Bruce Wayne

## Batman

* Civilian
* Batman

### Family

Thomas Wayne (father), Martha Wayne (mother), Thomas Wayne Jr. (brother), Dick Grayson (adopted son), Jason Todd (adopted son, deceased), Tim Drake (adopted son), Damian Wayne (son), Koriand'r (daughter-in-law)

### Voiced by

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"*Y’know, my parents died, too. Didn’t make me go out and pretend it was hallo-\*\*\*\*-ity-ween every night, you ridiculous man-child.*"
—Alfred Pennyworth

**Bruce Wayne** aka **Batman** is a crime-fighting superhero who protects Gotham City. He is a founding member of the Justice League. This Batman originated from an unknown universe until Dr. Manhattan replaced the original Earth 16-A Batman with him.

## Personality

Batman has a strong moral compass and sense of justice. Seeing his parents gunned down inspired him to take up the mantle of Batman, having promised his parents that he would never let anyone else die. He is one of the most responsible and mature members of the Justice League, and as such he feels it's his responsibility to push the Young Justice team to do the right thing. Batman can be selfish and somewhat egotistical, often calling himself the "Goddamn Batman" and referring to himself in the third person. He often gets irritated and cynical. He has very little respect for most people and treats almost everybody with disdain. Batman never strays from his "no killing" rule, even asking Cyborg to save Superman despite him often being one of Batman's main antagonists on the League.

## Physical appearance

Batman is a tall Caucasian male with a dark and imposing figure, short black hair, and dark brown eyes. He wears a dark gray costume with the symbol of a bat spread over the chest, black trunks, gloves (with fins on the outer side), boots, and a black cape with a unique pattern at the end. Batman also wears a black cowl designed with bat ears at all times to hide his identity. He also wears a yellow utility belt to complete his Batsuit. As Bruce Wayne, he normally wears a formal black suit with a grayish-blue tie.

## History

### Origins

The Wayne family were allowed to live in the "sweet ass mansion" of Alfred Pennyworth, provided they stayed out of his way. Their son Bruce grew up extremely fearful of Alfred, who would continually terrorize him. One time, when he was having nightmares, his parents comforted him and told Bruce that there were no monsters under his bed. Much to his parents' chagrin, Alfred knocked on the ceiling under his bed, telling him that there were plenty of monsters under his bed.

When Bruce was eight years old, his parents were gunned down by a mugger in Crime Alley. Alfred explained to a grieving Bruce that he now owned him and that the boy would spend the rest of his days cleaning and working around the house, and also that he must make Alfred a sandwich every day. For a time, Bruce did just that, while subsisting only on tuna, until he ran away and traveled the world to train as Batman. When he was of legal age, Bruce returned to take back the house but wasn’t able to get rid of Alfred, so they made a deal and Bruce surrendered the West Wing of the manor to him. Alfred also sent away the Waynes' second son, Thomas, unbeknownst to Bruce, because he didn’t want to take care of “two stupid boys.”

Bruce Wayne eventually put his training to use, becoming Batman in 1999.

### Formation of the Justice League

In the year 2000, the world was being terrorized by the alien invader Superman, who has burned down all the TacoBells in five cities. Green Lantern tried to track down Batman, but found a Parademon instead. The real Dark Knight arrived to take down the monster, teaming up with Lantern to find and take down the Man of Steel. They eventually found him and struggled to battle Superman, his immense power proving too much for them. Batman managed to end the fight by revealing he knew the Man of Steel's secret identity. The three heroes ended up cooperating on stopping the Parademons, investigating the purpose of the Mother Boxes.

Without warning, all the Mother Boxes in the country were activated, opening up portals for legions of Parademons to attack. Batman, Green Lantern, and Superman battled the monsters in Metropolis. One by one, they were joined by the Flash, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, and Cyborg.

