Santa Claus
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Real Identity: Kris Kringle
Affiliations: Teen Titans
Appearances: The True Meaning of Christmas, The Teen Titans Go! Easter Holiday Classic, Who's Laughing Now, Halloween v Christmas, Teen Titans Save Christmas, The Streak: Pt 2, Easter Creeps, Beast Boy On A Shelf, Christmas Crusaders, A Holiday Story, Welcome to Halloween, and The Great Holiday Escape
Powers/Skills: Magic
Voiced By: Robert Morse and Fred Tatasciore (The Great Holiday Escape)
Santa Claus is Christmas personified, a jolly old fat man with a white beard and red suit who brings presents to children every year on Christmas Eve. He weighs 700 pounds and has the occasional ups and downs with his wife, Mrs. Claus. In 1953, the Holiday Mob celebrated the New Year in Cuba at the Hotel Kyuba. Halloween Spirit and Cupid Bay relaxed in a Jacuzzi. Baby New Year and Santa toasted. Leprechaun and George Washington talked. Tommy Groundhog dipped his paws in the pool. Baby told Santa he considered him his most trusted friend and he considered him a brother. Santa felt the same. Turkey and the Easter Bunny dragged in an interloper, a reindeer, who was snooping around outside the hotel with a present. Bunny pulled the bow and grenades, dynamite, and a bazooka popped out. They suspected Santa was making a move to take over the mob. He denied it. The bazooka rolled over and showed Santa's name was engraved on it. Baby kissed him and told him he broke his heart. Turkey and Easter Bunny took Santa away and he was removed.
The Teen Titans ended up his naughty list. Despite being nice all year, singing songs togther, and mailing their address information, the Titans remained on the list. After three years of no presents, they decided to infiltrate Santa's workshop on Christmas Eve and take their names off the list. Robin found the list but was unable to get rid of their names on account of Christmas magic. Santa and his pet dog caught Robin. The Elf Security Guards brought the other Titans to them. The Titans admitted their problem and Santa tried to tell them the true meaning of Christmas wasn't presents but spending time with family and friends, forget one's troubles, and be nice to each other. They disagreed.
Robin pointed out the toy factory outside. Santa claimed it was just for fun and meaningless to the holiday. Robin blew up the factory. Santa did not relent and used it as an opportunity to prove his point. They sat down by the fire place. The mood became awkward. Santa realized he was wrong and presents mattered. He thanked the Titans for helping him realize presents were the true meaning of Christmas. He lamented he acted like a monster deciding who and who doesn't get presents. Raven used her magic to return the factory. Santa declared it a Christmas miracle and toys were made for all children of the world, even the garbage ones. The Titans accompanied Santa on his sleigh and distributed presents, even to villains like Killer Moth, Dr. Light, and H.I.V.E. though he still thought they were terrible.
One year, Santa hatched a scheme to take over the entire holiday calendar year by kidnapping every known representative. He wanted it all - Easter, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving, President's Day, Arbor Day, Hanukkah, Cinco de Mayo, Purim, Groundhog Day, and Halloween. On Easter Sunday, the Titans visited Santa about any information he would have on Santa. Santa played along and told them of a rumor the Easter Bunny went insane. Santa professed concern for the disappointed children and volunteered to deliver the Easter eggs. As the Titans celebrated their egg hunt, Robin realized Santa was the culprit all along. They returned to the North Pole and found Santa's makeshift prison. Santa admitted the truth. He tapped his nose and assembled a super suit around himself.
Raven released George Washington, Leprechaun, Cupid, and Turkey to do battle. Santa fired a Rudolph laser but Washington blocked it with a Freedom Shield. Turkey was nailed with a projectile Elf while Cupid was frozen by Santa's breath. Leprechaun came from behind and bashed him in the head with a cane. Washington followed with a Patriot Punch to the face, an America Kick to the chest, and a Constitutional Crunch to destroy the suit. As Santa went flying, Robin caught him in a grapnel line. He declared Santa would pay for his crimes. Santa reiterated he was Santa Claus and he both knew when they slept and when they were awake. Robin told him to save it for the judge. On Halloween night, Santa and his elves dressed as mummies and posed as trick or treaters to steal everything. They approached the Titans outside the Halloween Store. The Titans noticed they didn't say "Trick or Treat" and their sacks were christmas stockings. Robin realized he was and Santa and frantically ordered everyone to retreat to the car.
