The Teen Titans are a group of teenage superheroes and the lead protagonists of the show. It consisted the leader who is Robin with teammates Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven, and formerly Terra.
History[]
Origin[]
The Titans was formed in the western coast town of Jump City, After patrolling for the night and working alone after his breakup with Batman, Robin took down a robber, eventually a green light went through the sky as Robin went to investigate. After crashing down they see a young red-head alien girl named Starfire who claims she was taken prisoner by the Gordanians. After being attacked by the alien girl, three other teenagers consist of Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg assisted Robin in calming the alien girl down. After much trouble, the teenagers calmed Starfire down. The Gordanian leader Trogaar threatened Earth that if they do not turn in Starfire, then Earth will be destroyed, the teenagers agreed that they should work together to take down Trogaar and his army of Gordanians. After success, Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, and Cyborg agreed to form a team named "The Teen Titans" which they build a T-Shaped tower following afterwards.
Early Encounters[]
Sometime after the Titans were formed, the Titans attempted to apprehend Cinderblock and Plasmus after a massive jailbreak. However it resulted in a failure for the Titans, causing a big argument between Robin and Cyborg, when forcefully makes Cyborg to quit the team. After reconciling with each other, Cyborg apprenhended Cinderblock while Robin, Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy apprehended Plasmus. Later the Titans met the H.I.V.E. Five which consisted of Jinx, Gizmo, and Mammoth. the three defeated the Titans briefly after Robin was declared Missing due to an Earthquake caused by Jinx which Robin collapsed into the hole. However after Robin was found alive and well, He united his team to defeat the HIVE Five. Gizmo spat at Robin and declared that a man named "Slade" was behind the attacks on Jump City.
Encounter with "Slade"[]
After learning of a tyrant named "Slade", Robin and the team have tried hard to track down the man behind the attacks on Jump City. With this said, Robin decided to go undercover without the Titans knowing suiting up as a masked robber named Red X, Robin used this to earn Slade's trust and to reveal himself, however this plan later backfired as Slade knew he was Robin all along.
The Apprentice and first Showdown with Slade[]
After many attempts to find out who Slade is and many attempts to capture him, Robin and the team keep failing. However after Slade threatens the city with the Chronoton detonator that freezes time forever, The Titans are panicked into action, however this was merely a trap that lured Robin to becoming a servet of Slade and an "Apprentice", The Titans learn this dark fate as they may have lost their leader once and for all as he turned into this criminal, The Titans now briefly led by Cyborg attempts to reconcile Robin and break him out of Slade's trap. However After Robin refuses to "destroy" his friends, Slade activates the Nanoscopic probes in their bodies, breaking down the Titans, however Robin infects himself with these probes and offers Slade a new deal to let him and his friends live or he loses his "apprentice", Slade eventually is defeated by the Titans after being badly injured and tells Robin "another day Robin, another day" self destructing his lair and escaping. Robin again becomes the leader of the Teen Titans.
Meeting, departure and return of Terra[]
Sometime after Slade's escape, outside of Jump City, A blonde teenager girl is running from a giant scorpion, the girl was trapped at a dead end until the Titans came along, however this girl used her "powers" to destroy the Scropion. The Titans were left baffled of who this girl is until she introduced herself as Terra a girl who can control the Earth and rocks. The Titans soon befriend her but Raven and Robin are left skeptic of the strange girl. The Titans welcome Terra into Titans Tower, however when they begin training they soon realise that Terra's powers are very unreliable and realise they need "training" When they receive an alert that Slade has returned The Titans along with Terra, Terra goes along to fight Slade and his robots. However Terra is confronted by Slade and after taunting her, Terra loses control of her powers causing the entire quarry to collapse. The Titans wanted her to stay but after realising that Beast Boy broke a promise that she needs more training to Robin, Terra is left fustrated by Beast Boy's actions and decided to leave.
