Terry McGinnis

## Background

### 2011 - 2028: Terrence McGinnis

Terry McGinnis is the son of Warren & Dawn McGinnis. Warren worked as a research chemist at Wayne Chemicals then worked for Wayne-Powers when the company merged with Power Technologies. Dawn was a former socialite that gave away most of her family fortune to charities. She now did volunteer work & used the rest of her family's wealth to keep the family stable. Terry spent the first eight years of his life as an only child until his parents welcomed a second son, Matt.

By his own admission, Terry was a "bad kid." He got into a lot of trouble at the sake of his parents' sanity, though it was mostly your regular kid antics. Becase of his mother's wealth, he was able to attend Kane Elementary & Gotham Academy, where he became life long friends with the likes of Mari Grayson, Charlie Bigelow, Oliver Harper, Chelsea Cunningham, Jackie Wallace, Max Gibson & Isabella Mahkent; while also making long standing enemies with Carter Wilson & Nelson Nash. He also developed a crush on Dana Tan, one that stayed with him until he got the courage to ask her out.

When he entered high school, Terry's immature childish antics turned into illegal activities. The seperation of his parents was the catcalyst of this, never seeing his father & always seeing his mother sad. Terry & Charlie (now called Tiny Terry & Big Time) gained excitement on pushing the boundaries of the law, becoming known as quite the racketeers. They engaged in petty thefts & misdemeanors, such as window busting & shoplifting. He eventually joined Charlie's "street gang," leading to his fair share of run-ins with the GCPD throughout his early teens. Shortly after Charlie's eighteenth birthday, he dragged Terry along on a heist he planned to prove his leadership to the group. Things did not go well, leading to Charlie's arrest & Terry doing a three month stint in juvie due to being underage.

Shortly after his release from juvie, Terry returned home one day to find their home covered in Jokerz graffiti & his father dead. Following his father's death, Terry's mother was reached out to by Bruce Wayne, who offered for Dawn to come over with her two boys one day for lunch. While at Wayne Manor, Bruce suddenly suffered from substantial stress on his heart & he collapsed. While Dawn & Matt rode along in the ambulance, Terry stated he would return back home. Instead, he walked around the mansion & stumbled upon the entrance to the Batcave.

Terry must've lost track of time down there because he was soon walked in on by Bruce Wayne himself, who had just received a clean bill of health. Bruce kicked Terry out, telling him to never return to his house again. Terry kept Bruce's secret, never revealing what he saw & decided not to speak to Bruce again. That was until he looked through his father's belongings & found evidence that his father was killed by his employer, Derek Powers & not the Jokerz. That same day, Terry rushed back to Wayne Manor & demanded to be let in. Bruce refused until Terry revealed the details surrounding his father's death. Feeling somewhat burdened by the fact that his nemesis was indirectly the cause of the boy's pain, he let him in the house. From that day on, Terry's life was never the same.

## Romantic Relationships

* Dana Tan: On & Off Girlfriend (2027 - )
* Melanie Walker: Fling (2029), (2030)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Above Average Human Condition:** Because of his age & training, Terry is in brilliant human condition & is shown to be a good gymnast
	+ ***Hand to Hand Combat*:** Throughout his time as a delinquent & becoming Batman, Terry has shown to be an able street-fighter. Along with the training he has received from Bruce, he has become an extremely adept combatant but not to the high levels of Bruce's other sons, let alone Bruce himself. Terry's fighting style is also different from the original Batman as he is somewhat less dependent on the formal fighting styles Bruce employed, as he is willing to use dirty tricks if necessary.
	+ ***Stealth***
* **High Level Intellect:** Terry possesses a high level intellect, allowing him to quickly develop his skills at medicine, mechanics & investigation. He is also very street-smart, which enabled him to go undercover in many situations & often talk his way out of a tight fix.
	+ ***Computer Operation***: Terry is a computer expert, though not on par with Max Gibson.
	+ ***Gadgetry*:** Terry is equipped in various gadgets, due to this suit. He knows how to work with grappling guns, tech bugs, infared scanners, etc.
	+ ***Intimidation:*** Though he is much leaner than the first Batman, Terry is still able to capture the fear that Batman instills in other. As Batman, Terry emulates Bruce's deep, harsh tone, though he does this to separate the entities of Terry & Batman.
	+ ***Investigation*:** Terry has been trained to be a detective by Bruce. His skills have shown to almost rival Bruce's, as the League reaches out for his aid for certain cases. Though he was not formally trained as a detective, he has made intuitive leaps that surprised his mentor.
	+ ***Science*:** He has learned to mix chemicals & herbs to healing agents & medicine from Bruce, with him even expressing an interest in the medical field.
	+ ***Wealth*:** While Terry himself is not rich, his mother & biological father are quite loaded. Bruce has entrusted a credit card linked to his own bank account for Terry to use.
	+ ***Weaponry*:** He is skilled in knives, sticks, throwing objects, grenades & more.
* **Batsuit:** Terry was given a state-of-the-art Batsuit which automatically conforms to his size. The Batsuit features new gadgets such as glider wings, "thrusters" on the boots & even a cloaking device. Some of its features include enhanced strength/durability, minimal reduction (or increase) in flexibility, enhanced visual assistance that allows him to see in the dark, personal communicator allows Terry to keep in constant contact with Bruce at the Batcave, built-in rebreather for underwater combat/exploration, electro-blast, grappling gun, energy projection, tranq darts, smoke pellets, frequency scanner to pick up hot spots, adhesion electromagnetic pads & a remote kill function that can externally deactivate the suit from the Batcave.
* **Batarangs:** The batsuit comes with dispensable Batarangs with a range of auxiliary functions, such as producing electric shocks. However, there is a limit to the amount of Batarangs the Batsuit can dispense as he has run out on at least one occasion.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAK:** Unknown

## Notes

* To view the 2020 version of the character, click HERE.
* In my personal opinion, I like Terry with Melanie much better than with Dana. Melanie had an interesting storyline & better chemistry/intersting conflict with Terry. She seemed like the "one that got away." Though some compare her to Catwoman, she didn't want to be a villain & did the crimes out of loyalty, not greed. Dana reminded me of the sterotypical girlfriend that was annoyed with her boyfriend's vigilante lifestyle, which reminds me of Spiderman/Mary Jane & is played out in my opinion.