Ten best cartoon episodes from any TV show ever!

[Fone Bone]

A dreaded Toonime Zuperhero list thread! Who will wins?

The ground rules.

List the ten best animated episodes of all time. Any show. Explain each episode's place on the list so the mods will stop giving me the hairy eyeball and menacingly cracking their knuckles.

As far as I'm concerned if you have a lack of imagination, you can literally list ten episodes from the same show. But c'mon man, put some EFFORT into this.

I'll go first.

1. The Simpsons "Homer's Enemy"

Controversial choice as this is a controversial love-it-or-hate-it episode, but I will embrace the hate the way Frank Grimes should just have accepted Homer's a good guy deep down, and left it at that. Homer has never been more sympathetic to me than in this episode. Bart buying a factory for a buck is also one of the best Simpsons B plots of all time. Rewatching that episode makes it hard to believe there was a point where I could actually stand that character.

2. Justice League Unlimited "Question Authority"

No lie. I almost made this number 1. I probably should have, but Homer's Enemy being there is partly a middle finger for being what it is. This episode's continuity-fest, shocking plot twists, adults themes and pathos, and great characterization make "Question Authority" the best episode of the best animated series of all time.

3. Futurama "Bender's Big Score, Part 4"

Bender's Big Score is literally the best thing Futurama ever did, and when chopped up for syndication there is no question in my mind the last part is best. The climax with Al Gore saving the world with deadly lasers instead of deadly slideshows is legitimately exciting, as the extended Futurama Theme plays during the entire cast fighting against the Scammers. Santa, Kwanzaa-Bot, and the Hanukkah Zombie, played by Mark Hamill(!) have a masterful rap number, and the Lars reveal and accompanying musical montage is the most moving, satisfying, and rewarding Futurama moment of all time.

4. She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power "The Portal"

I'm not even sure this wound up the best episode of this show (the series finale was also excellent). But this was the specific episode that told me this show was one of the best animated series of all time, so it's ranked up there with the greats.

5. BoJack Horseman "Free Churro"

Honestly, I don't believe I have responded to BoJack Horseman as well as some other viewers, but I was surprised at how much I liked this episode. I knew people raved about it, and people have raved about the show's surprising level of drama and pathos. So I was unprepared and completely pleasantly shocked at how funny this is. I don't find much about BoJack himself sympathetic, even at his mother's funeral. But the monologue is great, goes a lot of interesting places, and the episode ends on perhaps the best joke of the series, which is better than the best jokes of many other series as well.

6. Gargoyles "The Gathering, Part 2"

I think Greg Weisman is a completely overrated writer. I think the dude has been coasting on the twist from The Gathering his entire career, always promising to top it with his set-up and foreshadowing, and somehow never doing it. But I get why he coasted on it at all. That would be a career highlight for ANYONE, and Weisman's rotten luck is that he got it out of the way so early on, so that now he does nothing but disappoint me. But Owen as Puck IS probably the greatest animated surprise twist of all time. I'll give him that.

7. Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters "Predacons Rising"

Technically a movie instead of an episode, and unlike Bender's Big Score I can't declare a portion of it the best part because I don't think it's been properly chopped up for syndication. Still I needed to include it because it was a watershed moment in the Transformers franchise. It made Transformers Prime literally the first thing EVER in the franchise I loved. That ending with Optimus Prime's dying monologue over the good Bots seeing the escaping Sparks took my breath away. Sadly, nothing else Transformers has "sparked" that reaction in me, not even further stuff in the Aligned continuity. But my reaction to the awful Michael Bay films is "If they didn't exist, neither would Transformers Prime". That is more than a fair trade in pop-culture karma.

8. Family Guy "You Can't Handle The Booth"

I expect this to another controversial choice, because not only is it a relaunch episode, but it's one from one of the last couple of seasons. One of the few things I like about Family Guy, despite the latest seasons usually sucking, is that every few seasons the show delivers an episode better than any before it. The Simpsons will NEVER top its best stuff, no matter how long it runs, but I remember watching this a couple of years ago, and BAM!, it's now my favorite episode. I don't know if you listen to as many audio commentaries I as I do, but this really feels authentic to the experience, even though it is entirely scripted. When Shannon Sharpe says "There is where the animators take things off the page, as we say," I was like, "There is no way something that realistic was scripted". And yet IT WAS. The reason I suspect I'm alone in loving this episode is that my favorite moment was barely commented on online, which tells me most people didn't actually get or understand the joke. But during the commentary, at the Griffins' Church, Jesus comes back, kills the priest, turns into a demon, and goes on a killing spree. Which is the point the people in the commentary go off on an unrelated tangent about their paychecks. That seems to happen in EVERY real-life commentary. The one scene that DESERVES to be talked about and commented on is always ignored because the commenters are focused on much less interesting personal things. The episode ending with Seth MacFarlane introducing himself and the real-life cast to the Griffins should not be able to work with no pictures on screen to state who is voicing who. And yet it totally does. It's by far my favorite Family Guy episode ever.

9. Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures "Day Of The Mice / Still Oily After All These Years"

The Ralph Bakshi Mighty Mouse remake from the 1980's was one of the most influential cartoons from my youth and there are a lot of great 11 minute cartoons to pick from on the list. But this list SHOULD be for single episodes, not individual cartoons. The second season premiere not only has one great cartoon, but both of them are amazing. The Pee-Wee Herman slam, Mighty doing the Jimmy Stewart riff, Oil Can Harry and Pearl Pureheart having a cathartic screaming session that Mighty confusedly interrupts, it's all golden. Best of all, John Kricfalusi had left the show by this point, so it's one of those episodes I don't have to feel guilty for liking in hindsight.

10. Teen Titans "Birthmark"

Coming up with the 10th episode on the list was actually difficult. But even if Birthmark is far lesser than the other episodes on this list, it's still the best Teen Titans episode of all time, and how I choose to remember the show, as shaky as it was, at its best. Maybe it's not such a hard decision after all.

 

[Red Arrow]

I tried but I have way too many favorite episodes. I find it impossible to do a top 10, so I decided:
1) to leave comedy out, so if I love an episode just because it's hilarious, sorry, nope
2) to have only one episode per cartoon

1. Samurai Jack - Episode XLIX: "The Four Seasons of Death"
I can literally watch this episode several times in a row without getting bored Autumn and spring are obviously the best parts.

