History YMMV / SymBionicTitan

* {{Adorkable}}: Jason, and Octus as Newton.

** Others would assume it's a comedic series with [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a lot of innuendo]] like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', or ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy''. [[Radar/SymBionicTitan We can’t blame them.]]

** The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] Galalunan commander, from "Escape from Galaluna", is a [[SmugSnake smug]], [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious traitor]] who uses his front as an obstructive, obnoxious military head to ensure the death of captive hostages while [[FrameUp pinning their deaths on Lance]] and leaving him to hang. In truth having allied with Modula, the traitor sells out his entire planet to the Mutraddi forces to see the royal family killed and its populace decimated and enslaved, looking over the carnage and [[EvilGloating gloating]] that the only reason he sold his planet out was to lead Galaluna into an age of "conquest and strength"--and the prospect of a vast reward from Modula.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This show gets away with a fair amount of violence and an amazing amount of blatant {{fanservice}} (see on main page).

** The unnamed Galalunan commander, from "Escape from Galaluna", is a smug, [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious traitor]] who uses his front as an obstructive, obnoxious military head to ensure the death of captive hostages while [[FrameUp pinning their deaths on Lance]] and leaving him to hang. In truth having allied with Modula, the traitor sells out his entire planet to the Mutraddi forces to see the royal family killed and its populace decimated and enslaved, looking over the carnage and gloating that the only reason he sold his planet out was to lead Galaluna into an age of "conquest and strength"--and the prospect of a vast reward from Modula.

* HesJustHiding: Many Galalunians thought this about Edward, as did Lance at first.

* BetterOnDVD: The series pretty clearly works better as a longer narrative, considering that several episodes can easily be watched seamlessly. Sadly, it hasn't been put out on DVD or even Netflix streaming, so fans can't enjoy it that way.

* EarWorm:
** The intro theme is pretty catchy.
** SHAKE IT, BAKE IT, BOOTY QUAKE IT! ROLL IT AROUND!
*** DON'T FAKE IT!
** When you're fighting and not sharing and nothing seems to work, it's time to put your heads together~ And think of something good!
** Open the door for me...

* HeReallyCanAct: While still mostly using his trademark flat, nasal delivery for Octus, Creator/BrianPosehn gets a few great opportunities to use it for subtle emotion, such as his first scene in "Shaman of Fear" and his [[ADayInTheLimelight day in the limelight]] "I Am Octus."

* TheScrappy: Baron, a schoolmate of Lance's introduced in "Shadows of Youth", is widely hated for being a bully toward Lance, insensitively making cracks about his deceased father, constantly getting him into trouble, and [[KarmaHoudini getting off scot-free for his actions]].

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Thanks to The Daily What and Blog/CartoonBrew, there are many people who think that Sym-Bionic Titan consists entirely of "Booty Quake" from episode 10.
** Others would assume it's a comedic series with [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a lot of innuendo]] like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', or ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy''. [[Radar/SymBionicTitan We can’t blame them.]]
* BetterOnDVD: The series pretty clearly works better as a longer narrative, considering that several episodes can easily be watched seamlessly. Sadly, it hasn't been put out on DVD or even Netflix streaming, so fans can't enjoy it that way.
* CargoShip: Steel/H.M.E.R.
* CompleteMonster:
** [[BigBad General Modula]] is a cold, cruel man responsible for all the misery within the series. A treacherous man who once served proudly under the Galalunan Kingdom before being mistakenly thought dead by the King, Modula lets his cruelty consume him, allying with the monstrous Mutraddi and launching an invasion on Galaluna that leads to countless innocent people killed and the rest enslaved, with Modula murdering many of the rebels himself. Intent on utterly breaking the will of the Galalunan people by killing Princess Ilana, Modula sends the Mutraddi to wreak swaths of havoc and death on Earth to kill her, even using a [[ActionBomb living bomb]] called Tashy 497 to potentially [[EarthShatteringKaboom decimate the entire planet]] to get at her—[[BadBoss vaporizing his own minion]] once he fails to do his job and threatening his successor with the same fate should he fail him. A man who has long [[FaceHeelTurn abandoned any honorable traits]] he may have had, Modula is a walking nightmare worse than even the literal monsters he rules over.
** The unnamed Galalunan commander, from "Escape from Galaluna", is a smug, [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious traitor]] who uses his front as an obstructive, obnoxious military head to ensure the death of captive hostages while [[FrameUp pinning their deaths on Lance]] and leaving him to hang. In truth having allied with Modula, the traitor sells out his entire planet to the Mutraddi forces to see the royal family killed and its populace decimated and enslaved, looking over the carnage and gloating that the only reason he sold his planet out was to lead Galaluna into an age of "conquest and strength"--and the prospect of a vast reward from Modula.
* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music of Awesome]]:

** SHAKE IT BAKE IT BOOTY QUAKE IT, ROLL IT AROUND

** The sad and touching guitar music playing in "Tashy 497."

* EarWorm

* FanMyopia: It might be justified because of the series' short life span, but fans will make this show out to be CN's only saving grace to outside observers, [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime disregarding]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated the]] [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow other]] [[WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex good]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice shows]] [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats on]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball its]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow line-]][[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold up]] and promising to boycott any CN show that appears until the show gets a second season. [[SarcasmMode Which will work, right?]] The kicker? They tend to also forget Creator/GenndyTartakovsky left CN to work for Sony shortly after the series ended. The protest was doomed almost from the beginning. The return of the series is now dependent on the amount of funding and support given to Tartakovsky for his future projects, and whether or not an established production crew has interest in making more episodes. Now, an adaptation to a less expensive medium is not entirely out of the question.

