Robin (Teen Titans)

Richard John Grayson, also known as Dick, Robin, Boy Wonder, Teen Wonder, Teenage Thunderbolt, Nightwing, Birdie Boy and Red X, is the main protagonist from the Teen Titans series.
== Charactah Account ==
Robin is the leader of the team. Trained by Batman, he manages to keep on an even keel with a team of metahumans through his intelligence, tactical skills, martial arts prowess and, when it all boils down to basics, enough pure crazy to frighten the four of them if he really cuts loose. Robin left his position as Batman's sidekick and moved all the way to Jump City to start working solo, only to end up taking charge of the Teen Titans on his first night there and deciding, afterwards, that heading a team might not be so bad after all.
Robin is a natural-born leader. He is heroic, noble, kind, selfless, stoic, stubborn, brooding and usually serious in tone, but has had a fair number of funny moments. In DC Comics and other incarnations, Robin is even toned and playful despite some outbursts of rage, such as when he learns of his parents' killer and when he eventually stops working as Batman's sidekick (a situation that is mentioned in a roundabout way in the episode "Go!"). However, in this series, Robin's personality is closer to Batman's; serious, stern, strict and obsessed with hunting down criminals, which is most prominently displayed in the first season, where he goes so far as to masquerade as a villain to catch Slade. Despite this, Robin does maintain a more relaxed, at times even playful side, which he sometimes expresses when the team is not actively engaged in crime fighting.
Out of all the villains that the team has faced, the one that is most hated is Slade. Robin will stop at nothing to defeat Slade. Robin insists that the two are nothing alike, despite Slade's claims to the contrary. Several encounters with him have led dangerously close to causing rifts between Robin and his friends. Robin eventually admitted to Starfire that he and Slade are very similar, but there is still one difference: Slade doesn't have any friends. 
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* New Teen Titans
* Teen Titans
* Teen Titans Season 2
* Teen Titans Season 3
* Teen Titans Season 4
* Teen Titans Season 5
=== Comics ===
* Teen Titans Go!
=== Movies ===
* Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans
* Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
=== Video Games ===
* Tag Team Titans
* Teen Titans
* Teen Titans (GBA)
* Teen Titans 2
* Teen Titans Battle Blitz
* Teen Titans: Calling All Titans!
* Teen Titans: Lonely Warrior
* Teen Titans: One-On-One
* Teen Titans: Titanic Ambush
== Trivia ==
* Robin is the only member of the Teen Titans who does not have any superpowers.
** Technically though, Cyborg does not have any actual superpowers. He uses the technology that makes up half his body.
* Robin refers to Batman briefly in "Apprentice - Part 2". When Slade says that Robin may even come to view him as a father figure, he replies, "I already have a father." Bats are subsequently seen flying out of the building.
* After attempting to steal a weapon for Slade in "Apprentice - Part 2", Robin escapes to the roof, where he fights the rest of the Titans. One of the giant signs on the roof says Wayne Enterprises, indicating that Robin had been made to steal from Wayne Industries, Bruce Wayne's (Batman's) company.
* His favorite genre of movies is action.
* In a Cartoon Network 2004 commercial/bumper, Robin has his own energy drink and vending machine.
* Gizmo calls Robin "Bird Brain". The name "Bird Brain" was used by Poison Ivy to refer to Robin in the 1997 film Batman & Robin.
* Robin has appeared in the most episodes, only missing the episodes "For Real" and "Lightspeed".
* In the episode "Calling All Titans!", Robin is titled by The Brain as the King, while Starfire is the Queen, and the rest of the Titans are the pawns (referring to chess pieces). This may also be a slight, as the King is not a very powerful chess piece (only able to move one square at a time) and the Queen is generally considered to be the "best".
* Robin is only seen on two occasions without his mask, each time being only for a few moments. The first instance was in "The Sum of His Parts" in which Cyborg grabs Robin by the collar and jerks him back, his mask "following" his body; and for a few frames his eyes are visible as white circles with thick, black outlines. The second is during the film, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, when the other Titans walk in on Robin's second attempt to kiss Starfire, and his glasses fall down to reveal his eyes, and they look the same as they did in "The Sum of His Parts".
** In issue #47 of Teen Titans Go!, a picture of Robin's childhood (unmasked) self along with his parents in a Flying Grayson poster was shown. This poster showed that Robin does not have eyes like Gizmo but normal eyes but they are black and not blue.
* Cyborg's comment of "...four feet tall and smells of cheap hair gel" in "Divide and Conquer" is not entirely untrue. Robin has been shown on numerous occasions to style his hair, namely in "Mother Mae-Eye", when he was shown actually using hair gel after getting up.
* According to the producers, he is 5'4": the same height as Raven, two inches shorter than Starfire, and three inches taller than Beast Boy.
** However, like Beast Boy, his height "fluctuates" depending on the episode, and sometimes in individual scenes. At times he is shown to be taller than Raven, at other times they are the same height. Similarly, at times he is the same height as Starfire (or possibly even slightly taller), whereas usually he is clearly shorter.
* Jon Suzuki drew the character model based on Glen Murakami's drawings.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Robin at Teen Titans Wiki
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