The BEST episodes directed by Zach Bolton
#1 - Shin Wars
Shin Chan - Season 2 - Episode 4
“Shin Wars: Episode IV: A Poo Hope” – A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Darth Bader has kidnapped Princess Labia, only in this version she’s not hot! Now it’s up to Any-Wan Canblowme and young Puke Skypooper to save the princess, and first they’ll need a ship… But it’s been towed! Your light rod is weak and flaccid, old man. Wait, that’s not what happens! “Shin Wars: Episode V: The Empire Likes Sprack” – Now was it Lord Bader or Master Bader? Either way, the helmet head is feeling a great disturbance in his shorts! Meanwhile, Puke Skypooper and Princess Labia find themselves the reluctant rescuers of oppressed semi-cute woodland creatures… Great, we’re pandering to a younger demographic! “Shin Wars: Episode VI: Re-turd of the Hentai” – As our heroes continue their laborious climb up to the Meth Star, the woodland insurgents prepare to take on the High Fighters. And after the surprise return of Any-Wan Canblowme, young Skypooper faces off against Darth Bader one last time! Just what we need, another glowing cock fight… Remember, size matters not Master Puke!
#2 - More of a 'Snug' Than a 'Magnum'
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 14
"Untrue Romance?" - Word on the playground is that the teacher's found a new boy toy, and Miss Anderson gets a bit frazzled when the kids take an active interest. But when the fascination spreads to the staff, the infectious talk is of an entirely different nature… Ah, to be young and in love again! As the claws come out and the cat fight begins in earnest, it's duck and cover! To the shelter! "The Corpse Whisperer" - It was a day like any other, except that it wasn't… When Shin decides to enact the dead, his schitzo neighbor really creeps Maso out! Convinced that he alone witnessed a murder, the young pants-pisser panics to find them all trapped with the culprit. And he may be the next victim! Don't you just want to strangle that silly bitch sometimes? "Concerto in the Key of Butt-Minor" - When Ai's glowing box unsettles the Nohara household, Shin's determined not to go to her piano recital. And after a talk with Georgie's mother about Suotome etiquette, Mitzi has to agree with her son. But when a box of Choco-Bees outsmarts them both, it's a beeline to the florist… The opening act's really good! Little miss rich britches must be hot stuff!
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#3 - Get Your Hands off My Happy Cake!
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 4
"The Unbearable Sadness of Being (the Happiness Bunny)" - In a world of globalized exploitation, loss of meaning and devils named Shin, happiness was simply impossible for the Happiness Bunny... "A Fistful of Bunny!" - When Ai's airs invade on Penny's fantasy, she turns to Mr. Bunny to quiet the "gloomies." But Penny's mother learns of her daughter's new-found addictions, and they decide to kick the habit together. It's a whole new world... That is, until devil boy comes knocking. Oh look, he brought a friend! Falling off the wagon's always better with company! "Curious Georgie Goes to the Zoo" - Georgie comes calling and finds himself appalled by the state of things at Shin's place. He decides to help out the needy... "Action Bastard Busts a Move!" - Action Bastard needs your help! His attacks have grown stale and the script writers sour, so everyone's favorite superhero has turned to his viewing audience for inspiration. The playground's abuzz as Shin and crew head off to Penny's, to answer the call of marketing. But when Penny's mother detours to the Battered Bunny Closet... It's lights, camera, action!
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#4 - Safe as a Dry Hump
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 3
"Ench-Man Episode 2: Ench-Man Returns!" - The kids are beginning to wonder about the superhero's true identity… Couldn't be the obvious connection? "Ai Needs a Hiro!" - Ai's quest for Shin's affection has taken a new twist… Unable to convince that butt-wiggling hunky bad boy to be her child bride, the diminutive debutante has decided to win his father over to her cause. But all poor Hiro dreams of is resuming his interrupted slumber, silicone enhanced! Ai just won't leave until her work is done. "Ench-Man Episode 3: Ench-Man Forever" - There's a schitzy kitty stalking the streets… And unless Ench-Man proves better endowed than his name suggests, he might not measure up! "Hima Nohara in 'The Creeping Terror!'" - Hima proves to be yet another regret in Mitzi's life, as she finds herself had by a nine month old... "Ench-Man Episode 4: Death to the Franchise!" - Convinced his secret's safe as a dry hump, Ench-Man soon finds himself swarmed by alter-egos… Who started all this sidekick crap?