They learned that the ruler of Apokolips, Darkseid, was behind the invasion of Parademons. The heroes battled the monsters as Darkseid arrived on Earth to complete his invasion. He revealed that the only reason he was there was to kidnap Justin Timberlake. Batman refused to let anyone die, despite the fact that Darkseid only wished to lock the singer in a birdcage to entertain him.

Superman was taken by the aliens. Green Lantern tried to rush in and save him, but Batman stopped him, telling the hero that his "lone, hotshot maverick" act was going to cost everyone their lives. Inspiring leadership in Hal, Batman headed up to the mothership to rescue the Man of Steel while he left Lantern to take command of the heroes.

The Dark Knight discovered that Darkseid's minion Desaad had brainwashed Superman. After a shortlived battle between the two, Batman saved the hero and they headed back to Earth to help finish Darkseid. Together with the other five heroes, they managed to send the New God and his army back to Apokolips. However, the citizens of Metropolis were very upset by the property damage, causing the heroes to run from the mob.

The President thanked the heroes for their service. Convinced that the world needed a group of heroes that could inspire people, the seven decided to form a team. Superman announced them as the Justice League of America, despite the heroes' complaints.

### Atlantean Invasion

Batman continued to work alongside the Justice League, though on a more part-time basis. When Cyborg received word of a strange submarine attack, he sent Green Lantern to track the Dark Knight down. Back at the Hall of Justice, the League's new base, the heroes determined that the strange water-breathing soldiers who had attacked the submarine were from the lost city of Atlantis. Batman and Superman went to investigate the home of the recently deceased Stephen Shin, who had been researching the city. They discovered evidence of a half-Atlantean man named Arthur Curry and unrest in Atlantis. The heroes managed to track down Curry and helped save him and his companion Mera from some underwater monsters. Batman stayed behind with Flash and Captain Marvel while the rest of the team went below the surface to see what the state of things was in Atlantis. It turned out that Arthur's half-brother Orm had become the King of Atlantis and was marching on the surface world. Batman and the others rushed to stop them and battled with the Atlantean army. In the end, they won by Batman and Cyborg projecting footage of Orm admitting to killing his mother, the previous queen, to the army. They turned on their king and eventually pledged loyalty to Arthur after he impressed them with his singing ability, an important trait in Atlantean customs. Batman and the other Leaguers determined that Arthur was way too cool for them and would make the heroes look bad, thus conspiring to make him out to be a joke on the surface world. Arthur and Mera joined the Justice League as part-timers, known as Aquaman and Aquawoman.

### The Suicide Squad Incident

In 2004, Riddler stole data from Batman that contained valuable information on the Justice League. He placed the data in his cane, which was left in the evidence locker of Arkham Asylum while he was imprisoned. Amanda Waller assembled her Task Force X, nicknamed the Suicide Squad, to go into the Asylum and gather the data, which she wanted for an unknown benefactor who was bankrolling her operation. The Squad was comprised of career criminals serving life sentences who went on suicide missions for the government in exchange for decreased jail time. Her team was comprised of Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot, George Harkness aka Captain Boomerang, Louise Lincoln aka Killer Frost, Nanaue aka King Shark, and Harleen Quinzel aka Harley Quinn. All Squad members had bombs implanted in their necks to make sure they followed Waller's orders. Needing his data back, Batman decided to infiltrate this team by posing as the assassin Black Spider. He had to wear blackface to do so.

This mission ultimately went awry, with Joker escaping and opening all the prison doors, throwing the Asylum into chaos. Deadshot managed to retrieve the data before Batman could and gave it to Waller, who then passed it off to her mysterious benefactor. Batman interrogated Amanda, but she didn't know the man's identity. Though the Dark Knight wouldn't discover the truth for four more years, the person backing Waller was Vandal Savage.

### Death in the Family

In 2005, while the Justice League battled various enemies, Jason Todd, Batman's second Robin, was kidnapped by the Joker and beaten. The clown ultimately left him to die in an explosion. The Dark Knight was too late to save him.

