List of Teen Titans (TV series) characters explained

This is a list of major and minor characters featured in the Cartoon Network and Kids' WB animated series Teen Titans.

Overview

CharacterVoiced byFirst appearanceSeasonsFilms
12345Trouble in TokyoGo! to the MoviesGo! vs.
Main characters
RobinScott Menville"Divide and Conquer"
StarfireHynden Walch
RavenTara Strong
Beast BoyGreg Cipes
CyborgKhary Payton
TerraAshley Johnson"Terra"
SladeRon Perlman
Will Arnett
"Divide and Conquer"
TrigonKevin Michael Richardson"Nevermore"
BrushogunCary-Hiroyuki Tagawa"Trouble in Tokyo"colspan="2"
Robin Go!Scott Menville"Legendary Sandwich"colspan="2"
Starfire Go!Hynden Walchcolspan="2"
Raven Go!Tara Strongcolspan="2"
Beast Boy Go!Greg Cipescolspan="2"
Cyborg Go!Khary Payton

Primary Teen Titans

Robin

Robin (voiced by Scott Menville) is the leader of the Teen Titans. Despite lacking superpowers, he is fierce and highly disciplined, with heroic virtues based on experience and reputation. As shown in the episode "Go", Robin formed the group after aiding Starfire in her escape from captivity with help from Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Raven. Prior to this, he left his mentor Batman to become an independent crime-fighter. The Teen Titans Go! spin-off comic reveals he is Dick Grayson, the first Robin, but this is not shown in the show. In the future, he becomes Nightwing. Robin is best friends with Starfire, whom he secretly has feelings for. Their relationship develops throughout the show, with them becoming a couple in the finale film .

Starfire

See main article: Starfire (Teen Titans). Starfire (voiced by Hynden Walch) is a Tamaranean princess who was kidnapped by the alien overlord Trogaar and intended to be sold into slavery. She escapes to Earth and causes chaos in Jump City, leading to the formation of the Teen Titans.[1] She is also Robin’s love interest, and they secretly harbor romantic feelings for each other; they confess their love and become a couple in Trouble in Tokyo.

Raven

See main article: Raven (DC Comics). Raven (voiced by Tara Strong) is the gothic half-demon daughter of Trigon and Arella. She possesses vast magical abilities and was intended to act as Trigon's portal to invade Earth. While he succeeds in doing so, Raven works with the Titans to defeat him.

Beast Boy

See main article: Beast Boy. Beast Boy (voiced by Greg Cipes) is a former member of the Doom Patrol who can transform into any animal. His early training was highly disciplined and militarized, leading him to initially address more experienced heroes as "Sir". Over time, he becomes less serious and the comic relief of the team.[2] [3]

Cyborg

See main article: Cyborg (DC Comics). Cyborg (voiced by Khary Payton) is a human who was converted into a cyborg to save his life following an unspecified accident. His condition is virtually impossible to disguise, though he initially attempts to do so by covering much of his body with heavy clothing and a hood.[4] He is skilled with technology and is Robin's second-in-command and Beast Boy's best friend.

Terra

See main article: Terra (character). Terra (voiced by Ashley Johnson) is a nomadic girl who can manipulate the earth. She is later revealed to be a double agent working for Slade and sacrifices herself to stop him from destroying Jump City.[5] [6] [7] [8]

In the series finale, "Things Change", a girl resembling Terra resurfaces, but tells Beast Boy that she no longer wants anything to do with the Titans.[9]

In an issue of Teen Titans Go! that takes place following the finale, Terra's brother Brion travels to Jump City to retrieve her, but is eventually convinced to leave her alone.

Honorary Titans

Aqualad

See main article: Garth (comics). Aqualad (voiced by Wil Wheaton) is Aquaman's former sidekick and a founding member of Titans East.[10] [11]

Argent

See main article: Argent (character).

Argent (voiced by Hynden Walch) is an honorary member of the Teen Titans who can generate red energy constructs.[12] [13] [14]

Bumblebee

See main article: Bumblebee (DC Comics). Bumblebee (voiced by T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh) is the leader of Titans East. She previously worked undercover in H.I.V.E. alongside Aqualad.

Bushido

See main article: Bushido (character).

Bushido (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is a silent Japanese swordsman who becomes an honorary Titan to combat the Brotherhood of Evil.

Gnarrk

See main article: Gnarrk. Gnarrk (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is a caveman friend of Kole. The two live together beneath the North Pole to prevent her powers from being used for evil.[15]

Herald

See main article: Mal Duncan.

