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''The Ravagers'' was a series in the ComicBook/New52, a SpinOff of the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' and ''ComicBook/LegionLost'' crossover.

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''The Ravagers'' was a series in the ComicBook/New52, a SpinOff of the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' ''ComicBook/TeenTitansNew52'' and ''ComicBook/LegionLost'' crossover.
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* MythologyGag: In issue seven, Rose Wilson suggests that instead of killing Niles Caulder, she'll leave him wheelchair-bound, referencing his disability in the previous DCU continuity.
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* CloningBlues: Caitlin has these for a few pages, after she realizes that she's been cloned multiple times and that she's not even the original herself.

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* CloningBlues: Caitlin has these for a few pages, CloneAngst: Caitlin, after she realizes that she's been cloned multiple times and that she's not even the original herself.
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* BarrierMaiden: Beast Boy is a downplayed SpearCounterpart. His New 52 revamped self is tethered directly to "the Red", one of the {{Background Magic Field}}s introduced to the DC Comics mythology by ''Comicbook/{{Animal Man|2011}}'' and ''Comicbook/SwampThing''. This makes him a potential doorway into "[[BuffySpeak the red place]]" coveted by both Nowhere and Brother Blood.

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* BarrierMaiden: Beast Boy is a downplayed SpearCounterpart. [[GenderInvertedTrope gender-inverted]] example. His New 52 ''ComicBook/New52'' revamped self is tethered directly to "the Red", one of the {{Background Magic Field}}s introduced to the DC Comics mythology by ''Comicbook/{{Animal ''ComicBook/{{Animal Man|2011}}'' and ''Comicbook/SwampThing''.''ComicBook/SwampThing''. This makes him a potential doorway into "[[BuffySpeak the red place]]" coveted by both Nowhere and Brother Blood.
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In the wake of an event called The Culling, teen heroes Fairchild, ComicBook/BeastBoy, Terra, Ridge, Thunder and Lighting banded together to escape the clutches of N.O.W.H.E.R.E.

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In the wake of an event called The Culling, teen heroes Fairchild, ComicBook/BeastBoy, Beast Boy, Terra, Ridge, Thunder and Lighting banded together to escape the clutches of N.O.W.H.E.R.E.



* PowerNullifier: Rose Wilson's primary power (at least before the DC: Rebirth retcon) was this. This allowed her to cut beings such as Superboy with her swords.

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* PowerNullifier: Rose Wilson's primary power (at least before the DC: Rebirth retcon) was is this. This allowed allows her to cut beings such as Superboy with her swords.



* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: They decided they didn't like being forced to fight on pain of death for the "privilege" of joining a terrorist group. So they made out on their own.

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* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: They decided they didn't like being forced to fight on pain of death for the "privilege" of joining a terrorist group. So group, so they made out on their own.
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* HotterAndSexier: Dr. Niles Caulder, of the once [[ComicBook/DCRebirth and future]] ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'', who appears here in his mid-twenties or so to offer haven to the Ravagers. He has an implied history with Caitlin.

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* HotterAndSexier: Dr. Niles Caulder, of the once [[ComicBook/DCRebirth and future]] ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'', who appears here [[AgeLift in his mid-twenties or so so]] to offer haven to the Ravagers. He has an implied history with Caitlin.

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* ChestBlaster: Thunder fires [[MakeSomeNoise sound blasts]] from his chest.



* MakeMeWannaShout: Thunder, sort of. He fires sound blasts from his chest.
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* HotScientist: Caitlin Fairchild, of course. And, on the male side of things, Dr. Niles Caulder.
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* BarrierMaiden: Beast Boy is a downplayed SpearCounterpart. His New 52 revamped self is tethered directly to "the Red", one of the {{Background Magic Field}}s introduced to the DC Comics mythology by ''Comicbook/AnimalMan'' and ''Comicbook/SwampThing''. This makes him a potential doorway into "[[BuffySpeak the red place]]" coveted by both Nowhere and Brother Blood.

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* BarrierMaiden: Beast Boy is a downplayed SpearCounterpart. His New 52 revamped self is tethered directly to "the Red", one of the {{Background Magic Field}}s introduced to the DC Comics mythology by ''Comicbook/AnimalMan'' ''Comicbook/{{Animal Man|2011}}'' and ''Comicbook/SwampThing''. This makes him a potential doorway into "[[BuffySpeak the red place]]" coveted by both Nowhere and Brother Blood.











* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Half of Lightning's hair is blue and Beast Boy's entire body of fur is red.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ridge is the youngest member of the team, but was artificially aged up, in addition to being given a monstrous appearance. [[spoiler:His true form is actually a little boy]].

