Top 10 TV Shows With Repetitive Episodes

Most T.V. shows are very repetitive but it doesn't mean it's completely bad. It's basically the same plot and has a bunch of running gags. Sometimes repetitive shows have plot twists and some of them is long running.
The Top Ten
1 Phineas & Ferb

The reason why it's so repetitive is because it's basically the same plot. Phineas and Ferb are at the treehouse thinking what should they do today. Then Candance tries to bust them but always failed. Isabella comes here and tries to get herself involved in Phineas' plans (due to having a crush on him). Then Perry goes on a mission to stop Dr Doofenshmirtz. Doof usually tells why he's doing this is because of his tragic backstory. He always calls his inventions ends with -inator. There's also weird gags such as floating giant baby head, nagging wife gets hit by an object and a bunch of workers questions Phineas if he's too young for (insert job here) and Phineas will reply, "Yes, yes I am."

I sadly have to agree... I loved this show for the first 2 and a half seasons, and of course all the special episodes... but then it got too repetitive. 'I know what we're gonna do today, Candace freaks out, song and dance number, where's perry? ' Still, one of my favorite shows thougj.

2 Pokemon Pokémon, abbreviated from the Japanese title of Pocket Monsters and currently advertised in English as Pokémon: The Series, is a Japanese anime television series, which has been adapted for the international television markets. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 1, 1997, in the United States on September 8, 1998.

The anime is truly the most repetitive ever. It's one of the reasons why several fans dislike the anime. It has a lot of running gags and here's a list of them.
Jigglypuff singing and draws on their faces when everyone falls asleep.
Brock falls in love with women (especially Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny).
Ash being an idiot.
Team Rocket being annoying as they ruin everything. Also, they say their motto every time they appear.
Pikachu being overpowered
Clemont's invention blows up in his face.
Everyone falls for Team Rocket's paper thin disguise.
Psyduck and Wobbuffet won't stay in their pokeballs and they're comic relief characters.
Pikachu electrocutes Team Rocket and sends them flying with a twinkle in the sky. Their catchphrase is "Team Rocket is blasting off again."
Team Rocket tries to steal Pokemon especially Pikachu.
It's funny at first but now it's kind of annoying.

The word twerp/twerpette is used way too much in Pokemon by team rocket trio to insult ash and co

After Season 10, it's less repetitive

3 Scooby Doo

This Should Be No.1 because there are some episodes of PnF that don't have the formula and the movies don't follow there formula. But all of the Scooby Doo media is the same plot even the movies.

Like fairly oddparents, it's a long running show and it has the same plot. The gang goes on a mystery van to go on a trip. Then something weird happens. A monster came out of nowhere and ruins everything. Next, the gang goes into a wild goose chase and tries to figure it out what was the person who was hiding in a disguise. Then at the end, the gang knows the culprit and the person reveals themselves through the disguise and explains why they did it. Usually the person gets arrested and say the infamous catchphrase "You meddling kids."

Yes, it was good for a few episodes, but after a while it got predictable. Actually, after two episodes it got predictable and repetitive

4 Fairly Odd Parents The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon.

Timmy makes a selfish wish and Wanda warns him that it's a bad wish. Timmy doesn't listen to her and Timmy's wish is granted. Then bad things happen and Timmy tries to solve it by wishing things back to normal. Also before Timmy makes a wish, he has to follow the rules from the the rules book. This show is really annoying and tiresome due to how repetitive it is and it's a long running show.

5 Bubsy

It's one of the most annoying cartoon ever. There's a lot of running gags all over the place and Bubsy keeps saying that catchphrase over and over again.

Who's idea was it to make a cartoon of this?!

I thought this was just a game, any more

I thought this was just a bad game.

6 Family Guy Family Guy is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter (Fat, Idiotic Dad) and Lois (Nagging Bitchy Wife), their children Meg (Socially Awkward Daughter) Chris (Fat, Idiotic Son), and Stewie (Sociopathic and Genuine Infant); and lastly Brian (Anthromorphic Pet Dog). The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, and exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often American culture. ...read more.

It has a lot of jokes, catchphrases, pop culture references and running gags.

