Stupidest Things the Animorphs Have Ever Done

[Darth Zakryn]

Well? We all know they've done some fairly stupid things in their secret lives as Animorphs. What incident can YOU recall right off hand that would qualify as a Stupid Moment? I can name a few, right off the bat.

-Cassie morphing a squirrel for the first time in the barn, with no backup.
-Jake doing the same thing with a ****roach morph in his own house.
-Tobias freeing a bird when he has no idea how that bird is being treated, because "all birds should fly free."
-Rachel stomping up the used car lot.
-Rachel morphing elephant to scare Josep Something, while justified, was still a real security risk. What if he had been a Controller? She would have then been forced to kill him.
-Ax morphing human and going to cruise the mall alone, when he KNOWS how out of control he gets in human morph.

I can probably name a few more, but I'm interested in seeing what all of you consider to be the Animorphs' most stupidest moment?

[LisaCharly]

Marco had a pretty firm grasp of the Idiot Ball in #20. About the time he set off the house alarm, I was just cringing for him.

Jake in #31 was dumb as a sack of bricks.

[Darth Zakryn]

Ok. Some examples, please?

[DinosaurNothlit]

Well, this didn't technically happen in one of the books, but in #21 Jake is yelling at David for morphing to lion in public, and Cassie reminds him of when he morphed to tiger and went jumping around on people's rooftops, and Jake's like "Oh, yeah."  That sounds like a pretty dumb thing for Jake to have done. 

Then, of course, there was the time in #14 (although, really, that entire book was pretty rife with examples) when they decided to demorph in the middle of area 51 and then just hang out for a bit because, hey, it wasn't like they were invading a top-secret government base or anything, right?  Not to mention, that was the same book where Marco, Rachel, and Cassie used Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, and Cindy Crawford as aliases. 

[LisaCharly]

Ok. Some examples, please?

Well, in #20, Marco

-smacks Tobias with a window after trying to show off
-forgets how to unplug a computer
-forgets which house David lives in
-sets off the house alarm
-and eats Ax while in cobra morph

Within like, a day.

And in #31 Jake just does not seem to click that the Yeerks assuming Tom will die is an opportunity for them rather than just a losing battle.

[Chad32]

I'll agree that Marco was pretty stupid in 20. Plot induced stupidity.
Cassie morphing the squirrel was pretty dumb. Why a squirrel? Why not an owl?

[NateSean]

And why was a squirrel nessecary to determine who was stealing patients from the clinic when she could have used her wolf morph to sniff for clues?

I'd say for me, the biggest stupid move was Ax going up against Visser Three alone in book 8. I get that he had to fullfill his obligation to avenge his brother, but man, knowing full well that he was likely to die could he have at least brought along the one Animorph he clearly trusted to play lookout?

Oh, followed by Rachel having Visser Three literally by the throat and not doing anything to follow up on that. I think that was book 15? Don't give me any crap about honor either. She was willing to kill Visser One in a helpless human morph, from what I could tell she had Visser Three by whatever that snake morph's equivalent of dangly bits is. Two Vissers for the price of one.

[Chad32]

For Ax I think you have to remember the andalites are all about honor. I think earlier in the book the superior officer had him say he had broken Andalite law instead of his brother, or whatever, so it was better for him to die avenging Elfangor. Andalites are like samuri that way.

I don't remember the scene in 15, but I think the battle ended when the complex started flooding. Rachel and the others had to book it.

Not that none of the other characters have never had the chance to kill V3, but they keep him alive because he's more or less incompetent.

[NateSean]

Except nothing stops a samurai from comitting honorable seppuku. 

I get the idea and it makes sense. I just still call it a stupid move.

[sublime88stang]

Marco only shooting one of the oatmeal barrels when he had the chance to blow all 5 up.
I dont really have a good example besides the spoiler below. I'm sure as I read through them i'll come up with more..
[spoiler]Cassie letting Tom get away with the cube?[/spoiler]

[Lakeman]

I'd say for me, the biggest stupid move was Ax going up against Visser Three alone in book 8. I get that he had to fullfill his obligation to avenge his brother, but man, knowing full well that he was likely to die could he have at least brought along the one Animorph he clearly trusted to play lookout?

Failing to perform the coup de grace on Alloran when he had the chance, eliminating the Abomination, was even stupider.

[TobiasMasonPark]

     Elfangor not flushing the Yeerks in the Andalite Chronicles.

[Myitt]

     Elfangor not flushing the Yeerks in the Andalite Chronicles.

Actually, I thought that was a pretty honorable thing for him to refuse to do.

[Chad32]

That's what TV Tropes calls a pet the dog moment. It's meant to make Elfangor more sympathetic. Though he obviously shouldn't have left the ship without restraining Chapman. On the other hand since he didn't suspect them of being controllers, Loren's Yeerk would have just untied him.

[Venom]

I think the number one stupidest thing the animorphs did in the entire series was walk through that bloody construction site I mean seriously, they could have easily gotten tetnus, or gotten mugged, or raped. THEY WERE 13 FREAKING YEARS OLD CUTTING THROUGH AN ABANDONED CONSTRUCTION SITE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! GAH