u/McCrae_Cook_23

I kinda wished instead of being a generic,detached gag-filled long-running cashcow show, they could’ve made Teen Titans Go! a more affectionate parody of the original 2003 show while keeping elements of DC Nation’s New Teen Titans shorts that would’ve made it a better reboot than before.

Instead of making characters act like massive jerks to each other,relying on the status quo,random gags,and toilet/gross out humor,they could’ve mocked and parodied anime tropes such as using the anime aesthetic for comedic effect,targeted most of the characters flaws instead of making the Titans completely one-dimensional cariacatures such as Robin’s paranoia and obsession with Slade,Starfire’s verbal quirks instead of using the in her sentences,and lean into Raven’s “It’s not a phrase,dad” moodiness in the original show,have the serious villians like Slade deconstructed and have their seriousness played for comedic effect,mocking the formats and out of order pacing of the original 2003 show,make fun of meta-humor privately and weaponize it in a much better way without mocking the audience,and poke fun at the original show’s writing.

I feel instead of Teen Titans Go! being a failed comedic parody that evolved into a cashcow for Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Discovery, I feel the reboot should be a true spiritual successor rather than a total tonal demolition,which is the perfect formula for a smart, prestige-style parody—one that honors the source material by knowing it inside and out, rather than just using the characters' skin to tell generic cartoon jokes.

By bridging the gap between the sleek, high-energy animation of the DC Nation New Teen Titans shorts and the rich character depth of the 2003 series, the show could have been a masterpiece of meta-comedy and worked better as a loving satire reboot of the OG show.

I feel do you think The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy creator,Maxwell Atoms never moved away from mainstream television and declared CN is dead after 2008 if Michael Ouiween never was a complete jerk and hypocrite to him since not only they fired Atoms and his contract with Cartoon Network expired in 2008 due to their live-action shift(CN Real), executive Michael Ouiween acted like a complete hypocrite and a jerk to him by blaming his show for ruining the network's image with his dark,gross-out humor and making a hateful fart cartoon and humilated him in front of everyone and executives at Cartoon Network,treating him like a outcast. Which while Billy and Mandy didn't ruin Cartoon Network's image,since it felt like double standard since The Marvolous Misadventures of Flapjack and Total Drama Island relied on dark,cynical humor and gross-out jokes like Billy and Mandy,Ouiween was hypocritical since he co-created Harvey Birdman,Attorney at Law,which relied on crude,shocking humor,and Billy and Mandy did nothing bad to ruin CN at all,I feel it was their live-action shift,CN Real and later,Teen Titans Go! that damaged the Cartoon Network brand,since Billy and Mandy was a dark slapstick comedy hit for the channel due to winning CN's Big Pick of 2000,was profitable and one of their highest-rated shows, and won many Emmy and Annie Awards. Also,I feel if Ouiween never was a real jerk to Atoms and CN never shifted to live-action,we would've gotten Underfist,Billy and Mandy:Destroy Us All,Dead Meat,and Meow Meow Bark Bark as greenlighted series on Cartoon Network,HBO Max, and Adult Swim.