History Comicbook / CyBorg

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Cyborg is a Creator/DCComics {{superhero}} created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez, first appearing in ''ComicBook/DCComicsPresents'' #26 in October of 1980. After being injured in a scientific accident that resulted in the death of his mother, high school athlete Victor Stone was outfitted with advanced ArtificialLimbs by his father, Silas.

Initially horrified by his new appearance, Victor would find a home and family with the newly-reformed Comicbook/TeenTitans, and remained with the team for a number of years as a charter member. As an adult, Cyborg eventually "graduated" from the team and briefly joined the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica alongside his former teammates ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]]. [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague2011 As of the]] ComicBook/New52 ContinuityReboot, Cyborg is now a founding member of the Justice League. After 35 years of being a character, Cyborg finally got his very first ongoing comic book, titled ''[[CharacterTitle Cyborg]]'', in July 2015.

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

[[AC:{{Comics}}]]
* ''DC Special: Cyborg'' (2008)
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne'' (2014)

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'', played by Creator/RayFisher
** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' (2016) - Cameo, his painful reconstruction by a Mother Box is shown in footage that was stolen from Lex Luthor.
** ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' (2017) - He joins the eponymous Justice League to fight off an invasion by Steppenwolf and his Parademons.
** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' - Director's cut of the above theatrical version. It considerably expands Victor/Cyborg's cinematic backstory, which was mostly scrapped from the 2017 theatrical version.

[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', played by Creator/LeeThompsonYoung
* ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'', played by Joivan Wade
* ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'': Mentioned by [[spoiler:[[Creator/EzraMiller the DCEU Flash]]]] in his cameo in Hour Four. The ''Doom Patrol'' version of Cyborg cameos in the epilogue of Hour Five.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline''
* ''VideoGame/LEGOBatman 2: DC Super Heroes''
** ''LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham''
** ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''
** ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains''
* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''
** ''VideoGame/Injustice2''

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' (In the final incarnation, ''Super Powers: Galactic Guardians'')
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', voiced by Creator/KharyPayton.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction''
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''

