Who remembers this line? "It's not the machine that resists you, it's me, my spirit! And that's the part you can't break!"

"Ive read your blueprints, dug through your schematics, opend your shell... Still yet i cant find the part that makes you resist"

The original teen titans version of cyborg is my favorite iteration. To this day I still can't wrap my head around him being in the Justice League bc I'm so used to him being with the titans

Cyborg saying he can surpass his limits because he is human in his fight with Atlas... Peak 💯

“My body may have its limitations but if I put my mind to it, there’s no limit to what I can do..after all I’m only human” that quote resonated with me ever since I was a kid and I think it’s the best in the series

honestly, the kid showing his prosthetic to cyborg is something that stuck with me ever since I was a kid. Good people don't do good things just for their own gain, they do it to inspire others to be just like them, or to give hope to the hopeless.

"Finding A Balance" is an apt way of putting it. Cyborg is part human, Cyborg is part machine, Cyborg is all _person._ Finding a balance between his two sides to be a person is the journey he goes on and proves his "humanity" in every form.

Iron Hand: "You will fail. Your sentimentality will be your undoing. The flesh is weak." Salamander: "I have heard you say that phrase on several occasions since our first encounter. I am not sure that you really understand what it means." Iron Hand: "You may have spoken with the Gorgon but do not think to school me in the teachings of my own primarch!" Salamander: "Perhaps I must if the lesson was not learned properly," Ari'i snapped back. "What you say, the flesh is weak, is only part of the saying. In forgetting the end you have lost the meaning. Vulkan said it in praise of Ferrus Manus, after the One Hundred and Eighty-Fourth Expedition when our Legions jointly liberated the ork-dominated worlds of the Shoxua Cluster. The fighting had been fiercer than anything we had expected. Your primarch said in jest that his arm was tired from killing so many orks, and Vulkan retorted with "the flesh is weak, but deeds endure". It was a celebration of what they had achieved, and a remark that even primarchs can die but what they do will last beyond their lifespan. It was a message of humility, not condemnation. Flesh is weak because it knows it must come to an end, and so we must rise above the concerns of flesh and leave a legacy that others will be proud to inherit. Ferrus Manus understood that. He was a harsh master, an unforgiving ally, but he was also a maker of things - a builder, not a destroyer. Whenever I think of Cyborg and Fixit, and Cyborg vs. Atlas, that little exchange between an Iron Hand Astartes (a Space Marine Chapter/group that believes that which makes us human is weak and must be replaced with steel), and a Salamander Astartes (a separate Space Marine Chapter/group that believes humanity must be cherished and protected) plays back in my mind.

My gripe with the first video is him knowing he had like 13 minutes to get home ,chose to walk home instead of having raven teleport him there AND decided to fight a bad guy instead of again going home .the titans could have handled the bad guy while he got charged up. There's also the fact that his onboard CPU most likely let him know when he got up to change his battery,all that he went through could have definitely been avoided.

There is one minor and subtle detail, they shadow but don't ever fully elaborate on, even if the facts are there. The technology that makes him, comprises him of what and how he is, is a self-evolving and improving LIVING machinery. So, it can and does evolve like his organic side.

As much as I'm not a fan of the Snyder cut of Justice League, but its version of Cyborg is probably the closest we have gotten to a perfect Cyborg at least compared to the Teen Titans version.

Maybe this was mention before, if it was I am sorry for being a broken record added to the others; but I think that the next bit that was missed. Cyborg in the Hive Academy was the other extreme. Being very human or rather the things he lost when he went from Victor Stone to Cyborg, from High School Athlete to Superhero. I personally felt that was the pinnacle culmination of Cyborg's growth.

As a long term dialysis patient this really hits home……

WAKING UP TO TEEN TITANS CYBORG CHARACTER STUDY BOOOOYAAAHHH

There's another moral to the story in the episode with Atlas. Don't disrespect your technician.

I still can't believe they traded this master piece of a show. For some overly goofy and freakily annoying, down scaled version, they have on TV today... But it "seems" people today, don't want kids learning mature subjects on TV. Instead... They want them to watch mindless drama, that teaches you to run from your problems. Instead of confronting them, like you should. Sorry for the rant... Nice character study video for Cyborg. Well done.

yknow it feels odd but nice hearing him called by his actual name instead of just cyborg so many times

Dude ran into a 40k Tech Priest in the junkyard :-|

I always loved his design in Teen Titans.

Like Superman, I feel like Cyborg is an underrated character. In fact, I think they both struggle with the same topic: what it means to be human. I still think he should be in the Teen Titans instead of the Justice League, though.

