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|name = Only Human
 
|name = Only Human
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|episode number = 017
 
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|production code = 257-324
 
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|guest characters = [[Atlas]] and [[Spike]]
 
|guest characters = [[Atlas]] and [[Spike]]
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|previous = "[[Terra (episode)|Terra]]"
|followed by = [[Fear Itself]]|written by = Adam Beechen
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{{Quote|My body may have its limitations, but if I put my mind to it, there's no limit to what I can do. After all, I'm only human.|[[Cyborg]]|Only Human}}
'''Only Human''' is the 17th episode of the ''Teen Titans'' series and the 4th episode of Season 2.
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"'''Only Human'''" is the seventeenth episode of the ''Teen Titans'' series and the fourth episode of Season 2.
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
The episode starts with all the [[Teen Titans]] training in the gym. [[Starfire]] and [[Robin]] do combat exercises, [[Raven]] meditates and focuses her energy, [[Beast Boy]] professes his changing ability in a run pad and [[Cyborg]] tries weightlifting. He has a gadget which shows him how much of his power he used already. He tries to give more than 100%, but he fails.
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The episode starts with all the [[Teen Titans]] training in the gym. [[Starfire]] and [[Robin]] do combat exercises, [[Raven]] meditates and focuses her energy, [[Beast Boy]] professes his changing ability in a run pad and [[Cyborg]] tries weightlifting. He has a gadget which shows him how much of his power he used already. As the load increases, with the other Titans cheering him on, he tries to give more than 100%, but he fails.
   
Cyborg is very angry about this situation, because in the past he was an athlete and he always tried to exceed his limits, and he always succeeded, reaching 110% of his body's strength, but now he feels he can't do this anymore since he is half-robot and has limits that are built-in to his robot body.
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Cyborg walks out of the gym in anger, with Robin giving chase. Cyborg explains that in the past he was an athlete and he always tried to exceed his limits, and he always succeeded, reaching 110% of his body's strength, but now he feels he can't do this anymore since he is half-robot and has limits that are built-in to his robot body.
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[[File:OnlyHuman6.png|thumb|Cyborg explains his mechanical limitations]]
 
Later, Cyborg was seen in the Ops room playing an online game, while the others (even Raven) try to cheer him up, but he just wants to be alone. He ends up beating the best player, [[Atlas]]. Atlas then demands a rematch. Cyborg doesn't know what this means and accepts the challenge. Atlas, a giant robot, appears in front of [[Titans Tower]], and, intent on picking a real fight with Cyborg, grabs him and throws him out the window, and the two prepare to fight.
   
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Cyborg appears to be outmatched, taking severe damage from Atlas' attacks while hardly fazing him with his own attacks. After a short while, Atlas throws Cyborg high in the sky over Titans Tower, and declares himself the winner of the fight. However, the other Titans notice this and rush out to help Cyborg, but Atlas defeats and captures all of them. Cyborg returns and demands he let them go, but Atlas says he will only do so if Cyborg meets him at the Abandoned Stadium in Jump City for a real, fair, one-on-one fight.
The others (even Raven) try to cheer him up, but he just wants to be alone. He sits down to play an online game, and he ends up beating the best player, [[Atlas]]. Atlas then demands a rematch. Cyborg doesn't know what this means and accepts the challenge. Atlas, a giant robot, appears in front of [[Titans Tower]] and fights him straight away.[[File:068.jpg|thumb|Cyborg facing off against Atlas]]
 
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[[File:OnlyHuman23.png|thumb|left|Atlas leaves with the captured Titans]]
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After Atlas leaves with the other Titans, Cyborg trains as hard as he can before he goes and meets up with Atlas in the Stadium. Meanwhile, Atlas has the other Titans held captive at the Abandoned Stadium, and his devoted mechanic [[Spike]] is preparing him for the fight. Spike attempts to give him battle tips, but Atlas hears this as an order and dismisses him, hinting at his poor treatment of his mechanic. Subsequently, Cyborg arrives, and after some verbal insulting, the two start fighting immediately. Like before, Atlas seems to have Cyborg outmatched, violently punching and throwing him across the stadium and smashing him through walls, with Cyborg's own attacks barely doing any damage. Atlas eventually overpowers Cyborg and gets him in a desperate position, just as his power meter reaches 100%. Despite his hard training, Cyborg loses after a powerful right hook from Atlas. Cyborg concedes defeat and requests Atlas to release the other Titans, but despite having promised to do so, he reneges his word. Cyborg then runs away, leaving his friends behind.
   
