History Characters / TeenTitansNewTeenTitans

** This actually ''was'' his fate during the period from "Titans Hunt" through his "Cyberion" phase, until ''JLA/Titans'' actually DID return his soul to him ''literally.'' Why, yes, that period WAS [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks during the 90s]], how did you guess..?

* SuperpowerLottery: He can fly, fire plasma beams, hack into data systems and seemingly no longer needs to sleep or feed to sustain himself.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of the biggest complaints fans had about Comicbook/{{Cyborg}}'s promotion to the Justice League during the New 52 was that it removed him from the history of the Teen Titans, erasing many of the close relationships he'd formed there in the process. The ''Justice League'' tie-in to ''Death Metal'' retcons Cyborg's origin by reestablishing him as a former Titan, with a good deal of the arc's character interactions revolving around his reunion with his former teammates Nightwing and Starfire.
* TheBigGuy: Especially in the ''Teen Titans'' cartoon.

* EraSpecificPersonality: ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' is what propelled him to be a more renowned character in the DC universe, but it catches some fans off guard in the original comics and other adaptations that he isn't a BoisterousBruiser FunPersonified as he was in the show. At his best he could be disarmingly friendly and casual but much of the time he is more pensive, concerned with CyberneticsEatYourSoul.

* RobotSuperhero: One of the most famous examples in comicbook history.
* TheScrappy: Cyborg in the New 52 Justice League series is one for many fans of ComicBook/MartianManhunter due to him replacing J'onn as a founding member. Ironically, this also counts for his ComicBook/TeenTitans fans, as Vic went from having a support network in his team to just having a business-like relationship with them.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: There was some controversy surrounding the decision to retcon ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} into being a founding member of the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]], with some fans angered by what they saw as mucking around with two teams' history for the sake of [[TokenMinority diversity]] in the League.
* TokenMinority: Cyborg was both this in the New Teen Titans and the first few arcs of the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' Justice League.

Danny Chase was once the youngest and (in the opinion of many fans) most annoying of all the members of the New Teen Titans. When Jason Todd died he was expelled by Nightwing of the Titans. He later returned as the Phantasm.

Outside of comics, Cyborg has appeared in a number of adapted works, most notably as one of last season's new characters on ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' and one of the main characters at the popular ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' animated series. Creator/RayFisher plays him in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, he appears as a footage cameo in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and is featured in ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and even more prominently in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''. A Cyborg-centric movie was in development at one point, but nothing has really come from it.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: One of the biggest complaints fans had about Comicbook/{{Cyborg}}'s promotion to the Justice League during the New 52 was that it removed him from the history of the Teen Titans, erasing many of the close relationships he'd formed there in the process. The ''Justice League'' tie-in to ''Death Metal'' retcons Cyborg's origin by reestablishing him as a former Titan, with a good deal of the arc's character interactions revolving around his reunion with his former teammates Nightwing and Starfire.

* UnfortunateImplications: Robert Jones, Jr. argued [[https://themiddlespaces.com/2015/03/31/humanity-not-included/ in an editorial]] that the Comicbook/{{New 52}} reboot of Comicbook/{{Cyborg}}'s origin suffered from some dodgy implications, particularly the way the story made it clear that the character [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe lost his genitalia]] in the accident that disfigured him, something which was ''not'' the case in Cyborg's initial '80s origin[[note]]''[[Comicbook/TeenTitans New Teen Titans]]'' made it clear that Cyborg still had human genitalia, including a scene where he was subjected to a GroinAttack by Comicbook/{{Robin}} after being controlled by the Puppet Master[[/note]]. The problem here is that black men are often treated as inherently sexually threatening, and the event that turned Victor Stone into a superhero also happened to desexualize him. The fact that it occurred at the same time DC was attempting to elevate the character to A-list status as a member of the [[Comicbook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] and DC's premier black superhero made it seem even iffier, as if they wanted to make him neutered and inoffensive for mainstream consumption. DC writer David Walker publicly agreed with this sentiment, which is why [[http://comicsalliance.com/restoration-cyborg-walker-reis/ one of the first things he did when he started writing Cyborg's short-lived solo title]] was to have the character begin to regenerate his organic tissue, [[AuthorsSavingThrow including his genitals]].

