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== ''Ben 10'' ==
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=== ''Ben 10'' ===
* In ''[[Ben 10]]'' episode "Kevin 11", Ben gets persuaded to sneak into a warehouse and steal a new video game before it's released. Suddenly, police in full SWAT gear arrive in cruisers and helicopters, and immediately start attacking with ''tear gas and bullets''. This is so extreme, it doesn't just ''break'' the [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]
** Everyone noticed it. The commentary for the episode notes "Sumo Slammer games must have ''really, really'' tight security!" Of course, it could be theorized that the police were there due to Kevin's presence and not because of the video game; who knows how long that little psycho had been causing trouble with his powers?
* The computer-that-wasn't-broken from "Ready To Rumble." What the Fuck, Gwen?
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* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' has its own when one sees that all of a sudden the characters are fighting their grandma, with lethal power being used on both sides. Only Kevin, who is not related to her, is worried. It's all forgiven as if it were nothing even though they fought with enough power to kill her and ''vice versa.'' Yeah, they were trying to stop her from forcing her way on her granddaughter, but there was no need for either side to use force if they have a good relationship.
** They [[Retcon|decided]] in that episode that Gwen [[Doing
** Worse, Gwen is 1/4 Anodite. '''1/4'''. Yet somehow, she is able to transform into a full Anodite and use all the full powers of an Anodite as well! ''How the hell do those kind of genetics WORK?''
** Gwen's grandmother was [[Easily Forgiven]]. After she has already defeated Ben and Kevin and could have left, she attempts to kill them. Then Gwen appears and she realizes Gwen's her granddaughter and has alien powers. But she is more interested in Gwen's alien powers than in any familial
** Grandma Verdona reappears way, ''way'' later, and she's still as much of a bitch as ever, totally dismissing her other granddaughter, Sunny, while telling Gwen she's "her favorite granddaughter" ''right in front of Sunny''. Not only is this blatantly playing favorites, but it's extremely hypocritical. So Gwen, a goody-goody, mature, responsible girl, is her favorite over Sunny, a wild, out-of-control, hedonistic free spirit....even though the latter description is ''exactly what Verdona was...and in many ways still is?'' And she's [[Designated Hero|supposed to be one of the good guys?]]
* The [[Retcon
* Vilgax's [[Badass Decay|Badass]] and [[Villain Decay]] in the third and final season of ''Alien Force''.
* Related to the aforementioned [[Retcon
=== ''Ultimate Alien'' ===
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** Also, Charmcaster's father Spellbinder (and it's a wallbanger in of itself that he, a single soul, has to be ressurected with 600,000) gives his daughter a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] speech when he learns what she did, which is well deserved....but it's ''also'' terribly, needlessly harsh and cruel without any sort of understanding shown on Spellbinder's part. "[[Moral Event Horizon|How could you do something so evil?]] [[Complete Monster|You're worse than Adwaitya ever was!]]" That's right, Spellbinder, just ignore all reasoning as to ''why'' your daughter did this. Ignore that she was left alone in the care of her [[Abusive Parents|abusive uncle]] throughout her life, that she was later stuck in this hellish realm for who knows how long, and that [[Evil Power Vacuum|everyone tried to kill each other (and likely her) in an attempt to claim power after Adwaitya was deposed.]] Never mind how traumatized Hope's going to be when you say all this and then go back to being dead ''immediately afterward'', with no words of encouragement for her to redeem herself, no reassurance that she's truly not as evil as the guy who killed you if she does so, or that things will get better for her even without you. But I guess [[True Art Is Angsty]], so just let your daughter suffer! [[Sarcasm Mode|What wonderful parenting!]]
* Bringing Elena Validus and her father from the live action movie into the TV show [[Back for the Dead|just to kill them off]]. Seriously, what the hell? Julie being blatantly made out to be better than Elena in the episode also makes this a possible case of [[Derailing Love Interests]].
** Oops, looks like Elena's not dead, she's back as a complete [[Yandere
* Pierce is killed by the Forever Knights, just so that they can be a bigger threat now. Such a casual throwing away of a character....it's a male version of [[Stuffed in The Fridge]]! Oh, and [[
* Ben's defeat of a monster made from the "trash island" in the Pacific Ocean, after it's moved to the coast of San Francisco to get more trash. Since it's a [[Blob Monster]] he can't beat it conventionally. Then he sees that the waves in the ocean are eroding it. This inspires him to do the only logical thing: use Way Big (a giant alien) to run in a circle around the monster fast enough to create a tornado that ''hurls it into space on course for the Sun''. This series has never been good with the laws of physics and tends to abuse [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]], but this solution came right the fuck out of nowhere, kicked physics in the nuts, and pretty much gave a middle finger to any sense of rationality. Worst of all, it's a complete tangent to the observed weakness Ben was presumably trying to exploit.
* Vilgax's [[Not So Different]] speech toward Ben in the series finale. ''Really''? Are we seriously supposed to believe that Ben is ''anything'' like Vilgax even though there's been no evidence of that at all before?
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** There's also the bit of [[Fridge Logic]] that suggests that since they don't want adults to know about the moon base, they must have no idea what a telescope does.
* The end of Heinrich's ongoing story was most likely slapped together because the series was ending. That's the only explanation for how lousy it was. The cause of the feud between Numbah 5 and Heinrich as revealed to be because Heinrich didn't listen to Abigail when she warned him about eating magic caramel. Only, the truth is really "her" and "Henrietta". They did this so abruptly to Heinrich, it couldn't not be this.
* The [[Crossover]] with ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
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** Nazz appears to be about the same age as Eddy, maybe a few months older. Getting a babysitter that's the same age as the person who she's watching is missing the point of babysitters. [[Early Installment Weirdness]], but it's a pity.
* "A Town Called Ed." Say what you may want to about the Eds; but in this story, they only wanted to watch a monster truck marathon with the others. They try to point out that they own Peach Creek and so should be allowed to join them, but they get brushed off. It doesn't help that it turns out that the missing last page reveals that Eddy's ancestor {{spoiler|bet it and lost to ''[[Oh Crap|Lord Kanker]]''}}.
* "Stop, Look, Ed": After deciding that rules are for fools, Eddy attempts to persuade everyone to break any rule whatsoever in order to have a good time. Naturally, Edd still wants to obey the rules. Near the end of the episode, Edd calls everyone's parents. After panicking, the kids imprison all 3 Eds in a net. Anyone else see what's wrong with that last sentence? That's right: Edd acted
** Eddy seemed to have taken a hit from the [[Idiot Ball]] at the last minute. Out of either panic or loyalty he tried to defend Edd by saying he "broke a rule, like us." Still doesn't change the fact that Ed got caged with them even though he was pretty much oblivious to Edd's treachery until after Edd announced it.
* The show is prone to these for comedy. Sometimes, they sabotage themselves for no good reason. Like with the episode they were making tacos. Why would it have been so expensive to just buy some actual materials to make tacos, if they don't already have things like cheese and vegetables laying around their kitchens anyway? Or in one flashback, they broke Jimmy's jaw with a creampuff that just randomly had a ''bowling pin'' in it. What was the point of inserting that? If they have the time and materials for so many poor replicas of scam components, why don't they simply acquire the actual thing and be done with it?
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== ''The Fairly Oddparents'' ==
* In the [[Reality Television]] parody episode of ''[[The Fairly
* {{spoiler|The [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]}} at the end of the Wishology, which hits the [[Reset Button]] on a good deal of [[Character Development]] for the secondary characters.
** Also in the Wishology, whenever Timmy drives a motorcycle, he falls off and the motorcycle zooms ahead; but he's able to ride the Time Scooter and his cheap bike just fine in earlier episodes. In part two, [[Idiot Plot|almost everyone who is smart enough to make rockets is also dumb enough to send them up without being inside]].
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** Furthermore, he doesn't recognize Poof even though the episode takes place '''after''' "Bad Heir Day." Earth to Denzel, you know Denzel Jr. AKA DJ, aka Poof? That fairy whom you raised briefly as your own son and formed a loving bond with? [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|He's! Floating! RIGHT! IN! FRONT! OF! YOU!]]
* In "Playdate of Doom", Foop escapes from Abracatraz and tricks Cosmo and Wanda into thinking that Jorgen authorized his release and that he's reformed and ready for a playdate with Poof. He then spends the episode tricking them into thinking Poof is misbehaving so they'll [[It Makes Sense in Context|put Poof in a playpen that will send him to a pocket dimension]]. That Cosmo and Wanda would trust Foop, who had previously tried to destroy two worlds and ''kill'' Poof, anywhere near their son based on the (nonexistent) word of ''Jorgen'' destroys their credibility as parents. They never once suspect that Foop might be behind everything. Timmy finds out quickly and tries to warn them. Newsflash, Wanda, you're the [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Being]] of this show, not Timmy!
* Crocker gets '''another''' one of these in the episode "Teacher's Pet". The episode itself was bad enough (seriously, what's with the mix-n-match critters instead of, ya know, [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|an episode about being Crocker's pet?]]); but the BIGGEST [[
** And since when does Crocker praise ANY of his students? The only logical explanation for Crocker's [[Out of Character]] behavior is '''[[Verbal Tic|FAIRY GODPARENTS!!!]]'''
