Teen Titans Go! To the Movies facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Directed by	Peter Rida Michail Aaron Horvath
Produced by	Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic Peggy Regan Peter Rida Michail Will Arnett
Written by	Michael Jelenic Aaron Horvath
Starring	Greg Cipes Scott Menville Khary Payton Tara Strong Hynden Walch Will Arnett Kristen Bell
Music by	Jared Faber
Editing by	Nick Kenway
Studio	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	July 22, 2018 (2018-07-22) (TCL Chinese Theatre) July 27, 2018 (2018-07-27) (United States)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$10 million
Money made	$52.1 million

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies a 2018 American animated superhero musical comedy film based on the television series Teen Titans Go!, which is adapted from the DC Comics superhero team of the same name. This film is written and produced by series developers Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath, and directed by series producer Peter Rida Michail and Horvath. The events of the film take place during the fifth season of the series. It is the most recent feature film to date from Warner Bros. Animation to be released theatrically outside of Warner Animation Group.

The film features the voices of Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, and Hynden Walch reprising their respective roles from the series, while Will Arnett (who also produced the film) and Kristen Bell join the cast. It was theatrically released in the United States and Canada on July 27, 2018 and became generally available on November 23, 2018, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was a box office success, grossing over $52.1 million worldwide against a $10 million budget, and received critical praise for its stylized animation quality, cast, score, humor, and storyline.

Plot

In Jump City, the Teen Titans arrive to stop Balloon Man. When he fails to recognize them, the Teen Titans jump into a rap song to introduce themselves ("GO!") and become distracted, forcing the Justice League — Superman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman — to intervene and defeat him. They criticize the Titans for their childishness and inability to take their positions as superheroes seriously, while raising the fact that they do not have a feature-length film to prove their legitimacy as superheroes.

While at the premiere of Batman Again, the Titans' team leader, Robin, is derided by the audience after a misunderstanding leads him to believe they are making a film about him. At the rest of the team's suggestion, Robin resolves that in order to get a film made about him and the Titans, they need an arch-nemesis. Nearby, Slade breaks into S.T.A.R. Labs to steal a crystal. The Titans arrive and attempt to stop him, but he swiftly defeats and insults them.

The next day, Starfire, Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy create a film to cheer up Robin, but he turns it off prematurely believing they are making fun of him. He declares that they will go to Hollywood to have a film made about them ("Upbeat Inspirational Song About Life"). Upon arriving at Warner Bros. Studios, they encounter director Jade Wilson, who is responsible for all the Superhero films being made. She turns down the Titans' request to be in a film ("My Superhero Movie"), explaining that the only way she would make one about them is if they were the only superheroes in the world. The Titans take her words literally, and go back in time to prevent the origins of the other superheroes ("Crystals" and "Back in Time"), but this only ends up ruining the present, forcing the Titans to go back in time again and undo their blunder.

Slade next arrives at Wayne Tech to infuse the crystal's power and the Titans arrive to stop him, this time putting up an actual fight. They secure the crystal, but Slade escapes, resolving to split Robin from his teammates.

The next day, Jade invites the Titans back to Hollywood and announces that she will make a movie about them due to their fight with Slade. While Robin is given a tour of the premises, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg and Beast Boy venture out and cause mischief ("Shenanigans"). They find a device labeled "DOOMSDAY" and try to destroy it, believing it to be a dangerous weapon. But Jade arrives and explains that D.O.O.M.S.D.A.Y. is an acronym for a new streaming service for the new movie she is making. She resolves to drop the rest of the Titans from the film and make it solely about Robin, who after a brief pause, accepts, much to the dismay of his team. Robin sadly tells them that they are holding each other back and believes they should go their separate ways.

Robin makes his movie, but soon begins to regret his decision and misses his friends. As he makes the final scene of his movie, he interacts with a prop version of the Titan Tower door panel, a light falls and knocks him out. He awakens and finishes the scene where Jade reveals that they are now in the tower for real, and that she is actually Slade himself in disguise. He steals the crystal back and traps Robin, telling him that having made numerous superhero movies was part of his plot to keep all the heroes busy while he invaded their cities to build D.O.O.M.S.D.A.Y., a device that can control minds and allow him to conquer the world. He then destroys the entire Titans Tower, but Robin safely manages to escape the exploding building. In the aftermath of the wreckage, Robin calls his friends and apologizes to them, who happily make peace with him.

At the premiere of Robin: The Movie, the Titans arrive and unmask Slade, but Slade unleashes the crystal's power to control the other heroes and sends them after the Titans. Robin goes after Slade while the rest of the team leads off the heroes. However, Slade manages to use his new power to control Robin, and tells him to attack his friends. When he has them cornered, they show him the rest of the movie they made for him, revealing that they believe he is a real hero and their friend who united them from the beginning. This causes Robin to come to his senses. Slade attempts to fight them with a giant robot, but the team uses a song ("GO! (Battle Remix)") to take out Slade, though it is unknown what happened to him after he laughs at his defeat, altogether while also destroying the crystal, snapping the other heroes out of their trance. They all congratulate the Titans for their heroic efforts with Robin admitting that he has learned to be himself without needing a movie, When he tries to go on, everyone demands that they cut to the credits immediately with Robin attempting to stall so that "kids can ask their parents questions." Starfire breaks the fourth wall to say to go right to the credits, but Robin stops just before the film ends telling kids to "ask their parents where babies come from."

