Titans Recap: When Beast Boy Met [Spoiler]…. — What Was Your Favorite Cameo, in the Flesh or Otherwise?
Titans‘ Gar aka Beast Boy made a buncha super friends this week, as the HBO Max series dove deep into the character’s origin and destiny — in an episode co-written by Gar’s portrayer, Ryan Potter, with Geoff Johns.
Said super friends came in the form of a variety of cameos and “cameos,” be they in-person appearances, stock footage, or audio drops.
Gar, when last we saw him, had disappeared from the Temple of Azarath like the other Titans, though he did not end up the same place they did.
Instead, he found himself in an ancient cave, where — guided by the history lesson and teachings of predecessor Freedom Beast (The Good Fight‘s Nyambi Nyambi) — he came to fully appreciate his connection to the Red, the force which connects all animal life and microorganisms in the universes, plural.
Gar’s immersion in that realm first allowed him a window into a universe where he saw Grant Gustin’s Flash speeding by….
Some stray, crackling lightning appeared to knock Gar out of the Red and into… Blue Valley, Nebraska, landing at the feet of Stargirl (in a delightful and well-spoiled Bec Bassinger’ cameo).
The two bonded some, after which Gar found his way back into the Red zone, and multiple other “windows” opened, allowing peeks at Swamp Thing (a la the one-and-done DC Universe series), Zachary Levi’s Shazam (in a movie clip), Teen Titans Go‘s own Beast Boy (clamoring waffles), and comic book vet/Freedom Beast creator Grant Morrison.
In addition to those visual nods, the eagle-eared viewers out there also caught dialogue snippets from HBO Max’s Harley Quinn and Joker… Doctor Fate… and Jonathan Kent (Glenn Ford) from Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman film.
Gar’s trippy trip ended with him landing/waking up inside the mansion from Doom Patrol. Victor Stone/Cyborg (Joivan Wade) found him, then called out for Cliff for help….
What was your favorite cameo/”cameo” from the episode “Dude, Where’s My Gar?”?
The Grant Morrison cameo was my favorite. It was especially meta since Morrison inserted themselves into the Animal Man comics and cosmic awareness was one of The Writer’s powers.
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I wish it could have been Marv Wolfman & George Perez that Gar met as they definitely deserved that honor, but sadly Mr. Perez passed away last year.
The Grant one was definitely great though I am not super familiar with how these guys look and so didn’t realize how great it was until after. It probably would have ranked highest with me if I was more familiar. Still love it, now that I know.
I’m curious if this is the Doom Patrol from which Gar came in season 1 or the Doom Patrol from the TV show thus finally connecting the two shows.
In the show, Cyborg was in his cyborg form but, in the current Doom Patrol, he is in human form so either this in the past or Cyborg reverts in the future.
Or it’s a parallel universe Doom Patrol. But it would be nice if it’s past/future of the other series to again connect them before both shows end.
Time travel and the multiverse give me a headache!
I am thinking it’s the Doom Patrol from season 1 where Gar came from. It just makes way to much sense for it not to be them.
I loved getting to explore Freedom Beast, but it probably would have been Stargirl both because I miss the show and because it was the longest… but it ends up being Cyborg because: WAFFLES!!!! That was such a fun little post-credits tag.
Brec’s cameo appearance was wasted…
Well, it was nice to see her character again, but given all the hype leading up to it, yes, I expected more as well.
Don’t forget the Cesar Romero audio clip of the Joker from the 1966-1968 Batman series!