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The Curse of the Ferrydog (101 Dalmatian Street)
"The Curse of the Ferrydog" is the 35th episode of mh:besttvshows:101 Dalmatian Street, and the first half of the eighteenth episode in the Disney+ release.

Synopsis
When Dylan discovers a Roman artifact, Portia and Dante try to prank him to teach him a lesson.

Why It's Cursed

 * 1) Unlike most episodes, this one lacks originality. It's basically a rehash of "Dal-Martians" with a similar premise of pranking Dylan, but instead of aliens, its mythology. "Dal-Martians" worked because Dylan only believed that aliens have landed in Camden, so Dolly and Dawkins pranked him to teach him a lesson, as aliens don't exist in real life. But here, Dylan is only learning about mythology, which is not a bad thing at all, but Portia, Dante and Spencer pranked him to make him believe that Cerberus is real, causing him to suffer from unnecessary torture thoughout.
 * 2) *Additionally, the instrumental of the final scene's musical number - "It's a Prank" - is clearly a ripoff of "Wannabe" by Spice Girls. While the song itself IS pretty catchy and snaps Dylan out of his trance, that still doesn't excuse the lack of originality in the intrumental - if it used a more original instrumental, it would be significantly better.
 * 3) The title card is possibly one of the laziest ones yet, as it uses the same template from previous horror-related episodes "Flea-Mageddon", "Long Tongue Day" and"Dal-Martians". While the title cards for those episodes have something uniquely themed, the title card here just has a plain black background with the characters, the slimy title and the credits on top all in green, showing nothing unique to make it standout.
 * 4) Portia, Spencer and Dante are extremely unlikable and at their absolute worst here, as they want to punish Dylan from making him learn about mythology. Portia alone deserves a special mention for being responsible for most of the brain-wash Dylan suffered though and making him act like a zombified slave, meaning that she clearly crossed the Moral Event Horizon and has become an iredeemable monster with almost no redeeming qualities. Even worse, she didn't even get a punishment for her actions, making her a Karma Houdini.
 * 5) *Additionally, the reason for the trio pranking Dylan in the first place makes no sense whatsoever. All Dylan wanted to do was to learn about mythology and archaeology, and he was quite obsessed with Cerberus's skull. Therefore, it does nothing but make Portia's prank on Dylan incredibly petty and disproportionate.
 * 6) The episode expects us to sympathize with Dante when he confesses that he helped to prank Dylan and realizes the error of his ways - but unfortunately, this all falls flat due to the fact that Dante helped Portia and Spencer to prank Dylan. As a matter of fact, Dante's redemption can be seen as "too little, too late" to some viewers and they may even see him as having crossed the Moral Event Horizon as well. To make matters even worse, Dante doesn't get a proper punishment for his actions either - which makes him a Karma Houdini just like Portia.
 * 7) The humour is almost non-existent, which is totally unacceptable since 101 Dalmatian Street is meant to be a comedy show. In fact, this episode clearly cares more about being scary than being funny due to the very spooky vibe it has. The sole genuinely funny joke is Diesel mispronouncing "mandatory", but even that sadly doesn't save the episode.
 * 8) *Episodes that do have spooky vides can have their funny moments, considering that - again - the series is supposed to be a comedy. It works for most episodes that are horror-themed, but this one wants be more edgy than funny, making it seem jarring, especially since when the episode turns on the musical number, "It's a Prank".
 * 9) While the ending is otherwise decent (see below), its biggest flaw is that Portia and Dante don't get any proper comeuppance for their cruel prank on Dylan. Sure, Dante falls into the canal after the aforementioned musical number and Portia gets humiliated afterward - but that still isn't enough to remove them from the Karma Houdini party.
 * 10) Bad moral: As if WIC #1 wasn't enough, this episode teaches viewers that learning about mythology is bad, which in reality it's actually good. In fact, this episode feels like an insult to mythologers.