* YoYoPlotPoint: Essentially every arc that Comicbook/{{Cyborg}} has ever had can be summed up as "Something-something-something, and now Cyborg must face the question: is he man...''or machine?''" (Answer: Man. Can we move on now?)

* NoodleIncident: During a {{Crossover}} between the ''Teen Titans'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'', Terra briefly thinks of an incident in her past in which she let her brother Brion down, which is never explained or revisited.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Zigzagged. While Tara was a major character of the ''New Teen Titans'' at one point, she only played that part for a comparatively miniscule portion of franchise history. That said, she was the cornerstone of ''Comicbook/TheJudasContract'', a storyline that cast a shadow over the franchise and its characters for decades.

* WriterOnBoard: ''The Judas Contract'' as presented by Wolfman and Perez insists after Terra's accidental suicide that she was ''both'' [[CardCarryingVillain pure evil]] and [[AxCrazy completely insane]]. This was in order to dump the full moral responsibility of the betrayal on her, and not on, say, Comicbook/{{Deathstroke}}, the SilverFox assassin and established enemy of the Titans who was employing her, [[EvilMentor training her]], and [[TeacherStudentRomance sleeping]] [[MayDecemberRomance with her]].

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->''"My mind is a battleground, whipped and ripped asunder, torn from the very fabric of reality."''

Raven is a superhero created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Perez.

Trigon is a recurring foe of the Titans, as he cannot be killed. Raven keeps Trigon's influence within her, and eternally struggles not to let him free by accident. Partially because of this, Raven is extremely prone to the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor and [[TheyKilledKennyAgain fluctuations between life, death, and undeath]], even for a comic book character.

In the ComicBook/New52, Raven first appears as a confused normal girl the Phantom Stranger hands over to Trigon. She reappears later as "The Black Bird of Terror", and eventually prayed for both the Gods of light and dark to grant her and her friends strength that JusticeWillPrevail.

Between the New 52 and ComicBook/TeenTitansRebirth, Raven had a self-titled miniseries (see below for tropes from that series). A direct sequel to that series, ''Raven, Daughter of Darkness'', received a 12-issue run in 2018.

In Infinite Frontier Raven and her teammates [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson/Nightwing]], [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy/Wonder Girl]], [[ComicBook/{{Starfire}} Koriand'r/Starfire]], [[ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} Victor Stone/Cyborg]] and [[ComicBook/{{Beast Boy}} Garfield Logan/Beast Boy]] are now teachers for the young students at the new Teen Titans Academy, created in honor of Roy Harper/Arsenal.

Raven is prominently featured in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' cartoon, which made her a fan-favorite. She is also a prominent character in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies its movie]]. She is one of the playable Titans in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' (along with Nightwing and Cyborg) and appears in the [[ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs prequel comic of the same name.]] She made her live-action debut in the ''Creator/DCUniverse'' series ''Series/{{Titans|2018}}'', played by Creator/TeaganCroft.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Raven is usually half-demon in most continuities, but in ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne'' she appears to be entirely human, [[MagicalNativeAmerican albeit not a normal one]].
* AdaptationalConsent: The exact details of her conception have varied from writer to writer, with the main difference being whether Trigon first seduced her mother Arella using a human guise or brutally raped her without any pretense.

