Origin Of Raven (Teen Titans)

Today on Variant, we finally give you guys some Teen Titan goodness by talking about the origin of one of it's most popular members, Raven!
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[@FernandoAR760]

"Apparently the Devil was unavailable" he was busy running a bar in LA 😂

[@koonehkun6404]

@Jouliet Sera yes, lucifer morningstar from the tv show is from dc, he is second to the presence, third is his brother michael :)

[@21stwind58]

@Jouliet Sera First is Batman!🤣🤣

[@why_tho_]

XD

[@Manny-hd1bv]

“DETECTIVE”

[@joshuaandino]

Lucifer Morningstar is da best, and Raven should work for him

[@bruhmoment3849]

She's one of my favourite DC characters.

[@isaiahhaynes8720]

Oh my gosh jerry she rude gosh🙄

[@jeffbell9129]

When

[@Kian_val]

Omg me ttooooo

[@jimmypickleson4753]

bruh moment only coz she got that cake

[@VAEH._J]

Kemanie Haynes who cares if she is rude I’m rude to ok

[@821lancevance]

raven is so underrated

[@lencol583]

I know, I've read some of her titles and I think she's a really unique character, it's a shame she's not as popular as other characters though.

[@shroomz4557]

Actually raven is the least underrated character in teen titans she's loved by Many dc fans, but yes, she finally shined when she was featured in the teen titans and then became a fan favourite.

[@Anubis-xk4ht]

@@shroomz4557 she's a better character than wonder woman and captain marvel and much more relatable

[@choppedandbobbed9729]

Not on Titans.

[@chloebourgeois6340]

Um I HEARD THAT GHOST IN THE SHELL YOU LEAVE MY GIRLFRIEND ALONE

[@brettroth1463]

Raven, probably my favorite character from any franchise ever.

[@hannahjanethegachadevil3828]

in any version (not including that disgrace TTG) shes always my favorite

[@ImZentex]

YAY!

[@Just-a.guy55]

I used to like TTG until I actually KNEW Robin's ORGIN, if you watched ttg one episode the April fools prank Robins friends took it WAYY too far I srsly don't really like dark humor. Knowing Robin's orgin just made me think the episode is just disrespectful

[@WonderWhy66]

I wish *(original)* Teen Titans returned to Cartoon Network

[@bluekirby64]

Wonder WhyZ at least they show the original version in the morning of weak days

[@kelonpie]

Wonder WhyZ it is coming back

[@seanptaco]

It's on the DCU App in HD

[@idontunderstandjokes8308]

Wonder WhyZ It will come back and premiere on the 4th of January.

[@SA80TAGE]

Why would you want a show from 1967? kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKTdeot9jJuUZtU

[@koushikraja331]

AZARATH, METRON ZINTHOS!!!

[@kylebuffkin7514]

Metrion!!

[@EverythingandNothing888]

METRION!

[@spike7138]

Raven says at are you raven

[@TheSIMS1-k7p]

The Orginal Raven Dosnt Say , AZARATH, METRON ZINTHOS. They Changed Raven And Made Her How they Wanted in Teen Titans , The Orginal Teen Titans And Raven Are Alot better then The Cartoon Version.

[@luxsorienstein]

*THESE PUNS ARE PERFECT*

[@SteveyLuke]

I've found Raven to be a very complex character. Enjoyed this episode!

[@two-face1041]

The amount of devil puns Jesus...wait that was unintentional

[@sharilshahed6106]

and your name is Two-Face. So even unintentionally you can't skip it.

[@Lashly273]

This whole thing just went down like a burning ring of fire.....

[@rorybranos]

how the hell do you make those puns

[@VampyType0]

You mean "Satan".. 😂

[@ComicBookGuy420]

Sure it was😉

[@lessermook7608]

I love Rae-Rae, she's my fav Titan.

[@corinacorina4880]

Mine aswell

[@raventodd8688]

Thx

[@arsoz1]

@@raventodd8688 they werent talking to you

[@sylvrscorpyn]

I knew all of this because I am a filthy Raven nerd.

