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|name=Bunny Raven... or ...How to Make A Titananimal Disappear
'''[[List_of_Teen_Titans_episodes#Season_3:_2004.E2.80.932005|Back to list of episodes]]'''
 
 
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|name = Bunny Raven... or ...How to Make A Titananimal Disappear
 
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|episode number = 037
 
|episode number = 037
 
|broadcast number = 037
 
|broadcast number = 037
 
|season = 03
 
|season = 03
|original airdate = November 13, 2004
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|original airdate = January 8, 2005
 
|production code = 257–491
 
|production code = 257–491
 
|guest characters = [[Mumbo]] and [[Anycard]]
 
|guest characters = [[Mumbo]] and [[Anycard]]
 
|written by = Louis Hirshorn and Joelle Sellner
 
|written by = Louis Hirshorn and Joelle Sellner
|directed by = Ben Jones
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|directed by = [[Ben Jones]]
|preceded by = [[Can I Keep Him?]]
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|previous = "[[Can I Keep Him?]]"
|followed by = [[Titans East - Part 1]]
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|next = "[[Titans East - Part 1]]"}}
 
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'''Bunny Raven... or ...How to Make A Titananimal Disappear''' is episode 37 of the Teen Titans series and the 11th episode of Season 3.
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"'''Bunny Raven... or ...How to Make A Titananimal Disappear'''" is episode thirty-seven of the Teen Titans series and the eleventh episode of Season 3.
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
[[File:Bleeew.png|thumb|left|200px|Mumbo robbing the bank.
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[[File:Bleeew.png|thumb|left|200px|Mumbo robbing the bank.]]
]]The Amazing [[Mumbo]] tries to rob the [[Jump City|Bank of Perez]], and once again the Titans intervene. [[Raven]] in particular is anything but impressed with Mumbo's magic, so Mumbo decides to draw her into his hat to teach her a lesson. The other Titans try to hold her back, but they are yanked in as well; Raven gets separated from the others ... and is turned into a blue-cloaked bunny rabbit!
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The Amazing [[Mumbo]] tries to rob the [[Bank of Pérez]], and once again the Titans intervene. [[Raven]] in particular is anything but impressed with Mumbo's magic, so Mumbo decides to draw her into [[Mumbo's Hat|his hat]] to teach her a lesson. The other Titans try to hold her back, but they are yanked in as well; Raven gets separated from the others...and she gets turned into a blue-cloaked bunny, as a sign for being kidnapped.
   
Mumbo reveals that he has decided to make Raven his (highly unwilling) assistant for his grand show, in which he intends to get rid of the Titans once and for all. Despite evidence to the contrary, Raven still insists that all this is just an illusion, but Mumbo refuses to tell how he accomplishes all this under the motto: "A magician never reveals his secrets." In addition, the Titans are forced to find out that inside the hat dimension their  powers and weapons are turned into mere parodies of themselves.
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Mumbo reveals that he has decided to make Raven his (highly unwilling) assistant for his grand show, in which he intends to get rid of the Titans once and for all. Despite evidence to the contrary, Raven still insists that all this is just an illusion, but Mumbo refuses to tell how he accomplishes all this under the motto: "A magician never reveals his secrets."
   
The other Titans quickly find Raven inside the hat dimension, but are all the more quicker overpowered by Mumbo, who turns them into animals: [[Robin]] into a monkey, [[Starfire]] into a cat, and [[Cyborg]] into a bear. The exception is [[Beast Boy]], whose shape-changing powers Mumbo restricts to inanimate objects only. Despite their best efforts, the Titans are restrained and find themselves unable to escape.
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The other Titans quickly find Raven inside the hat dimension, but are all the more quicker overpowered by Mumbo, who turns them into circus animals as well: [[Robin]] into a monkey, [[Starfire]] into a tiger, and [[Cyborg]] into a tutu-clad bear. The exception is [[Beast Boy]], whose shape-changing powers Mumbo restricts to inanimate objects only. In addition, the Titans are forced to find out that inside the hat dimension their  powers and weapons are turned into circus-themed parodies of themselves: Robin throws bananas instead of birdarangs, Starfire coughs up hairballs instead of shooting Starbolts, Cyborg's sonic cannon unfurls a flag reading “BANG”, and Raven can only do classic magic tricks with stock magician sayings. Despite their best efforts, the Titans are restrained and locked into cages.
   
