100 Fun Facts About Teen Titans

In which 1964 comic did Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad first team up?

The Brave and the Bold #54 gave the three sidekicks no team name at all; the 'Teen Titans' label only arrived a year later, in issue #60, along with a fourth member.

Speedy, an early recruit to the 1960s Teen Titans, was the teenage sidekick of which hero?

Green Arrow's ward Roy Harper is an archer, whatever the name Speedy suggests; he guest-starred with the Titans from issue #4 and formally joined in #19.

Which writer and artist created the original Teen Titans in 1964?

Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani made an unlikely pair: Premiani was a Trieste-born anti-Fascist cartoonist who had left Mussolini's Italy for Argentina in 1930 before drawing American superheroes.

Donna Troy joined the team in 1965 as the younger sister of which hero?

Wonder Woman's 'sister' needed explaining: 'Wonder Girl' had first been the heroine herself as a girl, so a 1969 story made Donna Troy an orphan she had rescued from a fire.

What is the real name of Kid Flash, one of the founding Titans?

Wally West gained his speed in a freak repeat of the lightning-and-chemicals accident that created the Flash, then inherited the Flash name itself when his mentor died.

Which title carried the October 1980 preview that introduced the New Teen Titans?

The preview story introduced Cyborg, Raven and the alien princess in a single insert before the team's own #1 launched a month later.

Which writer-artist team created The New Teen Titans in 1980?

Marv Wolfman and George Pérez relaunched a title that DC had cancelled twice in the 1970s, and their version became an almost instant hit that topped the publisher's sales.

Princess Koriand'r's name is a pun on which herb?

Her sister Komand'r and brother Ryand'r continue the food-pun naming, and George Pérez pitched her look as 'Red Sonja in outer space'.

Raven was born and raised in which pacifist other-dimensional realm?

Azarath's monks taught Raven to keep her emotions under tight control, because strong feelings could unleash the demonic side of her nature.

Beast Boy made his 1965 debut in the comic of which DC team?

Doom Patrol #99 introduced him as a kid angling for a place on that team; when he tried the Teen Titans instead in 1966, they turned him away as well.

To cure young Garfield Logan of a rare illness, a serum turned him into which animal for 24 hours?

The illness, Sakutia, was lethal to every species but one, and the cure left his skin, hair and eyes permanently green.

Which Marvel mercenary got his civilian name as an in-joke about Deathstroke's real name, Slade Wilson?

Deadpool became Wade Wilson because writer Fabian Nicieza saw echoes of Deathstroke in the new masked mercenary's look and turned the rhyme into a private joke with artist Rob Liefeld.

In 'The Judas Contract', the teenage spy planted inside the Titans has the power to control what?

Earth and rock obey Terra, who joined the Titans as a spy and fed Deathstroke the secrets he used to capture almost the whole team.

Which new member, Deathstroke's other son, was introduced during 'The Judas Contract'?

Jericho, Joey Wilson, was left mute as a boy when kidnappers cut his throat, and he fights by possessing anyone whose eyes he meets, Deathstroke included.

During 'The Judas Contract', Robin gives up his old identity and becomes whom?

Nightwing was born of a retirement that did not stick: Dick Grayson had quit as Robin, then took the new name to rescue his teammates after Deathstroke captured them.

What relation is the demon Trigon to Raven?

Her father, Trigon, is the reason the New Teen Titans exist: Raven gathered the team for the single purpose of stopping him.

What human name does Raven use in the comics?

Rachel Roth is the identity Raven invented to enrol in high school after returning in a teenage body; Roth was the surname of her mother, born Angela Roth.

Princess Koriand'r hails from which planet?

Tamaran handed her over as a slave under the treaty that ended an invasion, and she could never go home without dooming it; she escaped her captors and found refuge with the Titans.

In the comics, which Titan's father built the original T-shaped Titans Tower?

Cyborg's father, Silas Stone, built the tower as a peace offering to the son he had rebuilt with machine parts after a lab accident; the two reconciled shortly before Silas died.

Which channel premiered the animated Teen Titans series on July 19, 2003?

Cartoon Network soon shared the show with Kids' WB on Saturday mornings, and its popularity won a fifth season after only four had been planned.

Which Japanese duo performed the theme song of the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Puffy AmiYumi then got a show of their own from one of the Teen Titans developers, Sam Register: Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, which began the following year.

On the 2003 Teen Titans series, the theme song sung in Japanese signalled what?

A comedic episode usually opened with the Japanese lyrics and a serious one with the English, so the first seconds told viewers what mood to expect; Andy Sturmer wrote the song.

