100 Fun Facts About Teen Titans

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

The trio didn't even have a team name yet; the 'Teen Titans' label arrived a year later in issue #60.

Which weather-controlling villain did the future Titans defeat in their very first adventure?

Mister Twister was later reworked into the demonic villain Gargoyle in the 1980s New Teen Titans run.

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

Haney's hip 1960s dialogue, calling the team 'the Fab Foursome', drew ribbing even at the time.

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

Her link to the Amazons was later severed by DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths retcons, forcing a whole new origin story.

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

He is the nephew of Iris West and eventually took over as the Flash himself.

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?

Both men expected the book to be cancelled after six issues; it instead became DC's answer to the X-Men.

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'.

George Pérez based Raven's shadowed face and billowing cape on which DC character?

Pérez also shaped her hood so that in profile it looked like a bird's head, matching her name.

Beast Boy first appeared in 1965 as a member of which DC team?

He was even rejected as too young when he first sought Titans membership in the original 1960s series.

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 character was originally patterned on Deathstroke, down to the name and costume?

Slade Wilson became Wade Wilson; Rob Liefeld's creation debuted in 1991, eleven years after Deathstroke.

In 'The Judas Contract', the traitor Terra can manipulate what?

Pérez said he and the writer knew from day one that Terra was a traitor and would be killed off.

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

The 1984 storyline won the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Comic Book Story.

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

In the same storyline Kid Flash quit the team and hung up his costume.

What relation is the demon Trigon to Raven?

Raven originally formed the New Teen Titans specifically to stop him after the Justice League turned her away.

What human name does Raven use in the comics?

She took her late mother Arella's surname when she rejoined the Titans in a teenage body.

Princess Koriand'r hails from which planet?

It sits in the Vega star system, and in the comics her parents died when the Psions destroyed it.

Titans Tower is always built to resemble which letter?

The first comics tower stood in New York's East River until the Wildebeest Society destroyed it in 1991.

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

The first two seasons also ran on Kids' WB, and the show returned to Boomerang years later.

Which Japanese duo performed the 2003 series' theme song?

The duo later got their own animated show, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, from the same producer, Sam Register.

Who wrote the 2003 show's theme song, which exists in both English and Japanese versions?

The English lyrics were used for serious episodes and the Japanese version for comedic ones.

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 series and Teen Titans Go!?

The show never says which Robin he is, though a mirror-universe double is named Nosyarg Kcid.

Which actress voices Raven in the animated series?

Strong also voiced Terra in Young Justice, another Titans-linked role.

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

Richardson was in the show too, as the season-four demon Trigon.

In season one, Slade schemes to make Robin his what?

That arc contains one of the show's few Batman nods: Robin snaps 'I already have a father' as bats fly past.

The animated Titans protect which West Coast metropolis?

Their T-shaped tower sits on an island just offshore.

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

Johnson also played Ellie in the games, and the 2017 animated Judas Contract film recast the role.

Which original member of the animated team never got a season centred on them?

Seasons focused in turn on Robin, Terra, Cyborg, Raven and Beast Boy.

In season three, Cyborg helps form which offshoot team?

Its roster included Aqualad, Speedy and the speedster twins Más y Menos, with Wil Wheaton voicing Aqualad.

Which villain group, Beast Boy's longtime enemies, drives the fifth season?

The season also broke the show's no-real-names rule when Elasti-Girl called Beast Boy 'Garfield'.

In Trouble in Tokyo, the artist-turned-villain Brushogun is found trapped inside what?

Brushogun is a being of paper and ink whose creations, including the ninja Saico-Tek, dissolve into black goo.

Which cult leader clones the Titans in the 2005 Game Boy Advance game?

The bosses were his students Gizmo, Jinx and Mammoth; a console game followed in 2006.

In what year did Teen Titans Go! premiere?

The pilot drew over 3 million viewers, and by 2025 the show reached a ninth season of 52 episodes.

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 Slade in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies?

Arnett, the Lego Batman voice, also produced the film.

Nicolas Cage voices which hero in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies?

It finally gave Cage the part he lost when Tim Burton's Superman Lives was cancelled in the 1990s.

Who voices Hollywood director Jade Wilson in the 2018 movie?

Jade Wilson turns out to be Slade in disguise, which is why the surname matches.

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

He died in November 2018, four months after the film's release.

Rapper Lil Yachty voices which Justice League member in the 2018 film?

Singer Halsey and talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel also voiced Justice Leaguers in the same cast.

In the 2019 crossover Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans, the two Trigons merge into a being called what?

The film also marked the first appearance of the 2003 characters in 13 years.

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

Seasons three and four moved to HBO Max after the service folded.

Who plays Dick Grayson in the live-action Titans?

The project depended on securing the rights to Dick Grayson; Geoff Johns said 'you couldn't do Titans without Robin'.

Which actor played Deathstroke in season two of Titans?

The other three all played Deathstroke too, in Arrow, Justice League and Smallville respectively.

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

He comes back under the control of Jonathan Crane, played by Mad Men's Vincent Kartheiser.

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

The film borrowed Raven's 'Azarath Metrion Zinthos' chant and Beast Boy's werewolf form from the 2003 cartoon.

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

It was Miguel Ferrer's final film role as Deathstroke, released three months after his death.

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

DC switched him back to Beast Boy in 2003 to match the cartoon.

Karen Beecher, DC's first African-American superheroine, uses what codename?

She built her own insect-themed suit and first attacked the Titans to make her boyfriend Mal Duncan look good.

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.