/LesliePhillips' favourite ''Film/{{Doctor}}'' film was ''Film/DoctorInClover'' as he thought it had the best script of the series and didn't require any mugging.
195* Fred Dekker considers ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' to be his best film and is grateful that it was VindicatedByHistory.
196* Creator/RobinAskwith's favourite film in the ''Film/ConfessionsOfASeries'' was ''Confessions of a Window Cleaner''.
197* ''Series/OnTheBuses'' films:
198** ''Film/OnTheBuses'' was Creator/RegVarney's favourite; he thought being the first one made it the freshest and had the best performances.
199** ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'' was Creator/AnnaKaren's favourite of the three films as she had the best memories filming it.
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202[[folder:Literature]]
203* Creator/BernardCornwell's favourite ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'' book was ''Sharpe's Siege'', while ''Literature/TheWarlordChronicles'' is his overall favorite of his works.
204* Creator/CharlesDickens's favorite novels were ''Martin Chuzzlewit'', ''Literature/DavidCopperfield,'' and ''Literature/GreatExpectations.''
205* Creator/HarlanEllison's favorites of his stories were "Grail" and "The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore."
206* Creator/StephenKing's favorite of his novels is ''Literature/LiseysStory.''
207* In an interview with BBC Four, Creator/JohnLeCarre named ''Literature/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy'', ''Literature/TheSpyWhoCameInFromTheCold'', ''Literature/TheTailorOfPanama'' and ''Literature/TheConstantGardener'' as his four best novels.
208* Creator/HelenLester's favorite of her books are ''Author'', ''Literature/TackyThePenguin'', and ''Literature/HoowayForWodneyWat''.
209* Creator/HPLovecraft's favorite stories were "Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace" and ''Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness.''
210* Rex Stout's favorite Literature/NeroWolfe novel was ''Literature/SomeBuriedCaesar.''
211* Creator/LFrankBaum considered ''Literature/TheScarecrowOfOz'' as his favorite book he wrote, at least of the ''Oz'' series. This may be because it heavily features Trot and Cap'n Bill, two characters he created for a fantasy series he was hoping to replace the ''Oz'' series with, but was forced to discontinue due to low book sales and other financial troubles.
212* Creator/IsaacAsimov
213** ''Literature/TheRestOfTheRobots'': In [[InUniverse the preamble]] to "Literature/GalleySlave", Dr Asimov describes how it had been [[InspirationForTheWork inspired]] and claims that this is his favourite Susan Calvin story.
214** ''Literature/TheCompleteRobot'': During [[InUniverse the blurb]] for ''Two Climaxes'', Dr Asimov admits that his favourite robot story is "Literature/TheBicentennialMan".
215* Creator/ArthurConanDoyle considered "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" to be the best ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' story in the entire series. Fan polls indicated that many readers agreed with him.
216* Creator/StephenieMeyer stated in a [[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/07/stephenie-meyer-id-like-to-be-remembered-for-writing-the-host-but-itll-be-twilight 2020 interview]] that if she had to choose, she'd regard ''Literature/TheHost2008'' as her "most important story in a lot of ways" and the one she'd want to be remembered for (though she also added that she knew it was likely ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' that everyone would remember).
217* Creator/ChinaMieville regards ''The Census-Taker'' as the book he hopes to be buried with.
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220[[folder:Music]]
221* Music/GaMetal[='s=] creator, Jonny Atma, stated in an interview that his favourite [=GaMetal=] songs are ''[[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Hyrule Temple]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PunchOut Punch-Out!]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Dark Star Core]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen Deoxys]]'', ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda The Legend of]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Mario]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Fierce Battle]]'', among others.
222* Music/TheBeatles:
223** Music/RingoStarr has said that "Rain" contained the best drumming he ever did.
224** Music/JohnLennon's favourites of the Beatles songs he wrote were "In My Life", "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "I Am the Walrus" and "Across the Universe". His favorite of Paul [=McCartney=]'s Beatles songs was "For No One", which he called "a nice piece of work." Lennon also picked ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' as his favourite Beatles record.
225** Music/PaulMcCartney's favourite Beatles song is "Here, There and Everywhere", followed by "Yesterday".
226** Both Lennon and [=McCartney=] praised Music/GeorgeHarrison's "Something" as one of the best Beatles songs of all. Lennon called it the best song on ''Music/AbbeyRoad'' and [=McCartney=] said it was the best song Harrison ever wrote.