[@Shiirow]

oh?

[@danielcesar664]

Linagami a men of culture

[@sylvrscorpyn]

asombrosas invenciones I mean, im no dude. But thanks

[@masterskitsmusicians8599]

She kinda explained this in the movie. Also, I'm a hero nerd

[@CosmicErrata]

3:50 - Raven butt.

[@luigik542]

Raven meeting the Endless is something I'd love to see in Vertigo/DC. I need Raven to grow up and interact more with metaphysical/abstract beings. There's so much potential for her future in the DC multiverse.

[@luigik542]

Also I wrote about Raven meeting Death if anyone wants to check it out m.fanfiction.net/s/13658437/1/Raven-Reborn

[@eivor2881]

Raven and Ghost Rider teamed up in a crossover to fight zarathos and trigon in "Raven and Ghost Rider Demon Damage Control"

[@what.are.you.doing.stepbro]

Raven became the Unkindness and absorbed everyone in the multiverse. Her minions beat superman prime 1 million with green lantern ring. Check it out

[@black_canary7398]

Please do an origin episode about Cyborg. He has a very interesting origin and it's sad that they didn't include that in the Justice League movie.

[@two-face1041]

Black Canary they were but it got cut smh

[@petiteexplication6249]

And now its here

[@origin-sclvr]

Well now your wish cane true

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Frt

[@iw_legendary_sayain2215]

I always had a crush on Raven when I was watching Teen Titans. Now after watching this my love for her grew indefinitely.

[@ultimatewarriors5749]

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@blackleaf3189]

@@ultimatewarriors5749 Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy not?

[@gvtterslag]

Me too tbh..

[@gred_and_forge]

@@ultimatewarriors5749 ur literally asking that in the comment section of a video dedicated to Raven???

[@shinystarmiestudios4179]

@@ultimatewarriors5749 Why do you think? badass half-demon Goth girl. What isn't there to love?

[@starie6639]

3:51 what comic is this the art is beautiful

[@NuclearGenesis]

Raven (2016-17) by Marv Wolfman

[@spiritblossom5766]

Beautiful Comic Painful Story

[@starie6639]

@@NuclearGenesis Thanks

[@Blackwing2040]

MORE TEEN TITANS ORIGINS

[@Kal_g]

+Blackwing2040 Aye! I second this, cuz!!

[@BlaximilianD00d]

I want Beast boy

[@starz5282]

Same BOI REEEEEEE LEEEEEEE

[@BaryKKGorgon]

Origin of Beast Boy please

[@dariushlarijani8083]

some1 beat me to asking on beast boy

[@demonemperorastaroth7867]

BaryKK Gørgøn Yes

[@americanfootball8194]

Can someone tell me why everyone likes beast boy? He’s just kinda dumb imo

[@BaryKKGorgon]

Xcaliber The Wise He can turn into any animal he wants (including dinosaurs or any other prehistoric creatures). I think that's cool enough

[@dariushlarijani8083]

He can transform into various animals mythology/aliens/regular animals

[@galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478]

Oh I love raven she’s one of my favorite hero’s in DC. Probably top 10 I haven’t really thought about my top 10 heroes in DC.

[@giuseppelambrinos2458]

Raven is my absolute favourite comic book character ever. She's just too awesome to process.

[@nathanjones8475]

Original teen titans cartoon Raven>Teen titans go Raven

[@leonr8255]

Comicbook Raven > 2003 Show Raven

[@sharilshahed6106]

TheTrueFatDorkle trying to be a smartass or are you actually a TTG fanboy? If the latter than I regret coming to remind the comment how much of a dead horse hating TTG is. 2003 Raven either equals or does better than her comic counterpart, her outfit, her unique mannerism and actually not succumbing to the evil side unlike her comic counterpart did most often, overall I like the cartoon version best.

[@leonr8255]

You like that version best? Good for you, pal. I'll just stick to the one that's more three-dimensional and heroic. Have a good day.

