YMMV / Teen Titans S 3 E 9 The Beast Within

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Was Robin's hostility towards Beast Boy in the interrogation scene genuine? Or was he trying to provoke some kind of reaction to test whether the Man-Beast really was Beast Boy?
• Ass Pull: The second Man-Beast, who only appears in the last few minutes of the episode and exists solely to absolve Beast Boy of any responsibility for what happened to Raven and whose existence outright contradicts Cyborg's explanation of the first Man-Beast.
• Fanfic Fuel:
  • The Man-Beast has figured into hundreds if not thousands of Beast Boy fanfics.
  • Much fanfic angst has been inspired by the poor dynamic between the Titans featured in this episode, including one particularly infamous fanfic...
• Fanon Discontinuity: Some fans would rather ignore this episode due to the Titans' mean-spirited Jerkass Ball clutching. The bizarre, awkward sexual undertones don’t make things better.
• Fourth Wall Myopia: Many of the issues the fans have with the Titans' behavior in this episode can be attributed to knowledge the Titans would have no way of knowing at the time, such as the existence of a second Man-Beast/Adonis, the signs of a struggle in Beast Boy's room, or the Beast Boy!Man-Beast being gentle and protective of Raven. From the Titans' perspective, something attacked Raven and thrashed Beast Boy's room, dragged Raven into the sewer and possibly killed Beast Boy after finding the remains of his belt, and was holding her unconscious form in its jaw when they found her. Then, upon learning it's Beast Boy they were chasing, they're faced with the prospect that one of their friends hurt another badly enough to leave her in a coma-like state, his behavior now extremely aggressive, and is possibly a danger to himself and others, with no way of helping him if they don't find out what happened, with time being of the essence. They can be forgiven for acting less than rational with that in mind, Robin in particular for taking a page from Batman in his fearing the worst and acting confrontational as a result.
• Platonic Writing, Romantic Reading: Word of God insists that Beast Boy and Raven weren't written as a couple and that the "Lesson of the Day" Speech is nothing more than the resolution of their conflict, but the fact that the Man-Beast was actually protecting Raven (despite Beast Boy nearly coming to blows with her himself) reads like a huge Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other moment. Worse, Raven telling Beast Boy that responsible use of the Man-Beast makes him a man only sets up more accidental Ship Tease in the next season when he busts the form out to protect Raven once more.