In a mid-credits scene, the Teen Titans from the 2003–2006 series appear on a distorted screen telling the audience that they "found a way back". In a post-credits scene, the Challengers of the Unknown, who were trapped in a portal by Raven at the Batman Again premiere earlier in the film, are still trapped, with Professor Haley postulating that they missed the movie.

Voice cast

• Scott Menville as Robin, the leader of the Teen Titans who uses gymnastic skills and various weapons to fight crime.
  • Jacob Jeffries as Robin's singing voice for the song "My Superhero Movie".
• Hynden Walch as Starfire, a Tamaranian princess and a member of the Teen Titans, who has the ability to shoot bright green-colored bolts of ultraviolet energy and green laser beams from her hands and eyes, and is capable of flying faster than light, as well as superhuman strength.
• Khary Payton as Cyborg, the robotized humanoid member who has the power of using weapons from his mechanical body and is also capable of super strength.
• Tara Strong as Raven, a half-human, half-demon sorceress who is the daughter of a supremely powerful and dangerous demon named Trigon and a human named Arella.
  • Strong also provides the vocal effects of Silkie, Starfire's pet caterpillar who was formerly owned by Killer Moth.
• Greg Cipes as Beast Boy, a member of the Teen Titans who has superpower to shapeshift into different animals.
• Will Arnett as Slade, a supervillain and Robin's nemesis.
• Kristen Bell as Jade Wilson, a famous filmmaker who the Teen Titans try to persuade to make a movie about them.
• Eric Bauza as Aquaman, a member of the Justice League and King of Atlantis.
  • Eric Bauza also voices Stan's assistant.
• Michael Bolton as Tiger
• Nicolas Cage's son Kal-El Cage voices young Bruce Wayne.
• Nicolas Cage as Superman, a member of the Justice League and survivor of Krypton.
• Joey Cappabianca as Plastic Man, a member of the Justice League.
• Greg Davies as Balloon Man, a balloon-themed villain.
• John DiMaggio as Guard, Synth Skate Voice
• Halsey as Wonder Woman, a member of the Justice League and Princess of Themyscira.
• David Kaye as the Alfred trailer announcer
  • David Kaye also voices the Inside Premiere announcer.
• Tom Kenny as Machine Voice
• Jimmy Kimmel as Bruce Wayne, a member of the Justice League and Robin's father and mentor.
• Vanessa Marshall as Vault Voice
• Phil Morris as D.O.O.M.S.D.A.Y., a streaming device.
  • Phil Morris also voices the Red Carpet Announcer
• Patton Oswalt as Atom, a member of the Justice League.
• Alexander Polinsky as Control Freak, a media-manipulating enemy of the Teen Titans.
• Meredith Salenger as Supergirl, the cousin of Superman.
• Dave Stone as Walter "Prof" Haley, leader of the Challengers of the Unknown
• Fred Tatasciore as Jor-El, the late father of Superman.
  • Fred Tatasciore also voices a security guard.
• James Arnold Taylor as Shia LaBeouf
• Lil Yachty as John Stewart / Green Lantern, a member of the Justice League and Green Lantern Corps who made a reference to the Green Lantern film.
• Wil Wheaton as Barry Allen / Flash, a member of the Justice League.
• Stan Lee as Himself

Music

The Teen Titans Go! To the Movies soundtrack was released on July 20, 2018. The soundtrack consists of songs that the cast sing throughout the movie that serve mostly as musical pop culture references and parodies, and the musical score composed by Jared Faber.

1. "GO!" – Hynden Walch, Tara Strong, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Greg Cipes
2. "My Superhero Movie" – Jacob Jeffries
3. "Upbeat Inspirational Song About Life" – Michael Bolton, Hynden Walch, Tara Strong, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Greg Cipes
4. "Crystals" – David Gemmill, M A E S T R O
5. "Shenanigans" – Peter Rida Michail, Khary Payton
6. "GO! (Battle Remix)" – Hynden Walch, Khary Payton, Scott Menville, Tara Strong, Greg Cipes
7. "GO! (Remix)" – Lil Yachty
8. "Upbeat Inspirational Song About Life [Reprise]" – Michael Bolton
9. "Welcome to Jump City" – Jared Faber
10. "Balloon Man Invades" – Jared Faber
11. "Check This Out" – Jared Faber
12. "This Is Where They Make Movies" – Jared Faber
13. "Slade Arch Nemesis Suite" – Jared Faber
14. "Chasing Slade" – Jared Faber
15. "Slade's Master Plan" – Jared Faber
16. "Robin Misses The Titans" – Jared Faber
17. "The Tower Collapses" – Jared Faber
18. "Titans Save The World Suite" – Jared Faber
19. "Slade Becomes Giant Robot" – Jared Faber
20. "Justice League Returns/Saved By Titans" – Jared Faber
21. "Star Labs/Doomsday Device" – Jared Faber
22. "Worthy Arch Nemesis" – Jared Faber
23. "Back To The Future Theme" – Alan Silvestri (arranged by Fred Kron)

Sequels

An episode of Teen Titans Go! premiered about a month after the film's release. The episode, titled "Tower Renovation", was about the Titans attempting to rebuild Titans Tower after Slade destroyed it in the events of the film.

In October 2018, Warner Bros. announced that a stand-alone sequel serving as a crossover featuring the Titans from both the Teen Titans Go! and the original 2003 versions entitled Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans would premiere at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. The trailer was released on June 26, 2019, the film itself being digitally released on September 24, 2019 and physically released on October 15, 2019. The film premiered on Cartoon Network on February 17, 2020.

See also

In Spanish: Teen Titans Go! to the Movies para niños