Gotham City

"*You really thought you knew Gotham? That there wasn't a nook nor cranny you haven't explored? Face it, Bruce, this town holds too many dark secrets.*"
—Vesper Fairchild to Bruce Wayne.[src]
**Gotham City** (also simply known as **Gotham**) is a city located in the United States. It is the most crime ridden and corrupt city in the entire world and well known for having it's share of vigilantes such as Batman, Robin and Batgirl.

The city is divided into three main islands, New Gotham, Gotham Central and Old Gotham with a surrounding mainland. It also possesses two separate lone islands, one known as Arkham Island, the location of Arkham Asylum, and the other known as Blackgate Isle, the location of Blackgate Penitentiary.

In 2019, after the exposure of the Court of Owls, the city suffered a major earthquakes due to bombs set decades ago by the court as a backup plan, effectively turning Gotham into a No Man's Land. Through the work of the Bat Family and Wayne Enterprises, the city was ultimately rebuilt as a safer haven.

## History

Gotham City was founded at some point during the 1600s by the five rich and powerful founding families, the Waynes, Elliots, Kanes, Crownes and Cobblepots. Very early on in the city's development, a mysterious and shadowy organization known as the Court of Owls eventually became powerful enough to gain control over the city and influenced the families to either join them and build Gotham in their image or die.

In order to keep their existence a secret, the Court built lairs in every building within the city, allowing them to everywhere and see everything that goes on in order to maintain control.

By the 1920s and 1930s, Vincent Falcone made the Falcone Crime Family the most powerful crime family within the city. After a few years, Vincent's son, Carmine, took over and at some point engaged in a gang war with the Maronis, which the Falcones won. After this, Carmine Falcone and his organization ran Gotham for decades.

## Known Residents

### Current Residents

* Alfred Pennyworth
* Bruce Wayne
* Jim Gordon
* Lucius Fox
* Luke Fox
* Harvey Bullock
* Renee Montoya
* Sofia Falcone (Incarcerated)
* Barbara Kean
* Kate Kane
* Selina Kyle
* Sal Maroni (Incarcerated)
* Harleen Quinzel
* Barbara Gordon
* Alfred Pennyworth
* Fish Mooney
* Pamela Isley
* Harvey Dent
* Oswald Cobblepot
* Basil Karlo (Incarcerated)
* Margaret Pye (Incarcerated)
* Jason Todd
* Vicki Vale
* Lazlo Valentin
* Victor Fries
* Kathryn Monroe
* "Joker"
* Harleen Quinzel
* James Gordon Jr.
* Basil Karlo (Incarcerated)
* Nora Fries
* Jason Todd

### Former Residents

* Thomas Wayne (Deceased)
* Martha Wayne (Deceased)
* Mary Grayson (Deceased)
* Carmine Falcone (Deceased)
* Laurel Lance (Relocated to Earth-2)
* Caitlin Snow (Relocated to Earth-2)
* Mario Falcone (Deceased)
* Amadeus Arkham (Deceased)
* Elizabeth Arkham (Deceased)
* Amadeus Arkham's Wife (Deceased)
* Amadeus Arkham's Daughter (Deceased)
* James Gordon Jr. (Incarcerated)
* Tabitha Galavan (Fled the city)
* Margaret Pye (Fled the city)
* Veronica Cale (Returned to Washington, D.C.)
* Cheryl Vreeland (Deceased)
* Christopher Vreeland (Deceased)
* Veronica Vreeland (Deceased)
* Roland Zellerbach (Deceased)
* Priscilla Lyons (Fled the city)
* Penelope Crowne (Deceased)
* Joseph Powers (Deceased)

## Overview

### Crime

Crime has always had a prominent part in such a corrupt city as Gotham and with such a formerly corrupt justice system it has spawned off a very large amount of crime families such as:

* **Falcone Crime Family****:** The Falcones ran Gotham for many, many years and was at the top of the food chain of crime up until Carmine Falcone's death, becoming less powerful, being run by Sofia Falcone. However, after Sofia's death at the hands of Fish Mooney, the family was officially disbanded.
* **Kean Crime Family****:** The Kean Crime Family was a short lived, but extremely powerful crime family that was run by Barbara Kean after she shot down Carmine Falcone. However, this later got her killed and disbanded the crime family.
* **Maroni Crime Family****:** The Falcone's main rival, the Maronis have always been at the Falcone's throats for power over Gotham.

