He doesn’t want to blend in or get a house. Lance starts out an antisocial hotheaded douche-bag. She’s up there with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Wonder Woman, and Princess Leia as a positive role model for girls… or anyone for that matter! She has her own style, and she doesn’t hide it she doesn’t compromise it just to fit in. Most shows don’t do that sort of thing because it’s easier for animators, but to me, it helps reflect her character. Also, unlike most cartoon characters, Ilana wears different outfits in every episode. When she knows she’s right, she stands by her principles, but she’s willing to compromise for the good of the group. She’s feminine, smart, kind-hearted, and badass warrior. As the show goes on, we see her grow and be less ostracized and she does so without having to compromise her values and conform to social norms. She starts out a bit sheltered and socially awkward she has trouble dealing with the cliques and social hierarchy in school. She may be more well rounded and believable than some actual female people I know. Princess Ilana is one of the best written female characters I’ve ever seen. They start out as “the caring one,” “the tough one,” and “the smart one,” but quickly become fully fleshed out and believable characters. These are the three parts of Titan, and our three protagonists’ major traits. The heart, body, and mind get brought up a lot in the pilot. When the Power Rangers spent 10 minutes having the Megazord punch a monster before thinking, “oh yeah, our sword shoots a laser that kills everything,” you start to question their intelligence.įair warning, from this point on there will be minor spoilers. Voltron’s blazing sword, Sailor Moon’s moon scepter elimination, or Megazord’s power sword all looked cool, but didn’t it seem stupid that good guys always waited till the last minute before using it? Titan has to fight hard to find each monster’s weakness, meaning each victory feels earned. Titan doesn’t have a signature one-hit-kill move, which allows it to stand out in this genre. In episode 5 there’s a full blown construction site in the crater and a street race across the bridge. In episode 2 there’s a bridge being built across the crater. For example, in the first episode a monster blows a crater in the middle of town. When I watched it in order I realized how perfect it really was. When I first started watching Titan I caught it here and there and I thought the show was pretty good. Where Samurai Jack is mostly a series of standalone episodes, this show is best when watched in order. This particular monster was inspired by The Breakfast Club. Tartakovsky actually cites both Godzilla movies and John Hughes movies as inspiration for his giant robot show! It is about fitting in, feeling ostracized, finding yourself… normal high school issues. The story is driven by relationships, and not just romantic ones. It aims at a slightly older demographic for Cartoon Network, which allowed for more complexity than just a giant robot fighting alien monsters. If the threat is too much, they combine armors inside Octus to form the giant robot, Titan. That’s when Lance and Ilana activate their “armors,” which are 10 to 20 foot tall mechs. As is always the way, Modula is soon able to find out where they are and start sending giant alien monsters to kill them. Their escape pod lands outside the town of Sherman, Illinois where the three pose as normal high school students. He hopes that she can blend in, lay low and return once the war is over. The King sends his daughter, Princess Ilana, with a broody young soldier named Lance, and an experimental AI/robot called Octus through a “Rift Gate” (wormhole) to Earth. The plot is relatively straightforward: the planet Galaluna (where everyone just happens to look human and speak English) is conquered by the traitorous General Modula and his army of alien monsters, the Mutraddi. Sym-Bionic Titan was created by our old friend Genndy Tartakovsky (who you might remember from Samurai Jack) and first aired for one 20-episode season on Cartoon Network in 2010. Sounds familiar, kinda like Power Rangers, right? or Voltron? or Gigantor, Ultraman, Battle of the Planets/G-Force/Eagle Riders, Robotech, Gundam, VR Troopers, Beetleborgs, Masked Rider, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills and for the seriously anime inclined Evangelion.īut unlike those shows, this show is perfect! It has great drama, fun characters, amazing action, and a story that develops through the season. They fight giant evil aliens who threaten to destroy their city. The characters are a group of high school archetypes: a nerdy one, a dark angsty one, a token girl who have crazy uniforms, giant robots, and combine to form an enormous, humanoid fighting robot. For this installment of Nailed it! I want to talk about a show that should sound familiar to every boy who grew up in the 80s and 90s.
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