Richard John Grayson, known as "Dick" in his childhood, most commonly known as Robin, and formerly known as The Boy Wonder, is the former protégé of Batman, as well as the leader of the Teen Titans, and one of the five main protagonists of Teen Titans Go!. Desperate to lead the best superhero team ever, his perfectionism and obsessive controlling have made him quite unstable at times.
The voice actor for Robin in the 2003 Teen Titans, Scott Menville, has returned to voice the character in Teen Titans Go!
Born to a family of circus performers, Dick Grayson had a tough childhood growing up. As seen in "Dude Relax", the carnival animals used to bully him nonstop, and, even worse, his parents were killed in a tragic acrobat accident. The mega-rich playboy Bruce Wayne, otherwise known as Batman, adopted Dick and made him his sidekick, Robin (also known as the "Boy Wonder").[1]
Having been mistreated by Batman, Robin left Gotham and arrived at Jump City in the episode "Flashback". But after realizing that he was a useless loser without powers, the happy-go-lucky hero set out to start a team of teenage superheroes—of which HE would be the leader. Unfortunately, four hopeless recruits enraged Robin so much that several other enlistees deemed him an incompetent leader. Lead by Kid Flash, they mutinied against him, tossing Robin out of his own Tower and into the streets. While he initially wanted to call it quits, the four failures from earlier convinced Robin to embrace his anger and use it to reclaim his team. And after breaking Kid Flash's knee, Robin and his new friends retook the Tower—and the Teen Titans!
Intent on never losing his team again, Robin has since then ruled the Titans with an iron fist, punishing any disloyalty or laziness he sees.
Personality
"Robin is the slightly power-mad, perfectionist leader of the group whose main complaint is that the other Titans just won't do what he says."[2]
For Robin, anything less than perfection is considered absolutely unacceptable. He has a strong sense of responsibility, and so his far-from-flawless team is constantly putting him on edge. Despite his authoritarian leadership, the Titans often disregard Robin's orders, exasperating him to the maximum. His worst fear is losing control, and that is exactly what happened when Beast Boy briefly hijacked the team in "Gorilla". Every iota of power is lustfully coveted by Robin, out of immense insecurities that are all stemmed from Batman's mistreatment and negligence.
Insanity: Level 5000
Not only does Robin live on the borderline of insanity—he often crosses over, travelling deep into crazy land whenever he does not get his way, this causes him to become extremely violent and sometimes murderous as well. In "Yearbook Madness" for example, Robin plummeted into instability and multiple personality disorder just because his picture was barely featured in the yearbook. Yet, he even had some form of love sick nature, in addition, his hopeless crush on Starfire has led to many despicable deeds, such as when he crushed Speedy's head out of jealousy in the comic "Bored of the Dance". His obsession is also implied through his constant need to overcome Batman's shadow. All these traits display his immense inferiority underneath his superiority façade.
Robin is also arrogant, and sometimes he acknowledges that only him, and his team are the best out of all superheroes, but mostly himself, with the only superheroes who he acknowledge to be greater than him, and his faction are the Justice League.
It is noted that Robin can never have supernatural powers, for because, giving him powers would make him become extremely power-hungry and become a total megalomaniac. As it was shown in the episode "The Avogodo" Robin was corrupted by the powers of the Mexican food that his teammates presents to him, and develops a strong obsession in having more of these food so he can grow stronger and protect the world, only to later on become a supervillain that plans to replace every last food in the world as Avocado, and would even kill his own comrades just for that goal. As long as he remains powerless, he is more of a highly insecure wimp who has to rely on his powered friends to take care of his messes.
While Robin's harsh discipline and abuse are usually counterproductive, overall he is a well-intentioned individual. No one has dedication to fight for justice quite as much as Robin, making him a very well-qualified leader of the Teen Titans. Also, as long as he's not being idiotic and unhinged, he can be part of the fun among the team.
Physical Appearance
From weak, spineless loser...
...to formidable superhero (with epic background flames for added effect).
Although Robin originally kept his dorky Silver Age costume, his four teammates took the liberty to make him look cooler in "Flashback". Robin's new suit consists of a Kevlar-lined red shirt that sports his "R" logo as well as a couple of yellow lines on its center. Instead his traditional speedo, he now wears green skin-tight pants, along with metal-tipped boots. Around his waist, Robin has a utility belt full of gadgets, stocked with everything from grapple guns to smoke bombs. His green gloves cover his embarrassing baby hands, and he wears a black and yellow cape. Rarely if ever are Robin's eyes seen; he keeps them hidden behind his mysterious mask. To finish off his look, Robin spikes his black hair, slathering lavish amount of hair gel into it every morning. Despite Robin's rad appearance, the other Titans constantly make fun of him for his short stature.