[[File:Bunny_Raven_a.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Titanimals]]Finally, Mumbo opens his show, yanking the Titans onto the stage one by one for his introductory acts and humiliates them in front of a massive audience of Mumbo look-alikes before the grand finale. The Titans try to think of a way to escape, but with the restrictions Mumbo has placed on them, it appears to be a futile task. Raven finally concedes that Mumbo’s magic is real, even if it’s a trick. However, this gives Raven an idea to beat Mumbo using a “bigger trick”, an idea involving several cans of paint and a paintbrush.
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[[File:BunnyRaven30.png|thumb|left|200px|The Titanimals]]Finally, Mumbo opens his show, yanking the Titans onto the stage one by one for his introductory acts and humiliating them in front of a massive audience of Mumbo look-alikes before the grand finale, in which he will make the Titans disappear forever. The Titans try to think of a way to escape, but with the restrictions Mumbo has placed on them, it appears to be a futile task. Raven finally concedes that Mumbo’s magic is real, even if it’s a trick. However, this gives Raven an idea to beat Mumbo, an idea involving several nearby cans of paint and Beast Boy as a paintbrush.
 
[[File:Bunny_Raven_b.jpg|thumb|200px|Raven's magical moment]]Mumbo is finally ready for the finale, and he has the Titanimals' cages lifted onto the stage - to find them all seemingly empty! Baffled, he opens the door to Raven's cage, but it is then revealed that Raven used the paint to blend the Titans with the stage background. Raven uses the element of surprise and kicks Mumbo in the face; this evicts the villain from the hat, thus breaking his spell, and subsequently expels the Titans and the loot back into the real world. As he is arrested, Mumbo eagerly asks Raven about how she managed to pull off her trick, but Raven smugly responds, "A magician never reveals her secrets."
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[[File:Bunny_Raven_b.jpg|thumb|200px|Raven's magical moment]]Mumbo is finally ready for the finale, and he has the Titanimals' cages lifted onto the stage - to find them all seemingly empty! Baffled, he opens the door to Raven's cage, but it is then revealed that Raven used the paint as camouflage to blend the Titans with the stage background. Raven uses the element of surprise to kick Mumbo in the face, thus breaking the villain's spell and expelling Mumbo, the Titans and the loot back into the real world. As he is arrested, Mumbo eagerly asks Raven about how she managed to pull off her trick, but Raven smugly responds, "A magician never reveals her secrets."
 
   
 
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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*One of the Mumbo look-alikes called Raven’s trick “old hat”, a phrase meaning old-fashioned. Referring to the fact that Raven‘s trick is merely pulling herself out of a hat. Which is one of the oldest magician tricks, commonly done with rabbit’s no less.
 
*The secret to the trick Raven used to kick Mumbo in the face from his hat seems to be that she took advantage of her circus themed magical powers.
 
*This is the only episode in the ''Teen Titans'' series with a musical number sung by one of the actual voice actors. The other instance of a musical number with an actual voice actor appears in the series finale movie, ''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]''.
 
*When Robin is turned into a monkey, his cape is yellow instead of its usual black resembling that of other Robins' from the comics.
 
*Raven putting mumbo's hat makes her resemble fellow DC Comics heroine Zatanna, who was a stage magician who could create magic spells by speaking backwards.
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*The giant cruise is named 'S.S. Youngberg', which may be named after Matt Youngberg, credited for the episode's storyboard.
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===Title===
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*The term "Titananimal" is a combination of "Titan" and "animal". Despite this, the transformed Titans were referred as "Titanimals" (less a set of "an" letters).
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===Continuity===
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*This was the first episode to air in 2005.
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*This episode has the longest title out of any other episode in the series, with a total of 54 characters.
 
