The BEST episodes written by Kerry Shawcross

8.60

82 votes

#1 - End of the Beginning

RWBY - Season 3 - Episode 12

The attack continues. As Ruby rushes to help at the school, Cinder battles Ozpin before being confronted by Pyrrha.

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8.48

79 votes

#2 - Heroes and Monsters

RWBY - Season 3 - Episode 11

Ruby fights Neo and Torchwick as the rest of the students fight the hacked Paladins at the school.

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8.47

62 votes

#3 - No Safe Haven

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 12

With Qrow incapacitated, Team RNJR is left to fight the Nuckelavee alone.

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8.35

105 votes

#4 - It's Brawl in the Family

RWBY - Season 3 - Episode 3

Winter Schnee, Weiss' stern older sister, arrives at Beacon and battles Qrow Branwen. Meanwhile, Cinder continues to build upon her ultimate scheme.

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8.33

135 votes

#5 - Players and Pieces

RWBY - Season 1 - Episode 8

Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Jaune, Pyrrha, and fellow students Nora and Ren fight for their lives against the monstrous inhabitants of the Emerald Forest in their first true test as Huntsmen and Huntresses.

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8.30

77 votes

#6 - The Lost Fable

RWBY - Season 6 - Episode 3

What is your favorite fairy tale?

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8.19

48 votes

#7 - The Enemy of Trust

RWBY - Season 7 - Episode 13

Who will you become when your greatest fears are realized?

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8.15

13 votes

#8 - Reigny Day

Camp Camp - Season 1 - Episode 6

Camp Campbell is visited by the Camp Critic Committee, and David is ready to impress them and win the prestigious (to him) Counselor of the Year Award. But when rain hits and all the campers are forced to stay in the mess hall, David must make new plans. Meanwhile, Nikki and Max search for Neil, who has gone missing.

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8.14

76 votes

#9 - Battle of Beacon

RWBY - Season 3 - Episode 10

As the Grimm attack Beacon, Ruby rallies the other tournament teams to fight. Torchwick takes control of Ironwood's flagship.

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8.14

64 votes

#10 - Remembrance

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 2

Team RNJR discovers the remains of a massacred town and Weiss is cornered by her father.

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8.07

58 votes

#11 - Tipping Point

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 6

Weiss performs at the charity concert while Team RNJR comes across an abandoned town called Oniyuri.

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8.07

58 votes

#12 - Punished

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 7

Oscar learns about his connection to Ozpin, Weiss faces the consequences of her actions, and Ruby joins Qrow in the fight against Tyrian.

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8.06

62 votes

#13 - Of Runaways and Stowaways

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 3

Blake sails to Menagerie, but is interrupted by a Grimm attack.

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8.06

68 votes

#14 - The Next Step

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 1

Six months after the Fall of Beacon, Ruby has set out for Mistral with Jaune, Nora, and Ren. Salem assigns her council and plots their next move.

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8.05

80 votes

#15 - Painting the Town...

RWBY - Season 2 - Episode 4

Blake and Sun find Torchwick supplying advanced armaments to a group of radicals, but are discovered before they can escape. All of team RWBY must unite to defeat their enemy's newest weapon.

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8.03

72 votes

#16 - No Brakes

RWBY - Season 2 - Episode 11

Team RWBY fights against the clock to stop a train from reaching its destination.

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8.00

61 votes

#17 - Downfall

RWBY - Season 5 - Episode 13

Ruby distracts Emerald and Mercury long enough for Yang to pursue Raven and Cinder, while a recovered Weiss summons the Lancer Queen to defeat Hazel. Adam prepares to destroy the school, but Blake arrives with the rest of the Faunus to take him into custody. Raven defeats Cinder in a grueling battle and unlocks the relic, but is confronted by Yang before she can claim it.

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7.96

66 votes

#18 - Taking Control

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 11

Cinder trains and Tyrian reels from his defeat. Yang, Weiss, and Blake each decide to take matters into their own hands.

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7.93

76 votes

#19 - PvP

RWBY - Season 3 - Episode 9

Pyrrha faces Penny in the singles round before things quickly start to fall apart.