** Both of her incarnations in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' cartoon and ''Characters/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse'' universe are much less willing to go through the Trigon-induced HeelFaceRevolvingDoor than her comics counterpart.
** In the ''ComicBook/New52'', Raven is a brainwashed Heel forced into fulfilling her evil demonic father's wishes of universal domination, and otherwise has an interest in helping people for genuinely benevolent reasons.
%%* AllEncompassingMantle:
* AlliterativeName: Her mother's surname is Roth, which would make her full name Raven Roth. Her fake civilian name Rachel Roth is also an alliterative alias.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Her aunt and uncle become this to her, though she doesn't seem to mind too much.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Type 2, Animal Alias, with a raven theme present in her name, her costume, and the appearance of her powers.
* AntiAntiChrist: She was sent to Earth to end it, but ends up being a hero who tries to save it.
* ApocalypseMaiden: Her father conceived her to destroy the world.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence:
** At the end of the "Terror of Trigon" arc, a purified Raven rises from the ashes of the battlefield and departs for places unknown, leaving her teammates wondering if she had died. She's later found, but falls into the hands of Brother Blood first.
** At the end of New Titans, Raven's pure soul was somehow extracted from Starfire offpanel (following the defeat of her corrupted Trigon-self) and existed in a ghostly golden "spirit advisor" form. She made a few more cameos in team events, but then vanished and the Titans assumed this had happened to her. However, it turned out that she was resurrected in a new mortal body by the ''new'' Brother Blood.
* AstralProjection:
** Through the use of her soul-self, Raven can project her consciousness into the mind, for therapeutic purposes (to aid in her own meditation, or to help calm an agitated ally), or for offensive attacks, rendering her enemies unconscious.
** Raven can manifest a bird made of black energy referred to as her "soul-self". It can travel long distances, become intangible, communicate telepathically and act as a shield.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: She is the daughter of the demonic Trigon and was intended to serve in destroying the world with her dark powers. Instead, she opposes him and fights for good with the other Titans.
%%* BirdsOfAFeather: With Beast Boy in the New 52.
* BlueIsHeroic: Her outfit is mostly blue, and while she has had stints as a heel, they are due to her losing control of herself due to her demonic bloodline. She's good at heart.
%%* BrokenBird:
* CainAndAbel: Whenever Raven is given a sibling she's the Abel to their Cain.
** In the second ''Titans'' volume the villains of the opening arc were six previously unknown half brothers by Trigon who stole their dad's powers and tried to get Raven to join them. Their powers were based on the SevenDeadlySins with Raven's evil side manifesting as Pride.
** In the non-canon ''New Teen Titans: Games'' graphic novel, one of the Gamesmaster's playing pieces is revealed to be [[spoiler:an unnamed half sister who was abandoned and cast to Earth when she was a baby. The child grew up inside Arkham Asylum and her abilities made the insanity of the other inmates even worse. Raven manages to purge her sister's madness just before she dies thanks to the self destruct device implanted in all of the playing pieces, but before she dies Raven is able to give her a name so her soul can rest in peace: Azara.]]
* CastingAShadow: She can control pure shadows and darkness.
* ChekhovsGift: Her rings, gifted by Azar at her death, turned out to be much more powerful than readers thought. They destroyed Trigon during ''ComicBook/TheTerrorOfTrigon''.
* ChildByRape: She is this with the specifics depending on the version.
** In the very first origin (written before Marv Wolfman and George Perez got their act together), Trigon took Arella, her mother, as his bride while using a human guise and didn't reveal himself until much later, making her a child of rape by fraud since Arella never would have agreed had she known what he really was.
** The second origin, which is generally considered to be the canon (by this point, Wolfman and Perez had long settled down in their thing), Trigon brutally raped Arella.
** In a later take on her origin (written by Geoff Johns), it used the fraud explanation, but still counts as this trope.
* CleverCrows: Raven is a DarkIsNotEvil hero (when not being [[GrandTheftMe possessed]] or [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind-controlled]] by her EldritchAbomination father) whose magical powers often use a corvid motif.
* ColorMotif:
** [[TrueBlueFemininity Blue]]: Raven wears a blue dress and cloak in her first appearances. They symbolize her kindness, [[TheEmpath empathetic nature and powers]] and melancholy.
** [[DarkIsNotEvil Black]]: Her soul-self, and, in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 animated]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo adaptations]], the color of her psychokinetic powers. In the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies, Raven even wears a black cloak instead of a purple one. Black also fits her name, animal motif and half-demon nature.
** White: Her white dress and cloak symbolize her new freedom and purity after being purified from her father's presence in her soul.
** [[PurpleIsPowerful Purple]]: In the [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 animated]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo adaptations]], Raven wears a purple cloak, and has purple hair and [[TechnicolorEyes eyes.]] Like blue and black, it's her signature color.
** [[RedIsViolent Red]]: Her skin and eyes turn red when she unleashes her demon part or gets possessed by her father Trigon.
* CultDefector: When she was a young woman, Raven's mother Angela Roth became involved in a cult that purportedly attempted to summon the devil, and was offered up as a potential "bride" for Satan. What appeared before them however was a being of angelic beauty. This being seduced Roth and it was only later that she discovered that she had mated with a powerful demon known as Trigon. Trigon left Angela with child, as well as destroying the cult, but the poor woman could no longer live with the horror of what had happened to her. Angela attempted to take her own life by overdosing on sleeping pills and it was then that she was approached by beings of the other-dimensional world known as Azarath. The people of Azarath were a pacifistic society who had left Earth for their new home centuries ago. The Azarathians recognized that Angela was pregnant with the child of Trigon and offered her a fresh start by inviting her to return with them to Azarath.
