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* Beast Boy briefly turns into [[Franchise/StarWars Chewbacca]] in "Stranded". Then later carries Cyborg as if he were C-3PO! Immediately after that, he turns Cyborg into Manga/GiantRobo (and himself into Daisaku Kusama)!
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** Speaking of Killer Moth, his design in this show takes a lot of influence from a [[Series/KamenRider different insect-themed superbeing]] to the point it barely resembles his traditional comics look.
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* One of the "New Teen Titans" DC Nation shorts that never aired on TV (but can be watched on the DC Universe streaming service) is titled [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown "It's The Great Pumpkin, Garfield Logan"]], and has a smooth jazz soundtrack that mimics much of the background music in Peanuts specials. The end of the short has the Titans all dancing to a jazz piano remix of their {{Leitmotif}}, with Robin and Beast Boy mimicking some specific dances from WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas and Cyborg playing a piano. (Beast Boy even shifts into a beagle that looks like Snoopy.) There are also some obscure DC shout-outs; Robin dresses up as ComicBook/{{Deadman}}, Silkie is [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mister Mind]], and Cyborg is [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsJLA the Watchtower]].
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* One of the "New Teen Titans" DC Nation shorts that never aired on TV (but can be watched on the DC Universe streaming service) is titled [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown "It's The Great Pumpkin, Garfield Logan"]], and has a smooth jazz soundtrack that mimics much of the background music in Peanuts specials. The end of the short has the Titans all dancing to a jazz piano remix of their {{Leitmotif}}, with Robin and Beast Boy mimicking some specific dances from WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas and Cyborg playing a piano. (Beast Boy even shifts into a beagle that looks like Snoopy.) There are also some obscure DC shout-outs; Robin dresses up as ComicBook/{{Deadman}}, Silkie is [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mister Mind]], and Cyborg is [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsJLA [[ComicBook/JLA1997 the Watchtower]].
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''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' features plenty of {{Shout Out}}s. Here's the list:
* There are many references to ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' and ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'', as Glen Murakami is a fan of both. [[WordOfGod Murakami]] has even said ''FLCL'' was a huge influence on the show.
* "257-494" ("Don't Touch That Dial") is pretty much twenty-two minutes of references. They even got in the ''Franchise/StarWars Kid'' Most notably, the climax is an extended parody of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''..
* "Fear Itself" is the introduction of Control Freak and has many ''Star Wars'' and ''Franchise/StarTrek'' references.
** Control Freak's sole reason for attacking a video rental store was because he found out that they had not made "Warp Trek 5" one of their top suggested movies to rent.
** The sound that Control Freak's remote makes is the same sound the transporter from ''Star Trek'' makes.
** Control Freak assures that although the Teen Titans are not afraid of him, they will be soon, mimicking Yoda's trademark speech pattern.
* In "[[EitherOrTitle Bunny Raven, or How to Make a Titananimal Disappear]]", among other shout-outs (including a JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf shtick), there's a shout-out to "Yes! We Have No Bananas", a part of a 20s Broadway revue.
* In "For Real", Control Freak's HackerCave contains [[Film/TheMatrix multiple computer screens]] with MatrixRainingCode.
* Beast Boy briefly turns into [[Franchise/StarWars Chewbacca]] in "Stranded". Then later carries Cyborg as if he were C-3PO! Immediately after that, he turns Cyborg into Manga/GiantRobo (and himself into Daisaku Kusama)!
* Possibly jumping the line between homage and plagiarism, the episode "Car Trouble" copies the ''entire'' minutes long chase scene from ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', down to the level of detail visible in each shot.
* "The Prophecy" has Slade stopping time using the same visual effect as the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' [=OAVs=].
* The creators of ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' did a parody of the show and credited Cyborg as the basis for their Chicken design. This is acknowledged in "Stranded", when Beast Boy accidentally rebuilds Cyborg as a chicken.
* Kitten and Killer Moth's house is identical to Series/TheBradyBunch house, right down to the landscape in the back.