Herald (voiced by Khary Payton) is a young hooded African-American boy who wields a mystical horn that can generate portals.

Hot Spot

See main article: Isaiah Crockett.

Hot Spot (voiced by Bumper Robinson) is an African-American boy with pyrokinetic abilities. He is introduced as a participant in the Master of Games' tournament and joins the Teen Titans following his defeat.

Jericho

See main article: Jericho (DC Comics).

Jericho is a mute boy who can possess others via eye contact.

Jinx

See main article: Jinx (DC Comics). Jinx (voiced primarily by Lauren Tom and by Tara Strong in the episode "Titans Together") is a sorceress who can manipulate probability and a member of the H.I.V.E. Five. She later falls in love with Kid Flash and leaves the group.

Kid Flash

See main article: Kid Flash. Kid Flash (voiced by Michael Rosenbaum) is the self-proclaimed "Fastest Boy Alive" and the former sidekick of Flash (Barry Allen). His secret identity is not revealed in the series, although he is implied to be Wally West, the original Kid Flash.

Killowat

See main article: Killowat. Killowat is an honorary Titan with electrokinetic abilities. In the tie-in comic, he is revealed to have originated from an alternate universe before Raven brought him to the main universe.

Kole

See main article: Kole. Kole (voiced by Tara Strong) is a young girl with pink hair who lives with her caveman friend Gnarrk beneath the North Pole to prevent her powers from being used for evil. She can transform into inanimate, indestructible crystal, enabling Gnarrk to wield her as a weapon.

Más y Menos

See main article: Más y Menos. Más y Menos (both voiced by Freddy Rodriguez) are superpowered twin brothers from Guatemala and founding members of Titans East. They possess superhuman speed that only works if they are touching.[16] [17]

Melvin, Timmy, Teether, and Bobby

Melvin, Timmy, and Teether (respectively voiced by Russi Taylor and Tara Strong) are a trio of pre-adolescent children targeted by the Brotherhood of Evil for their fledgling superpowers. They first appear in "Hide and Seek".[18]

Melvin, the only girl in the group and the eldest of the three, can summon a giant living teddy bear named Bobby. Timmy throws temper tantrums which induce earthquakes and sonic booms, and Teether can eat and spit matter.

Pantha

See main article: Pantha. Pantha (voiced by Diane Delano) is a professional wrestler and honorary member of the Teen Titans.

Red Star

See main article: Red Star (comics). Red Star (voiced by Jason Marsden) is a Russian boy who gained his powers from a secret government project and chose to live in an abandoned nuclear power plant due to lacking control over them. He seemingly dies in his first appearance, but later resurfaces as a member of the Teen Titans.[19]

Speedy

See main article: Roy Harper (character).

Speedy (voiced by Mike Erwin) is Green Arrow's former sidekick and a founding member of Titans East.[20]

Thunder and Lightning

See main article: Thunder and Lightning (comics). Thunder and Lightning (respectively voiced by S. Scott Bullock and Quinton Flynn) are brothers who can manipulate their namesakes. They battle the Titans in pursuit of fun before eventually joining them.

Tramm

Tramm (voiced primarily by Dave Coulier and by Dee Bradley Baker in the episode "Calling All Titans") is an anthropomorphic anchovy, engineer, and friend of Aqualad. He can increase his size and strength, like a pufferfish.

Wildebeest

See main article: Baby Wildebeest. Wildebeest (voiced primarily by Dee Bradley Baker and by Jim Cummings in the episode "Winner Take All") is a humanoid wildebeest and honorary member of the Teen Titans. The tie-in comic reveals him to be a human child who transforms when enraged.[21]

Wonder Girl

See main article: Wonder Girl. Wonder Girl, the sidekick of Wonder Woman and a founding member of the Teen Titans in the comics, was denied inclusion to the main cast of the series due to licensing issues.[22] [23] [24] As a result, she only makes cameo appearances in the series. Wonder Girl appears in Teen Titans Go!, where she is identified as Donna Troy, the first Wonder Girl.

Allies

Brushogun

Brushogun (voiced by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) is a Japanese artist who wields black magic and can create ink entities. General Uehara Daizo kidnaps Brushogun and forces him to battle the Teen Titans, during which he is killed.[25]

The Doom Patrol

See main article: Doom Patrol.

The Doom Patrol are a paramilitary unit of superheroes and long-time enemies of the Brotherhood of Evil. Beast Boy was formerly a member until he became estranged from the team years before.

