The Batman (character)

*The code we work by isn't always the easiest way, Robin, but it's the right way.*
―Batman explaining the code to Robin.[src]
**The Batman** is the main titular protagonist of the show with the same name. He is a masked vigilante and the hero of Gotham City. Batman is the secret identity of billionaire **Bruce Wayne**, the CEO of Wayne Industries, who, after witnessing the death of his parents, vowed to spend the rest of his life waging war on all criminals. He is also a member of the Justice League.

## The Batman

* Batman
* Bruce Wayne

### Aliases

The BatmanBatman
The Dark Knight
Gotham's White Knight
The World's Greatest Detective
Batsy (by Joker)
Bats (by Clayface I)
The Bat
Bat-jerk (by Penguin)
Master Bruce (by Alfred Pennyworth)
Sir (by Alfred)
Handsome (by Catwoman)
 Old Man (by Nightwing)
The Human Piggybank (by Penguin)

### Relatives

Thomas and Martha Wayne (parents;deceased)Alfred Pennyworth (guardian;butler)
Dick Grayson (adopted son)

### Occupation

CEO of Wayne IndustriesBillionaire
Vigilante
Superhero
Second-in-Command of the Justice League

### Powers

Genius level intellectExpert martial artist who mastered every hand-to-hand combat fighting styles
Arsenal of various gadgets
Vast wealth

## Physical description

### Age

26 (season one) 27 (as of *Fire & Ice*)
28 (as of *Grundy's Night*)
29 (as of *Seconds*)
30 (season five)
48 (*Artifacts*)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Rino RomanoKazuya Nakai (Japanese)
David Robies/ Hector Indriago (Spanish)
Adrien Antoine (French)
Marco Balzarotti (Italian)
Jaron Lowenberg (German)
Radoslaw Pazura (Polish)
Matti Atlas (Hebrew)
Niclas Wahlgren (Swedish)
Duda Ribeiro (Portuguese)
 Foad Shams (Arabic)

## Physical Appearance

Bruce Wayne has black hair and blue eyes. His casual attire is a black suit with blue shirt. As Batman, his costume consists of a black mask and cape and gold utility belt, except with dark blue highlights. He also wears a dark gray costume with a black bat-emblem, black trunks, gloves, and knee high boots.

As of *Grundy's Night*,the ears on his cowl got longer.

Starting from season four,Batman was redesigned to be more reminiscent of DCAU Batman. He was given a more square jawline and the eye-slits in his cowl became smaller and more angular. Possibly, the larger chin also implies that Batman is older. His nose also got smaller.

In a possible fututre,the Batsuit became more gray and the belt got darker, The cape,trunks,and gauntlets are now pure black and the emblem is a big bat instead of being in a yellow circle. The Batsuit is meant to resemble the one from *The Dark Knight Returns*. Beneath the cowl,his hair has turned gray and he has two scars on his right eye,similar to the one Killer Croc has. He also occasionally got headaches.

Batman's season four redesign.Bruce Wayne season four onwards.Batman in 2027.Future Batman without the mask.
## Personality

*That just means a little more work for me,and a lot more pain for you.*
―Batman using his intimidation and fear tactics against Number One[src]
Throughout the course of the show,Batman grew from an immature rookie that tended to crack jokes and preferred to work alone to a mature and brooding team player. As Bruce Wayne,he is easy-going and friendly.. He enjoys his time with Alfred in various activities,such as playing checkers or eating cereal. He also mostly uses jokes to mask his closed-off, insecure nature.

In season one,Batman was rather inexperienced and would perform lots of rookie mistakes. He tended to drop one liners after battles and smiled occasionally. He also preferred working alone. However,after Ethan's tragic mutation into Clayface,Batman matured a little and realised he was in need of someone to watch his back,because if it were not for Yin,Batman would have been dead. Lastly,the death of his parents greatly affected him this season,as whenever he was feeling down about being Batman,the painful reminder of their deaths would push him forward.

In season two,Batman got a little more mature,although he would still crack one liners often. Examples of his increasing maturity include him being more prepared for Penguin's antics,not falling for Catwoman's tricks,and losing his cool against Joker when he would not reveal Yin's location. Despite Yin being his partner,Batman was hesitant whether he needed a partner/sidekick.

In season three,Batman became more brooding and would usually only drop jokes if he were under pressure. Batgirl usually lightened the mood in comparison to Batman's brooding demeanor. He was initially dismissive of her as a sidekick and thought she would only bring trouble,but throughout the season she proved herself to be capable,even saving his own life sometimes. After she brought down Maxie Zeus' entire operation and airship,Batman finally decided it is time to bring her "in the loop";he gave her a Batwave communicator and gadgets,making her his official sidekick.

In season four,Batman turned more intimdating and terrifying. When the Zucco brothers threatened the Graysons,Batman appeared of the shadows and took down the lion tamer with no hesitation. When Tony Zucco killed Dick Grayson's parents,Batman spent nights gathering evidence and interrogating thugs to hunt down Zucco. When Number One captured Batman and took away his belt,Batman claimed it is only a little more work for him,but a lot more pain for them. He had a dilemma whether if he has gotten too reliable on his sidekicks,although that did not stop him,as he trusted Batgirl to cure him from Hugo Strange's gas,and he trusted her to find Matthew Gray. He also trusted Robin to investigate Everywhere Man's headquarters,and he trusted them to stop crime when he was busy in Heart 2 Heart With Harley. In the end,Batman was moreso worried about losing them than them "getting in the way". They ultimately proved themselves to be capable,and if it were not for them,the Joining would not have lost. After that encounter,Batman accepted having teammates,leading Martian Manhunter to invite him to the Justice League.

In season five,Batman has become like the typical Batman seen in media: mature,brooding,works well with others,rarely drops jokes,and does not smile as often. He also often talked only if he was doing detective work. Still,he sometimes tended to smirk.

Batman can be paranoid when he works with other heroes,as he put a mental image to prevent Martian Manhunter from reading his thoughts,initially gave Superman fake Kryptonite when he demanded that he wanted the rock,and made contingency plans for all members of the League.

In *Artifacts*,his personality became more cold and stern.

## History

Bruce Wayne was born a child of wealth and privilege to Thomas and Martha Wayne of Gotham City. As the Waynes' only son, Bruce was the sole heir to the family fortune as well as his father's business Wayne Industries. When Bruce was a young boy, his parents were brutally gunned down by a mugger, leaving Bruce an orphan.

The family butler, Alfred Pennyworth, picked Bruce up at the police station and soon became his legal guardian. Alfred raised Bruce in Wayne Manor as if he were his own son. Upon visiting his parents' graveside, Bruce made a solemn vow that he would devote himself to combating crime in Gotham City.

As a teenager, Bruce developed a friendship with a fellow student named Ethan Bennett. The two enjoyed a friendly rivalry with one another, one that often demonstrated itself on the basketball court. As they grew older, Wayne devoted more of his time towards the management of Wayne Industries, and Ethan went on to become a detective for the Gotham City Police Department, but they kept in contact with one another, and Bruce would occasionally invite him over to the estate for a game of "one-on-one".

### The Batman: Years One and Two

As time progressed, Bruce found the means by which he could keep the promise he made at his parents' graves. He fashioned a dark costume for himself to conceal his true identity and took on the guise of the Batman. With the reluctant help of his butler Alfred, Bruce established a crime-fighting command center in a cave beneath Wayne Manor. This soon became known as the Batcave. His connection to Wayne Industries provided him access to technology that he used to develop his crime-fighting arsenal. He installed an advanced computer network in the Batcave, dubbed the Bat-Wave, and he also designed weaponry, which he incorporated into a utility belt. In addition, he also developed an array of vehicles such as the Batmobile, the Bat-Glider and the Batwing, as well as a manned set of robotic armor which he called the Bat-Bot.

