2005 (Timeline)

*Events occurring in 2005***2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007**
Everything that happened in the year **2005 AD**.

## March

### 19

* **(Event / Ivy vs. Wayne / Start)** Pamela Isley discovers that her boss, Jason Woodrue is creating a chemical weapon to help Wayne Enterprise illegally deforest a large area of forest with no way for anyone to trace it back to them. Pamela threatened to go to the authorities and have him and his heartless plant-killing businessmen arrested. He murdered her with an overdose of experimental chemicals and buried her in a garden. Dr. Woodrue then tested his plant-killing chemical in said garden. It worked, but the garden grew back in mere seconds. The combination of chemicals interacted with Pamela's physiology and rebirthed her with green skin and the ability to control all plant life. She buried him alive in the now flourishing garden she was born in and begins her journey to Gotham City to destroy Wayne Enterprise. She tones down the toxicity of her body to make her green skin return to caucasian so she can board a plane. Before she takes off, Pamela spreads seeds all over the airport. While in mid-air, she makes them sprout and destroy every vehicle there. She did this to reduce the pollution of those planes.

### 22

* Pamela lands in Gotham City the next day. She goes to Wayne Tower and asks to speak with Bruce Wayne. **(Event / Ivy vs. Wayne / End)**

### 26

* Batman and Superman team-up for a second time in order to put a stop to Atom-Master.

## April

### 7

* The Joker breaks into Gotham National Bank with Punch and Judy. He uses his newest weapon, which he calls Joker Putty, on the bank vault, which turns it into putty. He then steals the money inside. When they exit the bank they are met by the GCPD, which has them surrounded. Joker sprays Joker Putty on Punch and Judy's feet, along with their getaway van. Joker jumps in the van to which Punch and Judy throw it as it bounces away. They then jump away with their puttied shoes.
* Police Commissioner Loeb holds a meeting to tell his officers that Batman should be their number one priority as he's more of a danger than all of the other super-criminals. Detective Bennett speaks up and says that maybe the GCPD could work with Batman in bringing down the other criminals. Loeb dismisses him in front of everyone and says that one more remark like that will get him suspended.
* At nightfall, Joker sneaks onto the scaffolding of the Lady Gotham statue and sprays the Joker Putty on her face. Punch and Judy stretch the malleable face to look like the Joker's. Batman arrives to put a stop to his literal defacing of the nearly finished statue. Joker orders Punch and Judy to hold off Batman while he completes the face. Batman beats the henchmen before detectives Ethan Bennett and Ellen Yin show up to stop both Batman and Joker. The latter of the two takes offense to the thought that Commissioner Loeb thinks Batman is more of a menace to Gotham than he is. The detectives fight with Batman long enough for the Joker and his henchmen to getaway. Batman manages to evade the detectives and drives back home. He and Alfred discuss if they should let Ethan know the truth about him being Batman. They both think it would be beneficial.
* Bennett and Yin tell Loeb about how they failed to bring in Batman and Joker. Loeb blames it on Bennett because he's too soft on the Bat. Yin tries to say that's not what happened but Loeb doesn't want to hear it and says that the next time he fails to do his job it will cost his badge.
* After work, Ethan is asked by Bruce to hang out at a diner and talk. When they meet, Ethan discusses the stress he's under to catch Batman and Joker. Bruce says that there's something he wants Ethan to know before both of their cell phones rings. Bruce gets Alfred's code message which means that Batman is needed. Ethan gets a call from Yin saying that Joker has been sighted once more. Bruce says that what he wanted to tell Ethan can wait, as they both leave to take on the Joker. Meanwhile, Joker has broken into an Art Gallery and is stealing a smiling drama mask while he uses his Joker Putty to shape the frowning one into a smile as well. Just after this, Ethan arrives and puts a handcuff on Joker's wrist. Joker says that he hopes this means that Loeb sees that he is a greater menace than Batman. Punch then knocks out Ethan and they escape. Not long after, the police arrive. Yin activates Ethan's tracker to find him. Batman sneaks in shortly after and looks for footprints. He finds Joker's which gave off sawdust and cotton candy. He deduces that he must have come from the Amusement Mile and is most likely there now. Meanwhile, Joker explains to a tied-up Ethan Bennett that he is now on his last batch of Joker Putty and can't make more because he forgot to write down the recipe. But with this last batch, he will show Commissioner Loeb that Joker is the greatest menace Gotham City has ever seen by breaking the mind of one of the best cops on the force. Joker then gives him a dose of Scarecrow's fear toxin that he modified. This makes Ethan see Commissioner Loeb talk down to him for being incompetent at his job. Ellen Yin shows up and puts Punch and Judy in handcuffs before coming in and pointing a gun at Joker. The clown points his Joker Putty gun at Ethan and threatens to shoot it on him. Yin drops her gun but Joker tempted his curiosity and says he wants to see what would happen if he did shot Ethan. Batman comes in just in time to throw a Batarang at the gun which causes it to break on the floor. Joker runs away and Batman chases after him. The gas from the Joker Putty gun is smelt by Ethan which makes him cough and breath heavily. Yin checks on him but he says to go and stop Joker. Batman chases after the Joker through the hall of puppets and hall of mirrors before knocking his lights out. Yin arrives directly after and says she's arresting Batman before changing her mind. She puts handcuffs on Joker and says that her not arresting him is a thank you for saving Ethan's life but next time, the mask will come off. The GCPD arrives and take away Joker, Punch, and Judy. Loeb says to a reporter that the GCPD took down the Joker by themselves. Ethan hears him say this and snaps at him. He tells him that Batman did everything again and the police were just providing clean-up. Loeb shuts down the reporter and takes Ethan aside and suspends him. Yin tries to defend him but Ethan's fine with taking a break from the badge. He then heads home.