Reedeming Qualities

 * 1) This episode has gorgeous, very pleasing animation thoughout. You can tell that most of the work is very talented and creative with the use of the Toon-Boom software. Additionally, the voice acting is decent as always.
 * 2) Dylan, Dolly, Diesel, Dawkins, DJ and Triple D are still likable characters.
 * 3) *On top of that, Dante at least realizes the error of his ways after realizing how broken Dylan became, and he turns against Portia and Spencer to turn Dylan back to normal.
 * 4) Decent ending: Dante and Triple D manage to snap Dylan out of his trance, and he calls Portia out for the prank. After Portia says she prefers to call it a "performance with a purpose", she and Spencer get laughed at by the others, and Dolly and Dante share a hug with Dylan, happy that he is back to normal.
 * 5) *Speaking of the final scene, "It's a Prank" - despite its instrumental ripping off "Wannabe" by Spice Girls - is admittedly a fairly decent and catchy song with original lyrics, and Dante and Triple D are actually pretty good singers.

Reception
Despite recieving a 9.2/10 rating on IMDb, this episode has recieved a mixed-to-negative reception from viewers due to Portia's cruel prank on Dylan.

Trivia

 * The Ferrydog is an obvious reference to the ancient Greek mythological legend of the Ferryman, who carries people's souls into the afterlife.
 * This is the first episode with no episodic directors in the title card since "Flea-Mageddon".
 * The Roman vase that was found by Diesel in the episode appeared before in the background of the episode "Power to the Puppies".
 * In Southeast Asia, an instance of Dolly saying "dude" to Dylan and Dylan's line "Do I like an idiot?" were censored by trimming.
 * One of the administrators on the 101 Dalmatian Street Wiki, BaldiBasicsFan, admits that he hates this episode.

Balancing Act (101 Dalmatian Street)
"Balancing Act" is the 41st episode of mh:besttvshows:101 Dalmatian Street, and the first half of the twenty-first episode in the Disney+ release.

Synopsis
Dolly gets trapped on top of a crate suspended by a crane.

Why This Act Isn't in a Balance

 * 1) Bland and idiotic writing from both Kirsty Peart and Jessica Kedward, both of whom have already wrote much better episodes like "Boom Night" and "Fear Window".
 * 2) Dolly suffered from flanderization in this episode. She went from being a chaotic, yet respectable babysitter who cares about her siblings and relationships with others, to a reckless jerk who always wants to be cool and hip with the puppies and barely learns from her mistakes. She ripped Doug’s face off the family portrait and climbs up to a crate resulting in her crashing buildings and can't handle calming down. Even worse, she didn't get punished for her actions making her a Karma Houdini.
 * 3) * She also screams constantly throughout. The screams sound annoying and tiresome, almost as if Michaela Dietz didn't care about her performance.
 * 4) Clarissa is no better, as she attempts to get Dolly to fall off the crate by throwing her steak at the latter due to her being hungry. In other words, Clarissa tried to get Dolly KILLED!! How cruel is that?
 * 5) The climax is a rehash of the storm scene from "A Summer to Remember". Similar to the mentioned episode, a storm is threatening the characters. But this time it is Dolly while still on the crate. Dylan tried saving her but he got stuck as well. Then, the man who operates decides to lower the crate down, and the rain for some reason stopped.
 * 6) * What also makes this ironic is that it also rained at the beginning of the episode when the pups are inside. Here's how to fix the problem: make it rain throughout to add more intensity!
 * 7) It has a poor concept about Dolly getting trapped on a crate, and its execution is no better.
 * 8) The extremely unfunny poop joke about Dylan and Dolly's childhood, aka "Toiletgate". Granted, Dylan only says "Not Toiletgate!", but even that name alone is disgusting both in-universe and out!
 * 9) Dreadful ending: When Doug comes home to see his face messed up in the family portrait, he asks about what happened to his "schnozz". Dolly replies with "What shady pup among us would do such a thing?" and runs off, with Dylan yelling her name afterward. And the episode ends right there, with Dolly learning absolutely NOTHING whatsoever! What a failed attempt to get Dolly to learn her lesson, guys!
 * 10) False Advertising: The promotional episode synopsis would make you think that it was about Dolly skateboarding somewhere she isn't allowed to, but the actual episode is WAY different from that.
 * 11) Dante is pointlessly shoehorned into one of the screaming scenes, where he is screaming along with Dylan and Dolly. He is never seen again afterward, which means that he's only used for filler here.
 * 12) Abominable moral: Teaches viewers that lying to your parents solves your problems. In reality, however, that is wrong.
 * 13) Dull blue-tinted colors thoughout most of the episode.
 * 14) Similar to "Jungle Jitters", some animation was reused, for an example, Dolly riding down the stair railing at the beginning was reused from "Dog's Best Friend", which was the first episode of the show.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Dylan, Dawkins and Doug are the only likable characters in this episode.
 * 2) The scene where Dylan forgives Dolly is admittedly heartwarming, despite the poop joke.
 * 3) *Plus, we also finally get to know that Dylan and Dolly grew up in London together (as Dolly said that the aforementioned incident happened when they "were really little").
 * 4) Depending on your view, Dolly getting trapped atop the crate could be seen as a comeuppance for her blaming Dylan at the beginning.
 * 5) *Clarissa also gets her comeuppance for her actions, as she is nearly crushed by Dolly's crate.

