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The Worst Episodes of Dilbert

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The Worst Episodes of Dilbert

Dilbert is an animated television series adaptation of the comic strip of the same name, produced by Adelaide Productions, Idbox, and United Media and distributed...

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  1. Background image for The Competition
    6.9/10(135 votes)

    #1 - The Competition

    S1:E3

    Dilbert is fired from his job when he is suspected of being a spy for a rival company (which was a rumor cooked up by Dogbert's online newsletter) and gets hired at a company that actually treats their workers like people.

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  2. Background image for The Off-Site Meeting
    6.9/10(82 votes)

    #2 - The Off-Site Meeting

    S2:E9

    Dilbert's home is chosen as the location for an off-site meeting when a dendrophile sues his company because of their deforestation policies.

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  3. Background image for Tower of Babel
    7.0/10(107 votes)

    #3 - Tower of Babel

    S1:E8

    The repetitive passing-on of the same cold strain in Dilbert's office causes it to mutate and turns the coworkers into monsters. Rather than eliminate the virus, the company decides to start fresh by moving everyone to a new office, which Dilbert is tasked with designing.

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  4. Background image for Holiday
    7.0/10(100 votes)

    #4 - Holiday

    S1:E12

    Dilbert thinks there are too many time-wasting holidays; Dogbert concurrently convinces Congress to abandon all holidays in favor of a National Dogbert Day.

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  5. Background image for Elbonian Trip
    7.1/10(121 votes)

    #5 - Elbonian Trip

    S1:E5

    Dilbert, Alice, Wally, Dogbert, and the Pointy-Haired Boss take a business trip to Elbonia. Alice and Dilbert attempt to free the Elbonian people (Alice adopts an Elbonian baby while Dilbert introduces the workers to human rights) while Wally becomes a prophet.

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  6. Background image for The Prototype
    7.2/10(141 votes)

    #6 - The Prototype

    S1:E2

    Dilbert and Alice must work together to stop a rival team led by the legendary "Lena" from stealing their ideas and presenting them to the Boss as her own.

    Director:Alfred Gimeno
    Writer:Jeff Kahn
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  8. Background image for Testing
    7.2/10(132 votes)

    #7 - Testing

    S1:E4

    The Gruntmaster 6000 prototype is put to the test by an evil masked test engineer named Bob Bastard.

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  9. Background image for Little People
    7.2/10(105 votes)

    #8 - Little People

    S1:E7

    Dilbert discovers that the office is inhabited by a race of former employees who have been "downsized" (literally shrunken down to size after they've been laid off) after finding all of his belongings used, the dry-erase markers disappearing, and X-rated websites on his computer.

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  10. Background image for The Trial
    7.2/10(99 votes)

    #9 - The Trial

    S2:E2

    Dilbert is sent to prison after the boss frames him for a fatal traffic accident. Once inside, he applies his knowledge of mathematics and engineering to prison life and takes over his cell block.

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  11. Background image for Art
    7.2/10(101 votes)

    #10 - Art

    S2:E5

    Dilbert is assigned to create a digital work of art. The result, the "Blue Duck," ends up appealing to the lowest common denominator of society and destroys the value and popularity of classic artworks.

    Director:Chris Dozois
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Hunger
    7.2/10(96 votes)

    #11 - Hunger

    S2:E6

    Dilbert tries to end world hunger by creating a new, safe, artificial food, but it tastes so bad that even people dying of starvation refuse to eat it – until his mother gets involved.

    Director:James Hull
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Return
    7.2/10(85 votes)

    #12 - The Return

    S2:E13

    Dilbert tries to buy a computer online but gets the wrong model, leading to an unpleasant surprise when he tries to return it to the company warehouse.

    Director:Mike Kunkel
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Ethics
    7.2/10(91 votes)

    #13 - Ethics

    S2:E14

    After the company employees are forced to take ethical-training classes, Dilbert is put in charge of designing a nationwide Internet voting network. His scruples are put to the test when an attractive female representative of a tobacco special-interest group tries to seduce him.

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  15. Background image for The Name
    7.3/10(178 votes)

    #14 - The Name

    S1:E1

    Dilbert is tasked with naming a product that hasn't even been designed yet, and the stress (brought on by a recurring nightmare) makes Dilbert think he's turning into a chicken.

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  16. Background image for The Takeover
    7.3/10(120 votes)

    #15 - The Takeover

    S1:E6

    Dilbert and Wally become majority shareholders of their company after Dogbert manipulates the stock market.

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  17. Background image for Charity
    7.3/10(98 votes)

    #16 - Charity

    S1:E11

    Dilbert is forced to be a charity coordinator for the "Associated Way" charity drive.

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  18. Background image for Infomercial
    7.3/10(98 votes)

    #17 - Infomercial

    S1:E13

    The pre-production—non-lab-tested—Gruntmaster 6000 is scheduled to be tested by a Texan family.

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  19. Background image for The Merger
    7.3/10(88 votes)

    #18 - The Merger

    S2:E8

    The Boss decides that the company needs to merge with another, and chooses a company of brain-sucking extraterrestrials.

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  20. Background image for The Fact
    7.3/10(92 votes)

    #19 - The Fact

    S2:E15

    Dogbert becomes rich and famous by writing a best-selling book about an imaginary disease, 'Chronic Cubicle Syndrome', and Dilbert finds himself saddled with the job of devising a cure.

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  21. Background image for The Dupey
    7.4/10(96 votes)

    #20 - The Dupey

    S2:E4

    Dilbert's attempts to design a Furby-style children's toy go horribly awry when the toys gain sentience and mutate into hideous but benevolent creatures that want independence.

    Director:Linda Miller
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Y2K
    7.5/10(105 votes)

    #21 - Y2K

    S1:E9

    On the eve of the new millennium, everyone — except Dilbert — is making New Year's plans. While assuring everyone that the company is prepared for Y2K, Dilbert discovers that the computer mainframe's main processor isn't Y2K-compatible and all the company's systems will crash if it isn't fixed. Dilbert is rewarded for discovering this by being assigned to fix it, and he discovers that the system's original programmer was Wally. But have years of drudgework dulled his brain too much to be able to tackle this crucial task?

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  23. Background image for The Shroud of Wally
    7.5/10(103 votes)

    #22 - The Shroud of Wally

    S2:E3

    Dilbert has a near-death experience at a gas station, and finds that the afterlife is exactly like the office. Meanwhile, a group listening to a multi-level marketing speech become hypnotized, and through a bizarre accident caused by a crashing space shuttle and the birthday kit create a religion based on Wally. Dilbert and Dogbert manage to cover up the crash, while Wally turns away his followers with his odd habits.

    Director:Andi Klein
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  24. Background image for The Assistant
    7.5/10(93 votes)

    #23 - The Assistant

    S2:E10

    Dilbert is unwillingly promoted to management and given an assistant, sparking a showdown with the other engineers.

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  25. Background image for The Knack
    7.6/10(110 votes)

    #24 - The Knack

    S1:E10

    Dilbert loses "the knack" for technology when he gets management DNA from accidentally drinking from the Boss's cup. His resulting mis-steps send the world back to the Dark Ages.

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  26. Background image for The Gift
    7.6/10(111 votes)

    #25 - The Gift

    S2:E1

    Dilbert's mother's birthday is coming up, and in search of the perfect gift, he returns to the mall where he was abandoned by his father (voiced by Buck Henry) years ago.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Competition" is the worst rated episode of "Dilbert". It scored 6.9/10 based on 135 votes. Directed by Seth Kearsley and written by Ned Goldreyer, it aired on 2/8/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Off-Site Meeting".