*The Titanimals and Mumbo are featured again in the [[New Teen Titans]] short "[[Titanimal Kingdom]]".
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===Cultural references===
 
*The premise of this episode might be a reference to the television show ''Lidsville'', as both feature the main character(s) going into a magician's hat and ending up in a surreal world. Plus, Mumbo Jumbo's similarity to ''Lidsville's'' the Great HooDoo is also noteworthy.
 
*The premise of this episode might be a reference to the television show ''Lidsville'', as both feature the main character(s) going into a magician's hat and ending up in a surreal world. Plus, Mumbo Jumbo's similarity to ''Lidsville's'' the Great HooDoo is also noteworthy.
 
*Mumbo Jumbo has similar mannerisms to Jafar from ''Aladdin''. In addition, the song number [[Master Of Your Fate]] is similar to "You Are Only Second Rate" from the Direct-to-video sequel "The Return of Jafar". The use of the Magic hands as well as some of the tricks he does during the song, are a reference to "Friend Like Me".
*The secret to the trick Raven used to kick Mumbo in the face and escape from his hat might be that she took advantage of the goofy version of her magical powers to perform a magic hat-trick. Which involve magicians pulling objects out of their hats, that are traditionally (and ironically) rabbits.
 
*This is the only episode in the ''Teen Titans ''series with a musical number sung by one of the actual voice actors. The other instance of a musical number with an actual voice actor appears in the Teen Titans movie [[Trouble in Tokyo]].
 
*Mumbo Jumbo has similar mannerisms to Jafar from Aladdin. In addition, the song number "Masters of Your Fate" is similar to "You Are Only Second Rate" from the Direct-to-video sequel "Return of Jafar". The use of the Magic hands as well as some of the tricks he does during the song, are a reference to "Friend Like Me".
 
 
*The two elderly Mumbos in the loge making puns on the show are an obvious reference to ''The Muppet Show'' characters Statler and Waldorf, who likewise keep heckling with sarcastic puns in their show.
 
*The two elderly Mumbos in the loge making puns on the show are an obvious reference to ''The Muppet Show'' characters Statler and Waldorf, who likewise keep heckling with sarcastic puns in their show.
 
*The Mumbo stage manager is also an obvious reference to Scooter from ''The Muppet Show.''
 
*The Mumbo stage manager is also an obvious reference to Scooter from ''The Muppet Show.''
 
*When Mumbo appears as a fortune teller machine, it's a reference to the Zoltar machine from the movie ''Big.''
 
*When Mumbo appears as a fortune teller machine, it's a reference to the Zoltar machine from the movie ''Big.''
*When Robin is turned into a monkey his cape is yellow instead of its usual black resembling that of other Robins from the comics.
 
*Robin, Cyborg and Starfire's animal forms are a reference to their early DC Comics the TV show is loosely to partially based on. Robin (monkey) used to be a circus performer in the early comics. Starfire's (cat) race, the Tamaranians, were said to have evolved from felines in the early comics. For Cyborg (bear), he had been to Russia which is the origin of the dancing bear.
 
 
*Starfire's quote about being a cat in a hat is an obvious reference to Dr. Seuss' "Cat in the Hat"
 
*Starfire's quote about being a cat in a hat is an obvious reference to Dr. Seuss' "Cat in the Hat"
 
*The way that Mumbo smiles at the end of his music number is similar to how the Cheshire Cat smiles in ''Alice in Wonderland ''
 
*The way that Mumbo smiles at the end of his music number is similar to how the Cheshire Cat smiles in ''Alice in Wonderland ''
 
*When Mumbo is trying to turn Beast Boy into an animal (but failing due to his powers), he turns him into a mouse, a duck and a dog, a possible reference to Disney's ''[[w:c:disney:The_Sensational_Six|The Sensational Six]]'' who all consist of pairs of those animals.
 
*The Maestro at the piano is modeled after the entertainer Liberace.
 
*The Maestro at the piano is modeled after the entertainer Liberace.
*The Titanimals and Mumbo are featured again in a ''DC Nations New Teen Titans'' short called "Titanimal Kingdom".
 
