Harvey Dent

* Harvey
* Two-Face

**Harvey Dent** was Gotham's charismatic, hard-charging district attorney. Dashing with a swagger and a rigid sense of right and wrong, Harvey's idealism and single-minded for the quest of the justice. But this, ironically and tragically, transformed Harvey into one of Gotham's most feared, dangerous and prolific super-villains; **Two-Face**.

## Biography

### Childhood

Harvey was born as an upper-middle-class child. His father suffered from a mental disorder that caused him to have a double personality. One that of a warm, kind and dedicated parent, but the other of a violent abuser who often hit his son. Harvey inherited this trait, developing his own alter ego; a guy with a raw sense of justice and a brash, shameless demeanor. His other personality, fearing that his father would someday kill them, loosened the bolts on the railing his father was leaning on and allowed him to fall to his death, which for most of his life, Harvey believed to be an accident.

### Adult life

Harvey began studying law and became a prosecutor, his dedication to keeping order in Gotham earning him the nickname 'the White Knight of Gotham.' During this time, Harvey met Bruce Wayne, who was secretly Batman and the two became very good friends, practically brothers. So when Bruce adopted Turner, Harvey became like an uncle to the boy.

It is unknown when, but apparently at some point, Harvey ran into identity thief and con artist Jane Doe, who fell in love with him, though it was an unrequited feeling for Harvey, whose alter ego seduced Jane, with whom he had a daughter. When Jane interacted with him when he regained consciousness, or sent him text messages, Harvey believed that she was a disturbed stalker, a narrative strengthened by the fact that she left Harvey's secretary a cow's heart. Harvey locked Jane up in Arkham. Apparently shortly after Jane, Harvey met Rebecca March, who he had a brief affair before breaking up, as she was married to Lincoln March. And as time went by, his alternate personality gradually disappeared and there came a point where it no longer emerged.

### Hunting down the fugitives

In the wake of Bruce Wayne's death, Harvey is tasked with hunting down the suspected criminals, Turner Hayes, the Joker's daughter Duela, who is actually the daughter of Harvey and the Row siblings, Harper Row and Cullen Row, all of whom are accused of killing the Dark Knight. As the weeks progressed and the escaped suspects kept on eluding him, Harvey’s anger kept on amplifying.

In the end, Rebecca, who was in the middle of a physical confrontation with her former fling, smashed a vile of acid against Harvey’s face, and severely burned the left side of it. This was the final nail in the coffin for Harvey, who had finally been pushed over the edge; essentially turning into his sinister alter ego even though the alter was no longer present in Harvey’s subconscious.

After this incident, he used the coin which saved his life after Duella shot him as a decision making tool. Tracking Jane Doe to a caravan, Harvey chastised her for selling out and hurting their daughter. After Doe pleaded for a chance, Harvey flipped his coin; tails she would live, heads she would die. The scarred side dictated to Harvey that Jane should die, and he shot her twice.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* Pilot
* Scene of the Crime
* Under Pressure
* Of Butchers and Betrayals
* More Money, More Problems
* A Chill in Gotham
* Bad to Be Good
* Belly of the Beast
* Dark Knight of the Soul
* Poison Pill
* Daddy Issues
* City of Owls
* Night of the Owls

## Behind the scenes

* Harvey Dent was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, and made his DC Comics debut in *Detective Comics #66*.
	+ Dent was initially introduced as Harvey Kent, however, DC changed his name to prevent confusion between him and Clark Kent.
* *Gotham Knights* marks the fifth live-action appearance of Harvey Dent, with the previous iterations appearing in *Batman Forever*, *The Dark Knight*, *Gotham*, and *Titans*.
* Misha Collins revealed at a *Supernatural* Indy Convention that Harvey won't become Two-Face during the first season.
	+ However, later online posts contradict this claim.
* Harvey is 5'11" and weighs 180 lbs.
* The piano music that brings fugue Harvey out is Mozart's "Fantasia in D Minor, K.397", which is a Fugue. According to showrunner James Stoteraux, "I think it's from the adagio -- but not 100% sure on that. Our composer David Russo did an arrangement to make it a bit off kilter & imperfect -- almost like a child rehearsing the piece as an echo of young Harvey practicing the piano in the story he told Dr. Meridian."
* About Harvey's motorcycle, James Stoteraux: "It's a custom Ducati XDiavel from (maybe) 2016 that's gone through many modifications."

## References

1. ↑ Season 1, Episode 1: ***Pilot***
2. ↑ Gotham Knights’ Harvey Dent Won’t Become Two-Face For At Least 1 Season - Screen Rant
3. ↑ Misha Collins Becoming Two-Face - Twitter
4. ↑ Gotham Knights (The CW) "Harvey Dent" Teaser Promo HD - YouTube]
5. ↑ Fantasia in D Minor - Twitter
6. ↑ Harvey's Motorcycle - Twitter