2. Young Justice – The Fix
Season one is loaded with fantastic episodes, and weirdly enough, I pick an episode from season 2. But everything in this episode was perfect. You hate Miss Martian, but you can also somewhat understand her. Same with Nightwing.

3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - "The Western Air Temple"
We can all feel how hard it must have been for Zuko. Same with Aang and his friends for letting Zuko help.

4. W.I.T.C.H. – "Y is for Yield"
Probably the best .... ..... in the history of .... ......, and then AGAIN, what? I hadn't even fully digested the first yet! I can't say anything else. Watch the series so we can be amazed together

5. Clarence - "Clarence's Stormy Sleepover"
Belson and Mr. Reese bonding together was so sweet. I felt so sorry for both Ms. Julep and Ms. Baker. My eyes got wet at the end.

6. The Secret Saturdays - "Where Lies the Engulfer"
This is one of my favorite cartoons. I wish I had this episode on DVD. (it's not on my "Season One" DVD)
Zak and Doyle do some bonding in this episode and the ending gets really tense.

7. Generator Rex - "Plague"
Perhaps a bit odd that Generator Rex is on this list, but I found the plot of this episode very original. I can't think of anything like it.

8. Kim Possible - "Sink or Swim"
This episode is so "simple" and perhaps even "basic" but it still deserves a place on my list. How many times I have watched this, I don't know. I know the script by heart, I think.

9. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - "The Man in the Mirror"
This is THE best Scooby-Doo episode ever. The entire plan is INSANE (but well, like all plans by Scooby-Doo villains) and so is the way Fred is able to communicate with the rest of the gang. I loved it. I can't believe this happened in a Scooby-Doo cartoon.

10. Transformers: Animated - "This is Why I Hate Machines"
Hmmm, it's hard to pick my favorite episode of this series. I guess I will go with this one. I love how at the end of season 3, it feels like everything that had ever happened in the series has build up to this point. The autobots started from nothing (just construction workers) and now they are like a team of heroes. I wasn't sure which season 3 episode to pick (that's why it's #10), so I chose one focussing on Ratchet, my favorite autobot. I like that Arcee still remembers him. It's like dementia, no matter how much you forget, there will always be a few things that can't be wiped out. I really hope we will eventually get another Transformers series like this. (Transformers: Prime was very good but the only character that got fleshed out was Arcee, the past of all other characters is a complete mystery, and so many episodes ended with a status quo, the series felt like an endless loop)

I had to make some very tough choices, like leaving out Superman: The Animated Series, Hubert and Takako, Gargoyles, Over the Garden Wall, Amphibia, Hey Arnold, Shaun the Sheep, Infinity Train...

This took way too long to make, I should be studying for my exams :s

 

[Fone Bone]

This took way too long to make, I should be studying for my exams :s

I create non-talkback threads for this site very rarely. I put in actual effort instead of asking a random one sentence question and throwing it to the crowd. The few threads I do create, I want people to be thoughtful and actually put in some effort into formulating their responses. It's work. And it's something I love.

I love your list by the way. Because not only does it not contain a single entry that is on mine, none of the episodes you chose were from shows I chose either. That is how huge this topic can be with the right effort.

I notice you were the only person to respond so far. I expect the post count for this thread to be relatively low.

 

[Red Arrow]

I create non-talkback threads for this site very rarely. I put in actual effort instead of asking a random one sentence question and throwing it to the crowd. The few threads I do create, I want people to be thoughtful and actually put in some effort into formulating their responses. It's work. And it's something I love.

A few weeks ago, I had to write a 2 page long peer-review about two video presentations, each 15 minutes. It took me sooooo long to write, I remember thinking: if only I were Fone Bone. I don't find it hard to write a paper, as long as it's not a review.

But now I'm going off-topic

 

[Fone Bone]

A few weeks ago, I had to write a 2 page long peer-review about two video presentations, each 15 minutes. It took me sooooo long to write, I remember thinking: if only I were Fone Bone.

Dude, that made my day.

 

[Neo Ultra Mike]

This actually is a really good idea I have to say Fone Bone so I'm going to take my shot at it. Now bear in mind these are all shows that though I've enjoyed and seen about every episode of I haven't gotten back and re watched them again for the list so these are the ones that just personally stick out the most to me. I also in the spirit of the others so far on the list tried picking out shows not really discussed yet and ones I felt I still actually had a lot to say about the specific episode to describe why I would place it on a personal list of favorites. So it has to be beyond just "tee hee that was funny" or something like that. So with that said here are my list of favorites from... eh usually I'd do it 10-1 but why not 1-10 like everyone else has been doing? Also only going by specific individual episodes not movies or specials based on the series cause that's kind of cheating for a "best episodes" list. So with that out of the way here are the 10 episodes now all fully edited and talked about.


1. Steven Universe - "Mindful Education" - I've mentioned it before and I'll tap on it again real quick here as I kind of have a personal connection to this episode in the terms of "oh I actually did go through what Connie goes through here". In terms of at school inadvertingly accidentally really hurting someone and sending them to the hospital and feeling a sense of guilt about it. Well at the time I think it was just shock and "please don't let me get grounded forever because of this" but still guilt looking back and how yeah you don't really see shows address and really know what to say about those kind of moments. And I really like what this show does have to say. Some of SU's logic and advice is iffy and quite honestly I don't think the idea of being able to forgive everyone or try and see the good even in the worst people is healthy but this one is something that really should be in more children's medium; the idea that yeah anger is going to happen and you are going to experience these sort of moments blowing up and exploding on someone. These are moments though you can't just hide and keep to yourself and have to talk them through and show what happened and how it made you feel if you are going to move forward. And that in the grand scheme of things these are not the sort of things you can let forever weigh on your concious and just linger on in your soul. Seriously that entire song that Garnet and Stevonnie sings about that and then the image of Steven Connie Ruby and Sapphire looking up to see the metaphorical butterflies flapping away after having released their tension is not only one of the more emotional moments I've seen and experienced in a show but one of those calming and "that just hits so powerfully and feels so perfectly timed I can't imagine another show doing it better" bits. And just when you think the show won't top that we then cut to Steven's trauma showing all the people he feels bad for letting down and hurting and having to reconnect back with Connie knowing that pain in a sense and knowing it's better to be together and deal with it then letting it drag the both of them down and having that moment at the end with Stevonnie just happily looking up at the sky content. It just works and connects so well and again just feels like the kind of episode you would not see in another cartoon which honestly a lot of what this list is the more I think about it; showing the strength of these particular shows and why they not only work so well but why these episodes just couldn't be done as good in other series. Like maybe something like this could of been done in Adventure Time (which sadly didn't make this list but would of come close to with some of it's episodes) but there's a goofier and more out there tone compared to this series where it wouldn't impacted nearly as much. Which is why this one stands out so well and just puts me in a such great mood seeing and thinking about it from the more impressive animation (thanks to special guest animation) and even the comedy bits from the Steveonnie Steven and Connie signs and use of fusion dance and just the general vibe of this one. Honestly this episode makes me wish Steven and Connie were more like the co leads of this series instead of it focusing so much more on Steven because of how great a lot of Connie episodes are with this obviously being the biggest example. But for how it makes me feel and look back on my own life I just have to give it that number one slot.

