Boomb Tube: The Ego and Its Own

Welcome back to Boomb Tube; where we recap and review all of your favorite currently superhero cartoons! Also, Teen Titans Go! and Hulk: Agents of SMASH. Hey wouldn’t you know it, those are the only shows airing this week. Let’s roll

This week, Teen Titans Go! showed that no one will be able to understand what it’s actually about when it had an entire episode dedicated to Beast Boy and Cyborg fighting over what was better, burritos or hamburgers (the answer is burritos, BTDubs.) First they try to win allies amongst the other Titans through various contest, one which includes Beast Boy kind of racistly growing a Mexican accent and singing about burritos. Eventually, Beast Boy and Cyborg’s schism causes them to make Pacific Rim style burrito/burger monsters to fight outside Titan Tower. I don’t know how this even qualifies as a “superhero” show anymore, but I appreciate Teen Titans Go! trying to get some of that Adventure Time/Regular Show demographic. Anyway, the monsters destroy each other and their remains rain on Beast Boy and Cyborg who celebrate in the remains by deciding to get dessert and then dance while Beast Boy in the form of a smiling anime kitten.

I don’t know what’s going on with this show, but the pun “Cyburger” was never used. Inexcusable.

Final Verdict: 3.5 – This show doesn’t mean anything to an almost noxious degree.

Hulk and The Agents of SMASH, on the other hand, showed that it had a clear purpose as the most “toyetic” show on TV right now. Red Hulk showed off a bunch of Hulk themed weapons for the team which were clearly made to be sold to a child with a less-than-usual amount of taste. Seriously, this team is five hulks. They don’t need weapons, they need a direction to be pointed towards and a muzzle for Seth Green. Anyway, turns out the weapons end up being somewhat needed, as Ego, The Living Planet shows up to destroy Earth. I mentioned before how much this show has to stretch for its villains but Ego the Goddamn Planet? This isn’t even episode six! Also he’s made in really crappy early 2000’s CGI so there’s that too. Also, Hulk-Prime has the best line “I’m excited to punch a planet as much as the next guy!” but his boring Hank Hill (Hulk Hill) delivery sucks a lot of the fun out of it. the Hulks fly up there and fight Ego by basically making jokes about getting stuck in his boogers and punching stuff for twenty minutes. That’s how every episode goes to be honest. Anyway, they eventually break through to the center of Ego and discover that he’s just a little soccer-ball sized planet piloting a big planet. Seth Green makes half a joke about what they say about people with big egos, but the fact that this is a children’s show just causes him to kind of brain fart. Also, Red Hulk learns something about friendship, I guess.

Final Verdict: 4.2 – Just a really boring generic show. There is, however, some toys for it from what I gather.