{"id":1483,"date":"2012-03-20T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2012-03-20T06:04:12","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T12:04:12","slug":"episode-71-defending-teen-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1483","title":{"rendered":"Episode 71: Defending Teen Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5375\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1483-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep71.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep71.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep71.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep71.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1483-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep71.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep71.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1492\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/slade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1492\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/slade-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"Slade (aka Shredder)\" title=\"Slade (aka Shredder)\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/slade-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/slade.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When the evil Slade attacks, those Titan kids don&#039;t cut him no slack!<\/p><\/div>This week on Animation Aficionados, we&#8217;re joined by Fesworks of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcastbeacon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Webcast Beacon Network<\/a> and Ben Rodriguez of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peteristhewolf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Is The Wolf<\/a>, as they attempt to defend the dastardly Teen Titans cartoon series.  Ben and Neil accept this challenge and prepare for a mighty battle!<\/p>\n<p><strong>This episode is all about:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat the #@%! was Slade&#8217;s plan?!<br \/>\nWhy is Robin such a DICK?!<br \/>\nBattered spouses<br \/>\nOnce a hyper-competent, homicidal sociopath<br \/>\nCyborg&#8217;s magic<br \/>\nWanking off to anime<br \/>\nEpisodes that were rape-tastic!<br \/>\nThe Tyler Durden Episode<br \/>\nThe weakest heelturn EVER!<br \/>\nPeople who defend Chris Benoit<br \/>\nAnd finally, we ask the question: Was Sam Register snorting coke off of the backs of Ami and Yumi?<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1505\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1505\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tt.jpg\" alt=\"Teen Titans\" title=\"Teen Titans\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tt.jpg 600w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tt-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dear Cartoon Network... Stop designing characters like this!  STOP IT!!!<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1512\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/robin-wankery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1512\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/robin-wankery.jpg\" alt=\"This.  Happened.\" title=\"This.  Happened.\" width=\"610\" height=\"366\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/robin-wankery.jpg 610w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/robin-wankery-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isn&#039;t Robin wonderful?  Don&#039;t you love it how he abuses us?  Let&#039;s dress up like him!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, I don&#8217;t mean to brag or anything, but this is kind of how the show went:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/destroy_robin.gif\" alt=\"Approximately How The Show Went\" title=\"Approximately How The Show Went\" width=\"630\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/destroy_robin.gif 630w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/destroy_robin-300x228.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1509\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/booya.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1509\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/booya.jpg\" alt=\"Cyborg doesn&#039;t make the save for Robin.\" title=\"Booya!\" width=\"610\" height=\"368\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/booya.jpg 610w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/booya-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#039;t worry, Cyborg.  Soon, you&#039;ll be in a much better cartoon.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Animation Aficionados, we&#8217;re joined by Fesworks of the Webcast Beacon Network and Ben Rodriguez of Peter Is The Wolf, as they attempt to defend the dastardly Teen Titans cartoon series. Ben and Neil accept this challenge and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1483\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[18,6,47,43,44],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-2000s-animation","tag-bad-animation","tag-cartoon-network","tag-dc","tag-warner-animation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1483"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1519,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}