Teen Titans Go! to the Movies

'Teen Titans Go! to the Movies 'is a theatrical feature film based on the Teen Titans Go! series.

The film was confirmed on Monday, September 25, 2017 by Warner Bros. The animated feature debuted in theaters on July 27, 2018.

Summary
Last warning for spoilers!

It seems that all the major superheroes out there are starring in their own movies—everyone but the Teen Titans that is! Leader Robin is determined to remedy the situation, and be seen as a star instead of a sidekick. If only they could get the hottest Hollywood film director to notice them. With a few madcap ideas and a song in their heart, the Teen Titans head to Tinsel Town, certain to pull off their dream. But when the group is radically misdirected by a seriously super villain and his maniacal plan to take over the Earth, things really go awry. The team finds their friendship and their fighting spirit failing, putting the very fate of the Teen Titans themselves on the line!

Plot
In Jump City, the Inflatable Destroyer comes out of nowhere and starts destructing the city as well as robbing a safe from the bank. The police force can't stop him until the Teen Titans arrive to stop him. However, when he cannot figure out who they are and mistakes them for the Guardians of The Galaxy, the Teen Titans jump into a rap song to explain themselves and become distracted, forcing the Justice League to intervene. They criticize the Titans for being childish and not taking anything seriously and bring up the fact that they do not have a movie of their own to prove their legitimacy.

The Titans resolve to head to the premiere of Batman Again where due to not being on the list, sneak in and replace the Challengers of the Unknown by tossing them into a portal conjured by Raven. During the trailers for other upcoming films, Robin humiliates himself after assuming that there will be a movie about him and is laughed out by everyone. At the rest of the team's suggestion, Robin resolves that in order to get a movie made about him and the Titans, they need an arch-nemesis.

Nearby, Slade breaks into Star Labs to steal a crystal. The Titans arrive and attempt to stop him, but he defeats them by using his "mind powers" (which in actuality are just childish illusory tricks) and makes off with the crystal, but not before telling the Titans that they are jokes. The next day, a distraught Robin is asked by Beast Boy to come into the living room to show them a movie that they had made for him. Robin turns it off prematurely after proclaiming his dream of having a movie about him and the Titans agree to head to Hollywood to make it possible. Upon arriving, they once again must sneak in and run into director Jade Wilson who is responsible for all the superhero movies being made. She turns down the Titans' request to be in a movie, but explains that the only way she would make one about them is if they were the only superheroes in the world. The Titans briefly take her words seriously by going back in time to prevent the origins of the other superheroes, but only end up ruining the future forcing them to go and undo their blunder.

Slade next arrives at Wayne Tech to infuse the crystal's power and the Titans arrive to stop him, this time putting up an actual fight. They secure the crystal, but Slade escapes, resolving to split Robin from his teammates. The next day, Jade invites the Titans back to Hollywood and announces that she will be making a movie about them due to their recent fight with Slade.

While Robin is given a tour of the premises, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire and Cyborg venture out and cause mischief. They find a Doomsday Machine that is heavily guarded by the heroes and try to destroy it, but Jade arrives and reveals that D.O.O.M.S.D.A.Y. is just a terrible acronym for a new streaming service for the new movie she is making. She resolves to drop the rest of the Titans from the film and make it solely about Robin which he accepts, much to the consternation of his team who wish him luck.

Robin finishes making the movie, but during a scene where he interacts with the Titan Tower door panel, a light falls and knocks him out. He awakens and finishes the scene where Jade reveals that they are in the tower for real and that she is actually Slade himself in disguise. He gets the crystal back and plans to use it to control the world, having made numerous superhero films so that they would be too busy to stop him, before leaving a captured Robin to die by setting of the tower ablaze. Thanks to his baby-sized hands, Robin escapes the burning tower in the nick of time but after he resurfaces from the ocean, he can only watch he and his friends' home being destroyed. He then calls his friends back who gladly join to take out Slade. While the Titans unmask him at the premiere of Robin: The Movie, Slade unleashes the crystal's power and takes control of all the heroes who chase down the Titans. Robin goes after Slade while the rest of the team leads off the heroes. Although this results their car getting crashed, Raven manages to teleport the brainwashed heroes into the universe where the Challengers Of the Unknown being sent to, causing the innocent Challengers to be attacked by those heroes. However, when the Titans arrive and destroy the screens, Slade has already used his new power to control Robin and tells him to attack his friends. Beast Boy and Starfire try to stop him but to no avail as he violently kicks Beast Boy (much to Raven's concern) and uses his staff to electrocute Starfire who screams in agony before tossing her away. As the four are being cornered, Cyborg inserts the tape of their homemade movie to show Robin the rest of it. At first, he still believes that they regard him as a joke, but when he sees how they credit him for bringing them together as a team and regard him as a true hero, Robin comes to his senses and the team takes out Slade together, defeating him and his giant robot.

