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* In StarWarsTheCloneWars there's "Mercy Mission" and "Nomad Droids" basically their episodes that focus on R2-D2 and C-3PO in their own misadventures when they get separated from the army. The episodes pay homages to various works like AliceInWonderland, TheLordOfTheRings, GulliversTravels, TheWonderfulWizardOfOz, and RealSteel.

* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' managed to get a [=BLAM=] season. Between the quasi-finals and the semi-finals of the Battle City tournament, they arrive on a submersible military base and have to fight the digitised minds of all previous high ranking officials of [=KaibaCorp=] in a mindscrewed reality, at the behest of Seto Kaiba's {{anime}}-exclusive VirtualGhost half-brother, Noah. The season also introduced the Deck Master to the games, a process that makes no sense whatsoever (but what else is new). And to secure it as a total [=BLAM=], the digital mind of Kaiba's father tries to turn into a giant being of fire and eat their jet as its leaving. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when Kaiba says [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain he never wants any of them to mention it again]].

** Many {{filler}} episodes of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' can feel like this, but special mention goes to episode 228. Beach party featuring all the most [[{{Fanservice}} fan-servicey]] characters? check. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Boob Buckets?]] check. Giant [[NaughtyTentacles edible watermelon tentacle monsters?]] double check.

* The episode "Warehouse 13" from the first ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' {{anime}}. The men on Mustang's staff (note, men - Hawkeye was not involved; nor were Ed or Al) believe they have seen the haunted military warehouse 13 and are terrified to walk by the warehouses at night. Mustang is the only one who really stays in character, denouncing the warehouse as foolishness and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rPF2zt45sg going out at night with his men]] to prove to them that it doesn't exist. What really makes this a BLAMEpisode is the fact that four trained military professionals are suddenly freaking out about an urban legend.

* Skeletor, a classic two-dimensional villain with no previous redeeming qualities whatsoever, abruptly [[PetTheDog turns good]] for no apparent reason other than "the Spirit of Christmas" in the ''{{He-Man|AndTheMastersOfTheUniverse}} and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]] Holiday Special''. This had no bearing on later evil; it was just something the eighties did, apparently.

*** YourMileageMayVary heavily, as other people consider it one of DoctorWho's best episodes.

* "You're Gonna Die," a 9-and-a-half minute song (using the term loosely) at the end of [[ReelBigFish Reel Big Fish's]] ''We're Not Happy Till You're Not Happy'' album. It's essentially nothing but screaming and static in the same vein as [[TheBeatles "Revolution 9"]] and even contains a BigLippedAlligatorMoment of it's own in "Aaron is Made of Babies," a one-minute novelty song thrown smack-dab in the middle of the hectic track.

** Played semi in the episode "Mushroom Samba" when Spike finds a couple of wild shrooms and everyone but Ed and Ein enjoys the snack. Turns out it's a natural hallucinogen and Ed thus has to find an antidote because everyone is TRIPPIN'...BALLS...HARD. Ends with [[spoiler: a cop showing up at base camp looking for the shrooms which were explained earlier to be stolen property. Only Spike is still trippin' and just hand the shrooms to the cop, walks back into the ship, and from there the episode just ends]]. Despite the fact that Spike climbed the Stairway to Heaven, Faye swam with schools of fishes in a bathroom, and Jet figured out the meaning of life, the episode is never touched on again.

** Many {{filler}} episodes of ''{{Bleach}}'' can feel like this, but special mention goes to episode 228. Beach party featuring all the most [[{{Fanservice}} fan-servicey]] characters? check. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Boob Buckets?]] check. Giant [[NaughtyTentacles edible watermelon tentacle monsters?]] double check.
* Almost every episode of ''{{Gintama}}'' can count as a BLAMEpisode.
* The episode "Warehouse 13" from the first ''FullmetalAlchemist'' {{anime}}. The men on Mustang's staff (note, men - Hawkeye was not involved; nor were Ed or Al) believe they have seen the haunted military warehouse 13 and are terrified to walk by the warehouses at night. Mustang is the only one who really stays in character, denouncing the warehouse as foolishness and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rPF2zt45sg going out at night with his men]] to prove to them that it doesn't exist. What really makes this a BLAMEpisode is the fact that four trained military professionals are suddenly freaking out about an urban legend.