*Raven putting mumbo's hat makes her resemble fellow dc heroine Zatana who was a stage magician who could create magic spells by speaking backwards.
 
*When Mumbo is trying to turn Beast Boy into an animal (but failing due to his powers) he turns him into a mouse a duck and a dog, a possible reference to Disney's [http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sensational_Six "The Sensational Six"] who all consist of pairs of those animals.
 
==Gallery ==
 
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===Goofs===
==Memorable Dialogue==
 
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*The penny that was pulled out from the bank teller does not show the motto 'In God We Trust'.
*'''Robin''': ''(Reaching Raven's hand as she is getting sucked into Mumbo's hat.)'' Raven!<br />'''Starfire''': Robin!<br />'''Cyborg''': Starfire!<br />'''Beast Boy''': Dudes!
 
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*When Robin (as a monkey) fling bananas towards giant gloves, his hands and feet were the same color as the rest of his body.
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*There are several instances where the cages holding the Titans did not have metal grills that were facing away the camera.
*''(Scene pitch black)''<br />'''Mumbo''': This will teach you not to heckle the headliner! Presto Chango! ''(Spotlight on Raven showing that Mumbo has turned her into a bunny.)''<br />'''Raven''': ''(Sees herself as a rabbit and her ears droop down. Sarcastically.)'' Super.
 
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*When Robin says "We don't have much time before the finale", his hands were shown to have 5 fingers (instead of 4 as a monkey).
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*When Raven asked Beast Boy to turn into a paintbrush, the cage between them (including Cyborg) was not seen.
*'''Raven''': This can't be for real. It's just one of Mumbo's illusions. ''(A talking card appears.)''<br />'''Anycard''': Well, well, well. ''(Confusingly looks over to her side.)'' Look what the hat dragged in.<br />'''Raven''': Umm... who are you?<br />'''Anycard''': I'm Anycard! You know, pick a card any card?<br />'''Raven''': Uh-huh. Where am I?<br />'''Anycard''': You're inside Mumbo's hat!<br />'''Raven''': And I'm a rabbit. Why?<br />'''Anycard''': Do you always ask such stupid questions?<br />'''Raven''': That's it. I'm out of here. Azarath Metrion Zinthos!'' (Raven's rabbit ears gets tied up)''<br />'''Anycard''': Your magic won't work. Mumbo's the only magician in here. The rest of us are just for tricks.<br />'''Raven''': ''(Scoffs and unties her ears.)'' I'm nobody's prop. So, how do I get out?<br />'''Mumbo''':'' (Mumbo's hand appears)'' I can't tell you that! A magician never reveals his secrets!<br />'''Anycard''': The hand! Scram! ''(Anycard escapes but the hand picks up Raven by the ears)''<br />'''Raven''': If you're really so amazing Mumbo, what do you need me for?<br />'''Mumbo''': You're going to be my assistant for the big show tonight!<br />'''Raven''': I'm not helping you with your stupid magic tricks.<br />'''Mumbo''': Silly rabbit! You don't have a choice! My hat, my rules! ''(pulls Raven out of his hat)''
 
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*The bank booths seen in the beginning of the episode appeared to have shrunk significantly at the end of the episode.
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*When Cyborg falls on the chair in “Master Of Your Fate”, it disappears for a split second.
*'''Robin''': Raven?<br />'''Raven''': Robin!<br />'''Starfire''': The Mumbo has made you invisible?<br />'''Raven''': Up here!<br />'''Beast Boy''': ''(Sees Raven as a rabbit in a cage)'' Um...why does that rabbit sound like Raven?<br />'''Raven:''' Because I'' am'' Raven.<br />'''Starfire: '''Oh, you look so ''cute''! ''(Raven growls at her)'' Um...<br />'''Robin''': We'll get you out of there!
 
