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The Worst Episodes of RWBY

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    RWBY Season 1 Episode 2 - The Shining Beacon (1)
    7.0/10(373 votes)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Directors:Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
    Writers:Kerry Shawcross, Miles Luna

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  2. RWBY Season 1 Episode 11 - Jaunedice (1)
    7.1/10(347 votes)

    S1:E11

    Jaune struggles with combat lessons while Cardin makes a name for himself as a bully.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. RWBY Season 1 Episode 9 - The Badge and The Burden (1)
    7.2/10(358 votes)

    S1:E9

    Team RWBY faces its first task together: creating bunk beds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. RWBY Season 1 Episode 12 - Jaunedice (2)
    7.2/10(367 votes)

    S1:E12

    Pyrrha offers to help Jaune with his combat lessons, but it doesn't go well.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. RWBY Season 1 Episode 13 - Forever Fall (1)
    7.2/10(305 votes)

    S1:E13

    Team JNPR is disquieted by the amount of time Jaune is spending with Cardin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. RWBY Season 5 Episode 9 - A Perfect Storm
    7.2/10(256 votes)

    S5:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. RWBY Season 1 Episode 1 - Ruby Rose
    7.3/10(523 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Directors:Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
    Writers:Kerry Shawcross, Miles Luna

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  8. RWBY Season 1 Episode 3 - The Shining Beacon (2)
    7.3/10(424 votes)

    S1:E3

    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.

    Directors:Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
    Writers:Kerry Shawcross, Miles Luna

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  9. RWBY Season 7 Episode 8 - Cordially Invited
    7.3/10(276 votes)

    S7:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. RWBY Season 1 Episode 4 - The First Step (1)
    7.4/10(374 votes)

    S1:E4

    The students are introduced to the initiation process.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. RWBY Season 6 Episode 10 - Stealing from the Elderly
    7.4/10(261 votes)

    S6:E10

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. RWBY Season 9 Episode 2 - Altercation at the Auspicious Auction
    7.4/10(256 votes)

    S9:E2

    In which Team RWBY gets more than they bartered for.

    Director:Paola Decanini
    Writer:Eddy Rivas

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  13. RWBY Season 4 Episode 5 - Menagerie
    7.5/10(268 votes)

    S4:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. RWBY Season 5 Episode 5 - Necessary Sacrifice
    7.5/10(255 votes)

    S5:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. RWBY Season 5 Episode 7 - Rest and Resolutions
    7.5/10(255 votes)

    S5:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. RWBY Season 6 Episode 8 - Dead End
    7.5/10(246 votes)

    S6:E8

    The Atlas representatives in Argus have no intention of assisting Team RWBY. In fact, they're adamantly opposed to it. It's time to come up with a new solution... and it's time to tell Jaune, Nora, and Ren about Jinn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. RWBY Season 7 Episode 2 - A New Approach
    7.5/10(282 votes)

    S7:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. RWBY Season 7 Episode 7 - Worst Case Scenario
    7.5/10(266 votes)

    S7:E7

    How far would you be willing to go to do what's right?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. RWBY Season 8 Episode 1 - Divide
    7.5/10(309 votes)

    S8:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. RWBY Season 8 Episode 2 - Refuge
    7.5/10(290 votes)

    S8:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. RWBY Season 9 Episode 1 - A Place of Particular Concern
    7.5/10(261 votes)

    S9:E1

    In which a mysterious location is uncovered.

    Director:Kerry Shawcross
    Writer:Kerry Shawcross

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  22. RWBY Season 9 Episode 3 - Rude, Red, and Royal
    7.5/10(250 votes)

    S9:E3

    In which the rules of a game are broken.

    Directors:Dustin Matthews, Connor Pickens
    Writer:Kiersi Burkhart

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  23. RWBY Season 1 Episode 5 - The First Step (2)
    7.6/10(346 votes)

    S1:E5

    The pairing of Ruby and Weiss gets off to a rocky start.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. RWBY Season 1 Episode 6 - The Emerald Forest (1)
    7.6/10(358 votes)

    S1:E6

    Yang teams up with Blake to fight Ursae while Pyrrha explains the concept of Aura to Jaune.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. RWBY Season 1 Episode 7 - The Emerald Forest (2)
    7.6/10(350 votes)

    S1:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Shining Beacon (1)" is the worst rated episode of "RWBY". It scored 7/10 based on 373 votes. Directed by Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum and written by Kerry Shawcross, Miles Luna, it aired on 7/25/2013. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Jaunedice (1)".