The Allied Mom Force (Naruto)

"The Allied Mom Force!!" (母ちゃん連合軍!!, Kā-chan Rengōgun!!) is episode 281 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Plot
Ebisu gathers the remaining personnel in Konohagakure to prepare for the eventuality of an attack, but the mothers of the Allied Mothers Force reassures him that they were ready to defend the village. Throughout the day, Konohamaru, who is intent on protecting the village, receives Intel from the other children in the village about people lurking in the surrounding forests. This however, seemingly turns out to only be a travelling circus, until a group of Sumo Wrestlers attempts to attack the village. They are, however, unceremoniously defeated by the alliance of mothers and later Konohamaru who finishes them off with a Rasengan.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) This is just a very bland filler episode. The worst part was that it aired during the Fourth Shinobi World War, where everybody was excited to see fan-favorite characters like Edo Tensei Madara face off against the Five Great Kage and Ten-Tails fight against the entire Shinobi Alliance.
 * 2) Tons of extremely unlikable characters, including the sumo wrestlers, some of the other kids and even some of the adults.
 * 3) This episode feels like a poor man's version of the classic story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", but with Naruto characters in it.
 * 4) This episode is also a Konohamaru torture episode, as he tells everybody about the people lurking in the forest but nobody believes him.
 * 5) The scene where the people turn out to be a traveling circus is extremely stupid, especially considering that this episode takes place during the 4th Great Shinobi War. Why would there be a circus in the middle of a huge war, especially when there are extremely deadly ninja that have been revived, like Madara, Asuma, the Jinchuriki, some Kages, Kimimaro, the entire Akatsuki (apart from Kisame, Hidan and Konan) and even Zabuza and Haku?! They could have easily been killed by one of them!
 * 6) The sumo wrestlers are very ugly and poorly designed. Why would they want to attack the Hidden Leaf Village when we have never even seen them before?
 * 7) There is a very mean-spirited scene where the sumo wrestlers beat up Konohamaru and his friends, which can be considered child abuse.
 * 8) It has a very bad moral where you should not believe other people, no matter what they say.
 * 9) Cringe-worthy fight scenes where all the shinobi moms all team up and beat up the sumo wrestlers with frying pans. This fight scene has been considered to be one of the worst in the entire Naruto series.
 * 10) The ending is unsatisfying and feels extremely lazy. It also feels like a rehash of the villagers congratulating Naruto after he fought Pein.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The animation and visuals are excellent as usual.
 * 2) Konohamaru, Udon, Moegi, Ebisu and some of the shinobi moms are likable characters.
 * 3) It does feature some rarely-seen characters like Choji's mom and even Ino's mom.
 * 4) Thankfully, the episode is non-canon, and can be skipped.

Reception
This episode placed at #2 on WatchMojo's "Top 10 Worst Episodes of Great Anime" list.

Trivia

 * When the Allied Mothers Force confronted the Sumo Wrestlers, one of the mothers beared a striking resemblance to Tenten. Whether or not she is Tenten's mother is unknown.