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The Worst Episodes of MAD

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Mad is an American animated sketch comedy series created by Kevin Shinick and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Based upon the magazine of the same name, each episode is a collection of short animated parodies

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    MAD Season 3 Episode 8 - The Blunder Games / The Poop-seidon Adventure
    6.1/10(49 votes)

    S3:E8

    The tributes from District 12 battle the tributes from District Hogwarts and District Twilight. / It's a MAD classic as a famous boat flips its lid.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. MAD Season 4 Episode 5 - Papa / 1600 Finn
    6.3/10(64 votes)

    S4:E5

    A family is haunted by a small blue menace. Then, Finn the Human moves into the White House. Plus, Alfred E. Neuman, Spy vs. Spy and more!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. MAD Season 3 Episode 3 - Battleship vs. Titanic / Jurassic Parks and Rec
    6.4/10(49 votes)

    S3:E3

    Thanks to 3-D technology, the RMS Titanic is able avoid the iceberg only to encounter with a hostel alien battleship. Rose and Jack are greeted by Adm. Shane who briefs them on the threat and attempts to prepare for battle. Since the Titanic is a luxury cruise ship they decide to use the women and children as ammunition by catapulting them, but their firing range is too short. So Jack decides to draw sketches of everybody, allowing the aliens to take over the ship's rear. Adm. Shane decides to active the ship's emergency separation mechanism to save the rest, only to cause the inevitable sinking. Later, Jack and Rose are left to drift clinging to a piece of wood. Rose states to the wood she will never let go, and the wood knocks Jack aside. Lt. Hopper surfaces begging to be saved so he can star in John Carter: The Gods of Mars. In the present, an elderly Rose recounts the story to her children explaining how she met their father - one of the aliens. / Leslie Knope unveils Pawnee Park's newest project to include a new dinosaur zoological park to compete with rival Eagleton. However, when Andy decides to save money by not putting locks on all the cages, all the dinosaurs run amok over the park. With most of the staff devoured by the carnivores, Knope hold a meeting to address the issue. Only for the meeting to be crashed by a velociraptor who sets his sights on Knope. Before he can attack, he is devoured by a Tyrannosaurus carrying director Ron Swanson. / Also: Madvent Calendar, Bad Idea, Swisster, Waiting for the Cool Bus, Alfred E. Newman Presidential Campaign Ad., Fat Man Buys a Magic Carpet, Sheriff Robo Boba Lobo, Spy vs. Spy, "Hey, whatever happened to that kid from that TV show I kinda remember from when I was a kid"?, and Anamorphic Food Fight

    Director:Unknown
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  4. MAD Season 3 Episode 21 - The Hip Hobbit; The Monday Project
    6.4/10(51 votes)

    S3:E21

    Bilbo embarks on an old-school quest of rhyming and break dancing. Then, Garfield vows to get his life together.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. MAD Season 2 Episode 12 - Money Ball Z / Green Care Bears
    6.5/10(59 votes)

    S2:E12

    Baseball is super charged when Super Saiyans join the game! Then, Hal Jordan gets recruited by a different kind of colorful guardians. Plus, Spy vs. Spy, Alfred E. Neuman and more!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. MAD Season 3 Episode 25 - James Bond: Reply All; Randy Savage: 9th Grade Wrestler
    6.5/10(53 votes)

    S3:E25

    James Bond must track down an e-mail that went out to too many people. Then, a 9th grader dons the beard of a legend. Plus, Alfred E. Neuman, Spy vs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. MAD Season 1 Episode 10 - Class of the Titans, Zeke and Lex Luthor
    6.6/10(85 votes)

    S1:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. MAD Season 3 Episode 23 - Twilight Breaking Down; GOllum On
    6.6/10(47 votes)

    S3:E23

    Bella and Edward have one last challenge to overcome … finding a babysitter! Then, Gollum joins a support group to help him get overthe loss of his ring. Plus, Alfred E. Neuman, Spy vs.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. MAD Season 1 Episode 15 - So You Think You Can Train Your Dragon to Dance, Yo Gagga Gagga
    6.7/10(74 votes)