For the first two years of his career, Bruce mostly fought common street-level thugs and members of organized crime. Reports of the Batman's activities quickly circulated throughout the city. Chief of police Angel Rojas took a rigid stance against acts of vigilantism and entrusted his detectives, including Ethan Bennett, to do everything in their power to bring the Batman to justice. Ethan and his new partner, a detective from Metropolis named Ellen Yin, committed many man-hours investigating the Batman. Secretly though, Ethan actually advocated the Batman’s ability to clean up the streets of Gotham. It is not specified who Batman fought in his first two years,but it is likely he fought the likes of Carmine Falcone,Sal Maroni,among others. Possibly during his second year,Batman was chasing Victor Fries,who had stolen diamonds,in the Batmobile. Fries took a poor drift which made him crash. He busted into a cryogenics lab. He tried using the technology inside against Batman,but only managed to break it. He fell into a pod. Batman attempted to save him but the pod was electrocuted. Fries was thought to be dead and was examined by scientists,until he broke free and discovered his new ice powers. Later,Batman received a call for help via the Batwave. He entered a mansion and found it filled with death traps. He saw Chuck Gorman,who was trying to answer riddles placed by Edward Nigma. Gorman failed to answer and was about to be crushed until Batman swooped and saved him. Batman then answered another riddler and defused a bomb. Nigma angrily slammed his desk,which made a cup fall and break,alerting Batman to his location. Nigma escaped and was inspired by the Batman,so he decided to form an alter ego.

### Year Three

In his third year of crime-fighting, 26-year-old Batman took down the last of Gotham's crime bosses: Rupert Thorne. Afterwards. Bruce encountered an individual who proved to be his most bizarre and dangerous adversary to date – the Joker. He first met the Joker after the latter escaped from his hospital room at Arkham Asylum. He prevented the Joker from releasing a deadly nerve gas over the city, after which, he promptly returned him to Arkham Asylum. The Joker, never one to stay in captivity for long, returned time and time again to plague the Batman with outrageous new schemes.

Rupert Thorne,the last of Gotham's crime bosses.The new Batsuit.Meet Joker.The emergence of the Joker appeared to have inspired many members of Gotham's underworld to likewise take up costumed identities, many of whom adopted various trademarks or gimmicks that set them apart from the common criminal. Batman’s first super-powered adversary was a South American mercenary named Bane. Gang leaders brought Bane into the United States in the hopes of destroying the Batman through superior muscle power, but fortunately for Bruce, the Batbot armor proved an adequate foil against the oversized behemoth. More and more colorful villains popped up in Gotham City, and Batman developed a veritable rogues gallery of foes including the likes of the Penguin, Man-Bat, Mr. Freeze, Cluemaster and Catwoman.

The man who broke the Bat.Penguin,a flightless bird,but one with style.A new bat in town.Mr. Freeze.Cats always land on their feet.Firefly. Get it? Fire and fly.Cluemaster,the biggest thing on TV.Ventriloquist and Scarface. Who's really the dummy,though?

In *The Big Dummy*,Bruce attempted to date someone who actually interested him,instead of going out on dates for his public image. However,complications happened with Scarface,so Batman had to cancel it.

In *Bird of Prey*,Bruce was having an interview with Melanie Bramwell. He then received a call by Penguin that Wayne Manor is his now. Despite Bruce warning her,Melanie went to the manor anyway. Batman fought with Penguin,with the former losing. Penguin attemped to unmask him,only for Alfred to save him. After Penguin was subdued,Batman left,and Bruce Wayne showed up. Melanie began having suspicions about Batman's true identity,but just in time,Batman (Alfred in disguise) appeared and drove away with the Batmobile,shuting down her theories.

The Batman and Bruce Wayne......in the same place??One of the most traumatic experiences in Bruce's career as the Batman not only cost him a friend, but also gave rise to a powerful new villain. The Joker, having once again escaped custody, developed a special vaporous gel that could transform everything it came into contact with into putty. The Joker kidnapped Ethan Bennett and held him captive at his lair where upon he mentally tortured him and forced him to inhale the vapors from his gel. Bennett survived the incident thanks to the intervention of Batman and Ellen Yin, but exposure to the chemicals altered his physical structure, slowly transforming his body into liquid clay. Driven insane from Joker's torture and Rojas' pressure, Ethan Bennett became the villain known as Clayface.

Ethan mutates into Clayface after being subjected to Joker's Putty.Clayface.

After Ethan's transformation,Yin realised Ethan was right: Gotham needs the Batman. Batman gave her a Batwave communicator and they forged a secret alliance.

### Years Four and Five

Together,the Batman and Yin took down various villains and team-up schemes,including Riddler,Catwoman and Penguin,Freeze and Firefly, and Joker and Clayface. Batman also met a batch of new villains: Riddler,Killer Croc,Hugo Strange,Ragdoll,Spellbinder,and Solomon Grundy.

Riddle me this,riddle me that.A whole different breed of animal.Professor Hugo Strange.He's Ragdoll.SpellbinderIt's Grundy's night.In *Riddled*, Batman and Yin encounter the Riddler, a criminal who puts bombs in Gotham City that require answering a riddle correctly to be disarmed;however, it is later revealed when Batman and Yin go to Riddler's lair that the bombs are fake and that they were simply a distraction for something bigger: he is trying to hack the city's database, and when Riddler finds out Yin has been helping Batman, the Riddlemen subdue Batman and Riddler gasses him with sleeping gas, causing him to be knocked out. Riddler then traps Batman and Yin and forces Batman to answer questions about his true identity;if he answers falsely, Yin will be electrocuted. When all looks helpless, Yin lies to the Riddler, telling that Ethan Bennett is Batman, and also kicking him into the blast of electricity. Riddler escapes, but Batman and Yin chase him, and eventually Yin fights the Riddlemen while Batman takes on the Riddler. After they are defeated, as Riddler is being hauled away, he attempts to tell Chief Rojas that Yin has been working with Batman, but Rojas doesn't believe him.
In The Laughing Bat, Joker dressed up as Batman and started infecting people with laughing toxin for minor crimes such as littering, he also infected Mayor Grange's wife and left her outside of his office, he also fought the real Batman and infected him with laughing toxin that would kill him in 24 hours, he would also have multiple laughing fits before his death, eventually Joker tried to stop Penguin from stealing a rare egg but Batman intervened as well, the three fought each other and in the chaos Penguin was infected too, Batman eventually beat the Joker and told him a joke which Joker laughed hysterically at and he went back to his old ways. Joker and Penguin then shared a laugh together.

In *Meltdown*,Batman stopped Clayface from killing Joker. Ethan was then sent to court. The witnesses defended Ethan that none of Clayface's actions are Ethan's fault,as it was Joker who drove him to madness. Ethan was released on probation,and the judge stated that he should not use his "morphic abilities". He also stated that Mark Desmond will perform DNA tests regularly to see if Ethan has been using his powers. Bruce then gave him a job as a security guard in Wayne Industries. After awkward encounters with Rojas and Joker,Ethan was forced to use his powers. Joker then convinced him to give in into a life of crime. Reluctantly,Batman and Yin stopped their old friend and locked him in Arkham...

In JTV, Joker hijacked TV and broadcasted a show where he captured the Mayor and Yin's new partner Cash Tankenson and infected them with laughing toxin; he then tied them to a large tower and planned to cut the rope holding them, as well as spreading laughing toxin throughout the city. Batman and Yin teamed up to stop his plan.

In *Grundy's Night*,Clayface used the story and disguise of Solomon Grundy to rob rich people seamlessly. Batman manged to stop him and sent him back to Arkham.

In *Strange Minds*,Batman ventured into Joker's head of madness to find where he was keeping Yin.

In the season two finale *Night and the City*,Batman finally gained the GCPD's trust and formed an alliance with Comissioner Gordon,who installed the Batsignal. Yin regained her badge after Rojas took it from her,and Rojas was never to be seen again.

Some time later, a new character entered the Batman's life, but this one came not as a foe, but as an ally. Barbara Gordon, the teenage daughter of Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon, took it upon herself to adopt her own costumed identity – Batgirl. While keeping her identity safely hidden from her father, Barbara aided Batman in stopping her former friend Poison Ivy from terrorizing the Chlorogene corporation. Batman was reluctant to accept Barbara's aid, and provided little encouragement, but the enthusiastic youth persevered and continued to assist Batman as his unofficial partner. After several harrowing adventures, including one which required Batgirl to man the Batbot armor and stop Joker, who had used Bane's Venom., Batman finally accepted her as his partner and provided her with her own utility belt after she stopped Maxie Zeus' entire operation.

