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Trigon
Trigon
Species: Demon
Played by: Seamus Dever
Powers/Abilities: Super-Strength, Telepathy, Mind Control, Shapeshifter
The demonic overlord of Azarath and Raven's biological father.
- Abusive Parents: Trigon emotionally and mentally torments Rachel throughout the finale of Season 1 and the premiere of Season 2.
- A Form You Are Comfortable With: He uses a human form when he first makes contact with Rachel, though his true form is seen via a hologram from Kory's ship and when he is able to cross over to the human dimension.
- Archnemesis Dad: To Rachel, is her father and her worst enemy.
- Arc Villain: Even though he only shows up in two episodes, the overall story of the first season is to keep Rachel safe from him.
- Back for the Dead: He returns in the series finale after Brother Blood summons him back to Earth...only for Brother Blood to then kill his father by tearing out his heart to absorb his power.
- The Bad Guy Wins: Trigon’s plan was successful. He was able to break Rachel’s heart and cross over the human dimension, until Rachel gains an 11th-Hour Superpower and is able to seal him within herself.
- Big Bad: Season 1 is driven by his goal to use Rachel as his doorway into Earth.
- Big Red Devil: The form he assumes upon entering the mortal world. Emphasis on the big.
- The Corruptor: Even Dick Grayson isn't immune to the offers he makes.
- The Devil: They dance around it but he's opposed by nuns, white mages, and aliens.
- Disappeared Dad: Due to his banishment.
- The Dreaded: Even the citizens of Tamaran have heard of him and have a prophecy that say if he makes it to the human dimension he will engulf the universe in darkness.
- Evil Overlord: How he is portrayed.
- Evil Plan: To use his daughter as a doorway to enter the human dimension and engulf it in darkness.
- God of Evil: How he's always been portrayed.
- Interspecies Romance: With Angela, a human. Rachel was born from it.
- Jerkass: Breaks and rips out his daughter’s heart to make her his doorway and has no problem killing people loyal to him.
- Killed Off for Real:
- Either that or he was banished by Rachel in the Season 2 premiere.
- He's definitely dead for good after the series finale, when Brother Blood tears out his heart after summoning him.
- Last Episode, New Character: Makes his debut in the Season 1 finale, Dick Grayson.
- Made of Evil: His comic origins stated that he came into being when the inhabitants of Azarath expelled the evil within them, and that coalesced into a being that came to be Trigon.
- Manipulative Bastard
- Meta Twist: In most continuities, Raven is a Child by Rape. In this continuity, Trigon impregnated a willing woman.
- Monster Delay: A minor one occurs when he unlocks his true form. At first, the camera mainly only affords us shots of his legs or arm, shots of his transformed head from above which obscure his face, and a shot of his eyes, with one shot which has his full upper-body in line of sight blurred in the background. Then once Trigon exits outside to begin his apocalypse, we get a full view of him.
- Near-Villain Victory: He successfully causes all of the Titans including Rachel to fall under his control one-by-one, enabling him to transform into his true form and begin his "housekeeping" of the Earth before he goes on to conquer the rest of the physical dimension. Rachel regains control and defeats him before he can turn the entire planet into a dead wasteland.
- Neck Snap: How he kills Angela.
- Nigh-Invulnerable: One of his powers.
- Obviously Evil: His true form is a horned, glowing-eyed red demon.
- Omnicidal Maniac: If he ever gets into the earthly dimension, he'll destroy every world that he reaches. Indeed, upon his Near-Villain Victory, he begins causing all plant and animal life on Earth to drop dead as "housekeeping".
- Parental Abandonment: To Rachel, due to being banished back to his own dimension before her birth.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: All four of his eyes glow red; as he manages to enter the mortal world and he starts to kill the surrounding vegetation.
- Satanic Archetype: A red devil from a world of fire and brimstone that dupes mortals into working for him.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Raven seals him within her.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: He and Angela Azarath are a villainous example of this after he was sealed on another dimension for over a decade. Subverted in that he was just using her the whole tme.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Given that he's a demon, this is the most likely result with any human woman, but Angela is quite pretty.
- Walking Wasteland: He immediately begins causing all plant and animal life to die once he transforms into his true form and gains its power.
- Would Hurt a Child: Has no problems with ripping the heart out of his own daughter.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: To Angela. He snaps her neck once he has gained full access to the human dimension.Angela: I don't understand...Trigon: That's the problem. You never did. *snap*
Dr. Adamson
Dr. Adamson
Species: Human
Played by: Reed Birney
Dr Adamson was a doctor who was the messenger of The Organization that was interested in bring Trigon into the human dimension.
- Character Death: Is killed by Rachel in Asylum.
- Death by Irony: By showing Rachel that she has the power to heal, she realizes that she can reverse that and she reopens his wound.
- Explosive Leash: Controls the remote to The Nuclear Family.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Previously proving to Rachel that she has the power to heal, she is able to reverse it and reopen his Slashed Throat.
- Jerkass Victim: After what he put the members of the Titans through, its hard to feel sad when Rachel reverses her previous healing.
- Mad Doctor: Is a doctor at the Agnews Asylum, that creates members of The Nuclear Family.
- Punk in the Trunk: How Dick and Jason transport him to a safehouse to interrogate him about The Nuclear Family.
- Self-Mutilation Demonstration: Cuts his own throat to prove that Rachel has healing powers.
- Slashed Throat: Does this to himself.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: When Dick is able to track him down, other members of The Organization are sent to kill him, as he knows too much.
The Nuclear Family
The Nuclear Family
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Species: Enhanced Human
Played by: Jeff Clarke (Nuclear Dad), Melody Johnson (Nuclear Mom), Jeni Ross (Nuclear Sis), Logan Thompson (Nuclear Biff), & Zach Smadu (Nuclear Step-Dad)
Powers/Abilities: Super-Strength
Chemically enhanced people for the purpose of killing who are grouped to be a makeshift family.
- Adaptational Species Change: The comic version of the Nuclear Family were all nuclear-powered androids (hence the punny name). Here they are Brainwashed and Crazy normal human beings with Super-Strength.
- Adaptational Wimp: The comic version of the Nuclear Family were all androids capable of using powerful, nuclear energy based abilities. Here they are normal human beings with Super-Strength.
- Affably Evil: They are typically very polite and it's implied that they live relatively normal lives when not on missions.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Original "Dad" was killed in his second appearance. His replacement and the rest had their heads blown up for their failure to capture Rachel. Two men, one woman and two teenagers who weren't even evil by choice deserved better.
- Bash Brothers: Nuclear Sis and Nuclear Biff work together when fighting Kory.
- Batter Up!: Nuclear Biff’s choice of weapon.
- Battle Couple: Nuclear Stepdad and Nuclear Mom team up when fighting Dick.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Their minds are warped by unknown hallucinogens that make them see the darkest parts of themselves, before becoming a sleeper cell that treats murder and kidnapping like family hijinx.
- The Brute: They have enhanced strength and accordingly fight using their physical prowess.
- Character Death:
- Close-Range Combatant: Nuclear Sis.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: A standard practice of The Nuclear Family in order to get information from people.
- Creepy Family: The Nuclear Family looks straight out of the 50s and enjoys activities ranging from Monopoly to breaking into Amy Rohrbach's apartment to torture her for Dick's location.
- Curbstomp Battle: They easily defeat Hawk, Dove, and Dick despite all three being Badass Normal types.
- Dissonant Serenity: Always.
- Evil Redhead: Nuclear Mom and Sis are both redheads and evil.
- Explosive Leash: Each member has a remote controlled explosive in their head.
- The Family That Slays Together: They're a "family" designed to kill.
- Faux Affably Evil: They're always incredibly polite, eerily so even, and rarely don't have a smile on their faces and it only enhances their creepiness.
- Housewife: Nuclear Mom’s persona.
- Internal Reveal: The Nuclear Family find out that Dick is Robin.
- Kill It with Fire: How the first Nuclear Dad is killed.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: When the Titans work together and surround the Nuclear Family, Nuclear Mom knows when to admit defeat.
- Legacy Character: A villainous kind. Nuclear Stepdad is this to Nuclear Dad.
- Ludicrous Gibs: What’s left of their heads after they have exploded.
- Made of Iron: They can take a lot of punishment, brushing off things such as broken limbs or being stabbed like it’s an afterthought.
- Motif: They seem to have a very subtle reflection motif, as many scenes with them have mirrors or reflective surfaces such as glass and metal around them.
- Nuclear Family: They are this by design, as they are supposed to invoke the standard American family of the 1950s.
- Punched Across the Room: Happens to Nuclear Biff and Nuclear Stepdad; both just get back up.
- Standard Bleeding Spots: Nuclear Mom gets one on her forehead.
- Super-Strength: Seems to be their primary or possibly only power.
- Tragic Villain: All of them were just ordinary people (or possibly asylum patients) who were kidnapped and then brainwashed into being assassins with no chance of returning to their normal lives.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Nuclear Sis pulls this on Amy Rohrbach, before her and Nuclear Biff.
- You Have Failed Me: Failing to capture Rachel for The Organization results in their deaths via their Explosive Leash.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Are killed when they fail to get Rachel.
- Your Head Asplode: The micro bombs planted in their heads are triggered after their defeat at the hands of the Titans.
Angela Azarath
Angela Azarath
Played by: Rachel Nichols
Rachel's biological mother, who went missing years ago.
- Adaptational Consent: In the comics and most media, she was raped by Trigon and Rachel was born from that. Here, she and Trigon are actually together.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the comics, Rachel's mother was raped by Trigon and she did everything to hide her from him. Here, she and Trigon are actually together. And while she did still send Rachel away, it's under dubious circumstances.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: In the comics her hair is either black or violet. Here she's blonde.
- Adaptation Name Change: Her surname is Roth in the comics, though see Decomposite Character.
- Alliterative Name: Angela Azarath.
- Ambiguous Situation: It's never explained whether she has any connection to the Temple of Azarath in Season 4.
- Beauty Inversion: This role played down Rachel Nichols's usually sultry and alluring appearance. However, she's wearing some make-up and a more revealing attire during The Reveal that she's Evil All Along.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Introduced as a mild mannered woman, she's actually a Manipulative Bitch ready to use anyone for her goals - including her own daughter.
- Chekhov M.I.A.: Searching for her is Rachel's main Story Arc in Titans Season 1, and it took her 3/4 of the season to accomplish that.
- Decomposite Character: In the comics and most media, she and Melissa Roth are the same character.
- Evil All Along: Turns out she is in league with her literally demonic lover.
- Interspecies Romance: With Trigon, a demon. Rachel was born from it.
- Manipulative Bitch: She orchestrated several events just so Rachel can free Trigon.
- Missing Mom: She only meets Rachel when she's already a teenager.
- Neck Snap: After Trigon regains his full power, he snaps her neck when she is no longer useful to him.
- Parental Abandonment: To Rachel, due to being locked away in Agnews Asylum most of Rachel’s life.
- Statuesque Stunner: Despite the Beauty Inversion, she's still played by a former model. In-Universe, an old friend/neighbor of hers (who is now The Sheriff) becomes attracted to her instantly.
- Walking Spoiler: Talking about Angela in any way will no doubt reveal that she's secretly in cahoots in Trigon.
- Would Hurt a Child: Has no problems with Trigon ripping the heart out of her own daughter.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Trigon snaps her neck once he has gained full access to the human dimension and no longer needs her.
Cadmus Laboratories
Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor
Species: Human
Played by: Titus Welliver, Ryan Novak (child)
A well-known billionaire and scientist and the founder of Cadmus Laboratories.
- Age Lift: As stated by Dick, he has spent the last forty years trying to kill Superman, meaning that, like his actor, this iteration of Lex is in his sixties. According the the news report, he was 67 at the time of his death.
- Abusive Parents: Had this in the form of Lionel Luthor.
- Alliterative Name: Lex Luthor.
- Arch-Enemy: He is Superman's greatest foe.
- Badass Boast: Gets a nice one in his first scene:Mother Mayhem: Soon, the gods will know your name.
Lex: I can assure you, the gods already know me. - Bald of Evil: He's already bald as a child and is Superman's Arch-Enemy.
- Beard of Evil: He has a thick beard to go along with his baldness.
- Child Prodigy: He's already collecting numerous scientific awards as a child.
- Creepy Child: His childhood photos already show his ruthless demeanor.
- Deadpan Snarker: In classic Lex fashion, he always has a dry remark at the ready.
- Death by Adaptation: As revealed in his first appearance, he's dying from kryptonite poisoning. Though he's killed by May Bennett before this has any affect.
- The Dreaded: Everyone is frightened of Lex. Dick even says he was the only person Bruce was ever afraid of.
- Enfante Terrible: Described as a difficult child by his father.
- Evil Old Folks: He's played by an actor in his sixties, making him the oldest version of Lex so far, and the years haven't lessened his evil in the slightest.
- From Nobody to Nightmare: He grew up a poor farmer's son and went on to become a billionaire and feared supervillain.
- The Ghost: He only appears through a photograph as a child. Until Season 4.
- Insufferable Genius: Described as difficult and intelligent by his father. In one sentence.
- Rags to Riches: Unlike most iterations of the character that grew up in an upper-class wealthy family, this Lex was raised a run-down middle class home by a single father.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Conner's memories of him reveals he craves for Lionel's approval.
- We Used to Be Friends: Lionel mentions that he and Clark grew up together.
- Wicked Cultured: He's fabulously wealthy and sophisticated and likes to show it off with nice suits and expensive liquor.
- Your Days Are Numbered: He's dying as a result of radiation poisoning due to extensive exposure to kryptonite.
Mercy Graves
Mercy Graves
Species: Human
Played by: Natalie Gumede
The personal security specialist to Lex Luthor, assigned to oversee Cadmus Laboratories.
- Adaptational Nationality: American in the original and most adaptations, this version is a textbook Evil Brit.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: The original version of the character has brown hair, but this version is an Aloof Dark-Haired Girl like the previous two Live-Action Adaptation.
- Awful Wedded Life: Mercy appears to have a pretty distant relationship with her wife, who refuses to back up her board game idea against their daughters, and wishes they weren't monogamous.
- Badass Normal: Has no powers, but was the only one able to critically injury Conner.
- Black Boss Lady: Lex's Number Two, he's the only one she answers to.
- Dark Action Girl
- The Dragon: Lex Luthor's right-hand woman.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She is shown to have a wife and two daughters and attempts to get them to play a board game together as a family.
- Evil Brit: Played by the British Natalie Gumede, accent and all.
- Evil Wears Black: Introduced wearing a black khaki suit.
- Hate Sink: Given all her horific actions, most notably forcing Gar to tear apart innocent people, it's pretty easy to despise her.
- Idiot Ball:
- It's made clear in several episodes that Cadmus has access to anti-Kryptonian weaponry ranging from Kryptonite bullets to capture nets. Yet for some reason, whenever Mercy attempts to kill or reclaim Subject 13/Superboy, she just deploys paramilitary grunts armed with nothing but conventional fire arms to bring him down.
- This gets particularly egregious in the Season 2 finale. After Conner breaks free from his brainwashing, Mercy's only contingency plan is to send even more grunts with guns to act as interference while she runs away. Her plan predictably fails.
- Race Lift: This version of Mercy is African-British.
Walter Hawn
Walter Hawn
Species: Human
Played by: Raoul Bhaneja
Walter Hawn was the Vice President of Special Projects at Cadmus Laboratories.
- Boom, Headshot!: Conner throws a bullet into his forehead.
- Character Death: Is killed in "Nightwing" by the brainwashed Conner.
Eve Watson
Dr. Eve Watson
Species: Human
Played by: Genevieve Angelson
A former scientist working for Cadmus Laboratories. She helped create Conner/Subject 13.
- The Alcoholic: Eve has turned to day drinking to cope with the stress and demands of working at Cadmus.
- Blatant Lies: Eve lies to Mercy about the whereabouts of Conner, Mercy doesn’t believe her.
- But Now I Must Go: Tells Conner she would go in hiding from Cadmus after helping him and Krypto escape.
- Creating Life: Was the leading scientist in creating Conner.
- For Science!: She created Conner, just to see if she could.
- Heel–Face Turn: While she is not evil, Eve realizes that she can no longer work for Cadmus and helps Conner escape the soldiers sent to bring him back to the labs dead or alive.
- Lady in Red: She's introduced wearing a flattering red cocktail dress, and Mercy's comments suggest she came from a one night stand.
- Married to the Job: Mercy comments that she has no family of her own due to devoting her life to work.
- Motherly Scientist: Becomes this towards Conner.
- Neck Lift: Conner does this to Eve when she shows him the People Jars of other failed clones.
- Parental Substitute: Becomes this to Conner.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Getting close to Conner is enough for her to pull a Heel–Face Turn.
- Token Good Teammate: Deconstructed. Eve insists that she joined Cadmus to reign in their more unethical actions, but the truth is that she just wanted to see if creating a Kryptonian clone was possible. It is also implied that she has become an alcoholic to cope with the guilt of what she has done.
Deathstroke and Associates
Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
Species: Metahuman
Played by: Esai Morales
Powers/Abilities: Super-Strength, Genius Level Intellect, Healing Factor, Master Combatant, Master Strategist, Martial Arts, Weapons and Devices
A ruthless and deadly master assassin whose body has been enhanced to near-superhuman levels.
- Abusive Parents: When it comes to Slade's style of parenting, it's really not a big surprise.
- In Jericho's case, he indeed started like a decent father but then, after getting enhanced, he was almost never home and lied to him for years about his true occupation, and subjugates Jericho to an And I Must Scream situation, under the excuse of keeping him safe.
- As for Rose; she falls under her typical need to be acknowledged by her father, making her a easy prey for Slade to manipulate emotionally; and he has no problem getting even borderline physical on Rose.
- Action Dad: He's the world's deadliest assassin as well as the father of Rose and Jericho Wilson.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: This version of Slade was brunet in his youth before his hair turned white, while pre-enhancement Slade comics is a blue-eyed blond. On the other hand, his New 52 counterpart was also a brunette.
- Arch-Enemy: Whatever happened between Slade and the old Titans, he clearly is their worst nemesis, especially to Dick.Jason: I'm not scared of you.
Deathstroke: You should be terrified. But instead you've been played by that charlatan Dick Grayson. Who gives costumes to foolish kids, making them believe that they're heroes, leading you like lambs to slaughter. But not to worry. Soon you'll learn. For death leads to purification. - Arc Villain: Most of season 2 revolves around dealing with his return and revenge.
- Badass Boast:Jason: I'm not scared of you.Deathstroke: You should be terrified.
- Bad Samaritan: He promises to his daughter he'll take care of her and will teach her anything she needs to know about her powers. Except, it was only to manipulate her against the Titans.
- Beard of Evil: Has one as per tradition. It starts out as a much thicker beard before being groomed into his trademark goatee.
- Berserk Button:
- Jericho, and to a lesser extent, Rose.
- When someone question or jeopardize his plans. It earned Dr. Light a bullet in the head.
- Big Bad Ensemble: Of Titans (2018) Season 2, alongside Cadmus. He's ultimately dispatched first in the Season Finale, and Cadmus Laboratories becomes the main antagonist for the remainder of the episode.
- Blatant Lies: He lies his family for years about being an assassin for hire, and later one, he lies his daughter too about what truly happened to Jericho.
- Bond Breaker: Very adept at getting the Titans to turn on each other.
- Boom, Headshot!: One of Slade's MO to kill off his targets.
- Break the Badass: No one walks away the same after a confrontation with Slade. He is more than willing to give the most violent, sadistic, toughest, cold-blooded, mentally torturous beatdowns when provoked.
- Break Them by Talking: He scares the shit out of Jason in a single conversation.
- The Chessmaster: He devices a very complex plan to get revenge on the Titans and turns everyone into his pawns.
- Cold Sniper: He's a ruthless assassin and the opening of "Aqualad" shows him effortlessly taking out numerous people with a sniper rifle.
- Combat Pragmatist: True to form, Slade doesn't concern himself with honor when fighting and will use any dirty trick or weapon he can to gain an advantage, using a knife to slash Donna during their battle and a tossing explosives at Kory.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: He's markedly different to Trigon. Most obviously, Trigon was an immortal demonic being while Slade is a regular human with enhanced abilites. Trigon largely relied on mind control and manipulation while Slade is more of a direct combatant. Slade is a figure from the Titans' past while Trigon was a first-time threat. And while Trigon had no redeeming traits nor was he capable of love, Slade genuinely cared about Jericho and loves his wife.
- Cool Helmet: He sports a half-black half-orange Rage Helm.
- The Corrupter: Toward Rose. He takes her from a normal decent life, and turns her into a Deathstroke Junior. Downplayed in the fact she willingly went with him, and later she takes the Titans side, feeling remorseful for everything she had done.
- Creepy Monotone: Slade's manner of speech is very robotic and emotionless.
- Deadpan Snarker: Of the Comically Serious oneliners variant.
- Disc-One Final Boss: He's defeated near the beginning of the Season 2 finale, with Cadmus Laboratories becoming the main threat for the season's final fight.
- The Dreaded: He's described as being infamous to the world at large due to never failing to have terminated his targets and the Titans are justifiably terrified of him. His appearances show that such a reputation is entirely earned.
- Elites Are More Glamorous: An ex-Delta Force operator before HIVE recruited him.
- Empowered Badass Normal: Courtesy of the HIVE, Slade received several experimental bio-enhancements that transformed him into an even more efficient killer. Prior to his empowerment, he was a Delta Force operative.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Slade Wilson is a monster. But at least in Jericho's case, he genuinely did love his son and cared about his well-being. So much so that after Jericho's demise, Slade goes on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge against Dick Grayson and his allies the second he hears that the Titans are making a comeback on the news.
- Evil Counterpart: To Dick and Batman.
- Evil Mentor: To Rose. He trained her to become an assassin and tried to morally corrupt her.
- Evil Old Folks: He's easily old enough to be the father of any of the Titans and is the main threat of Season 2.
- Evil Parents Want Good Kids: He genuinely wanted Jericho to live a normal life.
- Eye Scream: The way he became one-eyed is a total enigma.
- Fallen Hero: Slade became Deathstroke prior to the start of the series.
- Family-Values Villain: Sure, Slade has a very messed up way to show it, but nobody can't deny his love for his family. His vendetta on the Titans started when they tried to use his son, Jericho, against him. As for his illegitimate daughter, Rose, he made sure she has a nice life, though here, it can be argued that he did it just to make sure Adeline will never find out about his affair.
- Fashionable Asymmetry: His mask is split between black and orange.
- Follow in My Footsteps: It's implied he would have wanted Rose to become a Professional Killer like him.
- From Camouflage to Criminal: Slade was a Delta Force operative prior to his supervillain career.
- Genius Bruiser: Slade is an excellent planner, operative, tactician and hitman and a very charismatic manipulator and an extremely dangerous combatant.
- Handicapped Badass: He's missing his right eye but it doesn't take away from his badass credentials.
- Hero Killer: What he intends to do to the Titans as his conversation with Dr. Light in Ghosts shows. And what he is due to his past murder of the former Titan Aqualad, five years before the series.
- Hypocrite: Slade accuses Dick of manipulating lost and vulnerable children for his own goal. This is despite Slade manipulating his own daughter Rose into joining him against the Titans by lying to her that the Titans killed his son and her brother Jericho.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: How Rose kills him, sword through the gut.
- Implacable Man: Even if it takes years, Slade will return to hunt you down.
- It's Personal: The reason why Slade came out of retirement to murder Dick Grayson and his new generation of Titans? Because Dick got his son Jericho killed in his efforts to get to him.
- Knight of Cerebus: Slade getting back in the game changes the already dark mood to a more dramatic, serious, and terrifying tone.
- Majorly Awesome: He was a Delta Force major before becoming Deathstroke.
