The BEST episodes directed by Chris Prynoski

Dethtroll
star
8.42
413 votes

#1 - Dethtroll

Metalocalypse - Season 1 - Episode 4

The band plays an ancient song which hasn't been heard in thousands of years which unexpectedly awakens a deadly Nordic lake troll and must compose the world's first death metal lullaby to return the beast to its slumber.

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The Metalocalypse Has Begun
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8.28
261 votes

#2 - The Metalocalypse Has Begun

Metalocalypse - Season 1 - Episode 20

Dethklok receives death threats from fans right before the first live performance of Dethwater. Krosier and Ravenwood attempt to take Dethklok out, with the help of an old enemies brother... With the secret army on the horizon waiting for the right moment to strike, will Dethklok make it through this?

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Performance Klok
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7.94
321 votes

#3 - Performance Klok

Metalocalypse - Season 1 - Episode 7

Dethklok has a huge fight on stage, which prompts the record label to hire a performance coach to keep the band together. The band falls in love with therapy for all the wrong reasons.

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Dethclown
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7.78
267 votes

#4 - Dethclown

Metalocalypse - Season 1 - Episode 17

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

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Religionklok
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7.70
266 votes

#5 - Religionklok

Metalocalypse - Season 1 - Episode 15

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.

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Fat Kid at the Detharmonic (a.k.a. FatKlok)
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7.64
247 votes

#6 - Fat Kid at the Detharmonic (a.k.a. FatKlok)

Metalocalypse - Season 1 - Episode 10

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.

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Dethecution
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7.60
283 votes

#7 - Dethecution

Metalocalypse - Season 2 - Episode 1

Dethklok has withdrawn from the public eye, and fan suicide rates are climbing. The US government hatches a plan to bring the band out of hiding and restore world order.

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Go Forth and Die
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7.55
295 votes

#8 - Go Forth and Die

Metalocalypse - Season 1 - Episode 13

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

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Test Drive
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6.04
38 votes

#9 - Test Drive

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 1

In the future, the Earth Coalition is fighting a losing war against the Glorft Imperium, a highly advanced extraterrestrial race with an insatiable hunger for conquest. Skilled 'mech pilot Kiva wants to send a robot named "Megas" back to a crucial part of the conflict, but accidentally sends it too far, and Megas winds up in the hands of couch potatoes Coop and Jamie. Worse, Kiva is stuck in the past with these boneheads, not to mention a Legion of really angry Glorft intent on capturing the Megas, even if they have to resort to using the giant UMD Mech to do it.

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Battle Royale
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5.70
30 votes

#10 - Battle Royale

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 2

A floating alien head named Magnaminous sees Coop's fighting skills and invites him to the Galactic Combat Federation to fight various other powerful robots. Coop agrees, but maybe it would have been better if he had stayed home because, after a couple of fights, Magnaminous reveals he wants Coop to lose so Magnaminous can make a fortune. Coop refuses to accept those terms, so Maganaminous resorts to some dirty tricks to this end.

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All I Wanted Was a Slushie
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5.69
29 votes

#11 - All I Wanted Was a Slushie

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 3

It's a hot day in the city, and Coop just wants a big old thirst quenching Megaslush. However, he accidentally causes a highly destructive robot named the REGIS Mk. V to fall to Earth. Every time Coop gets close to getting his slush, the REGIS shows up and causes the store to be destroyed. Coop is tired of REGIS' continuous desire of destruction and shop-ravaging, but how is he supposed to stop a robot that gets bigger and stronger every time you smash it?

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The Fat and the Furious
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5.59
20 votes

#12 - The Fat and the Furious

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 4

Coop begins a bad day by accidentally creating a giant cheese monster and has to stop it, but the method he uses gets cheese in Megas's CPU core. Unaware of this, Coop enters Megas in an auto show, and is putting up a very good showing until Megas breaks down and nearly destroys the building. Fortunately, he's able to stop it, but now the Glorft see an opening to attack and invade the city, hoping to capture Megas. But first they need to find the CPU core.

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TV Dinner
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4.76
15 votes

#13 - TV Dinner

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 6

In an attempt to fix the television, Coop accidentally causes a blast of concentrated television waves to go out into space and attracts a giant, radio-wave eating monster to Earth. Due to the fact it is eating all the TV-satellites, it is impossible for anyone to watch any TV. Coop needs to stop this thing at all costs, but there's one major snag - how do you stop a planet-sized monster that eats television waves, not to mention that it has a bunch of killer boogers inside its body?

