Teen Titans question: Beast Boy

Cafe Society
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OK, I’ve been watching, off and on, the CN Teen Titans series (partly because I have a 10 year old son and partly because I was a comics geek back in the day). I have to admit, I am enjoying the show (except for the Anime style animation. I keep expecting a tentacle monster to show up and fuck Raven in every orifice.), but one thing confuses me.

Beast Boy. Where did this name come from? I remember the character, but he was always called “Changeling”. Beat Boy? BEAST BOY? Changeling was cool. Beast Boy sounds like a circus side show freak(as indeed he was in the future shown in this season’s premier). Where did Beast Boy come from, and why?

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The character was introduced in the '60s title Doom Patrol. He had his name changed to uh … Changeling when the Teen Titans relaunched in the New Teen Titans comic in the early '80s.

A more detailed explaination can be found at this link:

http://www.titanstower.com/source/whoswho/beastboy.html

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I’m sure there’s a not-negligible segment of the audience that has the same instinctive reaction but would consider paying for a Director’s Cut that actually had that :eek: :o

No, I only kid you… anyone can tell it’s obviously Terra who’s the prime candidate to get herself urotsukidojied :smiley: :eek: :stuck_out_tongue: :cool:
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…by Raven.

Hey, she is half-demon, and she goes all shape-shifty when she gets really pissed. I’ll bet she’s got a few tentacles under that robe somewhere.

…not that I spend a lot of time thinking about it, or anything.

Hey, look over there! William Shatner!

<flees>

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Thanks, ussentinel, that was almost more information than I could process, but it answered the question perfectly.