History WesternAnimation / TeenTitans2003

Not to be confused with ''ComicBook/TeenTitans2003'' which was published around the time the cartoon first started airing, although the series does utilize the characters that the cartoon was heavily based n.

* ConfidentialityBetrayal: Played with. [[Characters/TeenTitans2003Terra Terra]] ''thinks'' [[Characters/TeenTitans2003BeastBoy Beast Boy]] betrayed her trust by telling the others she was having PowerIncontinence -- but he actually didn't. She just had so much [[NotGoodWithRejection rejection sensitivity]] that she jumped to a conclusion and stormed off before he could explain himself.

** Combined with CharacterizationMarchesOn, this can be seen in a lot of the first season episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}''; over time, the cast underwent a kind of reverse {{Flanderization}}, thanks to CharacterDevelopment. In early episodes, several characters resemble stereotypes of themselves more than their selves from the later seasons--[[DarkIsNotEvil Raven's]] [[{{Goth}} gothiness]], [[HumanAliens Starfire's]] [[TheDitz ditziness]], [[PluckyComicRelief Beast Boy's]] immaturity, and [[BigBad Slade's]] {{Card Carrying Villain}}y are all ''really'' played up, and the overall tone is more of a very lighthearted kid's action show, as compared to the somewhat schizophrenic later seasons, which tended to [[CerebusRollercoaster bounce back and forth]] between utter random goofiness and surprisingly intense darkness. It's generally considered that [[TheHero Robin's]] NotSoDifferentRemark StoryArc with Slade is where the show really started [[ShapedLikeItself acting like itself]].

** ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'' features a similar premise to how the Titans were handled in the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse with Nightwing and Starfire teaching teenaged heroes -- with the line-up of the 2003 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' series, so Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Raven are also teaching the young heroes (whereas the DCAMU reflected the New 52 by having Cyborg in the League, and BB and Raven were among the kids Dick and Kory taught). The series also introduces the Red X identity from the cartoon, as well as the idea that it was originally an alias Dick Grayson had concocted back when he was Robin as a plot to take down [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Slade]].

%%* ShutUpKiss: How Starfire "learned" her English. Also somewhat a subtle SmoochOfVictory as she kisses Robin after he frees her from her restraints. Also Starfire to Robin in the movie.

* SayMyName: Robin will constantly proclaim, "Salde" in a grim, serious tone anytime the character initiates one of his schemes.

** The original team consists of Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, and Starfire. With the exceptions of Robin and Starfire, each of them develop in such a way that they aren't consistently in one role. Robin is TheLeader and a constant inspiration for the team to get through fights and deal with their problems, though being a teen himself, he is also headstrong and hot-headed, which leads the team into trouble on occasion. Cyborg is the NumberTwo, acting both as TheLancer and as a personality {{Foil}} to Robin, albeit in a BestFriend manner rather than as a [[TheRival rival]]. He is both TheBigGuy and a GadgeteerGenius, relying on ranged weaponry and his cybernetic implants' sheer brute strength instead of Robin's more methodical melee attacks. Beast Boy's primary role in the team is the PluckyComicRelief, but he's got a trickster personality as well. He also the PintSizedPowerhouse of the team, being able to transform into small animals for espionage purposes, as well as giant or strong creatures to fight. Raven is TheLancer, with her calm nature, magic-oriented thinking, serious demeanor, and maturity contrasting Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy and Starfire respectively. When it comes to anything magic-related, she also fills the role of TheSmartGuy. Starfire is the one most concerned with friendship and staying connected, and as shown in "How Long Is Forever", the team falls apart in her absence. This makes her TheHeart of the team, though she also has traits of TheBigGuy, being a GirlyBruiser whose SuperStrength exceeds Cyborg's, as well as having the abilities to shoot powerful starbolts, withstand radiation and the conditions of deep space, and achieve supersonic speeds, having both entered and escaped Earth's atmosphere under her own power twice and being versed in "the secret to traveling faster than light", per "Final Exam".