### Legion of Doom

In 2008, Vandal Savage used the plans he'd had the Suicide Squad steal for him four years earlier to exploit the weaknesses of the various members of the Justice League. He assembled his Legion of Doom, a team of six other villains who could each take out a hero in turn. Bane desecrated Jason Todd's grave and had Bruce buried in it. However, he left the Dark Knight alive. Batman was able to escape and save each of his fellow Justice League members from the schemes he'd designed. They then attacked Savage and his Legion at their headquarters. As a last-ditch effort to defeat the heroes and assert his control over humanity, Savage decided to kill the whole race and start over. He launched a missile into the sun to destabilize the human species. However, the world was saved by "God" (in reality, Doctor Manhattan). In the aftermath of these events, the members of the League voted on whether or not to kick Batman out since he'd betrayed their trust so harshly. They decided to keep him on since he paid the bills.

### Tim Drake

Following the battle with the Legion of Doom, a young boy named Tim Drake showed up at the Batcave. He had knowledge of Bruce's identity and declared that the Dark Knight would always need a Robin. Batman eventually trained him to be his sidekick.

### The Team

On July 4th, 2010, Batman and Robin took down Mr. Freeze. They then went to meet up with other heroes at the Hall of Justice. Batman and the Justice League had prepared the Young Justice initiative: a team that would comprise the sidekicks of the League: Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Speedy. However, upon seeing that the Justice League spent most of their time partying, Speedy left. The heroes then had to go help Kevin Smith, after he was kicked out of a plane due to his 'proportions.' When Batman and his allies returned, they found that their sidekicks had left the Hall of Justice and broken into a Cadmus facility, where they discovered a Russian clone of Superman called Superboy. With the teens having disobeyed direct orders, Batman attempted to shut down the Young Justice initiative, but they managed to convince him otherwise. Batman set them up at Mount Justice under the condition that they would carry out strictly covert ops.

### Superboy and Preparation H

In Metropolis, a school bus was derailed on a bridge. Visiting the city for the day, Bruce prepared to jump into action as Batman. Before he could do so, Superman arrived on the scene to save the day. His rescue was interrupted by Superboy, the young hero looking to prove himself to the Man of Steel, who he viewed as a father figure. Superman was not happy about having to deal with his clone, despising his Russian origins and not wanting the responsibility. When Superboy asked his "daddy" if he loved him, Superman pretended to get a Justice League call. When that failed, he told the young hero: "You're not my son and I don't love you. Ciao!" He then flew off. Superman's disownment of the clone upset Bruce, who insisted on meeting with the hero over apple pie to discuss Superboy.

Back at Mount Justice, Batman revealed that the Young Justice team's first assignment would take them to Santa Prisca, a small island north of Venezuela and South America. It was the site of the largest production of venom in the world, a strength-enhancing chemical used by one of the Dark Knight's rogues: Bane. It'd been being imported into Gotham City for Black Mask, but now someone new was muscling in on Bane's turf and trying to take over the operation. Batman wanted the team to go down there and stealthily assess the situation. The team would have exactly one hour to complete their mission before the Justice League used the Watchtower's fusion cannon to blow up the island, destroying the venom operation. Batman announced that the mission would be called Preparation H, much to the amusement of the teens.

Meanwhile, Bruce and Clark met to discuss the latter's treatment of Superboy. Bruce claimed that the clone was pretty much Clark's son, no matter what the Man of Steel thought, and that he had to start treating Superboy with respect and admiration. Despite the Dark Knight's pleas, Clark refused and left the diner. To make matters worse, he called the INS to report Martian Manhunter as an illegal immigrant.

Preparation H proved to be a failed mission, with the young heroes blowing their cover and getting the evidence blown up. Batman reprimanded them for their failures but ultimately called it a win as they stopped the Cult of the Kobra from getting their hands on the venom. Impressed with Aqualad's leadership, Batman named him the leader of Young Justice.

