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The Teen Titans are summoned to Russia to help a village under attack by a monster. While there, Starfire comes across a peculiar young man…

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Tropes:

• Badass Abnormal: Red Star.
• Big Bad: The radioactive monster.
• The Cameo: Dr. Chang is seen in Red Star's Flash Back.
• Child Soldier: Red Star was originally just some kid enlisted in the Security Force. He was then picked as a test subject to create the perfect Super Soldier. The experiment had Gone Horribly Right.
• Clear Their Name: The Titans were summoned to stop a monster which they initially assume is Red Star.
• Exposed to the Elements: Starfire. Lampshaded by Raven and when a villager gives her a Nice Hat.
• Expy: Red Star puts one in the mind of Captain America.
• Genius Bruiser: Red Star can smack around a giant monster made of radioactive goo. He's also a Gadgeteer Genius with a fondness for snowmobiles.
• Glorious Mother Russia
  • Mother Russia Makes You Strong
• The Heart: Starfire. She convinces Red Star to help people and stand up for himself and tells off his old superior when he tries to blame Red Star for the monster and gets him to listen to her.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Red Star destroys the monster but releases way too much energy in doing so. Starfire has to take him into the stratosphere so he overload without harming anyone.
• I Am a Monster
  • What Have I Become?
• I Love Nuclear Power: Red Star.
• Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold
• Platonic Life Partners: Red Star and Starfire establish this sort of bond over the episode.
• Power Incontinence: Red Star has to discharge nuclear energy every few hours or he overloads which is why he isolates himself. Unfortunately his isolation becomes a moot point when it's pointed out that even though he contains himself so that no one around will get hurt, the runoff from his energy releases escapes out into the environment.
  • Superpower Meltdown: Happened the first time he ever used his powers. And again at the end of the episode.
• Red Is Heroic
• Russian Guy Suffers Most
• What The Hell, Townspeople?: When the old general tries to pin the entire blame of the monster on Red Star. Starfire does not take this well.

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