Amphibia Skippable Guide

Amphibia is a pretty enjoyable mix of standalone and story/character developing episodes. While everything listed below is skippable, I'd highly recommend watching some of them, especially the ones that are bolded, as they'll deepen your connection to the world and characters.

Given that this is an ongoing series, this guide is subject to change in the future.

Total Episodes Skipped: 27

Season 1

Creator Matt Braly purposely made this season most non-serialized as he believed it was important to develop the characters before diving into the story. 

• Cane Crazy
• Flood, Sweat, and Tears
• Hop Luck
• Stakeout
• The Domino Effect
• Anne Theft Auto
• Sprig vs. Hop Pop
• Girl Time
• Contagi-Anne
• Family Shrub
• Lily Pad Thai
• Plantar's Last Stand
• Grubhog Day
• Hop Pop and Lock
• Civil Wart
• Hop-Popular
• Croak and Punishment
• Trip to the Archives
• Snow Day
• Cracking Mrs. Croaker
• A Night at the Inn
• Family Fishing Trip
• Cursed!
• Fiddle Me This
• The Big Bugball Game
• Combat Camp
• Children of Spore

 

Friends Skippable Guide (Seasons 1 -7)

(Electric Guitar Music)

So, no one told you Friends was gonna be this way.

236 episodes that’ll carry you day-by-day.

But for some this might just be too much tv.

Well, for those who don’t have a week, month, or maybe even a year

Skippable Guide is there for you

Cause you got too much to do

Skippable Guide’s there for you

Cause you got too much to do

Total Episodes Skipped: 51

Notes

All of the episodes listed below can be skipped

Episodes that are worth watching, in my opinion, have been bolded.

·       Clip episodes are marked with a *

·       The skippability of certain episodes is subjective

·       This guide is subject to change whenever I watch Seasons 8-10.

Season 1: The One with the Awkward Haircuts

·       The One with the Thumb

·       The One with the Butt

·       The One with the Monkey – Ross gets a monkey named Marcel

·       The One with Mrs. Bing

·       The One with Boobies

·       The One with Candy Hearts

·       The One Where the Monkey Gets Away – Marcel laves

·       The One with the Evil Orthodontist

·       The One with Fake Monica

Season 2: The One with the Will They Won’t They

·       The One with the Breast Milk

·       The One with Five Stakes and an Eggplant

·       The One After the Superbowl: Part 1

·       The One After the Superbowl: Part 2 - Marcel returns

·       The One Where Old Yeller Dies

·       The One with Two Parties

Season 3: The One that Develops the Winning Formula

·       The One with the Jam

·       The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel – Joey does an infomercial

·       The One with the Jealousy

·       The One Where Monica and Richard are Just Friends

·       The One with Phoebe’s Ex Partner

·       The One with the Dollhouse

Season 4: The One with My Favorite Episode

·       The One with the Cuffs

·       The One with the Dirty Girl

·       The One with the Girl from Poughkeespie

·       The One with All the Rugby

·       The One with Rachel’s New Dress

·       The One with the Invitation* – Rachel isn’t going to the wedding

Season 5: The One with The Best Episodes

·       The One with Chandler’s Work Laugh

·       The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey – watch the cold open

·       The One Where Rachel Smokes

·       The One Where Ross Can’t Flirt

·       The One with the Ride-Along

Season 6: The One Where Everything Changes

·       The One with Ross’ Teeth

·       The One with Rachel’s Sister/The One Where Chandler Can’t Cry

·       The One with Unagi

·       The One with Joey’s Fridge

·       The One with Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.* – Joey gets to star in a tv show

Season 7: The One with the Big Wedding

·       The One with Monica’s Thunder

·       The One with Rachel’s Book

·       The One with Phoebe’s Cookies

·       The One with the Engagement Picture

·       The One with Ross’ Library Book

·       The One with All the Candy

·       The One with All the Cheesecakes – follow-up to The One with the Monkey

·       The One Where They’re Up All Night

·       The One with Joey’s Brain – Susan Sarandon guest stars

·       The One with the Cheap Wedding Dress

·       The One with Joey’s Award

·       The One with Ross and Monica’s Cousin

·       The One with All the Vows*

Tangled Series Skippable Guide

While the Tangled series was pretty good, it wasn’t without its share of lackluster episodes. All the ones listed below can be skipped. Standalone episodes that are worth watching, in my opinion, have been boded.

