Teen Titans The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...

Bob Haney Robert Gilbert Haney, Jr. (March 15, 1926 – November 25, 2004) was an American comic book writer, best known for his work for DC Comics. He co-created the Teen Titans as well as characters such as Lance Bruner, Metamorpho, Eclipso, Cain, and ...

Bruno Premiani Giordano Bruno Premiani (; January 4, 1907 – August 17, 1984
at the

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in the United States. Developed by

Glen Murakami Glen Murakami is an American animator, artist, character designer, director and producer best known for his work on ''Teen Titans'', ''Batman Beyond'', ''Teen Titans Go!'', '' Ben 10: Alien Force'' and '' Ben 10: Ultimate Alien''. Murakami is the ...

,

Sam Register Sam Register (born 1969) is an American film and television producer and businessman. He is currently the president of Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. Career Formerly Vice President of Cartoon N ...

, and television writer

David Slack David Slack is an American animation and television writer and producer. He has written and/or produced on such shows as ''Law & Order'', '' Lie to Me'', ''In Plain Sight'', ''Teen Titans'', '' Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'', '' Jackie Chan Adventures'', '' ...

. The series was produced by

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and

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. The series focuses on a team of crime-fighting teenage superheroes, consisting of the leader Robin, alien princess Starfire, green

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Beast Boy Beast Boy (Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan) is a superhero A superhero or superheroine is a fictional character who typically possesses ''superpowers'' or abilities beyond those of ordinary people, is frequently costumed concealing their identity ...

, the dark sorceress

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, and the technological genius

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as he deals with his past involving the

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, and helps the Titans unite heroes to stop the

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. The season premiered on September 24, 2005 and ran until January 16, 2006, broadcasting 13 episodes. Warner Bros. Home Video released the fifth season on DVD in the United States and Canada on July 22, 2008. Upon its release, the season received critical acclaim with many critics regarding it as the best season of the series. It was praised for its variety of storylines and its expanded cast of characters, despite the final episode being controversial.

Production

Season five of ''Teen Titans'' aired on

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from September 24, 2005 to January 16, 2006. The season was produced by

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and

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, executive produced by

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and produced by

Glen Murakami Glen Murakami is an American animator, artist, character designer, director and producer best known for his work on ''Teen Titans'', ''Batman Beyond'', ''Teen Titans Go!'', '' Ben 10: Alien Force'' and '' Ben 10: Ultimate Alien''. Murakami is the ...

,

Bruce Timm Bruce Walter Timm (born February 5, 1961) is an American artist, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for contributing to building the modern DC Comics animated franchise, most notably as the head producer behind '' Batman: ...

and Linda M. Steiner. Staff directors for the series included Michael Chang, Heather Maxwell and Alex Soto. The episodes for the season were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Richard Elliott, Melody Fox, Rob Hoegee, Greg Klein, Thomas Pugsley, Simon Racioppa,

David Slack David Slack is an American animation and television writer and producer. He has written and/or produced on such shows as ''Law & Order'', '' Lie to Me'', ''In Plain Sight'', ''Teen Titans'', '' Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'', '' Jackie Chan Adventures'', '' ...

, and Amy Wolfram. Producer Murakami worked with Derrick Wyatt, Brianne Drouhard, and Jon Suzuki on character design while Hakjoon Kang served as the background designer for the series. The season employed a number of storyboard artists, including Eric Canete, Colin Heck, Kalvin Lee, Keo Thongkham, Scooter Tidwell, Alan Wan and Matt Youngberg.

Cast and characters

The five voice actors for the main characters -

Scott Menville Scott David Menville (born February 12, 1971) is an American actor and musician who is known for his voice work in animated films, television series and video games. He voices Robin in Cartoon Network's ''Teen Titans'' (2003–2006) and ''Teen ...

,

Hynden Walch Hynden Walch (born February 1, 1971) is an American actress best known for voicing Starfire in the ''Teen Titans'' franchise and Princess Bubblegum in ''Adventure Time''. She also voiced Penny Sanchez in '' ChalkZone'', Elsie in ''Stanley'', ...

,

Greg Cipes Gregory Michael Cipes (born January 4, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Beast Boy in ''Teen Titans'', ''Teen Titans Go!,'' '' Young Justice'', and ''Beast Boy: Lone Wolf''; Michelangelo in ''Teenage Mutant Nin ...

,

Tara Strong Tara Lyn Strong (; born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian and American actress. She is known for her voice work in animation, websites, and video games. Strong's voice roles include animated series such as '' The Powerpuff Girls'', '' The Fair ...