Responses
"Balancing Act" received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and fans of the show. Some found it good (or at least decent), some tolerated it and others hated it for Dolly's despicable behavior as well as the bad ending. Despite all the hate targeted towards it, however, it got a rating of 8.7/10 on IMDb. Therefore, it can be considered one of the worst episodes of 101 Dalmatian Street to date, on par with "The Curse of the Ferrydog". Some even called it the worst episode of the show.

US viewers
Clocking in at only 0.02 million viewers in its premiere time, this is the least viewed episode of the show.

Thomas and the Preggy Club
"Thomas and the Preggy Club" is a fanmade episode of Thomas Cartoon Series made by Mr. Cool Blue. He private the original video due to criticism of the video, however, it was re-uploaded. It’s also known to be the only episode of the Thomas Cartoon Series.

Plot
Thomas and friends were being pranked by the Preggy club, With Thomas Being the Last engine who isn’t pranked, Thomas must stop the preggy club.

Why It's Wretched

 * 1) For starters, the concept of Thomas meeting a preggy club is very weird, even for Thomas and friends standards.
 * 2) The grasp of the source material is extremely off the rails (no pun intended) that it can make The Sharon Miller era and Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! look awesome in comparison: Thomas and friends have hands, can drive while off the rails, their sheds have no rails, and there’s no narrator.
 * 3) The voice acting is awful and sounds nothing like the original characters' voices in the original Thomas and friends and Sonic the hedgehog franchises, which is understandable since this is a fanmade episode.
 * 4) The Preggy club actually features Sonic The Hedgehog, Tails Prower, Sally Acorn, Amy Rose, and Cream the rabbit, which is pedophilia and child sexualization since Sonic is 15, Tails is 8, Amy is 12, Sally is 16, and Cream is 6!
 * 5) *Besides the pedophilia and child sexualization, Sonic, Tails, Amy, Cream, and Sally Acorn are pretty odd choices for villains since they are all originally heroes. Sure it’s a Thomas Fanmade episode, but still.
 * 6) Besides the miscasting and pedophilia of the preggy club, they are very one-dimensional and have no personality other than trying to ruin the island of Sodor.
 * 7) The animation art style is awful and very off, which is also understandable since this is a Fanmade Thomas episode and not everyone is a good artist, but this doesn’t excuse it.
 * 8) Speaking of the animation, there are so many animation errors, here and there, and the perspective can look off in many instances.
 * 9) At one point, there's a pointless reference to the 2006 Nickelodeon animated movie, Barnyard.
 * 10) Multiple plot holes:
 * 11) How is Gordon still alive when he exploded his face? Also, how was he able to regain his face later in the video?
 * 12) The list of engines that were pranked says that every engine except Thomas was pranked, but neither Emily nor Oliver were pranked by the preggy club.
 * 13) Emily is only in this episode as filler and Oliver is only in this episode as a plot device.
 * 14) Sir Topham Hatt is unlikable and out of character in this episode. James had his paintwork messed up, Duck got beaten up, Henry fell in an abyss, Toby was distracted by Sonic and hit into a set of buffers, Gordon’s face blew up, as mentioned in plot hole #1, yet he still thinks that the preggy club is fake.
 * 15) As we mentioned in plot hole #1, Gordon exploded his face out of rage, yet he's still alive. How did he survive that?!
 * 16) Sometimes, there are microphone clips when the characters are talking.
 * 17) The facial expressions can look ugly and uncanny in a few instances.
 * 18) At a few scenes, Sonic doesn’t even look pregnant.
 * 19) The scene where Thomas puffs over to look for the preggy club drags on for so long.
 * 20) Both Sir Topham Hatt's and Percy’s rages are so annoying that they can get on your last nerve, and they can also give Matthew Littlemore's rage a run for its money.
 * 21) The only reason why Sonic, Tails Amy, Cream, and Sally Formed a preggy club just to ruin the island of Sodor's reputation.
 * 22) For some reason, the end credits music at the end cuts out.
 * 23) Because of all of those reasons, it was a horrendous way to start Mr. Cool Blue’s Thomas cartoon series.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The ending wasn't too bad, as Sonic, Tails, Cream, Sally, and especially Amy, get their comeuppance by getting arrested.
 * 2) Despite not having their charm, The Thomas characters (except for Sir Topham Hatt) Were at least likable, despite Thomas and Percy having some unlikable and annoying moments, unlike the Sharon Miller era of Thomas and friends.
 * 3) At least the remix in the opening and closing is faithful to the original 1984 intro and outro theme.

