Saturday, 3 September 2016

My top 10 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide episodes

So this is something I've never talked about before, but here I'm going to be counting down my top 10 favourite episodes of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide episodes. I have loved this show for years. In case you don't know, this is a Nickelodeon live action cartoon. This is very much a cartoon. I mean, it's aimed at a young audience and there's a lot of cartoony moments like the characters and there's also a lot of cartoon sound effects and there's a lot of animated scenes. Like when someone gets hurt or something like that happens, there's some kind of animated thing in it. And I like that. This show is about a person named Ned who's in middle school with his 2 best friends, Cookie and Moze.

Ned is also a 4th wall breaker and he sometimes talks to the audience and tells us some tips about how to survive school. Thus, that's what the guide is about. He writes these tips and says them a lot and to the other characters. And this is definitely a funny show. The other characters in it are Gordy, who's a big friend of the 3 of them and the janitor of the school who's also trying to catch a weasel throughout the whole show who's also a really entertaining and funny character. Another is Coconut Head, who another student who has a head like a coconut. And there's also Martin. And also Loomer, who's a bully with his 2 other friends. And there's also Suzie who's a person Ned has a crush on. I would say my favourite character is probably Cookie because he's really funny and really likeable. And so, let's start the list.
10. Daydreaming: Starting us off is the episode that has Ned daydreaming and imagining that himself and Moze are secret agent and they've investigating something while Cookie is helping them. I almost didn't put this on here but after I rewatched this episode but after seeing 1 thing in it at the end, I had to. I'll talk about that in a minute, firstly the episode is very well written and the actual look to it is also cool. And it has some really surprising things in it. And by surprising I mean how they managed to do a lot of these things. And that 1 thing I was just talking about is that this actually has Cosmo and Wanda from Fairly OddParents in this. I'm serious. If you ever see this episode, I guarantee that you'll be as surprised at that like I was when I first saw that. But even without that, this episode still does a lot of things really entertainingly.
9. Hallways: After Sweeny gives Ned the responsibility of Hall monitor, he gives everyone clearance to go free without passes so they take advantage of it and the rest turns into a disaster. And by disaster I mean they begin to throw a party and begin to destroy everything in the school. So obviously with story like that, you expect a lot of comedy to come from it and there is. Easily the funniest part for me is when Ned actually finds out about the party and what he says and how he says it is always funny to me. And the sub-plot with Cookie and Moze is also great. I also find it great how Ned is in power here and even Loomer and his gang are scared of him and they begin to be nicer to him. And I like those kind of stories where some bully is being nicer to people because they have some power or something like that. And I like the outcome of the whole thing when we see what Sweeny was really doing and the punishment that comes to them.
8. Dodgeball: During a storm outside, it's the time for Dodgeball at the school. Unfortunately Loomer and his gang are on one team and Ned and the others are up against them and to make things worse, Loomer manages to convince Cookie to join his side and Moze won't do any Dodgeball after she accidently did something before but the others are trying to get her to help them because she's the best player. Immediately, what I like the most in this episode is the actual match at the end. They take this very Star Wars approach to it because they do a lot of quotes from it. In fact the last part of it is Moze coming onto the team after she finds out that what she thought she did was just a misunderstanding and she comes on with a ball called the Force. If that doesn't tell you that this is supposed to be like Star Wars, then I don't know what will. But there's other things to like as well like what Ned and the try to do to get Moze to play along with more stuff as well.
7. Positives and Negatives: After a very sad and negative kid, named Mark, moves to the school, Ned tries to make him feel better. Not much of a plot but there's a lot more than you'd think. It also has a sub plot with Cookie as Loomer is constantly using static electricity to shock him and the 2 of those stories come together at the end and how it does is brilliant. I won't give it away but it has something to do with something happening in the library. And there's another part at the end where Cookie actually asks Sweeny for help and what happens is very weird but still very funny. And I cannot talk enough about what Ned does before that to make Mark feel better. Especially that thing with Martin.