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==Gallery==
*'''Mumbo''': ''(As the Titans try to rescue Raven, Mumbo interrupts and grabs her by the ears)'' Sorry, no sneak previews! You'll have to wait for tonight's show like everyone else!<br />'''Robin''': Give us our friend back!<br />'''Mumbo''': Now you see her, ''(puts Raven inside his hat)'' now you don't! Ta-da! Nothing in my hat!<br />'''Cyborg''': Let me get this straight. We're inside Mumbo's hat and Raven's inside Mumbo's hat inside Mumbo's hat?!? ''(the robotic half of his head blows off).''<br />'''Beast Boy''': Dude, you're making my brain hurt!
 
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==See also==
*'''Beast Boy: ''' ''(To Mumbo)'' Oh, yeah? Well, whatcha gonna do to me? I already turn into animals!<br />''(Mumbo tries turning Beast Boy into a mouse, duck and a dog but Beast Boy turns back into his human self)''<br />'''Mumbo:''' Good point. Mumbo-jumbo!<br />''(Beast Boy turns into an ornate green lamp)''
 
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*'''Starfire''': Ow!<br />'''Robin''': Sorry, Star. I think I stepped on your foot.<br />'''Starfire''': I believe it was my tail.<br />'''Cyborg''': Yo, Lamp Boy! Turn on the light. ''(Beast Boy as a lamp turn on)'' Aw, man! I can take losing a fight, but this is just mean! ''(takes off tutu, but it keeps appearing on him)''<br />'''Starfire''': How was Mumbo able to change us into animals?<br />'''Robin''': Mumbo's magic must be more powerful in here. Who knows what other tricks he's got up his sleeve? We've got to find Raven and get out of here.<br />'''Cyborg''':'' (continues to take off the tutu but fails as it makes a mountain of tutus)'' GRR!!! Wait til I get my claws on Mumbo! Did I just say 'claws'?<br />'''Starfire''': ''(scratches her ear)'' Be thankful that you do not have the fleas. ''(fleas that look like Mumbo chew on her scalp)''<br />'''Cyborg''':'' (Beast Boy morphs into a telephone and rings. Cyborg answers)'' Uh.... hello?<br />'''Beast Boy''': ''(via telephone)'' Hello? What have you got to complain about? I'm a lamp! And what's wrong with being an animal anyway? At least you guys have legs, I can't even move! And do you have any idea how hot a lightbulb gets...<br />'''Cyborg''': ''(hangs up and smiles)'' Well, at least we finally found a way to shut him up. (''Beast Boy then morphs in an air horn and blows loudly in front of Cyborg causing him to fly though the mountain of tutus and onto a door) ''Where did that come from?<br />'''Starfire''': Where does it lead?<br />'''Robin''': Probably into another of Mumbo's tricks, but it's better than stumbling around in the dark. ''(opens the door and finds the same street they were walking on before)''<br />'''Starfire''': We are back where we started.<br />'''Cyborg''': ''(irritated) ''And I'm still wearing a tutu!<br />'''Beast Boy''': ''(morphs into a telephone post and rings. Cyborg backs away knowing what happened before. Robin and Starfire do rock-paper-scissors. Starfire beats Robin with scissors, much to his dismay and answers the phone)'' So, what does the Great Bludini want with Raven anyway?<br />'''Robin''': ''(hears sirens)'' No idea, but right now we've got bigger things to worry about.'' (Police vans stop in front of them, giant magician gloves jump out and prepare to fight)''<br />'''Beast Boy''': ''(via telephone)'' AAAHHHH!!!! KILLER GLOVES!!!!!<br />'''Robin''': I'm gonna have to put you on hold.
 
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[[Master Of Your Fate]], the song featured in this episode
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*'''Starfire''': ''(coughs up a hairball like starbolt)'' I cannot fly and my starbolts are furry.<br />'''Cyborg''': At least Mumbo left me with my sonic-cannon. ''(tries to use it but pops out a flag saying the word 'bang')'' Bang? Oh, dang!
 
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*'''Beast Boy''': ''(via telephone)'' Hey, let me help! I could prank call them!
 
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*'''Starfire''': How are we to stop them?<br />'''Robin''': We fight hand to hand.
 
