Janet Van Dorn

Janet Van Dorn or Janet Dorn is a minor supporting character in Batman the Animated Series, she acts as Gotham City's new District Attorney after Harvey Dent turned into Two-Face. 
She was previously voiced by Lynette Mettey in Shadow of the Bat Part 1 and was voiced by Stephanie Zimbalist in Trial.
== Biography ==
=== Shadow of the Bat Part 1 ===
When Police Commissioner James Gordon was accused of accepting bribes from well-known mob boss Rupert Thorne, Barbara Gordon told her to help bail out her dad as he was likely framed. Van Dorn told her the evidence was solid enough to allow her from dropping the charges or allowing Gordon to get out of jail.
=== Trial ===
At the courthouse in Gotham, Poison Ivy stands on trial and is sent back to Arkham Asylum since she was captured by Batman and not by a police officer, Janet is deeply upset about the outcome because Ivy wasn't sentenced to life in prison, she blames this on Batman. Ivy meets Harley, Harley tells her there planning something big at the asylum, two cards have cards on there hats they are being controlled by the Mad Hatter. At the Police Department Van Dorn tells Commissioner Gordon how she feels about Batman, the hero enters the room with a gang leader dangling from the roof, she gets more frustrated at Batman for this, Van dorn picks up a Batarang which would be useful for later, she warns Batman that she would start a crusade against him if necessary.
Both Her and Batman are later held on trial by Batman's Rouge gallery, where she has to defend him otherwise both of them die shall they fail. The villains are called up to the jurty to testify, Van Dorn does her best to prove that they are criminals because of themselves and not because of Batman. End in the end Van Dorn concludes it wasn't Batman that made them, but the other way around. The inmates decide to kill both of them because they are proven to be crazy themselves, the inmates put Batman on a security bed strapping him to it. Joker walks towards him attempting to take the cowl of his face, Janet remembers the Batarang she got earlier and tosses it into the only light bulb in the room, Batman manages to get free from his shackles, Batman grabs Janet the two try to escape the asylum.
Almost all the psychopaths are arrested by the police force, except for Joker who battles Batman, Batman manages to defeat Joker with him getting locked up. After all the inmates are back in there cells, Janet admits that Gotham does need Batman after all, But she will still work towards a city that doesn't need Batman, Batman replies he would work on the same goal as well.
=== Riddler's Reform ===
Janet Van Dorn would not make a actual appearance in this episode, and is only mentioned.
== Trivia ==
* Dorn was voiced by two women, Lynette Mettey and Stephanie Zimbalist. The latter is the daughter of Efrem Zimbalist Jr., who voices Alfred Pennyworth in the same series.
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