Teen Titans

Revolution

Season 3, Episode 7, Aired 10/16/04

Episode Summary

The Titans hold a 4th of July party. Everything is going well until Mad Mod crashes the party. He claims that the American Revolution was a hoax and claims the city for England. Worse, wanting to get back to his youth, he steals Robin's youth, turning Robin into and old man!moreless

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Mad Mod interferes with independence day.

4.2

"Poor"

By roweantarts, Mar 05, 2011 Report Abuse

This episode has it's ups and downs, mostly downs including:
"Don't british people speak English" "I don't think even real British people like you"
"The british people were trying to make the communists drink all this tea"
"It may not look like it but this is still America, so I suggest we take a vote"
And many others like that. My replies to those are...
British people created the English language
Of course british people wouldn't like Mad Mod
There's more to britan than tea and
England also has a democracy.
I'm british and as other people have said I'm proud of it. I find this episode an insult to us. Om the other hand this has some Mad Mod comedy which is classic to the series. Overall: Don't watch this episode if you really like being british.moreless

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An insult to the British.

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"Abysmal"

By shadow_gal3, Mar 05, 2011 Report Abuse

I'm not British, but I have a friend from England and I'm dissapointed. There is sterotype flying everywhere! Do the writers want to make the British hate us again? I mean sure we fought against them in the Revolutionary war, but that doesn't mean we have to make fun of them now! Mad Mod was funny when we first saw him, but the writers ruined him. The British do not talk like that and they don't sit around drinking tea all day ethier! There lives are just like ours only maybe a little diffrent.

I hate this episode and hope the writers never do one like this again. The whole world doesn't celebrate the 4th of July! Not all TT fans are American! This is a dissapointing episode. They could of made a character building episode or something. What a waste.moreless

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I agree that this episode was weak; but not for the majority of reasons listed here

5.0

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By randomfan17, Oct 23, 2010 Report Abuse

I too was taken in by Mad Mod's character in his first appearance, I thought he was quirky, and different, and fun. So you can imagine my excitement when I found out-oh my gosh-he's back! Not quite.

This episode didn't have much of a plot, and Mod's character is twisted into some sort of psyche that seems ridiculously unimaginitive, not to mention far-fetched. Before he was a bitter old man, now he's a crazed old anglophile looking to re-capture his youth? This was a HUGE injustice to his character.

That being said, people need to lay off this whole "insult to the Brits" thing, I have grandparents living in England, who I visit every summer, and I can tell you that, though people do not act the way they were protrayed here, they are not all up in arms about it. People poke fun on TV, sometimes its tasteless, but so is life. Malcolm McDowell, voice of Mad Mod, is also a respected British actor, and he was okay with it, sometimes you have to learn to laugh at yourself, and the issue was not that serious. The major side I see in this argument is that this was targeted to an audience of kids 7 and older, which should have been considered, most of the stereotyping would be hard for them to understand anyway, and could've been avoided.

The MAIN thing that annoyed me, is that Starfire of all people decides to get all preachy at the end. She knowns barely anything about Earth, let alone America and its history. She was just asking Robin what the fourth of July was at the beginning of the episode, and less than an evening later she's a history expert on everything American since colonial times? I don't think so. If anyone needed the credit of being smart and philisophical enough to figure that out, it should've been Raven or Cyborg, who were, at this point in the series, severely understated as characters. Thanks for reading.moreless

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Silly little episode

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By AzureAvenger, Aug 05, 2007 Report Abuse

This episode is overflowing with silliness and is largely an homage to old British movies like Yellow Submarine and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. This episode has no bearing on any of the story arcs of the season and is largely a filler episode. I think all of the people complaining about how this episode insults the British haven't seen the movies this episode parodies and are lacking a point of reference. Overall the episode is good for a few laughs but only people who have seen the afore mentioned movies will get all of the jokes, otherwise it can easily be skipped.moreless

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Maybe the creators should consider that not everyone in the planet celebrates 4th of July.

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By herculehastings, Jun 18, 2007 Report Abuse

This is the worst episode ever to air! I thought Fractured was the limit, but this may turn out to be worse. The only redeeming quality of this episode is the last part when the Titans team up to beat the pants off Mad Mod. Since when was Starfire so intellectual? And Raven so stubborn? Nothing of importance happened here and I hope Mad Mod does not reappear or I will support Xiaolin Showdown instead. This episode is really bad, including the one about Robin turning old. Take my advice and do not watch this episode or you will regret it!moreless

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- The age transfer between Robin and Mad Mod didn't seem to pan out right. For one, Mod didn't seem to be nearly as young as Robin was. Also when Robin was old, he was barely able to stand, or get out of a chair, but when Mod was old, he was more than capable of such things (he even ran at one point). Edit
- When Mod steals Robin's youth he pushes the top of his cane, but when Robin steals it back, he pushes the side. Edit
- When the Titans go into city hall, Raven's sheen on her hair is gone. Edit
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- This is the first mentioning of an American holiday in the series, excluding Starfire's holiday first mentioned in "How Long is Forever?" Edit
- The Titans learn that they need to work as one is this episode, thus coming up with one plan instead of four different ones. This may possibly be a reflection of the American Revolution when the soldiers needed to work as one instead of not working unitedly. Edit
- Robin's youth is stolen by Mad Mod in this episode. Edit
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- Robin: Aren't you getting a little old for this? Mad Mod: On the contrary, laddie, I'm feeling younger by the tick. Edit
- Starfire: Please. This is a celebration of the month July, or of the number four? Robin: Neither. It's Independence Day, sorta like America's birthday. Starfire: Oh! Should we then bake the America a cake? Edit
- Mad Mod: Where's the green one? Starfire: The green one is our plan. Edit
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- Art Style: The Beatles The art style that was used to draw the changed, British version of the city resembled that of Yellow Submarine, an animated feature film of the 1960s that starred The Beatles as main characters (though they were not actually portrayed by The Beatles; however, their music was used to a great extent within the film and the band made a cameo at the end). Edit
- Chase Scenes: Scooby-Doo The chase scenes are very reminiscent of those in Scooby-Doo. Edit
- Mad Mod: Monty Python There are multiple Monty Python references: the repeated yelling of "RUN AWAY!", Mad Mod turning into a paper cutout animation, the cameo by Mrs. Gorilla and Mrs. Non-Gorilla, and the Titans getting squashed by the Giant Monty Python Foot. Edit