Elasti-Girl

See main article: Elasti-Girl. Elasti-Girl (voiced by Tara Strong) is a member of the Doom Patrol who can expand her body.

Mento

See main article: Mento (character).

Mento (voiced by Xander Berkeley) is the leader and battle coordinator of the Doom Patrol. He possesses psychic abilities that are amplified by his helmet.

Negative Man

Negative Man (voiced by Judge Reinhold) is a member of the Doom Patrol who can project a radioactive 'soul--self'.

Robotman

See main article: Robotman (Cliff Steele). Robotman (voiced by Peter Onorati) is an android with a human brain. He possesses immense strength and durability, but is headstrong and reckless, often preferring to charge headlong into battle.

Larry

Larry (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is a fifth-dimensional imp who can manipulate reality. His real name is Nosyarc Kcid, Dick Grayson's name backwards.

Sarasim

Sarasim (voiced by Kimberly Brooks) is a warrior princess from 3000 B.C.[26] She is based on and depicted as an ancestor of Sarah Simms, Cyborg's girlfriend in the comics.

Silkie

Silkie (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is a mutant larva created by Killer Moth and Beast Boy's pet.[27]

Main villains

Slade

See main article: Deathstroke. Slade (voiced by Ron Perlman) is the Titans' most recurring foe and Robin's archenemy.[28] Following his death in the second season, he returns in the fourth as an undead emissary of Trigon.

Trigon

See main article: Trigon (comics). Trigon (voiced primarily by Kevin Michael Richardson and by Keith Szarabajka in the episode "Nevermore") is a demon king and Raven's father. He serves as the main antagonist of the fourth season, where he invades Earth before Raven destroys him. Trigon returns in the crossover film Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans, where his Teen Titans Go! counterpart resurrects him.

The H.I.V.E. Academy

See main article: H.I.V.E..

The H.I.V.E. Academy is a secret campus for a rogue's gallery of superpowered teenagers, all being trained to become master criminals. The school is also known as the H.A.E.Y.P. ("H.I.V.E. Academy for Extraordinary Young People").

Brother Blood

See main article: Brother Blood. Brother Blood (voiced by John DiMaggio) is a cult leader with psychic abilities who assumes leadership of the H.I.V.E. Academy after the Headmistress disappears.

H.I.V.E. Headmistress

The H.I.V.E. Headmistress (voiced by Andrea Romano) is the unnamed headmistress of the H.I.V.E. Academy in the first season.[29]

Gizmo

See main article: Gizmo (DC Comics). Gizmo (voiced primarily by Lauren Tom and by Tara Strong in the episodes "Revved Up" and "Titans Together") is an impish member of the H.I.V.E. Five with a genius-level intellect and a mechanized backpack.[30]

Mammoth

See main article: Mammoth (comics). Mammoth (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is a genetically modified member of the H.I.V.E. Five who possesses superhuman strength.

See-More

See-More (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is a member of the H.I.V.E. Five who wields interchangable eyes with unique functions, including X-ray vision, hypnosis, lasers, and flight.[31]

Billy Numerous

Billy Numerous (voiced by Jason Marsden) is a member of the H.I.V.E. Five with self-duplication abilities.[32]

Kyd Wykkyd

Kyd Wykkyd is a silent member of the H.I.V.E. Five who can teleport.

Private H.I.V.E.

Private H.I.V.E. (voiced by Greg Cipes) is a student of the H.I.V.E. Academy who wields a hexagonal shield. In Teen Titans Go!, he reforms and joins the Teen Titans.

Angel

Angel is a villain from the H.I.V.E. Academy who sports bird-like wings that enable flight. In addition, she can also shift them to any size for combat purposes.

XL Terrestrial

XL Terrestrial is an alien villain from the H.I.V.E. Academy with size-shifting abilities.

I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R.

I.N.S.T.I.G.A.T.O.R. is a floating robotic villain from the H.I.V.E. Academy.

"Wrestling Star"

"Wrestling Star" is a masked wrestler from the H.I.V.E. Academy.

The Brotherhood of Evil

See main article: Brotherhood of Evil. The Brotherhood of Evil is a secret society of supervillains dedicated to total world domination whom the Doom Patrol fought in the past. They serve as the main antagonists of the final season.

The Brain

See main article: Brain (DC Comics). Brain (voiced by Glenn Shadix) is the leader of the Brotherhood of Evil. He is a disembodied human brain preserved in a robotic cylinder who possesses psychic abilities.