%%* DarkIsEvil: In the New 52.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Raven has darkness based powers, and a DarkAndTroubledPast, but is at heart a hero.
* DemonicPossession: Occasionally, thanks to Trigon. And when that happens, terrible things tend to follow.
* DependingOnTheArtist: The second version of "Dark Raven" was very dependent on the artist drawing her, with colorists either making her skin an outright red or a deep tan, giving her a gray skunk-stripe in her hair or leaving it entirely black, and one artist even giving her antlers like her father.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Raven's heritage is generally described as "evil" but the particulars tend to waver depending on whether Trigon is considered an evil Elder God from AnotherDimension or a straight-up [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils lord of Hell]]. Pre-Flashpoint, writers who placed Trigon as a demon from Hell also hooked him into a few demonic family trees, which inadvertently turned Raven into ''ComicBook/{{Etrigan}}'s aunt''.
* DivineParentage: She is the daughter of the demon Trigon and a human woman, something that causes her considerable angst.
* EmotionlessGirl: At first. This was due to that fact that she had to keep her emotions under control lest her demonic father, Trigon, use those emotions to take control of her and invade her dimension. Due to the popularity of the cartoon, she eventually evolves into a more DeadpanSnarker.
* TheEmpath: Raven has the psionic power to absorb and control feelings, sensations and emotions, enabling her to feel and enter into the subconscious minds of others. She can also [[EmpathicHealer heal]] minor injuries, at the cost of having to feel their agony; as well as [[EmotionEater instill and influence emotions]] in others, such as getting Wally West to believe he loved her. By volume 3, she'd developed the power to drain others of emotion as a way to help calm crowds.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: After her evil persona was resurrected in a new body as "Dark Raven" in ''New Titans'', she took to wearing a black {{Stripperiffic}} bikini and leather straps all over her arms and legs, along with thigh-high boots and a gray version of her cloak. She also displays a brief one-panel switch in Teen Titans volume 3, when her cloak and dress turn pitch-black when Brother Blood controls her to attack the Titans and send them to her soul-self's pocket dimension.
* EvilCounterpart: Had this briefly with a fellow offspring of Trigon in ''New Teen Titans: Games''. She managed to soothe the dying woman and name her "Azara", in order to give her meaning to her brief life.
* FanservicePack: In a contrast to her original slimmer "dancer's build" and gaunt look in the '80s series, more modern depictions of Raven have her with a somewhat more voluptuous body and a much larger bust size.
* FauxActionGirl: In Wolfman and Pérez's run, Raven is stated to have awesome powers that defy comprehension, yet she avoids fighting the Titans' enemies due to being both a pacifist and an empath. Once she starts succumbing to Trigon's corruption, her involvement in the team's missions further diminishes, as she begins to lose control of her soul self and is left extremely debilitated after using her healing powers. Raven herself acknowledges how worthless she is compared to the others in the first issue of volume 2.
--> '''Raven:''' Koriand'r, as friend and partner I have not only been '''useless''', I have been more '''menace''' than aide.
* {{Flight}}: With her new body came new powers and new and stronger abilities, the ability to fly at supersonic speeds being one of them.
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: This was Raven's main power when she used the white cloak during the Wolfman era. Purified from Trigon's evil side, and no longer forced to deny emotions, she enjoyed giving happiness to everybody. Both to enemies, to make them become good guys, and to mere bystanders.
* {{Gonk}}: Although she started out with a smoother and more average face, George Perez gradually modified his take on Raven to give her a very narrow face with protruding cheekbones and a very high forehead. This was then explained away in-story as her demonic heritage showing. However, after Perez left, Eduardo Barretto drew Raven more like her initial appearance. While later artists would bring back her narrow face, the volume 3 artists drew her to be more human-like and [[ProgressivelyPrettier more beautiful]], eventually averting this completely.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Quiet, oftentimes emotionless, and sometimes snarky, she wears dark clothing and painted black nails even out of her superhero costume and can wield magic.
* GrandTheftMe:
** Trigon's evil influence basically manifests as a completely separate persona within her in "ComicBook/TheTerrorOfTrigon", leaving her to astral-project herself out of fear.
** After Raven died at the end of "Titans Hunt", her evil self manifested as her own persona and managed to implant herself into a metahuman to be the second incarnation of "Dark Raven". Luckily, the evil self unknowingly implanted the soul of the good/purified Raven into Starfire. Needless to say, both "halves" of her were still equally considered Raven (the pure soul and the Trigon avatar).
* HappilyAdopted: In the New 52. Raven is taken in by her human aunt and uncle at the beginning of her 2016 miniseries, and by the time it ends, she's shown to enjoy being part of their family.
