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''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' features plenty of [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]]. Here's the list:
''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' features plenty of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]]. Here's the list:
* There are many references to ''[[FLCL (Anime)|FLCL]]'' and ''[[Battle of the Planets (Anime)|Battle of the Planets]]'', as Glen Murakami's a fan of both.
* There are many references to ''[[FLCL (Anime)|FLCL]]'' and ''[[Battle of the Planets (Anime)|Battle of the Planets]]'', as Glen Murakami's a fan of both.
* "257-494" is pretty much twenty-two minutes of references. They even got in the ''[[Star Wars]] Kid''.
* "257-494" is pretty much twenty-two minutes of references. They even got in the ''[[Star Wars]] Kid''.
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* Immediately after the Chewbacca shout-out, he turns Cyborg into [[Giant Robo]] (and himself into Daisaku Kusama)!
* Immediately after the Chewbacca shout-out, he turns Cyborg into [[Giant Robo]] (and himself into Daisaku Kusama)!
* Watch just after the first commercial break in "Fractured"; Larry turns Robin's arm into [[Evil Dead|a chainsaw.]]
* Watch just after the first commercial break in "Fractured"; Larry turns Robin's arm into [[Evil Dead|a chainsaw.]]
* Possibly jumping the line between homage and plagiarism, the episode "Car Trouble" copies the ''entire'' minutes long chase scene from ''[[The Castleof Cagliostro (Anime)|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'', down to the level of detail visible in each shot.
* Possibly jumping the line between homage and plagiarism, the episode "Car Trouble" copies the ''entire'' minutes long chase scene from ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro (Anime)|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'', down to the level of detail visible in each shot.
* In "Betrothed", the scene where Robin yells Starfire's name through a glass window is very reminiscent of ''[[The Graduate]]''.
* In "Betrothed", the scene where Robin yells Starfire's name through a glass window is very reminiscent of ''[[The Graduate]]''.
* "The Prophecy" has Slade stopping time using the same visual effect as the ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' [[OA Vs]].
* "The Prophecy" has Slade stopping time using the same visual effect as the ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' [[OA Vs]].
* What about the fact that ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' made a parody of the show? Then not long after, in "Stranded", Beast Boy accidentally rebuilt Cyborg as a chicken? Even funnier when you know that the creators of ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' have credited Cyborg as the basis for their Chicken design.
* What about the fact that ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' made a parody of the show? Then not long after, in "Stranded", Beast Boy accidentally rebuilt Cyborg as a chicken? Even funnier when you know that the creators of ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' have credited Cyborg as the basis for their Chicken design.
* The inside of Kitten and Killer Moth's house is suspiciously similar to the house from ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''.
* The inside of Kitten and Killer Moth's house is suspiciously similar to the house from ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''.
* "Mad Mod" features a plethora of shoutouts; including the Sea of Holes from ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'', [[Scooby Dooby Doors|a door sequence]] ripped straight out of ''[[Scooby Doo]]'', mind-boggling paintings by [[MC Escher]] and mind control devices not entirely unlike the ones used in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''.
* "Mad Mod" features a plethora of shoutouts; including the Sea of Holes from ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'', [[Scooby-Dooby Doors|a door sequence]] ripped straight out of ''[[Scooby Doo]]'', mind-boggling paintings by [[MC Escher]] and mind control devices not entirely unlike the ones used in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''.
* "Revolution" has several ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' references, including: shrill old women discussing shopping, the Terry Gilliam look of the illusions he uses, and, of course, [[Giant Foot of Stomping|a giant foot]] crushing all of the team except Robin.
* "Revolution" has several ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' references, including: shrill old women discussing shopping, the Terry Gilliam look of the illusions he uses, and, of course, [[Giant Foot of Stomping|a giant foot]] crushing all of the team except Robin.
** It is also a constant reference to the "[[The Beatles|Eleanor Rigby]]" segment of ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'': The newspaper cutouts which replace the city mirror those used for Liverpool.
** It is also a constant reference to the "[[The Beatles|Eleanor Rigby]]" segment of ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'': The newspaper cutouts which replace the city mirror those used for Liverpool.
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* The opening scene of "Masks" parallels the cave scene of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.
* The opening scene of "Masks" parallels the cave scene of ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.