Enter Batgirl.Poison Ivy is born.Batgirl finally became Batman's official sidekick.In Batgirl Begins part 1 and 2, Pamela Isley, Barbara's friend becomes the villain Poison Ivy after an accident at Chlorogene Research Labs, and she gasses Batman with mind controlling pheromones and turns him against Batgirl.

In *A Dark Knight to Remember*,an encounter with Penguin that ended up with Batman almost drowning from Penguin's eplosive boat made him lose any memory of the Batman. Through Alfred's guidance and the need to save Barbara from impending doom,Batman regained his memories and stopped Penguin.

In Brawn, Joker uses Bane's Venom chemical to turn himself into a giant hulking strongman, Batman and Batgirl attempt to take him down, but to no avail, as Joker uses his newfound strength to easily take them down and toy with the city.

In The Laughing Cats, Joker gasses Catwoman with knockout gas and captures her, Joker has made a deal with hunter Killgore Steed to capture two leopards in exchange for two hyenas, after he delivers the leopards, he betrays Steed and uses laughing toxin on him, he then traps Batman, Batgirl and Catwoman in a maze with his henchmen Punch and Judy, and a giant spider, eventually they escape and Batman defeats Joker, Catwoman tries to escape with the leopards but they refuse to go because of the water and she leaves without them.

In The Apprentice, Joker gains a new sidekick in the form of student Donny, who is the class clown of his school, but instead of laughing at his jokes, his classmates instead laugh at him, Donny joins the Joker and takes the name "Prank".

In RPM, Batman and Batgirl face Gearhead, a racer who uses nanotechnology to transform any vehicle he wants, he eventually destroys the Batmobile and Batman has to build a second version to defeat Gearhead.

In *Cash for Toys,*Comissioner Gordon assigned Cash Tankenson as a bodyguard for Wayne after he was attacked by Toymaker. Toymaker was once Cosmo Krank, but his toys were too dangerous, and Wayne closed down his company because of that reason, Now, as the vengeful Toymaker, Krank's goal is to get revenge on Wayne for shutting down his company by sending his toy henchmen to attack him.

In *Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind*,the Batman clashed with D.A.V.E.,an AI built by Hugo Strange to be the ultimate crimefighting machine. D.A.V.E. was initially thought to have gone haywire,but it turned out Hugo Strange actually programmed him to be super villain. He was made up of various personalities of Arkham's most notorious inmates plus Hugo Strange's. He did not realise that he was a machine,however. With each fight,he studied Batman and planned for his end to be ultimate. He deduced his secret identity,broke into the Batcave,and almost killed Alfred. Batman asked D.A.V.E. what his origin is. Unable to answer,D.A.V.E. was confused,leaving enough time for Batman to destroy him. Hugo Strange then got incarcerated at Arkham.

Among the new villains Batman faced are Poison Ivy,Temblor,Gearhead,Toymaker,Prank,Maxie Zeus,and D.A.V.E. Additionally,Hugo Strange became more of a threat,as he was the one who gave Arnold Wesker Scarface back,and he activated D.A.V.E.

Tremble before Temblor.Gearhead,a thrill seeker.The Toymaker.Prank.Don't call him Maxie;he gets mad about it.Gotham's ultimate criminal mastermind.
### The Batman vs. Dracula

In *The Batman vs. Dracula* (possibly taking place at some point in the third season),Batman was fighting Joker,who had just broken out of Arkham Asylum. The fight ended with Joker jumping in water with his joy buzzers on,resulting to his apparent demise. Meanwhile,Penguin accidentally revived Dracula using a drop of blood when he injured himself in an attempt to cut open a tomb containing money. Dracula made Penguin his personal slave. Later,Bruce started dating Vicky Vale. That night,Batman saw a guard stopping a thief who stole a woman's purse. The guard turned both into vampires. Batman fended himself off against the vampires,until they mysteriously disappeared. Later at a party hosted by Wayne,he was accompanying Vicky until they met Dracula himself (who went by the alias of 'Dr. Alucard'). After Dracula briefly mind controlled Bruce (who snapped out of it),Bruce suspected Alucard was Dracula,and he proved the hypothesis by writing the name backwards. Meanwhile,the media started framing the Batman for all the missing victims (dubbed "the lost ones). One night,the cops tried ambushing him,but Dracula vampirised them and went face to face with the Bat. The fight ended with Batman injured badly,barely being saved by sunlight. Joker,who was unaffected by the shock,then caught up with Penguin. Joker tried finding the treasure,but only found Dracula,who vampirised him. He then feasted on a blood bank,and Batman ultimately stopped him. Batman captured him in the Batcave and kept experimenting and testing until he found a cure for vampirism. Dracula meanwhile kidnapped Vicky and planned to use her to ressurect his burnt wife,Karmilla. Batman armed up with garlic gadgets and vials of the cure. He fought his way along many vampires until he reached Dracula. He stopped him just in time before he could bring back his wife. Dracula was enraged and beat up Batman,who had no choice but to flee to the Batcave. Batman acted quickly and reached the cave. As Dracula boasted,Batman activated a machine that could trap and generate sunlight. He used it to burn Dracula completely,leaving nothing of him but a skull,which was later on display in the trophy room.

### Year Six

The "Batman Family" gained another member only a short time later. Young circus aerialist Dick Grayson was orphaned when his parents were murdered by a criminal named Tony Zucco. Batman felt great empathy towards Dick, having experienced a similar horror as a youth himself. Recognizing Dick's acrobatic skill, he took him under his wing at the Batcave and Dick became his new sidekick Robin. This relationship caused a rivalry between Dick and Barbara who felt that Dick was receiving preferential treatment over her. Over time however, the two teens mended bridges and became an effective fighting force.

The Dynamic Duo forms.The Batfamily.
In *Clayfaces*,Batman finally managed to concuct a cure for Ethan's Clayface form. However,after learning of the news,actor Basil Karlo drank the Clyaface mutagen that the scientists were researching. During the battle between both Clayfaces,Batman threw the cure on both of them. Ethan ,now cured,promised Bruce that after he finishes his sentence,they could go for a game of basketball. Unlike Ethan however,Karlo retained his powers.

In *The Everywhere Man*,Bruce began to notice his friend John Marlowe was behaving weirdly. After some detective work,he found out that he is in fact Gotham's new thief,Everywhere Man. Robin then discovered however that the real John Marlowe was imprisoned by a clone,and that Everywhere Man is a clone. After Batman turned the clones against each other,Marlowe took the Quantex and destroyed Everywhere Man.

In Two of a Kind, Joker gains a new partner in the form of Harleen Quinzel, the host of a TV show about dating that was taken off the air for not providing any real advice, she turns into the villain Harley Quinn and plots revenge against the people who cancelled her show with Joker.

In *Strange New World*,Bruce was preparing for a speech for Gotham. He was then alerted that Hugo Strange wanted to see the Batman. Batman and Robin went to the asylum,and Strange revealed he unleashed gas across the city that turned everyone into "zombies". Strange revealed he drank the cure,then dropped another one for the duo to inhale. The two went to meet up with the GCPD,who were zombified. After a short fight,Batgirl dropped in,but she was zombified too. Batman went to get answers from Strange,who revealed more vials of the cure are in GCPD lock up. As they finished speaking,Batman found out Batgirl infected Robin. Batman worked sleepless nights to mass produce the cure. He planted bombs containing the cure all around Gotham. The two teens gave him struggle. He then made a final stand and connected the dots and then realised that Batgirl might have simply been trying to help the whole time. Batgirl cured him of what was revealed to be hallucination gas created by Strange. The "cure" he made the Dynamic Duo inhale was in fact hallucination gas,and the "cure" Batman mass produced was more of it. Bruce then went off to give his speech.

In *The Breakout*,Batman was captured by Black Mask's henchmen,leaving Batgirl and Robin to protect the GCPD from the henchmen that were trying to free Black Mask. Batman managed to escape and defused Mask's doomsday bomb.

In *Seconds*,after many attempts by Francis Grey,Batman's sense of deja vu kept getting stronger with each retry. Batman was not able to stop Francis,however,and died when he detonated a deadly gas bomb across Gotham. After Francis saw his son die on his arms,he managed to reverse everything back to when he decided to turn to a life of crime. He chose a better life and openned a watch repair business with his son. Bruce Wayne was one of their frequent customers.

