Road Trip

"Road Trip" is Teen Titans Go! Season 2, Episode 11b (37b), and the 74th overall episode of the series.

Summary
Cyborg fixes up the T-Car so he can take the team on a road trip.

Plot
The episode starts with the Titans smelling a very pleasant aroma. The Titans decide to follow the scent that is heading to garage, only to find that it was coming from the T-Car. Robin was about to unveil it, before Cyborg interrupted him, asking him what he was doing. Starfire then explains that they were following the smell that appeared to come from the tent. Cyborg then explained that the smell was coming from the renovated T-Car which he then unveils it by himself to show it to the Titans. He explained that he had been "tinkering, tweaking, and straight-up improving everything on the T-Car". He also compliments the T-Car saying that that's why he is his only best friend and only true confidant. Starfire then points out that he is acting as though he loves the T-Car more than them. Cyborg thinks that they are garbage compared to his T-Car and saying that he loves them too. Beast Boy felt pleased that he said he loved them, but Raven points out that he also called them garbage.

Cyborg then tried to tell the Titans that he had raised him since he was a baby, and found him when he fell out of his nest. He raised him up teaching him karate, Spanish, and, most importantly, how to be a man. Starfire then tries to say hi (hola coche) to the car in Spanish, however Robin believes that none of Cyborg's stories are true. Cyborg feels that it is true, just when he was wondering how to make the Titans love the T-Car the way he loved him, he decided to go on a Road Trip. The Titans disagreed. However, Cyborg told them how road trips can make the team bond, and convinced the Titans. But Starfire is wondering where they will go. Cyborg said that they will go from point A to point B explaining that it's not the destination that matters, it's the journey. Starfire asked if it would be a magical journey, and Cyborg agreed. All the Titans agreed except for Raven. She asked if she could still read her book in the trip, which Cyborg points her that she could get car sick, but she can read eventually. Raven joins them too.

Later, in the T-Car, Cyborg was telling them that by the end of the trip, they will love the car as much as he does. The Titans passes by the H.I.V.E. Five, which they were filling up their truck at a gas station. The Titans thought they were stealing, and they decided to teach them a lesson. Cyborg shoots with water on the road in front of the gas station, and uses the T-Car to splash the water all over the H.I.V.E. All the Titans celebrate their "victory" against the H.I.V.E.

Three hours later...

The Titans are bored during their road trip in the middle of a desert. When Cyborg asks if they were having fun, all of them decline for Beast Boy doesn't have anymore snacks, Starfire hasn't seen a magical fairy or any wizards upon their "magical" road trip, Robin claims that its been a zero team bond, and Raven is starting to get car sick. Cyborg then suggests road games, but Starfire quickly denies, for she remembers when she was playing fetch near a road with Beast Boy, she threw the ball to the road, and Beast Boy got run over. Cyborg points that it is not the kind of road game they are talking about. Beast Boy quickly suggests playing Slug Bug, and looks out the window searching for a bug. When he saw one, he then shouted "slug bug!" and punched Robin in the arm, and he then acknowledged that Beast Boy got him. Then Starfire asks horrified why Beast Boy would do such a thing. Robin explains that that's part of the game, and anytime that you see a bug, you have to say "slug bug!" and punch someone in the arm. She then saw a fly, and punched Robin in the arm. She then saw another fly hit the T-Car's window, and yelled again "Slug Bug!" and punched Robin again in the arm. Robin explains that she didn't understood how the game worked, but Starfire didn't listen, and when a flock of flies went past them, he repeatedly punched Robin, this time in the face. Robin tried to explain that was the wrong kind of bug. However, Starfire kept punching him, hurting Robin, pleading to make it stop, as he suggests a game of "I Spy" instead. Robin then starts to say "I spy with my little-" but Starfire interrupted when she saw a fly in Robin's forehead, punching him again in the face. Cyborg believes that its starting again to feel like a road trip.

Robin then spots the H.I.V.E. with their truck broken down, and Cyborg suggests to have a little fun with them. After all, they are superheroes. When they get close to the H.I.V.E., Cyborg then friendly asks if they need a ride to the mechanic. Gizmo agrees, saying it's awfully nice of them. Cyborg then starts pranking him by getting farther away form him every time he tried to get in, every time saying that that time it's "For real". The Titans then leave Gizmo in the dust, while Beast Boy yells again that he loves road trips.

