Dethroning Moment / Western Animation K To Z

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Examples

Kim Possible

It is possible for this show to have weak episodes.

• Eddy1215: Believe it or not, I've got one for Kim Possible. While a few Post-Script Season episodes bug me, one that really leaves a bad taste in my mouth is "Stop Team Go". Basically, Shego has been turned good, and Kim is enjoying spending time with her. The problem is that she's preferring to spend time with her over Ron, her boyfriend. Then, to add injury to insult, during the climatic battle with the Villain of the Week, Ron accidentally gets turned evil again, much to Kim's annoyance. Basically, the entire episode episode was to appease Kigo fans, and before you start saying that I'm complaining about my Fan-Preferred Couple, may I remind you that the pairing in question is supposed to be canon? Think about that.
• Cabbit Girl Emi: "October 31st" is easily the worst episode in my opinion. It makes Kim seem so pathetic by having her getting out of trick-or-treating with Ron (who is her best friend BTW) by lying. Sure, Ron is a little old to be doing that, but I hate how Kim comes off in this episode. However, lying is what activates the armor that attaches to Kim, and it helps her save the day... only to end up grounded for a month. This episode is a blemish on what is otherwise a typically witty series.

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

These legends of the Kung Fu Panda are not so awesome.

• fluffything: I find the episode in which Po has to rely on the help of some elderly former kung-fu masters to be poorly handled. The episode in-and-of itself is quite good, and I really enjoyed the whole sequence with the various magical helmets. But the moral of "don't judge a book by its cover" and "old people can do amazing things too." is pretty much busted by one simple observation: Po's reasoning for not wanting the elderly kung-fu fighters to help is that he was afraid they'd get hurt due to their old age, which is actually a rather valid argument. Yes, he did point out that he believed they weren't as "awesome" as they were in their prime, but his main concern was their well-being. Yet, the episode treats it like he was being disrespectful. Why?
• Sam Max: I never paid too much attention to the show, the episode "Mind Over Manners" made sure I won't watch it much, if at all. Basically, Po suddenly gets mind reading powers. He is warned that that he could go insane from them. He ignores this, but then, as time goes on, he really does start to go mad from them. The Furious Five witness this, and they head back to the training grounds. You would think they'd try to calm him down, right? If you said yes, then you're not the writer of this episode, since instead, they start thinking thoughts solely to aggravate him further. Shifu tells them to stop, but Po's ran away by then. This wasn't funny, and made the Furious Five come off as Jerkasses. To make matters worse, they don't receive punishment for this, nor even a What the Hell, Hero? moment, giving me a nagging feeling that we're supposed to agree with this act. With Friends Like These..., I wonder why Po even hangs around them.

Lilo & Stitch

While most Disney fanatics call Lilo & Stitch one of the company's major Cash-Cow Franchise weapons for the Turn of the Millennium, sometimes it can produce moments that should have been captured.

• Ferigeras: I generally enjoyed the Lilo & Stitch TV series back in the day, and remembered most of its episodes fondly. That being said, the episode that featured Experiment 113 (Called "Shoe") had a dumb ending. For a bit of context, "Shoe" caused fortune or misfortune to randomly happen depending on the position of its ears, and what actually ended the hunt for the experiment this time was Gantu randomly winning a tremendous check, which prompted him to quit his job as an experiment hunter right on the spot, and run off overjoyed with said check. I thought this was a rather amusing Throw the Dog a Bone moment for Gantu as he often came across as something of an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain to me, but considering that the hunt for experiments was the core aspect of an ongoing series like this, that wasn't going to last. So in a rather forced attempt to preserve the Status Quo, Lilo and Stitch then used Shoe's misfortune causing powers once more at the end to get Gantu's boat that he just bought himself to be taken away, which rendered the aforementioned moment (as well as the entire reason Gantu even quit his job to begin with) All for Nothing in an instant. It also came across as an idiotic move for the duo to make as they logically wouldn't have had to actually worry about Gantu anymore if they simply did nothing after he ran off, making one wonder what the point of Gantu quitting his job here even was.
  • Meso: My only issue with the episode was that a lot of the slapstick happens a lot to Stitch while Lilo heavily averts the Slapstick trope... even though certain other episodes has her getting slapsticked quite often.
• Cabbit Girl Emi: If there's one thing about the TV series that I don't particularly like, it's how Nani seems to get angry at the drop of a hat. The worst case would have to be "Bugby", an episode where Experiment 128 turns the characters into insects. In it, Nani forbids Lilo from bringing bugs into the house, which is understandable... But later on, while Bugby turns Stitch into an ant,^note Appropriate due to his Super-Strength. Lilo looks for more bugs when Nani practically attacks her! What the hell? It's so far against Nani's character to nearly assault her little sister over such minor things, especially if you've seen the original movie! What rubs salt in that wound is that Nani does not suffer any consequences, never apologizes, or anything.

Lloyd In Space

• strangehillhigh: 'The Big 1-3', the show's pilot, somehow manages to dethrone the entire show before it can even begin! While I despise the Halloween episode as well, at least that can be written off as being non-canonical. But this is the show's pilot, it's supposed to be thought of as being canonical. Yet it still manages to be the worst episode of the entire show! It's Lloyd's thirteenth birthday and he has to write an essay for Mrs. Bolt about what it means to be a man, so Station suggests showing Lloyd manly things. It makes a fine premise, that is, if that was all that happened. Lloyd's grandfather and his best friend's dad, a cop, people who Lloyd is expected to be able to trust, end up dragging him along and putting him in increasingly dangerous situations; causing mayhem and chaos. But the worst part is that Lloyd's mom, the commander, blames Lloyd for everything and he is grounded for a month. On his birthday, no less. Which means either all the adults lied about their involvement or she knows about their involvement and still punished Lloyd anyway, and I don't know what would be worse. None of the adults are ever mentioned after that, so that means they likely got off scot-free. This basically teaches children that when you're an adult and in trouble, you are always allowed to lie and scapegoat it on a child.

Loonatics Unleashed

• The Snow Squirrel: Say what you will about Loonatics Unleashed, but one episode that I just can't stand is "The Cloak of Black Velvet". Why? Because, the story begins with Danger Duck making a deal with Tech E. Coyote that if he can go a week without using any technological gadgets, Tech has to buy him a fancy new costume. If Duck looses, he buys the outfit for Tech. Later on the Villian Of The Week shows up, builds a machine to black out the sun, plus kidnaps and brainwashes none other than Tech to help her. The rest of the gang show up but no one is able to snap Tech out of his trance. Other than Duck, after he gets the idea to use his cell phone's annoying ringtone. At the end of the episode, Tech suddenly shows up in the costume Duck wanted, and smugly says he went ahead and ordered it since he won the bet. Duck tries to explain that he only used his phone to help save Tech, and without him doing so, the world would be doomed. What do Ace and Lexi do? Just stand there with smirks and tease him about how he should call Zadavia and tell her, if he can get a good cell signal. Look, I would have accepted an ending where everyone thanks Duck, and then Tech walks in in the new costume claiming that even if he saved him, he still lost the bet. But this ending... I get that Duck's a jerk and the show's Butt-Monkey, but the whole team being thoroughly Ungrateful Bastards to him like that is just over doing it.
• starofjusticev21: As was somewhat hinted above this show had a little problem with Protagonist-Centered Morality: Ace and Lexi are the leaders of the team and "cool" and "funny," so they were were always right. Where as Danger Duck was kind of a jerk, so he was always wrong. The episode of this show I can't forgive is the one where that problem exploded: “It Came From Outer Space.” In it Tech warns his teammates for the umpteen-millionth time that his crime fighting inventions aren’t toys and for the umpteen-millionth time they don’t listen with Rev and Lexi messing with something they think is a video game. It’s actually the controls to some kind of weapon, and they just launched actual missiles at an actual spaceship. The owner, Melvin the Martian, understandably demands reparation after this unprovoked attack, and eventually he agrees not to destroy the world if Lexi agrees to come aboard his ship and be his opponent in two-player games. Ace immediately refuses and says “you want a war, you’ll get one,” even after Tech does an analysis and basically says Melvin is packing enough ordinance to destroy the world ten times over and trying to fight him would be suicide. Danger Duck tries to get Ace to change his mind and recognize how one person for the world's a pretty good trade, and I get Duck’s supposed to be chickening out and just trying to save his own skin. But consider that the Loonatics are the world’s superhero team who are supposed to save people from danger, not put them in even more danger. Yeah the show’s supposed to be a comedy but 99% of the time the superhero aspect is played totally straight; the Loonatics are treated as deserving every bit of respect they get. I probably wouldn’t bat an eye if the show had gone for more of a Megas XLR vibe, where the good guy always stops the bad guy, but the good guy's acknowledged as being incompetent and in the process he always ends up destroying more stuff than the bad guy would've. But it didn't do that, and we're evidently supposed to see this as the Loonatics bravely standing by their friend no matter what. Instead of facing up to a bad thing they totally did that ends up having consequences for everyone on the planet. I'm not saying Ace should've thrown his teammate and minimally-established Love Interest to the wolves the first time she made a mistake. But by automatically deciding to fight it out, Ace is endangering everyone on the planet he's supposed to be protecting over an extremely idiotic thing his teammates totally did do, and were specifically told not to do. Duck isn't the only one being a selfish jerk, but he's the only one acknowledged by the show.

Looney Tunes Cartoons

• jdubbam: While I certainly don't find all of the new episodes to be winners, there are at least two shorts that are easily the best the franchise has ever been since the 50s and I don't consider any of them to be truly bad or unpleasant... that is, except for "Kitty Livin'". Though it's true that Looney Tunes, for better or worse, has become a flexible property over the course of its existence, there are some cases where they simply go far too overboard with that flexibility, with this short being a prime example. It starts out like any other regular Sylvester & Tweety cartoon, up until the point where Sylvester actually manages to eat Tweety. From there, things become less Looney Tunes and more Happy Tree Friends with plenty of Nausea Fuel gags galore, particularly in a scene where Tweety bends and splits apart Sylvester's ribcage. Sure, it's impressive that they were able to push the TV-PG rating as far as they did here, and the gags themselves aren't uncreative, but when you think of the context, does anything about it in any way, shape, or form fit a property like Looney Tunes?
• Almighty King Prawn: I love this show. Almost all of it. Even "Kitty Livin" and most of "Mallard Practice". While I previously would have put the aforementioned "Mallard Practice" ending here, I now nominate "Bathy Daffy" for being the first short in this show I fully disliked. While the whole short felt way too Ren & Stimpy for my tastes, I will specifically highlight the opening shots of Daffy used to demonstrate how he's never bathed. Ignoring the fact that the premise makes little sense as he's a duck and he swam as early as his first appearance, this is the absolute worst form of Nausea Fuel and I want to unsee all of it, especially the cockroaches crawling on him (keep in mind, I'm typically fine with cockroaches and even petted one that was the teacher's class pet several times). I usually like this show's weird and disturbing moments, but that was just way too much, and I'm genuinely wondering if it will haunt my nightmares tonight.
• savagegenius: I’m replacing my old entry for the ending of “Mallard Practice” (with Daffy deliberately and unfairly getting Elmer sentenced to the electric chair) for one of the series’ newest episodes: “Practical Jerk”. Don’t get me wrong, the episode as a whole would’ve been solid, but there was one scene that ruined the entire thing for me. So the plot is that Daffy subjects Porky to increasingly painful (and annoying) April Fools’ pranks, resulting in him blowing Porky up with hundreds of bombs and seemingly killing him by accident (it turns out Porky faked it at the end to get back at Daffy). At first, Daffy shows genuine remorse for his actions (albeit leading up to some fucked up humor at Porky’s funeral), which is actually pretty sweet. Fast forward to one year later, however, and we see Daffy depressed and attempting to remember their best moments together. What’s the dethroning moment here, you ask? Simple: said cherished moments include Daffy deliberately torturing Porky in ways not previously seen in the episode, including setting the poor pig on fire while Daffy points and laughs at him. So basically, no, Daffy’s remorse wasn’t genuine to begin with, and no, he doesn’t see Porky as a true friend; he’s just a somewhat insane and idiotic psychopath bent on putting those around him through hell. Yeah, if you wondered why Daffy was extremely flawed in this incarnation of Looney Tunes, there’s your reason why. Those five seconds alone cemented my hatred for both this episode and the character itself.

The Looney Tunes Show

The Looney Tunes Show was the series that put the Looney Tunes back in the public eye after Looney Tunes: Back in Action ironically put them out of action for many years. Sadly, these moments are dethpicable.

• mkmlp: I'd like to nominate "The Float" for its utterly horrid portrayal of Daffy Duck that pushes his selfish tendencies to sociopathic extremes. Now, normally I love this show's version of Daffy. True, he's generally a huge jerk who shamelessly mooches off his friend. But it's normally portrayed with a healthy mix of silliness and patheticness to keep you from taking it too seriously and enough Pet the Dog moments to keep him more or less likable. But here, Daffy, without an ounce of shame, remorse, or even gratitude lies to Porky about needing a kidney transplant to scam him for every cent he has (even swiping his cloths!), leaving him destitute. All for entirely selfish reasons, while buttering him up with the "your my best friend act." And while Porky does get his money back (as well as getting to beat up Daffy a little), thanks to Bugs' help, Daffy learns nothing. Not even after being hit by some Laser-Guided Karma via finding out he actually does need that expensive kidney transplant after all. He just goes back to begging his "best friend Bugs and/or Porky" (his words) for help and they reluctantly bail him out. And the episode ends with Daffy still taking advantage of Porky's kindness. I'm just glad they did get Daffy back on the right track after this. Otherwise, I would have probably stopped watching the show altogether.
• fluffything: The Looney Tunes Show. Good lords was the episode "The DMV" where Daffy, Lola, and Porky have to go to the DMV to get their driver's licenses an absolute mess. I couldn't even sit through the whole thing. That's how bad it was. Why? Let me count the ways. First, every character is holding the Idiot Ball. I can understand Lola not knowing what a driver's licence is since she's a bit dim-witted and crazy but Daffy? The guy makes a habit out of using fake names all the time! You'd think he'd have a fake licence or two lying around. Second, they use the exact. Same. Jokes. Within. The. Same. Ten. Minutes. The most prominent being characters not knowing what a driver's licence is and them switching their tests with Porky's resulting in him failing. There's lazy writing, and then there's just using copy-n-paste on a computer and switching a few names around to fill a half-hour series. For the love of Mel Blanc, I expect this kind of sloppy work from a latter-season episode of Spongebob Squarepants or Family Guy, not from this otherwise fun series.

MAD

The animated version of MAD is known for being a massively mixed bag. No surprises for what parts of the bag are going here.

• bobdrantz: MAD (which I normally like) had the "Pokémon Park" (A parody of Pokémon and Jurassic Park) skit. For one thing, the jokes made no sense (Pokémon randomly fight and evolve so they go crazy... what?), the characters do not match who they're supposed to parody (Why would Ash be the one in the Ian Malcolm role?), and they're inconsistent with which Pokémon represents which dinosaur (IE: It cannot make up its mind on whether the Pikachu is supposed to be Expy for the Velociraptors or if the Charmander are). It's like they just spent five seconds on a Wikipedia page on Pokémon, watched only a few minutes of Jurassic Park, and then just hastily threw this poor excuse for a "parody" together.
• fluffything: I can respect parody done well. I can respect parodies of my favorite shows done well. The MAD sketch "Ancient Greek Mythbusters" is not a parody done well by any stretch of the imagination. This feels more like a mean-spirited Take That! towards an awesome series rather than an Affectionate Parody. Oh, let me count the ways this sketch is a DMOS. You've got Grant being chewed up by a T. Rex as a pointless throwaway gag. You've got Adam and Jamie being incompetent Jerkass morons not having any sense of logic to their "experiments" (Insane Troll Logic would be considered the words of a genius compared to this). The utterly unfunny joke about Mythbusters only being watchable due to the sheer number of explosions (Because clearly we nerds only want to see explosions in an awesome educational series that debunks urban legends. Really? No.). Also, the pointless Back to the Future reference at the end? Just... ugh...
• CJ Croen 1393: I've seen one that was a personal punch right in the heart. "The Land After The Land Before Time". Basically, it's the incredibly stale "Durr hurr, The Land Before Time has too many sequels it's funny! Durr hurr" joke that everyone (even sequel haters) is sick of by now. It reveals that the newest sequel involves a "heartwarming reunion". It then shows all five dinosaurs... as fossilized museum exhibits. Way to go MAD. You turned my childhood heroes into corpses. You literally killed my childhood.
• Yuma: The sketch "Naru210". It shows very blatant research failure. The writers appeared to have only seen the first one or two episodes of Naruto. They claim that "all these Naruto fights happen off-screen," for one thing.
• philipthepatsy: I think MAD is funny, with a lot of the parodies being ok; some of them pretty good. However, one such parody wasn't either: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus. Why? It wasn't really a parody of either, nor was it funny. There wasn't much to do with Diary of a Wimpy Kid, other than that Pit, playing the twofer of himself and Greg Heffley, tries to be popular, has an overbearing mom, and has a goofy best friend (in this case, Kirby, as apposed to Rowley). Otherwise, nothing else. Even worse, there was even less to do with Kid Icarus, other than Pit, and the fact that he came from Kid Icarus. The jokes were mostly bad Video Game puns and references. Unlike their "Gaming's Next Top Princess" skit, this skit is badly done, unfunny, and doesn't even remotely parody its source materials well at all. They didn't even reference Kid Icarus: Uprising, which is no doubt the reason this skit was even made in the first place.
• Averyvil Animation: What absolutely solidified my hatred for MAD, was their Phineas and Ferb parody "Dolphineas and Ferb Tale". At first, it's just kinda boring, but then when this robot battle happens, a badly drawn version of my favorite character, Candace appears and says, "I'm telling Mom!" Then she is promptly zapped into a pile of ash by a cyborg who then says "I hate tattletales." Fuck you, MAD! Shallow Parody does not even begin to describe this, this was a giant middle finger to all Candace fans. Sure, it's funny when Candace gets hurt in the actual show, much like Daffy Duck, but just killing her for no reason is the Seltzer and Friedberg route of comedy.
• Emperor Oshron: I wanted to like MAD, I gave it plenty of chances. I sat through several cringe-inducing episodes, almost none of which made me so much as smile, let alone laugh. As a whole, I absolutely hate it, right up there with fucking Friedberg and Seltzer. But the absolute worst one I have ever had the displeasure of seeing in an episode of MAD was "¡Ai Carly!", a rip-off of iCarly set in Mexico with gratuitous and arguably racist Mexican stereotypes, particularly a guy with a big mustache, sombrero, poncho, and—for some reason—a potato for a head popping up every few seconds to say "¡Ai Carly!" in the most stereotypical Mexican accent you've ever heard. Just given the fact that it's an American show broadcast on an American television network, surely they must have realized that more than a few Mexican children (and conceivably their parents and siblings) would see this; there's a reason that you don't see any of the old Speedy Gonzalez cartoons on TV anymore. What makes this even worse, instead of actually finishing the "Gaming's Next Top Princess" skit, they deliberately drew out the last several seconds of it as filler and then replayed the "¡Ai Carly!" thing again in Spanish with absolutely no changes to the animation, because clearly, they're grasping at air trying to fill out just ten fucking minutes. This would be a bit more excusable in an hour-long or even half-hour-long show, but ten minutes?! Seriously?!
• keybladeoverlord: I used to find this show pretty entertaining, but one skit ruined the entire thing for me. Go Dragon Ball Go... At first, it seems like a fairly amusing concept, with Diego from Go Diego Go going on a hunt for the dragon balls with other Dragon Ball characters popping in and occasionally making jabs about both shows. Now I could almost forgive the subpar voice acting in this skit, but the one thing that effectively ruined the skit and the entire show for me was their potshot at Dragon Ball GT. Really? I know a good number of people don't like GT, but there are also plenty who love it (Myself included), but did you really have to make an awful forced joke like that which only about half the audience will find funny and the other half will find annoying? You couldn't make it a joke at the expense of Dragon Ball Evolution which is way worse than what GT could ever be? Some people may think I'm being a GT fanboy complaining about people making fun of something he likes, but my problem is that I've seen people complain about GT so much that I cannot stand to look at people calling it bad without giving good reasoning behind their opinions. In the end, this skit ruined this entire show for me.

