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Real Identity: Kyle
Affiliaions: Video Dome
Appearances (Episodes): Nose Mouth, Friendship, Real Boy Adventures, I'm The Sauce, The Fourth Wall, Black Friday, Finally a Lesson, The Titans Show, Movie Night, Classic Titans, Costume Contest, The Chaff, Cartoon Feud, Toddler Titans...Yay!, Superhero Feud, Space House - Part 4, Creative Geniuses, Kyle, We'll Be Right Back, 50% Chad, A Stickier Situation, and Intro
Appearances (Movies): Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse
Powers/Skills: Transportation and Knowledge of Pop Culture
Voiced By: Alexander Polinsky

Kyle managed a Video Dome in the 1990s and lived in the back of the store. One Saturday, he met the Teen Titans at the employee recommendation section unaware they were time travelers. Naturally, he misinterpreted why they called him "Control Freak" and he admitted he could be a control freak when it came to running the store but he believed in great customer service. He even found the Titans super cool. Robin speculated they could prevent him from becoming Control Freak if they befriended him. Kyle showed them where he lived. Cyborg noticed a remote still in progress. Kyle revealed he was working on a way to rewind multiple video tapes at once. Cyborg offered to take a look at it and started hitting it against his head. Kyle cautioned him to be careful with it. Robin mistook his phone for nunchuks. Beast Boy was freaked out by his limited edition Telecrummies dolls. Kyle pointed out it was the most popular show on Saturday mornings but was left to get back to work.

Kyle checked out a client but noticed he didn't return "Freddy Forkfingers Three," so Robin interrogated him like Batman would a criminal. Kyle interjected and told Robin he misplaced it in the drop slot by accident. Cyborg defeated Beast Boy in Kowboy Kombat but the former reckoned it would look better in 3d graphics. Cyborg sent one of his sentient microchips into the arcade. 3d projections manifested in the store and scared the customers away as they fought. Kyle ran over and pulled out the power cord. Starfire played with the Batman and Superman standees, imagining them getting into a fight over trading places so the former could be in the shade. Kyle told her to cut it out. Raven informed him they were out of popcorn. Kyle was shocked she ate it all and stated it was only for customers. She cast a spell to make more but it was too much and popcorn erupted out of the roof into the parking lot. Kyle tried to eject them from the store but they braced themselves in the doorway.

Cyborg tried to make him change his mind by presenting the finished remote. Kyle was surprised it was working. Cyborg mentioned he added upgrades that allowed the user to become part of the movies. He zapped Judge Drudge and turned into the title character then shot around the store. Kyle reminded him that was against the law. Raven turned into Forkfingers and ate all the snacks. He told her she had to pay for all of it. Starfire turned into an alien from Jupiter Attacks and blasted up the store. Robin turned into a lead from The Grid and damaged the Batman and Superman standees with kung-fu. Beast Boy turned into the Disguise and knocked everything over while he spun around in a tornado. Kyle grabbed him and went for the remote but it bit him. Beast Boy punched it to the ground. Kyle grabbed it, zapped Space Struggles, and declared himself Control Freak. He easily deflected Cyborg and Starfire's blaster shots with his laser sword, tasered Beast Boy with it, and forced Robin to stand upright and blasted him. He declared victory and told them they were going to pay for wrecking the store. The Titans pleaded with him, claiming they came in the first place just to have some Saturday fun. He remembered what he did for fun on Saturdays and zapped them into a Telecrummies episode to their horror.

Control Freak quickly garnered a reputation as an evil fanboy armed with weird and/or geeky inventions that everyone loathed. Control Freak was seen in one of Robin's sleep fighting dreams and surrounded Starfire with Plasmus, Killer Croc and Kyd Wykkyd. They were easily and quickly beaten up by Robin. Some time later, the Teen Titans beat up Control Freak near a Dent TV store but Raven passed and watched an episode of Pretty Pretty Pegasus at a TV display. Control Freak used his remote control to transport the Titans into an episode of the show. Raven deduced the only way to escape would be to help solve Butterbean and Sparkleface's problem and learn a lesson along the way. Control Freak was moved to tears by Butterbean's advice to the Unicorns to play with their hearts and Raven comforting the Gumdrop Goblin into submission. However, once back in Jump City, the Titans resumed beating up Control Freak much to Raven's dismay. Freak later helped the Titans cheer up the sad cloud raining on Jump City with a game of Head's Up Seven Up for chocolate milk.

