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* A REAL ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' wallbanger would be Nigel staying in a relationship with Lizzie past her introduction, which involved her ''mind-controlling him to DESTROY his friends'' so that they could have time together. [[Easily Forgiven]] indeed!

* An even bigger wallbanger? She acts like the biggest [[Spoiled Brat|completely spoiled]] [[Clingy Jealous Girl|whiny jealous kid]] throughout the entire series. Two particularly cranium-bashing examples are when the KND are trying to save recess and when Lizzie breaks up with Nigel. In the first one, Nigel gives a [[Rousing Speech]] about how kids should have the right to be able to go outside and be free to play and, well, be kids. Lizzie is moved to tears...because she thinks Nigel has decided to give up on his "silly" mission to have a "romantic dinner" with her. In the latter example, she breaks up with Nigel because he's not a "good enough" boyfriend for her because he's always off on missions (Oh, and we're supposed to feel sorry for her). No....just no. Numbah One is often risking his ''life'' for the sake of other kids, and yet we're supposed to feel bad for Lizzie just because he's ''not'' the boyfriend she wanted? Again, '''[[Big No|NO!]]''' If Lizzie wanted Nigel to stop being in the KND for his own safety, that would be one thing (As any boyfriend/girlfriend of someone with a very dangerous job can agree with that sentiment). But, being a whiny [[Jerkass]] towards him just because he's not dedicating his very being into being your "perfect boyfriend"? You don't deserve ''anyone'', much less Nigel Uno.

* The episode where Numbuh 4's family are sent to live on the {{spoiler|fake}} moon. Basically, in that episode it's revealed that the Apollo Moon Landing missions were faked because the KND can't let adults know about their Moon Base. Okay, this show does have a [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink]], but there are two problems with this. One is that the evil adults already know about the existence of the Moon Base so all they're doing is preventing the progress of humanity, as benign adults are the ones interested in space travel, which would ''also benefit children'', and also, the more extreme problem is that it's explained that the Kids Next Door created a fake moon on Earth that they somehow managed not only to redirect all the rockets towards, but ''every single adult in both the American and Soviet space programs fell for it without question''. This is despite the fact that the astronauts' radio transmissions would have given the location away. Then, once Numbuh 4 wants to rejoin his friends, the higher-ups engineer an "alien invasion" consisting of broomsticks with buckets on top, [[Too Dumb to Live|which the adults mistake for real aliens]], so the adult space program decides to [[Deus Ex Nukina|nuke the moon]]. What happens next is possibly [[Dethroning Moment of Suck ~~(Darth Wiki)~~|the absolute lowest point in the series]]. The Kids Next Door destroy their fake moon site (after everyone is evacuated, of course) and then send a fake video to the adult space program which consists of a ''live action clip of Numbuh 3 popping a balloon''. And the adults ''[[Beyond the Impossible|believe the balloon is the real moon.]]'' I know that this series has one of the strongest [[Extra-Strength Masquerade|Extra Strength Masquerades]] in existence, but ''come on''.

* The episode where Numbuh 4's family are sent to live on the {{spoiler|fake}} moon. Basically, in that episode it's revealed that the Apollo Moon Landing missions were faked because the KND can't let adults know about their Moon Base. Okay, this show does have a [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink]], but there are two problems with this. One is that the evil adults already know about the existence of the Moon Base so all they're doing is preventing the progress of humanity, as benign adults are the ones interested in space travel, which would ''also benefit children'', and also, the more extreme problem is that it's explained that the Kids Next Door created a fake moon on Earth that they somehow managed not only to redirect all the rockets towards, but ''every single adult in both the American and Soviet space programs fell for it without question''. This is despite the fact that the astronauts' radio transmissions would have given the location away. Then, once Numbuh 4 wants to rejoin his friends, the higher-ups engineer an "alien invasion" consisting of broomsticks with buckets on top, [[Too Dumb to Live|which the adults mistake for real aliens]], so the adult space program decides to [[Deus Ex Nukina|nuke the moon]]. What happens next is possibly [[Dethroning Moment of Suck|the absolute lowest point in the series]]. The Kids Next Door destroy their fake moon site (after everyone is evacuated, of course) and then send a fake video to the adult space program which consists of a ''live action clip of Numbuh 3 popping a balloon''. And the adults ''[[Beyond the Impossible|believe the balloon is the real moon.]]'' I know that this series has one of the strongest [[Extra-Strength Masquerade|Extra Strength Masquerades]] in existence, but ''come on''.

** 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.

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** 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.