6. Principals: After the old principle is retiring, Crubbs is trying to get the job but Ned, Moze and Cookie try to stop him and get a principle who's nicer like Mr. Wright. So before I say anything, I'd first like to say that my favourite part of the whole episode is the final chase scene. There's an interview going on and the teacher who goes there gets the job. So Ned, Moze, Cookie and Wright race Crubbs there and I won't give away what happens but if you ever see it, you'll love it. And it's good that they chose Mr. Wright for this thing because he's really nice and one of the nicer teachers at the school. It's also fun watching Ned, Mose and Cookie trying to find a replacement and only realising at the end to pick Wright. And at first he doesn't want to do it but then when Crubbs says something really funny, he does decide to try to take the job. And it's funny to see what Crubbs is doing to the other teachers to stop them from getting the job as well. And even Ned and Cookie do the same thing to Sweeny when he thinks he can should take the job. That's always makes me laugh. And the absolute ending is really satisfying as well. I mean when Wright does get the job and what happens to Crubbs.
5. School Newspaper: Ned is now the writer and publisher of the Newspaper at school bur he needs help so he gets a lot of other people to help them. But after Seth accidently reveals the face of a teacher on a Newspaper, they have to get them all back to stop anyone from seeing it and there's 300 of them. Easily the best part of the episode is the ending when most of the students are trying to get the papers back to prevent anyone from seeing who the teacher is. It's funny, it's fast paced and it's really fun to watch. The rest is pretty good too and pretty creative but I mainly just love that search scene.
4. Dismissal: Every student in the school must get ready and get to the bus within 10 minutes. Again, that's a very short story but they do so much in it like how Ned thinks Suzie stole his guide, Moze and the other girls are waiting for a long time for the bathroom and Cookie accidently kisses Evelyn and now he thinks she's trying to kill him. There's even a counter on the bottom right hand corner to tell us how many minutes they all have until the bus leaves. And also Gordy is in this and he's great as usual. And the outcome for all 3 of those plots is great. Especially Ned's one. And my favourite part in the whole episode is the counter's last 10 seconds. They're all running as fast as they can and Gordy yells for them to run and that always make me laugh hard. You may even find it a tad bit suspenseful.
3. A New Grade: The first episode of season 3 has Ned being misunderstood by everyone who all think he's a bully because he keeps accidently beating people up. At the same time, Cookie and Gordy are trying to find out Crubbs's internet password to watch movies. The biggest thing I find surprising is the fact that it's convenient and weird that these things are happening to the people that Ned seems to be accidently hurting. The first time it happens with Loomer and that's happens because Loomer's right behind him and then he swings his arms and accidently hits him. And then the second time everyone, including Ned close their eyes as Loomer is about to hurt Ned but he accidently slips on water and when everyone opens their eyes, Ned has his fists up. And even more conveniently weird stuff happens like that and it's funny to see Cookie and Gordy trying to get the password. Especially what they try to do with that bow and arrow like thing. I won't spoil it but if you ever see the episode, you'll see it is really funny.
2. Lunch: After a new boy is taking huge bites out of everyone's lunches, Ned has to find a way to stop him and the students are calling the boy One Bite. Jut everything here hits Bullseye for me. Like the scene where they try to eat their food really fast so he can't get at it but it makes them sick. But easily the best part is the very end when Ned and Gordy are making a dangerously hot sandwich in order to stop One Bite and what happens to him is great and what happens to Cookie is some of the funniest stuff in the whole show in my opinion. And I love how everyone just keeps screaming "ONE BITE" every time he does something. And as much as I love this episode, in my opinion, there's 1 episode I think is better so let's get to that. But first...
Honourable mentions:
Boys,
Secrets,
The Last Day,
Vampires, Ghosts, Werewolves, and Zombies,
Popularity
And my number 1 favourite Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide episode is... The Library: This is purely just a perfect episode from beginning to end. After the books that a lot of people have took out of the library, including Ned and Cookie, have gone missing, it's up to them to find them and they believe Loomer has something to do with it. Especially after him charging them to find the books for them. So straight up, first thing to talk about is how fun this episode is. This is the most fun episode in the whole show in my opinion. And my favourite part in it is either the first scene when they try to find the books by using a chip and G.P.S in one book to find the rest and them running off to get it or when they're in the library the last time and they use one book to find a way to get them back. And the episode is also really funny. I would say the funniest part is when Ned is talking to some guy in his head after he gets hit. That was hilarious. And this episode to me is just perfect. I honestly couldn't have asked for anything better. And so everyone, those are my top 10 favourite Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide episodes. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below and if you like this show too, please comment and tell me what your favourite episode is.

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