Where Exactly on the Globe is Carl Sanpedro? - Part 1

Where Exactly on the Globe is Carl Sanpedro? - Part 1
Season	6
Episode	25 (286)
Original Airdate	Monday, August 10, 2020
Premiere Time (EST)	12:00 PM
Produced By	Peter Rida Michail Luke Cormican Peggy Regan
Written By	Brady Klosterman
Directed By	Luke Cormican
Production Code	613a
Chronology
Previous Episode	"The Night Begins To Shine Two: Chapter Five: You're The One"
Next Episode	"Where Exactly on the Globe is Carl Sanpedro? - Part 2"
Video
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Where Exactly on the Globe is Carl Sanpedro - Part 1 is the first episode of the four-part special of the same name, the 25th episode of of the sixth season of Teen Titans Go!, and the 286th overall episodes of the series.

Summary

The Titans fly to Los Angeles but end up in San Pedro, where Berto tells them about the villainous longshoreman, Carl Sanpedro.

Plot

The episode starts with the Titans packing their bags for the trip. Robin announces that they will be leaving for the flight. Each of the Titans announce what they will be doing on the flight. Robin tells the Titans that they are going to Los Angeles. Everyone is excited to do something there. Cyborg wants to do a tour that goes past celebrities' houses, while Raven wants to dance at a night club. Beast Boy wants to eat a vegan meal at a fancy restaurant, and finally, Starfire wants to ride at the expensive theme parks.

However, the gang end up in San Pedro, where Berto's house is located. Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Raven complain that Robin didn't fulfill his promise. Starfire, however, is interested at staying in Berto's house. It turns out that the Titans will be sleeping in his son's room, but not on the bed. Everybody is upset, but Robin tries to cheer them up about places in San Pedro, like the local sub shop Gut Gushers, the Maritime Museum[1], or explore the docks. Berto says that he is a celebrity and can make the finest shrimps and prime ribs. Then, he sings a song about he can cook it.

The Titans then go down to the basement, and Berto shows the vault where he keeps his recipe book. Unfortunately, the recipe book is stolen by the villainous longshoreman Carl Sanpedro. To retrieve the book, the teens decide to explore different parts of San Pedro.

The Titans first visit the ballet studio and meet Mindy Oakland, a famous ballerina. Initially, Mindy seems amiable to them, but she becomes demanding and therefore the Titans has to do ballet dances while asking questions about Carl Sanpedro, which ends up causing tremendous pain for their toes. Mindy can care less about their agony though and instead is more satisfied with their submission to her.

Tiptoeing is a traumatic turmoil!

After the studio, the Titans go eat at Gut Gushers. At first the sandwiches taste good to all of them, but then their guts start gushing (true to the sandwiches' namesake!) and then explode. Robin finds footprints with mustard on them and leaves the restaurant with the Titans, much to the dismay of the staff who has to clean their mess.

Then the Titans arrive at the Maritime Museum, much to Starfire's dismay. However, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Raven, and Starfire find a big ship, which is actually the US Iowa, and play as if they were the crew. Suddenly, Starfire spots Carl Sanpedro at the Maritime Museum's gift shop, who then activates a dock robot, which the Titans are no match for. However, with the power of hurting their toes, they leap onto the ship, shoot out the Gut Gushers, and with the power of the sandwiches, they finally defeat the robot.

After the Titans defeat Carl, however, they found out that he has escaped. Berto says that they have to travel across the world in order to get his recipe book back. The episode ends with Robin saying "where exactly on the globe is Carl Sanpedro?", followed by Berto saying "Okey-Dokey".

Characters

• Robin
• Beast Boy
• Raven
• Starfire
• Cyborg
• Albert Jelenic
• Carl Sanpedro (debut)
• Mindy Oakland (debut)
• Sea Turtle (cameo)
• Deathtoilet (mentioned, cameo on poster)

Song

• Shrimps and Prime Rib (song) (reprise)

Trivia

• This is the only episode where Carl Sanpedro is seen without his henchmen.
• Robin is seen purchasing all of the Titans' sandwiches himself, implying he may be responsible for paying for all the Titans' food. Hopefully the Titans appreciate Robin more in the future.
• The overpriced theme park Starfire refers to is Disneyland, confirmed by the location shown on Berto's phone.
• Talya Perper did the storyboard for the scenes where the Titans are in Mindy's ballet studio (with Sean Kreiner), visiting Gut Gushers, and part of the part when the Titans encounter Carl Sanpedro at the Maritime Museum.
• Branko Kljajic storyboarded the fight between the Titans and Carl's robot.

Continuity

• Raven is seen unhooded for the 110th time in the series.
• Beast Boy is seen ordering/eating a vegan meal, reinforcing the fact that he is a vegetarian.
• Raven's feelings for Beast Boy, and her associated jealousy, are displayed when Beast Boy admires Mindy's legs.
• When the Titan's stomachs are full-up with sandwiches, Starfire is shown to have nine stomachs, which was first revealed in "Smile Bones".

References

• The ballerina 'Mindy Oakland' may be a play on Misty Copeland, a world-famous ballet dancer from San Pedro, California.
• The USS Iowa can be seen in this episode.
• There is a Golden Girls statuette in Michael Jelenic's old bedroom.
• A logo of the 1980's sitcom character Alf is seen printed on Michael's old bed blanket.
• The restaurant Gut Gusher is most likely a direct reference to Busy Bee Market's $12 "Belly Buster" in San Pedro, CA.

Errors

TBA

Running Gags

• Robin excitedly pronouncing Los Angeles in an exaggerated manner.
• Mindy forces the Titans to stand on their tiptoes, causing Titans subsequent foot and leg pain.
• Characters suffer from numerous stomach explosions.
• Berto and the Titans recommend the audience travel to San Pedro, CA.

Gallery

The image gallery for Where Exactly on the Globe is Carl Sanpedro? - Part 1 may be viewed here.