Divide And Conquer

Divide And Conquer

August 2, 2003 TV Episode Teen Titans

Studio
Warner Bros. Television Animation
Animation studio
Cartoon Network Studios, Lotto Animation, Dongwoo Animation Co., Ltd., DR Movie Co., Ltd.

Synopsis

Cyborg quits the Teen Titans after getting into an argument with Robin, and allowing Cinderblock to escape. Cinderblock returns to his mysterious boss Slade with his prize: a sleeping inmate who becomes the monstrous Plasmus whenever he is awakened.

Characters

Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire, Raven, Slade, Plasmus, Cinderblock

Credits

Directing

Director
Michael Chang, Ciro Nieli, Alex Soto

Producing

Producer
Glen Murakami, Linda M. Steiner, Bruce Timm
Executive Producer
Sander Schwartz
Associate Producer
Kimberly Smith (as Kimberly A. Smith)

Voices

Voice
Scott Menville (Robin), Hynden Walch (Starfire), Khary Payton (Cyborg), Tara Strong (Raven), Greg Cipes (Beast Boy), Ron Perlman (Slade), Dee Bradley Baker (Plasmus), Dee Bradley Baker (Cinderblock)

Music

Music
Lolita Ritmanis
Theme Song
Andy Sturmer
Theme Performed By
Puffy AmiYumi

Editing

Editor
Joe Gall
Assistant Editor
Illya Cano

Crew

Storyboards Artists
Matt Youngberg, Ben Jones, Shaunt Nigoghossian, Kalvin Lee, Rafael Rosado, Alan Wan, Irineo Maramba, Steve Jones, Christopher Berkeley, Alan Caldwell, Sam Liu, Sam Montes, Kirk Van Wormer, Scooter Tidwell, Mark Howard, Eddie Lin, Eric Canete, Shannon Denton, Mike Goguen, Anthony Chun, John Fang, Dave Bullock, Jennifer Graves
Composers
Kristopher Carter, Michael Mcquistion, Lolita Ritmanis
Casting and Voice Direction
Andrea Romano
Animation Timing Supervisor
Tom McLaughlin
Character Design
Jon Suzuki, Glen Murakami, Derrick Wyatt
Prop Design
Jay Hong, Norm Ryang
Timing
Aaron Crippen, Kris Sherwood
BG Key Design
Cynthia Ignacio, Hakjoon Kang, John Paik
BG Paint
Kersti Myrberg, Chu-Hui Song
Director of Ink and Paint
Geno DuBois
Color Stylist
Chris Hooten
Mark-Up/Painter
Eric Nordberg
Animation Checking
Jan Browning, Susan Burke, Chuck Gefre, Karl Jacobs, Chuck Martin
Shipping
Jim Moore
Vice President of Post Production
Tim Iverson
Post Production Supervisor
Bonnie Buckner
Director of Technical Operations
Bradford H. Keatts
Post Production Coordinator
Mike Miscio
Asst. Production Manager of Technical Operations
John Voralik
Supervising Online Editor
Bradford H. Keatts
Online Editor
Tony Tedford
Supervising Recording Engineer
Edwin O. Collins
Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor
Mark A. Keatts
Recording Machine Operators
Jeff O. Collins, Preston Oliver
ADR/Dialogue Editors
Kelly Ann Foley, Kerry Iverson, Mark Keefer
Sound Reading
Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas
Re-Recording Facility
DigiPost.TV
Re-Recording Engineers
Robert Hargreaves, John K. Hegedes
Sound Effects Design Editorial
DigiPost.TV, Robert Hargreaves, George Brooks
Music Mixer
Mako Sujishi
Production Manager
Aj Vargas
Assistant Production Managers
Finbarr O riordan, Marlene Fenton
Animation Coordinators
Eric John Cookmeyer, Rebecca Lau
Production Administrators
Michael Diaz, Jackie Olsommer, Mary Parkinson, Amy E. Wagner, Thommy Wojciechowski
Production Accounting
Athena Christianakis, Luisa Guzman, Duke Logan
Casting Administrator
Liz Carroll
Recording Administrator
Susan Chieco
Business and Legal Affairs
Debi Dean, Michael Lalla, Bonnie Negrete, Peter Steckelman
Production Supervision
Margaret M. Dean, Toshi Hiruma, Howard Schwartz
Development & Creative Supervision
Kim Christianson, Christopher Keenan
Development Consultant
David Slack
Production Management
Andy Lewis
Overseas Studios
DR Movie Co
Executive in Charge of Production for Cartoon Network
Sam Register

Companies and other credits

  • Overseas Studios: Lotto Animation
  • Overseas Studios: Dongwoo Animation Co
  • Overseas Studios: Ltd
  • Overseas Studios: Ltd
  • © 2003 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
  • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
  • Teen Titans and all related characters and elements are trademarks of DC Comics

Production notes

Scenes of the Titans' initial battle with Plasmus were used to promote the show during a Kids WB sneak preview months earlier.

Cinderblock never appeared in the comics, he was created for the series.

This is a Robin & Cyborg episode.

This was originally supposed to be the first episode of the series.

Divide & Conquer is a literal reference to Plasmus being able to split into "mini-Plasmuses", as well as the team (temporarily) breaking up.

Raven appears to halt the inmates' escape using the same entrance she uses in the theme song sequence.

Part of Starfire's attack is also used in the intro.

Beast Boy's voice is a little different in this episode.

Cameo Appearances: The series story editor, David Slack, makes a cameo appearance as Plasmus' human form.

"The Hungry Murakamis" are a reference to series producer, Glen Murakami.

All of the Titans theme song sequence is in this episode.