History WesternAnimation / TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo

** ''"Otaku"'' is the Japanese equivalent of "geek"...not cute, which Beast Boy seems to think it means.

* DistressBall: Starfire. She actually forgets that ''she can fly'' and has to be snatched out of the air mid-drop by Robin, who has no super-powers. Ironically, one fan once remarked on a forum that if such a thing ever happened she would be called out on it, as it would be an obvious ploy to attract Robin's attention. Instead it was played painfully straight. [[FridgeBrilliance However, given that an early-season episode shows that her powers are linked to her emotional state, including flight, and that a later-season episode also acknowledging this by causing her to be grounded in an episode where she was to unhappy to fly, this might be justified given event of the movie.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Saico-Tek uses pair of ''jitte'', a weapon commonly associated with [[spoiler:the police.]]

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Early in the movie as the Titans prepare for their trip to Japan, we see the individual members each packing for their trip; Robin methodically selecting a spare suit and suitcase, Beast Boy throwing everything he owns into a suitcase and turning into a mammoth to squash everything down so he can fit it all in; Cyborg packing spare limbs, Starfire using a vacuum-nosed animal as a living handbag...and Raven walking into a bathroom and selecting a toothbrush.

** Mecha-Boi is...[[Anime/AstroBoy do I really need to say it?]]
*** His blue color scheme indicates...VideoGame/MegaMan?

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: The Titans have a hell of a time defeating [[spoiler: the first]] Saico-tek. Robin then faces [[spoiler: the second]] Saico-tek one-on-one evenly, while the others get [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] in their respective one-on-one fights. [[spoiler: At the end, they're taking out hordes of the same enemies at once.]]

** 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 BigBad's hideout is.]]

* DopeSlap: Raven does this to Beast Boy twice. First when he said he wanted to visit the comic book factory when they first arrived in Tokyo, [[spoiler: as it turns out to be the Big Bad's hideout]]. And in the end, just before the credits.

** Beast Boy, in-context. "When do we see the Great Wall?"

* DopeSlap: Raven does this to Beast Boy in the end, just before the credits.

* Adorkable: When Robin's stuttering at the end, before the kiss.

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: The Titans have a hell of a time defeating [[spoiler: the first]] Saico-tek. Robin then faces [[spoiler: the second]] Saico-tek one-on-one evenly, while the others get [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] in their respective one-on-one fights. [[spoiler: At the end, they're taking out hoards of the same enemies at once.]]

** An [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: The version of the theme song Beast Boy sings at the karaoke bar? That's actually a rough translation of the [[ForeignLanguageTheme Japanese version of the show's theme song.]]

** Also, in the second half of the movie, Robin gets a {{ShoutOut}} as well. Both on the TV and the magazine, his prison picture has DC#38-04-40. Robin's first appearance in comics? Detective Comics #38, released in April of 1940.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Beast Boy, in-context. "When do we see the Great Wall?"
** Also, [[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.

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

-->'''Nya-Nya''' Close your eyes. This will hurt.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: When Saiko-tek somehow totally vanishes right in front of Robin after kicking open the sprinkler systems, Beast Boy jokingly suggests that he "just wasn't waterproof". As it turns out, [[spoiler:he was made out of paint]], so he really ''wasn't!''

* IndecisiveParody: Tokyo.
* JackassGenie[=/=]DealWithTheDevil[=/=]CursedWithAwesome: The artist who became Brushogun used dark magic to bring his creations to life, but the price he paid was that he was transformed into a being able to create living creatures made of ink.
* {{Kaiju}}: The first threat the Titans encounter in Tokyo, eventually beaten by the Troopers.
** This was obviously intended to be a Franchise/{{Godzilla}} [[CaptainErsatz stand-in]], but actually resembled Film/{{Gorgo}} more.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: When Saiko-tek somehow totally vanishes right in front of Robin after kicking open the sprinkler systems, Beast Boy jokingly suggest that he "just wasn't waterproof". As it turns out, [[spoiler:he was made out of paint]], so he really ''wasn't!''

''Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo'' is a [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] [[TheMovie movie]] based on the popular 2003-2006 AnimatedSeries ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', produced for Creator/CartoonNetwork by WarnerBros animation. It was the last original ''Teen Titans'' material to air on Cartoon Network before the show went into reruns.

** There seem to be numerous references to the Movie/{{Akira}} anime movie:

** Saico-Tek is similar in design to numerous {{Kamen Rider}}s, and his split-down-the-middle color scheme resembles {{Kikaider}}.

* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Robin and Starfire]] finally get theirs, after four seasons of the show's ShipTease but not until [[LastMinuteHookup the last few minutes of the movie]].

*** Kaneda, Kaisuke and Yamagata appear in a crowd scene watching a sumo match.

*** Kaneda and Yamagata appear in a crowd scene watching a sumo match.

*** The explosion of the villain at the end is very similar to the grisly scene of Tetsuo mutating into a giant blob.

*** The design of the bike Robin "borrows" very much like those in Akira, and has taillights that leave momentary after-images, just like in the movie.
*** The explosion of the villain at the end is suspiciously similar to the grisly scene of Tetsuo mutating into a giant blob.

** Kaneda and Yamagata from 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.

* JackassGenie[=/=]DealWithTheDevil: The artist who became Brushogun used dark magic to bring his creations to life, but the price he paid was that he was transformed into a being able to create living creatures made of ink.

* DistressBall: Starfire. She actually forgets that ''she can fly'' and has to be snatched out of the air mid-drop by Robin, who has no super-powers. Ironically, one fan once remarked on a forum that if such a thing ever happened she would be called out on it, as it would be an obvious ploy to attract Robin's attention. Instead it was played painfully straight.