Mickey Mouse (2013)

Being a reboot of Disney's famous mascot Mickey Mouse that has gotten praise by Disney fans and critics alike, it's not quite possibly acceptable that every now and again the show spits out moments like these that should be arrested and thrown in the big house, also known as jail.

• Captain Tedium: The 2013 Mickey Mouse cartoon by Paul Rudish has been hit or miss most of the time, but one particular instance I found extremely deplorable would be the episode "Bronco Busted", where Mickey, Donald, and Goofy need money to repair their car. They decide to enter the rodeo to get the money they need and, failing to get an actual horse to cooperate, resort to having Donald impersonate a horse. After they win, the rodeo refuse to give them money because of hard times and a millionaire arrives to offer Mickey and Goofy the money they need in exchange for Donald, having mistaken him for an actual horse. Donald accepts the offer before Mickey can correct the millionaire and says "So long, suckers!" Goofy then asks Mickey if they should tell Daisy about this and Mickey selfishly replies that they shouldn't. The worst part of it was that the short premiered on the anniversary of the first Donald Duck cartoon. Surely, there were better ways to celebrate Donald Duck's birthday aside from making a cartoon where he ditches his friends, and his friends in turn choose to forget about him!
  • Mysterious Zorua 1994: Oh, god. This was absolutely disgraceful to how Donald is normally portrayed. We've gotten moments in other canons, such as Kingdom Hearts, where he rejoins Sora after a forced Face–Heel Turn and later attacks Yao after he punched Sora after cutting in line, or Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas, where he leads an orchestra to sing a Christmas carol after a rough day. But for Donald to pull a Penelope is one of those points where one must question his true alignment.
    I especially hate how mean-spirited this show is for the portrayals of the characters, even without Donald's sudden Adaptational Villainy. I'm convinced that Western Animation has reached the "Age of Jerkassery" thanks to Family Guy, and even Disney has started to think that shows with unlikable protagonists and offensive humor are popular. And we have a trope for that.
• Big Jimbo: I used to like the series, but the mean-spiritedness and sadism of several episodes has made me reluctant to watch most of the series (it doesn't help that the tone's at odds with most of Disney's output). And "Tapped Out" has to be the worst of them. Mickey and his friends are watching a boxing match where Pete is one of the boxers. Mickey is fed up with Pete's arrogant and dickish ways and expresses his desire to teach him a lesson. Then Goofy puts him up for boxing, and after Goofy is knocked out by Pete, Mickey tries to wrestle him... only to end up on the receiving end of a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown. The dethroning moment here is that Donald laughs while watching said beatdown, then chides Mickey for barely touching his nachos. Obviously enough, this just felt like a slap in the face considering Donald's usual characterization. Not only that, Donald ends up being used by Mickey to beat Pete, essentially getting rewarded despite his rotten actions, while Mickey is to be put up in more matches, with his reaction implying that he'll be punched around like a ragdoll in each of them. While "Al Rojo Vivo" has a very unfair ending where Mickey's subjected to a Yank the Dog's Chain moment, this episode wins by virtue of derailing a character, too much torment given towards a character who doesn't deserve it, and the Jerkass being a Karma Houdini while the other character has to suffer at the end.

Miraculous Ladybug

TV Tropes, I am Hawk Moth. Fly away, my little akuma, and dethrone these episodes!

• Dragonking 56: I have issues with the latest episode of Miraculous Ladybug, Queen Wasp, and it also boils down to two words: Chloe Bourgeois. Aside from her acting like a Smug Super throughout the episode (both as a hero and a villain), there's the fact that she put millions of lives in jeopardy just so she should get a chance to play the hero. In fact, I'm willing to bet that if Ladybug and Cat Noir hadn't shown up, all of the passengers on the train would have died. Superheroes in this universe are supposed to be kind, caring people, and Chloe is anything but, as this show has already established. Plus, at the end of it all, Ladybug and Cat Noir don't do anything more than give her a pep talk about why what she did wasn't the right thing. That's a great lesson to teach the kids! If you go put people's lives in danger, all you will get is a slap on the wrist! I am genuinely angry with this and I don't think I'll be returning to the show anytime soon.
• curiouskat: I strongly believe that Miraculous Ladybug has been going through a sharp decline in quality since the middle of the second season, but an episode that trumps everything in its suckiness has to be the season 3 episode "Chat Blanc". The episode deals with a "what if" scenario in which Adrien finds out that Marinette is Ladybug because of a birthday (sorry, a "fifth name-iversary") gift she left him at his house—actually signed this time, unlike her previous attempts to get Adrien's attention. Not to mention the fact that Adrien's love confession seems almost shallow in execution (he barely pays attention to Marinette but does so once her identity is revealed), but this episode does its best to express the end of Paris as we know it because of terrible actions taken by Adrien's father Gabriel. He forbids Marinette from dating his son, leading to the Disaster Dominoes plot: Adrien reveals his secret identity to stop Marinette from being akumatized, and Nathalie reports this back to Gabriel. Instead of negotiating with his son to get the jewels he needs to revive his wife, knowing that Adrien is missing his mother as much as he is, what does he do? Beat him around like a ragdoll. I shit you not. Him firmly grasping the Villain Ball in that moment doesn't even begin to describe this idiocy. Adrien ends up being akumatized into Chat Blanc and disintegrates the entirety of Paris in a single swoop, that timeline's Marinette and Gabriel included. The episode then proposes a solution to a Ladybug of an alternate timeline: deakumatize Chat Blanc and erase her name off her present or the world is doomed. With the help of Bunnix, she deakumatizes him and is sent back to her own timeline to erase her name, therefore rendering the entire episode useless. Nice one, writers. You do understand that the main ship that you've been advertising during the series' run is the same ship that you're warning will cause a cataclysmic event to their city and possibly the world through a convoluted set of circumstances? This episode might as well not have existed at all.
• Twoeyesshort: For me, it'd have to be the episode "Mega Leech". Not so much for the superhero antics; that actually came out pretty well. The suck comes from how the episode handles politics. Namely, Myliene and her "protest", wherein she continually provokes Mayor Bourgeois by shouting at him, interrupting him, and generally behaving with a holier-than-thou attitude. Meanwhile, the Mayor himself takes on the role of a well-meaning but ultimately wrong authority figure. Thanks to the show's usage of Strawman Political, nothing all that controversial is actually said on either side, but her behavior makes Myliene look like a total jerk, unwilling to discuss things civilly or show even a basic amount of respect, showing all the behavior that would lead to a Flame War on a less one-sided subject, which absolutely nobody calls her out on. That's just a wonderful message to send to kids, isn't it?
• Multiple Personas: Though I consider the worse EPISODE of ML to be "Stormy Weather 2" (it throws away what may be the most dangerous villain yet to instead be an uncreative clip show), the worst MOMENT in the series would have to be in "Desperada". Jagged Stone, after unfairly firing his backup guitarist, seeks out his old bandmate Anarka (Juleka's mom) to fill the role. When she flatly refuses, he sees Marinette and asks if she can recommend anyone. Luka, lead guitarist for the band Marinette was JUST WATCHING REHEARSE is standing right there, and she instead recommends Adrien. Then Adrien says he's better at piano, and doesn't even have a guitar. Jagged Stone asks about Luka, who is holding a guitar. Marinette then...asks Luka to let Adrien borrow his guitar. What the Hell, Hero? doesn't BEGIN to cover how callous that was! I never thought I'd say it, but f*ck you, Marinette. Even worse is that nobody calls her on it! Luka lets her walk all over him. Adrien forgives this rudeness. Juleka doesn't defend her brother. Rose doesn't so much as whisper anything! This grows even worse when we learn later that Jagged Stone is Luka's father.
• Teleport Ted: Miraculous World: New York — United HeroeZ's Stinger: it turns out that Cash somehow escaped justice, and is unrepentantly carrying on with his crimes. Thus invoking a semi–Happy Ending Override, and making it look like Fei should've indeed taken Revenge on him rather than let the law (fail to) handle him; nice message, writers.
• Infernape 612: "Qilin", without question, is the worst piece of media I have ever had the misfortune of consuming due to the sheer moral rancidness of the Esoteric Happy Ending. The plot is incited when a bus inspector harasses Ms. Cheng over not having a bus ticket (because Marinette ran off with Sabine's wallet containing the ticket to get a present for her mother - remember that, now). The situation escalates, the driver says nothing, armed officers get involved, Sabine is pissed enough to be akumatized by Hawk Moth, big fight, yadda yadda. So far so acceptable. Then the ending. Marinette proceeds to accept blame for the incident, because apparently an honest slip-up means you deserve to have your mother harrassed by corrupt law enforcement officers over an alleged misdemeanor to the point of being arrested or quite possibly even killed (this episode aired a year and nine months after George Floyd's murder, so there's no excuse for this), and then offers to pay the bogus fine to make up for it. It cannot be understated how screwed up this is - a dirty inspector harrasses an innocent woman over a bus fare to the point of armed police getting involved, he receives an apology and a reward for it from the victim's daughter and learns nothing nor faces any negative consequences, and this is treated as a good thing. This was the moment that triggered the realization that I could not bring myself to support this show any longer.
• JG 98: "Revolution" is emblematic of how wretched and vile the writing has gotten. What happens to make me hate it so passionately? Quite simply, after Chloè is defeated, her father Andrè simply washes his hands of her, and hands her over to her abusive mother Audrey, who promptly whisks her off to London in order to make her life a living hell. All the while, Andrè gets to wash his hands of all the mistakes he has done and gets a "fresh start" by adopting Zoè. Basically, he got rid of his "defective" daughter (the same daughter that HE and HIS WIFE played a major part in ensuring she grew up spoiler and nasty) and substituted her with a new one, while completely shrugging off his own responsibilities as a parent. And Audrey gets to be a Karma Houdini for her abusive behavior, while Chloè gets demonized and made out to be the only one responsible for how she turned out. This is more than just bad writing. This is actually malicious writing, suggesting that a person deserves to be abused because he or she isn't "nice". It is appalling that a show that's touted as being "for children" hands out such toxic, rancid morals.
• Storygirl 000: Though I'm of the opinion the show's writing has been going downhill since season 3, the absolute nadir has to be the season 5 finale, "Recreation". The Bad Guy Wins — Gabriel gets his hands on the Miraculouses, uses the Wish, and gets to pass on without answering for any of his crimes, with the rest of Paris seeing him as a martyr and his abused son looking up to him as a hero — and it's treated as a good thing because he allegedly had a change of heart before doing so. Never mind the fact that he's been abusing his son, that he's both directly and indirectly tried to kill people on numerous occasions, and that it's been explicitly stated the Wish outright destroys reality and replaces it with a new one, it's fine because he was doing it for love all along! Not to mention the fact that this helps create a massive Double Standard dripping with unfortunate implications; of the six characters on the show that could be considered major villains, only he, Félix (both rich white men), and Nathalie (also white, who also got the "doing it for love" excuse) get treated sympathetically and "redeemed" this way, while the other three (all women, two of whom are teenagers, two of whom are non-white, and one of the non-white ones is also blind) are given no such sympathy and portrayed as living personifications of For the Evulz. The fact that the writers think that any of this is good writing on their part just sickens me.

Moral Orel

• Treb: Now, I am an absolutely huge fan of Moral Orel. Its clever writing, endearing characters and hidden depth are just a few of the show's qualities... qualities which are completely absent from the more recent TV Special "Beforel Orel". First of all, Ms. Censordoll has a VERY different voice than that of the series and it feels out of place, and the animation seems to have lost a lot of the fluidity of the original series, looking a lot more stiff. Beyond just the technical problems though, is the writing here seems as though it were written by someone who had never seen the series before. Too much of the humor is focused on attacking Christianity (rather than the series's focus on character building, and affectionate parodying of Christianity and 50s culture in general) not unlike more recent episodes of Family Guy. One scene in particular that is the biggest DMOS for me is the one where Ms. Censordoll tries to scare Orel into Christianity, and Reverend Putty gets legitimately scared as a result. This is completely out of character for the reverend, who was one of the most reasonable and rational people in Moralton.
• sudrictoon: Even though I love this show, one episode I would sentence to eternal damnation is "God's Chef." Orel is pleasuring himself in the bathroom, and is told that God needs him to spread his, uh, seed, to create babies. So what does he do? Put his seed in a pastry bag and proceed to impregnate every woman in Moralton while they're asleep, essentially raping them. I know adult cartoons love to cross the line twice, but this is too much and it makes my stomach churn. Thank God that the writers stopped doing stuff like this and treated the topic of rape with tact in season 3.
• Melancholy Utopia: I absolutely love Moral Orel, It's a masterpiece of not just stop motion, but also storytelling in its fantastic execution of "show don't tell". However, the final episode, "Honor" has always rubbed me the wrong way. Basically, due to recent events in the series, Orel has lost respect for his father and seeks Coach Stopframe for guidance since he likes Clay (not in the way Orel thinks, though, as is obvious) and they end up spending Christmas together. What's wrong with this picture? EVERYTHING. Do the writers seriously think we should find anything about this heartwarming or positive? You mean the very man who essentially homewrecked Orel's family by sleeping with his mom, having an implicit affair with his dad, and feeling no shred of regret about any of his actions as proven in "Numb" (he even tried to use Orel as a virgin sacrifice in a satanic ritual, for Christ's sake!) deserves to, in any shape of form, spend time with such a sweet, pure, innocent child like Orel? REALLY? ^note  Granted, Clay and Bloberta aren't completely innocent in all this either, but the key difference there is that the writers never tried to paint them as sympathetic or redeemable It was so bad I was expecting the writers to pull a subversion at the end, but sadly, it wasn't to be. I could see this kind of lackluster writing in the first season (as the atrocious "God's Chef" is part of), not the end of season 3. Stopframe deserves nothing less but to burn, and I hate how he not only got off scot-free, but was rewarded in the end. Whoop-de-fricking-doo. Edit: I'm aware the show was cut short due to its abrupt cancellation and thus had to quickly tie up some loose ends, but it still doesn't change the fact they wrote this episode the way they did.

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

Not so heroic episodes.

• dannylightninglightner: Cartoon Network's new show OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes is super enjoyable and entertaining, and even heartfelt at times. Overall, a very inoffensive and good-natured show. There's one episode that got under my skin, though, and it's "You Get Me." Enid isn't exactly a model employee, but this episode probably showed her at her worst. As someone who's around Enid's age who also works in the service industry, (and is getting pretty tired of people from my generation constantly portrayed as lazy and apathetic about work,) I was kind of appalled by her unprofessional treatment of the customers. She was more focused on palling around with KO and making hotdogs than actually doing her job or even being polite to the customers she was waiting on. In the episode, a wizard walks into the store and tries making friendly conversation with her, but she ignores him. When he understandably objects to being brushed off, she says, "Actually, my record for ignoring randos like you is way higher than that... better luck next time?" and "See, he (KO) manages to survive when someone isn't paying attention to him for five seconds, so I got confused. My bad." The wizard later turns Enid into stone, to use her as a lawn ornament. While turning Enid into stone for being unnecessarily curt with him was definitely a huge case of Disproportionate Retribution, Enid was never rightfully called out for being kind of a jerk to her customers. She (and KO) justified her flippant attitude with "She treats everyone like that!" (Really?) The episode could have easily been better if the wizard had been shown as being openly hostile or rude to Enid right from the start, so her attitude towards him could have been justified to an extent. Overall the episode had some pretty clunky writing/storytelling, and I'll just skip over it when re-watching the show.
• Furian1996: I am a huge fan of OK K.O., but one of the most recent episodes, "Let's Not Be Skeletons"... isn't that good. Nevermind that gun violence is too heavy of a topic for a show aimed at children, the problem I had with this episode was that it felt jarring and out-of-place in a show that is overly fantastical in nature and - at its core - is about defending a strip mall from hordes of evil robots. Also, it probably doesn't help that the episode was put up on the Cartoon Network app just two weeks after the Parkland, FL high school shooting. All in all, I won't be surprised if Ryann Shannon and Parker Simmons (the writers/boarders for this episode) end up regretting this episode like Lauren Faust regretted The Powerpuff Girls (1998) episode "Equal Fights".
  • Capricious Salmon: I thought Bojack Horseman screwed the pooch with their super confusing, out of place gun control episode, but OK KO comes a close second. Now, I think if Gargoyles and Static Shock can do it, gun control/violence messages in kid shows are fair game. Heck, I think they could've made the point there needs to be so many rules when it comes to owning firearms, since regardless of what you think about such legislation, most people agree guns aren't toys and kids shouldn't have them. But my biggest problem is the metaphor they use for firearms is confusing and makes no sense. Skeleton remotes don't vaporize you or kill you or even make you disappear forever, they just turn you into a skeleton and get rid of your powers. So what? Nobody really cares because why would they need to? Skeletons exist in this world, one of KO's friends is a skeleton (and they bring it up in the episode as a sort of Hand Wave), so it seems like a pretty livable affliction if you ask me. In the grand scheme of things, the problem with skeleton remotes is merely cosmetic, and if you can make a remote that turns people into skeletons, I'm sure you can make one to reverse it. The Mysterious Mr. Enter made a pretty good point when he reviewed this episode: KO (and by extension, Carol) is getting worked up about some pushy dude trying to get people to mass buy squirt guns, not innocent lives being at stake like the writers are trying to claim. On top of that, like most political episodes, everybody seems drastically out of character. Never in a million years would Mr. Gar aim a weapon at his surrogate son. Even when KO first transformed into TKO, he never laid a finger on the kid, and KO was wrecking havoc on the plaza and hurting Gar's employees and innocent civilians. What makes it extra confusing is I don't get what they're saying about gun control in the first place: are they saying guns should be banned and we should repeal the Second Amendment? That no, guns shouldn't be banned but there's rules to them, which would be a little less hypocritical? It doesn't help they act like stuff like background checks, permits or bans on bringing guns into places like schools possibly couldn't exist in our world, so if they're trying to be serious, they got important information incorrect. Heavy topic or not, they never made the point if they were satirizing special episodes and gun control messages or trying to be dead serious (or doing some weird combo), so it makes the episode way more hypocritical than they probably intended; it's like if Steven Universe had an episode about Garnet and Pearl trying to get baptized with the FLDS. I think even the creative staff knew they were writing themselves into a corner because it turns out the episode was just a dream KO had.
• Mdjj1996: I love the series, but like all popular shows, it possesses only a handful of terrible episodes, the worst one being "Plaza Film Festival". I thought our heroes would have the upper hand in obtaining the trophy, but it turns out the Boxmore robots were the winners. Not only the robo-villains succeed in blowing up the plaza, it included themselves along with it.

