Scott Menville
Robin (voice)
Overview
Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg return in all-new, comedic adventures. They may be super heroes who save the world every day ... but somebody still has to do the laundry!
Cast
Reviews
3 min read AI-generated editorial review
The Genius of Aggressive Stupidity
I can still remember the groan that rolled across the internet in 2013. Millennials had spent years begging Cartoon Network to revive Teen Titans, that moody, anime-tinged superhero show wired directly into a certain kind of mid-2000s adolescence. Instead we got Teen Titans Go!: a loud, Flash-animated, aggressively neon parody where the original voice cast came back not to save the city, but to bicker about laundry on the couch. I rejected it on sight. A lot of people my age did. (We were probably taking cartoons much too personally.) More than a decade and nine seasons later, though, it’s pretty obvious the show got the last laugh.
Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath didn’t simply sidestep the earlier series. They turned its legacy into material. This thing plays like children’s Dadaism. The animation is both stiff and rubbery, everybody stretching and snapping with a manic energy that feels one sugar packet away from collapse. Character development isn’t really the point. The show runs on a barrage of non-sequiturs and dares you to keep up.
Scott Menville’s Robin is where that approach really clicks. In the 2003 series, Robin was a brooding little workhorse, forever trying to escape Batman’s shadow. Here, Menville turns him into a tiny authoritarian lunatic with the emotional poise of a collapsing middle manager. His voice keeps cracking into shrill panic. He flails that staff around in clipped, twitchy bursts. His eyes bulge through the mask in perfect geometric rage. What makes it work is that Menville commits as if he’s performing Shakespeare instead of pure nonsense. Tara Strong does something similar with Raven. Seeing the franchise’s resident goth icon become obsessed with "Pretty Pretty Pegasus" is funny on its own. Hearing Strong lace Raven’s toy-pony fixation with actual, wobbling pathos is what makes it weirdly memorable.
I can still remember the groan that rolled across the internet in 2013. Millennials had spent years begging Cartoon Network to revive Teen Titans, that moody, anime-tinged superhero show wired directly into a certain kind of mid-2000s adolescence. Instead we got Teen Titans Go!: a loud, Flash-animated, aggressively neon parody where the original voice cast came back not to save the city, but to bicker about laundry on the couch. I rejected it on sight. A lot of people my age did. (We were probably taking cartoons much too personally.) More than a decade and nine seasons later, though, it’s pretty obvious the show got the last laugh.
Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath didn’t simply sidestep the earlier series. They turned its legacy into material. This thing plays like children’s Dadaism. The animation is both stiff and rubbery, everybody stretching and snapping with a manic energy that feels one sugar packet away from collapse. Character development isn’t really the point. The show runs on a barrage of non-sequiturs and dares you to keep up.
Scott Menville’s Robin is where that approach really clicks. In the 2003 series, Robin was a brooding little workhorse, forever trying to escape Batman’s shadow. Here, Menville turns him into a tiny authoritarian lunatic with the emotional poise of a collapsing middle manager. His voice keeps cracking into shrill panic. He flails that staff around in clipped, twitchy bursts. His eyes bulge through the mask in perfect geometric rage. What makes it work is that Menville commits as if he’s performing Shakespeare instead of pure nonsense. Tara Strong does something similar with Raven. Seeing the franchise’s resident goth icon become obsessed with "Pretty Pretty Pegasus" is funny on its own. Hearing Strong lace Raven’s toy-pony fixation with actual, wobbling pathos is what makes it weirdly memorable.
Audience Opinions
AI summary of viewer review patterns
Audience 5.8/10 AI
"A chaotic, joke-driven parody that younger viewers embrace as silly fun while long-time Teen Titans fans often resent its crude humor and drastic tonal shift."
