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* BerserkButton: Don't say his family isn't real to his face, Elinore got a ReasonYouSuckSpeech from him.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler:Despite her resentment for her mother, she is upset by the prospect of Rita dying the same way her father did.]]
* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling the Old Woman Out]]: She yells at her mother for being an irresponsible drunkard.



* GreaterScopeVillain: He is this at first, but becomes more active in Volume Two.



* MagnificentBastard: He can go from a father figure to the Titans, to a complete monster in an instant.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He is this at first, but becomes more active in Volume Two.

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* MagnificentBastard: ManipulativeBastard: He can go from a father figure to the Titans, to a complete monster in an instant.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He is this at first, but becomes more active in Volume Two.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Inverted. Here Blackfire is a hunchback who makes [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]] look normal by comparison.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the main continuity Blackfire is Starfire's AlphaBitch [[CainAndAble evil big sister]], a CardCarryingVillain and her sister's ArchEnemy. ''This'' Blackfire comes off as a NonMaliciousMonster and has the mentality of an innocent child (if an unhinged one).

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Inverted. Here Blackfire is a hunchback who makes [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]] look normal ''normal'' by comparison.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the main continuity Blackfire is Starfire's AlphaBitch [[CainAndAble [[CainAndAbel evil big sister]], a CardCarryingVillain and her sister's ArchEnemy. ''This'' Blackfire comes off as a NonMaliciousMonster and has the mentality of an innocent child (if an unhinged one).one).
* BerserkButton: Don't call her ugly.



* {{Expy}}: In many ways her origin

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* {{Expy}}: In many ways her origin and personality are similar to that of the Franchise/{{Superman}} AntiVillain Bizarro.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Not malicious, has a childish hairstyle, apparently plays with a doll, has a backpack she wears on her front, is most sensitive to being made fun of... checks out nicely.



* PromotedToLoveInterest: It is heavily implied that when she and [[spoiler: Beast boy]] were alone that they kissed. It's also note worthy that in the last page of issue 2 they are seen holding hands. And let's not forget that in the original comics she dated Jericho.

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* PromotedToLoveInterest: It is heavily implied that when she and [[spoiler: Beast boy]] Boy]] were alone that they kissed. It's also note worthy that in the last page of issue 2 they are seen holding hands. And let's not forget that in the original comics she dated Jericho.



* SociopathicHero: How much of it was her being just a child or having been as manipulated by Caulder as Joey is unclear, but she seems overly excited for a fight. Subverted after she and her friends break away from [[spoiler:Caulder]].

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* SociopathicHero: How much of it was her being just a child or having been as manipulated by Caulder as Joey is unclear, but she seems overly excited for a fight. Subverted after she and her friends break away from [[spoiler:Caulder]].Caulder.



* DrowningMySorrows: Her alcoholism seems to be a coping mechanism to deal with the death of her husband.



* ParentalNeglect: Rita has been very absent in her daughter's life, leading to Tara being very AgeAppropriateAngst.

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* ParentalNeglect: Rita has been very absent in her daughter's life, leading to Tara being having very AgeAppropriateAngst.



* StraightGay: Couldn't even tell based on his behavior.

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* StraightGay: Couldn't even tell based on his behavior.behaviour.
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* DysfunctionalFamily: To say the least.
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* KilledOffscreen: We don't actually see her die.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Or everyone calls him Grandpa.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Accidentally slitting your own son's throat tends to do this.]]


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* AdultFear: Is the most concerned for his son out of all of the parents. [[spoiler:It got him shot.]]


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* StraightGay: Couldn't even tell based on his behavior.

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* AdaptationalDyeJob: Sort of inverted, originally a pre-Beastboy Garfield Logan was shown as a brunette but was subsequently retconned as a blond a few issue later and remained so ever since. Here he is a brunette again before his powers activate.

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* AdaptationalDyeJob: Sort of inverted, originally a pre-Beastboy Garfield Logan was shown as a brunette but was subsequently retconned as a blond a few issue issues later and remained so ever since. Here he is a brunette again before his powers activate.



* AntiClimax: His reaction

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* AntiClimax: His reactionreaction to the activation of his powers.



* PoweredArmor: [[spoiler: During the battle between the protagonists against Blackfire and Jericho, the liquid metal that's been encasing him merges with Starfire's ship and transforms into a gigantic suit of armor that Vic must be in constant contact with.]] He calls it Rover

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* PoweredArmor: [[spoiler: During the battle between the protagonists against Blackfire and Jericho, the liquid metal that's been encasing him merges with Starfire's ship and transforms into a gigantic suit of armor that Vic must be in constant contact with.]] He calls it RoverRover.



