The Artfully Adolescent Set Design of Teen Titans GO

Candie Lo
19 min readApr 24, 2015

Cartoon Network’s Teen Titans GO, the recent reboot of the DC Nation franchise, focuses mostly on comedy in the Titans lives at home, rather than vigilantism and crime fighting as a way to bring the superheroes to a whole new generation, and, most would say, a fairly younger audience. Paralleling the humour of other CN beloveds such as Adventure Time and Regular Show, the animation style takes big precedent in setting up jokes with characters’ dramatic facial expressions and physical comedy. The original cast reprised their roles from the previous series to much acclaim from fans as the voices of the five teenage heroes — Raven, Starfire, Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy.

The Titans Tower where our protagonists reside is literally a giant three-dimensional ‘T’ on an island hill just off-shore from the town they protect, Jump City.

A thin and comically zigzagging road connects the tower’s modest piece of rock to the mainland, although it is rarely used aside from the Pizza delivery kid and Robin’s motorcycle — as he is the only Titan without powers and, therefore, cannot fly. The exterior of the giant ‘T’ in the sky is mostly glass, allowing enormous windows and…

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Candie Lo
Candie Lo

Written by Candie Lo

Writer, Cartoon-lover, Mama Kitska

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