Silas Stone is only savior with the motherbox after his son learned the truth for what makes him just himself as a better person

Only human is one of the best teen titan episodes in my opinion it just makes u want to push harder work harder. Great video as usual

The message for the episode Only Human was weird honestly. Build in limits is very important for human ingenuity, we need them and thrive in these road blocks. The fact the show says he have no limits isn't a good take because now you can say: Anyone can win anything, and that's why we have so many bodies in the Everest.

Cyborg was always my favorite growing up, hes fun, smart and kicks ass

It makes me wonder if the reason he loves eating so much is because it's one of the few organic things he can do to feel human again

"Sum of His Parts" Is hands down top three favorite episodes of Teen Titans.

I really love this scene with the amputed boy, & the fact that the kid isn't sad rather happy because he's now like his idol, & that Cyborg endorse that, Heartwarming 💙💙

Sum of his parts is a painfully underrated episode.

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.

The Max7 storyline is _exactly_ how the Cybermen start; humans trying to improve themselves that they sacrifice their humanity.

how can you not mention the brotherblood arc where ctborg goes literal super saiyan

Teen titans was my first time seeing cyborg. And i think its my favorite.

Cyborg is arguably the best character in the series. He's frankly a better leader than Robin, whose stubbornness and overemotional tendencies put the team at risk more often than not, and he's all around a great guy.

In the animation Fix it had forgotten for what makes him human though his own eyes

Man you really just have a knack for video essays

I fell in love with Cyborg thanks to Zack Snyder's Justice League, and Ray Fisher's performance, but having grown up with the Teen Titans show without giving that version much attention, revisiting it after loving the Snyderverse makes me appreciate the TT one so much more, and your work really emphasizes some of these qualities i see now! (If anyone comes to my comment to reply negatively in any way, please don't. My positivity doesn't warrant a negative response, and you can just leave your own opinion separately without tying me to it)

You should do a video on The Outsiders from Batman: the Brave and the Bold. They don't have a lot of episodes but I really loved them in that show and it made them some of my favorite DC characters

Will you be able to cover the Cyborg and the Hive? I always found it interesting how Cyborg bolsters about humanity is great, but Brother Blood completely disregards his statements and becomes a cyborg himself.

I thought the max seven was a steriod allegory

Fix-It....thinking that purification is by becoming more mechanical....ok tell me how this dude isn't a member of the Adeptus Mchanicus

I love this video so much - it’s such a great reminder why I love Cyborg’s arc so much. His series arc about moving from resignation about his disability to radical affirmation/acceptance of his disability/robotics to then learn that Vic doesn't need to over-mechanize, that he is perfect and more than enough in his balance of half man/half machine was so good. Are you going to do a video about his season because I love how TT03 ties his journey of acceptance and finding balance to his coming-of-age journey learning about what it means to be a man and becoming a affirmation of positive black masculinity

Have you ever thought, what it is like to lose your empathy? To have your mind tortured to the point of no return? That is what i feel, all i always wanted, was someone to tell me, they understood me, but no one actually knows what it is like to lose everything that made you human, to lose everything that gave you hope, everything that helped you exist without the everlasting PAIN...

Man, your videos are really well done. Like, such a clear amount of passion and hard work.

Human or a hybrid of human and machine it's all connected from the heart💛

Nooooo!! It's kinda sad hearing the football part made me realize it's a sad reminder

Dude, I am loving your content, you have so many things to say to relate to these shows we all love so much. You are doing an amazing job. I could listen to you talk about these universes all day. I just want to tell you with all the love possible, you can take second takes, build your script, practice, record and monitor what you say, I understand how it is with these things but I think you are really going places ❤ and Want to see you go further.

The robot guy in the first episode mentioned is one that strives for perfection in his eyes at the cost of anything else. “Perfect is the enemy of good enough” unlike cyborg who wishes to hold onto his remaining humanity prophet from the crysis games had a goal he needed to achieve and was willing to sacrifice the entirety of the human being he used to be to achieve that goal. In the opening monologue from the 3rd game he talks about replacing his flesh and blood like a spare part to become more of a combat machine to defeat the aliens. He’s one of the last remaining people to wear the nano suit and has been inside it so long, he’s become permanently bonded to it. Cyborg could continue upgrading himself into a stronger fighter but where does it end? How long down the upgrade path before you realize that human element is holding you back? Typically the human elements of half machine half biological beings have benefits but they aren’t as tangible as the mechanical strengths.

14:04 lol almost any chess algorithm not named Martin could. Stockfish, mittens, alpha xero etc.

Atlas. Ah yes Keith David. 😮

only one thing that bothered me as a kid and bothering me now cyborg knows that he needs to change the batteries every couple of years so surely he has some early warning right? "sorry titans i have to change my betteries go on i'll catch up with you" titan alert being a reason he doesn't change his batteries and the rest of the episode playing normally would be ok but he just FORGOT!? and he even has a timer in his hand seems like a mistake on his part to make it beep only when he has seconds left

Okay but limits are there for safety. You shouldn't push them too much else you cause permanent damage

So to explain Cyborg: I AM A MAN!!!! 👊

The whole cyborg beats raven at chess still gets me because she has an incredibly stratigic mind that knows how to balance risk and reward.

