Meatball Party (Teen Titans Go!)

"Meatball Party (Teen Titans Go!)"
Cyborg, I get Raven is a grump and a goth girl, but this is no reason to treat her like this!! What did she ever do to you to deserve this??!!
Part of Season: 1 Episode Number: 19 Air Date: July 30, 2013 Writer: Paul Giacoppo Director: Peter Rida Michail Previous episode: Starliar Next episode: Staff Meeting

Meatball Party is the 19th episode of the 1st season, of Teen Titans Go!

Synopsis

When trying to entice Raven, into joining a meatball party, Cyborg gives her in, and eats the half-meat, half-robot mystery meatball, cracking her tooth, and releasing the demon octopus, that lives in her mouth.

Why It's An Abhorrent Party

1. This episode has two major problems. It's a Raven torture episode, and Cyborg is highly unlikable, throughout the episode. He's even at the point, where he comes off as a sadistic psychopath, who likes to watch his friends suffer.
2. At the beginning of the episode, if you listen closely, you can hear a stock sound effect, of a human baby giggling, that's used for Silkie. This is out of place, and contradicts the entire Teen Titans franchise, in general, because Silkie makes pig-like noises, he never made sounds, that sound, like a human baby.
3. Cyborg throws a "meatball party" and the other Titans, except Raven, join in. It's not funny, it's just annoying!
   • To make matters worse, the gag returns in Nean in the form of Non-Meat Party, as if it needed an encore.
4. Cyborg begins to pester Raven, to join his party, and his ways are rather criminal, because he stalks, and harasses Raven REPEATEDLY, to the point, where she can't sleep, bathe, or use the bathroom. What kind of friend is that?
5. Cyborg, then gives Raven, a meatball, containing sharp metal objects, which he calls a "cyborg meatball". This only cracks her tooth, luckily. However, it comes off more as malicious, because GIVEN IT CONTAINS METAL PARTS, HE COULD'VE SERIOUSLY INJURED RAVEN, OR MADE HER SEVERELY ILL. Metal is very dangerous to ingest. He intentionally hurt his friend, because he thought it was funny! This is just like the time when Brian Griffin gave Stewie Griffin herpes, in the Family Guy episode "Herp, The Love Sore". Can Cyborg get any crueler?
6. Robin only decides to take Raven to a dentist when the monster that lives in Raven's mouth, eats Beast Boy.
7. Plot hole: Raven refuses to go to a dentist because she hates it but when Robin declares that they're taking her to a dentist, she does not react. You might as well not have her say that she hates dentists if you're going to retcon that IN THE SAME EPISODE.
8. The montage, where the monster beats up Cyborg, though satisfying, is annoying.
9. Why does Beast Boy love the silent treatment? Those are usually cruel.
10. Afterwards, when Cyborg tries to make things right, he fills Raven's tooth, with ground meat. This is a bad idea, because the meat will eventually spoil, and give her cavities, and gingivitis, so, Cyborg hurts his friend, again.
11. For the remainder of this episode, Cyborg doesn't shoot blasts but meatballs.
12. Half-bad ending: Robin, Beast Boy, and Starfire want Cyborg to throw another "meatball party" and since he can't resist he shoots a giant meatball at Raven.

Redeeming Qualities

1. The dentist scene, is decent.
2. Raven playing charades, and drawing to communicate, was neat to watch.
3. Half-good ending: Cyborg apologizes and promises to never force Raven to join his definition of fun, even though it doesn't last long at all.
4. As mentioned in Why It's An Abhorrent Party #7, Cyborg gets some comeuppance for his actions, by getting beat up by the monster.

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