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''Teen Titans'' is an American animated
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television series created by
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and developed by Murakami, David Slack and
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. Based on
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's superhero team
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, it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, and DC Comics (for season 5). The show premiered on
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on July 19, 2003; its first two seasons also aired on
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. Initially, only four seasons were planned, but the popularity of the series led to Cartoon Network ordering a fifth season. The final half-hour episode of the show, "Things Change", aired on January 16, 2006; it was later followed by a TV movie, '' Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo'', that premiered on September 15 the same year, serving as the
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. A 15-minute episode titled "The Lost Episode" was released as part of an online promotional campaign by Post Consumer Brands in January 2005. ''Teen Titans'' became one of Cartoon Network's most popular series, renowned for its humor, storylines, and banter between the main characters. During its run, the series was nominated for three
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and one Motion Picture Sound Editors Award. Spin-off media included comics, DVD releases, video games, music albums, and collectible toys. In 2013, the show spawned a spin-off, titled ''
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'', which received a theatrical film that was released on July 27, 2018, titled ''
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''. In 2019, a crossover film with ''Teen Titans Go!'' was released, titled '' Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans''. It features the first appearance of the original series characters after 13 years. The series was first shown on
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from February 2, 2009, replacing '' Voltron: Defender of the Universe'' until October 31, 2010. It returned to Boomerang's line-up on October 3, 2011, and left the schedule again on June 1, 2014.


Premise

''Teen Titans'' is based primarily on stories by
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and
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from the 1980s, featuring characters, storylines, and concepts introduced during the run, and incorporating a similar group of members. The five main members of the eponymous team in the series are Robin (
Scott Menville Scott David Menville (born February 12, 1971) is an American actor and musician who is known for his voice work in animated films, television series and video games. He voices Robin in Cartoon Network's ''Teen Titans'' (2003–2006) and ''Teen ...
), the intelligent and capable leader of the Teen Titans; Starfire ( Hynden Walch), a quirky, curious alien princess from the planet Tamaran;
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), a stoic girl from the parallel world Azarath who draws upon dark energy and psionic abilities; and Beast Boy ( Greg Cipes), a good-natured joker who can transform into various animals. They are situated in Titans Tower, a large T-shaped building featuring living quarters, a command center, and a variety of training facilities on an island just offshore from the West Coast metropolis of Jump City. The team deals with all manner of criminal activity and threats to the city, while dealing with their own struggles with adolescence, their mutual friendships, and their limitations. The first season focuses on the Teen Titans' introduction to the mysterious supervillain
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(
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), who seeks to turn Robin into his apprentice. The second season is an adaptation of "The Judas Contract" storyline where new hero Terra ( Ashley Johnson) joins the team while secretly plotting against them with Slade. The third season depicts Cyborg's conflict with
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and their leader Brother Blood (
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), prompting Cyborg to form the superhero team Titans East with Aqualad ( Wil Wheaton), Speedy ( Mike Erwin),
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( T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh), and
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( Freddy Rodriguez). In the fourth season, Raven finds herself unwillingly involved in a plot that threatens the existence of the world when her demon father Trigon ( Kevin Michael Richardson) seeks to enslave the Earth. For the fifth season, the Teen Titans join forces with several other heroes to combat the Brotherhood of Evil, Beast Boy's longtime adversaries, and their army of villains.


Episodes


Cast and characters


Main

*
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as Robin * Hynden Walch as Starfire * Khary Payton as
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as Raven * Greg Cipes as Beast Boy