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Half of Lightning's hair is blue and Beast Boy's entire body of fur is red.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ridge is the youngest member of the team, but was artificially aged up, in addition to being given a monstrous appearance. [[spoiler:His true form is actually a little boy]].boy]].
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: Dr. Niles Caulder is usually a wheelchair-user, but this version is not.



* BodyHorror: After removing the trackers from their bodies, the heroic Ravagers are left with crater-like scars on their bodies.



* FauxAffablyEvil: This series' version of Brother Blood is less TheFundamentalist and more of a cynic who's just using his cult to obtain power. Consequently, when the Ravagers show up, rather than going to the usual villainous monologues, he's a bit friendlier towards them. Granted, he is also still trying to kill them.



* HotterAndSexier: Dr. Niles Caulder, of the once [[ComicBook/DCRebirth and future]] ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'', who appears here in his mid-twenties or so to offer haven to the ravagers. He has an implied history with Caitlin.

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* HotterAndSexier: Dr. Niles Caulder, of the once [[ComicBook/DCRebirth and future]] ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'', who appears here in his mid-twenties or so to offer haven to the ravagers.Ravagers. He has an implied history with Caitlin.



* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: Decided they didn't like being forced to fight on pain of death for the "privilege" of joining a terrorist group. So they made out on their own.

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* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: Decided They decided they didn't like being forced to fight on pain of death for the "privilege" of joining a terrorist group. So they made out on their own.



* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ridge is the youngest member of the team, but was artificially aged up, in addition to being given a monstrous appearance. [[spoiler: His true form is actually a little boy]].

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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ridge is the youngest member of the team, but was artificially aged up, in addition to being given a monstrous appearance. [[spoiler: His [[spoiler:His true form is actually a little boy]].
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Rose and Warblade frequently reveal or discuss the activities of N.O.W.H.E.R.E. and Harvest whenever they're on screen.
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* BarrierMaiden: Beast Boy is a downplayed SpearCounterpart. His New 52 revamped self is tethered directly to "the Red", one of the {{Background Magic Field}}s introduced to the DC Comics mythology by ''Comicbook/AnimalMan'' and ''Comicbook/SwampThing''. This makes him a potential doorway into "[[BuffySpeak the red place]]" coveted by both Nowhere and Brother Blood.



* ItsPersonal: Rose has taken it very badly that Caitlin Fairchild ditched ''her'' along with N.O.W.H.E.R.E.



* OfficialCouple: Beast Boy and Terra, for about an issue or so.

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* OfficialCouple: Beast Boy and Terra, for about an issue or so. so before the GainaxEnding brought the title to a close.


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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Rose and Warblade frequently reveal or discuss the activities of N.O.W.H.E.R.E. and Harvest whenever they're on screen.

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* OriginalGeneration: Ridge is the only member of the main cast who isn't adapted or derived from some pre-existing comic. Thunder and Lightning are a brother and sister alternative to the superpowered brothers that befriended the Teen Titans, while Terra is more or less physically the same as she was in the old days. Beast Boy is both one of the classic Titans and has a shared origin in the ''Doom Patrol'' with Dr. Niles Caulder. Caitlin Faichild originally belonged to the Wildstorm universe before the New 52 reset her character in Prime Earth.



* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ridge is the youngest member of the team, but was artificially aged up, in addition to being given a monstrous appearance.

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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ridge is the youngest member of the team, but was artificially aged up, in addition to being given a monstrous appearance. [[spoiler: His true form is actually a little boy]].
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''The Ravagers'' was a series in the ComicBook/New52, a SpinOff of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' and ''ComicBook/LegionLost''.

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''The Ravagers'' was a series in the ComicBook/New52, a SpinOff of the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' and ''ComicBook/LegionLost''.
''ComicBook/LegionLost'' crossover.
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* HotterAndSexier: Dr. Niles Caulder, of the once [[ComicBook/DCRebirth and future]] ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'', who appears here in his mid-twenties or so to offer haven to the ravagers. He has an implied history with Caitlin.
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* {{Expy}}: Basically the Nu-DCU's version of ''ComicBook/Gen13''.

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* {{Expy}}: Basically the Nu-DCU's version AlternateCompanyEquivalent of ''ComicBook/Gen13''. ''ComicBook/Gen13'', featuring some of the same characters blended with ''Teen Titans'' mainstays.
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* {{Expy}}: Basically the Nu-DCU's version of ''ComicBook/Gen13''.


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* SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: Decided they didn't like being forced to fight on pain of death for the "privilege" of joining a terrorist group. So they made out on their own.
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In the wake of an event called The Culling, teen heroes Fairchild, Beast Boy, Terra, Ridge, Thunder and Lighting banded together to escape the clutches of N.O.W.H.E.R.E.