Santa and his elves pursued the Titans in his sleigh. On Santa's order, Rudolph fired nose laser blasts at their T-Car. The Titans managed to make it back to the Titans Tower and it went into lockdown. Santa demanded Beast Boy's bag of Halloween candy. Robin deduced it was the last remnant of Halloween spirit and Santa wanted to control the holiday since it was the only one people looked forward to as much as Christmas. Once Halloween was gone, the other holidays would bow before Santa. Santa tried to offer them Christmas presents - a signed The Night Begins to Shine vinyl, tofu, a Butterbean's Pegasus Ranch playset, and live kitten cat - then blasted the Tower with Christmas carols. The Titans opened negotiations with Santa and tried to offer him a compromise: George Washington, Leprechaun, and Cupid. Santa rejected the offer and had his elves open fire. They retreated back into the tower and conjured Halloween Spirit. Halloween Spirit was not pleased to hear Santa wanted Halloween and summoned some Creatures of the Night - Wolf Man, Frankenstein, and Dracula. Santa defeated Halloween Spirit in a sword fight and demanded the candy. Robin complied but instead gave him a bag of dynamite. Cyborg remotely detonated it. He was launched back to the North Pole.
Santa came up with another plan to steal all the holidays. He pretended to quit Christmas. If the world missed even one Christmas, they would become desperate to have Santa back. Santa would only return if they gave him all the holidays. On Christmas Eve, he broke into the Titans Tower and placed presents full of coal under their tree. The Titans were stoked they got coal. Santa berated them, drank a gallon of milk and announced he quit Christmas because he couldn't get all the holidays. He broke another section of glass then jumped out onto Rudolph and flew off. That night, Santa learned the Titans were trying to take his place. He manned his sleigh with Rudolph and rammed the Titan Sleigh. The Titans attempted to flee but Santa activated a giant rocket. Raven and Starfire operated the Titan Sleigh's battle stations and opened fire. They detonated the rocket but the explosion crippled both sleighs and they crashed. Santa grabbed his bazooka and destroyed the Titan Sleigh and bag of presents. As he declared victory, Sticky Joe arrived in a dumpster sleigh and dumped a ton of garbage bags on him then supplied the Titans with a giant bag of canned beans.
During Crime Season, Beast Boy recruited Santa Claus to join the Teen Titans after Kid Flash pinched Cyborg, Starfire, and Raven for his own team. After Robin remarked none of Beast Boy's recruits were superheroes, Santa asked if he knew anyone else who carries all the toys in the world while dealing with a nagging wife and eight frisky reindeer. Santa insisted he was eager to be a Titan because he would do anything to get away from Mrs. Claus, whom he referred to as a real lump of coal. After Kid Flash stole a win from them, Robin became crestfallen. Santa told him he was the team because as the leader, he was the only one who mattered because he made the others do things together then sang a song about it. Robin was inspired and realized he could win Crime Season. Santa plotted to steal Easter but Robin anticipated this. The Titans lay in wait in a dumpster and pounced as soon as the Easter Bunny bumped into Santa. He conjured a giant Christmas present that fired missiles but Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg took it out. Raven punched him through a portal back to the North Pole.