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#5 - Swimming, Diving Scuba Team
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 13
"Everybody, Get Naked!" - On their way to the spa, Hiro and Shin run into Hottie Nanako! And she's going to the same spa! Inspired by wet, sudsy action, the little darling's determined to impress her hotness… And he'll drag Hiro down with him. Will Shin get to help Nanako with her hard-to-reach places? Or will he just be hard up, as reality wilts his young, wet dreams? "White Men Can't Dump" - Something's brewing for Georgie and liberation can't wait for his Very Young Republican's meeting. Intending to drop by Shin's dump of an apartment to unwind and unload, the pressure's on as his fecal discretion kicks into overdrive! It seems relief's on the horizon for everyone except the little stinker… But hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go! "The Cucumber-Sucking Monster" - Shin and crew are set to track down the local legend of the Kappa when Miss Ai decides to join the hunt… Only question now is, who's the real monster? Armed with a green gourd, their initial forays prove a disappointment and the slumming successor calls in "The Team." Kappa-Hunting Strike Force, Ho! The power of cucumber compels you!
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#6 - Sticky's My Favorite Flavor
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 16
"Pink Eye and the Red-Hot Doc" - After tricking Hiro into letting him stay up late to watch TV, Shin wakes up with a nasty surprise. Or two, rather! His eyes didn't get punked, they got pinked! So it's the Nohara men off to the best free clinic money can buy. What are the symptoms? Let's see… Redness. Discharge. And a bad attitude! Can you check his brain for retardation while you're at it, Doc? "Door Jam" - The damn door won't close and all of Mitzi's effort proves of little use… How hard can it be to yank a knob off? Hiro does it by himself all the time! A temporary fix is undone when the drop-out's door falls victim to the same foul play. And of all the days to have a postern problem, when there's a burglar-slash-rapist on the prowl! Yum, MILF and cookies! "The Adventures of Super Pooper" - When Maso's ass becomes fair game for a couple of second-graders, Shin gets jealous. But when the bullying backfires with the diminutive dumpster, they inadvertently produce a schoolyard superhero! Super Pooper is on a never-ending quest… And today they march on the second grade bathrooms! Run for your lives! The kids, they're pooping everywhere!
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#7 - Get Yours, or Die!
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 12
"No Guts, No Glory Hole!" - The war between apartments exposes a gaping hole in the battle front… As new lines of communication open wide, the Noharas develop an interest in the drop-out next door. It's full-on family therapy time for Yonro! But when budget concerns delay the fix, a vasectomy's even cheaper. Too bad you can't buy walls at Wal-Mart! "Action Bastard Says, 'Put Your Hands on My Rod!'" - It's time for more Bastardly Branding, and this time the Action Bastard Bastard Rod's at stake! But when Shin jumps into the action a bit premature, the susceptible stripling may have doomed himself to be a no-rod boy living a lonely no-rod life… Urged on to 'fess up for forgiveness, Shin's got to place the fate of his Bastard Rod in Mitzi's hands. "The Parasites are Back!" - It's the return of the annoying freeloaders, and this time they come bearing emotional baggage! Determined to move in with the Noharas until their little lover's quarrel has been settled, Yoshirin and Micchi have brought the wrath of the "Man Lady" down on them all. But when their hentai hassles draw unseemly interest, the half-tards just might rediscover young love...
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#8 - The Shin Must Poop On...
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 8
"Blinging Up Baby" - Ai invites herself over to Shin's after school. While the Noharas try to play like there's nobody home, the heiress horror quickly sees through their charade and it's Operation Trojan Box. Their defenses infiltrated, she sets to work on the littlest Nohara… But Hima doesn't sell out cheap! It's gonna take some quality bling to convince the minute milk-sucker to cross over to the dark side! "Hima Nohara in 'How Far Will You Go to Get Juice?'" - The toddlin' tyke wants her juice, and her determination far outmatches her stature. But Hima's got little patience for Shin's monkey junk... "House of Whacks" - Mitzi tries to stay optimistic as the house falls down around her, one chunk of drywall at a time. While Hiro's eager to display his patriarchical prowess, playing handyman just doesn't come naturally for either father or son. So it's no surprise that he can't even nail something! What's a family to do when it seems your very home's bound for holy hell… In more ways than one! "It's the End of the Show as We Know It" - Patching a hole is one thing, but this… Well, there's only one thing the Noharas can do now. Wait, the show's not cancelled!
