Talk:The HIVE Five/@comment-26848752-20150802221220

A Torture Porn for the HIVE Five? With Protagonist-Centered Morality? Wow, this is a negative review already, and I only pointed out two flaws with the episode.

First, I'd like to say the HIVE didn't do anything wrong in this episode, unless being annoyed by the Titans is wrong. If that is the case, then the universe has the same priorities as the Bikini Bottom police during the Seasonal Rot era of Spongebob Squarepants. Also, I'd be in the wrong as well.

This episode starts with Gizmo trying to go over a plan to destroy the Teen Titans, which you'll be supporting by the end of the episode, but is constantly interrupted by the Titans prank calling him. This is where we reach the first problem with the episode, the prank calls are unfunny. If this show were a good comedy, the unfunny prank calls would bother me. Good thing it's horrid, otherwise I'd be going into a tangent. Gizmo gets increasingly annoyed, but I've come to expect and resist the annoyance of sugar-high "heroes" in low-quality comedies. The leader of the HIVE tells them to take a day off because they need to relax.

This is where the torture gets to "Squid Baby" levels of bad. The first is See-More, who's drawing. Cyborg sees him and becomes demanding for a portrat. Once finished, the 99% machine character (and yes, he is 99% machine in this interation) is not pleased. He then proceeds to call See-More a bad artist and gets no comupance for sending away his business because bananas.

Next is Jinx. She doesn't get that much torture, but it's still because she's a "villain" in this episode because she's a villain in the series. She meets a black cat that was causing bad luck in a somewhat entertaining scene. Starfire sees them and wants the cat. The cat chooses Starfire because bananas.

Mammoth is the third on the chopping block. Long story short, Beast Boy challenges him to a dance-off and wins because bananas.

Billy Numerous and Raven are the next in the episode. Billy duplicates himself to play baseball and accidently hits Raven on the head while she's reading. By now you should realize Raven beats him up and doesn't get any punishment, Cosmic or Legal because bananas.

Finally, there's Gizmo. He gets into a machine so he can be tall and is in the wrong because the episode said so. Who gives him his unjust deserts? Robin, who, to be fair, gets called out for beating up the little genius. However, he just leaves without helping because bananas.

The next scene is the HIVE back where they were before, only beat up. The episode ends on another unfunny prank call. Overall, I'd give this episode a -15/20, or a Level 3 Dishonorable Episode (just short of Level 4). The protagonist-centered morality is a common problem in this show, and it's no stranger to Torture Porns, but this episode tries something it's too incompetant to get right. No, not gross-out, nor toilet humor, it tries prank calls. The Simpsons has examples of good prank calls, even during its Seasonal Rot seasons.