Starfire (Teen Titans)

Starfire (real name Koriand'r) is a Tamaranean warrior princess and the deuteragonist of the Teen Titans franchise. She is the princess of the distant planet Tamaran, orphaned at a young age. Throughout the series, she is Robin’s love interest and girlfriend by series end. She is youngest daughter and middle child of the late King Myand'r and Queen Luand'r, the older sister of Wildfire, and Blackfire's younger sister and primary arch-enemy.

History
Born Koriand'r, she commonly went by the name Starfire was a princess of the planet Tamaran. She was the youngest daughter and middle child of Luand'r and Myand'r, the king and queen of Tamaran, the younger sister of Blackfire and the older sister of Wildfire. Starfire and her siblings were raised by their guardian Galfore, who Koriand'r saw as a fatherly figure. Her brother was eventually sent away from Tamaran by Myand'r and Luand'r because the Tamaraneans' arch-rivals Gordanians attacked Tamaran. Blackfire traded away her own sister as a slave to the Gordanians in order to bring peace to a war-torn Tamaran. Starfire's parents were completely heartbroken of losing both their only son and youngest daughter, causing them to eventually died from a broken heart. However, Starfire was eventually able to escape the Gordanians, meeting Robin, Raven, Cyborg and Beast Boy and becoming the Teen Titans when the aliens threatened Jump City.

She began developing feelings for Robin, who often helped her gain a better understanding of Earth. Starfire is also the most positive of all the Titans.

Robin (Boyfriend)
Robin is Starfire's main love interest, best friend and arguably the love of her life. However, Starfire and Robin's meeting was initially a harsh one; revealed in the episode "Go!" they began embedding each other in combat. Throughout their first meeting, Robin was unaware of her name or her intentions on the planet. However, after a while, Robin realized that Starfire was feeling threatened because she was stranded on an unfamiliar planet. He was the first person to show her kindness, and after uponby freeing her from the remains of her bonds. Afterwards, Starfire kissed Robin on the lips, which began his romantic feelings for her. However, she only did this to attain knowledge of the English language. She threw him on the ground again, not understanding the kindness he was showing her and going on her own because it was not a term she knew about her planet. Starfire was initially aggressive and mistrusting of Robin, even after he freed her. Despite the animosity growing between them, Robin still chased after Starfire, with Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg, especially when the Gordanians were searching for her. When they met again in the movie theater, Robin remained friendly towards her despite Starfire's continuing aggression. However, she calmed down as Robin talked to her before the Gordanians attacked them and they were forced to fight them to protect Starfire from them. Following their encounter with the Gordanians and the enemies' threats of destroying the city, Starfire and Robin began arguing until Raven snapped them all out of their fighting. Even though they went on to protect Jump City from the Gordanians, Robin was obliged to protect Starfire as well. She was very concerned for him when Robin was thrown off by the leader of the Gordanians and viciously attacked him in retaliation for hurting Robin. After Starfire chose to stay on earth, Robin welcomed her to the planet. The two blushed upon looking at each other, hinting at their mutual attraction.

The two didn't officially became a couple until the film, Trouble in Tokyo. However, every time they try to kiss each other, they are interrupted. Despite whatever feelings Robin has for Starfire, he cannot confess them to her and instead, tells her that he can only be a hero and cannot have a relationship with her. Heartbroken and crying, Starfire fled but later returned to help him escape Commander Daizo and the Tokyo Troopers. Afterwards, Starfire and Robin finally kiss in the rain with the other Titans watching and Cyborg stating, "it's about time". At the award ceremony, Starfire and Robin are seen holding hands, confirming they are officially boyfriend girlfriend. By the comics, Starfire and Robin commit themselves to a serious relationship. On the anniversary of his parents'deaths, Starfire immediately conforts Robin was he breaks down crying and hugs him before they have another kiss. Batman watches his adoptive son and Starfire from afar, knowing that Robin will be just fine with her

Aqualad (Former Crush/Good Friend)
In "Deep Six," both Starfire and Raven instantly developed crushes on Aqualad when they first met him. She was not infatuated with him anymore due to her current relationship with Robin.

Red Star (Good Friend/Former Love Interest)
In "Snowblind”, Starfire and her teammates were tracking down a monster responsible for attacking a city in Siberia. While battling the monster, Starfire pursued it into a blizzard but got lost from her friends and lost sight of the creature. As time passed, the low temperatures eventually took their toll on her, causing her to pass out and quickly becoming buried under the snow. Fortunately, before she was buried alive, she was found by Red Star who arrived to investigate after Starfire inadvertently tripped one of his proximity alarms. Despite not knowing who Starfire was, Red Star immediately rescued her, pulling her out of the snow and draping her unconscious body over his shoulder as he carried her back to his lair where she could recuperate.

When Starfire awakened sometime later, she initially mistook Red Star as an enemy who abducted her, not realizing that he had saved her life. After Red Star explained himself, the two would form a strong friendship. Starfire showed great sympathy for Red Star, being saddened upon learning of how he accidentally destroyed the Siberian city and was rejected by his people as an abomination. Wishing to help him, Starfire began teaching and encouraging Red Star on how to use his powers to help others and regain the trust of his people who feared him. When Red Star returned with the Titans to his former home, Starfire became his confidant and stood up for him against the villagers who were still furious at him. During these events, the two began to develop an attraction towards each other. Though these feelings were put aside later on, due to Starfire’s feelings for Robin, the two remain very close.

Argent (Good Friend)
The two female heroines met in "Calling All Titans!" When the Brotherhood of Evil started pursuing young heroes, Robin sent Starfire to find Argent and warn her about the coming danger. Starfire would find Argent in New Zealand, where the young heroine was working to fix a damaged dam before it could flood a canyon. When they first met, Argent and Starfire became fast friends, despite their opposite personalities, Starfire being optimistic and Argent being more stoic. Argent had no problem in letting Starfire help her in fixing the dam despite only just meeting her and the two proved to be a good team. When Starfire gave her a Titans communicator and asked her to join the team as an honorary member, Argent immediately accepted and was grateful for Starfire’s help. Later on, when Argent was attacked by the Brotherhood’s droid army, Starfire immediately went back to help Argent, but was saddened and worried when she arrived too late to prevent her capture. After the defeat of the brotherhood, they remain good friends.

Trivia

 * Starfire is the first Titan whose arch enemy is related to her, which is her older sister Blackfire. The second being Raven.
 * She, and Raven are the only girls on the main characters, excluding all the female honorary Titans and the subgroups.
 * She is the only Titan who did not have a season arc focused on her. Had a sixth season been commissioned, Starfire was the opening canidate to be the central character. However, she does have at least fifteen episodes centered on her..
 * Star is one of the two characters whoo hails from a place outside of Earth, the other being Raven. While Starfire was born on the planet Tamaran, Raven was born in the plane of Azarath.
 * Both Starfire and Raven have powers tied to their emotions. Starfire has to reflect happiness when she flies or anger when she blasts starbolts. Raven, meanwhile, has empathy ( the ability to feel the emotions of other) and to keep her emotions under control or her powers go out of control.
 * Alongside Raven, Starfire goes by her real name, as her name on Earth is just a translation of her Tamaranean name, "Koriand'r"
 * Starfire has no understanding of Earth's customs.
 * She and Beast Boy share a pet mutant moth named Silkie, who was created by Killer Moth.
 * Starfire is allergic to metallic chromium, (allergies to chromium are very common in Tamaran).
 * Starfire is the only member of the Titans who is not a human or have any human heritage.
 * Starfire is first called by her Tamaranean name, "Koriand'r" in "Betrothed" when she and Galfore.
 * While Starfire has an inherent ability to emit energy blasts in the series, in the comics, she only got this power from alien experimentations done on her and her sister Blackfire.
 * It is revealed in the Teen Titans Go! comics that Starfire has a younger brother Wildfire.
 * Her costume in the comics was more revealing that it was on the show. This was due to censorship reasons. Instead of a revealing costume, Starfire wears a two piece suit.
 * She and Cyborg are the only Titans that Slade has never taunted. However he has mocked the two characters as a whole.
 * Starfire's skin color is meant to be orange, as in the comics, her race had golden skin.

Quotes
"You made up! Glorious! I wish to initiate a group hug."