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In the wake of an event called The Culling, teen heroes Fairchild, Beast Boy, ComicBook/BeastBoy, Terra, Ridge, Thunder and Lighting banded together to escape the clutches of N.O.W.H.E.R.E.
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* NightmareFuel: Shadow Walker. He's a creepy ooze man who enjoys torturing people and leaving pieces of himself on them so he can track them. *shudder*
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* SixthRanger: Superboy was this for two issues and the team appeared in an issue of his book too.

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* SixthRanger: Superboy was this for two issues and the team appeared in an issue of his book too. issues.

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* CloningBlues: Caitlin has these for a few pages, after she realizes that she's been cloned multiple times and that she's not even the original herself.



* HeroKiller: Deathstroke. He takes out the entire team no problem, even the super strong Fairchild.
* HeroicBSOD: Fairchild goes through this when Rose Wilson reveals that she's not the original version of herself, but a clone.



* NighInvulnerability: Warblade's main power. Gets in the character's way when they're trying to stop him.

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* NighInvulnerability: Warblade's main power. Gets in the character's way when they're trying to stop him.him, but doesn't stop Deathstroke from cutting off his head.


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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Or like daughter, really. Deathstroke and Rose Wilson are both sword wielding mercenary types.
* OfficialCouple: Beast Boy and Terra, for about an issue or so.

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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Warblade's claws and Rose Wilson's swords are these.
* ArchEnemy: Warblade is this to Ridge, since they served on Harvest's Ravagers together. Harvest is this for the Ravagers as a whole.
* BeachEpisode: Briefly, the Ravagers go to a beach side town to try and be "normal." Being heroes, they're called into action soon after.



* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Half of Lightning's hair is blue.

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* {{Cult}}: Brother Blood runs one of these.
* DishingOutDirt: Terra does this, with impressive results.
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: Dr. Niles Caulder has these with Fairchild (though she tries to deny it), calling her "Cat."
* GrowingMusclesSequence: Fairchild, whenever she decides to use her powers.
* HotScientist: Caitlin Fairchild, of course. And, on the male side of things, Dr. Niles Caulder.
* HeroicSacrifice: Lightning, at least it seems like it. And, even more impressive, a sheriff from a small town pulls one of these to save his kids.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: What Caitlin Fairchild wants for the rest of the Ravagers.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Thunder, sort of. He fires sound blasts from his chest.
* MoralityChain: Fairchild is this for quite a few people including the Ravagers (save, perhaps, Terra), Superboy, and even Rose Wilson.
* MindOverMatter: Superboy's primary power. He uses it for super strength, speed, invulnerability, heat vision, levitating objects, flying...the list goes on.
* NighInvulnerability: Warblade's main power. Gets in the character's way when they're trying to stop him.
* NightmareFuel: Shadow Walker. He's a creepy ooze man who enjoys torturing people and leaving pieces of himself on them so he can track them. *shudder*
* PowerHigh: Terra goes on one of these, after she decides to stop holding back. She tries to convince the others to do the same.
* PowerNullifier: Rose Wilson's primary power (at least before the DC: Rebirth retcon) was this. This allowed her to cut beings such as Superboy with her swords.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The heroic Ravagers are this, since they were all (save Fairchild) trained to be child soldiers.
* SixthRanger: Superboy was this for two issues and the team appeared in an issue of his book too.
* ShockAndAwe: Lightning, duh.
* SuperpowerMeltdown: Thunder has this, until he's fixed by Niles Caulder and Fairchild.
* SuperStrength: Ridge, Fairchild, Superboy, some of Beast Boy's animal forms...just to name a few.
* TeamMom: Dr. Fairchild is this.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Beast Boy does this, natch. Fairchild also does this, though to a less extreme degree.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Rose says this to Fairchild a few times.
* WonderTwinPowers: Lightning and Thunder can fly when they are in physical contact.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Half of Lightning's hair is blue.blue and Beast Boy's entire body of fur is red.
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''The Ravagers'' was a series in the ComicBook/New52, a SpinOff of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' and ''ComicBook/LegionLost''.

In the wake of an event called The Culling, teen heroes Fairchild, Beast Boy, Terra, Ridge, Thunder and Lighting banded together to escape the clutches of N.O.W.H.E.R.E.

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!!This series contains examples of:

* ChildSoldiers: The Ravagers were originally created to serve in Harvest's private army of teen enforcers.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Half of Lightning's hair is blue.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Ridge is the youngest member of the team, but was artificially aged up, in addition to being given a monstrous appearance.

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