That brings up a good point, how much of you has to be lost before you're no longer human. If you had all of your parts replaced are you still human, or is it your spirit and Defiance that makes you human?

I think a 4th episode should've been added. When he infiltrated the Hive Academy. It really shows how much he still misses his full humanity, but deals with it.

13:15 what cyborg did here was highly irresponsible and dangerous. It could of been advertised by any adversary, any enemy, anyone and be loaded with malware, or be a energy draining EMP, or destroyed every ounce of ethics he had causing him to lose control of his robotic side via an simple hack when it's put in, it could of ultimately ended up being a plot to destroy him: and he was more than willing to buy the product without doing research, without seeing if this product was "real" in the sense there was multiple copies, he just bought the one and expected the best results...

Barbarians backstory Mom gave me a small trident to fight these things called vegetables and dad said he was called a formal fighting against the veg so they said make sure you eat all your veg on your plates

You know. years into the future this philosophy of human and machine will go very deeply.

Cyborg is such an important character

pain.it means pain.

We all have Limits. And NO. Sometimes there are simply things you cant do. No matter how much you want it/how much you try. And thats okay too. It ALSO makes us Human. And just because there is something you cant do, doesnt't mean there is something out there you still could do.

Well well well. What a pleasant find this was.

The moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me

Fixit really was just diet SCP 049.

You forgot when Cyborg went magic mode

wouldnt Cyborgs flesh parts of his arms be the bottleneck for how much he could lift?

3:34 *Insert Admech quote here*

From the moment i understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.

Fixit is honestly one of my favorite villains because of this

Teen Titans used to mean something.

Ever since I’ve understood the weakness of my flesh it disgusted me, I craved the strength certainty of steal, I aspire to the purity of the blessed machine. Your kind cling to your flesh as if it will not decay in fail you

This was a pretty cool video to watch

I can't help but wonder as to what the name of the song you used for this was, cause it sounds super chill and laidback. But also, this was a delightfully insightful video. Kinda came at a good time for me, seein as how I'm at a crossroads in life right now.

Cyborg from teen titans go…what a joke

this is what TTGO Is Missing

good content

Cyborg and Raven are mine two fav of Teen Titans

Wait… You’re not Shady DooRags…

Is it just me or does the max 7 chip feel like it's a metaphor for energy substance abuse. Like someone who drinks entire gallons of 5 hour energy/caffeine and taking trucker pills, you burn yourself out and can even cause damage and even die.

Brainiac

Depending on certain illustrations that I knew of. Ones where he's fixed by the father box I assume he has a endless power source. Unless the father box is parasitic in nature which makes it worse for cyborg cause it's plaguing his mind with darkseid and the anti-life equation causing him to go haywire and blue screen on some occasions. Also I'm trying my best not to make a admech reference cause that's overdone. Actually How would Cyborg react to the Admech from 40k? Disgust? Pity? Disturbed? Or just Horrified cause he could've end up like them. Alongside the WAY from soma. Would he react to it positively or negatively cause it's a very confused AI who doesn't understand how to ethically keep a human alive. It also mends both mechanical and organic matter into one essentially creating a healthy creature.

Better teamwork and prevent over working people.

Summers is the realistic version of Cyborg.

Please watch the Doom Patrol TV series. It has the best version of Cyborg.

This video is a real breath of fresh air considering the last time I saw a youtube video talking about these episodes the uploader kept framing these episodes as "bad" and "ableist" because cyborg didn't solely define himself by his limitations, somehow completely missing the point behind cyborg's dilemma and struggle to the point it was probably intentionally missed to drum up drama. Cyborgs got some really quality stories surrounding his whole deal he has going on and the nature of being still human while being half super powered robot physically.

I didn’t like this video I loved it

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Why the hell are calling him a science experiment. His dad was saving his life after Victor had an accident. Yeah it wasn't right or correct but he did it to save Victor. Do not discount the experiment to being only an experiment when it was a father doing what he could to save his child.

In the 2nd episode I think it gives the wrong idea. Unless his subconscious is filtering his mechanical limits, there is no way to get more power. 100% is 100%. But they still could have used the same lesson in what I think is better way by showing cyborg using his human ingenuity to make greater use of his cybernetic enhancements than Atlas. Though I guess they were thinking of the next episode, where he doesn’t know when to quit so…

Just constant pain and not worth it.

Jesus I really don't like your voice, but this shit made me cry, I fucking love when Characters prove how human they are when using Empathy, some say that rage is the most powerful but that changes noithining, real change has to happen when Empathy is the strongest tool, it can really better are self's and are Societies,