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After he contracted a strange sickness in Africa, Garfield Logan was given a serum to
temporarily change him into the only immune species on the planet, the West African green
monkey.
The side effects included turning him green, giving him morphing powers, and making him
one of the most beloved young superheroes out there.
So letÕs take a look at the top 10 BEAST BOY SURPRISING FACTS.
In the number 10 spot, HE IS A VICTIM OF ABUSE.
When he was a kid, GarfieldÕs parents were so obsessed with their project of reverse
evolution that oftentimes they kinda just ignored their kid.
Even when he fell gravely ill, his mom didnÕt tell his dad because she didnÕt want to disturb
his work.
Then when they died in a boat accident, he was passed of to a new guardian named Nicholas
Galtry who renamed him Craig and was only interested in him for his inheritance.
Totally series of unfortunate events style if you guys have read that.
Please say yes.
http://mysticmanor.tripod.com/garfieldlogan_b/origin.html
Coming in at number 9, HE CANÕT TURN INTO ANOTHER HUMAN.
There has been some debate over whether Beast boy can turn into another human, because if
he can turn into any animal, and a human is an animal, then why not?
But it has been confirmed in interview that this isnÕt possible.
The reasoning behind it?
Just because Marv Wolfman and George Perez, who took over the character, say so.
They figure heÕs just gonna turn into a green human so whatÕs the point?
Next, at number 8 IS HIS HUMAN RELATIONSHIP.
In the comics and shows Beast Boy has a very prominent relationship with Terra, and a very
interesting one with Raven.
But aside from these ladies, Gar has also dated outside the superhero world.
At least he tried to.
The girlÕs name was Jillian Jackson and she went to his high school, but itÕs of course
Nicholas Galtry under the name of Arsenal had to kidnap her and extort Gar for moneyÉ
so the relationship, although on and off, kinda fell apart after that.
In the number 7 spot HEÕS A VEGETARIAN.
Because he has transformed into the animals that people eat for food, Gar has lost his
appetite for meat and feels itÕs kinda wrong to eat the things he can become.
This gets him bickering with some of his teammates on occasion.
However, there have been instances in animation of him eating meat, proving once more that
continuity really means nothing to people anymore.
Coming in at number 6, HIS WRITERS HAVE ONE BIG REGRET.
Literally big, as in size.
Although it doesnÕt seem like a big deal to us, Marv Wolfman has stated in interview
that letting Beast Boy transform into a tyrannosaurus rex was a bit of a mistake, at least to him.
His main concern is that the mass came from nowhere and he would like to keep transformations
more size appropriate.
Yet heÕs fine with mass disappearing, such as when gar turns into an insect.
Who knew a comic writer could care about something when they usually kill their character 17
times over.
Next up, at number 5 IS HIS FAVORITE WORD.
In the animated series Teen Titans, Beast Boy has an obvious affinity for the word dude.
It can be recorded that he says the word about 114 times in the series.
Are you sure youÕre not from Cali, dude?
Fun fact, dude was historically used to describe an extremely well dressed man, otherwise known
as a dandy.
Now?
ItÕs just a word to describe a dude, dude.
Up next at number 4 IS THE MINECRAFT MOB.
If you were a DC and Minecraft fan who played Minecraft Indev starting in 2009, you may
have noticed a familiar face.
There was a Beast Boy MD3 test mob created by an artist who went by the name of Dock,
who kind of glided around because his animation refused to load.
A fun little treat for fans of the character, but he is long gone, being removed when the
creator left the project.
In the number 3 spot, HE HAD AN ACTING CAREER.
Gar scored himself a role on the science-fiction TV series, Space Trek 2022, as an extrateresstrial
metamorph.
Probably the only kind of role he could score with that skin, but hey, he fit the role to
a T. Of course the show got shut down eventually due to copyright claims from Star Trek and
Space:1999 so he was out of a job.
He tried to pick acting back up later in LA, but it proved to be a little difficult because
he kinda got framed for murder.
And no oneÕs really looking to hire real murderers.
Coming in at number 2 IS CHANGELING.
There was one point where Beast boy changed his name to ChangelingÑapparently the preferred
name by Marv Wolfman, who did not like the name Beast Boy.
But in the comic, the reason behind Beast Boy renaming himself is kind of sad and really
human.
He changed it because Nick Galtry, yet again as Arsenal, made fun of the name incessantly.
Like when I was a kid and wanted to rename myself Ashley because I thought Roya was ugly.
And finally, in the number 1 spot we got AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BEAST BOY.
Starting ith adventure comics in 1964, there was an entirely unrelated Beast Boy in publication.
He had the same animal morphing powers as Gar, and he is a member of the heroes of Lallor.
This Beast boy was shunned by his society and ended up leading an animal revolt against
humans.
He does have a change of heart, but only at the time of his death, which is caused by
him saving a young girl from one of the attacking animals.
So he was similar in name and power, not similar in alignment.
LetÕs hope Garfield doesnÕt get any inspiration.
So those were the top 10 FACTS ABOUT BEAST BOY.
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