25 Episodes Skipped

Season 1

Fitzherbert P.I.

Challenge of the Brave

Cassandra vs. Eugene

One Angry Princess

Pascal’s Story – learn how Pascal & Rapunzel met

The Wrath of Ruthless Ruth

The Way of the Willow – the only appearance of Rapunzel’s Aunt Willow

Season 2

The Return of Quaid

Goodbye and Goodwill

Forest of No Return – Adira earns the group’s trust

Freebird

King Pascal – the gang gets stranded on an island

There’s Something About Hook Foot

Happiness Is… - favorite episode of the season

Max and Eugene in Peril on the High Seas – the gang gets off the island

Curses!

The Eye of Pincosta

The Brothers Hook – Hook Foot leaves the group

Rapunzel: Day One

You’re Kidding Me!

Season 3

The Lost Treasure of Herz Der Sonne

No Time Like the Past – YouTube star Brian Hull guest stars

Day of the Animals

Pascal’s Dragon

Flynnposter – Eugene becomes Captain of the Guard

Star Wars Resistance Skippable Guide

Outside of the latter part of Season 1 and a couple standalone episodes, Star Wars Resistance proved to be underwhelming. As such, this list is pretty brutal especially in regards to Season 2.

Total Episodes Skipped: 18

All of the episodes listed below can be skipped

Bolded episodes are worth watching if you have time

Episodes with a “/” in-between them make up a two-part arc

Season 1

Synara’s Score

The Platform Classic

Secrets and Holograms

Station Theta Black

Bibo – Synara learns that Kaz is with the Resistance

Dangerous Business

The New Trooper – more troopers are sent to the platform

The Core Problem – BB-8 is replaced with a new droid named CB-23

Season 2

Live Fire/Hunt on Celsor 3

The Engineer

From Beneath

Relic Raiders – The Colossus picks up a new crew member

The Voxx Vortex 5000

Kaz’s Curse

Station to Station

The Missing Agent/Breakout

Rebels Skippable Guide

Rebels has a more semi-serialized narrative than Clone Wars, which means fewer skippable episodes. 

All of the episodes listed below can be skipped

Watch the Bold Episodes if You Have Time

28 Episodes Skipped

Season 1

Droids in Distress – R2 & C3PO guest star

Fighter Flight – Ezra and Zeb steal a Tie Fighter

Out of the Darkness

Idiot’s Array – Lando Guest Stars

Season 2

Episodes where a new ship is acquired for the Rebel fleet are marked with an F.

Brothers of the Broken Horn – Ezra meets Hondo; only skip if you haven’t seen Clone Wars

Wings of the Master - F

Blood Sisters – bounty hunter Ketsu is introduced

Stealth Strike

A Princess on Lothal – F

Legends of Lasat

Homecoming - F

Season 3

At the time, creator Dave Filoni and crew didn’t know Clone Wars would get brought back and as such they used this season to wrap up some loose ends from their previous series. While these episodes are satisfying if you’re a fan of Clone Wars, they are inconsequential to the story of Rebels.

The Holocrons of Fate

The Antilles Extraction

Hera’s Heroes

The Last Battle – for fans of the Clone Wars

Iron Squadron

The Wykanthu Job

Visions and Voices – the Rebels find the Darksaber

Ghosts of Geonosis – pointless Rogue One tie in

Warhead

Through Imperial Eyes

Double Agent Droid – Rebels at its silliest

Twin Suns – Ezra gets a new ship; cool fight scene 

Season 4

Outside of the first four episodes, this final season is completely serialized.

Heroes of Mandalore Parts 1 & 2 – only watch if you’re curious how the Mandalore storyline is resolved

In the Name of the Rebellion 1 & 2

Crawler Commandoes

Clone Wars Skippable Guide

Total Episodes Skipped (Excluding Legacy Content): 74

Check Out the Official Viewing Order Here:

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder

Notes:

- The following episodes are skippable; but, if you have time watch the bolded ones as this series has some fantastic standalone stories.

