History WesternAnimation / TeenTitansTheJudasContract

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** The prologue is set five years before the main story, and reveals that prior to becoming Nightwing Dick led the Teen Titans as Robin. Given that ''Nightwing & Robin'' takes place at the same time as ''Throne of Atlantis'', which is set a few weeks to a few months at most after ''War'', then it's clear that the prologue should take place before the Justice League even formed. Except ''War'' implied superheroes were a relatively recent development and they had yet to earn the trust of the public, so the idea of a team of teen heroes operating openly up to at least two years before ''War'' conflicts with that idea.

* PragmaticAdaptation: It's set within the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}''-based movies and replacing Cyborg with Blue Beetle and features Damian Wayne. It also updates the [[spoiler: Terra and Deathstroke relationship, to show that Terra has less culpability than she did in the comic and to not give Slade any redeeming moments]].
* PreciousPuppy: [[spoiler: Raven gives Damian a puppy at the end of the film, which is later revealed (in the Batman movies taking place after this) to be Titus. Terra and Slade are also not actively sleeping together in this adaption, Terra wants to be but Slade is stringing her along.]]

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Starfire nearly tells the team that Dick is "proficient" in the bedroom, only to be cut off by Dick.

* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Terra's still evil, but she's not the sociopath she was in the comics. Rather, Deathstroke saved her from a bunch of bigots planning to murder her and took her in to raise as his daughter. She even uses her powers to send Beast Boy away when she brings Blood's lair down on herself and Deathstroke. How evil the original was, ''scaring even Slade himself at times,'' can't be overstated. Unlike in the comics, she actually apologizes to Beast Boy for betraying him and team.]]

** To a more minor extent, [[spoiler: Terra's betrayal in the comics was covered up, and the Titans maintained that she died a hero. This had serious repercussions when, in a BadFuture, a villain decided to recreate the exact plot with a new girl and new Titans. Here, while Terra is given DueToTheDead, it's also established that the public knows the gist of what happened and that she was a {{Mole}}.]]

* BatDeduction: Nightwing reconstructs the events of the other Titans' capture from a cursory look at the evidence at each location.

** Even though Terra's role with the Titans came to an end, she still holds onto her phone, which ultimately allows Dick to track her.

** There is also the heavy implication that Tara was the first person Garfield had kissed because Starfire mentioned that Garfield's green skin and superpowers manifested when he was 11; and simply by the extremely over-excited way he reacts after it's over: [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything running down the beach shouting "Yes" before turning into a gorilla and pounding his chest, then turning into a wolf and howling, before turning back into his human form and jumping into the air to turn into an eagle; all the while excitedly cheering and whooping]].

'''Tara''': ''(snickers)''\\

* BrokenBird: Terra, who was nearly murdered as a witch as a child.

* PreciousPuppy: [[spoiler: Raven gives Damian a puppy at the end of the film, which is later revealed (in the Batman movies taking place after this) to be Titus.]]

* NotSoDifferent: Damian effortlessly deduces how Slade psychologically controls Terra through isolation and indoctrination. As a child groomed to be the successor as leader to the League of Assassins, he of all people would know.

* RealityEnsues: Slade ambushes Dick out of his Nightwing getup and throws Dick out a multistory window. He breaks his fall with a grapple gun he had hidden on his person, but Slade cuts the rope. Dick grabs a convenient ledge to break his fall again... and dislocates his shoulder. Then he loses his grip and falls the rest of the way [[TrashLanding into some garbage]]. Then he fails to either outrun or outfight the fully armed and armored Slade with no costume, weapons, or gadgets and one useless arm since he can't take the time and effort to pop it back in place while being pursued by one of the world's top mercenary killers.

** AdaptationalSympathy: Terra is portrayed much closer to her comic counterpart but has a DarkAndTroubledPast of being hunted down by a mob afraid of her powers. She then gets saved by Slade moments before getting shot. And while she does snark about the Titan gang, she is shown having genuine fun with them and also developing feelings for Beast Boy. And when she does betray the team, she herself is betrayed by Slade to Brother Blood.

* EvilMakeover: [[spoiler: Terra gets one after going full-on traitor: evil haircut and dye job, evil eye-liner and eye-shadow, and new evil ear-piercings.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: For one of the throwaway DCUO cash-cow movies, this film spends a surprising amount of time focusing on the Titans' personal lives and relationships with one another, allowing everyone (except maybe Damian and Raven, who got their spotlight in previous movies) to grow as individuals and overcome some personal demons.

!!Tropes in this film:

* BrickJoke: While Slade has Damian captive, he laments that there isn't time to break him. Slade then remarks to Damian that he could easily him "fetching my pipe and calling me papa." In the climax, Damian greets Slade thus:

* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Terra's still evil, but she's not the sociopath she was in the comics. Rather, Deathstroke saved her from a bunch of bigots planning to murder her and took her in. She even uses her powers to send Beast Boy away when she brings Blood's lair down on herself and Deathstroke. How evil the original was, ''scaring even Slade himself at times,'' can't be overstated. Unlike in the comics, she actually apologizes to Beast Boy for betraying him and team.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Rather squicky crap too, since she's a teenager and he (ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}) is probably in his fifties:
-->'''Beast Boy:''' Terra! What did he do to you?
-->'''Terra:''' Nothing. And I've asked a bunch of times.

* TooSoon: In-universe. [[spoiler: When Kevin Smith asked if Wonder Girl is replacing Terra after hearing the stories about what happened to her, Beast Boy's expression falls. Kevin quickly realizes he hit a sore spot and mentions the trope by name. He then assures Beast Boy that he doesn't have to talk about it if he doesn't want to]].