The Drawing Class (Titeuf)

The Drawing Class (French: Le cours de Dessin) is episode 5 of season 4 of Titeuf.

Plot
To make people forget that he botched his work during the drawing, Titeuf invents an odious lie: he tells anyone who will listen that his dad beats his mum. Immediately, he becomes a real phenomenon, and everyone takes pity on him.

Why It Botched The Drawing

 * 1) To bring out the elephant in the room, this episode horribly encourages lies about domestic abuse which is truly awful morality.
 * 2) Titeuf is at his worst in this episode because simply to avoid having an F, he decides to lie in front of everyone by saying that his mother is beaten by his father.
 * 3) Misleading title: the episode has very little connection with a drawing class except for the beginning because after that it is nothing but seven minutes of torture.
 * 4) Quantity over quality: This episode is actually based on a one-page comic strip gag that they extended by 7 minutes.
 * 5) Everyone except Ramatou including those who are used to his lies believe him which is even more horrible.
 * 6) Nadia's slap even if it is deserved is really horrible to see because she slaps him with enormous violence that Titeuf passes out.
 * 7) All in all it's an example why Titeuf jumped the shark with season 4.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Ramatou is the only sympathetic character because she realized Titeuf lie and refused to talk to him if he didn't confess his lies.
 * 2) Surprisingly good ending: Titeuf receives the reward for his horrible action and Ramatou forgives him for telling the truth.