A Noob Divided Cannot Noob (Supernoobs)

Plot
Mem and Zen’s stress over having to live together reaches a breaking point, causing them to move out, end their friendship, and move into the houses of the Noobs. The Noobs try to get Mem and Zen to reconcile.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) This episode is utterly wasted potential that should have established a turning point in Mem and Zen’s friendship and character developments  and reveal their backstories but instead it is actually a pointless filler episode that only seems to exist to give Mem and Zen a feud episode.
 * 2) It is completely derivative of the Clarence episode “The Break Up” which features a very similar plot and aired six months before this episode.
 * 3) The Noobs while tolerable, act like complete idiots as the continuously make schemes to make Mem and Zen reconcile without fully identifying what the problem is and what is actually causing them to fight.  Their attempts only backfire and make things worse.
 * 4) * Shope and Tyler in particular are normally shown as a smart kids yet they are out of character due to failing to understand the actual problem and instead try to get Mem and Zen back together as quickly as possible.
 * 5) Misleading Title: The episode’s title teases that the noobs are going to have their friendship with each other end due to the title using the word “noob” twice but instead it is Mem and Zen who end their friendship.
 * 6) The episode treats Zen’s “sleepfighting” and Mem’s insomnia like fun nighttime hobbies.  However both of these sleeping disorders are actually serious medical conditions.  The portrayal of these sleeping disorders can be seen as very offensive towards people who suffer from sleepwalking or insomnia.
 * 7) Plot Holes:  many of them are seen in this episode
 * 8) * The Noobs invite all of Mem and Zen’s friends to a party in one of their attempts to reunite Mem and Zen, yet they never contact the leaders of the Benevolent Alliance to tell them about Mem and Zen’s feud. The episode never explains why the Noobs failed to do this.
 * 9) * Mem and Zen are shown to also reside in their ship called the Galacticus, which is shown to be more spacious than their house and should have accommodations like bedding due to it being a spaceship. However Mem and Zen do not move back into the Galacticus and instead go to the Noobs houses and it’s not explained why.
 * 10) * In the beginning of the episode, Zen in one of his “sleepfighting” bouts accidentally breaks Mem’s bed, yet the Noobs are never seen making Mem a new bed, which he needed. Instead they gave him a kitchen.
 * 11) While Mem and Zen did seem to undergo character development after this episode,  the development is all removed when future episode not only never show the new rooms again but Mem and Zen are back to their old beds without explanation.
 * 12) The episode treats Zen unfairly by trying to make him unlikable by name calling Mem and farting at him but Mem got mad at Zen for something Zen could not control and the other characters seemed unsympathetic towards Zen’s condition by treating it like a fun hobby.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Mem and Zen do reconcile in the end and the Noobs were able to get them back to their house after finally identifying the problem with the house, which is that the house was way too small for both Mem and Zen
 * 2) The new rooms underneath Mem and Zen’s house such as Zen’s new bedroom and Mem’s new kitchen look cool.
 * 3) The main cast are all tolerable, especially Mem and Zen whose behavior in their episode was mainly caused by massive sleep deprivation and accumulated stress from living in a cramped area, which is understandable.
 * 4) While Mem and Zen did end their friendship over things that look petty, their feud is understandable unlike future feud episodes such as “The Noob Trap” in which Roach’s parents feud over a more petty and lamer reason, which is who looks best wearing the color red.
 * 5) The scene where Tyler looks over Zen sleeping and calling him cute while getting accidentally punched in the  face is hilarious.

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