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Quote1¡Más y Menos, sí podemos![1]Quote2
―Más y Menos' standard battle cry[src]

Más y Menos are a pair of identical twin superheroes and members of Titans East. They are famously gifted with two halves of superhuman speed, exclusively speak Spanish, and are also quite a comedy duo.

Character history[]

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How the twins came to the attention and enlistment into the group which would become the Titans East remains unknown. Both are about 11 or 12 years old and come from Guatemala, and even though they had not learned to speak English at the time they came to the United States, they are perfectly able to understand it.

They are first seen in "Titans East - Part 1", where they were helping Speedy, Aqualad, and Bumblebee build the Titans East tower. Initially, the twins were - by necessity - the only Titans East members who worked as a team, but even then they still got into the way of the others or were hindered themselves. Cyborg, who had originally come from Jump City to help outfit their tower, decided to give them a hand in getting more organized as a team. Más y Menos aided in the team's first takedown of the villain Steamroller (though fending for themselves and taunting the other members for their lack of cooperation), but when Brother Blood and his robot troopers attacked the tower soon afterwards, the Titans East panicked and split up, each fending for himself, herself, or (in the twins' case) themselves. Without the assistance of their teammates, the twins were captured and, subjected to Blood's mind control, became his new 'students.' Later, Blood decided to convert the Titans East into cyborgs, however his plans were thwarted by the Teen Titans, leaving the twins fighting against Raven and Beast Boy. After Blood's defeat and with the twins coming back to their senses, Más y Menos immediately developed a crush on Starfire, which endangered their brothers' bond a bit.

They appeared again in "For Real". Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven, and Cyborg were on a mission trying to stop the Brotherhood of Evil, and because of that, they could not watch over Jump City, so Cyborg asked Titans East to look after the city for them. However, unknown to both groups, Control Freak zapped himself into the tower, seeking revenge on the Teen Titans, only to find them gone. When Titans East got into the tower, they were separated throughout the tower by Control Freak. He claimed that his new supplies would stop these "Titan wannabe's", but his machines proved useless against them. During the brawl, the twin's got zapped by Control Freak's remote, making them speak English. After stopping Andre Le Blanc from robbing the bank, and saving random people throughout the city, they realized how lesser known they were. However, Control Freak was not ready to give up. He made an ultimate Titan's challenge for the Titans East, and they were all transported to a different part of the city. These tests were televised, and if the Titans failed, the city would be devastated. Más y Menos were tasked to push two buttons across town from each other at the same time to deactivate a bomb, and since they could not activate their power, they struggled. However, they managed to resolve their struggles by running up to the top of the bomb, spinning super fast, and then letting go of each other. The speed shot the two twins across town, and they were able to push the buttons in time. As the rest of the Titans finished their tasks, the citizens of Jump City cheered for these stranger heroes.

Más y Menos have continued to serve with the Titans East ever since. When pursued by the Brotherhood of Evil, the twins were hunted and separated by Johnny Rancid and Cinderblock. At first they were pursued by Johnny Rancid only, but as they managed to escape from him, Cinderblock struck them from underground. However, they only managed to capture Menos. Más managed to escape and regrouped under Beast Boy's leadership along with Pantha, Herald, and Jericho, and though bereft of his superpower, he bravely entered battle even against stronger opponents like Adonis, Punk Rocket, and the Puppet King. When Titan reinforcements arrived and joined Beast Boy's team in battle, Más was finally able to reach his brother and unthaw him from flash-freezing via their sibling's bond. Promptly, they began fiddling with Professor Chang's machine and succeeded in uncovering its works, un-freezing the other captured Titans and then flash-freezing any defeated villain before they would recover. They were amazed by the fellow speedster Kid Flash and continued to freeze the villains. After the fight, they joined the other Titans and Honoraries in Titans Tower and in the subsequent recapture of Doctor Light.

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In issue #34 of the comic series, Más y Menos participate in a charity race against fellow speedster Kid Flash. The extend of their abilities never comes to light in that race, however, because the twins win by default: Kid Flash could not help but flirt with any attractive girl he meets on the way.

Personality[]

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The two twins share similar behavior. Both are pretty light-hearted and fun-loving as they are kids. Both see each other as their best friend, and hate to be apart. They barely fight and care for one another very much as shown in "Titans Together", when Más started to cry when he deduced his brother's fate. They also seem to have similar interests. Both were attracted to Starfire (which is the only time they were seen arguing) and both like Silkie.

Appearance[]

Más and Menos are short, fair-skinned Central-American children, both of whom wear a white one piece unitard with black stripes and red accents. Más has plus signs on his costume (mainly the chest and sides of his mask), while Menos has minus signs. The two twins also wear a yellow visor covering their eyes, and their eyes have no pupils (although this could just be the mask). They only seem to have one strand of hair shaped like a lightning bolt (similar to Killowat 's hair), but the costume could be covering the rest of their hair. The only difference in their biological appearance is that Menos has a gap in his upper row of teeth, while Más does not.

