Show-Teen Titans Go
Episode Title-Gorilla
Air Date-June 11th 2013
Season 1
Episode 12
Ah, Teen Titans Go. One of the most hated cartoons in recent years. It has its fans but it's safe to say that there are definitely a lot more haters. I'm split about it. To me most of the episodes are just OK. Not good but not bad. At least overall. There are plenty of episodes I do consider really good and plenty that I absolutely despise.
It's one of those shows that tries to be zany and wacky but does it really poorly for the most part. But other than that the stories can be downright stupid at times and have really unlikable characters or screwed up morals.
And sometimes it can just be downright annoying.
As such I consider this the worst cartoon currently airing.
Well........for kids anyway.
Yes I feel it's worse than Pig Goat Banana Cricket. I mean that show was mostly just bland. This show ranges from being bland to being irritating as all heck. With it occasionally crossing into the good territory.
This show is definitely gonna be a regular target for me. I mean we have so many crappy episodes to look at. Where do I begin?
Boys Vs Girls? Nah, Mr. Enter already did that one. Real Magic? No. Kicking a Ball and Pretending to Be Hurt? Hmmmm, no not now.
Ah, how about Gorilla. That seems like a good place to start.
So let's waste no more time and swing right into Gorilla.
But before that let's get a few things out of the way
1-I am not gonna judge the show based on the original Teen Titans. I'm gonna judge it by its own merits. I don't mind the fact that the show is a comedy now. I only care about weather it does what it wants to do well.
2-That means if there are any continuity mistakes between this show and the original (for example character flanderization or plot points not making sense if you keep it in the same continuity as the original) I will not hold it against the show. For example there's one episode where Cyborg wants to be a full machine which highly contradicts what was set up in the original show's episode The Sum of His Parts. I will only hold continuity against an episode if it contradicts something that this show itself set up.
Also characters are flanderized beyond belief but I won't hold that against the show. I will only criticize the characters if they are annoying or awfully written not if they flanderize themselves from the original series.
I'm saying this as this show apparently is suppose to have no connection with the original series so I'm not gonna make comparisons to the original show.
Anyway let's begin.
The episode starts out with the Titans working out as Robin commands them.
Suppose I should talk about the animation. Now's a better time than ever.
This show has a very chibi style of animation and I personally feel it's OK. I know some people don't like it but for what it wants to be and do it's fine.
Anyway we get some unfunny gags involving each character, and then Robin says they can stop......right after they do 100 more sets. Cyborg calls him out saying that Robin isn't doing anything. Robin replies saying that someone has to watch over them and it's a sacrifice he's willing to make. Oh screw you. Hey writers, you know that people being douchebags usually isn't funny. It can work, but it doesn't here. For example Rick from Rick and Morty can be quite rude but the thing is he's still likeable as being a douche isn't the only thing he does. He has a nice side and the things he says are actually funny. Plus his jerkiness is downplayed. The characters in this show can just really be complete douches to each other. Speaking of which here comes Beast Boy. Oh boy. Beast Boy is probably the worst character in this entire fricking show. He comes in through the elevator shape shifted into a gorilla. Robin says he's gonna break the door if he doesn't get out of that form. Beast Boy says he's got it though.
He didn't have it.
Robin tells him again to transform out of that gorilla but Beast Boy refuses.
This annoys Robin deeply. Raven says to calm down though as Beast Boy is doing it just to tick him off and Robin shouldn't give into him.
But Robin finds that pretty hard to do as Beast Boy is the biggest Douche in this entire show.
He doesn't help Robin with his heavy boxes and uses the excuse that Gorilla's don't lift heavy boxes.
He leaves a mess of bananas on the floor and makes the excuse that gorilla's don't pick up messes
He even refuses to do his job because Gorillas don't fight I guess.
Actually the last scene got a laugh out of me but not cause of Beast Boy because of Robins reaction.
In my second Animated Critic episode (Artist Unknown) I explained how to cause harm to character and still have it remain funny. I said that the character who gets punishment should do something kinda douchey like be Arrogant or mean. That way the punishment he receives is very cathartic. Robin was being a douche and was over controlling of the Titans so with this logic in mind him being completely ignored by Beast Boy should be funny. So why isn't it?