Secret identities

Unlike most other superhero television series, the ''Teen Titans'' characters maintain their superhero identities at all times, with any hints at the concept of an
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or
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rarely explored. The secret identity of Robin, an alias assumed by multiple characters in the comics, is never explicitly revealed in the series. However, several hints are provided to suggest he is
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, the original Robin and founding member of the Teen Titans: * Robin's alternate dimensional counterpart Larry in the episode "Fractured" is named Nosyarg Kcid—Dick Grayson spelled backwards. * Robin's future counterpart in the episode "How Long Is Forever?" has taken on the identity of
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, Grayson's second superhero alias. * The main romance in the show is Robin's relationship with Starfire, whom Grayson would romance in the comics. * A glimpse into Robin's consciousness by Raven in the episode "Haunted" shows the memory of two acrobats falling from a trapeze, a reference to the death of Grayson's acrobat parents being the catalyst for him becoming Robin. * Further connections to the
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mythos include two references in the episode "The Apprentice, Pt. II", when Robin responds to a suggestion by the villain
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that he "might be like a father to im with "I already have a father" (which transitions to a shot of flying bats) and a fight scene on the rooftop of
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. The ''
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'' episode "Permanent Record" would satirize the mystery of Robin's identity by explicitly giving his name as "Robin v.3: Tim Drake" (the third Robin), with "Dick Grayson" and "
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" (the second Robin) being written over. Subsequent episodes, however, establish him as Dick Grayson through vague flashbacks to his boyhood at Haley Circus. In the comics, Starfire and Raven are the real names of their respective characters. While the show does not specify this with the latter, the former acknowledges "Starfire" as the English translation of her name in the season 5 episode "Go!" and her native name, Koriand'r, is used in the season 3 episode "Betrothed". The comic versions of these characters, however, also use the civilian aliases Kory Anders and Rachel Roth, which are not used on the show. The policy of not mentioning the characters' secret identities would be broken in the season 5 premiere "Homecoming" when Elasti-Girl refers to Beast Boy by his real name, Garfield. Cyborg's real name in the comics, Victor Stone, is referenced in the season 3 premiere "Deception" when he uses "Stone" as an undercover alias, although the series does not identify this as his real name.


Production


Soundtrack

The series is known for featuring both an English and Japanese version of its title theme song, created by Andy Sturmer and performed by Japanese band
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. The title theme used in the regions where the show was broadcast varied; some would play only one version, while Japan - and the English language video editions - would use both, according to the respective episode's plot theme: the English lyrics for more serious stories, the Japanese version for more comedic tones. The first-season episode "Mad Mod" also featured another song by Puffy AmiYumi, "K2G". In the feature-length film ''Trouble in Tokyo'', a literal translation of the Japanese song, whose actual lyrics differ greatly from its English counterpart, is performed for comedic effect.


Cancellation

In mid-November 2005, TitansTower.com reported that prospects for a sixth season were unlikely, and fans were urged to express their support for the show to
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. Several days after this initial posting, the series was announced to have been cancelled. According to Wil Wheaton, the actor who provided the voice of Aqualad, the series was terminated by new Warner Bros. Animation executives, who made the decision not to renew the series based on its sixth season pitch. Wheaton's story was contradicted by series story editor Rob Hoegee, who stated that the decision came from Cartoon Network, not WB, and that the crew was informed during the writing phase of season five that there were no plans for a sixth season. The show's producer David Slack indicated that he was given different reasons for the show's cancellation; either the ratings dropped after the "scary" season 4, or
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wanted the show dead because
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had the show's toy deal. Cartoon Network announced that Mattel had become its "master toy licensee" in 2006. After the last episode, Warner Bros. Animation released a feature film titled '' Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo''. The film premiered at
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and was shown on Cartoon Network first on September 15, 2006, before airing on
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on September 16, and releasing on DVD on February 6, 2007.


Proposed spin-off

As early as August 2006, there were reports that ''Teen Titans'' would undergo a possible re-branding, with producer Glen Murakami citing the 1995 hiatus of '' Batman: The Animated Series'', which was retooled in 1997 as ''
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''. According to Rob Hoegee, this had been suggested by Sam Register after he and David Slack had left the show, leaving Glen Murakami and Amy Wolfram to develop a proposal for a new show that would have expanded the team with all the new characters introduced in Season 5. When they had sent the pitch in, it was ultimately declined. According to reports, the new show would have been titled ''New Teen Titans'', and rather than focusing on the original five, would have featured a rotating cast. Some of these proposed teamups included: * Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, and Kid Flash (a tribute to the original Titans from the comic book) * Kid Flash, Mas y Menos * Wildebeest,
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, and Gnarrk * Hot Spot, Killowat, and
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* Raven, Starfire, Kole,
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, Bumblebee, and
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(in a story titled "Truth or Dare") The show was slated to introduce new villains, notably one named "Athena" who had the Midas touch and was accompanied by an ever changing roster of superpowered suiters as well as a posse of robot girls, and see the return of villains such as Mad Mod, Control Freak, and Soto. Series artist, Brianne Drouhard, has also stated doing visual development on a character that wasn't mentioned in the reporting. Murakami also expressed interest in using
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, Mister Twister, and Ravager. The pitch documents included information on a holiday episode, as well as a plot line in which
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would unknowingly create a rift in "Dimension X", allowing a microscopic, self-replicating creature to travel to Earth. According to series artist Derrick J. Wyatt, this would have tied back to the original show, and the unnamed creature from the series finale "Things Change".


