isaiah crockett appears in the "teen titans" tv series briefly voiced by khary payton in the first appearance and by bumper robinson in later appearances. the character was renamed hot spot (which later happened in the comics) when the show staff learned that joto is a derogatory term for homosexuals in spanish as well as being swahili for "heat". for that reason, the mainstream character adopted the name hot spot, too. he appears in the episode "winner take all" in which he takes part in a tournament hosted by the master of games, a villain who gains the powers of those who lose in the tournament. hot spot was defeated in the first round to robin but appears again with the rest to fight the master of games after the tournament was over. hot spot was the main focus of the animated episode "trust," in which he is chased by madame rouge. as he tries to defend himself against her, he realizes that solo fighting is not always the best way. just when things look grim, robin appears to assist him. unknown to hot spot is that robin is actually madame rouge morphed in his form trying to persuade him to "power down" and turn off his powers so she can attack him without burning herself. once the real robin is able to track hot spot down, rouge appears in robin form to confuse hot spot even more. once robin is slowed down, hot spot and madame rouge fight until buildings collapse, and hot spot appears from the rubble. robin hands off his communicator to hot spot, saying they need to stay in communication more than ever. what robin fails to see is that hot spot is madame rouge in disguise. he and wildebeest are the first titans to be captured and flash-frozen by the brotherhood. más y menos thaw out all of the titans when reinforcements arrive. hot spot and wildebeest join the fight, and when madame rouge attempts to stop the original teen titans from reaching the brain, they struggle and succeed in overpowering her. they throw her onto a conveyor belt after jinx makes "bad luck" for her by sinking her feet in the ground, preventing her from getting away. she is subsequently frozen by mas y menos. aside from jinx, hot spot and kid flash are the only honorary titans to have episodes completely focused on them.