*** [[Depending on the Writer|Crocker's actually usually indifferent or appraising of AJ depending on the episode]]. ''Teacher's pet'' isn't the first time.
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** First, Buff Stewie (what else can you call him?) has next to no development and was just an excuse for jokes. [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]].
** Second, why did ''Connie'' become popular again after Chris' downfall when it was ''Neil'' who orcheastrated it?
* [[Seth MacFarlane]] ought to be glad he didn't have much to do with the episode "McStroke"
** Hell, if a restaurant used meat that fresh, that would be the main focus of their advertising.
** However, all this was saved by [[Crowning Moment of Funny|the mustache sequence]]. Why couldn't the whole episode have just kept its focus on that?
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* "Big Man on Hippocampus", starting from when Peter is diagnosed with amnesia and continuing through the end of the episode. Peter forgetting who his family was is understandable; forgetting what a telephone is, less so.
** Also, Lois acts all hurt and tearful about the amnesiac Peter becoming a bachelor because he can't remember their commitment, saying that being married is supposed to mean "being faithful". Yeeeah, what about at the beginning of the episode, where LOIS, under NO amnesia and in front of Peter, kisses the host of "Family Feud" and tells him "I wanna be your wedding ring" in a sexual voice. [[Double Standard|So Lois can be unfaithful to Peter, but Peter can't be unfaithful to her afterward?]] Especially given that Peter has an ''excuse'', while Lois has none? That the episode is expecting us to feel sorry for Lois and ignore her [[Hypocrite|hypocrisy]] is a big Wallbanger.
* Much has been said about Quagmire's [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to Brian on this wiki. It is related to the [[
** Note well: in the very same episode, when Quagmire's sister is getting beaten by her boyfriend, Quagmire runs outside to yell at Brian over his sister getting beaten. He's blaming Brian for something that isn't his fault without motivation, and chewing Brian out is more important to him than trying to rescue his own sister.
*** Wasn't the point Quagmire was making not that that Brian does all of those things, but that he acts intellectually and morally superior to everyone all the time in spite of them? That's one thing Quagmire himself ''doesn't'' do. The fact that he himself acknowledges his flaws and asks him "what gives you the right to judge anyone?" does seem to support this.
**** And he's not "a big alcoholic bore" either. Then again one could argue that having Quagmire lampshade the show's flaws has involved ironically diluting his personality and making him an [[Author Avatar]] too (his voice pitch even seems to convert more into Brian's throughout the speech amusingly enough). Also note the speech is about the one element in his resentment that isn't caused by [[Kafka Komedy]] (e.g. "Quagmire's Dad"). It's not really a justified [[Take That, Scrappy!]] if you're punishing a character for actions that aren't connected to their flaws or even their fault.
* The episode "Jungle Love". This episode extends Lois's abusive behavior to Chris. She spends a good minute trying to convince Chris to tolerate school and realize it's not all bad, and then baits him to Freshmen-targeting high schoolers the minute he sets foot on school grounds. Granted, Lois's character these days is inconsistent and dependent on [[Comedic Sociopathy]], but it's hard to take the Aesop the episode is handing us seriously after that. (Though, since this is ''[[Family Guy]]'', that may be the point).
* The entire episode "Padre de Familia" (which was one of the episodes [[Seth MacFarlane]] didn't do because of the 2007-2008 Writer Guild of America strike). Peter is fired from his job because he is an illegal immigrant, even though 1) his mother is American and 2) he's married to a citizen of America.
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*** Just be glad they [[What Could Have Been|didn't]] choose the polite version. {{spoiler|[[Memetic Mutation|"Desu"]].}}
** [[Walt Disney]] was not outspokenly anti-Semitic, did not ally himself with the Nazis (and [http://antagonie.blogspot.com/2010/11/disney-sundries-film-that-won-war.html may have actually helped win World War II]), and employed Jews on his staff. Granted, his vision of America was steeped in a conservative and strongly Christian light, and according to [[Wikipedia|The Other Wiki]], the rumors of anti-Semitism sprang up due to his membership in a reactionary filmmaker's organization, but there's no evidence that he himself championed anti-Semitic philosophies. And given how nobody seems to care when the show normally tries to humiliate or kill Mort (e.g., [[Sarcasm Mode|everyone's favorite]] [[Dude, Not Funny|Schindler's List joke]]), why would it be a deal-breaker here for an otherwise-perfect universe? Although...there were a couple Walt Disney Productions that leaned on popular ethnic stereotypes of the time, and [[Sarcasm Mode|thankfully, Family Guy has never sunk that low for a laugh.]]
** Don't forget the "we'd be living in the Future right now if Christianity never existed." Uh, time out, here...
*** On the other hand, the Muslims preserved a lot of science and advanced scientifically while Europe didn't, and Muslim knowledge came back to Europe during the Crusades, which was what helped lead them out of the Dark Ages.
**** Your timeline is a bit off - the Dark Ages (remember that the term refers to the gap between the fall of Rome and the founding of the Holy Roman Empire), were already over for centuries by the time of the Crusades, likewise the al-Andalusian contributions to European scholarship. The primary authority leading Europe out of the Dark Ages was the aforementioned Holy Roman Empire, just as the primary scholastic revival was centered around the Catholic monasteries.
** In the "People/Dog role reversal universe", apparently what 'breed' of dog you are is completely random, regardless of the 'breed' of your parents. That would be like the coupling of a white man and black woman giving birth to a Japanese baby.
** Ok, in one gag of the episode, Brian and Stewie end up in a Flintstones-esque universe with Peter as Fred and Lois as Wilma. The joke? Nothing but "rock" puns. Um, the writers of the show do know that ''[[The Flintstones]]'' was essentially ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' [[Recycled in Space|with cavemen]], right? It wasn't just "Rock Puns".
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* "The Father, The Son, and The Holy Fonz" has a scene that has Peter, Francis, and Brian sharing some common ground by stating how much they dislike Madonna. Now, disliking someone due to personal choices they've made in their lives, fine. A bit harsh, but, nothing too serious. But, the wall banger comes in when the group calls Madonna a "liar" just because ''La Isla Bonita'' isn't a real place (Peter stated he couldn't find it on a map). [[Sarcasm Mode|Yes, because no one has ever created a fictional location before.]] Oh, except for [[Harry Potter|Hogwarts]], [[Jurassic Park|Isla Nublar (Isla Sorna in later books/films)]], and, oh yeah, '''[[Family Guy|QUAHOG!]]'''
* "Stewie Loves Lois" - Lois finds Peter in the kitchen, and remarks that he looks awful before asking him what happened. He tells her he was raped...and she laughs! [[Dude, Not Funny|yeah]]. This would not be so bad if she had laughed after he explained everything and she realized he mistook his prostate exam for sexual molestation. Laughing right after the phrase "I was raped" is uttered by a clearly distraught Peter though makes it seem like she finds the notion of Peter getting raped funny, and that's just wrong.
== ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' ==
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* [[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius|Jimmy Neutron]] has fought Chicken egg aliens, living pants, a midget mad scientist, a robot, lots of robot, he has built a robot dog, has a laboratory, breathes in space, fought more aliens, saved the world with a secret agent, stopped a renegade burger restaurant mascot, shrunk down to the size of a bacteria to extract mitochondria from them, went to the depths of ocean, and has done many more, but '''HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!'''
** Also, he's a huge dick about it to Carl and others who believe in Santa; Cindy and Libby try to get some justified revenge on him....and '''Santa gives them coal for it in the end.''' And Jimmy saves Christmas from what he [[Designated Hero|AS USUAL]] ''caused himself'', so he gets rewarded and [[Karma Houdini|excused for his behavior earlier.]]
* The episode where Jimmy builds a jetpack fueled by gold. That's
* [[Comically Missing the Point|You mean like a jetpack fueled by...oil?]]
* The episode "Science Fair Affair" has Jimmy managing to win the Nobel Prize after his father enters his oil substitute machine to the judge. This oil machine detects garbage and converts it into oil substitute. Then some random kid shows off his bomb of an experiment that sprays mud on the judges; then the machine sucks them up. After the other kids save them, the Nobel Prize judge takes away the prize from Jimmy, saying "I can't believe you're not in jail!". Oh right, reject a potential solution to Earth's oil crisis because of a near death experience that WASN'T THE INVENTOR'S FAULT, and ignore the real trial-and-error process behind inventing and that Jimmy didn't make the large-scale version of the machine.
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** What makes this episode even more of a Wallbanger is that, according to the show, [[Somewhere a Palaeontologist Is Crying|the Cretaceous period was 200 million years ago, and leptictidia lived during the Cretaceous]].
* The episode where Jimmy makes a bunch of clones of himself to do a bunch of chores while he goes to see an astronomical event that only happens every couple thousand years. At the end, he simply freezes them all so that he can "[[Deadly Euphemism|declone]]" them, except for the evil clone who got away.
** What's funny is that the entire ''[[Blade Runner]]'' movie exists to point out how much of a [[
** When Evil Jimmy came back, he made an ''evil clone'' of Earth! When Jimmy is on Evil Earth, he runs to the clones of his parents for help. After all, "they may be evil, but they're still my parents, right?" Riiiight. Technically, they're his parents' offspring, his ''siblings,'' if anything. Oh, yeah, and they've never even seen him before. But they're still his parents!