Starting with Season 5, his hair became smooth, his pentagon emblem is now circular instead of curvy, his legs have slimmed down and the yellow lines on his shirt has changed.
Outfits
For a list of Robin's costumes throughout the series, check out this link.
Powers and Abilities
Born as a powerless human (and never having suffered through a gruesome yet power-giving accident like Cyborg or Beast Boy have), Robin has to rely on his acrobatic prowess and crime-fighting equipment to even stand a chance against Jump City's villains. Nevertheless, he is usually utterly destroyed in combat.
Weapons and Equipment
Staff: This is Robin's main melee weapon, an extendable metal pole. It has several upgrades and features within it:
Smoke Bombs: As seen in "Sandwich Thief", Robin uses cartridges of high density smoke to make stealth entrances/getaways.
Birdarangs: Inspired by Batman's Batarangs, Robin's Birdarangs are shuriken (手裏剣)-like throwing weapons to disarm/injure foes.
Grappling Gun/Rope: To clear large distances or ascend tall buildings, a grappling gun (sometimes rope) can be used.
Net Gun: Robin can apprehend enemies by utilizing a gun that shoots nets.
Vehicles: As leader of the Titans, Robin often operates the steering wheel of the team's vehicles. He also has some personal rides (borrowed from Batman).
Robin looks about ready to go kamikaze with the T-Plane.
Physical Strength: Robin is constantly exercising and training to maintain peak human strength and agility. He is shown to have a perfect skinny body and bulging muscles on his shoulders, arms and abs.
Knowledge: Wasting no time on foolishness, Robin is knowledgeable on many subjects and points of trivia. He specializes in detective skills, like his mentor. He is also shown to be a geological expert in rocks and a historian who knows some history of the Native Americans, as evidenced in "The Groover". His fixated expertise on real estate is also one of his defining traits. "Winning a Golf Tournament Is The Solution to All Of Life's Money Problems" also revealed that he is very knowledgeable in golfing.
Leadership: Perhaps his best quality, For being an ambivert, Robin displays excellent leadership qualities, leading both by example, but also by force. He also has a fantastic ability for being very heroic, shown in "Caramel Apples" which can lead others to be inspired by him. Unfortunately, this trait is usually overshadowed by his uncontrollable rage.
Master of Disguise: In some episodes like "Operation Tin Man" and "Boys vs Girls" Robin training in disguise skills are unbeatable by any crime that is in front of him. He also has a wisecracking talent of speaking in different accents.
Makeup skills: In "Witches Brew", he is shown to be a proficient makeup artist, able to transform the witch-form Justice League's initially hideous appearances into fashionable only with a few brushes and touches from his cosmetics in moments.
Escapism: As seen in Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, Robin's hands are very nimble and flexible, as he was able to escape being handcuffed to the Titans Tower, due to them being of below-average size.
Alternate Forms
Although he is usually going around as the Boy Wonder, Robin has assumed several different identities throughout Teen Titans Go!. Below are some of his more noteworthy ones; for a complete list, click here.
Even though he has been confirmed to be Dick Grayson, this particular Robin (as well as the original series version) shares many traits with Tim Drake, including his outfit, his hair when wet, and his choice of a bō staff as a primary weapon.
Robin as depicted in Teen Titans (2003)
In terms of personality, Robin has changed significantly since the original Teen Titans:
Once a calm, cool, and collected hero, Robin has now become a complete maniac, losing his mind at the slightest aggravation.
The crew explained that such exaggeration on his mental condition is not only for humor, but is also an emphasis on his psychological baggage of losing his parents in childhood and being a vigilante trained by Batman, just to show a complex representation of his overall character.
Robin has an unquenchable thirst for Starfire's love in Teen Titans Go!, but she rarely thinks of him as more than a friend. In the original series, their roles were a direct opposite.
In addition, he is shown to be much more antagonistic, taking on the roll of a villain in 10 episodes and more so far.
An explanation for his more manic and villainous personality is revealed in the episode "Some of Their Parts": it is revealed that unlike the other Titans, none of his Emoticlones have positive traits and that each of his Emoticlones represents a negative trait of his flawed and defective personality (i.e. being perfectionist, paranoid, crazy, obsessive, and controlling).
Robin's eyes have been revealed twice in the series; in "Driver's Ed", he had black beady eyes, but in "The Mask", his eyes were much larger, and one also contained a parasite (also appearing in "TV Knight 2").
Throughout the series, Robin's past has severely haunted him. With a life full of pain and regret, his time as Batman's sidekick has made him afraid of the Dark Knight's disapproval (as seen in "Sidekick" and "Thanksgiving") and of being called "The Boy Wonder".
Also, his room is filled with targets and punching bags with the faces of his past adversaries.
