"Gotta Love ASTRO BOY" wrote:I like March of the Micro Bears where friendship is more powerful
I hate that episode for this very reason. It lowers the show to preachy drivel for kids with obvious lessons, and the way the bad guy is "studying" friendship to supposedly help him in his evil plans feels awfully contrived. The teddy bears are also possibly the best method to make a villain lose any creepy effect he might have had and are impossible to take seriously (not that anyone's trying). The best friend becoming angry over a misunderstanding is also as cliche as it gets; there are whole movies based on this annoying concept that are automatically ruined because of it.
One of my favorite episodes is the one where we learn why Lamp has a thing against robots. It's one of the episodes which I could feel the most pathos.