- Starfire after seeing Robin and Cyborg reconcile "Friends! I invite you to join me in the togetherness of a stay-home movie night. I bring you popcorn and non-cotton candies. Tell me, what sort of movie shall we view?"

- Starfire to her teammates about having a movie night "Everything is not wonderful. I am happy to see her, but Blackfire rules the video games, and she is able to share very depressing poems, and she knows the cool moves, and she always knows when people are not talking about shovels."

- Starfire to Robin about Blackfire "Robin: Don't worry, Starfire. She won't get away with this! Starfire: (enraged) No, she will NOT!"

- Robin and Starfire after learning her sister's treachery and trying to frame her for crimes Blackfire committed on another planet "Beautiful, tell me again what they are called? (Robin: Fireworks. ) "On my home planet, such explosions would mean the Gordanians were attacking. You are sure certain Earth is not under attack? (Robin: Positive. Cotton candy? (Offers some) ) "The last time I ate a ball of cotton, it was white, and it did not taste very-- (Robin:  This is different. (he pulls off a piece and eats it) ) "(She eats some) Mmmm… (Squeal) It vanished! (Robin: (Chuckles) Yeah, it'll do that. ) "(Sighs) When I first came to this planet, I did not think I would ever fit in. Earth was full of strange things. But now, I see that-- (Robin:  Here comes the finale! Yes! (In the sky, the display of fireworks are being presented as the finale.) (Robin:  Whoo-hoo-hoo! Ah, amazing! ) "Earth is full of amazing things, too. (Robin:  Best planet I've ever been to."

- Robin and Starfire while she watches fireworks for the first time "Hello, sister. (Blackfire: Aww, you're mad. I know, I should have told you I was leaving, but you know how I hate goodbyes and--) You are a criminal, and you were going to let me take your place in jail! (Blackfire: Oh… well… yeah.) You will give back what you have stolen and turn yourself over to the police! (Blackfire: And what will you do if I don't? I always was the better fighter.) Not anymore!"

- Starfire and Blackfire "I suggest a large pizza with pickles, bananas, and mint frosting. (Robin: Uh, Starfire, not everything on the menu is a pizza topping.) Oh...."

- Starfire mistaking everything on the menu for a pizza "Starfire: Is this punishment? I did something wrong? Raven: You didn't. He did. Beast Boy: Star, it was... You weren't supposed to... I didn't... Heh, just remember to change that oil every 3,000 miles. Heh heh. Starfire: On my planet we have a name for those who do such horrible things! You are a...A KLORBAG VARBLENELK!! Beast Boy: I'm a what-bag?? Cyborg: You heard the lady. Raven: You are such a klorbag"

- Starfire angry at Beast Boy for pranking her "Beast Boy: I am so sorry. You gotta forgive me. Starfire: (helping him up) I already have. Now those evil brothers must be made to apologize."

- Beast Boy and Starfire reconciling


 * Starfire: Agreed, Cyborg. This tangy yellow beverage is truly delightful.
 * (starts slurping more of her drink. Robin and Cyborg slowly stop eating and start looking at her, flabbergasted)
 * Cyborg: Um .. Starfire?
 * Robin: That's mustard.
 * Starfire: (lovingly rubs the mustard jar on her cheek) Is there more?


 * Starfire: We cannot fight them again. I do not wish to, and in our present condition we would surely be defeated!
 * Raven: Okay, how do you fly this thing?
 * Starfire: You must feel flight.
 * Raven: What!?
 * Starfire: When you feel the unbridled joy of flight, you will fly!
 * Raven: Unbridled joy...Not really my thing.
 * Starfire: Look!
 * [They spot Zombie Beast Boy]
 * Raven: What do I have to feel to use star bolts?
 * Starfire: Righteous fury!
 * Raven: Your alien strength?
 * Starfire: Boundless confidence!
 * Raven: Nevermind.

"Starfire: Agreed; and perhaps if you were to "take a break", the answer would be easier to- Robin: I can't. You almost got hurt. Next time could be worse. He's planning something; I have to find out what. Starfire: But Robin, I am sure that-"

- Robin and Starfire

"Robin, you are my best friend. I cannot be in a world where we must fight. If you are truly evil, then go ahead. Do what you must."

- Starfire to Robin