2. Rick And Morty - "Star Mort: Rickturn Of The Jerri" -You know here's a "hot take" about Rick and Morty; The show is still of the same if not BETTER sense of overall quality and enjoyment as it was in the first two seasons as it's been in seasons 3 and 4. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion but I do not get the hatred and dislike the later half of this series has gotten. Has it sunk to Family Guy level laziness? Simpsons level inability to tell a coherent story? Even later South Park level of just hammering in one joke over and over again? No it hasn't. In fact honestly season 4 has been incredibly strong and though some episodes have some specific bits I'm not a fan of, most of them have hit bullseyes. Heck episodes that I really liked except for the "Rick screws or insults someone else" endings of say "One Crew Over The Cuckoo's Morty" or "Childrick of Mort" were actually made better by this particular latest episode which just ended the season. To a lot of people even ones that hate or annoyed by season 4 they view it as "the good one" but in a pretty good season I view it as honestly the best of the show that I've actually rewatched quite a few times since it's come out. The opening bits with the invisible belt of Morty and Summer constantly trying to grab it to both peep on the opposing sex (showing they are both kind of teenage pervs looking for their own sort of kicks when usually you'd lean on one side of the fence just being a horndog when it really shouldn't) or Jerry preparing a therapy puppet for Dr. Wong because he's seen other shows do it and thinks that's what you're supposed to do when it really isn't and even getting to see exactly what Space Beth has been up to. Honestly I was perfectly fine with the ending of the original season thinking that Rick didn't clone Beth and there wasn't this real Beth out in space having adventures but quite honestly I love instead what they do here; loop back to "The ABCs of Beth" where Rick was laying out Beth's options on what she should do with her life to be a better person and flipping on Rick asking which version of her does HE want and him not even being able to tell her and just making a copy to have both options but having no idea which is which and in the end that not even mattering to the Beths with Rick realizing how horrible a father he is. Like yeah that is such a satisfying ending seeing the two Beths realize the whole clone issue doesn't matter and they have other things to work forward to and just leaving Rick and even the others in the family pointing out not to drag him into his attempt to regain control and having this pretty sad kicker at the end. And that's even minusing the second half space action which... honestly in terms of interesting fights and how it connects into the overall story is a way better Star Wars then Rise of Skywalker. I'm seriously glad despite the tease of not doing anything with the lore in "Neverricking Morty" we actually did get follow up on Tammy and Phoenix Person and the galactic government fall out from the start of season 3 seeing Tammy offed and after an epic fight with Phoenix Person (who of all people Jerry wound up delaying enough to be taken out showing he does have his moments which you really need to do with this sort of character) seeing this particular branch defeated and how Morty and Summer work together using the power of product placement to ultimately defeat this gigantic weapon. Honestly just a lot of great jokes connecting various story bits throughout the show and just a lot of amusing jokes and really impactful solid action just makes this a fantastic episode that really works on so many levels. R&M may not be the best show with it's world building and lore but stuff like this shows it is important and when it's time to pay dues, this one delivers. However when it comes to just king of overall series continuity and really getting to play with that...

3. The Venture Brothers - "Arreras In Science" - That would be The Venture Brothers. Now if you remember like several years back there was a post on this forum talking about specific least favorite episodes of a cartoon you loved. One of those I chose was Venture Brothers "Careers In Science" saying it was pretty boring and standard without that many jokes and quite honestly was before the Venture Family had cohesed as a really solid enjoyable family unit as a lot of what carried the first half of the first season were more supporting characters like The Monarch or Dr. Orephus not the astronauts found in that episode. But I said it's not one you should really cut as Venture Brothers is so good with it's continuity it would hurt a half dozen episodes if you were to remove one especially an earlier one that can plant things for later episodes to take advantage of. However I did not know at the time how important "Careers in Science" was because that was before "The Venture Brothers and The Curse of the PROBlem" revealed that hidden deep beneath that PROBlem light was the thought to be and constantly mentioned and referenced to be death Jonas Venture Sr. Like my god as a long time fan my jaw dropped at that reveal and thought "well this multi parter can't get any better then that" but then you get to this episode that fills in all of the incredibly interesting details and background and how so well it connects the past with the present. All surrounded by two supposed friends caught in the limbo between life and death and their supposed heirs who we thought were these incredible screw ups that were nothing compared to their older generation but find out just how much they've surprassed. I guess technically Blue Morpho/Venturion/Vendetta is this more tragic figure but at the same time he was still easily tricked and blackmailed because he agreed to have sex some woman behind his wife's back and yeah say what else you will about the Monarch but that's something Malcolm wouldn't ever do to his wife. Though yeah in terms of sheer scuminess that's nothing compared to Jonas Venture Sr which yeah has been referenced so much before on the show but that was always from the perspective of flashbacks and of other characters but now actually getting to see more into the current Sr's mind really brings that home. That he honestly believes his own hype so when he hears about all he's done to Blue Morpho just thinks of how he POSTIVELY impacted the guy and not all the negative wrongs and thinks it's totally fine having his own brain fully implanted into Vendetta even knowing that would just fry Blue Morpho and screw him over one last time but not getting how wrong that would. And just the delicious irony of Monarch showing up and that screwing with Blue Morpho's systems enough to wind up taking the two out for seeming good so you get this idea that The Monarch got the last laugh against his what I'm sure will be real dad over the one who raised him. And I also really loved getting the backstories of how Venturion went from Vendetta from the original team Venture and Dr. Z and more details on that infamous incident aboard Gargaunta 2 that seemingly killed of Venture Sr and seeing all of these various parties converse and talk about it and compare notes. Again part of me prefers the action and drama that can sort of give thus why I put Rick and Morty above it since though this one has more history doesn't really have as compelling action or dramatic moments but is still really good. And even has great laughs from Hanking talking about his multiple personalities and talking about Split to that failed Thanksgiving day parade at the very end. Just again so much history and lore dumped out us but like any good mystery still leaving a few doors open. Who was the one who pulled the plug that day during Sharky's machine and why? I'm sure we'll find out and I'm fine waiting as many seasons as this show goes on to get that info.