The various villains Batman fought against that year include Tony Zucco,Killer Moth,Clayface II,Everywhere Man,Black Mask,Francis Gray,Harley Quinn,Rumor,and the Joining.

He missed.He put the "ug" in ugly.The second Clayface.He is everywhere.Black Mask.Francis Gray.Harley Quinn.The rumors were true.Join them.

In *Rumors*,a new vigilante by the name of Rumor appeared and captured Gotham's most dangerous criminals. However,unlike the Batman,he intended to kill them all. After a brief fight,Batman collected a piece from Rumor's armor. He traced it back to Karon Industries. He initially suspected Paul Karon,but he later ascertained it was his bodyguard,Mario, Batman and Robin found Rumor's hideout due to it being a building previously owned by Paul. They defeated him. The villains then broke out and wanted Mario dead. The Dynamic Duo then took on Gotham's most wanted and were victorious.

Some time later, Bruce discovered that Wayne Industries had begun secretly distributing alien technology to different locations across the world. While investigating the matter, Batman encountered a shape-shifting Martian who called himself John Jones. After a brief fight, Jones proved to him that he was actually here to aid the Batman and warned him of an encroaching alien armada called the Joining. As predicted, the Joining entered Earth's atmosphere and attacked Gotham City. Batman, Batgirl, Robin, Jones and the Gotham City police department fought valiantly against the aliens, saving as many lives as possible. They were finally able to repel the invasion by way of a satellite relay system. Although humanity proved victorious, Gotham City suffered tremendous collateral damage. This event proved to Batman that he could be more effective by combining his efforts with other like-minded heroes. At John's behest, he joined a team of super-heroes called the Justice League. Together he would join the league to battle many foes such as Lex Luthor.

The Joining rises.Martian Manhunter.The Justice League.
### Year Seven

Batman starts working alongside the league more often, and more often then not has Robin and Batgirl accompany him in his missions and rarely if ever works alone anymore.

In *The Batman/Superman Story* parts 1 and 2, Batman works with Superman to defeat Lex Luthor who has been hiring multiple Gotham villains in order to defeat Superman. Eventually, he mind-controls Superman using Kryptonite plant spores and orders him to attack Batman and Robin. Batman eventually uses a gas-filled tank to make Superman return to normal, Eventually, the 3 heroes go to Lexcorp and fight Luthor and his bodyguard Mercy, Luthor takes control of a giant robot but Batman hits it with an electrical disruptor-Batarang and Superman disposes of it in the air. Later, Batman is aboard the orbital Justice League base when Superman arrives and thanks Batman for his help. Batman tries to turn over the Kryptonite but Superman insists he keep it in case someone controls him again. Superman is interested in the Justice League,and asks Batman on an overview of how it is like,now willing to join the League.

In *Vertigo*, Batman and Green Arrow go after a villain named Count Vertigo who can affect a person's sense of balance, making them feel dizzy, Vertigo plans to make everyone dizzy using a gyroscope, but his eyepiece was destroyed and he was then hit with a glue arrow, immobilizing him.

In *White Heat*, Firefly has got a new partner in crime, Blaise. Firefly steals an isotope, but while at his base, the isotope explodes. The resulting explosion gives Firefly new powers that allow him to melt anything he touches, his appearance also changes to that of a lava man, and when Batman, Robin and Batgirl arrive, Firefly tells them to call him Phosphorus, but he soon learns that his new powers may be more a blessing than a curse. He breaks into a bank to steal gold but it melts in his clutches;he then attempts to eat raw meat at a grocery store, but he can't eat either, as it turns to ashes as well. Enraged, Firefly heads to the power plant where he fights Batman in his heat protection suit. Eventually Batman uses liquid nitrogen on him, freezing him. In Arkham Asylum, the doctor says that his condition is unfortunately incurable, and that if it had been discovered earlier that someone maybe could done something, and Blaise breaks up with him too.

In *A Mirror Darkly*, Batman teams up with Flash to defeat Mirror Master who plans to trap everyone in their own mirror image. Eventually Batman defeats him and his henchwoman named Smoke, as well as reversing the effetcs of his portal ray and returning everyone to normal.

In *Joker Express*, Joker uses train lights to hypnotize people into throwing things onto a ship. Punch and Judy act as his train goons and Joker acts as the train conductor. Eventually the Joker traps Batman, Robin and Batgirl inside a cage and plans to blow up Gotham City using dynamite placed inside a cave, but Batman removes the battery from the detonator and takes down the Joker as well as stopping the train.

In *Ring Toss*, Green Lantern employs the help of Batman to locate renegade Green Lantern Sinestro, but instead Penguin ends up with the Green Lantern ring;he uses it to take charity money and go on a crime spree across Gotham City. Sinestro eventually arrives and attempts to take the ring from the Penguin, but Penguin refuses until Sinestro threatens him again. Batman instead takes the ring and uses it to battle Sinestro. He eventually takes Sinestro's ring and defeats him.

In *The Metal Face of Comedy*, Nightwing (Robin's game avatar) battles Captain Slash who is using a chemical plant as a lair. Slash defeats Nightwing by throwing him into a vat of chemicals and it cuts to Joker's henchman Marty Slacker playing video games instead of controlling Joker's "bank robbers in a box". When Joker comes back to his lair, he threatens Marty with Bud and Lou. Marty gives the Joker a helmet which allows him to digitally download money, but when Batman and Robin arrive the helmet is accidentally destroyed, causing a digital Joker named Joker 2.0 to be created. Robin also discovers Captain Slash's lighting insignia on the helmet as well. Batman tries to use an antivirus program on him, but it doesn't work and Slacker uploads Joker 2.0 into the real world;he escapes from Wayne Enterprises,steals the nanobots,and goes to Joker's lair while the real Joker escapes the hospital and goes back to his lair as well. They attempt to work together but they betray each other. Joker 2.0 attacks the real Joker but Batman and Robin arrive to stop him. Joker and his gang escape,and Joker 2.0 creates a nanobot Batmobile that squeezes the Dynamic Duo in until Batman deactivates the nanobots. Meanwhile Joker 2.0 uses nanobots to become giant and attacks Joker and his gang, but Batman in the Batbot stops him and defeats him using a satellite dish. Joker 2.0 is teleported back into the game and battered by Nightwing while Joker and his goons are arrested.

In *Attack of the Terrible Trio*, three students use former villain Man-Bat/Kirk Langstrom's serum to turn into animals, calling themselves the Terrible Trio. They then their bully,Jake, injecting him with the same serum and turning him into a gorilla. He is turned back into a human by Batman and Batgirl,and the Trio plans to rain down the toxin on the stadium, turning everyone into an animal, but Batman and Batgirl foil their plans and revert their transformations with an antidote. At prison, the Trio, now human again find themselves outcasts among outcasts.

In *The End of the Batman*, Batman and Robin are challenged by two new villains, Wrath and Scorn,while Joker is robbing a charity event. At the villains' lair, Joker, Killer Croc, Ventriloquist, Scarface and the Penguin gather up for a meeting with Wrath who teams up with the villains and tells them about a job that could make them infinitely rich, and tells that with his help they may be able to pull it off. They work together with him to steal a shipment of engraving plates coming in by freighter. Eventually the cops arrive and all villains escape except for Joker, who has to jump into the ocean to catch up with the ship. Meanwhile at the hideout, Wrath alerts the villains that he now knows who Batman is and that he's going to rid the city of him once and for all. Then at the Batcave, the Dynamic Duo discovers that Wrath and Scorn are William and Andy Mallory, the sons of two infamous jewel thieves, but they eventually break into the Batcave and battle Batman and Robin, but they are defeated,and when they are being hauled away in a police van, Joker gasses them with laughing toxin, leaving them unable to reveal anything about Batman and Robin's identities, Joker then rides off in an ice cream van driven by Harley Quinn.

Wayne and Mallory.Batman fights his negative counterpart,Wrath.
In *What Goes Up...*, Black Mask hires Hawkman foe Shadow Thief to break him out of Arkham Asylum and assist him in the theft of a meteorite. Batman and Robin team up with Hawkman to take them down. Black Mask also gains a new Number One after he presumably kills the second one by attaching him to the ceiling with a chemical that allows anything it's sprayed at to instantly become anti-gravity, and releasing him to float into the sky;the new Number One is also a woman, and in the end Batman, Robin and Hawkman defeat Black Mask and Shadow Thief.