227** Harrison's favourite album was ''Music/RubberSoul''.
228* Music/DavidBowie listed ''Music/TheBuddhaOfSuburbia'' as his personal favorite album of his in a 2003 interview, lamenting that it failed to make a dent in the album market when it first released in 1993.
229* All four members of Music/TheSmiths name ''Strangeways, Here We Come'' as their personal favorite of their four albums.
230* Music/TupacShakur named ''Music/MeAgainstTheWorld'' as his favourite album of his own.
231* Music/TheSistersOfMercy frontman Andrew Eldritch claims ''Vision Thing'' is his favorite of his albums.
232* The official Music/{{ABBA}} [[https://open.spotify.com/user/abbaspotify Spotify account]] features playlists of all four members' top five favorite ABBA songs. "The Winner Takes It All" and "Dancing Queen" appear on three lists each.
233* Noisey's "[[http://noisey.vice.com/columns/rank-your-records Rank Your Records]]" feature asks musicians to rank their entire discography, with their personal favorite of their albums coming up on top. Results include the following:
234** Jonathan Davis' favorite Music/{{Korn}} album is their 1994 self-titled debut.
235** Likewise, Corey Taylor's favorite Music/{{Slipknot}} album is their 1999 debut album.
236** Music/ManicStreetPreachers frontman James Dean Bradfield's favorite of their albums is 1996's ''Everything Must Go''.
237** Music/MeWithoutYou lead singer Aaron Weiss' favorite of their albums is 2006's ''Brother, Sister''. His brother Michael, the band's guitarist, listed 2004's ''Catch Us for the Foxes'' as his favorite; It wound up at number four, out of five albums, on Aaron's list.
238** Music/NewOrder drummer Stephen Morris named their 1985 album ''Music/LowLife'' as his favorite.
239** Music/{{Ride}} lead guitarist Mark Gardener's favorite of his band's albums is 1992's ''Going Blank Again''.
240** Including both his solo career and the albums he made with Ben Folds Five, Music/BenFolds named the Five's self-titled 1995 debut as his favorite of his albums.
241** Music/MotionCitySoundtrack lead singer Justin Pierre named 2005's ''Commit This to Memory'' as his favorite
242** Music/{{Blur}} drummer Dave Rowntree's list was topped by 1993's ''Modern Life is Rubbish''. Bassist Alex James also named that his favourite, while guitarist Graham Coxon named 1997's ''Blur'' as his favourite.
243** Music/{{Spoon}} bassist Rob Pope named 2007's ''Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'' as his favorite, and his list also included high showings for albums released before he joined the band -- he had [[PromotedFanboy been a fan]] before he became their bassist.
244** John Rzeznik, lead singer of Music/GooGooDolls, named 2013's ''Magnetic'' as his favorite. In [[http://noisey.vice.com/blog/rank-your-records-the-goo-goo-dolls-records-john-rzeznik the article]], he also made positive remarks about their first two albums, which he had [[OldShame not been]] [[CreatorBacklash very kind about]] in the past.
245** Music/{{Lush}} lead guitarist Emma Anderson named their 1992 debut full length ''Spooky'' as her favorite, and listed two compilations ahead of their final album ''Lovelife'', which came in last.
246** Music/{{Anthrax}} drummer Charlie Benante's list was topped by 1987's ''Among the Living''.
247** Music/{{Suede}} frontman Brett Anderson named his favorite album as 1994's ''Dog Man Star'' despite its TroubledProduction.
248** Music/PrimalScream singer Bobby Gillespie declined to rate his band's entire discography and only rated seven: the list included a B-sides compilation and was topped by 2000's ''XTRMNTR''.
249** Music/{{Moby}} selected his 1996 NewSoundAlbum ''Animal Rights'' as his favorite of his albums. He said that even though the album was trashed by critics and fans and [[CreatorKiller nearly destroyed his career]], that he took "deep pride" in it, and that it was the album he is the proudest of.
250** Music/BarenakedLadies singer Ed Robertson named their late-period, [[TheBandMinusTheFace Band Minus The Face]] album ''Grinning Streak'' from 2013 as his favorite.
251** Music/DinosaurJr. frontman J. Mascis named their classic 1988 album ''You're Living All Over Me'' as his favorite.
