Spyke
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The Scrubs musical episode had some real bangers. It's not always cringy or bad

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cm0002reply
piefed.world

It's more of a "breaks the flow of the show" kinda thing more than the songs themselves for me

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Buffy and scrubs are the only two where it was good and worked and made sense in the show. Star Trek strange new worlds has tried to follow that, with making the story make sense to have singing, but it’s just cringey.

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Same, they're often some of my favorite episodes, not just because I like musicals.

  • Writing one often requires much more planning and effort
  • Seeing how they creatively shoehorned the reason for it being a musical episode is always fun (e.g. Scrubs, Star Trek Discovery)
  • Some certified bangers
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halvarreply
lemy.lol

all right that was pretty much the best part of that episode

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I was mad the whole episode except when they mentioned it was affecting the Klingons, and basically finished the episode in the hopes that they would show that.

And it more than paid off. That scene was magical.

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As hilarious and peak as it was, that shot of Sam digging it is what really kills me every time

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lemmy.world

Same, except for It's Always Sunny

DAYMAN, ahhAHHHahhh

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Also Futurama, though the "musical" episodes there tend to be only a single song.

How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back is a masterpiece though.

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Yeah see that worked cause it was the gang throwing a musical, but actual musical episodes like the gang turning black, those I dislike.

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Futurama had a couple bangers both Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back and, of course, The Devils Hands Are Idle Playthings

Destiny has cheated me by forcing me to decide upon

The woman that I idolize, or the hands of an automaton

Without these hands I can’t complete the opera that was captivating her

But if I keep them, and she marries him, he probably won’t want me dating her

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lemmy.world

The Psych musical episode songs are so catchy they still randomly get stuck in my head

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piefed.social

Except American Dad!

Having people who can actually sing helps so much.

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They have such insanely good music taste on that show. It's always stuff you'd never think to use, too, but it fits every time.

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I hate actual musicals, but generally like musical episodes of TV shows, like Scrubs and Community both have good ones.

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But main Street's still all cracked and broken, sorry Mom the mob has spoken, monorail!

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feddit.uk

Looking at you Strange New Worlds.

It’s as welcome as a stealth mission in an action video game.

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midwest.social

This is literally my favorite episode of the series. It's such a joy to watch a silly episode.

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Codpiecereply
feddit.uk

But we have Red Dwarf and The Orville for silliness. To me it feels out of place in Star Trek.

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jlai.lu

If any show you're watching can include a musical episode, it's not a show, it's a toddler's cartoon episode.

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jlai.lu

Musical inserts bring second hand embarrassment otherwise known as cringe.

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Actually the whole behaviour you're describing right there - of being embarrassed by an episode of a TV show - is cringe

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otherwise known as cringe.

And we've found the actual child!

Don't worry bud, you'll grow into yourself some day and stop judging everything based on if you think you'll look cool doing it.

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lemmy.world

A lot of mainstream television shows had a random musical episode. It was a complete tone shift, out of place and usually complete cringe.

Looking up a random list, some affected shows that are definitely not cartoons for toddlers;

  • Lucifer
  • Greg's Anatomy
  • Fringe
  • Supernatural
  • The Flash
  • Once upon a Time
  • Xena: Warrior Princess
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