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* LessonOfTheDaySpeech: Parodied. Robin states that watching too much TV is bad for you, before Starfire points out that watching too much TV allowed Beast Boy to win. Raven questions whether there's no moral at all.
-->'''Cyborg:''' Nope! It was all completely meaningless!

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* IKnowKarate: Control Freak does this as a ''Film/TheMatrix'' reference.
-->''I know kung-fu. [[MemeticMutation Woah]].''



* IKnowKarate: Control Freak does this as a ''Film/TheMatrix'' reference.
-->''I know kung-fu. [[MemeticMutation Woah]].''


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* LegionOfDoom: Control Freak recruits "the most notorious villains in television history", Creature from Jones Lake, Seven-Gorn-Seven, and Offworld Outlaw, commanding them to destroy the Teen Titans.


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* OhCrap: When the Titans first encounter the Creature from Jones Lake, Cyborg initially assures the others it isn't a real monster, just some dude in a costume. But when he touches the creature he realizes it ''isn't'' a costume right before being thrown across the lake. The others all realize it might be fake in the real world, but is real here.
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* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: Lampshaded by Beast Boy when Control Freak rants about having lost despite his new power. Currently provides the page quote.
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* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Control does this at the beginning of the episode, giving the speech found on the trope quotes page. In a twist, he's not just bothering the transmission, he's teleported himself ''into'' the broadcast.
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--->'''Beastboy:''' Of course they're not listening! Breaking news, escaped criminals, a handsome green heart throb, this stuff is ratings GOLD!

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--->'''Beastboy:''' -->'''Beast Boy:''' Of course they're not listening! Breaking news, escaped criminals, a handsome green heart throb, this stuff is ratings GOLD!



--->'''Stork:''' Oh have you seen my hippo? He hides and I must seek!
--->'''Starfire:''' I cannot play, please, do you know, a strange man named Control Freak? He is big not tall and nasty, and known for causing strife. He escaped into the TV...
--->'''Beastboy:''' ''(runs past)'' HEY STAR RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

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--->'''Stork:''' -->'''Stork:''' Oh have you seen my hippo? He hides and I must seek!
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seek!\\
'''Starfire:'''
I cannot play, please, do you know, a strange man named Control Freak? He is big not tall and nasty, and known for causing strife. He escaped into the TV...
--->'''Beastboy:'''
TV...\\
'''Beastboy:'''
''(runs past)'' HEY STAR RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

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!Tropes:

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* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Inverted: Control Freak spends most of the episode distracting the Titans while he gains skills, technology, and weapons from various television shows. This causes him to upgrade from having little to no combat ability of his own to being able to give the entire team serious trouble in a straight fight.

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* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Inverted: Control Freak spends most of the episode distracting the Titans while he gains skills, technology, and weapons from various television shows. This causes him to upgrade from having little to no combat ability of his own to being able to give the entire team serious trouble in a straight fight.fight.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Control Freak steals a movie spy's tuxedo and all his gadgets before pushing him over a balcony. When he looks down at the spy, who gives him a hopeful smile while silently pleading for help as he hangs on to the balcony for dear life, Control Freak reaches down as if to help him, only to instead steal his watch and leave him hanging.
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*Then again he just had some fat guy and a gorilla crash through his celling. Any chef would freak out over that.

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*Then **Then again he just had some fat guy and a gorilla crash through his celling. Any chef would freak out over that.
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* BinomiumRidiculus: In a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner'', we get Control Freak (''Couchus Potaticus'') being chased by Beast Boy-in-a-Coyote-form (''Animalus Switcheroonium'')
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* RhymesOnADime: Starfire in the kiddy cartoon world.
--->'''Stork:''' Oh have you seen my hippo? He hides and I must seek!
--->'''Starfire:''' I cannot play, please, do you know, a strange man named Control Freak? He is big not tall and nasty, and known for causing strife. He escaped into the TV...
--->'''Beastboy:''' ''(runs past)'' HEY STAR RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!