Control Freak's master plan of rebooting the Teen Titans and broadcasting them as a television series through the fourth wall failed. Instead of garnering accolade and awards, Freak was met with criticism. People thought it was garbage. The sense of humor was too lowbrow, the acting was terrible, and the design and animation was hated. He revealed his plan to the Titans and threatened to reboot them again, but admitted rebooting the first time was a mistake, unless they helped improve the show. Freak was impressed with the improvement but was proud he got the Titans to 'reboot' themselves. They retaliated by farting in unison. Back to normal, they shattered the fourth wall so Control Freak couldn't reboot them again. Control Freak lived in a rent controlled apartment and his landlords later became the Teen Titans. To maintain the quality of the building, the Titans helped fix utilities. Raven had to fix a clog in Freak's kitchen sink. It was a very large amount of food. She later drove him out by opening a portal under him. He landed outside just in time for Cyborg to punt him.

Tired of watching the Titans do the same thing over and over, Control Freak captured the Titan Yacht, wiped the Titans' memories, placed them on a fake island inside a giant viewing arena and suppressed their powers. The Titans' other enemies were intrigued and went to the arena to watch the Island Adventures unfold. The Titans eventually discovered the island was fake and found the hatch to the viewing arena. Control Freak admitted his part in the farce and revealed the other villains. A big battle ensued. Robin called in the Island Extras - dinosaurs, an alien hunter, sports equipment with faces on them, a Starfire cat, and the Millionaire and his Wife - to help defeat them all. Control Freak attempted to run away but Robin and Beast Boy destroyed his hover chair with Birdarangs. Just as the Titans declared the summer event to be over, Control Freak revealed more villains had arrived - Penguin, General Zod, Mr. Freeze, the Joker, Darkseid, Two-Face, Riddler, Gorilla Grodd, Poison Ivy, Bane, Solomon Grundy, Harley Quinn, Sinestro, and Slade.

At some point, Control Freak bought an old TV. Robin assumed it was for a scheme and smacked Freak with his staff then ran off with the TV. It was stored in a room in the Titans Tower's basement. Control Freak noticed the Titans were enjoying an all day marathon of a cartoon called "Babies vs. Dogs" so he hacked their satellite feed and addressed them. He happened to find the show atrocious and decided to ruin their enjoyment by pointing out its flaws, like the colors were so bright it was like a rainbow puked all over, they were heroes but only told jokes and found the jokes random and not funny. Control Freak asserted the superhero cartoons used to be so much better and had everything - action, adventure, and drama. Robin disagreed and thought they were terrible. Cyborg added people only watched them because there was nothing else on. Control Freak was insulted and used his remote to trap the Titans in the first Teen Titans cartoon from the 1970s with their appearance, movement, and speech altered. He refused to release them until they learned to appreciate the quality of the cartoon.

The Titans Tower was attacked by robot pteradactyls armed with lasers. Robin chased them off with a stun Birdarang. The Titans followed after them in the T-Jet and arrived at a mysterious island in unchartered waters where they met the robots' creators, Doctor Otto von Death. After von Death activated a shark deathtrap, Control Freak appeared on a screen and taunted the Titans. Starfire quickly melted the bars with her Starbolt. He recalled the heroes always escape the death traps in the cartoon. Von Death sent a robot Tyrannosaurus Rex after them next. Control Freak sensed an epic climax but he was utterly disappointed and admitted it was hard to watch. Raven summoned Baby Jack and Growler. Control Freak realized the simplicity of their designs enabled them to be much more expressive. He even found Growler's animation interesting. They evacuated the lair and watched as it blew up. Control Freak freed the Titans and admitted not everything old was good and not everything new was bad. Robin brushed him off changed the TV back to the marathon.

Control Freak discovered deleted scenes and believed they would be enough to alienate the audience and get Teen Titans Go! cancelled. He played the first clip but it was one of him doing an awful and embarrassing portrayal of Aragorn from Lord of the Rings. He played a clip of a parking joke involving Cyborg trying to park the Titan Robot. Control Freak gagged and hurled over the bad joke then played a clip about their attempt to animate themselves with 3D graphics. Then Control Freak played two clips of a failed TV special where the Titans discovered Brother Blood stole advanced technology from Gotham City, Central City, Bludhaven, and Metropolis and constructed a giant robot butt designed to fire his mind-control gas. Control Freak floated about the unsatisfactory climactic battle and laughed as the show losts all of its audience and got it cancelled. Cyborg and Beast Boy had a secret weapon and did a song about poop. The audience returned and the show was renewed. Control Freak couldn't believe it, grunted in anger, then signed off.

Control Freak just wanted to watch some classic cartoons but discovered Teen Titans Go! was taking up every timeslot. He interrupted the Titans' viewing of "Family Feud" and asked them if they were satisfied with their selection of programming. Starfire acknowledged they were. He pointed out all he saw was garbage. Cyborg guessed the network was just giving the people what they want. Freak disagreed and claimed people wanted Jonny Quest, Josie and the Pussycats, and Scooby-Doo. Robin gloated they didn't deserve to be on television if they couldn't handle the competition. Freak got an idea and teleported the Titans to the set of Family Feud to compete against Scooby-Doo for the right to avoid cancellation and earn a dedicated timeslot on network television. Freak acted as the host and was smitten by how wholesome Mystery Inc. was. The question for round one was "Why are the Teen Titans an abomination?" At the start of round two, Robin refused to further debase himself. Freak translated that was forfeiting and aimed his remote at him. Robin ducked but lost a section of hair then changed his mind.

