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''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]'' is a [[Made for TV Movie|made-for-TV]] [[The Movie|movie]] based on the popular 2003-2006 [[Animated Series]] ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'', produced for [[Cartoon Network]] by [[Warner Bros]] animation. It was the last original ''Teen Titans'' material to air on Cartoon Network before the show went into reruns.
 
After Titans Tower is nearly destroyed by a [[Sentai]]-esque, paint-themed assailant, apparently for no reason, the Teen Titans decide to get to the root of the problem and head for Japan, where they believe the villain came from. Once there, they hear word of a fantastic underworld figure named Brushogun, who may be behind the unexplained attack...even though a team of Japanese troopers whose job it is to keep [[Tokyo]] safe from threats too great for the regular police insist that such a person is nothing but folklore and doesn't really exist. Discouraged, the Teen Titans put the matter aside and explore the city, until, unexpectedly, an attack by a group of bizarre monsters leads them to believe that there may be much more to the Brushogun "myth" than they have been told.
 
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=== This movie contains examples of: ===
* [[Almost Kiss]]: Twice, between Robin and Starfire.
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: One of Japanese kids' shows/films from yesteryear, such as ''[[Astro Boy]]'' and ''[[Spirited Away]]''.
* [[Armor -Piercing Slap]]/[[Dope Slap]]: Raven does this to Beast Boy in the end, just before the credits.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: {{spoiler|Brushogun under Daizo's imprisonment.}}
* [[Animesque]]: ''You don't say.''
* [[Animeland]]: In more of a Satire/Parody Sense.
* [[Art Attacker]] / [[Art Initiates Life]]: Brushogun's ability.
* [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever]]: The team faces this twice: [[Kaiju|once when first arriving]], and again as the climactic battle.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Brushogun sending the first Saico-Tek against the Titans to lure them to Tokyo.}}
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: {{spoiler|Brushogun's}} origin.
* [[Big Bad]]: Brushogun {{spoiler|turns out to simply be a prisoner being used by the ''real'' [[Big Bad]] Commander Daizo.}}
* [[The Big Damn Kiss]]: {{spoiler|Robin and Starfire}} finally get theirs, after four seasons of the show's [[Ship Tease]] but not until [[Last -Minute Hookup|the last few minutes of the movie]].
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Nya-Nya, the pink-ink [[Catgirl]], never speaks a word of English in either of her forms.
** ''"Otaku"'' is the Japanese equivalent of "geek"...not cute, which Beast Boy seems to think it means.
** ''"Nya-nya"'' translates to "meow-meow".
** During the battle, when Nya-Nya is riding pterodactyl-BB:
{{quote| '''Nya-Nya:''' I love to hurt cute little animals. I look forward to tormenting you.}}
** After kissing BB on the cheek:
{{quote| '''Nya-Nya''' Close your eyes. This will hurt.}}
* [[The Cameo]]: Aqualad briefly appears as the Titans fly over the Pacific.
* [[The Chew Toy]]: Beast Boy.
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** When the gang first arrives in Tokyo, the one place Beast Boy really wants to visit is a comic book factory. {{spoiler|Wouldn't you know it, that's where the [[Big Bad]]'s hideout is.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]}}
* [[Dark -Skinned Blond]]: A ganguro features as part of Beast Boy's [[Unwanted Harem]].
* [[Deranged Animation]]: Bits of it within the movie.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: To serve the plot, but still. {{spoiler|Printer's ink is not water soluble. ''Alcohol'', on the other hand, would have the effect shown.}}
* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female Onon Male)]]: From beginning to end, Raven mostly abuses Beast Boy, though he ''did'' start it when he stuck his finger up Raven's nose while she was sleeping.
* [[Eat That]]: The Chef, trying to discourage Cyborg from eating everything in his restaurant.
* {{spoiler|[[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: Commander Daizo}}, a major plot point.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: During the [[Gratuitous English]] karaoke scene, Beast Boy morphs into a number of animals. He turns into an octopus--while striking the classic "seduction on a bed" pose. Yes. You read it right. They had the balls to put in a [[Naughty Tentacles]] reference. Just wow.
* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: [[Keone Young]] as [[Talking to Himself|Commander Daizo, Saico-Tek, and the angry chef]].
** [[Janice Kawaye]] is Nya-Nya, the catgirl, and [[Yuri Lowenthal]] voiced the biker Robin interrogates.
** Brushogun himself is voiced by actor Cary-Hiroyuki Kagawa, who played as Shang Tsung in the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' movie.
* [[Indecisive Parody]]: Tokyo.
* [[Jackass Genie]]/[[Deal Withwith the Devil]]
* [[Kaiju]]: The first threat the Titans encounter in Tokyo, eventually beaten by the Troopers.
** This was obviously intended to be a [[Godzilla]] [[Captain Ersatz|stand-in]], but actually resembled Gorgo more.
* [[Karaoke Box]]: Beast Boy during the movie, and the whole cast during the end credits. The [[Blind Idiot Translation|lyrics]] are due to [[Rule of Funny]].
* [[Last -Minute Hookup]]: After endless [[Ship Tease|teasing]] in the series, {{spoiler|Robin and Starfire finally kiss}} at the end of the movie.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Commander Uehara Daizo}}
* [[Mecha -Mooks]]: Well, technically {{spoiler|magic-ink-construct mooks, but still...}}
* [[Moment Killer]]: {{spoiler|Robin ruins the first moment himself. The second time Robin and Starfire are just about to kiss, the rest of the Titans walk in and interrupt ''that'' moment.}} Funnily enough, they don't seem to suspect a thing.
* [[The Movie]]: ''What do you think?''
* [[Occidental Otaku]]: Beast Boy
* [[Official Couple]]: {{spoiler|Robin and Starfire}}. About time.
* {{spoiler|[[One -Winged Angel]]: Commander Daizo jumps into his magic printer, fusing himself with Brushogun's magic and turning himself into a gigantic ink monster.}}
* [[Orbital Kiss]]
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Beast Boy of course.
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* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: [[Official Couple|Take a wild guess.]]
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The cityscapes of Tokyo are very pretty.
* [[Shout -Out]]: There are tons of them for Japanese pop culture.
** The blob monster that attacks Raven resembles No-Face from ''[[Spirited Away]]''.
** Mecha-Boi is...[[Astro Boy|do I really need to say it?]]
*** His blue color scheme indicates...VideoGame/MegaMan?
*** His stocky stature resembles [[The Big Guy and Rusty Thethe Boy Robot (Comic Book)|Rusty]] as opposed to [[Astro Boy]]'s more slender figure.
** {{spoiler|Uehara Daizo}} throws himself into a machine, similar to the Joker's origin, albeit an intentional version.
** Commander Uehara Daizo closely resembles ''[[Lupin III]]'''s famous Inspector Zenigata.
** Kaneda and Yamagata from [[Akira (Manga)|Akira]] appear in a crowd scene watching a sumo match.
*** The bike Robin "borrows" has taillights that leave momentary after-images, just like Kaneda's bike.
** Saico-Tek is similar in design to numerous [[Kamen Rider|Kamen Riders]], and his split-down-the-middle color scheme resembles [[Kikaider]].
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** Nya-Nya is based on the Puma sisters from ''[[Dominion Tank Police]]''
** A little less noticeable, but the story of how Brushogun and the ink monsters came to be is terribly similar to the Painter who tried to use ink dissolved with a Shikon Fragment to create his own personal version of the Hime that he was in love with in chapters 56-58 of the [[Inuyasha]] manga. {{spoiler|Inuyasha defeats him, though.}} The other similarity is that {{spoiler|whenever one of his Ink Oni are killed they collapse in an explosion of ink, blood and guts, much like Brushogun did when killed by the Titans...minus the blood and guts.}}
** Raven becoming a spokeswoman for Super Twinkle Donkey Gum mirrors [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_celebrity_advertising:Foreign celebrity advertising|the practice of hiring American actors to star in Japanese commercials]].
* [[Ship Sinking]]: Raven/Beast Boy, according to some.
** This is not as definitive as the obvious sinking of Robin/Raven, however.
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of Thethe Universe]]: ''Duh!''
* [[Tonight Someone Kisses]]: {{spoiler|Robin and Starfire}}
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: ''Beast Boy'' gets one of these. At first it's subverted in that he has no qualms about being [[Covered in Kisses]], then it's played straight when it becomes apparent his new fangirls won't let him leave.
** They're [the fangirls] quite clingy in an almost [[Yandere]] sort of way.
* [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?]]: Robin [[What the Hell, Hero?|gets called out on this]] after he apparently killed a villain {{spoiler|though the villain was made of ink}}:
{{quote| '''Robin''': He wasn't human.<br />
'''Inspector''': Neither are most of your friends. }}
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]
* [[You Fail Geography Forever]]: Beast Boy, in-context. "When do we see the Great Wall?"
** Also, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080410040855/http://www.tokyotower.co.jp/english/ Tokyo Tower] is white and orange, not some shade of blue. And it would be lit up at night.
* [["You?" Squared]]: a variation occurs in this exchange:
{{quote| '''Cyborg and Beast Boy''': *Screeching halt* Who's chasing you?!?<br />
'''Beast Boy''': Girls!<br />
'''Cyborg''': [[It Makes Sense in Context|Chefs!]] }}
 