The Titans rush out to help Cyborg but Atlas defeats them all. The villain then captures all the other Titans and Cyborg must face him alone in order to rescue them. Cyborg trains as hard as he can before he meets up with Atlas in the city's Old Stadium. Despite training hard, Cyborg loses and runs away, leaving his friends behind. Cyborg keeps commenting that his limits are built-in as he is half-robot; he cannot train harder—all he will ever get up to is 100%. Eventually his conscience tells him that his human half is what can help him defeat Atlas, not his robot half. Cyborg returns to the Old Stadium and has a rematch with Atlas. During the battle, Robin tries to convince [[Spike]], Atlas's devoted yet poorly-treated mechanic, that Atlas has been horrible to him, and that he should leave Atlas' service.
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Atlas starts playing the online game from the beginning of the episode, and the Titans attempt to escape, but Spike informs them that there is no way out. Robin then questions why Spike is on Atlas' side and not the Titans' despite how poorly Atlas treats him, and this makes Spike start rethinking his decisions. Meanwhile, on his way from the stadium, Cyborg is dejected and convinced that he cannot stand up to Atlas' robot power since his own robot power at 100% is inferior. He then has an epiphany that his robot half is not what he needs to defeat Atlas; his human half is. Cyborg realizes this great truth and returns to the Stadium. The scene switches back to the stadium, and Atlas' poor treatment of Spike is further exemplified when he makes impolite demands and spits oil in his face. He then demands warm oil, and Spike, thinking about what Robin said earlier, tells him to get it himself, only to provoke Atlas to grab him and throw him against the wall. Just then, Cyborg appears and picks a rematch with Atlas.
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[[File:OnlyHuman40.png|thumb|Cyborg facing off against Atlas]]
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Now relying less on his robot half and more on his human half, Cyborg seems to have the upper hand this time, initially overpowering Atlas. After Atlas uppercuts Cyborg through the ceiling and into the Abandoned Stadium, the real fight begins. Robin again asks Spike why he serves Atlas despite how poorly he treats him, and Spike reveals it is because Atlas is stronger than him. Robin rebuts this by saying that Atlas is only strong because of him; without Spike, he's nothing, and that's the reason he treats him so poorly.
   
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The fight resumes, and Cyborg still has the upper hand, managing to knock Atlas down. However, Atlas shocks Cyborg with underground wires, and proceeds to demand Spike to upgrade his arsenal. Spike, agreeing with the point Robin made earlier, refuses to help Atlas. Atlas then tries to upgrade his armor himself, only to realize he doesn't know how to. Spike then releases the Titans and Atlas tries to run away, but the Titans stop him and he is forced to finish the fight he picked with the now recovered Cyborg. Cyborg then overpowers Atlas, brutally punching him around the stadium while being cheered on by his friends, including Spike, now on the Titans' side. Cyborg manages to knock Atlas down, but Atlas recovers and overpowers him once again. Cyborg, like before, is in a desperate position and reaches 100% of his power, and Atlas states that he can't win. However, Cyborg, with the combined support of his human half and his friends' encouragement, yells that he can win, and his power meter breaks and his strength reaches 110% plus (up to 130%), which allows him to finally defeat Atlas by throwing him into the ground.
Cyborg continues to fight, but he once again only reaches 100% of his strength. Atlas easily overpowers him, but Cyborg is still determined to win the battle. Spike, finally realizing the truth of Robin's words, frees the captured Titans and along with the Titans, cheers on Cyborg. Cyborg, with the strength of his friends' support and his own human half, breaks his limiter and reaches 110% plus (up to 130%) of his strength, which allows him to finally defeat Atlas.
 