Beast Boy was knocked out by a reindeer and whisked away to the North Pole. He awoke to Santa. Santa revealed he was watching and Beast Boy was very, very naughty, plus he had the evidence. Beast Boy asked what he wanted. Santa revealed he was being investigated by the North Pole Bureau of Internal Affairs for cutting corners with assigning people to the naughty list. He needed proof of naughtiness to keep his operation from being shut down but the Titans' anti-surveillance system was blocking his magic. He wanted Beast Boy to be his spy. Beast Boy refused despite being beaten by the reindeer and being threatened with getting no more presents. He eventually agreed to the deal. Santa asked for some cheese for their "rat." The reindeer slammed it on Beast Boy's face. He asked if it was vegan. Santa warned him not to break his promise or his reindeer would break him. Beast Boy returned to inform Santa about Cyborg sneaking cookies before dinner. He got slapped. Santa wondered if he needed more "persuading." Beast Boy promised to do better.
Santa vowed to get his evidence one way or another and wanted to put a wire on Beast Boy. He refused. The reindeer put a bell strap around his knuckles. Beast Boy caved again. Eventually, Robin deduced Beast Boy was informing on them and decided to have him spy on Santa. The Titans waited in the T-Car outside of the village while Beast Boy sneaked into Kringle Manor and hid in a Christmas tree. He snapped photos of Santa putting an innocent girl named Jane on the naughty list just because she asked him for a teddy bear and made a drawing. Santa sniffed him out and yanked him out of the tree. He demanded to know who sent him. The other Titans arrived to bust him but Santa still had his evidence. They were at an impasse. They agreed to keep what they knew to themselves. But they were still concerned with Beast Boy and took aim at him. Beast Boy turned into a rat and fled the manor. Beast Boy testified in court against Santa and was placed in the North Pole Bureau's naughty list protection program. He ever got anymore presents from Santa.
One freezing day, Santa was irritated with Dick Grayson's sloppy gift wrapping. Grayson contended it was the thought that counts. Santa told him lack of precision today becomes a life in the dumpster tomorrow. He threw the present into the fire. Grayson promised to get it right next time. The Coal Miner threw a present into the manor, breaking a mirror and hitting Grayson in the back of the head. Santa smacked Grayson before he could open it and pointed out how unusual it would be for Santa to have a present. Grayson cautiously opened it. It was a lump of coal. Santa knew it was a message from the Coal Miner. Grayson didn't understand and noted it was one of the cleanest forms of energy. Santa threw the coal at his head and admonished him for his coal industry propaganda then clued him about how coal was given to naughty kids and the naughtiest were the Teen Titans. They ran to Santa's desk. Grayson pressed the hidden button in the snowman figure, revealing a set of Claus canes behind the fireplace. They descended to the Claus cave and left on Santa's sleigh. After going 6000 miles, they reached Jump City.
Santa and Robin popped out of sack full of presents inside Titans Tower. Santa demanded the garbage Titans back. Coal Miner refused and declared he would make every naughty child in the world work in his coal mine then went on a rant about how coal was the ultimate form of clean energy. Santa countered the future was renewable energy. Coal Miner summoned his henchman and a fight broke out. Santa even used Robin as weapon and threw him at one of the henchmen. Coal Miner managed to escape with the Titans. Santa noticed a lump of coal left behind. Robin didn't want to talk about it again but Santa prodded. Robin dragged out a machine and explained how coal was the world's largest source of energy for the production of electricity and increasingly advanced carbon captures storage technology was capturing the carbon dioxide before it went into the atmosphere. Santa yelled at him for the coal industry propaganda and stated he meant the clue was hinting at diamonds, and thus the Diamond Exchange in the city.
Santa and Robin dropping through the secret hatch on the roof of the Exchange and landed right in the middle of an ambush. They were surrounded by Coal Miner and his henchmen. Miner talked about how diamonds could come from applying enough pressure to coal and wondered if that held for Santa, too. He pulled a trap door lever and dropped Santa and Robin into a Diamond Crusher machine. They narrowly avoided being squished to death by using Robin's nutcracker toy to overload a giant gear. Coal Miner was long gone but he left a lump of coal behind. They went to the Coal Miner's coal mine and found the Titans. Coal Miner activated his Super Choo-Choo and touted its capacity to capture carbon dioxide and prevent any harmful emissions from ruining the atmosphere. Santa got an idea and tried to overload the carbon captured storage with lumps of coal. Miner was horrified. Santa threw Robin in. The Super Choo-Choo blew up and Miner was reduced to tears. Santa stepped on him and declared there was no such thing as clean coal. Back at Kringle Manor, Santa smacked Grayson for not being quiet and eating his cookies. Grayson saw the Santa signal outside. Santa bemoaned they were the only ones without a holiday and threw his plate of cookies on the floor. They made their way to the Claus canes.
One evening, Beast Boy exited from Snacks Yo! with a hot cocoa and Christmas presents for all his friends. To his horror, Santa Claus chased him in a van. Beast Boy ducked into an alley at the last second then walked into a reindeer who punched him out. Beast Boy came to tied up in Santa's van. He stated he was tired of dealing with Santa year after year. Santa told him to think of it as a holiday tradition. Beast Boy told him to keep it and let him go. Santa revealed he needed Beast Boy's help to get him back into the Holiday Mob, the criminal organization led by Baby New Year. He mused they would love to have him because he was even shadier than them. Santa revealed he was once a member but was ousted after in an incident in 1953 in Cuba. He claimed he missed his "brothers" ever since. Beast Boy was moved and agreed to help. Santa tossed him an elf suit because the Holiday Mob had an affinity for elves and he needed a trusted source to vouch for him to get back in. They drove to the mob's headquarters, the Holiday HQ.
Santa kicked Beast Boy out into the street and reminded him not to embarrass him. Beast Boy entered and claimed to be one Donnie Mistletoe, the elf who unionizes all of Santa's workshops. Baby New Year was honored to meet him and told him he did a great service to their elf brothers up north, his top earners. He even said he owed Donnie a debt of gratitude. Beast Boy asked for a favor, to let Santa back into the organization. Baby refused. Beast Boy told them Santa missed them and wanted to make amends. He pointed out New Years was about fresh starts and new beginnings. Baby admitted he made a good case and asked if he vouched for him. Beast Boy confirmed. Baby asked him to kiss the ring, his binkie. It was wet and dripping but Beast Boy kissed it and gagged. Baby formally accepted Santa back in. Beast Boy rang his jingle bells. Santa came down the chimney, causing it to crack, causing everything on the mantle to fall off, a portrait to fall on Turkey, and Easter Bunny to fall on his stomach. Santa tried to start with his stock holiday greeting but Baby grabbed him and warned him if he even thought about making a move on him, he and his little helper would never celebrate another New Year.
To prove his loyalty, Santa was sent with Beast Boy to deal with some business associates of Baby's that needed a little persuading. Santa rolled up on George Washington and told him to get in. Washington tried to go for the rear passenger door but Santa told him to sit up front with him. He still reached until Beast Boy rolled down his window in the rear seat and repeated what Santa said. Washington got nervous and sat. Santa shared he heard a rumor that Washington never paid Baby New Year his cut from President's Day. He asked where the money was. Washington lied there wasn't any because nobody spent money on his holiday. Beast Boy countered with all those President's Day sales. He took out some floss and loosed Washington's dentures then pulled them out. Santa opened them and took out a rolled up wad of cash. Washington capitulated then was tossed out of the car. Beast Boy pretended to be changing a tire of the car. Leprechaun braked his St. Patty's Milkshakes tanker truck and yelled at Beast Boy to get off his rubbish out of the way.
Santa Claus came up on him and cocked his candy cane gun. Leprechaun demanded to know what was the meaning of the ambush. Beast Boy walked to the tap and made himself a drink. Leprechaun took offense and told him no skimming off the top. Santa clarified they weren't, they were taking the whole thing. He tossed Leprechaun out and drove off in the tanker. On the Holiday Mob's orders, Beast Boy and Santa Claus went to Miami and accosted Tommy Groundhog at his Groundhog's Shadowz nightclub. Santa revealed the Boss, Baby New Year, wanted to make Shadowz the most successful nightclub in all of Miami however Groundhog had to falsely call an early spring on Groundhog Day so the club could be packed with spring breakers. Groundhog refused. Santa took off his gloves, cracked his knuckles, and scared him with shadow puppets. Groundhog tried to look away but Beast Boy forced him to look. Santa made a puppy shadow puppet. Groundhog conceded and agreed to call an early spring. Santa wished him a Merry Christmas. The Easter Bunny and Turkey rolled up in a convertible and told Beast Boy and Santa that the Boss was impressed and decided to make Santa a made man again.
