Titans: Robin's Phone Contacts Include DC Comics Easter Eggs

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Titans: Who's Who in Dick Grayson's Phone Contacts

By Kevin Melrose

Published Oct 19, 2018

Dick Grayson's cell phone contacts list on Titans is a mix of familiar and downright obscure names from DC comics.

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for the second episode of Titans, “Hawk and Dove,” streaming now on DC Universe.

There are undoubtedly plenty of people in the DC Universe who would pay top dollar for the contacts on the mobile phone of Dick Grayson, ward of billionaire businessman-philanthropist Bruce Wayne. But while viewers don't glimpse any numbers on this week's episode of Titans, we do see some of the names the former Boy Wonder has on speed dial.

In "Hawk and Dove," Dick (Brenton Thwaites) in on the run, trying to keep young Rachel Roth (Teagan Croft) safe from the mysterious forces seeking to abduct her for nefarious purposes. Split from Bruce, and in self-imposed exile from Gotham, he nevertheless looks to his past for help, from his "old friends," the Washington, D.C.-based vigilantes Hawk and Dove (Alan Ritchson and Minka Kelly). But first, he places a call to Alfred Pennyworth, promising, "It's a one-time thing."

That's when he get a peek at his contacts list -- the Ls through Ws, in any case. There's Alfred and Bruce, of course, but perhaps most notably, also Donna Troy, the DC comics superhero who's been known over the decades, alternately, as Wonder Girl, Darkstar, Troia or simply ... Donna Troy. We've known for some time that Donna will appear in the first season of Titans -- the title of the ninth episode even bears her name -- this confirms that Dick already knows her when the series opens.

Some of the contacts, like Tony Solomons, Brendan Steacy and Brian Wessel, are Titans crew members, while others share names with Hollywood editors, visual effects coordinators, unit managers and production coordinators.

And then there are a couple of what appear to be obscure DC Easter eggs: Michael Pearson, an aspiring photojournalist who, in Nightwing, rented a room from Dick Grayson in Chicago; and Bonnie Linseed, the niece of Gotham City Mayor Linseed, who went on a date with Dick in Batman '66 Meet the Green Hornet #1. See? Obscure.

Beyond those observations, we can't discern much more from Dick's contacts, beyond that he apparently doesn't know traditional Teen Titans members Victor Stone or Wally West. But perhaps that will change before the end of the season.

Now streaming on DC Universe, Titans stars Brenton Thwaites as Robin, Anna Diop as Starfire, Teagan Croft as Raven, Ryan Potter as Beast Boy, Alan Ritchson as Hawk, Minka Kelly as Dove, and Lindsey Gort as Amy Rohrbach. A new episode debuts each Friday.