%%* TheHeart:
* TheHeartless: The second version of "Evil Raven", who dogged the ''New Titans'' books throughout the nineties and played BigBad for the final arc of Wolfman's original run, consisted of the evil portion of Raven's soul. (The good portion of Raven's soul, it is revealed, was hidden in Starfire's body for protection).
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Raven's [[VillainousLineage demonic blood]] seems to turn her evil at least once a year, or give her paranoia of doing so. In the ComicBook/New52 she is actually still a Heel. The only difference is that Rachel has been brainwashed into being Trigon's sleeper agent in the Teen Titans, and was recently released from the mind control that was inflicted upon her, turning her to Face.
* HeroicBastard: Born from Trigon raping Arella. However, this isn't consistent and some accounts state that Trigon seduced Arella before revealing his demonic nature, or even married her.
* HumanDemonHybrid: The half-demon daughter of Trigon.
* IdiotBall: When Raven first came to Earth, she asked for help to the Justice League. They did not help her: Zatanna sensed a great evil in her. So, she created a new group, reuniting the disbanded Teen Titans. And, as she explained to them, the evil that Zatanna felt was that Raven is Trigon's daughter; even when she completely refuses him and tries as much as possible to prevent his arrival. Sounds fine... but didn't she tell ''that'' to the League? After all, she never denied or concealed on purpose her relation with Trigon, if it came as a reveal it was because she usually says very little.
* InTheHood: She loves the Hood; it somehow conceals her face just as well as a mask but without that pesky glue. It even stays on when she flies (the animated version provides a possible explanation for this by giving her telekinesis, a power she lacks in the comics.)
%%* SugarAndIcePersonality:
* LadyOfBlackMagic: She's dark, aloof, and has many supernatural and sorcerous powers.
* LeotardOfPower: Wore a unitard after the ''One Year Later'' timeskip that paid homage to her animated self's outfit (but covered her legs). It was later discarded in favor of her wearing a dress again.
* MeaningfulAppearance:
** After she defeated Trigon and wound up under Brother Blood's thrall, she began wearing white. After being freed by the Titans, she continued to wear white to symbolize her newfound purity and freedom. It didn't last.
** At the beginning of volume 3, the resurrected Raven is dressed in a white dress and cloak by the new Brother Blood. After Beast Boy helps her get back in control of her mind and powers, she rejects Blood and her uniform magically becomes blue.
* TheMedic: Healing is her primary power and she is a pacifist who hates violence.
* MindControl: Subjects Beast Boy to this in her first appearance in the New 52.
* MindOverMatter: Raven has the ability to psionically move objects with mind, seen for example when she uses this ability to levitate children out of a burning hospital in Dakota and move herself through the flames.
* MsFanservice: The modern depictions of Raven have very voluptuous bodies, long shapely legs, and the tendency to wear attractive costumes (especially the dresses and unitard).
* MultipleChoicePast: While the BroadStrokes of her backstory are unchanged -- Arella Roth fell in with a cult and was ultimately raped by Trigon -- the details have changed several times.
** Marv Wolfman's early versions had Arella as an adopted or foster child who didn't know her actual parents or her birth name, and it stated that she attempted to get legal help and support after her rape until she fell into despair and was taken to Azarath.
** In Geoff Johns' take, Arella had the birth name of "Angela Roth" and lived in Gotham City, until she decided to run away from home to escape her [[AbusiveParents violent Catholic father]], who would strike her for her rebellious anti-religious outfits and music, inadvertently falling in with the Church of Blood. Johns rather accelerates through the rest of the backstory, indicating that the Trigon's rape of Arella, the ensuing pregnancy, at least one suicide attempt, and finally the arrival and hospitality of Azarath all happened in ''one night''.
** And according to Rebirth, Angela ran away from home due to a hatred of her family's Catholicism, and began worshipping Azar before Trigon raped her.
** The ''Daughter of Darkness'' miniseries, written by Wolfman again, reconciles these different takes by having Arella make BroadStrokes alluding to Johns' take but also indicating that this is a blatantly SelfServingMemory and that in reality Arella was [[NeverMyFault constantly causing her own problems]].
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: In her original portrayal, she was an empath and could teleport, along with inducing feelings in others. After her revival, Geoff Johns and other writers gave her the ability to fly (to tie in with her animated version), to completely deprive others of emotions, and gradually more previously-unseen magical powers for whatever type of story they wanted to tell.
* PrefersProperNames: Raven refers to her friends by their names. She's one of the few who call Dick "Richard". This is due to her aloof personality and upbringing.
* PrimaryColorChampion: While mostly blue, she has red jewels on her belt and one on her cloak.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: Inverted, as Raven gets progressively ''uglier'' during Wolfman and Pérez's run. By volume 2, she has a pronounced forehead, bony cheeks and [[EvilEyebrows arched eyebrows]], which are explained to be mutations associated to Trigon's corrupting influence.
* PsychicPowers: She has powerful telepathic and telekinetic powers fueled by her emotions.
* RaceLift: She is Caucasian in the main continuity, but is portrayed as a Native American in ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne''.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Most depictions of Raven have her with fair skin and as a 'ravenette'.