The heroes all congratulate the Titans for their heroic efforts with Robin admitting that he has learned to be himself. When he tries to go on, everyone demands that they cut to the credits immediately with Robin attempting to stall so that "kids can ask their parents questions".

In a mid-credits scene, the Teen Titans from the 2003 series show up on a distorted screen telling the viewers that they "found a way back".

In a post-credits scene, the Challengers of the Unknown are still trapped in the portal with their leader, Ace Morgan, postulating that they missed the movie followed by a title card reading "To Be Continued on Cartoon Network".

Non-Speaking Characters

 * Aquaman
 * Batgirl
 * Krypto
 * Bumblebee
 * Aqualad
 * Kid Flash
 * Speedy
 * Menos
 * Commissioner Gordon
 * Swamp Thing
 * Jonah Hex
 * Shazam
 * The Wonder Twins
 * Poison Ivy (seen on poster)
 * Joker (seen on poster)
 * Detective Chimp
 * Hawkman
 * Green Arrow
 * Steel
 * Animal Man
 * Darkseid (seen on poster)
 * Elongated Man
 * Black Lightning
 * Donna Troy/Wonder Girl
 * Ted Kord/Blue Beetle
 * Booster Gold
 * Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
 * Arsenal
 * Artemis
 * Miss Martian
 * Superboy
 * Zatanna
 * Tomar-Tu
 * Kilowog
 * Lara Lor-Van
 * Challengers of the Unknown
 * Global Guardians
 * Power Girl
 * Black Canary
 * Metamorpho
 * The Spectre
 * Deadman
 * Wildcat
 * Red Tornado
 * Thomas Wayne
 * Martha Wayne
 * Sinestro
 * Princess Amethyst
 * Vixen

Trivia

 * This is the first ever feature film of the series.
 * This is the first animated Teen Titans movie to hit theaters.
 * This is also the first ever Teen Titans movie in general to hit theaters. The previous Teen Titans films (Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, Justice League vs. Teen Titans and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract) were all direct-to-DVD releases.
 * Attendees at VidCon had the choice to see the movie before it hit theaters at an advance screening on June 22, 2018.
 * This is the third theatrical film with a wide release to be based on a Cartoon Network series after The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002), “Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters” (2007), and The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017).
 * Although, Teen Titans Go and Ninjago are only aired by CN, and they’re made by Warner Bros. As well, Aqua Teen is an Adult Swim show.
 * The names of the movies coming “next summer” and “next next summer” are Car the Movie and Utility Belt: The Movie.
 * The movie's first official trailer was dropped on Wednesday, January 10, 2018.
 * Slade has been referenced and even made cameos throughout the Teen Titans Go! series. However, this movie will mark his speaking debut.
 * With that being said, this might be because many people were adamant to get Slade to appear on Teen Titans Go! and were very disappointed by the outcome of "The Return of Slade".
 * Will Arnett is the voice of Slade. He is replacing Slade's original voice actor, Ron Perlman, for the role.
 * This is the second theatrical 2D animated superhero movie in 25 years after Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), if one doesn't count Batman: The Killing Joke (2017).
 * This is the first fully 2D animated film to be produced by Warner Animation Group, as all of the company's previous films used computer generated (CG) animation.
 * This also marks Warner Bros.' return to 2D animated theatrical films. Warner Bros. had its original feature animation division, which produced 2D animated films.
 * This is Wonder Woman's, Superman's, Green Lantern's (or John Stewart's), and Batman's first speaking role in the Teen Titans Go! universe.
 * When the teaser trailer was released, it received negative reviews by viewers (specifically by people who dislike the Teen Titans Go! series), having 13K dislikes and only 8.3K likes on Warner Bros. YouTube channel.
 * However, the final trailer was much more well-received by both fans and people who dislike the show, with 5.4K likes against 979 dislikes (as of May 1, 2018) on the Warner Bros. YouTube channel.
 * John Stewart's design in this film is slightly different then his design shown in the series (ep. "Real Boy Adventures"). In the series, he had a bit of facial hair, but in the movie, he is clean cut and appears to have a more muscular build along with having a slightly different suit then what he was seen wearing in the series.
 * In the second trailer, the song Thunder by Imagine Dragons plays in the background.
 * Batman is voiced by Jimmy Kimmel, marking his first ever speaking role in any Teen Titans Go! media.
 * This is the very first Theatrical Warner Bros. Film to rely solely on Flash Animation instead of Traditional Animation, or CGI Animation.
 * This is the very first film to use the 2011 Warner Bros. Pictures logo with the WarnerMedia byline after AT&T acquired and reincorporated Time Warner as WarnerMedia. This logo would later been seen on future films starting with The Meg.
 * Alfred apparently starred in his own movie which the Titans are excited about seeing.
 * Also Alfred's part in Teen Titans Go! to the Movies marks his first speaking role.
 * Afred's body appearance in his movie trailer differs from his appearance in episodes such as in "TV Knight 2" and "Mo' Money Mo' Problems", where he is slim and not muscular.
 * During the two part episode "Kabooms", viewers got special sneak peeks of the movie.
 * Issue #57, "Falling Stars", of the Teen Titans Go! comic series and the second part to the episode special, "Kabooms", is based on the movie's plot.
 * On July 13, 2018, the film got nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Short Form Animated Program".
 * Before the movie, a short film called "#TheLateBatsby" based on the upcoming series DC Super Hero Girls was played.
 * In spite of often treating one other (especially Robin) like dirt, the movie reveals that the Titans still see one another as surrogate family members when the four others showed Robin their full homemade movie for him to help him snap out of the manipulation of Slade.
 * The movie got Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 90%.
 * The movie received positive reviews from critics, including haters.
 * This is Slade’s first speaking role in Teen Titans GO!

