The movie marks a rare occurrence of the villain Deathstroke being referred to by that name in a children's cartoon. In Teen Titans GO! to the Movies (2018), which came out a few months after this movie, he was referred to as Slade because it was decided that a character with "Death" as part of his name should not be in a children's cartoon.
The film won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for an Animated Program.