General Immortus

See main article: General Immortus. General Immortus (voiced by Xander Berkeley) is an ancient military commander and strategist.

Madame Rouge

See main article: Madame Rouge. Madame Rouge (voiced by Hynden Walch) is a European shapeshifter and member of the Brotherhood of Evil.

Monsieur Mallah

See main article: Monsieur Mallah. Monsieur Mallah (voiced by Glenn Shadix) is an intelligent gorilla and confidant of the Brain.

Other villains

André LeBlanc

See main article: André LeBlanc (DC Comics). André LeBlanc (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is a French jewel thief who debuts in "For Real".[33] He later joins the Brotherhood of Evil.

Atlas

See main article: Atlas (DC Comics).

Atlas (voiced by Keith David) is a robotic villain who debuts in "Only Human".

Blackfire

See main article: Blackfire (DC Comics). Blackfire (voiced by Hynden Walch) is Starfire's elder sister and her rival to Tamaran's throne.

Cinderblock

See main article: Cinderblock (character).

Cinderblock (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is a stone monster with limited intelligence, but immense strength. He is named after the several panels on his body which resemble his namesake. Cinderblock appears throughout the series as a secondary villain.

Commander Uehara Daizo

Uehara Daizo (voiced by Keone Young) is the main antagonist in. He is Tokyo's police commander and commander of the Tokyo Troopers, which he created using Brushogun's powers. It is later revealed he seeks to discredit the Teen Titans as heroes.

Control Freak

Control Freak (voiced by Alexander Polinsky) is an overweight supervillain and film fanatic who wields a reality-warping remote.[34]

Ding Dong Daddy

See main article: Ding Dong Daddy. Ding Dong Daddy (voiced by David Johansen) is a large 1950s-style street racer who forces Robin to compete in a cross-country race against himself and several foes from the Titans' rogues gallery. He is assisted by a group of gremlins who act as a mobile repair crew and disable competitors' vehicles.[35]

Dr. Light

See main article: Doctor Light (Arthur Light). Doctor Light (voiced by Rodger Bumpass) is a villain who wields a battle suit with light-based weaponry.

Fang

Fang (voiced by Will Friedle) is a spider-like mutant and Kitten's girlfriend.

Katarou

Katarou (voiced by Keone Young) is a martial artist and member of the Brotherhood of Evil.

Killer Moth

See main article: Killer Moth. Killer Moth (voiced by Thomas Haden Church in the episode "Date with Destiny", Marc Worden in the episode "Can I Keep Him?") is a lepidopterist who commands swarms of mutated moths capable of eating through anything. Furthermore, he wears moth-like body armor with razor-sharp claws and a pair of wings.

Kitten

Kitten (voiced by Tara Strong) is Killer Moth's spoiled and bratty daughter and Fang's girlfriend. The two later join the Brotherhood of Evil.

Mad Mod

See main article: Mad Mod. Mad Mod (voiced by Malcolm McDowell) is an elderly British man who wields holograms and hypnotic traps, using the former to appear younger.

Master of Games

The Master of Games (voiced by Jim Cummings) is an ape-like alien who plots to steal the powers of several heroes before being defeated. He later joins the Brotherhood of Evil.

The Master of Games also appears in Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans as a disguise of Trigon, voiced by Rhys Darby.

Mother Mae-Eye

Mother Mae-Eye (voiced by Billie Hayes) is a haggish witch who feeds on the affection of others. She wields candy-themed magical powers and a mass-produced army of gingerbread cookie soldiers.

Mumbo

Mumbo (voiced by Tom Kenny) is a turquoise-skinned magician whose powers are largely based on stage magic feats; he once found a working magic wand whose power drove him insane. He is actually an old man, but his powers make him appear younger.

Overload

Overload (voiced primarily by Dee Bradley Baker and by James Arnold Taylor in the episode "Car Trouble") is a humanoid electric monster with a red-and-black circuit board at its core.

Plasmus

See main article: Plasmus. Plasmus (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) is a human who transforms into a slime monster while conscious and is typically kept comatose as a result. Later in the series, Plasmus mutates further after absorbing raw sewage, gains the ability to generate acid, and joins the Brotherhood of Evil.

Professor Chang

Professor Chang (voiced by James Hong) is a mad scientist who runs an underground smuggling operation and provides illegal services for other villains.