Months later, Terra returns to Titans Tower after confirming she has some control of her powers. However Raven is stil skeptical after realising a vision she had of Terra betraying and destroying the Titans. During a crime alert, Terra uses a rock to finish a giant worm, however Raven refuses to let Terra drop the rock due to possibly destroying the entire city and possibly planet. This causes Terra and Raven to come into conflict with each other. However the two girls stop the drilling of Titans Tower and Slade is defeated once again. Terra is accepted into the Titans as a full-time member.
Terra's Betrayal[]
After becoming a full time member, Beast Boy vows to go on a romantic "date" with Terra, which they did, however while on the date, Titans Tower who was habitated by Robin, Starfire, Raven and Cyborg was under attack by Slade's Bots. Meanwhile on the "date" Terra and Beast Boy encounter Slade and Beast Boy starts attacking Slade however Terra refuses to enter the fight, after going into the Hall Of Mirrors in the amusement park, Beast Boy learns a dark truth that Terra was working for Slade all along, Beast Boy was angered by this and disowns Terra for it leaving Terra in a state of rage joining Slade, Back at Titans tower with battle wounds and scars and a destroyed Tower. The Titans vow to unforgive Terra for her actions and bring Slade and Terra down.
Terra's Redemption and Death and return of the Titans[]
A few months passed and on a drive thru Jump City, Terra appears and smashes the T-Car to pieces leaving minor injuries to the Titans. The Titans tired to reason with Terra vowing she is still a friend, but Terra spits back saying "I don't have any friends remember!?", The Titans attempt to apprenhend Terra however due to unsuccessful attempts. Robin for the first time in the team orders a retreat of the Titans, With this call, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg and Beast Boy were baffled by the retreat call, giving a stern look at Robin however the Titans fell back to Titans tower.
At Titans Tower, The retreated Titans had a group meeting, Beast Boy tries to reconcile that Terra can still be "saved" but Raven spits back at Beast Boy calling Terra a liar and a traitor. However Beast Boy continues to argue with Raven, but Robin agrees to give Terra "One last chance" During a crime alert Plasmus, Cinderblock and Overload have being modified to distract the Titans by Slade's command. Raven took on Overload, Cyborg and Beast Boy took on Plasmus and Robin and Starfire took on Cinderblock, However one by one Terra "kills" each Titan off. Raven was drowned by Terra's powers, Beast Boy and Cyborg fell into an Earthquake and Starfire was heavily hit and knocked off a cliff by Terra's rocks. Leaving Robin as a remaining. However in full anger later, Robin fights Terra hand to hand, leaving scars on both of them. However Robin was "killed" later but fell into a hole.Somewhere below ground later, the battle wounded Titans vow to take Terra down with any means necessary.
Slade's "Death" and death of Terra[]
With Jump City under administration by Terra and Slade's army, The Titans reappeared and overrun Terra. Terra retreats back to Slade's Lair but Slade is unamused by her actions. Slade starts attacking Terra via slapping her and telling her she should of stood her ground, Slade calls her weak and pathetic, this leaves Terra into anger and calls quits on being Slade's apprentice however she is stopped by a sudden force due to nerve system being controlled by the Suit. When Beast Boy arrives at the lair, Terra is left injured and her suit is coming apart. Terra forcefully attacks Beast Boy via Slade's control, Terra/Slade pick up a sharp rock peiece aiming at Beast Boy, however when the Titans arrive, they try to conceive with Terra telling her she will regret it if she "Kills" beast boy, Beast Boy tells her crush that "its her life and her choice of what she does", Terra listens and eventually destroys the control of the suit and enrage attacks Slade, causing a volcanic eruption, Slade eventually fell in to his death in a pool of lava, However due to Terra's powers a volcanic eruption has begun that could destroy the city. Terra gives a smile at Beast Boy and the Titans saying "its never too late" eventually using all of her powers to stop the eruption that leads to her "death" by turning into stone.
A day later, the Titans return to the liar and gives a grave to Terra. saying "TERRA, A TEEN TITAN, A TRUE FRIEND", The Titans vow to reverse the effects on Terra somepoint, however Raven said it could take years leaving Terra to be in stone for years to come.
