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The Worst Episodes of Fairy Tail

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Lucy is a 17-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation. But Natsu

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 23 - 15 Minutes
    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #1 - 15 Minutes

    S1:E23

    While a healing mage watches over Makarov, Fairy Tail regroups to plan their next move. But when Jose returns with a giant cannon capable of blasting the entire guild to bits, their time to act ticks away!

    Director:Kyohei Ishiguro
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Fairy Tail Season 8 Episode 20 - Not Until the Battle is Over
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Not Until the Battle is Over

    S8:E20

    God Serena defeats the Four Emperors of Ishgar and brings the eastern battle to its apparent conclusion. Meanwhile, Gajeel, Erza, Laxus, and other Fairy Tail members depart for different locations to support the other guilds in battle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Fairy Tail Season 8 Episode 42 - Compassion
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Compassion

    S8:E42

    Larcade scowls in pain after Zeref rejects him as a son. Meanwhile, August begins to cast a powerful spell that threatens to destroy all of Magnolia, along with himself. Elsewhere, Erza and Wendy come face to face with the almighty Acnologia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 2 - Fire Dragon, Monkey, and Bull
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Fire Dragon, Monkey, and Bull

    S1:E2

    Lucy’s dream comes true when Natsu and Happy take her to their headquarters in Magnolia to meet the rowdy members of Fairy Tail. For her first job, Lucy braves Mt. Hakobe with her new friends to find a missing wizard.

    Director:Kiichi Suzuno
    Writer:Atsuhiro Tomioka

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  5. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 3 - Infiltrate the Everlue Mansion
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Infiltrate the Everlue Mansion

    S1:E3

    Natsu picks up a job that could pay big money, but he needs a certain type of girl to complete his plan—and Lucy fits the description perfectly!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 4 - Dear Kaby
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Dear Kaby

    S1:E4

    Natsu, Lucy and Happy will have to do more than just read between the lines to defeat the twisted Duke Everlue and his monstrous maid, Virgo.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Fairy Tail Season 5 Episode 7 - Scorching Earth
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #7 - Scorching Earth

    S5:E7

    When Lucy and Yukino get their Celestial Spirit keys back, they summon various old comrades to combat the goofy-looking but powerful Uosuke, master of natural disasters!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Fairy Tail Season 6 Episode 14 - Tartaros Chapter - A Place Reached by Prayer
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Tartaros Chapter - A Place Reached by Prayer

    S6:E14

    As Natsu and Lisanna plot their escape from the cell, Tartaros gains control of the magic weapon of mass destruction, Face. Levy tracks down the dark guild's location and it's closer than anyone expected, but before they can mount a rescue to save Natsu and the others, a mind-controlled Elfman activates a lacrima bomb at the guild!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Fairy Tail Season 6 Episode 20 - Tartaros Chapter - Underworld King
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Tartaros Chapter - Underworld King

    S6:E20

    Jellal, Meldy, and Oracion Seis come across Rusty Rose, who tells them of his encounter with Tartaros after finding out the Dark Guild was preying on Dark sub-guilds. Later, Jellal and Meldy head off towards Tartaros, but someone doesn't want them to go...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 5 - The Wizard in Armor
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #10 - The Wizard in Armor

    S1:E5

    Erza asks Gray and Natsu to form a team with her to stop a corrupt guild from using a dark magic that has the power to sap the lives of everyone in Fiore!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 6 - Fairies in the Wind
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Fairies in the Wind

    S1:E6

    Erza’s team chases Erigor and his villainous guild to Oshibana station. Can Fairy Tail’s strongest team snuff the death flute before the Lullaby spell hits the airwaves, or will they find themselves in a whirlwind of trouble?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Fairy Tail Season 3 Episode 16 - The One Thing I Couldn't Say
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - The One Thing I Couldn't Say

    S3:E16

    Cana finds Mavis's grave and reflects on her reasons for becoming an S-Class wizard: her father is revealed to be Gildarts, who is unaware of his relationship with her, leading the younger, timid Cana to decide to become an S-Class wizard and bolster her own confidence to reveal the truth to him. However, Cana realizes that she had also betrayed Lucy in her determination. Wracked with guilt, Cana takes the Fairy Glitter spell from the grave and uses an enchanted card leading her to Lucy as she and her friends are attacked by Bluenote. She tries to perform the spell on Bluenote, but fails. However, she is saved when Gildarts arrives and attacks Bluenote.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Fairy Tail Season 3 Episode 30 - True Scoundrels - The Butt Jiggle Gang
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #13 - True Scoundrels - The Butt Jiggle Gang

    S3:E30

    When Natsu and company escort a shipment of gold, the train is hijacked by the wickedly flatulent trio known as the Jiggle Butt Gang. After Natsu and Lucy get blown away by the bunch, it's up to Wendy to save the shipment, a tough task when Wendy's a hostage herself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Fairy Tail Season 5 Episode 29 - Full Effort Hospitality!
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Full Effort Hospitality!

