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* TransformationConventions: Mumbo changes the Titans into animals; it kinda fits their fighting styles. Cyborg becomes a bear due to him being TheBigGuy and possessing a muscled physique; Starfire is changed into a tiger because she's not only inhumanly strong but more agile; Robin is a monkey by virtue of his acrobatics and flexibility during combat; and Raven becomes a bunny as the ironic transformation (she's TheStoic). As for Beast Boy who can already change into other animals? He gets changed into a lamp limiting his transformative abilities to inanimate objects.

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* {{Parody}}: The powers of the Titanimals are this. Robin is a monkey with bananas instead of birdarangs, Starfire is a tiger who cannot fly and coughs up hairballs instead of shooting starbolts, and Cyborg is a bear whose sonic cannon is now a BANGFlagGun. The exception is Beast Boy, whose shape-changing powers have been restricted to inanimate objects only (with limitations, since BB can't change into a jeep or a tank). While Raven in her bunny state can only perform cliched magic tricks like making flowers appear with classic magic words like “Abrakadabra” and later pulls herself out of Mumbo’s hat by saying “Alakazam”.

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* {{Parody}}: The powers of the Titanimals are this. Robin is a monkey with bananas instead of birdarangs, Starfire is a tiger cat who cannot fly and coughs up hairballs instead of shooting starbolts, and Cyborg is a bear whose sonic cannon is now a BANGFlagGun. The exception is Beast Boy, whose shape-changing powers have been restricted to inanimate objects only (with limitations, since BB can't change into a jeep or a tank). While Raven in her bunny state can only perform cliched magic tricks like making flowers appear with classic magic words like “Abrakadabra” and later pulls herself out of Mumbo’s hat by saying “Alakazam”.



* VisualPun:
** At one point, Mumbo's hat ([[RecursiveReality within his hat]]) transforms into a cannon, and almost everything that happens in his hat goes as he imagines it should. The world within his hat is his HeadCanon.

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* VisualPun:
** At one point, Mumbo's hat ([[RecursiveReality within his hat]]) transforms into a cannon, and almost everything that happens in his hat goes as he imagines it should. The world within his hat is his HeadCanon.
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* {{Animorphism}}: The plot of the episode is four of the five Titans are turned into circus animals: Raven turns into a bunny, Robin turns into a monkey, Starfire turns into a tiger, and Cyborg turns into a bear.

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* {{Animorphism}}: The plot of the episode is four of the five Titans are turned into circus animals: Raven turns into a bunny, Robin turns into a monkey, Starfire turns into a tiger, cat, and Cyborg turns into a bear.
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* {{Parody}}: The powers of the Titanimals are this. Robin is a monkey with bananas instead of birdarangs, Starfire is a tiger who cannot fly and coughs up hairballs instead of shooting starbolts, and Cyborg is a bear whose sonic cannon is now a BANGFlagGun. The exception is Beast Boy, whose shape-changing powers have been restricted to inanimate objects only. While Raven in her bunny state can only perform cliched magic tricks like making flowers appear with classic magic words like “Abrakadabra” and later pulls herself out of Mumbo’s hat by saying “Alakazam”.

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* {{Parody}}: The powers of the Titanimals are this. Robin is a monkey with bananas instead of birdarangs, Starfire is a tiger who cannot fly and coughs up hairballs instead of shooting starbolts, and Cyborg is a bear whose sonic cannon is now a BANGFlagGun. The exception is Beast Boy, whose shape-changing powers have been restricted to inanimate objects only.only (with limitations, since BB can't change into a jeep or a tank). While Raven in her bunny state can only perform cliched magic tricks like making flowers appear with classic magic words like “Abrakadabra” and later pulls herself out of Mumbo’s hat by saying “Alakazam”.
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* AscendedExtra: Mumbo went from being a one-shot villain in the b-plot of an episode to this episode's main bad guy.

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* AscendedExtra: Mumbo went from being a one-shot villain in the b-plot of an earlier episode to this episode's main bad guy.
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* {{Animorphism}}: The plot of the episode is the Titans are turned into circus animals: Raven turns into a bunny, Robin turns into a monkey, Starfire turns into a tiger, and Cyborg turns into a bear.