** The original team consists of Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, and Starfire. While their team consists of five members, they each develop in such a way that they aren't consistently in one role, except for Robin and Starfire that is. Robin is TheLeader, though being a teen himself, he is headstrong. He's led the team into and out of trouble and is a constant inspiration for the team to get through fights and to deal with their problems. Cyborg, depending on which part of the series, is TheLancer, but also TheBigGuy who's a GadgeteerGenius to boot. More specifically, he's a personality {{Foil}} to Robin, but he's more of a BestFriend rather than a [[TheRival rival]]. He's the NumberTwo on the team. Moreover, while Robin fights mostly through melee attacks and is more of a martial artist, Cyborg usually attacks with his ranged weaponry and is more of a street fighter. His robot body gives him more physical strength and access to a variety of weapons, too. All of this puts him as both TheLancer and TheBigGuy at times. Beast Boy's primary role in the team is the PluckyComicRelief, but he's got a trickster personality as well. He can transform into small or practical creatures for infiltration purposes as well as giant or strong creatures for fighting purposes. As such, he's also the PintSizedPowerhouse of the team. Raven is, at times, TheLancer and, at other times, TheSmartGuy. When Robin gets too hot-headed, she can act as a calming influence on him, though she also has this effect on other teammates when life becomes too stressful for them. She contrasts with each of her teammates in different ways, whether that's the magic-oriented thinking, or her serious demeanor, or her maturity -- contrasting Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire respectively. When it comes to anything magic-related, she fills the role of TheSmartGuy. Starfire is TheHeart as well as TheBigGuy. When she travels to a BadFuture, she learns that she is the team's reason for staying together through thick and thin, and throughout the series, she's the team member most concerned with friendship and staying connected. She's also a GirlyBruiser, with SuperStrength that outmatches even Cyborg's, the ability to shoot powerful energy blasts, and endurance to the elements (including withstanding radiation and the conditions of deep space). She is also capable of achieving supersonic speeds, an ability that is more directly addressed in the show's [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo comedic counterpart]], as she has both entered and escaped Earth's atmosphere under her own power twice and evidently is versed in "the secret to traveling faster than light", per "Final Exam".

** The original team consists of Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Raven, and Starfire. While their team consists of five members, they each develop in such a way that they aren't consistently in one role, except for Robin and Starfire that is.
*** Robin is TheLeader, though being a teen himself, he is headstrong. He's led the team into and out of trouble and is a constant inspiration for the team to get through fights and to deal with their problems.
*** Cyborg, depending on which part of the series, is TheLancer, but also TheBigGuy who's a GadgeteerGenius to boot. More specifically, he's a personality {{Foil}} to Robin, but he's more of a BestFriend rather than a [[TheRival rival]]. He's the NumberTwo on the team. Moreover, while Robin fights mostly through melee attacks and is more of a martial artist, Cyborg usually attacks with his ranged weaponry and is more of a street fighter. His robot body gives him more physical strength and access to a variety of weapons, too. All of this puts him as both TheLancer and TheBigGuy at times.
*** Beast Boy's primary role in the team is the PluckyComicRelief, but he's got a trickster personality as well. He can transform into small or practical creatures for infiltration purposes as well as giant or strong creatures for fighting purposes. As such, he's also the PintSizedPowerhouse of the team.
*** Raven is, at times, TheLancer and, at other times, TheSmartGuy. When Robin gets too hot-headed, she can act as a calming influence on him, though she also has this effect on other teammates when life becomes too stressful for them. She contrasts with each of her teammates in different ways, whether that's the magic-oriented thinking, or her serious demeanor, or her maturity -- contrasting Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire respectively. When it comes to anything magic-related, she fills the role of TheSmartGuy.
*** Starfire is TheHeart as well as TheBigGuy. When she travels to a BadFuture, she learns that she is the team's reason for staying together through thick and thin, and throughout the series, she's the team member most concerned with friendship and staying connected. She's also a GirlyBruiser, with SuperStrength that outmatches even Cyborg's, the ability to shoot powerful energy blasts, and endurance to the elements (including withstanding radiation and the conditions of deep space). She is also capable of achieving supersonic speeds, an ability that is more directly addressed in the show's [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo comedic counterpart]], as she has both entered and escaped Earth's atmosphere under her own power twice and evidently is versed in "the secret to traveling faster than light", per "Final Exam".