!Comicbook/{{Starfire}} / Koriand'r

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!Comicbook/{{Starfire}} / Koriand'r
!Comicbook/{{Starfire}}[=/=]Koriand'r



* NoInfantileAmnesia: Thanks to Raven's powers, Starfire constructs a detailed PensieveFlashback of the day Tamaran was invaded - which happened when she was a ''baby''.

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* NoInfantileAmnesia: Thanks to Raven's powers, Starfire constructs a detailed PensieveFlashback of the day Tamaran was invaded - -- which happened when she was a ''baby''.



!Tara Markov / Terra

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!Tara Markov / Terra
Markov[=/=]Terra



* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Absolutely ''nobody'' in this series thinks positively of her. She's been called tight-ass behind her back, she's experimented on her own son to the point he refuses to call her mom, Caulder's agent Clay makes snide comments at her incompetence to her face, and her actions disgusted Slade Wilson: [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Deathstroke]] himself
* AdaptationalVillainy: In most continuity's, she's Victor's dead mom. Here, she's the antagonist of volume 1.

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Absolutely ''nobody'' in this series thinks positively of her. She's been called tight-ass behind her back, she's experimented on her own son to the point he refuses to call her mom, Caulder's agent Clay makes snide comments at her incompetence to her face, and her actions disgusted Slade Wilson: [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Deathstroke]] himself
Wilson -- ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} himself.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In most continuity's, she's merely Victor's dead mom. Here, she's the antagonist of volume 1.



Son of ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} / Slade Wilson.

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Son of ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} / Slade ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}[=/=]Slade Wilson.



A second Tamaranian aside from Starfire.

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A second Tamaranian aside from Starfire. Is eventually revealed to be a clone of Starfire.



* CloneDegeneration: In this continuity, [[spoiler: Blackfire is an imperfect clone of Starfire rather than her sister.]]
* {{Expy}}: Reminds this troper of Bizarro in a lot of ways.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Inverted. Here Blackfire is a hunchback who makes [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]] look normal by comparison.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the main continuity Blackfire is Starfire's AlphaBitch [[CainAndAble evil big sister]], a CardCarryingVillain and her sister's ArchEnemy. ''This'' Blackfire comes off as a NonMaliciousMonster and has the mentality of an innocent child (if an unhinged one).
* CloneDegeneration: In this continuity, [[spoiler: Blackfire is an imperfect clone of Starfire rather than her sister.]]
sister.
* {{Expy}}: Reminds this troper of Bizarro in a lot of ways.In many ways her origin



!ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} / Slade Wilson

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!ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} / Slade !ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}[=/=]Slade Wilson



* BadassMustache: Has a good one.



!Impulse / Wallace "Wally" West

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!Impulse / Wallace !Impulse[=/=]Wallace "Wally" West



* HeelRealization: Initially a major JerkAss to the children, after seeing the morgue of failed test subjects, he becomes their ally and friend.

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* HeelRealization: Initially a major JerkAss {{Jerkass}} to the children, children; after seeing the morgue of failed test subjects, he becomes their ally and friend.



* OddFriendship: Seems to be developing one with Tempest.



* SociopathicHero: How much of it was her being just a child or having been as manipulated by Caulder as Joey, she seemed too excited for a fight. It seems to have become subverted once she leaves Caulder with the other children.

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* SociopathicHero: How much of it was her being just a child or having been as manipulated by Caulder as Joey, Joey is unclear, but she seemed too seems overly excited for a fight. It seems to have become subverted once Subverted after she leaves Caulder with the other children.and her friends break away from [[spoiler:Caulder]].



Tara Markov's mother who was apart of Project Starfire, has since become an alcoholic.

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Tara Markov's mother who was apart a part of Project Starfire, has since become an alcoholic.



* ParentalNeglect: Rita has been very absent in her daughters life, leading to Tara being very AgeAppropriateAngst

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* AbusiveParents: Verbally, and in one case physically. Both are implied to be partially because of the alcohol.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler:Just before the kids leave, she and Tara have a heart-to-heart moment. It's the main indicator that either of them really cares for the other.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Has never been really at ease with any of what happened at the facility. It's implied this is why she and her husband got stuck with "babysitting duty", as Stone so sensitively put it.
* ParentalNeglect: Rita has been very absent in her daughters daughter's life, leading to Tara being very AgeAppropriateAngstAgeAppropriateAngst.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:On the verge of being KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade, she gives the kids the name of Caulder, the location of the Blackfire facility in Utah and a helmet to let them escape with Tempest, then leaves to await her fate.]]
* TroubledAbuser: Her mistreatment of her "daughter" is implied to stem from the [[HeKnowsTooMuch death]] of her husband, as well as possible guilt over her inability to explain to Tara what's actually happening.