How many episodes did the 2003 series produce across its five seasons?

Only four seasons were planned; strong ratings won a fifth before the network declined a sixth.

Who voices Robin in both the 2003 Teen Titans series and Teen Titans Go!?

Scott Menville's Robin is never named on the 2003 show, but an alternate-dimension double called Nosyarg Kcid gives it away: read it backwards.

Which actress voices Raven in the animated Teen Titans series?

Tara Strong ended up acting opposite herself: in the 2019 crossover film she voices both the 2003 Raven and the Teen Titans Go! version.

Which Hellboy actor voiced the villain Slade in the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Ron Perlman's Slade is killed off in lava at the end of season two, then returns two seasons later, raised from the dead to serve the demon Trigon.

In season one of the animated Teen Titans, Slade schemes to make Robin his what?

Apprentice was never a free choice: Slade secretly infected the other Titans with lethal nanoscopic probes and made Robin serve him to keep them alive.

The animated Titans protect which West Coast metropolis?

Jump City is the animated show's own setting; in the 1980s comics it draws on, the team and its tower were based in New York.

Which future star of The Last of Us voiced Terra in the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Ashley Johnson went on to play Ellie in The Last of Us games, and when HBO adapted them she appeared as Ellie's mother, Anna, giving birth to her old character.

Which of the five animated Teen Titans never got a season of the 2003 series built around them?

Starfire is the only Titan without a season arc of her own; her payoff waited for the finale film, where she and Robin finally share their first real kiss.

In season three of the animated Teen Titans, Cyborg helps form which offshoot team?

Titans East began with Cyborg as its leader, but after the season's final battle he decided he belonged with the original team and handed the new one over.

Which villain group, longtime enemies of Beast Boy, drives the fifth season of the animated Teen Titans?

Brotherhood of Evil leader the Brain forces the Titans to think bigger: the season has them uniting other young heroes to stop his army of villains.

In the film Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, the ink-powered artist Brushogun is found trapped inside what?

A printing press holds him so that Tokyo's own police commander can churn out ink villains from his powers, then take the credit for catching them.

Which H.I.V.E. headmaster clones the heroes in the 2005 Teen Titans game for Game Boy Advance?

Brother Blood steals the Titans' DNA to build an army of copies, so players must fight through his students Gizmo, Jinx and Mammoth before facing him.

Which song grew from a Teen Titans Go! gag into a four-part special?

The Night Begins to Shine, by the band B.E.R., started as a bedtime lip-sync gag in 2014; the following year a whole episode was built around it, and the special followed.

Which Robin does the Teen Titans Go! episode 'Permanent Record' jokingly name him as?

The gag shows 'Dick Grayson' and 'Jason Todd' crossed out; later flashbacks to Haley Circus point back to Grayson anyway.

Who voices the villain Slade in the 2018 Teen Titans Go! movie?

Will Arnett, the voice of Batman in the Lego films, switched sides to play Robin's arch-enemy here, and he was also one of the movie's producers.

Nicolas Cage voices which hero in the 2018 Teen Titans Go! movie?

Superman was the role Cage had been lined up to play in Tim Burton's Superman Lives, cancelled in the 1990s; two decades on, he finally got it in an animated comedy.

Who voices Hollywood director Jade Wilson in the 2018 Teen Titans Go! movie?

Kristen Bell's director is a disguise: Jade Wilson turns out to be Slade, who has been churning out superhero films to keep the heroes too busy to stop him.

Which comics legend made his first and only DC film cameo in the 2018 Teen Titans Go! movie?

Stan Lee, the face of rival Marvel and a fixture of its films, crossed the aisle for this one cameo; he died in November 2018, four months after the release.

Rapper Lil Yachty voices which Justice League member in the 2018 Teen Titans Go! movie?

Green Lantern, here the John Stewart version, joins the League in scolding the Titans as too childish for a film, then ends up mind-controlled by Slade and chasing them.

In Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans, which villain forces the two teams to fight?

Master of Games pits the two teams against each other, but he is a mask for the Teen Titans Go! Trigon, who is draining Raven's power.

The live-action series Titans premiered in 2018 as the first original show on which streaming service?

DC Universe launched with Titans as its first original scripted series, but within three years the service had dropped video altogether and the show moved to HBO Max.

Who plays Dick Grayson in the live-action Titans?

Brenton Thwaites plays a Robin who has walked away from Batman and Gotham; the series opens with him working as a police detective in Detroit.

