History YMMV / SymBionicTitan

** Others would assume it's a comedic series with a lot of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a lot of innuendo]] more like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' or ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy''.
* BetterOnDVD: The series pretty clearly works better as a longer narrative, considering that several episodes can easily be watched seamlessly. Has Creator/CartoonNetwork realized this and capitalized on it with a DVD release? [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes No]]!

* SoCoolItsAwesome: '''Goddamn is it ever.'''

* StrawmanHasAPoint: During the televised Titan debate in episode 3, Steel counters the commentator's saying the Titan saved them from the fire monster by pointing out that it's probably the Titan's fault the monster showed up in the first place. This is technically true, although in his case there's no way he could have known it.
** Well, think: a giant robot shows up. Immediately after, giant monsters begin to show up and focus their attacks on the giant robot. It makes sense to assume that the robot and the monsters are connected.
*** They can't really prove which came first. And the monsters would be focused on the robot even if they weren't connected, since it's a giant moving target.

** It isn't exactly ''wise'' to tell a refugee princess that everyone on her home planet is probably ''dead''. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Breaking It, Lance.]]
** Or transforming into a giant robot IN PUBLIC.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This show gets away with a fair amount of violence. And an amazing amount of blatant {{fanservice}} (see on main page).

* ShipSinking
** The goth girl [[AllThereInTheScript Kristin]] and Jason were Ship Sinkers for the pairing of Ilana and Lance in "The Ballad of Scary Mary". Although we may be mistaken given "Under the Three Moons", though the dance they shared seemed to have platonic connotations. Seems a bit odd to think that just because Lance and Ilana met two others they clicked with, doesn't exactly mean anything unless they both become regulars like Kimmy.
** [[spoiler:Octus and Kimmy in "Under the Three Moons." Maybe.]]
* ShipTease: Despite Genndy intending for Lance and Ilana's relationship to be platonic, there's still a lot of this between the two of them.

* ShipSinking
** The goth girl [[AllThereInTheScript Kristin]] and Jason were Ship Sinkers for the pairing of Ilana and Lance in "The Ballad of Scary Mary". Although we may be mistaken given "Under the Three Moons", though the dance they shared seemed to have platonic connotations. Seems a bit odd to think that just because Lance and Ilana met two others they clicked with, doesn't exactly mean anything unless they both become regulars like Kimmy.
** [[spoiler:Octus and Kimmy in "Under the Three Moons." Maybe.]]
* ShipTease: Despite Genndy intending for Lance and Ilana's relationship to be platonic, there's still a lot of this between the two of them.

* The ProblemSolverz took over Symbionic Titan's timeslot after the latter got cancelled. Problem Solverz was a show previously rejected by Adult Swim. Now that both shows are cancelled, Adult Swim actually choose the former to air on the Toonami block.

** Others would assume it's a comedic series with a lot of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a lot of innuendo]] more like ''AdventureTime'' or ''RenAndStimpy''.

* [=Jerkass=] Woobie

* [=Tearjerker=]

* [=JerkAss=] Woobie

* [=TearJerker=]

* FanMyopia: It might be justified because of the series' short life span, but fans will make this show out to be CN's only saving grace to outside observers, [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime disregarding]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated the]] [[RegularShow other]] [[WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex good]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice shows]] [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats on]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball its]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow line-]][[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold up]] and promising to boycott any CN show that appears until the show gets a second season. [[SarcasmMode Which will work, right?]] The kicker? They tend to also forget GenndyTartakovsky left CN to work for Sony shortly after the series ended. The protest was doomed almost from the beginning.

* JerkAssWoobie

* TearJerker

* CompleteMonster: General Modula was originally a reasonable, heroic man, but all of the good traits Modula once had withered and died when his former best friend, the King of Galaluna, mistakenly [[LeftForDead left him for dead]]. Possessing now only a lust for vengeance against his former comrade, and a thirst for conquest, Modula betrayed his homeworld to the Mutradi monsters and slaughtered and enslaved its inhabitants. Fearing that only the princess of Galaluna, Illana, can restore the hopes of the planet's people and have them rally against him, Modula sends countless monsters to ravage the planet where she's hiding out. It's made clear in the show that the buildings and cities his monsters destroy [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuildings are not conveniently empty]], and at one point Modula goes so far as to send a living bomb capable of wiping out a planet to earth all so he can kill one girl. While seemingly stoic on the outside, in actuality Modula is utterly AxeCrazy and [[HairTriggerTemper is willing to kill anyone, even his own minions, at the drop of a hat]]. Instances of this can be seen when he smiles as he snaps the neck of a resistance fighter and when he casually vaporizes a minion who had failed him without even getting up from his chair.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome
** The use of AFlockOfSeagulls's "Space Age Love Song" as SoundtrackDissonance in the final battle scene/Kimmy dancing on her way home.

