User blog:DandyAndy1989/Honest opinion: Undie Pressure

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I know I'm probably gonna get some flack for this, but you know what? I'm willing to take that risk.

The episode Undie Pressure is often regarded as one of the best episodes of the show. A lot of fans like it. They think it's one of the best episodes because of what happens in the end. And in the end...I feel like I'm the only one who feels this episode is overrated.

That's right. I said it. I think Undie Pressure is overrated. Now, that doesn't mean I dislike the episode. I enjoy it. But it's not one of my all time favorite episodes either. It doesn't really make my top 10. Top 20, maybe, but not top 10. There are a lot of people who like certain episodes that people hate. We can all enjoy something that a lot of others don't. They're our guilty pleasures. Some episodes I think get too much flack, and others I don't think get enough flack.

So, I have decided to do this. I am going to talk about why I personally think Undie Pressure is overrated. Please remember that I do like it but not as much as a lot of other fans.

Now, the first thing I'm gonna talk about is how this episode reminds me of one from one of my favorite childhood shows: Ed, Edd n' Eddy. Lots of shows tend to do this kind of plot with there being a bet to see who can go the longest without doing something in particular. In the Eds' and Loud's cases, it's doing something that is an annoying habit/character trait that gets on the other characters' nerves. I'll do a little comparison to the two here.

Next, there's the matter of some of the habits that were used in this episode that I didn't get. Lincoln and six of the sisters' habits here actually worked because they were part of their character traits.

Lincoln: Reading comics in his underwear Lori: Talking to Bobby Luan: Telling jokes and puns Lynn: Turning everything into a sport Lucy: Sneaking up on the others and scaring them Lana: Playing in the mud Lola: Looking at herself in the mirror

Those six are not only annoying habits, but also part of their character. They have to keep themselves from doing something we often see them doing. But what about the other four: Leni, Luna, Lisa and Lily? Well, this is something I have to point out.

1. Leni's habit is saying "like". Mostly the way Shaggy from Scooby-Doo says it. Now, back when the show was still new, this was one of the earlier episodes without the first third of the first season. Leni didn't say "like" very often or at all to my memory before this episode premiered, so I don't get why they had her use this habit here and now. I don't think it would have been a good idea for her to make a fashion design out of everything, and the only thing I could think of that would have been more fitting was her taking something literally like she often does. You know how literal-minded she can be.

2. Luna's habit is speaking in a British accent. She hasn't really often done this before and after this episode as she usually only does it in honor of her hero. I don't really get why this was the one she had to prevent herself from doing. I've seen her quote song lyrics much more often. Maybe that could have been her habit to avoid doing. Sure, some of us might not know what song she was quoting and would have to look up the lyric, but it would have been a song nonetheless. Well, the Swedish accent joke was finally, I'll admit that, but still, this didn't seem like the best choice for Luna's habit.

3. Lisa's habit is...studying the fecal matter of her siblings. Okay, it's like this. Sleuth or Consequences, an episode that appears to have declined heavily in quality as of late, was released on Nick.com a couple of weeks prior to the premiere of the show. So, if you caught it there, you would hear Lincoln mentioning the study. This episode was produced and put together before SoC, so this is supposed to be its first mentioning. Why is Lisa's annoying habit something that was never mentioned or shown until this very episode? I know they had to give her something, but studying the fecal matter of her siblings? Was that the best they could do? Did they think her talking in the intellectual dialect she often has would have been to similar to what Double D had to go through? Sure, I would have seen it similar to that, but it would have at least fit her character more.

4. Lily's habit is crying. This one is the most disappointing to me because it's something ALL babies do in that span. They should have made her habit be taking her diaper off and running around naked. She just would have needed to keep the diaper on.

The way All Eds Are Off did it was to have the Eds, Rolf, Kevin, and Jonny keep themselves from doing their habits.

Ed: Eating gravy Edd: Speaking in a highly intellectual dialect Eddy: Shouting Kevin: Calling them dorks Rolf: Eating meat Jonny: Having Plank speak for him and boss him around

Those worked because we've seen those characters do those plenty of times. Some of the sisters' I mentioned didn't do them until that episode or as often as other habits and trains before.

Next, we come to the part I really don't get: how Lincoln "lost".

Now, Lincoln's part of the bet went like this. He couldn't read comics in his underwear. They didn't specify if it was just in his underwear or nothing else or in his underwear without pants while still wearing a shirt. At the moment, he was still wearing his shirt, and he didn't read the comic. He just opened it up to the page that featured the mail order form for the underwear he wanted if he won. If he stripped down all the way and flipped through the book all the way to the order form, I would believe that. And Lily being forgotten and the one to win the bet for the rest of the sisters I actually didn't mind the idea for. It's just the way Lincoln got into his habit that doesn't make sense. He didn't exactly lose the bet if he was still wearing something other than his underwear (his shirt) and didn't read the comic when showing the order form.

When it happened with the Eds, Eddy cheated to get the other players in the bet to give into their habits by taunting them with what they wanted to do. And when he thought Ed failed to stay away from gravy, he screamed and found out it was just butterscotch pudding. So, his premature celebration seemed a little more believable than Lincoln's.

Finally, the ending. Okay, a lot of people really liked the ending because Lola saw how miserable Lincoln was in having to read comics in his clothes and decided to get him the victory undies anyway and let him go back to reading comics in them. So, basically, the bet seemed kinda pointless. And I know what Lola did was very sweet and kind of her, compared to a bunch of other stuff we have seen her do and act like before, but still, didn't it seem a little forced? Why didn't she just let Lincoln suffer? I know, I know. Because it would seem like she wouldn't care at all and people would hate her for that.

So, those are the major reasons why I think Undie Pressure, while I agree is a good episode, is a tad overrated and not exactly one of my favorites.

-Leni, Luna, Lisa, and Lily's habits I didn't think were fitting enough -I don't agree with the way Lincoln "lost" -The back to normal ending rendered the entire plot rather pointless

In closing, yes, I see why it's a good episode and can enjoy it from time to time. I just feel like I'm the only person who thinks there are some moments in it that made me find it overrated. I know this is a gutsy move I'm making here, but I just wanted to give my two cents. After all, nothing's perfect. And I just felt like I needed to get this out. So, please don't be upset about this. This is just my opinion and I hope you don't mind it.