Tuesday 15 December 2015

My top 20 Chowder episodes

I already did my top 10 Chowder episodes. But when I did that list, I don't think I really knew what I was doing exactly, but after recently thinking about it I decided to redo it with the same episode from the 1st list and some new ones and the old episodes but the old episodes might be different places, except the last 3 episodes will be in the same place. Chowder's my favourite character in the show and one more thing, Chowder is now my 2nd favourite TV show ever next to SpongeBob Squarepants. Get this, Chowder's creator, C.H Greenblatt was once a storyboarder on SpongeBob and the two SpongeBob movies.
20. SniffleBall: The reason this is the lowest on the list is because I think there is one flaw with it. The beginning but I like the ending. Mung wants Chowder to interact with other kids but Chowder doesn't want to. Mung takes him to a SniffleBall field. There, Chowder sees Panini and Gorgonzola. Gorgonzola isn't happy to see him because he feels that Chowder wants to takes him title as the best SniffleBall player on the field. And the rest is too funny for me to explain. What I like in this is how Chowder plays the game at the end. It's one of the jokes that made me laugh hard.
19. The Thousand pound cake: This is one of the first episodes in the show I ever watched. So when I first watched it, I really enjoyed it. What's the story? Chowder and Schnitzel making a delivery to a man on top of a giant  and on the way they come across a lot of things but thy eventually make it because of one of biggest twists in the show. The giant helps them get to the top and even the jerk who ordered the cake is pretty funny. So I'll end this on by saying it's got lots of laughs and was one of the episodes that got me into the show.
18. Crème Puff Hands: Not only is this episode funny, but it's also relatable. Why? Well, let's talk about the story first. It revolves around Truffles saying a really quotable line. "Crème Puff." Because she's hungry so Mung and Schnitzel try to make some but Chowder messes it up, of course, by breaking the Crème Puff Puffer by falling into it and his hand gets filled with it and it gets big. So he goes around town and saves a baby from a falling out of a window and then begins to help people all around the place but then his hand deflates so he jumps into the Crème Puff Puffer again and what happens is the exact opposite of what he did before. And the episode end has the best joke in the episode where Chowder and Mung are fighting with their big body parts. What I meant by relatable is that the reason Chowder is doing all this is because he wants to be helpful and I can relate to that because I can think of times where I wanted to be helpful. But what I find really funny is how Truffles is constantly saying Crème Puffs at the beginning. The way she says it is just great.
17. The Garage sale: After realising they have too much stuff in the kitchen, Chowder, Mung, Truffles and Schnitzel decide to have a garage sale but Chowder doesn't realise that means selling the things so he tries to stop everyone from buying anything. And that's it. The fact that they managed to make such a simple story so funny is really something. The best joke in the episode in my opinion is the short scene where Chowder is literally acting like Gollum from Lord of the Rings where he says that one of the thing in the garage sale is "Precious." Sound familiar? But  also, the scene where Chowder fall into the water is hilarious and the reason why Schnitzel can't go in and save him is because he's made of rock and the reason why Mung can't go in is because he's afraid that his moustache will get wet.
16: Old Man Thyme: This episode is said to be despised but I like it. What's the plot? Chowder is worrying about getting old and he thinks the reason he's getting old is because of something Mung and Truffles said to him but he misunderstood them. He thinks some man named Old Man Thyme is aging him. So now Chowder is trying to defeat this man and stop him from making him old. The way Chowder does all these things to stop Oldman Thyme is incredibly funny, the funniest being the scene at the beginning where Chowder blocks-up his door and has the guitar player to annoy him.
15. The Flibber-Flabber Diet: This episode has probably some of the best writing and some of the best jokes ever in this show. Truffles begins to worry that she's getting fatter so she has Chowder, Mung, Shnitzel and herself to go on a diet. Mung says the best way to lose any weight is by eating Flibber-Flabber, a dish he says is disgusting but Chowder actually likes and he gets the idea of having them all eat it so hopefully Truffles will call off the diet. The result is probably some of the greatest jokes ever seen on this show. In my opinion the best thing about this episode is the visual jokes they keep throwing at us and how much there are. It's just a great episode and one of my absolute favourite episodes of all.