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*'''Raven''': Azarath Metrion Zinthos!<br />'''Mumbo''': Psst! Try 'Abracadabra'<br />'''Raven''': Abracadabra. ''(the jewel on her forehead glows and little yellow flowers surround her in the cage. Mumbo take a flower and squirts her with water)''<br />'''Mumbo''': ''(laughter)'' That gag never gets old!<br />'''Raven''': ''(coughs)''<br />'''Mumbo''': Here, a peace offering. ''(Gives her a rubber duck)''<br />'''Raven:''' You pulled that out of your sleeve.<br />'''Mumbo:''' Must you over-analyze everything? ''(Puts rubber duck on his head, under his hat)'' Why can't you just sit back and enjoy the show? ''(Tears his sleaves and reveals two yellow birds from his hand. The birds then fly away)''<br />'''Raven:''' Because it isn't real. Your act, this hat. It's all smoke and mirrors. You probably just hypnotized into thinking I'm a rabbit. And when I get home, my nose will twitch every time a bell rings.<br />'''Mumbo:''' ''(his sleeves magical sews back on)'' Hmm... That would be an interesting trick but no!<br />'''Raven''': As soon as I figure out how you're creating this illusion, your powers will be gone.<br />'''Mumbo:''' Knowing how the tricks work doesn't make them any less real. If you look like a rabbit and hop like a rabbit, then guess what kid? You're really a rabbit!<br />'''Raven:''' ''(Mumbo plucks off one of Raven's whiskers)'' Ow!<br />'''Mumbo:''' For real!
 
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*'''Starfire:''' I do not like being a cat in this hat!
 
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*'''Beast Boy''': ''(via megaphone)'' Guys, I could use a hand here! ''(gloves claps)''
 
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*'''Mumbo''': You know what they say. If you can't beat Mumbo, join Mumbo! ''(his head expands like a balloon)''<br />'''Puppet Stage Manager''': Two minutes to showtime, Mr. Amazing! You're great, I love you! ''(Mumbo's head explodes into confetti)''<br />'''Robin''': We're not going to be a part of your show!<br />'''Mumbo''': ''(head returns to normal)'' Oh, I think you will. What I have planned for you makes me so happy, I feel like singing! Maestro? ''(singing)''[[User blog:Bartek311d/Master Of Your Fate| Five, six, seven, eight! Don't bother getting up, you're in my control. No way for you to fuss and fight. I've taken all your powers so lucky you. You will be in my show tonight. You think you can defeat me? Oh, how very droll! Well, Titans one thing you should know: I am the one with magic powers around here. I am the one who runs the show! I am the master of ceremonies, so let me set you straight! With just a wave of my magic wand, I'm master of your fate! With just some hocus pocus and slight of hand, you all are under my command. Put them in their cages, keep them all apart.]]<br />'''Puppet Stage Manager''': ''(singing)'' [[User blog:Bartek311d/Master Of Your Fate|Places everybody! The show's about to start!]]<br />'''Gloves''': ''(singing)'' [[User blog:Bartek311d/Master Of Your Fate|He is the master of ceremonies, so let him set you straight. With just a wave of his magic wand, he is master of your fate! Master of your fate! Master of your fate! Master of your fate!]]<br />'''Mumbo''': ''(singing)'' [[User blog:Bartek311d/Master Of Your Fate|Now for the greatest grand finale, and the reason why you're here! Tonight, I will make the Titans disappear.....]](speaking) [[User blog:Bartek311d/Master Of Your Fate|forever]].
 
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*'''Balcony Mumbo 1''': What do you get when you cross a magician with a camera?<br />'''Balcony Mumbo 2''': ''(Turns Balcony Mumbo 1's head into a camera)'' Hocus Focus, hahahahaha
 
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*'''Cyborg''': ''(his bear feet begins to tap dance)'' Yo! Cut that out!
 
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*'''Beast Boy:''' ''(Via telegraph)'' What happened?<br />'''Cyborg:''' ''(Exhausted)'' He made me do a jig.<br />'''Starfire:''' ''(gasps in horror)'' That madman must be stopped! ''(Pauses)'' Please, what is a 'jig'?
 