Crossover with ''Teen Titans Go!''

A
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from ''
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'' featured the 2003 Titans' return, in which Robin states they've "found a way back". In 2019, Warner Bros. released a crossover film featuring the Titans from both shows, titled '' Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans''. The film premiered at
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on July 21, followed by a digital release on September 24 and a DVD and Blu-ray release on October 15. The events of the film take place during the fifth season of ''Teen Titans Go!''.


Legacy

The series was revisited as a series of shorts in 2012 for the '' DC Nation'' programming block on Cartoon Network. Dubbed ''New Teen Titans'', the shorts began airing on September 11. The shorts featured the Titans in chibi form, with the principal cast members of the original series returning. Ciro Nieli, one of the show's directors, would go on to create Disney's '' Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'', another superhero action show with a large anime influence, but premiered in 2004 on
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, and featured Beast Boy's voice actor Greg Cipes as the voice of Chiro, the show's main protagonist.
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, producer of the series, also made his own show in 2004 with '' Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'' on Cartoon Network, which was based on the pop duo who did the theme song, and also had an anime influence, but was created more to be a slapstick comedy in the veins of ''
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'' and ''
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''. ''
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'' was announced as a spin-off, with many voices the same, but not significantly related in terms of story to both the ''Teen Titans'' series and the ''New Teen Titans'' shorts. The series premiered on April 23, 2013. Richardson, Payton, Strong, Cipes, and Walch reprised their respective character roles as Trigon, Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Blackfire in '' DC Super Hero Girls''. Payton reprised his role as Cyborg in '' Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered'', '' Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League'', '' Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom'', '' Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash'', '' Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout'' along with Cipes, Walch, and Menville (although he played the Damian Wayne Robin), '' Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash'', and '' Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis''. He has also reprised his role as Cyborg on '' Justice League Action''. Several character details from ''Teen Titans'', like Raven's standard incantation ''Azarath Metrion Zinthos'' and Beast Boy's super-werewolf form from the episode "The Beast Within", were incorporated into the
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'' Justice League vs. Teen Titans''.


Impact on DC continuity

''Teen Titans'' has never been established to be a part of the larger
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or '' The Batman'' animated series. Series producer Bruce Timm said the series would not cross over with ''
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''. Despite this, the series was alluded to in the '' Static Shock'' episode "Hard as Nails", where Static asked Batman where Robin was, to which Batman responded, "With the Titans...You'll meet them some day". The character Speedy, who first appeared in the episode "Winner Take All", later appeared in ''Justice League Unlimited'' with the same costume design and voice actor ( Mike Erwin). Kid Flash was voiced by Michael Rosenbaum in his appearances in the show, who was the same actor who voiced
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in ''Justice League Unlimited''; both characters are the
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incarnations. The follow-up series, ''
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'', has featured several appearances by
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, but they have all been non-speaking appearances. Both
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and
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appear in DC Nation's ''New Teen Titans'' "Red X Unmasked". In the season 2 episode of ''
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'', "Let's Get Serious", Aqualad (voiced by Khary Payton),
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, and Miss Martian of the '' Young Justice'' team appear. Much like the DC Animated Universe (as well as '' X-Men: Evolution'' and '' Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends''), the series has affected the comics that initially inspired it, including: Beast Boy adopting the series' purple and black outfit during DC's " 52" storyline and later appearing with the pointed ears and fanged teeth originated by the series, future Cyborg having the same armor pattern of his animated counterpart in the '' Titans Tomorrow'' storyline, Raven adapting her animated counterpart's costume design in the "
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" storyline, the characters Más y Menos making appearances in ''52'' and the ''
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'' limited series, the character Joto was renamed "Hot Spot" during ''52'' to match his cartoon counterpart, and the villain Cinderblock appearing in a fight with the comic incarnation of the Titans. Red X is later included in the mainstream comic publications through the two-issue teaser comic ''Future State Teen Titans'' and its follow-up series, ''Teen Titans Academy''.