Peanuts

To say that Peanuts helped the Newspaper Comics and animation television industries become what they are today would be a massive understatement, because it’s loaded with a few really bad moments that probably shouldn't have aired on TV or even shown in the funny pages. No offense to you, Charlie Brown.

• Lady Mima: The Peanuts special Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown. Oh my gosh, I don't even know where to start. Well, I do know where to start, but when it comes, it's just... well, it's a wallop in the face. It starts with Charlie Brown watching a football game on TV, and all of a sudden, he starts getting flustered. Linus is there as well, and when Charlie Brown tells him that he saw this cute girl in the stands, Linus' reaction is that he falls in love with a different girl every week. Throughout the whole special, Linus acts like this, yet he still helps Charlie Brown try to find the girl. Snoopy and Woodstock tag along too. Linus does do some iffy stuff along the way, but that's not what I'm so mad about. What really gets me... is this: Eventually, the boys find the girl Charlie Brown saw on TV. Because Charlie Brown is so shy, he asks Linus to go up and talk to the girl for him. Well, he does this. And then... he sees the girl and is completely smitten. Not only that, she has a Security Blanket too! Because of this, Linus completely forgets to mention Charlie Brown and is invited in for some cookies, along with Snoopy and Woodstock. Poor Charlie Brown waits there all night, until they finally come out. The cat that had caused them problems earlier was all of a sudden friendly with Linus. Charlie Brown is clearly upset when he finds out Linus didn't mention him at all. And while he's yelling about this, Linus completely ignores him and keeps talking about how great the girl is. At one point, he even says "What are you talking about?". Finally, Charlie Brown gives up and runs home. Linus then wonders what Charlie Brown is so upset about. But that isn't even the end of it! No, to make matters worse, the song "Alone" plays as Charlie Brown imagines that he and the girl got together. He sadly goes back to his house and lies in bed. The next morning, Charlie Brown and Linus meet up at the brick wall. Charlie Brown says a football metaphor, and Linus takes it literally. Then he says he has a date with the girl and leaves. Charlie Brown is now alone at the brick wall. The end. Look, I know it's a Running Gag that Charlie Brown is the loser, save for that one time he won at marbles, but isn't this taking it too far?! I mean, Linus is supposed to be Charlie Brown's best friend! And even his best friend isn't much of a friend at all! It's basically telling us that Charlie Brown will never be happy. Never. And sure, you could blame Charlie Brown for his faults, but Linus has his faults too, like carrying that stupid blanket around! Since this moment, I have hated Linus for everything about him.
  • Julayla: Not only that, but I always felt that Charlie Brown trying to find that girl in the first place was because he saw her in the game and went to a bit of a stalker territory when he tries to find her. Not helping is that not only does nobody call Charlie Brown out on the stalking (but I get it, it was made another time), but his and Linus' family would've been worried sick on where those boys with Snoopy had been all day. I can accept some breaks from reality, but when it came to trying to find the girl that Charlie Brown himself couldn't even approach her and just ask to avoid all the trouble, not to mention he was suppose to be in love with the Little Red Haired Girl instead of a girl similar to Sally with a blanket on herself, but I always felt like this special kind of made Charlie Brown an idiot for actually letting Linus speak to her and be left out. It's one of the reasons why I dislike this special (and that's besides the blond girl and Linus shipped for just that one episode).
• Blackjack 254: It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown is the main reason why my watching of Animated Peanuts is now limited solely to the Original Christmas special. Lucy doing the infamous pulling the football away prank on Charlie Brown during an important game, and then having the gall to blame the losing of the game on him, and everyone agreeing with her (I've heard about them doing a so called minor retcon of a line of Peppermint Patty being cut out, big deal, only one less person blames Charlie brown for something not his fault). In my opinion, the whole episode should have been retconned.
  • Powerpuffbats: For what it's worth, after that trainwreck, they aired "It's Magic, Charlie Brown" which had Charlie finally kick that ball and having Lucy finally getting hit by Karma. That said, "It's Your First Kiss" is my Dethroning Moment for all of Animation... only "Seahorse Seashell Party" from Family Guy comes close (I still haven't seen Spongebob's "One Coarse Meal" yet). What makes this special even worse for me is that I'm a bit of a Charlie Brown/Lucy shipper, and Lucy's actions spit in the faces of Chuck/Lucy shippers... and Chuck/Peppermint Patty shippers too! Seriously, Patty and Linus don't even notice that Lucy is costing them the game! Remember that moment from Family Guy where Peter kicks Lucy (who is my favorite Peanuts character... and this special makes me hate her)? That clip is only tolerable (imo) after viewing this special! And again, how could no one... in the entire stadium notice Lucy pulling that football away?!?!
• jaredthedecimator: I'm recalling my previous entry to nominate "You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown". Most of the special is pretty good, honestly, but the climax is probably the biggest Ass Pull in the history of animation. Basically, Charlie Brown is leading in the final event of the decathlon, and he runs onto a side exit right off the track. Was the side exit there in any other shot? Yes, but, don't you think they could have blocked it off for the decathlon?
• Space Hunter Drake Redcrest: One moment I have always hated from Peanuts is in It's Magic, Charlie Brown. During Snoopy's magic show, one of the tricks involves cutting up a piece of fabric. Lucy, being Lucy, yanks Linus' Security Blanket out of his hands and offers it to Sally for the trick. Linus begs for her to give it back, with Sally assuring Linus that Snoopy's magic won't hurt the blanket. Snoopy then proceeds to cut Linus' blanket into several strips, all the while Linus is in utter pain. It culminates in Snoopy failing to magically put Linus' blanket back together, knocking Linus out cold. I know Peanuts have always had a Designated Monkey aspect to them, but Linus is one of the nicest characters in the franchise, and doesn't deserve having his heart broken just for the sake of a "joke." At least, during the credits, it seems his blanket was fixed.
• Gojirob: All of the above-mentioned Peanuts ones are horrible moments, but its a subtler one that often seems the most vicious to me. In 'It Was A Short Summer, Charlie Brown', exactly how does everyone end up at the same summer camp? Easy, Lucy signed them up for it! She announced on the last day of school while everyone was exulting in their soon-to-be ruined plans. Okay, Mssrs. Schulz and Mendelsohn. We know you were obsessed with making Lucy a Karma Houdini so fearsome, Megan from Drake & Josh, Ruthie Camden and all the demonic sitcom sibs tell stories of her to scare each other. Got it. But now, you assign her Reality Warper powers? She was another minor child. Her signature was worthless, even for herself. And what about all their parents, some of whom likely had summer plans, and the money they must shell out, even for a low-cost or subsidized camp? Even a parent who wanted to get rid of their kid for the summer would tell them about it, just to have prep time and no delay in leaving. So Lucy couldn't have done the action that drove the special, one which not only Butt-Monkey Charlie Brown and scared little brother Linus were affected by, but all their friends and classmates. I spent a good part of my childhood thinking other kids could just sign you up for stuff. It's not too much of a stretch to say this led thematically to 'First Kiss'.

Pink Panther

• kablammin45: When I was little, I wound up mad after watching a certain Pink Pather short, and I still don't like it very much now. Long story short, Pink is hungry and winds up in the hospital when (get this) a dog bites him and won't let go! Pink then has to deal with all sorts of pointless tests. But I thought the ending sucked! The dog is removed and immediately attacks the doctor helping Pink. The man is shown waiting in the waiting room to be examined. It's meant to be a gag, but it just makes no sense considering that he's a doctor and had just been holding a formula for removing stubborn dogs! Then a mean orderly who has been bullying Pink in very rude ways throughout the short without consequence cements himself as one of my most hated Karma Houdinis via a very cruel Kick the Dog moment to Pink. Pink is given a pie for his troubles only for the dude to snatch the food Pink had been trying to get as Pink walks out the door, for seemingly no other reason other than spite. When I was younger I wished that I could have beaten ever living crap out of that guy for being such a Karma Houdini. Between that and feeling that the Idiot Plot was just a bit too idiotic, as well as Pink being too much of a Butt-Monkey, it makes for an unenjoyable spectacle and I'm quick to name that short as my least favorite Pink Panther shorts.
• Roy-G-Biv: Don't get me wrong, I like the Pink Panther. I really do. But the episode "Pink Da Vinci" is just awful. It starts out with Leonardo da Vinci (who is caricatured as the Little White Man, but with clothes and colored skin) painting the The Mona Lisa. After debating how to finish her, he decides to paint her with a frown and then goes to bring the art judge to come see. While he's gone, Pink sees the painting from outside the window and decides he doesn't like it. So what does he do? Go inside the building, change the frown to a smile, and then leave. In other words, Pink just committed vandalism! Not only that, but after Leonardo changes the smile back to a frown, Pink changes it again! This goes on over and over again for the entire episode, with Leonardo even crying at one point, and we're still supposed to laugh at his misfortune! Eventually, Leonardo gets so fed up, he kicks the Tower of Pisa out of frustration, causing it to lean over, which gets him arrested! And what does Pink do? Takes the Mona Lisa to a museum, presumably making a fortune off of it. Sure, he gives Leonardo credit, but he also takes credit for "contributing" to the Mona Lisa. This isn't funny. It's just six minutes of a man - who was a real person, mind you - being tormented by some entitled stranger over his work! Why can't Pink just make his own painting? Why is it so important that this one painting of a woman have a smile, when there are probably millions of those already?

Recess

As well-liked as Recess is, these moments really whomp.

• Darth Josh 1108: Recess had the episode where Gus got jinxed. This episode, before Miss Finster and Principal Prickley grew redeeming qualities, had them nearly get Gus arrested just because he wasn't allowed to talk. However, Gus isn't safe from the Idiot Ball either. He was being interrogated by the teachers. What were the Ashleys going to do to him where there would be adult witnesses? He could have easily told them what happened. Keeping silent is part of the kids code of honor, so adult involvement oughta be a loop hole.
• Young Princess Zelda: There's only a very few episodes of Recess that I didn't like. "Speedy We Hardly Knew Ye" was one I never liked, but that's second place compared to "The Lost Ball" where everyone gives Gus shit for kicking a ball pretty damn well. Mikey of all kids even gives him trouble. The nightmare sequence is mean-spirited, and it's all over losing a ball. Couldn't they have made it more consequential, like say the ball was from a deceased staff member or something? Furthermore, the entire playground wrecked Gelman's morale when he assaults Gus in "Gus's Last Stand", but kicking a ball over the fence is on the same terms apparently.
• Monkee Juice: The Recess episode "Tattletale Heart" is a bad one because of its Broken Aesop. When a food fight breaks out in the cafeteria, Miss Finster cancels recess until someone comes clean on who started it. Gus is the only one who witnessed who started it but is forced by T.J. and his friends because it's considered tattling. And considering that T.J. and his friends love recess, it would like say that some guy refuses to confess to the police that his best friend murdered his entire family. For most of the episode it wants to say that tattling is wrong but then it's reveal that Randall was the one who started it. That's right. The same kid who's hated on the playground for tattling on others. Then it's also revealed that every other kid said that Randall started it and they got angry at Gus thinking he tattled. If they wanted to say that no one likes a tattle tale, an episode of The Brady Bunch did a much better job at that.
• Brony Of The Octaves: I'm surprised nobody has ever mentioned the episode "Nobody Doesn't Like TJ". Putting aside John Enter's thoughts on the episode, I honestly loathe this episode. To explain, the episode is about TJ learning that this kid who we see as a background character, Gordy, doesn't like TJ. TJ is basically baffled as to why Gordy doesn't like him and tries to find out why. Throughout the episode, he tries to do good things for Gordy, but he's only annoyed by the end. Eventually TJ gets Gordy and him detention. And for what reason? To show Gordy a good time and how much of an awesome guy he is. And when they finish up their hour in detention, TJ finally asks if Gordy likes him. Gordy says no. And TJ, fed up, finally (what he should have done earlier on...) asks why doesn't he like him. Gordy simply replies that he just doesn't like TJ. The episode put a bad taste in the troper's mouth, and this is saying a lot since he's not a huge fan of other episodes from the show (One being Jinxed!).

  • Catmuto: My personal DMoS from the above Nobody Doesn't Like TJ comes from one scene. TJ is offering Gordy some brownies and Gordy eats them, then realizes they have peanuts in them, spits it out and yells at TJ for giving him something that he's allergic to. Three problems, all of them are Gordy's fault: 1) TJ obviously didn't know Gordy had any allergy to specific food types. 2) Gordy didn't ask before eating offered food. 3) The peanuts were quite visible in the brownies, so Gordy is a moron for not seeing what he's eating. This moment doesn't come across as TJ being in the wrong, it's Gordy being Too Dumb to Live, since his reaction makes it seem like his eating peanuts results in anaphylactic shock.

• The Lucky Cat: I loved Recess as a kid and I still like it now, but there's one episode that always infuriated me - "No Strings Attached". The basic plot of the episode is that the Ashleys give Spinelli tickets for a wrestling match. Now let's bear in mind that the Ashleys are a posse of Alpha Bitches and have pulled a lot of mean-spirited crap before- "Jinxed!", "First Name Ashley", "The Ratings Game", etc. Spinelli and the others are understandably suspicious of this and try to find out what the Ashleys are planning. Eventually Mickey and Gus tell the others they're being paranoid and go off to the match, while Spinelli, Vince, Gretchen and TJ all get stuck in the Ashley clubhouse and the episode ends! I think the intended Aesop was "don't look a gift horse in the mouth", but it's absolutely ridiculous that Spinelli and the others were expected to do that here- why should they trust the Ashleys? This episode might have worked if the Ashleys had done something bad, were shown to genuinely feel guilty about it and were giving the tickets as an apology, but as it stands, it's like the writers were trying to say, "No matter how many times people screw you over, you should give them the benefit of the doubt just in case!" No, no, NO. I can't stand to watch this episode because the gang (sans Mickey and Gus, who honestly are the ones who would benefit the least from seeing the match) getting screwed over is so infuriating and unfair.

Rocket Power

As cheesy and dated Rocket Power is, there are totally lame moments where the show beefs it.

• SampaCM: Rocket Power was one of the Nicktoons of my childhood, although I was not exactly a fan. I always preferred video games over extreme sports, and I feel the joke that gamers are loners with No Social Skills was a pretty unfunny one. However, that's the least of its problems, as there was a particular moment that still baffles me: The episode "Ice Queens" from Season 1 (Thanks to Paramount+ for uploading the show): while the gang was preparing for an ice hockey match, Reggie meets a figure-skating girl named Cleo, Twister's cousin; Reggie started a rivalry with Cleo, dismissing figure skating as girly and boring, and in retaliation, Cleo dismisses ice hockey as violent and brash; such rivalry keeps escalating, till finally, Cleo makes a bet that she could be good at ice hockey, and Reggie could be good at figure skating; and this is where we enter the DMOS zone: The team wins their ice hockey match, but then, it is revealed that Cleo was playing in Reggie's place, using her hockey stick and gear, and then, we see Reggie in the figure skating event, and winning. Huh? am I missing something here? Now, I don't know much about on-ice sports, but being a good ice skater does not mean you will be good at ice-related sports, a least, not in such a short period of time, specially some sports both girls so openly dislike. I feel that ending was forced and contrived, and my Willing Suspension of Disbelief has a limit. A better ending would have been both girls completely sucking at the sports of the other, and admitting that it's not as easy as they thought it would be.
• Cabbit Girl Emi: One episode that I've always hated was "A Shot in the Park", where Twister accidentally loses his video camera in a marine-themed amusement park. All the gang wanted to do is film a school project, but of course what happened with the camera... While breaking into the park is considered a crime, not only did they have a valid reason to, but their punishment at the end was too harsh and impractical. Instead of having the gang get the camera back and then for Ray and Tito to be called and clear things up or just simply kicked out of the park, the manager forces the gang to pick up hundreds of squids. This manager must really hate kids if he's willing to risk letting them fail an assigned school project by punishing them like this...