* RealNameAsAnAlias: She uses her rarely mentioned last name of Roth as part of her civilian identity Rachel Roth.
* ResurrectedRomance: After coming back from the dead during Geoff Johns' run, she began a long and troubled romance with Beast Boy (which roughly coincided with both of their cartoon selves becoming a Fan-Preferred Couple); they spent roughly a decade passing through WillTheyOrWontThey, and [[RelationshipUpgrade made it official]] when ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' hit.
* RetCanon:
** Following the ''One Year Later'' TimeSkip from ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis, she donned a similar costume to the one from the cartoon (modified to include a bird symbol and leggings).
** {{Downplayed}} with her on-and-off romance with Beast Boy, which actually began during Geoff Johns run during ''Teen Titans'' Vol. 3. However, the contemporary animated adaptation ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' managed to generate a massive fanbase for the pairing, and as the comics began adapting elements and characterization from the show, the Beast Boy and Raven relationship came closer to resembling their dynamic from the show.
* TheSoulless: The first version of "Evil Raven", who served as Trigon's {{Herald}} and agent during ''Comicbook/TheTerrorOfTrigon'', was a {{People Puppet|s}} made from Raven's EmptyShell while in Trigon's DemonicPossession.
* SpiritAdvisor: At the tail-end of ''New Titans'' in the mid 90s, the GainaxEnding reduced Raven to the "[[SoulAnatomy good part of her soul]]", which appeared as Raven in human form, but pure gold. She remained this way through a few re-appearances under Devin Grayson's pen through ''Titans'' volume 1[[note]]Barring a very brief appearance in ''Day of Judgment'' in which she is depicted in her classic be-cowled appearance, as the creators were apparently not up to date on current events in the Titans.[[/note]], but disappeared for several years. She was later fully reborn in the flesh (in a younger body, no less) in ''Teen Titans'' volume 3 by the Cult of Blood during Geoff Johns' run.
* StatuesqueStunner: Zig-zagged over the years. Now in the Rebirth continuity, she's 5'10" and quite easy on the eyes.
%%* SugarAndIcePersonality: Her standard personality in the comics for years. Context?
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Whenever evil wins over Raven in some way, there is a serious chance that a (yes, ''a'') Dark Raven will appear, who is much likelier to exhibit violent powers than Raven.
** The first Dark Raven, who served as TheHerald for Trigon when he first came to Earth, was Raven's body filled up with Trigon's power.
** The second Dark Raven, the [[EnemyWithout severed evil part]] of Raven's soul mixed up with the souls of some evil Azarathians, was a DepravedBisexual who would infest her victims and lieutenants with Trigon Seeds.
* TechnicalPacifist: Being raised in the pacifistic land of Azarath, Raven does not like fighting, as it would also get her closer to reviving Trigon. However, if push comes to shove, she '''will''' fight on.
* {{Teleportation}}: Using her soul-self, she can teleport herself and others over vast distances.
* TrueBlueFemininity: The color Raven has worn the most in the comics. The blue dress and cloak show her [[BlueisHeroic kindness]], [[LadyofBlackMagic elegance]] and [[TheEmpath melancholy]].
* UglyGuysHotDaughter: Her dad is [[SatanicArchetype Trigon]], a hideously ugly demon with four eyes. Raven herself is considered beautiful in-universe.
* UnstablePoweredWoman: She is infamous [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten in-universe]] for the number of times she has manifested a SuperpoweredEvilSide and betrayed the ComicBook/TeenTitans, often at the bidding of her father, [[SatanicArchetype Trigon]]. There have even been instances in the comics where people have regarded her as akin to a ticking time bomb, who is always at risk of being corrupted, controlled or seduced into betraying her friends.
* VagueAge: She never quite ages out of the appropriate age of whatever current group of Teen Titans she is serving with even when her former peers have gone on to become adults.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: While not a complete EmotionlessGirl, when purged of Trigon's influence for the first time, she had difficulty comprehending her suppressed emotions. Specifically the different branches of them. Because of this her powers were greatly influenced by her extreme emotional states. She assumed Nightwing's platonic love was no different than romantic love and this caused her powers to make him believe he was romatically in love with her without either of them knowing the true cause. Starfire caught on to this and helped her see through her mistake.
* WillTheyOrWontThey:
** With Beast Boy. Settles on OfficialCouple just before the reboot too.
** In the NTT era, she had a similar relationship with Jericho with a more UnresolvedSexualTension flair.
* YouCantFightFate: Raven spent years knowing that Trigon would eventually assimilate her, and that she would eventually become a demon like him. It finally happened in ''ComicBook/TheTerrorOfTrigon''. Her soul was cleansed from Trigon's evil at the end of the story.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: She tries to warn the whole of Azarath and the Justice League about Trigon's return, but fails because of Azarath's pacifistic nature and ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} detecting the evil inside her and refusing to help.
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[[folder:Red Star]]
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->''"You have taught me something...that all men, regardless of their belief, must learn to live together! For when your ideologies and mine have long since turned to dust, man must still survive!"''
->'''AKA:''' Leonid Kovar
->'''First Appearance:''' ''Teen Titans'' #18 (December, 1968)
->'''Abilities:''' Super-strength, speed, and stamina; pyrokinesis

