| “ | I should control every holiday; Valentine's Day should be mine, Thanksgiving mine, President's Day, Arbor Day, Hanukkah, Cinco de Mayo, that one with the costumes where they eat the cookies with three corners, you know? [...] PURIM SHOULD BE MINE! | „ |
| ~ Santa revealing his goals of taking over every holiday |
| “ | I've already got people putting up Christmas decorations before Halloween. SOON I'LL CONTROL... THE ENTIRE... HOLIDAY... CALENDAAAR! | „ |
| ~ Santa Claus declaring his plan to claim all holidays |
| “ | Coal is a terrible gift. Only terrible children get coal. Everyone knows that. | „ |
| ~ Santa Claus to the Teen Titans after the Titans get coal for Christmas |
Santa Claus is a major antagonist in the TV cartoon series Teen Titans Go!. Even though he has a good and joly personality, he, however, is shown to be evil at some points. He serves as the main antagonist of "The Teen Titans Go Easter Holiday Classic" and in the fourth season. Santa was the first holiday-themed villain to appear in the series.
He was voiced by the late Robert Morse (who also voiced a young Ebenezer Scrooge in The Stingiest Man in Town) up until season 8, and is currently voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
Appearance[]
Santa Claus is a big, jolly old man who wears a red coat with a matching red hat, green mittens, and a black belt and black boots. He has long fluffy white hair, beard, and eyebrows.
Biography[]
The True Meaning of Christmas[]
It was Christmas and Teen Titans discovered they were on the Santa' Naughty List so journeyed into the North Pole, where they sneaked into Santa's workshop and disperse. Raven and Starfire asked a gingerbread man where the naughty list was, but after a while, they started devouring everything in his house. Meanwhile, Beast Boy visited Santa's reindeer and ended up upsetting Rudolph with insults, as he drove away in Santa's sleigh.
Over in the toy factory, Cyborg got in with the elves and asked where the naughty list was, but the noise made the leader elf angry. The leader elf asked what was happening, and Cyborg blamed another elf, who was then carried away by Jingle and Jangle, as Cyborg got away.
Meanwhile, Robin investigated in Santa's office, standing over Santa's Naughty List, attempting to erase the Titans' name from the list. Surprisingly, it didn't erase as he expected, so he tried rubbing out the Titans' name first, used white out and then a mini bomb, but eventually gave up from the failures. He was then interrupted by Santa's dog, which intentionally barked to get Santa's attention. Santa came over and scolded Robin for his actions, but the other Titans eventually arrived to complain about how they didn't get their wish for presents for the past three years. Santa stated that presents are not the true meaning of Christmas, resulting in the Titans blowing up his toy factory. Forced against his will, Santa quickly confessed that the true meaning of Christmas is presents, and ended up taking the Titans in his sleigh, who helped him give all nice and naughty people presents.
The Teen Titans Go Easter Holiday Classic[]
It was Easter and Teen Titans found no evidence that the Easter Bunny had even visited their island and deduced that he must be missing. The Titans got in the T-Plane and flied off in search of the Easter Bunny, but quickly realized they have no idea where he lived. Each Titans pieces what they knew about the Easter Bunny (that he has pink fur, a vest, and hang outs with marshmallow chickens). Starfire believed the Easter Bunny is part man and lays candy eggs, leaving a mental image that grosses out Raven.
With little information to work from, the Titans decided to interrogate mascots from other holidays, including Cupid, George Washington, the St. Patrick's Day leprechaun, and the Thanksgiving Turkey. Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy interviewed Cupid and were put under the influence of his love arrows. The three lovesick Titans lost focus from the interrogation and instead try to woo each other, all while having googly eyes. Raven and Starfire, in the meantime, tried a "good cop/bad cop" strategy to wheedle information out of George Washington. Donning mustaches and utilizing a poorly drawn doodle, the two started the interview, only to have Starfire almost immediately began smashing Washington's head into the table. The Titans weren't successful with the rest of the interviews, as Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy were still under the influence of the love arrows and Starfire's tactics couldn't get the Thanksgiving Turkey to talk... turkey.
