7.1/10316 votesLoading...#1 - The Shining Beacon (1)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/25/2013
The airship carrying the new students arrives at Beacon Academy and Ruby faces the daunting prospect of having to meet new people and make new friends.
Director: Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
Writer: Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross
7.2/10303 votesLoading...#2 - Jaunedice (1)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/26/2013
Jaune struggles with combat lessons while Cardin makes a name for himself as a bully.
Director: N/A
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7.2/10222 votesLoading...#3 - A Perfect Storm
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2017
Salem's forces proposition Raven Branwen, but Raven decides to change the agreement in favor of all parties. Back in Menagerie, Sun and Ghira face off against the Albain brothers while Blake runs off to find her mother.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10314 votesLoading...#4 - The Badge and The Burden (1)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/12/2013
Team RWBY faces its first task together: creating bunk beds.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10324 votesLoading...#5 - Jaunedice (2)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/3/2013
Pyrrha offers to help Jaune with his combat lessons, but it doesn't go well.
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7.3/10262 votesLoading...#6 - Forever Fall (1)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/10/2013
Team JNPR is disquieted by the amount of time Jaune is spending with Cardin.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10248 votesLoading...#7 - Cordially Invited
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/2019
Jacques and Ironwood engage in a dangerous game of wits. Meanwhile, the kids must face their most dangerous threat yet: a high class dinner party.
Director: N/A
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7.4/10394 votesLoading...#8 - Ruby Rose
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/18/2013
A fifteen-year-old girl with exceptional combat skills is hand-picked by a famous headmaster to join his elite school for training Huntsmen and Huntresses. And so the adventure begins.
Director: Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
Writer: Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross
7.4/10367 votesLoading...#9 - The Shining Beacon (2)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/1/2013
Professor Ozpin welcomes the new students to his school and Ruby, Yang, Weiss and Blake find themselves all in the same room together for the very first time.
Director: Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
Writer: Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross
7.4/10232 votesLoading...#10 - Stealing from the Elderly
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2019
Our heroes have one shot to pull off the heist of their lives, and if they're going to succeed, they'll need everyone to do their part. It's go time.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10319 votesLoading...#11 - The First Step (1)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/8/2013
The students are introduced to the initiation process.
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7.5/10308 votesLoading...#12 - The Emerald Forest (1)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/22/2013
Yang teams up with Blake to fight Ursae while Pyrrha explains the concept of Aura to Jaune.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10231 votesLoading...#13 - Menagerie
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/19/2016
Blake and Sun arrive in Kuo Kuana, the main city of Menagerie. Two representatives of the White Fang, Corsac and Fennec Albain, visit the Belladonnas, and when confronted about the White Fang's role in the Fall of Beacon, the Albains state that a splinter group under Adam's lead is responsible. After their visit, Corsac and Fennec agree to inform Adam of Blake's homecoming.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10222 votesLoading...#14 - Necessary Sacrifice
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/2017
Blake and Sun try to recruit help for defending Haven, with poor results. While Ruby gives the worried Oscar a pep-talk, the Albain brothers discuss and plan the White Fang's direction.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10221 votesLoading...#15 - Rest and Resolutions
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2017
Yang and Weiss have joined up with Team RNJR, just in time to learn the full truth about the Maidens, the Wizard, and what Ozpin did to the Branwen siblings.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10255 votesLoading...#16 - A New Approach
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 11/9/2019
Arresting people isn’t exactly the best way to make a first impression. However, once the initial shock has worn off, Ruby and her friends learn there’s a lot more to these Ace Ops - and even General Ironwood - than first meets the eye.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10242 votesLoading...#17 - Pomp and Circumstance
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/23/2019
Riding the high of completing their first mission in Atlas, the gang is itching to hone their skills and provide some much-needed help to the citizens of Mantle.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10241 votesLoading...#18 - Sparks
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/30/2019
Between missions, training, and rising political unrest, these fledgling huntsmen and huntresses have quite a lot on their hands.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10238 votesLoading...#19 - Worst Case Scenario
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/2019
How far would you be willing to go to do what's right?
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7.5/10277 votesLoading...#20 - Divide
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/2020
More than ever before, the allied forces standing against Salem need to be united. But after Ironwood refused to continue evacuating Mantle, our heroes need to choose a new path forward -- if only they could agree on one.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10261 votesLoading...#21 - Refuge
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/2020
Ruby, Nora, Blake, May, and Penny set their sights on Atlas Military Command. Meanwhile Yang, Ren, Jaune, and Oscar handle evacuations in Mantle. If they can get everyone to the crater in time, they just might be able to save them.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10260 votesLoading...#22 - Creation
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 3/13/2021
It's risky, dangerous, and nearly impossible -- but it's the best plan they've got.
Director: N/A
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7.5/10221 votesLoading...#23 - Altercation at the Auspicious Auction
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/2023
In which Team RWBY gets more than they bartered for.
Director: Paola Decanini
Writer: Eddy Rivas
7.6/10295 votesLoading...#24 - The First Step (2)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/15/2013
The pairing of Ruby and Weiss gets off to a rocky start.
Director: N/A
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7.6/10302 votesLoading...#25 - The Emerald Forest (2)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/29/2013
Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch assess the students while Jaune and Pyrrha's search for the relics doesn't go as well as Yang and Blake's.
Director: N/A
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The Worst Episodes of RWBY
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Worst Episodes Summary
"The Shining Beacon (1)" is the worst rated episode of "RWBY". It scored 7.1/10 based on 316 votes. Directed by Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum and written by Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross, it aired on 7/25/2013. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Jaunedice (1)".