Gar's adopted father. Although they aren't biologically related, they have the most loving father-son relation.

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Gar's adopted father. Although they aren't biologically related, they have the most loving father-son relation.relationship.



* DefectorFromDecadence: Worked with the Starfire project loyally, but after his family started to get affected by the project in a way he never intended, he was ready to blow the whistle...[[spoiler: It did not go well.]]

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* DefectorFromDecadence: Worked with the Starfire project loyally, but after his family started to get affected by the project in a way he never intended, he was ready to blow the whistle... [[spoiler: It did not go well.]]
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* AdaptaionalVillainy: A major villain in the series. Even serves as the enemy in a major fight at the end of Volume Two.

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* AdaptaionalVillainy: AdaptationalVillainy: A major villain in the series.series, even above his father. Even serves as the enemy in a major fight at the end of Volume Two.
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: Literally the only time she's shown to even like her son.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: she should've run from Starfire the moment she was freed. She'd still be alive at least.]]

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: forget the fact that she should've had a plan for the moment things didn't go her way (which is the kids accepting their change and being loyal like Joey, and for when Starfire started to break free. She should've run from Starfire the moment she was freed. She'd still be alive at least.]]
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* AdaptaionalVillainy: A major villain in the series. Even serves as the enemy in a major fight at the end of Volume Two.
* AndIMustScream: His father accidentally slashed at his throat, meaning that he must possess somebody else or else he'll bleed to death. Just like in canon he can only talk through those he possesses.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: she should've run from Starfire the moment she was freed. She'd still be alive at least.]]
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* FallGuy: What's she's made into by Caulder.
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* {{Angst}}: Her defining trait is that she's always angry.
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* HeelRealization: Initially a major JerkAss to the children, after seeing the morgue of failed test subjects, he becomes their ally and friend.
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* BrokenPedestal: He didn't have that good of a relationship with his mother to begin with, but as volume 1 progresses, her actions mount up more and more to the point that he can't even acknowledge she's his mother.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Absolutely ''nobody'' in this series thinks positively of her. She's been called tight-ass behind her back, she's experimented on her own son to the point he refuses to call her mom, Caulder's agent Clay makes snide comments at her incompetence to her face, and her actions disgusted Slade Wilson: [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Deathstroke]] himself
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* PromotedToLoveInterest: It is heavily implied that when she and [[spoiler: Beast boy]] were alone that they kissed. It's also note worthy that in the last page of issue 2 they are seen holding hands.

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* PromotedToLoveInterest: It is heavily implied that when she and [[spoiler: Beast boy]] were alone that they kissed. It's also note worthy that in the last page of issue 2 they are seen holding hands. And let's not forget that in the original comics she dated Jericho.
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--> '''Gar''': Also, I'm a cat now.

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--> '''Gar''': Also, I'm a cat now. A green cat.
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* DysfunctionalFamily: His son's a growing elitist, and he seems like an average dad, with likes including sports and hunting. Seems to fit this bill pretty good.
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* HappilyAdopted: He's probably the only child to have a good relationship with his parents. And he's adopted no less.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: She comments to Steve's face that his family isn't real. Not the part where his adopted son is becoming Changeling.
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* MythologyGag: The jacket she wears is similar to one she wore in the comics.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: The moment she showed pride at Vic's transformation meant that she was less concerned for her child than any of the other parents. It also doesn't help that she kills Steve after commenting that they should call the cops.]]
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* MythologyGag: His red and white hoodie is a reference to his original costume.
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* WouldHurtAChild: His defining trait.
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* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Her grandfather had similar powers but they faded when she was born.
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* ChildSoldier: What Caulder raised her and the other titans to be.
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* CuteMute: More or less doesn't speak most of the time, but he's instantly liked by almost all of the other kids.


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* ChildSoldier: What he and the other titans were raised by Caulder to be.


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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Is the most sympathetic of the titans to the other kids. She even frees them even before the reveal of the morgue's worth of failed test subjects.


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* DefectorFromDecadence: Worked with the Starfire project loyally, but after his family started to get affected by the project in a way he never intended, he was ready to blow the whistle...[[spoiler: It did not go well.]]

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