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The multiverse, every mega-franchises (and Oscar-winning non-franchise) favorite idea can often seem like homework. Why, it is reasonable to wonder, does every other blockbuster movie ticket come with a five-minute lecture on quantum physics for casuals? It doesnt have to be this way. Instead, the multiverse can just be like it is on the most recent episode of Titans: a goofy nod to a long-running franchises history that is great fun but ultimately not that vital to the experience.

With the all-timer episode title Dude, Wheres My Gar?, Titans which resumed its fourth and final season after a five-month hiatus this month sends Beast Boy, a.k.a. Gar Logan (Ryan Potter) on a metaphysical trip across the DC multiverse. Hes being coached by Dominic Mndawe/Freedom Beast on how to connect with The Red, the DC Universes cosmic force that ties together all animal life, and counterpart to The Green, which connects all plant life.

This results in Gar getting briefly lost in the multiverse, where he glimpses mostly through archival footage and audio numerous DC film and television adaptations, including Cesar Romeros Joker, Grant Gustins Flash, Zachary Levis Shazam, and even animated Beast Boy from Teen Titans Go!. He also meets a few characters in the flesh, namely Stargirl (Brec Bassinger) and being reunited with Cyborg from Doom Patrol.

Gars trip through the multiverse isnt as expansive or ambitious as the Arrowverses truly bonkers Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover its more of an Easter egg than a big event but theres a sense of fun to it that makes it a counterweight to the grave stakes of something like the MCUs Multiverse Saga.

It also helps that DC has a multiverse to speak of since the company has never worked as hard (or as successfully) as its competitor to craft a continuous cinematic universe, it can just retroactively label every DC TV and film property as part of the multiverse. And, according to my copy of Quantum Physics for Dummies, that all makes perfect sense.

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Titans connects every DC show, movie in big Beast Boy multiverse scene - Polygon