Beastboy vs robin! In one corner we have the shapeshifting, lovable Garfield Logan, and
in the other we have Batman protŽgŽ Richard Grayson. Both well loved members of the teen
titans who would do anything for their team. But in a showdown between the two who will
win? WeÕre about to find out.
Welcome back nerd squad, my name is Roya Destroyaa and this is Top 10 nerdÕs series VS, where
we take your favorite characters and pit them in battle to see who comes out on top. Before
we begin, let us know who you think will be the winner with a hashtag in the comment section:
Will it be #beastboy or #robin? Lets get brawling.
ORIGINS: So before we get into the punchy stuff, we
gotta find out what made these two characters who they are. LetÕs start off with Gar.
Garfield LoganÕs parents were working in Africa to discover a reverse evolution method
that would bring back extinct animals. During this time, the poor kid caught a rare disease
that was fatal to every known species except the west African green monkey. So, doing the
obviously logical thing, his parents injected him with a serum to turn him into this monkey
for 24 hours. While it did work, it did have the side effects of turning him permanently
green and gifting him with animal morphing abilities. His parents die soon afterwards
and Garfield is left in the care of a selfish man named Nicholas Galtry, who plans to kill
Garfield for his estate. And also renames him Craig. Oh the tyranny.
As for Dick Grayson, he was also orphaned at a young age, but in a very different way.
As a child Dick was an acrobat alongside his parents when some trapeze lines were compromised
by 2 gangsters who were trying to extort money from the circus owner. These lines send his
parents to their deaths, and Dick, who overheard the extortion exchange, is stopped by Batman
before he can reveal what he knows and put himself in danger. He then asks if he can
become BatmanÕs aid, drawing parallels between the superheroÕs tragic parentage and his
own. And he goes on to train under the dark knight to one day execute revenge for his
parents.
POWERS, WEAKNESS:
So now that we know where these poor guys are coming from, itÕs time to take a look
at what they can do.
We have already mentioned BeastboyÕs main ability. He can transform into any animal
he wants to, and while in the form of this animal, he can access all of its attributes.
So if he becomes a turtle, he gets the enhanced durability. If he becomes a cobra, heÕs got
venom at his disposal. Because he is able to alter his body mass so quickly and so completely,
heÕs also got quite the healing factor, with the ability to regenerate limbs in times of
need. And to top it all off hes proven proficient in hand to hand combat, although not quite
on par with his oftentimes enemy Deathstroke.
Where Beastboy may fall short is his limitations of space. If heÕs in a space that is too
small, he canÕt break the confinesÑrather, his transformation will stop and he will revert
back to human form.
Now while he was blessed or maybe cursed with this superpower, Robin has no superpowers
at all. Every ability he has was trained into him as an acrobat or by his mentor Batman.
He was trained in a whole mess of things, from espionage to martial arts to stealth
to reading body language. In other words, he was honed into the perfect unarmed weapon,
someone who could maybe take down Batman one day should the bat become corrupted. If that
wasnÕt enough, he also has access to a host of tech such as the batarangs he carries known
as wingdings, or gas capsules or whatever else he may need.
That being said, he would need some prep time to figure out what materials he would need
against certain oponnents. And since he does not have super powers, without prep he may
find himself more susceptible to attacks coming from the supernatural or magical side of things.
So who would win in a show down?
First off, itÕs very unlikely that we see these two good natured, light hearted characters
at odds against one another. ItÕs very likely that they may in fact be fighting for fun
or sport, so weÕre going to take that context. This means that the two of them already know
each other and know what they are capable of mostly. Which, unfortunately for beasty,
means that Robins carrying all the right tools, because he wouldnÕt be caught dead unprepared.
Or, I guess the day he is caught dead is the day he WAS unprepared. WouldnÕt Batman have
a fit at that.
At first Beast boy may not take the fight very seriously; he would morph into maybe
an ant to frustrate and get away from Robin, or perhaps even a robin to mock his opponent
and get a rise out of him. While he may be a little flustered with the constant switches
in forms, Robin keeps his cool and studies BeastboyÕs body language very carefully to
know when he is shifting form and maybe even predict what kind of animal heÕs going to
turn into next. They are good friends after allÑhe would definitely know which animals
were beast boyÕs favorite to turn into for combat. And while he may not be able to land
a direct hit on Gar just yet, he makes good use of his skill with the wing dings to smack
his adversary aroun
d a little. Nothing a little healing factor canÕt fix.
There is some back and forth when Robin realizes that all he really needs to do is get Garfield
in a small space before he can transform into something terrifying and dangerous and potentially
poisonous. So instead of just trying to land a hit, he pulls out some nifty gas capsules
from his utility belt and unleashes them to knock Gar out before he can change into some
weird parasite that may be able to live in a gaseous environment. Once Gar is down, Robin
can stuff him inside a box, and if Gar tries to change into something larger than the box,
his transformation will stop as soon as he makes contact with the walls.
So it really didnÕt take too much for Robin to win this one out. While he may not have
super powers, his combination of training, intelligence, and tools makes this a not so
difficult win. He also has known his teammate for a very long time and has had time to study
the ins and outs of Beast boyÕs brain. So, in not a very large amount of time, Robin
is the winner.
ThatÕs it for versus here today, let us know in the comment section whose corner you were
in, #beastboy or #robin. My name is Roya Destroyaa, thanks for watching, and donÕt forget to
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