### 8

* When Ethan gets home shortly after midnight, he starts a shower. Bruce calls him to see if he's alright and Ethan says he's not feeling great but he'll tell him about it tomorrow over a game of basketball at the East Gotham Gym. They both end the call and Ethan looks at his face in the mirror as it begins to melt, he then realizes his whole body is melting and turning into a gray blob. He freaks out and tries calling 911 but his fingers aren't solid enough to push the buttons. He then stumbles out of his apartment and to the streets where he scares everyone. He screams for help but his voice is so altered that no one can hear him. The police attack him but nothing is effective on him until they spray him with a fire hose, which causes him to meltdown a sewer drain. Batman gets to the scene in time to see him melt away. He goes to the sewer and in his investigation, finds a trail of clay with his thermal goggles. Meanwhile, Loeb tells the press about his zero-tolerance policy on all freaks. Which includes the Batman and this new Clayface creature. Ethan sees Loeb call him a freak and wants revenge. Meanwhile, Batman follows the clay trail to the GCPD. At this point, Loeb is attacked in his office by Clayface. Batman kicks through the window and knocks Clayface off of the Commissioner. Clayface then leaves through the window and is followed by Batman. Officers come in to see what happened to which Loeb tells them to get those two. Batman and Clayface fight one rooftop over from Gotham Police Headquarters. Batman leads the fight but Clayface isn't harmed by any of his attacks and discovers he can make his body harder. He uses this to transform his arms into spikes and tries to impale Batman. At this point, Yin and the police arrive. Clayface tries to tell Yin that he's Ethan but again no one can make out what he's saying. Clayface and Batman jump from the roof and glide away but Batman throws a Batarang at Clayface and gets a sample of his body. Batman returns to the Batcave to test the sample and finds that it contains Human DNA. He suggests that Clayface might not be a monster and is just a victim. Bruce finds that the sample has escaped. Meanwhile, Yin puts Loeb under high guard in case Clayface returns.
* Ethan returns to his apartment and struggles to return to his original appearance but eventually does. At this point, Yin knocks on his door to see if he's alright. Ethan opens the door looking and sounding like his old self and says that he needs a break from everything for a while. Ethan slams the door and Yin is even more worried. Meanwhile back at the Batcave, Bruce and Alfred look for the missing sample. Bruce puts on his inferred goggles and finds a trail leading to Alfred as the clay jumps on Pennyworth's face. Bruce quickly uses cold spray to solidify the sample and remove it from Alfred's face. To which he remarks is a nasty pile of putty. Bruce then puts it together. Joker's putty could have affected Ethan, Clayface first showed up in Ethan's neighborhood, and Ethan and Clayface both have a grudge against Commissioner Loeb. Ethan is Clayface. Batman suits up and drives to Ethan's apartment. While driving, Yin calls for Bruce Wayne to ask him about Bennett. In this conversation, Yin remembers that Joker's putty made Ethan cough uncontrollably and that made him into Clayface. She doesn't tell Bruce this and hangs up. Meanwhile, Clayface disguises himself as Ellen Yin to enter Loeb's guarded house. He attacks Loeb and absorbs him into his body and leaves with him outback. The real Yin then arrives and the guards tell her that she just went in. She busts open the door and searches the house for Loeb and/or Clayface but can't find them. Clayface then takes the shape of a large police officer to sneak past the guards but they question him and Clayface then knocks them out. Yin sees this as Clayface takes Loeb again and escapes. Reports say that Clayface is heading for East Gotham. Batman and Yin figure out that he's going to the East Gotham Gym. Batman arrives there to see Loeb stuck to the wall of the gymnasium by Clayface. Yin shows up right after to tell Clayface that she knows he's Ethan Bennett. Clayface claims he's not anyone anymore, just a freak with a melted body and mind because of one bad day. Clayface then creates a crossbow from his arm and shoots it at Loeb. Batman intercepts the arrow and throws an ice pellet at the clay holding Loeb which causes it to instantly freeze. Clayface slithers away into the men's locker room and is chased by Batman. Yin breaks Loeb out of the ice with her gun. Clayface hits Batman through a wall and into the showers. Batman turns on the water in hopes it would melt him but Clayface remarks that the water pressure in this gym always sucked. Yin shows up in time to talk Clayface out of killing Batman. He shifts back into Ethan's appearance and says he's surprised to see Yin defending the Batman. "What's become of us?", Ethan says and tears up before reverting to Clayface and disappearing down the shower drain. Yin looks at an unconscious Batman and remembers what she said last night. "Next time, the mask comes off." She reaches for it but decides against it.
* Batman wakes up to see Yin sitting in front of him. She says that she didn't peak under his mask because Ethan was right. Gotham City needs the Batman. She sees that now because of the way he tried to help Ethan even when he was far gone. She thanks him then he leaves.