### Businesses

* Wayne Enterprises
* GothCorp
* Gotham Gazette
* The Sirens Club
* Gotham Museum of Antiquities
* Mooney's Nightclub

### Neighbourhoods

* Gotham Mainland
	+ Bristol
	+ Burnside
* Gotham Central
	+ Fashion District
	+ City Hall District
* Old Gotham
	+ The Bowery
	+ Park Row
	+ Amusement Mile
	+ Industrial District
	+ The Narrows
	+ Blackgate Isle
* New Gotham
	+ Diamond District
	+ Coventry
	+ Burnley

### Residences

* Wayne Manor
* Gordon Penthouse
* Edward Nygma's Apartment
* Selina Kyle's Apartment
* Selina Kyle's Penthouse

## Appearances

### *Batman: Anarky*

Season 1
* "Pilot"
* "Hey, Diddle Diddle"
* "Die One, Die All"
* "Green Fingers"
* "Venom"
* "Night of the Pyg"
* "Shattered Bloodline"
* "Siren's Cry"
* "Cold, Cold Heart"
* "Curiosity"
* "Treat Them Mean, Keep Them Kean"
* "Legacies"
* "The Secret Six"
* "Past Sins"
* "Heir"
* "Battle for Gotham"

Season 2
* "Fallout"
* "Loyalty"
* "Frost Warning"
* "Lost Love"
* "Abandoned"
* "Fractured Minds"
* "We Are The Freaks"
* "Man of Steel"
* "Frostbite"
* "Hello, Junior"
* "Bat Family"
* "Welcome To Earth-2"
* "Escape From Earth-2"
* "Vengeance"
* "Metapocalypse"
* "Arkham Has Fallen"

Season 3
* "New Beginnings"
* "Narrows Rising"
* "A Woman Scorned"
* "Family Matters"
* "Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body"
* "Eye For an Eye"
* "Bloodlines, Part 2"
* "Jokes On You"
* "Nothing To Fear"
* "Fear of Man"
* "A Bird That Can't Fly"
* "Demons"
* "Batgirl Begins, Part 1"
* "Batgirl Begins, Part 2"
* "Wildcard"
* "Joker's Wild"

Season 4
* "Blood Is Thicker Than Water"
* "Family Is Everything"
* "Whom To Trust?"
* "How To Solve a Problem Like a Falcone"
* "The Hangman"
* "Betrayal"
* "Joy of the Holidays"
* "Amazons Attack, Part 3"
* "Two-Faced"
* "Agencies"
* "Better Half"
* "Order & Chaos"
* "Huntress Becomes the Hunted"
* "Friend or Foe"
* "A Tale of Two Sisters"
* "So You Wanna Start a War?"
* "Shadows"

Season 5
* "Crazy Love"
* "The Owls are Watching"
* "Allegiances"
* "Watch Your Back"
* "Girls Night Out"
* "Backstabber"
* "Heritage"
* "Underworld Unleashed, Part 1"
* "Speak Not a Whispered Word"
* "Regrets"
* "Harley & Ivy"
* "Attack on the Nest"
* "The Joke's On You"
* "The Gray Son of Gotham"
* "Sisters Are Forever"
* "Judgement Day, Part 1"
* "Judgement Day, Part 2"

Season 6
* "No Man's Land"
* "Fear the Reaper"
* "Fire and Ice"
* "We Are Legion"
* "Chaos Lives"
* "Enter the Sirens"
* "Gotham in Green"
* "Hope"

Season 7
* "Mad as a Hatter"
* "The Identity Thief"
* "The Laughing Cult"
* "Trial of the Batman"
* "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
* "Desperate Measures"
* "The Retribution of Bruce Wayne"
* "Hush, Hush"

### *Green Arrow*

#### Season 3

* "Allegiances" (mentioned)
* "Underworld Unleashed, Part 2"

### *Superman*

Season 1
* "Pilot" (mentioned)
* "Two's Company" (mentioned)
* "When Hero Meets Hell" (mentioned)
* "General, Care to Step Outside?" (mentioned)
* "Tell The Truth" (mentioned)
* "No One Left Behind" (mentioned)
* "Amazons Attack, Part 1"
* "Lois" (map)
* "Where There's a Luthor, There's a Super" (mentioned)

Season 2
* "Underworld Unleashed, Part 3"

### *Wonder Woman*

#### Season 1

* "Pilot" (mentioned)
* "Everybody's Got a Story" (flashback)

### *Batwoman*

Season 1
* "Pilot"
* "Drink Me"
* "Sister, Sister"
* "Curiouser and Curiouser"
* "A Mad Tea-Party"
* "No Use Going Back To Yesterday"
* "The Duchess! The Duchess!"
* "Off With Her Head"

## Behind the Scenes

* In DC Comics, **Gotham City** is the home city of Batman and the majority of the Bat family, acting as their base of operations.