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Bad Guy
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4.70
14 votes

#14 - Bad Guy

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 9

A group of crime-fighting teenagers, called the S-Force, think Coop's the ultimate villain, so they come to Earth to try to "stop" him. Coop tries to fight them off and explain he's actually a hero, when darn the luck, Ender, a dangerous intergalactic criminal and The S-Force's Arch Nemesis, shows up to help him. Coop needs to defeat Ender, but the S-Force (and Ender) still don't get it.

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The Driver's Seat
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4.63
12 votes

#15 - The Driver's Seat

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 13

Coop accidentally teleports himself directly into the Karrajor, the Glorft Mothership, and now Kiva and Jamie have to figure out how to pilot Megas to save him. They do okay at first, but eventually crash into the Glorft mothership and get themselves - and Megas - captured. Fortunately, Gorrath foolishly lets Coop get the car, so Coop tears through the ship, intent on rescuing his friends and Megas. Now Coop must rescue everyone while finishing off the Glorft invasion once and for all, but how is he supposed to do that when the sheer amount of Glorft mech's overpowers even Megas and tears off several vital parts? Even worse, the Glorft have a new mech, the Karrajor in Mech mode, which is even larger than the UMD, which raises the question: how will Coop defeat this new threat with a critically damaged Megas?

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Buggin' the System
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4.62
16 votes

#16 - Buggin' the System

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 5

Coop, Jamie and Kiva discover an ancient Ringworld while training. They discover it is actually a giant interstellar library with information on almost every species in the universe. Kiva is excited, because this could contain the key to defeating the Glorft and traveling back to the future. However, this Ringworld is infested with robotic, worm-like, energy loving bugs. Coop, in the end, ends up destroying the entire Ringworld when he destroys the worms' Queen.

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DMV: Dept. of Megas Violations
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4.56
13 votes

#17 - DMV: Dept. of Megas Violations

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 11

An intergalactic bounty hunter arrives, and soon after Megas is impounded due to parking regulations. Coop needs to get it back in order to save Kiva, who is the target of the bounty hunter. Unfortunately, Coop's license has expired, so now he has to pass for a new one at the DMV. As Kiva battles with the evil bounty hunter, Coop has to deal with an even scarier villain - the red tape of the Department of Motor Vehicles.

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Dude, Where's My Head?
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4.42
12 votes

#18 - Dude, Where's My Head?

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 8

In order to impress a girl, Jamie borrows Coop's car to take her for a ride. Unfortunately, Warmaster Gorrath arrives piloting a deadly replica of Megas (dubbed Mecha-Megas) who's destroying Jersey searching for Megas; naturally, everyone thinks that the fake is just Coop being destructive. So Coop must use his secondary command bridge to control Megas. However, this method is much more difficult, so Coop does rather badly. Even worse, Jamie accidentally activates the car's connection to Megas, so now he's in control of Megas, but he has no idea - he's just trying to have a date.

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Breakout
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4.31
11 votes

#19 - Breakout

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 7

Coop buys a cartridge from a garage sale, thinking it's a video game. In reality, it's an interdimensional prison for the galaxy's most dangerous criminals-the most dangerous of which is Grrkek The Planet Killer. So, naturally, Coop unleashes Grrkek first, but is able to beat him with a cool looking laser that traps Grrkek. However, he proceeds to unleash all the other prisoners (including one that looks like a robotic Gamera), which show their gratitude by trying to destroy the city. Naturally, Coop must clean up another one of his own series of messes.

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Junk in the Trunk
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4.27
12 votes

#20 - Junk in the Trunk

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 10

Coop accidentally damages a vital part of Megas, the photonic stabilizer. Without it, Megas will go up in a blaze of fiery glory and explode, which will not only destroy Megas, but also, everything within a 100-mile radius. Fortunately, Coop found a junk planet that probably has just about everything. Unfortunately, Varshin the Dealer wants Megas' time drive to complete his own robot and sends various "zombie" robots to retrieve it. Even more unfortunate, Goat has come along for the ride, and is thoroughly annoying Kiva, not to mention he's fantasizing about a personal robot of his own without any idea how to get or build one properly.

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Coop D'Etat
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3.97
10 votes

#21 - Coop D'Etat

Megas XLR - Season 1 - Episode 12

Coop accidentally destroys a sacred treasure of the Azion Worlds, a robotic, alien empire - the Flame of Azeroth. The Emperor declares whoever captures Megas and bring it to judgement will be named as the new Emperor, so now Coop has to fight off a bunch of Azionites in the deep, dark reaches of the final frontier, all of which are, if necessary, willing to destroy each other to become the Emperor. (Note: due to a tape mixup, this episode was not shown until nearly a year later).

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