Which actor played Deathstroke in season two of Titans?

Esai Morales's Deathstroke is the old enemy whose earlier clash with the original Titans broke the team apart, and whose return forces them to face that history.

In season three of Titans, Jason Todd returns under what identity?

Red Hood is the name Jason takes after dying and being revived; he comes back under the sway of Jonathan Crane, the Scarecrow, and turns on his old team in Gotham.

Which Robin joins the team in the 2016 animated film Justice League vs. Teen Titans?

Damian Wayne is sent to the Titans by Batman to learn teamwork after defying orders in a battle, and warms to them only once Raven heals his near-fatal injuries.

Who voiced Terra in the 2017 animated film Teen Titans: The Judas Contract?

Christina Ricci shares the film with an unlikely guest: director Kevin Smith voices himself, hosting the podcast Beast Boy is appearing on when Deathstroke comes for him.

Under what codename did Beast Boy serve in the 1980s New Teen Titans?

Changeling was the name he was using by 1980, after a spell as a TV actor on Space Trek: 2022, a sci-fi show cancelled when it was sued for copying others.

Mal Duncan's girlfriend attacked the 1970s Teen Titans in a home-made supersuit under what insect codename?

Bumblebee, scientist Karen Beecher, staged the attack so that her boyfriend would look good fighting her off; the Titans were so impressed they asked her to join.

Which star of musical comedy lends his voice to the cosmic tyrant Darkseid in Teen Titans Go!?

"Weird Al" Yankovic voices the ruler of Apokolips, and the villain even insults his own voice actor on screen. He played the part again in the film Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans.

Deathstroke's 1980 New Teen Titans debut gave him which extra title, four years before a hit film used it?

The Terminator was part of his full name, Deathstroke the Terminator, from his first appearance. James Cameron's film arrived four years later, and the comics now mostly use the shorter name.

Which actor, The Walking Dead's King Ezekiel, first voiced Cyborg in the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Khary Payton has played Cyborg in the 2003 series, Teen Titans Go! and many other DC cartoons. In Young Justice he switched heroes and voiced Aqualad instead.

Which Marvel team joined forces with the New Teen Titans in a 1982 crossover between rival publishers?

The X-Men shared the one-off, written by their regular writer Chris Claremont, as Darkseid tried to revive the Dark Phoenix. Both titles were enjoying high popularity and strong sales at the time.

Which SpongeBob SquarePants voice also plays Mumbo, the blue-skinned magician of Teen Titans?

Tom Kenny voices Mumbo, a stage magician driven insane by a wand that really worked. In one first-season episode he doubled up as the robot hermit Fixit.

Which voice of Hiro in Disney's Big Hero 6 plays Beast Boy in the live-action series Titans?

Ryan Potter played Gar Logan from the show's 2018 debut to its 2023 finale. A martial artist since childhood, he first broke through as the lead of Nickelodeon's Supah Ninjas.

Which future Reacher star played Hank Hall, the hot-headed hero Hawk, in the live-action Titans series?

Alan Ritchson played Hawk from 2018 to 2021, before Reacher brought him wider fame. His very first screen role was another DC hero, Aquaman on Smallville.

Which star of A Clockwork Orange voiced Mad Mod, the British villain of the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Malcolm McDowell voiced Mad Mod, a schoolmaster type who hypnotises his victims and draws his power from a ruby-tipped cane. The youthful look is a hologram hiding an old man.

Which mutant larva does Beast Boy secretly keep as a pet in the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Silkie is one of the mutant larvae Killer Moth bred to take over the city. Beast Boy bonded with him once the scheme was foiled and hid him in Titans Tower.

Which elder sister of Koriand'r, passed over for the throne, becomes a recurring Teen Titans villain?

Blackfire, born Komand'r, was first in line but saw her royal duties handed to her younger siblings. Her resentment leads her to betray her own world to its enemies.

What is the real name of Cyborg, the Teen Titans hero rebuilt with machine parts after a near-fatal accident?

Victor Stone was a gifted athlete until a scientist parent replaced his ruined limbs with cybernetics to save his life. He has since served in both the Titans and the Justice League.

Which voice of Adventure Time's Princess Bubblegum also plays the alien princess of the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Hynden Walch voices Koriand'r and, in a neat piece of double casting, the heroine's villainous elder sister as well. She kept the part when Teen Titans Go! arrived a decade later.

When its first streaming home was repurposed, the live-action Titans series moved to which platform for season three?