** If the writers [[You Keep Using That Word|are using "clone" to mean "copy"]] in those two episodes - this program is, in theory, about a kid who loves science. The sound contradicts the sense here.
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** Maybe after the incident in the episode, Wade might have set up some kind of account in-between Bueno Nacho and Ron... It could be possible, being a 10 year old supergenius.
* And then there's the show's finale. For some, it was a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. But when {{spoiler|Ron suddenly awakes his full Mystical Monkey Powers and starts beating the aliens all by himself,}} it just went from bad [[It Got Worse|to worse]]; and it keeps doing that ''even'' when it seemed impossible. It's ''[[Fan Service]]'' of {{spoiler|the most popular character}}, but it isn't [[Character Development]] and doesn't leave a good message. {{spoiler|Ron is suddenly told he's ready; he somehow agrees; and then, suddenly, he's the most kick-ass character of the show, leaving [[Chickification|Kim (and maybe Shego) as nothing but a damsel in distress in the final episode of the show with her own name!]] [[Unfortunate Implications|Almost as if to suggest women can't be good enough to be the real heroes of the story...]]}}
** Many people believe that the ending defines everything that came before it. This finale is about the culmination of Ron Stoppable's [[Hero's Journey|journey]]
*** The theme of the show was originally teamwork and [[The Power of Friendship]], like in ''[[The Movie|A Sitch in Time]]'', not "oooh look at Ron he's cool now!" There is an ongoing debate about whether this was a good idea.
== ''King of the Hill'' ==
* The ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode "The Accidental Terrorist". Long story short, Hank protested a car dealer by putting up some fliers at night. But some rebellious "friends" had other ideas and blew up a bunch of cars. Guess who gets ALL the blame? Yup. And nothing gets
** It's worse than that. The dealer doesn't help Hank because he believes he's innocent (he doesn't); he helps Hank because Hank can drag the case out longer than the dealer can afford. There are worse reasons, but still...
* In the episode where Lucky tries to get his GED, Peggy decides to sabotage him because he's planning to ask Luanne to marry him after he passes the test. Lucky fails. Then it's revealed that Luanne is pregnant, making Peggy want them to get married. Lucky was clearly smart enough and on track to get his GED before Peggy sabotaged him; but in the rest of the episode, everyone acts as if it was Lucky's fault he failed. Peggy suffers no consequences beyond Hank being mad at her for about five seconds when she reveals what she did. The episode ends with Peggy kicking Lucky in the chest.
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* Four Wave Intersection. One of the biggest Wall bangers in the series. Summary: Huge heat wave in Arlen, Bobby sees a commercial for a water park and gets a season pass. He wants to ride the Endless Wave but the guy in charge won't let him because he's not a "local". Then when they decide to go to a higher up he practically tells the guy "Do whatever you want to him." First off, not letting someone go on because of where they're from is discrimination, and from how the higher up acted, its not the first time someone's complained about this idiot. SO WHY IS HE STILL EMPLOYED THERE?!?!?! And with them throwing Bobby down the waterslide like that, he could've broken his neck. Know what would've happened then? Lawsuits, lawsuits and more lawsuits. So instead of firing someone who is not doing their job and performing illegal discrimination, they just let him stay there and hope no one gets hurt. The only thing that prevents this from becoming a DMOS is that the B plot is one of Bills better moments in the series.
* One episode deals with Bobby getting into Tarot cards. Hank, of course, is horrified. Bobby makes friends with a guy at a store who is into Tarot cards. Do we get an aesop about how people who try strange things can be normal? Nope, the guy turns out to be a loser who lives in his mom's basement, dresses up in wizard robes, tries to cast magic spells, and is friends with a bunch of other guys who seem to be just as pathetic as him. By the end of the episode, Bobby realizes how uncool they are and insults them with Hank. It doesn't help that when he left the group, they all tried to destroy him just by saying a spell that included the words "Destroyitcus Bobbyus". Yep, Hank is proven right again because as we all know, ''Hank is always right''.
** Another walbanger is that the LARP group actually believe in what they're doing going so far as to try and make Bobby drink dog's blood as a ritual. This goes beyond unbelievable and falls into [[Chick Tract]] and [[Mazes and Monsters]] levels of stupidity. Do the writers of KOTH even know what LARP groups or [[Dungeons
* ''Serpunt''. Let me sum it up as briefly as possible. Bobby gets a pet python from Lucky (Which, by the way, would've cost Lucky a pretty penny since pythons in general cost about $100). Bobby's python escapes. Two corrupt exterminators cause a city-wide panic about the snake in Texas (You know, where snakes including '''HIGHLY VENOMOUS''' rattlers are commonplace). Dale finds the snake, again Bobby's '''pet''', and brutally kills it rather than humanely capture it and return to its owner. The snake wasn't even being a threat to anyone. It never attacked anyone in the episode. Notice a problem?
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* In ''It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown'', Charlie Brown is in a football team during an important game as the place kicker, but Lucy is assigned to hold the ball for the kicks. Sure enough, she pulls the (in)famous and inevitable ball-pulling prank four times (or is that five?) -- twice on field goal attempts, which eventually leads to them losing the game by one point (that difference coming from Chuck "missing" the extra point after their first touchdown as a result of one of the pranks). It's clear that the writers never thought that Lucy pulling this prank in the open (especially under the circumstances shown the last time she does it) would get ''her'' humiliated. There must have been ''hundreds'' of witnesses who could see Lucy's interference. But the whole team angrily blames Charlie Brown instead, and he naturally doesn't bother to defend himself even when [[Never My Fault|Lucy rubs it in at a party later]]. It didn't matter in the grander scheme ([[Throw the Dog a Bone|Chuck even gets to kiss The Red-Headed Girl at the party]]), but many viewers wrote protest letters about this stupid [[Plot Hole]].
** It can be argued that the kiss doesn't count because Chuck doesn't remember it the next morning.
** The other two times are on
** The backlash forced the writers into a minor [[Retcon]] in future showings. After the missed field goals, watch Peppermint Patty at the bottom of the pile. Her mouth moves, but her original dialogue, blaming things on Charlie Brown, has been [[Nightmare Fuel|backmasked]] and silenced.
* Similarly, in ''Happy New Year, Charlie Brown'', the script goes ''completely'' overboard to [[Deus Angst Machina|make Charlie Brown miserable]]. For instance, Charlie Brown is apparently given an assignment to do a book report on ''[[War and Peace]]'' over the Christmas holiday break. Considering that the book is famous for being over 1,000 pages, no sane elementary school teacher would impose such an impossible project on a child (although this ''is'' based on a storyline from the strips). Furthermore, when Charlie Brown attends Peppermint Patty's New Year's Eve party and takes some time outside to read the book, Patty complains that she can't find him for the countdown despite his being ''just outside the front door''.
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*** ''[[War and Peace]]'' contains illegitimacy, seduction, attempted suicide, allegations of incest and abortion, gruesome battlefield injuries, and no-anaesthetic amputation. It's hard to believe that a teacher could get away with assigning it to a grade-school kid even for an ''all-year'' book report.
** It should be noted that this plot did play out in the comics, but the book in question here was ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', a much smaller and easier book.
* Let's just make this general statement: The rules of the ''[[Peanuts]]'' universe [[Universe Bible|clearly state]] that Charlie Brown is [[Kafka Komedy|never allowed to be happy or succeed at anything]]
* Another example is the summer camp and boat race in ''Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown.'' The gang split up between boys and girls, each with a boat, and went up against a trio of jerks and their [[Cats Are Mean|vicious, over-aggressive cat]]. Unfortunately, throwing all characterization to the wind, ''all'' the girls not only started behaving like [[The Load]] and [[The Millstone]] by not doing ''anything'' at all to help the gang win, but they also berated Charlie Brown every time things didn't go their way. It's in character for [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Sally]] or [[Jerkass|Lucy]] to behave like spoiled brats... but [[Shorttank|Peppermint Patty]]? Even kind, sweet [[Meganekko|Marcie]], possibly the most gentle female character in the ''Peanuts'' world, was [[Character Derailment|derailed]] into a jerk out of the blue just to make things miserable for Charlie.
** It could be a logical extension of Peppermint Patty's over-competitiveness and Marcie's tendency to be dominated by her friend's personalities... Also, since Charlie Brown gets appointed leader of the combined group and then immediately tells the girls to shut up, this is kind of awesome. Now, the guys letting the girls force them to sleep outside when it's ''snowing outside'' - in summer... go figure....
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* ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby Doo]] and the Cyber Chase'': So... a professor and his students create a device able to transport people and objects between different dimensions in the cyber world, and they choose to show this revolutionary technology to a bunch of hippies and their retarded dog? Did they honestly believe the Scooby Gang could stop a walking sentient computer virus capable of controlling the world's technology - that would be a job important enough for the government, don't you think?
** The fact that there even ''is'' a walking sentient ''computer virus'' would count.
*** Hey, it worked on ''[[
** The sentient computer virus thing is mostly [[Rule of Cool]]. The problem I had with it was when Daphne said that every villain they ever faced was in the game. So... the gang only faced 7 or 8 villains throughout their entire career?