    S1:E15

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. MAD Season 2 Episode 10 - Dances With Wolverine / Tater Tots & Tiaras
    6.7/10(59 votes)

    S2:E10

    Wolverine gets caught up in a Footloose parody. Then the world of beauty pageants is about to get a lot more potato-y.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. MAD Season 3 Episode 4 - Betty White and the Huntsman / Ancient Greek Mythbusters
    6.7/10(53 votes)

    S3:E4

    Queen Ravenna is shocked when her magic mirror informs her that Betty White is fairer than she and orders Eric the Huntsman to retrieve her heart. Eric goes to Betty White's office but chooses not to kill her since he enjoys Hot in Cleveland. Instead, he decides to train her to fight the Queen in battle. However, when they return to face Ravenna, they are greeted by the queen from Mirror Mirror. White laments over the idea the two Snow White films were released in the same year and regards the 1937 Disney film as the superior adaptation. / On the previous episode of MythBusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage managed to prove that time travel exists and have now found themselves trapped in ancient Greece. So they decide to do a special Greek episode and bust Greek mythology. However, their experiments create diasterous results. Fortunately Grant appears in a time machine to take the duo home. Perseus, however, takes the time instead and heads to the year 2015 where he lives it up hoverboarding until he is hit by hovercar. / Madvent Calendar, Crocodile has tears with award winner, Awake 'n Shake, Employees Must Wash Hands and Feet Before Returning to Work, R2-PO, Alfred E. Newman Presidential Campaign Ad. 20/80, Spy vs. Spy, and Man Falls Down From Ceiling

    Director:Unknown
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  12. MAD Season 3 Episode 18 - Bourne Leg-a-Turkey / PilGrimm
    6.7/10(47 votes)

    S3:E18

    It's MAD's Thanksgiving special! A turkey secret agent is on the run from the people who created him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. MAD Season 1 Episode 1 - Avaturd / CSiCarly
    6.8/10(115 votes)

    S1:E1

    Jake Smelly explores a planet of blue cat people in search of a rare element. Horatio Caine gets paired up with he iCarly crew for a murder mystery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Aaron Blitzstein, Marly Halpern-Graser, Kevin Shinick, Ben Joseph, Susan M. Clarke, Heather Maidat, Mason Steinberg

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  14. MAD Season 2 Episode 4 - Pirates of the Pair of Tweens / Konan the Kardashian
    6.8/10(64 votes)

    S2:E4

    When the fountain of youth works too well, Jack Sparrow is stuck babysitting a couple of tweens. Then, Conan the Barbarian settles down with a nice woman and takes her last name, because he's progressive like that. Plus, Alfred E. Neuman, Spy vs.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. MAD Season 3 Episode 2 - Yawn Carter / Franklin and Crash
    6.8/10(54 votes)

    S3:E2

    After receiving a device from Abin Sur, John Carter teleported to Mars. There he meets Marvin the Martian who dubs him "Yawn Carter" for his long winded boring back story. Marvin asks Carter for his help to fight their civil war, but Carter is reluctant since he would rather search for gold. Marvin's dog K-9 grabs Carter and takes him to their village. Seeing that he has survived the trip, it is declared that Carter has super powers that can be useful in the war. While there Carter is greeted by the princess Dejah Thoris, who informs him that she has be betrothed to J'onn J'onzz a man she does not love. J'onzz has Carter arrested for fraternizing with Thoris. As punishment, Carter is pitted to a fight to the death with ravenous Bruno Mars. Carter manages to kill Mars, escape to the arena, and crash the wedding. However, Carter learns that the entire events were just an elaborate plan for Thoris to get an engagement ring. As Carter declares his feelings and gives her a diamond ring, Thoris teleports Carter back to Earth. / Trial lawyer, Jared Franklin is paired with Crash Bandicoot. Together the two must defend the Prince of the Cosmos who has been accused of property damage from creating large katamaris. At the trial, prosecutor Sonic the Hedgehog presents compelling video evidence showing the Prince in the process of creating various katamaris. Finally, the Prince calls upon his father, the King, who explains that the Prince's activities were to help repopulate the cosmos with new stars, as the King accidentally did away with all the old stars. As he speaks, the King takes the entire courthouse and hurls it into space to make it the final star in the Alfred E. Newman constellation. / Also: Madvent Calendar, Burglar Disguised as a Raccoon, Sports Drink Drink, RPG Nerd Has to Get a Life, Alfred E. Neuman for President Celebrity Endorsement, The Woman in Back, Spy vs. Spy, and Mini Golf

