Video Game References (Teen Titans Go!)

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"Video Game References"
Another TTG! episode that is actually good? Let's play the video game!
Part of Season: 2 Episode Number: 39 Air Date: April 16, 2015 Writer: Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic Director: Luke Cormican Previous episode: Oil Drums Next episode: Cool School

Video Game References is the thirty-ninth episode of the second season of Teen Titans Go!, and the ninety-first overall episode of the series.

Plot

Robin sets up a virtual reality room for training purposes, immersing each Titan in their own video game adventure.

Why It's a Video Game Reference

1. As the name suggests, there are a lot of clever video game references, including Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Frogger, Spy Hunter, and Pac-Man, which also proves that pop-culture references are not always bad.
2. Interesting plot where each one of Titans gets their own adventure, with a specific video game. Starfire's adventure is based on "The Legend of Zelda, Beast Boy's adventure is based on Frogger, Raven's adventure is based on Pac-Man, Cyborg's adventure is based on Spy Hunter and Robin's adventure is based on Super Mario Bros.
3. The characters are more likable than usual, especially Robin.
4. The episode has very self-aware jokes that take shots at certain video games, such as Beast Boy getting angry at some of the very random and annoying events that happen on the road in Cross the Road, which is a parody of Frogger, and before the Titans enter their own video game adventure, when Starfire admits that she pretends to be excited about everything Robin does because she tries to be polite, and then her eye twitches.
5. Awesome moments, such as Starfire and her party dancing every time they accomplish something.
6. The usual cringe and toilet humor from the show is kept to a minimum, and instead focuses more on the plot.
7. While the animation is still mediocre, the video games sequences are surprisingly well animated and even capture the 8-bit retro style and great character designs and backgrounds.

"Game Over!" Qualities

1. Lackluster Ending: After the Mario sequence, the final video game sequence, Robin goes into a pipe and complains that it is dirty, nothing happens after. There is no conclusion, moral, or result after the Titans' journey, and that makes the episode less interesting and unfinished.
2. The "Don't you ever get tired of" gag gets tiring very fast (no pun intended).
3. The title is a little bit lazy, as it looks like it was either made by a 12 year-old or someone who's addicted to video games.

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