14. The Bruised Bluenana: This is probably the best Chowder and Panini episode and I'll explain why after the story. Panini accidently knocks Chowder into a ton of Bluenanas at Gazpacho's stand and bruises one of them. So Panini takes it like if he injured their child so she forces him to act like a dad and take care of it and she keeps coming over to see how it's doing and she annoys Chowder. He does his best to heal it but he makes it worse and when Panini sees what he's done, she jumps into his clothes so she can take care of the Bluenana but mostly to spend more time with Chowder. And the end has the Bluenana's real mother come and sees Panini attacking Gazpacho with it and shouting at her for doing it and Panini's sad and Chowder sees that she's sad and he knows he can't leave her sad so he hugs her then runs of in embarrassment. That's both funny and actually kind of touching seeing how he did care about her feelings. But the funniest part is where they almost kiss but Chowder sees what she's about to do and runs off and screams down town. That makes me laugh every time.
13. Burple Nurples: Yeah, the very first episode of Chowder. Why!? Mainly because of the uniqueness and creativity  of it. What's the story? Chowder decides he's ready to cook a dish all by himself and Mung allows after he tells him that it's because he saw Panini doing it because Endive let her. How ever while cooking Mung sees that Chowder put poison into the batter of his Burple Nurples and tries the rest of the episode to get rid of them and how he does at the end I won't give away but let's just say it's one of the funniest ending in this shows history. So what's good about this episode? Well the funniest is by far every single time that Mung tries to get rid of them. It just kills me. It's just one of the funniest episodes of Chowder ever.
12. A faire to remember: This is a good episode though I do have a problem with it. What's the story? Panini one day chases Chowder through town and he meets a girl named Marmalade and they become friends but Panini is angry because she thinks they're boyfriend and girlfriend. Gazpacho comes and tells them the Utensil Faire was there some Chowder, Ceviche, Marmalade and Panini go and Panini tries to get Marmalade to leave but she doesn't want to. This one is actually kind of repetitive and clichéd considering we've heard this kind of annoying story before. The love interest gets jealous that the person they have a crush on has a friend who's also a girl and at the end they realise that they were wrong and they apologise. But here, I thinks done really well because of the way it's executed. The best part about this episode is the way everyone reacts to Panini talking about challenging Marmalade to a Utensil joust ad the joust itself is pretty funny. And the 4th wall joke that Mung and Truffles say is perfect.
11. Hands on the big mixer: This was another one of the first episodes I ever watched. What's the plot. Mr. Fugu is holding a contest in town to see who can keep their hands on a big mixer and the last person holding on will win the mixer. So Mung and Chowder enter along with 11 others enter and Mr. Fugu does all sorts of things to make them let go and at the end when they all think Chowder has won he lets go and Mr. Fugu reveals that Chestnut, a really small guy has won and Chowder makes another 4th wall joke, which this show has a lot of, and he says "Man I hate it when shows have a twist at the end." That's just perfect.
10.Tofu-Town: Man what a funny episode, yeah you're gonna hear me say that a lot on this countdown. What's the story? Chowder and Shnitzel are delivering food to someone but find out that it was a trick to get Shnitzel there. It turns out to be a old ancient town that Shnitzel used to live in and be something called a Baloney Warrior and he protected the king  of the town. But one night the king was kidnapped and frozen in cookie dough batter. From that we get baloney sword fights, karaoke singing and of course, comedy. So what's good about this episode? Well the story is very creative, especially the flashback scene that's just really funny. The guy Schnitzel fights is a duck named P.King Duck. And even the ending gets some good laughs.
9. Big Ball: This episode is actually really confusing. When I say that I mean that it barely makes any sense, and I'm not gonna lie, that's what makes me really like this episode. We're introduced to a game in Marzipan city where you hit a ginormous ball into the goal. However Chowder, Mung, Shnitzel and Truffles have been there for day and not one person has scored. This drives Truffles insane and tries to get one team to get one a goal so they can leave but Mung says they're not supposed to score so he tries to stop her by any means necessary. What's good about this episode? Well, once again the choices are once again so cleaver and smart and original that they're really funny. In my opinion the funniest part is when we find out why they're supposed to win. It just cracks me up every single time.