    Director:Unknown
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  16. MAD Season 3 Episode 20 - Fantastic Four Christmases; Red and White Collar
    6.8/10(47 votes)

    S3:E20

    It's a MAD Christmas Special! The kids of the Fantastic Four have to go to all four relatives' houses in one day, and deal with yuletide super villains! Then, Santa is let out of jail and teams up with the FBI! Plus Christmas commercials, Spy vs.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. MAD Season 2 Episode 7 - Transboremores 3: Dark of the Blue Moon / The Walking Fred
    6.9/10(60 votes)

    S2:E7

    When a portal opens up to the land of the Smurfs, Optimus Prime has to send them back. An Internet viral video goes viral for real! Mad News, Christopher Coolumbus, Angry Bird Management, Singing Knight-grams, Theme Park Rides We'd Love to See, Project Runway, Spy vs. Spy, Magic Gel and Pet Shell, The Floor is Lava

    Director:Unknown
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  18. MAD Season 3 Episode 24 - Life of Rhyme; Here Comes Yogi Boo Boo
    6.9/10(50 votes)

    S3:E24

    The classic tale of a boy trapped on a boat with a cat in the hat. Then, two dumb gross bears act gross and dumb. Plus, Alfred E.Neuman, Spy vs.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. MAD Season 1 Episode 3 - 2012 Dalmatians / Grey's in Anime
    7.0/10(93 votes)

    S1:E3

    When the Mayan apocalypse comes in the form of puppies falling from the sky, a family tries to survive. A hospital patient's sedative-induced anime dream turns the action up to over 9000.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Aaron Blitzstein, Marly Halpern-Graser, Kevin Shinick, Ben Joseph, Susan M. Clarke, Heather Maidat, Mason Steinberg

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  20. MAD Season 1 Episode 6 - Pirates of the Neverland: At Wit's End, Batman Family Feud
    7.0/10(89 votes)

    S1:E6

    Parodies include Pirates of Neverland: At Wit's End (a crossover between Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Neverland) and Batman Family Feud (a crossover between Batman and Family Feud).

    Director:Unknown
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  21. MAD Season 1 Episode 7 - Cliffordfield, Big Time Rushmore
    7.0/10(83 votes)

    S1:E7

    Clifford the Big Red Dog attacks New York City. A big record producer tries to get George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln to become a rock band.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. MAD Season 1 Episode 8 - Fantastic Megan Fox, Mad vs. Wild
    7.0/10(82 votes)

    S1:E8

    Megan is a fox, literally, and she's going to show the world what a fantastic actress she can be. Then, MAD takes to the woods and shows you how to survive in the wild.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. MAD Season 1 Episode 13 - Snot Pilgrim vs The Wonderful World of Disney, Malcolm in the Middle Earth
    7.0/10(79 votes)

    S1:E13

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
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  24. MAD Season 1 Episode 14 - Pokémon Park, WWER
    7.0/10(69 votes)

    S1:E14

    No description available

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  25. MAD Season 2 Episode 3 - Kung Fu Blander / Destroy, Bob the Builder, Destroy
    7.0/10(64 votes)

    S2:E3

    With a bird as the big bad guy, the second Kung Fu Panda just feels blander than the last. Then, Bob the builder gets some "help" from Andrew WK. Plus, Alfred E. Neuman, Spy vs.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Blunder Games / The Poop-seidon Adventure" is the worst rated episode of "MAD". It scored 6.1/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/30/2012. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Papa / 1600 Finn".