Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo is a made-for-TV superhero film which was aired on September 15, 2006 on Cartoon Network and released on DVD on February 6, 2007. This movie serves as the official series finale for the mh:besttvshows:Teen Titans TV series.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The plot was really interesting when the Titans decided to go to Tokyo looking for a criminal called Brushogun said to be a myth by all Japanese, while also focusing on Robin and Starfire finally revealing their feelings for each other.
 * 2) The animation and the voice acting are still good.
 * 3) The action scenes are just as exciting as the ones from the TV show.
 * 4) The Titans themselves are still likable.
 * 5) Beside it, there are other plots, mostly the running gags that are either good or just hilarious like Cyborg been eating at a sushi restaurant, Beast Boy been chasing by girls, but while he gets slapped by Raven multiple times.
 * 6) Speaking of Beast Boy, he sings a karaoke of the theme song based on the shows.
 * 7) This film mostly has pop-culture for other references, such as Akira, Godzilla, Iron Chief, mh:awesomegames:Super Mario Bros., Batman Begins and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
 * 8) Brushogun, himself, is an interesting character with a shocking backstory.
 * 9) The scene that reveals that the real villain turns out to be Commander Uehara Daizo is surprising and his transformation into the ink monster is similar to the origin of the Joker, archenemy of Batman.
 * 10) Brushogun's death scene is sad.
 * 11) Some of the heartwarming moments like where Robin and Starfire share their true love's kiss, after the well-fought battle with a mutated Daizo.
 * 12) The ending was outstanding, where they celebrate the Titans and they decided to stay at Tokyo, for their vacation. But unfortunately, Beast Boy tells them that their next vacation is Mexico, when he gets slapped again by Raven. There's also an ending credits roll as each of the Titans sing the karaoke version of their theme song.
 * 13) This ended the series on a very high and positive note.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The film completely ignores the events from the finale episode, "Things Change", and doesn’t resolve the episodes cliffhanger at all.
 * 2) The film gives zero explanation of why Commander Daizo know about Brushogun and why he tried to frame the Titans.
 * 3) Some of the writing could be better.

Reception
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo received generally positive reviews from critics. This film was score 7.1/10 on IMDb and 75% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Trivia

 * 1) This movie aired on Cartoon Network on Friday September 15, 2006. The same day that UPN made its last broadcast on American broadcast television to merge with mh:besttvshows:The WB to form The CW. The WB ceased broadcasting with two days with The WB.
 * 2) David Slack, the head writer of the series had returned to write this movie after leaving Season Four, which was originally supposed to be the last season of the show.
 * 3) This film (along with the series) was available on mh:freshwebsites:HBO Max.
 * 4) A portion of this movie was used in the mh:terribletvshows:Teen Titans Go! episode, "Dreams", but with different dialogue.
 * 5) This was the second time after Captain Planet and the Planeteers that Janice Kawaye and Scott Menville appeared together.