Sometimes even the best cartoons have moments fans wish never happened. From mean spirited to going against their own strengths, join me as we count down 10 horrible stains on the otherwise clean records of these shows.
#10: Ed Edd N Eddy: Smile For The Ed
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| If you're gonna punish Eddy, at least wait until he returns to his scamming ways! |
Eddy is about to get his yearbook photo taken, but Kevin messes it up. To make things worse, he sells copies of Eddy's bad photo to the other kids. The Eds hide Kevin's copy machine in a locker and try to take a better photo of Eddy, but Kevin messes that one up just as its about to happen and the locker holding the copy machine explodes. The Eds are forced to stay after school and clean the thousands of copies up while Kevin and the other kids get away scot free for torturing Eddy.
#9: The Original Powerpuff Girls: Town N Out
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| There are better ways of showing a realistic take on superheroes and that way does not involve torturing the good doers! |
The girls and the Professor move to a new city called Citysville (really creative name, I know). For almost the entire episode, the girls are made fun of by the other towns folk, while their crime fighting activities get put on hold by an uncaring teacher. When they finally get to stop some bank robbers, they destroy a bridge in the process and the understandably angry mayor signs a bill that makes all superpowers illegal in Citysville. They finally move back to Townsville (again, really creative name) upon finding out that the Professor also hated the city.
#8: Arthur: Arthur's Big Hit
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| Given how long this show's gone on, it was inevitable they'd screw something up. |
Arthur builds a model airplane, but D.W won't stop messing with despite her brother repeatedly telling her to. She eventually throws it out the window and breaks it, to which the fed up Arthur punches her. When word gets out to Arthur's friends, he is belittled endlessly and eventually Binky punches Arthur after succumbing to peer pressure. Arthur's parents offer him no sympathy, saying that he deserves it for hitting D.W, who suffers no consequences for her actions.
#7: SpongeBob SquarePants: Ink Lemonade
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| This episode probably wouldn't be out of place in seasons 5 through early 9, but this was made after the show started recovering from its season rot! |
Patrick's lemonade stand isn't doing so well until he finds a secret ingredient: The ink Squidward shoots out when he's startled. Patrick then spends the rest of the episode scaring the nonexistent pants off of Squidward to get more "lemonade", eventually building a haunted house attraction and forcing the poor octopus to endure it. Squidward eventually finds out about Patrick's latest scheme and tries to take the business over, but the customers run off after finding out what they were drinking. The episode ends with SpongeBob and Patrick giving Squidward cookies that were laced with spider eggs, which hatch and storm out of his mouth.
#6: Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends: Everyone Knows It's Bendy
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| You wanna punch your computer screen, don't you? |
Foster's home gets a new "friend" in the form of Bendy, an obnoxious little furball who does all sorts of naughty things and gets the main characters blamed for them by playing the innocent little child card. Bloo finally tries to get him busted using an elaborate that involves taking a picture of Bendy stealing a cookie and gluing the photo to his hand, but the little trap results in the house suffering heavy water damage due to Bloo breaking the sinks. So while Bendy is finally found out, Bloo is the one who gets into more trouble and Bendy ultimately wins in the end.
#5: Hey Arnold!: Arnold Betrays Iggy
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| Even Arnold can only take so much. |
Arnold finds out cool kid Iggy wears bunny pajamas and swears to keep his discovery a secret. At school, Sid and Stinky find out about Iggy's little secret and tell the rest of the school, turning Iggy into a laughing stock. Arnold spends the rest of the episode trying to make it up to Iggy, but he refuses to accept Arnold's apology unless he does the walk of shame, which involves walking down the street in bunny pajamas in-front of a laughing crowd. Iggy finds out that Arnold didn't break his promise thanks to Sid and Stinky, but it's to late to stop the walk from happening. In the end, Iggy tries to apologize to Arnold, but Arnold refuses to even look him in the eyes.
#4: The Amazing World of Gumball: The Girlfriend
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| "Ooh, an episode where a bully treats everyone else like crap and gets away with it? My favorite!" Said nobody, ever. |
Notorious bully Jamie forces Darwin to be her boyfriend while she bullies the other students and even the staff. Darwin is unwilling to tell her he isn't her boyfriend despite Gumball trying to convince him. Eventually Jamie starts to stalk Gumball with intent to maim, but she stops herself upon seemingly figuring out love is something earn. Just when things seem to be ending happily, Darwin shows up and tells her about earning love and Jamie, thinking he's calling her stupid, responds by pummeling him.
#3: The Simpsons: The Boys of Bummer
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| The show might've gotten a little stale after so many years, but even so this is inexcusable! |
Most of Springfield's population turns on Bart after he loses a softball game. They throw beer at him, insult him constantly and even make songs saying that he sucks. Lisa takes him to see a famous baseball player and just when things are starting to look good for Bart, the former pro starts insulting him upon hearing his name. Eventually the emotional torment drives Bart to attempt suicide and an angry mobs starts chanting that he sucks while he's unconscious in the hospital until Marge finally chews them out. To make up for it, they stage a rematch and see to it that Bart catches the fly ball this time.
#2: The Loud House: No Such Luck
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| You want a little time to yourself and suddenly your family wants nothing to do with you! |
Lynn accuses Lincoln of being bad luck after she lost a baseball game that he attended and he decides to spread the rumor so he can spend some time to himself. It goes wrong quickly, however, when they board up his room, force him to sleep outside and straight up lock him out of the house. He manages to sneak into a baseball game that his family is attending by disguising as a mascot and they believe he's good luck... but only with the squirrel costume on.
#1: The Fairly Oddparents before season 6: It's A Wishful Life
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| Treated like crap for doing good deeds, finding out the world would be better off with you out of existence and almost sent to essentially hell for making the world a better place. Is it any wonder Timmy became more jerkish as the show went on? |
In this episode, Timmy wishes he was never born after his friends and family treat him like crap after he did something nice for them. Jorgen shows him what the world would be better off without him. His parents are millionares and have a daughter, Francis is a kind jock instead of a bully, Chester has Cosmo and Wanda and uses their magic for good deeds, ect. Eventually Timmy tricks Jorgen into falling into a pit and decides to wish himself back into existence, but decides against it. Fortunately, Jorgen revives him since he passed a secret test of character.
Sources
- Various Wikis (Yeah I know, big surprise)
Well this wasn't the most pleasant list to make. If you like any of these episodes and/or can think of some other disappointments from otherwise fantastic cartoons, fell free to leave your suggestions in the comments. I'll see you later. Have a good day or night depending on what time it is.