* FanMyopia: It might be justified because of the series' short life span, but fans will make this show out to be CN's only saving grace to outside observers, [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime disregarding]] [[ScoobyDooMysteryInc the]] [[RegularShow other]] [[WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex good]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice shows]] [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats on]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball its]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow line-]][[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold up]] and promising to boycott any CN show that appears until the show gets a second season. [[SarcasmMode Which will work, right?]] The kicker? They tend to also forget GenndyTartakovsky left CN to work for Sony shortly after the series ended. The protest was doomed almost from the beginning.

* BetterOnDVD: The series pretty clearly works better as a longer narrative, considering that several episodes can easily be watched seamlessly. Has CartoonNetwork realized this and capitalized on it with a DVD release? [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes No]]!

* FanMyopia: It might be justified because of the series' short life span, but fans will make this show out to be CN's only saving grace to outside observers, [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime disregarding]] [[ScoobyDooMysteryInc the]] [[RegularShow other]] [[WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex good]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice shows]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}} on]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball its]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow line-]][[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold up]] and promising to boycott any CN show that appears until the show gets a second season. [[SarcasmMode Which will work, right?]] The kicker? They tend to also forget GenndyTartakovsky left CN to work for Sony shortly after the series ended. The protest was doomed almost from the beginning.

* BetterOnDVD: The series pretty clearly works better as a longer narrative, considering that several episodes can easily be watched seamlessly. Has CartoonNetwork realized this and capitalized on it with a DVD release? [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Of course not]]!

* CompleteMonster: General Modula was originally a reasonable, heroic man, but all of the good traits Modula once had withered and died when his former best friend, the King of Galaluna, mistakenly [[LeftForDead left him for dead]]. Possessing now only a lust for vengeance against his former comrade, and a thirst for conquest, Modula betrayed his homeworld to the Mutradi monsters and slaughtered and enslaved its inhabitants. Fearing that only the princess of Galaluna, Illana, can restore the hopes of the planet's people and have them rally against him, Modula sends countless monsters to ravage the planet where she's hiding out. It's made clear in the show that the buildings and cities his monsters destroy [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuildings are not conveniently empty]], and at one point Modula goes so far as to send a living bomb capable of wiping out an entire planet to earth all so he can kill one girl. While seemingly stoic on the outside, in actuality Modula is utterly AxeCrazy and [[HairTriggerTemper is willing to kill anyone, even his own minions, at the drop of a hat]]. Instances of this can be seen when he smiles as he snaps the neck of a resistance fighter and when he casually vaporizes a minion who had failed him without even getting up from his chair.

** On that note, SHAKE IT BAKE IT BOOTY QUAKE IT, ROLL IT AROUND

* FanMyopia: It might be justified because of the series' short life span, but fans will make this show out to be CN's only saving grace to outside observers, [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime disregarding]] [[ScoobyDooMysteryInc the]] [[RegularShow other]] [[WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex good]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice shows]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}} on]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball its]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow line-]][[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold up]] and promising to boycott any CN show that appears until the show gets a second season. [[SarcasmMode Which will totally work, right?]] The kicker? They tend to also forget GenndyTartakovsky left CN to work for Sony shortly after the series ended. The protest was doomed almost from the beginning.

** The goth girl [[AllThereInTheScript Kristin]] and Jason were basically Ship Sinkers for the pairing of Ilana and Lance in "The Ballad of Scary Mary". Although we may be mistaken given "Under the Three Moons", though the dance they shared seemed to have platonic connotations. Seems a bit odd to think that just because Lance and Ilana met two others they clicked with, doesn't exactly mean anything unless they both become regulars like Kimmy.

*** They can't really prove which came first. And the monsters would be focused on the robot even if they weren't connected, since it's basically a giant moving target.

* TooGoodToLast: Cartoon Network really doesn't [[MegasXLR dig giant robots]] as much as they used to. The show was cancelled due to lack of merchandising. {{Toonami}}, thankfully, still digs giant robots enough to bring Sym-Biotic Titan onto the lineup.

** Ilana's [[spoiler:DisneyDeath]].

** Ilana's [[spoiler: DisneyDeath]].

** General Modula may have started out as this (if his StartOfDarkness is true) but by the time the series begins, he's thrown out any Woobie-traits and long ago crossed the MoralEventHorizon.

* TastesLikeDiabetes
** Octus gets hooked on a childrens' edutainment shows in the third episode.

** Tashy 497 is this trope incarnate.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: BRICK JACKSON, the reporter who appears in episodes 1, 19 and 20.

* KavorkaMan: Octus managed to seduce the most popular of the cheerleaders ''without even trying''.

* OutOfFocus: Despite her importance to the plot and all, Ilana's backstory and character development don't get as much attention as her male team mates, and we have yet to see her [[FauxActionGirl win a fight without their help]]. The first season tended to focus more on Lance while the second favored Octus. Perhaps if a third season had happened, Ilana would have gotten more time to shine?

* SpotlightStealingSquad
** Lance, who had three episodes about his character, in the first season.
** Season 2 shifted to focusing more on Octus.