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[[File:OnlyHuman50.png|thumb|Cyborg leaves victorious]]
 
Upon leaving the stadium Robin comments Cyborg's now-broken meter, but Cyborg says he doesn't need it anymore since his human mind has no limits, unlike his robotic half.
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Atlas concedes defeat and accepts that Cyborg is a better robot than he is, but Cyborg rebuts this by saying that he is actually a better person. After the Titans leave, Atlas commands Spike to refit him, but Spike, no longer on his side, tells him to do it himself and discards his utility belt, leaving Atlas all by himself. Upon leaving the stadium, Robin points out Cyborg's now broken power meter, but Cyborg says he doesn't need it anymore since his human mind has no limits, unlike his robotic half.
   
 
== Characters ==
 
== Characters ==
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*[[Starfire]]
 
*[[Starfire]]
 
*[[Raven]]
 
*[[Raven]]
===Villians===
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===Villains===
 
*[[Atlas]]
 
*[[Atlas]]
   
 
==Credits==
 
==Credits==
 
* '''Written by:'''
 
* '''Written by:'''
** Adam Beechen
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** [[Adam Beechen]]
   
 
* '''Directed by:'''
 
* '''Directed by:'''
** Alex Soto
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** [[Alex Soto]]
   
 
* '''Starring:'''
 
* '''Starring:'''
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* '''Also featuring:'''
 
* '''Also featuring:'''
** [[Keith David]] as [[Atlas]] (first appearance)
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** [[Keith David]] as [[Atlas]] (First appearance)
** [[John DiMaggio]] as [[Spike]] (only appearance)
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** [[John DiMaggio]] as [[Spike]] (Only appearance)
 
==Memorable Dialogue==
 
*'''Atlas''': I did not think you would come. Humans scare so easily.<br />'''Cyborg''': I'm only half human.<br />'''Atlas''': And half of nothing is still nothing.
 
*'''Atlas''': No more. I am defeated. You are a better robot.<br />'''Cyborg''': No, I'm a better person.
 
*'''Starfire''': Your Atlas is nothing but a Zolworg Tubeck Plixing Zarbmarker!<br />'''Beast Boy''': Yeah, what she said!
 
*'''Cyborg (To Spike): '''Say, Tool Boy while you're at it why don't you shut off his big fat mouth!<br />'''Spike: '''Nobody talks that way to- [''Atlas charges down to Cyborg angrily''].
 
*'''Cyborg:''' How could I? They were counting on me, and I just couldn't do it. Atlas was right. I am a loser.<br />'''Cyborg's conscience: '''So that's it, man? You're just gonna give up?<be />'''Cyborg:''' What else can I do? I gave everything I had: 100%<br />'''Cyborg's conscience: '''Give more. Your friends are in trouble. You have to go back. You have to win.<br />'''Cyborg: '''I can't win. Atlas is stronger, Atlas is faster. He's just a better robot.<br />'''Cyborg's conscience: '''But you aren't all robot! Half of you is human and that's the half that can beat him!<br />'''Cyborg: '''(looks at his meter): Time to take it up a notch!
 
*'''Atlas: '''(notices that Cyborg's meter is full): You have reached your limit. You cannot win.<br />'''Cyborg: '''Yes...I...CAN!!! (Cyborg's meter increases to 130% before breaking entirely)
 
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
*The name of the person from East Gotham City that Atlas defeated in the video game was named after Derrick J. Wyatt, the character designer of [[Control Freak]] and [[I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R.]].
 
*The name of the person from East Gotham City that Atlas defeated in the video game was named after Derrick J. Wyatt, the character designer of [[Control Freak]] and [[I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R.]].
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*This episode bears some resemblance to the 1976 movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky Rocky], as Cyborg must beat Atlas, who could be a homage to Apollo Creed, who coincidentally, was also named after a greek deity.
 
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===Cultural references===
*It may also be a reference to the 1982 movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III Rocky 3], as Cyborg lost his first match against Atlas, similar to how Rocky lost to James Lang, but after gaining a new confidence, they are able to defeat their respective rivals.
 
 
*This episode bears some resemblance to the 1976 movie ''{{WPS|Rocky}}'', as Cyborg must beat Atlas, who could be a homage to Apollo Creed, who coincidentally, was also named after a greek deity.
 