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7.93

67 votes

#20 - Lighting the Fire

RWBY - Season 5 - Episode 4

Yang tells Raven that she needs her Semblance, which allows her to create portals and teleport to people she's bonded with, to get to Ruby. Raven initially refuses, claiming that Ozpin is not to be trusted, but Weiss escapes her confinement with the help of her Armored Knight and reunites with Yang. Not wanting to attract Grimm, Raven agrees to Yang's demands and summons her and Weiss to her tent to tell them what they need to know.

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7.91

81 votes

#21 - Extracurricular

RWBY - Season 2 - Episode 5

Pyrrha Nikos is one of the most promising new Huntresses at Beacon, called "the Invincible Girl" for good reason. But when it comes to matters of the heart Pyrrha's much more vulnerable than she lets on.

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7.90

68 votes

#22 - Uncovered

RWBY - Season 6 - Episode 2

No matter how hard you may try to bury it, the past will always claw its way back to you.

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7.89

66 votes

#23 - Alone in the Woods

RWBY - Season 6 - Episode 6

As darkness falls on Brunswick Farms and the snow continues to fall, Team RWBY's morale is at an all-time low. The only thing worse than being stranded, alone in the woods... is realizing you're not alone at all.

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7.89

63 votes

#24 - Family

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 4

Yang struggles with confronting her fears and resuming training.

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7.88

58 votes

#25 - Our Way

RWBY - Season 6 - Episode 13

A Leviathan has emerged from the ocean depths and now threatens to destroy the city of Argus. With Cordo's Colossus incapacitated, the Atlas Base has little they can do to protect the people.

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7.85

62 votes

#26 - The Lady in the Shoe

RWBY - Season 6 - Episode 11

The only thing standing between our heroes and Atlas is Caroline Cordovin, but it will have to be a joint effort if they're going to bring her down. Meanwhile, Yang races to find Blake while Adam does his best to finish her.

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7.85

123 votes

#27 - Black and White

RWBY - Season 1 - Episode 16

After Blake ran away, the rest team RWBY searches for her. Meanwhile Blake and a new friend attempt to find out who's behind a series of thefts.

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7.85

68 votes

#28 - Kuroyuri

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 10

Ren and Nora's past is revealed through a flashback.

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7.83

53 votes

#29 - Seeing Red

RWBY - Season 6 - Episode 12

Our heroes are running out of time. As Cordovin continues to stand tall, Blake and Yang stand together, and all combatants must ask themselves, "How far am I willing to go to win?"

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7.83

70 votes

#30 - Breach

RWBY - Season 2 - Episode 12

Hundreds of Grimm pour into the city and team RWBY alone cannot stop them. As Cinder's carefully laid schemes are in danger of coming apart, she searches for a way to salvage the situation.

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7.83

122 votes

#31 - Best Day Ever

RWBY - Season 2 - Episode 1

A new semester at Beacon begins in a messy way as teams RWBY and JNPR go at it in a knockdown, drag-out food fight. Meanwhile, sinister forces gather, ready to strike at an unsuspecting kingdom.

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7.79

98 votes

#32 - New Challengers...

RWBY - Season 3 - Episode 2

Team JNPR fights against Shade's Team BRNZ. Later, Team SSSN of Haven, Sun and Neptune's team, fight against Shade's all-female Team NDGO.

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7.77

75 votes

#33 - Fall

RWBY - Season 3 - Episode 6

Pyrrha is faced with a difficult decision. Meanwhile, the Vytal Festival Tournament proceeds to its singles match, with Yang and Mercury fighting in the first round.

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7.74

76 votes

#34 - Search and Destroy

RWBY - Season 2 - Episode 9

Accompanied by the eccentric Huntsman Dr. Oobleck, team RWBY battles the Grimm in an abandoned part of the city, all while secretly searching for Torchwick's hideout.

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7.73

82 votes

#35 - Dance Dance Infiltration

RWBY - Season 2 - Episode 7

Jaune starts to realize how Pyrrha feels about him, and makes a bold move. Ruby notices something amiss outside the dance, and decides to investigate.

