Worst episodes of the whole series?

Fishface · 10-02-2017, 08:19 PM

I see a list for the best episodes, it what about the complete opposite. Since the shows now officially over, what were the lowest episodes for you guys and be rating them. I'll also rate each season based on all 26 episodes they have.

Here are my personal low blows:

Season 1: 9.5/10

Parasitical: Not really a bad episode, it was decent, but it was however the first time we had ever had a giant long hiatus and fans at this time were wondering when the episode would come out. When it finally came, after an enternity later, it wasn't up to our expectation. We expected this episode to be LEGENDARY if we were to wait that long but it was only "good" at best. Honestly, a good episode, but wasn't worth the wait. Thankfully, the episode that followed, which we had to wait another hiatus for, Operation: Breakout, was an AWESOME episode and well worth the wait, heading into the Season 1 Finale and into Season 2. 7/10

Cockroach Terminator: Not really a bad episode, but it was just kind of, well....gross, although it was very good character development for Raph. 6/10

The Pulverizer: Do I even have to say much more on how mediocre this episode was? 5/10

It Came From the Depths: Not a bad episode, but not a good one either. It did introduce the ALMIGHTY AND AWESOME BADASS Leatherhead but it was just a bore to watch, not much action and I can still barely remember the plot. 5/10

Season 2: 9.2/10

Vengeance is Mine: A rather weak episode, mutating Karai was a STUPID idea since the whole idea of turning her back just became a mess and honestly was not the best episode. 6/10

Plan 10: Switching Bodies, interesting concept but this episode is just forgettable, not to mention April and Casey switching bodies which inspired a whole bunch of Rule 34 artwo- yeah, lets not go there...... 6/10

Mazes and Mutants: I actually don't dislike this episode as much as most people do, I quiet enjoy this episode. It's just filler but I quiet liked the idea of the Turtles taking a break and just being, well, teenagers, albeit weird ones dressing up but still a nice episode. Just not as strong as most episodes in Season 2 were. 7/10

Mikes gets Shellachne :Where do I even begin? Not only is this one of my most HATED episodes of the WHOLE SERIES it is also one of the worst episodes in the Turtles franchise. The stupid nonsensical plot of Mikey get achne was just gross and don't even get me started on mutating Dogpound. That's a rant for another list. The only good part was Baxter Stockman getting a more prominant role from this episode onwards. Anyways, horrible episode, deserves a 2/10

Season 3: 7/10

The Fourfold Trap: While a nice concept, the episodes execution was terrible. Plus that nonsensical storyline of Snake Karai comes back and it just confuses me. Although it had some nice ideas, not one of my favourites. 6/10

The Deadly Venom: Just a boring episode. Nothing interesting happens. It made me fall asleep. Karai' storyline is so messed up and jumbled that I even stopped caring at this point and just gave up. It was so boring this episode. I probably found Donnie's head being a pineapple more interesting than watching it. Not bad, just boring. 4/10

Race with a Demon: Same with the episode above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 4/10

A Foot Too Big: This episode, this friggin' episode, had potential. Man did they screw it up. Donnie is just a complete idiot, April is just annoying and I just felt bad for Big Foot after he/she/it heard all those mean things said about him/her/it even though it was still a struggle to watch this episode with Bigfoot causing so much trouble. I just cringed at that part. Anyways, not nearly as bad as what people say about it but not a good episode. 4/10

Season 4: 5.9/10

The Power Inside Her: So, you'd think once they would reach the hot 100 mark, they'd actually do something decent? Maybe a crossover with the 2003 turtles, maybe the Triceratons return, maybe Kraang Prime is back, maybe the Turtles go back in time once again, maybe meeting their past selves from the events of the first episo- I don't know! You'd think once they had reached the One Hundreth episode, the show would have LEGENDARY episode for us..........NOPE! Instead this episode had focused, not Shredder, not the Kraang, and not even anything interesting like that. It focused on April's powers. -13/10

The Evil of Dregg: Worst episode of the whole series! -26/10

The Ancient Aeons: Pretty much started a ****** storyline. 2/10

Broken Foot: Forgotten this episode already. 5/10

Season 5: 6/10 (So Far......)

Haven't seen th season in its entirety so can't really make a judgement just yet.

*Powder* · 10-02-2017, 09:01 PM

Anything involving Mona Lisa.

& the Tanuki episode of the Usagi arc. Wasted the time we had with Usagi by going for annoying "funny" gags with a random monster thrown in. Shoulda used that time to have Usagi/Leo bond, deal more with Jei (or a different kind of Yokai).

Didn't care for Timmy, Snake Karai, or magic April, but overall have had very few complaints with the series.

*Shiro Kame* · 10-02-2017, 09:17 PM

Every filler episode of the whole series! They wasted time, and introduced new characters that never got their storylines finished.

