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This page has Batman and his allies that are "officially" part of the Bat-family. '''Bold''' indicates currently{{when}} held identities.
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* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: See their individual sections. The [[DC Universe]] seems to have a compulsion against giving any of the Batfamily a happy life.
* [[Thou Shall Not Kill]]
** Once again except for [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Jason]] and to a degree [[Tyke Bomb|Damian]] (who was raised to be a killer, and abides by the Batfamily's no-kill policy but still doesn't entirely believe in it)
== '''Batman''' (Bruce Wayne) ==
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▲{{quote| ''"[[The Mafia|Ladies. Gentlemen.]] You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. [[Batman: Year One|From this moment on]] -- none of you are safe."''}}
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Bruce Wayne was a carefree child born into the humongously wealthy and prominent Wayne family, but one night, after seeing a movie (usually something to do with Zorro - if you know the background of Zorro, you'll know why that's important), he and his loving parents took a shortcut through a dark alleyway, inevitably leading to a mugger (usually named Joe Chill in most versions) shooting both of them dead.
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[[Batman: Year One|Remembering an incident in his youth when he stumbled into a cave full of bats and the sudden appearance of a bat that had crashed into his sitting room, he decided to adopt a bat motif]] and become the legendary figure Batman. This has worked to some degree, as most common criminals are scared shitless of him, and organized crime began to lose its hold on the city, but nearly as soon as Batman made his debut, a new breed of criminals began to pop up... ones dressed in garish costumes and bearing colorful masks... which unfortunately causes many people to wonder if Batman is directly responsible for the criminals he faces.
As years went on, Bruce has joined many superteams in the fight against crime, most notably the [[Justice League of America]] and the Outsiders. Unfortunately, due to the growing cynicism in the DC Universe, Batman began to distrust others more and more, which was ultimately addressed in [[Infinite Crisis]], where the Brother Eye satellite he created was responsible for the creation and control of the metahuman-hunting cyborgs, the O.M.A.C.s. Following his [[Heel Realization]], Bruce [[
Note that while Bruce Wayne is the most famous and most shown Batman, he is by no means the only one. Various other characters have taken up the mantle. But make no mistake: he is THE Batman. If anyone ever just refers to "Batman", they're referring to Bruce. [[Batman Beyond|Terry]], [[Nineties Anti-Hero|Azrael]], and [[Legacy Character|Dick]] typically need an addendum to the name if you're talking about them.
{{tropenamer|Batman (the character) is the [[Trope Namers|Trope Namer]] for:}}
{{creatortropes|Batman (the character) provides examples of the following tropes:}}
* [[The Ace]]/[[Broken Ace]]: While Bruce stands head and shoulders above the greater majority of heroes in the DCU, it's fairly obvious that in doing so he's not the most well-adjusted or emotionally mature individual, has great difficulty forming close relationships, and frequently experiences friction with people whom he is close to. This is also occasionally [[Lampshade Hanging|acknowledged]] by Bruce himself; in one instance, Nightwing laments over the belief that he can never match up to Bruce, who assures him that despite living a very similar life in the same line of work Dick hadn't allowed it to mess him up as much, having a much more positive personality and maintaining a good relationship with just about every fellow hero he knows, and as such [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|was already better than him]].
* [[Adult Child]]: A rather subtle version, believe it or not. Never mind the fact that dressing up as a giant bat and swearing to exterminate crime seems like a rather childish thing to do, it could be argued that Bruce's emotional development was stunted the moment his parents died. Add to the fact that he seems to relate to young people (re: the Robins and Batgirls) better then he does adults and many stories also make note of the fact that while all criminals fear Batman, [[Friend to All Children|children do not]].
** This was [[Lampshaded]] in a Marvel/DC crossover with [[The Punisher]], where the Joker mused that Batman must have had a similar tragedy to that of Frank Castle, but Batman's tragedy must have happened when he was a child
** Made more apparent in ''[[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]]''. The Batman of that universe is essentially the same tragedy, but with {{spoiler|Bruce dying instead of his parents.}}
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|All Guys Want Bad Girls]]: Bats likes his women tough, dangerous and morally ambiguous. Hence his clear preference for villainesses such as Talia Al Ghul (whom he got over) and Catwoman (whom he likes ''much'' more than he would ever admit). He actually used this to figure out that someone was actually a villainess.
