Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone)

Alicia Silverstone as Barbara Wilson / Batgirl in Batman & Robin

### Based on

Barbara Gordon by William Dozier, Julius Schwartz, Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino

## In-Universe Information

### Family

Alfred Pennyworth - UncleBruce Wayne - Partner

Dick Grayson - Partner

Margaret Wilson - Mother; Deceased

Unnamed Father (Father; Deceased)

Wilfred Pennyworth (Uncle)

### Abilities

Trained computer scientist and security hacker, Highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist, High-tech equipment and weaponry, Multilingual, Genius-level intellect, Eidetic memory

Barbara Wilson also known as Batgirl is Batman's second sidekick. She is the niece of Alfred Pennyworth.

## Role in the Film

### Early life

Barbara Wilson was the daughter of Margaret Wilson, who was the sister of Alfred Pennyworth. Barbara and Alfred were apparently close throughout Barbara's entire life, particularly when Barbara's mother and father died in a car accident. While Alfred lived in the United States and worked as the Wayne Family butler, Barbara remained in England and attended boarding school. While there, she studied computer science. Also, after her parents' death, Barbara took up motorcycle racing, as the thrill of it got her mind off her predicament. However, Barbara felt particularly disgusted at the idea of her uncle working as a servant, and when she discovered that Alfred was ill with a rare disease, flew to America in order to 'free' him.

### Staying at Wayne Manor

Upon arriving in the States, Barbara met Alfred's "other family", Dick Grayson (who was immediately attracted to her, and vice-versa) and Bruce Wayne. Bruce invited Barbara to stay, during which, Alfred's disease grew steadily worse. Barbara took Batman's motorcycle (the Batblade) on two motorcycle races, the second of which being where she was saved by Robin from a dangerous situation.

### Becoming Batgirl

While Alfred grew closer to death, he shared with Barbara an encrypted disk, which contained all of Batman's secrets. Barbara immediately hacked into disc, and discovered that Bruce and Dick were Batman and Robin, and that Alfred had planned for her future involvement.

After she donned a suit that was designed for her by Alfred, Barbara, under the guise of Batgirl, defeated Poison Ivy at the Turkish Bath House and saved Batman and Robin. After a quick debate she was accepted by the dynamic duo. After learning of Freeze's plan, the trio returned to the Batcave to don silver Ice Armor. Bruce had prepared special silver anti-ice vehicles for his final assault on Mr Freeze, including a Batblade motorcycle that Barbara was given to drive. As they rocketed through the iced streets, they defeated goons in the Freezemobile and snowmobiles before making their way to Gotham Observatory.

### Thawing the city

Once inside, Barbara and Dick were tasked with thawing out satellite dishes to a satellite with their Bat-lasers. Mr. Freeze to combat Batman, and knocked his sidekicks off the building. The young heroes saved each other with grapple lines, finally bringing them closer together romantically. Soon after the were choked against a wall by Bane, Robin eventually defeated him by kicking the Venom tube out of his skull. After they retrieved the cure for Alfred's disease Barbara officially joined the team.

### Fighting the False Face Society

Barbara eventually started to have second thoughts about being the third wheel in a crime fighting team. Rather than quit, she felt the need to truly prove herself as a creature of the night. After patrolling one night alone at the docks, she stumbled upon a new threat to the city, Black Mask and the False Face Society.