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*'''Beast Boy:''' ''(As a green Victrola)'' I got it!<br />'''Cyborg:''' ''(Unimpressed)'' It can't involve driving a tank or unleashing magician-eating sharks. ''(Robin cranks BB up.)''<br />'''Beast Boy:''' I don't got it.
 
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*'''Raven:''' ''(After Mumbo's performance, he pulls Raven out of his hat)'' What is the point of putting me back together when you're just gonna finish me off?<br />'''Mumbo''': Oh, I need you in one piece for the finale! ''(puts Raven back in the cage)''<br />'''Puppet Stage Manager''': People, hurry! The finale's up next and we're on in five!<br />'''Cyborg''': You heard the man! Five minutes til poof!<br />'''Robin''': There's got to be something we're not seeing ''(Beast Boy morphs into a phone and rings. Robin answers)''<br />'''Beast Boy''': Maybe all of this is more of Mumbo's mumbo-jumbo. Just a big trick.<br />'''Starfire:''' It all seems awfully real to me.<br />'''Raven: '''Starfire's right. Whatever happens in here is real, even if it is a trick. ''(gets an idea)'' But that doesn't mean we can't perform an even bigger trick! Robin, can your tail reach those cans of paint?<br />'''Robin''': Sure!<br />'''Raven''': Beast Boy, can you be a paint brush?
 
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*'''Raven''': ''(takes Mumbo's hat)'' We're gonna make sure you don't have any encore performances.<br />'''Mumbo''': But...But my magic! How did you escape?<br />'''Raven''': I had a better trick up my sleeve.<br />'''Mumbo''': I gotta know. Come on kid, just between us. Tell me what you did.<br />'''Raven:''' A magician never reveals her secrets. ''(she smiles, puts on Mumbo's top hat, and winks.)''
 
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"Bunny Raven... or ...How to Make A Titananimal Disappear" is episode thirty-seven of the Teen Titans series and the eleventh episode of Season 3.

Plot

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Mumbo robbing the bank.

The Amazing Mumbo tries to rob the Bank of Pérez, and once again the Titans intervene. Raven in particular is anything but impressed with Mumbo's magic, so Mumbo decides to draw her into his hat to teach her a lesson. The other Titans try to hold her back, but they are yanked in as well; Raven gets separated from the others...and she gets turned into a blue-cloaked bunny, as a sign for being kidnapped.

Mumbo reveals that he has decided to make Raven his (highly unwilling) assistant for his grand show, in which he intends to get rid of the Titans once and for all. Despite evidence to the contrary, Raven still insists that all this is just an illusion, but Mumbo refuses to tell how he accomplishes all this under the motto: "A magician never reveals his secrets."

The other Titans quickly find Raven inside the hat dimension, but are all the more quicker overpowered by Mumbo, who turns them into circus animals as well: Robin into a monkey, Starfire into a tiger, and Cyborg into a tutu-clad bear. The exception is Beast Boy, whose shape-changing powers Mumbo restricts to inanimate objects only. In addition, the Titans are forced to find out that inside the hat dimension their  powers and weapons are turned into circus-themed parodies of themselves: Robin throws bananas instead of birdarangs, Starfire coughs up hairballs instead of shooting Starbolts, Cyborg's sonic cannon unfurls a flag reading “BANG”, and Raven can only do classic magic tricks with stock magician sayings. Despite their best efforts, the Titans are restrained and locked into cages.

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The Titanimals

Finally, Mumbo opens his show, yanking the Titans onto the stage one by one for his introductory acts and humiliating them in front of a massive audience of Mumbo look-alikes before the grand finale, in which he will make the Titans disappear forever. The Titans try to think of a way to escape, but with the restrictions Mumbo has placed on them, it appears to be a futile task. Raven finally concedes that Mumbo’s magic is real, even if it’s a trick. However, this gives Raven an idea to beat Mumbo, an idea involving several nearby cans of paint and Beast Boy as a paintbrush.