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Tamaraneans have the ability to absorb other people's language through [[MagicKiss mouth-to-mouth contact]] (ahem). As a result of kissing Robin, Starfire's English is fine, [[{{Malaproper}} though she slips up from time to time]] and [[LiteralMinded doesn't always "get" wordplay or innuendo]]. She also [[SpockSpeak speaks very formally, rarely using contractions]]. Why the Tamaraneans who stayed on Tamaran and presumably never met an English speaker can speak English is never explained, though.

%%* SoundtrackDissonance: With the H.I.V.E. demonstration in the very first episode.

** Beast Boy started it by giving one to Thunder earlier in the episode: before this, Thunder answered Beast Boy's question about their rampant destruction by saying that it is "amusing". Beast Boy points to all the innocent bystanders that they're terrorizing in the process and asks, "Do ''they'' look amused!?"

** Beast Boy started it by giving one to Thunder earlier in the episode: before this, Thunder also thought they were "just having fun" by wrecking cars on a bridge. Beast Boy points to all the innocent bystanders that they're terrorizing in the process and asks, "Do ''they'' look like they're having fun!?"

* PostKissCatatonia: Played for laughs. Starfire's species can learn languages instantly by kissing people. Since doing so is customary in her home planet, she never asks for permission and essentially assaults foreigners, who are so surprised they faint. This is shown in "Go", when she kisses Robin to learn English, and in TheMovie, where the same thing happens to a random Japanese boy.

* ScreamingWarrior:
** Everyone gets a turn, often when making their first move in any given battle.
** Robin. Every time he ''moves''.
* ScrewDestiny:
** Raven's ongoing fight against a prophecy that she will aid her demon father in destroying the world. [[spoiler:Which she loses, but then turns it around.]]
** Starfire had one of these moments at the end of "How Long Is Forever?"

** Trigon in season four, where his daughter Raven becomes his portal into the world, allowing him to turn every creature in the biosphere [[TakenForGranite into stone]] and cover the planet in lava.
** The dragon Malchior in an earlier episode qualifies, sealed in one of Raven's spellbooks.
* SecondPersonAttack: Frequent. Cyborg does it in the title sequence.

* SelfDeprecation: Robin's "This Show Will Rot Your Brain" rant in "Don't Touch That Dial" could be taken as against ''the cartoon itself''!

* ShapeshifterShowdown: Beast Boy vs. Genetically-modified Adonis.

* SheCleansUpNicely:
** Starfire is ''staggering'' in an evening dress and HighClassGloves.
** Robin looks very nice in a tuxedo.

** They had ridden a ferris wheel together as he shared cotton candy with her and they watched fireworks (1x02); she also called him "my boy" while fighting Fang in "Date With Destiny" (2x06), which was promptly followed by a slow dance after the two were declared King and Queen of Prom. Robin also has several SaveThePrincess moments in "Betrothed" (3x03), including scaling the side of a massive castle to get to Star, and the two are otherwise frequently seen hanging out together and saving each other bridal-style. "Stranded" is in Season 4. No wonder Starfire considered them to be in some sort of relationship.
** Subverted in "Date with Destiny", when Robin yells at Cyborg that Kitten is not his girlfriend--Robin truly did ''not'' like Kitten in any way, shape, or form.

* ShonenHair: Robin, probably to invoke an "anime" look more than anything.
* ShooTheDog: Starfire with Silkie.

* ShutUpHannibal: The exchange between Slade and Robin in "Masks".
* ShutUpKiss: How Starfire "learned" her English. Also somewhat a subtle SmoochOfVictory as she kisses Robin after he frees her from her restraints. Also Starfire to Robin in the movie.
* SiblingRivalry: Starfire and Blackfire. Oh. So. Much.

* SidekickGlassCeiling:
** Though not a sidekick, Beast Boy.
** Also denied -- Comicdom's best-known sidekick leads the team.
* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler:Terra joins the Titans, but turns out to betray them to Slade.]]

** Raven when her demonic side first surfaced during the Dr. Light fight in "Nevermore".
** Terra also cracked a few of these during "Aftershock Part 1".

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Even though this series will tackle some darker and serious issues from time to time, ''Teen Titans'' is definitely more on the idealistic end.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Raven and Cyborg, the two smartest Titans, play chess with each other in one episode; [[TheChessmaster the Brain]] and [[GeniusBruiser Monsieur Mallah]] also appear fond of the game. Cyborg even puts "Chess with Raven" into his daily schedule.