Mystery Inc. won the game but the Titans ran off before Freak could cancel them. He was in the mood for a Scooby-Doo-style chase. Robin tried yanking the carpet from under him but it backfired and brought Freak right to them. Freak went past a painting but doubled back and suspected it was the Titans posing as Old West characters in a giant frame. They ran off. Freak was elated with the hallway gag but forgot how much running was involved. Eventually he got tired and collapsed onto the floor. He happened to drop in front of Mystery Inc. and Fred Jones simply tossed a net on him. Looking on the bright side, Freak looked forward to being unmasked. Daphne declined to do so on account of his awfully greasy face. Even Shaggy and Scooby-Doo lost their appetites. Control Freak decided to de-age the Titans because they didn't deserve their timeslot and TV Teen rating. He appeared in their TV and declared he was in control. To prove he wasn't, Cyborg threw a pie at the screen. Control Freak found their humor so juvenile and trapped them in "Toddler Titans Yay!", a preschool show.

Control Freak sat on the Titans' couch and ate their popcorn while he watched Joker's broadcast of Batgirl's slow descent into a vat of Joker Jelly. He was surprised to see the Titans return. Robin declared they now got to decide what to do with him. To their surprise, the children from home from the preschool show tagged along with them and told them to kick him in the booty. Raven noted they did scar them for life. Starfire asked the children what they should use to punish Control Freak. Cyborg produced a carton of rotten eggs, jeans that smelled like toots, and a jar of spiders. The children chose spiders. The jar tipped over and the spiders landed on Control Freak. He screamed and ran through the glass window in terror.

Control Freak plotted to destroy the Teen Titans yet again. As a distraction, he whisked them back to his Family Feud set to compete against the Super Hero Girls from a parallel dimension he also kidnapped to see who was the best superhero team in all universes. Control Freak appeared to the teams once he had enough of Batgirl and Robin arguing and revealed the Family Feud set. Robin recalled they already did the game show but Control Freak revealed the network loved it so they're doing it again. He started with saying 100 superheroes were surveyed and presented the first question "What is the very best superpower?" Wonder Woman took control with the #1 answer, the power of wisdom. Bumblebee got a wrong answer with "bee powers" but Robin ignored Starfire's suggestion of "laser eyes" and went with "hard work and dedication." Starfire blasted him in retaliation. As the game progressed, the Titans abandoned Robin and joined the Super Hero Girls' side. The final question was "What is the most evil of all evil plans?"

To Freak's dismay, Beast Boy answered stepping on dog doo-doo. Robin had a chance to steal and answered mind control but it wasn't the right answer. The last answer spelled out Freak's overall plan. The set of the game show suddenly combined into a giant robot. The Feud logo turned into an evil grin was the robot's chest. The robot grabbed a remote control, like Control Freak's, from its right leg and blasted at the two teams. They were imprisoned in a chest. Luckily, Robin and Batgirl both fired their grapnels and missed the blast but quarreled over saving the day. Freak stood in place and watched as they entangled each other. He laughed at how easy it was turning out. Once they both realized it was exactly what Control Freak wanted, they declared they had to work together. Freak only reacted with a "duh." They dove after him and he flinched briefly but they unceremoniously bounced off the robot's chest. Just as Control Freak was about to step on the Teen Titans and the Super Hero Girls with his giant robot, the Poop Patrol crashed through the ceiling of the set. They turned their butts towards the robot and farted, discharging a massive energy blast. The robot was instantly blown up and Freak fell on his back and lost consciousness.

Control Freak accepted a free invitation to a Space House and was unknowingly collected by Brainiac until the Skull Ship was destroyed. Control Freak attended the Jump City Comic Book Con to acquire an exclusive Pretty Pretty Pegasus but he was too late and Raven bought the last one. He took out his remote and stole it. He refused to give it back and was not scared of their threats because they were in the one place where nerds like him reigned supreme. He used his remote again and combined all other attendees into a giant gestalt form loosely resembling himself and rode in the center pouch on its chest. The Teen Titans voice cast formed a giant Cast Bot to oppose them. The Titans hopped aboard. Scott Menville's Ab Crunch blocked a punch and even made the gestalt wince. Khary Payton summoned a Waffle Shield to block the Swag Bags of Doom. Tara Strong used her camera phone to blind the gestalt. Greg Cipes launched his dog Lil Bro and it chomped an arm of the gestalt. Hynden Walch did her Hynden Hyper Hug and her vocals knocked the beast on its butt.