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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Raven finds herself in a dark area where she reflexively catches a football flying at her. Realizing where she is, Raven could only respond with "Nice" just before she gets dogpiled by several hundreds of pounds of meaty football players.
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--->'''Beastboy:''' Of course they're not listening! Breaking news, escaped criminals, a handsome green heart throb, this stuff is ratings GOLD!
* AsideGlance: When chasing Control Freak through the TV universe in the beginning, Robin gives a confused look towards the screens they pass by.
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*Then again he just had some fat guy and a gorilla crash through his celling. Any chef would freak out over that.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Delivered with [[ContinuityNod exactly the same inflection]] as a similar comment in "Nevermore".
-->'''Cyborg:''' Hey, I remember this scene! We're in the first episode of Season Four.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
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Delivered with [[ContinuityNod exactly the same inflection]] as a similar comment in "Nevermore".
-->'''Cyborg:''' --->'''Cyborg:''' Hey, I remember this scene! We're in the first episode of Season Four.Four.
** The episode's title uses the production code of the episode itself.



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%%* TrappedInTVLand* TrappedInTVLand: Courtesy of Control Freak's latest scheme.
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* {{Troperiffic}}: Possibly one of the greatest examples in recent television.

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* {{Troperiffic}}: Possibly one of the greatest examples in recent television.television.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Inverted: Control Freak spends most of the episode distracting the Titans while he gains skills, technology, and weapons from various television shows. This causes him to upgrade from having little to no combat ability of his own to being able to give the entire team serious trouble in a straight fight.
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* CoolSword: Admit it, that double-bladed LaserBlade from [[CaptainErsatz Clash Of The Planets]] is awesome, perhaps more than [[StarWars the Lightsaber.]]

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* CoolSword: Admit it, that double-bladed LaserBlade from [[CaptainErsatz Clash Of The Planets]] is awesome, perhaps more than [[StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars the Lightsaber.]]
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* CoolSword: Admit it, that double-bladed LaserSword from [[CaptainErsatz Clash Of The Planets]] is awesome, perhaps more than [[StarWars the Lightsaber.]]

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* CoolSword: Admit it, that double-bladed LaserSword LaserBlade from [[CaptainErsatz Clash Of The Planets]] is awesome, perhaps more than [[StarWars the Lightsaber.]]
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* BeamOWar: Cyborg gets into one with a killer robot during the advertisement for Zithos.

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* BeamOWar: Cyborg gets into one with a killer robot during the advertisement for Zithos.Zinthos.
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* CoolSword: Admit it, that double-bladed LaserSword from [[CaptainErsatz Clash Of The Planets]] is awesome, perhaps MORE than [[StarWars the Lightsaber.]]

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* CoolSword: Admit it, that double-bladed LaserSword from [[CaptainErsatz Clash Of The Planets]] is awesome, perhaps MORE more than [[StarWars the Lightsaber.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: Control Freak starts learning martial arts and acquiring tech and powers from the TV programs. He actually puts up a great fight and is only defeated because Beast Boy is even MORE of a nerd.

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* TookALevelInBadass: Control Freak starts learning martial arts and acquiring tech and powers from the TV programs. He actually puts up a great fight and is only defeated because Beast Boy is even MORE more of a nerd.
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Control Freak's interference causes all tv sets to emit alpha waves that liquefy the brain of anyone watching. Robin grabs the screen and tells you, the viewer, to stop watching!

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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Control Freak's interference causes all tv TV sets to emit alpha waves that liquefy the brain of anyone watching. Robin grabs the screen and tells you, the viewer, to stop watching!

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Control Freak busts out of jail and hot-wires some high-end A/V equipment to escape into a TV set. The Titans follow him in, going through various TV shows until they finally corner him on ''Battle of the Planets'', where Beast Boy defeats him using his extensive knowledge of the series.

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Control Freak busts out of jail and hot-wires some high-end A/V equipment to escape into a TV set. The Titans follow him in, going through various TV shows until they finally corner him on ''Battle ''Clash of the Planets'', where Beast Boy defeats him using his extensive knowledge of the series.



* AllPartOfTheShow: Beast Boy theorizes this is the reason why Robin's warning for everyone to stop watching before the tv literally rots their brain has no effect -- the show is too good!

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* AllPartOfTheShow: Beast Boy theorizes this is the reason why Robin's warning for everyone to stop watching before the tv TV literally rots their brain has no effect -- the show is too good!

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