Best SINGLE Episode of Any Cartoon!

[Gokou Ruri]

I did not like that episode at all. It's basically a butchering of a story from the original comics. The artist went from a bearded, middle-aged man to a young guy who looked like Marolyn Manson without makeup, for Pete's sake! The episode, IMO, is just one of several reasons I really didn't care for WITCH's first season.

Butchering is a bit of a harsh word, considering it was a lot more creative and original than the one from the comics (mainly the whole whatever-you-paint-comes-alive gimmick during the fight, in the comic the whole situation was fairly uninspired). That said, I definately would say it was one of the weaker episodes (Divide and Conquer being hands down the absolute worst episode of the entire series), but condemning the episode for the sole reason that the artist looked different from how he did in the comics? I'd say story and writing are a lot more important than some guy's hair. If I would pick a "best episode ever" for the show, I'd probably pick M is for Mercy, or Q is for Quarry. But it's a bit hard for me since all the episodes basically flow right into one another so looking at only a single one is kind of hard when they're all basically part of one huge episode.

Anyway, Beast War's Code of Hero is probably my favorite single episode out of any show. The final episode in Dinobot's character development, and showcasing just how far his character has come since the first episode and what it means to, well, truly be a hero

 

[Silverstar]

Random Cartoons!- Sparkles and Gloom
This needs to be turned into a cartoon show- HANDS DOWN!!! Nuff' Said!!

Someone else saw this short. Wow.

I liked the concept behind "Sparkles & Gloom" (but I guess I would, since my brother and I have a show with a similar premise in development right now), but I thought the execution left something to be desired. They shouldn't have done a "characters switch powers" plot in the introductory short; that story line you save for later on.

 

[Kagetsu]

Growing Up Creepie- Creepie Crawling, Fashion Victim
I go with Fashion Victim, especially, because it shows me what an awesome cartoon character girl Creepie truly is. This episode alome showed me that rue beauty comes from being yourself...

I [haven't seen much], but the few I've seen include that one and I agree. Almost any show where someone changes their look is usually fun. Makeover from Weekenders is one of my, so many favorites. My favorite part in that one is when Tino is talking to his Mother. "We should stop her" and she basically says "No, keep an eye on her eating habits but you don't get to choose who she wants to be"

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[ShaqZX]

If you go through with this idea, I salute you...

Someone else saw this short. Wow.

I liked the concept behind "Sparkles & Gloom" (but I guess I would, since my brother and I have a show with a similar premise in development right now), but I thought the execution left something to be desired. They shouldn't have done a "characters switch powers" plot in the introductory short; that story line you save for later on.

Yeah, this REALLY needs to become an official cartoon show, just as long as they don't switch powers in the beginning- You're right, that should be saved as a season finale kind of thing, if only to better develop the main characters...

As for your idea, if it's anything like this, I will watch this show- Nuff' Said.

 

[dexter]

samurai jack: XXXII the traveling creatures that was just really good. i loved that show so much though best fight XL jack V the ninja, fun: jack versus the blind archers, jack and the spartans

ed, edd n eddy: the monkey boys episode still the best there is it is so funny and just awesome.

dexter's laboratory: great show overall hard to pick from the overall good feeling i have for it but if i have to the mandark origon episode ranks pretty high

justice league: 2 parter, the ww2 episodes were all time greats still can't beat them epic and just awesome

Batman TAS: heart of ice. best episode and one of my favorite villains becuase he is not crazy just extraordinarily vengeful and displays a brutal side none of the other villains have unless the episode really calls for it MR freeze is just natutally... well cold. the riddler is great too, the joker is good but i ahve always had a hard time understanding him. mark hamill's laugh is the best bar none but still with the joker you have to try to hard.

futurama: roswell that ends well. it is the most hysterical episode they have ever written

the simpsons: you only move twice great. it has some great funny jokes season 6 is the best if i could i would move the episode where marge is a cop and replace it with this one then it is perfect. anyways i love that episode funny thing there is a golf course/condo area that i go to called cypress creek

family guy: i think it was the first episode where stewey combats the man in white great episode

so yeah i love these episodes they are bar none to anything they can be compared to from the rest of their series

 

[dexter]

forgot a few shows;

pinky and the brain: the episode where brain talks with beavers awesome

invader zim: hobo 13

avatar the last airbender: the finale was epic one of the best i have ever seen, after that it is hard to pick out one the cave of 2 lovers was pretty good, i really liked the blind bandit, sokka's master was pretty cool. but i loved the finale that was awesome do not know if they could have made that better. maybe if they left out that bit about zuko's mother but it is cool they left room to pick things back up later but i would have actually rathered they let things stay closed. still pretty cool and epic.

 

[Silverstar]

No need to double post; that's what the edit button is for.

justice league: 2 parter, the ww2 episodes were all time greats still can't beat them epic and just awesome

You mean "The Savage Time", and that was a 3-parter, not 2. It was the 1st season finale, to be exact.

family guy: i think it was the first episode where stewey combats the man in white great episode

"Chitty Chitty Death Bang", and that was episode 3, IIRC. "Death Has a Shadow" was the first episode.

 

[Mad Mod 49]

condemning the episode for the sole reason that the artist looked different from how he did in the comics? I'd say story and writing are a lot more important than some guy's hair.

Er, sole reason? That was more of a nitpick really; but the artist in question is also the source of a complaint involving story and writing. In the comics, he was a guy who was able to flee to the middle ages of Earth from Phobos' rule and able to live a good life there until Cedric tracks him down and seals him into his own painting, where he can't paint, not even a portrait of the woman he had loved on Earth. When the story is through, he can paint again and the painting world changes to be more like the real one. Knowing that this is his world now, he stays there forever, having a touching goodbye moment with the girls.

In the show? He was a guy trapped in his painting by Phobos and wants out. That's it. If a character's going to be a one-shot, they should at least be an interesting one. The artist in the comics was; the one in the show was not. That alone killed the episode for me, but there were other reasons that I don't want to go in-depth about since they're more or less tied to my issues with season one as a whole (Oh Greg Weisman, why the hell weren't you there from the start?)

If I would pick a "best episode ever" for the show, I'd probably pick M is for Mercy, or Q is for Quarry.

M is for Mercy was very good, but I'd pick S is for Self or V is for Victory myself. S is for Self is the only real time Matt's inner conflict was explored, but it was done so well in that one episode that it completely makes up for it's presence beforehand (plus...Jason Marsden can sing. ) And V is for Victory...well, it actually made Prince Phobos semi-likeable, and that's no small feat.