In fact, due to desperately craving for Batman's validation, he even mistook the Dark Knight calling him "pal" in "Batman's Birthday Gift", even though the latter wasn't addressing him as one sincerely in his memo at all.
According to "Crazy Day" and "Thanksgiving", Raven thinks Robin is the most annoying teammate and likes him the least (which, like his original counterpart’s relationship with Starfire, is the complete opposite in the original series).
Robin is currently the only Titan to not have a speaking role in an episode, that episode being "TV Knight".
There are several running gags revolving around Robin in the series:
Robin constantly gets horrendously injured.
Starfire smiles after smashing Robin's face to a pulp.
He often hears disembodied/nonexistent voices.
He uses his grapple gun to cross easy-to-walk distances.
His obsession and goal to gain Starfire's love always fails.
According to the crew, his goal of wooing Starfire is doomed to fail and his success will only appear in one of his dream sequences.
After him making mistakes and apologizing, the other Titans ignore him.
Robin likes to arrive/leave with smoke bombs and ninja stealth.
Many jokes revolve around his butt (shaking, clapping, admiring, etc.).
Interesting note, "Beast Boy on a Shelf" reveals that his butt is stuffed rather than being naturally buff.
Robin will often be selfish and full of himself in his quest to be the best.
The Titans are continually subject to his orders and his shrill, screaming voice.
He is often the least-liked person out of the group due to his controlling tendencies and is considered to be the butt of many of the Titans’ jokes.
Although not considered an official Little Buddy, he also has an unhealthy attachment to his staff.
Not counting his creepy relationship with his staff, Robin is the only Titan without a real best friend.
As revealed in "Starfire the Terrible", Robin is apparently also in love with the moon; however, it is shown that when he was looking at the moon and kissing it, he was thinking of Starfire or thought that the moon was Starfire, much to her misunderstanding.
Because of his amazing abilities, Robin can often seem very narcissistic... he stores sexy selfies of himself on the computer in "Parasite" and "BL4Z3", shows off his body in "The Fourth Wall" and "Matched", and takes extreme pride in his sandwiches in "Legendary Sandwich" and "Sandwich Thief".
While Robin could barely live through the saltiness of a salt grain in "Spice Game", he is somehow managed to eat pizza and tacos, foods with considerable amounts of NaCl,[4] many times throughout the series. Although it could have been used for comic relief.
According to an interview which Michael Jelenic had with ComicBook.com, Robin was originally going to have tiny legs than baby hands as a running gag before they changed their mind.
In spite of his generally weak physique, "The Bergerac" reveals that he has cringeworthy muscular thighs, particularly the left one.
According to the comic story "Par for the Course", Robin likes to wear his cape not only because the coolest superheroes wear them, but the fact that his cape keeps his funny-looking neck hidden.
"Communicate Openly" reveals that he has a bad habit of snipping his toenails at the dining table.
As seen in "Teen Titans Go! vs Teen Titans", his subconscious mind is full of various versions of himself doing intensive physical training, befitting his egotistical personality.
In "Real Orangins", during one of his fantasy when he was picking a member according to his age range, it can be assumed that Robin is between 15-18 years old.
"Sweet Revenge" revealed that Robin's favorite ice cream flavor is any type of vanilla.
There are several physical alterations of Robin starting from Season 5:
His hair changes from jagged to smooth.
His original curvy pentagon emblem on his shirt is now circular.
His legs have been slimmed down.
The yellow lines on his shirt have a slight change.
In early episodes, Robin's voice was a bit high-pitched and sounded younger, in the second season to the fifth season his voice turned low-pitched and has a scratch in his voice. From the sixth season onwards, his voice went back to being a bit high-pitched and sounded like his voice from the 1980s.
In Ask The Titans event, it is revealed that Robin is mostly being as someone who is "self-appointed" as their leader by the other Titans.
"Teen Titans Go!: The World-Famous Guidebook" revealed that he has multiple therapists whom he has been appointed to.
Although mostly using his right hand as his dominant hand, episodes such as "Belly Math" and "Arthur" revealed that he is ambidextrous, being able to use his left hand to write as well.
He and his teammates only appeared during the beginning of "A Sticky Situation" and didn't reappear until the end of said episode. They were also absent in Part 1 of "The Brain of the Family".
Robin is the only Titan whose heritage is of full-human.
Despite having been established that Robin has baby hands, in some episodes where he is gloveless, he is shown with normal hands.
Robin stands at a height of 5'3 and weighs 90 pounds.[5]
"Closed Circuit" reveals that Robin loves to make himself overnight oats, and sometimes sleepwalks during nighttime.
"Winged Warriors" reveals that Robin, Raven, and Birdarang are associated with a secrety society named the Winged Warriors.
Titans, GO! 
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