* "Mad Mod" features a plethora of shoutouts; including the Sea of Holes from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', [[ScoobyDoobyDoors a door sequence]] ripped straight out of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', mind-boggling paintings by Creator/MCEscher, and mind control devices not entirely unlike the ones used in ''Film/AClockworkOrange''. Robin's discovery of the real appearance of TheChessmaster, Mad Mod, is a shoutout to the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Bohemian Rhapsody" [[spoiler: where the BigBad is found to be a decrepit old man playing chess.]]
* In "Revolution":
** The episode has several ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' references, including shrill old women discussing shopping, the Terry Gilliam look of the illusions he uses, and, of course, [[GiantFootOfStomping a giant foot]] crushing all of the team except Robin.
** It references the "[[Music/TheBeatles Eleanor Rigby]]" segment of ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'': The newspaper cutouts which replace the city mirror those used for Liverpool. Further [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] shout outs include an AbbeyRoadCrossing, a chase scene resembling ''Film/AHardDaysNight'', Mod's outfit turning into [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine a Blue Meanie costume]], and Mod [[RushmoreRefacement carving the Fab Four's faces onto Mt. Rushmore.]]
* The opening scene of "The Apprentice " parallels the cave scene of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
* Brain's robot body and voice in "Homecoming" is based on [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek.]]
* In the last episode of the fifth season, "Things Change", a kid who resembles Napoleon from ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'' is also attending Terra's school and can be seen passing by in front of the camera in a few scenes, notably in the library and at the end of the episode in the hallway. Adding to this is the fact that, in the school's hallways, posters reading "Vote for Pedro" can be seen.
* In the short "Movies", Control Freak is painted as a Navi from ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' riding a mecha suit from either the same movie or ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', which appears to be the movie the Titans are watching.
* The title of the first Raven-centric episode, "Nevermore", is a reference to the famous Creator/EdgarAllanPoe poem Literature/TheRaven.
* In the ''New Teen Titans'' short "Turn Back The Clock", Mad Mod is turning back time with a red [[Series/DoctorWho 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 Franchise/ScoobyDoo gang, complete with B.B. Snacks[[note]](This also dual wields as another shout out - there WAS no Teen Titans in the 70's!)[[/note]] When Robin cranks time forward too far, he's turned into "Robin the ''[[RobotKid Toy]]'' Wonder" from ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion''; the other four titans are replaced with the futuristic heroes of ''Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone''[[note]](an {{Elseworld}}s series by Comicbook/{{Empowered}} author Adam Warren)[[/note]], 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" [[SelfPlagiarism looks remarkably like]] a post-upgrade [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Sari Sumdac]][[note]](Another series with designs by Wyatt[[/note]]).
** The opening animation of the sun & Big Ben is straight from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''.
** The ending animation where Mad Mod is having trouble keeping up with the conveyor belt is an homage to the ending credits from ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''.
* At one point in the episode "Sum of His Parts", Robin's 'locator' sounds identical to the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''' communicator. And, to cast aside any doubt, it looks oddly similar, too.
* In "Wavelength", turns out that Cyborg [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck doesn't like being called Sparky.]]
* Melvin, the little girl from ''Hide and Seek'', not only has hair similar to [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Chiyo-Chan]], but [[ExpressiveHair expresses her emotions]] in the same way.
* In "Employee of the Month", the moped Beast boy wants looks like a white-colored version of Haruko's scooter from ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', with a T! instead of a P! sticker on it. When later riding a moped, he dons a scarf like Haruko's.
* In ''The End - Part III,'' Beast Boy fights his own evil side. When he turns into a ''T. rex'', his inner demon counters by transforming into a ''Spinosaurus'', referencing [[SpinosaurusVersusTRex the infamous scene]] in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' in which the latter kills a ''Tyrannosaurus'' and establishes itself as the apex predator on the island.
* In issue no. 11, June 1987, by RJM Lofficier and Joe Orlando the characters meet a muscular [[ComicBook/{{Tintin}} boy with a quiff]] named Tin, whose planet went through a post apocalyptic war. This may sound a bit too obscure, but later in the story he tells about his planet's history and we see him, Captain Haddock and professor Calculus drawn in realistic drawing style. [[http://www.comicscube.com/2010/06/easter-eggs-in-comics-tintin-in-titans.html]]
* In "Transformation", Starfire's forehead growth and the way she tries to push it back into her head directly mirrors Naota's from FLCL, the anime that influenced much of the show's art style.