In *Lost Heroes, Part One*, each super-powered member of the Justice League is disappearing and soon Batman, Robin and Green Arrow deduce that their old enemies the Joining are involved.

in *Lost Heroes,Part Two*, the heroes fight their android counterparts while Hugo Strange prepares for the Joining's final assault on Earth, but Strange eventually is vegatablized thanks to to his brain being overwhelmed by the influx of knowledge from the Joining. The heroes eventually destroy the Joining's mothership and the final lines spoken in the series having taken place.

Robin: "We have the coolest clubhouse."

Batman: "We?"

Batgirl: "Yeah! Junior Justice League: Teen Division."

Batman grins saying to them "Nice try." as all three of them look down on Earth from the Watchtower.

The Joining returns.Last stand.The Watchtower,finally repaired.
The various new villains Batman fought this year include Lex Luthor,Count Vertigo,Mirror Master,Sinestro,Captain Slash,Marty Slacker,Joker 2.0,Fox,Shark,Vulture,Wrath,Scorn and Shadow Thief. Additionally,the Joining has returned.

Lex Luthor.Count Vertigo.Mirror Master.Sinestro the Yellow Lantern.Captain Slash.Marty Slacker.Joker 2.0.Fox, Shark and Vulture.Wrath and Scorn.Shadow Thief.
### Possible Future

At some point later, in the year 2027, Mr. Freeze had attacked an airport in Gotham City. Bruce Wayne, now much older, took up the mantle of Batman again. Using a now tank-like Batmobile, he confronted Freeze, who overpowered the aging Dark Knight. Notified by Barbara Gordon, who was confined to a wheelchair and going by the name Oracle, Dick Grayson arrived, now the superhero named Nightwing. Nightwing and Batman fought Freeze, and succeeded in stopping him, but not forever.

One thousand years later, Freeze began terrorizing the future Gotham City. Archeologists unearthed the Batcave with hopes of stopping Freeze. After theorizing that Thomas Wayne was Batman, and that his son Bruce was Robin, as well as several other theories, the archeologists discovered binary code incribed in the Batcave's titanium structure. Using holograms, they defeated Freeze, and imprisoned him, making sure that Batman's legacy survived into the future.

## Powers and Abilities

Batman posseses no superpowers,despite that however,he is in peak human condition and is respected even by the likes of Superman and Martian Manhunter,

* **Master Acrobat:** Excellent in gymnastics and acrobatic.

* **Peak Human Conditioning:** Through intense training, Batman represents the pinnacle of human physical potential. His physical characteristics are greater than that of even a gold medalist Olympic level athlete. His strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, durability, senses and coordination are as powerful as humans can ever naturally be, to improve even further with continued physical and mental growth is impossible. As he is at Peak Human levels. Batman engages in intense regular rigorous exercise (including aerobics, weight lifting, gymnastics, and simulated combat) and has often defeated opponents whose size, strength, or other powers are much higher than his own.
* **Peak Human** ***Strength:*** He is the "strongest" Non-metahuman on Earth. He has been seen punching out opponents that are larger than him and that are nearly invulnerable. He can easily overpower a non-venom powered bane who is also at beyond peak physical condition. Years later in a different encounter,Batman was able to grab a venom-enhanced Bane and throw him. He also managed to kick Killer Croc away a considerable distance. He is strong enough to hold back the Batbot's claw,which was designed to fight Bane. Batman overpowers base-form Bane.Batman throws venom-powered Bane.Batman kicks away Croc.Batman holds off the Batbot's claw.
	+ **Peak Human *Reflexes:*** Batman's reflexes are amazing. He can leap large distances and he can dodge point blank machine gun fire. He also managed to catch a Batarang that was thrown right at his face,and he immediately dodged and disarmed Hugo Strange shooting him in point blank range. Batman catching a Batarang.Batman dodging a point blank shot.
	+ **Peak Human** ***Speed:*** Batman is able to run at speeds drastically faster than the finest olympic sprinter. He can also attack faster than the eye can see and literally vanish in thin air. For instance,he was able to outrun an arrow that was mid-air.
	+ **Peak Human *Agility:*** Batman is capable of acrobatic feats that no olympic gymnast can dream of achieving,as he was able to evade Firefly's attacks with ease during their first enounter,managed to dodge some of Bane's attacks,avoided Toymaker's cluster of rockets,and dodged Penguin's flamethrower. He is also capable of dodging bullets seamlessly.Batman's agility.Batman dodging bullets.
	+ **Peak Human *Endurance:*** Batman's endurance is much greater than any other human can achieve. He got electrocuted many times and was fine.
	+ **Peak Human *Durability:*** Batman has been shown to be able to handle the worst hits and impacts without giving out,as he survived Bane's beating,which would have killed any normal man.
* **Martial Arts Master:** Batman is one of the finest human combatants on Earth. He has mastered nearly all forms of combat known to man and his skills are honed to such a level even superhumans are overpowered by him. He was able to fight multiple thugs in the dark,and he was able to defeat highly trained ninjas.
* ***Master of Stealth:*** Batman is a master at stealth, capable of breaching high-security facilities with ease, without being detected. He is able to conceal himself in the darkess and disappear and reappear without anyone noticing.
* ***Expert Marksman:*** Batman almost never misses a target with his various weapons.
* ***Master Detective:*** Batman is an expert detective and logical thinker, able to solve cases before anyone else.
* ***Master Tactician and Strategist:*** Batman comes up with excellent strategic plans to expose and defeat criminals, always aiming to "work smarter, not harder."
* ***Escapologist:*** Batman is shown to be able to escape even the most elaborate of traps. He once escaped a cell in which Black Mask held him;he had no back up or his belt.
* **Field Studies:** Batman dedicated his life to study all fields of knowledge,even the most obscure ones such as human encounters with extraterrestrials.
* **Aviation**
	+ **Aerial Combat**
* **Deception**
	+ **Disguise:** Batman was able to disguise as Joker and convinced the cops it was him.
* **Driving**
* **Gadgetry**
* **Genius Level Intellect**
	+ **Computer Operation**
		- **Computer Hacking**
	+ **Science**
		- **Chemistry**
			* **Alchemy**: Batman created cure for vampirism.
		- **Physics**
		- **Historiography**
		- **Criminology**
	+ **Investigation**: The Batman is a keen investigator, capable of observation, forensic investigation, and inductive and deductive reasoning of the highest caliber.
	+ **Multilingualism**: Batman knows American Sign Language and Egyptian.

* **Tactical Analysis**

* **Indomitable Will**: Batman was able to resist Dracula's and Spellbinder's hypnosis. Batman is also able of putting mental image in his brain in order to stop the telepath in reading his mind. He is also willful enough to use a Green Lantern power ring.

Batman fights Spellbinder's illusions.Batman breaks from Dracula's control.Batman uses Hal Jordan's power ring.
* **Intimidation**
* **Mechanical Aptitude**: The Batman possesses knowledge of mechanical engineering and often employs this talent when constructing or upgrading equipment for use in crime-fighting. He has often been seen effecting repairs on the Batbot armor or making improvements to the Batmobile.
	+ **Mechanical Engineering**
* **Meditation**

## Weaknesses

* Despite all his capabilities,Batman is only human after all and is suspectible to hazards dangerous to humans such as electricity,a hard hit to the head,drowning,explosions,and other dangers.
* Batman was inexperienced early on and would tend to do lots of rookie mistakes. He would also lose more fights compared to later in his career.
* As opposed to other Batmen in media,this Batman is kinder and purer,and he tends to help everyone when he can,whether as Bruce or as Batman. This is usually not a problem,but his insight in people can sometimes cause him trouble,as with Ethan Bennett,John Marlowe,and John Mallory.
* Batman initially had trouble trusting teammates.

## Relationships

### Allies

#### Thomas and Martha Wayne

Bruce misses his parents dearly. Their deaths have ever long since haunted and traumatised,and they are the moving factor that keeps pushing forward as the Batman. When Alfred asked Bruce what he wanted to wish in celebration of the Batman's third anniversary,Bruce wished they were still around. Whenever Bruce was knocked out cold and lost motivation,he would get nightmares about that fateful night,which would inspire him to get back on his feet. Bruce also compared the death of the Graysons to that of the Waynes. Both Vicky Vale and Hugo Strange analysed the impact their deaths left on Bruce.

