four of the Teen Titans (why didn't they use Robin, how odd?) take on several space monsters in this fun fast paced cartoon. I actually saw the opening to one of these episodes, but for some reason didn't get to see the entire cartoon. it was very frustrating, I'll tell you what.
the worst hip teen dialog is on display here. didn't any of the writers think to actually listen to a real teenager talk? or perhaps slang doesn't sound good unless it's a natural part of speech, as opposed to being scripted. but it's very funny in an inadvertent way.
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Pretty sure Robin was exclusive to Batman due to the ridiculous success of the TV show. Same reason no Bats in the Justice League cartoons.
...Though didn't the Batman cartoons come after most of the Filmation DC shows?
Your writer for this episode is George Kashdan, who was/had been (I am not sure of the chronology) an editor at DC. So there you go.
I think Batman was a year after Superman/Aquaman. still in the middle of the bat-cycle. I'd think they'd want him everywhere at that point.
Without going and looking things up, I'll venture that both DC and Filmation would have loved to do a Batman cartoon earlier, but that 20th Century Fox had some say-so in the matter until "Batmania" cooled down.
Wiki says it premiered in 1968, which was toward the tail end of Batmania. though it would have been in production a year before, I'd think. either way, it's a pretty good cartoon! though the Riddler is mysteriously absent...
I'm pretty sure that Robin was not in the Teen Titans cartoon because the live action Batman TV show was still running on ABC, and so Filmation could not get the rights to any Batman-related characters. Thus Speedy (Green Arrow's teen sidekick) took Robin's place.
The Batman series was canceled in spring 1968, and the CBS/Filmation Superman-Batman show (replacing the Superman-Aquaman Hour) would have premiered in autumn of that year.
And, yeah, DC comics and their TV adaptations had cringe-worthy dialog. Middle-aged writers' idea of teenager slang.
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