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The Worst Episodes of Metalocalypse

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Part-American, part-Scandinavian death-metal band Dethklok has a lingering effect on its fans, who take the words seriously and do anything Dethklok lyrics say. The government fears the band's influence and sets out to destroy it

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Metalocalypse Season 1 Episode 5 - Dethkomedy
    7.3/10(284 votes)

    S1:E5

    Dethklok decides to try their hand at standup comedy in order to avoid burning out on metal. Pickles remains traumatized by a heckler while the rest of the band learns that comedy is all about embracing the hate.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writers:Brendon Small, Tommy Blacha

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  2. Metalocalypse Season 2 Episode 2 - Dethlessons
    7.4/10(199 votes)

    S2:E2

    Toki Wartooth is fed up playing in the shadow of Skwisgaar's lead guitar. Under the tutelage of a crusty old guitar master, Toki learns that the heart, too, has strings.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  3. Metalocalypse Season 4 Episode 3 - Prankklok
    7.5/10(129 votes)

    S4:E3

    With their new album finally shipping, Dethklok plans their post-release traditions of vacationing, goofing off, palling around, and prank calls. Nathan, however, can't shake the feeling that something is wrong with the record... After being humiliated by Murderface's prank calls, Skwisgaar and Toki swear revenge.

    Director:Brendon Small
    Writer:Janine Ditullio

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  4. Metalocalypse Season 1 Episode 10 - FatKlok
    7.6/10(265 votes)

    S1:E10

    Upon learning that they've once again earned too much money over the past year, the band tries to "donate" as much as they can to charity as a tax write-off. The guys also unwisely attempt fatherhood and play a landmark concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra which ends with a killer laser light show.

    Director:Chris Prynoski
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  5. Metalocalypse Season 2 Episode 3 - Dethvengeance
    7.6/10(189 votes)

    S2:E3

    The wounded, the scarred, and the disfigured unite. Meanwhile, an oblivious Dethklok spends their studio time recording onto the purest of all analog formats: water.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  6. Metalocalypse Season 1 Episode 1 - The Curse of Dethklok
    7.7/10(451 votes)

    S1:E1

    Dethklok hires the world's only six-star chef to cook dinner for them before a show in Norway. They warn him of the Dethklok curse, where every employee they've hired, chefs included, has tragically died. Later, when their new chef is at near-death on life support following an unfortunate helicoptor mishap, the band is forced to make its own meals.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  7. Metalocalypse Season 1 Episode 15 - Religionklok
    7.7/10(228 votes)

    S1:E15

    Murderface searches for a religion after a near-death experience leaves him longing for greater meaning. He samples everything from Christianity to Satanism before finding his true calling.

    Director:Chris Prynoski
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  8. Metalocalypse Season 2 Episode 7 - Dethwedding
    7.7/10(172 votes)

    S2:E7

    Metal meets mid-west etiquette when Pickles' brother, Seth, invites Dethklok to his Wisconsin wedding.

    Director:Chris Prynoski
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  9. Metalocalypse Season 2 Episode 8 - P.R. Pickles
    7.7/10(177 votes)

    S2:E8

    Pickles' popularity soars when he gets a personal P.R. agent, prompting the rest of Dethklok to form a rival P.R. firm. Meanwhile, Pickles' P.R. woman has dark, otherworldy, and religious motives behind her Evil Press Releases.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Bill Braudis, Brendon Small

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  10. Metalocalypse Season 2 Episode 11 - Dethrace
    7.7/10(159 votes)

    S2:E11

    William Murderface creates the "Nascar-type Theatrical Hybrid Event" and takes all creative and logistical control upon himself. Nathan and Pickles try to be supportive of their overwhelmed pal, while Skwisgaar and Toki attempt to get their driver licenses.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  11. Metalocalypse Season 4 Episode 8 - Dethvanity
    7.7/10(122 votes)

    S4:E8

    After Murderface is announced as the recipient of this year's Most Brutal Looking Musician Award, he travels to Mexico to get the best and cheapest plastic surgery possible. Meanwhile, the rest of Dethklok deal with the brutality of aging and letting themselves go.

    Director:Felipe Salazar
    Writer:Janine Ditullio

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  12. Metalocalypse Season 1 Episode 2 - Dethwater
    7.8/10(361 votes)

    S1:E2

    Dethklok frontman Nathan Explosion wants the band's next album to be the ultimate smash hit. So, to achieve this goal, he decides to have a recording session locked in a Russian nuclear submarine that is moving through the Mariana Trench - the deepest, darkest location in the Earth's crust itself. How brutal is that?!

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  13. Metalocalypse Season 4 Episode 6 - Writersklok
    7.8/10(126 votes)

    S4:E6

    After spending all their time with sluts and squandering the budget on their new record, Dethklok is shocked to find they've been assigned a new producer: A WOMAN. She sends them on a pre-writing vacation that turns out to be a brutal trip to a third world country where they're mistaken as women and captured as sex slaves.

