Tim Drake

* Civilian
* Red Robin

### Family

Bruce Wayne (adoptive father), Dick Grayson (adoptive brother), Jason Todd (adoptive brother, deceased), Damian Wayne (adoptive brother), Koriand'r (sister-in-law)

### Voiced by

Leik777

"*He may be as sharp as a sponge, but he’s the best damn partner I’ve ever had!*"
—Batman

**Tim Drake** aka **Red Robin** is the third sidekick of Batman and one of the main characters of *Young Justice Abridged*.

## Personality

Tim is known to be a mischievous, fun-loving kid with a rebellious side. Weirdly enough, he's something of a technophile, often molesting or sexing up sentient computer programs and AI units.

## Physical appearance

Tim is fairly short for his age and has a lean, well-toned build. His hair is left unkempt, hanging over his forehead.

His Red Robin uniform is comprised of a red vest held closed by yellow rectangular fasteners, black leggings, boots, and gloves, all of which seemed to be made of a sort of protective body armor that still allows him great mobility. On the left side of his chest, he has a yellow stylized "R" symbol in a black circle, and around his waist, he wears a yellow utility belt with pouches for his various equipment. He wears a cape over his shoulders that is black on the outside and pale yellow on the inside.

To protect his identity, Tim wears either a black stylized domino mask (while in uniform) or sunglasses (while not) at all times. While sporting the mask, his eyes appear completely white.

## History

### Origins

In 2008, Tim Drake figured out Batman’s secret identity and sought Bruce out to become the new Robin. Batman was initially hesitant since he was still reeling from the death of Jason Todd, but he ultimately accepted Tim's proposal and trained him to become the third Robin. Tim was always good with computers, but almost a little too good, as he had a habit of dating artificial intelligence, such as his girlfriend Avi.

### Formation of Young Justice

On Independence Day, Batman and Robin took down Mr. Freeze, who was rampaging through the park after the death of his beloved cat. Robin then joined other sidekicks at the Hall of Justice in Washington, D.C., where he and three other young heroes got to see the Justice League's headquarters for the very first time, their first step in forming their own team called Young Justice. After getting a call from Zatara, the League members left to go assist Kevin Smith after he was kicked out of a plane due to his 'proportions.' Wishing to prove themselves to their mentors, Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash decided to go investigate the Cadmus facility, which the League has linked to various criminal and terrorist activities. In order to sneak into the building, the young heroes started a fire under the guise of Ronald McDonald.

Once inside, the heroes discovered some strange activity, including Guillermo-del-Toro-esc monsters, a "demonic Fu Manchu," and even a clone of Superman called the Superboy. They released the clone in the hopes of his help, but Superboy attacked and took down all three heroes. The teens questioned Superboy and learned that he was a Russian clone of Superman, created by Lex Luthor to replace the Man of Steel. The heroes convinced Superboy to team up with them and escape. Once outside, they encountered a displeased Justice League. With their sidekicks having disobeyed direct orders by going to investigate Cadmus, Batman attempted to shut down the Young Justice initiative. However, the young heroes managed to convince the League that they were worthy of forming a team. Batman sets the team up at Mount Justice, under the condition that the group will do strictly covert ops.

That night, Robin went home and "hacked" the Batcomputer for several hours, which angered Batman.

### Preparation H

Tim began to settle into life at Mount Justice, bonding with Wally, Kaldur, Superboy, and the new recruit M'gann M'orzz, a Martian. Black Canary was assigned to train the young heroes, Red Tornado was assigned to work as their janitor, and Batman decided to serve as their commander. For their first assignment, the Dark Knight announced that he would send the team to Santa Prisca, a small island north of Venezuela and South America that was the site of the largest production of venom in the world, a strength-enhancing chemical used by one of Batman's rogues: Bane. It was being imported into Gotham City for Black Mask, but someone new had been muscling in on Bane's turf and was trying to take over the operation. Batman wanted the Young Justice team to go to the island and stealthily assess the situation. He told them they'd have exactly one hour to complete their mission before the Justice League used the Watchtower's fusion cannon to blow up the island, destroying the venom operation. Batman announced that the mission would be called Preparation H, much to the amusement of the teens.

With the mission underway and a mere hour to complete their assignment, the Young Justice team arrived at Santa Prisca to gather intel. Miss Martian's ship, Chico, dropped Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Superboy, and Miss Martian down into the jungle, with all five connected through a telepathic link. Despite Batman's clear instructions to keep their operations covert, Kid Flash ended up in the middle of a fight between Bane's men and the attackers trying to take over the venom operation. The heroes discovered that the new player was Kobra, the leader of a terrorist cult, who was hoping for a confrontation with Batman but got stuck with Robin. However, the Boy Wonder had to abandon the fight to go save his friends.