252** Music/TeenageFanclub leader Norman Blake selected 1995's ''Grand Prix'' as his favorite.
253** Rapper Music/MasterP named 1996's ''Ice Cream Man'' as his personal favorite.
254** Music/Sum41 frontman Deryck Whibley chose 2011's ''Screaming Bloody Murder'' as his favorite.
255** Music/{{Placebo}} singer Brian Molko chose none of the band's studio albums for his top spot, instead selecting their 2015 ''MTV Unplugged'' recording as his favorite.
256** Music/LosCampesinos frontman/lyricist Gareth Campesinos! and guitarist/songwriter Tom Campesinos! chose 2010's ''Romance is Boring'' as their favorite.
257** Music/{{Superchunk}} bassist Laura Ballance named 1993's ''On the Mouth'' as her favorite.
258** Music/{{Pavement}} co-founder and guitarist Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannenberg named the band's classic 1992 debut ''Slanted and Enchanted'' as his favorite of their albums.
259** Music/TheReplacements bassist Tommy Stinson named the band's 1990 final album ''All Shook Down'' as his favorite, despite its less-than-stellar reception with the band's fans.
260** Music/{{Mastodon}} drummer Brann Dailor named 2009's ''Crack the Skye'' as his favorite.
261** Music/AgainstMe frontwoman Laura Jane Grace picked 2014's ''Transgender Dysphoria Blues''.
262** Music/BelleAndSebastian guitarist Stevie Jackson chose their 1996 debut ''Tigermilk'' as his favorite.
263** Music/FranzFerdinand lead singer Alex Kapranos picked 2009's ''Tonight: Franz Ferdinand''.
264** Frightened Rabbit lead singer Scott Hutchinson named 2013's ''Pedestrian Verse'' as his favorite of the band's albums. His article was notable because it was one of his last interviews before his death in May 2018.
265** Music/AliceInChains guitarist Jerry Cantrell named ''Dirt'' as his favorite of their albums.
266** Music/DeathCabForCutie singer Ben Gibbard picked 2003's ''Transatlanticism''.
267** Music/MurderByDeath frontman Adam Turla chose 2009's ''Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon''.
268** Music/{{Interpol}} singer Paul Banks chose their second album ''Antics''.
269** Music/{{Mudhoney}} guitarist Steve Turner chose 1991's ''Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge''.
270** Music/{{Low}} guitarist Alan Sparhawk chose 2007's ''Drums and Guns''.
271** Tony Hawk, although not a musician, was asked to rank his favorite soundtracks from the ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' video game series. His list was topped by the one for the original 1999 game.
272** Music/{{Deerhunter|Band}} leader Bradford Cox picked 2013's ''Monomania''.
273** Music/TheNational bassist Scott Devendorf chose 2005's ''Alligator''.
274** Music/TitusAndronicus singer and guitarist Patrick Stickles picked 2015's ''The Most Lamentable Tragedy''
275* Music/BarenakedLadies bassist Jim Creegan said his favorite song of theirs was "If I Had $1000000", which former frontman Steven Page later agreed with.
276* Music/{{REM}} frontman Michael Stipe said his favorite album is ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi'', later changing his answer to ''Music/{{Reveal}}'' in 2021.
277* In a 2016 web video for Wired magazine, Music/IceCube stated that his favorite song overall and to perform live is "It Was a Good Day".
278* In a rare example where the creator agrees with the fans, Dean Ween of Music/{{Ween}} has stated multiple times that ''Music/TheMollusk'' is his favorite Ween album and that it was the album he was most proud of when it was released.
279* Music/BrianMay named ''Music/QueenII'' as Music/{{Queen}}'s finest work.
280* David Gilmour and Richard Wright of Music/PinkFloyd named ''Music/{{Wish You Were Here|1975}}'' their favorite album, despite the TroubledProduction of recording it. Meanwhile, Music/RogerWaters listed ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' and ''Music/TheWall'', tossing them in with his 1992 solo album ''Music/AmusedToDeath'' as what he saw as his three most essential albums.
281* Jonny Davy named ''Sun Eater'' as his favorite Music/JobForACowboy release and emphasized just how much work they put into it to make sure that it was their MagnumOpus.
282* Music/SteveWariner, at least in 1980s interviews, claimed that "Some Fools Never Learn" was his favorite single.
283* In an October 2013 interview, Music/KanyeWest revealed that "Can't Tell Me Nothing" is his favorite song to have been released by him.