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* The ''StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Threshold". So Tom Paris breaks the "transwarp barrier", right? And this results in being in ''every location in the universe at once''. Somehow this makes him [[EvolutionaryLevels evolve into a higher order of being]]... which then transforms into a [[{{Pokemon}} Mudkip]]-like lizard thing who can't breathe air. He kidnaps {{the captain}} and they run away in said transwarp barrier breaking ship. They are discovered ''within range'' and the crew find them on a beach together having just had a small litter of Mudkip ''babies''. (Repeat: Paris had children with [[TheCaptain Captain Janeway]]. When they were both Mudkips.) Anyway, the babies are still out there presumably but everything else is {{reset|Button}} with antimatter injections. Got all that? Okay, because this is the ''one episode'' out of ''all the'' StarTrek ''episodes ever made'' that is in CanonDiscontinuity.

** That episode consisted of two shorts. The other one was Havoc trying to marry Armstrong's sister. Note that this is the anime continuity, so the woman in question was far more suitable bride than her [[IronLady canon counterpart]].
** This was ascended, as the same sister he tried to marry also appeared in ''Brotherhood'', along with Armstrong's other sisters.
*** Actually, Catherine, the name of said sister, is not the same character as Armstrong's tough sister, Olivier. Both appear in the manga, where Havoc tries to date the former in an omake that actually inspired episode 37 of the first anime. Olivier only appears in the manga and ''Brotherhood''.

* ''{{Bleach}}'''s 10th year anniversary episode (ep. 287 to be exact), where Ichigo, Chad, Orihime, Rukia, and Renji are in a parody of ''ArabianNights''/ContinuityCavalcade of the Soul society arc. However, it was {{all just a dream}}. Indeed, but Isane was the one who had the dream, not Ichigo.

-->TheNostalgiaCritic: Ughhhhh... BigLippedAlligatorMoment

* An [[DeletedScene unaired episode]] of ''Anime/AngelBeats'' has most of the cast [[WorldOfHam transform into crazed hyper-hams]] who [[UpToEleven seem impossibly over-the-top even compared to their normal hammy personalities]]. They continue to [[BeyondTheImpossible top each other and become more and more obnoxious and hyperactive]] throughout the episode, and eventually (though somewhat spontaneously) wear themselves out. And...that's pretty much it. The episode was never broadcast, so, of course, none of the insanity that happens in it is ever brought up in any other episode, even though it clearly takes place sometime in the middle of the main plot.

** On Star Trek The Next Generation on the episode Hide And Q, the character Q grants the characters wishes, and teenage Wesley Crusher wishes to be 10 or so years older. Then suddenly, BAAM he's transformed into a strapping, tall and exceptionally hunky man. We then cut to Geordi LaForge leering at the new Wesley and saying, "Hey, Wes. Not bad." It has been noted by several sources that Lavar Burton's character was originally supposed to be gay, but this is the only time it appears to be shown on screen, in this season one episode. Thereafter, it is NEVER EVER EVER EVER mentioned again, and the LaForge character eventually falls in love with a holodeck character then eventually an actual woman, and they live happily ever after. BLAM.

* An [[DeletedScene unaired episode]] of ''LightNovel/AngelBeats'' has most of the cast [[WorldOfHam transform into crazed hyper-hams]] who [[UpToEleven seem impossibly over-the-top even compared to their normal hammy personalities]]. They continue to [[BeyondTheImpossible top each other and become more and more obnoxious and hyperactive]] throughout the episode, and eventually (though somewhat spontaneously) wear themselves out. And...that's pretty much it. The episode was never broadcast, so, of course, none of the insanity that happens in it is ever brought up in any other episode, even though it clearly takes place sometime in the middle of the main plot.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnzFRV1LwIo Cadbury are]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVblWq3tDwY&feature=related pretty good]] at this.