HBO Max took over the show in 2021 after acquiring the original programming of DC's own streaming service. That older service was turned into a digital comics library.

Which Game of Thrones actor, Ser Jorah Mormont in that saga, plays Bruce Wayne in the live-action Titans series?

Iain Glen played Bruce Wayne on the show from 2019 to 2021. He is also known as the villain Dr. Isaacs in three Resident Evil films.

Which H.I.V.E. sorceress in the 2003 Teen Titans series falls for Kid Flash and walks away from her gang?

Jinx can manipulate probability, so events simply turn against whoever she targets. She starts out in the H.I.V.E. Five and leaves the group once the young speedster wins her over.

Which thief persona does Robin invent in Teen Titans to infiltrate Slade's circle, before a stranger steals the suit?

Red X began as Robin's cover, a high-tech suit that creates X-shaped effects. The stranger who takes it over is never unmasked, though Beast Boy jokes that he is Jason Todd.

Which actor, the Sandman of Spider-Man 3, voiced the insect-breeding villain Killer Moth in Teen Titans?

Thomas Haden Church voiced Killer Moth in the prom-night episode "Date with Destiny". When the villain returned a season later, a different actor had replaced him.

Which Spider-Man co-creator also devised Hawk and Dove, the brothers who joined the original Teen Titans comics?

Steve Ditko co-created the pair in 1968, one brother hot-headed and the other thoughtful. He plotted only their first issue and left after the second.

Which classic cartoon, rebooted that same year, shared a 2016 crossover episode with Teen Titans Go!?

The Powerpuff Girls dropped by that June, less than three months after their reboot premiered. Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup had been given new voice actors for the revival.

At the end of Teen Titans season two, the traitor Terra sacrifices herself to stop which disaster?

A volcanic eruption, set off by her own powers as she drowns Slade in lava, threatens the whole city. Stopping it petrifies her, and her friends leave a memorial beside her.

Which Teen Titans villain steals the souls of Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy in the episode 'Switched'?

The Puppet King traps them in little lookalike puppets and commandeers their soulless bodies. Raven's protective spell swaps her into a teammate's body, so each must learn the other's powers.

Which film-obsessed Teen Titans villain once gets inside television itself, forcing the heroes to follow him in?

Control Freak, fresh out of jail, hops from channel to channel with the Titans in pursuit. His weapon is a super-powered remote that warps reality to match his favourite films.

In which final regular episode of Teen Titans does Beast Boy meet a girl who looks exactly like Terra?

"Things Change" has him find her petrified body gone and a lookalike who insists she was never a hero. The writers ended it that way knowing it would probably be the last episode.

Mad Mod turns the Teen Titans' city into a corner of Britain during the celebrations for which holiday?

The Fourth of July is the day he picks, in an episode pointedly titled "Revolution". He also steals Robin's youth with his cane before the team wins the city back.

In the Teen Titans episode 'Employee of the Month', Beast Boy takes a fast-food job to save up for what?

A moped is his dream, but Robin won't buy one and Cyborg won't build one. The all-meat restaurant that hires him turns out to hide an alien leader made of tofu.

In the last season of Teen Titans, the villains' headquarters stormed by the young heroes lies in which city?

Paris hides the fortress where captured heroes are kept flash-frozen. Beast Boy leads the handful still free to break in and release them.

Which villain, served by the talking gorilla Monsieur Mallah, leads the bad guys of Teen Titans' final season?

The Brain has young heroes frozen one by one until Beast Boy leads a rescue. Robin finally captures him in the last big battle.

Which Teen Titans witch arrives at the Tower inside an enchanted pie and turns the heroes into her doting children?

Mother Mae-Eye bewitches the team, regressing them into obedient youngsters who adore her. Only the alien princess snaps out of it, during a mission against the H.I.V.E. Five.

Which pop-punk band covered 'The Night Begins to Shine' for a four-part Teen Titans Go! special in 2017?

Fall Out Boy recorded one of three covers for the special, another coming from CeeLo Green. The original, by B.E.R., was a music-library track the show first used as a throwaway joke.

Which Batman villain, played by Mad Men's Vincent Kartheiser, starts season three of Titans locked in Arkham Asylum?

Scarecrow, alias Dr. Jonathan Crane, begins the season as an inmate who advises the Gotham police. He exploits his victims' fears with toxins and psychological tricks.

Which super-powered dog escapes Cadmus Laboratories with the clone Conner and joins the live-action Titans?

Krypto is freed from a Kryptonite cage by the young clone and stays with the team from then on. This version of the dog is a Golden Retriever, played by three animal actors.