*It may also be a reference to the 1982 movie ''{{WPS|Rocky III}}'', as Cyborg lost his first match against Atlas, similar to how Rocky lost to James Lang, but after gaining a new confidence, they are able to defeat their respective rivals.
 
*{{WPS|Atlas_(DC_Comics)|Atlas}} is a minor Superman villain. He appeared in the ''All Star Superman'' film, in which Superman overpowered him with a very similar effect to the move used against Cyborg.
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===Goofs===
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*After Atlas threw Cyborg out of Titans Tower and into the water, the top of Cyborg's head is gray instead of his skin color.
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*When Atlas punches Cyborg in the face for the third time in the coliseum, his eyebrow turned into the same color as his skin.
 
*When Atlas fires into Cyborg's arm cannon, it is badly damaged, but then when it is seen a second later, it is not damaged in the slightest.
 
*When Atlas fires into Cyborg's arm cannon, it is badly damaged, but then when it is seen a second later, it is not damaged in the slightest.
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(DC_Comics) Atlas] is a minor Superman villain. He appeared in the ''All Star Superman'' film, in which Superman overpowered him with a very similar effect to the move used against Cyborg.
 
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==Gallery==
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==Transcript==
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Quote1My body may have its limitations, but if I put my mind to it, there's no limit to what I can do. After all, I'm only human.Quote2
Cyborg[src]

"Only Human" is the seventeenth episode of the Teen Titans series and the fourth episode of Season 2.

Plot

The episode starts with all the Teen Titans training in the gym. Starfire and Robin do combat exercises, Raven meditates and focuses her energy, Beast Boy professes his changing ability in a run pad and Cyborg tries weightlifting. He has a gadget which shows him how much of his power he used already. As the load increases, with the other Titans cheering him on, he tries to give more than 100%, but he fails.

Cyborg walks out of the gym in anger, with Robin giving chase. Cyborg explains that in the past he was an athlete and he always tried to exceed his limits, and he always succeeded, reaching 110% of his body's strength, but now he feels he can't do this anymore since he is half-robot and has limits that are built-in to his robot body.

OnlyHuman6

Cyborg explains his mechanical limitations

Later, Cyborg was seen in the Ops room playing an online game, while the others (even Raven) try to cheer him up, but he just wants to be alone. He ends up beating the best player, Atlas. Atlas then demands a rematch. Cyborg doesn't know what this means and accepts the challenge. Atlas, a giant robot, appears in front of Titans Tower, and, intent on picking a real fight with Cyborg, grabs him and throws him out the window, and the two prepare to fight.

Cyborg appears to be outmatched, taking severe damage from Atlas' attacks while hardly fazing him with his own attacks. After a short while, Atlas throws Cyborg high in the sky over Titans Tower, and declares himself the winner of the fight. However, the other Titans notice this and rush out to help Cyborg, but Atlas defeats and captures all of them. Cyborg returns and demands he let them go, but Atlas says he will only do so if Cyborg meets him at the Abandoned Stadium in Jump City for a real, fair, one-on-one fight.

OnlyHuman23

Atlas leaves with the captured Titans

After Atlas leaves with the other Titans, Cyborg trains as hard as he can before he goes and meets up with Atlas in the Stadium. Meanwhile, Atlas has the other Titans held captive at the Abandoned Stadium, and his devoted mechanic Spike is preparing him for the fight. Spike attempts to give him battle tips, but Atlas hears this as an order and dismisses him, hinting at his poor treatment of his mechanic. Subsequently, Cyborg arrives, and after some verbal insulting, the two start fighting immediately. Like before, Atlas seems to have Cyborg outmatched, violently punching and throwing him across the stadium and smashing him through walls, with Cyborg's own attacks barely doing any damage. Atlas eventually overpowers Cyborg and gets him in a desperate position, just as his power meter reaches 100%. Despite his hard training, Cyborg loses after a powerful right hook from Atlas. Cyborg concedes defeat and requests Atlas to release the other Titans, but despite having promised to do so, he reneges his word. Cyborg then runs away, leaving his friends behind.

