The WORST episodes of Great Teacher Onizuka
Every episode of Great Teacher Onizuka ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Great Teacher Onizuka!
Tough on the outside, all heart on the inside, Onizuka turned to the life of a high school teacher for less excitement and action... or so he thought. GTO, a.k.a. Great Teacher Onizuka, is the racy story of Onizuka, a former motorcycle gang member who becomes a teacher to make a difference and... to meet girls? Using his street smarts to deal with colleagues, students and troublemakers, Onizuka finds that he too has many lessons to learn!
#1 - Money Talks, GTO Walks
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/30/2000
Led to believe that he spent the school's money, Eikichi attempts to raise the money himself while his students investigate who set him up. The school's faculty decides to hold a student assembly so Eikichi can take responsibility for his actions.
#2 - Studies in High Finance
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/23/2000
Before the annual class field trip, Miyabi and her friends steal the school's trip money and blackmails the English teacher, Mr. Sakurada, into luring Eikichi to a fake "underground girls club" with the stolen money planted on him. At the club, a drunken Eikichi unwittingly spends the school's money.
#3 - Agent To The Stars
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/2/2000
Eikichi becomes Tomoko's manager and arranges a series of innocuous commercial shoots to increase her national profile. Her commercials attract the attention of a popular magazine who wants her entered into their beauty contest.
#4 - Only the Best Will Do
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/21/1999
Suguru enlists a parent lobby group to get Eikichi fired. To prove his worth, Eikichi must score the highest mark in a national scholastic achievement test. However, he soon learns that it is no easy task.
#5 - Good Cop / Bad Cop
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/4/2000
When Tomoko, Eikichi, and his friend Toshiyuki Saejima find a suitcase filled with gold, they find themselves on the run from the yakuza. However, they later discover that they were unlikely victims of a celebrity prank played on Tomoko.
#6 - Revolution Everywhere
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/13/2000
Unable to cope with the pressures of teaching, Azusa runs away to her former school in Hakuba. Eikichi, Tomoko, Yoshito, and Kunio follow in order to convince her to return.
#7 - The Art of Demolition
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/20/2000
Azusa learns that her former school will be demolished. During the countdown, a former student of the school runs into the building to retrieve a precious heirloom. Eikichi pursues in order to rescue her before the school is destroyed.
#8 - Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/5/1999
Determined to prevent his dismissal, Azusa invites Eikichi to her place for one-on-one all-night study sessions. Meanwhile, believing that studying alone isn't enough to get the highest mark, Eikichi's students attempt to steal the test answers from the school.
#9 - The Formula for Treachery
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/31/1999
Suguru Teshigawara, the math teacher, has his heart set only on Azusa Fuyutsuki; however, Eikichi inadvertently incurs Suguru's wrath when he ruins Suguru's plans to win Azusa over.
#10 - Whatever Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/16/2000
From getting bōsōzoku gangs to vote for Tomoko to questionable marketing ploys, Eikichi does whatever he can to make sure that Tomoko will win the contest. However, a contemptuous rival competitor undermines his efforts.
#11 - Playing Doctor - GTO Style
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/12/2000
An attractive school nurse, Nao Kadena, arrives at the school, much to the delight of Eikichi. However, she soon starts using her looks and the school to fund her money-making schemes.
#12 - Wedding Bell Blues
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/11/2000
When Kunio finds a wedding dress catalog at home, he suspects his mother will marry someone behind his back. Overprotective of his mother, Kunio will stop at nothing to stop her wedding.
#13 - Onizuka and the Art of War
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/22/1999
Eikichi goes head-to-head with the P.E. teacher Hajime Fukuroda. Meanwhile, Miyabi Aizawa enlists her friend Tomoko Nomura to frame Eikichi as an underwear thief. When she accidentally incriminates Mr. Fukuroda instead, Miyabi berates Tomoko for her stupidity.
#14 - Great Treasure Okinawa
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 7/30/2000
Eikichi learns of a hidden treasure somewhere on one of Okinawa's islands and decides that a special class trip is in order. During the expedition, Anko and her friends tie up Noboru to leave him in the jungle, but end up getting lost in the process.
#15 - Superstition
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/27/2000
Eikichi receives a cursed chain letter, but he dismisses it as superstition. After a series of misfortunes, he begins to believe in the letter and does whatever he can to dispel the curse.
#16 - Beauty + Brains = A Dangerous Mix
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/19/1999
Eikichi relishes his newfound hero status until he meets Urumi Kanzaki, a mischievous girl who gets him arrested as a pervert. He is less than amused when he finds out that she is actually one of his students.
#17 - Late Night Roof Diving
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/1999
The new school year gets off to a rocky start for Eikichi. He has to teach middle school instead of high school students, live in a storage area at school, and rescue a student, Noboru Yoshikawa, from suicide.
#18 - How to Dine and Dash
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/23/2000
Blackmailed by Urumi for pushing her off a building, Eikichi subjects himself to her whims. After meeting her former elementary teacher, Urumi goes on a classroom terrorism spree.
#19 - Bungee Jumping Made Easy
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/8/1999
When Kunio and his friends are confronted by local punks, they believe they are saved when Eikichi arrives. However, he refuses to help, believing their predicament will teach them about taking responsibility. Faced with a bungee jump, Kunio proves how far he will go to prevent his mother from dating Eikichi.
#20 - Living Together
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 7/16/2000
To make it a trip to remember, Eikichi assigns his students to co-ed rooms. Noboru is perplexed with Eikichi's decision to assign him with Anko and her friends. Eikichi helps Noboru make the most of a bad situation with a good old-fashioned prank on the girls.
#21 - Falling for the Great Onizuka
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/16/2000
Eikichi learns that Urumi went through a traumatic childhood experience and tries to help her cope with it using his own brand of teaching. His efforts unfortunately backfire when he accidentally pushes her off a building.
#22 - Love Letters
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/6/2000
Kunio finds a love letter addressed to him, initially believing it is from Akane Fujita, a girl he likes. However, when Akane dumps him, Kunio realizes his true feelings for his platonic friend, Fuyumi Kujirakawa.
#23 - The Secret Life of Onizuka
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/11/1999
Eikichi learns first-hand what tricks his homeroom students are capable of. Yoshito Kikuchi, a computer expert, releases fake images of Eikichi engaged in BDSM and homosexual acts. Instead of getting mad, Eikichi asks Yoshito if he can create nude celebrity pictures for him
#24 - Compromising Positions
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/5/2000
Mr. Uchiyamada experiences a mid-life crisis, wondering if there is any meaning left to his life. His family has grown apart and now fears for the worst when his daughter Yoshiko takes a liking to Eikichi.
#25 - The Law of Probability
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/14/2000
Eikichi wins a Mercedes-Benz E-class sedan in a local contest, worth enough to pay for the trip. Unfazed, Miyabi arranges for a suicidal salaryman to jump in front of Eikichi's car and ruin his chances of selling it.