Kole

Kole
Background information
First episode	"Kole"
Voice	Tara Strong (English) Lidya Abboud (Latin American Spanish) Jéssica Marina (Brazilian Portuguese)
Character information
Real name	Kole Weathers
Other names	Crystal Girl (by Doctor Light)
Species	Metahuman
Affiliations	Teen Titans
Place of Origin	Earth
Residence	Subterranean prehistoric world beneath Arctic Circle, possibly northern Siberia
Relatives	Marilyn Weathers (mother) Abel Weathers (father)
Allies	Gnarrk, Teen Titans, Titans North
Powers and abilities	Crystal transformation Augmentation Reflection Gymnastics Cryo-Immunity
Weapons	None, but can be used as such when crystallized

This is the page concerning the character Kole. For the eponymous episode, see "Kole (episode)".

What? You think only big guys can be strong?

―Kole to Cyborg

Kole is a young superheroine and an Honorary Titan.

Character history

Kole is a girl who fled the surface world from unscrupulous people who wanted to abuse her crystal powers for their own personal doom. Under circumstances yet to be revealed, she found her way into a subterranean prehistoric world under the frozen Arctic, where she met the neanderthal Gnarrk who would become her friend. She lived there peacefully until the Teen Titans literally dropped by following a confrontation with Doctor Light. Doctor Light had created a levitation device which could feed the light of the arctic auroras into his armor and body, making himself even more formidable, but the synthetic diamond he used as a focusing element had proven inadequate. Upon seeing Kole's powers in action, Doctor Light attempted to use her as a new focusing element, but luckily she was saved by Gnarrk and the Teen Titans, who subsequently made her an Honorary Titan member.

At some earlier point she bothered the Titans with testing the communicators which connected the Titans around the world, but not long after she and Gnarrk fought Billy Numerous and Gizmo acting under commands from the Brotherhood of Evil. She and Gnarrk fought them off and later joined Cyborg in aiding the other heroes in the final battle against the Brotherhood. Afterwards she was seen at Titans Tower beside Gnarrk, socializing with the other Titans, and subsequently joined the Titans to battle Doctor Light, who had just robbed a bank.

Appearance

Kole has navy blue eyes and pink hair with two parts of it in the shape of small antennae on top. Her outfit consists of a white blouse with a blue collar, light blue sleeves made to look like crystals, a dark blue skirt and white boots. Her body is smaller than her head and she is shorter than Beast Boy, so she could be the youngest teenager in the series.

Powers and abilities

Kole in action

Powers

Organic Crystal Form: Kole has the ability to turn her body into a strong crystal substance (much like that of diamond). In this form, she is near invulnerable, as she could take a direct hit from Starfire's starbolt without coming to harm. Usually she would have Gnarrk use her as a weapon or tool in this form (such as a club, a cutting knife or a boomerang). It is notable to mention that Kole is completely conscious in her crystal form, but mostly she appears incapable of moving on her own in her transformed state.

Energy Absorption and Amplification: When crystallized, Kole can absorb energy without harm and increase its intensity, or deflect hostile energy blasts.

Cryo Immunity: Due to being from Siberia, Kole is completely immune to the sub zero temperatures of Siberian shelf. This ability may be enhanced by her crystal form.

Abilities

Kole is a proficient gymnast, as shown spinning and twirling around multiple times without fatigue.

Personality

She is a friendly, kind, and nice girl who hates when people abuse her powers for their own selfish gain, which is the main reason she abandoned society to live in the subterranean Antarctic. She is very sociable and hospitable, offering the Titans food and saving them from being eaten by dinosaurs. She is close to Gnarrk who has feelings for her and she cares for him (though it remains to be known if these feelings are platonic or romantic on her part).

She also took slight offense when Cyborg suggested that because she was a little girl it didn't seem likely she was strong, retorting to him if he thought only big guys can be tough. This implies she hates being underestimated or that she doesn't like the perceived remark as being sexist.

Appearances

Season 5

• "Homecoming - Part 2" (Cameo)
• "Kole"
• "Calling All Titans!"
• "Titans Together"

New Teen Titans shorts

• "Kidz Korner 4 Kidz" (Cameo)

Teen Titans Go!

• "Arena"
• "Troy"
• "Graduation Day"

Gallery

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Background information

• In the comics, Kole had much more crystal-based powers, as she could actually make crystals out of thin air and fly.
• Her cartoon powers are similar to the character Crystallex, also known as Rafael Harris, who is another character in the Teen Titans comics but has much less appearances and is lesser known than Kole herself. Like cartoon Kole, Crystallex can turn himself into a crystal form but unlike Kole, he is not rendered immobile by it and can move in it.
• Kole also shares similar powers to the comic book character Prysm, also known as Audrey Spears, as have bodies that are crystal or crystal-like in form. The difference is while Kole can freely transform, Audrey Spears was always in a crystalline, yet mobile, form that can capture and reflect light and she only turned into a "normal" human form once from the powers of someone else. While she herself has not appeared in the cartoon, her team members from the comics, Argent and Hot Spot do. In the show’s tie-in comics, Kole and Argent are members of the same team.
• Tara Strong provides the voices for both Raven and Kole. Coincidentally, both characters' comic counterparts were romantically affiliated with Jericho and Beast Boy, however the latter only happened within the New 52/DC Rebirth "Earth-One" continuity.
  • In the comics, both of their designs also have gems on their foreheads.
  • Oddly Kole and Jericho never interact in the animated series or Go! comics.
• Kole has two strands of hair that stick out on the top of her head that resemble a bug's antennas. It is possible that it could take inspiration from how her dad, Abel Weathers, would experiment on people which accidentally turned them into insects. One of the test subjects that turned into an insect was her own mother, Marilyn Weathers. While Kole was also experimented on by her father she did not turn into an actual insect.

Trivia

• In one goof scene in the episode "Kole", she is seen moving inside her bubble entrapment while in crystal form.