Continuity

 * Starfire's affection for cats is shown.
 * The episode "Waffles" is indirectly referenced when Slade asks if the Titans will annoy him with waffles and we see Beast Boy and Cyborg holding them before dropping them once Slade asks his question.
 * Alfred's "butler-styled" combat as shown in his movie trailer is a callback to the way he fought numerous Gotham villains in "Mo' Money Mo' Problems".
 * The Titans don't recognize Slade despite Robin mentioning him in "The Return of Slade" and referencing him several times in the series.
 * Robin's "baby hands", first revealed in the episode with the same name, are seen again.
 * Cyborg shooting meatballs is a callback to "Meatball Party".
 * The time machine which debuted in “Money Grandma” is being brought up again.
 * When Raven saves Beast Boy from falling, she shuts Beast Boy up after he thanks her, though she smiles lightly at him before throwing him onto the ground. Also, as Beast Boy was being kicked by a mind-controlled Robin, Raven was the first to show concern to him. These moments hint that both still have feelings for each other.
 * Some of the TTG crew from The Self-Indulgent 200th Episode Spectacular! appeared as cameos as citizens trying to flee from villains after the Titans erased every superhero and returned to the present, only to discover villains roaming around instead.
 * The craft service table has Wonder Woman themed yogurts. These may be referencing Wonder Woman's probiotic yogurts from Two Parter.
 * Raven tells Robin that to get their own movie and be seen as real superheroes,they would need an arch-nemesis. She gives him the same advice in Starfire the Terrible, and even uses the term "crazed lunatic" to describe an arch-nemesis.

Errors

 * If the Titans were traveling back in time to keep the superheroes from becoming superheroes, Robin (Batman's sidekick) would not have existed. At very least, though his parents could have still been killed, Batman would have never recruited him and he would have been likely sent to an orphanage. And by doing so, Robin would have never reunited the Titans (as mentioned in the film), and the Teen Titans would have never been formed.
 * Furthermore, The Joker and Harley Quinn are present in alternate timelines, but the former's origins state that if not for Batman, the Joker would have been shot dead by a cop at Ace Chemicals, so he would never become a villain. Additionally, if the Joker never became the Joker, he would have never been committed to Arkham Asylum and Harley Quinn would have never fallen in love with him and become a villainess.

Running Gags

 * Characters saying "Slade" dramatically.
 * Characters breaking the fourth wall.
 * The Atom getting squished.
 * Raven mentioning that she can summon a portal.
 * The Titans making fun of Robin's baby hands.
 * Robin wishing he was in a movie.
 * The Challengers of the Unknown floating in an empty void.
 * Slade using mind-manipulation on the Titans.

Soundtrack
The full list of songs in "Teen Titans Go! to the Movies" can be found here.

Transcript
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