### The Amazo Incident

The Justice League set up two armored convoys to transport the parts of Amazo, a powerful android capable of replicating the abilities of different superheroes. With the cargo being extremely dangerous if it fell into the wrong hands, Batman had one set of trucks take the parts while the other set acted as a decoy. He assigned the Young Justice team to escort the convoys. However, robotic monkeys attacked both sets of trucks and got away with the parts. Batman tracked them back to Gotham City, where they had been reassembled. With the help of Nightwing, the Dark Knight defeated the android by blowing off its head. On top of all that, Batman then had to go save the teen heroes from Clayface. Annoyed by the fact that he had to clean up two of the Young Justice team's messes in one day, Batman chided Aqualad for his poor leadership. He insisted that the team required another member, and recruited Artemis Crock to become the group's archer.

### Under the Red Hood

Nightwing tracked the movements of the player who'd been messing in Black Mask's criminal operations, revealing it to be someone named Red Hood. After hunting the antihero down, Nightwing and Batman discovered that it was none other than Jason Todd, the second Robin who had died five years earlier, somehow alive.

Batman and Nightwing went to interrogate Joker for information on the Red Hood, knowing that the new antihero was somehow the resurrected Jason Todd, who Joker had murdered. The villain dared Batman to kill him, but the hero refused, even after everything the Clown Prince of Crime had done to him. With the criminal giving them nothing, the two left.

Batman interrogated Ra's al Ghul his home, wanting to know why he brought Jason Todd back from the dead. Ra's revealed that he set the Red Hood loose on Gotham City to cause chaos as revenge for the Dark Knight having sex with his daughter. Batman warned the Demon's Head that he'd be watching him closely.

Batman tracked down Red Hood, who had been beating the Joker in the same manner the clown did to him when he was Robin. The former partners violently clashed, with Jason stating his anger towards the Dark Knight for his suffering. In a stand-off, Jason revealed the Joker, wondering why Batman had never killed the clown when he had murdered the Dark Knight's son. Batman reiterated his no-killing rule and refused to take the Joker's life. His point made, Jason wished his father a final goodbye and set off a bomb, killing himself and the Joker in the process. Batman mourned the loss of his son once more, unable to redeem his greatest failure.

### Damian Wayne

After a failed takeover of the League of Shadows by Deathstroke, Talia al Ghul left her son Damian in Bruce's custody while she went on the attack. Bruce was not happy to learn that Damian was also his son, particularly since he had resulted from an incident in which Talia sexually assaulted a drugged Dark Knight. Batman was angered by Damian's erratic and violent behavior and said that he'd only grant the boy's request to become the new Robin when Nightwing approved him.

### Injustice League

Count Vertigo and his team of villains, the Injustice League, attacked the world's major cities with magically-enhanced plant creatures and held the Earth hostage for one trillion dollars. While the Justice League prevented destruction, the Young Justice team was sent in to take out the villains. Among the Injustice League's ranks was Joker, who had been resurrected by Ra's al Ghul, something which angered Batman.

The Young Justice eventually prevailed thanks to Doctor Fate, who Aqualad served as the host of. Kaldur learned through the subsequent time jumps that come with the helmet who the members of the Light were. He relayed this information to Batman, which the Dark Knight found surprisingly helpful.

### Court of Owls

Bruce was in a relationship with Gotham socialite Samantha Vanaver. One night, he tried to have sex with her but was cockblocked by Damian. Later, he was angered to learn that an assassin called Talon had been trying to seduce his son to the dark side. The villain constantly urged Robin to kill his enemies. Batman eventually learned that Talon was the assassin for a mysterious group of Gotham's elite called the Court of Owls. Upon further investigation, he discovered that the leader of the group was none other than Samantha. The Court used Scarecrow's fear toxin on Batman.

When he came to his senses, Batman discovered that Talon had turned on the Court and was coming to Wayne Manor to have his revenge on the Dark Knight. He brought with him an army of undead soldiers, which meant the hero could finally kill his enemies since they weren't people. The villain revealed that he was in fact Bruce's younger brother Thomas Wayne Jr., who Alfred had given up when the Waynes died. Together with Nightwing and Robin, Batman fought his brother to the end. Thomas impaled himself on Damian's dagger in the hopes that it would plague the boy with guilt, but the heroes instead laughed it off and bonded as a family.