Duela Dent, later a Teen Titans member, was introduced in comics claiming to be the daughter of which Batman villain?

The Joker's Daughter was her first alias, though she went on to claim several other villains as parents. Robin then identified her as Duela Dent, daughter of Two-Face.

Deathstroke's daughter Rose Wilson joins the Teen Titans under which codename, first used by her half-brother Grant?

Ravager was first Grant Wilson, whose flawed power serum killed him during a contract on the Titans. Rose later reclaimed the name as a hero.

The second Titans Tower of the Teen Titans comics stands in which California city, far from the New York original?

San Francisco got the second tower, designed once again by Cyborg and built by the city council. It houses a memorial to Titans who have died.

Which writer relaunched the Teen Titans comic in 2003, mixing Young Justice graduates with veterans like Cyborg?

Geoff Johns began the series after the miniseries Graduation Day broke up both older teams. Robin, Superboy, Wonder Girl and Impulse were the Young Justice heroes who moved across.

Which civilian alias does the Teen Titans' alien princess adopt on Earth, where she briefly works as a model?

Kory Anders is simply her real name, Koriand'r, bent into something human-sounding. Her teammates kept it as an affectionate nickname after the modelling career ended.

Which comic by Art Baltazar and Franco recasts Robin, Raven and Beast Boy as elementary-school pupils?

Tiny Titans is set at Sidekick City Elementary, where Slade serves as the principal. It twice won the Eisner Award for Best Series for Kids.

Besides its cable home, which broadcast block also aired the first two seasons of the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Kids' WB gave the show a broadcast run alongside cable, and the series was developed with both outlets in mind. Only four seasons were planned until its popularity earned a fifth.

Which Batman Beyond veteran, a protégé of Bruce Timm, created the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Glen Murakami wanted a whole new look for the show after a decade on series produced by Timm. He went on to executive-produce Ben 10: Alien Force.

Which Friday Night Lights actress plays Dawn Granger, the hero Dove, in the live-action Titans series?

Minka Kelly was first announced in 2017 in a recurring role, then stayed with the show until 2021. Her breakthrough part had been Lyla Garrity.

Which Bat-Mite-like double of Robin from another dimension appears in the Teen Titans episode 'Fractured'?

Larry's real name is Nosyarg Kcid, a famous comics name spelled backwards. When Robin accidentally breaks his magic finger, reality across the city starts to distort.

In which other DC cartoon does Batman explain Robin's absence by saying he is away with the Titans?

Static Shock slipped the nod into its episode "Hard as Nails", when the young hero asks where the Boy Wonder is. Teen Titans itself was never made part of the DC Animated Universe.

Which toy maker produced the action-figure line for the 2003 Teen Titans series, from mini figures to plush dolls?

Bandai's toy deal may even have hurt the show: one producer was told that rival Mattel wanted it dead. The line ran from 1.5-inch mini figures up to 10-inch ones.

Which artist drew Teen Titans #1, the first issue of the team's own series, and co-created the villain Mad Mod?

Nick Cardy drew the series from its first issue, and Mad Mod arrived in issue seven. He was still the artist when Hawk and Dove briefly joined the team in 1970.

Which cookie company sponsored the first New Teen Titans anti-drug comic, made for a presidential awareness campaign?

Keebler backed the first of three drug awareness issues published in 1983 and 1984. The American soft drink industry and IBM paid for the other two.

Which cable channel ordered a live-action Titans pilot in 2014, then walked away before any filming took place?

TNT left the project in 2016, and the series was rebuilt for DC's own streaming service, where it premiered two years later.

In the Teen Titans episode 'Haunted', a glimpse of Robin's memories shows two acrobats falling from what?

A trapeze fall is how Dick Grayson's acrobat parents died in the comics, so the image hints at which Robin this is. The show never states his real name outright.

Which former Black Flag frontman voiced the villain Johnny Rancid in the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Henry Rollins played Johnny Rancid in more than one episode. In his first, the villain exploits a spell of distorted reality to become a darker version of himself.

Which thief from the future does the Teen Titans' alien princess chase through time in a season-two episode?

Warp comes back to steal an antique, and the chase strands her twenty years ahead, where the team has drifted apart. The older heroes reunite to send her home.

Which Futurama actress, the voice of Amy Wong, plays the boy genius Gizmo in the 2003 Teen Titans series?

Lauren Tom voices Gizmo and also the sorceress of the same villain academy, so two of the H.I.V.E.'s best-known members share one actress.