    S5:E29

    Lucy wants to show her Celestial Spirits that she appreciates all their hard work, so she summons them one by one to make their wishes come true. Natsu and Happy are on hand to help out, but as often happens with the unpredictable, unstable Celestial Spirits, chaos ensues!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Fairy Tail Season 5 Episode 32 - Hisui Rises!
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Hisui Rises!

    S5:E32

    Princess Hisui and Arcadios are on their way to Fairy Tail when they fortuitously run into Natsu, Lucy, and Yukino. Princess Hisui has created something to send the wayward Celestial Spirits home by force, but the mother and son duo of Pisces appears to snatch it. And, like the other Celestial Spirits, this is a new, darker version of their previous selves. For example, the mother Pisces now has much bigger jaws...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 7 - Flame and Wind
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Flame and Wind

    S1:E7

    The wizards are sitting ducks behind Erigor’s impenetrable wind wall until Happy hatches a plan with a little service from the stars!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 1 - The Fairy Tail
    8.0/10(11 votes)

    #17 - The Fairy Tail

    S1:E1

    Lucy wants nothing more than to join Fairy Tail, the most rambunctious wizard’s guild in Fiore. When a phony lures her onto his ship with the promise of getting into the guild of her dreams, her newest friends arrive to bail her out!

    Director:Yukihiro Matsushita
    Writer:Masashi Sogo

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  18. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 8 - The Strongest Team
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #18 - The Strongest Team

    S1:E8

    Natsu finally knocks the wind out of Erigor’s sails in a scorcher of a battle—but Fairy Tail’s strongest team still has a war to fight when the death flute’s dark magic plays an evil scale of epic proportions.

    Director:Kyohei Ishiguro
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 9 - Natsu Devours a Village
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Natsu Devours a Village

    S1:E9

    While traveling home with grumbling bellies, the team stumbles upon a deserted village with lots of yummy grub lying around, but Erza’s gut tells her something’s up. While she investigates, the boys chow on a forest full of odd fungus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 19 - Changeling
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Changeling

    S1:E19

    Natsu absent-mindedly reads a spell that switches the minds and magic of everyone nearby! If they don’t figure out how to reverse the spell, they’ll be the most pathetic team of Fairy Tail—forever!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Fairy Tail Season 1 Episode 20 - Natsu and the Dragon Egg
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #21 - Natsu and the Dragon Egg

    S1:E20

    Six years ago, Natsu stumbled upon an egg with strange markings all over it. He fought tooth and nail to hatch the egg so he could raise his own dragon, but along the way he got a little help from his friends, a lesson on love and a very happy surprise!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Fairy Tail Season 5 Episode 28 - Moulin Rouge
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Moulin Rouge

    S5:E28

    A newly-installed pool table at the Fairy Tail guild hall has Erza reminiscing about the first time she shot pool... which was also the first time she came across a certain bandit, the quickest draw on the continent.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Fairy Tail Season 6 Episode 23 - Tartaros Chapter - Celestial Spirit King vs. Underworld King
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Tartaros Chapter - Celestial Spirit King vs. Underworld King

    S6:E23

    Lucy is a wreck after giving up Aquarius forever in exchange for a one-time summoning of the Celestial Spirit King, who then takes on Mard Geer, the Underworld King. And Lucy finds she doesn't have time for tears as the explosive Jackal tries to take her out of the picture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Fairy Tail Season 7 Episode 10 - Eternal Adventure
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Eternal Adventure

    S7:E10

    Mavis says farewell to Zera and contemplates her next move after the successful defeat of Blue Skull. The heartbreaking, hopeful final episode of this arc marks the end of the beginning of Fairy Tail.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Fairy Tail Season 8 Episode 25 - The Third Seal
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - The Third Seal

    S8:E25

    Natsu's team heads east with Brandish to negotiate with August, the Wizard King. Meanwhile, Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus spring back into action after Gajeel's team saves them. But the reinvigorated heroes face yet another nightmare…

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"15 Minutes" is the worst rated episode of "Fairy Tail". It scored 6.8/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Kyohei Ishiguro and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/22/2010. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Not Until the Battle is Over".