Leonid Kovar was exposed to a space ship which gave him his powers, and would later join the Teen Titan and take the name "Red Star".
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* AscendedExtra: Leonid actually appeared in the original run but he's most well-known for joining the "New Titans" around the time of ''ComicBook/TitansHunt''
* HuskyRusskie: He's Russian and very well-built.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Robin II / Red Hood]]
->'''AKA:''' Jason Todd
->'''Abilities:''' Martial arts master, detective skills, acrobatics

Originally Jason Todd was the second Robin, after Dick Grayson grew too old. During "ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily" he was murdered by the Joker. Many years later, he was resurrected and become the anti-hero Red Hood. Before his death, he took part in Titans activity for a brief time.
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-> See [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd his personal page]] for more info.
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[[folder:Starfire]]
->'''AKA:''' Koriand'r / Kory Anders
->'''Abilities:''' Flight, super-strength, invulnerability, energy projection

Starfire is an alien super-hero with powers of [[FlyingBrick flight]] and [[HandBlast energy projection]]. Born a princess on the planet Tamaran, she escaped execution at the hands of her older sister Blackfire and traveled to Earth. Meeting the Teen Titans, she became a charter member and stayed with the team for most of her career. Her culture's different standards of intimacy cause her to be extremely open and sexually liberated by human standards.
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-> See [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire her personal page]] for more info.
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[[folder:Terra]]
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->''" Yeah, mebbe the Titans are strong -- but Terra's even stronger!"''
->'''AKA:''' Tara Markov
->'''First Appearance:''' ''New Teen Titans'' #26 (December, 1982)
->'''Abilities:''' Manipulates earth and stone