[[AC:AnimatedFilms]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo''
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom''
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'', voiced by Creator/MichaelBJordan.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar''
* ''WesternAnimation/JLAAdventuresTrappedInTime''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies''
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoVsTeenTitans''
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!!Tropes associated with Cyborg include:
* TheAestheticsOfTechnology: Vic is repeatedly saddled with thick, bulky robotics that tend to emphasize his monstrous self-image, even though a character who's nature is associated by default with cutting-edge technology would nowadays quite reasonably be expected [[TechnologyMarchesOn to be slim, streamlined and emulating a natural appearance]]. Granted that he's outfitted with fictional superhuman bionics which are going to look like whatever the artists say such a thing needs to look like, but it's also true that the DCU has other bionic characters who look more human, so InUniverse, there's [[TheArtifact really no reason]] for him to constantly look so inhuman. There have been several instances where he gained a more streamlined or normal-looking appearance, only for StatusQuoIsGod to force him back to something closer to his classic look. In later versions where his cybernetics are connected with BlackBox alien technology, this becomes less of an issue because no one really knows what he is.
* AngryBlackMan: In his early years before his injuries, Victor was a surly troublemaker who resented his parents' manipulation of his life. However, it never extended to supporting a friend's grandiose plans for racially motivated terrorism and Victor eventually had to stop him by force as Cyborg.
* AscendedExtra: Thanks to Creator/GeoffJohns, Cyborg went from being a brief member of the JLA to one of the team's founders in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}. And, thanks to this, his appearances outside the comics have become more and more frequent. In ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' he was depicted as Earth's greatest superhero without Superman around (of course, Aquaman and Wonder Woman had done a FaceHeelTurn).
* ArmCannon: Cyborg's trademark weapon is a sonic cannon built into his arm.
* ArtifactTitle: He was still called Cyborg in Devin Grayon's ''Titans'' run, even though technically, he wasn't a cyborg at all, just a human mind inside of a shapeshifting alien robot.
* ArtificialLimbs
* TheBigGuy: Especially in the ''Teen Titans'' cartoon.
* BlackAndNerdy: Cyborg is often the Titans' go-to tech guy.
* BodyHorror: Initially he was a straightforward cyborg, hand crafted by his father and would replace parts as they are damaged or worn out the same way someone would fix a car. Later versions have him blended with alien nano-tech that is constantly evolving, threatening to absorb or even discard the remaining organic components.
* BreakoutCharacter: He started as part of the ensemble of the Teen Titans, but as time went on he steadily was pushed further and further into the spotlight until he became one of the founding members of the Justice League in the ComicBook/{{New 52}} and Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
* CatchPhrase: Due to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', and many subsequent works continuing to cast Creator/KharyPayton as him, he's starting to pick up a habit of saying "Booyah!". Even when he's not played by Payton.
* ChromeChampion: During the period where his soul was inside the Omegadrome, Cyborg looked like a human with shiny gold skin and red eyes.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Cyborg has feared this from time to time, especially in his early years with his prosthetics.
** 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..?
* {{Cyborg}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Well, duh]].
* DeathByOriginStory: The accident that injured him also killed his mother.
* EraSpecificPersonality: ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' 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.
* EvilCounterpart: The end of ''ComicBook/TrinityWar'' introduces Grid; a supercomputer virus in control of a robot body. [[spoiler:Grid took over Cyborg's cybernetic body and tore it from Cyborg's human remains to make its body]].
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a {{cyborg}}... named Cyborg.
* GadgeteerGenius: This even evolves to the ability to take himself apart and put himself back together by the time of volume 3.
* GeniusBruiser: Has an IQ of 170.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Beast Boy. Later gets this with Shazam in the New 52.
* InstantArmor: For a time, Victor possessed the ability to instantly transform from a normal human appearance to his trademark Cyborg look. He lost this power shortly before to the 2003 Teen Titans relaunch. At the end of the first story arc from his New 52 solo series, he gets this ability again.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When he was first introduced, Cyborg was the typical AngryBlackMan. He was a complete jerk, always shouting, always angry, always mad at everyone, with or without reason... and, as time goes by, his true personality begins to shine through. No, he was not the AngryBlackMan after all, it was a slow subversion.
* MakeSomeNoise: His signature weapon in his sonic cannon, which fires a beam of concussive sound waves.
* MeaningfulName: "Victor Stone" is a ShoutOut to [[{{Literature/Frankenstein}} Victor Frankenstein]] (in German, "Frankenstein" means "Stone of the Franks").
* TheNicknamer: Has a nickname for just about everyone (such as "Goldie" for Starfire and "Witch" for Raven).
* PromotedToLoveInterest: In ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne'', he and Tara Markov (a.k.a Terra) are portrayed as a high-school couple, despite never having been shown to have any interest in each other in other continuities.
* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: It was often lampshaded in the ''Titans'' run how Cyborg merged with the alien knowledge-cataloging organism known as Technis to become Cyberion during the ''JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative'' arc which ended in him becoming Planet Cyberion, assimilating and collect everything in his way until he became as large as the Earth's Moon, consumed the Earth's moon which nearly destroyed the Earth by causing massive natural disasters and planet-wide technological shutdowns, and had to be stopped by a joint effort consisting of the Justice League, Young Justice, JLA Reserves, Titans and Teen Titans.
* TheSmartGuy: Though often in the role of TheBigGuy while working with the Titans, he's also generally the most technologically savvy of the team- meanwhile, his strength and durability pale in comparison to several FlyingBrick members of the Justice League, so his role as tech-savvy engineer has increased a good deal as well.
* SuperStrength: His cybernetic parts grant him some degree of enhanced-strength,but it's usually downplayed in favor of his other abilities. In the new 52 however, he has been shown to be strong enough to ''draw blood'' from Shazam/Captain Marvel, who has Superman-level of durability.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He serves as one for the John Stewart Green Lantern, and also Static Shock to some extent. In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoons John Stewart was used as the main Green Lantern to diversify what would have been a very white League, and the success and popularity of the cartoons obscured Hal Jordan who Creator/GeoffJohns had been reviving, and who he wanted to restore as the Green Lantern, and to still maintain diversity, Cyborg was brought in to the League, while having him serve alongside the Hal Jordan Green Lantern.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Poor Vic has managed to regain his human form (or at least a less-monstrous appearance) several times, but [[SnapBack events]] [[ResetButton always]] conspire to turn him right back into a bulky, armored freak.
* TokenMinority: Cyborg was both this in the New Teen Titans and the first few arcs of the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'' Justice League.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting : At the end of the first story arc from his ComicBook/{{New 52}} solo series, he gets the ability to freely shift from his armored form to his "normal" looking human form.
* WeCanRebuildHim: In both the original and ComicBook/{{New 52}} continuities, the major impetus behind giving Victor robotic body parts was to save his life. And he hated his dad because of this.
** He was further rebuilt by Russian scientists when he wound up comatose from an accident in ''New Titans'', but this attempt went horribly wrong. He became a silent automaton and LivingProp for the majority of the run until the Technis restored his mind--at the cost of him being turned into an emotionless techno-organic alien being, and then evolving into a robotic planetoid before the Titans restored him to a more humanoid form.
* TheWorfEffect: Since he's quite hard to kill (as he can just be rebuilt), Cyborg is usually the first one to be taken out in order to demonstrate how powerful a new foe is.
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* ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'': Mentioned by [[spoiler:[[Creator/EzraMiller the DCEU Flash]]]] in his cameo in Hour Four. The ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'' version of Cyborg cameos in the epilogue of Hour Five.

** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' - Director's cut of the above theatrical version. It considerably expands Victor/Cyborg's cinematic backstory, which was mostly scrapped from the theatrical.

* ''VideoGame/LegoBatman 2: DC Super Heroes''

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies''

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''

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[[caption-width-right:315:[[ThemeTuneCameo When there's trouble, you know what to do....Call Cyborg! He can shoot a rocket from his shoe....'Cuz he's Cyborg!]] [[CatchPhrase Booyah!]]]]

Outside of comics, Cyborg has appeared in a number of adapted works, most notably as one of the main characters of the popular ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' animated series. Actor Creator/RayFisher plays him in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, he appears as a footage cameo in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and is featured prominently in ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}''. A Cyborg-centric movie is in development.

Initially horrified by his new appearance, Victor would find a home and family with the newly-reformed Comicbook/TeenTitans, and remained with the team for a number of years as a charter member. As an adult, Cyborg eventually "graduated" from the team and briefly joined the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica alongside his former teammates ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]]. As of the ComicBook/{{New 52}} ContinuityReboot, Cyborg is now a founding member of the Justice League. After 35 years of being a character, Cyborg finally got his very first ongoing comic book, titled ''[[CharacterTitle Cyborg]]'', in July 2015.