AWKWARD ZOMBIE

They were kids, that was the whole point. The show started with them being teenagers first and heroes second. What were you like as a kid on the Internet?

As time went on they began experiencing a lot of hard stuff that helped them to mature, though they never completely lost their original personalities.

As I recall most of the of the backlash came from the fact it looked too much like anime. I don't think it got praised hard until the later seasons.

DC seems to be making lots of weird decisions lately. There was that thing they did to starfire

Lambeth, I have to question what the hell is going on with the end of everyone's nose. art style

I already tend not to like the comic versions of all these heroes, I don't need to be reminded of the abomination that is New 52 Starfire.

The problem was that it was canned writing and cliche plot devices at the beginning, which is stuff that tends to happen with new series, but definitely didn't win over DC fans that were used to higher quality work (Batman TAS, Batman Beyond, Justice League, etc.). Static Shock had kind of the same problem. It wasn't until later that you got into some real meat and bones stuff that dealt with the characters growing and felt a bit more original. A Body swap episode (even though I really like that episode and feel it was a strong point for season 1), as something like Cyborg helping Sarasim fight off weird bug monsters and learn that he's not just useful as a machine.

Really, I enjoy almost all of the episodes (though I think the pilot is amongst the weakest), but Season 1 had some issues that were luckily sorted out as things went on (including some elements never seen again, like Slade's butler).

I still label the original Teen Titans as my favorite superhero TV show, with Brave and the Bold behind it. This is just an insult to the original.

Funny you mention TBatB because the producer of that, Michael Jelenic, is also the producer of Teen Titans Go. Huh.

Batman Beyond and The Justice League were the best in my eyes.

Under the assumption that this could be sort of a TT general thread, I will say that I went and watched a bunch of episodes today and had a fun time. God I love Cyborg

I found all of the Teen Titans likable in the original show.

Starfire and Raven were my favorites because of how well they played off each others' personality.

I liked all of them, but I felt Robin was always the weakest, even at his best.

I felt like all of his development went into him being a leader and being the hero, but none really went into him being a person other than "man look at that relationship with Starfire". It would have also been nice to maybe eventually go beyond the mask (and maybe they had plans for this in the future too).

I mean, Cyborg constantly confronts whether he's more machine than man and whether to embrace it or temper it in some way, along with struggling with his dependence on it. Starfire is foreign and naive and starts out sharing more of her culture with everyone else than actually partaking in Earth culture, her development with her family as well as her feelings of being alienated from the group because of communication issues gradually declining made her a much stronger and more confident character later on. Beast Boy had to deal with his naivety and ignorance a lot, but generally worked through it by finding a way to stay true to his important values like not leaving anyone behind and standing behind friends no matter what. It really wasn't easy given what he had to deal with, but he had the stubborn willpower to do it. And of course Raven dealt with learning how to express emotions in a stable manner without having to hide away in fear of her own powers, and given her arc dealt with a lot of her insecurities due to being the harbinger of the end of the world, she comes across as much happier in later seasons.

Robin... really didn't have too much personal growth. He felt a lot more flat than the others. The one thing I can maybe say for him is that after season 1, his lone wolf ideas stopped really happening, likely because he knew how much Red X hurt the trust in the team and that they are indeed a team. But that kinda works for all of them, eventually they become a lot more cohesive and amicable to each other so they can work together.

Man, the second part of the latest episode is one of those hit or misses. well, so is the series as it starts out but still. The first part where Robin has to get his driver's licence was hilarious though.

I lost it when Ravens dad started wearing fathers clothes.

And not in a good way.

These guys haven't fought ONE daisies villain for more than 5 minutes, I'm WAITING HERE.

Robin is basically the straight man in the gang. I liked his whole thing with slade.