[@leonr8255]

You're joking, right?

[@leonr8255]

...

[@sharonroberts5489]

This video is AMAZING. You guys really understand Raven, nobody really understands or cars about Raven and i will defiantly watch more of your videos. You guys are the best. From Sharon's little girl, Taylor

[@hannahjanethegachadevil3828]

same like i can never understand a character perfectly no matter how hard i try

[@bobastu]

Raven has always been one of my faves. Her brooding personality, coupled with emotional angst really makes her stand out. She is, in essence, the Batman type character of Teen Titans. She has that dark side, one step away from doing what she fears she will do, kill. Raven would do well to mentor under Batman, and Batman would benefit from that relationship as well.

[@ravenrxxth8735]

Boba Stu Well Batman actually doesn’t trust Raven in the comics.

[@bobastu]

@@ravenrxxth8735 I am not surprised. Batman has betrayed the Justice League's trust on more than one occasion. I do believe they are both tormented about what they could do, if they just let go. People respect Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, etc; people fear The Batman!

[@eivor2881]

Raven originally was a pacifist

[@bobastu]

@@eivor2881 so cool. Thanks

[@chuy2c]

Wait if Raven can time travel, she seems like the perfect band aid for the Flashes continuity screw ups =P

[@joshyoung9515]

Origin of trigon

[@justinsigler1565]

Lil Latke being of pure hatred and wicked evil

[@leonr8255]

Justin Sigler That's not an origin.

[@derekwhite1870]

*Trigun :p haha

[@Dragonbornwarrior]

Got your wish

[@keithedwards9953]

Being that her powers flow through her emotions... Would that mean she would have some kind of special compatibility with the lantern rings?.. or would they do her more harm than good?

[@denniscleary7580]

Nightwing is one of the main reasons I love the Teen Titans

[@aniketk9470]

Same🤝

[@sims8717]

BLESS THE HEAVENS! SHE GETS AN EPISODE! What a coincidence too I've been spamming her on Statue community for weeks now

[@billthompson5644]

You are hilarious, thanks for the positive humor. AS USUAL, great research, good background information. I love your Channel.

[@sammya9096]

Origin of star fire please

[@Kai_SoCa3539]

I really wonder, which one of the teen titan members has the most interesting origin story?In my opinion, it's raven.

[@NRVllmr]

Raven's character and powers has a lot of potential. She's so underrated 😢

[@AmaranthOriginal]

VariantComics: come for the history, stay for the dad jokes.

[@lamarcusmoon2740]

The puns were serious😏😏😏

[@m3tr0id86]

Matter of fact Raven is actually half demon for a reason, on account that she's an embodiment of all depression. Like she being half demon is actually a metaphor for depression, not like you're some half creature of some kind, more specifically like you're only half of a person or just in general less of a human being. Let's just say I've got some experience with that as well as plenty of others.

[@leonr8255]

She's literally half-demon; nothing more to it.

[@m3tr0id86]

TheTrueFatDorkle yeah but the thing is is if she does not keep her emotions in check her father will find where she is and there are very few times where she's ready to deal with him.

[@sharilshahed6106]

m3tr01d86 you mean to say she has her demons, both technically and literally.

[@m3tr0id86]

Sharil Shahed well that's the thing about depression, I see so many people thinking that it's just sadness, and Truth it's actually the lack of most of your emotions at all and this is a guy talking from experience. Simply put, she wants to feel emotions much like I was at one point, and her case it's more of the point where if she does, her father is drawn to her like a moth to a flame and if the episode of Teen Titans was any indicator on how bad her father is nothing needs to be said. A good while back most of my depression was that most people berated me constantly for having any of them for one reason or another. Long story short I pretty much shut them down and when you do that it's not just one or two it's literally almost all of them and it's a very fucking horrible existence. Ever since I broke that ultimately that has been around for over 10 years it's actually technically the happiest I've been in a very long time.

[@MatataMcCleskey]

SHADDUP!