With this definition has nothing repetitive

7 Lilo & Stitch

The T.V. series is a little bit repetitive. How? In the beginning a experiment pod gets wet by water and gets activated. Then the experiment causes trouble and Lilo and Stitch tries to capture it. Gantu gets in the way and tries to get the experiment but Lilo and Stitch defeats him at the end. Then Lilo nicknames the experiment and tries to find one true place. Also Lilo tells everyone about ohana means family, no one gets left behind. Sometimes at the end of the episode Gantu gets some kind of bad luck.

8 Dora the Explorer Dora the Explorer (2000 - 2019) is an American preschool educational animated TV series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner in which Dora goes on adventures with her friend, a monkey named Boots.

It's a kid's educational T.V. show. What exactly do you expect?

9 The Wonder Pets

Well, it's a kids show... what do you expect?

10 Regular Show Regular Show is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network that premiered on September 6, 2010. The series revolves around the lives of two friends, a blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby—both employed as groundskeepers at a local park.

The reason why I put on this list is because it's kind of formulaic as the series progress. First, Mordecai and Rigby do something stupid and then weird stuff happens at the park. (Sometimes someone else cause weird stuff to happen). Benson gets mad and yells at them. Skips explains what's going on and Mordecai and Rigby saves the day. Also There's a lot of running gags such as Muscle Man's mom jokes, Benson's anger issues, Mordecai and Rigby being lazy or stupid (Mostly Rigby), Pop's laughter, Mordecai and Rigby play video games, etc.

The Contenders
11 Looney Tunes Looney Tunes is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation, alongside its sister series Merrie Melodies.

Like Tom & Jerry, this show is been loved by the fans. The basic formula is that all the protagonists outsmarts the villains mercilessly and you know the rest. Most fans like it but a few of them don't.

12 Power Rangers
13 Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry is an American animated series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on a rivalry between the title characters Tom, a cat, and Jerry, a mouse. Many shorts also feature several recurring characters.

Tom tries to eat Jerry but Jerry outsmarts him and gets Tom into trouble (Sometimes Tom turns the tables on Jerry). It's pretty repetitive but it's is the most beloved show.

It might be repetitive but I still consider it my favorite animated series of all time.

The slapstick in the show makes it repetitive

I will find you and

14 SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator the late Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. SpongeBob is currently the most popular show on Nickelodeon, as well as the longest running show, running for 23 years, and is beginning its 13th season. The show revolves around a sea sponge called SpongeBob SquarePants and his adventures under the sea. The show is considered to be one of the best Nickelodeon and cartoon shows of all time.

Why is this so low

15 Sailor Moon Sailor Moon is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from 1991 to 1997; the 52 individual chapters were published in 18 tankōbon volumes. ...read more.
16 Chloe's Closet
17 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is an animated children's television series based on the fourth incarnation of Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise. The show follows a studious unicorn (later an alicorn) pony named Twilight Sparkle (Tara Strong) and her friends Applejack (Ashleigh Ball), Rarity (Tabitha St. Germain), Fluttershy (Andrea Libman), Rainbow Dash (Ball), Pinkie Pie (Libman), and dragon assistant Spike (Cathy Weseluck). They travel on adventures and help others around Equestria while solving problems that arise in their own friendships.

This show isn't repetitive, it has variety

18 Destinos

My Spanish teacher makes us watch it and every episode is literally a 15 min summary of the last episode and 5 min of new story.

19 Aladdin
20 El Chavo Del Ocho
21 Doraemon Doraemon is a fictional character in the Japanese manga and anime series of the same name created by Fujiko Fujio, the pen name of writing team Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko.
22 The Powerpuff Girls The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. The main characters of this show are Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. The show is about the Professor Utonium creating three little superhero girls that save the day from villains. This show has an anime spinoff made in Japan, three specials, a movie in theatres, and a reboot. The show aired from 1998 to 2005.

I'm pretty sure every action T.V. show is repetitive. Especially cartoon network shows...

23 Tom Goes to the Mayor
24 The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening that originally started on April 19, 1987 as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. It got its own series on December 17, 1989 and is still running as of 2023, making it the longest running animated sitcom. It is about a man named Homer Simpson and his family (wife Marge and children Bart, Lisa and Maggie and pets, Snowball II and Santa's Little Helper) going through a long series of misadventures.
25 Super Why! Super Why! or The Reading Adventures of Super Why! is an American-Canadian children's CGI animated show developed by Angela Santomero and Samantha Freeman Alpert. The series is produced by New York City-based Out of the Blue Enterprises and Toronto-based DHX Media through its Decode Entertainment division. ...read more.
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