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Quote1Foolish lackeys! You do not stand a chance against THUNDER AND LIGHTNING!Quote2
―Thunder and Lightning[src]

Thunder and Lightning are two supernatural brothers and former incidental enemies who are later established as honorary members of the Teen Titans.

Character history[]

"Forces of Nature"[]

The exact origin of Thunder and Lightning is unknown, but it is apparent that they are of supernatural origin rather than human, and are often referred to as "The Forces of Nature" in both the show and the comics. Their lack of connection to humanity conditioned a lack of responsibility in regard to the destructive use of their powers, which they used to have fun. They came into conflict with the Titans when their search for fun wreaked havoc all over Jump City, starting with the bay bridge. Beast Boy came into confrontation with Thunder about it during their first clashes. After the second battle, he was the first to realize that the brothers were not malevolent, just irresponsible, and slowly managed to persuade Thunder to change their ways. What really got through to him was the realization that their idea of fun would mean innocent people getting hurt; not something either of them find amusement in. Before Thunder had an opportunity to properly think about it and sway his brother, however, they were befriended by Slade (in the guise of an old man) who claimed to be a mystic and swayed them to never allow anybody to interfere with their enjoyment by claiming their powers allowed them a sense of superiority. Via ritual magic, he used the unwitting brothers' powers to create a powerful fire monster that he directed to destroy the city. Finally realizing what they had done and all the death and destruction they would be responsible for if this monster is allowed to reach the city, Thunder and Lightning made amends by creating a downpour which doused and extinguished the fire creature just in time. The two apologized to the Titans for their previous actions and thanked Beast Boy for making them see the bigger picture. In turn, Beast Boy told them to thank Starfire, who had also taught him about how mischief can hurt others and how just because something is fun, does not make it right.

Brotherhood of Evil[]

At some unknown point later, they were made Honorary Titans. Later, the brothers were targeted by the Brotherhood of Evil, who was attempting to destroy young superheroes all around the world. While Lightning was attacked by Overload and tried to fire back Overload's attacks, Thunder was attacked by Steamroller and I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R. while trying to defeat them with sound waves. Both were defeated, flash-frozen, and added to the Brotherhood's victory collection, but during the Titans' assault on the Brotherhood's base, they were freed by Más y Menos and joined the fight, helping to defeat the assembled villains. Thunder was seen making an electrical wave that threw off Warp and Trident. Lightning was seen performing a flying charge during the battle but not seen landing any strikes. Afterward, they were seen mingling with the other Titans in Titans Tower and later helped bring Doctor Light to justice once more.

Powers and Abilities[]

Thunder and Lightning are sorcerers who share two halves of the meteorologic elements found in a thunderstorm. Lightning is able to release bolts of electricity and harness lightning, hence his name, while Thunder creates powerful sonic thunderblasts which he can control to varying degrees. Combined, their powers are capable of creating rainstorms.

They also have flight capabilities: Lightning transforms the lower half of his body into an electrical tail, allowing him to fly like a wraith and Thunder rides a cloud like a hoverboard. As brothers, the two share a psychic link that allows them to communicate with each other. While in the sky, these brothers can teleport themselves to anywhere they desire.

Personality[]

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Teen Titans Thunder and Lightning Redeem Themselves

Lightning is rather impatient and mischievous. He doesn't like it when people stand in his way, and prefers to "play". Thunder is also fun-loving, but more patient and able to see the deeper picture in situations. Both are very caring, however, and treat each other like real brothers.

Appearances[]

Teen Titans[]

Season 1[]

Season 5[]

Teen Titans Go![]

Gallery[]

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Trivia[]

  • The two are based on the early Teen Titans enemy duo of the same names. Like in the cartoon, they turned out not to be evil, and ended up becoming allies of the Teen Titans.
    • In their original appearance, they are half Vietnamese, and later revealed to be half-alien. While this is not stated in the cartoon, their armor looks similar to that used in various parts of Asia.
  • Lightning was not seen at the end of "Titans Together", groaning at Beast Boy's joke.
  • As of the recent comic book mainline continuity and other animated series, the name of Thunder and Lightning are given to Black Lightning’s daughters, Annisa and Jennifer Pierce.
Characters
Teen Titans
Robin | Cyborg | Starfire | Raven | Beast Boy
Titans East
Bumblebee | Aqualad | Speedy | Más y Menos
Titans North
Red Star | Argent | Kole | Gnarrk | Mirage | Flamebird
Titans South
Pantha | Herald | Jericho | Wildebeest | Hot Spot
Titans West
Bushido | Melvin | Teether | Timmy Tantrum | Bobby
Honorary Titans
Thunder and Lightning | Tramm | Kid Flash | Killowat | Jinx | Wonder Girl
Doom Patrol
Mento | Elasti-Girl | Negative Man | Robot Man
Allies
Terra | Silkie | Fixit | Larry | Geo-Force | Brotherhood of Justice
Villains
Slade | Trigon | Blackfire | Brother Blood | Cinderblock | Plasmus | Mumbo | Doctor Light | Puppet King | Trident | Red X | Mad Mod | Overload | Warp | Atlas | Control Freak | Katarou | Killer Moth | Kitten | Fang | Master of Games | Johnny Rancid | Professor Chang | Malchior | Kardiak | Adonis | Steamroller | Punk Rocket | Mother Mae-Eye | Private H.I.V.E. | Baron Ryang | Fire demons | Andre Le Blanc | Trogaar | Gordanian | Ding Dong Daddy | Ternion | XL Terrestrial | Psimon | Cheshire | Wrestling Star | Phobia | H.I.V.E. Headmistress | Wintergreen | I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R. | Uehara Daizo | Brushogun | Kwiz Kid | Rock, Paper, Scissors
H.I.V.E. Five
Gizmo | Mammoth | Billy Numerous | See-More | Kyd Wykkyd
Brotherhood of Evil
The Brain | Monsieur Mallah | Madame Rouge | General Immortus
Brushogun's creations
Saico-Tek | Nya-Nya | Timoko | Scarface | Mecha-Boi | Deka-Mido
One-time villains
Ultimate fire demon | Red Raven | Sammy and Cash | Wicked Scary Monster | Cironielian Chrysalis Eater | Virus | Seven-Gorn-Seven | The Creature from Jones Lake | Off-World Outlaw | Krall | Witch | The Source | Bob | Locrix | Nega Cyborg | Nega Starfire | Nega Beast Boy | Gate Guard | Moroccan Thief | Radiation monster | White Monster | Arsenal | Daughter Blood | Ice Kate | Joy Stick | Kid Kold | Lanista | Mad Maud | Marionette | Pink X | Ravager | Tempest | COTP Droids | H.I.V.E. Soldiers | Demonic rats | Giant Monster
Humans
Agent 257 | Amber | Anchorman | Armadillo Man | Chef | Chu-hui | Dionne | French chef | Game show host | Joaquim | Little Boy | Mr. Wolf | Pelican | Raskov | Rebecca | Rorek | Sarah Simms | Sarasim | Space Hero | Spike | Steel City Tigers | The Mayor of Tokyo | Tokyo Girl
Aliens
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Animals
Mind Control Squid | Chu-hui's Guardians | Utahraptors
Robots
Alien probe | Blocker | Brotherhood's robots | Cybot | Cyclones | Rex | Rexzilla | Robot Army | Robot Commandos
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