* One of the "New Teen Titans" DC Nation shorts that never aired on TV (but can be watched on the DC Universe streaming service) is titled [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown "It's The Great Pumpkin, Garfield Logan"]], and has a smooth jazz soundtrack that mimics much of the background music in Peanuts specials. The end of the short has the Titans all dancing to a jazz piano remix of their {{Leitmotif}}, with Robin and Beast Boy mimicking some specific dances from WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas and Cyborg playing a piano. (Beast Boy even shifts into a beagle that looks like Snoopy.) There are also some obscure DC shout-outs; Robin dresses up as ComicBook/{{Deadman}}, Silkie is [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mister Mind]], and Cyborg is [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsJLA the Watchtower]].
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* There are many references to ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' and ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'', as Glen Murakami is a fan of both. [[WordOfGod Murakami]] has even said ''FLCL'' was a huge influence on the show.
* "257-494" ("Don't Touch That Dial") is pretty much twenty-two minutes of references. They even got in the ''Franchise/StarWars Kid'' Most notably, the climax is an extended parody of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''..
* "Fear Itself" is the introduction of Control Freak and has many ''Star Wars'' and ''Franchise/StarTrek'' references.
** Control Freak's sole reason for attacking a video rental store was because he found out that they had not made "Warp Trek 5" one of their top suggested movies to rent.
** The sound that Control Freak's remote makes is the same sound the transporter from ''Star Trek'' makes.
** Control Freak assures that although the Teen Titans are not afraid of him, they will be soon, mimicking Yoda's trademark speech pattern.
* In "[[EitherOrTitle Bunny Raven, or How to Make a Titananimal Disappear]]", among other shout-outs (including a JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf shtick), there's a shout-out to "Yes! We Have No Bananas", a part of a 20s Broadway revue.
* In "For Real", Control Freak's HackerCave contains [[Film/TheMatrix multiple computer screens]] with MatrixRainingCode.
* Beast Boy briefly turns into [[Franchise/StarWars Chewbacca]] in "Stranded". Then later carries Cyborg as if he were C-3PO! Immediately after that, he turns Cyborg into Manga/GiantRobo (and himself into Daisaku Kusama)!
* Possibly jumping the line between homage and plagiarism, the episode "Car Trouble" copies the ''entire'' minutes long chase scene from ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', down to the level of detail visible in each shot.
* "The Prophecy" has Slade stopping time using the same visual effect as the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' [=OAVs=].
* The creators of ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' did a parody of the show and credited Cyborg as the basis for their Chicken design. This is acknowledged in "Stranded", when Beast Boy accidentally rebuilds Cyborg as a chicken.
* Kitten and Killer Moth's house is identical to Series/TheBradyBunch house, right down to the landscape in the back.
* "Mad Mod" features a plethora of shoutouts; including the Sea of Holes from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', [[ScoobyDoobyDoors a door sequence]] ripped straight out of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', mind-boggling paintings by Creator/MCEscher, and mind control devices not entirely unlike the ones used in ''Film/AClockworkOrange''. Robin's discovery of the real appearance of TheChessmaster, Mad Mod, is a shoutout to the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "Bohemian Rhapsody" [[spoiler: where the BigBad is found to be a decrepit old man playing chess.]]
* In "Revolution":
** The episode has several ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' references, including shrill old women discussing shopping, the Terry Gilliam look of the illusions he uses, and, of course, [[GiantFootOfStomping a giant foot]] crushing all of the team except Robin.
** It references the "[[Music/TheBeatles Eleanor Rigby]]" segment of ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'': The newspaper cutouts which replace the city mirror those used for Liverpool. Further [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] shout outs include an AbbeyRoadCrossing, a chase scene resembling ''Film/AHardDaysNight'', Mod's outfit turning into [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine a Blue Meanie costume]], and Mod [[RushmoreRefacement carving the Fab Four's faces onto Mt. Rushmore.]]
