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*** The king wasn't around to see who stole the armor first--allfirst—all he saw was both Lance and Baron going at it. The only way this theory makes sense is if he got a testimony from a student who happened to be in the crossfire when Lance first took the armor.

* Lessons in Love. Where do I begin....Well, nothing with Lance and Ilana. They were great this episode; Lance was clearly the most stoic hot-blooded robot pilot ever, and Ilana was....simply sweet and cute and great as always. But Octus...Poor Octus left with that to deal with...That is something I wish on no one, even a robot with a developing AI and human emotions. I'm not even sure if she was even sincere until he actually checked her. Point is, there was very little motivation outside of just being a social butterfly that got themselves in a spiderweb, and needed a way out. Am I supposed to believe that he actually felt something...and that she apparently has [[Character Development|character development]] based on the motivation of wanting to remain that social? Jeez, do we really need societal commentary here, when that social understanding is entirely pointless? The only real development I could see from this is a very different view towards Ilana from her.

{{quote| '''Ilana:''' "Stop! [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|They're humanoid!]]"}}

*** May not even need translation convention; like that of [[The Simpsons (animation)|Kang and Kodos]], the Gallalunian languange seems to be coincidentally exactly the same as American English, considering the first people they talk to don't have even the slightest problem understanding them.

**** Have you ever been a teenager before? Or stood up on a date? It ''hurts'' when a date completely ditches you for reasons he or she refuses to clearly explain, and that holds true for adults and teenagers. She only really went ballistic when Newton decides to abandon the date at the ''very last minute'' and ''never shows up'' for the dance. Provided how he never gives her any real reason for doing so, how is her being pissed at that unreasonable? Would ''you'' be happy if you got ditched on a date at the last minute by someone who only says "I need to go on a bathroom break"?<br />And as for the "no real impact on teenagers" thing, really? I'm a nerd, and when I was a teenager I didn't go to dances. Doesn't mean I held it against people who did like to go to it, nor was I even too caught up in my values to realize that for a lot of people other than me going to the dance means a big fucking deal--especiallydeal—especially if they're in a relationship. And, realize, that relationships are a two-way thing. Some things you personally don't value, but the other does, you at least try to respect for the other's sake and vice versa. You're expecting her to completely disregard what means a big deal to her and only respect what Newton does? She put up with Octus ditching her before, she put up with his lack of a real reason for ditching her, and she put up with Octus being inseparable from Lance and Ilana (even if she doesn't really like the both of them). How is her expecting Newton to at least not ditch during a dance unreasonable?<br />Also, what's with the whole "OMG she made Octus wear a suit, she's persecuting his values" thing? Seriously? Individuality is so tenuous that it would be threated by ''basic social protocol?'' The dance is a formal event, so of course she'd expect Newton to wear a suit. I'm a nerd -- anerd—a [[Firefly|Big Damn Nerd]] and proud of it --butit—but I don't ever act like I'm being controlled or have my individuality threatened every time my girlfriend pesters me about wearing something fancy to a fancy place even though I don't like dressing fancy. Social interaction with other ''individuals'' with their own likes and dislikes means some level of pesky compromise, who knew?!

** They were trying to avoid attracting the big energy-sucking monster since, at that point, they didn't know they could do anything to harm it yet. They form the Titan--aTitan—a process that involves a great deal of energy--andenergy—and it'll attract the creature like a great white to the smell of a bucketful of blood.

**** It's [[The Worf Effect|the Worf Effect]]; it's all there to show how powerful the new Titan is. The first Mutradi was likely no more powerful than any of the others that Titan has gone toe-to-toe with. So, they are Class 1. Steel comes in with something that curbstomps the Mutradi; H.M.E.R. is Class 2. A new monster comes that curbstomps H.M.E.R.; it becomes Class 3. The new Titan appears and obliterates all three Mutradi; they are now Class 4. Titan has moved from a Class 1 to Class 4 power level. Whether you want to view that escalation of power as arithmetic or geometric, it still means that Titan may now be capable of going New Game+ on General Modula's army.

* Why is it that [[Sym -Bionic Titan]] got canned because of a lack of merchandising while [[Cartoon Network]] has more [[Regular Show]] episodes planned? There doesn't seem to be much, if any, official merchandise for that so the decision to drop [[Sym -Bionic Titan]] due to a lack of merchandise doesn't make much sense.

** What bugs me is why nobody merchandised it in the first place. I mean, if you can do toyline consisting mostly of [[Generator Rex|Rex]]-with-a-sword, Rex-with-big-fists, Rex-with-motorcycle-legs, and so on, but don't think you can do toys based off a show with Giant Robots and [[Robeast|Robeasts]]s? ''Bandai'', of all people, should [[Gundam|know better]].