Atlas starts playing the online game from the beginning of the episode, and the Titans attempt to escape, but Spike informs them that there is no way out. Robin then questions why Spike is on Atlas' side and not the Titans' despite how poorly Atlas treats him, and this makes Spike start rethinking his decisions. Meanwhile, on his way from the stadium, Cyborg is dejected and convinced that he cannot stand up to Atlas' robot power since his own robot power at 100% is inferior. He then has an epiphany that his robot half is not what he needs to defeat Atlas; his human half is. Cyborg realizes this great truth and returns to the Stadium. The scene switches back to the stadium, and Atlas' poor treatment of Spike is further exemplified when he makes impolite demands and spits oil in his face. He then demands warm oil, and Spike, thinking about what Robin said earlier, tells him to get it himself, only to provoke Atlas to grab him and throw him against the wall. Just then, Cyborg appears and picks a rematch with Atlas.

OnlyHuman40

Cyborg facing off against Atlas

Now relying less on his robot half and more on his human half, Cyborg seems to have the upper hand this time, initially overpowering Atlas. After Atlas uppercuts Cyborg through the ceiling and into the Abandoned Stadium, the real fight begins. Robin again asks Spike why he serves Atlas despite how poorly he treats him, and Spike reveals it is because Atlas is stronger than him. Robin rebuts this by saying that Atlas is only strong because of him; without Spike, he's nothing, and that's the reason he treats him so poorly.

The fight resumes, and Cyborg still has the upper hand, managing to knock Atlas down. However, Atlas shocks Cyborg with underground wires, and proceeds to demand Spike to upgrade his arsenal. Spike, agreeing with the point Robin made earlier, refuses to help Atlas. Atlas then tries to upgrade his armor himself, only to realize he doesn't know how to. Spike then releases the Titans and Atlas tries to run away, but the Titans stop him and he is forced to finish the fight he picked with the now recovered Cyborg. Cyborg then overpowers Atlas, brutally punching him around the stadium while being cheered on by his friends, including Spike, now on the Titans' side. Cyborg manages to knock Atlas down, but Atlas recovers and overpowers him once again. Cyborg, like before, is in a desperate position and reaches 100% of his power, and Atlas states that he can't win. However, Cyborg, with the combined support of his human half and his friends' encouragement, yells that he can win, and his power meter breaks and his strength reaches 110% plus (up to 130%), which allows him to finally defeat Atlas by throwing him into the ground.

OnlyHuman50

Cyborg leaves victorious

Atlas concedes defeat and accepts that Cyborg is a better robot than he is, but Cyborg rebuts this by saying that he is actually a better person. After the Titans leave, Atlas commands Spike to refit him, but Spike, no longer on his side, tells him to do it himself and discards his utility belt, leaving Atlas all by himself. Upon leaving the stadium, Robin points out Cyborg's now broken power meter, but Cyborg says he doesn't need it anymore since his human mind has no limits, unlike his robotic half.

Characters

Main Characters

Supporting Characters

Villains

Credits

Trivia

  • The name of the person from East Gotham City that Atlas defeated in the video game was named after Derrick J. Wyatt, the character designer of Control Freak and I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R..

Cultural references

  • This episode bears some resemblance to the 1976 movie Rocky, as Cyborg must beat Atlas, who could be a homage to Apollo Creed, who coincidentally, was also named after a greek deity.
  • It may also be a reference to the 1982 movie Rocky III, as Cyborg lost his first match against Atlas, similar to how Rocky lost to James Lang, but after gaining a new confidence, they are able to defeat their respective rivals.
  • Atlas is a minor Superman villain. He appeared in the All Star Superman film, in which Superman overpowered him with a very similar effect to the move used against Cyborg.

Goofs

  • After Atlas threw Cyborg out of Titans Tower and into the water, the top of Cyborg's head is gray instead of his skin color.
  • When Atlas punches Cyborg in the face for the third time in the coliseum, his eyebrow turned into the same color as his skin.
  • When Atlas fires into Cyborg's arm cannon, it is badly damaged, but then when it is seen a second later, it is not damaged in the slightest.

Gallery

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Transcript

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