4. The Angry Beavers - "Pass It On!" - I have to admit that for this show, this episode is sort of a weird pick. Since yeah personally Angry Beavers is one of my personal favorite Nicktoons (I think everyone agrees Avatar The Last Airbender is the best Nicktoon but everyone is going to have one they just personally really love and this is mine) but the reason I love it so much is the chemistry between Richard Steven Horvitiz and Nick Bakay as Daggett and Norbert. Like though it's a traditional sort of buddy dynamic their incredibly out there and emphatic delivery and very improvistional tone is just so great and honestly there are a lot of episodes that are just carried by their back and forth where you don't really even need any supporting cast at all. "Up All Night" "Same Time Last Week" "Pack Your Dags" that mostly just rely on the back and forth commradery the two have that is just so infectious. And yeah this episode does have some of that but not only is this one of the few episode that not only has a majority of the supporting cast in it but in speaking roles, but for the most part takes place in fantasy sequence that totally separate Norbert and Dagget. So why has it as the favorite? Well honestly the idea of this one is just so awesome that I've yet to really see in another cartoon I want to give it props. Like yeah we typically see a Rashomon esque story in a lot of cartoons where characters get to tell the specific events of one story in differing ways with differing art styles but this time around it's going for a more unique kind of story telling method; where you start out with one narrative and then let everyone else get to continue it in their own sort of unique way. Like honestly that's just a cool way of doing stories and having done back and forths with people and having their own distinct styles mix with yours does result in some interesting stories. And honestly I just love getting to see everyone's own distinct art style matching their personality or sometimes even totally going against it just to tell these kind of stories. You've got Norbert setting it up as a classic spy story and then have Barry make it this sort of groovy disco 70's musical and then Bing's manic energy being replicated in this totally cartoony sketchy style comedy and Truckee totally swerving the story away just to talk about his truck and Stump having this old timey kind of black and white 1900's over the top melodrama that is just a set up for "throw a log at him" and Treeflower's Lina Inverse esque Slayers story (yeah I always give mad props to a cartoon that can reference anime with deeper cuts then Dragon Ball Z or Pokemon or Sailor Moon. How many shows are going to remember Slayers was a thing even in like 2000?) and Dag just having no idea how to end this story despite everyone's suggestion and just going with "The End". Just great stuff. And I think they knew this was a special episode because this is one of those rare cartoon episodes goes between the traditional 11 minute episode to a 15 minute episode as the "sister" episode of "Stump's Family Reunion" is only 7 minutes. So yeah they knew it was important to have everyone have time to show off their style for the story so were fine pairing with a short episode. Major kudos there guys. So though it's not the traditional example of why The Angry Beavers is so great it's the one that stands out to me the most and gets it's slot here as my top ep of the show.

5. Harley Quinn - "Thawing Hearts" - Now at first I was thinking of putting "Bachleorette" as my choice due to having seen that episode despite it only coming out like a week ago at least 5 times and still enjoying pretty much each and every moment. And though that is a really great ep it did have that "under the sea" parody number involving poop I wasn't that much of a fan of that can easily be skipped, and thinking back on the show remember how awesome "Thawing Hearts" is. Which if you didn't see my post on the talkback for that episode allow me to relay this point I had about it here; to me and what I'm finding is actually a few others, this outdoes the greatness of Batman The Animated Series "Heart Of Ice" in terms of a Mr. Freeze story. Yeah I know that episode gave Mr. Freeze his heartbreaking origin that was something the cartoon invented as the comics never gave Mr. Freeze a compelling backstory, and that one is in a way much more serious and haunting but honestly I connect with this Mr. Freeze wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy more. Yeah you still have him distant unable to enjoy even basic taste due to his terrible accident but the fact he can go from this cold "I'm going to experiment on you to find this cure since it didn't work on these lab animals that you have 98% in common DNA with so that 2% must be the problem" scientist to this sort of charming host who regalls the story lovingly of how he met Nora and seems just generally happy to even have company just connects him more but never forgetting he is this intimidating presence who can snap on you instantly. But this one also works better in how it handles this story which yeah the Batman movie Subzero had at the end Nora finally getting the cure but Freeze still unable to be with her due to his accident and looking on happily and walking away which works (moreso then what happened in TNBA with him) but there's something even more loving and tragic of him being the one to do the transfusion and giving his own life so Nora can live happily but him dying holding her hand and seeing the whole crew react in sadness at this that does sort of really get to you. Especially how it connects in showing Harley how her own bitter views of love and connection due to having been in an abusive relationship with The Joker that true love exists as well as connecting to Poison Ivy and Kite Man's plot about wanting to get this wedding venue and not being able to due to getting wrapped up in this story but still having each other... and hating condiment king which yeah if you can't tell I'm also a huge fan of comedy so the fact this can tell such great jokes on top of having such heart breaking and emotional bits really works. What comedy did Heart of Ice have? Alfred making Bruce Chicken Noodle soup he took as Batman? I guess that's sort of funny but this one has way better hits and honestly tells a way more tragic story in it's 22 minutes since yeah the idea of this romance ending with one actually dying works way more plus actually frees up Nora to be her own character. One who I do like how in "Bachleorette" they took in a much different direction then I thought they would but it actually works for this show. It's just again a really solid presentation that shows just how great a villain Mr. Freeze can be and how you can do a different kind of spin on his origin and have it come out honestly even better even with more goofs and silliness thrown in. Just seriously great stuff that really shows how incredible this show is. I really hope this gets a renewal in some form down the line and we don't just have 3 more eps of it as I would personally want a lot more.