Samurai Jack

• Loekman 3: While I enjoyed episode XCVII from Samurai Jack aka the Continuity Cavalcade episode where every character that I loved made a reappearance and the return of Scaramouce, one scene that I could not enjoy is Demongo's sudden reappearance. Considering that previously he is unambigously and straight up killed on-screen by Aku for failing him, there is absolutely no reason he should even appear but then this episode he suddenly appears and disappears as quickly, making it a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment. How? Why? When? There is absolutely no explanation for his sudden reappearance aside from being an Ensemble Dark Horse but just because he is popular doesn't mean he deserves to come back, especially when there is absolutely no indication that he even survived the ordeal in the first place.
• SenorCornholio: For me personally, episode XCIX was this. No, it's not the fact that Jashi became canon; I have several reasons why the pairing wouldn't normally work, but I can see why people would ship it and I could honestly forgive the end result if it wasn't all packaged into one episode. All the stuff that could explicitly be seen as Ship Tease material was thrust in at once, and the whole thing just felt like it was forcing them together. If they wanted this pairing to work, age gap be damned, then I feel they should have spread the teasing across more than one episode. But nope: obvious hints at the beginning of the episode, thrust into a life-or-death situation in the middle, and then at the end they exhaustively look at one another after their near-death experience, then finally...they suddenly kiss. No prompting, no major buildup, just locked lips without a cause. Again, I see why others like this couple, but if they want me to find it believable, they shouldn't have rushed it like they did. It just puts a huge blemish on what was otherwise a fantastic show. On the plus side however, the fan drama that arose from the event was pretty epic; props to Genndy for that at least.
• Teleport Ted: Episode C: The Guardian is revealed to have been Killed Offscreen, and his portal destroyed — thus wasting an Ensemble Dark Horse, and turning all that Chosen One hype into an Anti-Climax and Red Herring.
• ScotieRw I have an issue or two with the final episode, most of them forgivable, except for one. Ashi's cessation of existence. Why did she not vanish when Aku died, but instead last long enough to plan a wedding and gather people from all over the world to attend? It feels like they creators wanted to play with our emotions by tricking us into thinking we'd get a happy ending, only to be like "Lol I lied!" or something. Very dickish.
  • SamuraiGal I'm glad I'm not the only one who hated the final episode (so much so I'm writing my own season 6 of the show). Like you said, Jack was deprived of a happy ending for no good reason at all, for a reason that makes no damn sense and was basically a ripoff of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann The whole episode looked like it was thrown together at the very last minute, used almost every tv trope known to man, including a Deus ex Machina (which I personally hate). There's a rumor that Genndy just wanted to get season 5 over and done to get back to Hotel Transylvania 3, which to me is the ultimate insult and slap in the face to the fans if it's true! Instead of it being a satisfying closure and happy ending for Jack we all wanted to see, it just outraged thousands of Genndy Tartikovsky's (now former) fans and resulted in Viewers in Mourning.

Scooby-Doo

We wouldn't watch these episodes for a Scooby snack.

• Spider Fan 14: The Scooby-Doo Project was alright in the beginning and in the middle, it was kinda funny but the ending I really hated. The gang all disappear and are likely killed by the monster. Outside of being scary as hell to see late at night and causing me a restless sleep, it was not funny to see the heroes of my kindergarten years to be offscreen killed by the monster. Deconstructive Parody, that's fine but this was just terrible.
• mariic: Speaking of Scooby-Doo, I always found Scooby-Doo in Where’s My Mummy? to be one of the worse DTV films. When I was younger, I thought the twist of Velma setting it up to scare away Amelia von Butch was out of character for the former, but now I have another reason to hate it. Velma claims that they didn't let the rest of the gang in on it because it was "Too Dangerous". Because evil Lara Croft is clearly much more dangerous than a pair of soul-stealing werecats.

The Smurfs

Episodes that are smurfing terrible.

• Eggy 0: I consider The Smurfs to be a classic, though there's one episode that rubs me the wrong way: "Sassette". Not the character, but the episode where she first appears. So it starts with Smurfette trying to interact with the other Smurfs, but ultimately doesn't because surprise surprise, all of them (Smurfette included) are relegated to their stereotypes of girls liking "girl things" (such as dresses) and boys liking "boy things" (such as sports). Not even Papa Smurf helps the matter as he too gets disinterested when Smurfette turns to him. The Smurflings of course see this, and they go out of their way to make her happy by creating another female Smurfette to keep her company instead. Sounds sweet, right? Unfortunately, this involves having to sneak into Gargamel's home and Papa Smurf's lab to perform the creation, and it results in a rowdy little girl which the village notices. Guess what happens next? The Smurflings get called out and punished for it. Understandable enough as they've broken some rules, but here's the thing: the adult Smurfs completely ignored the reason why they did it. The Smurflings clearly state they just wanted to make Smurfette happy, but Papa Smurf - the same guy to whom Smurfette turned to before letting her down like the others - outright says that "that's no excuse". Seriously? Even if justified in a way, they straight up punished the Smurflings because they tried to cheer another person up when the adults themselves made her upset, simply on the basis that they broke rules in the process... It's like they didn't even actually care for Smurfette and her feelings that time. Even worse, the punishment frustrates the Smurflings to the point that the next time they see Sassette, they take it out on her and she runs away thinking Papa Smurf never wanted her when she's told they're being punished because they made her. Good going, Papa Smurf.
• Big Jimbo: I love this show, but my issue would be the ending of the episode "The Magical Meanie". The plot of the episode is that Brainy and Clumsy find a bottle with a Jackass Genie that torments all of them, even Papa Smurf. At the end, when they beat the genie, the Smurfs see a shooting star above the river they threw the bottle in, expressing their joy at making wishes. Grouchy then complains about the wishes, prompting the others to groan "Oh, Grouchy.". The problem is that since Genie Meanie was a big Jerkass to every single Smurf, Grouchy's aversion to wishes is at least a little understandable. Not helping manners is that all the other Smurfs chastise him for it. I can understand most of them, but even Papa Smurf, who had acknowledged Dreamy Smurf's insistence on the existence of an Astrosmurf when nobody else believed him in "It Came From Outer Smurf", gets on his case for it... All in all, this hilarious episode had a disappointing "The Complainer Is Always Wrong" ending that left a bad taste in my mouth.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog is a well-known video game mascot, who over the years has starred in a wide variety of animated spin-offs, from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog to Sonic Prime. Sadly, similar to some of his games, these moments are no good.

• KoopaKid17: I'm indifferent to the Sonic Boom cartoon but "The Biggest Fan" was more of a Take That! against a franchise's fanbase than it needed to be. In this episode, Sonic meets an obsessive fan who "accidentally" injures him and his friends for the purpose of keeping them around. Wonderful, especially when he tries to get Sonic to act out fan-fiction and it's implied that this fan has written some works that aren't kid-friendly. It doesn't help that the fan is an obvious Expy of Chris Chan, down to him complaining about Sonic's arms (although Word of God denies this. Okay). The team has enough of his neurotic behavior and they attempt to take him down while wearing body casts until they realize they were never injured in the first place. Sonic resolves this by wrapping him up in sports tape and leaving him there. The intended lesson is the worst part. Sonic says to keep a healthy relationship with your fans and immediately ignores it when he screams and runs from a girl asking for his autograph, to which the rest of the cast breaks down in laughter. An episode like this was done with much more sincerity in Bob's Burgers which taught that you shouldn't let the worst of a fan base keep you from something you like while praising the reasonable qualities of good fans. According to Sonic Boom, a bad experience with even one of your fans gives you the right to treat the rest of them like shit even if they've done nothing to deserve it.
  • SenorCornholio: I actually kinda like this episode, and happen to really like the show in general, but I can sympathize with a good portion of what KoopaKid17 said, especially when it comes to the ending. I understand completely the issues of this episode; not everyone is going to think the same way. But to me at least, the rest of the episode would have been perfectly fine if not for Sonic running in fear from a normal fan. Just take that out, and you have a truly great episode; heck, edit it so that Sonic hangs out with the fan (albeit still slightly traumatized from Mark) and you have a perfect representation of the moral they wanted to go with. I get that Sonic Boom is a comedy, but not everything has to be Played for Laughs; it's okay to be serious about a moral while still keeping the rest of the episode fairly comedic. Heck, there's a later episode, "Knuck Knuck! Who's Here?" which does just that and it turned out to be one of my favorite episodes of the show because of it. But for what it's worth, at least "The Biggest Fan" didn't take the "Let's Get Serious" approach. All this episode was was an otherwise fun episode that was hindered by a sloppy ending.
• SenorCornholio: I happen to like all the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons; yes, even Sonic Underground and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. The latter in particular may have been pretty flawed, but it had a campy charm to it, some legitimately funny jokes, and has had some great episodes in my opinion, such as "Tails' New Home", "Grounder the Genius", "Tails in Charge", the entire Chaos Emerald 4-parter, and my personal favorite from this show: "Mass Transit Trouble" just to name a few. "Baby-Sitter Jitters" however, is not one of those episodes. Sonic and Tails have to babysit three baby beavers, and of course Hilarity Ensues. For one, I'm not exactly a fan of the Badly Battered Baby Sitter trope to begin with; it was bad when Tom and Jerry did it, and it's bad here. Seeing our heroes in this situation is kind of a disservice; they're clearly trying their hardest, but the babies don't make it easy for them. In fact, you can see that sometimes the babies outright intentionally make their job more difficult. And their crying...sweet Mobius, their crying! These creatures are literally the spawn of Dark Gaia! I normally like kids, but these little cretins deserve to be ranked below even the worst of scrappies in terms of hated Sonic characters! To Hell with Mega Babies; this is what'll scare your kids into never having unprotected sex for life! Then Robotnik and his bumbling minions kidnap them (I think it was for blackmail or something, it's been a while sorry) and have just as much trouble with the kids to the point of the villains pretty much throwing in the towel to escape the little beasts. Finally, when the parents get back home, they outright admit that they had to get away from the babies; even they didn't want anything to do with them! And the episode ends with Sonic and Tails getting more jobs with them later. I mainly decided to put this on here because of the "one per work" thing, and because it is, to me at least, the worst episode of a Sonic cartoon ever made. Oh, and the production order for this episode was right off the heels of the Chaos Emerald arc.
• Mazzafraz: Let's face it, Sonic Underground is not a good show. The premise alone is a difficult sell for kids and especially Sonic fans, but it could have worked; the show has a great cast and occasionally there are ideas that take advantage of the show's unique setup, but the show cements its bad reputation through poor writing and wonky animation. The last episode of the series, Virtual Danger, epitomizes the problems with the show as a whole; the episode's main plot doesn't actually start until almost 2/3rds of the way through, with everything beforehand being pointless meandering. The episode squanders the possibility of Sonic exploring a video game world, as the game Sonic plays is basically just a brown cave. The series-requisite musical number is shoved into the episode haphazardly, has virtually nothing to do with the plot and isn't even that good. These problems are endemic to a good chunk of Sonic Underground's episodes and to see it still being a problem at the end of the series is frustrating, especially since good (or at least decent) episodes of the show do exist. The ending of the episode really is the final insult, as effectively the whole series is finished in the space of just a few minutes; this ending is barely even attached to the episode's main plot and it feels like a very hasty means of bringing the series to some form of conclusion.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

• Saieras: Star Wars: The Clone Wars introduced us to 99, a malformed and physically weak clone working maintenance. He wasn't fit for combat, but he still wanted to help in any way he could. In one of the most important battles of the show he finally got his chance to be a hero, bringing munitions to Echo and Fives and showing them the fastest way to the barracks and armory. Even though he was a Non-Action Guy he still helped his brothers win the day. Then the group he was with ran out of thermal detonators, so 99 goes to get more. However, rather than exercise any sort of caution, he just darts out into the hallway full o' laser beams like a dumbass and dies. Sure, you could justify it by saying he was overeager and undertrained, but the stupidity of his sacrifice really diminished the emotional effect of his death.
  • Baronobeefdp: Agreed. Though, for me, the DMOS of 99's death wasn't the stupidity of it... but how suddenly it happened. I mean, we hardly even knew anything about this guy (Other than that he was a "defective clone" and that he still cared deeply for his, erm, "brothers"). And, yet, the series still expects us to feel sad when he dies? Psst, George Lucas, you need to build up more than one episode of Character Development for us to really feel bad when a character dies. (Sigh) And this was the same series that made Jar Jar Binks a likeable character.
• On Soaring Wings: For me the biggest DMOS comes in "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back". After Palpatine has brought the giant Zillo Beast to Coruscant for study, it escapes, causing thousands of casualties and billions in damages, necessitating the beast's killing. Mace Windu then laments that it's "our fault." Excuse me!? It was Palpatine's idea to bring the damn thing to Coruscant! Palpatine's punishment for causing the deaths of thousands, and the extinction of a rare species? Nothing! I mean at the very least Padme should have called him out on this. I know there's a war going on, and Palpatine is pulling a lot of strings. But come on... At least show someone being angry with the guy!
• Kevjro 7: I love The Clone Wars and consider it to be the best Star Wars content ever produced,^note But only in regards to cinematic content, like TV shows and movies. Video games and novels are a different story. to the point where I consider the show to be better than even the Original Trilogy. But if there is one moment that is just awful, it would be the resurrection of Darth Maul with a flimsy explanation at best. Yes, he is one of the biggest examples of They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character in the history of fiction, which is why he was brought back. Yes, he brought so many cool scenes, action sequences, and stories with his resurrection. But when you bring a character back to life, especially one whose injuries really should've killed him like Darth Maul's, you might as well put up a sign that says "We don't care about the finality of death and we'll bring back whoever we want" since that's exactly what you're doing. I loathe the Death Is Cheap trope because it sets a precedent for any character to come back to life for any reason, and it ruins the emotional impact of death throughout the entire franchise. As a result, I end up caring less about the work than I could have and should have. If they really wanted to show off Darth Maul's potential, they should've just used his Suspiciously Similar Substitute instead, which I would have been willing to accept.
• Coda Fett: I've never been a big fan of Ahsoka Tano but in the series finale "Siege of Mandalore" movie, she has officially become a walking DMOS to me. But to narrow down a single scene, in the beginning of the story, she with Bo-Katan and a group of Mandos have a meeting with Obi-Wan and Anakin to discuss Mandalore and Maul's splinter group holding the capital city hostage. Obi-Wan being a general in the Republic Army basically says that he legally cannot launch any military operation because that means dragging the Republic into another war and Ahsoka just gets on his case about it. Claiming that he doesn't care about innocent people, 10 seconds later we find out Coruscant is under attack and the pair needs to haul ass and get over there to save the Chancellor. All this meaning Revenge of the Sith has begun. Then Ahsoka says another snippy comment about them only caring about their own and goes on her way. I'm sorry but Ahsoka the universe does not revolve around you or Bo-Katan or even Maul. The fucking Republic Capital is under attack and millions are in danger, but helping them is selfish? Her characterization in this movie can best be described as being a contrarian mouthpiece for the writers to trash the Jedi because her opinions change on a whim about situations she knows nothing about.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

• 474studio: The episode "Heinous" was a waste of potential. Just by looking at the title, I thought I was gonna see epic about Miss Heinous. Maybe about her past. But instead, there is a lot of filler that is completely useless. Very anticlimatic. Why not call it "Heinous' Visit" because renaming it "The Return of Miss Heinous" can also mislead people too. The beginning of the episode was on the right path from Miss Heinous starting her revenge on Star and Marco. And Starco believed the Diazes were in danger when someone broke into their house. But wait, the Diazes offered tea to Miss Heinous and Gemini. Something's not right. And from the moment Starco attacked Heinous and Gemini... we get this. One of the most mean-spirited moments of the episode. Marco's parents act out of character, bossy, mean, and very strict and oblivious to Miss Heinous and Gemini's reason to invade their home who they assume are poor and innocent. But wait... let's rewind back. Mr. and Mrs. Diaz (Rafael and Angie) are set as supporting minor characters. They don't overall affect much to the show's plot. And they are very likeable characters as they have this cheerful and optimistic behavior/mindset. One thing I like them is that they also act lovey-dovey because they are such a loving couple. They've hosted many exchange students, they care for their son as well as Star and they want them to be safe. But instead, we get the opposite. They only care about having dinner with the Morrisons, the plot device couple and Miss Heinous puts the blame only on Marco. Does Star get even credit? Throughout the episode it basically recaps St. Olga's and Gift of the Card, which involves Rasticore from Miss Heinous' point of view whom the Diazes assume it's the full story. Where's Star and Marco stating their side of the story like those judge shows on TV? And Miss Heinous kinda acts like Season 1 Ludo. Because we know this already happened, it gets quite boring just to hear Miss Heinous recap everything but blaming Star and Marco. I do admit that I kinda like Rasticore reforming (a la Toffee), and Marco's $650 gag. The episode still gets boring thanks to the useless police officer. I feel like they play this episode for laughs rather than taking it seriously. We finally get something after negotiating which could've been done minutes ago. But the slow pacing had to be done to fill in the 11 minutes. Marco's apology was clever but it makes you think you should feel sorry for him. He suffered the most in the episode. His parents and the police don't believe. And why is Miss Heinous had to motivate the Diazes to be responsible... that is pathetic only to make Heinous untouchable and come out on top. And has Marco been keeping secrets from parents? From the revolution to the scissors. He lies with Star to his parents about any other mischief that has happened. The Diazes get their character development and Miss Heinous plans her revenge. An okay premise but terrible execution. There were no high stakes. It feels like filler but it advanced a little of the Miss Heinous arc. But we want more of her and her to lose once and for all. So far in my opinion, "Heinous" is overall my least favorite episode of SVTFOE to date. To sum up why I hate and diss this episode is Marco's parents acting out of character, the Morrisons plot device, Miss Heinous' brutal and abusiveness towards Marco (Marco torture), and the overall poor pacing and kinda lackluster writing. All in which failed to meet the audience's expectation.
• Julayla I like to give my two cents on one episode of this series called, "Skooled". I may be the only one who sees this, but rewatching this episode so many times, especially the first time, I have to say this: Just because Heinous/Meteora had a tragic backstory does not mean what she did during the episode at the end should be sympathized. I know people believe she wants Rasticore to be with her, but let me clear some things up. First of all, in the small details in the end of the episode, it showed that Meteora has clearly lost whatever sanity she had when she ripped Ponyhead's horn off. Secondly, she looked like she would try and hurt Rasticore anyway, even if he did want to stay with her. I must be the only one who saw that Rasticore was in the right, because he clearly needed to get away without getting in trouble or worse, being likely forced to be with her in that state. But what she did, after Gemini said it was just them is what I cannot forgive and was the moment her sympathy was lost to me: In fury and in many ways in the style of what a Yandere does, Meteora rips Gemini's heart out, then blows Rasticore up, killing her robotic servant and causing Rasticore to be an arm again. I would've sympathize with her more had she not done that. It felt like forced drama just to keep the last minute going. To be fair, this moment is the moment I knew that this hybrid mewman/monster became Unintentionally Unsympathetic in my view.
• terlwyth: The finale known as Cleaved is very much an Esoteric Happy Ending at best, and a case of Only the Leads Get a Happy Ending at worst. It begins predicated on Star deciding in what was a temper tantrum to completely obliterate magic. While this is presented as a solution to stopping the Big Bad, this does not change that magic has living creatures. Once that is done, Star and Marco decide to go down together...which if it had been successful, would've separated them from their families forever. Instead of that though, by The Power of Love, the two of them end up causing the realities to merge, which only creates more chaos and confusion for everyone else! Also, Mina ultimately just slinked off anyway before she could face justice. So basically, the big action taken (which arguably undermined a lot of Star's character arc in earlier seasons) was for nothing, possibly made even worse because of the general confusion created which could create backlash. But that's okay, because now Star and Marco are together, and Eclipsa gets to have a family again.
• Gammaween10: I thought I would never come across this page due to Star vs. the Forces of Evil once being one of my favorite shows ever, but since I finally watched all the series (which I'm not a fan of that much anymore), I have a moment from what would be otherwise one of the very few post-"The Battle for Mewni" episodes I liked, "Here to Help". So, I could get past wasted plot threads and/or characters, like Monster Arm, Rasticore or Toffee, or Marco's vacuum cleaner from "Quest Buy", or Jackie being nothing more than a Satellite Love Interest, or what looked like Ass Pulls to me, like Star getting back together with Tom, and of course, some details with the ending of the show. However, nothing can compare to what soured "Here to Help" for me, the biggest Ass Pull in the series: Moon's Face–Heel Turn. Yeah, I know Moon wasn't exactly supportive of Eclipsa, but previous episodes showed the former still trying to show support for the latter, and even both forming a friendship. But nope, Moon's hatred of Eclipsa is stronger than ever for no reason, so she teams up with Mina to try to take Eclipsa down. What. The. Fuck. The next episode tried to explain her motives, but that only made it worse, because it instead portrayed Moon as a petty and selfish bitch who doesn't want to take responsibility for what she has done, a far cry from her early portrayal in the series. Because of those actions, what little respect I still had for Moon pretty much disappeared. In retrospect, I think not even Star and Marco's Relationship Upgrade (admittedly the reason I started watching the show in the first place, and I still find a few problems with its development) can salvage this episode.
• Rebel Falcon: There are so many moments from Season 4 that, were it allowed, I wouldn't hesitate to put the whole season in this entry. But, as others have already discussed the finale and penultimate episodes, allow me to tackle a different one. Ready, Aim, Fire is in my opinion the moment when the show was ruined beyond repair, since everything after was a further descent into mediocrity at best. Star, Marco, and Janna end up on Mewni after leaving the Magic Dimension, and not one of them seems to even realize Tom isn't with them. The Magic High Commission, while being in a more grey area ever since Season 3, are subjected to full on Character Derailment and turned into the backers of Mina, especially notable when beforehand they were, at worst, each a Well-Intentioned Extremist, with even Rhombulus' actions in Cornonation being out of misguided beliefs, and later revealed to be because Moon told him to. Here however, they are all power hungry assholes willing to back Mina, someone attempting regicide, just so they can stay in power, with even the most reluctant of the group, Hekapoo, only having issues because Mina herself is legitimately insane, and are pretty much unrecognizable compared to their more sympathetic selfs in Season 2. Globgor is easily taken care of despite the build up of how fearsome he is since there wouldn't be a plot with him, someone able to fight off the Commission all at once, involved in the fight, and the Solarian Warrior alone just puts everyone on the backburner, which is even more embarrassing with the later revelation it was just an Elite Mook. It was this episode that could be seen as the point the show lost any hope of reclaiming it's former quality. It definitely was for me.
• Prinny Ramza: Storm the Castle, when it was alone as the sole season finale, was an amazing episode, but Storm the Castle, when put into the context of the rest of the series, ends up being a complete waste of time. It's an episode with a bunch of strange moments that seem like foreshadowing. These moments feel like they will be important, so it becomes completely jarring when nothing comes from them. Why was there a flash of Monster Arm? Why was Toffee interrogating Marco? What was the point of the sandwich?
• Loekman 3: The moment that Star has gone together with her ex-boyfriend Tom during Season 3 just after Jackie has broke up with Marco is the moment that I gave up on the Starco ship as well as the series as a whole. Like I used to ship Star and Marco together because of their dynamic and when Star confesses her feelings to Marco before leaving her human home for good, it felt tear-jerking but all that is rendered moot because once Marco ultimate decides to stay permanently in Mewni to be with Star, the latter already has Tom as a boyfriend in a ploy that I felt was nothing but a teen drama just for the sake of adding drama. And that wasn't even breaking the surface of all this mess because as the story goes on, they keep shoving more and more romance drama that overshadows the Myth Arc as a whole and by the time they finally became a couple, it already entered the last segments of the show, far too late for me to care about to the point that I've already moved on to other pairings by then.

Teen Titans

Not even the Teen Titans could save these episodes.

• Calamity 2007: After some thinking I decided to add an episode of Teen Titans (2003) to this list. Specifically the final episode of the series, "Things Change". The episode itself wasn't bad, mind you, but due to the fact it was the last episode it rubbed me the wrong way. The episode basically features the Teen Titans going after this mysterious robotic creature who can change its body to match whatever material it came across, making it nearly impossible to incapacitate. Along the way Beast Boy finds this girl at school who looks like Terra and tries to find out if it is really her. When he does talk to her she denies it, but he brings her to different locations where he and Terra used to be, only to find Slade, or at least what Beast Boy think is Slade but is just a robot. After this ordeal though the girl refuses to talk to him telling him to move on and return to his team. Fade to White. Sounds like an awesome Cliffhanger for a new season, raising some mysterious questions about Terra, Slade, and others... But again, this was the final episode. It didn't even show the Titans defeating the creature. Look, I can understand if there was some Executive Meddling that cancelled a potential season but the fact that they had a perfectly good Grand Finale in the previous episode but decided to make this the finale annoys me. Especially since Terra is one of my favorite characters in the show and opening this loose end without closure is aggravating. Yes, in the comics (of the show, not the original comics) it did reveal that girl was really Terra, but the fact that her ultimate fate is only in the supplementary material is still an annoying cop-out.
• Lawand Disorder: The ending of "Titans Together" still bothers me. It was a standard 'fight all the enemies from the series at once' thing, and the way they solved it was to freeze them all with the Brotherhood of Evil's own machine and... that's it. They just close up the place and leave them. They villains are trapped in immobile solitary confinement for however long they can live like that, significantly worse than pretty well all of those villains deserved. It wouldn't have taken more than a couple seconds of animation time to show the police had been called and carted them off to jail, but instead it's evidently moral to do exactly what the villains were planning on as long you were the good guys originally.
• Senor Cornholio: I loved the original Teen Titans and, after re-watching it fairly recently, I can see that it holds up rather well. That's not to say it doesn't have flaws, however, and my least favorite episode of the original show has to be Revved Up. It's not a terrible episode to me, but it's pretty lackluster compared to the rest of the show. The episode's plot involves Ding Dong Daddy challenging the Titans to a cross country drag race to recover Robin's stolen case. First off, the Titans could have just stolen the case back from Ding Dong Daddy and ended the episode right there. Robin has good enough reflexes, Beast Boy could turn into an animal to get it back, and Raven has levitation, for starters. Second, we never actually learn what's in the case; there could be plenty of interpretations or theories, but it's never actually revealed, so we don't feel like we learn anything new. Third, though the episode had some funny moments (particularly involving Cyborg and Beast Boy fending off these weird workshop gremlin things), it didn't feel as clever or creative as something like Employee of the Month or Crash. Fourth, Ding Dong Daddy is pretty bland as far as goofy villains in this show go; at least Mad Mod and Mumbo had more of an air to them. Fifth, there's a minor subplot where some of the villains hear from Gizmo about the whole race and want Robin's stuff to sell on the market... and hardly any of them get any actual good moments. The only villain we get to see have a major role is Red X (and I'll admit the bike battle between him and Robin was pretty sweet), but that's it. I still love this show to death, but this episode just didn't do it for me.
• MurlocAggroB: My DMoS is Hide and Seek. While the episode is really good for the most part, they missed a massive opportunity to do something creative. The plot of the episode is Raven taking care of three young superheroes. One of them, Melvin, has an imaginary friend named Bobby who keeps interacting with the world around him, often in destructive ways. Raven doesn't believe in Bobby despite that, so it seems pretty obvious where that plot thread is going. Then, towards the end of the episode, Raven accuses Melvin that Bobby really isn't real; Melvin has telekinetic powers that she has trouble controlling, and created Bobby to deal with the guilt. Not only is that a legitimately surprising twist, it makes perfect sense in-context and even adds themes of letting go of the things that help you cope so you can grow up. But no, at the end of the episode Bobby is real after all and all themes of growing up disappear. I don't know why that twist was dropped so hard, but it rubs me the wrong way. For a show that has so many subversive plots, it just seems like a cop-out.
• Tropers/Cookieman: I personally enjoyed this show for the most part, but the fact that after the Homecoming episodes, the Doom Patrol are never seen again. Those are supposed to be the Brotherhood of Evil's foes. But no, they just focus entirely on the Titans, recruit all of their foes (which was a decent idea on paper, which I admit it was awesome seeing all of them organize full-on assaults), and no mention is ever made of the Doom Patrol ever again. The fact that in Calling All Titans, they never make any consideration of calling forth the Doom Patrol to help them out with the organized threat. Even Beast Boy, who's one of the few Titans who were able to beat his captor, only took in consideration of the last remaining Titans.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

• RAZ: Most people feel that Ninja Turtles 2k3 fell apart during the Fast Forward or Back to the Sewers seasons, or in a few cases right before that with the Ninja Tribunal. I have to disagree: the show started losing steam as early as when Bishop was introduced. But I'm not here to argue about Seasonal Rot, and as much as I hate Bishop, his introduction isn't the real DMOS for me. No, the moment that ruined the show forever for me was the giant slap in the face that was Exodus. At the very end the Turtles prepare a huge Heroic Sacrifice ready to stop the Shredder. It's a real dramatic, borderline Tearjerker moment, and it gets utterly ruined thanks to the sudden copout rescue of Utroms borderline on Deus ex Machina levels. Everything turns out a-okay, the worst being that Leo gets a minor scar and some resulting Wangst to go with it for a couple episodes afterward before that's dropped too. It's especially insulting considering that previously the season had greatly foreshadowed that the Turtles would likely have to make some sort of great sacrifice to ultimately stop the Shredder for good, which is also a huge load of bull since he did in fact come back (meaning it was also a huge case of Lying Creator since everyone said he'd be gone for good after this). So I hope you take the lesson to heart kids: if things aren't going your way, some sort of huge out-of-nowhere save will come in and make everything just fine at the very last second!
• The Lemster Pju: Viral is a villain that appears to be slowly growing in popularity, in spite of her limited screen time. So when she came back from the dead in the Back to the Sewer season, the writers had the chance to finally break the mold of having a Shredder-related antagonist each in season, and could have opened up some possiblities for having the first major female adversary for the turtles to not be associated with the Foot Clan. But nope, Viral dies in favor of introducing yet another Shredder as the central villain for the entire season. Wasted potential for such a unique character, replaced by basically a male version of her.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

The Turtles ought to be hiding in their shells from the shame of these moments.

• Shadow 200 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) is an alright show, pales in comparison to the 2003 version. But when Donatello gets beaten up by a giant Mutated Ape, what do his brothers do? They laugh and mock him! In the 1987 version they might make some puns but be serious, in the 2003 version they would be out for revenge and help him recover (especially Raph who was protective of them even if he got annoyed with them, but in this series is little more than a bully and Jerkass). These guys laugh and makes jokes about him getting a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown!
  • Candycane 14: I despise that moment as well. Not only was it mean spirited, but they ruined what could've been a loving Leo and Don brotherly moment!
• mannowdog: What bugs me a bit more is in the episode "The Gauntlet" where only Raph is laughing at April for being hunted by a mutant pigeon. Here's to hoping that they tone down Raph's jerkassery in Season 2.
• fluffything: For me, it was when they decided to turn Dogpound into Rahzar. Why, just, why? Dogpound was just fine as a separate character and villain. There was no reason to have him mutate further into a skeletal dog-thing and rename him Rahzar. The two characters aren't really all that similar except for both being canines. Dogpound was a human mutated into a dog, and Rahzar is a mutated wolf. It just feels like the writers wanted to throw in an Ensemble Dark Horse character just as a blatant attempt to get the attention of fans of the classic cartoons and the movies. However, if that's what they wanted, why not just have Razhar be a separate character rather than have him be a transformed Dogpound? The whole thing just comes off as lazy. Guys, if you're going to bring Rahzar into the series, then actually have the real deal instead of this pathetic skeletal Dogpound wannabe.
• Kereea: While the first episode of season 3, "Within the Woods" was overall a good episode, two moments, one right after the other, really pushed me over the edge. Raphael is missing and creepy things are going on. The other five split up, Casey going with April, Donnie with Mikey, and Leo on his own. This causes two major moments: 1) Leo has just come out of a coma and is walking with a crutch. Why exactly is he the one left alone? There were plenty of ways to wheedle him down to the last man standing without that blatant idiocy. And 2) Donnie's belated reaction to April going off with Casey. Yes, I know they have the love triangle and Donnie has seriously jealousy issues that are a whole other kettle of fish, but there are 3 problems with his reaction. A) The season finale made it clear April was not going to deal with his feelings at the moment and he seemed to let them go a bit, making this an awkward snap back. B) They are in a dangerous situation, looking for his missing brother, and all Donnie seems to care about is April maybe making out with Casey (or going further, depending on how much you think was intended to be implied). Finally, the worst is C) where two lines could have fixed it. Instead of handing Mikey the Idiot Ball so he seemingly does not know what two teenagers would do alone, have him either mock or tease Donnie about being worried about such a thing at a time like this. Then have Donnie rebuke that he's worried because with any sort of horror movie scenario the pair of teens who even seem like a couple are the ones to be get picked off first. Also, make it so he's worried for their safety, not if Casey's "stealing April."
• darkrage6: For me it was when Irma was revealed to be a Krang, not only did it totally waste a character for no good reason, it flat out doesn't make sense as the revelation itself conflicts with the episode "Mousers Attack" where it was established that April had knew Irma before the Krang ever knew about her, and April says she's known Irma for a year despite the events from "Mousers Attack" having happened two years ago. These errors make it look like the writers threw in the twist at the very last minute just for the sake of being shocking. Hopefully at some point there will turn out to be a real Irma after all.
• Disneylover 818: Focusing too much on Donnie's "crush" for April is a bit distracting. Supposedly, this is for comedy, but I think it's overstayed its welcome. It's reached a point where Donnie isn't just acting on romantic feelings any more. He's acting on his obsession and clinginess for her. I get that he feels something for her, but he needs to establish healthy ground before pursuing her any further. It's especially bad since the writers are implying that April may feel the same way.
  • Charleston Man: The point of no return for this came in Season 1, in which Donnie made a chart algorithm that takes into account any situation where he could hang out with April, any excuse she might give about not wanting to, and any way to turn those "no"s into a "yes". This is classic entitled misogyny at play, where a man refuses to take a woman's "no" for an answer. This is the mentality that leads to rape. But not only is this played for comedy, but it works and Donnie is never called out on it, punished, or learns anything at all. So it's basically saying that misogyny pays off and is rewarded. This is not a lesson kids should be taking away from this show.
  • ZYL 5_: At this point, it is practically a Romantic Plot Tumor with how badly Donnie's characterization has been flanderized and how frequently it comes up in the episodes.
• Tiggerific: Basically everything about the "Mutant Apocalypse" arc is one big Dethroning moment. For one, it renders everything the turtles did over the previous seasons null, as the world ends anyway and everything they fought to protect is wiped out, making pretty much the entire series completely pointless. All their friends and family are dead, giving none of these characters any closure whatsoever, and none of the turtles seem to care that they lost their loved ones (the biggest issue is the disposal of all the badass female characters). Leo, the nicest and most responsible of the turtles, is turned into a ruthless warlord completely against his character, for no reason other than to pit him against Raph for shoehorned drama (when them fighting about the fact that the world ended would've made more sense, and would've been enough). They add in a random new character in the form of a meerkat mutant, who isn't even a remotely interesting character, and could've been replaced with one of their friends (like April, who's as big a part of turtle fan law as the Turtles themselves). Add in the continuity errors that are too many to count, and you can see why many fans declared it non-canon right after the episodes aired. While the show's creator Ciro Nieli stated that the episodes were canon, Nickelodeon thankfully disagreed and later declared that the arc was non-canon and took place in another dimension. This makes the episodes a little more bearable; but even with that in mind, the episodes are still very weak, don't make much sense, and only seem to exist as a blatant homage to Mad Max: Fury Road.

Thomas & Friends

"These moments have caused confusion and delay!"

