Best family TV stupidity of all time

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Those Are Strings, Pinocchio - S3-E22

Stupidity: Richard, an insurance man drove Rory's Prius graduation gift to Chilton. The car wasn't insured, and presumably wasn't registered. An insurance man who is anal about following procedure drove an unregistered and uninsured vehicle? Richard wouldn't do it. Plus, Richard should have mentioned transferring the title to Rory. Can't insure it until it's in her name.

Ellexx

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A Bad Reflection on You - S1-E38

Stupidity: The decision to risk revealing their identities to Bulk and Skull is one that the Rangers could have easily avoided. Since they tell the bullies to cover their eyes and ears, under the false pretense of a magic trick, they could have simply teleported to the Command Center, or any other secure location, and then morphed, well away from prying eyes.

Cubs Fan

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Jeepers It's the Creeper - S2-E3

Stupidity: When the gang delivers the bank guard to Mr. Carswell's (The Creeper) house, he never asks the gang for the paper just in case it might be incriminating evidence (which it very much is), and he also ties up the guard at his house while trying to get it from them later, even though the gang already tried to contact law enforcement. Why would Mr. Carswell act in such a blatantly villainous manner that puts him at risk, when it would be just more practical and safer to keep up the act?

Movielover1996

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Sticks & Stones - S1-E4

Stupidity: In the flashback, Emily's sister takes ill while playing her flute. In the next scene, the sister is sick in bed and Emily now has the morpher around her neck, but she is in the exact same outfit. If the sister was forced to pass the legacy on due to disease, it should have taken more than just a few minutes or even hours to learn that.

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Stupidity: The Kramden's door opens out towards the hallway. Yet anytime they need to block the door for protection, they put furniture up against it. That would serve no purpose, even with that cheap slide lock they have. The landlord or criminals could just open the door and push the furniture out of their way.

DrLoomis1978

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New Couple in Town - S1-E14

Stupidity: Aunt Bee learns that a New York writer and his wife have moved to Mayberry and she invites him to speak at a Literary Club meeting which will be held at her home. By telephone, Aunt Bee gives directions to the writer's wife. She says, "We're a quarter mile outside of town" - but she neglects to say in which direction.

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Short-Circuited - S1-E7

Stupidity: Why did Nadira decide to rewire Circuit instead of simply destroying or dismantling him? If she decided to simply destroy him, then Ransik and his army would have been victorious against the Power Rangers.

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Claudia and the Secret Passage - S1-E8

Stupidity: The fact that Kristy found the ring that was missing for 40 years just sitting on a windowsill in the secret passage makes no sense; Dawn and Claudia were just by that window earlier in the episode in broad daylight.

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Suggested correction: We don't actually see where Kristy found the ring; it was dark, and the girls were chaotic.

She picks it up from the windowsill but states it was in the insulation. Regardless, it was there in plain sight where she could find it in the darkened attic.

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Zorro's Ride Into Terror - S1-E8

Stupidity: When Diego sees that the passage door is opened, he invites Sergeant Garcia to sleep in his bed. However, Diego never tries to close it, and during the rest of the scene, nobody (even Captain Monasterio) seems to see it open.

Big Game

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The Pin-Up - S7-E17

Stupidity: After Erin leaves with the military captain to Camp Lee, John and Maryellen turn around to see John Curtiss nowhere around on the porch where Maryellen left him. So John goes off to look for him, while Maryellen goes in to check The House. John Curtiss is a one-year-old baby who couldn't open a door.

pgsgrad16

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It's Only Rock and Roll - S3-E11

Stupidity: When the gangsters show up at the house Pam and Dak Hampton are hiding in, Pam is captured. Dak then attempts to flee by running out the front door. What a dumb move. No surprise that he got captured as well.

Gavin Jackson

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An Unexpected Enemy - S4-E7

Stupidity: Just after the gas station explodes, Joey thinks to himself, "Oh no, Mai," thinking that she was caught up in the explosion. However, at the time of the explosion, Mai was driving away on a motorbike and was nowhere near the gas station, so he had no reason to think she was affected by the explosion. (00:06:07)

Casual Person

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Bitter Work - S2-E9

Stupidity: When Toph forms a rock suit to fight Aang, she makes it with a hole for the eyes. There is no reason for Toph to make the rock suit this way, as she is blind. (00:05:26)

zenee

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