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"Wavelength" is the eighth episode of season three and the overall 34th episode of the Teen Titans series.

Plot[]

In the dead of night, a mysterious visitor swims ashore to Titans Island and trips the laser alert system, activating the trouble alert which awakens all the Teen Titans from their slumber. The Titans rush downstairs to hear loud smashing on their front door. The mysterious visitor pries the door open with their bare hands and invites themself in. Stepping into the light, this visitor reveals themself to be Aqualad, who has come to Titans Tower to complain about the "trash" in his ocean.

The next morning, Aqualad briefs the Titans about their newest mission. What they're dealing with is an undersea fortress fifty miles off the coast built by Brother Blood, who has built this fortress as his new Headquarters since Cyborg destroyed the H.I.V.E. Academy. Aqualad initially tried to defeat him by himself but found himself outmatched with his telepathy compared to Blood's mental powers. However, he informs the Titans he has learned from a spy within the H.I.V.E that Blood's fortress is hiding a sinister secret: a massive sonic resonator, a doomsday device based on Cyborg's own blueprints that when activated will unleash a tidal wave big enough to wash away all of Jump City if it can't be stopped. Outraged and panicking, Cyborg declares that since Blood stole his blueprints and is now using them to threaten the city, he's leading the mission and "taking Blood down with [his] own two hands." However, Robin refuses and points out that since the resonator was designed with the very technology that makes up half of exactly what Cyborg is, he is the only one who can shut down the Sonic Resonator. While he does that, the rest of the team will capture Blood. Cyborg tries to protest and cite the personal nature of this mission, but Aqualad sides with Robin because of the urgency of this mission, stating that the resonator will be fully operational by sunset. The team goes over their course of action while Cyborg still remains upset by the mission parameters.

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Aqualad briefs the Titans on the Sonic Resonator

The Titans load up onto the T-Ship and set sail. As they reach his new HQ, Blood sees them coming and releases the Mind Control Squid, a huge cybernetic squid also equipped with Cyborg's technology. The squid proves itself a formidable foe, and Beast Boy just barely manages to save the team (in his mouth in whale form) when it crushes the T-Ship with its tentacles, reducing it to rubble. However, he manages to keep it on the run long enough for Aqualad to smash down a pile of rocks and bury it under the falling debris, defeating it.

As the Titans make it inside the base, they review their respective tasks: Aqualad and Beast Boy are to attempt to shut down the force field protecting the Sonic Resonator, and Raven, Starfire and Robin will try to capture Brother Blood, providing a diversion so that Cyborg can get to the Resonator core and shut it down before it is too late. The Titans are attacked by a platoon of H.I.V.E. Soldiers, and then split up to accomplish their goals. Cyborg crawls through a small chute, complaining bitterly to himself, and he suddenly finds himself dropped into a large, empty room, where he is beset by Brother Blood via jumbotron. There, he also introduces Cyborg to Bumblebee, one of Brother Blood's top students at the former H.I.V.E. Academy, who immediately challenges Cyborg to a one-on-one duel.

A lengthily battle ensues and it appears that Bumblebee will finish off Cyborg. But instead, a wayward blast from her stingers cuts the feed from the monitor from which Blood himself was watching the fight and she then reveals that she was the spy within the H.I.V.E. which Aqualad told the Titans about. Cyborg is still hesitant to trust Bumblebee, but in the end, he grudgingly accepts her help. When Brother Blood's monitor turns up static, he assumes Cyborg has succeeded in destroying Bumblebee proceeds to do the same to the rest of the Titans.

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Cyborg meets the double agent

Aqualad and Beast Boy are traveling down an underwater chute in order to get to the force field generator when Blood releases a swarm of cyborg piranhas, and Raven, Robin and Starfire get a fix on Blood's location just as they vanquish the H.I.V.E. soldiers - only to encounter an even bigger battalion than than before.

Cyborg and Bumblebee, in the meantime, are trying to find the Resonator core, all-the-while arguing about the victor and authenticity of their battle. They suddenly come to a halt in a two-way hall. They then start arguing about which way to go, and when Bumblebee insists that she should be the one to listen to, Cyborg argues against Bumblebee's statement and says that "it's [his] tech, [his] mission, and without [him], [Bumblebee]'d have no clue how to shut [the Resonator] down!" Bumblebee then reveals that she has read and has the disk containing his blueprints, and thus she knows the Resonator has one fatal design flaw that when tampered with will destroy it for good. Cyborg is upset because his blueprints have very personal information within, but Bumblebee assures him that she respects that and only read the files regarding the sonic cannon for the sake of the mission...as well as "a few memory files about the big crush [he] had on Jinx." Just as Cyborg tries to respond, he gets a call from Robin, who tells him that he and the others are nearing Blood's control room and asks him if he's reached the resonator core, to which he responds almost. Robin hangs up before telling him to get moving since time is running out and Bumblebee finally hits a nerve with Cyborg by asking "If this is your mission, how come [Robin]'s in charge?" In response, Cyborg locks Bumblebee outside of the corridor and leaves her behind.