— The Fat Controller

• Pgj1997: Probably the most infamous episode of Thomas & Friends is "Wonky Whistle", and I couldn't agree more. Most Thomas fans already know the plethora of problems with this episode, but for the sake of everyone else, I'll go over them anyway. So the plot of the episode is that Thomas is getting his whistle fixed when Sir Topham Hatt asks him to pick up and deliver animals to the "country show", and advertise it on the way. Thomas (who's supposed to be a role model for children by the way) rushes off excitedly before the repairmen finish fixing his whistle. Okay, two problems right off the bat. First off, Thomas already learned the importance of patience way back in season one, so Thomas shouldn't have to learn this moral again. Really, you can replace Thomas with any other engine, and this wouldn't be a problem. Secondly, the writers fail to stay accurate to how a steam engine actually works. A whistle doesn't just magically become a slide whistle when it breaks like it does in the episode. If you want to know what an actual broken whistle sounds like, watch the episode "Whistles & Sneezes", it's much more accurate. Continuing on with the story, Thomas collects the animals, but rushes off before the farmworkers fully close the door on the car. He's blissfully unaware about the constant banging the door is making right behind him as he travels. On his way to the country show, Thomas stops to advertise it, blowing his whistle afterwards. This causes one of the animals to escape from the car, and we reach the exact same problem. He's blissfully unaware that there's something wrong with his whistle that he's heard like a million times before hand, and that the animals are escaping right behind him. Yes, they try to tell him but, get this, he mistakes it for them saying hello... as he's leaving. Thomas does not get punished for doing any of this one bit. He's even called a "really useful engine" by the end of it. Why? The only thing we get is him realizing his mistake, and recapping what we already know. Yes kids, you can be as ignorant as all hell, but as long as you admit that you were, you won't suffer any consequences. Now, I can't talk about Wonky Whistle without talking about what's arguably the biggest problem with this episode: the constant rhyming and alliteration. Of course, this is a Miller-era episode, so that sort of thing is expected, but it's really apparent here, and it gets really grating. I've counted. There's a total of 54 rhymes and alliterations in this episode. 54. Imagine hearing that for 8 minutes straight. That's this episode. So even if you try to look past the story problems, you're still annoyed by the dialogue. So there's nothing salvageable. It's not hard to see why people hate this episode so much. It's annoying, frustrating, and makes a character incomprehensibly stupid for the sake of the plot.
• eirigfi: I could put any episode of the classic series where Topham scolds the engines for an accident that wasn't their fault (middle engine in particular comes to mind). But while it's not my personal moment, it still deserves mention: Percy's Predicament. Basically, Percy has an accident and is punished for it while Daisy who caused it due to her laziness, gets a slap on the wrist. I get you don't have many engines at the moment Topham, but why don't you just send Daisy away? You've done it before with Diesel and Bowler. But no, Daisy's given little punishment for causing Percy's crash in the first place. This episode along with others makes me love the cgi series more because Topham has good reasons to scold engines there.
• HeavyWeaponsPie: The Reveal that Big Mickey (whose prop was used in Thomas as a non-sentient crane after TUGS was cancelled) from TUGS is sentient and can speak from "New Crane on the Dock" is pretty stupid when you think about it. The only reason he hasn’t spoken before, is apparently because Cranky or anyone else has never spoken to him... That’s it! I imagine they thought it would be weird for people if he just gained a face out of nowhere and it was never addressed like Henrietta (however, she was sentient to begin with and the idea of her having a face came from a single illustration from The Railway Series), because he has never been shown as a character in Thomas, and they don’t like to get into details how the locomotives, cars, etc. are sentient. But still, you expect me to believe people for all these years, never even bothered to even try to talk to him? They must have seen his face before, so how have they never tried speaking to him? Or vice-versa for Mickey himself.
• Some Random Troper: Now, I hated Gordon when he was angry because it terrified me and I cannot even stand looking at his face, nor hearing his tone of voice (and that's from the model era) and it's traumatising when you think about it. I hated every episode with that kind of expression, one particular example is Off the Rails, which I thought was the worst episode I ever watched. I mean, the way Henry whistles loudly at Gordon is really dumb. Then later in the episode, we have the driver telling Gordon to pull trucks, which he refused to, so Edward pushes him to the turntable and he slides into a ditch. He wasn't even designed to pull freight. I think Gordon's jerkassery is way out of hand. That episode really traumatised me, even to this day, and it's really impossible to overcome that fear (same thing with other episodes like The Trouble with Mud, which was supposed to take place after this episode, and which is just as terrible as this episode). I swear, there is nothing funny about this episode at all. How can it be funny, while it's already unsettling to look at and listen to? It's just doesn't mix well. If you're sensitive like me, I recommend not watching this episode or any related episodes at all.
• Purple Eyed Guma: The original Thomas’s 37 years on television certainly had its ups and downs. But for me, the worst episode has to be series 12’s (the weird model-CGI hybrid season’s) “Push Me, Pull You”. Now, before I begin, a little context. Skarloey is my favorite character in the show, and he was completely ruined from series 8-12. He used to be one of the wisest, bravest, and most significant engines on Sodor, with real-life basis to boot; now he was an immature and reckless child scared of thunder and the wharf, among other things. The US dub is even worse with the inexplicably nasally voice Michael Brandon gives him and Rheneas. And this episode? Well, it displays all of this at its worst. Skarloey is reduced to wanting to bring a puppet show to the children, and when Rheneas offers to help him, Skarloey just rudely scoffs at him. The two then agree to fight for who gets to pull the train in tug-of-war; predictably, the coupling snaps, leading Skarloey to roll downhill and get flags and ice cream all over him, eventually landing in a pond and pleading for Rheneas’s help. Notably, he does stop twice after crashing into these trucks, but then says he can’t stop for whatever reason. While Duncan and Rusty do get mad at him, Skarloey gets no true punishment for his immaturity and confusion-and-delay-causing. If the classic-era Fat Controller were here, Old Faithful would’ve been scrapped by now. The whole tone of the episode is so childish that it makes the models look less like sophisticated small-scale engine replicas and more like toy trains. Being made for preschoolers is no excuse to put adults out of the picture, especially when those adults are longtime fans. Overall, this is an episode I don’t recommend, and the worst sendoff possible for the Skarloey Railway engines in the model series.
• Alan Palgut: I'm not saying every episode that does this is necessarily bad, but I don't care for the episodes where Emily pulls freight trains. Of course, I certainly don't make such complaints about this with episodes like "Edward Helps Out" and "Down the Mine" – even before I had learned that British Railways classified the A3 as 7P6F, thus making Gordon a mixed-traffic design – but it is quite evident that Patrick Stirling designed his famous "singles" expressly – pun unintentional – for high-speed passenger work and not for heavy freight.

Time Squad

You wanna go back in time and correct the past? Let's start with these moments.

• Nashimi: The episode "Hate and Let Hate" from Time Squad, apart from Larry and Buck's reunion moment, is a Dethroning Episode Of Suck. First off, we don't see anything from the actual mission - and that would be perfectly fine if the rest of the episode wasn't so utterly sucky. What we get to see is Otto coming back from the bushes and saying they better go home quickly since the leaves here are really itchy. However, Buck and Larry are gone - presumably getting into an extraordinarily absorbing argument and forgetting about the boy. The fight turns out to end particularly bad, and the two decide to divide the space station into two with a white line. When they do this, they realize Larry's favorite place is on Buck's side and vice versa. But they do not switch the halves - they just part with some insults. Naturally, Buck gets hungry and decides to try cooking, which is understandable. Larry however, enters Buck's weapon closet and tries to shoot one of the guns (despite being clearly instructed by the other to not touch his gear) and accidentally hits a photo of the Squad, burning a hole in the place where Buck's head was supposed to be; now, not only has he acted absolutely out of character by laughing (somewhat) evilly afterwards, but he also somehow failed to notice Otto was missing. His face was right there on the picture! Meanwhile, between the events from the station, we're shown short scenes of Otto on the abandoned island where he was left. It was utterly heartbreaking to see him hoping that Larry and Buck will return for him soon, but also finding nothing to eat save for some sand and branches. He chooses the sand. What in the bloody hell made the writers think that was funny?! Back in the station, we see Larry acting like a lunatic killer, shooting everywhere he can, dressed unexpectedly manly for such a Camp Gay character, with machine gun cartridges hanging from his shoulders. Thankfully, after Larry and Buck's rejoicement they quickly notice Otto's absence and teleport back for him (knowing the cartoon's mild Sadist Show tendencies with Larry often playing the Butt-Monkey role, it was not so obvious). Now that episode is a massive Character Derailment - it's impossible to not realize something's not right when you have such a loud kid, a goddamn home resident, a friend missing!
• Cherry Darling: Personally, I never cared for "Robin'n Stealin' with Mr. Hood". Maybe the pacing was off; maybe it was too short; maybe the writers couldn't come up with a wacky way Robin Hood could be acting out of character (robbing from the poor and giving to the rich just seems too predictable, especially when the show has depicted Edgar Allan Poe as overly cheerful [that's kinda predictable too, but, it made up for it by being funny], Winston Churchill as a nudist, General Patton as the manager of a florist shop, and Al Capone using clowns as gangsters while his gangsters become birthday party clowns), maybe because they ended the episode before Larry could find out that Tuddrussel and Otto were using his golf clubs — who knows? It's the only episode that I don't like — even "Hate and Let Hate" was funny, despite the sudden Fridge Horror that washed over me after reading the above description of why the episode is a Dethroning Moment of Suck.
• Cranberries: For me the last episode, "Orphan Substitute". Good lord, Tuddrussel was going to deliberately leave Otto behind and just replace him for another kid like you would a tissue! And while Larry obviously didn't want him to be left behind he sure as hell didn't even try to stop Tuddrussel from doing this, he does have the time travel controls, he shouldn’t have to follow Tuddrussel's commands. While it's Otto's fault that he did go off on his own for this situation to happen, it could have been avoided entirely if Tuddrussel hadn't been such an ass and unplugged the game system before Otto could get a high score on it, and Otto had a valid point- "A grown man cheating an eight year old, that's pathetic." Oh and the fact that when they do find Otto, it was purely accidental and while Larry is thrilled to have found him, Tuddrussel is completely embarrassed to see him, and at the end they leave that other orphan they picked up along the way with Sister Thornley. For one that kid doesn't even live in that particular orphanage, second, for all we know that kid didn't even belong in that era, honestly he looked like he could have lived in the 1940's or something close to that, and they probably never even took him back... that's just sad.

Tiny Toon Adventures

Tiny Toon Adventures was the show that started a revolution in animated series created by Steven Spielberg, breathing new life into the Looney Tunes franchise by having the Looney Tunes themselves teach their junior counterparts to be professional cartoon stars like them. Sadly, these moments are considered so unfunny that Warner Bros. should dissavow any knowledge of them and blame them on the writers.

• MadMan400096: For an atrocious episode of a classic series, there's "Hero Hamton" of Tiny Toon Adventures, which I have to say is the worst episode of the entire series. Between the atrocious animation by Encore Cartoons, the thin cliche premise that stretches itself way too long, Plucky Duck being somewhat of a bigger douche than usual (not that he accomplished anything major), and absolutely none of the gags coming anywhere close to funny, I'm shocked this pile of pigshit ever got greenlit.
• taylorkerekes: Presumably even worse than Fifi LaFume's fate in "Out of Odor", in the Spring Break Special, Plucky is minding his own business and just tries to get a girl to like him. Buster and Babs are running from Elmyra and... just as he's about to get his girl, the bunnies use him as bait. This was not because Plucky did anything wrong, aside trying to sell a bad product which I don't really think was his fault to begin with, but rather because he was unfortunate enough to be there. After it happens, they don't show regret or even pretend it didn't just happen... instead they make jokes about it! How are we supposed to root for these guys anymore?! A good number of fans of this show, including myself, have lost all sympathy for the two stars of the show after seeing that scene. The only uplifting part is Hamton getting the girl in the end. Even that is really up to you to be happy or sad about.
• Supah Franky 329: Plucky was always such a bad friend to Hamton, but "Hog-Wild Hamton" pretty much takes the cake. After Plucky learns that Hamton's parents are away for the weekend, he throws a wild party at Hamton's house against Hamton's wishes. Hamton's neighbor's studying is disrupted from the loud partying and retaliates by blowing up Hamton's house! Instead of owning up to his actions and helping out Hamton, Plucky instead ditches him and looks forward to Hamton's parents punishing him. If it wasn't for the fact Hamton won a sweepstakes for a new house, Plucky would've gotten his wish. Both Plucky and Hamton's neighbor never get any comeuppance for their actions.

Transformers Generation 1

• Novaheart: B.O.T, the worst overall episode of the original Transformers episodes. While other episodes has worse examples in one area or another, B.O.T manages to have problem in every single area. A robot made by three teens who has the brain of Brawl, the dumbest of the Combaticons, somehow manages to outsmart three Autobot in a chase, Megatron's nonsensical plan to knock the moon out of orbit just to fill one canyon with water to produce unlimited power with tides...somehow, Swindle selling the parts of his team off only to have to get them back or he explodes for Megatron's plan being a prime example of Didn't Think This Through from both parties, and of course Martin and Roland, who consider overclocking a laser to dangerous level a prank. Then there was the featured Combiner teams, Bruticus and Defensor, who rather then being shown being powerful and awesome, go down in one shot and only used an easily broken defense respectively during the episode, thus failing to give a reason why kids would want to buy these chumps. While other episodes would have far worst examples of bad animation, B.O.T is by far the worst episode animated by Toei with some of the series' worst examples of Your Size May Vary, continuty problems, and bizzare choices in animation, such as the opening where the Combaticons are shown driving in a row, even the helicopter and jet. This was also the final episode of Season 2, imagine the series ending on this and shudder. B.O.T is an excellent example of an episode that somehow no one gave any sort of effort to look over before approving.
• Kirby 0189: I originally had the flashback from "The Secret of Omega Supreme" as my moment because of how it defied the Constructicons' preestablished backstory and made Omega Supreme look like a victim-blamer, but then I remembered the ending of "Fight or Flee" and decided that was much worse. Now I generally consider the G1 cartoon to be stupid fun with its low production values and can look past a lot of the show's obvious issues, such as how this episode was clearly meant to air before "Starscream's Ghost" since it is treated as Sandstorm's introduction and features his backstory for the first time, though like my original moment, the ending of this episode looks really bad on the part of a character we are meant to root for. In this case, Season 3's Big Good Rodimus Prime. I'm actually fond of Rodimus because I liked his Transformers: Energon version as a kid and think he's one of the more interesting characters in the original cartoon (though that's not saying much...), but wow did they screw up for the end of this episode! The Decepticons have conquered the planet Paradron for its infinite energon supply, and the Autobots' inability to free the planet leads Rodimus to decide that they must destroy Paradron. That isn't the moment. It actually works kind of well, giving Rodimus a tough choice and showing him evacuating everyone on the planet with the promise to have them live of Cybertron to remind us that he's the hero. What happens afterward however, sucks. Paradron explodes and Sandstorm is understandabily sad that his home was destroyed, and Rodimus gets the final line of the episode in response to Sandstorm. I'd expect him to say something like "Please don't feel so down, I'm sure you will find Cybertron to be a great place to live as your new home", you know, something uplifting and considerate. Instead, he says (and quote): "Well, no need to get all mushy. Cybertron's a better place anyway — not so...perfect!" So yea, he callously brushes off Sandstorm's mourning by telling him that his own home is better. It's as if Hasbro decided that making him partially responsible for Prime's death in the movie wasn't enough and wanted to come up with more reasons for kids to hate the new hero character of the series. My goodness.
• fruitstripegum: The above troper isn't the only one who gets mad at the flashback sequence in "The Secret of Omega Supreme". The Constructicon's backstory being changed I can tolerate (personally, I think it's a much better one, anyway), but what I cannot forgive is Omega's vendetta against the Constructicons. Look, I get it, he's upset that they destroyed Crystal City, but here's the thing - they only did that AFTER they had been brainwashed by Megatron into making a Face–Heel Turn. Omega knows that Megatron is responsible for corrupting the Constructicons, and he even tried to reprogram them in the flashback. So why is he out for revenge on them, instead of Megatron, the real culprit?
• I—Vanya—I: I honestly consider Transformers: Generation 1 to be a Guilty Pleasure of mine. I am aware of the episodes' many flaws, yet I tend to focus on their good sides. However, there is one episode with the flaws so glaring that not even I could handle them: that would be "Carnage in C-Minor", where the group of Autobots and Decepticons ended up travelling to a planet where the inhabitants live in harmony and their civilization revolves around "beautiful" music. Notice how I selected "beautiful" in quotes, because in practice it was one of the most annoying and irritating songs I've ever heard. And there was also this sub-plot about one alien girl - one of the three leaders of the planet who together sing this absolute irritation of a music - getting into the conflict with another one (who was a massive Jerkass), which leads to her foolishly siding with the Decepticons, giving them her own song to use for their own nefarious purposes, until they double-cross her, which leads to her being rescued by her boyfriend (who I never particularly cared about) and her finally realizing her own idiocy and helping the Autobots out, with all three leaders siding together with the Autobots to stop the Decepticons. Now, real talk here. I can tolerate the animation errors. I can tolerate nonsensical plots. I even forgave B.O.T., of all things. But this episode, with the annoying sub-plot, the unlikable side-characters with ear-grating voices, and the most annoying songs I've ever heard, this is an episode I would never rewatch ever again. But hey, at least Broadside and Soundwave were cool (which, admittedly, does not save the episode from being an atrocity).

Transformers Prime

• Blueshark: Transformers: Prime had a good cliffhanger that made it look like Bulkhead was killed by Hardshell. By the next episode says he won't be back to his old self for awhile. But then a few episodes later he is back in the fight. I mean really? So we can kill Cliffjumper, Skyquake, Makeshift, Breakdown, Hardshell, and Silas But we can't even put Bulkhead in a coma! C'mon writers, take a risk. This just felt like They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot to me.
• Peteman: How does Silas outfight Team Prime in hand to hand combat with Nemesis Prime? He boasts about his combat skill, but he's dealing with people who have been fighting longer than there has been a human species. I could understand if Nemesis Prime simply outgunned them, but between their own experience and Silas' dubiously effective interface, Nemesis really should have been dropped the moment he got into melee without getting surprising them.
• Vrahno: The conclusion of the "Orion Pax" three-parter for me. I've been on the fence about the show 'till then, saw it as So Okay, It's Average, and waited to see whether season 2 would finally manage to 'wow' me. The set-up was really good: Optimus, having defeated Unicron, lost his memories of being an Autobot leader and regressed into his pre-war Orion Pax self. He joins the Decepticons who make him think that the Autobots are evil and that he's no leader-material. Up until then, Optimus Prime basically had no personality, and was as dull a character as any random Decepticon Mook. With his memories gone, I thought maybe they actually intended to write him that way, to add contrast to his potential S2 portrayal. And hey, the show was originally advertised as exploring "what it means to be a Prime". Perfect setup right there! Orion Pax relearns to be Optimus Prime, live up to his own name, the Autobots all learn to work better together and manage things without a leader to guide them, and we see just what makes a Prime. Instead, at the end of the three-parter, nearly everything goes back to how it was in S1 — big events are wasted and developments undone. Orion Pax, who was actually an interesting character, is wiped away as the other characters restore Optimus Prime's memories through some techno-magic. His memories of being a Decepticon are cleansed, so he goes through no development, and he's back to being his wooden S1 self who isn't given any development afterwards either. He seemingly even forgot that he wanted to kill Megatron for good at the end of S1, because he just punches him real good instead of offing him when he had the chance to. So, the entire S1 story-arc with Unicron, Orion Pax as a Decepticon, the Autobots trying to cope with having no leader, the potential for Optimus Prime to actually become a developed character... all wasted, and for what? A handful of weapon cache coordinates that Orion Pax decoded while he was on the Decepticon ship. So the entire story was just a set-up for a tedious, season-long relic hunt? I'm not putting the blame entirely on the writers, as Hasbro apparently was against the idea of turning Prime into a Decepticon. And the development that Jack went through during these episodes was actually pretty cool. But literally everything else about the story was a gigantic waste. Many disappointments followed, but this was the one that cemented my dislike for the show the most.
• Kenya Starflight: Transformers: Prime was shaping up to be one of my favorite Transformers shows, even more so than the original cartoon. Season 2 had its annoyances, but I kept watching... but the death of Dreadwing is what finally killed my interest in the show for good. All throughout the season the writers had been setting Dreadwing up as an honorable Decepticon warrior who actually questioned his superior's motives, something not often seen in the Transformers franchise (Thundercracker supposedly fit this mold, but never showed it outside of his character bio). He was also interesting in that he had an actual reason to fight the Autobots besides conquest or just loving to fight — he wanted revenge for his murdered twin. All in all one of the best characters to come out of the series... and how do the show writers send him off? By having Megatron shoot him in the back when he tries to kill Starscream, who was responsible for his brother's zombification. Excuse me? Given how much Megatron hates Starscream in this and virtually every other series, I have a very, very hard time believing he would kill one of his most loyal and competent soldiers to protect one of his most treacherous and unreliable. And don't tell me that he needed Starscream alive because he had the cyber keys — there was nothing stopping him from taking the keys and then letting Dreadwing blast him to shrapnel. I don't know why the show writers decided to kill off one of the show's best Decepticon characters — making way for Predaking in the next season, his voice actor quit, his toy wasn't selling, etc. — but it felt like such a slap in the face to viewers that I refused to watch Season 3.

