Más y Menos

Más y Menos
Más y Menos as seen in Teen Titans.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Teen Titans animated television series Season 3, Episode 12: "Titans East, Part 1" DC Universe: Teen Titans #38 (September 2006) (Photo Only)
Created by	(TV) Sam Register, Glen Murakami, David Slack, Alex Soto (Comics) Geoff Johns, Tony S. Daniel
In-story information
Team affiliations	Teen Titans Titans East
Abilities	Super-speed only when they are physically touching May be achieved if they are both holding a proper conduit (rope, wire, etc.)

Más y Menos are fictional superhero twins, around the age of 12, from the Teen Titans animated television series, affiliated with the Titans East team. They are among the few heroes on the series not to have originated in the comic book. Taken out of context, their names translate from Spanish to "More" and "Less," but in their particular context (i.e. the symbols on their chests and their rallying cry), their names mean "Plus and Minus," as both "más" and "menos" can be used as mathematics terms. Más y Menos are both voiced by Freddy Rodriguez.

They are a pair of Spanish-speaking twins from Guatemala who can move at super speed, but only when they are in contact with each other. In "Titans East Part 1", Aqualad states that their other power is to talk only in Spanish. Their battle cry is "¡Más y Menos, sí podemos!" which means, "Plus and Minus, yes we can!" in English. It seems that they are partially based on the Maya Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque depicted in the Popol Vuh chronicles; however, since their incorporation into the mainstream DC Universe, their origins and history have not been dealt with.

The twins make their first appearance in "Titans East Part 1" as Titans East members, a Teen Titans team set up in Steel City for the purpose of hunting down Brother Blood. Cyborg arrives to help the team build their tower, but Brother Blood attacks with his Cyborg-drones and defeats the Titans. Unknowingly to Cyborg, Blood places all the members of the Titans East team under mind control and later forces them to attack Cyborg. The original Titans arrive following Cyborg's S.O.S., and Cyborg battles Blood while Titans West battles Titans East. With Brother Blood's defeat, Titans East is freed. Más y Menos also develop a crush on Starfire when they meet her, and both twins fight for her affection (the only time where they do not cooperate).