Robin then decided that the next best course of action was to go to the big man himself: Santa! The only information they could get from Santa is that the Easter Bunny had possibly gone berserk or had some kind of nervous break down (he really only made gestures and assumed the Titans know what he meant). Santa then offered to lend a hand by delivering the Easter eggs around the world. The Titans agreed that Santa was the man for the job and left him to it, not noticing his sinister grin.
The next day, the Titans found that Santa had hidden eggs in plain sight all over their yard (as well as caused some unseasonable snowfall). The Titans were overjoyed not only for having found so many Easter eggs, but to see that they had been decorated with a Christmas theme.
Suddenly, Robin had a hunch about the whereabouts of the Easter Bunny, and with that the Titans returned to Santa's workshop. In a guarded warehouse, they found that Robin's hunch was correct: Santa was kidnapping holiday mascots so that he could take over every holiday!
Santa suddenly appeared from the shadows, petting an elf like an evil super villain. He explained that people already started putting Christmas decorations up as early as October and that he should have control of every holiday on the calendar. EVEN PURIM!
The Titans prepared for a showdown with Santa, who got into a giant mech-suit. Fighting Santa would be too much of a challenge for the Titans, so Raven used her magic to free some of the lesser holiday mascots from their cells. Cupid was taken out of the fight quickly by some freeze breath, and the Thanksgiving Turkey was useless in a fight. The Leprechaun got in a shillelagh whack before George Washington defeated Santa with a combo of patriotic attacks.
With Santa all tied up, the Titans freed the Easter Bunny, only to find out that Starfire was right: the Easter Bunny is half-man, half-bunny, and he lays an Easter egg right in front of the Titans who looked on or away in disgust.
Halloween Vs Christmas[]
In the episode Santa and his elves tried to take over Halloween by trying to take last Halloweens candy from the titans but failed when the Titans locked themselves in the Tower. He tried to use Christmas songs to get the Titans to give in but the Titans resisted and Santa tries to negotiate with them. He said "Nobody cares about Presidents day" when the Titans try to give him Presidents day. Then when the Titans try to give them Saint Patricks day and Valentines Day he said "DO YOU REALLY THINK I NEED THOSE TRASH HOLIDAYS?!! All I need is Halloween, once I control it all the holidays will be forced to bow to me." and ordered his elves to use weapons even though the titans said "We said no weapons Santa!" during the negotiations. Realizing that Halloween is the only holiday that rivals Christmas Robin ordered Raven to summon the Halloween spirit to help gain Halloween monster reinforcements to battle Santa. Though it looked like Santa was triumphant, however, when he opened the Halloween candy bag, he found only time bombs inside and he was blown all the way back to the North Pole.
The Great Holiday Escape[]
In the Great Holiday Escape, Santa has been locked up in Jump City Prison by Beast Boy to prevent him from taking over the other holidays. The rest of the Titans were angry with Beast Boy for his actions and they plot to break Santa out so they can get gifts for Christmas. Upon finding him in the prison yard, Beast Boy reveals to him of the Teen Titan's plan to break him out of prison, but he refused to go with them, resentfully reminding him that he is the reason why he is now in jail. No longer caring for freedom, Santa states that there is nothing for him outside Jump City Prison. When reminded of his reindeer by Starfire, Santa claims that his and the reindeer's relationship had been sour ever since Santa's arrest, but then tearfully admits that he really missed them. Believing that it would take a Christmas miracle to fix their relationship, Santa states that he had no reason to escape without his reindeer.
However, Robin and the Titans reveal to him that they had arranged a visit with his reindeer. The reindeer were initially not happy to see Santa, as they believed that he had forgotten about them, but they make up with him after Santa reveals to them a chest tattoo of them pulling him and his sleigh on Christmas Eve, thus confirming to the reindeer that he has never forgotten about them. Revealing of how much he missed them, Santa remorsefully apologizes to them, which they accept and they agree to help in getting him out of prison. Having rekindled their relationship, Santa and the Teen Titans plan to host a Christmas Party in order to distract the robot prison guards while they escape through a chimney.