As a fast, colorful comedy, the show works well for quick ten-minute bursts of goofy antics, catchy songs, and meta superhero gags, and some viewers who gave it a second chance warmed up to it as harmless fun. Others find the constant toilet humor, simplified stories, and exaggerated personalities grating, especially when compared with the more serious 2003 series, and describe it as shallow, repetitive, and disrespectful to the original characters.
What viewers praise
- Light, goofy entertainment Short episodes filled with exaggerated antics and slapstick provide easy background viewing and simple laughs for kids.
- Memorable comedy highlights Certain episodes and running gags, like the waffle-obsessed bits and the Night Begins to Shine arc, are remembered fondly and quoted a lot.
- Catchy music and songs Original tracks and musical sequences stand out as unexpectedly fun and are often singled out as the most enjoyable parts of the series.
- Comfortable cast continuity The returning voice actors keep a familiar dynamic among Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy even in this more comedic format.
Common complaints
- Overuse of crude humor Fart jokes, gross-out gags, and childish punchlines are described as lazy and unfunny, especially across many episodes in a row.
- Repetitive story formulas Plotlines and joke structures often feel copied from episode to episode, creating a sense that the series is spinning its wheels.
- Flattened character portrayals Core heroes, particularly Raven, are seen as stripped of the depth and nuance they had in the earlier series and turned into broad caricatures.
- Heavy-handed pop culture references Frequent reliance on contemporary references and self-parody comes across as forced and hollow rather than clever for those not already sold on the tone.
Recommended for
Younger superhero comedy fans Kids who enjoy slapstick DC universe parody seekers Short-form cartoon bingeing Turn-your-brain-off humor nights
Buzz & Rumors
Public reports AI-researched entertainment notes
TEEN TITANS GO! UNCAPPED: FIRINGS, BANNED EPISODES & BBRAE CHAOS IN REAL LIFE
The Titans may live in a goofy cartoon, but behind the studio doors? We’ve got allegations of wrongful firing, censored booty shaking, shipper chaos, and creators who barely watched the original show. Buckle up, Titans fans — this is the messy multiverse outside the Tower.
Cast Feuds & Behind-the-Mic Drama
The Beast Boy Firing Bombshell
Beast Boy’s chill vibes did not extend to the boardroom. In 2025, longtime Beast Boy actor Greg Cipes claimed Warner Bros literally fired him on Valentine’s Day — right after he went public with his Parkinson’s diagnosis. He described it as “like a death to me that only the fans can bring back to life.” 
- Cipes says he was dropped from voicing Beast Boy after more than 20 years with the character.
- The timing — immediately after his health disclosure — had fans accusing the studio of ableism and demanding a lawsuit.
The Studio’s “Creative Differences” Spin
Warner Bros’ side of the story, via a “source close to the series,” is very different: they claim Beast Boy was being recast for creative reasons, not because of Parkinson’s [1].
- According to the report, Cipes was offered another role on Teen Titans Go! (he’s allegedly already recorded for it) and even a development deal for a future starring vehicle.
- Fans remain divided: some see a cynical PR patch, others think it’s a tragic miscommunication. Either way, it’s the biggest real-world scandal the show’s ever had.
Romance Rumors & BBRAE in Real Life
Tara Strong & Greg Cipes: Ship Captains, Not (Confirmed) Lovers
If you’ve ever thought the chemistry between Beast Boy and Raven felt too real, you’re not alone. Tara Strong (Raven) and Greg Cipes (Beast Boy) lean hard into the BBRAE fantasy IRL.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CJbW8IRgI3B/- Tara posted about launching their podcast The Ship-it Show “with my love Greg Cipes #BBRAE forever” — language that had fans screaming into their Titan Tower pillows [3].
- On TikTok and Instagram, they flirt, joke about “dating,” and play into the ship so much that entire threads are devoted to “Are Tara and Greg actually together??” [3].
- Reality check: there’s no confirmed romantic relationship. This is heavy fan service and mutual trolling — but rumor has it some fans still treat them as canon soulmates off-screen.