* The opening scene of "The Apprentice " parallels the cave scene of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
* Brain's robot body and voice in "Homecoming" is based on [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek.]]
* In the last episode of the fifth season, "Things Change", a kid who resembles Napoleon from ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'' is also attending Terra's school and can be seen passing by in front of the camera in a few scenes, notably in the library and at the end of the episode in the hallway. Adding to this is the fact that, in the school's hallways, posters reading "Vote for Pedro" can be seen.
* In the short "Movies", Control Freak is painted as a Navi from ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' riding a mecha suit from either the same movie or ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', which appears to be the movie the Titans are watching.
* The title of the first Raven-centric episode, "Nevermore", is a reference to the famous Creator/EdgarAllanPoe poem Literature/TheRaven.
* In the ''New Teen Titans'' short "Turn Back The Clock", Mad Mod is turning back time with a red [[Series/DoctorWho 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 Franchise/ScoobyDoo gang, complete with B.B. Snacks[[note]](This also dual wields as another shout out - there WAS no Teen Titans in the 70's!)[[/note]] When Robin cranks time forward too far, he's turned into "Robin the ''[[RobotKid Toy]]'' Wonder" from ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion''; the other four titans are replaced with the futuristic heroes of ''Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone''[[note]](an {{Elseworld}}s series by Comicbook/{{Empowered}} author Adam Warren)[[/note]], 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" [[SelfPlagiarism looks remarkably like]] a post-upgrade [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Sari Sumdac]][[note]](Another series with designs by Wyatt[[/note]]).
** The opening animation of the sun & Big Ben is straight from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''.
** The ending animation where Mad Mod is having trouble keeping up with the conveyor belt is an homage to the ending credits from ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''.
* At one point in the episode "Sum of His Parts", Robin's 'locator' sounds identical to the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''' communicator. And, to cast aside any doubt, it looks oddly similar, too.
* In "Wavelength", turns out that Cyborg [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck doesn't like being called Sparky.]]
* Melvin, the little girl from ''Hide and Seek'', not only has hair similar to [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Chiyo-Chan]], but [[ExpressiveHair expresses her emotions]] in the same way.
* In "Employee of the Month", the moped Beast boy wants looks like a white-colored version of Haruko's scooter from ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', with a T! instead of a P! sticker on it. When later riding a moped, he dons a scarf like Haruko's.
* In ''The End - Part III,'' Beast Boy fights his own evil side. When he turns into a ''T. rex'', his inner demon counters by transforming into a ''Spinosaurus'', referencing [[SpinosaurusVersusTRex the infamous scene]] in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' in which the latter kills a ''Tyrannosaurus'' and establishes itself as the apex predator on the island.
* In issue no. 11, June 1987, by RJM Lofficier and Joe Orlando the characters meet a muscular [[ComicBook/{{Tintin}} boy with a quiff]] named Tin, whose planet went through a post apocalyptic war. This may sound a bit too obscure, but later in the story he tells about his planet's history and we see him, Captain Haddock and professor Calculus drawn in realistic drawing style. [[http://www.comicscube.com/2010/06/easter-eggs-in-comics-tintin-in-titans.html]]
* In "Transformation", Starfire's forehead growth and the way she tries to push it back into her head directly mirrors Naota's from FLCL, the anime that influenced much of the show's art style.
* One of the "New Teen Titans" DC Nation shorts that never aired on TV (but can be watched on the DC Universe streaming service) is titled [[WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown "It's The Great Pumpkin, Garfield Logan"]], and has a smooth jazz soundtrack that mimics much of the background music in Peanuts specials. The end of the short has the Titans all dancing to a jazz piano remix of their {{Leitmotif}}, with Robin and Beast Boy mimicking some specific dances from WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas and Cyborg playing a piano. (Beast Boy even shifts into a beagle that looks like Snoopy.) There are also some obscure DC shout-outs; Robin dresses up as ComicBook/{{Deadman}}, Silkie is [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mister Mind]], and Cyborg is [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsJLA the Watchtower]].
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