DC’s teenage heroes continue to be well-liked, as evidenced by the amazing cosplays of Teen Titans characters lately made by fans. There is a distinct hierarchy within the popular Cartoon Network series from 2003, even if all of its well-liked main characters have redeemable traits. Although likability is somewhat arbitrary, each Teen Titans character has unique qualities that logically either elevate or depress their score.
Here is how all of the Teen Titans characters, even the villains, compare to one another when taking into account all of their strengths and weaknesses.
Beast Boy
There isn’t much about Beast Boy that isn’t endearing, making him one of the most sympathetic and vivacious characters in the Teen Titans universe. However, his kind of humour occasionally comes out as intrusive and childish to an adult audience.
Since Beast Boy is always up for a good time, he serves as a counterbalance to Raven and Robin’s and the other Teen Titans’ more melancholy attitudes. To lighten the mood, Beast Boy frequently recites the funniest lines from Teen Titans. It also helps that he has the ability to transform into any beautiful animal he chooses.
Bumblebee
Bumblebee, the captain of Titans East, is sassy, sophisticated, and regarded as one of the strongest female characters in the Teen Titans. She confesses to Cyborg that she is a double agent in “Deception,” and although having a tendency to be haughty, her personality in the show makes her likeable despite her tendency to be conceited.
She possesses this quality in addition to being one of the only Black Titans in the series and adding some much-needed diversity to the cast with her bravery and self-assurance.
Cyborg
Cyborg is best known for being the Teen Titans team member that is exuberant, loud, and sociable; all of these characteristics add to his overall likability. He’s a fix-it guy at heart, and it’s a nice quality of his personality that he’s willing to solve any technological issue.
A weakness to his character is revealed by the fact that many Cyborg-focused episodes also address his robotic enhancements and the hazy boundary between his humanity and mechanical body parts; this only strengthens the already endearing qualities of his personality.
Gizmo
Gizmo didn’t exhibit many admirable traits during the series. Gizmo’s demeanour remained loud-mouthed, petty, and static throughout Teen Titans, unlike the other villains who all underwent similar arcs or transformations. He obviously falls short of the primary characters of the show.
Gizmo, though, is still distinctive and brought personality to the show with his crude remarks and original catchphrases. Gizmo overcame his diminutive stature by using his wits and electronics, and despite his diminutive size, there is something endearing about his persistence against bigger Titans like Cyborg.
Jinx
By the end of the series, Jinx was the only villain to completely abandon evil and become an honorary Teen Titan, and the episode “Lightspeed” completely reworked her character. She was given more charm and personality, and the flirtation she dabbled in with Kid Flash didn’t do her any harm either.
Fans enjoy having a hero, and Jinx’s redemption arc provided a plotline they could support. Given how long it took for her to switch sides, she still struggles a little versus the other heroes.
Raven
The least likeable of the five Titans, while being a fan favourite and a prime example of outstanding character development, is Raven. Although she has a lot of heart, it is undoubtedly buried far beneath the surface because she is irritable, gloomy, and reclusive.
Raven, the strongest Teen Titan and the daughter of Trigon, must constantly maintain emotional control or she risks literally destroying the Earth. The fact that she has this chilly, disconnected trait makes her less endearing on the surface, yet many Raven fans adore it since it distinguishes her from other, more stereotypical heroes.
Robin
Although Robin’s confidence and cockiness help him lead effectively, neither quality makes him particularly likeable. He can occasionally come off as pompous, and the icy, harsh persona he adopts as the masked hero has a very alienating quality.
Naturally, Robin remains likeable as a television character, and his calm, collected demeanour is one of the show’s most alluring. There are numerous fascinating Robin statements in Teen Titans, and his relationship with Starfire is particularly captivating. But dealing with his erratic behaviour and fascination with crime as a person wouldn’t be really enjoyable.
Slade
Slade was a fantastic villain, but he was not really likeable. The best villain arc in Teen Titans involved Ron Perlman’s character, who by the conclusion of season four had evolved into an anti-hero. However, due to his absence from season five and his prior conflicts with the Titans, Perlman was an intrinsically unlikable figure.
He inserted lethal nanobots into the Titans in “Apprentice” to extort Robin, he contributed significantly to Raven’s nearly total destruction of the planet in “The End,” and he served as the impetus for Terra’s “death” in season 2. Therefore, it goes without saying that Slade is not even close to being likeable despite the respect the fandom has for his tremendous character development, despite being a mainstay of the series and an icon in his own right.
Starfire
Starfire is a kind and pure spirit, and one of the most endearing things about the whole story is how ignorant she is about Earthly traditions. She is the most endearing Teen Titan character by a huge margin because of how sincere and upbeat she is, and her romantic difficulties with Robin are extremely relevant to a broad audience.
Her character also contributes a tremendous amount of humour to the show, similar to how Beast Boy and Cyborg do, and the combination of these qualities helps her rise above the other characters. It also helps that she has an evil sister with a similar appearance in Blackfire, whose villainy only serves to emphasise how endearing Starfire truly is.
Terra
It might surprise you that Terra is the least likeable of the primary heroes, but that’s only because her character made so many glaring errors and illogical choices. In her first episode, “Terra,” she quickly turned against Beast Boy due to a small misunderstanding, and during the remainder of season 2, when she went undercover for Slade, she lied to the team for weeks.
Even though Terra’s persona is on the more unlikeable side, she did ultimately give her life to save the Teen Titans in “Aftershock Part 2,” thus she does have some redeemable characteristics.
