Episode 39A: The Lost Episode
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Starfire: "Why does the Punk Rocket wish to hurt people with his music? Music is a glorious expression that is supposed to make one feel happy! "
Raven: "You obviously haven't heard any of my music."
Originally aired: January 2005 as an online promotion
Written by Rick Copp
Directed by Matt Youngberg


Can the Teen Titans stop Punk Rocket's plans for sonic supremacy?


Greg Ellis as Runk Rocket


This episode aired as a promotion with Post Cereals. Specially marked boxes provided consumers with a token code to log onto postopia.com and view the "Lost Episode." The promotion ran in January 2005.
The episode runs 12 minutes long. It is produced by the same animated team that is responsible for the Teen Titan series. The quality and animation is exactly the same as a typical episode of the series.
Silkie appears as Starfire's pet in this episode - which places it after the events of "Can I Keep Him?" but before the events of "Titans East"
First appearance of Punk Rocket - who is somewhat-inspired by Punk Rocker Billy Idol.
Greg Ellis - who provides the voice of Punk Rocket - also provided the voice of Malchior in SPELLBOUND.
Characters spotted in the crowd scene:
- Hive Mistress [FINAL EXAM] last seen missing on a milk carton [DECEPTION]
- Slade's butler, Wintergreen [DIVIDE & CONQUER] seen with Hive Mistress
- Mad Mod
- Character designer Derrick Wyatt
- The goth kid from SISTERS
- The Actor's Studio host and Khary Payton's father [EPISODE 257-494]
- Finally, the conductor is Mumbo in his 'human' form


Producer/Story Editor David Slack on THE LOST EPISODE: "Rick Copp wrote that one. We were tied up with the series itself at that point. We would have loved to have been involved but the timing just didn't work out. And they got Rick, who's great. I think it came out really well. [...] I do remember when we were first talking about it, Glen [Murakami] and I had this whole idea of the Titans jumping from cereal box to cereal box. But that wasn't ultimately what Post wanted. "


Completely unrelated to this episode but fun to consider: The first 1960's incarnation of the Teen Titans incorporated music plots into some of their stories to boost sales.

In Showcase #59 [1965], A rock 'n roll trio known as the Flips, who use a specially gimmicked motorcycle, surfboard, and baton as props In their act, are accused of a crime spree on the eve of a benefit concert in the town of Clarkaton. And in TEEN TITANS (first series) [1967], D. J. Deejay becomes the world's first disc jockey to broadcast live from Earth-orbit - with a nefarious secret message from an alien. The Teen Titans were also referred to as "The Fab Four" - an obvious reference to the Beatles. And they often hung out in their Titans Lair headquarters "digging those groovy beats."

For more information on the comic book versions of the characters - including many images - visit titanstower.com's meeting room page.

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