Books

"Books" is Teen Titans Go! Season 1, Episode 14a, and the 27th overall episode of the series.

Summary
The Titans discover the wonder of reading, but after opening a magical book that brings their thoughts to life, they are forced to fight against their own imaginations!

Plot
Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy are sitting around the couch bored. All four of them express their boredom. This annoys Raven who is trying to read, and suggests the other Titans try it out as well as it will invoke their imagination. They apparently don't know what reading is so she explains it to them. After a long, awkward silence, the other Titans eventually decide to try it out.

The Titans are immediately entranced by reading and the imagination it invokes in them. Beast Boy enjoys The Return of the Invisible Man, Cyborg is captivated by The Adventures of Pinnochio, Robin is fascinated by The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, and Starfire loves her book about pelicans. They admit that Raven was right about reading and want more. Raven suggests starting a book club and the Titans are enthusiastic about it. Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, and Beast Boy just share their feelings about the books they've read, but Raven suggests they go deeper than that, which she does. This makes the other Titans freak out, saying that Raven is making reading boring. They want more books, but Raven sys to just read each others.

The other four Titans decide to go find more books themselves. They go all around the Tower, looking in the fridge, looking under the couch, and looking behind picture frames (one of which houses Batman). Starfire eventually discovers a book. However, it's a comic book and the Titans don't want to read it because it has pictures and pictures don't invoke imagination.

Eventually, they head just outside the Tower and dig. Beast Boy discovers a chest that has what appears to be a very special book. They show it to Raven but she warns them not to read it because it invokes imagination too much. They ignore her warning and read it anyways. Their imaginations bring out the dangerous versions of characters they were reading about previously. Raven says that the only way to get rid of the characters are to turn off their imaginations.

The Titans are unable to do this so they resort back to doing the book club again to make reading boring. They analyze their books and the characters go back into the special book. Raven hopes that this experience won't turn them away from reading and the five Titans just stare at each other awkwardly with pondering, jazzy music in the background until the episode just randomly ends.

Characters

 * Raven
 * Robin
 * Beast Boy
 * Starfire
 * Cyborg
 * Silkie
 * Benjamin Franklin (debut)
 * Pinocchio (debut)
 * The Invisible Man (debut)
 * Pelicans (debut)
 * Mammoth (cameo)
 * Batman (cameo)
 * Birdarang (debut, cameo)

Songs

 * My Book

Trivia

 * The book featured in Beast Boy's rap says the Titans names repeatedly.
 * This is the second episode to focus on all of the Titans. The first was "Artful Dodgers."
 * Music from Meatball Party and Housebroken Hero returns when all of the Titans' imaginations, save for Raven, assault them.
 * Birdarang, one of Robin and Cyborg's special Power Moves, is first featured in this episode, although his origins of being created are in the aforementioned episode. This also marks his first use of his catchphrase- "What's up, fellas?"

Continuity

 * When Cyborg opens the wall, one of Raven's magical eyeballs goes by mirroring the way it did in "La Larva de Amor." Furthermore, he says he is feeling the strangest sense of "Deja Vu".
 * This is the second time Beast Boy reaches inside Silkie to retrieve an item. ("Hey Pizza!")
 * Birdarang, who was created in "Power Moves", appears.
 * The music that plays in the final fight scene with the imaginations was heard in "Breakfast Cheese" as well as Housebroken Hero.
 * This is the seventh time Cyborg's head has been detached from his body. ("Laundry Day", "Hey Pizza!", "Gorilla", "Tower Power", "Burger vs. Burrito", "Matched")
 * This episode is referenced by Aqualad in "Let's Get Serious".

Errors

 * The Titans say that they can't find books despite being multiple books during the book club.