-->--'''Yugi''', '''''WebOriginal/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'''''

* GurrenLagann has its Blammer with episode four: The heroes don't seem to have anything better to do than trying to get some food, Kamina almost kills Simon "to make him more manly", there is a lot of lecturing on how to combine as brotherly as possible and the animation suddenly drops in quality. The only thing relevant to the plot is Kittan and his sisters being introduced, wearing psychedelic costumes while riding cows backwards. The consumption of Boota's tail is instrumental in defeating this episode's enemy mecha, which is piloted by a bunch of pink puffballs. [[FacePalm Yeah...]]

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has too many of these to count, but the first BLAMEpisode was the episode "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak". In this episode Ash and the crew get off a boat on a beach, [[TheLancer Brock]] spots a mysterious girl and falls head-over-heels, but Ash and Misty miss her completely. Team Rocket gets off the same boat, and James suffers the same situation. They run into a strange old woman, who informs them of this condition, and the next day, both of them are kidnapped by the ghost. When they are found, they have become completely obsessed with the girl, and the old woman from the earlier scene explains that the girl is a spirit who wishes to steal their souls. The spirit turns out to be a Pokémon named Gastly, who defeats Ash's and Team Rocket's Pokémon by turning into their weaknesses (AKA: a mousetrap for Pikachu, a ball of yarn for Meowth). However, the sun rises and Gastly vanishes, with his soul apparently free. Ash and co. and [[GoldfishPoopGang Team Rocket]] party for the night, and the episode is never mentioned again.

* GurrenLagann has it's Blammer with episode four: The heroes are acting stoned and don't seem to have anything better to do then trying to get some food, Kamina almost kills Simon "to make him more manly", there is a lot of lecturing on how to combine as brotherly as possible and the animation suddenly looks cheap too. The only thing relevant to the plot is Kittan and his sisters being introduced, wearing spychedelic costumes while riding cows backwards. Kinon also seems to think pink plushballs are "yummy".The consumption of Boota's tail is instrumental in defeating this episode's enemy mecha. [[FacePalm Yeah...]]

* An [[DeletedScene unaired episode]] of ''AngelBeats'' has most of the cast [[WorldOfHam transform into crazed hyper-hams]] who [[UpToEleven seem impossibly over-the-top even compared to their normal hammy personalities]]. They continue to [[BeyondTheImpossible top each other and become more and more obnoxious and hyperactive]] throughout the episode, and eventually (though somewhat spontaneously) wear themselves out. And...that's pretty much it. The episode was never broadcast, so, of course, none of the insanity that happens in it is ever brought up in any other episode, even though it clearly takes place sometime in the middle of the main plot.

* Even a show as great as GurrenLagann has it's Blammer with episode four: The heroes are acting stoned and don't seem to have anything better to do then trying to get some food, Kamina almost kills Simon "to make him more manly", there is a lot of lecturing on how to combine as brotherly as possible and the animation suddenly looks cheap too. The only thing relevant to the plot is Kittan and his sisters being introduced, wearing spychedelic costumes while riding cows backwards. Kinon also seems to think pink plushballs are "yummy".The consumption of Boota's tail is instrumental in defeating this episode's enemy mecha. [[FacePalm Yeah...]]

* ''QuackPack'' has the episode "All Hands on Duck", which was about DonaldDuck being recruited back into the Navy and later fighting a giant bomber drone. Everyone in this episode besides Donald and Daisy is for some reason a {{Dogface|s}}.

* ''[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' has always been a little more lighthearted than it's predecessor. However, the episode "Critters" was just plain out there. A farmer and his daughter genetically engineer farm animals so they can become bigger. After a cow runs amok at an agricultural expo, they're ordered to cease their growth hormone experiments. So they send giant preying mantises, demonic chickens, and a talking goat to attack Gotham City. AgonyBooth said it best "I wish I was making all this up, believe me. It’s like David Lynch made a Batman cartoon and forced the networks to air it."