Find Astonishing Animation no. 1 here: https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Jamesgrout/Astonishing_Animation_No_1:_%22A_Fridge_Too_Far%22,_The_Loud_House
Teen Titans, a concept of people who are initial sidekicks to superheroes in a team just with each other. It really is interesting to think about all of the different ways the concept can be spun, first in this series, done well to begin with, the original Teen Titans, one of the greatest cartoons of all times, when you think of it this way though, them initially being sidekicks, the downside to it is that the disgraceful Teen Titans Go does make sense that they are useless, though they didn't have to act like toddlers and be such a bad influence on kids of its time. But then there's also Teen Titans Go To The Movies, where they actually manage to do the uselessness of them and make it good. I don't think we're going to get that reboot of Teen Titans as they were when they were good, it's been years since then now, but maybe they have a perfectly good reason why it's taking so long...
The Original Teen Titans had a lot of gems representing obstacles in life in such a complex and beautiful way, or at least that seemed so, as well as doing proper superhero things.
Mr. Enter did "How Long is Forever", I wanted to bring out "The Quest" as another gem of this sort.
So, as it starts with Robin losing a battle with Katarou, then leaves on the titular quest, Cyborg says "that dude just takes everything too seriously". So, not knowing when to stop taking things seriously, a simple but common issue, it's not always easy for a lot of people, I was always somebody who took things too seriously as a kid, which was when the original Teen Titans was on, it's a common thing in people with Asperger's Syndrome, which chances are, you would be obsessed with cartoons like this if you have it too, so you probably had the same problem if you were a kid at the time of this show as well.
It sure seemed like losing that battle is something you should take seriously to me, but maybe it wouldn't be if you got right down to it, that's why it's so dynamic, with all of these possible viewpoints, one thing that's for sure though is that Robin certainly wasn't wasting the quest as he does learn a lot more than just not to take things too seriously, finds what he was looking for.
Just after Robin finds the starting point, it cuts to Starfire all sad, missing Robin already, that just makes me so fuzzy inside. Of all cartoon couples of the 2000s, Robin and Starfire were my favourite, whenever they showed their affection for each other, I just turned to jelly. You'd think most kids would be more interested in the action and start to find more affection for that stuff when a bit older, it was always pretty much the opposite for me, and I'm a boy as well... So she sits all sad, not feeling like doing much, and it's particularly good here giving it this attention when he had only been gone for a short while at that time as she thinks back over the time they spent together showing intimacy, then discovers Beast Boy dressing like Robin, giving us the comical side of the episode. This could be the best episode for balancing the shows comical side, with its action packed side and simple message portrayed so well ability, all of the shows best features.
So, simply, Robin meets the three animals along the way and the different kinds of battles he has with them,
I always particularly loved the variety of them, the different set ups as well as the different abilities needed and when it got to the point he came to use them all against Katarou, I remember as a kid just being blown away with how it all came to fit together, sucked in and just gobsmacked with how it was presented and told. It just felt so uplifting and mesmerizing.
So when you combine this with Robin learning not to take things so seriously, just think how far he came.
Meanwhile, 
as the other titans get involved with the dressing up like Robin, Cyborg was a given that he would join in without hesitation and even though I didn't expect Starfire to do it the first time of watching, even that still didn't make me consider the possibility that even Raven would join in as well in the end. Then when Robin arrived back and didn't even care that they were doing this, that was just so satisfying, their reaction was also always hilarious of course.
Peoples experiences of taking things too seriously differ, so it's hard to represent it universally, however, this one took the great risk and did it the best it could be done. So with Robin addressing the thing that was bothering him and achieving satisfaction against it and learning where to stop taking things so seriously, the best way to summarize this episode I think would be, triumphant.
For the next one, we'll be on the PowerPuff Girls Wiki, join me soon for that: