Changes: Speedy

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I used to think your staff was lame, but this is kinda fun!

--Speedy to Robin in "The Date"

Speedy (Roy William Harper Jr.) is a member of Titans East and a reoccurring character in Teen Titans Go! who made a debut in "The Date". He is voiced byScott Menville.

Bio

In "The Date", Robin tries to ask Starfire out on a date, only to discover Speedy had already beaten him to it. Speedy had planned to take Starfire to a new restaurant in Jump City, however Robin interferes and kidnaps Speedy.

Robin binds and gags Speedy, steals his clothes, and poses as Speedy before leaving to take his place. He is able to pull this off due to the fact that Speedy and Robin shared "many visual and audible qualities." Robin bribes Beast Boy and Cyborg to watch over Speedy, however Speedy easily escapes. He then dresses as Robin and goes to the restaurant where he fights Robin and gets defeated. Robin redresses as himself, before guiltily telling Starfire the truth.

In "Starliar", Speedy is seen in a flashback at the Titans East Annual Dance Party. He, along with his fellow teammates, are horrified when Robin, Beast Boy, Raven, and Cyborg ruin the party. Because of the Titans' behavior last year, Speedy and the rest of the Titans East choose not to re-invite them to the next dance party, with the exception of Starfire. While not seen, he presumably attended.

In "Yearbook Madness", Speedy makes a cameo appearance when Robin shows up at the restaurant and asks every single member of the Titans East to sign his yearbook, except for Speedy.

He made an appearance in "BBRAE". In part two, he is seen dancing with Kitten. After Raven curses Beast Boy's love song to her, Kitten chases him while using his bow to shoot arrows at him as he runs away in fear. During when Beast Boy tries lifting the song's curse by singing a new one, he and Kitten are seen again dancing happily with each other.

Physical Appearance

Speedy has orange hair, and wears a black and white eye mask, similar to that of Robin's. He also wears a sleeveless red shirt with an "S" symbol with what looks like a turtleneck, paired with red pants and red gloves and wears yellow boots similar to Robin's and he also wears a yellow sash and belt, presumably to hold up his matching yellow quiver. He is known to have many similarities to Robin in appearance.

Powers and Abilities

Like Robin, Speedy does not have powers and is very skilled in hand-to-hand combat. Speedy is also exceptionally adept in archery, as he once was a former sidekick of archer superheroes such as Green Arrow.

Advanced Archery: He is a master of the bow and arrow.
Advanced Strength: He is much stronger than the average human.
Martial Arts: He has advanced skills in hand-to-hand combat.

Episode Appearances

Season 1

The Date (debut)
Starliar (cameo)
Dreams (dream sequence, archive footage)

Season 5

Appearances in other Media

Comics

Game Appearances

Teeny Titans

Trivia

In the comics, Speedy was a member of the original Teen Titans, along with Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Wonder Girl.
Speedy is one of seven characters in the entire series to not have their voice actor from the original series reprise their role. This was likely done to prove Starfire's statement that he and Robin look and sound alike.
- In the original series and in a Justice League Unlimited episode, Patriot Act, he was voiced by Mike Erwin. Jason Marsden voiced him in "Batman the Brave and the Bold", and Crispin Freeman in Young Justice.
- He also looks visually different than he did in the original series, also to prove Starfire's statement.
- Speedy's mask is very similar to Robin's mask.
Speedy is the sidekick of the Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) and had been a member of the Teen Titans in the comics.
Speedy appears to have some experience with Robin's weapons, just as Robin has experience with his bow, when he says that Robin's equipment is "fun to use."
Speedy was a main character in the comic series 'Tiny Titans'.
In the comics, he's gone by the aliases Arsenal and Red Arrow in many comic series.
His relationship with Starfire in "The Date" is likely a nod to their relationship in the comics. For example, in DC's New 52 Red Hood and the Outlaws, where he teamed up and had close relationships with Starfire and Jason Todd.
Speedy is the first member of the Titans East to appear in Teen Titans Go!
Although Speedy himself did not appear, his bows were present in "You're Fired!".
Speedy and Robin got along very well in the original Teen Titans series and even had a friendly rivalry.
Speedy's arrows appear differently from his arrows in the original series, having a round head rather than the sharp head in this series.
In "BBRAE", he appears to be in a romantic relationship with Kitten.
In "Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, he is seen as both his Speedy and Arsenal personas which seems to be a mistake on the animators' part as he is clearly a different age as both and both are at the premiere.

Voice in other languages

Álmos Előd (Hungarian)
Alessio De Filippis (Italian)
Florian Silaghi (Romanian)
Michał Podsiadło (Polish)
Charles Pestel (French)

Gallery

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The image gallery for Speedy may be viewed here.