284* Music/DaveGrohl of Music/FooFighters has said that his favorite song the band made was "A320", which they recorded for the film ''Film/Godzilla1998''. Given how despised the movie became, even by the band themselves, Dave was relieved to see it at the tail-end of the credits. Unfortunately, [[ScrewedByTheLawyers Sony BMG]] are the current holders to the rights of the song, preventing the band from rereleasing it as part of any albums or singles outside of the initial release on [[CultSoundtrack the film's soundtrack]], despite the fact that the band have been signed to Sony record label Creator/RCARecords since 1999. Though, during their first five years at the label, RCA was owned by BMG before BMG merged with Sony Music to become Sony BMG in 2004.
285* Jerry Harrison of Music/TalkingHeads named "Love → Building on Fire" as one of his favorite songs by the band to play live, despite the fact that it was their only song released before he joined the band.
286* Music/BobDylan cited ''Music/BlondeOnBlonde'' as the album he's most proud of.
287* Nile Rodgers says that his favorite Music/{{Chic}} production is ''We Are Family'' by Sister Sledge.
288* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}: Music/KeithRichards has said that if he were only allowed to play one riff for the rest of his life, he'd pick "Jumpin' Jack Flash".
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292* [[Wrestling/LittleGuidoMaritato Nunzio (Little Guido Maritato)]] called the match where he defeated Juventud Guerrera to regain the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WWE World Cruiserweight Title]] at ''WWE Road To Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 2005 Tour Rome'', November 15, 2005, which was held in Rome, Italy, the best match of his career because it meant that he had won a World Title in Italy.
293* Wrestling/MickFoley cites his matches with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at Mind Games in 1996, and his 2004 Backlash match with Wrestling/RandyOrton as his best matches.
294* [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BH-X66HDw9G/ This picture]] of [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace]] and her parents all sticking their tongues out together, as Heidi wrote about how great it felt to have her parents at the show and cheering her on as she did what she loves.
295* Wrestling/TheUndertaker named his two Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} matches with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels as the best of his career.
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298[[folder:Theatre]]
299* Creator/SamuelBeckett regarded ''Theatre/{{Endgame}}'' as his most significant work.
300* Music/StephenSondheim stated that, except for one brief passage, ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}'' is "perfect."
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303[[folder:Video Games]]
304* ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' is Creator/KeijiInafune's favorite ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' game.
305* Richard Garriot named ''VideoGame/UltimaIV'' and ''VideoGame/UltimaVII'' as his favorite single-player ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' installments.
306* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi considers ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' to be his personal favorite in the franchise. Series composer Music/NobuoUematsu likewise considers the OST to be his greatest work, and the one he had the most fun with.
307* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' was said by Yasuhiro Wada to be his favorite game in the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' series. This is because it's the closest to his ideal vision of the series: he wanted ''Harvest Moon'' to be a relationship-based game that uses farming as its backdrop, not a farming simulator with life sim elements. ''A Wonderful Life'' is very much themed around the relationships between characters, while the farming and ranching is very bare-bones compared to other titles in the series.
308* Roberta Williams said that ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}'' was her favorite of the games she developed.
309* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
310** Co-creator Creator/YujiNaka considers the first ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' game to be his personal favorite ''Sonic'' game, due to the production being memorable to him.
311** Creator/ShiroMaekawa, a former writer at Creator/{{Sega}} and Creator/SonicTeam, has stated that his favorite games he worked on were ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' and ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight''. With ''Adventure 2'', it's due to being the first game he wrote and the debut of Shadow the Hedgehog, his [[CreatorsFavorite favorite character]], while ''Black Knight'' is the story he's most satisfied with as a whole.
312** Takeshi Iizuka, the current head of Creator/SonicTeam, considers ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' to be his favorite ''Sonic'' game that he worked on, with ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' and ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' being his favorites to play.
313** Composer [[Music/Crush40 Jun Senoue]] has cited ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' as his favorite ''Sonic'' game that he worked on, and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' as his favorite to play.
314** Artist and current creative director Kazuyuki Hoshino considers ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' his favorite to have worked on, and ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' his favorite to play.
315** Current character designer Yuji Uekawa's favorite title that he worked on is ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', and his favorite to play is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1''.
316** Art director Hiroshi Nishiyama's favorite title to work on was ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', with his favorite game to play being ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''.