** You forgot about
*
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Generally a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type II or III.]] In his earliest days, he was a Type IV and actually willfully ''killed'' criminals, a stark contrast to his [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]] attitude in modern times.
* [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance]]: Most of his major rogues.
* [[Badass]]: This is a given. [[The Dark Knight Returns|No other normal human has ever given Superman such an ass-kicking as Batman]].
** [[Lex Luthor|Almost no other human.]]
* [[Badass Cape]]{{context}}
* [[Badass Normal]]: He is ''the very embodiment'' of this trope.{{context}} Those who do not realize this usually end up learning it all too well.
▲* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: [[Trope Namer]].
▲* [[Batman Gambit]]: [[Trope Namer]]. Again.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] / [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Catwoman, mostly. And, even though he hates to admit it, he thoroughly ''enjoys'' it. So does she.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't hurt [[Papa Wolf|his sidekicks. Or any children]] in front of him.
* [[Bomb-Throwing Anarchists]]: In ''[[Superman: Red Son]]''. [[Informed Attribute|Also, he's been described as an "idealist anarchist" (of all things)]] by Frank Miller. [[Christian Bale|So did one of the actors who played him.]]
* [[Building Swing]]: Goes hand in hand with his [[Grappling Hook Gun]].{{context}}▼
▲* [[Bruce Wayne Held Hostage]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Byronic Hero]]{{context}}▼
▲* [[Building Swing]]: Goes hand in hand with his [[Grappling Hook Gun]].
▲* [[Byronic Hero]]
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: On his first appearance, he was basically [[The Shadow]] in a bat costume. There's also quite a bit of [[Zorro]] in his DNA, which has been acknowledged in most recent versions by establishing that it was a Zorro movie he and his parents went to see on the fatal night.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: To be expected with over 70 years of comics. It may be particularly jarring for some readers though, upon seeing some of his earlier incarnations. The 60's version with [[Camp]] springs to mind, but even further back, in his first published adventures, Batman ''killed'' people, and had no problems whatsoever using a gun. While it is understandable, given both the time period, as well as that this was just the first incarnation of the character, it's still a far cry from the Batman known by most people today.
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: Like you wouldn't believe.{{context}}
* [[Chest Insignia]]: Either it's just a Bat logo, or the Bat logo in a yellow circle
* [[The Chessmaster]]: One of the most intelligent superheroes and an utterly brilliant tactician. If you don't have a superpower then improve your smarts instead.
* [[Clear My Name]]: An occupational hazard of having dubious PR, plot of the major storyline ''Bruce Wayne: Murderer?'' and ''Bruce Wayne: Fugitive''.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]{{context}}
* [[The Comically Serious]]: Especially in storylines featuring the JLA.
* [[Cool Car]], [[Cool Plane]], [[Cool Boat]], and [[Cool Garage]]{{context}}
* [[Covered with Scars]]: His body is often shown to be covered in scars from his multiple fights.
* [[The Cowl]]{{context}}
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: A good thing for the most part,{{context}} but unfortunately this led him to create the rogue program [[
* [[Creepy Good]]: Some interpretations of [[Batman]]'s membership in the [[Justice League]] are portrayed this way. Everyone has their seat at the table, and Batman's off in a corner being quiet (if you notice him at all).
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]{{context}}
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: With the obvious, but also with Jezebel Jet, Lady Shiva (well, maybe that was more UST), Talia Al Ghul and a few others. He's well aware of his penchant for this trope and it's actually an important plot point in ''R.I.P.''
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Sometimes. For example, from his DCAU iteration:
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* [[Death Glare]]: Quite famous for using these.{{context}}
* [[Death Is Cheap]]:
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: Having a seventy-year history will result in ''massive'' amounts of this.
* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: Post [[Golden Age]]. Missiles, lasers, and other things, particularly weapons systems mounted on his vehicles, seem to be fair game, as long as they don't resemble pistols. {{spoiler|He'll also pick up a gun under extremely dire circumstances, such as shooting Darkseid in order to save the universe.}}
* [[Double Consciousness]]{{context}}
* [[The Dreaded]]: Is feared even by many superpowered criminals and those who don't fear [[Superman]].
* [[Elseworlds]]: Batman has had quite a few Elseworld stories about him, but the one that was most memorable (and actually influenced the mainstream Batman and the comics medium in general) was [[The Dark Knight Returns]]. That besides, he may be the single most popular subject of Elseworlds tales.