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[[Category:Teen Titans: Trouble Inin Tokyo]]
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[[Category:Tokyo Index]]
[[Category:Western Animation of the 2000s]]
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Latest revision as of 00:37, 5 October 2020

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo is a made-for-TV movie based on the popular 2003-2006 Animated Series Teen Titans, produced for Cartoon Network by Warner Bros animation. It was the last original Teen Titans material to air on Cartoon Network before the show went into reruns.

After Titans Tower is nearly destroyed by a Sentai-esque, paint-themed assailant, apparently for no reason, the Teen Titans decide to get to the root of the problem and head for Japan, where they believe the villain came from. Once there, they hear word of a fantastic underworld figure named Brushogun, who may be behind the unexplained attack...even though a team of Japanese troopers whose job it is to keep Tokyo safe from threats too great for the regular police insist that such a person is nothing but folklore and doesn't really exist. Discouraged, the Teen Titans put the matter aside and explore the city, until, unexpectedly, an attack by a group of bizarre monsters leads them to believe that there may be much more to the Brushogun "myth" than they have been told.

Tropes used in Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo include:

Nya-Nya: I love to hurt cute little animals. I look forward to tormenting you.

    • After kissing BB on the cheek:

Nya-Nya Close your eyes. This will hurt.

Robin: He wasn't human.
Inspector: Neither are most of your friends.

Cyborg and Beast Boy: *Screeching halt* Who's chasing you?!?
Beast Boy: Girls!
Cyborg: Chefs!