| “ | Robin: Just as I thought! Santa's been kidnapping holidays so he can take them over. Santa: [Chuckles] Found my little secret, have we? Raven: Why Santa?! why did you do all this?! Santa: Because I'm Santa Claus and I should control Easter. 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? Robin: Purim? Santa: PURIM SHOULD BE MINE! |
„ |
| ~ Santa revealing his reasons of taking over every holiday after his plot was discovered by the Teen Titans. |
| “ | 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. |
Santa Claus is a supporting antagonist in the 2013 TV cartoon series Teen Titans Go!. Even though his personality is good, he is shown to be evil at some points. He serves as the main antagonist of the episode "The Teen Titans Go Easter Holiday Classic." He serves as the main antagonist of Season 4. Santa was the first holiday-themed villain to appear in the series.
He was voiced by the late Robert Morse (who also voiced 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. Just when Santa was about to win he opened the Halloween candy bag and found only explosives and got blown all the way back to the North Pole.
The Great Holiday Escape[]
In the Great Holiday Escape Santa got locked up by Beast Boy to prevent him from taking over the other holidays. The Titans then plot to liberate Santa so they can get gifts for Christmas. The Titans first get Santa to get a visit from his reindeer. Then they plot an escape plan by hosting a Christmas party(With Robin getting a prisoner's sentence extended to 100 years). Beast Boy gets the food ready, Starfire gets the Christmas declorations up, and Raven and Cyborg get the invitation cards ready. Cyborg then gets the bars broken so the Titans and Santa escape by a chimney but while Cyborg gets their escape to work the other Titans and Santa sing Jingle bells to distract the other people. Once Cyborg completed his work the Titans and Santa escape but Santa double crossed them and told them the Titans don't deserve gifts for stopping him from taking over the holidays. Santa sent the Titans back to prison where the Titans get surrounded by the Robot guards and escorted back to their cells while Santa delivers 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, as to harvest the demon from 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, so executed an ambush with the aid of his even more dangerous wife, Mrs. Claus. The Titans obtain his Worlogog, and use it to travel into the space between realities, but they are chased by the Clauses on their weaponised 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.
Gallery[]
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 legendary figure that many kids believe in. The 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.