* HilariousInHindsight

** ''WesternAnimation/TheProblemSolverz'' took over ''Sym-Bionic Titan's'' timeslot after the latter got cancelled. ''The Problem Solverz'' was a show previously rejected by Adult Swim. Now that both shows are cancelled, Adult Swim actually chose the latter to air on the Toonami block.

** Kimmy is this as well [[spoiler: after Episode 10]]

** During the televised Titan debate in episode 3, Steel counters the commentator's saying the Titan saved them from the fire monster by pointing out that it's probably the Titan's fault the monster showed up in the first place. This is technically true, although in his case there's no way he could have known it.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Octus gets hooked on a childrens' edutainment shows in the third episode.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The end of episode 9, "Tashy 497".

** Others would assume it's a comedic series with [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a lot of innuendo]] like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', or ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy''.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Thanks to The Daily What and Blog/CartoonBrew, there are very likely many people who think that Sym-Bionic Titan consists entirely of "Booty Quake".
** Others would assume it's a comedic series with [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a lot of innuendo]] like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'', or ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy''.

** [[BigBad General Modula]] is a cold, cruel man responsible for all the misery within the series. A treacherous man who once served proudly under the Galalunan Kingdom before being mistakenly thought dead by the King, Modula lets his cruelty consume him, allying with the monstrous Mutraddi and launching an invasion on Galaluna that leads to countless innocent people killed and the rest enslaved, with Modula murdering many of the rebels himself. Intent on utterly breaking the will of the Galalunan people, Modula sends the Mutraddi to wreak swaths of havoc and death on Earth to kill her, even using a [[ActionBomb living bomb]] called Tashy 497 to potentially [[EarthShatteringKaboom decimate the entire planet]] to get at her—[[BadBoss vaporizing his own minion]] once it fails to do its job. A man who has long [[FaceHeelTurn abandoned any honorable traits]] he may have had, Modula is a walking nightmare worse than even the literal monsters he rules over.

%%%This page is not a forum. Do not debate this. Correlation is not causation.

*** Maybe's it because he's adored by the media, at least for his exploits in the H.M.E.R. robot. Plus, he's a decorated general, so he can be billed as that classic crackerjack all-American hero people take a liking to. The image is blinding the public to the fact he's NoHeroToHisValet.

* TooGoodToLast: Only one season and 20 episodes.

* CompleteMonster: General Modula was originally a reasonable, heroic man, but all of the good traits Modula once had withered and died when his former best friend, the King of Galaluna, mistakenly [[LeftForDead left him for dead]]. Possessing now only a lust for vengeance against his former comrade, and a thirst for conquest, Modula betrayed his homeworld to the Mutradi monsters and slaughtered and enslaved its inhabitants. Fearing that only the princess of Galaluna, Illana, can restore the hopes of the planet's people and have them rally against him, Modula sends countless monsters to ravage the planet where she's hiding out. It's made clear in the show that the buildings and cities his monsters destroy [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuildings are not conveniently empty]], and at one point Modula goes so far as to send a living bomb capable of wiping out a planet to Earth all so he can kill one girl. While seemingly stoic [[MaskOfSanity on the outside]], in actuality Modula is utterly AxCrazy and [[HairTriggerTemper is willing to kill anyone, even his own minions, at the drop of a hat]]. Instances of this can be seen when he smiles as he snaps the neck of a resistance fighter and when he casually vaporizes a minion who had failed him without even getting up from his chair.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheProblemSolverz'' took over ''Sym-Bionic Titan's'' timeslot after the latter got cancelled. The Problem Solverz was a show previously rejected by Adult Swim. Now that both shows are cancelled, Adult Swim actually chose the latter to air on the Toonami block.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY:
** One of Creator/AdultSwim's bumps described it as ''Anime/GoLion'' / ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' meets ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' meets ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' meets [[RuleofCool HELL YEAH!]]
** Alternatively, ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' -- or ''Anime/MazingerZ'' -- meets ''Anime/{{Zambot3}}'' meets ''[[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Tetsujin 28-go]]''.
** The show has pretty much solidified itself as a cross between a John Hughes Highschool movie and traditional Mecha Anime.

* TheScrappy: Baron

* FanMyopia: It might be justified because of the series' short life span, but fans will make this show out to be CN's only saving grace to outside observers, [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime disregarding]] [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated the]] [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow other]] [[WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex good]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice shows]] [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats on]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball its]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow line-]][[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold up]] and promising to boycott any CN show that appears until the show gets a second season. [[SarcasmMode Which will work, right?]] The kicker? They tend to also forget GenndyTartakovsky left CN to work for Sony shortly after the series ended. The protest was doomed almost from the beginning. The return of the series is now dependent on the amount of funding and support given to Tartakovsky for his future projects, and whether or not an established production crew has interest in making more episodes. Now, an adaptation to a less expensive medium is not entirely out of the question.