Ultimate Spider-Man

While Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) may be divisive, these moments do nothing to help its status.

• Gamer Sly Ratchet: The pilot was already very painful to sit through, with its childish, bland humor and flat characters. But it only becomes truly obnoxious when Spider-Man takes the "Spider-Bike" out for a joyride. From the cringeworthy, shrill voice acting in Spidey, to the lame attempts at humor, and a shamelessly blatant attempt to promote a Spider-Bike toy, this overly long sequence barely even contributes anything to the plot. And, I kid you not, this was written by Paul Dini. What!?
• Spider Fan 14: "Doomed" is a horrible episode. Nova and Spidey get in a pissing contest over who's the coolest. They agree whoever captures Doctor Doom for SHIELD wins. The problem is that they don't think that DD has diplomatic immunity, isn't doing anything evil (at first) and consider this an uncalled for domestic invasion on foreign soil. No one thinks its a bad idea and that if Doom kills them he would be considered protecting himself. Granted it turns out he takes control over the Helicarrier with Doombots (but this is part of the team's fault) and almost destroys New York (really why is it always flying near a city?). After the day is saved and Fury chews them out, what does Spidey do? Imagines him saying blah blah blah and ignoring him while thinking he was right all along. It takes a lot to make Spiderman horrible but this show crafts this eloquently.
  • RAZ: I'm 100% with you. This episode is a slap in the face of everything Spider-Man is about. Peter rushing his team of novice heroes on an unauthorized mission without any proper supervision to capture Doctor-Freaking-Doom just to make himself look cool is bad enough, but the one moment that's really insulting is where right before embarking on the mission, he actually starts to wonder if he's really doing the right thing here, and instead should be the bigger person and call things off. And then immediately after this he turns to the camera and smugly says "Yeah right! Maybe next life!" Let me reiterate: this is the character who is the Trope Namer for trying to be responsible and you have a version who essentially outright states "well fuck being responsible!" directly to the audience. Congratulations, Man of Action. You messed up Spider-Man, big time.
• Regu 14: While I generally enjoy the series (I love Spider-man), the episode with the symbiotes first appearance followed the 90s series's example of introducing Venom far to early, but that's not what I hate about this episode. What I hate is when Harry and MJ want to eat lunch with Peter, who also wants to be with his best friends, the other heroes show up and basically ruin the moment. Then Nove has the gull to insinuate the Peter only likes Harry because he's rich, while Harry is in earshot! I hated this guy enough already, but that moment cemented him as a horrible character. He nearly ruined Pete and Harry's friendship! Did the writers just want to make people confuse this asshole for the Comic version of Nova?
• Hyperion 5: I was struggling through the series already, but the episode "Awesome" really made me cringe. Peter steals an experiment of Dr. Connors' (i.e. Awesome Andy) for a science show, rather than, say, making one himself. It was explained in the episode that he was too busy fighting the Juggernaut to make one, but really? That's not only horrible hand waving, but it implies that Peter does literally nothing but fight crime. The episode only gets worse from there. Rather than be an episode which builds on the relationship between Luke and Peter (as the previous one did with Peter and Danny), Luke acts just as badly as Peter does, basically expecting Peter to do all of the work on their science project. Juggernaut is defeated once his costume is destroyed, which goes against every version of the character. Worst of all, Awesome Andy is a completely unlikeable threat in this episode. I understand that they couldn't use the awesome (no pun intended) version of Andy from Dan Slott's She-Hulk run, but what was stopping them from using the classic Silver Age version of Andy? Basically, this episode failed to have a single enjoyable moment in it for me.
• BGFU: "The Sinister Six" was pretty bad. It shouldn't be - it marks the first appearance of, well, Sinister Six, the famous team-up of Spidey's rogues, in this incarnation of Spider-Man. But unlike similar episodes in Spider-Man: The Animated Series and The Spectacular Spider-Man, this one is just a huge mess. First of all, villain motivations are basically nonexistant. The only ones who actually have any reason to be there are Dr. Octopus and The Beetle. The Lizard turned back into Dr. Connors - but apparently Octopus found (or made?) more of the Lizard serum, just so his team can have a wild beast, who of course would only attack Spider-Man, and not any other team member that he would find a threat. But at least they gave some reason for Connors turning back into the Lizard. Electro doesn't get any explanation - at the end of his debut episode, he lost his extra-powers and transformed back into his weaker human form. But here he's back in his "Ultimate Electro" form, has extra-powers again, and no explanation is ever given as to why. The Rhino was remorseful for his actions and actually wanted to reform - but here all he wants is revenge on Spider-Man, once again, for no reason. And Kraven originally was after White Tiger, Spider-Man just helped her defeat him. If he's free now, why not go against her again? What does he care about Spider-Man? We may never know. Lack of motivations aside, this episode is also a disappointment, since The Sinister Six isn't very much of a threat, and Spidey is able to hold his own against six super-powered villains for an amount of time that's just enough for his teammates to arrive and help him. Not only this is a disappointment, but in the context of the series, this is bad writing, since in the very next episode Spidey gets defeated by three average criminals who only use some special armor.
• SomeoneImSure: The pacing in most of the episodes is just terrible, but it really stands out in the later ones when all the characters are trying to stay relevant. I could handle it until I got to the second episode in the Carnage Arc, in the fourth Season. That entire scene with Cloak and the other two was just rushed, and I couldn't get into it at all. There is nothing more self-destructive than bad pacing.

• Benthelame: The Dethroning Moment for Ultimate Spiderman 2012 for me was the origin story of the Steel Spider. Let's face it. Spiderman is pretty naïve. Most if not all incarnations of our beloved webslinger believe that people can change or are at least willing to let them give it a shot, though he might remain wary. In most cases you can understand why he'd want to give people a second chance but I just can't get over this one exception. To recap, J Jonah Jameson offers a ten million dollar reward for the first person to unmask Spiderman. He reads a newspaper explaining that the mayor of Boston is offering him the key to the city if he moves there. The move grants him his own butler, his own lab, tons of awesome spider-themed tech and a sidekick in the form of Ollie, the kid who created all of the tech. Fearing for Ollie's safety, Spiderman rejects him as a sidekick. Everything in Boston is great. Spiderman has 100 percent approval rating and is reduced to stopping petty crimes until he meets the Boston Terroriers. It turns out that Ollie under the guise of the Steel Spider broke the Terroriers out of prison and fitted them with powerful armor, proceeded to pummel Spiderman and revealed his identity just before Spiderman has to "Say Goodbye." Ollie reiterates that he was the one who made all the tech and came up with the idea for him to come to Boston: "I wasn't good enough, but my butler, my lab, my tech and my city sure were. You didn't even say thank you!" Um... what?? You tried to Kill someone and undoubtedly injured several others because someone didn't say thank you!!!? That was worth trying to take someone else's life!?? We all say things we don't mean in the heat of the moment and might even feel like causing others harm but this kid had at least a full twenty four hours of cooldown time over the fact that Spiderman didn't want him to get hurt and forgot to say "Thank you." Spiderman calls Ollie a little sick based on where he put the immobilization buttons in the armor but anyone who analyzes this situation knows that's not the thing to worry about. If Ollie is willing to kill his alleged hero over not saying thank you, what's he going to do to when some kid hits a baseball and breaks a window in his house, or some random cashier has the gall not to tell him to have a nice day?
• Legomaniac 90: Ultimate Spider-Man had a serious problem with an unlikeable cast of characters in the first season, and the end of “Venomous” is a perfect highlight. Spider-Man thanks his team for trusting him and being on his side, and what do they do? Proceed to play a “prank” on him that involves having him get beaten up by SHIELD training robots. Why? Who knows.

Wander Over Yonder

Although the cancellation of Wander over Yonder has earned the executives of Disney many complaints, the show itself has some moments that have earned complaints by themselves.

• Jatboy1000: I am a huge fan of Wander over Yonder, as most episodes are usually very enjoyable for me. While, not every episode was perfect, most of their flaws tend to be very minor. However, there was one episode that I would classify as a Dethroning Moment, and that episode would be "The Party Poopers". To summarize, this episode was basically an episode that centered around Toilet Humour, which of course is a problem in itself. While I do know the history of this episode, where it started out as an interesting idea to "make a Cartoon filled with nothing but low brow and crass jokes but do it in a way where you actually don’t SEE anything gross or disgusting.", which I must admit, is pretty clever, still doesn't give me much to enjoy. Though, I guess this sort of comes down to a matter of opinions rather than the actual quality of the episode, as humor is very subjective, and toilet humor is especially so. I think what bothers me the most about this episode is that it aired so late in the show's life (which was more of a fault of the show being Screwed by the Network), that it felt like more of a waste of the show's life than if it would have been aired in something like season one. Not to mention, this episode was experimental, and was apparently more of a challenge for the show's crew than anything else, so I applaud them for that, but it still felt like a weaker episode to me.
• The Snow Squirrel: I absolutely love this show, but one element really bugs me. The newest villain Lord Dominator's motivation for being a psychopath who ruthlessly destroys anything and anyone she pleases with sadistic glee is implied to be...loneliness. That's all. Not some huge tragedy that drove her insane and screwed up her morality. Not severe abuse that made her feel the need to kill everyone to prove that she was the strongest force in the universe and could not be hurt again. The writers on tumblr have pretty much stated that the reason Dominator is evil is that she wants friends secretly. They claim they will not go into a backstory for her simply because they think it's not needed. Sorry, but no. People who write Draco in Leather Pants fanfiction for these kinds of characters think of better ways to give them sympathy for Grop's sake! When you have a villain in a show like this, you want to see them have a sympathetic side, because you want to root for them rising above their problems and reforming themselves. Come on Craig, you gotta have a better reason for this lady's insane cruelty than having no buddies to hang with!
  • Melancholy Utopia: My problem is how the conflict is solved. Now, the episode isn't worthy of spite in its entirety, it's plenty decent. I just felt they wasted a perfectly good plot that would conclude in a healthy life lesson. Now, I don't believe that every cartoon needs a moral, but when one is presented, it has to be healthy and eye-opening to children. Well, my issue would be the fact Lord Dominator is feeling "lonely", which is the reason she's committing evil as a super villain. First of all, that doesn't make sense, and second (which is the reason I'm posting this entry), that is treated as her redeemable quality. At this point, Dominator has conquered the majority of the galaxy and is bringing about Apocalypse How... and Wander thinks she can just be forgiven by simply having a teeny tiny quality, that isn't pure evil, inside? This could have been perfectly forgiven, in my eyes, if it resulted in Wander learning a very valuable lesson that is: not everyone is reedemable; some people are pure sociopaths, and you can't do anything to change that. If that concept is hard to grasp, simply hypothetically picture that Lord Dominator had been Adolf Hitler instead, the textbook example of a pure evil governor and ruler. Or if Wander was the victim in an abusive relationship wherein Dominator was the perpetrator, and he thinking he can change her. With this in mind the revelation she truly was lonely and miserable becomes all the more horrifying; it teaches children they can change somebody evil. I don't believe in necessarily throwing guts and blood in kids' faces to get your point across (ala Brothers Grimm), but at least be realistic. Of course an evil person can change, but not all of them, and it's often not the result of divine intervention, but realizing on their own they're wrong. It's very important to know that in a world so full of evil seeking out naive people who could be used and tossed (I'm going on about this, but it's a very personal thing to me). I felt they wasted what could have been a deep message to teach, especially in a series finale so centrally focused on that front. It would have been interesting how Wander would take this too, and how his worldview would've amended from this experience should the series have continued. Again, not an overall bad episode, but it felt disappointing they could have given more substance and depth to an otherwise (mostly) wacky cartoon, yet they enabled Wander's dangerous behaviour by choosing not to.
• HSRW 101: It's very rare for me to complain about this show as nothing really made me angry, but one thing that always rubbed me the wrong way was in The Robomechabotatron episode. Very basic lesson about learning to work as a team in order to pilot the giant mech as Wander tries to get Sylvia, Lord Hater and Peepers to cooperate as a team to save the galaxy from Dominator, and it makes sense that the 3 wouldn't get along with all that has happened before. But the problem that got in their way to actually saving the galaxy? Wander himself! I get that he always preferred the method without violence to solve problems, that's how he is...but dude...you know the galaxy is in danger cause of Dominator...you're the one who said that you all need to work as a team to pilot the mech and save said galaxy... and you're the one who literally prevented everyone who finally managed to put their differences aside to work together when you should've known they were planning on fighting Dominator to do so. And for what reason? Your honor?! You know its a bad sign when Hater, a bad guy mind you, accurately predicted that Wander would want to use the mech to give out hugs instead of what it was intended to do, fight evil! In fairness, I get the anti-climax gag in the end, but its just so frustrating to think that Wander should've known better that not everyone was on the same page with how they planned to use the mech, especially at a time when the galaxy needed it most. And he refused to work as a team after all the preaching he did about how they should all work as a team, all because he doesn't want to use violence in a mech specifically designed to use violence against bad guys, which was what 3/4 of the team wanted to do! Never thought we'd see one of the most optimistic and positive characters of this generation actually make a hypocritical move, what were the writers thinking?!
• savagegenius: For me, the only bad episode of the show is "the Helper," due to how ungodly Wander was flanderized in that episode. But my true DMoS is when Hater comes to buy dessert at the local bakery, only for wander to think that he's trying to conquer the planet. So what does he do? Actually try to stop Hater and get him to leave the planet. Yeah, I don't need to go any further. This episode sucks. Moral of the story: never have an episode of a popular TV show be written, storyboarded, and directed by just one person.

Winx Club

• Dag1984: For me it was a certain revelation in Season 3. The revelation that Bloom in her base form is more powerful then five Enchantix fairies who have a fair amount of battle experience. Thank God season 4 improved on this.
• Fairy Dreamer: It was several moments that did it for me in season five when it came to Bloom. She basically becomes an overgrown brat, crying every time something doesn't go how she wants (such as her boyfriend not answering his phone, despite that she knows he's busy). Now, yes, Bloom was caught in a love triangle, but how much clearer does Sky have to be that he loves Bloom and Bloom only? Worse, when Bloom is called out on her behavior a few times, rather than stop and think "maybe I do need to calm down", she acts like she did nothing wrong. Thankfully, season six fixed this.
• Charleston Man: Said love triangle, by the way, is another dethroning moment due to how it began in the first season. Diaspro is Sky's fiancé. He keeps her a secret from Bloom as he pursues a relationship with her, which means he's cheating on Diaspro. Then, Bloom attacks Diaspro because she thinks she must be a Trix member in disguise due to being with Sky romantically. Sky stops it and comes clean about everything. And what is Bloom's reaction? She blames Diaspro for being in the way of her and Sky. She blames a completely innocent party who had no idea Bloom even existed, and doesn't blame Sky for lying to her and cheating on Diaspro. The kicker is after this bit of victim-blaming is done, Diaspro is actually made into an antagonist solely for the convenience of Bloom/Sky, who get off scot-free. Let no-one claim that this is a feminist show, or else direct them to this wretched plot point.
  • fairygirl567: Wretched plot point? The Bloom/Sky relationship is kind of questinioing. She became instantly infatuated with him like she was becoming his lap dog or a Disney princess. The worst thing is after this, Bloom runs home! Not because the Trix attacked her, not because she got kicked out or suspended for attacking another fairy, not because her parents found out and forced her to leave for her protection, not even because the father was angry, she left because she got her poor little heart broken... are you serious? She's a fairy and just got attacked by the Trix's and found out she's adopted! This is what makes her run? And I can't even accept that fact that "Oh, this was the final straw for her to leave." Really? A boy? I get someone who cheats is messed up and can affect the heartbroken person, but she literally just abandoned her friends because of the mere fact that "Waaah my boyfriend had another girlfriend and didn't tell me!" No. Just. No. When you're a fairy who fights three evil witches in one season alone, I think that a man breaking your heart is priority number 2!
• Slo Motion: Mine was also a season 5 moment. Specifically, the moment when Aisha used her wish to save Nereus and not revive Nabu. Cousins or not, the writers knew damn well that pretty much every fan wanted Nabu back and they have the chance to revive him and it's used a character who we've barely seen (and in all honesty I don't give a damn about) in place of a character the fans know and love. And to add salt to the wound, all of a sudden Aisha likes Roy (who is a piss poor attempt at being Nabu 2.0) and Bloom gets her sister back. We get Daphne back, but no Nabu. What the hell, Winx Club writers?!
• Summer Days 128: This was minor for the show but it was that Christmas episode... it was alright. Bloom celebrating Christmas with her friends is nice except this is apparently the first time she's ever told them about it. They make it clear they had no idea what Bloom was talking about when she said she was visiting her family for the holidays. This is season 5 right? You know that means she's known them for 4 seasons plus 2 movies put that all together it's about... 6 to 5 years and you're trying to convince me she never shared this holiday with them! Not once? There was a Halloween episode in season 2 where she took them to a party but no other holidays were ever brought up, I'm not saying talk about Thanksgiving (that'd be an awkward conversation) but come on Christmas is a huge holiday that nearly everyone celebrates and it shown Bloom loves the holiday but she never visited her family while going to Magix, never got any presents from the or even a freaking card or phone call? Was she still mad about the adoption thing? Well... I'll say no to that because she still talks to them and shows she loves them (even though she calls them by there first names). She never gushed about one of the best holidays ever to her best friends! That just shocked me beyond belief. I mean she talked more about her six flags trip then this holiday. If they had started the episode off with Bloom talking about how she's visiting her adoptive parents for Christmas and one of the girls could be like "Oh the day with the fat man who breaks into people's homes" then Bloom laughs and says yes. That would've been so much better because they would've known about the holiday! Not have Bloom apparently never tell them about it! Here they are just ignorant about it and she still didn't explain it to them, they had to google it! I know this shouldn't bother me so much but really, 6 years she's known these people and never once did she talk about this holiday with them? It took 6 years before they finally do a holiday special?! I mean season 4 was about them being on Earth! Sure it was summer (I think) but they didn't find out about the holiday then. Did the writers think that if they did the other way they'd look lazy, no doing a Christmas special in the middle of the season and have half of the characters not know what the holiday is, is what's lazy! It would've been so much better if her friends knew about said holiday but never actually celebrated it because they don't want to or have holidays similar to it, they had a mother's day in there world so why not Gift Day for each planet or even an episode dealing with telling her parents about the holiday (real ones not adopted) now that would've been awesome! They'd ask her to come over to have tea or something and she'd say "No I promised Mike and Vanessa that I'd celebrate Christmas with them." and they would've been like "What's Christmas?" Wouldn't that be interesting? Or having her try to celebrate the holiday with her friends but they didn't see into to them at first then she talks to her dead (not anymore) sister something along those lines. Her own freaking boyfriend/ fiance didn't know! What the hell Bloom? Aren't these her like closest friends and soon to be husband? I guess not.