* The design of [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/9116/263886-107891-red-x_super.jpg Red X] is very similar in tone, motif, and look to [http://kofplayer.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/skullman.jpg?w=510 Skull Man.] It's a bit tough to call, though. ''[[Skull Man]]'' does predate this show by a lot, but that specific design didn't come until the 2007 version by [[Bones]].
* The design of [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/9116/263886-107891-red-x_super.jpg Red X] is very similar in tone, motif, and look to [http://kofplayer.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/skullman.jpg?w=510 Skull Man.] It's a bit tough to call, though. ''[[Skull Man]]'' does predate this show by a lot, but that specific design didn't come until the 2007 version by [[Bones]].
* Brain's robot body and voice in "Homecoming" suspiciously similar to that of a [[Doctor Who (TV)|Dalek.]]
* Brain's robot body and voice in "Homecoming" suspiciously similar to that of a [[Doctor Who|Dalek.]]
** This was intentional, funnily enough.
** This was intentional, funnily enough.
* In "The End, Part. II", Robin and Slade [[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|both dance like they want to win]].
* In "The End, Part. II", Robin and Slade [[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|both dance like they want to win]].
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* The computer virus Cyborg is infected with in "Crash" is clearly Keramon, the baby form of the [[Big Bad]] of the second ''[[Digimon]]'' movie, ''Bokura no Wargame''.
* The computer virus Cyborg is infected with in "Crash" is clearly Keramon, the baby form of the [[Big Bad]] of the second ''[[Digimon]]'' movie, ''Bokura no Wargame''.
* The title of the first Raven-centric episode, "Nevermore", is a reference to the famous [[Edgar Allan Poe]] poem [[The Raven (Literature)|The Raven]].
* The title of the first Raven-centric episode, "Nevermore", is a reference to the famous [[Edgar Allan Poe]] poem [[The Raven (Literature)|The Raven]].
* Ho boy. In the ''New Teen Titans'' short "Turn Back The Clock", Mad Mod is turning back time with a red [[Doctor Who (TV)|TARDIS]]. As time goes backwards, the teams' costumes go through their previous iterations from the comics, including pants-less Robin and Stripperific Starfire. When they reach the 70's, they get the costumes from the [[Scooby Doo (Animation)|Scooby Doo]] gang, complete with B.B. Snacks. When Robin cranks time forward too far, he's turned into "Robin the ''[[Robot Kid|Toy]]'' Wonder" from ''[[DC One Million]]''; the other four titans are replaced with the futuristic heroes of ''Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone''<ref>(an [[Elseworld|Elseworlds]] series by [[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]] author Adam Warren)</ref>, with the designs done by the series' character designer Derrick Wyatt [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2006/08/titans-scissors-paper-stone.html for fun in 2006] (which helps explain why "Witchie-Poo" [[Self Plagiarism|looks remarkably like]] a post-upgrade [[Transformers Animated (Animation)|Sari Sumdac]]<ref>(Another series with designs by Wyatt)</ref>).
* Ho boy. In the ''New Teen Titans'' short "Turn Back The Clock", Mad Mod is turning back time with a red [[Doctor Who|TARDIS]]. As time goes backwards, the teams' costumes go through their previous iterations from the comics, including pants-less Robin and Stripperific Starfire. When they reach the 70's, they get the costumes from the [[Scooby Doo (Animation)|Scooby Doo]] gang, complete with B.B. Snacks. When Robin cranks time forward too far, he's turned into "Robin the ''[[Robot Kid|Toy]]'' Wonder" from ''[[DC One Million]]''; the other four titans are replaced with the futuristic heroes of ''Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone''<ref>(an [[Elseworld|Elseworlds]] series by [[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]] author Adam Warren)</ref>, with the designs done by the series' character designer Derrick Wyatt [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2006/08/titans-scissors-paper-stone.html for fun in 2006] (which helps explain why "Witchie-Poo" [[Self Plagiarism|looks remarkably like]] a post-upgrade [[Transformers Animated (Animation)|Sari Sumdac]]<ref>(Another series with designs by Wyatt)</ref>).
* The Brain looks like a [[Doctor Who (TV)|Dalek]] from the "neck" down.
* The Brain looks like a [[Doctor Who|Dalek]] from the "neck" down.


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