A few minutes later, Beast Boy complains that he is bored again. Cyborg then asks why didn't they felt happy after all that pranking, and Starfire replies that maybe they are not the Road People. Robin then asks if they could go back to the Tower, but Cyborg denies, saying that "they are going to point B", and were going to have fun. Robin then puts on music, and starts dancing. However, Cyborg turns it off, however, Cyborg turns it off, saying "Nobody wants to see your groove on!". Then Robin shows him how his cape is flying, making Cyborg incapable of seeing the road. Raven then starts to get car sick, and Starfire sees another fly, puching Beast Boy this time and asking why there are so many bugs in the car. Raven then vomits all over the T-Car's windshield, getting the car out of control for they can't see anymore where they going. Cyborg desperately yells that did they really want to walk all the way home. The Titans agree, and start walking their way to the Titans Tower, while Cyborg tries to apologize, saying it was an "Empty threat". The Titans all agree that they are better off walking to the road. Cyborg then tries to convince the Titans to stay saying that they are going to miss the best part of the road trip, hours 12 through 16. However, the Titans don't buy it.

Cyborg then tries to convince himself that he doesn't need the Titans, and tries to play road games by himself. However, he ends getting himself lonely, and hurt. Cyborg then finds the Titans, who were walking all the way to the Titans Tower, sweating due to desert's heat. Cyborg then tries to convince the Titans to get in the car to drive them home. They initially decline, but later, they accept.

Later, they find the H.I.V.E. truck again that is driving straight towards them on the wrong side of the road. When they find out it's the H.I.V.E., they hurry Cyborg to get out of there as fast as he can. He turns the car around, while the truck is throwing missiles at them. Robin now believes that it seems like a team bonding. Cyborg asks if Starfire wanted to see some magic, and he makes them go faster with jet propulsion. However, the truck also had jet propulsors, and easily catches up. Cyborg then tries to put some spikes on the road, but the truck avoids them. He then tries to blind them with dust, but the truck avoids that too. Then, the truck tried shooting lasers at the T-Car. This forced Cyborg to put the car on autopilot, and uses their lasers to destroy the gun. The truck then gets out a huge giant weapon, which that made Cyborg to retreat. Cyborg requested Beast Boy for help, but he claims that he isn't sure if he has enough energy. Cyborg then pulls out a secret boxful of snack, which they gaved him enough energy to turn into a gorilla, and destroys the cannon. The H.I.V.E. then uses their secret weapons, and were about to destroy the T-Car. Robin says that nothing is working, and Raven asks what could she do. Cyborg tells her to keep reading, and turns around violently the T-Car, causing her to vomit again on the H.I.V.E Five truck's windshield. Unable to see anything, they crashed on a giant rock causing a massive explosion while the Titans escaped eventually.

All of the Titans celebrate, and Robin then adds that even though they didn't make it to their destination, they pretty much enjoyed their road trip. Cyborg then discovers at his GPS that they actually got to their destination, which it was more desert road. When Robin says this, Cyborg remembers them that it's not the destination that matters, it's the journey afterall. While Beast Boy is glad that it's finally over, Cyborg says that they just need to get from point B to Point A, meaning by returning back to the Titans' Tower which he claims that it is the best part. However, the Titans disagree saying that they'll never do that again as their current destination is where they will live from now on, right in front of a B-shaped Tower in the middle of desert.

Characters

 * Robin
 * Starfire
 * Cyborg
 * Beast Boy
 * Raven
 * Mammoth
 * Billy Numerous
 * Gizmo
 * Jinx
 * See-More

Trivia

 * This episode aired one year after "Caged Tiger."
 * This is the H.I.V.E. Five's second appearance in the second season. The first was "Money Grandma."
 * Apparently, the T-Car is battery powered, for you can see a battery in the side of the car.
 * Raven appears to have a book called Pretty Pretty Pegasus! The Novel.
 * When Starfire recalls her experience with her idea of "road games", Beast Boy rubs his head while glaring at her, which indicates he remembers that day well and not fondly.
 * Raven apparently gets carsick in a more extreme, yet similar fashion as when the other Titans teleport with her through her soul-self.
 * The zombie posters in the hallway of Titans Tower may be a reference to the resurrected undead heroes from the Blackest Night comic series.

Continuity

 * Starfire's misunderstanding of popular Earth culture takes place once more since Knowledge: her idea of "road games" was playing fetch with Beast Boy nearby a busy street, and punching Robin whenever she saw a bug (insect) instead of a Bug (vehicle).
 * The instrumental that Robin liked to listen and dance to on the car's radio was the exact same one he listened and danced to in the purple hatchback in "Driver's Ed." The reference is furthered when Robin dances exactly like he did in the latter episode.
 * Raven's timidity threw up the same black puke as in "Colors of Raven".

Errors

 * Starfire is seen in an unbearable state in the heat, sweating and burning with the others while walking in the desert, which goes against her happy statement of the "glorious wave of heat" back in Pizza.
 * When we see the H.I.V.E. filling their tank, we can see the gasoline hole in the truck. However, when the Titans spray water in them, the hole is gone.
 * When Starfire punched Beast Boy, he broke the window. However, in the next scene, the window was fine.

Running Gags

 * Raven constantly getting carsick from reading.
 * The H.I.V.E. Five's are getting pranked repeatedly by the Titans.
 * Robin getting his face punched by Starfire.