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Teen Titans

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Created by: Glen Murakami Executive producers: Sander Schwartz, Sam Register, Tramm Wigzell, Todd Casey Producers: Glen Mlurakami, Linda Steiner, Bruce Timm Starring: Greg Cipes (Beast Boy), Scott Menville (Robin), Khary Payton (Cyborg), Tara Strong (Raven), Hynden Walch (Starfire)  I didn't have much of an American childhood because my dad was oil and I grew up overseas. Because of that, I missed out on a lot of pop culture that other 90s kids had, like Gamecubes,  Power Rangers, and several other things.  Except this show.  I'm super excited to say that I did  grow up with this show. Every summer my family would return to the States to visit family, and I would catch this wonderful cartoon as often as I could. I still remember the ecstatic, giddy sensation I'd feel after monotonous cartoons would go by and then this theme song came on. All other activities were dropped, nothing else was important: I had a need  t...

Firefly

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Created by: Joss Whedon Directed by: Joss Whedon Produced by: Joss Whedon, Tim Minear, Ben Edlund Starring: Nathan Fillion (Cpt. Malcolm Reynolds), Gina Torres (Zoe Washburne), Alan Tudyk (Wash), Morena Baccarin (Inara Serra), Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cob), Jewel Staite (Kaylee Frye), Sean Maher (Dr. Simon Tam), Summer Glau (River Tam), Ron Glass (Shepherd Book) Firefly  is a beautiful, classic, genius masterpiece of science fiction. Although this series isn't usually one of the first I mention to new friends or urge people to watch, it has a very special place in my heart and has an honorable rank among my favorites.  It's the one that the Browncoat cult will forever cling dearly to, the one that was cut off by its network before coming to its true glory, the one for which the fans roared and earned a movie.  For me, Firefly  is a different kind of favorite. Most of the shows I look for have some kind of impossibility, some kind of ma...