Punk Rocket

Punk Rocket (voiced by Greg Ellis) is a British musical anarchist who wields a customized guitar that releases sonic blasts. He can also ride it through the air like a surfboard.[36]

Puppet King

The Puppet King (voiced by Tracey Walter) is an evil marionette who can transform others into puppets. He is defeated by the Titans in his first appearance and rendered a lifeless puppet, but returns later in the series as a member of the Brotherhood of Evil.[37]

Red X

Red X (voiced by Scott Menville) is originally a cover identity Robin assumes to infiltrate Slade's organization, using a high-tech suit capable of creating various X-shaped effects. In the episode "X", a mysterious thief steals the Red X suit for his own use.[38]

Red X makes his mainstream DC debut in the two-issue teaser comic Future State Teen Titans and its follow-up series Teen Titans Academy.[39] [40] He is revealed to be Brick Pettirosso, a metahuman with electromagnetic powers and a renegade student of Titans Academy.[41] His foster father was a mercenary and thief who stole Dick Grayson's Red X suit as revenge for foiling his plans.[42] [43]

Saico-Tek

Saico-Tek (voiced by Keone Young) is a high-tech Japanese ninja with distinctive blue and pink armor.

Spike

Spike (voiced by John DiMaggio) is a former mechanic and ally of Atlas.

Trident

See main article: Trident (DC Comics). Trident (voiced by Clancy Brown) is an Atlantean criminal armed with the mystical weapon of his namesake.

Other characters

Arella

See main article: Arella. Arella (voiced by Virginia Madsen) is Raven's biological mother, who was killed when Trigon destroyed Azarath.[44]

Wintergreen

See main article: Wintergreen (comics). Wintergreen is Slade's butler and right-hand man.

Notes and References

  1. Season 3; Episode 3 - "Betrothed"
  2. Season 5; Episode 1 - "Homecoming (Part 1)"
  3. Season 5; Episode 2 - "Homecoming (Part 2)"
  4. Season 5; Episode 10 - "Go"
  5. Season 2; Episode 3 - "Terra"
  6. Season 2; Episode 8 - "Titan Rising"
  7. Season 2; Episode 12 - "Aftershock (Part 1)"
  8. Season 2; Episode 13 - "Aftershock (Part 2)"
  9. Season 5; Episode 13 - "Things Change"
  10. Season 1; Episode 8 - "Deep Six"
  11. Season 3; Episode 8 - "Wavelength"
  12. Season 5; Episode 11 - "Calling All Titans"
  13. Season 5; Episode 12 - "Titans Together"
  14. Season 5; Episode 8 - "Lightspeed"
  15. Season 5; Episode 6 - "Kole"
  16. Season 3; Episode 12 - "Titans East (Part 1)"
  17. Season 3; Episode 13 - "Titans East (Part 2)"
  18. Season 5; Episode 7 - "Hide And Seek"
  19. Season 5; Episode 5 - "Snowblind"
  20. Season 2; Episode 9 - "Winner Take All"
  21. Teen Titans Go! issue #15 - "Beauty and the Wildebeest"
  22. Book: Torres, J . Titans Companion 2 . 2008 . Adapting the Animated Antics of the Teen Titans . . 216 . 978-1-893905-87-0.
  23. Web site: Titans Tower: Wonder Girl . January 1, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081226024832/http://titanstower.com/source/animated/charwondergirl.html . December 26, 2008.
  24. Web site: J. Torres on Wonder Girl . . January 1, 2009 .
  25. Teen Titans: Trouble In Tokyo
  26. Season 4; Episode 4 - "Cyborg The Barbarian"
  27. Season 2; Episode 6 - "Date With Destiny"
  28. Season 1; Episode 1 - "Divide and Conquer"
  29. Season 1; Episode 3 - "Final Exam"
  30. Season 3; Episode 4 - "Crash"
  31. Season 4; Episode 10 - "Mother Mae-Eye"
  32. Season 3; Episode 1 - "Deception"
  33. Season 5; Episode 4 - "For Real"
  34. Season 2; Episode 5 - "Fear Itself"
  35. Season 5; Episode 9 - "Revved Up"
  36. Teen Titans: The Lost Episode
  37. Season 1; Episode 7 - "Switched"
  38. Season 1; Episode 9 - "Masks"
  39. Future State Teen Titans #1 and #2 (January and February 2021)
  40. Teen Titans Academy #1 (March 2021)
  41. Teen Titans Academy #11
  42. Teen Titans Academy 2021 Yearbook #1
  43. Teen Titans Academy #12
  44. Season 4; Episode 7 - "The Prophecy"