, and

Khary Payton Khary Payton (born May 16, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as King Ezekiel on the AMC horror drama series '' The Walking Dead'' and Dr. Terrell Jackson on the soap opera ''General Hospital'', as well as voicing Cyborg acr ...

- reprise their roles in the fifth season as Robin, Starfire,

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,

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, and

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in the two-part episode "Homecoming" and Kole in the episode "Kole". Walch also provided the voice for Madame Rouge, a villain who is a part of the Brotherhood of Evil, and the character Teether in episode "Hide and Seek".

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recurs in the season, providing voices for several characters, including Le Blanc, Gnarrk, Cinderblock, Silkie, and Wildebeest.

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reprises her role as Jinx in three episodes of the season.

Glenn Shadix William Glenn Shadix (April 15, 1952 – September 7, 2010) was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for his roles as Otho Fenlock in Tim Burton's ''Beetlejuice'' and the Mayor of Halloween Town in ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''. ...

appeared in the series, voicing the season main villain The Brain and

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. Freddy Rodriguez recurred in the season as hero twins

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. Season five of ''Teen Titans'' featured numerous guest actors providing voices for recurring and guest characters.

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appeared in this season as

Pantha Pantha (Rosabelle Mendez) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is a member of the Teen Titans who gained cat-like abilities from experimentation by the Wildebeest Society. Pantha was killed by Supe ...

in the eleventh and twelfth episodes of the season.

Jason Marsden Jason Christopher Marsden (born January 3, 1975) is an American actor, director and producer, who has done numerous voice roles in animated films, as well as various television series and video games. He is best known for his voice roles as the ...

voiced

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and

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in two episodes.

Michael Rosenbaum Michael Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972) is an American actor and podcaster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor (Smallville), Lex Luthor on the television series ''Smallville'', a role that ''TV Guide'' included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nas ...

voices

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in "Lightspeed" and "Titans Together". In the two-part episode "Homecoming", members of the

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, Beast Boy's former team, appear.

Xander Berkeley Alexander Harper Berkeley (born December 16, 1955) is an American actor. Since beginning his career in the early 1980s, he has appeared in over 200 film and television projects. His films include ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991), ''Candyman ...

returns to the series, voicing

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and Brotherhood of Evil member

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. The episode also features the voices of

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, voicing Robotman and

Judge Reinhold Edward Ernest "Judge" Reinhold Jr. (born May 21, 1957) is an American actor who is best known for his work in Hollywood films during the 1980s. He has starred in several popular films such as '' Stripes'' (1981), '' Fast Times at Ridgemont High' ...

, voicing

Negative Man Negative Man (Lawrence Michael "Larry" Trainor) is a superhero from DC Comics. The character was created by Bob Haney, Arnold Drake, and Bruno Premiani and made his first appearance in ''My Greatest Adventure'' #80 (June 1963). Negative Man has a ...

. The episode "For Real" features T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh,

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and

Wil Wheaton Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Gordie Lachance in the film ''Stand by Me (film), Stand by Me'', ...

reprising their roles as

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,

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and

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. Actor

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appeared in the episode "Snowblind" providing the voice for the Raskov. Veteran voice actor

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, the voice of

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in ''

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'', reprises his role of Dr. Light in the episode "Kole". The episode "Hide and Seek" features veteran voice actress

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(the voice of

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) providing the voices of characters Timmy Tantrum and Melvin.

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returns to the series, providing the voice for

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and

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in the episode "Lightspeed". In the episode "Revved Up", rock singer

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voiced the villain Ding Dong Daddy Dowd. The episode "Go" features actor Gary Anthony Sturgis voicing the Gordanians and Trogaar. In the series finale "Things Change",

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and

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reprise their roles as

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and

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respectively.

Reception

The season received critical acclaim. Mac McEntire of

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awarded the fifth season story a score of 85, deeming it a "flat-out excellent final season". McEntire commended the show's evolution from season one, noting that the season features "smart, emotional and exciting stories within the context of ''Teen Titans''", as well as the introduction of various new characters in the season from the world of the ''Teen Titans'' comics. John Sinnott, writing for

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, deemed the fifth season release as "Highly Recommended". Sinnott commented that with the expanded cast of villains and superheroes in the season, "the shows in this set never get dull". Sinnott also highlighted the alterations made on DC characters to fit within the series' context as a strong point. Sinnott concluded that the season is "stronger than the preceding season" and "hits all the right marks". Randall Cyrenne of Animated Views praised season five as the strongest season, noting that it found "a more even tone that allowed the season to feel cohesive".

Episodes

DVD release

The DVD boxset was released on July 22, 2008 in the United States and Canada. It features a series title "Teen Titans: Know Your Foes", featurette which is segmented for each of the series main villains.

References

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