When you’ve got a superhero team made up of teenagers, it should be no surprise that
romantic tensions and flirtations are run of the mill.
The Teen Titans are no exception, so it makes perfect sense that the fandom has fostered
ships for the characters, in the comics and beyond.
Today we’re taking a closer look with our list of the top 10 teen titan fan ships.
It’s worth noting though that we’re specifically focusing on the first Teen Titans show this
time around rather than the comics themselves, or Teen Titans Go, although quite a few of
these ships extend to both of those universes as well.
So with that in mind, let’s jump in!
10 Robin and Raven It’s undeniably that these two make great
friends, which was fodder for the beginning of this ship.
So why do fans think they’d be a good match?
Raven is the least antagonistic to Robin, the one she opens up to the most often, and
the two seem to always have an eye out for one another, and a knack for protecting one
another.
Robin has even been comfortable enough with letting Raven enter his mind.
For those who didn’t want to see Robin and Starfire get together, Robin and Raven were
a great alternative, even if there was never any canon evidence to back it up.
9 Beast Boy and Terra Ever since Beast Boy met Terra in the show,
he’s been smitten, and the flirtation definitely seemed mutual.
That is, until Terra betrayed him and the Titans, just like she does in the comic.
Except the Terra of the cartoon was much more innocent than the Terra in the comics.
The two nearly share a kiss as well before Slade makes an appearance and messes everything
up.
Eventually Terra redeems herself, and ends up sacrificing her life to make up for the
betrayal.
8 Fang and Kitten Villains can be shipped, too!
Fang is spider headed mutant, and Kitten is the daughter of Killer Moth.
The two had broken up, and Kitten had devised a scheme to make him jealous by having Robin
forcibly take her to her junior prom.
Which then made Starfire jealous.
In an incredibly juicy episode titled Date with Destiny, we see this go down, and a jealous
Fang ends up fighting Robin in combat.
7 Cyborg and Bumblee This ship would’ve made a great pairing
for a few reasons.
For starters, their love of tech.
The two also exhibit a competitively playful nature towards one another, which gave them
pretty great chemistry.
They also know how to get under each other’s skin, which is always enjoyable to watch.
6 Cyborg and Raven These two seem like a bit of an odd pairing
in theory, but when episode 11 of season 1 came around, Car Trouble, the two were paired
up, working together to get Cyborg his beloved car back.
Raven’s empathetic advice to Cyborg and the duo’s overall ability to work well with
one another sparked the idea of a ship in many fans’ minds, and when the episode ends
with Raven helping Cyborg build a new T-Car together, well, that just gave everyone butterflies
in their tummies for these two.
5 Beast Boy and Cyborg The most popular slash ship from the Teen
Titans show, Beast Boy and Cyborg, aka Cyboy, the adoration from this ship usually stems
from their platonic best buddy relationship on the show.
But like most ships that don’t have a ton of canon moments backing them up, leave it
to the fans to be creative and craft up some detailed fan fiction – including the likes
of fanfic that is sweet and romantic, to parody fanfic, and even erotic fan fic of the boy
who can become any animal and his robotically enhanced pal.
4 Cyborg and Jinx After Jinx is first introduced, it’s definitely
no hidden secret that Cyborg harbours feelings for her.
Jinx was quick to become smitten as well in the season 3 episode , Deception.
The two quickly became a fan favourite ship, with people loving how opposite they were
from one another, and how they balanced each other out.
But then came along Kid Flash, and Jinx ended up with him, although many fans weren’t
into the pairing nearly as much as they were into Jinx and Cyborg.
Luckily for fans of this ship, it’s been reignited for Teen Titans Go!
But that’s for another time, another list.
3 Raven Starfire Raven and Starfire are a femslash ship that
was fueled by the characters growing relationship over the course of the show.
At first, the two are quite distant from one another, but slowly, they begin to build more
trust in one another, and become friends.
For example, in the episode Fear Itself, the Titans get captured by a nightmare creature,
and Starfire’s capture is the only one that Raven shows visible concern over.
The two even have their bodies switched accidentally, and wonderful shenanigans ensue.
While there has never been any canon evidence, the internet is ripe with fanfiction about
these two, and cartoon hookup even did a video on them.
2 Starfire and Robin Considering the history that these two have
in the comics, it makes sense that fans would ship these two.
In the show, upon meeting, the two share a kiss – because of Starfire’s language
mimicry ability via lip contact.
This happens after Starfire crashes onto Earth and Robin releases her of her hand braces.
Despite the rocky start, the two have an ongoing flirtation, which is sometimes subtle, but
sometimes blaringly obvious, like in the third episode of season 3, Betrothed, when Robin
reacts poorly to the news that Starfire is getting married with an arranged spouse.
We eventually got a kiss from them in the final part of the Teen Titans cartoon, Teen
Titans: Trouble in Tokyo.
As Cyborg aptly noted, it’s about time.
1 Beast Boy and Raven One of the most popular ships from the show,
Beast Boy and Raven, also known as BBRae ship-wise, actually stems from a pairing that doesn’t
have a whole lot of romantic hints in the canon itself.
That being said, it’s the characters chemistry that fuels the fire for shippers.
While shippers may have found solace in Teen Titans Go for these two, the original cartoon
left us with a whole lot of romantic pangs, wishing and waiting for these two to become
an item, even more so than Robin and Starfire.
It was the personalities of Beast Boy and Raven that really sold us – opposites attract,
and the pairing had an unexpected chemistry that really shined in their more sentimental
moments together.
There we have it friends!
Which one of these ships is your favourite?
Was there a ship we should’ve included on this list?
And lastly, if you want to see other Teen Titans ships – from Teen Titans Go or from
the comics themselves – let us know in those comments and perhaps we’ll do a part two!
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