Teen Titans is an American animated superhero television series created by Glen Murakami, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It is based primarily on the course of the story by Marv Wolfman and George PÃÆ' Â © rez from the early 1980s New Teen Titans comic book series.
Teen Titans aired on Cartoon Network on July 19, 2003, and also aired on Kids' WB !. Initially, only four seasons were planned, but the popularity of the series led to Cartoon Network ordering the fifth season. The final half-hour episode of the show, "Change of Things", aired on January 16, 2006; it was later followed by a TV movie, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, which aired on September 15, 2006, serving as the final series.
Teen Titans became one of the most beloved and critically acclaimed Cartoon Network series, renowned for its character development and serious themes. During the run, the series was nominated for three Annie Awards and one Motion Picture Voice Editor Award. Media spin-offs include comics, DVD releases, video games, music albums, and collection toys. The re-impressions have been aired on Cartoon Network cartoon network animation, Boomerang until 2014. In 2013, the show produced a spin-off, titled Teen Titans Go! , which received theatrical film, which is scheduled to be released on July 27, 2018, titled Teen Titans Go! For Movies . After almost five years since the last rerun in October 2012, 2003
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Plot
Teen Titans is centered around five main members of the superhero team: Robin (Scott Menville), smart and intelligent leader of Teen Titans; Starfire (Hynden Walch), a curious and curious foreign princess from the planet Tamaran; Cyborg (Khary Payton), a half/human half robot known for his technological strength and technological skills; Raven (Tara Strong), a stoic girl from the parallel world of Azarath, who utilizes dark energy and psionic abilities; and Beast Boy (Greg Cipes), a friendly and kindly joker who can turn into a variety of animals. They are located in Titans Tower, a large T-shaped building featuring residences as well as a command center and various training facilities, on an offshore island from the fictional West Coast metropolis from Jump City.
The team deals with all sorts of criminal activities and threats to the city, while dealing with their own struggles with teenagers, their mutual friendship, and their limitations. Slade, their main enemy, is a newly designed version of the DC Deathstroke villain. The team met several allies throughout the series; including Aqualad in the first season; Terra in the second season (which is an integral part of the season's story arc), as well as Speedy, Hotspot, and Wildebeest; Bumblebee and MÃÆ'¡s y Menos in the third season (who joined Aqualad, Speedy and Bumblebee to form 'Titans East'), and many other heroes are adapted from the DC universe in the fifth season to help in the battle against the Brotherhood of Evil.
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Transmission and character
Starring
- Scott Menville as Robin
- Hynden Walch as Starfire
- Khary Payton as Cyborg
- Strong Tara like Raven
- Greg Cipes as Beast Boy
Secret identity
Unlike most other superhero television series, the character of Teen Titans retains their superhero identity at any time, with any clue to the concept of alter ego or secret identity rarely explored. Traditionally, in comics, the characters Raven, Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Terra have no secret identity (Starfire became the Tamaranean birth name translation, real name Cyborg who became public knowledge, Beast Boy's natural appearance became dead giveaway, and Raven and Terra not taking another identity).
In particular, some fans argue that Robin leads the Teen Titans, with some clues throughout the series suggesting it was Dick Grayson. This includes his partner versus the dimensions of Robin Larry in the episode "Fractured" named Nosyarg Kcid ("Dick Grayson" spelled backwards), Robin's partner in the episode "How Long Is It Forever?" has picked up the identity of Nightwing (Grayson's identity in DC continuity), and a glimpse into Robin's consciousness by Raven in the episode "Haunted" which shows the memory of two acrobats falling from the trapeze (the death of Grayson's parachutist being a catalyst for him to be Robin). Further connections to the Batman myth include two references in the episode "The Apprentice, Pt.II", when Robin responds to a suggestion by a Deathstroke villain that he "may be like a father to [him]" with "I already have a father" (who turns into a shot flying bat) and a fight scene on the roof of the building labeled Wayne Enterprises.