*** [[Fridge Brilliance|Maybe the game generates a set of villains randomly each playthrough?]]
** The gang was on their way there just to play the new game. The virus appearing the night before was a coincidence. And the gang was zapped into the game by the guy who made the virus.
* Following on the above, ''[[Scooby
** To be fair, the reason why the pirates care is probably less about them being against more innocents, but the fact that '''they''' were consumed. It's probably more of a case of revenge on the part of the pirates than any real altruistic feelings toward any other victims.
** Besides, 200 years [[Fate Worse Than Death|hanging on an island as zombies]] doesn't leave the pirates with much else to do besides reflecting on their own lives. Remember what [[Vandal Savage]] went through in "Hereafter" on ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]''? [[Cassandra Truth|And Moonscar might've thought that if he wrote messages telling the truth too bluntly, he wouldn't be believed]].
** [[Did Not Do the Research|You're asking about the point of the random, suspicious, scary guy who hunts catfish?]] It's been a staple of pretty much ''every'' mystery story that there's someone who acts shady as a [[Red Herring]].
* [[What's New, Scooby
== ''The Secret of NIMH 2'' ==
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* The colony of Thorn Valley, a major plot point in the first film, is finally shown. It's a foolishly massive construct complete with concentric irrigation rings and very tall buildings. If the rats were trying to craft a colony invisible to human eyes, then they failed miserably. The rats still make trips into the conveniently close city to steal garbage despite their setting up Thorn Valley to get rid of their dependence on humans.
* The directions to Thorn Valley are "South by south by south.", the directional equivalent of [[555]]. These directions don't make geographical sense, and that becomes painful when these directions become an important plot point.
* The escape of a Mouse of NIMH, who is the daughter of two Mice who failed to escape. (They figure out who she is when she gives her last name.) The survival of the Mice is explained (we should be used to animated filmmakers ignoring exhaust fans); but how this one escaped isn't... well, how she escaped her
** The explanation for the Mice not escaping NIMH was that they were forced to hide in the basement to recover from injuries falling down the vent. By the time they were able to leave, the scientists found them again. There's no explanation why only one of the mice tried to escape using the "South by South by South" directions though.
* Mr. Ages refers to the supposedly dead mice as "The Lost Six." But in the first movie, there were ''eleven'' mice, and all were sucked into the air shafts except ''two'', Jonathan Brisby and Mr. Ages. So, eleven minus two equals...'''''[[Writers Cannot Do Math|six]]'''''? Did the writers even watch the first movie?
** This almost
** The sequel makes other references to the novel not present in the original movie (eg. Brutus' [[Jerkass Facade]], Timmy journeying to Thorn Valley). It may make sense that they took references from the novel more than the original movie. Some of the new characters, while a contrast from the original cast, are Bluth-ish in design (eg. Cecil looks like a concept that would fit better in ''Thumbelina''). It seems the staff looked at almost all possible reference media ''except'' the original movie.
* The rats of Thorn Valley idolise Jonathan Brisby like a
** Furthermore, what happened to the amulet in the sequel?
* The plot twist that Timmy's brother Martin is the villain. Sure, the [[Cain and Abel]] trope is used many times in media but this one is worth mention. Why? Because, for one, it [[Ass Pull|came out of]] [[Shocking Swerve|the left field]] (he was captured and tested off screen outside), two, it totally derails the idea that Dr. Valentine was the bad guy (he now has the mind of a dog) and three, it makes the prophecy [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|a self-fulfilling one.]] (Martin was jealous that Timmy was the [[Chosen One]] and Timmy didn't think he was up to the task, so Martin goes off to stop Dr. Valentine, gets himself captured, and well, this happens..) The only good thing to come out of it was the illogical result of Martin now being a British (voiced by Eric Idle) [[Large Ham]]. At least ''that'' was entertaining.
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*** True, but soon every person in the entire town apologizes after Marge scolds them for being so inhuman, and they actually decide to restage the game until Bart wins to make him feel better. They truly were jerks, but at least they tried to make up for being so uncaring.
* The "ending" to "Missionary Impossible". Was it REALLY that difficult for the writers to come up with an actual ending instead of a [[No Ending]] cop-out with a dig against ''[[Family Guy]]'' disappearing from the airwaves (it did, but it got [[Uncanceled]] just as quick), and a lame fourth-wall joke about ''The Simpsons'' "saving" FOX?
* "Homer's Night Out": Marge throws Homer out of the house because he danced with Princess Kashmir (the stripper) was seen as a bad influence to Bart. Homer didn't rape her or sexually harass her (like he mistakenly did to that babysitter on "Homer Badman") -- he ''danced'' with her. And Bart didn't begin treating the girls at school (or even his own sisters) like sex objects, so why would Marge cite that as her reason why she's angry with Homer over dancing with a stripper (unless she's one of those people who believes that a mere cheesecake photograph of a sexy woman is considered
** To be fair, there's probably not ''many'' wives or mothers who would be particularly impressed with their husband getting caught and photographed dancing with a stripper ''by their ten-year-old son''. Even with rape and overt sexual harassment out of the picture (and one would hope Marge would be ''more'' upset than she was with these involved), you don't have to be a hyper-repressed prude terrified of sexuality to wonder whether that's setting the best possible example you can for the boy with regards to the whole 'women-as-objects' thing. As for the bowling ball example, that's clearly established as being the tip of an iceberg of selfish behaviour on Homer's part, not least an ongoing tendency to both forget her birthday ''and'' then selfishly buy something for himself under the pretext of getting her something. She not contemplating cheating on Homer in that episode just because he bought her a bowling ball (although let's face it, that's still an incredibly selfish thing for him to do), she's doing so because ''she feels taken-for-granted and ignored by him''
* "So It's Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show" pretty much is a display of what a [[Jerkass]] Homer is (and ''this was a season four episode'', well before [[Dork Age|the Mike Scully-run episodes]] of seasons 9, 10, 11, 12, and some leftover episodes that aired in season 13). He pulls tons of cruel April Fool's pranks on Bart (such as making him drink six-month old milk and putting duct tape over his eyes while he slept) and Bart tries to get back at him by giving him a can of beer that was shaken up by a paint shaker from a hardware store. When Homer went to open it, it caused an explosion and landed Homer in a coma (though Bart was blown back and he should have suffered some injuries from that as well). Bart, having not expected this to happen, sadly apologizes to Homer. Homer then proceeds to wake up....and begin strangling Bart. Pretty much all of this episode is one big [[Kick the Dog]] for Bart (and a [[Clip Show]] to pad out the running time as the writers at the time decided to do a clip show episode due to creative exhaustion).
* It seems that [[Patch Adams]] isn't the only one who forgot to watch the [[Discovery Channel]]. In the episode "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story", Lisa, of all people, tries a [[Friend to All Living Things]] routine on a bighorn sheep that's about to attack her; that is, she says "I didn't think you'd go after a fellow herbivore!" Lisa [[Critical Research Failure|doesn't know much about the very animals she loves so much, does she]]? Contrary to their popular portrayal, plenty of herbivorous animals can be just as fearsome and aggressive as their carnivorous adversaries (notable examples being the elephant and the rhinoceros, as well as some surprising ones like the white-tailed deer. [[Awesome Yet Practical|They don't just grow those antlers for fun, you know]].). Lisa has [[Continuity Nod|shown lapses in judgment before]], but this one seems a little reckless even for a little kid.
** In addition, Lisa, of all people, should know that contrary to popular usage, "vegetarian" and "herbivore" are ''not'' synonymous/interchangeable. Being a vegetarian is a personal choice (and in some cases a cultural one), whereas being a herbivore is a preset design by nature.
* "The Haw-Hawed Couple" (the one with Bart and Nelson being friends) really bugs me with Marge. Bart says he's not going to Nelson's birthday party, but then Marge whips right around in anger and tells him to go. Even worse, when he figures out the flaw in her logic, she doesn't back off and smacks him on the head with a wooden spoon. She even threatens to do it a second time. Why the hell is Marge forcing him to go when she's already told him in a previous episode (Bart the Mother) never to hang around with him again (especially since he's going to be walking into a death trap)?!
** Not only that, she's put him in a similar situation when he told him to give a group of
* This Troper got serious pissed during "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister" and "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?" both of which essentially show that even when Lisa isn't being a [[Soapbox Sadie]] [[Mary Sue]], she's perfectly capable of being a [[Jerkass]] to Bart in ways that he would never be to her. The end of "The Great Wife Hope" is an even more blatant example of fraternal [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]; even if they were having a fight, the fact is the writers assumed "girl punching out boy" would be hilarious, even though the last we saw of Bart was him [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|heroically defending Marge]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|from a larger, adult opponent]].
* Speaking of "On A Clear Day I Can't See My Sister", it's outrageous that Lisa gets away with a restraining order on Bart, [[Disproportionate Retribution|after he only made a fart prank and teased her a little bit]] when she was being an annoying [[Soapbox Sadie]] anyway. Then no, she doesn't stop there as she gets a stick with a philips head screw-driver and pokes it at him and forces him into horrible conditions. After that when Marge finally somewhat calls her out, Lisa responds by saying that she can't remember anything nice Bart has done, [[Sarcasm Mode|because clearly hugging her on the hockey field never happened]]. Then after Bart makes a huge idol,...everything is [[Status Quo Is God|suddenly just better]], without any [[Karma Houdini|consequences]].
