James Gordon

*Thanks to all of your efforts, Batman, the time is finally right to take our alliance to the next step.*
―Commissioner Gordon.[src]
**James "Jim" Gordon** is is one of the deuteragonists for *The Batman* and the police commissioner of Gotham City Police Department.

## James Gordon

### Aliases

Commissioner GordonCommish
Pops (by Barbara)

### Relatives

Barbara Gordon (daughter)Unnamed wife (deceased)

### Affiliation

BatmanEllen Yin
Angel Rojas
Poison Ivy

## Appearances

### First appearance

*Traction* (first chronological appearance)*Night and the City* (first present day appearance)

## Physical Appearance

Gordon wears a brown coat and glasses. Under the coat,he wears black pants,a white shirt,and a black tie. He has a brown moustache and brown hair with white streaks.

In his younger days,he did not need glasses,and his hair was purely brown.

In his older days,he got more wrinkles and lost some of his hair. It also gained more white streaks.

Gordon in his younger days.Gordon later in life.
## Personality

Gordon is usually calm and concentrated,even with the various dangers he faces regularly.

## History

After the Waynes were murdered,Gordon approached the family's last survivor,Bruce Wayne. He brought over Alfred Pennyworth for the young boy to take care of him. He then later decided to leave Gotham City.

    Sometime during season two,he decided to return to Gotham as the GCPD comimssioner. After chief Angel Rojas declared a manhunt on the Batman,he made an public announcement telling everyone that maybe they do need the Batman. When Rojas found out that Batman,Yin,Joker,Riddler,and Penguin are all in the same location,he sent all of his forces to bring them all in. Gordon then asked him why it was so important to capture the Batman. He explains having the bat on their side will be better for them stopping crime. After Batman stopped Joker, Penguin, and Riddler he accepted Batman as a hero in Gotham. He forced Rojas to return to Yin her badge,and Gordon brought her back to the GCPD. Gordon then installed the Batsignal and asked Batman to make Gotham a safer place for his daughter.

He is shown to have a daughter named Barbara Gordon and catches her with Pamela. He tells her that Pam is a bad influence. Batman saves her and Pamela from the criminal Temblor. When Pam becomes Poison Ivy, she kidnaps Gordon as revenge for not doing anything about plant companies,having Barbara save him as Batgirl. Batman saw her do a good job,so he decided not to tell her father about her alter ego. He would reappear helping stop Penguin before realizing that Batman had amnesia, assigning Cash Tankinson to guard Bruce (unaware that he is Batman),and witness the creation of D.A.V.E.

In the fourth season, he meets Robin when he tries to solve a crime by Black Mask. He gets impressed by the kids' teamwork in taking down the masked man. He was later shown to be turned into a zombie by Hugo Strange (which turned out to be Batman's hallucinations).

In *The Joining, Part 2*,he and his men used everything in their power to fight the Joining. A cop then spotted the Arkham inmates out of their cells. Gordon let them stay and fight for their city. Mr. Freeze then saved him from one of the drones.

In *Joker Express*,he was conversing with Batman about Joker's recent crime spree until they were interrupted by Batgirl,who was laughing uncontrollably and stealing jewelery.

He made his final appearance shaking Hawkman's hand in *What Goes Up...*.

### Possible Future

In 2027,Gordon retired and was replaced by Ellen Yin. He would stay in touch with his daughter and often check how she is doing.

## Relationships

### Allies

#### The Batman

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. Alfred also states that Gordon has "loomed large" over Batman's life.

#### Barbara Gordon

Barbara has a good relation with her father. She often looks out for him and gets worried about him sometimes,and vice versa. He also believes her to be independent enough,as he trusts her to go home on her own whenever a villain appears. Despite their trust,James does not know Barbara is Batgirl. In the future,James would still look out for his daughter and often call her to see how she is doing.

#### Ellen Yin

Gordon viewed Yin as one of the most valuable cops in the GCPD,as well as a hero.

### Angel Rojas

Rojas and Gordon did not get along,due to Gordon having the exact opposite views of Rojas about Batman. Rojas,however,could not do anything about it,as Gordon had a higher position.

#### Cash Tankenson

Gordon initally believed Cash to be one of his best cops. Howeer,that almost changed when Cash failed to stop Toymaker. Although,Batman vouched for him,leading Gordon to believe in him again.

### Enemies

#### Poison Ivy

Even before her mutation,Gordon was not fond of her,as she was a troublemaker,and he believed her to be a bad influence on Barbara. Afte Pamela turned into Poison Ivy,she went to kidnap Gordon for he did not do anything to stop the companies that are harming plants. Batman and Batgirl stopped her,but she would not stop there,as she later kidnapped him again and replaced him with a plant clone.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* *Traction* (First appearance;flashback)

### Season 2

* *Night and the City* (First present day appearance)

### Season 3

* *Batgirl Begins, Part One*
* *Batgirl Begins, Part Two*
* *A Fistful of Felt* (phone call)
* *A Dark Knight to Remember*
* *RPM*
* *Cash for Toys*
* *Brawn*
* *Fleurs du Mal*
* *Thunder*
* *Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind*

### Season 4

* *Clayfaces* (mentioned)
* *The Everywhere Man* (cameo)
* *Strange New World*
* *The Breakout*
* *Artifacts*
* *Two of a Kind* (cameo)
* *The Joining, Part 1* (mentioned)
* *The Joining, Part 2*

### Season 5

* *White Heat* (mentioned)
* *Joker Express*
* *What Goes Up...* (cameo)

## Trivia

* Gordon is one of the few characters to appear in all five seasons besides Joker,Penguin,Mr. Freeze,Batman,Alfred,and Mayor Grange.
* Gordon is one of the characters with their own leitmotif,alongside Batman,Robin,Batgirl,the GCPD (Yin,Ethan,),Cash TankensonSuperman,Green Arrow,Hawkman,Joker,Catwoman,Kabuki Twins,Killer Croc,Spellbinder,Gearhead,Harley Quinn,the Joining,Captain Slash,and Wrath and Scorn.
* Jeff Matsuda confirmed the man in the flashback of *Traction* that comforted young Bruce was indeed Gordon. It is a coincidence, however, that Batman Begins did it too.
* It is unknown why Gordon left Gotham after *Traction*'s flashback, though it is possible he did so to take care of his family.
* His design seems to be based on Gary Oldman's performance of the character from Christopher Nolan's trilogy.

## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060303033931/http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0509/09/index.htm