* SomethingPerson: Beast Boy, Aqualad, Gill Girl in the tie-in comics.
* SoundtrackDissonance: With the H.I.V.E. demonstration in the very first episode.

** One-shot villain Fang, who ''has a spider for a head!''

* SssssnakeTalk: The snake guardian in ''The Quest''.

-->'''Robin:''' Cardiac, you're under arrest!

* StoryArc: Each Season had one.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: Raven -- although occasionally someone manages to push Raven over into using the more aggressive {{Tsundere}} tactics.

* SuperHero: Hmm...

* SwarmOfRats: Occurs as Starfire's "demise" in the episode "Fear Itself".

* SwissArmyAppendage: Cyborg's arms (and possibly most of his body) qualifies.
* SwissArmyHero: Beast Boy. Well, he can be whatever (Animal) you need him to be.

** Robin with his discs and Speedy with his arrows. See-More's eye can change into many different kinds of weapons or tools, from a heat laser to bludgeoning projectiles, to x-ray vision and even a blimp... unclear if See-more is more of a case of a ''weapon'' or a ''[[SwissArmyAppendage body part]]'' though.

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:Terra in "Aftershock Part 2"]] and [[spoiler:the entire world in "The End"]].
* TakingTheBullet: How [[spoiler:Terra takes out Starfire-with a boulder aimed at Robin]].

* TeamPet: [[spoiler:Silkie, a mutant larvae Starfire adopted as a pet.]]

* TeamTitle
* TheTeaser: Nearly every episode features a scene before the opening theme.
* TechnoBabble: Usually Cyborg, but even Robin gets some moments. Also Beast Boy's 'knowledge' when it comes to all things sci-fi.
* TechnoWizard: Cyborg and Gizmo.

* ThroatLight: Raven in "Spellbound".

* TookALevelInBadass:
** [[ButtMonkey Dr. Light]], of all people, takes one in "Kole", by virtue of having a better plan than usual, and having ''very'' [[SwissArmySuperpower loose limits]] on what can be done with "light-based" powers. He loses the level with his inevitable defeat by episode's end, however.
** Control Freak takes a level in TV badass (not that it makes him any less dorky in the script) in "Don't Touch That Dial", and tops it off with "IKnowKarate".
* TotallyRadical: Beast Boy, Cyborg, and especially Gizmo were the worst offenders.

* {{Trekkie}}: Beast Boy. It was actually helpful in the TV Land episode to defeat Control Freak.
* TrojanPrisoner: Season 5, "Titans Together" - easy to pull off with [[BodySurf Jericho's ability]].

* TVNeverLies

* UnexplainedRecovery: The show uses this a few times to varying degrees. The most blatant example is the second season finale, [[Recap/TeenTitansS2E12AftershockPartOne "After]][[Recap/TeenTitansS2E13AftershockPartTwo shock"]], where Terra hunts down and seemingly kills all five Titans. Her methods range from NoOneCouldSurviveThat deaths to smashing Robin with a boulder at point-blank range, at which point it immediately cuts to her kicking his crest across the floor to Slade, implying that yes, there was even a body, and she pulled it off. And then they all show up underground looking little the worse for wear and ready for round two.

** Robin's attache case in "All Revved Up".
** Also, whether the [[spoiler:schoolgirl was really Terra]] in the series finale, and if so, [[spoiler:how she lost her memory...or if she really did lose it at all]]. This is explored somewhat more in an issue of ''Teen Titans Go!''
** Also, anytime Slade's mask gets knocked off something happens to make sure we don't see his face (in Apprentice II he managed to cover it with his hand before more than a silhouette could be seen, and in The End II his face was just an undead skull).

* VariableTerminalVelocity

* VillainTakesAnInterest: Slade and Robin, Brother Blood and Cyborg, Slade and Terra.
* VillainTeleportation: Red X
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler:Slade]] in Part 3 of "The End".
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The show always got darker whenever Trigon showed up, and the same could almost always be said of Slade.

* VoicesAreMental: In "Switched", when Raven and Starfire switch bodies, they still have their original voices.

* VolumetricMouth: Expect to see this in arguments.

