Cartoon Community’s Teen Titans GO! Is all the time filled with witty references and easter eggs that are not restricted to the DC Comics canon, however the newest episode featured a humorous nod on the cinematic universe.
The newest episode referred to as “Costume Contest” had Robin pitching totally different dress-up concepts for Halloween, together with the crew going as totally different members of the film model of the Suicide Squad.
The Titans need to win a dressing up contest at a Halloween occasion, so Robin presents a collection of mocks that includes the group dressed because the Scooby Gang from Scooby Doo, Dorothy and her companions from The Wizard of Oz, after which the Suicide Squad. Test it out under!
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Starfire goes as Harley Quinn, Raven clothes as Katana, Beast Boy as Killer Croc, Cyborg as Deadshot, and Robin hilariously seems to be just like the Jared Leto-version of the Joker.
Although it looks like they will choose the Suicide Squad, the Titans are interrupted by the H.I.V.E. 5, who brag about how they win the costume contest yearly and plan to take action once more.
Although it looks like a ineffective endeavor, the Titans finally notice that with the intention to beat the H.I.V.E., they should be the H.I.V.E. Robin goes as Gizmo, Starfire as Jinx, Beast Boy as See-Extra, Raven as Billy Quite a few, and Cyborg as Mammoth.
Nevertheless, their costumes are very poorly made in haste. However with the costume contest quickly approaching, they determine to raid H.I.V.E.’s base and steal their costumes for themselves.
The episode additionally has cameos from the Mind, Aqualad, and Batman and Commissioner Gordon (who win the second place prize as Gilligan and the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island).
Teen Titans GO! manages to pack every episode with tons of references that point out the creators love the DC Comics lore. Whereas the present may be very a lot a comedic youngsters’s program that does not exist in any kind of continuity, it does handle to stay reverential.
Making Robin the Joker is an particularly good contact contemplating the traumatic historical past between the characters, to not point out the entire rumors about Jason Todd turning into the Joker within the DC cinematic universe. Whether or not the costume pairing was a figuring out nod towards these rumors or only a coincidence does not matter. It nonetheless works.
Teen Titans GO! airs Fridays on Cartoon Community.