10: Top Fifty Best: Whedonverse Productions (w/The Numbers, Top Five Favorite Moments + Honorable/Dishonorable Mentions!)

And here we have it folks!

Not only have we reached my tenth ever post, but I have also finished watching every single truly Whedonesque product out there! (Well, except Cabin in the Woods, but I doubt that'd make it on here). And even though my Angel lists are still going through the workshop (Top Ten Best: Series 3) I promise will be available January, I have decided to name my top FIFTY favorite Whedonverse productions! I know that's not ten, but this is such a special occasion for me, considering very few people have watched every single thing that Mr. Whedon fellow has produced (or at least most anyway), that I have to scream out my excitement by reciting which of these eps had made me my most excited! So, with that, let's get started!

Note: All filmed Whedon products have a chance at making the list. From movies to TV episodes to webisodes, if you can think it, I can....write it down? I dunno.

2nd Note: Fifty is 5x as much as ten, so my usual in-depth analysis of the what and why will not be as in-depth as usual. There will be something though, I guarantee.

50) "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" (Angel, Season Two)
49) "Surprise/Innocence" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Two)
48) "Shindig" (Firefly, Season One)
47) "Vows" (Dollhouse, Season Two)
46) "Time Bomb" (Angel, Season Five)
45) "Reprise" (Angel, Season Two)
44) "You're Welcome" (Angel, Season Five)
43) Much Ado About Nothing (feature film)
42) "Fool for Love" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Five)
41) "Belonging" (Dollhouse, Season Two)
40) "Hero" (Angel, Season One)
39) "Man on the Street" (Dollhouse, Season One)
38) "Jaynestown" (Firefly, Season One)
37) "Epitaph Two: Return" (Dollhouse, Season Two)
36) "Trash" (Firefly, Season One)
35) "The Wish" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Three)
34) "Shells" (Angel, Season Five)
33) "Chosen" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Seven)
32) "Objects in Space" (Firefly, Season One)
31) "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?" (Angel, Season Two)
30) "Lullaby" (Angel, Season Three)
29) "Home" (Angel, Season Four)
28) "Graduation Day Parts 1&2" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Three)
27) "Five by Five/Sanctuary" (Angel, Season One)
26) "Orpheus" (Angel, Season Four)
25) "Serenity" (Firefly, Season One)
24) "To Shanshu in L.A." (Angel, Season One)
23) "Prophecy Girl" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season One)
22) "The Body" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Five)
21) "Getting Closer" (Dollhouse, Season Two)
20) The Avengers (feature film)
19) "Needs" (Dollhouse, Season One)
18) "War Stories" (Firefly, Season One)
17) "Hush" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Four)
16) "Sleep Tight" (Angel, Season Three)
15) "The Zeppo" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Three)
14) "Ariel" (Firefly, Season One)
13) "Reunion" (Angel, Season Two)
12) "A Love Supreme" (Dollhouse, Season Two)
11) "Our Mrs. Reynolds" (Firefly, Season One)
10) Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (internet film)
09) "The Gift" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Five)
08) "A Hole in the World" (Angel, Season Five)
07) "Restless" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Four)
06) Serenity (feature film)
05) "Epiphany" (Angel, Season Two)
04) "Smile Time" (Angel, Season Five)
03) "Out of Gas" (Firefly, Season One)
02) "Once More, with Feeling" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Six)
01) "Not Fade Away" (Angel, Season Five)

What else could it be, right? I love Angel, and considering it IS regarded as one of the best series finales of all time, it blammed right up there to first, nearby fellow O favorites from Buffy and Firefly. Also up there are the feature-length (or treated as a feature) Serenity and Dr. Horrible, with The Avengers not too far behind. If you want numbers based on how each show did, here you go:

0123456789 (The Numbers):
01) How did "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" do?
Episodes present: Twelve
Total decency (out of 1276): +330
02) How did "Angel" do?
Episodes present: Eighteen
Total decency (out of 1276): +425
03) How did "Firefly" do?
Episodes present: Nine
Total decency (out of 1276): +197
04) How did "Dollhouse" do?
Episodes present: Seven
Total decency (out of 1276): +141
05) How did the movies do?
Movies present: Four
Total decency (out of 1276): +125

330 + 12 = 342
425 + 18 = 443
197 + 09 = 206
141 + 07 = 148
125 + 04 = 129

Therefore, in terms of the combined total points, the show ratings provided by the numbers are:
1) Angel
2) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3) Firefly 
4) Dollhouse
5) The movies

(Keep in mind, Firefly and Dollhouse did not last nearly as long as either of the Buffyverse shows, so these are pure numbers only. Considering though, both did do pretty well.)

In reality, my opinion on these shows are:
1) Angel
3) Tie: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly
3) Dollhouse
4) The movies

So, pretty good. And, of course, I love all of these, so the ratings are mere preference, not whether these Whedonverses are good or bad.

Next up, we have the (in show chronological order) top thirty honorable mentions. If you have any favorites that weren't on my Top Fifty, you'll probably find them here:

Top Thirty Honorable Mentions:
01) "Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season One)
02) "School Hard" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Two)
03) "Passion" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Two)
04) "Becoming Parts 1&2" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Two)
05) "Band Candy" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Three)
06) "Doppelgangland" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Three)
07) "This Year's Girl/Who Are You?" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Four)
08) "Intervention" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Five)
09) "Tabula Rasa" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Six)
10) "Conversations with Dead People" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Seven)
11) "Storyteller" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Seven)
12) "Somnambulist" (Angel, Season One)
13) "Guise Will Be Guise" (Angel, Season Two)
14) "Dead End" (Angel, Season Two)
15) "Waiting in the Wings" (Angel, Season Three)
16) "Forgiving" (Angel, Season Three)
17) "Spin the Bottle" (Angel, Season Four)
18) "Soulless" (Angel, Season Four)
19) "The Magic Bullet" (Angel, Season Four)
20) "Damage" (Angel, Season Five)
21) "Power Play" (Angel, Season Five)
22) "The Train Job" (Firefly, Season One)
23) "Bushwhacked" (Firefly, Season One)
24) "Echoes" (Dollhouse, Season One)
25) "A Spy in the House of Love" (Dollhouse, Season One)
26) "Omega" (Dollhouse, Season One)
27) "Epitaph One" (Dollhouse, Season One)
28) "Belle Chose" (Dollhouse, Season Two)
29) "Meet Jane Doe" (Dollhouse, Season Two)
30) Commentary! The Musical

And what is any sort of list from me without some small bit of negativity. Here we have ten bits of negativity to fight the overwhelming amount of positivity:

(If you want me to pick these apart, sound off in the comments below and tell me. It's practically a top ten list already):

Top Ten Dishonorable Mentions:
01) "I Robot...You Jane" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season One)
02) "Killed by Death" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Two)
03) "Into the Woods" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Five)
04) "As You Were" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Six)
05) "Get It Done" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Seven)
06) "She" (Angel, Season One)
07) "Happy Anniversary" (Angel, Season Two)
08) "The Girl in Question" (Angel, Season Five)
09) "Stage Fright" (Dollhouse, Season One)
10) All of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Top Five Favorite Moments:
05) "Doyle sacrifices himself"
From?: "Hero" (No. 40)
Link: N/A
04) "There's a hole in the world"
From?: "A Hole in the World" (No. 8)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEhO2hjRcBk
03) "I aim to misbehave"
From?: Serenity (No. 6)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VR3Av9qfZc
02) "The Exposition Song"
From?: "Restless" (No. 7)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LudLJzF_oXM (bad quality)
01) "Angel fights Spike as a puppet and wins"
From?: "Smile Time" (No. 4)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0tNqwNpGGQ

And that's it. Of course there're honorable mentions for the favorite moments, and honorable mentions for those, and for those, and for those...That's the thing about Joss Whedon. If other people had invented the sci-fi/action-adventure romantic dramady before him, he perfected it. Despite that top ten list above there's not a single Whedon work not worth watching. He picks the perfect writers to make sure even the bad can be good. Whether its through a lovable character, or a hilarious line, or a heart-wrenching punch, something'll shine through. Take a look back at Joss' entire television career, and you'll see a massive ball of light that shines brighter than the sun.