It's important to me that the little ones who watch it can identify with the characters. And I think that once you start giving them a secret identity then the kids can not project themselves into characters anymore. And that's important to me. I know it's important to have a secret identity and things like that but we want everything to be really, iconic. Like, "Oh, there's a robot.There's a strange girl, there's a witch-girl, a boy who's changed shape." There we [ sic ] just want it really clean like that. We wanted it like the old Star Trek. We just want it simple...
... And the whole "Who's Robin?" controversy really appeals to me. My great concern is trying to make Robin cool. And really make Robin apart from Batman. So if it seems like I'm avoiding that question, I'm kind of wrong. Because I think it does not matter. My concern is how I make Robin a very powerful main character without everything else. And I feel that way about all the characters. How can I make all the characters really icons and really clean.
The policy does not mention the secret identity of the character has been broken several times. In Season 5, Doom Patrol members refer to the Beast Boy by its real name, Garfield (although Titans still continue to call him Beast Boy). In "Go," Titans asks Beast Boy about his mask and he declares to hide his true identity, though Raven points out that with his green skin, pointy ears and fangs, he "has no secrets to hide". Starfire was called by the real name of Princess Koriand'r when they visited Tamaran in "Engaged." When Cyborg disguised Hive Adademy in "Deception", he took the alias "Stone" as a reference to his comic original name, Victor Stone.
Episode
Each season contains a different story arc that is centric to a particular Titan on the team. Starfire is the only member who is part of the original list to have no season focus on him, though the final series film does not focus on him.
Production
Cancellation
In mid-November 2005, TitansTower.com reported that the prospects for the sixth season seemed highly unlikely, and fans were urged to express their support for the show to Cartoon Network. A few days after this initial post, there was news that Cartoon Network officially ended the event. According to Wil Wheaton, the actor who voted for Aqualad, the series was ended by a new executive of Warner Bros.. The Animation feature makes the decision not to update the series based on its sixth season pitch. The story of Wheaton was denied by the editor of the Rob Hoegee series, stating that the decision came from Cartoon Network, not WB, and that the crew was notified during the five-season writing phase, that there was no plan for the sixth season. David Slack's show producer indicated that he was given different reasons for the cancellation of the event; either ranked down after "scary" season 4 or Mattel wants a dead show because Bandai has a toy show deal. Cartoon Network announced that Mattel has been the "main toy license holder" in 2006.
After the last episode, Warner Bros. Animation announced a film titled Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo . The film premiered at San Diego Comic-Con International and featured on the first Cartoon Network on September 15, 2006, aired on Kids' WB on September 16, 2006, and was finally released on DVD on February 6, 2007.
Rsuns on Cartoon Network
Repeat this series back to Cartoon Network in HD on August 7, 2017.
Legacy
The series is reviewed as a short short series in 2012 for the DC Nation programming block on Cartoon Network. Nicknamed the New Teen Titans , shorts began airing on September 11, 2012. The shorts featured Titans in chibi, with the main cast of the original series back.
Teen Titans Go! was announced as a spin-off, but it does not relate significantly in terms of stories for both the Teen Titans series, and the Teen Titans New shorts. The series airs on April 23, 2013.
Payton, Strong, Cipes, and Walch reproduce their respective character roles as Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire and Blackfire at DC Super Hero Girls .
Payton imitated his role as a Cyborg in Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered, Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack Legion of Doom , Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Cosmic Clash , Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Details Gotham City with Cipes, Walch, and Menville (though he's playing Damian Wayne Robin), and Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash. He has also replicated his role as Cyborg on Justice League Action.
Some of the character details of Teen Titans , such as the standard Raven spell Azarath Metrion Zinthos and the Beast Boy super-werewolf form of the episode "The Beast Within", are inserted into the animated film < i> Justice League vs. Teen Titans .