Reception

Early into the series' run, Executive Producer and
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and Warner Bros. Animation Vice President Sam Register responded to criticism regarding the style of the show with a statement slightly contradicting Murakami's statement about wanting Robin to "be cool" with his metal-tipped boots: However, while the series' creators initially stated that younger children were the intended audience for the series, ''
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'' writer J. Torres notes that the progression and deeper themes of the show widened the appeal to a much broader audience: In 2009, ''Teen Titans'' was named the 83rd best animated series by
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lists the theme song from the series among the best animated series themes of all time.


Awards and nominations

;2005 Annie Awards * Outstanding Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production (Nominated) ;2004 Annie Awards * Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production (Nominated) * Outstanding Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production (Nominated) ;2004 Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards: * Best Sound Editing in Television Animation (Nominated)


In other media


Comics

From 2004 to 2008,
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published a
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based on ''Teen Titans'' called ''
Teen Titans Go! ''Teen Titans Go!'' is an American animated television series developed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic for Cartoon Network. It premiered on April 23, 2013, and is based on DC Comics' fictional superhero team the Teen Titans. The series ...
''. The series was written by J. Torres and Todd Nauck, Larry Stucker was the regular illustrator. While the comic's stories stand independently, its issues were done so as not to contradict events established in the animated series' episodes. Often, ''Teen Titans Go!'' also referenced episodes of the show, as well as expanding on parts of the series. In July 2024,
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published a comic book series named ''Primer: Clashing Colors'' that features this iteration of the Teen Titans. It is written by Thomas Krajewski and Jennifer Muro, illustrated by Gretel Lusky. The comic focuses on Ashley Rayburn putting her powers to the test in order to be put on the team with the rest of the main cast.


Toys

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released a line of action figures based on the ''Teen Titans'' animated series. The line included 1.5 inch "Comic Book Hero" mini figures, 3.5 inch action figures (including "Teen Titans Launch Tower Playset", "Teen Titans Command Center", "Battling Machines", "T-Vehicles", "T-Sub Deluxe Vehicles"), 5 inch action figures, 6.5 inch plush Super-D Toys, and 10 inch figures. Amongst the characters included in the line were the main members of the Teen Titans, Titans East, and various allies and villains.


Video games

''
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'' is a video game released on October 16, 2005 for the
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. It was the first video game adaptation based on the animated television series. The plot of the game followed Brother Blood having stolen copies of the Titans' DNA to create a clone army. Playable characters featured the main cast, Robin, Raven, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Cyborg. A console version of the game and a sequel titled ''Teen Titans 2'' was released in 2006.


Films

'' Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans'', released on July 21, 2019, features the main cast of ''Teen Titans'' along with the one of ''
Teen Titans Go! ''Teen Titans Go!'' is an American animated television series developed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic for Cartoon Network. It premiered on April 23, 2013, and is based on DC Comics' fictional superhero team the Teen Titans. The series ...
'' in a crossover where both versions must fight villains from their respective worlds. '' Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three'', released on July 16, 2024, contains a cameo where Titans Tower from the animated series can be momentarily seen.


See also

* ''Justice League'' (TV series) * ''
Justice League Unlimited ''Justice League Unlimited'' (''JLU'') is an American superhero animated series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation with DC Comics in season 3 and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Universe, and ...
'' * ''Young Justice'' (TV series)


Notes


References


External links


Official DC Comics Site
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''Teen Titans''
at The World's Finest * David Slack Interviews

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