Exacting the escape plan into motion, Robin and Santa distracts the guards guarding the prison kitchen by tricking them into believing that Bane had started a fight with Robin, causing Bane's prison sentence to be extended to 100 years. As the guards go to take Bane away, this distraction allows Beast Boy to nab all the food he can from the kitchen to have them prepared for the party. Meanwhile, Starfire sets up the Christmas decorations with dirty socks, handcuffs and even a decorated potty lid while Raven and Cyborg prepared the invitation cards with license plates. While the guards and inmates were enjoying the party with the inmates, Santa and the Teen Titans seize the opportunity to head straight to the chimney only to find it barred up. However, Santa reveals to them a Fruit Cake that his reindeer had smuggled and its insides were packed with tools.
Cyborg goes to work to break open the bars using a hammer and chisel that were smuggled with the other tools. However, as this would a loud racket that would alert the guards, the other Titans and Santa sing Jingle bells to drown out the noise. Once Cyborg successfully broke the bars open, the reindeer had arrived with Santa's sleigh and they hoisted down a rope for the Teen Titans and Santa to use to climb through the chimney. They successfully escaped and Santa reunites with his reindeer. However, he proceeded to betray the Teen Titans. Dismayed, Beast Boy reminds him of their presents, but Santa resentfully tells the Titans that because "they" had gotten him arrested (even though it was Beast Boy who is to blame), they won't be getting any presents, declaring that they'll be placed on the Naughty List permanently. After sadistically greeting them a Merry Christmas, Santa cuts the rope while laughing maniacally, sending the Titans falling back into the prison and they were immediately caught by security. As the Titans were placed into separate cells, Santa flies away in his sleigh, resuming his role of delivering presents to the children of the world.
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans[]
Due to an artifact known as the Worlogog, Teen Titans (2003) Trigon and Go! Trigon collect the Teen Titan teams of their respective universes, so as to harvest the demon from Teen Titans Go! Raven, which 2003 Trigon used to regain his corporeal body. With the Worlogog, the Trigons take their Ravens to the bigger one's home dimension to complete the extraction from Go! Raven.
2003 Robin realised and explained the capacity of the Worlogog, noting it allowed the wielder to traverse through the multiverse, as well as time and space. The Go! Titans realise that their reality also has the artifact, which they comedically yet accurately deduce belongs to Santa Claus.
Both Titan teams arrive at the North Pole, where Santa had been expecting them, and he executed an ambush with the aid of his wife Mrs. Claus, who proved to be more dangerous than her husband. The Titans successfully obtain his Worlogog, and use it to travel into the space between realities, but they are chased by the Clauses on their weaponized sleigh. The Titans are able to knock the sleigh back, forcing Santa and Mrs. Claus back into their universe, unable to continue the chase because the portal closed behind them.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Christmas Entity Physiology: As a entity of Christmas itself, almost all of his powers and abilities are related to Christmas, and are symbolic of Christmas traditions.
- Snow Manipulation: Santa is able to induce snowfall in "The Teen Titans Go Easter Holiday Classic". This power is reminiscent of a white Christmas.
- Freeze Breath: Santa is able to blow ice from his mouth, which is likely symbolic of the North Pole that Santa comes from.
- Sword Proficiency: He is an expert swordfighter, and a good combatant in general.
- Dexterity: He can wrap presents with incredible dexterity, despite his age.
- Christmas Magic: He has various other magical powers related to Christmas.
- Worlogog: An enchanted scepter that allows Santa to deliver presents to every house in one night as it enables time travel and teleportation. It also allows access and traversal to different worlds in the multiverse.
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Trivia[]
- This Santa' version is a criticism of Christmas nowadays. Now, Christmas has become a materialistic holiday in which people need presents to celebrate it. Every year, it is celebrated more ahead of time - thus stretching into the time of other holidays.
- He is not the only antagonist to be a portrayal of a mythical figure that many kids believe in. The Tooth Fairy and The Halloween Spirit are also examples of common folk tales.
- Santa is one of the villains from the show to appear in "Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans". Other villains who appear are Trigon, Darkseid, and Terra.