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7.72

65 votes

#36 - A Much Needed Talk

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 8

As night falls, Qrow explains to Team RNJR what they are truly fighting against. Blake repairs her relationship with her parents.

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7.72

67 votes

#37 - Argus Limited

RWBY - Season 6 - Episode 1

Ruby Rose and her friends have been burdened with transporting the Relic of Knowledge safely to Atlas. There's countless miles of Grimm-covered countryside between the city of Mistral and the northern coastline of Anima. Fortunately, the Argus Limited can easily make the journey... so long as nothing goes wrong.

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7.72

74 votes

#38 - Never Miss a Beat

RWBY - Season 3 - Episode 5

Penny and Ciel Soleil fight against Team CRDL in the doubles round before Weiss and Yang battle against Flynt Coal and Neon Katt from Atlas' Team FNKI.

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7.71

35 votes

#39 - Midnight

RWBY - Season 8 - Episode 6

It's time.

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7.70

84 votes

#40 - Round One

RWBY - Season 3 - Episode 1

In the Vytal Festival Tournament, Team RWBY fights their first round against Haven's Team ABRN.

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7.70

60 votes

#41 - True Colors

RWBY - Season 5 - Episode 10

Qrow receives a call from Lionheart while talking to Ozpin, but they are suspicious. As Blake and Ilia fight, Ilia becomes lost between following Blake and the White Fang. When the Albain brothers intervene, Fennec is killed and the Belladonnas and Sun are victorious in their battle. Blake convinces the Faunus of Menagerie that they need to stop Adam, and the majority join her, including Ilia.

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7.70

53 votes

#42 - Lost

RWBY - Season 6 - Episode 9

With Cinder gone, Emerald and Mercury are starting to raise questions, and they're not the only ones; Jaune, Nora, and Ren search for Oscar, but still aren't sure what they'll do if they find him.

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7.69

51 votes

#43 - Ace Operatives

RWBY - Season 7 - Episode 3

Out in the snowy tundra, the Ace Ops show teams RWBY and JNR the ropes.

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7.68

56 votes

#44 - The More the Merrier

RWBY - Season 5 - Episode 11

Qrow, Oscar/Ozpin, Ruby, and the rest of their group arrive at Haven to meet with Lionheart, but the meeting turns out to be a trap. Raven, Vernal, Cinder, Emerald, Mercury, and Hazel arrive to confront them, with the latter saying that the White Fang has also arrived as they prepare to destroy the school. Jaune attacks Cinder, seeking revenge Pyrrha. In the ensuing battle, Weiss is impaled by Cinder.

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7.68

62 votes

#45 - Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 9

Yang and Weiss each complete their training and individually prepare to leave for Mistral. Meanwhile, Blake runs into an old acquaintance.

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7.67

67 votes

#46 - Destiny

RWBY - Season 3 - Episode 8

Yang is disqualified from the tournament and Pyrrha remains conflicted about Ozpin's offer.

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7.63

38 votes

#47 - Divide

RWBY - Season 8 - Episode 1

More than ever before, the allied forces standing against Salem need to be united. But after Ironwood refused to continue evacuating Mantle, our heroes need to choose a new path forward -- if only they could agree on one.

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7.63

73 votes

#48 - Mountain Glenn

RWBY - Season 2 - Episode 10

Weiss, Blake and Yang contemplate why they want to become Huntresses, while Ruby makes a startling discover deep underground.

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7.62

61 votes

#49 - Menagerie

RWBY - Season 4 - Episode 5

Blake and Sun arrive in Kuo Kuana, the main city of Menagerie, and go to see Blake's parents.

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7.62

55 votes

#50 - Haven's Fate

RWBY - Season 5 - Episode 14

Yang denounces Raven and her actions, shaming her into fleeing. Emerald breaks down upon learning of Cinder's defeat while Adam and Lionheart flee, forcing Mercury and Hazel to retreat. Salem kills Lionheart for his cowardice, while Ghira reclaims leadership of the White Fang. Despite brief tension in Yang, Blake is welcomed back by RWBY as Ozpin directs them to make for Atlas. In a post-credits scene, Raven visits Taiyang in secret.

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