Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse

Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse
Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse
	DVD cover
Directed by	Matt Peters; Katie Rice
Written by	Jase Ricci
Based on	Characters from DC
Produced by	Jeff Curtis; James Ricci; James Tucker (supervising producer); Sam Register (executive producer)
Starring	Kimberly Brooks; Grey Griffin; Tara Strong; Nicole Sullivan; Myrna Velasco; Kari Wahlgren; Greg Cipes; Hynden Walch; Scott Menville; Khary Payton; Missi Pyle;
Edited by	Michael G. Buck
Music by	Michael Gatt
Production; companies	Warner Bros. Animation; DC Entertainment;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Release dates	May 24, 2022 (DVD & Blu-ray); May 28, 2022 (Cartoon Network);
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse is a 2022 direct-to-video animated superhero comedy film and a crossover between the television series Teen Titans Go! and DC Super Hero Girls, which is adapted from the DC Comics superhero team of the same name, and the DC Super Hero Girls franchise. It is the first DC Super Hero Girls film in four years since 2018's DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis, and the first one to center on the 2019 incarnation. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 24, 2022, followed by a premiere on Cartoon Network on May 28. The film also served as the fourth Teen Titans Go! film, following Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans, and Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam, and also served as the series finale of the DC Super Hero Girls TV series.

Plot

In the dimension of Teen Titans Go!, the Teen Titans were installing their new television, when Beast Boy finds a strange crystal on the floor, and places it on the shelf using it as a bookend, when then Control Freak arrives, who announces to the Teen Titans that they will have a new superhero crossover. So they all decide to watch the movie.

Elsewhere in the Multiverse, on the dimension of DC Super Hero Girls, the Super Hero Girls fight against their enemies Super Villain Girls, that manage to escape through a portal that opened behind them. The girls investigate and discover that the chain of events is related to Cythonna, the Kryptonian Goddess of Darkness, Plague and Suffering, who many years ago her brother Rao locked her in an Amulet and banished to space.

However, the Amulet had been found by Lex Luthor, which he used to rescue the villains of Metropolis and form the Legion of Doom, planning to get rid of the superheroes by locking them in the Phantom Zone. The now formed team wreaks havoc through Metropolis to lure the heroes out and lock them up. The team of heroines gathers in the park, and they find a strange rune with Cythonna's name inscribed on it. Being a clue of Kryptonian origin, Supergirl goes to her cousin Clark to translate it. But Clark ignores her believing that Cythonna is just a legend, but he warns the Justice League that she knows about the Phantom Zone.

The girls head to the Fortress of Solitude to search for information about Cythonna and her Amulet. But they are confronted by the Superman Robots, and then the real Superman and the Justice League. The girls refuse to give in, and fight the League, until Wonder Woman stops the fight and hands the crystals to Superman, deciding to leave the rescue plan in the hands of the League, much to the girls' displeasure. However, Batgirl had secretly stolen the crystals, with the information they needed. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman receives a secret call from Batman, asking her to meet at the Daily Planet, where he and Superman tell her to join them to stop Luthor and the Legion.

Back at the base, Supergirl and her friends are watching a message from her uncle Jor-El, who gave his son a message about the Amulet of Cythonna; and the girls discover that it contains the essence of the Goddess of Darkness and plans to free herself from her prison by feeding on the souls of the wicked, use a Kryptonian vessel and claim the universe as her domain. Assuming that it is Cythonna controlling Luthor and not the other way around, the girls come to the conclusion that the League underestimated the real enemy they face, and try to call Wonder Woman to warn her, but she doesn't answer.

Lex Luthor continues to prepare his plan to claim dominion of the world, but Cythonna controls him. As the crystal of the Amulet slowly shatter, she grows stronger. The League heads to the Legion of Doom's base, preparing an assault to rescue the trapped heroes. The League confronts the Legion members, but they turned out to be holograms. Superman is locked in a Kryptonite box and the rest of the League is trapped in the Phantom Zone, leaving only Wonder Woman. Surprisingly, Harley Quinn secretly helps her escape the Hall of Doom. The girls dispute over the choices Wonder Woman made and dissolve the team. Out of guilt, Wonder Woman returns to her old home Themyscira.

