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Darkanine wrote: One of the Boys I always felt was one of the weaker episodes. The whole episode took to long to really get going, and the part everyone was looking forward to was only around 3 or 4 scenes, making what should've been the "meat" of the episode feel almost like an afterthought.

The "boys" themselves weren't very interesting characters. They were just more antagonistic versions of the sisters, which I suppose makes sense given the nightmare framing device, but didn't make for compelling characterization. The humor in the episode was also really forgettable, nothing really stuck out besides the running gag with Lynn pulling down Linc's pants, but that only stuck out due to repetition, not because it was that funny (although it did garner a chuckle).

Really, the episode needed to be a special two parter to work. Trying to introduce 10 new characters with personality traits, strengths and flaws while keeping them an antagonistic force in less than 11 minutes is no easy task, and I do think the writers did the best with what they had. I mean, imagine if they tried to make "Relative Chaos" into a single 11 minute episode, it be a mess!

The episode wasn't really bad, though. The voice talents of Nick's current Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles played the roles of the four oldest brothers, and they were great. I loved all the fanart with them as the Turtles and Linka as April O'Neal. Everything else was up to par with typical TLH affair. Animation was fine, sound was fine. Granted, the only episode I think had bad animation was "The Loudest Yard", which has some really jarring walk cycles.

Aside from that, the episode felt a little arbitrary, like it was only made so they could have a canon R63 universe. The only series I can really think off the top of my head that pulled of R63 realities well was Adventure Time with the "Fionna and Cake" specials + comics. They were a lot more fluid, charming and faithful to the source material.

All that said, I would love for them to revisit the idea down the line. Lol I HATE one of the boys