* WeakWilled:
** Beast Boy, a real hazard whenever Mad Mod rolls around.
** Also Terra [[spoiler:until Beast Boy tells her that she doesn't have to let Slade control her]].
** Averted with Bumblebee and Cyborg against Brother Blood; old guy never stood a chance.
* WeldTheLock: Starfire does this in the third episode.
* WhamEpisode:
** For good writing, "Aftershock".
** For something more epic, "The End".
** Also, "Apprentice" in Season 1 shocked people with how dark it was, back when the show was new and hadn't established itself yet as a serious show.
** "Things Change", the GrandFinale, due to Terra's unexpected return after 3 seasons of being presumed truly gone and rarely mentioned (twice in between her demise and the finale) and her apparent amnesia which nobody expected to happen

*** He does exist and have a backstory in the main comics, though- his name is Wintergreen, and he's a relatively minor character. He appeared with the rest of the villains in "Titans Together".

* WhenSheSmiles: Raven. Occasionally, this is a sign that something's horribly, horribly wrong... Or something truly wonderful has happened.

* WorldHealingWave: At the end of Season 4.

* WrenchWench: Raven, of all people, though its easy to miss. Terra has this aesthetic, but isn't.

** All of the Titans have this to some degree, if they get the right BerserkButton pushed.
* YourMindMakesItReal: "Haunted", when Robin is haunted by hallucinations of Slade, Raven enters his mind and tries to calm him down by showing there is no one there - only for the hallucination to strike again and leaving Raven with a sore jaw.. And "Fear Itself", though in this case, it's just Raven's mind for everyone.
* ZergRush: About the only thing [[MesACrowd Billy Numerous]] can do. There's also Slade's attack with an army of fire-demons in the fourth season finale.

** The Puppet King from early into Season 1 is one. It is not explained how he came to be or why he wanted to control the Teen Titans' bodies as his personal army and destroy their souls. He basically just seems to be carrying out this plan for the sake of it so that the episode could have an antagonist, and he had no real personality aside from "creepy, high-and-mighty bad guy."

* GilliganCut: In "Fear Itself", when no one looks impressed with the horror movie Beast Boy is touting until they start it.
* GirlsNightOutEpisode: "Switched" focuses more on Starfire and Raven. Also doubles as a FreakyFridayFlip, as their minds are switched before the Puppet King can gain control of their bodies like he did Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy.

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Starfire vs. Blackfire.
* GloveSnap: Cyborg does this once.
-->'''Beast Boy (about Robin)''': Right. Check him for batteries.

** Starfire and Blackfire get these when using their powers.
** Raven also does this whenever she's using magic. Her demon form has it basically all the time, as does [[spoiler:her father, Trigon]].
** Terra also has this at times when using her geokinesis, though it is inconsistent
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Happens to Raven in the BadFuture episode "How Long is Forever". She gets better, though.

** Although a DarkIsNotEvil example, Raven has had a dark cloak to white cloak switch at least three separate times in the series, accompanied by a BigDamnHeroes moment. Never lasts long, though.
** Starfire also switched from an outfit not unlike her sister's in "Go" to her current uniform when she learns to be "nice".

** A rare case of this being the same character. Beast Boy's animal transformations are normally painless, smooth, and entirely within his control. But in "The Beast Within", after getting doused with mysterious chemicals, he [[JerkassBall becomes an increasingly violent jerk]] and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness starts eating meat]], until a fit of anger triggers a painful, slow, uncontrolled transformation into a werebeast. Downplayed, since Beast Boy never turned evil, just feral.
** [[spoiler: Also implied with Adonis, who became a werebeast in a similar way in the same episode and actually was evil, attacking Raven.]]

* GoombaStomp / GoombaSpringboard: Robin uses this several times against mooks.

** Gizmo. His harmless swear words are so creative they actually sound dirty.
** Starfire too, in fact she's probably the Titan with the foulest mouth. She's just polite enough to limit herself to Tamaranean swears.
* {{Goth}}:
** Raven, the ultimate gothic superheroine. However, although the early episodes portray Raven as straight-up goth, her personality begins fluctuating later and she is revealed to be more calculating, introverted and antisocial than generically goth.
** Argent, introduced in the third-to-last episode.
** Jinx fills the goth villainess role.