317** Creator/RyanDrummond, Sonic's original English voice actor, considers ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' to be his favorite game in the series.
318** ''Sonic'' co-creator and designer Naoto Ohshima has stated ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' to be the best ''Sonic'' game he has worked on [[https://www.cgmagonline.com/interviews/talking-sonic-superstars-developers/ in one interview]].
319* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
320** Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto considers his favorite ''Zelda'' game to be the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI original NES game]].
321** Series director and producer Creator/EijiAonuma has stated that ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' is his favorite ''Zelda'' game, as it's a game he personally proposed, and was one of the first major ''Zelda'' games he served as a producer on, so it's very sentimental to him. He also stated that ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' are his second and third-favorite, respectively, ''Ocarina of Time'' due to it giving him an opportunity to create a 3D world and ''Twilight Princess'' due to it being his first attempt to outdo ''Ocarina of Time''.
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325* ''WebAnimation/{{Dinosauria}}'': In a pinned comment on the teaser for "Our Frozen Past", the creator of the series David Armsby says that that episode is "easily my favorite of the series". "Sea and Sky" is his second favorite as well.
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329* ''WebVideo/EconomyWatch'': "American Dollars" is David's favorite episode.
330* ''WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier'': Mark stated in his "I EXPLAIN EVERYTHING" stream that his favorite episode of ''Who Killed Markiplier?'' was 3.
331* ''WebVideo/TheCompletionist'': In the 2014 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxgMud6RxjQ NormalBoots Panel]] at SGC, Greg states that his favourite episode is "Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow", and Jirard states that his is "Dark Souls".
332* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''. In 2012, Doug Walker released his list of his Top 11 favorite ''Nostalgia Critic'' episodes, which were (from 11 to 1): ''Film/PatchAdams'', ''The Animaniacs Tribute'', ''The Haunting'', ''Film/{{North}}'', ''Film/TheNeverendingStory III'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'', all three "Commercials" specials, ''Film/ASimpleWish'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'', ''Film/{{Casper}}'', and ''Film/MoulinRouge''. Later on, his reviews of ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' and ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' bumped the other episodes down. Rob, meanwhile, has ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' as his favorite.
333%%* WebVideo/{{Googlebrains}}: Disgust Destroys Fluxburgh.
334* Creator/BradJones's favorite episodes of WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob are ''Film/{{Wired}}'', ''Film/{{Bushwhacked}}'', and ''Film/MissVelmasMostIncrediblyMagnificentChristmasWeek.'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150304042610/http://www.thecinemasnob.com/the-cinema-snob/august-16th-2009 Previously]], his all-time favorite was ''Film/SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom'' for showing what the character stands for, a mockery of TheMovieBuff who likes [[LeFilmArtistique pretentious]] TrueArt no matter if [[NauseaFuel it is making him physically ill]].
335* ''WebVideo/WrestlingWithWregret'': For his four-year anniversary, Brian counted down his Top 8 Favorite Episodes. They are (from 8 to 1): "Grand Masters of Wrestling", the "No Mercy" music video, "Million Dollar Tough Enough", "NWF Kids Pro Wrestling", "Cornette Gets It Wrong!", "The Jesse Ventura Story", "Heroes Of Wrestling", and "Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy".
336* Webvideo/ToddInTheShadows:
337** He considers [[Music/{{Usher}} "OMG"]] to be his funniest review. The "stalking [[Creator/AllisonPregler Lupa]]" joke was also his favorite until he did a British Music/KanyeWest in "N[=***=][=*=]s in Paris".
338** In his "Shut Up and Talk" with Creator/DougWalker, he considered his "[[Music/ChrisBrown Turn Up the Music]]" review[[note]]in which he barely discusses the song itself and goes in-depth on Chris Brown, Team Breezy, and their failure to learn from the Music/{{Rihanna}} [[DomesticAbuse incident]][[/note]] to be the episode he's most proud of.
339** On Twitter, he stated that his review of Edgar Winter's ''Literature/MissionEarth'' album is his favourite.
340* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' had a 2017 countdown list of this trope, with the review of ''JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative''. This comic is also mentioned to be Linkara's favorite comic of all time.
341* WebVideo/ArbyNTheChief: Jon Graham has said his two favorite episodes are "Digital Fruitcakes" and "Cradle To Grave".
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