# Teen Titans question: Beast Boy

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 8, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-titans-question-beast-boy/263573 "2004-09-08T00:52:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-titans-question-beast-boy/263573/1 "2004-09-08T00:52:06Z")

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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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**Author:** ![ussentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ce7236/32.png) [@ussentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ussentinel)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-titans-question-beast-boy/263573/2 "2004-09-08T01:12:10Z")

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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](http://www.titanstower.com/source/whoswho/beastboy.html)

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-titans-question-beast-boy/263573/3 "2004-09-08T01:44:14Z")

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> [@Weirddave](#):
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> (except for the Anime style animation. I keep expecting a tentacle monster to show up and fuck Raven in every orifice)

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 😃 :eek: 😛🆒  
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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-titans-question-beast-boy/263573/4 "2004-09-08T01:49:25Z")

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> [@JRDelirious](#):
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> No, I only kid you… anyone can tell it’s obviously Terra who’s the prime candidate to get herself urotsukidojied 😃 :eek: 😛🆒

…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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**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-titans-question-beast-boy/263573/5 "2004-09-08T03:58:37Z")

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