Powers and abilities[]

Quote1Hola! Somos gemelos. Nacimos con siete veces la habilidad de ser más rápido que el sonido, pero sólo somos poderosos cuando nuestros cuerpos se rozan así![2]Quote2
―Más y Menos[src]
Quote1And Más y Menos, the tiny twins with amazing speed.Quote2
Control Freak[src]
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Más y Menos' primary power is blazing superspeed, up to seven times the speed of sound (5370.88 MPH/Mach 7) as revealed in "Titans East - Part 1" when they zipped over to Guatemala and back in mere seconds. They are the fastest superheroes around, except for Kid Flash, but nonetheless the fastest out of the Titans East. However, unlike Kid Flash, who is plenty powerful independently, this power is tied to the sibling's bond they share. As their nom de guerre's imply, they each seem to be in possession of two halves of the speed force's equal and opposite energies - Mas possessing the positive half and Menos possessing the negative half; as such, they can activate and use this power only when they are in physical contact with each other by rejoining the missing halves of the same charge like two halves of the same self-sustaining battery. This enhances their speed, strength, endurance, durability, and healing. Note that when they are pursued, they are faster than a car, so when speed is enhanced, it becomes even faster. However, they were outsped by Johnny Rancid's motorcycle in his ultimate form in "Calling All Titans!".

Quote1Porque, Trumpet Boy, nuestros poderes nos da una conexión magnética. Lo más cercanos que estamos lo más fuerte es nuestro enlace. Qué, no sabes nada?[3]Quote2
―Más[src]

Their bond also enables them to locate each other by what Más once termed a quasi-'magnetic connection'; the closer one twin would get to the other, the stronger they could feel each other's presence and current status.

The two of them together make them in essence two halves of a single formidable warrior. In a lot of ways, they turn their speed power into a martial art that not only uses the environment to their advantage, but also allows them to virtually shred down an army of battle robots as show in Titans East: Part 1. Más is shown to have some experience with hand-to-hand combat, as seen in "Titans Together" when he singlehandedly punched the Puppet King, knocking him out for the rest of the battle. Also, he was able to tackle Punk Rocket through one of the Herald's rifts and managed to beat past Professor Chang's henchmen to get to the freezing machine that imprisoned all the other Titans, including his brother.

As a more mundane ability, Más y Menos can perfectly understand, but not speak, English. The necessity of remaining together to use their powers made them also excellent teamworkers with each other. A physical connection with each other can usually not be broken in combat; a disconnection must be achieved by either an accident or by force.

Weaknesses[]

Their primary weakness comes from their lack of strength and intelligence. They do not possess superhuman strength and therefore cannot cause much harm to big opponents like Cinderblock. The only thing that they can really do is run away. But by far, their greatest vulnerability is the very nature of their powers. Since they need to be in physical contact for their powers to work, if they are for any reason split up, they are rendered almost completely defenseless.

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Background information[]

  • Más y Menos were created exclusively for the series and had no prior appearance in the Teen Titans mainstream comic series. However, they have since been adapted into the mainstream comic line, making them the first original characters from the animated series to make the jump. They first appear in Teen Titans #38 (September 2006) on a photo, describing how they joined-and left-in the missing year.

Trivia[]

  • The twins' battle cry is "¡Más y Menos, sí podemos!" which means, "Plus and Minus, yes we can!" also as "More and Less, yes we can!" in Spanish. It is likely that this is a pun, based on the Spanish saying "mas o menos" ("more or less"). It is also noted that Más y Menos represent the negative and positive.
  • Taken out of context, Más y Menos' names translate to "More" and "Less," but in their particular context (i.e. the symbols on their chests and their rallying cry), their names mean "Plus and Minus," as both "más" and "menos" can be used as mathematics terms.
  • They were not seen in the final scene when the Titans all gathered to confront Doctor Light. Note that they also were not seen groaning at Beast Boy's joke because they were next to the freeze machine.
  • It is explained in "Titans East - Part 1", that they only speak Spanish, but fluently understand English.
  • In "For Real", they do speak English after Control Freak used his remote to change their language. However, this appears to have been temporary.
  • Menos is missing a tooth, which further differentiates his appearance from his brother who is not missing any at all.
  • They share a similarity with the Wonder Twins, being a superhero twin duo who need to make contact with each other in order for their powers to work or activate.
  • Mas explains at length to Beast Boy that he and his brother are literally magnetically drawn to each other, allowing them to locate each other with tremendous accuracy should they be separated. Pantha, however, merely states this is a "twin thing" - either a lazy translation on her part, or failing to completely understand.

References[]

  1. Spanish: More and Less, yes we can!
  2. Spanish: Hello! We're twins. We were born with seven times the ability to be faster than sound, but we're only powerful when our bodies are touching each other like this!
  3. Spanish: Because, Trumpet Boy, our powers give us a magnetic connection. The closer we are, the stronger our link is. What, don't you know anything?
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