Finally, some quotes to say goodbye:
"I do NOT have puppet cancer!"
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."
"Welcome to the future, where cars fly, robots serve our every whim, and genetically engineered dinosaurs rule the Earth."
"We're pimps and killers, but in a philanthropic way."
"Now let me know if 'real power' wants a magazine or something."
"Too bad we'll never know if this is a face you'd learn to love."
"Let's get to work."

First person to guess where these quotes are from and who said them gets a great, big imaginary PRIZE!

Thanks, all.
Now out. For. A. Walk....Bitch.

QuikReact: "A Hole in the World" (Angel)

Well, damn.

I mean, right?

I thought "You're Welcome" was hard to watch.

I think that's the saddest and hardest-to-watch TV episode of anything I have ever seen. It started off light-hearted and even funny, until everything turned to shit. Nothing was happy. Everything was so depressing. Angel and Spike had to make the impossible choice of their friend or hundreds of thousands of people. Gunn had sold both his soul and the life of Fred for a brain upgrade. Wesley had to hold in his arms the woman he loved when she died, and then watched until Blue-Haired the Bitch popped up in her body.

THAT WAS NOT COOL.

SO MEAN JOSS WHEDON.

MERRY MIDDLE FINGER TO YOU SIR.

YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO HUMAN KIND.

OH MY GOSH I DESPISE YOU.

But I love you too, that was one of the best Angel episodes in the run of this show. With my mind on this, Smile Time and Conviction are big favorites so far too. This has been a great season.

"There's a hole in the world. Feels like we should have noticed."

There really is. Bye, Fred. I'm sorry I took you for granted. Nothing but love to you, the Girl Who Beat Pylea. You really were a superhero.

And with that, Merry Christmas, Relatively Dimensionals.
See you soon.

09: Top Ten Best: Songs from "SpongeBob's Greatest Hits"

Are you ready, kids?
Yep, you...probably are. Well, maybe. I dunno.

Man, SpongeBob's really made a splash hasn't he? Ever since the oh-so-far-ago year of 1999, everyone and their kids (more like all the kids and their parents) have been tuning it to see hilarity ensue between SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and a host of other Bikini Bottomites. And in that time, thousands of other media have been released for either creative release or commercial. Amidst the coloring books, random-selection DVDs, and surprisingly good video games, definately the best of these additional releases have been the CDs.

Whether containing new or fan-favorite songs (and quite often both), SpongeBob SquarePants CDs have been surprisingly good listens, and one of the few kid-accessible cartoons with a truly great soundtrack (*cough Avatar cough cough*). A favorite of mine is "SpongeBob's Greatest Hits." Released in 2009, this collection contains most of my favorites from the classic era and a few of the only good ones in the far lesser newer era. And thus, I have decided to do what many consider to be an incredibly strange top ten list. The top ten songs on the album!

Sorry if you think this is worthless, but I love these songs, and if you love the show too and can't purchase the full album, then these are ones to definately look out for.

If you've heard these before or have enjoyed purchasing some of my selections, comment your favorites down below!

Water we waiting for? Let's go!

10) "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song (Original)" (Painty the Pirate)
Episode of origin: All (save "Whatever Happened to SpongeBob?" & "Truth or Square")
Place on CD: 01
And Because?: The classic. It had to be on here in some form, and with that hecka-creepy Cee-Lo attempt being the only other option on the album, what else was I supposed to do?

