Teen Titans Go! is a comedic revival/parody of the Teen Titans animated series from nearly a decade ago. While it does have a few good jokes, a lot of the humor falls short since it often comes at the expense/flanderization of characters we already got to know and love. To its credit, the simplified art style is eye-catching, and all of the returning voice actors do a great job and likely have fun recording. The more serious Young Justice lasted two seasons and spent a good amount of time building not only on the core team, but on the DC Universe they existed in. While the original Teen Titans wonderfully juggled drama and comedy, putting the Young Justice characters into Teen Titans Go! couldn't be more jarring.
The Young Justice roster seen here is limited to Aqualad, Superboy, and Miss Martian. Out of all of them, only Aqualad seems to do any talking, probably since he shares a voice actor with Cyborg. Their simplified designs honestly look great, and I wish we could have seen more of them. The best part of this is when he calls the Titans out on their childish antics. This convinces Robin that the Titans need to become more serious, and their character designs change accordingly. Again, I have to give props to the animators once the Titans hit the uncanny valley. While their appearance and movements were often unsettling, the motion is incredibly fluid. Their seriousness lets them take down the HIVE successfully, and when Aqualad congratulates them on a job well done, he also warns them against becoming too serious.
Sure enough, back at the Tower, Beast Boy and Cyborg get into a petty argument which exacerbates into a full blown fight between all of them. Titans Tower is destroyed and the team goes their separate ways. The final shot in the episode, however, indicates they go right back to being silly, since the series has little to no continuity.
It's odd to have low expectations for something, and still be disappointed. Not just in this episode, but in most of the series. They've got a great team of animators and voices, but the writing is never consistent. It's barely even a crossover, since the Young Justice heroes only appear in two scenes. And while it was good seeing certain characters again and hearing this show take notice of its flaws, nothing comes of it and we just keep getting more of the same dumb and sparingly funny jokes.
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