During the Teen Titans Season 2 finale, "Aftershock Part 2," former member Terra sacrifices herself and defeats the villain Slade, but turns into stone in the process. The character was thought to be frozen until the Season 5 series finale, "Things Change," when Beast Boy comes across a girl who looks exactly like Terra. Although the episode's conclusion doesn't verify whether this girl is Terra, Teen Titans provides a few possibilities on how she came back to life.
Beast Boy first comes across this girl while battling a White Monster alongside the Teen Titans in Jump City. The shapeshifter immediately tells the team about his discovery, but Cyborg and Raven explain that they already tried reviving her with their powers without any success. This leads Beast Boy to return to the place of her statue, which he finds is missing. He later discovers that the girl from the aforementioned battle is a student at a local high school and persuades her to eat pizza with him. Unfortunately, their meet-up goes awry when the girl cannot remember any of Terra's past adventures with the Teen Titans.
The girl reluctantly agrees to go with Beast Boy to Titans Tower, but while there, she cannot remember any of its details, including her former room. She also denies liking Terra's favorite pizza or enjoying the outdoors. During their time in Terra's old room, she appears to slightly remember a tin heart-shaped box that Beast Boy made, but it causes her instant discomfort, and she asks to leave. Before her departure, Beast Boy throws mud in her face in a last-ditch attempt to trigger her powers, but this simply infuriates the girl who storms off. Beast Boy has one final encounter with the girl at her school, where she tells him that things were never the way he remembered and that the Terra he recalls was just a memory. He eventually accepts that whether the girl is Terra or not, she just wants to live a normal life, and they go their separate ways.
Several of the Teen Titans propose a few theories as to how Terra returned. Robin suggests that Terra freed herself, as she is capable of manipulating the earth and stones. Cyborg states that an earthquake could've occurred while the team was absent from Jump City. Raven posits the possibility that the stone effect simply wore off, then explains that Terra did not return to the group as a result of their final encounter as enemies. While Beast Boy searches for Terra, he comes across a robot named Slade who implies that Terra simply chose to come back without her memory. Although this is possible, Slade is a known manipulator and was likely lying.
Season 4's multi-part finale, "The End," offers a few possibilities regarding Terra's return. During "The End Part 2," Slade reveals that Trigon brought him back to life in return for his servitude, which means that the demon also had the power to revive Terra. The episode also sees the demon turn nearly all of the Earth's inhabitants, except the Teen Titans, into stone. Trigon's ultimate defeat at the hands of Raven during the following episode, "The End Part 3," reversed this action, which could've unfrozen Terra in the process.
The girl Beast Boy comes across shows no interest in crime-fighting, and any memories she had as Terra are likely buried due to her trauma. While it's possible that Terra came back to life, "Things Change" shows that her future does not lie with the Teen Titans.
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