Cast Solidarity Amid the Firing Fallout
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When word spread that Cipes was out as Beast Boy, the rest of the core cast — Tara Strong, Khary Payton, Scott Menville, and Hynden Walch — were featured in posts and clips backing him and lamenting the decision, with Cipes sharing a group shoutout urging support from fans [2]. The public front: the Titans stick together, even if the contracts don’t.
Scandals, Lawsuits & Banned Episodes
Censored Booty: The Twerking Crackdown
You know those “Booty Scooty” gags? Turns out some countries did not find them as hilarious as Cartoon Network did.
- Episodes and scenes featuring characters twerking — including the infamous Nana and Beast Boy booty moments — were cut from feeds in the Middle East and parts of Asia for being too suggestive.
- One episode, “The Chaff,” with a giant butt and a full-on “Poop Song,” was outright banned in Southeast Asia and RSEE feeds for “gross content.” [4]
Alleged LGBT Content Gets the Axe
“The Teen Titans Go Easter Holiday Classic” was banned in Arab countries after being flagged for alleged LGBT content. Even where it did air, some versions sliced out romance-related arrow gags, leaving only a sanitized “team huddle” and interrogation scenes [4].
- Fans now trade uncensored clips online like contraband, treating the full episode as a mini “lost media” curiosity.
Discrimination Debate Around Cipes’ Exit
With Greg Cipes publicly tying his firing to his Parkinson’s diagnosis and Deadline noting WB insists it was “creative differences,” fans and commentators have openly questioned whether this is a textbook wrongful-termination scenario just waiting for a lawsuit [1].
- On forums and TikTok, people speculate about legal action; as of the latest coverage, no confirmed suit has been filed — but the pressure on the studio is real.
Wild Trivia & Backstage Shockers
Showrunners Barely Watched the Original
For everyone who swears Teen Titans Go! “doesn’t get” the 2003 classic… you might be onto something. Showrunners Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic admitted they’d only watched “one or two episodes” of the original series before launching Go! .
- Translation: they built a decade-long franchise off an IP they were only vaguely familiar with. No wonder the tone whiplash became a meme.
Beast Boy Is Vegetarian for a Disturbing Reason
That running vegetarian joke? It’s not just a quirky character trait. The creators decided Beast Boy wouldn’t eat meat because, as a shapeshifter, it raised the horrifying implication that he’d be eating animals he can turn into — aka accidental cannibalism. [5]
Cheap Animation, Rich Merch
The original Teen Titans was expensive to animate, which helped doom its episode count. Go! switched to Flash animation largely to slash the budget — and then rode a tsunami of toy sales to 400+ episodes, dwarfing the original’s run. [5]
- Fans have turned this into a running conspiracy theory: the Titans didn’t “go goofy” for art — they did it to move plushies.
Raven’s Secret My Little Pony Crossover
Raven’s obsession with the in-universe show Pretty Pretty Pegasus? That’s a wink at Tara Strong’s other gig: voicing Twilight Sparkle in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic [5].
- So yes, your emo half-demon sorceress is low‑key a brony reference.
Cast vs. Haters: The Eternal War
“Did We Ruin the Original? Let’s Talk About It.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72roewIV9SI
In panels and YouTube-covered Q&As, the cast has openly addressed the “Teen Titans Go! ruined my childhood” crowd, essentially roasting the hate while insisting they love the original as much as anyone. One widely shared panel video is literally framed as them “slamming the critics” and deconstructing the outrage over the show’s tone [6].
- The vibe: equal parts good‑natured clapback and “we’re just here to have fun, guys.”
In short: behind all the fart jokes and waffle worship, Teen Titans Go! is sitting on a mountain of real-world drama — medical controversy, censorship, thirsty shipping, and corporate cost-cutting. The Titans aren’t just breaking the fourth wall; their off-screen lives are basically their own meta-episode.
Entertainment rumors and trivia aggregated from public reporting. Treat speculation as unverified unless a cited source confirms it.
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