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Raven's magical moment

Mumbo is finally ready for the finale, and he has the Titanimals' cages lifted onto the stage - to find them all seemingly empty! Baffled, he opens the door to Raven's cage, but it is then revealed that Raven used the paint to blend the Titans with the stage background. Raven uses the element of surprise and kicks Mumbo in the face; this evicts the villain from the hat, thus breaking his spell, and subsequently expels the Titans and the loot back into the real world. As he is arrested, Mumbo eagerly asks Raven about how she managed to pull off her trick, but Raven smugly responds, "A magician never reveals her secrets."

Characters

Main Characters

Supporting Characters

Villains

Trivia

  • One of the Mumbo look-alikes called Raven’s trick “old hat”, a phrase meaning old-fashioned. Referring to the fact that Raven‘s trick is merely pulling herself out of a hat. Which is one of the oldest magician tricks, commonly done with rabbit’s no less.
  • The secret to the trick Raven used to kick Mumbo in the face from his hat seems to be that she took advantage of her circus themed magical powers.
  • This is the only episode in the Teen Titans series with a musical number sung by one of the actual voice actors. The other instance of a musical number with an actual voice actor appears in the series finale movie, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo.
  • When Robin is turned into a monkey, his cape is yellow instead of its usual black resembling that of other Robins' from the comics.
  • Raven putting mumbo's hat makes her resemble fellow DC Comics heroine Zatanna, who was a stage magician who could create magic spells by speaking backwards.
  • The giant cruise is named 'S.S. Youngberg', which may be named after Matt Youngberg, credited for the episode's storyboard.

Title

  • The term "Titananimal" is a combination of "Titan" and "animal". Despite this, the transformed Titans were referred as "Titanimals" (less a set of "an" letters).

Continuity

  • This was the first episode to air in 2005.
  • This episode has the longest title out of any other episode in the series, with a total of 54 characters.
  • The Titanimals and Mumbo are featured again in the New Teen Titans short "Titanimal Kingdom".

Cultural references

  • The premise of this episode might be a reference to the television show Lidsville, as both feature the main character(s) going into a magician's hat and ending up in a surreal world. Plus, Mumbo Jumbo's similarity to Lidsville's the Great HooDoo is also noteworthy.
  • Mumbo Jumbo has similar mannerisms to Jafar from Aladdin. In addition, the song number Master Of Your Fate is similar to "You Are Only Second Rate" from the Direct-to-video sequel "The Return of Jafar". The use of the Magic hands as well as some of the tricks he does during the song, are a reference to "Friend Like Me".
  • The two elderly Mumbos in the loge making puns on the show are an obvious reference to The Muppet Show characters Statler and Waldorf, who likewise keep heckling with sarcastic puns in their show.
  • The Mumbo stage manager is also an obvious reference to Scooter from The Muppet Show.
  • When Mumbo appears as a fortune teller machine, it's a reference to the Zoltar machine from the movie Big.
  • Starfire's quote about being a cat in a hat is an obvious reference to Dr. Seuss' "Cat in the Hat"
  • The way that Mumbo smiles at the end of his music number is similar to how the Cheshire Cat smiles in Alice in Wonderland 
  • When Mumbo is trying to turn Beast Boy into an animal (but failing due to his powers), he turns him into a mouse, a duck and a dog, a possible reference to Disney's The Sensational Six who all consist of pairs of those animals.
  • The Maestro at the piano is modeled after the entertainer Liberace.

Goofs

  • The penny that was pulled out from the bank teller does not show the motto 'In God We Trust'.
  • When Robin (as a monkey) fling bananas towards giant gloves, his hands and feet were the same color as the rest of his body.
  • There are several instances where the cages holding the Titans did not have metal grills that were facing away the camera.
  • When Robin says "We don't have much time before the finale", his hands were shown to have 5 fingers (instead of 4 as a monkey).
  • When Raven asked Beast Boy to turn into a paintbrush, the cage between them (including Cyborg) was not seen.
  • The bank booths seen in the beginning of the episode appeared to have shrunk significantly at the end of the episode.
  • When Cyborg falls on the chair in “Master Of Your Fate”, it disappears for a split second.

Gallery

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See also

Bunny Raven... or ...How to Make A Titananimal Disappear (Transcript)

Master Of Your Fate, the song featured in this episode