The Brain teams up with The Lobe, so the Titans enlist the help of Freakazoid to stop them.
Tropes Used in this episode:
- Bothering by the Book: Freakazoid brings along his show's announcer Joe Leahy, and Robin tells him to stay out of their way. When the Titans are in a Death Trap and Freakazoid has left to have donuts with Cosgrove, Robin begs Joe to let them out, but Joe is taking Robin's previous orders about not interfering to heart. Fortunately, Freakazoid returns just in time to deactivate the trap.
- The Bus Came Back: Freakazoid, Cosgrove and The Lobe all return to the small screen for the first time since the end of Freakazoid!
- Crossover: With Freakazoid!
- Friendly Enemy: Freakazoid and The Lobe happily catch up, until Robin yells at them to stick to the story.
- Hypocritical Humor:
- Robin criticizes Freakazoid's random form of humor and inability to stick to the storyline. Although it's not mentioned in the episode, the same could be said of Teen Titans Go.
- Robin tells Freakazoid that their show is more sophisticated; this is followed by the other Titans starting a farting contest.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall:
- The Lobe introduces himself immediately after the Brain introduced him. When the Brain lampshades that, The Lobe says it has been a while since his last appearance.
- Freakazoid asks how long he's been in that can.
- Mid-Battle Tea Break: As is common with Freakazoid. The Titans are in a trap and Freakazoid is about to free them when he gets a call from Officer Cosgrove inviting him to have some donuts. Freakazoid instantly sits down with Cosgrove and the two begin talking about different kinds of donuts, leaving the Titans to sweat it out in the trap.
- Mythology Gag:
- The episode name is also the Running Gag of an episode of Freakazoid titled “A Matter of Love”, which spent its time using the Inherently Funny Words to its maximum.
- Freakazoid greets The Lobe by saying, “Bonjour, Lobey!” This was the name of the Hello, Dolly! parody musical number
from the Freakazoid episode “Dexter’s Date”.
- The Password Is Always "Swordfish": The Lobe actually used "Huggbees" as a password for his invention's Self-Destruct Mechanism, which means it goes off when Robin is imitating Freakazoid.The Brain: You used "Huggbees" for a password?
The Lobe: I couldn't help myself. It's just so much fun to say. Huggbees! - Relax-o-Vision: The Trope Namer is used twice. First when Freakazoid goes to the bathroom with Cyborg's phone, then during the fight with the Brain's guards (which is interrupted when the guards break through the screen, which then catches fire).
- Running Gag: Robin insisting they stick to the story, and Freakazoid responding with his usual antics.
- Shout-Out: While digging through 90's shows in the Warner Brothers warehouse, the Titans find copies of Batman Beyond and Road Rovers. When they find The Brain looking through the archives, he picks up tape reels of obscurities — Histeria!, Waynehead and Detention.
- Spoof Aesop:Freakazoid: See, Robin? You don't have to stick to the story when you've got comedy.
Robin: You're right, Freakazoid. The plot can be an afterthought. - Take That!: Combined with Biting-the-Hand Humor — when the Titans are alerted to suspicious activity on the WB lot, one of the theories is "the Loonatics got rebooted!" Cut to a picture of the Loonatics shaking while screams are heard.
