Call it the sequel to the DC CW’sCrisis on Infinite earthly concern , if you ’d like . This week ’s episode of HBO Max seriesTitans — titled “ Dude , Where ’s My Gar , ” which both delights and enrage me — direct Gar “ Beast Boy ” Logan ( Ryan Potter ) on a abbreviated trip to the current DC multiverse , from live - action to liveliness to real life , the last of which happens to be the home of vivid comics creatorGrant Morrison .
A little background : first , here ’s how Beast Boy got his coup d’oeil of these various Earths . He ’s been plug in to the Red , a multiversal force that connect all animal spirit together , exactly like the Green does for all plant life ( seen in the short - lived Swamp Thing TV series ) , and not unlike to the Flash ’s Speed Force . As such , Gar is able to infix into its aboriginal nexus between universe , and get glimpses of the other worlds out there .
There , he discover a delightful montage of various DC properties , most of which also were part of the Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries . The sequence kick off with the Arrowverse ’s flashgun , but included glimpse of the said Swamp Thing TV series , the DCEU ’s Shazam , Smallville ’s Dr. Fate , the Animal Man hoagie Freedom Beast ( introduce earlier in “ Dude , Where ’s My Gar ” ) , and the Beast Boy from the Teen Titans Go ! cartoon . Gar also hears voice from other universe of discourse , including Pa Kent from the 1978 Superman movie , Harley Quinn from her self - titled revive serial , and not one but three Jokers — Jack Nicholson from Batman ‘ 89 , Joaquin Phoenix from Joker , and Cesar Romero from the 1960s Batman TV series .
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There are only three universes that contain unequaled footage , the first being Gar ’s encounter with the CW ’s Stargirl , play by Brec Bassinger , naturally . It ’s fine , but the 2d is a fascinating and extremely satisfying appearance from Grant Morrison , who has penned about a million astonishing funnies and make the conception of the Red for DC . What makes it infinitely better is that Morrison asterisk at Beast Boy through the portal and says , “ I can see you . ” This is a reference to Morrison ’s political campaign on Animal Man , one of their earliest DC series , and a metatextual reference to a famed , metatextual prospect where the real - life Morrison also spied on a fictional cosmos and said the same line . As the cherry on top , the sketchbook they ’re apply contains a rough draftsmanship of the DC multiverse they design for their Multiversity amusing event series in 2014 .
The final cameo is the most confounding . As Beast Boy tells the Red to render him to his menage ( meaning his found family , the Titans ) , it or else spits him out in Doom Manor , where he ’s discover by the Doom Patrol TV serial publication ’ Cyborg ( Joivan Wade ) . This could mean two things , because canonically , Titans and Doom Patrol take place in different universes , something also corroborate by the Crisis miniseries . This is despite the fact that the Doom Patrol first premiered ina season one installment of Titans , play by the same actors who subsequently impersonate them in their TV serial . This was explained away by aver these two population just have unco standardized teams … but Cyborg has never appeared on Titans , only Doom Patrol . So does the Titans universe of discourse also have a doppelganger of Wade ’s Vic Stone ? Maybe , because this Vic know Beast Boy . But the Doom Patrol universe could have a remarkably similar Beast Boy as well , which would explain why this Cyborg is back in ( or still in ) his armor .
This mystery is made infinitely messier in that this hebdomad ’s Titans instalment also revealed that Niles Caulder , Almighty of the Doom Patrol in both realities , had been responsible for for toss off Gar ’s parent in his quest for immortality . And permit ’s not blank out that , in the Titans reality at least , Beast Boy was a member of Doom Patrol for a time . Do the showmakers have a programme that involves both macrocosm ? Is this all taking piazza in the Titans - verse ? Or are they just playing fast and liberal with persistence because it ’s both series ’ final seasons and they want to have fun ?
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I would care to posit this scenario : who care ? Maybe it ’s just a number of sport . Besides , the totality of the current unrecorded - action DC multiverse is so close to being done . Titans only has three more episodes to go , and Doom Patrol is onits last leg . The Arrowverse formally ends whenThe Flash does , which also only has three more episodes to go . And we all know the DCEU has been flushed down the bathroom . It simply does n’t matter what happens to the canon of the current multiverse because it ’s go as surely as if there ’d been another Crisis . And when it ’s born-again , it ’ll be supervise byJames Gunn .
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