### The Hunt for Deathstroke

Batman eventually revealed his new Robin to Commissioner Gordon, who informed the pair of Kirk Langstrom's disappearance. Batman violently interrogated Killer Croc for information on the kidnapper, who pointed the hero to Deathstroke. The Dynamic Duo hunted down Langstrom, who had been forced to create a Man-Bat army for Deathstroke, who was holding the scientist's family hostage. In the Himalayas, Batman and Robin were able to infiltrate the one-eyed assassin's facility and bonded over their shared trauma. They found Francine and Rebecca Langstrom, whom they returned to safety.

After an extremely close race, Superman was elected the President of the United States, spelling doom for the world. Batman launched into a rage.

### Stopping Superman

In the aftermath of Superman's election as President of the United States, Batman and Zatara decided to use the Helmet of Fate to see the future and learn their options. Flashing forward to December of 2057, Bruce discovered that he and Oliver Queen had become bitter old men, living in a world ruled by the iron fist of Superman. Batman suited up for one last mission to take down the Man of Steel. After a climactic battle, the Dark Knight killed Superman, ending his reign of terror. Determined to make sure things played out differently, the present-day Batman convinced Fate to let him mind-jump to alternate universes instead of the future, hoping that he can find a version of Superman that his Clark would listen to.

Batman's first mind jump brought him to Earth-21, inhabited by 1950s versions of the people from his world. However, the Superman of Earth-21 proved to be extremely sexist, and thus not a good enough match to talk to Batman's Superman. Back on his Earth, Bruce discovered that Damian has vanished from their hotel room, on the hunt for Deathstroke. Robin snuck his way onto Deathstroke's oil rig facility, intent on rescuing his mother Talia. Batman pursued his sidekick but experienced another mind jump to Earth-30, where he met the Superman of Moscow. Bruce was significantly entertained by the idea of a Russian Superman (especially since his secret identity was Sasha, just like Superboy), but knew that his Clark Kent would never listen to the communist hero. Back on Earth-16A, Batman and Robin fought off Deathstroke's Man-Bat army. Talia was killed and Damian pursued the assassin in revenge. The Dark Knight healed his baby mama with the Lazarus Pit located under the fortress, resurrecting her. Batman's mind jumped to Earth-49G, where he discovered a Mexican Superman who was raised by immigrants, another gift he couldn't take advantage of. Robin and Deathstroke had a musical battle, with the young hero ultimately besting his foe in single combat and condemning him to the 'ponytail of shame'. Talia asked Damian to come back with her and help lead the League of Shadows, but he renounced her and his legacy after seeing his mother's true colors, choosing to stay with his father and serve as Robin.

On the Watchtower, Batman summoned Superman before his inauguration to introduce him to the Superman of Earth-12 (the character from the Bruce Timm *DC Animated Universe* or DCAU). He told Earth-16A's Man of Steel about the error of his ways. Superman was already the most powerful being in the universe, and he shouldn't try to control the Earth. Clark needed to embrace who he truly was: Kal-El, the sole survivor of a dead planet sent to Earth so he could save and inspire people, not destroy lives. As he left, Earth-12 Superman told Clark that he needed to give the people of his world hope, not rule them by fear.

At his inauguration, Superman shocked the world by renouncing his Presidency. He revealed that he was an alien named Kal-El from the planet Krypton. Superman promised that he would do his best to become the hero that the world deserved, striving for truth, justice, and the *real* American way. An infuriated Alfred threatened to unleash his eldritch power on Batman for causing his plans to unravel, but the Dark Knight convinced him otherwise with how ballsy the act was.