- Manipulative Bastard: He devises a Batman Gambit kind of plan to destroy the Titans by playing the Divide and Conquer one them, he manipulates his own daughter and then sends her create havoc among them and lies for years that Jericho is dead, when he is actually alive.
- Mr. Fanservice: One episode opens with Slade wearing nothing but a towel while flexing his muscles in the mirror, showing that he's in fantastic shape for a man his age.
- Mythology Gag: His costume bears a lot of resemblance to the one from the Deathstroke Vol. 2 run.
- Names to Run Away From: Deathstroke is the Titans own Bogeyman. Even after 5 years, the older Titans are still terrified of Slade, while Jason, Rose and Dick were left mentally scarred by him.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: He tried to use his daughter for his revenge on Titans; Rose become the The Mole and befriends them for Slade's own benefits, then she falls in love with one of them leading instead to her Heel–Face Turn and joining the Titans for good. Not quite the outcome you expected, huh, Slade?
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Confronting Slade alone is never a good idea. Just ask Dick, Donna or Jason.
- No-Nonsense Nemesis: Slade is an ruthless mercenary and feelings don't really have any place in his job.
- Not So Stoic: Downplayed, the only times he loses his cool is when Jericho "dies" or when Rose defies him, making Slade to shatter a glass cup in his bare hand.
- Offing the Offspring: Rose claims that Slade murdered Jericho for "falling into the wrong crowd." "Jericho" shows that Slade inadvertently impaled Jericho when he jumped in the way of his sword to protect Dick. He seemingly tries to murder his other child as well for reasons unknown.
- Perpetual Frowner: Slade's default face expression.
- Professional Killer: The premiere example within the DC Universe.
- Race Lift: He's white in the comics while his actor is Puerto Rican.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: The eye hole of his mask covering his blind eye has a red glowing eye attached to it ala Deadshot.
- Silver Fox: He is quite attractive and badass for a man of his age, and the show wasted no time to 'fanservice' him too.
- The Stoic: Slade is aloof and a man of a few words.
- Straight Man and Wise Guy: The aloof Straight Man to Dr. Light's wisecracking wise guy.
- Strong and Skilled: He's got years of military training and martial arts experience to go along with his enhanced abilities.
- Super-Senses: Among the powers he gained courtesy to HIVE's experiments, are enhanced senses. This was shown when he could hear Dick Grayson's heartbeat and breathing in the church, despite the latter being hidden from plain sight.
- Super-Strength: He can go toe to toe with super powered bruisers like Donna and Kory of all people and actually win.
- Truer to the Text: He is the fourth live-action Slade, and one of three who is fleshed out. Among the three, this version is the closest to the source material in regards to Origin Story and character relations.
- Two First Names: "Slade" and "Wilson".
- Uncertain Doom: He is apparently killed by Rose in Nightwing. He is later revealed to have actually been Killed Off for Real due to how he was brought back as a zombie in Season 4 by Mother Mayhem.
- White Hair, Black Heart: Though his hair is rather grey, Slade still qualifies as he an unrepentant killer and main villain of season 2.
- Would Hit a Girl: Or shoot them, gouge their eyes out or stab them multiple times. Rose and Donna got the best of it.
Wintergreen
William Randolph Wintergreen
Species: Human
Played by: Demore Barnes
Deathstroke's handler as well as his closest ally.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
- Played With. In the comics, Billy Wintergreen was basically a Captain Ersatz of Alfred Pennyworth. A veteran SAS operative who later became Slade's trusted butler/mentor and the closet thing he has to a Morality Chain. In the show, Wintergreen was a US Special Forces operator who would essentially become the Diana Burnwood to Deathstroke's Agent 47. Supplying him with his weapons and armor along with any critical Intel on the targets he aims to assassinate. That said, it's shown that this Wintergreen still has a genuine friendship with Slade and even served as the best man at his wedding just like in the source material.
- Comic Wintergreen also had a very positive relationship with the Wilson children and even came close to adopting Rose as his own daughter. Here, while Rose's feeling for him are currently unknown, Jericho resents him for his part in keeping Slade hooked on the assassin lifestyle and even flips Billy off when he tries to reunite him with his father.
- Age Lift: Courtesy of his actor Demore Barnes, this Wintergreen is noticeably younger compered to most of his comic incarnations.
- Deadpan Snarker: Wintergreen has quite the sardonic wit and isn't afraid to crack a couple of sarcastic remarks even while being held at gunpoint.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Wintergreen is the active handler of one of the deadliest men alive and has intimately worked with this man to carry out numerous assassinations in the pursuit of the almighty dollar. But even he makes it very clear to Dick that he would never go as far as to use a man's family as a tool to settle an old score.
- From Camouflage to Criminal: A handler who is war buddies with Slade.
- Jerkass Has a Point: While he might be Deathstroke's right hand man, Wintergreen is right to warn Jericho that the Titans are just using him as a pawn to get his father. His snide comments on how dumb it is for Dick and his team to adopt the name of something as tragic as the Titans of Classical Mythology also has an eerily prophetic ring of truth to it. Especially when you take in account the circumstances of why their original team eventually disbanded in the first place.Wintergreen: ...They seriously call themselves that? The Titans were tragic Greek Figures who got their asses handed to them by Zeus. Who names themselves after losers?
- Race Lift: Where the Billy Wintergreen of the comics was a white British man who served in the SAS, the Wintergreen of this series is an African-American man who served in an unknown branch of the United States Special Forces.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: No one is certain what happened to him after Slade was killed.
- Wicked Cultured: Always dressed to the nines and is well-versed in Classical Mythology.
Doctor Light
Dr. Arthur Light
Species: Metahuman
Played by: Michael Mosley
Powers/Abilities: Photokinesis
An old enemy of the Titans with light-based abilities whom Deathstroke breaks out of prison in Season 2.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: His comic counterpart has grey skin, a slender physique, a long pointed face and is generally unpleasant looking. Michael Mosely however is much more conventionally handsome and has a far more muscular build.
- Adaptational Badass: Even before his comic counterpart's infamous Villain Decay, he was never as menacing as this one. In addition, his powers are a part of him, rather than being from his suit like in the comics. He does get beaten by Jason, but it's unclear if it was intentional to lure him into a trap.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: As horrid as he is, he's nowhere near as vile as in the comics where he is an outright sexual predator and rapist, crimes he isn't mentioned or implied to have committed or have an interest in here.
- Ax-Crazy: He is a sadistic psychopath who loves to kill people in gruesome ways.
- Boom, Headshot!: How Slade kills him.
- Character Death: Is killed in Deathstroke.
- Civvie Spandex: He's wearing black shirt and cargo pants with the only present part of his costume being the chest piece and helmet.
- Demoted to Extra: He's one of the more well-known villains of the Titans in the comics. Here he gets killed after only a few episodes.
- The Dragon: Set up as such for Slade in Season 2. At least until Slade kills him for nearly jeopardizing his plans for revenge.
- The Dreaded: Dick, Dawn, and Hank all seem horrified by the idea that he's escaped, and for good reason.
- Evil Genius: A former brilliant physicist who is able to manipulate and use light as a weapon.
- Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: He cracks several bad jokes about Deathstroke's missing eye, much to the latter's annoyance.
- Faux Affably Evil: He's a very cheerful, friendly and outgoing guy, always cracking jokes and making conversation. He's also a monstrous sadist who kills people with no hesitation or remorse, often just for his own amusement.
- Light 'em Up: It’s in the name. Notably, his version absorbs light from electrical things and is seemingly controlled by implanted circuitry.
- Light Is Not Good: He has light based powers, and within his introductory episode is already established as one of the most despicable villains in the series.
- Sadist: He horrifically murders a surviving prison guard in a painful fashion, seemingly out of sheer sadism.
- Squishy Wizard: His powers and intellect make him very dangerous but he's ultimately just a man with no combat training. Even Jason, who has no powers, is able to easily defeat him in combat when he gets close enough to him.
- Straight Man and Wise Guy: The wise guy to Deathstroke's stoic Straight Man.
- Would Hurt a Child: Turns Ellis, the kid who Hank had been helping with drug addiction, into a living bomb in an attempt to kill Hank and Dawn. He also tries to kill Jason, but fails.
Independent Villains of the Titans
Acolyte
Acolyte
Species: Human
Played by: Jarreth J. Merz
The Acolyte was a man dedicated to preventing Trigon from coming to Earth.
- Boom, Headshot!: How he kills Rachel’s adoptive mother.
- Character Death: Is killed in Titans by Rachel.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Rachel completely drains him of blood.
- Karmic Death: Killed by the girl he was hunting down after killing said girl's adoptive mother in front of her.
- Race Lift: White in the comics, but here is played by Afro-Swiss actor J Jarreth Mertz.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: In the comics, the Acolyte was the villain that their successor Young Justice faced. Here, he's the villain to the Titans.
- Starter Villain: Serves one for the Pilot episode, starting the plot for looking Raven and gets killed by her at the end of the episode.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Was killed the very same episode he was introduced in.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He's trying to save the world from the threat of Trigon but he's willing to kill Rachel to do it.
- Would Hurt a Child: Downplayed. He doesn't think of Rachel as a child and he sees her innocence as a mask for her inherent darkness.
Konstantin Kovar
Konstantin Kovar
Species: Human
Played by: Mark Anthony Krupa
Konstantin Kovar was a crime lord with ties to Kory.
- Adapted Out: In the comics, he's the father of the Titans member Red Star. As of season 1, not only has Red Star not appeared, but it hasn't even been mentioned if Kovar has a family, let alone a son.
- Alliterative Name: Konstantin Kovar.
- Character Death: Is killed in Titans by Kory.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Tries to shoot Kory and is incinerated for his trouble.
- Kill It with Fire: Kory burns him and his bodyguards.
- Man on Fire: Burned to death by Kory.
- Mythology Gag: His relationship with Kory is this, since in the comics, his son would be the first hero to use the name Starfire which he eventually changed to Red Star.
- Starter Villain: He gets killed off in the first episode by Kory, linking her to her memory loss.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Was killed the very same episode he was introduced in.
- Woman Scorned: Gender Inverted. His fury at Kory is motivated by the fact she broke his heart.
Selinda Flinders / Shimmer
Selinda Flinders / Shimmer
Species: Metahuman
Played by: Hanneke Talbot
A metahuman criminal.
- Evil Redhead: Is a red head and a criminal.
- Flipping the Bird: She flips off Donna as she’s taken into custody.
- Hired Guns: Is hired to commit crimes for money.
- It Will Never Catch On: Donna repeatedly ridicules her supervillain name.
- Made of Iron: Was able to withstand a punch from Kory.
- Only in It for the Money: Only does criminal jobs if she getting paid.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Was introduced in Rose only to be arrested by the end of the episode.
Blackfire
The Red Hood
Batman's Rogues Gallery
The Red Hood I / The Joker
The Red Hood I/The Joker
Species: Human
Played by: Mustafa Bulut
An infamously psychotic criminal and Batman's Arch-Enemy.
- Alternate Self: The voices of his counterparts from Earth-66, Earth-89 and an unknown reality are briefly heard in Season 4.
- Arch-Enemy: Like usual, he and Batman are at odds.
- Ax-Crazy: One of the most twisted criminals to walk the Earth.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: Season 3 has him join his counterparts from Earth-Prime (or so it's claimed), Earth-66 (if the Wonder Woman 77 crossover is counted as canon), and Earth-89 (Ambiguous Situation notwithstanding) as being dead.
- Death by Adaptation: In the source material, Jason Todd holds a grudge against Batman for not killing the Joker as revenge for killing him. Bruce has no such limitation in this version.
- The Faceless: He's only appeared in Dick's hallucinations so far, and the show made great efforts to obscure his face. Even when he's killing Jason Todd is he only seen from the shadows.
- The Ghost: He's only appeared in Dick's hallucinations so far. He does appear in Season 3, but heavily obscured as he beats Jason to death with a crowbar, and his murder at Batman's hands goes unseen.
- Go Out with a Smile: Laughing hysterically, in fact. Which is pretty much what you'd expect, given who he is, but in this case it's because he knew that in death he'd achieved his greatest victory: utterly breaking Batman and turning him into a killer.