[@davideduardogonzalezbermud3864]

History of The Celestials Alternate versions of Thor and Hulk Top 10 Underrated Spider-Man Villains How powerful is Odin?

[@ikxmmass4358]

David Eduardo Gonzalez I'd like to find out how powerful odin is

[@Spiderpichi2099]

I know it's not a History of Raven video, but even an Origin of Raven video makes me really happy! Been wanting this for a while!

[@stephj505]

Raven, when all is said and done, has more than her fair share of baggage. Ever since she was little, she had to control her emotions. And on her (most likely)18th birthday, she was going to be the portal for the apocalypse. Now I now why Raven was so secretive about life!

[@lotusgal313]

Raven is in every way a tortured soul 🥰

[@MrTaang]

Please do one for Zatanna, another underrated character but one I deeply love

[@aidanlavin8211]

How about do origins for the other teen titans and their villains.

[@etrigan1389]

I absolutely love Raven

[@spudferdpowers7080]

History of Blue Beetle! Either Jaime Reyes, or all three would even better!

[@luizneto727]

Raven is too powerful, I dig it

[@karlsingh9076]

We need more episodes like this about the Teen Titans.

[@maxalej]

You may be my father but you're not my daddy!!

[@danielasita468]

RIP Yondu...

[@jbarnard2000]

History of quake , poison ivy and the hellfire club !

[@Druid953]

History of Adam warlock

[@MachinaX7]

I wish Raven had a solo run going on id like to see her do more solo hero work.

[@felipesalvatierra805]

Nacho Libre reference? Arris, you're the best!

[@josephlowry4320]

Ever since the original Teen Titans cartoon, the character made an impact on me plus I love her Gothic look on her, so beautiful ☠️🖤💀

[@EnchantedEcho2002]

I love Variant episodes that Include Puns :D

[@9etherNeo]

Great video as always arris! How about a history of cloak and dagger?

[@jtafoya88]

Thank you sir, you are the best comic guy in KZbin. Keep up the good work. Krypton was great. More Teen Titans would be nice. Thank you for the content. God bless you.

[@robbiethorpe8925]

That pun though 😂😂😂

[@kzarkage]

Damn ! Everyone's been on about Raven lately

[@michaelreeves4529]

raven in my opinion is the most powerful character in the dc world next to superman and wonderwoman not only does she have powers of a demon she is in empath giving her the power to alter peoples minds no secret is hidden from her and ultimately has the power to change from dark to light making her a woman of chaos the strongest force on the planet this woman can be good and evil combined beastboys love for raven helps her to control the darkness inside her with the entire love for raven in the teen titans raven changed into light and became the strongest character in the group she was loaded with enough power to stop her own farther. it comes with the saying out of the darkness do we truly see the light raven is the badass of the entire dc world and thats a fact

[@charlesgorman4919]

Raven is of my favorite female heroes.

[@OwnageMancer]

Ah, Lady Legasus, my favorite hero

[@ScarletSpeedforce]

This is cool because we get to see history of our characters and what they can do.

[@MichaelThompson-sp1hi]

Thank you!!! More on Raven, and next Beast Boy. I think the new series will suck, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[@ManuDG-c4v]

Please more Teen Titans. Good video BTW :D

[@xxSapphxx]

2:10-2:12 is what reminded me to immediately stop and hit like

[@Adam-qj8lk]

Origin of Damien Wayne

[@chrisp.9385]

Watch "son of Batman"

[@janathanvalley9931]

The puns are on fire

[@callm3cam]

they are but cringey

[@anthonymelgar9]

Does anyone know when the teen titans show comes out?

[@DracoJayy]

Please Definitely do one for each of the members!

[@ladiesman9806]

Lol the puns🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 and pleeease do other episodes like this with other teen titans members

[@carlhita2602]

The Origin of Raven Episode.. Yes!!