• Mew Lettuce Rush: Miss Magix may already be well known for its Unfortunate Implications, but its largest dethroning moment lies with its treatment of Lucy. Sure, she's not exactly a nice person but at the same time she is so obsessed with being popular she is willing to be in a one-sided abusive friendship with the Trix, who treat her like shit. In this episode, this desire leads to her agreeing to have her appearance altered in order to compete in Miss Magix, despite not knowing it was a trick by the witches. At first, everything goes fine.,with her being a surprise favorite among the audience. However, at the end the witches, in a needlessly cruel scene, undo the beauty spell on her right when she is about to get the trophy, and she runs off in tears. To make a bad situation worse, a few episodes later they show she's now being mocked by the entire school except Mirta for it. Even a semi-villainous character doesn't deserve to be humiliated this badly! The 4kids edit makes it even worse by having Bloom undo the spell herself and Stella being a Karma Houdini at the end.

• Capricious Salmon: Even if Winx Club has some issues, I do like the show in a guilty pleasure sense. For me, the worst moment of the show has to be the Retcon "revelation" in Season 8 that Icy is a princess from the planet Dyamond and her little sister, Sapphire, was turned into a wolf by an evil witch. She wanted to study to be the most powerful witch to avenge her homeworld. Interesting story for a fanfic, but this Retcon is wrong on so many levels, especially in a show built on continuity. This presents so many plot holes: if Icy wanted to be the most powerful witch to help her homeworld, why was it the first thing she does once she gets more powerful is try and kill others or try and take over? In Season 1 when she had the Dragon Flame, why not go to Dyamond and revive it, especially since the Dragon Flame can restore life? If she's just a princess with a happy life, why is it her ancestor is the leader of the Ancestral Witches and Icy is trying to follow in her footsteps? Why are Darcy and Stormy her "sisters" then, if they were just supposed to be triplets? You mean to tell me she just happened to stumble upon two girls with the exact same birthday and powers? And if Icy was the Last of Her Kind, why wouldn't she be recognized by somebody like Griffin? Even Faragonda realized Bloom who Bloom was despite the fact she was raised on Earth. At least with Daphne, you can justify the Retcon, since Icy was the one who told Bloom the story and Icy might've either been told a wrong version or twisted facts to hurt Bloom. But with this revelation, it's a fanfic turned plot. I get the attempt was to make Icy a Foil to Bloom and Flora, but Icy, despite being fun to watch, can't be redeemed: she's regularly tried to kill men, women, and children for shits and giggles, with no remorse, she's helped to destroy countless planets for the other antagonists, and overall, she hurt a lot of people who aren't the Trix. It feels like they were writing for another antagonist but didn't want to have a repeat of Selina, so they just chose Icy at the last minute. Usually, I just try to picture this is an AU or non-canon, not fact.

Word Girl

The word of the day is dethroning, which means removing someone from power. An example would be these episodes.

• Austin DR: I like the show WordGirl, however, I'm often bewildered by the town's stupidity. For this list, however, the one moment from the show that really irked me was the episode "Victoria is the best... WordGirl"? After Becky/WordGirl successfully defeated another villain, our news reporter Scoops sees WordGirl going around the corner and Victoria Best walks out of the direction Word Girl went thus making Scoops implicate that Victoria was Word Girl. *Face palm*. Okay, first off, Word Girl has dark skin, doesn't wear her hair in matching ponytails, and her face is pretty much exposed to viewing. How can Scoops possibly think that Victoria was Word Girl with these facts? It seemed like they just made the characters even dumber for this episode to work. This is possibly the one episode I won't see again anytime soon.
  • Space Bird: That wasn't the first time, either. Almost every episode that Granny May appears in, she manages to charm the townspeople into turning against WordGirl, despite being one of the most notorious villains that went to jail several times. You would've thought that the townspeople would've gained some knowledge of her deception after each episode, but nope, she keeps on manipulating them even without Mr. Big's use of mind control! What's worse about this is that each time it happens, everyone starts showing WordGirl extremely hostile behavior and threaten to run her out of town! Although Granny's the main villain who manages to turn everyone against WordGirl most of the time, the Butcher once managed to do so just by saying that his bootleg artwork is real and that WordGirl's just trying to lie to everyone, and even with that lame excuse they believed him and threatened to arrest WordGirl if she interrupted his next auction.

Xiaolin Showdown

Tropers, we challenge you to a Xiaolin Showdown. List the worst moments of this well-remembered classic with as much detail as you can, and do not argue with the other entries. Let's go: Xiaolin Showdown! Gong Yi Tan Pai!

• Metal Michelangelo: Xiaolin Showdown's "The Black Vipers" episode. The monks return to Texas to find a new shen gong wu, only to come across The Black Vipers, an all-girls motorcycle gang led by Clay's jealous little sister, Jessie. At the episode's climax, Clay ends up losing the showdown because he decided to save Jessie who promptly kicked him off his bike and won the showdown resulting in the monks losing all of their shen gong wu. What makes this episode a DMOS is when Jessie shows some remorse and sends Clay a letter while returning the shen gong wu. Jessie's letter says "Well big brother, it took me a while, but I finally beat you. Just so there's no hard feelings, I'm returning all of your warts (that's what Jessie was calling the shen gong wu) except for one I was hoping to borrow (the Wings of Tinabi). Clay could've easily won the showdown but chose to save his sister's life instead, therefore, Jessie won through cheating (even though that's allowed in the showdowns). The real DMOS was the fact that this episode was Clay's last solo showdown. After this episode, the only showdowns Clay participated in were when all 4 monks competed as a team. Also, what would happen if Jessie decided to keep every shen gong wu? This pretty much borders on Nice Job Breaking It, Hero for Clay.
• TT 454: For me, the worst episode was "The Apprentice". In my opinion the episode is such a mess that it's almost irredeemable. Not only is the plot really silly - Wuya challenging Jack Spicer and Katnappe to compete for the role of her apprentice - but everything else stuffed into the episode doesn't work either. From the random, out-of-place re-appearance of the "U-Bots" to the disturbing, unnecessary acid trip sequence caused by the Woozy Shooter, and the painfully unfunny sub-plot involving Jack Spicer turning "good" and being hired to do a lot of chores for the monks (resulting in the predictable twist that he would run off) and one of the strangest Xiaolin Showdowns in the series (a game of "truth and lies"), the whole thing feels really slapped together and frankly insulting.
• Loekman 3: For me, its when Omi challenge Dojo to a showdown and used more than his wagered Wu (Changing Chopsticks) like Reversing Mirror and Shroud of Shadows. This is not only ouright cheating but also narratively treated as a good thing. Despite the fact that later when Wuya challenge the Xiaolin Warriors to a Showdown, when she used a non-wagered Wu, it is treated as cheating including Omi himself.
• Dghcrh: While I enjoyed the episode as a whole (in fact, I enjoyed all of them), the ending of the episode "Return of Master Monk Guan" feels like a slap in the face. In the episode "Master Monk Guan", one of my favourites from season 2, Guan trades Dojo to Chase Young in exchange for his spear that he lost in battle to his former friend a few years ago, together with his courage. After an epic battle between him and Chase later in the episode, Guan gives the spear to Omi because he decides he doesn't need it anymore. However, in the scene I'm discussing now it's revealed he already had a stack full of spears, which means he traded Dojo to Chase Young for nothing. Sure, it can be argued that he made those spears after he regained the original one and later gave it to Omi, but without this confirmation, the whole scene just feels like a Series Continuity Error in an otherwise great episode.

Young Justice

There's no justice in these villains, no siree... and given the likes of teenaged superheroes having a few bad moments that could disappear after a while, even a show like Young Justice can unleash quite a lot of disasters that even the characters wish that DC would burn from existence.

• Allspark Spin Out: What finally made me hate Young Justice (2010) was the reveal of the members of The Light - while Lex Luthor, Ra's al Ghul, Vandal Savage and the Brain made sense, the other three members were Ocean Master, Queen Bee and Klarion the Witch Boy. I like Klarion, and I felt his voice was perfectly cast in Young Justice, but Weisman really should have used skilled manipulators like Deathstroke, Gorilla Grodd or Clock King. Hell, he left out Amanda Waller, who has always been a major member of Project Cadmus in any operation - she could be the Token Morally Ambiguous Teammate.
• R Egu 14: While I have to heartily disagree with the idea that Comics!Deathstroke is a good manipulator, the members of the Light are even stupider than the summary implies. Here's my DMOS. Ra's al Ghul, and Lex Luthor. Working together. These two have enough ego to fill a 747 Boeing each, and that's not even getting into the massive personal philosophy differences. Ra's would never work together with someone like Luthor, not just because of his technology-focused methods, but because Luthor wants to conquer the world. Guess who also shares that goal? Ra's al fucking Ghul!!
• Spider Fan 14: I'd like to add the "5 Years Later" season two opener. This was annoying and confusing. Why the time skip? The show had two plotlines going into the season with the search of the real Red Arrow and what the missing 16 hours were for the League during its mind control. We now have a bunch of new characters to quickly latch on while the other characters were spent the whole season with may not appear regularly. Also we get the joy of watching the Miss Martian/Superboy relationship crumble offscreen and have to deal with it presumably all over again. All and all a horrible season opener no matter how much Tim Curry or Lobo appears.
• LL Smooth J: "Bloodlines." Or otherwise known as "Let's make Wally look as useless as possible." New character Bart Allen (A.K.A Impulse) shows up from the future and already he's shown to be better than him. Not only is he shown to be faster than Wally (as in actually being able to keep up with The Flash), he's able to dodge traps that manage to trip him up as well. And when it looks like Bart screwed up? Oh no, he actually saved The Flash! And to add the icing on the cake people still can't seem to get his name right. This really is infuriating to watch as out of the original teammates, Wally ends up with the short end of the stick as everyone else at least get an awesome moment in the second season, never mind that this is the only place where he still exists (stupid Reboot...) and yet basically exists to make the Allens look better. I've heard that this was in the comic as well and it will a plot point for Wally to come back faster and stronger, but considering the unlikelihood of focusing on the old cast and the greater chance of focusing on the new blood, I'll believe it when I see it.
• Gannetwhale: The utter failure of The Bechdel Test. I was willing to forgive Miss Martian's and Artemis first conversation, but once Zatanna and Artemis have a moment together is all "boys boys boys". Damnit Greg, you can write women, why can't you write DC superheroines!? Actually, Zatanna as a whole is infuriating, since she's just a gratuitous love interest for Dick Grayson.
• Space Outlaw: Batman is the penultimate meta human, so him beating the monster wasn't entirely unbelievable, I just felt the whole scene in the beginning of "Downtime" was jarring, since the kids have already spent a good bit of time on teamwork practice and fighting as a group, you would think they'd be able to handle some weak-shit eldritch fodder.
• JtheDrafter: Throughout Young Justice (2010) Wally and Artemis constantly snipe at and bicker with each other. They have a few moments where they aren't fighting, but their relationship is mostly defined by their antagonism. Their moments of positive interaction are few and far between, and two of those three moments take place under special circumstances. (Mutual amnesia and every adult in the world disappearing from the face of the planet.) Yet at the end of the season one finale Wally and Artemis kiss, and act like they should have kissed much earlier. Look, Love Hate is a legitimate trope, but it doesn't work if the two parties don't act legitimately attracted to each other! No reason is given as to why Wally would want to kiss Artemis after she'd been so constantly mean-spirited to him, and no reason is given as to why Artemis would want to kiss Wally after he'd been a near-constant Jerkass to her.
• Falconwing: Wally West's death. After an entire season of being out of focus Wally comes back into action... Only to go out in a heroic sacrifice that would have been much better suited for Barry to make clearing the way for Wally to be the Flash. But no, Barry does nothing and just watches with a sad face as his nephew Fades from existence. I don't know if Greg wrote this, or it was forced on him by higher ups, but either way it's nothing short of a middle finger to the eyeballs of every Wally West fan who feels screwed over by Flashpoint! Just when you thought DC couldn't sink any lower.
  • X Spectre Grey X: I agree completely. Wally's death just felt so unnecessary, and there wasn't even some meaning to it. Also, why the hell wasn't Jay Garrick there? This just felt like another fuck you to Wally fans. I don't know if it was mandated, but it certainly feels that way. And pretty much everything afterwards is also crap. Cassie and Tim getting together despite not even interacting (I know it can work in real life, but as a show, it doesn't). She hasn't even made mention of having any attraction to him whatsoever, nor was any implied. It just feels like a last minute Pair the Spares. Dick Grayson quitting the team due to grief (the latest issue of Nightwing has a good portrayal of how he'd deal with such an event), oh, and even after all of this, they still refuse to name the team. Wally died and will be known as a founding member of "The Team". And then they have the gall to leave a Sequel Hook, when we know the show is done. Why not just have the Justice Leaguers on trial (who contributed absolutely nothing in this episode) stop Savage and the War World? All for this is just a horrible way to end the show, making an otherwise below average episode worst.
• Seiya: M'gann mindraping her boyfriend and that plot point never getting brought up again. AGAIN, she abused her boyfriend a who had a history of people messing with his mind and spent a whole season rubbing her new relationship in his face and we're supposed to cheer that they got back together.
• SomeoneImSure: It was really hard to pinpoint my DMOS with this series because it 'does' have a lot of potential. My main beef with it is the animation. In pretty much every scene where there's more than one person on screen, there is usually more than one person standing around like a statue in the background. The DC Animation department is supposed to be leagues ahead of Marvel's and yet Marvel's Ultimate Spiderman is so much better at animating background characters simply walking down the streets of New York. This lack of animation (plus the lack of crowds and random people on the streets in later episodes) on the Young Justice's animation department creates a feeling of lifelessness in this world that's supposed to at least feel like it's alive. I can't get invested when no one on screen is invested in what anyone is saying except the person saying it. Such as Speedy's denouncement of his mentor in the very first episode. Aquaman and Green Arrow are just standing there and staring until Speedy mentions that he knows about their HQ, then latter on while Speedy is talking to Green Arrow, Aquaman is just staring at him like he's not saying anything at all. Any scene where there's a crowd, expect most everyone to be stopped in time, even though they're supposed to be talking, moving, etc. The animation sucks. As for narrative, I cannot specifically pin down what exactly about the story offends me (mostly because a lot of unrelated things offend me) but the praise this show gets when it doesn't even have good animation is offensive to any self-respecting animator. I can look at youtube videos animated by Bronies and they are much better than this "professional animation". Admittedly, there are a few moments when the animation feels alive, but these are extremely rare. A scene in the second Season, when Miss Martian and Superboy are arguing in the Justice League's defense in an alien court room, and Miss Martian suddenly hugs Superboy and jumps around in excitement... that is the best scene in the whole series when it comes to animation. It is the kind of animation I expected from the beginning. Instead, I get a crowd full of statues and a bunch of people doing nothing but standing or crouching around in the background doing nothing, not even breathe.
• CriticoMolesto: Disgraced Ocean Master. Alright, for starters “5 years later” is a cheap, cheap trick. You can just skip a bunch of character development and interactions with a shrug just to change the dynamics with no actual efforts. I mean, yeah, we get Blue Beetle and Tim Drake and Impulse and Wonder Girl and… I dunno, Lagoon Boy? Cool. But that still doesn’t make up for the fact that they just pressed a big ol’ button and went “Fuck it”. They got bored and shook the 8-ball. Out of all the things that we missed in those five years, the one that has always stuck out to me is the whole “Disgraced Ocean Master”. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m glad we got Manta on board and the whole story with Aqualad was good. Really. I don’t have a problem with them changing Orm for Manta. The real problem is the fact that they completely wasted a character. One of Aquaman’s main foes. The fucker is Aquaman’s half brother, controls his armies and wants him dead. How much weight do you think he has in a story? A lot, right? We could see maybe an infiltration. Perhaps some development on Aquaman, as he (and almost everyone else in the League, for that matter) gets almost no character to speak of. But no. Orm gets one appearace out of his suit, and then sits in a shadowy room the rest of the episodes and as far as my knowledge goes, doesn’t even get dialogue beyond the first episode he shows up. And the cherry on top, the real kicker here, is that one line. One fucking line. “That poor, disgraced Ocean Master”. OK, I’m gonna have to stop you right there, Teen Titans Dark. Disgraced? He did nothing to begin with! Queen Bee, Klarion, al Ghul, The Brain, all those fuckers do something at some point, but the half-brother of one of the League’s founding members, a heir to the throne of Atlantis, the (self-proclaimed) Master Of The Ocean, about 13 episodes worth of storytelling with this dude, gets booted, off-screen, and all we get is: Disgraced. The entire goddamn Time Skip summed up right here, luv.

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