Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy along with 5 others (Speedy, Aqualad, Wildebeest, Gizmo, and Hot Spot) are magically transported by the Master of Games to his arena. They are pitted against one another in a single elimination tournament. In the first round Aqualad battles Speedy, Robin battles Hot Spot, Cyborg battles Gizmo, and Beast Boy battles Wildebeest. Speedy, Robin, Cyborg, and Wildebeest are the first round winners. The losers mysteriously disappear. The Master of Games claims that they have been returned home but it is later revealed that they have been absorbed into a gem that the Master of Games wears around his neck. It gives him their powers.
Cyborg gets eliminated and absorbed into the gem before the second round begins after he discovers what the Master of Games is doing. The last three duke it out but Wildebeest is eliminated fairly quickly. The fight between Robin and Speedy lasts much longer. In the end Robin is the last champion standing. It is at that point that he discovers what the Master of Games is up to. He doesn't defeat him single-handed but he is able to free some of the others and together they take the Master of Games down.
Not a great episode but a fun one. The animation was great and it was fun to see all the combinations of heroes. Starfire and Raven only showed up briefly at the beginning and end of this episode. Terra made an extremely brief appearance at the end. The ending was a little weird because it made it look like the Master of Games was about to start all over again with female superheroes and villains, except the only three that they showed were Raven, Terra, and Starfire. I'm pretty sure that the next episode doesn't contain that competition, so the very end of the episode amounts to one big tease.
This episode was written by Dwayne McDuffie, one of the creators behind Justice League and JLU among other cartoons.
This was Speedy's, Hot Spot's, and Wildebeest 's first appearance on Teen Titans. It was Aqualad's second appearance, Gizmo's third appearance and the only season two episode in which they show up.
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