[@ブラクマト]

I love everything about raven Her demon side He neutral and unbothered fearless attitude ( because her meditation keeps her emotions in check) Her emo colors 🔵🟣⚫️🔴🟡 Her variety of abilities with just a single chant

[@WWEDesiTV]

White lantern ring vs infinity gauntlet

[@13KuriMaster]

Okay missed opportunity here, you could have had a 'not-readable but recommended anyway' part on the original TT show... the whole show. Saying that if we already seen it, here's an excuse to go see it again.

[@SA80TAGE]

except that show wasn't the "original"... there was a cartoon in 1967 that WAS the original. Yes, things existed before you.

[@braydenbeast372]

@@SA80TAGE Right, but in the 60's, the camera and audio quality was garbage, and most of the characters in the TT 2003 series didn't even exist, making the show boring. Back then in that generation, TT 1964 might have been fun, but for this generation, it looks like trash.

[@SA80TAGE]

@@braydenbeast372 And, what does that have to do with anything? I simply pointed out the *fact* that 2003 TT wasn't the original. It doesn't matter if it was trash or not, it was still the original, that was my only point so I don't know why you bothered replying. That's the problem with you kids today, you think everything "belongs" to you and that everything that came before is irrelevant.

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@braydenbeast372 TT 1964 was part of the Superfriends era. It focused on the Fab Five (Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, Kid Flash & Wonder Girl) and not the New Teen Titans, which the 2003-2006 cartoon was loosely based on/adapted from (ex: season 1 = Nightwing VS Deathstroke feud, season 2 = watered down _Judas Contract_ with a more sympathetic Terra, season 4 = take on _Terror of Trigon_ , finale = Terra II & metaphor about crimefighting alluding to the series' cancellation).

[@Pranaynaynay]

I think you guys should start adding "to watch" parts to your reading recommendations for any character or group that might've had an especially important TV episode or movie. Like the Trigon arc of the Teen Titans cartoon for Raven

[@devambanker338]

Great video

[@DSMB9]

Yes, please do the rest of the team!

[@GDoor23]

The puns are hellish

[@bloodhyena]

great video ,keep them coming !!

[@eknoorsinghM]

Who is here after Justice League Dark: Apokolips 2020?

[@eivor2881]

Trash film

[@ericbuckner5772]

You must had a HELL of a time making these puns

[@kkxuro]

History of Black Canary

[@SEMI99]

Im an avid Marvel fan but she is the sole reason why I develop interest in DC comics ❤

[@karlsingh9076]

Arris giving us hellish puns. Sweet.

[@azurekidd3962]

FINALLY MY FAVE TITAN

[@sonnyngo5290]

Notification squad where you at ?

[@LootboxTVreviews]

Interesting perspective. Great inspiration for my own channel!

[@User.i0]

History of Cyborg

[@humanseekingtruth6080]

Good video! Thank you! Please do more!

[@AifDaimon]

Nice puns, Arris

[@avptoys5340]

OMG! Your puns are hilarious! 😂

[@mariohrernadez6657]

Two word BEASTBOY!!!!!!!

[@jux446]

That’s one

[@ROCK_UNIVERSE97]

"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!"

[@theunbotheredson]

Lol Saw Nacho yesterday!

[@erwannharrison8462]

Keep the teen titans origins coming!!

[@lil8ill973]

THE 🅿️UNS 🅰️RE 🅾️N FIRE 🔥

[@liawarner7242]

3:58 well that would've been nice to know in justice league dark apocalypse. She can time travel?!

[@azure8935]

My favorite Titan 💜

[@eivor2881]

Raven and Ghost Rider teamed up in a crossover to fight zarathos and trigon in "Raven and Ghost Rider Demon Damage Control"

[@emmanuellao2248]

Raven is such an underrated character. She has parts emotionally complex and dark making her perfect for a solo movie/series like green arrow, huntress, JJ. Oh well we know DC has issues portraying their dark but fascinating characters 😐

[@elijahmatthews2781]

Yes give me MORE😄

[@K-wars]

I Can't wait for live action teen titans

[@kingmuizz708]

Would've been first in one of the infinite timelines/universes....

[@radicaledward3783]

Yes! Finally the one I've been waiting for!