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#9 - A Mutha Fucking Bunny!
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 7
These three segments are the first ones of this show to air on UPN: "Monkey See, Monkey Poo" - After a hard week at work and an even harder night commiserating, Hiro dreams he's a monkey. But life sucks just as much even lower on the rung... "The Dart of War" - Shin's got a blow dart. But when his parents get involved, things rapidly digress from coaching to competing. It's a Blow Off! The stakes settled, Hiro and Mitzi fall fast to foul play. It's down to the final shot, with Hiro only five points in the lead… Come on, Mitzi, don't blow it! Well, you have to blow it, but just don't… You know what I mean! "Happiness Bunny's Revenge" - Cherished only in rage, the Happiness Bunny's back and he wants revenge! Having tried to be the cute, cuddly guy for so long, but always punished like he was a bastard… Well, Mr. Bunny has decided to go ahead and be the bastard! After a night full of shared terrors, Penny and her mother wake up with a new, terrified outlook on life. Come and play with me, Penny!
#10 - Gigantic One-Eyed Monster
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 5
"Needle Mania" - This time it's Mommy's turn to see the doctor, and she's ready to be checked up... Or checked out? As Shin expounds on her shortness of breast and the early stages of MS, it's all Mitzi can do to keep her cool. Barely. But when the needle comes out Mitzi might be in for more than she bargained! Don't be afraid, it's just a little prick! "Sister Pact" - Ai's been blessed with it all: Brains and beauty, endless wealth... But no sibling! When she vows to acquire one that very day, Penny's ghetto sass fits the bill. Playing on the young girl's pre-tween insecurities, they're sisters by lunch. Shin, Georgie and the others are more than a bit freaked: There's a natural order to things, one which this unholy sisterhood seriously violates! "A Bootyful Day in the Neighborhood" - When Shin decides he'd rather take a chance with the dirty old men he doesn't know versus the one he does, he slips out on his grandfather during a game of hide and drink. Once free, he encounters one of the fabled perverts and immediately reports it to the police. But while Shin gets distracted, the dirty old men get mixed up... Let's all be drunken monkeys!
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#11 - In The Interest of Increased Ratings...
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 15
"The Itzy Mitzi Spider" - Mitzi loses it when she realizes just how crowded their apartment really is… With no support from her own family or the landlady, the "no-rack-a-phobe" gathers her courage and her wits for a war against the eight-legged on a genocidal scale! Into every generation, a hero is born… But when Mitzi becomes truly unbalanced, who - or what - will come to her rescue? "Rainal Leakage" - When Hiro wakes up from a wet dream to a cold shower, it looks like the Noharas are in for a good soaking! There's a typhoon in town… First their house gets blown up, and now their apartment's about to get blown away - So what's gonna get blown next? A fuse, of course! As the cup runneth over, it's a slumber party at the drop-out's tonight! "Shin Chan: The Page One Rewrite!" - In the interest of increased ratings and capitalizing on current network television trends, Shin Chan has been reformatted as a cartoon about everyday people… Who happen to be superheroes! Join Shin and friends as they take on villains of marginal value, now including a remastered theme song with a smooth jazzy feel! (Brought to you by the marketing department.)
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#12 - Shady Real Estate Office, Ho!
Shin Chan - Season 1 - Episode 9
"Hiro of the Hunt" - The hunt is on! Yoshirin and Micchi have tagged along, but their assistance proves questionable as they're evicted time and again… Before signing a lease! Just as Hiro starts to despair, he finds his moment of inspiration down fond (and not-so-fond) memory lane. His moment of over-clichéd, Emmy-nominated inspiration, that is! Hiro is reborn as he finds a fresh start for his family. "Movin' on Down" - What's truly unbelievable is how much of the Nohara family's junk survived the explosion… Even more so considering how much less space they now have for it all! As their "help" takes leave, the apartment gets less crowded. But it still feels cramped! And as space runs short, so do tempers. With nowhere to run, Shin's packing job may prove his undoing! And where is Mitzi's pot? "A Family that Sleeps Together..." - Their spirits lift as the Nohara family adjusts to their new home. A transformable apartment does have some advantages… Not! This is the start of their new life. As they lay down together for their first night in the new environs, excitement runs a bit high for sleep. Hiro casts himself in a fantasy tale of not much adventure but plenty of action, as Hiro the hero of course!
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