The Batman 5: A Death in The Family Movie

The Batman 5: A Death in The Family is a 2020 American animated superhero film and part of The DC Bruce Timm Rebirth Fanon-Verse and It is the reboot sequel to The Batman 4: Dark Victory (2017). The Film follows Batman and his new partner, Jason Todd The Second Robin as they faces The Joker and Harley Quinn.

### 1 Years Later

1 year later after The Defeat of The Legion of Doom, Dick Grayson quits of being Bruce's sidekick and moved to Bludhaven and Bruce adopts a boy named Jason Todd, who was trying to steal tires from the Batmobile. Jason became The Second Robin. During Jason Todd’s years of crime fighting, he became ruff against criminals.

### The Escape

The Joker escapes from Arkham Asylum with formal doctor now girlfriend, Harley Quinn. They escape with a police car, they laughed as police sirens tried to stop them but they got away.

### Retiring as Batgirl

Barbara Gordon retired as she goes on a jog to get worked out. At work the next day, Barbara worked on the program for the police's city cam project while her co-worker Reese wondered why she didn't have a boyfriend. Gordon admitted she was sort of involved with someone. She's spotted The Joker on the cameras that she hacked and saw him, hiring some gangsters for his plan. Barbara calls Bruce about Joker as Batman and Jason raced off to stop him.

### Batman and Robin Vs. The Joker and Harley Quinn

Joker and Harley robbed a bank as they spray everyone with laughing gas as Batman and Robin came in. Joker order his goons to attack The Caped Crusaders. Joker and Harley escapes with some of his goons and the stolen money. Gordon and the cops came and arrested the goons as The Caped Heroes left the scene.

### The Killing Joke!

At home, Barbara was ready a book in her room on her bed as her father came in and told his daughter about Batman and Robin fought The Joker but he escapes. Barbara heard about it and Gordon told that Batgirl retired as he sits on her bed. Her father told his daughter about Batgirl and know she is her with Barbara shocked. Gordon promise that he will not tell her mother and brother about this with Barbara smiled. They heard a knock at the door, Jim told Barbara to get it as he get something in his room. Barbara answered but it was the Joker in a gaudy tourist outfit. He pressed his gun to her stomach and shot her. As she clutched her wound and managed to ask him what his plan was. Joker hinted he was topping the bill and he had a point to prove. He raised his glass and made a toast to crime. He took pictures of Barbara and left the door and told Barbara that he knows that she is Batgirl and left. Jim discovered her and called 911.

### Going After Joker and Harley

Batman, Jim, Detective Bullock were present in her hospital room when a physician tested her reflexes. He gently poked her feet with a needle but got no response. He reported she would never walk again. At The Batcave, Jason talks to Bruce about catching The Joker for good but Bruce refuses and need to find Harley for good and ask Jason to interrogates Joker's men to find him and report back.

### Divide and Conquer

Batman goes after Harley while Jason interrogates one of Joker's men to tell him that Joker is at The Old Playground and decided to catch him by himself. Jason arrives at The Old Playground to find Joker, he looks around and saw The Clown Prince of Crime around the corner. Joker escapes and race after him. Jason ended up in an allyway to find Joker but Joker attack and knocked Jason out. Batman catches Harley and tells him that Joker has a trap for Jason, Batman realized that Jason is in danger and goes after him.

### Tortured Day

Jason woke up in a warehouse and tied to a chair. Joker walks up to him, mocking at him as he regularly beat him within an inch of his life with a crowbar, brutalized him with electrical and surgical implements, and convinced him that Batman had forgotten about him. Joker continues to beat Jason up as blood was on the floor.

Joker continues to beat and torture Jason in some months. Joker even speculated that the boy developed pneumothorax, although he still showed enough defiance to spit up blood on the Joker's face and smirk afterward and continues to beat him with the crowbar.

Joker finally had him sit in front of a camera and voiced his hatred of the Dark Knight. Bruce order Alfred to find the call and goes after Jason on the batbike.

### A Death in The Family

Before Batman could get to their location, Joker departed, trapped Jason inside the warehouse with a time bomb. Batman rushed to the warehouse before it go off. Jason used his phone to do one last recording for Bruce to say sorry and glad to be Robin and said goodbye before the bomb go off and the warehouse exploded.

Batman arrives too late to save Jason. Bruce finds Jason's dead body in the rubble and picks his body up. Batman was upset to see his partner and son has been killed. Traumatized, Batman takes Jason's remains to Gotham and holds a burial with Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson, Commissioner James Gordon, and Barbara Gordon. Bruce put Jason's suit on display, Bruce blames himself for Jason's death and resolves to carry on alone, rejecting Pennyworth's suggestion to involve Dick Grayson, the first Robin.

Bruce continues protects Gotham City as The Batman.

### The Post Credit Scene

In the post credit scene, Joker is still locked in Arkham, who still has some plans in mind.

## Cast

* Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne / Batman
* Curran Walters as Jason Todd/Robin ll
* Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon / Batgirl
* J.K. Simmons as Lieutenant James W. Gordon
* Jared Leto as Jack Oswald White / Joker
* Margot Robbie as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn
* David Harbour as Detective Harvey Bullock
* Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth
* Rafael Silva as Richard John "Dick" Grayson
* Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face (Cameo)
* Savannah Lee Smith as Dr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy (Cameo)
* Rahul Kohli as Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow (Cameo)
* Andy Serkis as Jarvis Tetch / Mad Hatter (Cameo)
* Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin (Cameo)
* Paul Mescal as Edward Nashton / Riddler (Cameo)
* Giancarlo Esposito as Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze (Cameo)
* Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Waylon Jones / Killer Croc (Cameo)
* Brian McManamon as Basil Karlo / Clayface (Cameo)
* Alex Morf as Victor Zsasz (Cameo)
* Cary Elwes as Kirt Langstrom / Man-Bat (Cameo)
* Dave Bautista as Eduardo Dorrance / BANE (Cameo)