Trivia

 * Mr. Cool Blue regretted making this episode after watching videos criticizing his episode.
 * Because of how bad this video was, it spawned some YTPs.

The Episode
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Reception
Despite the video having more likes than dislikes, the video has been heavily panned by viewers, Thomas and Friends and ''Sonic the Hedgehog fans alike. This video was known to be one of the worst and most offensive fanmade Thomas and Friends videos ever made.''

Ren's Retirement (The Ren & Stimpy Show)
Ren's Retirement is the tenth episode of the third season of The Ren & Stimpy Show, and aired on April 2, 1994.

Plot
Strong, and energetic, Ren's tenth birthday comes around. However, when Stimpy reminds him he's 70 in dog years, Ren becomes a crazy old coot and soon begins to plan for his death. Eventually, Ren has himself buried in a coffin packed with all the amenities of a modern home, and even allows Stimpy to move in. Wilbur Cobb presides over the funeral, and Ren's tombstone reads "I'll thank you to not drag your butt over my grave". Ren and Stimpy enjoy their domestic afterlife, until their "next-door neighbor", a giant worm (obviously based on Fred Flintstone), invites himself over for dinner. By the end of dinner (and the episode), the worm leaves the coffin, with Ren and Stimpy being reduced to fleshless husks.

Why It Needs To Retire

 * 1) First off, it is a 14-minute Ren butt-monkey episode. Ren himself is also pretty unlikable as he acts like a typical grumpy old man almost throughout.
 * 2) This episode handles death in a very creepy and dark messed way in a kids' show like the original Ren and Stimpy, which caused the episode to be banned from Nickelodeon as a result.
 * 3) Ren's transformation into an old man is disgusting to look at, especially when one of his ears gets stuffed with grey hair.
 * 4) Not all people who turn 70 get this old. How Ren acts is stereotypical of old men, which can make this offensive.
 * 5) The episode's ending is very disturbing when a worm based on Fred Flintstone eats the insides of Ren and Stimpy and leaves their corpses behind. Yet, Ren and Stimpy are both STILL ALIVE!
 * 6) This episode started the downfall of The Ren & Stimpy Show, which made the original series have more bad episodes like this one.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Stimpy is at least likable throughout.
 * 2) The voice acting is alright.
 * 3) The first two minutes are pretty decent.

Reception
Due to the dark subject matter about death, the episode was banned from Nickelodeon. Despite this, it aired on NickRewind and MTV.