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Summary
No matter how good ananimated TV showis , none of them are safe from having regretful episodes , and in some instance , nifty cartoon show were almost ruin by one big installment . Many animated shows have company generations of viewers throughout their childhoods and teenage year , and their arriver at different streaming services has allowed viewer of all ages to enjoy them over and over again . Rewatching these appearance has not only result to the expanding upon of their fanbases but also to viewers pointing out their weaknesses and the moments where they were almost totally ruin .
It ’s rare when aTV show ( exalt or not ) has no bad episodes , but when it comes to cartoon shows , the interview is extra decisive about the content and quality of the instalment , specially when they are aimed at a young audience . Some dandy animated shows were almost ruined by one bad episode , with some of them even being ostracise or airing periodically , and the reasons for their bad report vary – from lazy and uneventful storyline to dark themes and messages that are not entirely worthy for their audience .
While it ’s still impressive to have so many undecomposed sequence in a serial , these otherwise great telly show only have one really bad sequence .
10“No Such Luck” - The Loud House
The Loud Housefollows the daily chaotic life of Lincoln Loud , the middle child and only Word of a home of 11 fry . The Loud Housequickly bring in praise from critics and became wide popular , but it was almost destroy early on on in its trial . time of year 2 saw the instalment “ No Such Luck ” , where Lincoln is believe to bring bad luck , so he ’s excluded from all family issue and ends up being thrown out of the house . The episode has been labeled as “ savage ” and called out for promoting tiddler contumely and negligence , and many viewers have portion out on social media their stiff disfavour for the episode , their opinions on why Lincoln did n’t merit to be do by like that , and some have even campaigned to have the episode cast out .
9“It’s A Wishful Life” - The Fairly OddParents
The Fairly OddParentsfollows 10 - year - old Timmy Turner and his adventures alongside his fairy godparents Wanda and Cosmo , who grant him wishes to puzzle out his daily problems . In season 5 , in the sequence “ It ’s A Wishful Life ” , Timmy is angry that nobody appreciates his good deeds , so he wishes that he had never been hold . To his surprise , he finds out that life without him is really amazing and nobody actually needs him . Timmy is tell that , unless he can find someone whose life is in reality regretful without him , he will be sent to a place where all the kids who wished they were never born go .
Just like with the example above , viewers have shared their thought on how Timmy did n’t deserve to be treated so badly before and after he vanished , and there were less cheerless and unjust way to show Timmy that good deeds are n’t done for kudos – but the other quality could have also , at least , say “ thank you ” to Timmy .
8“Blue Cat Blues” - Tom & Jerry
TheTom and Jerryshort photographic film center on the rivalry between cat Tom and mouse Jerry , be Tom ’s legion ( and creative ) assay to get Jerry . However , their playfulness adventures took a very gloomy and cheerless bend in the 1956 shortBlue Cat Blues . In it , Jerry narrate ( through an inner monologue , voiced by Paul Frees ) that Tom has fall into a bass depression after falling in dearest with a white cat who bequeath him for a loaded Arabian tea , as she was only interested in his money . Tom is sitting on railroad train tracks and Jerry link him , as his girl also left him for a rich mouse .
The short ends with the whistle of an approaching train develop louder as Tom and Jerry sit on the train racks . It ’s not hard to see whyBlue Cat Bluesis highly controversial and widely affect as the worst sequence / short film in theTom and Jerryseries , and though it ’s often confuse as the end of the series , it actually continued after that , though that does n’t make it any less lurid and dark .
7“Sun Scream” - The Powerpuff Girls
The Powerpuff Girlscenters on the rubric superheroes – Blossom , Bubbles , and Buttercup – as they save their city of Townsville from all type of monster and villain . In season 6 ’s episode “ Sun Scream ” , the Powerpuff miss get sunburned after fight a solar flair and are unable to campaign other villains due to the pain . It ’s one of the most controversial episode ofThe Powerpuff Girlsdue to how the citizens of Townsville laughed at the young woman for their sunburn , which has been label “ unethical ” , and the way the show portray the girl ’ pain is pretty hard to watch .