Baby New Year had Santa present his hands. He dripped his ring onto them then made him repeat after him with, "May I roast like chestnuts on an open fire if I ever betray my friends again." Baby congratulated Santa and declared he was officially back in. Santa thanked him and revealed in honor of the special occasion, he had a surprise waiting for him outside. Baby was touched Santa got him a brand new tricycle. He revealed he always wanted one for Christmas. Three reindeer emerged from the back of Santa's van and opened fire. Beast Boy tackled Baby to safety just in time. Beast Boy and the Holiday Mob took cover behind a car. Turkey countered with his cranberry gatling gun. The Easter Bunny fired his bazooka and blew up the van with an egg grenade. Santa ran out of ammunition and threw a grenade. While Beast Boy and the mob coughed in the smoke, Santa and the reindeer surrounded them. Santa declared he was in charge of the mob. Baby couldn't believe he trusted Santa.
Santa believed taking over the Holiday Mob would help him take over all of the holidays. Beast Boy stopped him and presented his Titans Communicator. Beast Boy tapped it and FBI agents arrived. The Holiday Mob, Santa, and the reindeer were arrested. With all the evidence Beast Boy gathered in his undercover operation, there was enough to put them behind bars for a long, long time. Santa advised Beast Boy to enjoy the holiday because next year he was coming back to town. Santa was sent to Jump City Prison where his relationship with the reindeer soured. Prison life got him super jacked. One Christmas Eve, he was approached by the Titans. They wanted to break him out in exchange for presents. He refused to go anywhere with them since Beast Boy got him arrested in the first place. Raven was surprised he didn't want to spend Christmas outside prison. Santa stated there was nothing out there for him anymore. Starfire asked about the reindeer. He revealed their relationship soured the moment he got locked up. He teared up and admitted he missed them terribly. He did not believe they could escape without them.
Robin revealed they anticipated it and set up a visit. They went to the visitor's room where Prancer, Comet, and Vixen were waiting. Santa told them he thought of them everyday but they did not believe him. Beast Boy turned into a reindeer and reminded them Christmas wasn't the time for fighting but for putting differences aside and focusing on the true mean of Christmas: presents. Santa reminisced about how much fun they had delivering presents. He revealed a chest tattoo depicting them delivering presents on their sleigh. The reindeer were moved. Santa repeated he missed them and apologized. They agreed to help in the break out. In the mess hall, Santa and the Titans went over the plan but Beast Boy didn't bring the map. Santa boasted he knew the prison like the back of his hand then took his right glove off and revealed he got a map of the prison tattooed on the back of his hand. Robin outlined the plan: they escape up the chimney in D-Block while the guards were distracted by a Christmas party in the mess hall.
Robin and Santa provided a distraction to allow Beast Boy the chance to steal food and drinks from the kitchen. Bane repeated he didn't want any trouble. Robin slapped Bane's food tray in his face and pretended to be attacked by Bane while Santa alerted the two guards by the kitchen door. The party went off without a hitch. Santa and the Titans sneaked off to D-Block but discovered the chimney was blocked off with bars. Santa revealed an early present smuggled in by the reindeer, a Granny Goodness Goodies fruitcake. In reality, it was a tool box filled with tons of instruments. Cyborg grabbed a chisel and mallet and got to work while the Titans made a noisy distraction at the party, a rendition of "Jingle Bells." They returned just as Santa's sleigh arrived. They climbed up but Santa declared they were on the permanent naughty list and cut the line. The Titans were imprisoned in D-Block while Santa escaped.