- If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!: It's heavily implied that Joker wanted Batman to kill him in cold blood so he can ruin all the work he put into his crusade. It works too, as Jason's death finally drives Batman over the edge and kills Joker.
- Killed Offscreen: All that's seen of Batman killing him is the bloodied crowbar that Bruce drops to the floor, with the Clown Prince of Crime's demise occurring entirely offscreen.
- Mythology Gag: As per usual, he beats the crap out of Jason Todd using his trademark crowbar, only this time he uses that and that alone to kill the boy.
The Penguin
Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin
Species: Human
A notorious criminal in Gotham City.
- The Ghost: His existence is only confirmed by a passing mention from Dick.
- Wicked Cultured: Heavily implied as Dick suddenly remembers him while he's at a photo exhibit.
The Riddler
Edward Nygma / The Riddler
Species: Human
A notorious criminal in Gotham City.
- The Faceless: He's only appeared in Dick's hallucinations so far, and the show made great efforts to obscure his face.
- The Ghost: He's only appeared in Dick's hallucinations so far.
Two-Face
Harvey Dent / Two-Face
Species: Human
A notorious criminal in Gotham City.
- The Faceless: He's only appeared in Dick's hallucinations so far, and the show made great efforts to obscure his face(s).
- The Ghost: He's only appeared in Dick's hallucinations so far.
- Greater-Scope Villain: He killed Jason Todd's biological father, which contributed to him becoming a broken orphan adopted by Bruce as the second Robin.
Mr. Freeze
Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
Species: Human
A notorious criminal in Gotham City.
- Hero Killer: He killed Commissioner James Gordon.
- An Ice Person: Befitting his name. He is described by Barbara as wearing a refrigerator suit.
- Kill It with Ice: He killed James Gordon by freezing and stopping his heart.
Scarecrow
Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow
Species: Human
Played by: Vincent Kartheiser
A notorious criminal in Gotham City, who's known to mess with people's minds by using his mastery of psychology and his deadly fear toxin.
- Adaptational Origin Connection:
- Dr. Leslie Tompkins plays a role in his origin in this series that their comics counterparts never had.
- He plays a major role in Jason's resurrection and Face–Heel Turn as Red Hood.
- Adaptation Deviation: He bears plenty of similarities to the Batman: Arkham Knight version of Scarecrow, as this Crane similarly has his face scarred as he elevates to the position of Big Bad and works with Jason Todd (though Crane was unaware of the Arkham Knight's identity in that game, nor did he have any part in turning the former Robin into the Red Hood like he did in the show).
- And I Must Scream: His fate at the end of Season 3. He is reduced to a cowering, screaming buffoon. He remains locked away in a cell while simultaneously mentally trapped inside a demonic acid trip thanks to Dick and Raven.
- Ax-Crazy: He hides it well but it becomes clearer as Season 3 continues that he is completely nuts.
- Beard of Sorrow: He's grown out a rather unkempt beard during his incarceration.
- Beware the Silly Ones: In spite of the fact he's The Stoner in this series, the show reminds the audience that Crane is not one to be underestimated. It's because of him that the entirety of season 3 occurs, all thanks to his ruthless and cunning mind, and Gotham nearly falls apart because of it.
- The Chessmaster: Everything he does all depends on his knowledge of the human psyche, as he gets a determined Jason Todd to his side rather easily—though he's forced to remind him that he's just as easily disposable by having already gotten a backup candidate to help him.
- Composite Character: His role in Jason's resurrection comes from Superboy-Prime and Alexander Luthor Jr. (the original Infinite Crisis-tied explanation) or a member of the al Ghul family (Ra's himself in Batman: Under the Red Hood and Talia in the New 52.
- Consulting a Convicted Killer: He's working with GCPD as of season 3 as a criminal profiler.
- Evil Former Friend: He was once friends with Leslie Thompkins, until she found out about his experiments and after telling people he tried to kill her with his fear gas.
- Evil Mentor: Teaches Jason about chemistry.
- Expy: He's one to Hannibal Lecter, as both are notorious criminals that have psychological backgrounds that the heroes have to turn to in order to stop another villain, and gets under their skin in the process.
- Freudian Excuse: It's implied that he was driven to villainy due to his mother (herself a psychologist) constantly putting him down.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: In-Universe, Batman notes in his case-files that, while he considers Crane dangerous for his mind, he doesn't view him as that much of a threat without his trademark mask, given that Crane isn't all that threatening to begin with. There's a hint of pity in Bruce's voice as Crane hears the files, causing him to snap and scar his own face to prove he doesn't need his mask to be a force of fear.
- Laser-Guided Karma: At the end of season 3, Raven fills his mind with the horrors of the Lazarus Pits, making him even more insane than he already was. Given what he did, he deserved every minute of it.
- Man Behind the Man: He is responsible for orchestrating most of Jason's actions in season three.
- Psycho Psychologist: He is well-trained in psychology and understands the human mind very well. It's just he's also a very insane criminal who's obsessed with making people experience their worst fears.
- Recruiting the Criminal: He's brought in to help the Titans with a case, and has been moonlighting for the GCPD.
- The Stoner: He specifically asks for weed because he says it helps slow his brain down, and he's very picky about the type.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute:
- He serves as one of The Long Halloween incarnation of Calendar Man, who served as a Lecter-esque consultant to Batman.
- When he hideously scars his own face, he takes on a few cues from The Joker.
- Villain Forgot to Level Grind: Zig-Zagged. In the show itself, Crane manages to get the upper hand against the Titans quite easily, thanks to outsmarting them at every turn and using their own natural weaknesses against them. However, his ultimate scheme is the exact same as his first one, and is trying to get the Titans to solve it as if Batman himself were trying to deduce his clues like usual. Dick catches on and decides to stop playing by Crane's rules.
Ra's al Ghul
Ra's al Ghul
Species: Human
A criminal known for his ownership of the Lazarus Pits, springs capable of restoring life.
- The Ghost: Has yet to make an appearance.
- Not Me This Time: The Titans suggest that Ra's might have resurrected Jason back from the dead through the Lazarus Pit. Turns out Jason did come back from the dead through a secret Lazarus Pit hidden somewhere in Gotham, in a location that even Batman does not know, but Ra's wasn't involved.
Catwoman
Selina Kyle / Catwoman
Species: Human
A notorious criminal in Gotham City.
- Classy Cat-Burglar: Dick comments that Barbara donning a black bodysuit to steal priceless things from a museum brings to mind Selina Kyle.
- Dating Catwoman: Duh. Selina's name is the password to Bruce's security system. The clue? The one that got away.
- The Ghost: Has yet to make an appearance.
Nightwing's Rogues Gallery
Lady Vic
Church of Blood
Brother Blood
Sebastian Sanger/Brother Blood
Species: Human
Played by: Joseph Morgan
Powers/Abilities:
Sebastian Sanger, also known as Brother Blood. He is the leader of the Church of Blood.
- Adaptation Name Change: In the comics, his civilian name is Sebastian Blood. Here, it is Sebastian Sanger.note
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: He is a follower of Trigon in the comics via leading the Church of Blood, and at least one of his iterations tried to marry Raven. Here, he is a son of Trigon, and as a result is Raven's older brother.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: He starts off as this, being a mild-mannered taxidermist who is forced into the center of a nefarious conspiracy to turn him into a herald of Trigon. He also forms friendly bonds with a number of the Titans when they try to protect him. Unfortunately, this goes away once he is pushed into accepting his destiny.
- Alliterative Name: Sebastian Sanger, a.k.a. Brother Blood.
- Arc Villain: The main antagonist of Season 4.
- Brought Down to Normal: He ended up losing his powers late into Part 2 of Season 4. Unfortunately for the Titans, he regained them after summoning Trigon, killing him and consuming his power for himself.
- Cain and Abel: The Cain to Raven's Abel.
- The Chosen One: A dark example. He was meant to bring Trigon back to Earth to finish his conquest. He succeeded, but unfortunately for Trigon, Sanger had other plans.
- Eviler than Thou: He proves to be this toward his own parents, Mother Mayhem and Trigon, after brutally killing both of them (the latter in particular immediately after bringing him back in the final episode).
- Face–Heel Turn: Initially a well-meaning young man who wanted to develop a game, he ended up becoming a member of Trigon's cult and an enemy of the Titans.
- Final Boss: He is the last enemy the Titans face in the show.
- Foil: To Raven. Both are children of Trigon and willing women who worshipped the demon. However, while Raven was venerated at birth by "The Organisation" for being the heir to Trigon, Sebastian was rejected at birth and his mother made a prisoner.
- Hero Killer: He manages to kill Superboy (albeit temporarily).
- Long-Lost Relative: He is the son of Mother Mayhem and Trigon, which also makes him Raven's older half-brother.
- No Body Left Behind: Starfire obliterates his body in the atmosphere to make sure he can't come back.
- Omnicidal Maniac: In the series finale, he attempted to enact a plan to destroy both Earth and Tamaran, having learned both would pose a threat to him in the future.
- Related in the Adaptation: He is a son of Trigon in this series.
- Slowly Slipping Into Evil: At the start of Season 4, he was a regular taxidermist living a normal life with dreams of becoming a game developer. Then he ended up being hunted by a cult, found himself in a conflict between said cult and a team of heroes, and allowed the cult to turn him into their leader to try and save said heroes. After that, he slowly became more and more evil, until he devolved into an Omnicidal Maniac attempting to destroy two worlds.
- Synchronization: Due to their connection to each other via being children of Trigon, he can't kill Raven without killing himself. This goes away after Raven finds a way to sever her connection to him.
- Take Me Instead: He offers himself to Mother Mayhem, agreeing to go with her and become Brother Blood in exchange for letting the Titans live.
- Trauma Conga Line: Life wasn't exactly fair to Sebastian. He grew up abandoned by his birth parents, and as an adult he developed a video game idea only for it to be soundly rejected; that very day, he learned his infirmed step-mother had died that morning. He then spent the first half of Season Four being hunted by Mother Mayhem to be turned into Brother Blood (even going as far as to frame him for murder to make him look like a psycho), and learned that Kori is supposed to kill him to prevent that.
- Villainous Breakdown: He goes through one in the final episodes of the series as the Titans ruin his plans at every turn, and becomes a screaming mess during the final battle.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Mistreated and abused his whole life, his final plan is to take revenge on the people of Earth by colliding the planet with Tamaran, having learned from killing and absorbing Trigon that their combined people could one day be a threat to his power.
- We Can Rule Together: He offers this to Raven due to being his half-sister, once he kills Trigon and absorbs his power.
Mother Mayhem
May Bennett/Mother Mayhem
Species: Human
Played by: Franka Potente
Powers/Abilities:
May Bennett is a sorceress and second in command to lead the Church of Blood.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: She is Sebastian's mother, having conceived him with Trigon.
- Adaptational Badass: This version of Mother Mayhem is capable of handing the Titans their asses easily, even being capable of knocking out Superboy and depowering Raven.
- Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: She personally sees to the death of Lex Luthor.
- Blood Magic: The whole church wields this but Mother Mayhem is on site when Lex Luthor is killed by their blood magic seemingly responsible.
- The Corrupter: She spends the first half of Season Four slowly pushing Sebastian Sanger onto the path of villainy, so that he would have no choice but to become Brother Blood. She ends up succeeding, albeit moreso than she would have preferred.
- For the Evulz: She forces a man to kill himself in an unnecessarily bloody and painful way rather than make it quick, all to make Sebastian Sanger look like a psychopath.
- Killed Off for Real: Killed by Brother Blood and Superboy in the second-to-last episode.
- Lady of Black Magic: She is an elegant dark haired woman in disguise. But she is also an eyebrow-less black magic user powerful enough to take out all of the Titans when she first faces off against them. She can also kill people remotely with blood magic and wields a powerful magical staff.
- Marionette Master: She's able to control Deathstroke's corpse like a puppet remotely to use against the Titans.
- No Brows: When she is in her May Bennett look she has brows. But, as Mother Mayhem she is eyebrow-less adding to her uncanny look.
