Hot Salad Water

"Hot Salad Water" is twenty-sixth episode of the fourth season of Teen Titans Go!, and the one-hundred-eighty-third overall episode of the series.

Summary
When drinking tea turns the other Titans British, it's up to Robin to save America from another British invasion brought by the Queen of England herself and save his teammates.

Plot
The story opens up with Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy having their own bowls of cereal in the dining room. While the other Titans are eating cereal, except for Robin, Cyborg offers them drinks such as water, orange juice and milk, but the three others aren’t satisfied until he finds a tea bag and decides to make tea with his own mechanical body. But before they can drink their tea, Robin suddenly comes running and attacks the teacup of Cyborg’s with a birdarang, causing the teacup to explode right in Cyborg’s face. Robin then scolds his friends for drinking tea, which Beast Boy calls “hot salad water” before Raven corrects him. After Starfire and Raven throw away their teacups, Robin yells at Cyborg and Cyborg tells him to chillax, but Robin warns them that tea is from Great Britain and in order to tell them how drinking tea is dangerous, he gives an inaccurate history on tea linked to British Invasion and involved the Bald Eagle, the Statue of Liberty and George Washington to save the day (which Beast Boy questions it being part of American history at first yet Robin forces him to keep quiet). He doesn’t forget to remind them that England has never forgotten about the humiliating defeat and throwing away the history book, he claims that the British always has plans to take revenge on America. Raven thinks Robin is overreacting but Robin believes his beliefs are true and soon dumps Beast Boy’s teacup into the ocean, saying it's ¨where it belongs¨, and putting caps with the word USA as well as spraying the others with soda.

After Robin left with the help of his grapple gun, Starfire is upset that they are not going to enjoy “hot salad water” anymore. However, a wooden crate containing tea leaves is then imported into the tower. Starfire thinks that it’s a sign that they’re meant to drink tea, while Raven is suspicious in the beginning though Beast Boy manages to convince her by making her along with Starfire and Cyborg agree with him that Robin is not always right and only drags them into troubles. They immediately disobey Robin’s order by drinking tea behind his back, and as they start to stick out their little finger, Starfire can’t help but to chew the tea bag while she and the three other Titans start drinking tea in a British manner.

The very next morning...

Characters

 * Robin
 * Cyborg
 * Starfire
 * Raven
 * Beast Boy
 * Silkie (cameo)
 * Octopus (cameo)
 * Queen of England (debut)
 * Bald Eagle (debut)
 * Statue of Liberty (debut)

Song

 * Awesome America!

Trivia

 * This episode premiered one year after "TTG v PPG".
 * This is the the second Fourth of July episode of the series after "Money Grandma".
 * This is the third episode to include the word "water" in the title. The first two episodes were "Hose Water" and "Fish Water".
 * This episode is very controversial and offensive, upsetting both British and American audiences because Robin shows prejudice against British people. Audiences were also angry about the fact the queen was a villain, which could be considered defamation. As a result, this episode was later pulled from UK broadcasting.
 * This episode reunites Tara Strong and Jane Carr who are in the Nickelodeon show, The Fairly Odd Parents as Timmy Turner and Mama Cosma respectively.

Continuity

 * Robin's money puppet from "Two Bumble Bees and a Wasp" appears again for the second time in the series.
 * The call Robin used to call the bald eagle is similar to the one used he used to summon Team Robin in "The Best Robin".
 * Raven is seen unhooded for the 62nd time in the series.
 * When Robin is walking into the living room after the first time the Titans drink tea, he seems to be humming Mornin', which is a song he briefly sung in "Terra-ized".

Errors

 * Robin says that tea is the favorite drink of Great Britain. However, in recent years tea consumption has been in decline in England.
 * Robin's recounting of the American Revolution is full of historical inaccuracies. Most notably, the Statue of Liberty didn't reach the United States until 1885, long after the revolution had taken place. Also, the colonists weren't forced to drink tea and they actually liked it. But when the British started taxing tea unfairly, the colonists protested in different ways, like the Boston Tea Party and by drinking other beverages instead, like coffee. Robin also said that soda is a national drink of the US but soda wasn't invented until 1807 and United States' national drink is actually bourbon. However, it is to avoid copyright laws.
 * Robin hates tea in this episode but he has been seen drinking it in previous episodes such as “Mouth Hole”. The other Titans have also been seen drinking it in “Breakfast Cheese” and didn’t cause any effects at all. This episode may however have occured before ¨Mouth Hole¨ and ¨Breakfast Cheese¨, or Robin lost his love of tea altogether.
 * The Titans were portrayed as Anglophobic people, but in "The Fourth Wall", the Titans dressed up as posh British people to prevent their show from getting rebooted. This episode may have occured before ¨The Fourth Wall¨ though, or they don´t really know how British people dress altogether.

Running Gags

 * Robin's strong dislike for tea.
 * Robin getting angry with the other Titans for drinking tea.
 * Soda being shaken and sprayed on people.
 * Pinkies being extended when tea is being enjoyed.