Lex announces to the world that they will take over the world. Hearing Luthor's announcement, Bumblebee sends an emergency call to her friends to meet at the junkyard, where she encourages them to team up again to save the world and defeat the Legion of Doom. For her part, Harleen (who quit the Legion and reunited with Batgirl) retires and leaves the girls behind, claiming that she isn't interested in saving the world.

The girls go to Themyscira, reconcile with Wonder Woman, and they all return to Metropolis. Having no other choice, the United Nations gives the world to the Legion of Doom, and all the villains celebrate their victory. Cythonna, who plans to use Supergirl as her new host, uses Superman as bait to lure her out and succeeds in trapping her. The rest of the Super Hero Girls try to get to the Phantom Zone with the help of Zatanna’s dark magic, which accidentally strands them in the TTG dimension, where they meet the Teen Titans.

While in the TTG universe, the Teen Titans help the Super Hero Girls with fixing Bumblebee's computer and giving the resources they need to return to their universe, and Zatanna receives words of encouragement from Raven that help her accept her dark entity. Zatanna transports herself and the team, and they return to their universe heading towards the Phantom Zone.

The Super Hero Girls arrive at the Phantom Zone and rescue their friends, as Cythonna breaks free of the shattered amulet. The Legion of Doom battle the Super Hero Girls, the Invinci-Bros, and the Justice League, but are defeated. Supergirl pretends to surrender to Cythonna and allows her to possess her, but she is overpowered by the girls. Supergirl pulls out a crystal and imprisons Cythonna inside it, freeing herself and, along with Zatanna, banish Cythonna out of her universe. The girls, along with reformed Harley Quinn celebrate at Sweet Justice.

The Teen Titans are disappointed not to have been on their adventure with the girls, even though Control Freak had told them that they play an important role at the end of the story. But to their surprise, Cythonna had possessed Control Freak to retrieve the crystal again. But the Teen Titans foil her attempt to destroy their universe, and she is once again fully defeated and banished by Raven, ending up stranded in the dimension of Super Friends. The Super Friends plan to send the crystal back, but they take one look at the Teen Titans fighting over the remote and decide not to.

Cast

Kimberly Brooks as Bumblebee
Greg Cipes as Beast Boy
Keith Ferguson as Batman
Will Friedle as Lex Luthor / Aquaman
Grey Griffin as Wonder Woman / Young Diana / Giganta
Phil LaMarr as The Flash / Hawkman / John Stewart
Scott Menville as Robin
Max Mittelman as Superman
Jessica McKenna as Aqualad
Khary Payton as Cyborg / Narrator
Alexander Polinsky as Control Freak
Missi Pyle as Cythonna / Speaker of Nations
Jason Spisak as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan
Tara Strong as Batgirl / Raven / Harley Quinn
Nicole Sullivan as Supergirl
Cree Summer as Catwoman / Hippolyta
Fred Tatasciore as Jor-El / Solomon Grundy
Myrna Velasco as Green Lantern / Jessica Cruz
Kari Wahlgren as Zatanna / Star Sapphire
Hynden Walch as Starfire

Development

The film was announced in October 2021 at DC FanDome.^[2]

Release

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 24, 2022,^[3]^[4] followed by a premiere on Cartoon Network on May 28.^[5]^[6]

Reception

Dillon Gonzales, writing for Geek Vibes Nation, gave the film a positive review, saying that "Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem In The Multiverse is a sneaky crossover that promises more of the former than we actually get, but the meta-humor and decently endearing characters should keep you mostly entertained throughout. The film is a bit messy and chaotic, but this is in line with the tone of these light and amusing series".^[7]