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The TransformationSequence based on Ephesians 6:14-17: "Breastplate of Righteousness! Helmet of Salvation! Waistbelt of Truth! Shoes of Peace! Shield of Faith! And the Sword of the Spirit. I'll take the tunnel bike. Track me." For the curious, blow-by-blow reviews of the series can be found [[http://sc.thebeholder.org/reviews.htm here]]. Nothing is more awesome than [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfe1tGukN2Q this scene]] from one of the episodes. "Ooh Bibleman, you're just too easy no doubt!" And the series becomes HilariousInHindsight when you realize what ''else'' [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983 Willie Ames was in...]]

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The TransformationSequence based on Ephesians 6:14-17: "Breastplate of Righteousness! Helmet of Salvation! Waistbelt of Truth! Shoes of Peace! Shield of Faith! And the Sword of the Spirit. I'll take the tunnel bike. Track me." For the curious, blow-by-blow reviews of the series can be found [[http://sc.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20060313222523/http://sc.thebeholder.org/reviews.htm here]]. Nothing is more awesome than [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfe1tGukN2Q this scene]] from one of the episodes. "Ooh Bibleman, you're just too easy no doubt!" And the series becomes HilariousInHindsight when you realize what ''else'' [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983 Willie Ames was in...]]



* ''Series/{{Cleopatra 2525}}'' and ''Series/JackOfAllTrades'' were both were created as FollowTheLeader series for the shows that ''created'' SoBadItsGood campy 1990s adventure shows, ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''. ''Jack'' does have an excellent [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZyoFHc25Yo theme song]], though. (And what do ''Jack'', ''Herc'' and ''Xena'' have in common? None other than Creator/BruceCampbell.)

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* ''Series/{{Cleopatra 2525}}'' and ''Series/JackOfAllTrades'' were both were created as FollowTheLeader series for the shows that ''created'' SoBadItsGood campy 1990s adventure shows, ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''. ''Jack'' does have an excellent [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZyoFHc25Yo com/watch?v=SmSVZtNtg1o theme song]], though. (And what do ''Jack'', ''Herc'' and ''Xena'' have in common? None other than Creator/BruceCampbell.)



* In 1991, Nickelodeon decided to cash in on the popularity of such shows as ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' and ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' with their own (Canadian) high school drama called ''Fifteen''. The show was riddled with hilariously bad acting, gaping plot holes (especially in the way characters often came and went without explanation), and shoestring production values. But all those flaws were precisely what made the series stand out from the other teen dramas being made at the time. Just look at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l9R3tGG7lY this clip.]]
* ''For Our Children'', an AIDS awareness/benefit concert organized by Creator/DisneyChannel in 1993. You just can't go wrong with the likes of Salt N Pepa, Sheila E, Melissa Etheridge, Randy Newman, and Paula Abdul rocking their way through hilariously hipped-up renditions of little kid songs like "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and "I've Been Working On The Railroad". You can watch the entire concert [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doj5qPFYZ88 here]].
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' features liberal use of AutoTune, heavy {{Narm}} from treating high school show choir as SeriousBusiness, and the most comically over-the-top plots known to man. Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tizlKcSH1A Trouty Mouth]], an ode to one of the characters' huge lips.

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* In 1991, Nickelodeon Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} decided to cash in on the popularity of such shows as ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' and ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' with their own (Canadian) high school drama called ''Fifteen''. The show was riddled with hilariously bad acting, gaping plot holes (especially in the way characters often came and went without explanation), and shoestring production values. But all those flaws were precisely what made the series stand out from the other teen dramas being made at the time. Just look at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l9R3tGG7lY this clip.]]
* ''For Our Children'', an AIDS awareness/benefit concert organized by Creator/DisneyChannel in 1993. You just can't go wrong with the likes of Salt N Pepa, Music/SaltNPepa, Sheila E, Melissa Etheridge, Randy Newman, Music/RandyNewman, and Paula Abdul Music/PaulaAbdul rocking their way through hilariously hipped-up renditions of little kid songs like "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and "I've Been Working On The Railroad". You can watch the entire concert [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doj5qPFYZ88 com/watch?v=hknsPxjYGl0 here]].
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' features liberal use of AutoTune, heavy {{Narm}} from treating high school show choir as SeriousBusiness, and the most comically over-the-top plots known to man. Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tizlKcSH1A com/watch?v=_zEd9Zioo2U Trouty Mouth]], an ode to one of the characters' huge lips.



* ''Series/SpiderManJapan''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MxGtH-2duM Just watch this]]. On top of the cheesiness, it's also Toei's earliest example of HumongousMecha (yes, ComicBook/SpiderMan gets his own ''giant robot'') in tokusatsu shows, even before ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' popularized the concept.

