I've decided to do something different for a change, a post to end all posts. While us ShoutFactory people always talk about when Mario/Sonic/Whatever comes out on DVD which is great, but I felt that I want to know the videogaming cartoon community outside the fansites. To the point, what is your Top 5 episodes of your fav gaming series? Also the bottom 5 if you like and if you want you can say why.
Super Mario Bros. Super Show
Top 5:
1. Plumber's Acedemy
2. Mario Meets Koopzilla
3. Count Koopula
4. Rolling Down the River
5. King Mario of Cramelot
Bottom 5: Not seen enough to have a verdict
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
1. Super Koopa
2. Crimes R Us
3. Misadventure of Mighty Plumber
4. Tag Team Trouble (except the last 10 seconds)
5. Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas
Honorable mentions: Recycled Koopa, The Venice Menace
Bottom 5:
1. Life's Ruff
2. Kootie Pie Rocks
3. The Ugly Mermaid
4. Mush-Rumors
5. The Beauty of Kootie (good episode ruined by animation goofs)
Super Mario World
Top 5:
1. Mama Luigi (all together now, THAT'S MAMA LUIGI TO YOU MARIO!)
2. King Scoopa Koopa (personally best episode but the other episode is based on the game)
3. Party Line (aka the Telephone one)
4. Ghosts R Us - Wizardheimer
5. The Wheel Thing (Da Pilot)
Bottom 5:
1. The Dino-Riders one (cranky Princess Toadstool, me no like)
2. The Yoshi Shuffle
3. Fire Sale
4. Rock TV
5. Gopher Bash
Captain N: The Game Master (I have only seen 10 episodes out of 34 so I only do a Top 5):
Top 5:
1. The Most Dangerous Game Master (excellent episode, Dr. Wily!, Thriller music, TV repair man scene, Donkeyana Jones bit)
2. Kevin in Videoland (Pilot)
3. A Tale of 2 Dogs (Dr. Wily!)
4. Return to Castlevania (Long John Baldry's voice as the Poltergeist King - similar to Dr. Rrrrobotnik)
5. Pursuit of the Magic Hoop (see above -replace King for Clockman)
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (now this is tough!)
Top 5: (Changes every week, there are so many good episodes I have to do a Top 30)
1. Super Robotnik (Von Schlemmer, Super Robotnik, TMS animation [the best back then], genius writing by Rowby Goren)
2. Hero of the Year (the Sonic Says makes this perfect)
3. Robo-Ninjas
4. High Stakes Sonic (1st episode I can remember seeing)
5. Over the Hill Hero (be high in the list if not for the off-model Captain Rescue)
Honorable mentions: Super Special Sonic Search and Smash Squad, Subterranean Sonic, Birth of a Salesman, The Robotnik Express, Too Tall Tails, Tails' New Home, The Stolen Sneaker one, Pseudo Sonic, Sno Problem, Boogey-Mania, The Last Resort, Robotnik's Rival, The Magic Hassle, Tails Prevails, Zoobotnik, Attack on Pinball Fortress, Mass Transit Trouble, Untouchable Sonic, Magnificent Sonic, Quest for Chaos Emeralds, Robotnikland (let down by Milton Knight not able to draw Sonic correctly in this episode but his Robotnik looks good), The Mobius 5000, Tails' Tale, Lifestyles of the Sick and Twisted, Sonic is Running
Bottom 5:
1. Road-Hog (poorly plotted, bad animation, Urkel Sonic! A shame on Jeffrey Scott who wrote the Chaos Emerald Saga, Robotnikland and The Mobius 5000 aka good episodes)
2. Baby-Sitter Jitters (bad animation, cop-out ending, the beavers, most people put this as their favourites only because of the Sonic 2 Drill. Another of Jeffrey Scott's plunders)
3. Submerged Sonic (everyone is out of character especially Tails to Sonic at the beginning)
4. Full-Tilt Tails (only the Sonic Says saves this episode from disaster and it was cut in America)
5. Momma Robotnik Returns (only good animation saves this episode, as vibes of Life's Ruff, was at the top)
Note: The episode Robolympics outdates Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games by 15 years, I put that on my middle list.
Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) Not seen every episode, mainly most of Season 1 and a few of 2
Top 5:
1. The Doomsday Project
2. Sonic's Nightmare
3. Sonic and Sally (only one I can remember 10 years ago)
4. Hooked on Sonics
5. Heads or Tails (Different but good, has music from AoSTH in 3 scenes)
Honorable mention: The Void, Ultra Sonic (is that the one with Uncle Chuck?)
Bottom 5: (from memory either last year or 10 years ago from blurs)
1. Ro-becca (I just didn't like it, only saw last minute of The Odd Couple so not reviewed)
2. I forgot the name but it's the polluted water one
3. Blast to the Part Part 2 (OMGosh, why did you put a fan favourite in your bottom pile? Well I liked Part 1 but found Part 2 really depressive. Sorry SatAM fans, would put the Fed Up of Ant here but I haven't seen it.)
4. Sonic Past Cool (A bit slow)
5. The one where Sonic and Rotor go up in space (I actually liked this episode, it was hard to think of episodes that I don't like just like AoSTH either this or Sonic Racer)
Donkey Kong Country (what I remember from 2001 on Fox Kids plus the lone DVD so only Top 5)
Top 5:
1. Barrel Barrel, Whose got the Barrel?
2. Apenesia (it's been 6 years and I haven't got it recorded!)
3. The episode where the world stood still and DK was sleeping through it
4. One where King K.Rool sings "Nothing gonna make a monkey out of me" (Orangatango?)
5. One where Bluster becomes a hero to Donkey Kong and sings 99 Banana bunches on the wall
That's it, I tried with Sonic Underground but I don't like the series and the same with Sonic X. Earthworm Jim, I can't really remember my favs but it would be a hard choice like AoSTH and SatAM. I've only seen 1 episode of Donkey Kong from the Saturday Supercade and can't really judge but I expect to be like Hanna-Barbara style. Same with Zelda and I think that's most of them.
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