Well in something like Artist Unknown from Spongebob while Squidward does deserve punishment Spongebob isn't hurting him to be a jerk. He honestly doesn't even know he's causing Squidward any pain. In this episode Beast Boy is doing it strictly to be a douche. People acting like jerks to each other and then using some lame excuse to continue that jerkiness is not funny. Unless the character is like Allen Gregory levels of doucheness (I'll get Allen later I swear) then it won't work. There's a scene in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs where Grumpy gets shoved into the bath by the others after refusing to take one. It works though as A) Grumpy does kinda deserve it and B) the other dwarves aren't doing it to be mean. You can tell its just a little joke nothing to harmful. Grumpy may of not been happy but you could tell the other dwarves were just teasing him a little. So because of that the scene remains funny. Everything Beast Boy does in this episode is done strictly to irritate Robin. To be an utter douche bag to him. It doesn't work. Watching people puorposfully be douches to each other (unless handled correctly, like I said earlier Rick from Rick and Morty is one of countless examples.) is not funny. Phew, I apologize for that long winded, complicated explanation. Let's continue shall we.
I mean, to be honest, these jokes aren't utter garbage but it still fails as a joke.
Anyway soon afterward Beast Boy says he's tired of Robin giving him orders. (I mean how dare he does his job as a commander)
So he says they're going to settle this like gorillas. The strongest and most powerful is the leader. Beast Boy saying its the law of the jungle. The others seem fine with this. Even though this isn't the jungle and only one of them is currently a gorilla.
Spoiler Alert: Beast Boy Wins
And the other Titans are just OK with Beast Boy being their new leader even though they know how much of an incompetent jerk off he his. They claim that since its the law of the jungle they have to follow it.
You don't live in the jungle though! Why are you being so stupid?
I know it's a joke but guess what it isn't funny it's dumb. By the way a lot of the jokes in this show are like this one.
So what awesome super hero adventures does Beast Boy have planned for them.
Protecting the monkey bars because according to Beast Boy it's a Gorilla's natural habitat.
Ah yes I remember my playground days where the big fricking gorillas were just chilling out by the monkey bars.
A little girl then suddenly appears.
Beast Boy then tells the others to get into battle formation.
Ha ha it's funny cause they were about to attack a little girl........wait a minute.
Seriously Jesus man.
Why are the others even listening Beast Boy. It's baffling to me how in some episodes they don't listen to Robin when he tells them to do their basic job of fighting bad guys but when Beast Boy tells them to threaten a little girl they're all fine with it.
Why are they following this idiot. No one even calls him out on how dumb this is (well besides Robin.) Not even Raven who's mainly used to call the others out on their stupidity.
The next mission is to fight some crocodiles.
Because I guess gorillas and crocs are natural born enemies.
Gorilla Vs. Crocodile. Now that would actually be pretty cool. Oh and while the Titans are fighting these crocodiles Beast Boy is just sits back and does nothing. Assuring me that he's doing this just to be a douche. Listen you wanna give Robin a taste of his own medicine then fine. But making another character an unlikable jerk is not funny.
The last mission he has is to free a bunch of Gorillas from the Zoo.
They're all bright purple......for some reason.
And since when did zoos get so many gorillas. At most they have like 2 or 3.
So anyway Robin tells Beast Boy the truth that this is absolutely stupid and Beast Boy decided he's had enough of him so hangs him on a nearby hook.
Cyborg comes by though and tells Robin that he needs to regain his leadership and that he got soft and offers to help him.
When Robin asks why Cyborg says he hates bananas. Oh but he doesn't just say it he yells it in a failed attempt to be zany.
Back at the tower we see Beast Boy has turned the place into a jungle.
And then Raven and Starfire start acting like gorillas......for some reason. Why. This makes no sense what so ever. If it was funny I'd let it slide on the rule of funny but this.......this is dumb. This isn't funny. It's not even stupidly hilarious.
In fact this isn't just dumb.
This is.......this is......this is....
Exactly. Why.....why are they suddenly acting like gorillas. That's like saying that being around your dog for too long will make you start peeing of fire hydrants and barking at the mailman.
Anyway they get a call and all go ape-s**t (pun fully intended)
It's still stupid.