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* ''Series/SpiderManJapan''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MxGtH-2duM Just watch this]]. On top of the cheesiness, it's also Toei's earliest example of HumongousMecha (yes, ComicBook/SpiderMan gets his own ''giant robot'') in tokusatsu shows, even before ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' popularized the concept.



* Throughout {{the eighties}}, [[BigApplesauce New York]] public access hosted ''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/stairwaytostardom Stairway to Stardom]]'', an absolutely [[NarmCharm charming]] NoBudget talent show. It started off with big-band singer/talent director Evie May producing ''The Frank Masi Nostalgia Hour'', with Frank given a show to croon bygone standards. Soon after, Frank was hosting a cavalcade of awkward comedians, [[BadImpressionists hokey impressionists]], cheesy renditions of pop and Broadway hits, and even [[DemonicDummy puppets!]] It all comes together into a giant steaming heap of great television, which {{Creator/NPR}} describes as "[[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5425419 a low-rent precursor to]] ''Series/AmericanIdol''". Some die-hard fans of the show have put together a Website/YouTube tribute channel, amassing ''[[ArchiveBinge hundreds of hours]]'' of ''[=SoS=]'' from [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes VHS recordings.]] Witness [[{{Radio/OpieAndAnthony}} Opie, Anthony, and Jim Norton]] feel the love [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwC5_yczXQE here.]]

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* Throughout {{the eighties}}, The80s, [[BigApplesauce New York]] public access hosted ''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/stairwaytostardom Stairway to Stardom]]'', an absolutely [[NarmCharm charming]] NoBudget talent show. It started off with big-band singer/talent director Evie May producing ''The Frank Masi Nostalgia Hour'', with Frank given a show to croon bygone standards. Soon after, Frank was hosting a cavalcade of awkward comedians, [[BadImpressionists hokey impressionists]], cheesy renditions of pop and Broadway hits, and even [[DemonicDummy puppets!]] It all comes together into a giant steaming heap of great television, which {{Creator/NPR}} describes as "[[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5425419 a low-rent precursor to]] ''Series/AmericanIdol''". Some die-hard fans of the show have put together a Website/YouTube Platform/YouTube tribute channel, amassing ''[[ArchiveBinge hundreds of hours]]'' of ''[=SoS=]'' from [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes VHS recordings.]] Witness [[{{Radio/OpieAndAnthony}} Opie, Anthony, and Jim Norton]] feel the love [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwC5_yczXQE here.]]
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** The ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Storm Front" is mostly just dull. ''But''... the last 10 minutes have the ''[[CoolStarship Enterprise]]'' {{Old School Dogfight}}ing [[StupidJetpackHitler Stukas]] armed with [[SlowLaser Slow Lasers]] over [[BigApplesauce Manhattan]]. Yeah.

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** The ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Storm Front" is mostly just dull. ''But''... the last 10 minutes have the ''[[CoolStarship Enterprise]]'' {{Old School Dogfight}}ing [[StupidJetpackHitler Stukas]] armed with [[SlowLaser Slow Lasers]] [[PlasmaCannon plasma guns]] over [[BigApplesauce Manhattan]]. Yeah.
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** Barney's deliberately-bad one-act play (revenge for Lily's [[StylisticSuck unintentionally bad]] work of TrueArt). After the group starts to leave, he convinces them to stay by saying Act Two is a "masterpiece of awful."

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** Barney's deliberately-bad one-act play (revenge for Lily's [[GiftedlyBad unintentionally]] [[StylisticSuck unintentionally bad]] work of TrueArt). After the group starts to leave, he convinces them to stay by saying Act Two is a "masterpiece of awful."
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** Like ''Quizzone''. This show embodies So Bad it's Good in every way. They seem to pick Ireland's dumbest children for the show. And instead of using their brains, they can look the answers up on a computer. It's a snazzy UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh, but from the looks on their faces, you'd swear none of these children had used a search engine in their lives... The search engine in the show can deliver the answers in about five seconds, but the children seem to rip the answers from anything - they have quoted eBay listings...\

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** Like ''Quizzone''. This show embodies So Bad it's Good in every way. They seem to pick Ireland's dumbest children for the show. And instead of using their brains, they can look the answers up on a computer. It's a snazzy UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh, Platform/AppleMacintosh, but from the looks on their faces, you'd swear none of these children had used a search engine in their lives... The search engine in the show can deliver the answers in about five seconds, but the children seem to rip the answers from anything - they have quoted eBay listings...\

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