Top 10 Things that Make a Cartoon Episode Bad
Well this list has been a long time coming, for this list we will be going over all the things that can make a cartoon episode bad from stuff like having too much filler, mishandling a serious subject, having a character act horribly and face no consequences for their actions and much more.
My favorite example would be Family Guy,Sanjay and Craig, and especially Breadwinners. Looking at what kids of today find funny I worry for the next gneration, growing up doing stupid things and having no good sense of humor
For me, the South Park episode "Breast Cancer Show Ever" comes to mind.
The Splinter in a nutshel
Pretty much a lot of Modern Family Guy or SpongeBob episodes that just want to bee disturbing or disgusting just for the sake of it and goes way overboard with it and to a lesser extent "Ren Seeks Help"

Pretty much every Squidward torture porn in a nutshell where an episode punishes or tortures a character for literally no good reason.
This has loud house written all over it proof Lincoln Torture Porns
Cough cough modern SpongeBob cough cough
Yeah, talk about it... - Squidward Tentacles

This definitely should be number one. Family Guy does this crap so much and it's one of the main reasons why I hate that show
I just dislike it when people make jokes out of serious things.
I'm looking at your Family Guy and Amazing World of Gumball that both tackled a similar serious subject matter and failed horribly at it which is abusive relationships

There are way too many to name just a few examples Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy horribly ripping off Imitation Krabs, Sanjay and Craig's Fat Baby ripping off Ren and Stimpy's Son of Stimpy/Stimpy's First Fart.
Also, Seat To Stardom ripping off Camera Shy in Rocko's Modern Life

Those episodes where one character acts really horribly towards other characters in an episode and faces no punishment for their actions such examples "Everyone Knows It's Bendy" and every Patrick's a prick episode.
Patrick examples keep in mind I'm only including the main ones from 6-8
Stuck in the wringer
Pet Sitter Pat
The Card
The Splinter
Yours Mine and Mine
ShuffleBoarding
Big Sister Sam
Oral Report
Gone
That episode in the thumbnail has to be one of the worst SpongeBob episodes.
I can't believe Gary didn't went crazy mad on Patrick at the end, did Patrick brainwash him?

One example is the Fairly Odd parents episode "It's a Wishful Life" where Timmy does good deeds for everyone only for everyone to be incredibly spiteful and ungrateful for what he does that he wishes that he was never born only for Jorgen to happily show him that everyone is much happier that he never existed.

Too many episodes do this they have a really good idea but end up squandering any potential the episode could have had a few examples The Loud House's One of the Boys, and "Oral Report" from SpongeBob Squarepants and one from Courage the Cowardly Dog "Ball of Revenge"

You know those episodes where they literally have almost nothing happening for a good chunk of the episodes and take forever to get to the point usually because they have to pad out the episode because either they couldn't come up with anything or were too lazy fill up a 22 minute or even 11 minute episode to quote Mr. Enter "Either be funny or get to the plot".
So every anime episode when they reach the "official championship quarter finals" point - Stakamakataka
teen titans go
every sitcom ever,made after 2014

Even if an episode is terrible it can still be saved with a good ending however a bad ending can really kill an episode like for example having a character goes through so much pain and suffering and you think the episode is finally going to have mercy on them only for them to get screwed over again in the end or have an ending that make the episode feel entirely pointless.

Episodes where a character acts like the complete opposite of how they would normally act
Modern Spongebob

there are some good ones the My Leg episode and Butters very own episode because before that he was a background character he was also a major character in an episode before that Two Naked Guys in A Hot Tub that I also liked
Two episodes from South Park that come to mind is Pip and A Million Little Fibers both star a secondary character that aren't capable of carrying an entire episode.
I loved that “My Leg” episode :(

While I do agree that Chloe wasn’t a good character, her addition kind of makes sense on a logistical standpoint. The Fairy Counsel banned fairy babies (meaning no new fairies) and any new godkids had to share fairies with existing godkids.
However, that doesn’t justify her being a one dimensional character. Still, I know what I’m saying when I say I’d rather have Chloe over Sparky any day.
Chloe Carmichael completely ruined FOP.
Chloe. Carmichael. enough. Said.

Perfect example Lisa Goes Gaga from the Simpsons.
That photo is of the worst of the Simpsons

Just an example "Demolition Doofus" where Mrs. Puff tries to murder SpaongeBob after he cripples her then doesn't show even the slightest bit of remorse.
An example is no such luck lessons I learned
1 Luck is real
2 If something bad happens blame it on someone with a stupid excuse
3 If you think someone has bad luck ban them from everything kick them out of their room make them stay many feet away from your home disown them and sell all their furniture
4 If said unlucky person sneaks in something make them wear whatever they were that caused luck
5 if someone deems you unlucky use it as a advantage to get out of things you do not like
and number 6 if said unlucky person says luck is not real or they are not bad luck do not believe them and make a point that could be false


So? This gives us backstory to the character and why they did what they did.
An Obvious Example is The Pre-Season 2 Lord Cucuface From Madeline.
Sometimes the replaced characters are better than the dead characters but most of the time their a lot worse I'm looking at you FOP because I hated sparky a lot and thought he was bad than Chloe came I feel sorry for hating sparky and he seems charming now
A big example of this entry is the Family Guy episode “Life of Brian”.
A perfect example is the whole SpongeBob series - gothtomboy9