* The ending to "The Old Man And Lisa" comes across as a big-time [[
** Take a closer look at all the creatures caught. There were not only fishes of all kinds and sizes but also crustaceans and even a ''freking whale''. That net is not "morally ambiguous" it's a [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]].
*** ... [[Analogy Backfire|but even weapons of mass destruction are morally ambiguous, depending on how one intends to use them]]. (See also [[Shoot the Dog|the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]].) Oh, and if you have to look closely at it to notice the whale, then, well, they probably could have been clearer about it than that. The point is, he used sea life, but it was going to be put to practical use. Lisa automatically treating this as indefensible comes across as closed-minded at best, especially when Burns calmly explains what it's being used for.
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== ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' ==
* In Season 2 of ''[[Star Wars: The
▲* In Season 2 of ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|Star Wars the Clone Wars]]'', Obi-wan, Anakin, and Mace Windu are trying to get information from {{spoiler|Cad Bane}}, who's not cooperating. After ruling out [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|torture]] for not being "the Jedi way", the "heroes" combine their Jedi Mind Trick powers and essentially [[Mind Rape]] the victim into cooperation. The victim cooperates, not because the trick worked, but because ''[[What the Hell, Hero?|he didn't want them to do it again.]]'' Looks like someone's definition of "torture" is incomplete...
** This isn't entirely bad when Anakin at least has the decency to point out that the Jedi are acting like a military and as a result should report to Chancellor Palpatine.....who, of course, is [[The Chessmaster|Darth Sidious]], so it serves to bite them in the ass even if they don't realize it at all at that point. But torturing...yeah.
*** Well considering that the lives of two babies were on the line I'd say that in this case desperate times call for desperate measures.
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** And then, the Father, living embodiment of the Force As A Whole, brings him [[Heel Face Revolving Door|right straight back to the Light Side again]], [[Easy Amnesia|with no memory of what happened]]. My ''God'' that plot twist was pointless...
** From the same episode, only this time, the [[Idiot Ball]] has been handed to the Daughter, [[Rule of Three|living embodiment]] of the Light Side. Get this; her brother is about to stab her father, and instead of, y'know, ''using the Force'' to pull the knife away from her brother, she [[Takes the Bullet]]. And dies. Thus leaving the Force in the care of her father, who is dying, and her brother, who is as dumb as she is and evil on top of that. ...If ''these'' are the people who are basically running the universe at large, is it ''any'' wonder that the Chosen One is an idiot? I mean, come on...
== ''Super Mario'' Cartoons ==
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== ''Transformers'' ==
* ''[[Transformers]] [[Beast Machines]]'': After treating him like [[The Load]]; insulting him; calling him useless to his face and behind his back, even after he relearns to transform; and, in general, being more or less completely hostile to their old friend - the Maximals are ''surprised'' when Rattrap goes to desperate measures - namely, cutting a deal with Megatron - to get some firepower and be of some use to the team.
** And then you get a ''bigger'' [[
*** Megatron isn't the only one who suffered from this as Rattrap, the same guy who prided himself on [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|fighting dirty]], actually proceeded to fulfill his end of the deal despite knowing that attacking Megatron at the time could win the Maximals the war. Worse, ''he'' was the one who realized that Megatron was weak in the first place. The [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Weak_Component Transformers Wiki] stated it best: "...either side could have potentially won the war right there, but the two characters with the least scruples suddenly became interested in fair play for no reason [[Just Eat Gilligan|(other than to keep the series from ending, obviously)]]."
** The biggest Wallbanger of all was that not ''only'' are the Maximals surprised, but they also ''attack'' Rattrap, an ''ally,'' for protecting Megatron, even though it was the most tactically stupid thing they could possibly do. If they had left well enough alone or given him five seconds to explain, then come sunrise, Rattrap would have walked back to the team with a mech-suit arsenal of super-weapons with which to pulverize Megatron's forces. Did they do that? No. They attacked Rattrap. Then they delivered [[An Aesop]] to him about not attacking your friends or defenseless people because ''he responded''.
** Commentaries explained Megatron's behavior. As the [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|supposed savior]] of Cybertron has placed himself in position where he would have to keep his word as part of his new beliefs. As for Rattrap, he admits he originally ''intended'' to double-cross Megatron, but thanks to Megatron's playing to Rattrap's bruised ego, kept him from killing him
* Speaking of ''Beast Machines'', the entire premise of the show is a sham; supposedly, the entire "technological perfection" vs "nature and free will" argument that the show's premise is based on was meant as a philosophical look into whether one can "live" in an increasingly technological society, and whether there can be a balance between industry and nature. Sweet, [[Anvilicious]] tripe, but here's the problem: by the time of ''Beast Wars'' continuity, Cybertron was ''already'' pursuing that balance, having developed technology to incorporate organic beast modes into their systems for leisurely exploration into other planets, and as [[The Scrappy|Nightscream]] explains in his intro, had all ''internalized'', in an off-screen upgrade. Rumor has it that [[Executive Meddling]] demanded continuity not be followed for the show, but Nightscream's statement remains in this show's own canon. So, to give [[An Aesop]] about technorganic balance, the show had to ignore the same technorganic balance the Transformers were ''already working toward''? Or was the Oracle just too impatient to wait for the planet's evolution to technorganics on its own, and decided to force the evolution to happen on its own timeclock?
** What'e even worse, is that, when you [[Fridge Logic|think about it]], this story could've been told far more competently and logically by ''keeping'' continuity with ''Beast Wars'' instead of disregarding it. Think about it; by the end of ''Beast Wars'', the survivors have been altered anatomically to the point where it's unknown how or even ''if'' they could be reverted back to their original forms (btw, just ''how'' did the virus in ''Beast Machines'' override the Vok enhancements in the Maximals, but let Megatron keep his Dragon form?), and they are now privy to forbidden knowledge, not just of the Great War (that, as established below, was meant to be classified), but of the dirty little secrets of both the Maximal and Predacon ruling councils. So, if the executives wanted a "[[Rage Against the Machine]], nature vs. technology" story, they could've used ''that'' as a basis, with the Maximals being hunted down by the general populace for their mutations (which, if the "Vok are the evolved Swarm" theory is used, could be contagious, fulfilling the "technorganic Cybertron" ending they were going for), and the government in order to shut them up and keep their knowledge from sparking a revolution. Just another example of how these [[Wall Banger
** One more on ''[[Beast Machines]]'': The End of BW had Megatron's ass kicked in a major way, and him badly humiliated by being a hood ornament on their entire ride home. He was damaged in the fight. The transit through space couldn't have been kind. But lo and behold, all this is ignored with some vague time-dilation talk so that he can now become supreme ruler and nineteen kinds of invincible. That's right, total and utter defeat ensures your supreme victory.
* ''[[Beast Wars]]'' has a huge [[
** Perhaps many or all of the remaining G1 Transformers were, like Ravage, working for the same government(s) that were tightly controlling the records of the events of the events of G1?
*** The [[All There in the Manual|follow-up prequel/sequel comics explicitly show that this isn't the case]]. Most of the remaining G1 Transformers are ''doing nothing of importance'' on Cybertron.
** In ANOTHER comic series, three Generation One characters (Prowl, Ironhide, and Silverbolt <ref>
*** That takes place ''after'' the cartoons. And it's not like they did anything to stop any of the other Autobots ''or'' the Decepticons/Predacons from delving into the past aside from classifying federal records. When you consider both Dinobot and Blackarachnia knew far more about G1 history than most of the other Transformers did, it becomes apparent that the classification of information in the Beast Wars universe isn't equal, raising the question of why G1 history is considered mythical.
*** It's worse than that. Prowl and Ironhide ''died '''in the movie.''''' They can't be online to run the Maximal government.
*** Beast Wars wasn't fully based on either the cartoon or comic, but a blend of both. It was deliberately left vague with elements from both.
**** Hey, Optimus Prime came back to life (''twice''), so why can't Prowl and Ironhide?
** The biggest [[
*** There are two explanations for that, one [[In-Universe]] and one meta. The in-story explanation is that, while this is what Megatron originally set out to do, he had second thoughts about messing with history and tried to avoid it for the first season. The meta explanation is that the staff (who made stuff up as they went along in the early stages) had yet to decide if the setting was Earth.
