Recap / The Nostalgia Critic Editorial 42

Release: September 15, 2014

Countdown: Top 11 Worst Avatar: The Last Airbender Episodes

1. "The Great Divide"
2. "Bato of the Water Tribe"
3. "The Headband"
4. "The Painted Lady"
5. "The Swamp"
6. "Sokka's Master"
7. "The Waterbending Master"
8. "The Cave of Two Lovers"
9. "Jet"
10. "The Serpent's Pass"
11. "The Boiling Rock, Part 1"

This countdown contains examples of:

• Awful Wedded Life: In “Top 11 Worst Avatar Episodes”, he asks why there's so much bickering in romances, and says that's what marriage is for, followed by a rimshot.
• Call-Back: To his review of Sonic the Hedgehog and... THAT OTHER SHOW!
• Damned by Faint Praise: Inverted; Critic points out that these are the worst episodes by default because the others are simply better, not because these ones are bad, as he doesn't think there are any bad episodes of Avatar.
• Moral Event Horizon: Invoked; Critic's decision to discuss the "bad" episodes of Avatar result in Malcolm and Tamara being disappointed in him, guns shooting at him from nowhere, and Dante Basco deciding to deal with him personally.
• Spoiled by the Format: Invoked
  Malcolm: I don't know Critic, there's still two minutes left in the time bar.
• Whole-Plot Reference: His reason for putting "The Headband" on the list. "Footloose? Really?!"
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: The reason why he believed the "Sokka's Master" episode was unneeded. He never viewed Sokka as The Load and thought he was already a well rounded character from the start.