*CyberCubed* · 10-02-2017, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Shiro Kame

Every filler episode of the whole series! They wasted time, and introduced new characters that never got their storylines finished.

The fillers were there exactly because they had extra episodes to make and a large chunk of them were highly entertaining but a few. What characters never had their storylines finished? Unless you're wondering about Spiderbitez thrilling lifestyle, I made a thread showing how every main character had their story resolved prior to the 50 year timeskip:

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=58828

*oldmanwinters* · 10-02-2017, 09:53 PM

"The Deadly Venom" where Splinter taught Leo the "healing hands" technique and it basically cured everything. And then was never utilized again.

A show that introduces this and then forgets about it has no business making fun of a show that resolves plots with magic mothballs.

*CyberCubed* · 10-02-2017, 09:56 PM

Season 1 was consistently good, but the Cockroach Terminator ep was a weaker episode. Leatherhead's first episode was fantastic, and the first Pulverizer episode was not only funny but it's also the first episode Fishface gets his legs and fights the Turtles. I thought it was a great episode, even if the character was intentionally made to be annoying.

*Coola Yagami* · 10-02-2017, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The fillers were there exactly because they had extra episodes to make and a large chunk of them were highly entertaining but a few. What characters never had their storylines finished? Unless you're wondering about Spiderbitez thrilling lifestyle, I made a thread showing how every main character had their story resolved prior to the 50 year timeskip:

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=58828

You should be locked from threads like these so people can voice their opinions without you rushing in to either make excuses for the show or 'correct them' because their opiniins don't match yours.

Take a break man.

*Ninturtle* · 10-02-2017, 10:15 PM

I really hated the Mutation Situation, such a drop in quality from season 1's writing.

*CyberCubed* · 10-02-2017, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

You should be locked from threads like these so people can voice their opinions without you rushing in to either make excuses for the show or 'correct them' because their opiniins don't match yours.

I just made a post saying how I made a list of how most important characters had their stories resolved. The fillers didn't take away from anything. If you honestly think people can't discuss things on forums now, c'mon. We might as well not interact with each other at all.

I'd probably say the worst ep of the whole series was that Bigfoot episode in Season 3. I mean you can probably find an episode more dull I guess, but that episode was really what gave the Northampton eps a bad name. The rest were fairly decent.

Kit31 · 10-04-2017, 08:38 PM

I have been saying all along that I didn't hate any of the episodes. I think I enjoyed aspects in every single one of them. There were some I liked better than others, but even with the stupidity and weirdness of some of the episodes, I still enjoyed every one of them a lot. This series as a whole made me an even bigger TMNT fan than I started out as.

zipper · 10-05-2017, 09:49 AM

I've always been surprised by the amount of hatred (maybe too strong of a word) for The Croaking. I personally loved it and is the only episode in the Northampton series that I enjoyed.

I'm not entirely opposed to filler episodes either. Practically all of the episodes of Batman TAS were fillers and that show is probably my favorite cartoon of all time.

I haven't watched Season 5, but the show lost a LOT of appeal for me after season 1. Season 1 is almost flawless.