8. A Little Bit of Pizzazz: This one has probably some of the most quoted lines ever in a Chowder episode. A baking accident causes Mung, Truffles, Chowder and Shnitzel to switch bodies. Chowder in Schnitzel's, Mung in Chowder's, Truffles in Mung's and Schnitzel in Truffle's. Just those combinations alone allow for a lot of creative ideas and the writer do it vey cleverly. Everyone begins to like being in these new bodies so they decide to stay in them, that is until they realise there's downsides o them so they decide to switch back, except Schnitzel who really enjoys being in Truffles' body and how they back to normal is just perfect with a lot of laughs thrown in there. So what's good about this episode? Well the choices they make with  each person in the other's body is perfect and all of them get huge laughs. My favourite is Chowder in Schnitzel's body. When he and Mung in Chowder's body go wondering through the city, it's just beyond hilarious.
7. Endive's Dirty Secret: This episode has probably the must suspense in it. What's the story? It's a hot day in Marzipan and Mung, Chowder and Schnitzel want to use Endive's pool. She refuses and when she's all alone he begins to do something that Mung takes a picture of. He blackmails her to let them use her pool in exchange of them not showing the picture to anyone. But sure enough, everyone finds out, and what's her secret!? I won't tell you but I have to say it's really clever. I've always thought this episode was good but until recently I didn't think I would put it on but of course I knew I had too because of it's hilarious setup and how we never find out the secret until the very end. It's just a really good pay off.
6. The Vacation: This episode has some of the best visual and verbal jokes in any Chowder episode. What's the story? Chowder, Mung and Schnitzel are going to the beach and Truffles has to stay at the kitchen and work but after they leave she realises she's alone she puts up a closed sign on the door. Chowder, Mung and Schnitzel come back because Chowder needs to use the toilet. But when he does go up he forgets why he's there and tries to go out, the door's stuck. Schnitzel and Mung go to check on him but then they all get trapped. Chowder still needs to use the toilet and tells Mung and Schnitzel to turn around while he use it. He tries to but for some reason he can't. And the rest is some of the funniest jokes in the whole show. So what's good about this episode? Well like I just said, this episodes has some of the best jokes in the whole show. My favourite joke would probably be Chowder trying to distract himself from peeing by thinking of dry thoughts or the joke of Chowder forgetting what he's doing in the bathroom 2 times.
5. The Sleep Eater: Oh, my god, the Sleep Eater is one of the best episodes EVER. for the longest time this has been up there as one of my favourite Chowder episodes. I just love this one. What's the story? After having a mid-night snack, Chowder begins to turn into a monster called a Sleep Eater every night. Mung tells him that the only way to stop it is to get his through a whole night without eating anything so Mung and Schnitzel stand guard in the kitchen, but Chowder is too strong for them. Then he decides that if he can't stop himself from eating, then he'll stop himself from sleeping. So he tries to stay awake for a night but he keeps falling asleep and the monster goes to the kitchen to get food but Chowder hid all the food and that's on the funniest jokes in the show as well. So what's good about this episode? Well in my opinion it's one of the most quotable episodes ever. My favourite joke is when Chowder keeps telling the sleep eater that he hid the food or when Mung and Schnitzel try to stop him from eating. The way the try to stop him but constantly failing is incredibly comedic. But the funniest scene in my opinion is the scene where Chowder is telling the Sleep Eater where his hiding place. It's worth checking out.
4. Hey, Hey It's Knishmas: This is Chowder's Christmas episode and man oh man is it a great one. Chowder worries that he won't receive the gift he wants on Knishmas, when he sees Mung attempt to make a perfect Schmingerbread house and fail several times. Mung then decides to get a Schmingerbread house from Endive because, even though he hates to do it he knows he can't let Chowder down because Chowder wants a specific something for Knishmas. Upon seeing this, Chowder recruits Panini and Gorgonzola to help him make Knish Kringle like Mung's house. So what's good about this episode? Well for one thing, it's actually pretty rare that we see Chowder working together with Gorgonzola and especially Panini, given the fact that anytime Chowder sees her he just runs away saying "I'm not you boyfriend." And at the end when we see Knish Krincle, their variation of Santa Claus, it is real is a really good ending. And it's also nice to see Chowder be selfless and want to do something nice for Mung. The scene where they keep trying to make the Schmingerbread house is also really entertaining.