* The [[It's a Wonderful Plot]] subversion episode, "It's A Wishful Life." Many fans were turned off by this cruel subversion done by Jorgen Von Strangle to Timmy. Among the many ridiculous claims it made: without Timmy, A.J. would have a full head of hair, Francis would not be a grey skinned bully, Chester would have a triple wide trailer on gold blocks, and the Chicago Cubs would win the World Series. A number of fans view this episode as a [[~~Dethroning Moment of Suck (Darth Wiki)|~~Dethroning Moment of Suck]].

* The [[It's a Wonderful Plot]] subversion episode, "It's A Wishful Life." Many fans were turned off by this cruel subversion done by Jorgen Von Strangle to Timmy. Among the many ridiculous claims it made: without Timmy, A.J. would have a full head of hair, Francis would not be a grey skinned bully, Chester would have a triple wide trailer on gold blocks, and the Chicago Cubs would win the World Series. A number of fans view this episode as a [[Dethroning Moment of Suck]].

** Timmy never considered asking to see what Tootie's life is like without him.

* "Spellementary School" aka "We hate Foop and we want you to know it". Poof is loved by everyone and ridiculous levels of Sue/Stuism, the running gag is - literally - "Foop, spelled backwards" in order to crush every possibility for Foop to feel better, inflicting Status Quo at the end for no good reason other than not having to write a better plot, and at the end, he gets beat up by Cosmo with a shovel.

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== ''Family Guy'' ==

'''BEFORE YOU EDIT THIS FOLDER'''- As ''[[Family Guy]]'' entries tend to attract this kind of complaining: This is not a place to complain about the [[Seasonal Rot]]. Nor to complain about [[Seth MacFarlane]]'s directing. It is a place for those particular moments within the show you felt were truly horrible, idiotic, or insulting. If you feel that moment was the absolute low point for the show, please see the [[Dethroning Moment of Suck ~~(Darth Wiki)~~/Family Guy|Dethroning Moment of Suck]] page for ''Family Guy''. In particular, please try to avoid commenting on the decline in episode quality. Yes, these entries are symptoms of that, but this isn't the place for it, and it only drags the page down.

'''BEFORE YOU EDIT THIS FOLDER'''- As ''[[Family Guy]]'' entries tend to attract this kind of complaining: This is not a place to complain about the [[Seasonal Rot]]. Nor to complain about [[Seth MacFarlane]]'s directing. It is a place for those particular moments within the show you felt were truly horrible, idiotic, or insulting. If you feel that moment was the absolute low point for the show, please see the [[Dethroning Moment of Suck/Family Guy|Dethroning Moment of Suck]] page for ''Family Guy''. In particular, please try to avoid commenting on the decline in episode quality. Yes, these entries are symptoms of that, but this isn't the place for it, and it only drags the page down.

* Everything about "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven" (particularly the A-story where Meg becomes a born-again Christian after watching a religious show starring Kirk Cameron) has angered a lot of tropers. To list the specifics would take up too much time and space, so ''[[Family Guy]]'' has its own [[~~Dethroning Moment of Suck (Darth Wiki)|~~Dethroning Moment of Suck]] page [[Dethroning Moment of Suck ~~(Darth Wiki)~~/Family Guy|here]] dedicated to this episode (and other dethroning moments of suck). Please list them here.

* Everything about "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven" (particularly the A-story where Meg becomes a born-again Christian after watching a religious show starring Kirk Cameron) has angered a lot of tropers. To list the specifics would take up too much time and space, so ''[[Family Guy]]'' has its own [[Dethroning Moment of Suck]] page [[Dethroning Moment of Suck/Family Guy|here]] dedicated to this episode (and other dethroning moments of suck). Please list them here.

* The episode "Stew-roids" had two wall bangers:

** 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]].

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* ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'' episode "Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa...?" has Bowser agree to change the Mushroom people back from identical green stones (which was the game's justification for power-ups in blocks) if Princess Toadstool agrees to marry him (hence the title). Behind her back, he breaks his promise and changes the Mushroom folks to stones again. Somehow, Mario and Luigi are able to figure out just which of those stones is Toad, despite the stones all looking alike. Then they use Bowser's magic wand to restore Toad and transform into their Super forms, after which the wand overheats and disintegrates. They did ''not'' use it to save the other Mushroom people, which would have made sense because they would then have a whole army with which to crash the wedding. Are those poor Mushrooms stuck as rocks forever?

* There is also the episode "The Great Gladiator Gig", where Mario and Luigi are fighting Triclyde from ''[[Super Mario Bros 2]]'', and Luigi gets caught in a net. Mario takes Triclyde's sword and cuts Luigi free and throws away the sword after doing so. Only in Saturday morning cartoons can you get away with throwing away swords in the middle of a fight...

* There is also the episode "The Great Gladiator Gig", where Mario and Luigi are fighting Triclyde from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', and Luigi gets caught in a net. Mario takes Triclyde's sword and cuts Luigi free and throws away the sword after doing so. Only in Saturday morning cartoons can you get away with throwing away swords in the middle of a fight...