Raven demanded her pegasus back. Freak refused and unleashed the stench of a thousand nerds from the gestalt's twin armpit cannons. Robin summoned Marv Wolfman and George Perez. They formed the Creative Sword and teleported everyone to their comic book world where the Cast Bot sliced the gestalt in half and it exploded. Beast Boy presented the pegasus to Raven. Control Freak interrupted the Titans in their tower with news he had something nice to say about their show, to their shock. However, he revealed he only liked the commercials and decided to torture them with more. He demonstrated by zapping them into a cereal commercial where the Titans were marshmallows. The Titans avoided being eaten but were chased by the special prize in the cereal box, a live scorpion. Back in the tower, Robin traced Control Freak's signal to the Broadcast Bluffs. They drove to the Bluffs but a bridge was out and they drove off into mid-air and ended up in a commercial about the Cyborg Series Lawnmower. Cyborg chastised Control Freak about not needing a recap. Control Freak relented.

The T-Car crashed on the other side of the bridge and the Titans were launched onto the street. They made their way to the Bluffs on foot. Beast Boy was concerned with how they could avoid cliffhangers when they were literally surrounded by cliffs. Robin instructed the Titans to focus on their balance. Robin fell off a cliff and barely hung on. The Titans were subjected to another commercial in which they were action figures for a Freak Action Team playset. After it ended, Robin lost his grip and fell. Raven couldn't grab him in time but opened a portal below him. He was teleported back in front of the Titans. Starfire suggested they slow down to avoid more cliffhangers. Beast Boy agreed and pointed out they weren't coming after them. Just then, a pack of ferocious wolves attacked the Titans and sent into another commercial, one where they were clay used to make burger and fries for the Freaky Jeeves Burger Factory. The Titans were beat up by the wolves.

They climbed up the rocks but three boulders at the top were jostled and fell towards them, triggering another commercial. This time the Titans were clothes being washed with Silkie Super Soft fabric softener. It was made from Silkie's natural saliva. They hopped over the boulders then made their way to the top and entered the facility. Control Freak turned to them and asked if they were enjoying their new commercials. Robin declared his career in advertising was over. Control Freak threatened to put them in a commercial they would not return from. Raven flip kicked the remote out of Control Freak's hand. The Titans subjected Control Freak to a going out of business commercial and beat him up with the products they were tortured with. Control Freak appeared on the Titans' TV but they weren't interested and changed the channel. Control Freak was in his apartment watching "Him-Guy and Overlords of the Macrocosm" when a chili dog upset his stomach and he ran to the bathroom. Sticky Joe and Howdy happened to crash into his apartment living room and were zapped into Him-Guy by mistake when Howdy placed his soda on the remote.

Control Freak came up with a new plan to prevent the Teen Titans Go! series from ruining the good name of the original Teen Titans by trapping the Titans in their own intro. They noticed the intro felt extra-long but stuck to the script. In the group dance sequence, Control Freak made his presence known and danced along with them. He revealed his scheme then invited them to catch him if they wanted his remote so badly. He opened a portal to the intro of The Flintstones and drove off in Barney's Loggin Continental. He tried to hide among theater goers at the Drive-In Movie presentation of The Monster but Beast Boy spotted him after transforming into Dino. Control Freak did a spit take of his popcorn and tried to drive off but Cyborg ordered some ribs and tossed it. It landed on Barney's Continental and it fell over. Freak declared it would take more than classic gags to stop him. He opened a portal to the intro on The Jetsons on the movie screen. The Titans pursued him in the Jetsons flying car. Raven got an idea and put Robin in a flying pod then ejected him. He crashed into Control Freak's car then they crashed near Spaceley Space Sprockets.

Control Freak stated they would never catch him and opened a portal to the intro of Scooby-Doo Where Are You? where he posed as Charlie the Funland Robot. Raven pointed out there were no real monsters on the show. Robin tripped Charlie with his staff and he tumbled into wall. Charlie turned out to be Control Freak in disguise. He said the classic "And I would have gotten away with it..." line but stopped and opened a portal to the intro of Batman: The Animated Series. After a bank blew up, the Titans chased Control Freak down an alley but he climbed up to a roof. The Titans caught up but Freak brandished his remote. BTAS Batman dropped down and disarmed him then beat him to a pulp. Freak was oddly honored to be. The Titans wrestled control of the remote but it was activated by mistake. Freak was horrified to realize they were in the Titans Tower of the 2003 Teen Titans series. The Titans were in awe of the tower and admitted Freak was right about the 2003 series being the superior version. He demanded his remote back and pointed out there already were Titans present. Raven portaled them away. They held a burping contest. Freak was angry they were ruining a beloved series. To add insult to injury, they did the 2003 intro their own way.