6. The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy - "Here Thar Be Dwarves!" - Billy and Mandy is one of those shows that I enjoy that has plenty of really good episodes ("Chicken Ball Z", "He's Not Dead He's My Mascot", "Keeper Of The Reaper") but it's also one of those shows that often annoys me with it's character dynamics overly punishing more innocent people and cruelness and how cruel and over the top aloof Mandy can get to really say it's a show I love or anything. But it certainly is capable of being really entertaining and hilarious and has a bunch of joke and bits that hold up and this one to me is one of the prime examples of that. And there's a huge amount of enjoyable bits from this one that really work; the Yogi and BooBoo cameo that cultiviates with them chasing Billy up a tree because they're rabid beasts looking to eat him but are so lame they've apparently forgotten bears can climb trees, Billy actually interrupting the Lord of the Rings esque backstory of the elves and dwarfs to point out that logically the dwarfs should have no reason to be mad at the elves for the whole cookie deal because they happily agreed to it, R. Lee Eremey popping up for a cameo talking about how violent the whole war is and having to censor it and it just randomly ending with karaoke. Like joke after joke in this thing hit so hard and are always so funny and most importantly well timed. Which is an aspect of comedy that so often gets overlooked but it's the timing and build up of a joke and what the exact punchline is that really sells it and makes whatever's written and seen hit the audiences. A poorly timed joke even by a second ruins the entire comedic bit but one expertly crafted to account for how long or short it should go is a thing of wonder. And this cartoon has IMHO one of the best timed jokes and bits of any cartoon I've ever seen that gets it the number one placement: so yeah throughout the beginning of the episode Billy wants to go on a picnic but we see the other characters declining wanting to go with him or that he should go at all as Mandy, Grim and even Billy's mom recount the exact same story that would make them say it's a bad idea; on a previous picnic that Billy Grim and Mandy was having as Billy was asking for Egg Salad a sasquatch came up said raggle fraggle grabbed Billy and took him away and despite crying for help the others just went about eating. Which yeah is amusing enough; seeing this same clip over and over everyone somehow has the same memory of grabbing Billy and not caring about taking him away. But what sells it is when Billy's Dad comes in and we do the same transition to the flashback; however instead of seeing the image of the others at the picnic we see from the bushes Billy's dad putting ON the sasquatch costume and realizing he's the one who took away Billy in this story. There is NO explanation for this. He gives no reason WHY. No one even questions it he just laughs and says Billy should go on his picnic. Something about seeing that play out and that bit build and build to this absurd out of nowhere payoff just works so well especially realziing "oh hey that sasquatch did sound like Billy's dad in his one line" so there was a reason for that. I don't know that to me just is uproarious each and every time I even think of that episode and just feels like something perfectly delivered thought of and just sinks so well so yeah an incredibly solid hilarious bit in a really entertaining enjoyable ep.

7. Aqua Teen Hunger Force - "Ezekiel" - Now the original premise for Aqua Teens being detectives was something the creative team came up with marketting as just saying the show's "about a sentient box of fries, milkshake and ball of meat having random adventures" didn't really sell it without a hook. And though the detective angle would be dropped to tell the show's more off beat stories I admit I get the idea of wanting the series to appear as it it did have some sort of through line for it's scenarios since honestly the best episodes of this show are the one that aren't just an excuse for random events piling on top of one another. You get that a lot in the later seasons but stuff like "Universal Re-Monster", "The Cloning" "Boost Mobile" "Eggball" etc all some sort of base structure to them that felt like they weren't just randomly writing one thing down in the script without any plans for it. The worst episode of the show IMHO "Party All The Time" has that problem and I know the creators by that point were still capable of actually thinking through their narratives some because that season also had my favorite episode Ezekiel. The basic idea is this little drink cup being comes along proclaiming Master Shake to be his father and the whole episode is about all the various ways Master Shake absolutley FAILS at being a father and it actually feels well thought out. I mean the reveal Ezekiel isn't his son and is just another milk shake creature being taken away works because yeah who would exactly want to sleep with Shake to give birth to a kid and the idea of having the blood set taken in a previous scene you thought was just there for one joke actually feels again at least for this show fairly well thought out. I mean as previously talked about other shows think through their stories and plots way more but for ATHF this was solid. And hilarious because yeah this one just has so many great jokes that all pile around Shake's inability to be a parent. To him trying to get Ezekiel to think Carl is his father to Shake's rant about having sex a lot but making sure his "rascal" is double wrapped the entire time to telling the kid when he's named to "sit and spin" to trying to drop a cinder block on him justifying that they wouldn't be able to pay for college to him for mocking how terrible he is at basketball to breaking his tennis racket to trying to kill himself with Carl's car just to get out of being a father to only being proud of the kid seeing his chess talent that obviously Shake wouldn't be able to do. It's all very amusing stuff. Ezekiel never came back but this is a character who works just so well as a one off making such a funny episode to come back and laugh at each bit over and over again and appreciate that for this show anyway it all being thought out without feeling totally randomly thrown together. Yeah I know this one has Chess dragon but again even that worked... again at least in this show's cookey nature.

8. Infinity Train - "The Wasteland" - Okay even holding off on the ending of this episode which is what everyone usually talks about with this ep, I want to give this one credit for how it takes seemingly a pretty over done tropey premise and totally flips it on it's head. Usually we get these stories of two totally opposing characters that wind up chained up together and having to survive in order to get back to a certain point that ends with them forming some sort of bond of respect with one another or at the very least understanding and getting more where the other is coming from and their hatred for one another being simmered. That is certainly NOT the case with this episode. Yeah it's about Mirror Tulip and Agent Mace getting chained together and winding up outside the Train into the outskirts and having to find a way to make it back to the train and talking to one another but it is NOT about them becoming more friendly or forming more of a mutual bond with one another. Rather it's about laying down Agent Mace's code and how he views M.T and M.T's rebellion against just being a creation who should have a right to exist as Agent Mace goes on and on on why she shouldn't. This doesn't have quite the heavy moment of drama as "The Tape Car" of M.T trying to get a number and be shown as a person who can prove worthy of leaving but it carries a lot of the same weight and drama especially as yeah there is very little levity in this episode. Something I appreciate about IT is that yeah it can have really light goofy episodes that are more about learning a lesson or being surrounded by oddball characters is that it can hit you with much harder bits showing the danger and reality of the situation. And honestly there's no bigger danger then being put outside the train and slowly dying being chained with your sworn enemy who is determined to see you die no matter what. I mean there are a few jokes here and there but it does not wreck the somber and bitter tone this episode has. But then of course there's that ending where we see our main hero and character we're rooting for in order to survive brutally murder with a grim PO look on her face someone in such an absolutely torterous manner. Like yeah being made of chrome Agent Mace being pushed into the tracks like that isn't technically bleeding or anything but that is the obvious implication and honestly even more so then the first four seasons of Samurai Jack seeing a non human character offed in such a way has this chill to it. This to me is especially ironic because Mace is played by Ben Mendhelson whose played a variety of movie villains who haven't gotten such a grizzly fate. Like in Rouge One he straight up killed the main character's mother but Jynn never got the chance to pay him back for that because honestly of how pansy Disney is at that sort of thing. Here? Nope straight blooded murder. Granted in self defense but still straight blooded murder and it just hits so well especially with how the rest of the episode went that yeah just have to give it some major props. It's not something like a lot of these you can watch over and over again due to how amusing it is but it works on another way that for me really sells this episode and this series so much. HBO Max please bring this back if CN isn't going to as I'm sure there's more stories like this Owen Dennis and his team want to tell and I very much want to see them.

