The BEST episodes of China, IL
Every episode of China, IL ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of China, IL!
Frank and Steve Smith are brothers who teach in the history department of a state university in China, Illinois. They also happen to be legends in their own minds who will often sacrifice facts, lessons and syllabi for the sake of being awesome.
#1 - Rewind, Pause, Pay!
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2011
Ronald Reagan wants revenge on the unstable Steve in the premiere of this animated comedy chronicling the hijinks of a pair of brothers who teach at a state university.
#2 - China-Man Begins
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2013
Frank bets that he will be the focus of the "Person of the Day" news segment.
#3 - The Dream Reamer
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/26/2012
Baby cakes accidentally meets his old imaginary friend one day, and must travel into his own mind to defeat the beast before said friend destroys his real body.
#11 - Prom Face/Off
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2011
The Staff-Only Prom is thrown in a condemned building formerly used by Professor Cakes who experimented on hippies there.
#12 - Displays of Manhood
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/2015
In order to prove his masculinity, Frank challenges a boxing legend to a fight; Baby Cakes and Pony compete in a game of Dungeons & Dragons.
#13 - Dean vs. Mayor
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2011
The Mayor is tired of the riots sparked by UCI, and challenges The Dean to an arm wrestling contest for control of the school.
#14 - Prank Week
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/2013
Frank becomes a Buddhist monk after being exiled from the university for playing a forbidden prank on Steve during "Prank Week". After dreaming about Joe McCarthy's "witch hunts" during a lecture, Baby Cakes decides to capture various professors who he suspects are witches, leading to rumors of a serial killer roaming China, IL.
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#17 - Surfer God
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/2013
God returns to Earth in the form of a surfer dude and starts rewriting his own Ten Commandments, but his appearance leads to the spread of a Beach Boys theme around campus, which Steve can't tolerate. Meanwhile, Professor Cakes uses Frank to test out his new invention, the "Haardvark."
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#19 - Do You Know Who You Look Like?
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2013
The history department hires a new professor who looks just like Steve. Pony reveals she can't speak Spanish.
#20 - Wild Hogs
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/2013
The UCI history professors place suggestion boxes in their classrooms, but one student's prank message in Frank's box convinces him to turn anorexic. Baby Cakes helps a foreign transfer student he calls "Aladdin" around campus, convinced that he's a genie. Overwhelmed by his worst fear, an infestation of wild "brown hogs" on campus, The Dean shuts himself off from the world and gives Pony carte blanche to bring the problem under control.
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#21 - Chinese New Year
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/26/2011
The professors join together to build robotic replicas of themselves to take their place.
#24 - Coming Out of the Casket
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2011
Student registration for the History Department sinks to an all-time low after the death of Harold, one of the faculty's best professors. Steve must come up with a plan to save their jobs while Frank becomes convinced that he's getting unsolicited attention from a paranormal being.
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