#### Alfred Pennyworth

When Thomas and Martha Wayne were murdered in cold blood,Alfred took it as his responsibility to do everything he can to raise the young and distraught Bruce Wayne. After they were buried,Alfred attended to Bruce in the GCPD building and told him that he can never replace them,but he will always be at his side. Initially,Alfred was skeptical of Bruce's alter ego,and he preferred if he would just hang the cape and cowl and move on with life. Despite that,Alfred helped him when he could,as when Bruce got a fever from Mr. Freeze and thought he was doing more harm than good to Gotham,Alfred encouraged him otherwise. Another example is that after Bane broke Bruce,Alfred told him to stop being a vigilante. Bruce did not obey and went to construct the Batbot anyway. Alfred refused to help him,but when he saw him struggle in pain due to his injuries,he lended a hand. As time progressed,Alfred became more supportive of his vigilantism. He would regularly sew the Batsuit whenever it was torn in battle and attain to Bruce's injuries. Despite his age,Alfred managed to save Bruce a few times,such as when he shot Dracula to distract him,or when he activated the communicator to wake up Batman from Spellbinder's control. By 2027,Alfred told Oracle that Bruce would not be doing his job right if he did not scare him half to death every time he went out as Batman.

#### Barbara Gordon

Batman and Barbara met at odd circumstances. They first met when Batman was battling Poison Ivy,and as soon as a small plant was about to jump on him,Batgirl swooped in and caught it. Batman was surprised that a new bat-vigilante was in Gotham,and he found her a hinderance at first,as he had to save her from falling and grappling wrong. Batman quickly deduced the new Batgirl is none other than Barbara Gordon. He then went on his own to stop Ivy,but if it were not for her,Ivy would have still been controlling him. He decided to not tell her father about her new persona,but he was not willing to take her in as his sidekick. Throughout the course of the season,Batgirl showed up regularly and tried to help. Despite him preferring to do it alone,she managed to do things he could not,such as defeat venom-powered Joker,deduce Catwoman's plan, and stop Zeus. Seeing that even Joker got a new (temporary) sidekick,and that she sinked New Olympus on her own,Batman decided to let her in the family and give her gadgets.

#### Dick Grayson

After the Flying Graysons were murdered,Bruce decided to adopt Dick to guide him through the hard times he is going through. He saw himself in Dick: a young boy who had his parents taken away by a rotten mugger. Bruce spent nights tracking down Tony Zucco,as he did not want Dick's childhood to be driven by revenge and consumed by anger,as his was. Bruce and Dick had a good father-son relationship,even when Dick left to Bludhaven and became Nightwing. He would still show concern for Bruce and suggested to "pass the torch".

#### Ellen Yin

During the first season,Yin went by the book and wanted to bring in Batman and take off his mask. She got close a few times,but Batman always found a way to escape. In the season one finale,after Yin saw the tragic turn of her partner Ethan Bennett into madness,she realised that Ethan was right about the Batman: Gotham needs him. Yin chose to stay away from the cowl and not to call reinforcements. Batman gave her a communicator,and the two then formed an alliance. The two took on many threats together.

As Bruce Wayne,the two did not interact much,save when it came to Ethan. In *Fire & Ice*,Yin realised that all of the events and parties Bruce hosts are not simply for his public reputation,but it is because he really cares.

#### Ethan Bennett

Bruce knew Ethan when he was a little younger than Dick. The two met when they got lost on a field trip and decided to explore Gotham,and they became best friends ever since. As teenagers,the two would practice basketball at a gym. The two then parted ways to pursue their careers. As adults,they would occasionally play games of basketball. Later in the season one finale,Bruce thought of telling Ethan that he is the Batman,but plans changed. Joker kidnapped Ethan and mentally tortured him. He then attempted to test his Joker Putty on him,Batman and Yin saved him,but unfortunately,the blaster broke and Ethan sniffed the putty's fumes. When he got home,Ethan saw himself melting,turning into the villain Clayface. He attempted to kill Angel Rojas for the stress he put on him,but Batman tried to reason with his old friend. After a fight at the gym,Ethan cried at what happened to him and leaves Yin and Batman. Yin and Wayne were later seen in a cafe mourning over their friend. The two saw Ethan briefly standing outside and waving them goodbye. Later in *Meltdown*,Batman stopped Clayface from killing Joker. Ethan was then sent to court. The witnesses defended Ethan that none of Clayface's actions are Ethan's fault,as it was Joker who drove him to madness. Ethan was released on probation,and the judge stated that he should not use his "morphic abilities". He also stated that Mark Desmond will perform DNA tests regularly to see if Ethan has been using his powers. Bruce then gave him a job as a security guard in Wayne Industries. After awkward encounters with Rojas and Joker,Ethan was forced to use his powers. Joker then convinced him to give in into a life of crime. Reluctantly,Batman and Yin stopped their old friend and locked him in Arkham...Bruce and Yin then sadly looked at their old friend locked in a cell. Then in *Grundy's Night*,Clayface used the story and disguise of Solomon Grundy to rob rich people seamlessly. Batman manged to stop him and sent him back to Arkham. The events in that season made Bruce lose trust in Ethan. Finally,in *Clayfaces*,Batman finally managed to concuct a cure for Ethan's Clayface form. However,after learning of the news,actor Basil Karlo drank the Clyaface mutagen that the scientists were researching. During the battle between both Clayfaces,Batman threw the cure on both of them. Ethan ,now cured,promised Bruce that after he finishes his sentence,they could go for a game of basketball. Ethan also promised him he would do his best to regain his trust. Unlike Ethan however,Karlo retained his powers.

#### James Gordon

Bruce and Gordon first met after the Waynes were murdered. Gordon attended to the traumatised boy and brought Alfred for him. It is unknown if they had any later interactions between this and the season two finale. In said finale,Gordon stopped Rojas and his attempts to bring down the Batman. Batman and Jim formed an alliance and Batman promised to protect Gotham for his daughter. The two would then contact regularly about whichever crime occured.

#### John Marlowe

Bruce and Marlowe were good friends,until Bruce noticed that Marlowe started to act strange. As Batman,Bruce figured that the real Marlowe was replaced by a clone formed from the Quantex device John created.who dubbed himself Everywhere Man. After Everywhere Man was defeated,Marlowe felt regret for what happened,but Bruce comforted him that it was not his fault.

#### Lucius Fox

Bruce and Lucius are good friends. Lucius helped Bruce build all of his arsenal,going from gadgets to the Batcave.

#### Cash Tankenson

As with any cop,Cash hated the Batman,but learned to appreciate him over time. He even admitted later that he was "alright".

For Bruce Wayne,Cash and Bruce had a weird relation. Cash not only viewed Bruce as his protection seeker,but also as his "wingman". Bruce however,found him an annoyance,especially when he would constantly follow him around. After Cash found out Bruce went "partying without him" (in reality,he went out as the Batman),Cash was disapointed and demaned that they do the bodyguard thing by the book. Bruce appologised and fixed for him his broken glasses,and he told him that he is his "wingman". After Toymaker was defeated,Cash admitted Bruce was really just a spoiled rich kid.

### Love Interests

#### Selina Kyle

In costume,Catwoman showed great interest in Batman,often having fun in their encounters and flirtatiously compliment him,even throwing him a kiss right after meeting him. After Batman captured all of Gotham's villains in *Rumors*,Catwoman called him "scary" before leaving. However Batman is not as interested,as he usually does not flirt back. He ignores her seductive antics and focuses on the task at hand. With that being said,he has a soft spot for her,as he never captured her and lets her get away long as she puts back what she stole,and he gave up his belt when Joker threatened to kill two tigers. Batman also constantly told her that "there is no 'we'"

Out of costume,it is the other way around. Bruce showed interest in Selina. He enjoyed the dates he went out with her,to the point that she managed to make him laugh. However,Selina did not exactly share that interest,as she was only interested in his riches. Still,they occasioanlly went out for dates.

#### Vicky Vale

Vale is romantically linked to Bruce Wayne, even going as far as to mention the kind of impact the death of his parents could have on him, hinting that Vicky may know he is Batman.