6“Pre-School Daze” - Rugrats
Rugratsfollowed a mathematical group of yearling – Tommy , Chuckie , Phil and Lil , and Angelica – and their everyday adventures fueled by their imagination . Throughout the serial publication , the character went through some significant changes in their lives , such as Tommy getting a little chum and Chuckie ’s father marrying Kira , Kimi ’s female parent , but at the end of season 7 , it go a bit further by take its two sometime quality ( Angelica and Susie ) to pre - school . Titled “ Pre - School Daze ” , the episode took Angelica and Susie ’s contention to pre - school and made way for a tailspin - off miniseries of the same name ( and with a completely unlike animation style ) .
The episode does n’t bring anything unexampled to the independent serial , except the ( often plaguy ) grapheme of Harold , and Angelica and Susie ’s fights were far from entertaining , and it can be said that it marked the beginning ofthe end forRugrats .
5“The Great Gazoo” - The Flintstones
The Flintstonestook viewers to the Stone Age to fill Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their champion and neighbors Barney and Betty Rubble . In time of year 6 , in the episode “ The Great Gazoo”,The Flintstonesintroduced Gazoo , a space extraterrestrial being who tender Fred and Barney help with money so they can take their wife to a dinner party appointment at an expensive restaurant . However , once the bill arrives , it turns out that Gazoo found a path to yield to his satellite . Gazoo ’s inclusion inThe Flintstoneshas been heavily criticized , and this installment is considered the one whereThe Flintstones“jumped the shark ” .
4“Arnold Betrays Iggy” - Hey Arnold!
Hey Arnold!follows 4th grader Arnold , who lives with his grandparent in an internal - metropolis tenement . Hey Arnold!is one of Nickelodeon ’s most beloved sketch shows thanks to how it treat day-by-day issues that kids usually go through , with a bunch of charm and a Cupid’s itch of funniness sometimes . However , Hey Arnold!was almost deflower by season 3 ’s episode “ Arnold Betrays Iggy ” , where Sid and Stinky aright imagine that Iggy wears bunny pajamas and Iggy believe Arnold told them . Iggy stop talking to Arnold , who does everything to find his friendly relationship , and Iggy ultimately forces Arnold to walk through a crowded street in bunny pajamas as an apology .
“ Arnold Betrays Iggy ” goes against everything the show had established up to then , with the story being rooted in betrayal , retaliation , and humiliation , which do n’t equate the ecumenical tone of the show . Arnold went through public humiliation for something he did n’t even do , but the ace creditworthy did n’t even have to deal with the consequences of their action ( nor did they tell Iggy the truth ) . Everyone was very out of graphic symbol in this episode , and it’sthe most hatedHey Arnold!episode .
3“The Great Divide” - Avatar: The Last Airbender
embodiment : The Last Airbenderfollows Aang , the Modern Avatar and master of all four elements , specify to restore public security among the four elemental nations . Avatar : The Last Airbenderis consider one of the well revive display ever made , but it has one instalment that almost tainted its bequest : “ The Great Divide ” . In it , Aang helps two Earth Kingdom tribes cross the world ’s large canyon together , ending their feud by coming up with a fib about their ancestors . The episode is considered irrelevant and insignificant to the repose of the series , and the creators took poster of this , so much so that in another episode , the characters fly over the canyon and did n’t pay attention to it .
2“One Coarse Meal” - SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePantsfollows the daily adventures of the title part , a sea sponge , and his subaqueous friends . SpongeBob SquarePantsis Nickelodeon ’s most successful alive show , but its quality has been in descent for years – and the episode still consider as its worst is time of year 7 ’s “ One Coarse Meal ” . In it , Mr. Krabs finds out thatPlankton is afraid of whales , so he disguise himself as his daughter , Pearl , to torment Plankton to the point of felo-de-se , and he ’s save by SpongeBob as he reveals the Sojourner Truth . Even though he ’s clearly the dupe , Plankton is still presented as the baddie and Mr. Krabs as the one to root for , and there ’s nothing fun in tormenting someone to the point where they want to end their lives .
1“The Principal and the Pauper” - The Simpsons
The Simpsonsis one of the most successful and popularanimated showsin goggle box history , and though it has a lot of not - so - good episode , one takes the throne as the bad and the one that made the show “ jump the shark ” : “ The Principal and the Pauper ” . In it , it ’s revealed that Principal Skinner is an sham , and he ’s in reality a man named Armin Tamzarian , who took the identity of Seymour Skinner after he thought he died in the Vietnam War . Skinner had gone through years of development only for his whole account to be changed , and the end of the sequence is as nonsensical as the whole reveal . ThisSimpsonsepisode is so spoiled that even the series Jehovah , Matt Groening , has criticized it .