### Crisis on Two Earths

The Justice League interrogated a mysterious version of Lex Luthor, who was obviously not their new President. He revealed that he was from an alternate universe called Earth-3 where the traditional good guys were generally evil and the traditional bad guys were generally good. Luthor needed the heroes' help in stopping the Crime Syndicate, a twisted version of the Justice League from his home that was trying to take over the world. The heroes begrudgingly agreed to travel with Luthor to Earth-3, but Batman stayed behind.

The doppelganger of Wonder Woman, Superwoman, arrived to Earth-16A with a few henchmen to kill Batman. She had been sent by her lover Owlman, Bruce's Earth-3 counterpart, to kill the Dark Knight. Batman called in Justice League allies to help defeat the villains. Superwoman kidnapped Batman and took him back to her Earth, but the hero was able to take her down. Joining with the rest of the heroes, Batman learned that Owlman was planning on using a bomb called the Godkiller to destroy a universe. Worse, when taken to the very first universe, it would send out a ripple effect and kill the entire multiverse. The heroes are furious when they discovered that Luthor designed the Godkiller.

Superwoman agreed to take the League to where Owlman was keeping the weapon. The two teams clashed, with everyone ultimately turning against Owlman when they learned of his weapon's multiverse-destroying capabilities. Johnny Quick used his speed to create a portal for Batman to travel through, though it killed the speedster. The Dark Knight found himself with Owlman and his Godkiller on Earth-Prime, the very first Earth. Owlman revealed that he was the original Batman of Earth-16A, displaced to Earth-3 by some unknown cosmic force. To get back at the multiverse, he wanted to burn it all down. To save all of creation, Batman teleported both Owlman and the Godkiller to Earth-Shit (the home of *Teen Titans Go!*) so it wouldn't destroy the multiverse, just one Earth. Satisfied with taking out the worst world in the multiverse, Owlman accepted his fate as the universe was destroyed. Back on Earth-3, President Wilson and the United States military arrested the Crime Syndicate. The heroes returned home, and Batman was happy to see that the experience has convinced Superman to strive for true heroism.

## Resources

### Abilities

* **Conditioning:** Bruce has above-average conditioning and endurance in his agility, speed, and strength.
* **Detective skills:** Bruce is the world's greatest detective.
* **The Goddamn Batman:** What, are you dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think he is? He's the Goddamn Batman.
* **Leadership:** As Batman, Bruce has shown incredible leadership skills, both with the Justice League and as the commander of Young Justice.
* **Marksmanship:** Bruce can easily hit his targets with Batarangs.
* **Martial arts:** Bruce is skilled in different martial arts, making him an excellent fighter.
* **Stealth:** Bruce knows how to keep to the shadows.
* **Strategic planning:** Bruce is an expert strategist.

### Equipment

* **Utility belt:** Bruce possesses a large variety of gadgets and weapons in his utility belt.
* **Wealth:** Bruce is a member of Gotham's elite class.

## Appearances

* *Justice League War Abridged*
* *Throne of Atlantis Abridged*
* *Suicide Squad: Assault on Arkham Abridged*
* *Wonder Woman Abridged*
* *Justice League Doom Abridged*
* *Green Arrow Abridged* (mentioned)
* *Suicide Squad Abridged 2: Ticket to Heck*
* *Young Justice Abridged*
	+ "Don't Call Us Sidekicks"
	+ "Black Ops and Family"
	+ "Guerrilla Warfare"
	+ "Reservoir Heroes"
	+ "Civvies"
	+ "Shadow Boxing"
	+ "Shades of Red"
	+ "Unusual Suspects"
	+ "Eyes of Fate"
	+ "Injustice"
	+ "House of Cards"
	+ "Identity Crisis"
	+ "Seeing Red"
	+ "Father's Day"
* *Court of Owls Abridged*
* *Crisis on Two Earths Abridged*
* *DC Abridged Confidential* (mentioned)
* *The Judas Contract Abridged* (unproduced, mentioned)
* *Batman Hush Abridged* (unproduced)

## Quotes

* *"No! He was people!"*
* *"Fuck my one rule. Uncensored."*

## Trivia

* He dies in the finale.

*To be added...*