**** They had them all take on the characteristics of Earth fauna and yet weren't sure this was Earth?
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**** Though the [[In-Universe]] brings up another Wall Banger, again related to Ravage; [[All There in the Manual|according to supplementary media]], Megatron's plan to change history would've resulted in the destruction of all Transformers, as it required killing Optimus Prime, the holder of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, which in turn was the only thing that could kill Unicron. No Prime, no Matrix, no way to stop Unicron from omnomnoming on Cybertron. Megatron likely knew this, and thus put it off as a last resort plan, only implemented when he had no other choice. However, Ravage was ''also'' present during the Unicron incident, and would also know the inherent dangers to the history-changing plan. So why would he be so easily convinced by Megatron to do it? Yeah, it took seeing a recording from the original (G1) Megatron detailing the plan to make him join up, but why? If anything, he should've pointed out that the plan was made before the threat of Unicron was even known (because Megatron would've been transformed into Galvatron, during that time, meaning the message would've been made before then) and continued to haul him in. Or is Ravage's devotion to the Decepticon cause just ''so'' great that he'll ignore ''his own experiences'' with the group to slag up history on orders from his dead commander made centuries ago? And before you answer, please keep in mind that, in his Beast Wars origins, Ravage ''left'' his fellow Decepticons for the Tripredacus council after his reformatting out of some disillusionment on his part, so he ''does'' have at least some history of abandoning the Decepticons if he feels it prudent to.
***** Megatron seems to fall further and further into megalomania as the series progresses. Initially, all he seems to care about is getting Energon. It's only one failure after the next that his ambitions start growing. Seems like every defeat, he comes back with a greater and stronger ego. It's entirely possible that he did have the message from the original Megatron but didn't rightly care about it initially, and it's only after his growing psychosis that "KILL OPTIMUS PRIME, KILL THE UNIVERSE" started to sound like a good idea.
* The episode "Heavy Metal War" of the [[Transformers Generation 1|original series.]] Basically, Megatron challenges Optimus Prime to a one-on-one battle to end the war. Naturally, being the [[Big Bad]], he cheats by transferring the powers of the other Decepticons to himself, and uses them to win the battle. Where's the [[
** Speaking of "Heavy Metal War," note that it was the first appearance of the Constructicons, who are said to have just been built by Megatron. But in Season 2's "The Secret of Omega Supreme," the Constructicons are said to be old friends of Omega that were forcibly reprogrammed by Megatron. (The time of these events is before the ''Ark'' crashed on Earth.) And then a flashback in Season 3's "The Five Faces of Darkness" five-parter shows the Constructicons... building Megatron. *beat* The term "continuity nightmare" is often used to describe this.
* Also from the original series is "Megatron's Master Plan" which involves the most idiotic of all deceptions. It should have been blatantly obvious to someone of average intelligence that the "Autobots" in the tapes were impostors that were acting REALLY badly. Also add in that the humans have witnessed repeated Decepticon attacks and that the human going along with this is already known to be untrustworthy.
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== Other ==
* ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series]]'' has a hell of a [[
** The first, and main one, is the fact that Pi and Harvey were too stupid to realize that if the Greendale Library didn't have the books they wanted, they could have either asked the librarian if she could borrow the books from another library so Harvey and Pi could have them, used the school's library to get the books they needed (Pi even said his future of transportation project was for science class at Greendale Junior High), buy the books at a bookstore or through an online retailer, go to another library in another town, or forgo books and use the Internet for all their research needs.
** Secondly, Harvey's life going to hell because he flunked the entrance exam to his dream school and stupidly took his best friend's advice to go after something that falls into his lap is his own damn fault, not because of what Sabrina did. And even if Harvey did have the book he needed to get into Lawyer's Hospital University, there's no guarantee that he'll pass, as past episodes reveal that Harvey isn't exactly one of the brainy students (he's more of the jock/video game nerd/skater boy types).
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* ''[[Winx Club]]'': An S3 ep has Tecna sacrifice herself to save Layla's realm. Just one problem with that: In doing so, she gets her Enchantix powers. It was firmly established earlier in the season that each girl is supposed to save someone from her own world through a great sacrifice to get hers. At no point did the episode, or even the series, feature (or even mention) anyone else from Tecna's world.
** As of the end of S4, we ''still'' haven't been to Tecna's home-realm, and she's moved on from Enchantix to Believix.
** This is far from the only [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|complaint]] made about the third season. From that same season, we have [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b9N3q7lF6Y this scene], in which Icy doesn't [[Playing with Fire|fight Bloom with fire]] even though she was shown [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMEowH5X84k getting that power] two minutes ago, while Darcy (whose first action in the series was to detect Bloom hiding behind a trashcan) gets tangled with Stormy after Layla sneaks up behind them. The "best" part? These lapses in logic were the result of [[Dub
** Regarding Tecna's Enchantix, some people have argued that Tecna still did save an ''entire realm'' and so she does deserve her Enchantix. I've heard some fans even suggest that someone simply may have been visiting Layla's realm during that time to justify it.
* On an episode of ''[[Monster Buster Club]]'' (an otherwise quite enjoyable show), one B-plot revolved around team tomboy Sam. She is angry because there are "no female characters in comics" and has to make her own 'girl comics'. Now ok, you can argue that women are treated differently in comics or objectified; but to say that there are '''no''' women in comics at all... is simply ridiculous. [[Wonder Woman]], [[Birds of Prey]], [[Lady Death]], Photon was for a time Captain Marvel for crying out loud, [[Storm]] used to lead the X-Men. The claim is impossible to back up. It doesn't make Sam look 'strong' or 'passionate'; it makes her sound like she seriously [[Did Not Do the Research]]... which is exactly what the writers did(n't) do.
** ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', "Equal Fights" did something similar: That eppy's baddie, Femme Fatale, goes on a rant about the lack of female superheroes. To their credit, the PPG do come up with a few in response, but FF points out that [[Distaff Counterpart|they're mostly female counterparts to male superheroes]], and the only counterexample the girls can come up with is [[Wonder Woman]] (points above). (She also points out the lack of female villains, but at least remembers to (dis)count Princess and Sedusa.) This ''still'' doesn't detract from the awesomeness of the episode.
* ''[[The Batman]]'' episode "A Dark Knight To Remember", where Bruce gets [[Easy Amnesia]] and forgets he's
{{quote|"Master Bruce, do you remember your parents?"}}
** The first season of ''[[The Batman]]'' is full of Wall Bangers. In "Topsy Turvy," experienced police detectives Bennett and Yin follow up on a Joker card they were sent with no return address telling them to come alone to an abandoned theater. Once they become trapped in gooey Joker gum, it's revealed that the Joker is behind this. They're surprised!
** "The Man Who Would Be Bat". Detectives Bennett and Yin are pursuing The Batman and decide they can find him by following actual bats. These bats lead them to Wayne Enterprises, where the creepy Dr. Langstrom is using them to research a cure for deafness for his pink-clad little niece. Bruce decides to help by giving the little girl a hearing aid. Hearing aids do not work that way.... It turns out the girl can
*** Not to mention if Langstorm knew his employer (Which he should, he works for the guy) - he wouldn't have said it's for his deaf niece. Bruce Wayne is a famous philanthropist, of course he's going to help a little girl out.
** The biggest [[
* The episode "Tasumi Unmasked" of ''[[The Replacements (animation)|The Replacements]]''. In what is quite possibly the worst excuse for [[The Nth Doctor|changing a character design]] ''ever'', Tasumi suddenly goes from being a real-life [[Sentai]] hero complete with armor with working weapons... to [[Chickification|being a Japanese pop star]] who moved to America while cosplaying as a [[The Nineties|'90s]] [[Anime]] character to disguise herself. It's impossible to believe, even in a setting as weird as ''[[The Replacements (animation)|The Replacements]]''; and their attempts to Lampshade it don't make it go away.
** She was kicked out of her band by orangutans for having thumbs. [[You Fail Biology Forever|Orangutans also have thumbs]].
** Actually it's a case of [[Fridge Brilliance]] as there were hints in season one, such as the fact in the flashback the armor could be fixed by duct tape which and one of the buttons popping out a flower, all of which implies the armor is fake and she's lying. Not to mention we never seen ''any'' signs to the contrary, such as her parents.
*** But she also had working rocket boots and other gadgets that would seem to indicate the armor was
* Possibly one of the most infamous episodes from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', "Mime For A Change" involves a clown named Rainbow the Clown accidentally getting doused with bleach and becoming the evil Mr. Mime (no relation to ''[[Pokémon]]''), who has the ability to drain out the color of anybody and anything (including Blossom and Buttercup). After Bubbles cures her sisters, Townsville, and Rainbow himself using [[The Power of Rock|The Power of Music,]] Rainbow goes to thank the girls for curing him of his unintentional dark side, only for the Powerpuff Girls to beat the ever-loving tar out of him and throw his butt in jail. Even The Narrator makes a snarky remark while poor Rainbow is lying in jail, beaten and bruised to a bloody pulp.
** [[Unfortunate Implications|Doesn't this makes the girls]] [[Nightmare Fuel|a lot scarier?]] If you do evil because you are sick or possessed, the girls will still hold you responsible and come to beat the crap outta you...that's something to traumatize a little kid with.
** It seems that the writers themselves noticed the discrepancy with Rainbow the Clown. In a later episode, as a possible [[Author's Saving Throw]], he shows up as a healthy-and-free background character at the Girls' birthday party.
*** The original ending was happy, but they insisted on having them beat him down to give the episode a more PPG-like ending.