Impact on DC continuity
Teen Titans has never been set to become part of the larger DC animation world or the animated series The Batman . Bruce Timm series producer says the series will not be crossed with Justice League Unlimited . The Speedy character, which first appeared on the episode of "Winner Take All", then appeared in Justice League Unlimited with the same costume design and voice actor Mike Erwin as Teen Titans i> incarnation (though he is older in appearance). The Flash Kid is voiced by Michael Rosenbaum in his performance on the show, who is the same actor who voiced Flash in Justice League Unlimited. Follow-up series, Teen Titans Go! , has featured some performances by Batman, but they are all non-speaking appearances. Both Batman and Alfred Pennyworth appear on DC Nation's New Teen Titans "Red X Unmasked." In episode 2 of season Teen Titans Go! , "Let's Get Serious", Aqualad (voiced by Khary Payton), Superboy, and Miss Martian from the Young Justice team appear.
Similar to the X-Men: Evolution and Batman: The Animated Series , this series has influenced originally inspired comics, including: Beast Boy adopted the series' purple and black outfits during DC "52" plot and then comes with pointed ears and toothed teeth that come from the series, the future of Cyborg has the same armor pattern of its animated counterpart in the Titans Tomorrow storyline, Raven adapts the animated costume design of the opponent in "One Year Later" storyline, MÃÆ'¡s Y Menos characters make appearances in limited and limited series, Joto characters renamed "Hotspot" for 52 to match his cartoon counterparts, and Cinderblock criminals show up in the fight with the latest comic incarnation of Titan.
In other media
Comics
DC Comics publishes a comic book series based on the Teen Titans named Teen Titans Go! . The series is written by J. Torres and Todd Nauck, Larry Stucker is a regular illustrator. This series focuses on Robin, Raven, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg who are the main characters of the TV series. While the comic story stands alone, the issues are done so as not to conflict with the events set in the animated series episode. Often, Teen Titans Go! is also referring to the episode of the show, as well as expanding on the part of the series. Toy
Bandai released a row of action figures based on the animated series Teen Titans . This line includes the 1.5 inch "Comic Book Hero" mini figure, 3.5 inch action figure (including "Teen Titans Launch Tower Playset", "Teen Titans Command Center", "Battling Machines", "T-Vehicles", " T-Sub Deluxe Vehicle "), 5-inch action figure, Plush Super-D Toys 6.5 inches, and 10-inch numbers. Among the characters included in the line are the main members of Teen Titans, Titans East, and various allies and criminals.
Reception
Critical reception
The series mostly received positive critical acclaim. At the start of the series, Executive Producer and Vice President of Cartoon Network Sam Register responded to criticisms about the style of the show with a statement slightly contrary to Murakami's statement about Robin's desire to "be cool" with her metal-toed shoes:
The extraordinary Justice League and Samurai Jack are amazing and we bought lots of amazing anime shows, but the show was really geared toward the nine to fourteen year olds, and children aged six and seven and eight are not shocked by the Justice League and part of the fanboy show... The main mission is to create a great superhero show for kids. Now if the fanboys like liking Teen Titans too, that's good, but it's not our mission.
However, while the serial makers initially stated that the younger children were the target audience for the series, Teen Titans Go! author J. Torres notes that the deeper developments and themes of the show broaden the appeal to a wider audience:
... [The event] started to tilt much younger... but along the way, I think the producers found it reaching a wider audience.... [the show] goes into some darker storylines, and they introduce more characters, so they expand it, and they let the show develop with the audience.
In 2009, Teen Titans was named the 83nd best animated series by IGN. In 2014, WatchMojo.com ranked Teen Titans as the sixth best cartoon that has been canceled.
Awards and nominations
- 2005 Annie Awards
- Extraordinary Storyboarding in Animation Television Production (Nominated)
- 2004 Annie Awards
- Extraordinary Music in Animation Television Production (Nominated)
- Extra Storyboarding in Animated Television Production (Nominated)
- 2004 Motion Picture Editor Award
- Best Voice Editing in Animation Television (Nominated)
See also
- Justice League (TV series)
- Justice League Unlimited
- Youth Justice (TV series)
References
External links
- Official website
- Teen Titans on TV.com
- Teen Titans on IMDb
- David Slack Interview: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5
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