Teen Titans Go!
“Salty Codgers,” Season 2, Episode 8, 2014
Dan Says:
Teen Titans Go! is
one of those shows my 4-year-old can watch incessantly, and I don’t mind. Its
DNA contains everything from Batman: The
Brave and the Bold to Ren &
Stimpy, and it’s generally a silly delight.
But the episode that gets me giggling the hardest is “Salty
Codgers,” in which the villain Mad Mod, who shares Austin Powers’ fashion
sense, turns the Titans into old people. Except Raven, who while normally the
crankiest member, delights at being surrounded by sweet-smelling “salty codger”
versions of her friends.
There’s also a chase scene in which the Titans go up against
1960s-style British animation (read: Yellow
Submarine and Monty Python), but somehow it gets lost in all the scenes of Raven
kissing wrinkly foreheads.
Somehow, by being transformed into a senior citizen, Cyborg
inherits grandchildren. “Where did the grandbabies come from?” an aged Starfire
asks Raven. “Nooobody knoooows,” Raven replies, then both look to camera. For
some reason, this cracks me up every time.
But, like all old people, the Titans die, leaving Raven to
journey to the underworld to revive her friends, who return as incoherent
zombies, pleasing the half-demon hero even more. The episode ends there, sans
lesson, and it’s never mentioned again, because this isn’t the ’80s and
children’s cartoons don’t end with little lessons like “Don’t play with
matches” or “Don’t resurrect the dead.”
For more on Teen
Titans Go!, check out this
DVD review I wrote earlier this year.
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