3. The Blackout: This is an episode I've always liked and has always been a favourite of mine. In this episode Chowder turns every bit of power on  and it causes a power outage. Mung sends him out to turn the power back on while he's trapped in something cooking thing along with Schnitzel farting the whole time. That alone is pretty funny. Chowder heads out to find a way to turn it back on but Gorgonzola tells him that during Blackouts "Weirdoes" come out and try to have boring conversations with you. They eventually find Gazpacho who tells them the only way to turn the power back on is y going to the "Tower of Power" and lighting the fuse in the basement. Gazpacho manages to get them there but when they get there and get in the basement Gorgonzola tries to go home because he as tied to Chowder the whole time. But then since Gorgonzola has a candle on his head and lied saying he could light it he then goes back to Chowder after seeing some Weirdoes coming. So what's good about this episode? Well the story is very creative and every single joke has me laughing, especially the Gazpacho scenes, they always make me laugh. And another thing I like is how really creative the Weirdoes are and how they're designed. I thought those were really funny, and especially the scene where Gazpacho tries to shoe that they're real with the I.D thing always makes me laugh hard. And I won't tell you about the ending but I've gotta say it's really creative.
2. Chowder Grows-up: Yes, the very last episode of the entire show. It wasn't until recently I realised how great this episode is. I just love to watch it over and over, it's so funny. One day in the kitchen when they're making a dish that Chowder messes up and blows-up the whole place, of course. In the hospital Mung tries to tell Chowder to grow-up because someday he'll retire, or be killed by him, and then Chowder will take over the company but Chowder says he refuses to grow-up and he spends the next 20 years singing a song, no I'm serious. Mung tells him that by not growing-up he's been ruining everyone's lives like Shnitzel, Panini, Gorgonzola and Gazpacho. He decides to pick his own apprentice and grow-up. He picks a boy in a box who he names "Scraps." After a failed attempt to make a dish Chowder runs away into the Desert, but in their world, they call it the Dessert, that's wildly creative. But it turns out Scarps hid in his backpack and came with him. They find Gazpacho there and he wants to eat Scraps, which I've gotta say is one of my favourite jokes in the whole show. So after some motivational talk, Chowder goes back and tries to make something with Scraps but everyone think sit loose terrible but when Scraps tastes it they al try it and they all like it. Chowder then takes over the company and everyone moves on with their lives. Like Gazpacho does his comedy stand-up, Schnitzel marries Endive, don't ask, Mung and Truffle retire, Gorgonzola was able to brag to Chowder about hoe successful he's become and Chowder apparently married Panini and they have kids, 50 of them. But then we see that maybe it was fake, maybe and maybe we find out it was just a breaking the forth wall joke where the young Chowder appears and tries to deny this future, I'm not sure, but for what it is, it's really funny. What's good about this episode? Actually what isn't good? It's just perfect. Every single thing. It's funny, creative, likable, has likable characters and the has really nice animation. I also really like Scraps in this episode, he's really nice and he actually does get a funny line every once in a while. And it does show us a good lesson about if you don't grow-up and mature it could hurt the people around you so it's crustal that you do. Overall Chowder Grows-Up is by far my second favourite episode ever.
And my number 1 favourite Chowder episode is... The Thrice Cream Man: This is just a perfect episode. And my favourite part is how much it makes me laugh and laugh hard. And also this is another episode I've always liked and it was only a while ago I made it my favourite episode. What's the story? Chowder's favourite food in the whole world is "Thrice Cream" which is their version of Ice Cream. But now his obsession with it is getting in the way of work in the kitchen so Mung and Schnitzel try something to have him be sick of it. How!? By making a Thrice Cream man. A man made out of Thrice Cream. He's able to have people eat parts of him and the Thrice Cream man keeps regenerating. Eventually their plan actually works and Chowder actually becomes sick from eating so much of it. He goes to bed. The next morning he's still sick and Mung tries to tell the Thrice Cream Man that Chowder has had enough for a while but then the Thrice Cream Man gets angry when he says they'll find some other kid who'd like to eat him because Mung said to only give Thrice Cream to Chowder and Chowder only. Then he begins to stretch out and spit out Thrice Cream all over the building. Mung tries to tell Chowder to eat it all but he's still sick and Truffles is Lactose Intolerant so Mung and Schnitzel begin eating it but they both get Brain Freezes. Then after something Truffles says to Chowder he gets an idea. He gets the Thrice Cream cart man and inside it, a Thrice Cream Woman. They get married and they rest is laughs. So what's good about this episode? Well, once again, what isn't good? Everything and I mean everything in this episode works. It's funny, has great gags, has great puns and jokes, has great characters and it has some of the best animation ever seen on this show. So that's that. If you haven't seen these episodes yet, I'd give them a watch.

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