Bevendre

Silver Spoon: I bucking hate TTG.. CN basically RAPED a perfectly good animated action and comedy series and turned it into a JOKE!

THANK YOU!

The original Teen Titans cartoon was not afraid to tackle issues that were controversial for children’s programming.  It would deal with issues and topics rarely covered in teen-driven or even adult programming, and it did it with well defined characters and a fine mix of seriousness and comedy.

TTG! has the occasional good joke setup, and on occasion a decent comic moment, but for the most part it spits in the face of the original.  I don’t mind the animation, or even the character designs (though the style of the show doesn’t sit well with me as a whole) my problem is with the characters.  This is a personal gripe more than anything, but when a joke is made at the expense of a character, or is done in complete disregard to their establishment as a character it makes me angry.

The vast majority of episodes of TTG!, if not all, work to undermine or simply oppose moments and character arcs set up in the preceding series.  I know they aren’t connected directly, but the presentation of TTG! comes off as a bad fanfiction of the Teen Titans animated series more often than not, and one that relies too heavily upon a greater connection to the DC universe and slapstick.

I respect the effort and work of the people that work on the show, I really do, but it is portrayed (at least to me) as a spiritual successor, and sadly it’s one that violates the characters and lessons of its predecessor in such a way that makes me worry for those that watch it without thinking about it.