Episode Reviews - Deep Six
Episode #08 - Deep Six
Original Airdate - September 13th 2003
When a mysterious amphibious villain called Trident makes off with a
boatload of dangerous Toxic Waste, the Titans hop into the T-SUB and go on
an undersea adventure to put a stop to Trident. This is Beast Boy's big
chance to morph into all sorts of undersea animals and show the team what a
big hero he really is. But unfortunately another big hero shows up to steal
the spotlight: a good-looking water-breathing teenage do-gooder named
Aqualad.
Review by VortexInfinite
Media by Bird Boy |
Titans Writers
Written by Marv Wolfman
Directed by Alex Soto
Producer Glen Murakami
Producers Linda M. Steiner, Bruce Timm
Asst. Producer Kimberly A. Smith
Music by Lolita Ritmanis
Casting and Voice Direction Andrea Romano
Animation Services by Dong Woo Animation C.O., LTD.
Titans Voices
Greg Cipes as Beast Boy
Scott Menville as Robin
Khary Payton as Cyborg
Tara Strong as Raven
Hynden Walch as Starfire
Clancy Brown as Trident
Dave Coulier as Captain
Wil Wheaton as Aqualad
Note: The theme aired in Japanese. |
Review
This has been my least favorite episode of Teen Titans yet. After a string
of episodes that reveal important aspects of the characters, we get a
boring, cliché plot that's been used in many, many other shows. The addition
of Aqualad did nothing but give Beast Boy someone to be jealous of. Almost
every aspect of "Deep Six" was bland and lacked style.
The opening is slightly interesting, though it's the only time the villain
Trident is slightly intriguing or threatening. Afterwards we see the Titans
in a cool-looking sub, but acting distinctly un-Titans. They never struck me
as the type to imitate Star Trek's Enterprise crew. The synchronization
threw me off.
Watching the Titans travel through the ocean, one notices
how...uninteresting the ocean is drawn. Everything is the same blue color
with the occasional coral in the distance. No fish, no colors of light,
nothing. Very bland for a Titans episode.
Aqualad's appearances adds little to nothing to the episode. He is a typical
hero-type with no back story and little personality. We learn that his
priorities are protecting others, not boosting his own ego, but that's about
it. No mention of Aquaman either.
Raven has a particular inappropriate reaction toward him, considering she's
supposed to be an expert at suppressing emotions.
Throughout the episode, the only character who seems to be acting like
himself is Beast Boy. In my opinion, Beast Boy is fine in small doses, but
an entire spotlight on his ego and his showiness does not provide anything
of substance. Watching him try to one-up Aqualad gets increasingly annoying.
("No, *I* saw him first!")
As Aqualad and Beast Boy track down Trident, it becomes increasingly obvious
to the viewers what's going down. Meanwhile, it takes the pair a long while
to discover that Trident has found a way to clone himself. At which point
Beast Boy does come up with a clever temporary idea ("Which one of you is
the best?"). Their escape turns out to be dumb luck.
In conclusion, this was a severe disappointment after seeing what Teen
Titans could achieve. Bland plot, bland atmosphere, bland guest star, and
bland villain. It just seemed half-assed throughout. About the only thing I
really liked would be Aqualad's fish-man. Tram-Tram or something like that.
He was the most original aspect of the whole episode.
Three stars.
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