Neighbor Wars (The Crazy-Ass Group Show)

Neighbor Wars is an episode of the twelfth season of The Crazy-Ass Group Show.

Plot
Sick of the Maple Heroes' disturbances, the Vibrants plan on showing them the errors of their ways. Due to the two parties' tensions, they plan on hosting a "special event" called the "Neighbor Wars," much to the entire Crazy-Ass Group's interest. However, things don't go well.

Bad Qualities
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 * 1) First and foremost, it's a torture episode for the Vibrants, as they constantly get harassed and beaten by the Maple Heroes (except Evan). In fact, there are a few infamous moments:
 * 2) *Aran (MapleStory) playing loud Sewerslvt music next to a sleeping Banana (Vibrant Venture).
 * 3) *Mercedes and Luminous (MapleStory) making fun of the Vibrants' nationalities by ranting about Denmark right in front of their faces.
 * 4) *Phantom (MapleStory) seducing Azura (Vibrant Venture), causing Banana to break down.
 * 5) *Pistachio (Vibrant Venture) getting pepper-sprayed by Eunwol/Shade (MapleStory) for no reason.
 * 6) Even the Vibrants weren't any better, as they still behaved like their Season 11 selves. That is until the ending of the episode. (Check GQ#2)
 * 7) Misleading title and title card: The episode isn't even portrayed as a war, nor are there any Star Wars references, but rather a generic torture episode.
 * 8) The Maple Heroes (except Evan) here are portrayed as Diabolus Ex Machinas whose purpose is to kill the Vibrants.
 * 9) Plot Hole: The Vibrants can easily fight the Maple Heroes, but due to poor writing, they're drastically underpowered here.
 * 10) A copious amount of filler scenes, such as:
 * 11) *Randy Marsh and Alastor selling cocaine to spectators.
 * 12) *Elex and Brighton (MapleStory) trying to re-enact Insane Clown Posse's "Miracles" music video, only for the real Insane Clown Posse to intervene.
 * 13) *Ness and Alisa ordering numerous food from DoorDash.
 * 14) *Mr. Kat starting edit wars on Wikipedia.
 * 15) *Blue Executive illegally selling Vocaloid-themed NFTs in the Crazy-Ass Group Discord server.
 * 16) *Dr. Eggman and Bowser commentating on the event by making light of the Vibrants' torture.
 * 17) Numerous instances of product placement and celebrity references, such as the aforementioned DoorDash, Discord, Wikipedia, and the Insane Clown Posse; in addition to other products such as Tumblr, Spotify, Honda, Chevrolet, Walmart, Reddit, the XBOX One, PS5, etc.

Good Qualities
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 * 1) To be fair, if you've heard of MapleStory or played it, then it's understandable that the Maple Heroes are more powerful than the Vibrants. However, this doesn't excuse their actions in this episode.
 * 2) This marks the first episode where the Vibrants get character development. They've recognized their past actions and promised themselves to improve.
 * 3) An awesome ending, where the Vibrants were able to defeat the Maple Heroes thanks to an awesome speech spoken by Cardinal.
 * 4) *Also, the Maple Heroes got their comeuppance by getting their house demolished by Captain and Steve (Tankmen), albeit unintentionally.
 * 5) Even though this is considered a mediocre episode, there are still a few select awesome moments, such as:
 * 6) *The aforementioned character development and speech from the Vibrants.
 * 7) *The funny cameo of the Tankmen.
 * 8) Many likable characters, such as the Vibrants (after they improved themselves), the Tankmen, and Evan (MapleStory).
 * 9) *Even the Insane Clown Posse themselves are likable for celebrity cameos.
 * 10) *Evan, the only likable Maple Hero, apologized to the Vibrants on behalf of his group and congratulated them.
 * 11) *Yakko, Wakko, Odo, Claire Emmett, Buttons P3, Cube, Karlie Dell, Kristie Inglethorpe, Chabwick, Spy (TF2), Spyro, Prince Poo, Ness' Mom, Palutena, Motor Mille, Pingu, Anna Knight, Ellie Thorsby, Toadette, Thomas The Tank Engine, Morrigan Aensland & Yuzuki Shimori are also likable here, despite being filler characters.
 * 12) A nicely-done title card that parodies Star Wars, despite the rest of the episode having no references to the franchise.

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Trivia

 * This episode explains the tension between the Vibrants and Maple Heroes.
 * Originally the episode's premise involved a pranking competition between the two groups. There's also another rough draft that involved e-sports tournaments. Both of these ideas were scrapped for unknown reasons.

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