    Director:Brendon Small
    Writer:Mark Brooks

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  14. Metalocalypse Season 1 Episode 3 - Birthdayface
    7.9/10(344 votes)

    S1:E3

    It's Murderface's birthday, and the rest of the band soon are faced with the difficult task of getting him a present. In fact, he actually ends up hating his party until they finally give him their gift.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  15. Metalocalypse Season 1 Episode 13 - Go Forth and Die
    7.9/10(240 votes)

    S1:E13

    Continually plagued by his stupidity, Nathan Explosion decides to attempt to earn his GED.

    Director:Chris Prynoski
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  16. Metalocalypse Season 1 Episode 16 - Dethkids
    7.9/10(240 votes)

    S1:E16

    Toki tries to compensate for his adorable charm by over-brutalizing his intentions and actions.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  17. Metalocalypse Season 1 Episode 17 - Dethclown
    7.9/10(257 votes)

    S1:E17

    Dr. Rockso and Toki's sudden friendship has the rest of Dethklok uneasy.

    Director:Chris Prynoski
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  18. Metalocalypse Season 2 Episode 4 - Dethdoubles
    7.9/10(190 votes)

    S2:E4

    Fearing for their safety after a public gun mishap/bloodbath, the CFO hires look-a-likes of Dethklok to make public appearances while the band prepares for a Duncan Hills Coffee promotional event.

    Director:Chris Prynoski
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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  19. Metalocalypse Season 3 Episode 6 - Fertilityklok
    7.9/10(144 votes)

    S3:E6

    Toki falls head over heals for a girl he meets online. When things sour he tries to break it off and instead has to bear the brutality of being her date at her father's vegan funeral in 110 degree heat. Meanwhile Nathan experiences the brutality of dating a performance artist. And Murderface must attend a sexual harassment seminar after trying to match Skwisgaar's sexual prowess.

    Director:Mark Brooks
    Writer:Brendon Small

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  20. Metalocalypse Season 3 Episode 7 - Dethsiduals
    7.9/10(136 votes)

    S3:E7

    Murderface wants the easy life but still wants all the rewards. After the band decides to kick him out for making their jobs more difficult, Murderface realizes the EASIEST way to make BIG money is to start his own label.

    Director:Mark Brooks
    Writers:Brendon Small, Kristofor Brown

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  21. Metalocalypse Season 4 Episode 1 - Fanklok
    7.9/10(151 votes)

    S4:E1

    Despite his bandmates' warnings, Nathan begins seriously dating one of his fans. But as the evidence of her past piles up, to prove her innocence, he follows her to the most brutal place on earth: Klokikon - the annual Dethklok fan convention filled with cosplay geeks and homosexual fan art. Meanwhile, the rest of the band starts smoking after Murderface lands the cover of Smokaroonie Aficionado.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writer:Brendon Small

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  22. Metalocalypse Season 4 Episode 4 - Motherklok
    7.9/10(123 votes)

    S4:E4

    Dethklok heads to Tomahawk, Wisconsin to open a Dethfair in hopes that it will stimulate the economy they destroyed. Pickles uses this time at home to reconnect with his disapproving mother who tells him that she won't respect him until he gets a real job. Pickles decides to hang up his drumsticks and goes into an even more brutal profession: he becomes a realtor.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writer:Dani Vetere

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  23. Metalocalypse Season 4 Episode 5 - Bookklok
    7.9/10(125 votes)

    S4:E5

    Tired of taking verbal abuse from his bandmate, Toki writes a tell-all book called Skwisgaar Is Ams Dick and takes over as Dethklok's lead guitarist. But can Toki handle the spotlight? Meanwhile, Nathan buys a new favorite toy for the band: a defibrillator.

    Director:Mark Brooks
    Writer:Brian Posehn

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  24. Metalocalypse Season 4 Episode 10 - Dethdinner
    7.9/10(115 votes)

    S4:E10

    As Dethklok hosts the most important dinner of their career, the divvying of album credits, over tagging on social networking sites, and fights over a girl come to head. Can CFO keep their issues in check? Will the record executives forgive them for the past year of mistakes? Or will it be a total, brutal disaster?

    Director:Brendon Small
    Writer:Brendon Small

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  25. Metalocalypse Season 1 Episode 6 - Dethfam
    8.0/10(268 votes)

    S1:E6

    Uncomfortable and embarrassed, Dethklok painfully endures while their parents are in town for a visit. They are at first pissed and doubtful when their parents announce the release of the 'Parents of Dethklok' album, but soon realize the depth of their parents' anger. The guys learn an important lesson: there's nothing more brutal in this world than raising children.

    Director:Jon Schnepp
    Writers:Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Dethkomedy" is the worst rated episode of "Metalocalypse". It scored 7.3/10 based on 284 votes. Directed by Jon Schnepp and written by Brendon Small, Tommy Blacha, it aired on 9/3/2006. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Dethlessons".