* Something happened on an episode of the (otherwise awesome) ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men]]'' that made hardcore [[Marvel Comics]] fans furious. A young mutant character is kidnapped by the Brotherhood; his awesome, devastating energy powers harnessed for their evil deeds. Is it Havok? Vulcan? Gambit? Franklin Richards? Nope...Nitro! In the comic continuity, Nitro gave Captain Marvel cancer, killed scores of people, and is a ruthless sociopathic mercenary and drug addict. The whole episode is based around how nice, sweet, and innocent its Nitro is and how he [[I Just Want to Be Normal|just wants to be normal]]. Never mind that Nitro is '''not''' a mutant but a
** This version was based on [[Ultimate Marvel]]'s Nitro, not 616. Ultimate Nitro is a mutate who just wants to be normal, and that is probably the one used.
** The episode "Backlash" has the X-Men going off to battle Sentinels in an attempt to destroy Master Mold. Wolverine decides to leave someone behind to look after Tildie Soames, whom they had rescued in an earlier episode. He chooses to leave ''Shadowcat'' behind. Wouldn't you want someone on the team who can disrupt electrical systems when you're going to fight giant robots? The others failed to destroy Master Mold; that battle would probably have gone better if the rest of the X-Men had stayed behind and sent Shadowcat out alone.
** Another example is in the episode "eXcessive Force." During his quest to find Jean, Cyclops pulls Wolverine's loner shtick and delivers a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]-style beatdown to Mr. Sinister's Marauders. At the end, when he's overcome by sheer [[Me's a Crowd|force of numbers]] and [[Big Damn Heroes|saved by the team]], Logan delivers a speech about how [[Loners Are Freaks|Scott screwed up by going off on his own]]...conveniently forgetting that he has [[
* Ty Lee joining the Kyoshi warriors in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Not only does this contradict her entire character's motivation (wasn't the point that she wanted to be individual and NOT be part of a matching set?), but it comes out of nowhere and goes by quickly. We don't ever even see her interact with Zuko, Azula, or Mai, whom she was supposedly closer to, opting instead to be "best friends forever" with the Kyoshi warriors, which makes her seem extremely shallow as well. Ty Lee may be a fandom [[Ensemble Darkhorse]], but it's obvious the writers didn't really care about her story at all.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': the [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] Danny induces at the end of "Reality Trip". All right, the use of the [[Reset Button]] was excusable, as was Danny destroying the reality Gauntlet; but ''mindwiping his parents'' was not. They had just made it clear that they love him regardless of his ghostly nature; Danny ''knew'' it would be this way if they ever found out; and they've tried to kill him once or twice without knowing he was their son. In short, there was ''no'' point in keeping his identity a secret from his family, and he knew it. But [[Status Quo Is God]]...
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*** Which means that Rabbit is basically a walking [[Broken Aesop]]. Why? Well, Rabbit is a furry [[Small Name, Big Ego]] who has some clear [[Jerkass]] qualities to him...And yet, NO one in the show points out how arrogant he is because he's one of the good guys. So, um, [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|it's ok to be act like you're all that and a bag of chips and act like you're better than everyone else just because you're one of the good guys?]]
* The ending of ''[[Titanic: The Legend Goes On]]'' being [[Happily Ever After]]. A movie about the ''Titanic.'' [[Dude, Not Funny]] doesn't even begin to describe how offensive this is.
** And the utterly ridiculous [[
* In one episode of ''[[Ozzy and Drix]]'', Ozzy goes through mitosis. The result is a mutated [[Evil Twin|clone]] (he has 4 arms), and after getting Ozzy out of the way, he steals the iodine that will allow Hector to grow. What's wrong with that? Well, remember I said the clone had 4 arms? During the hold-up, all 4 of his arms are visible (he previously had the 2 extras hidden)...and yet NOBODY-not the police, not Maria, not even Drix-notices that 'Ozzy' has 2 extra arms! They all automatically assume that Ozzy (the real one) is guilty! Hey, morons! Are you stupid or something?! YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S NOT THE REAL OZZY!
** In their defense, Ozzy is a fairly accomplished shape shifter. The extra-arms may be strange but not completely impossible for Ozzy to do.
* In ''[[Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos|Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos]]'', the plot of "Menace from Space". If you're in the process of launching a space shuttle, and you know that terrorists have already infiltrated the airbase and are trying to board the shuttle at that very moment, you stop the countdown and abort the launch. You do ''not'' allow the shuttle to take off with the terrorists aboard so they can use it as a platform for their [[Wave Motion Gun]].
* In Shriek's second appearance in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', he terrorizes the whole city because he blames Batman for his hearing loss ({{spoiler|it was an accident}}) and for his ending up in jail. In the news segment, every single person interviewed supports Shriek. Not once is it mentioned that he was sent to jail because he tried to murder {{spoiler|Bruce Wayne}} by dropping a building on him. The subsequent attempt to drive {{spoiler|Bruce}} insane could have been covered up, but it's hard to cover up an entire building collapsing. Also, how does this justify Shriek holding an entire city hostage? It's no wonder Bruce gets disgusted and threatens to leave Gotham to Shriek.
** YMMV: this could be a [[Fridge Brilliance]] moment. You're the average Joe, there's this superhero you've probably never met who allegedly does some crime-fighting. There's this supervillain who can cause you a LOT of trouble, unless you get rid of the hero. What do you do? Say "hey, let's sacrifice our hero to the villain! Better him than us, amirite?"? Or rather try to convince yourself that you're not a bastard, and come up with a lame "um... Batman sucks! It's all his fault!" scapegoating? Additionally, Batman not being treated as a hero, but with a lot of suspicion has been used in various media before (including both live-action movies featuring the Joker, interestingly). The thing is, what the people of Gotham say is SUPPOSED to make no sense, they're just terrified for their lives. Plus, it makes Batman more of a hero. Not necessarily a [[
* An episode of ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' has Toby having to inspect a dam for damage by crossing it on a railway track. Guess what was wrong with that last statement.
** ''James Works it Out'' has James ''pushing a train in a snowstorm without a brakevan'', acting like a complete [[Jerkass]] towards everyone who offers him help, and then finally using an industrial coal hopper ''as a snowplow to dislodge his uncoupled trucks from a snowdrift.'' Find the problems, fellow trainspotters!
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* The existence of the Quarrymen, a KKK-knockoff from ''[[Gargoyles]]'', is a wallbanger in of itself. You can't even blame the [[Canon Discontinuity|canonically false]] ''Goliath Chronicles'' for them; they're canon as well. A great thing about the human prejudice toward gargoyles through most of the series is that it's parallel to real-life racism was ''subtle''; it didn't hammer it into the audience's heads, the audience was allowed to grasp the message on their own. But now we have these villains who hate gargoyles, so they throw sheets over their heads and go out hunting them with hi-tech hammers. Thus, they quite literally [[Incredibly Lame Pun|HAMMER]] the "gargoyle prejudice = racism" message into the audience's heads when it isn't needed.
** It wouldn't have been so bad except for one incident where the Quarrymen set a trap for the Gargoyles by having one of their members pretend to be mugged in a dark alley-because they know the Gargoyles ''help and protect the people of New York.'' Bear in mind that a recruiting drive shown earlier in the series emphasized that gargoyles were evil creatures that attacked people and couldn't be trusted. The Quarrymen must recruit people for their swinging arms and not their brains.
* The ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' episode "The Eyes of Despero" introduces the rather inept Green Lantern G'Nort. Throughout the episode, G'Nort is constantly shown as being very incompetent, and apparently he is only in the Green Lantern Corps because "[[Ultimate Job Security|an influential uncle pulled a few strings]]". Since [[Alien Scrappy|he]], [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Guy Gardner]], and [[Treacherous Advisor|Sinestro]] are apparently all that remain of the Corps, he tags along in their quest to defeat Despero. At the episode's climax, G'nort is given a simple but important task: drain Mogo's power battery into his ring so that Despero can't use Mogo as a weapon. All G'Nort needs to do to accomplish this is say the Green Lantern oath, which of course, he can't remember. As a result, Batman and Gardner almost get killed until G'Nort remembers that he's ''carrying a note with the oath written on it''. What makes this a [[
** Also, about mind controlling Mogo... how the hell can you mind-control A PLANET?! Mogo's core (read "mind") is a central power battery which draws from ALL THE WILLPOWER OF THE UNIVERSE! Control that mind, and you are controlling every mind in the universe!
*** "Influential Uncle?" Who the hell is this guy that can make the ''[[By-The-Book Cop|Guardians]] [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens|of Oa]]'' babysit his nephew, when they [[The Stoic|don't even break a sweat]] standing up to [[Sinestro]], [[Darkseid]], and [[Green Lantern/Characters/Sinestro Corps|Parallax]] itself?
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** To be fair the guy behind the trial was a [[General Ripper]] clearly out to get JT (and everyone calls him out on it) and gets chewed out by the Admiral when he finds out, for both his stupid plan (which does almost gets everyone killed) and trying to kill one of the best pilots in the fleet.
* In this children's show ''[[Caillou]]'', the main protagonist Caillou is excited about going to the circus with his friends. When his little sister wants to come he tells her no. She starts crying and his father reprimands him saying his friends might not even take him to the circus and he's all like "BUT THEY PROMISED!" The episode then starts giving out [[An Aesop]] about keeping promises. WHAT. THE. HELL. His friends' parents DIDN'T EVEN CALL THE FUCKING HOUSE TO TELL THEM THAT THEY CHANGED PLANS! The main point is that Caillou was being disrespectful (as usual) to his sister and not that his friends blew him off (which they never did)!