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* {{Animorphism}}: The plot of the episode is four of the five Titans are turned into circus animals: Raven turns into a bunny, Robin turns into a monkey, Starfire turns into a tiger, and Cyborg turns into a bear.
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* ShellGame: A giant-sized Mumbo forces the restrained Beast Boy into one of these, with Robin, Starfire and Cyborg as the "pebbles" while Mumbo shuffles them. Beast Boy resorts to random guessing, but he's only "half"-correct - cue {{animorphism}}.


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** There's a rather subtle nod to Disney when Mumbo tries transforming a restrained Beast Boy, firstly into a [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse mouse]], then a [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck duck]], and finally a [[WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} dog]] [[note]]who looks more like Goofy than a real-world dog [[/note]].


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** More of a FreezeFrameBonus, but Mumbo's musical number ends with his head stretching into the stratosphere and for a split second (try playing that part in slow-motion), it turns out the ''Moon'' is Mumbo's head as well, with a shuttle embedded in the eye ala ''Film/ATripToTheMoon''.
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* EurekaMoment: When Raven is ready to give up, realizing that everything that happens in Mumbo's world is real, whther it is a trick or not, she realizes that the Titans can pull off an even ''better'' trick of their own. So the Titans use the supplies they have to paint themselves to blend in with the background and make it look like they escaped, fooling Mumbo so he gets close enough for her to attack.

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* EurekaMoment: When Raven is ready to give up, realizing that everything that happens in Mumbo's world is real, whther whether it is a trick or not, she realizes that the Titans can pull off an even ''better'' trick of their own. So the Titans use the supplies they have to paint themselves to blend in with the background and make it look like they escaped, fooling Mumbo so he gets close enough for her to attack.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite being a genuine sorceress, Raven treats Mumbo's magic as nothing more than an elaborate smoke and mirrors trick you would expect from any StageMagician. This could just be a lack of respect for his type of craft specifically, his magic more cartoonish and flashy than the occult circles she traffics in.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** A civilain randomly fainting after Mumbo's head "explodes" in the pre-credits.
** When the Titans escapes from Mumbo's hat, Raven in the background can be seen pulling her hood down and feeling for "rabbit ears".


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* LosingYourHead: Happens to both Mumbo and Raven during his performance, with Raven as the "assistant" who gets separated into three pieces.
--> '''Mumbo''': My assistant (Raven) seems to have worried her ''head'' off!\\
[drops his ''own'' head; fumbles a bit and puts Raven's cranium on his neck]


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* YourHeadAsplode: Mumbo's head blows up twice, both instances non-graphically and PlayedForLaughs. Firstly in the opening when Raven deflects one of his projectiles into his face (causing a civilain in the background to faint in shock) and later right before Mumbo's musical number.
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* FoldSpindleMutilation: Basically what happens to the Titans - including elephant!Beast Boy - after getting sucked into Mumbo's hat. Though it's downplayed since none of them are really hurt in any way in the process because of the hat's magical properties.

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* BalefulPolymorph: The entire premise of the episode is the Titans being turned into animals, except for Beast Boy who is turned into inanimate objects since he already has the ability to turn into animals.


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* ForcedTransformation: The entire premise of the episode is the Titans being turned into animals, except for Beast Boy who is turned into inanimate objects since he already has the ability to turn into animals.
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* AscendedExtra: Mumbo went from being a one-shot villain to this episode's main bad guy.

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* AscendedExtra: Mumbo went from being a one-shot villain in the b-plot of an episode to this episode's main bad guy.
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* {{Objectshifting}}: Beast Boy, who's immune to Mumbo's attempts to shift him into an animal (see NoSell above) is instead turned into a variety of inanimate objects.
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* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: "Bunny Raven... or ...How to Make A Titananimal Disappear"

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* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody:
** At one point, Starfire, who had turned into a tiger, goes after a ball of yarn thrown by one of Mumbo's minions.
** During Mumbo's show, Robin screeches and laughs like a monkey.



* MythologyGag: Starfire being turned into a cat (and possibly Robin being a monkey) is a reference to the fact that, though they're nearly human looking aliens, Tamaraneans are said to have evolved from their equivalent to felines in the comics.



* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: At one point, Starfire, who had turned into a tiger, goes after a ball of yarn thrown by one of Mumbo's minions.
** During Mumbo's show, Robin screeches and laughs like a monkey.
* MythologyGag: Starfire being turned into a cat (and possibly Robin being a monkey) is a reference to the fact that, though they're nearly human looking aliens, Tamaraneans are said to have evolved from their equivalent to felines in the comics.

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