### 9

* Bruce and Ellen have coffee and talk about Ethan. They spot him outside and go to see him. Then he's disappeared into the crowd of people.

## May

### 4

* Joker is put back in Arkham Asylum by Batman after his latest escapade. Batman thinks that after Joker's most recent incarceration, Ethan Bennett will try to go after Joker, so he disguises himself as a guard.
* Clayface sneaks into Arkham as a doctor, enters Joker's cell, and reveals himself. Clayface says he will kill the clown for turning him into a monster, but Joker doesn't recognize him. Clayface begins attacking Joker. This is heard by Batman, who takes off his disguise and arrives at the fight. Batman pulls Joker away from one of Clayface's attacks and tosses an ice pellet at Clayface, to which the mud monster doesn't think performs anything but, he is quickly immersed in ice. Joker escaped from Arkham while Batman took down Clayface.

### 11

* Lonnie Leeland Machin is born to Greta Machin and Joker in Gotham City (unknown to the father).

## June

### 20

* Fentara Rrab, Green Lantern of Sector 2815, dies. He is succeeded by his younger brother, Blish.

### 26

* **(Event / Gotham's Vampiric Takeover / Start)**

## July

### 4

* **(Event / Gotham's Vampiric Takeover / End)**

## August

### 3

* Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman come together for the first time to stop Ra's al Ghul from destroying Themyscira. After this day they worked together as an unofficial team to combat large threats that they wouldn't be able to face on their lonesome.

### 11

* The trial of Ethan Bennett takes place with Harvey Dent as his lawyer. Professor Hugo Strange states that after many therapy sessions with Ethan, he believes him to now be sound of mind. Dr. Mark Desmond says that after he and other scientists at Wayne Biotech tested his genetics, Clayface's powers cause him to become mentally unstable, so as long as he doesn't use them, he won't go insane. Bruce Wayne offers Ethan a job as head of security at Wayne Enterprise if he is released. The Judge puts Ethan on probation as long as he continues his therapy and never uses his Clayface powers again. Ethan Bennett is a free man.

