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Sidekicks Assemble!
Original Airdate - January 22nd, 2010
Aqualad, Robin and Speedy have had it with being
bossed around and demand a piece of the action,
but they get more than they bargained for when
they find themselves facing off against Ra's Al-Ghul
and his flying island!
Written by Marsha Griffin Directed by Michael
Chang Animation by MOI Animation
Review by Andrew
Media by Warner Bros. Animation |
Cast
Diedrich Bader as Batman
Andrea Bowen as Talia John DiMaggio as
Aquaman Zachary Gordon as Young Aqualad
Jason Marsden as Speedy Ryan Ochoa as Young
Speedy Jeremy Shada as Young Robin Zack
Shada as Aqualad James Arnold Taylor as Green
Arrow Crawford Wilson as Robin Peter
Woodward as Ra's Al Ghul
Music
Theme Written and Performed by Andy Strumer
Music by Michael McCuisition, Lolita Ritmanis,
Kristopher Carter
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Review
Similar to “The Color of Revenge” in which this episode,
delving into the world of junior heroes, starts without
the usual unrelated teaser. Instead giving a look at the
past when Robin, and company in this case, was a mere
youth in order to set up the present-time setting for
the main story. That said, it was quite a brilliant
start for the episode. Starting off on the Justice
League Satellite, we get our first glimpses (though
brief, and rear shots) of Superman, Wonder Woman and
Martian Manhunter for the show gathered with the rest of
the Justice League, meanwhile Robin, Speedy and Aqualad
attempt to eavesdrop on the conversation. It’s a funny
moment, but came off as a bit too forced and soon enough
you’re left waiting for the main story to start. It’s
not a bad opening, mind you, but conflict for the sake
of plot has been one of the weaker elements that has
occasionally popped up in the show since the beginning
of season 1.
The main story, unfortunately,
delves further into the contrived conflict aspect in
order to deliver a plot as Robin, previously seen solo
in Bludhaven, is now leading Speedy and Aqualad, in what
seems to be an unofficial Teen Titans. This is actually
one of the worst continuity breaks that the show has
done in its run so far; as mentioned, Robin was last
seen as a solo act in Bludhaven, and even then he was
still complaining about not being seen as the star hero.
However, this episode seems to imply that he has been
teamed with Speedy and Aqualad the entire time - and the
end of the episode doesn’t leave this as potentially
happening before the events of “The Color of Revenge.”
That’s not to say that this was a bad episode,
though. In fact, that’s really the only nitpicking I
have about it. The actual story, ignoring the continuity
fault, is very entertaining and well written as we get
some great spotlighting of Aqualad and Speedy - whom has
only been featured previously for a significant length
under the possession of Deadman. The use of Ra’s Al Ghul
as a villain seemed a bit odd, but it was nice to see
him, Talia and Ubu show up together at last, and each
character acted as you would expect. It was very nice to
see that the conflict wasn’t solely devoted to Robin and
co., but rather Batman, Green Arrow and Aquaman had
plenty of similar conflict to themselves, showing that
even the veteran heroes aren’t infallible in their
team-ups, and makes their scorning the sidekicks all the
better.
Season 2 has been getting into a
consistent run of solid episodes, and this one nicely
continues that run despite its flaws. It’s worth several
watchings as it seems to be chockfull of subtle jokes
and “Easter eggs,” such as Plastic Man’s head being
visible in the gathering of the Justice League. Overall,
a very enjoyable episode, don’t miss this one!
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