** A ''Triclyde'' had a ''sword''? ''How?'' Triclyde doesn't have arms!

*** Triclyde was holding it in one of his mouths.

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* In the ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes|Jimmy Two Shoes]]'' episode "Something About Herman" Heloise disguises herself as a boy to hang out with Jimmy and Beezy, but at the end spoiler:it turns out it really was Heloise's identical cousin Herman, even though we clearly saw ''Heloise'' putting on the disguise earlier, not her identical cousin Herman!

* ''[[X-Men: Evolution|X-Men Evolution]]'' had a jarring one in the episode "Joyride". In short, Avalanche, [[Villain Decay|a villain who lost all negative traits]] [[Character Derailment|and personality]] for the sake of an [[Romantic Plot Tumor|unneeded]] [[Strangled by the Red String|romance plot with Kitty]], joins the X-Men. He refuses to put any effort into learning and instead flirts with Kitty, causing Scott to mistrust him more than he did originally and (justifyibly) give him a hard time. Then some of the newer students start to take Joyrides with the X-Vehicles. Lance is accused after he purposely starts to act suspicious for the sake of screwing with Scott. [[Idiot Plot|No one thinks to check, like say, HAVE THE TWO TELEPATHS READ HIS MIND OR THE ADVANCED SENSE-POSSESSING TEACHER JUST SNIFF THE CARS.]] In the end, Lance saves the kids from acting too stupid, they confess, Scott apologizes, Lance then quits because he's too lazy, [[Fan Dumb|and the fans take this as a sign that Scott is a douche who drove Lance away.]] Sigh.

** The entire [[Girls Night Out Episode]] makes this troper smash his head into brick. Basically, Scot interferes in a training exercise being done by Amara, who's being watched over by Jean. When disaster strikes, and Scott saves them, Jean flies off the handle when Scott makes a [[~~Distressed~~ Damsel|bad joke]]. Scott obviously feels bad about this and tries to apologize, and Jean herself even says she know Scott meant nothing off color about it! But when [[Jerk Jock]] Duncan comes around and makes Jean mad, again, she flips out and out of nowhere turns into [[Straw Feminist]]. Later in the episode, Jean, Amara, Tabitha, Rogue, and Kitty form an [[Amazon Brigade|all female]] vigilante group to prove they just as capable as the guys. What? Since when was it in question that the girls weren't as good as the boys? Has Rogue not repeatedly been a major point in saving the day at least twice in each season? Is Jean not [[Doomed by Canon|destined]] to become a cosmic horror? Basically, the entire thing starts because Jean is just PMSing at every male she sees.

** The entire [[Girls Night Out Episode]] makes this troper smash his head into brick. Basically, Scot interferes in a training exercise being done by Amara, who's being watched over by Jean. When disaster strikes, and Scott saves them, Jean flies off the handle when Scott makes a [[Damsel in Distress|bad joke]]. Scott obviously feels bad about this and tries to apologize, and Jean herself even says she know Scott meant nothing off color about it! But when [[Jerk Jock]] Duncan comes around and makes Jean mad, again, she flips out and out of nowhere turns into [[Straw Feminist]]. Later in the episode, Jean, Amara, Tabitha, Rogue, and Kitty form an [[Amazon Brigade|all female]] vigilante group to prove they just as capable as the guys. What? Since when was it in question that the girls weren't as good as the boys? Has Rogue not repeatedly been a major point in saving the day at least twice in each season? Is Jean not [[Doomed by Canon|destined]] to become a cosmic horror? Basically, the entire thing starts because Jean is just PMSing at every male she sees.

* An episode of ''[[Babar]]: The Adventures Of Badou'' has Badou and Monroe(?) saving Sleek (A wild black panther) from a poacher that wants to capture and sell her. Badou's reasoning is that nobody should be locked in a cage, not even Sleek. Um, Badou? I'm sure your heart was in the right place, but, aren't you forgetting something? Like maybe the fact that Sleek has been known to try to attack and kill '''anyone''' who enters her territory including you? Locking her up would be a ''good'' thing because then she wouldn't be able to go around attacking any innocent people that head into the jungle.

* The first episode of ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'' ("Breakout") contains one. The 4 top-security prisons for supervillains are located in a Desert (good), in a mountain range (good) shrunk and being transported in a hoverplane (why? Why not 'shrunk and in a top security facility?) and at the bottom of New York Harbour! Even worse, all it takes is a power cut to cause total failure of the security systems! And the Hoverplane was on a course that also took it past New York! Did the Authorities want to cause a major crisis for the civilian population as soon as anything went wrong?