9. Invader Zim - "Tak: The Hideous New Girl" - Honestly the best Invader Zim project to me is Enter The Florpus. Yeah last year's special that Nick chickened out of even showing and went straight to Netflix works as by far that series best effort since as much as I enjoy the smaller simpler stories and just the idea of a Zim scheme that self implodes on itself or Dib's pathetic efforts to expose him or even their more solo adventures, I actually also like the bigger stories that get to involve more of the cast and more actual stakes and something to really fight against. IZ has had quite a few "double length" episodes and though most of them are really solid, I'm going to have to go with the one that to me best feels in spirit to Florpus even though yeah it's obviously quite a lot different. For one thing Zim isn't the big threat and instead we have Dib and Gaz actually teaming up with Zim against Tak but you actually do still fell the main cast is given their due and their plots have an either fairly satisfying payoff or actually enjoyable joke to go out on. Whether Gir actually getting Gaz to dance with him to throw off Tak's Sir unit after Zim and Tak's space dogfight or Dib doing all of these ridiculous back and forth things before realizing there's just a button he had to press to stop the decompression of earth and asking to himself why he didn't just do that. Plus I also really like how this actually ends with Dib getting Tak's ship which leads to a lot of further episodes and bits of him actually using that and trying to really make that his ship and finally getting it as a space ship by the Florpus movie. Like yeah I know Dib is crazy and brings a lot of pain and misery on himself so he deserves most of his "screw you" endings but still nice to see him get a win every now and then especially when it leads to more stuff down the road and yeah though you get with these differing personalities why it wouldn't happen often I do like the idea of everyone here having reason to team up against a common enemy Tak and take her down. I also really like the build up we get of Tak throughout the first pat. Like yeah it's obvious she's Irken and has her own scheme even if you didn't read the synopsis but between the explanation of Valentine's Day in this universe, Zim wanting the experience of having a girlfriend to have more of a cover as his time on earth and how horrible he finds it and then the reveal of Tak's backstory and why she hates Zim so much is so great. Plus the whole back and forth between Zim losing his base as Tak tries to tell him part 2 of her plan as he keeps screaming and interrupting it as she just leaves always cracks me up. Just a really great story all around and example of this show upping the stakes but still being hilarious that shows just how memorable it really is.

10. South Park - "Freemium Isn't Free" - Outside of Angry Beavers, South Park is the show I loved for the longest of the ones on this list and though I do think the Simpsons has now gotten it's act together, probably the show that's been the most solid throughout it's run. Now granted it has had some crummier seasons like 9 and 20's ending was bad and I am NOT a fan of the Tegridy Farms stuff they've been shoveling down our throat the last season and a half and hope they realize that needs to go away, but when SP is solid it still really works and has crammed out a bunch of great episodes. Like for example last season had "Board Girls" that made me realize that by far now the best parents and best couple on the series are a pair of seemingly one joke runners that actually moved beyond that one joke and can make good stories supporting one another. However like that and as much as I still really enjoy a lot of older season episodes like "Pinkeye" "Roger Ebert Should Lay Off The Fatty Foods" "Craig Vs Tweek" I really to properly represent South Park you should choose an episode of it you wouldn't really get in any other show. Something that tackles a modern issue or problem really well as it's happening that's as informative as it is humorous but still connects to the characters you care about and see them learn their lesson albeit in a pretty off the wall way. And the one that keeps circling back to me is this particular episode: I'm not really a modern gamer at all but I do follow a lot of gaming reviewer channels to know how terrible the idea of "Greed over gameplay" is with the idea of having free to play based on popular licensed titles that has little effort put into it and is full of pay walls and incentives to have certain people continuously pump money into it in order to make a profit especially on those with addictions who will waste thousands of dollars on these apps. And considering what happened with Star Wars Battlefront II this is still an issue going on and though online personalities will point it out, how many TV shows are going to go after this idea? South Park certainly will and I very much enjoy the way it goes about it. I really dig the idea of Stan being the one to get addicted to this Terrance and Phillip game and having to balance those literal "demons" and actually calling in the South Park version of Satan to get advice on that; I love the idea of Terrance and Phillip being against the idea of having their brand licensed in such a shady way and seemingly being talked into it at first when it seems more like innocent fun everyone's doing and then realizing there's something more shady going on; I love the rants and tangents the new chair minister keeps going on about online gaming admitting how much a big scam it is to get big hits from the ones who would be the most addicted and yeah love how it's revealed he's the super lame Canadian Devil who has to battle the actual devil in Stan's body and how that's handled. Heck even Randy who normally does annoy me in later eps for getting too much screen time is well used here with his wine tasting and how that feeds into the whole addiction the Marsh's have between Stan him and even Marvin's gambling problems. It hits all the character beats with a great for the time it came out and even now timely issue had a lot of great jokes while still really feeling in spirit of the show (unlike some episodes that have to pretend certain things don't exist for the sake of a story. Seriously "Pinewood Derby" trying to pretend people in SP haven't come in contact with aliens by season 13? What's with you?) and just really works as this solid enjoyable that shows even in it's later years SP works and can even make the best of just milking a few seeming bits but still making a great 22 minute ep that doesn't feel draggy or just ramming in the same bit over and over.

So hope you all enjoy that list now that I've completed it.

 

[creator]

Hey Arnold!'s "Arnold's Christmas" is my favorite episode. I've watched it dozens of times and I'm still awestruck by the poignant and beautiful writing. It's a story of longing for people and affections, for time and possessions. I can't think of another episode that warms my heart like this one.

I'm not sure what my other 9 episodes would be. There are way more than 9 and it's too difficult to rank them.

