15 Titanic Facts About The Teen Titans
![15 Titanic Facts About The Teen Titans](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/3/845973_320x180.jpg)
“When there’s trouble you know who to call… TEEN TITANS!” Whether it’s from the comic books or the cartoon shows, generations of nerds enjoy the DC group of superheroic youngsters known as the Teen Titans. Aside from their battles against evil using superpowers, the main appeal of the Titans was the conflicts within their relationship dynamics and forging ahead as friends (and sometimes lovers).
However, even the biggest fans of the Teen Titans don’t know everything about them. We mean, the team has been in comic book stories since 1964. That was nearly 60 years ago. The Teen Titans should really be the Retiree Titans by now, shouldn’t they? But anyway, the point is, they have a lot of history that most sane people wouldn't go through thoroughly. Not today!
Here are some interesting and sometimes odd facts about the Teen Titans comics, characters, and cartoons for you to kill time with.
Theme Song
![CRACKED.COM Teen Titans The theme song hinted at the episode's tone. Longtime fans of the show noticed that if the theme was in Japanese instead of English, that episode would be more wacky and comedic than usual.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/8/845988.jpg)
Source: The Teen Titans Wiki
Beast Boy
![CRACKED.COM Teen Titans Beast Boy said dude 114 times in the cartoon. Beast Boy leaned hard on the word throughout 65 episodes, averaging just under two dudes per episode. That's a ratio that any '90s surfer or pizza-loving ninja turtle would love.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/8/845978.jpg)
Source: CBR
Raven
![CRACKED.COM Teen Titans The cartoon resurrected Raven in the comics. When the cartoon debuted in 2003, Raven was long- dead in the comic books. With the show's growing popularity, DC rebooted the Teen Titans comic and brought her spirit back into a human form.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/6/845986.jpg)
Source: WhatCulture
Starfire
![Teen Titans starfire was previously married. Twice. Koriand'r married Prince Karras on Tamaran to enforce a peace treaty. Then she married General Phy'zzon after she and Dick Grayson broke up, but he died. Now she and Dick are... well, still complicated. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/4/845984.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
Slade Wilson
![CRACKED.COM Teen Titans Deathstroke the Terminator was a little too badass a name. Since referring to death and killing is a no-no for kids' cartoons, the Teen Titans series referred to Slade Wilson by his first name.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/7/845977.jpg)
Source: WhatCulture Comics/YouTube
Nightwing and Superman
![CRACKED.COM Teen Titans superman helped create Nightwing. In 2005's Nightwing: Year One, Dick Grayson goes to Superman for advice, and Supes tells him about a legendary Kryptonian protector named Nightwing . Dick takes the name and makes it his own.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/9/0/845990.jpg)
Source: Screen Rant
Wonder Girl
![CRACKED.COM Teen Titans Donna Troy was born out of a mistake. The team consisted of sidekicks, including Wonder Woman's sidekick Wonder Girl. Except that Wonder Girl was a younger Wonder Woman and not a sidekick at all. To fix this goof, Wonder Girl was retconned into a new character, Donna Troy.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/3/845983.jpg)
Source: CBR
Más y Menos
![+ Teen Titans Más y Menos curse. The twins' Spanish dialogue got cursing past the censors. In one episode they say jodiendo, which... Well, we'll let you Google translate it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/7/845987.jpg)
Sources: wishingicouldfly/YouTube
Drugs
![ITTANSI Teen Titans keebler sponsored an anti-drug Teen Titans tale. In 1983, the elf cookie company teamed up with the U.S. government to sponsor a Titans story warning kids about the dangers of drugs (but not sugary pre-packaged snacks). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/9/845989.jpg)
Source: DC Database
Interracial Hug
![CRACKED.COM Teen Titans Teen Titans featured the first interracial hug in comics. In 1970, Mal Duncan and Lilith shared the first black man/white woman hug in a comic book... sort of. In order to get it past censors, the hug was faded and painted in blue/gray shadows so both of their skin colors would appear neutral.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/5/845985.jpg)
Sources: Chris is on Infinite Earths, Screen Rant
Crossovers
![I'M GRACKED.COM CYCLOPS. ROBIN. PLEASED TO MEET YOU. Teen Titans The Teen Titans have tons of crossovers. The group collaborated with Young Justice, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the X-Men, Scooby- Doo, the Powerpuff Girls, and many more.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/0/845980.jpg)
Source: WhatCulture Comics/YouTube
Bumblebee
![Teen Titans DC's first female black superhero was a Teen Titan. Karen Beecher debuted in 1976's Teen Titans #45, and by #48 she turned into Bumblebee, the first African-American superheroine in DC' history. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/6/845976.jpg)
Source: DC Comics
Young Allies
![45 Teen Titans The Teen Titans weren't the first sidekick superteam. About 25 years earlier, Bucky Barnes led a team of other young sidekicks to fight off Hitler and the Nazis in Young Allies. Dang, these kids got moxie! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/9/845979.jpg)
Sources: Screen Rant, Key Collector Comics
Cancellation
![Teen Titans There's no clear reason why the cartoon was canceled. Theories include declining ratings, a bad pitch for Season 6, and Cartoon Network partner Mattel being upset that the merchandise was not made by them. None of these have been confirmed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/2/845982.jpg)
Source: WhatCulture Comics/YouTube
Adult Titans
![CRACKED COM Teen Titans It had to happen: They grew up. As Dick Grayson, Starfire, Raven, and the others grew up beyond being teens, the group has become just Titans, letting new crops of younger heroes to be under the Teen Titans banner.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/1/845981.jpg)
Source: DC Comics