The Titans depart with now back to the regular 5 members.
Encounter with Brother Blood[]
Months has passed since Terra's death. The Titans receive an alert that cult leader Brother Blood, Cyborg goes undercover at the new HIVE headquarters and befriends Jinx, Mammoth and Gizmo. Later the Titans invade the HQ to rescue Cyborg but seems too late after falling under blood's mind control, however Cyborg's control is faked and the Titans end up destroying the HIVE School.
Robin's Hallucination[]
Sometime after Brother Blood's encounter and the destruction of the HIVE School, Robin starts having hallucinations of Slade, believing that he has returned, However the dust from Slade's mask has given him Hallucination issues, causing to see, hear, feel and talk to Slade. The Titans rescue Robin and admits that the Titans are right, Slade isn't around. At least for now.
Beast Boy's Behaviour[]
One time, Beast Boy had some troubling behaviour after an encounter with Adonis, chemicals dropped on Beast Boy which lead beast boy into a Dark path, hes starts acting crual towards the Titans and even attempts to pick a fight with Raven which Robin, Starfire and Cyborg interver to ask Beast Boy to leave her alone.
Beast Boy shuff of the threat by Robin. After learning that Beast Boy's DNA is deteriorating, Robin and Cyborg attempt to help Beast Boy, Meanwhile Raven says that Beast Boy saved her. After this event, Beast Boy and Raven rethink their relationship and eventually get on better to a point where Beast Boy and Raven indirectly have "feelings" for each other.
Titans East and Showdown with Brother Blood[]
Months after the HIVE School destruction, The Titans receive a call from Titans East to setup Titans Tower, Cyborg suggest he goes as he wants to step up being a leader, Eventually Cyborg departs the Teen Titans since the formation to start a new life at Titans East. However realising that there is danger, Cyborg is confronted once again by Brother Blood and this time he is half Cyborg and half human, as Cyborg is. The Teen Titans fight the brainwashed Titans East however after Brother Blood has had enough, he attempts to brainwash every single Titan. However Cyborg overwelms his System leaving Brother Blood damaged. Cyborg says he has a "family" and chooses Bumblebee as the leader of Titans East which consists of Aqualad, Speedy and Más y Menos.
Raven's Destiny[]
Months after the events of Brother Blood, little did the Titans know it is Raven's Birthday. The Titans celebrate her birthday thanks to Beast Boy's mischief however she didn't want her birthday as she didn't think anything was good about it.
The return of Slade[]
When the Titans receive a distress call that a industrial factory was under attack, they expected someone like Mad Mod, Gizmo or Cinderblock, however the Titans coldly stood there as in shock they witnessed the return of Slade. To the Titans disbelief they believed he was dead as Terra threw him into a pit of lava, despite this the Titans pledged to apprehend Slade, but this time the arch-nemesis has powers this time, to the Titans disbelief he did not come for Robin or anybody, instead he went for Raven. Slade eventually delivered the "message" to Raven and the encounter with Slade ended in a slatemate.
The Prophecy[]
After learning why Slade went after Raven and learned that Trigon is Raven's father, Raven told her friends that Trigon isn't just another villian. Raven said he is the "destroyer of worlds" and will bring darkness. The Titans asssured Raven that he will be stopped, however Raven declines this and says that its a fixed point. Raven indirectly admits that she must be "destroyed" otherwise the haunting of the prophecy goes on forever bringing sadness to her friends that they know the "day" will come.
The "Death" Of Raven[]
When the day arrived, Raven was more cheerful then ever, she cooked her friends breakfast, took down plasmus and did everything she wanted to do like a "bucket list" but until an eclipse overshadowed Jump City, Raven started to have a panic attack and cry leaving her friends distressed, upon returning to Titans Tower, Cyborg and Robin prepared a moniter room to keep an eye on Raven. However after the alert goes off that Titans Tower is under attack, Robin, Beast Boy, Starfire and Cyborg defend the Tower and Raven from Slade and his minions. However the fight lived short as Raven stopped the fight and is now accepting she must "die".
Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy and Cyborg went to Raven's side in the prophacy chamber to say their goodbyes, however Raven used her powers to put a shield to prevent her friends interfering, Raven carried a coin Beast Boy gave to her which Beast Boy said "For Luck".
Raven then opened the portal and the prophecy was fulfilled leaving Raven's status as "deceased" and Trigon as resurrected.
End Of The World[]
Robin, Starfire, Cyborg and Beast Boy now in a post-apocalypse Earth, swear to try to reboot the Earth and find Raven. They form an uneasy alliance with Slade in the process despite Robin not liking the idea, however in order to Find Raven, Slade needs to assist.
After Cyborg, Starfire and Beast Boy distract Trigon, Robin finds a young 7 year old Raven. When Trigon brings down her friends, Raven is furious and enraged, she uses her powers to revive herself as white raven and the Raven everyone knows. Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, Cyborg and Slade stand their triumphant against Trigon.
Raven uses her powers to banish Trigon and Earth is restored, However in the process, Slade disappears and is never seen again.
New Beginnings[]
With Earth restored, Robin, Raven, Beast Boy, Cyborg and Starfire celebrate the victory against Trigon, Raven seems happy and more brighter now that her father was gone, Raven can now be more free, outgoing and more. With this said Raven could be more open to her friends more. The Titans celebrate a new beginning and the start of a new adventure of the 5 members.
The Doom Patrol[]
A year after Trigon's defeat. Beast Boy receives a distress call from his old team that is the Doom Patrol, claiming that The Brain who is the leader of the Brotherhood of Evil has returned. Beast Boy and his teammates set out to find the Doom Patrol ad take down Brain, After Beast Boy choosing to help his friends instead, he lets the Brain and Monsieur Mallah get away, Mento is furious with this but Robin steps in saying that Beast Boy makes a lot of wise decisions and if it wasn't for him, he shouldn't be here. Mento is taken back of these actions and the Doom Patrol departed, Elasti-Girl calls Beast Boy "Garfield" which is his human name, making Raven and Cyborg take the mickey out of him.
The Teen Titans later set out to expand the team by recruiting more superheroes as the war with the Brotherhood Of Evil has begun.
War with the Brotherhood Of Evil[]
The Titans soon create a larger force on Earth on the war against the Brotherhood, the Titans now expanded has Bumblebee, Aqualad, Speedy, Kole, Gnarrk, Kid Flash, Argent, Red Star, Pantha, Herald, Jericho, Bushido, Melvin, Teether, Timmy Tantrum, Bobby, Tramm, Killowat and later Jinx. They all join forces to defeat the Brain and his forces. At first the Titans are defeated, but under Beast Boy's leadership, the Titans are back to destroy the Brotherhood Of Evil, freezing all the villians.
The war came to an end in a triumphant victory.
Things Change[]
A couple of months after the war with the Brotherhood of Evil ended, The 5 Titans return home to Jump City. Only to see that the whole city has changed with many of their favorite stores closed and more. Meanwhile after a while, a White Monster attacks the Titans unexpectly given its unknown tensions, during the fight beast boy sees a blonde haired girl that looks like Terra. Beast Boy left the battle to go to her tomb where they buried her (See Aftershock - Part 2), After Beast Boy visits he has noticed Terra's statue has gone, leaving Beast Boy in disbelief, he goes to warn his comrades. Back at the tower, Beast Boy tells Robin and the Titans that Terra might have returned after "seeing" her, Robin is skeptic of this and says he is probably seeing things, but beast boy insists its her. Beast Boy goes to see her but unfortuantly the "blonde haired" girl says she isn't the girl she was nor she is named Terra, leaving Beast Boy horrified. After receiving a call the Titans need help with the white monster, Terra tells Beast Boy to move on and he agrees, leaving Beast Boy to go help his friends.
Mission in Tokyo[]
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Trivia[]
- This incarnation of the Teen Titans is based on the 80s comics by Marv Wolfman and George Perez.