 

[Red Arrow]

Hey Arnold!'s "Arnold's Christmas" is my favorite episode. I've watched it dozens of times and I'm still awestruck by the poignant and beautiful writing. It's a story of longing for people and affections, for time and possessions. I can't think of another episode that warms my heart like this one.

I'm not sure what my other 9 episodes would be. There are way more than 9 and it's too difficult to rank them.

I have read through the entire Hey Arnold episode list wondering what's my favorite, and I just couldn't decide, but dang, that's a good one

 

[Surreal Kangaroo]

I decided to share my favorite episodes of ten different shows I like. In no particular order.

1. Crossover Nexus (OK K.O.): this episode was a giant love letter to CN. I love how there are a bunch of obscure references only hardcore fans would get.

2. Dexter’s Assistant (Dexter’s Laboratory): I just really loved smart Dee Dee for some reason. I have no idea why.

3. Mystery Girl (Clarence): I love the heartwarming story about Clarence making friends with someone outside of school.

4. Mirror, Mirror on the Ed (Ed Edd n Eddy): I have no idea why, but I always liked how they dressed like each other.

5. The Contest (Arthur): I loved all the parodies of other shows like Dexter’s Lab and South Park.

6.Sir Gyro Gearloose (Ducktales 1987): Gyro was my favorite character so of course an episode where he is in the limelight was my favorite.

7. In Support of (Pepper Ann): She tries on bras. Hilarity ensures.

8. Lair of the Lummox (REN & Stimpy): I found the mock documentary hilarious.

9. Catdog Food (Catdog): this was my favorite episode as a kid, but I haven’t seen it in a long, long time.

10. Weight for Me (Shnookems and Meat): okay, it’s a terrible show now, but as a kid when I didn’t know any better, I thought it was so innovative.

 

[khuddle]

1. Justice League: "Hereafter". Good God did they have some great writers on that Justice League TAS. And this was the pinnacle of their efforts: Superman is apparently destroyed by Toyman in a Justice League / Legion of Doom smackdown, when in actual fact he has been transported to the future, to a time when the Earth's population has been all but destroyed, and the planet is further dominated by a Red Sun, causing the MOS to lose all his powers. The once mighty Superman is suddenly reduced to Joe Average, and has to rely on his wits, courage and a little bit of luck to survive. Its simply an amazing episode, one that I never get tired of watching.

2. The Simpsons: "Homer loves Flanders":

HOMER: "I'd like to propose a toast to the coming together of the Simpsons and the Flanders. If this were a more perfect world, we'd all be known as the Flimpsons. So here's to my best friend, Ned."

3. Family Guy: "Quagmire's Dad". Not a big FG fan, but this one is utterly hilarious, particularly when Brian finds out the true nature of the "woman" he's been dating.

Meh this is tiring I'll get to the other seven later...

 

[Darklordavaitor]

I'll do comedy and action separate, five each, and in order of airing as opposed to personal preference:

Comedy-

1. TaleSpin- "My Fair Baloo"- TaleSpin sometimes gets forgotten in the Disney Afternoon pantheon. The duck shows and Rescue Rangers seem to be more iconic and beloved, while Gargoyles built its dedicated fanbase for good reason, but I think this one has some of the sharpest writing of all the shows. This is a good one that sets itself up for potential shennigans with Baloo's need to class himself up, but wisely wraps that angle up by the first act to go straight to the ball. He and Rebecca have excellent screwball chemistry, which comes in affect here, and resolves in him saving the day. To me, this is an example of doing a standard episode with enough diversions to make it stand out. While many other episodes involve Baloo half-delivering a promise, and him proving his skills in the end, hey, sometimes formula works, and this has enough strong banter and memorable moments to prove so.
2. Rocko's Modern Life- "Wacky Delly"- I'll be frank, the first half is one of the funniest things ever made. It starts off strong enough, but increasingly builds to the meat of the episode, where RalphRachel (gotta remember to forget her dead name) offers to have Rocko and co help develop her next cartoon. We've seen cartoon within cartoon episodes before, with "Porky's Preview" being an early example of the form, to even Ren & Stimpy doing the concept a year prior with "Stimpy's Cartoon Show", but I think this does a terrific job of portraying the monotony of the process early on, before the reveal of the final project, which is still one of the funniest things I've seen. The second half isn't as epic (there's a reason when Joe Murray reunites the cast, they only do the first half of the episode before leading into a Q&A), but still has funny bits as it plays with post-modernism. If there's any episode that cemented the show's legacy, it's this one.
3. King of the Hill- "A Fire-Fightin' We Will Go"- There are more emotionally resonant episodes over the series, as well as episodes that do a better job of maintaining the show's socio-political humor, and some that do a better job of portraying the show's core theme of questioning toxic masculinity in the modern age, especially when Hank's generational gap between Cotton and Bobby are involved. But few are as wall-to-wall hilarious as this one, where the gang consistently screws themselves over in trying to save their hides after screwing up their volunteer firefighter gig. This episode does a perfect job of setting up the dynamic between Hank and the gang, particularly when we see their viewpoints of what happened when the station burned down. Seeing Bill look even more bloated and bald is a notable take on his self-esteem, but nothing quite compares to Boomhauer's bit, which I don't dare spoil if you haven't seen the episode. The b-plot with Peggy breaking her back also has some good moments, and also thankfully stops itself from crossing the line of making fun of disabled people. But who am I kidding? The best part is when Dale rats out Bobby and Joseph for breaking the fire hydrant. Or when he and Bill plead insanity.
4. The Powerpuff Girls- "The Powerpuff Girls' Best Rainy Day Adventure Ever"- Part of the original show's charm is how it juxtaposes shocking violence with its cute demeanor, so taking a break from that to focus on just the girls playing pretend sounds off on paper. But the character dynamics are what really make the show, and the chemistry between the girls is so strongly defined that they make it become an instant classic. Blossom continues to be her overbearing big sister self by making all the rules, as Buttercup wants to do things her own (not always ethical way), while Bubbles struggles to get her say in, which results in fun bickering in between shockingly strong parodies of the Mayor and Miss Bellum. Even the Professor gets a reluctant bit in, which adds to the fun. While I don't think as highly of Foster's, they do a similar episode with "Squeeze the Day", which I mostly like, although the ending treasure hunt loses the rest of the episode's momentum. I think McCracken and go got it perfect the first time here.
5. Ed, Edd n' Eddy- "Once Upon an Ed"- You knew that I was going to pick something with the Eds. King of the Hill already had a Rashomon-inspired sequence in my choice for it (Powerpuff Girls also had a good Rashomon episode, now that I think about it), but this one is my gold standard. Like with the other shows here, by now the dynamics between the cast had been perfectly solidified, and the humor comes from how they fail to prove their side of the story. What really works is their few similarities- Eddy and Double D have mostly separate shortcomings in their stories, but their main points tend to involve them overselling their value to the Cul-De-Sac. Ed's is a unique peace of fiction, continuing to further his personal removal from reality, but shares in Eddy's rule-bending, and Double D's earnestness. Each sequence has unique art designs to make their moments stand out, and it's wrapped together well with Johnny and Plank's comments as a framing device. What I like so much about Ed, Edd n' Eddy is how unique it is. You can discern its influences, and also see how it's affected some recent series today, but nothing else really looks or acts like it, and while I know that's off-putting to many, I love it, myself.