- Episodes with a “/” between them are part of an arc. If one episode is bolded but not the other, it’s because you don’t need to watch all the episodes as any key info is recapped in the intro.

- When Clone Wars was cancelled after Season 6, there were numerous arcs that were in various stages of production. While some of these stories were eventually completed when the series returned for its final season, others were released through alternative mediums (i.e. comics, novel). These arcs were branded Legacy Content and are included in this guide for your convenience.

Seasons 1 –3

Season 3 contained so many prequel episodes, that Star Wars.com had to create a chronology guide (the link is posted above). Thankfully, you can skip most of them and save yourself the headache.

Cat and Mouse 

The Hidden Enemy

The Movie 

– Just watch the Battle of Christopholisis, which comprises the first 20 minutes

Supply Lines/Ambush

Rising Malevolence/Shadow of Malevolence/Destroy Malevolence

Downfall of a Droid/Duel of the Droids

Bombad Jedi/Cloak of Darkness/Lair of Grievous

Jedi Crash/Defenders of Peace

Trespass

Storm Over Ryloth/Innocents of Ryloth/Liberty on Ryloth 

–  Introduces Cham Syndulla who plays a key role in the follow-up series Rebels.

Holocron Heist/Cargo of Doom/Children of the Force 

Bounty Hunters

- Debut of several bounty hunters that reappear throughout the series

The Zillo Beast/The Zillo Beast Strikes Back 

Senate Spy 

- Padame discovers a new droid factory on Geonosis

Legacy of Terror/Brain Invaders

Grievous Intrigue/The Deserter

Lightsaber Lost

Sphere of Influence 

– Tribute to George Lucas (at least the character he played in Revenge of the      Sith)

Evil Plans/Hostage Crisis/Hunt for Ziro

Senate Murders

The Citadel/Counter Attack/Citadel Rescue

Padawan Lost/Wookie Hunt

Season 4 

Water War/Gungan Attack/Prisoners

Shadow Warrior

Mercy Mission/Nomad Droids 

Kidnapped/Slaves of the Republic/Escape from Kadavo

Deception/Friends and Enemies/The Box/Crisis on Naboo

Season 5

A War on Two Fronts/Front Runners/The Soft War/Tipping Points

- Last appearance of Lux and the debut of Saw Gerrera 

The Gathering/A Test of Strength/Bound for Rescue/A Necessary Bond

- Originally intended to serve as the pilot for a Younglings spinoff series

Secret Weapons/A Sunny Day in the Void/Missing in Action/Point of No Return 

Season 6

An Old Friend/The Rise of Clovis/Crisis at the Heart 

The Disappeared Parts 1 & 2

Legacy Content

Son of Dathomir

A 4 part comic series that continues Maul’s story from where we left him in Season 5. Since the comics can be difficult to track down, I’ve posted a link to a fantastic audio version that’s been created.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWAkCt4q3o0

Dark Disciple

A novel that concludes Ventress’ story.

A Death on Utapau/In Search of the Crystal/Crystal Crisis/The Big Bang

A lighthearted adventure with Anakin and Obi-Wan. While the animation was never completed, all of the dialogue was recorded. Originally posted on StarWars.com, the episodes can be found on YouTube. Please note that links are subject to change.

Episodes Can Be Found Here:

A Death on Utapau 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc8ABcsyyoc

In Search of the Crystal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE44YsiNea8

Crystal Crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDzzDHFad8Y&t=690s

The Big Bang

https://www.starwars.com/video/star-wars-the-clone-wars-story-reel-the-big-bang

And More!

In the mid-2010s, the Clone Wars crew did a couple panels where they discussed several story arcs that were planned for the series in addition to what’s listed above and below. At the time, the crew didn’t know that they’d get a Season 7.

Untold Clone Wars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yKM6RExLlI&t=2847s

Ahsoka’s Untold Tales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS4sclln5J4&t=1838s

Season 7

The Bad Batch/A Distant Echo/On the Wings of Keeradaks/Unfinished Business

While Ahsoka’s arc (episodes 5-8) isn’t great, I decided to exclude it from the list. Not only does it contain key character development but it leads directly into the series finale.