It's Customer Appreciation Day at the candy store, and they're giving away FREE jawbreakers! The Eds, of course, go berserk when they hear this, and even more so when they learn they only have TEN MINUTES to make it there before they close! They run toward the store as fast as they can to score free samples of their sugary weakness, but the universe has decided to conspire against them. Now hopefully, I'll get my "Praise Some Aspect of Season 1" badge! I'm sure a lot of us have been part of a troop at some point in our lives, and whether we like it or hate it, there were a LOT of requirements to follow and work to do, and we always had to appear to enjoy it with every fiber of our beings! To see that life parodied, but still kept somewhat positive, is refreshing, and just how hilariously lame yet hard-working the Urban Rangers are, while also mixing modern-day life with old-world customs in a hilarious fashion you'd swear they were making up as they went, really makes them an intriguing group, and I'm glad they made a good number of appearances afterwards! Sure, the episode is still from Season 1, and the animation, timing, and reactions aren't as big or on-point as they'd later become, but this was the standout episode of this season, and demonstrated just how good the show was becoming. If I had watched the show from the beginning, I wouldn't have bothered with more than just a few episodes, and I probably would have missed out on how good the show became later!īut what REALLY makes this episode is its depiction of scouts. It was an experimental phase, and I'm surprised that they even GOT a second season with how badly the first season went over with critics and audience. Double-D was too restrained, Eddy was too nice, Ed was too smart, there were too many episodes that ended with the Kankers winning, Rolf spoke with a regular Swedish accent as opposed to whatever the heck accent he had later, etc. It was pretty clear that they didn't quite know how these characters would act or react, and the timing and pacing was off for most of the humor and story progression. They'll find a way to mess up the most foolproof of plans.Īs I mentioned in the last list, Season 1 wasn't the greatest start for the show.
Thinking joining the rangers will make him a "chick magnet", he and the other Eds attempt to complete each of the bizarre requirements to earn at least one badge.But, these are the Eds we're talking about. Rolf introduces himself as the leader of the Peach Creek troop of Urban Rangers(think the Boy Scouts, only even whiter), and Eddy becomes enamored with their uniforms and badges. If you disagree, that's fine.Just don't call me an idiot for my opinion, or I'll have to send the Kankers out for you! Again, these are MY favorite episodes of the series, and I had a REALLY hard time deciding just 10 and putting one over another, but I'll justify as well as I can WHY I think they're not only my favorites, but why they stand out from the rest of the show in general. These are where creativity shone the brightest in the face of tight budgets and deadlines, and THEY ARE GLORIOUS!īesides that, all episodes, including from Season 1, are fair game. The episodes I'm listing here serve as shining examples of the show because they HAD to stand out from all the other episodes to keep the show afloat.
If you don't like the special, the show itself doesn't suffer that much. They're not bound by the same budget or ratings success the rest of the show is they're made mostly to experiment with the concept with a higher budget and, in some cases, a longer runtime. Specials are made outside of show continuity and ratings, and are usually meant to celebrate a certain holiday or occasion, and/or serve as a "prime time" advertisement for the show in general. However, the reason why I'm not including them is because they don't NEED to be good or bad. Not good, not bad, still perfectly watchable, but none of them are my favorites. The only rule I'm applying to this list is that I'm not counting the specials or the movie.