I'll do the action half later.

 

[Ed Nygma]

Not the 10 best by any means but just my ten favorites, the ones I always conjure whenever I think of a particular series:

Simpsons- Treehouse of Horror 4 (Donuthead/Gremlin/Vampire Burnsy)

Ducktales- Send in the Clones

Ren and Stimpy- Stimpy's Invention/Space Madness (it was grouped this way on the VHS, I'm counting it)

Batman- Two Face pt 1

Superman- Legacy pt 2

Spider-Man- The Spider Slayer

X-Men- Out of the Past

Justice League- Epilogue

King of the Hill- Naked Ambition

Peanuts- It's Magic Charlie Brown

And if we're counting shorts, I'd bump JL and add Mickey Mouse- The Band Concert

 

[[classic swim]]

1.) Family Guy [Lethal Weapons]

I’ve watched this an utterly embarrassing amount of times. Taped it, watched it to oblivion via Freakin’ Sweet Collection DVD; feels like almost every joke lands from beginning to end.

“Look at me! I’m insane! I’m Martin Lawrence on a bender!”

It’s most remembered for the Griffins beating the snot out of each other. Couldn’t help myself when Brian had Stewie run straight into glass.

Was fairly intense for its time and yet I’ve always found it to be a feel-good episode in spite of that.

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2.) Futurama [Space Pilot 3000]

Something I said back in 2019 that still holds true to me:

“20 years later and Futurama still has one of the strongest pilot episodes in TV history. The go-to New Years special.

It was so nice to see optimism and purpose delivered to these characters that were introduced to be as hopeless and out of place as possible.”

Fry motivating Bender to bend those steel bars (and to be who he is now) was the single most uplifting bit in the series that gets me every time.

The main characters had depth straight from the jump, and that’s where I think the pilot excels. Despite also being funny.

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3.) Aqua Teen [Revenge of The Mooninites + Multiple Meat]

This show means so much to me, I HAVE to cheat on this. And even then, there’s like a dozen other episodes that still fit being marked the “best.”

Mooninites just helped ATHF define its own show at the earliest possible stage. The episodes before that point were just fine, but they didn’t quite meet the threshold that Ignignokt and Err helped set the stage for.


“Multiple Meat” should’ve won an Emmy. It’s so simple. Have hundreds of Meatwads all at once by Master Shake’s own doing; then use that to torment Shake.

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4.) The Boondocks [Stinkmeaner Strikes Back + ...Or Die Trying]

Can’t not cheat on this either.

Stinkmeaner’s return was what got me and the boys howling. It’s up there with the funniest half hour of television.

In fairness, the second season of Boondocks was just like that. Season one was already pretty damn funny on this own and then this episode just came from a whole other galaxy. Almost buries the original episode as a sequel. Almost.

“...Or Die Trying” lives up to being the funniest Boondocks episode where it’s just plain joy. The Freemans sneak into a movie without paying, and it provides more laughs than any actual blockbuster comedy of that year.

You also can’t help but hype up Huey vs Ruckus. The direction in that fight, it’s timeless.

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5.) Venture Bros [¡Viva los muertos!]

“ *Word-I-can’t-say-on-Toonzone* your mystery, man.”

You’d think Harvey Birdman’s HB spoofing couldn’t be topped. And then this episode comes along.

Gruesome for Hank & Dean, but damn, is it the best.

Infinitely commendable to take the Scooby Doo cast and envision them as real life serial killers. Most creators simply went for a “reused backgrounds” gag.

At one point, the real life Son of Sam probably would’ve been flattered by being likened to Shaggy.

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6.) Harvey Birdman [The Dabba Don]

Birdman’s magnum opus...

YOU’RE DEAD TO ME, CAN OPENER!


Similar to ATHF, it only took a few episodes in the beginning for Birdman to find its footing, and this was just one of those early home runs.

I already love Sopranos, Goodfellas and Flintstones but this was just a good parody on principle. You can also feel the stupid love Birdman had for these dumpy old cartoons we were saddled with.

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7.) Moral Orel [Nature]

Sharp turn personified.

Lazzo was very unforgiving in the way he laid the hammer down, and I still consider myself thankful something like this made it on air.

Scott Adsit delivered lines most wouldn’t think to tread. Clay’s just so... tragic. What he inflicts upon not just his family but also himself.

No matter how many “dark” themes adult animation now exhibits in the present day, none of it’s struck a chord as hard as Orel. And never will.

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8.) Metalocalypse [The Metalocalypse Has Begun]

This right here?

This is how you close a 20 episode first season.

This is how you make someone love your show, your narrative and your characters til the end of time.

“Go Into The Water” is a song I saw performed live twice. When this aired I was convinced it was the best song I had ever heard in my life. I’ve aged with it the way others have aged with AC DC and Metallica and whatever. Any time I seek out new metal, I’m always looking for something dead-on similar to this to help scratch that eternal itch.

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9.) Home Movies [Pizza Club]

A small summary from my year-round HM thread:

With McGuirk, all you have to do is label “club” onto something, attend at your leisure, and that alone will set him off.

No matter how lame something actually is, Coach refuses to be left out. And he goes to great lengths with this festering jealousy.

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10.) 12 oz. Mouse [Hired]

To be clear, I loved the entire show for what it was.

But I’m certain I love Ozmo’s pilot most of all for the very reason everyone else hated *or pretended to hate* it.

Maiellaro and Williams Street delivered a show out of office paper and chicken scratches, and the first 11 minutes happen to be the most hilarious a middle finger has ever been.

Shark said it best. He robbed a bank, threw up on a woman, and sang to the police.