* GreenEyedMonster: Starfire during "Date with Destiny". The kicker? She really has green eyes. [[GlowingEyesOfDoom Bright, glowing green eyes.]]

** The Brain also counts since he's well... a BrainInAJar.
** Plasmus can qualify as well since [[spoiler:he must be kept asleep or turn into a horrific version of Muk]].

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Robin, of course, as he's the apprentice/sidekick of Franchise/{{Batman}}.

* CraniumChase: During an episode, Starfire's head and body are separated when Larry messes with reality. She then has to chase it down.

* CrazyCulturalComparison: Starfire has a few strange Tamaranean customs, such as The Pudding of Sadness and The Poem of Gratitude. Also, Zorka berries which cause mutations in certain organisms, like say Silkies.

* CurbstompBattle: Oh. So. ''Often''. Any given Slade vs. Robin fight will be like this.
* CustomUniformOfSexy: Pick a girl, any girl.

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Season 4 episode "Overdrive". Especially if you decide to ''delete'' parts of it yourself...

* DangledByAGiant: The Season 3 finale ends with the Teen Titans battling the Brainwashed and Crazy Titans East, with Starfire taking on Bumblebee. After Starfire defeats the sized-down Bumblebee, she briefly picks up the latter by the wings with two fingers.
* DarkActionGirl: Jinx fits this to a T ([[{{Pun}} heh heh heh]]). She's also the leader of the H.I.V.E. Five, all male, and the only one with ambition. Her HeelFaceTurn was partly triggered by high ranking villains initially dismissing her as useless. She has yet to do real heroics, her motivations seem to be simple revenge (and a crush on Kid Flash). Of course, the phrase "Dark Action Girl" really brings Raven to mind... though she's more an example of [[DarkMagicalGirl another trope]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: Many thought Raven will make a great villain because of her very dark past. She isn't. In the case of Jinx, she ''is'' a villain at first, [[spoiler:but her relationship with Kid Flash convinced her to do a HeelFaceTurn]].
** ''You are dark, and darkness is often misunderstood''. --Malchior
* DarkMagicalGirl:
** Raven is a lonely girl with father-angst that develops a close friendship with a sunny and perky girl. Even their powers are {{foil}}s; Starfire uses her powers through fully embracing her emotions while Raven has to suppress her to keep them under control.
-->''AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!''
** Applies to Jinx as well. [[spoiler:Including the HeelFaceTurn due to ThePowerOfLove.]]

** In general, [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Slade's episodes tended to be]] darker then was typical for the show.
* DarkestHour: At least two occasions had things seem very bleak. One was in "Aftershock", when Terra was manipulated to siding with Slade and nearly destroyed the city. The other occasion would be in "The End", when Trigon's arrival nearly destroyed the entire ''world''.

** Another Jinx example. While Cyborg is undercover at the H.I.V.E., it's revealed that they went to a dance together. It is also heavily implied they had some kind of relationship during this time.
* ADayInTheLimelight[=/=]HostileShowTakeover: "We're the H.I.V.E. Five. This is our show now!"
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Raven.
** Red X.
** Cyborg has several moments, too.
-->'''Robin:''' I have to find out if she's a threat.\\
'''Cyborg:''' More like find out if she'll give him another kiss...
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Terra's]] fate in "Aftershock", although further revelations about it later down the line (such as [[spoiler:implications that she was still alive and aware]], along with [[spoiler:her presumed return at the end of Season 5]]) make this largely zig-zagged.

* DecoyGetaway: Slade, to Robin's continually escalating frustration.

* DefiantToTheEnd: Standard for each of the Titans to be DefiantToTheEnd, which makes Robin begging for Slade to stop in "Haunted" more disturbing.

* DerangedAnimation: Bits of it in (nearly) every episode.
* DespairEventHorizon: Almost the entirety of "The End."

* DisneyDogFight: Between Killer Moth and Starfire. The "Dog" in question can't make up his mind [[spoiler:so he explodes]].
* DistractedByTheLuxury. When Blackfire gives her sister a "Centauri moon diamond" necklace.

* DoAnythingRobot: Gizmo's tiny mechanical backpack holds a freaking car in it. Cyborg might qualify as well.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Terra]] in "Aftershock". Slade flunks #48 on the EvilOverlordList.