Teen Titans Go! Characters
Teen Titans	Robin • Starfire • Beast Boy • Raven • Cyborg • Silkie
H.I.V.E. Five	Gizmo • Jinx • Mammoth • See-More • Billy Numerous
Titans East	Bumblebee • Speedy • Aqualad • Más • Menos
Villains	Slade • Brother Blood • Doctor Light • Trigon • Terra • Blackfire • The Brain • Killer Moth • Mother Mae-Eye • Mumbo Jumbo • Kitten • Cinderblock • Plasmus • Monsieur Mallah • Control Freak • Kyd Wykkyd • Mad Mod • Punk Rocket • General Thraxis • Puppet King • Professor Chang • Darkseid
Other Heroes	Batman • Batgirl • Jayna • Zan • Aquaman • Raven's Emoticlones • Silkie's Emoticlones • Starfire's Emoticlones • Cyborg's Emoticlones • Beast Boy's Emoticlones • Robin's Emoticlones • Commissioner Gordon • Vixen • B'wana Beast • Carrie Kelly • Silver Age Robin • Tim Drake • Nibor • Grobyc • Erifrats • Nevar • Boy Beast • Green Lantern • Aqualad (Kaldur'ahm) • Miss Martian • Superboy • Kid Flash • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles • Splinter • Wildebeest • The Powerpuff Girls
Little Buddies	Pain Bot • Super Robin • Birdarang • Beat Box • Dave • Universe Staff • Demon
Comics Only	Mystery Incorporated • Myron • Superman • Captain Cold • The Gordanians • Madame Rouge • Phobia • General Immortus • Bat-Cow • Colossal Boy • Fun Gus
Alternate Identities	Nightwing • Lady Legasus • Red X • Stone • Sapphire • Ravine • Beast Bob • Grandma Voice • Beast Babe • Scar Man • The Jeff • Fleshy Guy • Beast Man • Captain Cankle • Thunder Thighs • The Calf • Incredible Quad • Mega Legasus • Starfire the Terrible • Dick Gravestone • Beast Monster • Demon of Azarath • The Cyborg • The Dastardly Dandy • The Wild Man • The Grave Mistake • The Yeller
Minor Villains	Puppet Wizard • Death • Killer Croc • Robot Overlords • Tamaranian Drones • Magic God • Mockingbirds • Ed • Carlos • Brain Soldiers • Starfire's Knowledge • The Perfect Sandwich • Vegetor • Thugs • Klatak • Hurt Bot • Belly Bros • The Joker • The Penguin • The Riddler • Stork • The Man • Ravager • Benjamin Franklin • Invisible Man • Pelicans • The Whisperer • Father Time • New Year Baby • Crystal Robots • Evil Pig Master of Pig Latin • Army of Piglets • Mojo Jojo • Mojo Jojo's Monkey Army • Santa Claus • Large Octopus • Dance Demon • Old McDonald • Bingo • Queen of England • Evil Dragon • Shareconomy Robots • Heavy Metal Demon • Balloon Man
Minor Characters	Sonia Conchita Hernández • The Couch • Grim Reaper • Magical Doubles • Seagull • Crab • Lizard • Second Santa • Detective Chimp • Couch Spirit • Treadmill Spirit • George Washington • Unnamed Citizen • Pizza Deliverer • Pizza Delivery Boy • Gayle • Seniors • Police Officer #1 • Police Officer #2 • Robin's Son • Little Girl • Robin's Fangirls • Lady Legasus Fangirl • Mother Nature • Cyborg's Grandchildren • John • Robin's Parasitic Twin • The Rats • Master of Whistles • Sticky Joe • Peter Pan • Pinocchio • Waiter • Sparkleface • Butterbean • Grizzly Bear • Puppet Tiger • TV • Black Cat • Tooth Fairy • Dairy King • Blossom • Bubbles • Buttercup • Mojo Jojo's Guards • Red Dragon • Pirate Ghost • Octopus • The Fish • Sticky Joan • Two O' Clock • Daylight • CeeLo Green • Fall Out Boy • B.E.R. • Sweet • Alfred Pennyworth • Cloud • Jade Wilson
Monsters	Sandwich Guardians • Cironielian Chrysalis Eater • Demon Octopus • Giant Mutant Octopus • Slime Monster • Barbecue Sauce Monster • Giant Robotic Alien • Burrito Monster • Burger Robot • Scary Teri • Twin Destroyers of Azarath • Gumdrop Goblin • Halloween Spirit • Virus • Door Robin • Sphinx Starfire • Cyborg Chess Pieces • Beast Boy Chess Pieces • Gridnock the Skull Crusher • King Goal • Booger Monster • Soccer Trolls • Boss Mummy • Mummy Henchmen • The Freak
Organizations	Teen Titans • Titans East • The Wonder Twins • H.I.V.E. Five • The Brotherhood of Evil • Team Robin • Bizzaro Titans • Young Justice • League of Legs • Justice League • The Powerpuff Girls

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 *Speedy's arrows appear differently from his arrows in the original series, having a round head rather than the sharp head in this series.
 *In "[[BBRAE]]", he appears to be in a romantic relationship with [[Kitten]].
-*Roy is seen as both his Speedy and Arsenal personas which seems to be a mistake on the animators' part as he is clearly a different age as both and both are at the premiere.
+*In "[[Teen Titans Go! to the Movies]], he is seen as both his Speedy and Arsenal personas which seems to be a mistake on the animators' part as he is clearly a different age as both and both are at the premiere.
 == Voice in other languages ==