After just barely escaping the cyborg piranhas, Aqualad and Beast Boy finally reach the force field generator. However, they wind up stumbling into the generator's defense system which traps them in a crushing chamber. When Robin and the others make it into Blood's control room only to find it totally deserted, they receive Aqualad's SOS. Unfortunately, the three of them unwittingly stumble into a trap as well when the control room’s door locks behind them and the glass is blown up by a mine attached to it. The whole room then starts rapidly flooding, leaving Robin, Starfire, and Raven at the mercy of the sea. Cyborg makes it to the Resonator core, only to find that the force field is still up, and to add to the bad news, Brother Blood himself walks in to inform Cyborg that his friends and mission have failed, as well as to claim victory in his villainous plot. Just as Cyborg prepares for battle, the Resonator finishes its countdown and fires away. The blast beam is murder on Cyborg's eardrums while Brother Blood doesn't seem to feel a thing, and to make matters worse, the fortress's umbrella surfaces and the energy it emits from the sonic resonator sends an absolutely humongous tidal wave hurtling straight towards Jump City.

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Cyborg finds the resonator core protected by a force field

With the tsunami on its way to the city, Aqualad and Beast Boy about to be crushed alive, and Robin, Starfire, and Raven on the verge of drowning, the Titans' mission does indeed seem hopeless until Cyborg overcomes the energy from the Resonator and engages Brother Blood for a final duel. However, Blood proves himself to be lethal as well when disrobes and unveils his own battlefield attire. And to add insult to injury, he not only has Cyborg outmatched due to being the superior warrior, but also because he has read Cyborg's blueprints cover-to-cover and knows all of his weak spots.

Robin and his group, meanwhile, manage to blow the door down with one of Robin's mini-charges to escape from drowning in the control room, and he shuts down the force field defense system, saving Aqualad and Beast Boy in just the nick of time. Beast Boy then morphs into an electric eel and uses the opposing polarity of his own electrostatic charge to short out the force field generator. Blood and Cyborg, still locked in combat, are briefly interrupted when the force field dissipates and Cyborg stands triumphant, remaining optimistic about his mission's shot at success. But this does not stop Blood from slowly electrocuting Cyborg with his "force lightning", and he is only saved by the timely arrival of Bumblebee, who reveals herself as a spy to Blood, much to Blood's anger since apparently nobody at his school was actually there to learn. While Bumblebee holds off Brother Blood with the techniques she admits he taught her plenty, Cyborg proceeds to disable the Resonator core. Cyborg is successful in locating the core’s design flaw, and the core self-destructs, causing it to release a counter-vibrational cascade wave which collapses the tsunami upon impact just minutes before it crashes down onto Jump City. As a bonus, the whole fortress begins to fall apart at the seems from the damage to the resonator core and Blood gets away, stating to Cyborg, "That's two headquarters you owe me." Cyborg and Bumblebee reunite with the other Titans and Aqualad, and they all escape as the base blows up, with the Titans who cannot breathe underwater riding inside Beast Boy's whale mouth again.

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Bumblebee, having revealed her allegiance, fights Brother Blood

Back at the Tower, the Titans' plans to find Brother Blood are cut short by Doctor Light, who is robbing the Bank of Pérez. Aqualad and Bumblebee vow to continue the search on their own while the Titans handle him, and just before they leave, Bumblebee gives Cyborg his blueprints back. She invites him to join them in the search, to which Cyborg declines, saying that his mission is with the Titans. Cyborg stands alone for a minute, pondering Bumblebee's proposal. Robin calls to Cyborg, saying it's time to go, to which Cyborg silently responds, "Yeah. it just might be" before charging off.

Characters[]

Main Characters[]

Supporting Characters[]

Villains[]

Trivia []

  • After Beast Boy in whale form coughs up the Titans and leaving Raven without her left boot (that is still inside his mouth), it is revealed that she does not wear socks. This is also the first (and only) time she is seen barefoot.
  • Right after Beast Boy (as a whale) spits them out, for a split-second, Raven is seen without her shoe on.

Continuity[]

  • This episode reveals that Cyborg has missiles, and thus marks the first time in the series that he uses them.
  • This episode reveals that Cyborg used to have a crush on Jinx.

Cultural references[]

  • Beast Boy and Aqualad trying to prevent themselves from being crushed is a reference to Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, in a similar sequence to when Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca try to prevent themselves from being crushed by a trash compactor.
    • Ironically, the Resonator’s design flaw with the transmission matrix mirrors the exact same design flaw with the Deathstar’s exhaust port. Both targets were relatively easy to exploit and both machines were detonated swiftly upon triggering them.

Goofs[]

  • The resonator's timer shows the notation of mm:ss, however at its last second there was only one digit in the second hand.
  • When Robin, Starfire, and Raven open the doors to encounter more HIVE soldiers, Raven’s broach on her cloak is missing.
  • The mine for the flooding trap that Robin, Starfire, and Raven encounter explodes near a glass panel. However, the hole the mine created later switches to a metal wall.
  • When Beast Boy turns into a cheetah, his tail is without spots in one frame.

Gallery[]

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Transcript[]

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