#### Poison Ivy

Ivy may have a crush on Batman,as she once blew him a kiss (to mind control him),and she was smirking when she was holding him using her plants in an attempt to control him again. However, this relationship is exclusively one-sided;Batman showed zero interest back.

#### Harley Quinn

When Harleen first met Bruce in Heart 2 Heart With Harley,she was flirting with him. Although,it was more likely part of her nature and personality rather than actual interest (as she once called Jimmy Herbert "Hon'").

#### Amanda Raymont

She and Bruce first met at Earth Day a year prior to the series.

In *Call of the Cobblpot*,she was one of the attendants at Bruce's party. Penguin then tried to impress her,but she left from disgust. Bruce then tried to appologize for Oswald's behavior,until he left her to greet Ethan. She was then attacked by one of Penguin's birds that tried to steal her earrings.

She was lastly seen in *A Dark Knight to Remember* where she was flirting with Bruce.

#### Becky

She first appeared in *The Big Dummy.* Alfred introduced Bruce to her through an online dating website. Seeing how similar they are, Bruce sent her a request,which she accepted. Alfred was then organizing a suit for his date,but Batman told him he may not arrive,as he is busy with Ventriloquist and Scarface. Later,she was sitting at a cafe waiting for Bruce Wayne so they could start their date. To her surprise,Alfred showed up and told her that Bruce will not be able to attend,as he is busy with work. She then left disappointed.

#### Kiki

At some point,she and Bruce were having a date at an expensive restaurant,until Bruce had to go (to fight crime),leaving her to pay the bill by herself.

In *Two of a Kind*.she appeared on Heart 2 Heart With Harley where she expressed her sadness over her date with Wayne to Harleen Quinnzel.

### Enemies

#### Joker

Joker said that Batman's and his relationship was "like comedy and tragedy - two sides, same coin". Hugo Strange described Batman as the "other side" of Joker's "coin". At first,Batman found Joker merely an annoyance,but as time progressed he viewed him as an unpredictable threat not to be reckoned with. Joker is by far Batman's archnemesis;he managed to get on Batman's nerves a couple of times,such as when he kidnapped Yin and refused to reveal her location,when he turned Ethan into Clayface,or when he (possibly) crippled Barbara. Joker likes toying with Batman and have fun with him,as he kept messing with him instead of revealing Yin's location,once dressed up as and imitated him,and sparred with him in a boxing ring. Joker also does not like anyone else challenging Batman,as he gassed Wrath and Scorn when they figured out Batman's identity to eliminate the competition. With that being said,Joker was sometimes willing to kill him,although it is likely he knew he would survive as he always does. Overall,Joker serves as Batman's dark side.

#### Penguin

Penguin is unique in that his scorn was often directed at Bruce Wayne, who served as a constant reminder of everything that he was not. Penguin is jealous that Wayne has money,women,a manor,among other luxuries,while his family faded to obscurity,and Oswald is forced to rebuild their wealth by himself. When Wayne suffered amnesia and forgot he was the Batman,Penguin kidnapped him and forced him to write a big cheque. Additionally,Penguin admitted that he hates Wayne even more than the Batman. Overall,Penguin serves as Bruce Wayne's dark side.

#### Angel Rojas

Rojas had zero tolerance for the Batman and viewed him to be as bad as the likes of Joker and Riddler. His number one priority was to arrest him and unmask him no matter the cost. He would not take hesitance for an answer,as he suspended Ethan after saying it was actually Batman who saved his life rather than the cops,and he arrested Yin when he found out about her involvement with Batman. Even though everyone in the GCPD warmed up to the Batman as season two progressed,Rojas still detested him. He would also regularly call Batman a freak,just like the other criminals.

#### Hugo Strange

When they first met,Hugo showed a fascination in Batman and wondered what is it that made him do what he does. He suggested that his need to save people must have originated from someone he previously failed to save. After Strange finished studying Joker,he moved on to the Batman. After Batman realised it was Strange who gave Scarface back to Wesker even though he was living happily,Batman stated he will be watching him. Strange later built D.A.V.E. to unmask and kill the Bat. Batman went to interrogate him on how to stop him,but Strange said that he cannot. Batman then found files and papers on him and ascertained he had been studying him. After D.A.V.E. was destroyed,Strange was incarcerated and plotted to get the mask off the Batman. Strange later gassed Batman with a gas that made him see hallucinations of Gotham being "zombified". Batman initially thought he had the antidote,but it turned out to be more of the gas that Batman was going to spread. It is possible Strange had done this to study the psychology of the Batman,as well as Gotham. Strange then teamed with the Joining for his intellect which helped it capture the Justice League and harness their powers. In exchange,Strange got all the knowledge in the universe,which left him catatonic. It is highly likely that caused him to figure Batman's true identity,though at the cost of his brain.

#### Wrath

Bruce Wayne and Will Mallory used to be good friends who would go out on hiking trips,until they both learned of each's alter ego. After Wrath was defeated,he made a deal with Batman to let him go in exchange for the safety of his identity. Batman refused,and Wrath threatened to out his identity to the world. Joker then gassed him and either killed him or left him permanently insane.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Batwave:** The Batwave tells Bruce Wayne when he is needed to be Batman.
* **Grapple Gun:** The Grapple Gun is an almost indestructable cable connected to a Batarang which he uses to get to higher places.
* **Utility Belt:** The Utility Belt is a golden-colored belt which Batman keeps his gadgets in.

### Transportation

* **Batmobile:** The Batmobile is Batman's car which he uses to get around on land.
* **Batboat:** The Batboat is Batman's boat used mostly for underwater movement.
* **Batwing:** The Batwing is Batman's aerial vehicle which he uses to fly with.
* **Bat-Glider:** The Bat-Glider is Batman's glider which he uses to fly.
* **Bat Jet-Ski:** The Bat Jet-Ski was used by Batman to surf through water to catch Killer Croc.
* **Batcycle:** As a backup vehicle in case if something happens to the Batmobile.

### Weapons

* **Batarang:** Batarangs are Batman's signature weapons. These are throwable projects which are used to disarm or take down enemies and cut down objects. Many variants exist.
	+ **Explosive Batarang**: Explosive Batarangs are Batarangs which can explode when triggered.
	+ **Remote Control Batarang**: A Remote Control Batarang is a Batarang which Batman is capable of remotely controlling. It was first used against Catwoman.
* **Mini-Bomb:** Mini-Bombs are small capsules which release explosions when triggered.
* **Ice Pellet:** The ice pellets are small grenades which can transform targets they hit into ice.
* **Smoke Pellet:** Smoke Pellets are small capsules which release smoke when triggered. Batman often uses these as a get-away when cornered.
	+ **Tear Gas**
	+ **Knockout Gas**
* **Flashbang Grenades:** Used to temporarily blind enemies.
* **Communication Device:** The Communications Devices is a small device which Batman uses to communicate with his allies including Alfred Pennyworth.
* **Hacking Device:** The Hacking Device is a device that Batman uses to get past doors through hacking.
* **Flashlight:** A small flashlight.
* **Scope**
* **Binoculars**
* **Bolas:** Thrown by the Batman to hold enemies in place.
* **Laser Cutter:** A tiny capsule that emits laser that is usually used to cut through glass.
* **Ice Spray:** A spray used to shoot ice which was used on Clayface.
* **Short-term Knockout Spray:** A spray used to make a target briefly unconscious.
* **Pepper Spray**
* **Flying Razor**
* **Filter Mask**
* **Gas Mask**
* **Air Filter**
* **Handcuffs**
* **Lockpick**
* **Infra-red Eye Piece**
* **Tongs**
* **Sonic Disruptor:** A device that emits soundwaves that are too painful for animals.
* **Tracker**
* **Attachable Rockets**
* **Flare**
* **Tazer**
* **Wrist-mounted Chainsaws**
* **Flash Dehydrate:** A device used to neutralise Clayface by solidifying him and leaving him in a dust state. Its effects can be removed by adding water.
* **Tear-Acid**
* **EMP**
* **Ear Plugs**
* **Heat Reactive Carbon-alloy Nanofibers:** Durable to 4000 kelvins.
* **Kryptonite:** Batman keeps Kryptonite to use against Superman if he goes rogue.
* **Electric Knuckles**
* **Timed Mini-bomb**
* **Small Smoke Capsule**
* **Flamethrowers:** Dual flamethrowers attached on his gauntlets near the end of his career to counter Mr. Freeze's ice.
* **Thermal Darts:** Used by Batman near the end of his career to stop Mr. Freeze.
* **Justice League Contingency Rays:** In case the Justice League went rogue,Batman designed rays that shoot each member's weakness.Kryptonite (Superman),Yellow Powder (GL),Webs (Flash),Electric nets (Hawkman),and Fire (Manhunter).

