Titans (HBO) Worst Team Ever?

[Shellhead]

Are there any superhero teams are worse at teamwork than the Titans?

[Guy1]

Are there any superhero teams are worse at teamwork than the Titans?

Do we technically count The Seven as a Superhero Team?

[Shellhead]

Do we technically count The Seven as a Superhero Team?

Great question, and I am struggling with an answer. Stormfront is completely evil, but Homelander actually wanted to save that planeload of people. Everybody else on the team seems to be better than Homelander, which makes the worst of them bad heroes but maybe not actual villains. And in the eyes of the general public, they are certainly regarded as superheroes. So I guess you could say that the Seven count as a superhero team, and clearly their teamwork is poor when they are actively fighting each other. But sometimes they work together, or at least some of them get together some of the time and work together.

The Titans still strike me as worse at the teamwork. Individual Titans default to going it alone, and often seem to go out of the way to create personal drama and conflict with their supposed teammates. The only time I remember seeing teamwork in season one was when they infiltrated a mental institution, and then there were two occasions in season two. In season three, one member becomes an actual supervillain, and another dies when stubbornly going on a solo mission while lying about it to his alleged teammates. Late in the season, Nightwing is going to fight a villain and Superboy insists on helping. In keeping with typical Titans-style teamwork, Nightwing declines and then blows kryptonite dust all over Superboy. In all fairness, portions of the team did actually work together in multiple situations, and most threats fall short of needing a full Titans intervention anyway. It's worth noting that the Titans have an actual headquarters where they live together in both seasons two and three.

[hareluyafan1]

Really glad I never watched this series now.

[Guy1]

Great question, and I am struggling with an answer. Stormfront is completely evil, but Homelander actually wanted to save that planeload of people. Everybody else on the team seems to be better than Homelander, which makes the worst of them bad heroes but maybe not actual villains. And in the eyes of the general public, they are certainly regarded as superheroes. So I guess you could say that the Seven count as a superhero team, and clearly their teamwork is poor when they are actively fighting each other. But sometimes they work together, or at least some of them get together some of the time and work together.

The Titans still strike me as worse at the teamwork. Individual Titans default to going it alone, and often seem to go out of the way to create personal drama and conflict with their supposed teammates. The only time I remember seeing teamwork in season one was when they infiltrated a mental institution, and then there were two occasions in season two. In season three, one member becomes an actual supervillain, and another dies when stubbornly going on a solo mission while lying about it to his alleged teammates. Late in the season, Nightwing is going to fight a villain and Superboy insists on helping. In keeping with typical Titans-style teamwork, Nightwing declines and then blows kryptonite dust all over Superboy. In all fairness, portions of the team did actually work together in multiple situations, and most threats fall short of needing a full Titans intervention anyway. It's worth noting that the Titans have an actual headquarters where they live together in both seasons two and three.

Maaaan I haven't watched any of that cringefest in forever and that still seems like something that would happen in that show!

Oh, oh and how can I forget Team Arrow?

[Beadle]

The Titans still strike me as worse at the teamwork. Individual Titans default to going it alone, and often seem to go out of the way to create personal drama and conflict with their supposed teammates. The only time I remember seeing teamwork in season one was when they infiltrated a mental institution, and then there were two occasions in season two. In season three, one member becomes an actual supervillain, and another dies when stubbornly going on a solo mission while lying about it to his alleged teammates. Late in the season, Nightwing is going to fight a villain and Superboy insists on helping. In keeping with typical Titans-style teamwork, Nightwing declines and then blows kryptonite dust all over Superboy. In all fairness, portions of the team did actually work together in multiple situations, and most threats fall short of needing a full Titans intervention anyway. It's worth noting that the Titans have an actual headquarters where they live together in both seasons two and three.

I always get the feeling Donna is just looking at the rest of them and thinking “Seriously, guys? What. The actual. Fuck?”

[Sharpandpointies]

I always get the feeling Donna is just looking at the rest of them and thinking “Seriously, guys? What. The actual. Fuck?”

Donna was one of the only people on the show I could stand, with Hawk and Dove on the OTHER end of the spectrum (like, 'throw bricks at TV' level of dislike). Needless to say, I gave up. ^_^

[Shellhead]

It's interesting that there have only been a handful of villains on the show, and that includes one current Titan and one former Titan. Of course, who needs enemies when you have friends like the Titans? I have to admit that I have been hate-watching the show, but I was ready to give up at the start of season three. But they moved the focus to Gotham City, and I really like Savannah Welch as Commissioner Barbara Gordon. She isn't particularly credible as Commissioner, in keeping with the nature of the show, but she has an interesting and expressive face, and lost a leg in a car accident years ago.

[grampagen]

Are there any superhero teams are worse at teamwork than the Titans?

Do we technically count The Seven as a Superhero Team?

This is somewhat of a tangent, but in the comics one of the precursor teams to The Seven that came about as the result of Vought's experiments in the World War 2 era were sent into reinforce an Allied unit in German territory.

By flying around, making noise, and effectively being dressed in big American flags, they not only caught the Axis' attention which led them back to the Allied encampment, but they all died horribly as a result and incurred huge losses for the people they were supposed to protect.

...granted The Boys and Ennis being who they are, they're all kinda on the bottom rung, especially if he's using them in comparison to military forces.

[The MunchKING]

Are there any superhero teams are worse at teamwork than the Titans?

I haven't seen that show; but Go tended to have a LOT of anti-teamwork, where the Titans actively fought each other more than the villians.

[Captain Smith]

Go folks do pull together when it counts and their fights are more like kiddie squabbles as compared to Titans.

As far as firepower, they vastly overpower Titans. Raven only could take out the whole Titans team.

[The Dog]

Go folks do pull together when it counts and their fights are more like kiddie squabbles as compared to Titans.

As far as firepower, they vastly overpower Titans. Raven only could take out the whole Titans team.

Well, there was the time that the other Titans "pranked" Beast Boy by making him think he was dead, and he in turn "pranked" them by climbing up a mountain like he was going to throw himself in a volcano, making the other Titans chase him up the mountain and resulting in all of their deaths.

[Captain Smith]

Yeah, but the Go folk have a version of toon force and they don't die. Unlike Titans where they certainly do die. You can't take Go injuries seriously. Cyborg's head has flown around on its own. Think Titan's Cyborg could do that?

Also Go Cyborg manifest a weapon that toasted their Darkseid. Raven portals with ease and has GL level constructs of power. Starfire flies and has speed and strength along with energy powers beyond the Titan's Raven. No T Rex from Titan's Beast Boy.

[K7P5V]

Are there any superhero teams are worse at teamwork than the Titans?

Hopefully this counts, but how about the time Reed Richards joined The Avengers?

[Guy1]

Hopefully this counts, but how about the time Reed Richards joined The Avengers?

On that note, the Fant4stic version of the F4.