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Recap / Teen Titans Go S 1 E 16 Tower Power

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After complaining about the other Titans getting tired due to lacking robot parts, Cyborg gets wet and short circuits. The other Titans take him apart to clean, then fail to reassemble him. They suggest uploading him into Titan Tower's computer mainframe, and he quickly turns into a tyrant after losing the last of his humanity.


  • The Bad Guy Wins: Not only do the other Titans fail to unplug Cyborg from the computer mainframe, but Cyborg goes on to turn them into machinery like himself.
  • Bait-and-Switch: When the Titans are cleaning Cyborg's body after it short circuits, Starfire holds up his rear end and says it's as clean as a baby's bottom. When Beast Boy points out that the phrase is supposed to be "smooth as a baby's bottom", Starfire states that it was not a malaproper; they just made a huge mess.
  • Bittersweet Ending: Despite everything under The Bad Guy Wins, the Titans do adjust to their new situation with relative ease.
  • Drunk with Power: Happens to Cyborg when being connected to the computer mainframe for too long.
  • No Ending: The episode ends with all of the Titans turned into machinery without showing how they turned back to normal by the next episode.
  • Shout-Out:
    • Cyborg compares the situations he finds himself in to old media the Titans don't recognize, like The Pointer Sisters, with Robin interrupting him the third time to say they don't care.
    • After being hooked up to Titan Tower and going crazy, Cyborg's eye on display screens turns red to resemble HAL 9000.
  • Unwilling Roboticisation: The episode ends with Cyborg forcibly merging the other Titans with appliances, like Starfire with a toaster.

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