* DysfunctionJunction: Each Titan has a dark past.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Silkie had a few blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameos before "Can I Keep Him?"

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Season 4's three-part finale.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Slade]] teaming up with the Titans in [[spoiler:"The End Part 3"]].

* EvilBrit: Mad Mod. He is British, and he is evil.

** Robin in "Apprentice", though he did not do a FaceHeelTurn like his teammates thought he did.
** Terra in "Aftershock", who wears nothing but a breastplate and underwear, with the rest of her body covered in bandages.

** Blackfire. And later, Red X served as sort of a "morally ambiguous" counterpart to Robin. Jinx was designed to be a sort of evil counterpart to Raven, both magic users with a "dark" color theme.

* EvilMakeover: Cyborg's ''car'' gets one when Overload hijacks it.
* EvilMinions: Various catspaws of Slade's.

** Robin's mask basically emotes as if it were his eyes, and he ''never'' takes it off (except once in the movie, and then he was wearing sunglasses).
** Slade's mask also counts, even if there's only one eye.
** Red X actually counts, too; in "Revved Up", his reaction to [[spoiler:landing on the bus only to discover Raven and Starfire in it is nothing short of hilarious]].

** A number of characters show this.
** Starfire is probably one of the most prominent examples. As an alien, she is happy to eat and prepare many Tamaranean delicacies, which disgust the rest of the crew, and has several strange eating habits when it comes to Earth food (such as consuming mustard as a beverage).

* FacePalmOfDoom: "Pantha's Claw".
* TheFaceless: Slade. [[spoiler:Even when his mask gets knocked off in "The End" and his undead face is just a ''skull''.]] Though at that point in the show, [[spoiler:he had been reanimated by Trigon, but not resurrected]]. Apparently, [[spoiler:this means he can't regrow his skin]].
** The episode "Forces Of Nature" has Slade disguised as an old man, though this functions as a bit of a MythologyGag, as his disguise is somewhat similar to his original comics appearance.
** Red X fits this as well, considering we only ever see his mask.
** And, to a lesser extent, Robin, due to the fact that his eyes are never shown, but this would fit better into [[{{Pun}} The Eyeless]] trope.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Every now and then, the show features some pretty brutal [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown No-Holds-Barred Beatdowns]] played completely seriously. There's never any blood, but it can get ''surprisingly'' disturbing with how far it goes; Robin "vs" Slade in the episode "Haunted" comes to mind. Speaking of Slade, [[spoiler:his first death was rather horrific, as he's melted alive in magma (off-screen of course, but still)]].

* {{Fanservice}}: It has a good amount for a kids show...
** Starfire and Raven provide this trope well. At one point in a Season 2 episode, Starfire's breasts ''visibly and blatantly bounce'' while accompanied by a spring sound effect.
** Some males, especially Aqualad fulfill this. So much so in Aqualad's case that he causes Starfire and [[NotSoStoic even]] '''''[[TheStoic Raven]]''''' to go gaga and ogle him through [[WingdingEyes heart-shaped eyes]] at least once.

* FantasyKitchenSink: Superpowers, magic, mutants, robots, aliens, time/interdimensional travel, you name it.

* FemaleGaze:
** The camera does tend to focus on Robin's butt an awful lot...
** And Aqualad. All. The. ''Time.''
** Beast Boy too, to a certain extent.
* FemmeFatale: Blackfire.
* FerrisWheelDateMoment: Twice. Robin and Starfire have one in the episode "Sisters", and Beast Boy and Terra have one in "Betrayal".

* FingerPokeOfDoom: The CameBackStrong version of Slade does this to Cyborg.
* FinishingMove:
** The Sonic Boom, which was unfortunately only used once [[spoiler:until "Titan's Together"]].
** A number of other one-off named {{Finishing Move}}s exist, like the "T-Rex Takedown".
** Many of these involve Cyborg and Beast Boy pulling off numerous variations of a FastballSpecial.

** Their boss, Brother Blood, was in his first appearance a cool-headed, charismatic leader who only overacted when playing to an audience; later appearances made him a straight LargeHam.

* FlatWhat: Connected to the FantasticRacism example above, and definitely not PlayedForLaughs.