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Argent is a
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fictional
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. She first appeared in the second series of the Teen Titans comics in issue #1. She remained a regular member of that team for a long time, up until the events of
Graduation Day when the Titans were disbanded by
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.
Teen Titans
Toni Monetti is the daughter of a former
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from
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. Around the time she turned sixteen, Toni's skin gains a silver sheen to it. At a pool party for her sixteenth birthday, Toni is mysteriously teleported away. Toni, along with a few other teens, learn that they are half-alien, and their mothers were impregnated by an alien race called the
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years ago. The teens are part of a
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program created by the H'San Natall to defeat the super-powered beings already on Earth. The group of teens stay together, and with the funding of Loren Jupiter, became the newest incarnation of the Teen Titans. Toni’s ability to control bursts of silver plasma energy earns her the codename, Argent.
At first, Toni is not a very serious adventurer. However, after fellow teammate Joto apparently dies, Argent takes it particularly hard. She vows to become a better hero. It was then that Mr. Jupiter disbands the team, and Argent seeks training advice from
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. She accompanies him on a mission to stop drug runners, but when she found out her father was involved, she decides to keep the information secret.
When the Teen Titans reform, Argent was instrumental in initiating a membership drive. The team takes on new members Fringe and
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. A possible romance of Argent with CM3 was explored, but after a particularly horrible date (CM3 was unable to cover the bill), it was abandoned.
After another battle with the H'San Natall, the team discovers that Joto was in fact alive. When members
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and Fringe decide to stay in space, and with CM3 having left earlier, the team decides to disband.
The Titans
When the original five Titans (
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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) decide to reform the Teen Titans in the wake of the Technis Imperative conflict (in which Toni had fought alongside the former Titans and the
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), Argent is invited to join.
Later, the Titans were involved in another case involving the highly addictive speed drug, Velocity 9. During the investigation, the role of Argent's father being a distributor of the drug came to light. Argent had to choose between her father and the Titans, and ultimately allows her father to be arrested.
Around this time, Argent is one of the first to fight against the
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/
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entity in the "
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" limited series. First, alongside Titans teammate
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, then with other superheroes, she helps fight a literal invasion from Hell in the streets of New York City. For her troubles, Spectre turns her eyes into squirming fly larvae. She, and other heroes affected, are restored by the efforts of the "
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"
In the
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, a mysterious android from the future known as
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attacks the Titans and
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, resulting in the apparent deaths of Troia and
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. After the funeral, Nightwing disbands the Titans.
When the Teen Titans are once again reformed by former members
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,
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, and
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, Argent is not invited. However, when this version of the Teen Titans fought against
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and all reserve members were called, she was present. She also joins the Titans in their battle against Superboy-Prime, where she saves
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by stopping the blood flowing from his shoulder after Superboy-Prime rips his arm off.
One Year Later
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, Argent becomes one of the twenty members of the Teen Titans who quit after a few weeks. Her look was redesigned. During this time, she dates and later breaks up with teammate
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.
Final Crisis
In issue 3 of
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, Argent is one of the superheroes drafted by Green Lantern
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under
Article X. Argent is seen fighting alongside other recruits in issue #5. She soon falls victim of the
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, and forced to fight other captive metahumans at the behest of the
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gods on Earth.
Powers and abilities
Argent can generate solid energy constructs out of silver
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, in simple forms such as protective shields, daggers, and battering rams. While she initially could not fly, she could create slides and flying platforms to carry herself and others through the air. Her silver plasma energy is said to be of a similar wavelength to the green plasma energies of a
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's
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. In
JLA: Rock of Ages, Argent's powers in the future had evolved to become almost identical to a Green Lantern's, as she was able to fly and could create more complex energy constructs, such as an entire army of silver plasma "superheroes".
Argent in other media
Argent appeared in Season 5 of the
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animated series in the episode "Calling All Titans" in which she meets
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and becomes an honorary Titan, but she is soon captured by
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of the
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. Argent can fire crimson energy beams, and can use that energy to form objects similar to the abilities of the
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.
Argent has also been shown to have an interest in fashion when she asks Starfire: "
Does this come in black?" when the yellow communicator clashes with her dark clothes. When
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unfreeze all of the captured Titans during the final battle of "Titans Together", Argent joins the fight. She is seen sending two energy beams in the form of hands after a fleeing Johnny Rancid. Later, she is seen in
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and before the "battle" against
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. Argent is played by
Hynden WalchHeidi Hynden Walch , best known as Hynden Walch, is an American actress.Two of her most known roles are Starfire and Argent in Teen Titans. She also voiced Penny Sanchez on the Nickelodeon show ChalkZone and Elsie on the Disney Channel show Stanley...
who also voices Starfire.
Appears in:
- "Calling All Titans"
- "Titans Together" (cameo)
She has also appeared in the
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comic (issues #34, #36, #39, and #41).