Back at the zoo we see Robin trying to get tough again. It pretty much amounts to him getting mauled by zoo animals.
In fact let me sum up the jokes for you.
It's funny cause a tiger mauled him.
It's funny cause an elephant's eating him.
Anyway at the snake pit Robin decides he's not taking anymore of this crap and tells Cyborg he's done. Cyborg telling him he still has a lot to learn but Robin retorts saying he decides how much he has left to learn and proceeds to flip Cyborg in the snake bit.
It's funny cause snakes bit him potentially poisoning him. L.O.L.
Well we only have like what not even 5 minutes remaining. Let's do this.
So Robin goes back to the Tower to fight Beast Boy and take his leadership back.
Luckily for him fighting a gorilla isn't that hard.
So Robin wins and Beast Boy gets out of the gorilla form.
Starfire tells Robin that he is a much better leader than Beast Boy.
THEN WHY IN THE NAME OF HOLY MATRIMONY WERE YOU LISTENING TO HIM.
You didn't have to. You could've said that you weren't going to. You didn't have to follow jungle laws.
This joke is just so agonizingly dumb.
And the episode ends with them getting another call and everybody going crazy once again.
Cause I guess that joke was just so funny the first time.
(It wasn't)
Also look at these guy's facial expressions
Cyborg seriously looks like he's seen some creepy crap.
Meanwhile Raven is just fricking rocking out.
Either way I'm done. This episode sucks.
It's not utter garbage bad heck the episode itself isn't even Pig Goat Banana Cricket bad. But it's still mostly unfunny and Beast Boy is an annoying douche nozzle.
It tries way to hard to be wacky and zany but comes of as dumb and dull instead.
So yeah not the worst but not good enough to pass my scoring system.
Luckily for us then are much worse and more interesting episode to talk about in the future.
Best Part-The one scene where Robin just gives up when Beast Boy won't listen to him.
Worst Part-Beast Boy himself or the stupid gag of the Titans acting like dang apes.
Overall Score-4.5/10
So that was Gorilla. Yay.
Trust me there's worse that this show has to offer.
I guess that's that then.
So that was our first episode in the double digits. Amazing how far we've come.
That's also the end of chapter 2 for season 1 of the show. 2 chapters down 3 to go until the season's over.
So cheers to us getting to the double digits and ending off chapter 2. And cheers for us eventually getting to the triple digits with more chapters to come.
Well see you guy's...............wait.
Another note. *gasp* it could be from my secret admirer. Ohhhhhhhh!!!!!!
What the heck kind of handwriting is this?
It's like a weird mix of cursive and print.
Dear Evan, Hello there it's your secret admirer. Sorry I couldn't tell you who I was before, I just wanna make sure I could trust you. Make sure you're as nice as you seem on your blog. So tomorrow at around 8 come onto the blog and we can chat. Until then, your secret admirer =)
Hoooo boy. Tomorrow at 8. Man. I can do this. Just gotta remain calm.
You seem a bit nervous there.
You read the letter, didn't you. I'm meeting my secret admirer on the blog tomorrow.
How come so many people have access to your blog. You might want to fix that.
Uhhhh.......that's a good point. Hmmmm. Whatever though she's coming on tomorrow. I better tidy this place up.
You're gonna tidy up......a blog.
Another valid point. Another valid point.
Listen I know you're nervous but just be yourself and everything will be fine.
Easy for you to say. You should know how hard it is for me to be myself around other people.
Yes I do know. But you're gonna have to get over your shyness someday. Of course I guess I shouldn't expect it to happen instantly tomorrow.
You know if you do need help I am a bit of a ladies man myself.
Kevin.......you're a ghost.
Angel actually, but either way when I was alive I was a bit of what you would call a player.
Sure you keep telling yourself that.
It's true.
Uh-huh I believe you.
........
You know I think I'm just gonna leave now.
OK well see you.
Peace.
To be continued in the next blog post.
Next Animated Critic-Every Man's Dream (The Simpsons)
Next Anime Critic-Madona Magica Episode 1-2
Next Evan Vs. Disney-Pinocchio
Other future reviews
On the Run (Steven Universe)
Driven to Tears (Spongebob)
Beauty and the Obese (Stripperella)
Soul Eater Episode 3 (For Anime Critic)
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