### Batsuits

* **Batsuit:** The basic Batsuit
* **Bat-Bot:** The Bat-Bot is a specialized giant machine which Batman pilots. It has a number of combat moves and it's primary function was to battle more powerful enemies such as Bane.
* **Anti-Freeze Batsuit:** A suit used to battle Mr. Freeze and survive in sub-zero temperatures.
* **Aquatic Batsuit:** A suit used to navigate aquatic enviroments and enemies,such as Killer Croc.
* **Aero Batsuit:** A suit used for high altitudes and piloting aircrafts. It is also equipped with a parachute.
* **Fireproof Batsuit:** A suit designed to sustain fiery situations and battle foes such as Firefly/Phosphorous. Batwave.Grapple GunUtility Belt.The first Batmobile.The second Batmobile.The third Batmobile.Batboat.Batwing.Bat-Glider.Bat Jet-SkiBatcycle.Batarangs.Remote Control Batarang.Mini-Bombs.Ice Pellets.Smoke Pellets.Tear Gas Pellets.Knockout Gas Pellets.Flashbang Grenades.Communication Device.Flashlight.Scope.Binoculars.BolasLaser Cutter.Ice Spray.Knockout Spray.Pepper SprayRazor.Filter Mask.Gas MaskAir Filter.Handcuffs.Lockpick.Infra-red Eyepiece.Tongs.Sonic Disruptor.Tracker.Rockets.Flare.Acid.Tazer.Chainsaws.Flash Dehydrate.EMP.Ear Plugs.Herbicide.Heat reactive carbon-alloy nanofibers.Kryptonite.Electric Knuckles.Timed Mini-bomb.Smoke Capsule.Flamethrowers.Thermal Darts.Batsuit.Batbot.Anti-Freeze Suit.Aqua Suit.Pilot Suit.Lead Suit.

## Appearances

* ***The Batman*** (all episodes)
	+ ***The Batman Strikes!*** (all issues)
* ***The Batman vs. Dracula***

### In Other Media

#### Batman Beyond

In a *Batman Beyond* short that celebrates Batman's 75th anniversary,the Batman makes a cameo among the other Batman androids.

#### Batman: The Brave and the Bold

In the *Batman: The Brave and the Bold* episode *Night of the Batmen!*,the Batman makes a cameo between the different Batmen across the multiverse.

#### Teen Titans Go!

In the movie *Teen Titans Go! vs Teen Titans*,the Batman makes a cameo appearance with other Batmen from the multiverse.

#### Batman: Arkham Asylum

In the unfinished Nintendo DS version of the game,Batman's health bar is reused from a render of *The Batman*.

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#### Teen Titans

In a commercial promoting a marathon for both shows,Batman invites the Teen Titans to the Batcave. They then drive away in the Batmobile to fight crime.

Additionally,in *Teen Titans Go!* #47,Batman's design is similar to the one in *The Batman*.

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#### Ben 10

In a French commercial divided to two parts,Batman invites Ben and Gwen Tennyson to the Batcave,and he trains them to be real superheroes. They then fight Black Mask and Killer Moth.

Most of the scenes are copied from other episodes of both shows such as *Team Penguin*.

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## Trivia

* Rino Romano, Batman’s voice actor in *The Batman* TV series, is the 4th voice actor to voice the iconic DC Comics character in animation after previous animated incarnations voiced by Olan Soule, Adam West and Kevin Conroy, respectively.

* Rupert Thorne is the first villain Batman faces in the series, but his first major threat is the Joker. It remains unknown who is the actual first villain he fought in his first year.

* In season one, Bruce is 26 years old, and in his third year of being Batman, which means that Bruce first became Batman when he was 23 years old.
* Bruce's birthday is in October.
* In *A Mirror Darkly*, Bruce notices that his mirror clone is left-handed, which implies that Bruce is right-handed. This was supported in *The Batman vs. Dracula* movie where he writes "Alucard" with his right hand.
* His Batsuit looks similar to the one from ***Batman: The Animated Series***. It looks even moreso in *Ragdolls to Riches* when Catwoman cuts his cape.
* This version of Batman is more human and kinder in comparison to other versions of the character. He is also much younger in comparison.
* The Batman is one of the few characters to get redesigned,along with Joker,Man-Bat,and Hawkman.
* The Batman is one of the few characters to appear in all five seasons besides Joker,Penguin,Mr. Freeze,Alfred,Comissioner Gordon,Vintrup,and Mayor Grange.
* Unlike other versions,this Batman is almost always referred to as "The Batman" to contrast with how his enemies in this are said without "the" (Joker,Penguin,Riddler,Ventriloquist). There were a few exceptions however where he was simply called Batman,as in *The Icy Depths,The Joining, Part 2,*and a few season five episodes.
* Batman is one of the characters with their own leitmotif,alongside Batgirl,Robin,the GCPD (Yin,Ethan,Gordon),Cash Tankenson,Superman,Green Arrow,Hawkman,Joker,Catwoman,Kabuki Twins,Killer Croc,Spellbinder,Gearhead,Harley Quinn,the Joining,Captain Slash,and Wrath and Scorn.
* Batman's chin getting bigger in season four might be because he has gotten older. The case was the same in the DCAU,as young Bruce had a pointed chin,while grown Bruce had a squared chin.
* Batman's design in the *Teen Titans Go!* comic series is similar to this one. This led fans to believe that *Teen Titans* and *The Batman* take place in the same universe.
* In 3027,the cops thought that Bruce was the Red Robin. Red Robin is the alias Tim Drake used after he left Batman.
* Batman has laughed a total of five times throughout the series. The first three were by Joker in *Strange Minds,The Laughing Bat,*and *Joker Express*. The other two were when he was talking with Selina and Lucius in *Ragdolls to Riches* and *The Joining, Part 1* respectively. A plant clone of him also laughed in *Fleurs du Mal.*
* Batman was never able to apprehend his parents' killer,Joe Chill.
* He is the only character to appear in both the first and final episodes,as well as the only one to appear in all episodes,issues,and the movie.

## External Links

* Batman on the DC Database wiki site (this version)
* Batman on the Heroes wiki site (this version)

## References

1. ↑ Bird of Prey
2. ↑ The Batman/Superman Story Pt. 1
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Cat and the Bat
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Q&A
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 A Matter of Family
6. ↑ Vertigo
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Bird of Prey
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 The Bat in the Belfry
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Traction
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Big Chill
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Laughing Bat
12. ↑ The Cat, the Bat, and the Very Ugly
13. ↑ Ragdolls to Riches
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Strange Minds
15. ↑ Night and the City
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Batgirl Begins, Part Two
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 A Dark Knight to Remember
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Thunder
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 The Breakout
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Strange New World
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Seconds
23. ↑ The Everywhere Man
24. ↑ Two of a Kind
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 The Joining, Part 2
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 The Joining, Part 1
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 The Batman/Superman Story Pt. 1
28. ↑ Lost Heroes, Part Two
29. ↑ The Laughing Cats
30. ↑ The Apprentice
31. ↑ Brawn
32. ↑ Swamped
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 The Clayface of Tragedy
34. ↑ The Big Heat
35. ↑ Cash for Toys
36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Call of the Cobblepot
37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4 37.5 The Batman vs. Dracula
38. ↑ Grundy's Night
39. ↑ The Icy Depths
40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 Rumors
41. ↑ The Batman/Superman Story Pt. 2
42. ↑ Topsy Turvy
43. ↑ The Man Who Would Be Bat
44. ↑ The Cat, the Bat, and the Very Ugly
45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 The Butler Did It
46. ↑ Ring Toss
47. ↑ RPM
48. ↑ Riddled
49. ↑ Riddler's Revenge
50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Artifacts
51. ↑ Batgirl Begins, Part One
52. ↑ JTV
53. ↑ A Fistful of Felt
54. ↑ The End of the Batman