Cody's Birthday!

"Cody's Birthday!" is the 188th video of SML Movies.

Synopsis
Cody's Birthday is February 29, 2008! which only happens on a leap year! Junior and Joseph throw Cody a birthday party to celebrate him being 2 years old!

Why Cody Should've Had His Birthday Someplace Else

 * 1) It is a serious Cody torture episode.
 * 2) Technically specking, Cody's the one who started it as he did told Bowser Jr. and Joseph about it, but that doesn't make this scenario any better.
 * 3) Bowser Jr. and Joseph are incredibly mean-spirited and unlikable, as they treat Cody like a 2-year old, and give him baby accessories as gifts, which is really the whole video.
 * 4) *They are also hypocritical, since they're treating him like a baby, but they act babyish themselves.
 * 5) Bowser is pretty unlikable too, since he cruelly takes the football table away while Bowser Jr and Joseph are playing it.
 * 6) Its also nothing more then filler as it's never gets brought up again, you can remove this scene entirety and the episode would be the same.
 * 7) The 'Sun is a Planet' joke near the end of the video was unnecessary in this episode, as its nothing more then a plot devise to have Cody snap.
 * 8) Specking of which, its also super predictable of how it was going play out, the mere moment Bowser Jr. says "Well specking of stars...", you can easily tell he's gonna say something about the Sun being a Planet, and its not only an infuriating lead up, but it also falls flat as a result.
 * 9) Terrible ending: When Cody, fed up with his cruel treatment, snaps and starts to leave, when his parents are at the door, and it's revealed they treat him the same way and as an embaresd Cody leaves with his parents to be "breast feed" by his mom, Bowser Jr. and Joseph are seen eating cake, calling Cody weird.
 * 10) Bowser Jr. and Joseph are not punished for their horrible and baby-like behavior towards poor Cody, and both get off scot-free.
 * 11) "Cody's Birthday!" received such a negative impact, that a month later, "Cody's Revenge!" was created solo to give Bowser Jr. comprehances for what he did in this video, and this episode also shows how far that Bowser Jr. has made Cody this mad. Heck, not even in "The School Project!", an episode two years later in which Bowser Jr. was in his absolute worst when it comes to tormenting Cody did it push Cody THAT FAR into revenges territory in a later episode.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Cody is the only likable character.
 * 2) For being fair, Junior and Joseph would be actually kidding because they KNOWS that Cody is actually the same age as they, because the serious torture could be a joke.

Reception
Cody's Birthday was panned by SML fans alike. Bowser Junior and Joseph being cruel and harsh to Cody was heavily criticized, and it doesn't help that Cody's parents were worse. ZeCadaver considered this to be one of the worst episodes of 2016 so far (giving the episode a D- rating) because it's very annoying, they treated Cody in a very mean spirited way, and all of the jokes were unfunny. IggytheKoopa gave the video 1 out of 5 due to the phone call gag, Bowser and the foosball, the episode is not funny, too much screaming, found the ending to be unsatisfying, terrible Cody torture, and terrible consequences. Yoshi Player gave the video a 1 out of 10, and declared it the worst SML video of all time, even worse than The Drone. He criticized Bowser Junior and Joseph being cruel to Cody, the constant yelling, Cody being pushed around for no reason, filler, and poor editing. Cleverix hated the video giving it a 0.5 out of 10 saying it's the worst SML video in history. In a collaboration SML Reviewer did with R.A.D vids, they both said that this video had nothing going for it and was irritating. They also both said they enjoyed the red ring scene, making the episode be less bad in their eyes. SML Reviewer gave it a D- while R.A.D vids gave it a 37%. Even though they did not like the episode, they felt it got way too much hate and probably isn't top 10 worst worthy.

Many fans considered this to be one of the worst Cody videos that Logan ever made, in fact, some declared this to be the worst SML video of all time, taking the Drone's spot. However Nick Samon (EthanChap) liked this video.