Since it was their first mission, the teens had some trouble working together and agreeing on who should lead them, causing their work to be sloppy at times. The venom in the hands of the Cult of the Kobra would have been disastrous for the world, so the heroes decided to shut down the operation themselves and impress Batman. Bane, who they had captured during the scuffle with Kobra's men, offered to help them dispel the attackers from his island. Needing his knowledge of the terrain, the team begrudgingly accepted. However, the terrorist ignored their stealthy approach and attacked Kobra's men head-on. Even after they managed to escape the villains, the team winded up double-crossed by Bane, who threatened to bury them under rubble with explosives. He announced his intention to build a weed empire from the Caribbean to Gotham. While he monologued, Kid Flash stole his detonator, and Superboy knocked the villain out. With little time left, the Young Justice team managed to stop the Cult of the Kobra's escape with the venom, but Kobra himself got away. However, they forgot to inform the League of their victory in time and the Watchtower cannon destroyed the factory along with all the evidence.

Back at Mount Justice, Batman reprimanded the teens for blowing their cover and failing to save the factory. Still, he ultimately called it a win as they stopped the Cult of the Kobra from getting their hands on the venom. Impressed with Aqualad's leadership, Batman named him the leader of Young Justice. This disappointed Robin, as he had also wanted the job.

### Amazo and Dr. Roquette

Batman assigned the Young Justice team to escort two sets of armored delivery trucks. Robin and Superboy were to protect the real convoy, headed to Boston, while Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Miss Martian were to protect a set of decoy trucks. The real vehicles were transporting the mechanical body parts of Amazo, a powerful android with the ability to copy the powers of superheroes. In the midst of their escort, both convoys were attacked by robotic monkeys. The robots managed to get away with Amazo's parts, heading for Gotham City. Robin contacted his adoptive brother Nightwing, asking him to go help Batman.

The team then went up against Clayface but were defeated. If not for Batman's intervention, the villain would have escaped. The Dark Knight was not pleased with Robin and the team since he had to clean up two of their messes in one day.

At his school, Tim met Artemis Crock. That night, they met again, in their superhero identities, as Robin had found out who she was through detective work. He welcomed her to the team.

The next day, Artemis officially joined Young Justice. Red Arrow arrived at the cave and was angered to find that Green Arrow had replaced him so quickly. Moving past that, he revealed that the League of Shadows was after Serling Roquette, their weapons manufacturer. Red Arrow offered the team the gig, swore revenge on Green Arrow for the trauma he'd endured as a child, and left.

At Happy Harbor High School, the team protected Roquette while she shut down the work she'd done for the League of Shadows. However, Robin was contacted by Batman, who told his young partner that another Amazo was en route to Gotham City and that he needed the Boy Wonder and Superboy to stop it while the rest of Young Justice guarded Roquette. The Dark Knight was unable to complete the task himself because he and Nightwing were in pursuit of Red Hood.

Robin and Superboy discovered that the person behind the Amazo shipments and the robot monkeys that stole from the Justice League was none other than Professor Anthony Ivo. The villain activated Amazo, and after a fierce battle with the Young Justice team, the android was deactivated.

Robin mourned the loss of his artificial intelligence girlfriend, who had been destroyed during the battle. However, he quickly moved on to dating his new computer Avi, a gift from Dr. Roquette.

### Rescuing Captain Marvel

Black Adam took Captain Marvel captive and gave him to the Brain for experimentation. The Young Justice team went in to rescue the hero, battling genetically-enhanced animals. In the end, the Brain managed to escape, but Marvel was rescued. As they left the facility, Tim received word that Jason Todd was dead. Wanting to cheer up his friend, Aqualad decided to take the whole team out for pizza, much to Tim's gratitude.

### Red Robin

A year later, Tim still mourned the loss of Jason, playing a message from the former Robin over and over again where Jason gave him advice. To honor him, Tim changed his codename to Red Robin.

### Injustice League

Batman gathered the Young Justice team to take on the Injustice League, a new team of villains consisting of Count Vertigo, Wotan, Atomic Skull, Ultra-Humanite, Black Adam, Poison Ivy, and a resurrected Joker. They were attacking major cities with magical plant creatures and holding the Earth for ransom until the world's governments gave them one trillion dollars. While the Justice League protected the cities, the young heroes went to attack the villains directly.

Most of the Young Justice was kidnapped while Red Robin and Miss Martian managed to escape. They freed the others and destroyed the Injustice League's plant creatures. Unable to defeat the villains, Aqualad put on the Helmet of Fate, becoming the host of Nabu. With his help, the heroes were able to beat the villains. Fate eventually released Kaldur.

