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* The second arc of ''[[Death Note]]''.After a [[Time Skip]] Light got two new opponents called Mello and Near, setting up a three-way cat-and-mouse duel. Unfortunately the story falls prey to [[Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy]]. Light comes across as a one-note villain and it's hard to cheer for Near, due to his spoilt ungrateful nature. Mello is interesting but is [[Out of Focus]] half the time, making the Light vs. Near conflict awfully similiar to Light vs. L. The Shinigami appear less and less and there are insane levels of [[Walls of Text]].
* With ''[[Digimon]]'', general consensus holds that this applies to three specific series:
** ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'': Apart from the bucket of [[Fan Disservice]] that was the [[Distant Finale]], the series seemed to change plots as often as someone changes clothes. This is especially poignant in the small (yet important) Holy Stones arc. These world-shattering sacred rocks were never mentioned until Mummymon casually talked about it in a 10-second conversation. There was little foreshadowing, and once they were all eliminated they never came up again. Additionally, most revelations about [[The Man Behind the Man]] seemed to come out of nowhere, and [[Chiaki Konaka]]'s [[Cosmic Horror Story|Cthulhutastic]] guest-writing episode - originally intended to set up another subplot - went completely unexplained, was almost never referred to again, and comes off as a [[
** ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'''s main problem was the Royal Knights mini-arc (episodes 38 - 47, more or less). Almost ten episodes of the same formula ({{spoiler|knights decide to absorb a certain area, kids try to stop them, kids are defeated, all of the kids are shown to be digital except Koichi, next episode}}). Minimal plot advancement, minimal character development, just... endless [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb-stomp]] [[Padding]]. Secondary problems include the near-complete disregarding of the basic concept of the franchise, and the strangely high amount of [[Filler]] (read: complete-waste-of-20-minutes episodes), even before the Royal Knights arc, which is particularly unusual in that ''Digimon'' is historically (and has since continued being, save the below example) pretty good at avoiding filler or at least giving it tangential relevance.
** ''[[Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Leaping Through Time]]'' quickly developed a severe reputation for this, despite being somewhat promising in premise. Not only was [[Creator's Pet|Tagiru]] the most obnoxious hero the franchise has ever seen, but the show derailed fan favorites from ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'' like Nene, who had become an [[Idol Singer]] by the time of her cameo. Worst of all, ''it consisted of almost nothing but [[Filler]] with nary a plot in sight'', compounded by being the shortest series at only twenty-five episodes and thus giving itself no time to pace things out or get things started. Furthermore, much disappointment was voiced over it promising a [[Crisis Crossover]] setup starring prior heroes, then giving only the briefest tease twelve episodes in before seeming to ''completely forget about it''; then having it [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|in the last four episodes]], with nearly all the prior heroes being [[Demoted to Extra]] the episode after so that [[Creator's Pet|Tagiru]] can end up saving the day with ''everyone else acting as a power-up for him''.
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* With ''[[The L Word]]'', the later seasons in general are often accused of this, but particularly the final season - which is so universally hated that some [[Fanon Discontinuity|fans prefer to pretend it didn't happen.]]
* Series 14 of ''[[Top Gear]]'' is generally considered one of the weakest seasons of the show, with an over-reliance on scripted gags, rehashed jokes/challenges and focusing more on the characters of Jeremy, James, and Richard, instead of the actual presenters. (By which I mean, the caricature-like versions of the presenters, i.e. Jeremy being a ham-fisted oaf, rather than Jeremy's own personality.) Thankfully, the quality of later seasons (especially 17) is on the rise.
* All [[Irwin Allen]] series. Each one starts off with an interesting premise, a serious tone and good production values, but by season three the cast is fighting giant carrots. Fans have long noted that the quality of his series is inversely proportional to how long they lasted -- ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' managed four seasons and by the end most episodes practically had chorus lines of [[
* ''[[All in The Family]]'' had ended its 8th season with [[Norman Lear]] departing as executive producer and the Stivics being [[Put on a Bus]] to California which resolved the core premise for the series and provided an emotional [[Tear Jerker]] of a finale. Unfortunately, Carroll O'Connor accepted [[Money, Dear Boy|a huge salary increase]] that led to the show limping on another year that saw the introduction of Edith's [[Cousin Oliver|young niece who was abandoned by her alcoholic father]] that the Bunker's took in. This failed to replace the tension that Archie had with Meathead in the first 8 seasons, and while there were still some funny episodes, Lear's creative guidance was sorely missed.
** After this [[CBS]] decided to [[Retool]] the show as ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]'' which limped on for 97 more episodes that saw the series shift from [[Dom Com]] to [[Work Com]], the death of {{spoiler|Edith}} and Archie growing into a kinder, less ignorant person with an ethnically diverse social circle which effectively killed his effectiveness as an [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]].
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* ''[[Total Drama Island]]'s'' second season, ''Total Drama Action'' was received quite poorly by its viewers, half the original fan base of TDI [[Fanon Discontinuity|don't watch it at all]]. Why? Well, for starters they removed almost ''half'' of the original cast, including [[Ensemble Darkhorse|popular characters]] (at the time) Cody and Noah, completely [[Flanderization|flanderized]] the remaining characters, kicked off most of the fan favorites (again, at the time) such as Gwen, Trent, and Bridgette early, oversaturated [[Creator's Pet|Owen]] ''again'', had Chris become such a huge [[Jerkass]] that it wasn't even funny anymore and overall, it lacked the charm that made TDI so popular.
* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' was [[Contested Sequel|contested as is]], but its third and final season, featuring an ungodly [[Villain Decay|villain decayed]] Vilgax as the [[Big Bad]], is considered much weaker than the first two, which both shared the Highbreed arc. [[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]], on the other hand, got the Seasonal Rot going in its ''second'' season, with tons of filler episodes, characters further acting like idiots, and a convoluted main arc plot involving the Forever Knights which, after Season 1's menacing main threat, just can't measure up. Its last episodes fortunately corrected in later episodes, as said arc turned to also involve an [[Eldritch Abomination]] and Vilgax turning back into an actually dangerous, [[Manipulative Bastard]] villain.
* Season 7 of ''[[Family Guy]]'', due to the amount of episodes [[Anvilicious|focused]] [[Writer on Board|on]] [[Author Avatar|Brian's political views]], as well as a few terrible episode premises (i.e. "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven"), massive [[Flanderization]] of the whole main cast (i.e. Peter's reckless behavior in "Baby Not on Board"), and, of course, [[
* Season 4 of [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] due to the show never being the same; Stephen Hillenburg notably changed his position in the production after [[The Movie]] which was supposed to be the finale.
** It should be noted that the post-movie seasons are seen as being anywhere from watchable to actually good depending on the episode, barring season 5 and 6 and mostly anything by Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas, which most people wouldn't disagree fits here.The show has also gotten much more grotesque compared to the earlier seasons.
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