Episode 65: Things Change
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"Things change, Beast Boy. The girl you want me to be is just a memory." - "Terra" Originally aired: January 16, 2006 Written by Amy Wolfram Directed by Michael Chang After months of fighting the Brotherhood of Evil around the globe, the Teen Titans are finally back home. But a walk through the city reveals that things are no longer as they remembered. And while Beast Boy wants everything to be just like it was in the past, he has to face the fact that in life things change. Ron Perlman as Slade Ashley Johnson as "Terra" This episode features references to the events detailed in TERRA, TITAN RISING, BETRAYAL and AFTERSHOCK [part 1 & 2] from season two. This episode continues the theme of reflections from that same story arc in season two. In the actual script of this episode, Terra's name is only written within the context of Beast Boy's dialogue. The name of the school girl is not "Terra" in the script. Starfire mentions "AJ's Music Store", a reference to series associate producer, AJ Vargas. "Terra's" school is Murakami School, a reference to series producer Glen Murakami. Storyboard artist Irineo Maramba is seen in Murakami School. The lead character from Napoleon Dynamite can be seen in animated form as a student at Murakami School. Story Editor/Writer Amy Wolfram on THINGS CHANGE: "The way that I wrote that press blurb was very specific. It does not mention [Terra's] name. It does not mention what the story is about or anything. It was written fairly vague, on purpose, because that will probably be our last episode. And it’s a wonderful, different way to end a season rather than doing a two-part fight. [...] It’s a nice way to remind us of who our characters are. I don’t know that’s it’s necessarily an end, a beginning or a middle. But it shows the characters, after having traveled a whole season, finally returning home. So it’s a nice way to go." Producer David Slack on THINGS CHANGE: "Yes, that’s a nice little coda. Or, I should say, a nice big coda. Glen [Murakami] was talking about that episode back in season three. And ultimately, I think we couldn’t have found a better spot for it in the run of the series." In the comic books, after utterly betraying the Titans, Terra's own rage consumed her as she buried herself in a ton of debris in TALES OF THE TEEN TITANS #42-44, Annual #2 [1984]. It took a long time for Beast Boy to deal with her apparent death. Years later, another Terra appeared, claiming to be a time-tossed adventurer from the future [NEW TITANS #79 in 1991]. Terra II made herself known to the utterly shocked Beast Boy in NEW TITANS #86-87 [1992]. This "Tara Markov" believed she was a nameless orphan injected with the first Terra's DNA by Lord Chaos. But when the smart-mouthed geomorph learned she did not originate from a false-future, she feared she may actually somehow be the first Terra - the psychotic traitor to the Titans. As of this writing, Terra II still doesn't know who she is! For more information on the comic book versions of the characters - including many images - visit titanstower.com's meeting room page. info to come << back to season five episode guide list EPISODE SCREEN CAPS provided by John The Artist