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The Titans want to have action figures based on them, so they make a deal with Toy Master and rebrand themselves as action heroes.


  • Changed My Mind, Kid: The Justice League are enjoying their break, and when the Titans ask for their help, they decide to challenge the Titans to some party activities like a sack race and will only help if the Titans win. Even though the Titans lose, the League realizes that if the Titans couldn't even win a sack race, they stand no chance against the Toy Master, and decide to come to their aid anyways...not that it helps, as Toy Master has Action-Proofed his factory.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: In Part 1, the Justice League is mentioned as the inspiration for the Teen Titans rebranding as action heroes. In Part 2, the Titans try to call in the Justice League to help fight against the Toy Master.
  • Collapsing Lair: The moment that the Titans are able to destroy their contract in Toy Master's factory, it sets off a chain reaction that causes the entire base to self-destruct.
  • Colony Drop: Part 2 ends with the remains of Toy Master's moon-sized factory crashing into Jump City because the Titans were no longer action heroes and didn't want to deal with it.
  • Deal with the Devil: The contract signed with Toy Master turns out to be one, as by the time the Titans are tired of having to exert themselves for absolutely everything, he's used the money from their action figure sales to build a "slightly bigger" toy factory capable of world domination.
  • Hourglass Plot: The Justice League is mentioned to be the most action-packed team ever in Part 1, while the Titans are tired of their non-action toys not selling. After the Titans become action heroes more popular than the Justice League, the League decides to take a break and engage in silly shenanigans of their own, and the Titans need to flip things back to Status Quo.
  • Humongous Mecha: The Titans start piloting these once they're in their new Space Base, using arm cannons and laser swords to engage in their new action-intense activities.
  • Incredibly Lame Fun: Before rebranding as action heroes, the only toys that the Teen Titans have of themselves are quite lame, including a Raven toy whose only feature is that you can slightly swivel her head. They turn out to be instrumental to Toy Master's defeat in Part 2, such as said head-swiveling being used to deflect an attack.
  • Kryptonite Factor: Toy Master made sure that his new factory was Action-Proof in case the Titans rebelled, and it proves to be completely impervious to both their new Humongous Mecha and the Justice League, so the Titans end up going back to their comedy shenanigans in order to defeat him.
  • Merchandise-Driven: An In-Universe example, as the Titans want to have their own toy line, and their rebranding immediately leads to a case of introducing a new location and mecha just to make toys based on them.
  • Multi-Part Episode: This story is a two-part special, with Part 1 focusing on the Titans rebranding themselves, and Part 2 having the Titans tire of their new lives and asking the Justice League for help breaking their contract with Toy Master.
  • Mundane Made Awesome: Everything the Titans used to do as a comedy show is turned into intense life-or-death situations, such as making waffles with an evil waffle maker and going to a diner in the middle of an asteroid field. However, it's this lack of a break from their new action-focused lifestyle that causes the Titans to rethink their decision.
  • Space Base: After pressing the "Action" button on the computer in Titan Tower, the Titans are teleported to a T-shaped satellite orbiting the Earth, where personalized mech suits are docked. It later turns out that the Toy Master used the profits from their action merch to make a large satellite of his own.
  • That's No Moon: "...that's Toy Master's Factory!", stated by Robin at the start of Part 2 when they go to cancel their contracts and see it in orbit.
  • Whole-Plot Reference: The Titans' rebranding, as the episode title implies, is based on Justice League Action.

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