Teen Titans Go!

I love that the Teen Titans have crimefighting leads. That's SO freaking mundane.

I also loved Killer Moth bumping up against the florescent light like an actual moth.

The Titans realizing how easy it would be to steal the wave-skipper was a pretty good comedy of ill-manners.

Funny. ***1 removed link

The Easter Bunny is scary, so the horror movie motif is a logical extension of that, but the Easter Bunny is also creepy and off-putting, and makes a lousy Freddy Krueger.

But it's "Alien" they are actually channeling here. I liked the self-sacrificing climax, but the horror movie cliffhanger annoyed me.

Easter episodes are where comedy goes to die on this show. *1 removed link

I like that the Titans are entirely absent during the first 11 minute part.

That being said, despite the premise being both goofy and subversive, and turning the idea of DC Comics on its head, I still weirdly felt like the episode fed too much into cliches and was too predictable. Based on the weird premise, it shouldn't have been.

A little disappointed. 2 1/2 stars.

I love that this version of Dr. Light is lovable, sympathetic, cute, and that the Titans (outside of Robin) actually seem to like him. The comic version is.... NOT any of that. So... Yeah... Better stick with this version.

I laughed at Robin being mad Arthur's quoting Steel Magnolias. I never saw that movie so I had no idea that's what he was doing.

Funny stuff. 4 stars.

Krypto! I love that the Titans' bad habits didn't just turn Krypto into a bad dog. They turned him evil! It was also super cute when he was chasing around Beast Boy as a cat.

The PSA at the end was amusing because it was nonsensical.

Cute episode. 3 1/2 stars.

Amusing.

Just for the record, using Scott Menville as the celebrity guest is fine. Simply because I believe the dude deserves to be a household name at this point.

Never noticed those specific plotholes about Independence Day and Armageddon before. Good points.

Silliness. 3 1/2 stars.

The ending was nice, and the Utility Belt IS cool. But honestly? The rest of the episode was too mean. Didn't enjoy it. 2 stars.

I love that the Chief randomly has a giant Starro trapped in one of the floors of his underground lab.

I also loved the fight between the mecha-house and Mallah's bulldozer. I love that the animators used the dozer's claws to make it look like it was running like an ape.

Funny. 3 1/2 stars.

Some episodes of the show are stupid. Some are tiresome. Some are both. This was both.

I might have forgiven it if it was also funny, but no. Even learning this was an actual DC Comics character at the end wasn't actually funny. 1 star.

It's amusing enough, but I somehow don't feel right about the Doom Patrol being portrayed as useless as the Teen Titans. Even in this continuity, I feel like the Titans' uselessness must remain singularly theirs and not actually a problem for other superheroes and teams in the Universe. Am I wrong for thinking that? Some cute comedy (much of it clearly designed after Richie Rich's crazy and easily corrupted robot maid) can't help me feeling this is feeling too much like the nonsense the Titans themselves would do. 3 stars.

Can you believe it's been four episodes since we last saw the Teen Titans?

I never understood the celebrity casting of Rachel Dratch as Negative Girl. It would be one thing if ALL the Doom Patrol was voiced by celebrities or comedians, but despite Cree Summer and Larry Kenney being well-known voice-over vets, they aren't former SNL cast members or people who were on The King Of Queens like Dratch is (although Summer was on A Different World). After seeing what she did here, I see the point in casting her. She was cast a couple of seasons ago, and I'm not dumb enough to believe this was planned from way back then, but I will say I now think the exact right person was given the role.

No, you know what? I take that back. I also would have accepted Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Chelsea Peretti here. For the record.

Interesting episode. 3 1/2 stars.

Quick take: You know how THIS version of Robotman is inferior in every way to the live-action one from Doom Patrol? That's the same way this version of King Shark is inferior to the one on Harley Quinn. 3 stars.

Oh, I love that they used actual cartoon intros.

The Teen Titans Go version of the Teen Titans theme is an instant classic. When it hits YouTube, I'm watching it on a loop until my eyes bleed.

