Bane (Nolanverse)

Immortalize Gotham as the most tragic and corrupt city in the world (all failed).

### Crimes

Mass murder
Assault and battery
Attempted populicide
Mass property damage
Terrorism
Conspiracy
Torture
Blackmail
Kidnapping
Larceny
Incrimination
Fraud
Child endangerment

### Type of MB

Anarchist Terrorist

**Bane** is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Talia al Ghul) of *The Dark Knight Rises*.

He was a ruthless terrorist and the field commander of the League of Shadows who sought to fulfill the destiny that the league's founder Ra's al Ghul had been previously determined to accomplish: the annihilation of Gotham City. It was eventually revealed that he was the protector-turned-accomplice of Ra's daughter Talia al Ghul.

He was portrayed by Tom Hardy.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* While he's easily heinous enough by the trilogy's standards, his tragic backstory, love for Talia, and benevolence towards his henchmen keeps him from being too awful and heinous compared to Joker. He's also a member of the League of Shadows, an extremist group that genuinely believes in saving world by destroying its most decadent locations, even calling himself "necessary evil" at one point.
	+ He also has a polite demeanor in general. For example, complimenting the singing boy at the football stadium as having a lovely voice and even letting him finish "The Star-Spangled Banner" before setting off the explosives there.
* He lets himself get caught by the CIA to crash their airplane and capture Leonid Pavel, avoiding suspicion for months by faking the doctor's death and having one of his goons voluntarily stay behind.
* He bankrupts Wayne Enterprises by attacking the stock exchange and then murders the corrupt John Daggett (who hired him to do this, to begin with) once his usefulness expires.
* He exposes the late Harvey Dent as a fallen hero and his crime attempted child murder, using it to rally up the support of the people to begin a massive revolution all across the city.
* He beats Batman in a one-on-one fight, breaking his spine after robbing his armory in the sewer.
* He's able to keep Bruce and most of the GCPD trapped underground, and the entirety of Gotham detained from trying to fight back or escape, for five months at most.

## What Makes Him a Baddie?

* He tries to destroy Gotham City with a nuclear bomb, forcing Bruce to watch complete anarcho-communism unfold there from an underground prison until said bomb finally detonates.
* He kills two of his henchmen for bringing James Gordon to their hideout in the sewer.
* He kills several people (including Dr. Pavel and the mayor) at a football stadium while the crowd watches.
* He kills the captain of the undercover special force's officers in Gotham, having the rest hanged on live TV.

## Trivia

* This is one of two versions of Bane to be a Magnificent Baddie, the other being from the Arkhamverse.
* He, Ra's al Ghul, and Talia al Ghul are the only villains from *The Dark Knight* trilogy and a *Batman* live action film itself to be a Magnificent Baddie.

## External Links

* Bane at the Villains wiki
* Bane at the Near Pure Evil wiki
* Bane at the DC wiki
* Bane at the Batman wiki

## Navigation

Comics
Catwoman
Television
*The Batman*: Hugo Stange
*Batman: The Animated Series*: Kyodai Ken
*The New Batman Adventures*: King Barlowe
*Batman: The Brave and the Bold*: Owlman
Ra’s al Ghul
*Harley Quinn*: Mister Freeze
Films
Two-Face
*Batman: Under the Red Hood*: Jason Todd
*Batman Begins*: Ra's al Ghul
*The Dark Knight Rises*: Bane | Talia al Ghul

Games
*Arkhamverse*: Bane | Catwoman