10-02-2017, 08:19 PM	#1
Fishface Foot Soldier Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 175	Worst episodes of the whole series? I see a list for the best episodes, it what about the complete opposite. Since the shows now officially over, what were the lowest episodes for you guys and be rating them. I'll also rate each season based on all 26 episodes they have. Here are my personal low blows: Season 1: 9.5/10 Parasitical: Not really a bad episode, it was decent, but it was however the first time we had ever had a giant long hiatus and fans at this time were wondering when the episode would come out. When it finally came, after an enternity later, it wasn't up to our expectation. We expected this episode to be LEGENDARY if we were to wait that long but it was only "good" at best. Honestly, a good episode, but wasn't worth the wait. Thankfully, the episode that followed, which we had to wait another hiatus for, Operation: Breakout, was an AWESOME episode and well worth the wait, heading into the Season 1 Finale and into Season 2. 7/10 Cockroach Terminator: Not really a bad episode, but it was just kind of, well....gross, although it was very good character development for Raph. 6/10 The Pulverizer: Do I even have to say much more on how mediocre this episode was? 5/10 It Came From the Depths: Not a bad episode, but not a good one either. It did introduce the ALMIGHTY AND AWESOME BADASS Leatherhead but it was just a bore to watch, not much action and I can still barely remember the plot. 5/10 Season 2: 9.2/10 Vengeance is Mine: A rather weak episode, mutating Karai was a STUPID idea since the whole idea of turning her back just became a mess and honestly was not the best episode. 6/10 Plan 10: Switching Bodies, interesting concept but this episode is just forgettable, not to mention April and Casey switching bodies which inspired a whole bunch of Rule 34 artwo- yeah, lets not go there...... 6/10 Mazes and Mutants: I actually don't dislike this episode as much as most people do, I quiet enjoy this episode. It's just filler but I quiet liked the idea of the Turtles taking a break and just being, well, teenagers, albeit weird ones dressing up but still a nice episode. Just not as strong as most episodes in Season 2 were. 7/10 Mikes gets Shellachne :Where do I even begin? Not only is this one of my most HATED episodes of the WHOLE SERIES it is also one of the worst episodes in the Turtles franchise. The stupid nonsensical plot of Mikey get achne was just gross and don't even get me started on mutating Dogpound. That's a rant for another list. The only good part was Baxter Stockman getting a more prominant role from this episode onwards. Anyways, horrible episode, deserves a 2/10 Season 3: 7/10 The Fourfold Trap: While a nice concept, the episodes execution was terrible. Plus that nonsensical storyline of Snake Karai comes back and it just confuses me. Although it had some nice ideas, not one of my favourites. 6/10 The Deadly Venom: Just a boring episode. Nothing interesting happens. It made me fall asleep. Karai' storyline is so messed up and jumbled that I even stopped caring at this point and just gave up. It was so boring this episode. I probably found Donnie's head being a pineapple more interesting than watching it. Not bad, just boring. 4/10 Race with a Demon: Same with the episode above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 4/10 A Foot Too Big: This episode, this friggin' episode, had potential. Man did they screw it up. Donnie is just a complete idiot, April is just annoying and I just felt bad for Big Foot after he/she/it heard all those mean things said about him/her/it even though it was still a struggle to watch this episode with Bigfoot causing so much trouble. I just cringed at that part. Anyways, not nearly as bad as what people say about it but not a good episode. 4/10 Season 4: 5.9/10 The Power Inside Her: So, you'd think once they would reach the hot 100 mark, they'd actually do something decent? Maybe a crossover with the 2003 turtles, maybe the Triceratons return, maybe Kraang Prime is back, maybe the Turtles go back in time once again, maybe meeting their past selves from the events of the first episo- I don't know! You'd think once they had reached the One Hundreth episode, the show would have LEGENDARY episode for us..........NOPE! Instead this episode had focused, not Shredder, not the Kraang, and not even anything interesting like that. It focused on April's powers. -13/10 The Evil of Dregg: Worst episode of the whole series! -26/10 The Ancient Aeons: Pretty much started a ****** storyline. 2/10 Broken Foot: Forgotten this episode already. 5/10 Season 5: 6/10 (So Far......) Haven't seen th season in its entirety so can't really make a judgement just yet. Last edited by Fishface; 10-03-2017 at 05:06 PM.

10-02-2017, 09:01 PM	#2
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,803	Anything involving Mona Lisa. & the Tanuki episode of the Usagi arc. Wasted the time we had with Usagi by going for annoying "funny" gags with a random monster thrown in. Shoulda used that time to have Usagi/Leo bond, deal more with Jei (or a different kind of Yokai). Didn't care for Timmy, Snake Karai, or magic April, but overall have had very few complaints with the series. __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

10-02-2017, 09:17 PM	#3
Shiro Kame Foot Clan Mutant Renegade Join Date: May 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 3,345	Every filler episode of the whole series! They wasted time, and introduced new characters that never got their storylines finished. __________________ Spoiler:

10-02-2017, 09:53 PM	#5
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 14,934	"The Deadly Venom" where Splinter taught Leo the "healing hands" technique and it basically cured everything. And then was never utilized again. A show that introduces this and then forgets about it has no business making fun of a show that resolves plots with magic mothballs. __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

10-02-2017, 09:56 PM	#6
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,036	Season 1 was consistently good, but the Cockroach Terminator ep was a weaker episode. Leatherhead's first episode was fantastic, and the first Pulverizer episode was not only funny but it's also the first episode Fishface gets his legs and fights the Turtles. I thought it was a great episode, even if the character was intentionally made to be annoying.

10-02-2017, 10:15 PM	#8
Ninturtle Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2014 Location: Earth Posts: 1,534	I really hated the Mutation Situation, such a drop in quality from season 1's writing.

10-04-2017, 08:38 PM	#10
Kit31 Foot Soldier Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Indiana Posts: 123	I have been saying all along that I didn't hate any of the episodes. I think I enjoyed aspects in every single one of them. There were some I liked better than others, but even with the stupidity and weirdness of some of the episodes, I still enjoyed every one of them a lot. This series as a whole made me an even bigger TMNT fan than I started out as.

10-05-2017, 09:49 AM	#11
zipper Random Punk Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: West Michigan, USA Posts: 46	I've always been surprised by the amount of hatred (maybe too strong of a word) for The Croaking. I personally loved it and is the only episode in the Northampton series that I enjoyed. I'm not entirely opposed to filler episodes either. Practically all of the episodes of Batman TAS were fillers and that show is probably my favorite cartoon of all time. I haven't watched Season 5, but the show lost a LOT of appeal for me after season 1. Season 1 is almost flawless.