Dick Grayson (Earth-203)

**Richard John "Dick Grayson** (born c. around 1987) is a teenaged acrobat, vigilante, and superhero from Gotham City and one of the founding member/leader of the Teen Titans. He is the son of the late John and Mary Grayson, the adoptive son of Bruce Wayne, and the boyfriend of Koriand'r. He is close friends with Gar Logan and Victor Stone, and the surrogate brother of Raven. During his youth, Dick became Bruce/Batman's sidekick and former crime-fighting partner known as **Robin**. After growing tired of his mentor's brutal methods, Dick left for Jump City, where he wanted to become his own hero nad instead, fights Jump City with his five friends. In an erased future, he took on the name **Nightwing** as an alias.

## History

### Early Life

Richard John "Dick" Grayson was born 1987 to John and Mary Grayson. As a teenager, DIck joined his parents as a member of the Flying Graysons, turning the group from a duo toa  trio. However, Mary and John were killed by the crime Tony Zucco when they performed a stunt on the trapeze in the circus ring without their son, due to the rope snapping, leaving Dick an orphan.

### Adopted by Batman

Dick was left embittered after the loss of his parents until he was taken in by billionaire Bruce Wayne, who was in the audience the night it happened. Reluctantly, Batman allowed Dick to train to becoming a vigilante. As a young boy, Dick became associated with Barbara Gordon, who he affectionately called "Babs."

### Founding the Teen Titans

However, after Batman's methods grew violent, Dick decided to move to Jump City to be his own hero. He eventually formed the Teen Titans with Princess Starfire of Tamaran, Beast Boy, Raven, and Cyborg from the Gordanians.

### Potential future

In a potential future set in 2023, Dick had lost Starfire, the woman he loved, when she hurtled into a Time portal with the time traveling criminal Warp. This world had no terrible fate of ever encountering Trigon or Terra during her time as Slade's apprentice. Upset by losing her, Dick abandoned the Robin persona and gained a new one, becoming Nightwing. After the team broke up, Dick became a solo hero.

## Personality

### As Dick

When Dick was young, he was very energetic. He has a usually carefree lifestyle and had close relationship with his parents and the employees at Haly's Circus.

### As Robin

As Robin, Dick remains hardworking, stoic and levelheaded, which sometimes causes him to clash with the other Titans. This mostly stems from Dick's earlier childhood, after losing his parents at a young age and his training from Batman. However, this does not exempt him from being loyal to his friends, trying to maintain balance in the team. Both he and Raven fit the role of helping the other Titans work through their problems. When Slade Wilson threatened to kill the Titans with bloodstream nanobots if Robin didn't agree to become his apprentice for a time, Robin submitted to protect the rest of the Titans. With the other Titans coming to rescue him, Robin and the other Titans managed to fight Slade off and establishing a better relationship with his teammates. He also knows and is understanding of Raven's past and praises Garfield for his leadership skills (despite being annoyed with his friend's jokes from time to time. Dick is, at heart, a brave, selfless hero and a good friend. Underneath is Dick Grayson, a normal teenager who lost his parents at a relatively young age.

Of course, wherever Slade is behind the Titans' predicaments, Robin grows borderline obsessed with hunting him down. Though, he does feel duty-bound to capture him, and grows easily frustrated when the madman outwits them all. However, the way the two handle it is different; Dick knows how far Slade will not hesitate to harm an innocent person or harm Jump City. His rivalry grows heated, up to the point where Dick shows anger whenever anyone compares him to Slade, as shown when he yelled at Beast Boy for doing such a thing. In the end, Robin acknowledges they do have things in common but Dick has friends who help him through his situations.

The main problem Dick really has is his ever growing feelings for Koriand'r (who usually goes by Starfire got her friends). They each have crushes on each other, and don't get together until the series finale and only five episodes are focused on their relationship. However, even their teammates take notice of Starfire and Dick's ever growing feelings for each other. Eventually, the two admit their feelings for each other in the series finale and officially become boyfriend and girlfriend. Despite his healthy relationship with his friends, Robin may still have a strained relationship with his mentor, as he tries to avoid mentioning him. However, despite his apparent falling out with Batman, Dick has acknowledged himself as the son of Bruce Wayne and considers him "one of the best mentors." Dick has also come to see Raven as the sister he never had. They share a strong psychic link with Raven after entering in his subconscious in "Haunted". Dick was even willing to work with his enemy, Slade literally to hell to get Raven back.

## Relationships

### Family

* John Grayson - Father
* Mary Grayson - Mother
* Bruce Wayne/Batman - Adoptive Father

### Friends

* Teen Titans - Friends and Teammates
	+ Core Team
		- Raven
		- Garfield Logan/Beast Boy
		- Vic Stone/Cyborg
		- Koriand'r/Starfire
	+ Titans East
		- Bumblebee (Karen Beecher) - Team Leader and Honorary Titan
		- Más y Menos
		- Aqualad (Garth)
		- Speedy (Roy Harper)
	+ Titans North
		- John Gnarrk/Gnarrk
		- Red Star (Leonid Kovar) - Leader
		- Kole (Kole Weathers)
		- Argent (Antonia Monetti)
	+ Titans South
		- Pantha (Rosabelle Montez) - Leader
		- Herald (Malcolm Duncan)
		- Wildebeest
		- Hot Spot (Isaiah Crockett)
		- Jericho (Joseph Wilson
	+ Titans West
		- Ryuku Orsono/Bushido - Leader
		- Melvin
		- Teether
		- Timmy Tantrum
		- Bobby
	+ Honorary Titans===
		- Jinx - Leader, Former Enemy
		- Kid Flash (Wally West)
		- Thunder and Lightning - Former Enemies
		- Tramm
		- Killowat

## Powers and abilities

* **Leadership:** Dick Grayson was chosen to become the leader of the Teen Titans after spending years under Batman's tutelage, presumably due to his mentor being the leader of the Justice League. It was shown in the episode "Final Exam" the Teen Titans rely on Robin's leadership. When he was presumably killed by Jinx, Mammoth and Gizmo, cyborg Beast Boy and Raven started arguing amongst themselves. In "The Apprentice," Cyborg assumed command when Robin seemingly betrayed them and became an apprentice of Slade Wilson. However, they were reluctant to harm their "former" leader
* **Gadgetry:** Robin is the only member of the Teen Titans to have no superpowers, often relying on gadgets, especially using a metallic Bo-Staff and his combat training from Batman.
* **Genius Level Intelligence:** Robin is one of the intelligent characters of the *Teen Titans* series. However, he is often outsmarted by his arch-enemy, Slade.
	+ **Skilled Detective:** Due to his training from Batman, Robin is one of the greatest detectives in his generation. Robin was able to figure out Terra was struggling with her earth powers on his own. However, Terra thought Beast Boy had told the other Titans.
* **Martial Artist:** Robin is a skilled martial artist, being trained by batman. He uses a bo staff in combat.
* **Master Acrobat and Gymnast**
* **Bo-staff**
* **Peak Human Condition**
* **Stealth**
* **Tracking**
* **Skilled Escapologist**
* **Master Tactician and Strategist**:

## Equipment

* **Bo-staff:** He usually uses a bo-staff in combat to fight crime.

## Trivia

* This incarnation of Robin is definitely Dick Grayson, after it was confirmed that his family was known as The Flying Grayson's, which is the team name for Dick's parents when they were performing in Haly's Circus.