I was delighted to see Batman: The Animated Series' opening. Was the episode dedicated to Kevin Conroy? If not, it should have been.

I love that Control Freak pronounces BTAS "Bee-taz".I'm gonna do that now.

Anyone else noticed they used the theme for The New Scooby Doo Movies over the visuals for Scooby Doo, Where Are You?

I love Cyborg telling Rosie he'll call her.*

I loved the episode. Pure cartoon fun and the show at its best. 5 stars.

*He won't call.

Haunted Tank, huh? DC has the weirdest premises.

Haunted House learns you do NOT want the Teen Titans as houseguests.

I thought the ending was kinda sweet.

Cool. 4 stars.

After all the hype and delays I'm trying to think of a single thing to recommend about that loud, noisy piece of junk. I can't do it. It's indefensible.

Do you know the messed up thing? The show OFTEN does GOOD crossovers. I don't understand why this was as bad as it was. 0.

Yogi Bear! I love that not only does this show do WB crossovers at the drop of a hat now. It no longer acts like they're a big deal. As far as the layperson, general viewer is let on, Yogi Bear happens to be a recurring DC Comics character. No foul (although turkeys are fowls).

If Cyborg didn't say "Mooyah!" at least once (and he did twice) I'd consider this not only the worst episode in the show's history, but probably the worst episode in television history too. We're good.

The Crock Cooker reminds me greatly of Badgey from Star Trek: Lower Decks. He's cartoony, cute, openly friendly, and sinister deep down. Miss Minutes from Loki follows a similar trope, except I feel less successfully in both intention and execution.

The episode was predictable, dumb, and like a ton of unimaginative episodes before it. I should probably hate it more than I do. But "Mooyah!" means it passed my minimum standards. Believe it or not, I am not actually impossible to please. 3 stars.

Thank you producers for understanding the fact that we are allowed nice things once in awhile. As subversive as things can get.

Is this Mumbo Jumbo's first appearance? I can't for the life of me recall him showing up before and like Mad Mod I always felt his absences were WEIRD. I think this show did Mad Mod once using a different voice than Malcolm MacDowell, but like Mad Mod, Mumbo Jumbo is one of those goofy villains from the old show, that would translate perfectly here. And Tom Kenny is affordable. Is this his first appearance? In Season 8? That CAN'T be right. But even if I'm wrong, the fact that I thought it means even if they've used him once or twice, they REALLY should be using him more. He makes a more believable recurring villain for the Go Titans than either The Brain or Brother Blood.

I liked it. 4 stars.

I figure I owe this a little more than my joke review last week.

This is the single worst spin-off miniseries the show has ever conceived, in both premise and execution. The cast selection itself is appalling. I used to have an old rule in my reviews that if the Teen Titans Go! episode in question was just random sitcom nonsense we could see on a show like Regular Show or Gumball, and not actually using the DC Comics premise to its fullest, it got an automatic zero grade, regardless of quality, on general principle.

I whiffed by giving last week one star, but for the remainder of this miniseries' duration, that old rule is back. Luckily for me, the quality IS actually atrocious this week, so the zero fits anyways. 0.

Zero stars of course, but that's not even the main takeaway. I don't think the series has ever been worse. This miniseries is a series low point. I can't even picture kids tolerating it. If the show is canceled after this season, I'll pinpoint this going on for weeks as being the reason why. 0.

Be over. Worst miniseries ever. Automatic zero.

As a thought experiment, I wrote down that previous three sentence review BEFORE I saw the episode. I was curious to see if I would need to change it afterwards.

I didn't.

We have fun. 0.

Because Robin and Blackfire are present, it doesn't get an automatic zero. It needs to EARN it.

Did it? It was awful, so almost. But the ending didn't suck. And I always forgive a lot for a decent ending.

But really, everything else was terrible. Robin's thing with the Starcake was outright revolting, and I was like "Freak ATE Silkie? Does this episode WANT me to hate it?"

It was all around shoddy, in the worst miniseries the show has ever done. But the last two minutes didn't suck. That's not nothing. 1 1/2 stars.