The School Project!

The School Project! is the 471st episode of SML Movies.

Plot
Bowser Junior and Cody have to work on a school project!

Why It Got An F

 * 1) Bowser Junior is at one of his worst in the episode. His appearance in this video has been panned and is commonly regarded as one of, if not the worst examples of his flanderization.
 * 2) *After Cody breaks his toy at the start of the episode, Junior infamously makes a big deal out of it and accuses Cody throughout the video of doing it on purpose. Keep in mind, not only did Junior give Cody permission to fly the plane, but Cody told Junior that he didn't know how to fly the toy, and he even warns Junior the plane might hit the ceiling fan, but Junior brushes off both concerns and encourages him to fly it anyways.
 * 3) **In addition, he is mistrustful and misrepresents the entire situation as him saying no and Cody grabbing the plane out of his hands and flying it anyways, and gives Cody an ultimatum where either he admits to breaking the toy on purpose or they stop being friends.
 * 4) He does a variety of other obnoxious things to Cody out of a petty sense of "revenge", such as telling Chef Pee Pee to not buy him a Happy Meal and making him eat cat food instead, and he constantly bickers with him over the school project, to the point that he splits off from him and does a separate project.
 * 5) *Not only does Junior act obnoxious towards Cody, but also Joseph as well; Junior berates Joseph for picking Cody's side after seeing how crazy Junior is acting and threatens to leave him friendless if he dosen't stick by him.
 * 6) *At the climax of the video, Bowser Junior breaks Cody's project with a hammer out of sheer jealousy at it being better than his, which is very mean-spirited.
 * 7) **Also, this project didn't just add to Cody's grade, but also to Junior's grade, making the scene not just mean, but also stupid.
 * 8) As a side note, while often Junior and Cody arguing can be considered amusing, in this video their conflict is a lot more tedious to watch than amusing, as they are mostly just screaming at each other with few additional jokes beyond that; the first school scene is probably the worst example.
 * 9) There are a load of unfunny jokes, like Junior making up things Cody said about "liking to crash planes" and "his father being a helicopter pilot".
 * 10) The video cumulates in a unsatisfying ending. While Cody and Junior do make up, Cody is also forced by his mother to apologize for breaking Junior's toy on purpose (which to reiterate, he never did), and Junior comparatively gets off mostly scot-free.
 * 11) Bowser and Jackie Chu are also unlikable as they don’t punish Junior for his behavior.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Cody, Brooklyn T. Guy, and Joseph are likeable.
 * 2) *Cody is sympathetic throughout and his frustration at Junior's lack of logic or reasoning is understandable.
 * 3) *Brooklyn Guy recognizes how silly Junior is acting and calls him out on wasting police time over a broken toy.
 * 4) *Joseph is actually fairly reasonable throughout and frequently tries to defend Cody from Junior.
 * 5) The Tom Brady joke is admittedly pretty clever.

Reception
Despite receiving more likes than dislikes, The School Project was universally panned from SML fans, and it is widely considered to be one of, if not the worst SML video of 2019. To the point it was ranked #6 on The SMR's “Top 20 Worst SML Videos” remake list. As mentioned above, this video is commonly cited as one of the worst examples of Junior's flanderization by viewers.

Videos
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