** Oh, there's an even '''bigger''' [[
*** This was probably intended to be a more rational, less scare 'em straight alternative to the equally [[Wall Banger
* What happened to Baxter Stockman in [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon]] in "Revenge of the Fly". In the episode, he's turned half the town into bug mutants and the only way to change them back is by using Shredder's Retromutagen Ray on them. All fine and dandy, but why didn't the turtles think to use it on Baxter Stockman, whose entire motivation for revenge on the turtles is the fact that he's a giant mutant fly and that he wants to be human again? Instead they kick Baxter into a dimension portal (that he's [[Idiot Ball|conveniently standing next to]]), wrestle the gun away from him, shut off the machine and strand him in another dimension, and then destroy the gun. [[What the Hell, Hero?]]?
** It's simple, in the episode where Baxter gets turned into his current form, the transformation is a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[The Fly]]'' and as such he ''can't'' be undone by the gun. Secondly even ''before'' his transformation he was shown as a crazy enemy, probably if given the chance the Turtles would've probably sent Shredder, Bebop, Rocksteady, and Krang in after him.
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* ''[[BattleTech]]''. Towards the end of the show, Adam Steiner breaks into the Jade Falcon compound where his brother is being held. How do you ask? By walking up to the chainlink fence, grabbing it at the bottom and lifting a portion up so he can crawl underneath. Wait... what?! [[Fridge Logic|Why didn't the prisoners escape that way in the first place?]]
* ''[[Tale Spin]]'', while usually a rather enjoyable and heartwarming show, wasn't void of these moments either. Episodes like "Save The Tiger" and "Your Baloo's In The Mail" are notable for evolving the Baloo ([[The Ace|yeah]], [[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|THAT]] [[Gentle Giant|Baloo]]) into almost the same [[Idiot Ball|idiotic]] [[Jerkass]] territory as [[Family Guy|Peter Griffin]] and [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]] had as of recently. Rebecca, while hardly void of abusive moments to Baloo herself at times, came off as a borderline [[The Woobie|Woobie]] for the hell she put with on these occasions. "[[Downer Ending|Baloo's In The Mail]]" especially enters [[Dude, Not Funny]] territory for many fans.
* ''[[Men in Black (animation)|Men in Black]] The Series'': Much of the early seasons revolved around [[The Men in Black]] ditching their overall mission to protect Earth from dangerous aliens in favor of humiliating [[Butt Monkey|Agent J]] every chance they got. One of K's favored tactics was purposefully withholding vital facts about the [[Bizarre Alien Biology]] of the aliens they were about to encounter until J screwed everything up and it was too late (that J was a newbie and it was his partner's responsibility to educate him about such things never figured into it). One of the many [[Wall Banger
** It's even worse than that. As the bodyguard will take too long to regenerate, the Men in Black decide to have an agent go undercover in an alien bodysuit to protect the diplomat. Fair enough, but you should already know who they give the assignment to. What follows is a J getting a cram session about the alien species' culture (habits, language, etc.) and then "comedic" pratfalls endured by the disguised agent while on the job. The Wallbanger becomes evident because K and virtually every other agent seen knew all about this species. Why waste valuable time getting the newest agent up to speed and go through all of this when anyone else could've done the job?
** Following Zed's retirement, a weakened Alpha crashes an alien ship and steals the body parts of the alien criminals inside. With his new powers and body made of [[Badass|Badass Incarnate]], he captures Agent J and uses a [[Mind Probe]] on him to learn Zed's location. After he leaves, Agent L rescues J and reveals Zed's not retired: every last one of J's fellow agents was pulling a [[Massive Multiplayer Scam|Massive Multiplayer]] [[Batman Gambit]] on J to trick Alpha into reading J's mind, with armed agents lying in wait at the "retirement" spot. In other words; the Men in Black knew Alpha would attack the alien ship and, rather than spring a trap at the ship against a weakened Alpha, they let him upgrade himself with the alien goodies that made him [[Nigh Invulnerable]] and planned to take him down afterwards. The plan falls apart spectacularly, as Alpha picked up on J not being entirely fooled by Zed's phony retirement.
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* In ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'', the infamous episodes with a [[Shout-Out]] plot to [[Baby's Day Out]]. The [[Dumb Blonde]] who was supposed to be babysitting Tom's owner's baby instead spends all night taking on the phone, completely unaware of the [[Badly-Battered Babysitter|trouble Tom and Jerry are going through to keep the infant from suffering a very messy, very early end]]. For all their trouble, what do they get? ''Arrested'', when the babysitter finally decides to be a babysitter and immediately assumes the cat and mouse kidnapped the child. The fact there is absolutely no tangible comeuppance for her drives many older fans up the wall.
* One of the episodes from the 80s ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'' involved an [[It's a Wonderful Plot]] for Dave. (Basically, after feeling he's ruined the boys' day by dealing with a lemony car, flubbing a soccer game play, and having to break the news to Alvin that they can't go to summer camp, Dave feels depressed and feels that they'd be better off without him) The Wallbanger is in Simon's story. (Long story short, it's about a spelling bee he had in kindergarten, and Dave helped him when he felt he couldn't spell anything.) In the Daveless future, Simon can't spell anything, but here's the Wallbanger: At the spelling bee Simon is given the word: "Mississippi" (hard word for a five-year-old), but when Simon misspells it, EVERYONE STARTS LAUGHING AT POOR SIMON! Yes, you read right, the entire audience full of supposedly mature adults bursts out laughing at a kindergartner who just tried to spell a word that he shouldn't be able to until he's eight, and traumatizes the poor guy. That's just cruel.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
** The episode "Secret Of My Excess" has one. Ok, so first Spike gets greedy from people giving him so many gifts (something he's not used to...despite that you'd think that Celestia, Twilight Sparkle's parents, and other people who knew Spike before the series began would give him gifts as well). Odd, but fine. Then, Spike starts growing larger and more powerful as he hoards more things. That's stretching the [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]] a bit...But, it's a cartoon, so we'll let that pass. It's then explained that Spike's growth is a result of his greed and that the more he wants/obtains, the bigger he gets and they must stop him from being greedy to return him to normal. An interesting metaphor, if a bit overused. But, fine. But, then...''then'' it's explained that this is a '''normal''' aspect of a dragon's growth. (beat) [[Big "What?"|WHAT!?!]] Not only has this ''never'' been established before with the other dragon characters shown in the series (Yes, they did hoard treasure, but they didn't mindlessly grab at any random object they could reach. And they certainly weren't reduced to [[Hulk Speak]] like Spike was), but it doesn't make sense at ''all'' regarding the lesson that the episode is trying to convey. [[Lost Aesop|Spike's greed is normal, but it's bad so we have to remind him to be generous with others by having him remember how good he felt when he gave Rarity that gem?]] Wouldn't a better lesson be "It's
** If you thought Pinkie got off easy for destroying Cranky's book, that's nothing compared to what her "friends" got away with in "Mmmystery on the Friendship Express." The former can at least be written off as an accident, the latter was completely selfish and slimy. Does it mean ''nothing'' to them that [[Butt Monkey|the Cakes]] poured their blood sweat and tears into the Mmm, while simultaneously taking care of two newborns? It doesn't matter how tasty it looked, it wasn't theirs to eat! The deus ex machina that took the heat off of them was such an [[Ass Pull]]. What really burns me up, is that we had episodes like ''Suited for Success'' where both sides of the conflict learn a lesson. Here however we see one of the most incredible [[Karma Houdini|Houdinis of the karma and lesson variety]]. Rather than ''"Dear Princess Celestia, today we learned that that we need to have better self-restraint, and that we should confess to our mistakes,"'' the lesson is some half-baked yarn about how Pinkie was in the wrong despite being practically the only person doing anything productive!
* Unfortunately, ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' had a small one at the end of "Lights, Camera, Candace". Phineas and Ferb's movie is finished and according to the director type, it's being shown to a crowd of teens in a theater. The teens love it...until Doof's Age Accelerator<ref>
** There's also a bigger one in ''Run Candace Run'', which revolves around Candace having to do three things-one for Jeremy, one for Mom, and one for Stacy[[What Happened to the Mouse?|(though Stacy's was never shown later on).]] However, it later on switches to the Johnsons' long lost family member, Annabelle, ''even though that had absolutely nothing to do with what was going on earlier.'' Later on, Candace accidentally reunites their long lost family member. [[Heartwarming Moments|Sure, that was nice and all,]] ''but what about the rest of the plot?'' Couldn't everyone who Candace had to help have just talked it over and come up with a solution?
* The ''[[Dexter's
* [[Archer]] usually avoids this, since its nonsensical elements and the idiotic actions of its characters are usually played for laughs, but it unfortunately runs headlong into this at the end of "Skin Game." Archer's dead fiancee Katya is resurrected as a cyborg, and when she feels she can no longer find acceptance among humans, she runs off with the only other cyborg on the show: Barry. The same Barry who caused her death and forced her to become a cyborg in the first place. All this despite the two trying to kill each other less than a minute earlier, Archer protesting that he still loves her even though she's a cyborg, and the fact that she had spent her entire career fawning over Archer.
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