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Teen Titans Go!
2013 · TV series · 9 seasons
AnimationActionAdventureComedyFamilyScience FictionFantasy
Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg return in all-new, comedic adventures. They may be super heroes who save the world every day ... but somebody still has to do the laundry!
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Fortunately there's still the ol' good email!
I recall Robin from Teen Titans Go! at one episode saying something on the lines of "there's only one way to fight people with money: with more money!" - and it seems we haven't been able to find another way indeed.
The protests and boycott on Reddit at the end did absolutely nothing to improve it or turn people to its alter atives (at most some power hungry mods were sacked, like that one from r/art who banned someone because they said their art was done by ai). The "mass" migration of people to Bluesky seem to lose its momentum already. The Cambridge Analytica scandal did nothing to make Facebook less miserable.
It seems we are stuck in this worst version possible of internet and all things around it as long as there is absurd amounts of money governing it.
That's an interesting twist, I wasn't aware. To be honest, I don't have the most reliable source: I heard the term "uncle Jokes" first from an episode of Teen Titans Go [1], which my kids love. Also after you watch a few episodes it grows on you as a pretty good bit of satire. Or I'm suffering Stockholm Syndrome.
[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DCz9WpuIcUPk&ved=2ahUKEwiMl5PAzqf3AhWfkYkEHT0YCpAQwqsBegQIEBAF&usg=AOvVaw2qwMk1xSfK7PmIsjGIoszx
Almost all cartoons aimed at kids hope to make money on related merchandise. A lot of animated shows were cancelled because while the ratings were good, they skewed toward older teens and adults that didn't buy toys. Two that come to mind are "Young Justice" and the original "Teen Titans". Cartoon Network specifically made "Teen Titans Go!" to skew younger.
This isn't a new thing, they killed off most of the Transformers in the 80s movie so they could introduce a new line of characters/toys.
Yeah but Teen Titans Go? Fart jokes indeed.
I liked Ultimate Spider Man; that was not as good as the one in the 90's but better than a lot of other cartoons from recent years.
In general though I agree, I especially think DC does a good job with their animated movies.
"With tons of references to 80s culture that the kids would never get."
This is likely in part deliberate. A significant amount of Teen Titans Go seems to be about taking potshots that those who enjoyed the original cartoon. Like 'Revenge of Slade' and its entire plot being a poorly disguised lecture on how fans of the first cartoon shouldn't want this one to be more than randomness for really young kids.
Which of course means anyone actually in the target demographic would have no clue what half the episode means. It's simultaneously confusing to young kids and infuriating to older viewers at the same time.
To be honest, while We Don't Have Cable(tm), some of the stuff I have seen on Cartoon Network was surprisingly good. Shows like Adventure Time are weird and funny, there was also a mini-series called Over The Garden Wall that was straight up fantastic.
Even stuff towards the more rubbish end of the spectrum, like Teen Titans Go, obviously has really good writers and is a lot of fun, at least for somewhat older kids and their parents.