09) "Stadium Rave" (Uh...a stereo system?)
Episode of origin: "Jellyfish Jam"
Place on CD: 09
And Because?: My favorite instrumental song on the show, ironically coming with my second from the same episode. This is one of the few songs I would actually be willing to dance to.

08) "Ripped Pants" (SpongeBob & The Beachgoers)
Episode of origin: "Ripped Pants"
Place on CD: 05
And Because?: Iconic to the show, this was the first original song to be played, coming from the episode of the same name. This was also the first of many cases in which a different actor sang for SpongeBob, though that didn't always occur.

07) "My Tighty Whiteys" (SpongeBob)
Episode of origin: None
Place on CD: 07
And Because?: Speaking of, this is good and true Tom Kenny singing about his tighty whiteys. Or SpongeBob's, I guess. This was never played in any episode, and actually came from the album "The Best Day Ever," containing the title song along with a number of originals.

06) "F.U.N. Song" (SpongeBob & Plankton)
Episode of origin: "F.U.N."
Place on CD: 03
And Because?: "F is for friends who do stuff together. U is for you and me. N is for anywhere at any time at all down here in the deep blue sea!" Coming from one of my favorite episodes, this is a highlight in an ep full of them.

05) "The Best Day Ever" (SpongeBob)
Episode of origin: "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"/"The Best Day Ever"
Place on CD: 11
And Because?: Originating from the movie's end credits, the SpongeBob crew liked this song so much it ended up getting its own episode and album. Not many are big fans of this song, but I find it adorable and catchy.

04) "Don't Be a Jerk (It's Christmas)" (SpongeBob)
Episode of origin: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"
Place on CD: 17
And Because?: Another song to get its own album and episode. This song was originally the center of a Christmas time commercial before it aired in the claymation "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" special. It's in spirit to the season, and SpongeBob's innocence while singing about jerks is great. Even "The Very First Christmas" couldn't beat this.

03) "Gary's Song" (SpongeBob's subconsious)
Episode of origin: "Have You Seen This Snail?"
Place on CD: 13
And Because?: The ultimate song if you want to cry tears of laughter. It's truly beautiful, saddening, and funny at the same time. It comes straight from SpongeBob's heart (or subconsious I guess is where he sings it), and has you singing it at random points throughout the day.

02) "Campfire Song Song" (SpongeBob & Patrick)
Episode of origin: "The Camping Episode"
Place on CD: 04
And Because?: One of my favorite episodes from when I was younger and still one of my favorites today. It's the funniest song I've ever heard, with it transitioning to campfire music to rock, Patrick attempting to keep up, and Squidward's verse ("Good!"). I often repeat this track more than others.

Top 5 Honorable Mentions:
01) "Where's Gary"
The second track from "Have You Seen This Snail" is not as amazing, but still worth a good listen.
02) "Doing the Sponge"
The hilarious dance mix from "The Chaperone." Just picturing SB's dance is making me laugh.
03) "Idiot Friends"
A classic from the underrated Western parody "Pest of the West" ending off the special in style.
04) "The Bubble Song"
About the only good song from "Atlantis SquarePantis" comes from its beginning.
05) "A Day Like This -- iTunes Bonus Track"
Another best part from a special and also coming from the beginning. It is iTunes exclusive, tho.

01) "Goofy Goober Rock" (SpongeBob)
Episode of origin: "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"
Place on CD: 10
And Because?: "I'm a Goofy Goober -- ROCK!" Though the classic Goofy Goober song is extended into an incredibly weird track on the album, the final track from the album is by no means interfered with and that's all for the better! This song is awesome! It's fun to listen to, a great climax to the film, and has a killer guitar solo! 10/10! Wa-hoo!

Well, thanks a bunch y'all for reading my list!
For a quick update, Angel Series 3/4 and Sherlock top tens are in the making, and all coming soon!

And I'm off! I'm also ready to listen to some of these tracks, excuse me...