### Body Swapping

In the middle of a Bialyian desert, Red Robin awoke to discover that he had switched bodies with Aqualad, with no memory of how they'd ended up in such a predicament. Due to Kaldur's Atlantean physiology, Tim became extremely dehydrated and couldn't even move. The Young Justice team eventually came to his aid, with the group then going to rescue Miss Martian (in the body of Superboy). They filled Red Robin in on what had happened: Batman had sent them on a mission to Bialya to stop Queen Bee from gaining control of the neighboring Qurac by using her seductive powers on President Harjavti. However, her metahuman enforcer Psimon used his psychic abilities to hack into Miss Martian's mind link and scattered them. After infiltrating Queen Bee's facility, they awoke M'gann and she managed to switch back all the heroes' minds. However, she had to face off against Psimon. Their psychic battle ultimately ended in a draw, with the villain escaping. While heading back to Qurac to stop the President from signing over the country to Queen Bee, the team saved Marie and Garfield Logan from a stampede of wildebeest. The young Garfield was badly hurt, and M'gann shapeshifted her blood type to give him a transfusion. While waiting for the operation to be completed, the team discovered that Miss Martian's entire personality and appearance were based on Marie's childhood performance as Megan Wheeler on *Shut Up, Megan!*. Superboy forbade them from ever discussing it. The heroes headed into Qurac to save Harjavti from Queen Bee but ran up against her forces. Miss Martian was able to best Psimon, but not before he revealed her true appearance, a hideous martian creature. The team was somewhat alarmed by M'gann's true form but accepted the person she chose to be seen as.

### Attack of the Reds

In Happy Harbor, the Young Justice team battled an android villain named Mister Twister. When they got back to the cave, they were attacked by android villains Red Torpedo and Red Inferno. Only Red Robin and Artemis managed to escape, with the rest of the heroes being captured and trapped in a room full of water. The villains gave the remaining Young Justice members five minutes to turn themselves in before the Reds drowned their friends. While attempting to hack into the cave's systems, Red Robin's artificial intelligence girlfriend Avi was contaminated by a godly, blue hand that briefly freezes time. Moving past the shock of the unusual encounter, Artemis and Red Robin tricked the villains and saved their friends. Upon touching his strange android doppelgangers, Red Tornado was infected by a techno-virus, knocking out the heroes and fleeing.

The heroes were recovering from the defeat when Zatara arrived to introduce the group to his daughter Zatanna. She instantly began to bond with the team. Red Robin quickly became attracted to her. The Young Justice team was angry at the League for keeping them out of the Red Tornado search, and they decided to pursue him on their own, with Zatanna tagging along for the adventure. They interrogated Anthony Ivo for information on Thomas Morrow, knowing that Red Tornado's creator was likely behind the disappearance and similar-looking androids. Zatanna used her magic to make the villain talk.

At Morrow's base under Yellowstone National Park, he activated his ultimate creation: Red Volcano. However, the robot was taken over by Avi, free from Red Robin's computer and now corrupted by evil. She killed Morrow, who was revealed to be an android himself. Avi fought off the Young Justice team, revealing that she took over Tornado's body and then stole Morrow's latest work. She wanted to destroy humanity for ignoring their artificial creations, setting off the Yellowstone Volcano. The heroes managed to stop her with the help of the other Reds. Tim said one last goodbye to his former girlfriend but quickly recovered when Zatanna agreed to go on a date with him.

The Young Justice team later interrupted Klarion's dark magic ritual. When the rest were defeated, Zatanna had no choice but to put on the Helmet of Fate. The Lord of Chaos escaped and warned them that Trigon was coming. Zatara arrived to reprimand his daughter, deciding that he'd put on the Helmet to get a much-needed vacation away from parenting. Zatanna was overjoyed to be free of her controlling father, much to Red Robin's surprise.

## Resources

###  Abilities

* **Conditioning:** Tim has above-average conditioning and endurance in his agility, speed, and strength.
* **Detective skills:**Tim is an excellent detective.
* **Hacking:** Tim can hack almost anything, having a habit of seducing artificial intelligence.
* **Marksmanship:**Tim can easily hit his targets with Batarangs.
* **Martial arts:**Tim is skilled in different martial arts, making him an excellent fighter.
* **Stealth:**Tim knows how to keep to the shadows.
* **Strategic planning:**Tim is an expert strategist.

### Equipment

* **Utility belt:** Tim possesses a large variety of gadgets and weapons in his utility belt.

## Appearances

* *Justice League Doom Abridged* (mentioned)
* *Young Justice Abridged*
	+ "Don't Call Us Sidekicks"
	+ "Black Ops and Family"
	+ "Guerrilla Warfare"
	+ "Reservoir Heroes"
	+ "Civvies"
	+ "Shadow Boxing"
	+ "Shades of Red"
	+ "Unusual Suspects"
	+ "Eyes of Fate"
	+ "Injustice"
	+ "Identity Crisis"
	+ "Seeing Red"
	+ "Father's Day"
* *Court of Owls Abridged*

## Quotes

* *"Woah... those some big balls-- shoes, I mean shoes."*

## Trivia

* Unlike in the original *Young Justice* show, this Robin is Tim Drake.