### 15

* Ethan starts his new job as head of security for Wayne Enterprise. Ethan meets Weber, the day-shift supervisor, who claims that Bruce fixed Ethan's mistake for him.
* Later that day, Ethan has a conversation with Ellen Yin at a diner about how he misses being a detective. They overhear people talking about him being Clayface and it being a mistake to let him roam free.

### 16

* The Joker steals gold with his new invention, clown shoes that extend upwards to 200 feet.
* While buying a carton of milk, Ethan Bennett sees Commissioner Loeb at the grocery store. In a panic, he transforms into someone Loeb won't recognize and walks away from him without being seen. Ethan yells at himself in the restroom mirror for being so reckless. Although, he does feel like ditching Loeb was kind of cool.
* When Ethan gets home he turns on the TV and sees a news broadcast about the Joker's latest crime. He is enraged by this.

### 17

* Ethan arrives to work early to use the Wayne security computers to research the Joker's potential next target. Dr. Desmond comes to see Ethan for his court ordered test.
* At nightfall, Ethan goes to the Gotham Observatory to stake out the Joker. He finds him there, robbing the place, and tries to stop the criminal. Joker grabs Bennett and jumps off the building with him. He uses his extending shoes to land while high in the air. Joker shakes Ethan out of his jacket and lets him fall to the ground. After Joker puts on Ethan's jacket, he notices that the splat on the road is grey and not red. Ethan then gets up and lunges at Joker. The clown now realizes that Bennett is Clayface. A fight ensues between the two while they are both on stilts. Joker gets away as Clayface is picked up by Batman and taken to a rooftop. Ethan says that it's not what it appears to be. He was trying to stop Joker as Ethan Bennett and Clayface reared his ugly head. Ethan just wanted to make sure Joker didn't harm anyone like him ever again. Batman understands this and tells Bennett to go home while he takes care of the Joker.

### 18

* Bruce calls Ethan to his office and explains that Dr. Desmond showed Bruce his test results. There was a possibility that he used his powers again. Ethan confesses that he slipped, but it won't happen again. Bruce makes sure Ethan knows he's speaking to him as a friend, not a boss.
* Batman gives Ellen Yin an ice pellet and tells her that he thinks Clayface might rear his ugly head tonight and use this if he does.
* Later that night, Joker breaks into Wayne Enterprise while Ethan is working. He sees this and decides to take Joker into his own hands. At this time, Joker trips the silent alarm, which alerts Bruce, who suits up as Batman. Clayface finds Joker in the elevator shafts and tries to kill the clown, but Batman cuts in. Batman and Bennett break Joker's shoes and stick him in one place. Clayface says that he decided to fight Joker in the elevator shafts because they're the only place without cameras, and he thought he could get away just this once. He still believes he can; all he has to do is kill Batman as well. The two fight while Joker watches and roots for his son. Clayface realizes that Joker is right, and he made a super-villain in Ethan Bennett. He decides to steal the art Joker took for himself. Batman calls for Ethan to stop, but Clayface doesn't know who "Ethan" is anymore. On his way out, Clayface gets confronted by Yin. Clayface returns to Ethan's appearance, but she doesn't fall for it. Batman shows up and says that it's not too late for him to go back to being Ethan Bennett. Clayface says that being Ethan was always hard, but being Clayface is nothing but fun. As he begins to morph back to his putty appearance, he tells the two to say goodbye to Ethan Bennett, for this was the last time they'd see him. Yin throws her ice pellet at him, which catches him off guard and freezes him.

### 28

* The trio of heroes are dubbed the Justice League by Clark Kent from the Daily Planet.

## September

### 13

* The great dane dog later to be known as Scoobert Dooby Doo is born.

### 29

* Tini Landau joins the Tetramand military with great skills and attends her first battle. They decimate a planet and she sees the horror of what her species has been doing to hundreds of planets.

## October

### 7

* The Justice League are alerted to a giant volcano monster erupting from an inactive volcano. They discover it was placed there thousands of years ago by an alien race who's planet was destroyed by the creature of their making. The aliens however crygenically froze themselves to awake when the creature erupted. They showed the Justice League how to defeat the threat and save Earth.