Terra is a super-hero with the power of geo-kinesis. Born the illegitimate daughter to King Viktor of Markovia, her half-brother is Geo-Force. Unable to stay at home, she became a mercenary and began working with Deathstroke. He used her to infiltrate the Teen Titans, where she developed a relationship with Beast Boy, and ultimately died betraying them.
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* AdaptationalHeroism:

[[WMG:[[center: [-'''[[Characters/TeenTitans Main Character Index]]'''\\

[[Characters/TeenTitansOriginalTeenTitans Original Teen Titans and Titans West]] ([[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]] | [[Characters/TheFlashWallyWest Wally West]] | [[Characters/GreenArrowSpeedy Roy Harper]])\\

[[Characters/TeenTitansPostGraduationDay 2003 Teen Titans]] ([[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]] | [[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Conner Kent]] | [[Characters/WonderGirlCassieSandsmark Cassie Sandsmark]] | [[Characters/GreenArrowSpeedy Mia Dearden]]) | [[Characters/TeenTitansAncillary Ancillary Titans]]\\

* KilledOffForReal: Like Pantha, he was killed off during ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' by Superboy Prime and aside from a brief rivival during ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' has never been revived and remained absence from the DC Universe ever since.

* {{Cyborg}}: His name says it all. He is an extremely amputated human rebuilt with cybernetics
* CyborgWizard: In his ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' series (specifically issue #17), Cyborg has learned some rudimentary magic due to having gone on a date with fellow hero ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, despite being, as his moniker implies, a cyborg. It is not much, mostly just him unlocking a door by shouting "Alakazam," but it does help.

* {{Cyborg}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Well, duh]].