* [[Escape Artist]]: Go find a collection of Batman comics and count the number of times he's successfully escaped a trap. We'll wait.{{context|reason=I don't have time to visit the USA and do that. Stop waiting and just tell me already.}}
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: {{spoiler|In ''[[Final Crisis]]'', Darkseid blasted Batman with the Omega Sanction and puts Bruce in a loop of horrible lives.}}
* [[Fiction 500]]{{context}}
* [[Foe Yay]]: He has this with most of his Rogues Gallery. But no one else gets as much as the Joker does.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: One of the most intelligent heroes in comics and can stand toe-to-toe with many superpowered characters.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Part of what makes him such an excellent tactician.
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: In the comic book world, he's the epitome of the trope.{{context}}
* [[Grandfather Clause]]: Probably{{verify}} one of the only characters to not get laughed at for placing "Bat" in front of his equipment.
** Though in recent years{{when}} he has done this a lot less. He refers to the Batmobile and Batcave as "The car" and "The cave", and it's his sidekicks who employ the funny names. He does still call his favored weapons "Batarangs", though.
* [[Grappling Hook Gun]]{{context}}
* [[Guile Hero]]: Oh yea.{{context}} He's one of the sharpest heroes in DC universe of them all. Of course, if you lack superpowers than make them up with wits and smarts. There's a reason why he's called the "World's Greatest Detective".
* [[He's Back]]: And HOW.{{context}} After his adventures to get back to the present, Batman is back in the saddle and ready to give Dr. Hurt the beat-down of his life.
* [[Honest Corporate Executive]]: His Bruce persona is generally portrayed this way.
* [[Identity Impersonator]]: He's probably done it as much as [[Superman]]!
* [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies]]: Has been forced to give up many a love interest because of this.
* [[I Work Alone]]: ''Suuuure'' you do.{{context}}
* [[Jack of All Trades]]: Among the members of the Bat-Family, Bruce is this in terms of overall ability (at least when writers aren't going full-on 'Bat-God' mode). He isn't the natural acrobat or leader Dick Grayson is, he doesn't have the level of [[Magical Database|computer and intel-gathering skills]] Oracle has, he lacks Cassandra Cain's [[Charles Atlas Superpower|incredible martial arts ability]], and even admitted to himself that Tim Drake would eventually surpass him as the World's Greatest Detective. But the fact that he is still very good in all such fields allow him to more then pull his own weight whatever the circumstance. Fairly reasonable, considering the [[Game Breaker|implications]] that would result in him actually being the best at everything.
** Nevertheless, he still outdoes them as a [[The Strategist|strategist]] and [[Batman Gambit|tactician]].
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* [[Jerkass]]: Four words - [[Frank Miller|I'm the Goddamn Batman!]]
** [[Jerkass Facade]]/[[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: ... though he is most consistently portrayed as this.
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]{{context}}
* [[Latex Perfection]]: He's ripped off masks to reveal his entire costume underneath, ears and all.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: He even screws up ''tuna sandwiches''.
* [[Morality Chain]]: Jim Gordon has pulled him back from the brink of [[Knight Templar
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Bruce has had a few, although he believes that every failure he encounters is his fault. The top five that stick out most though are (in chronological order): The "creation" of [[The Joker]], [[The Long Halloween|the descent of Harvey Dent to Two-Face]], Jason Todd and his death, losing control of Gotham's gangs during ''War Games'' that lead to the torture of Stephanie Brown and forced her to flee, and allowing his suspicions of his fellow supers to overcome him and building Brother Eye, which then hi-jacked by Max Lord and led to the death of [[Blue Beetle|Ted Kord]].
* [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]: Ever wonder why Azrael (AKA Batman [[II/Az Bats|Az Bats]]) was brought in? It was due to Bats demonstrating way too much of this trope in the eighties (''[[The Killing Joke]]'' is a prime example).
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: His guise as Bruce Wayne pretty much demands it.
** [[Depending on the Writer]], Bruce Wayne is still a well-respected philanthropist and (occasionally) scientist. It's just he's also an international playboy.
* [[Offhand Backhand]]{{context}}
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]{{context}}
* [[Orphan's Ordeal]]: He watched his parents die as a kid
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: According to fandom, he's this.
** Pretty much canon when Batgirl III was dating Superboy.
* [[Pet The Dog]]:
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Don't hurt his sidekicks. That's all.▼
** After Booster Gold goes back in time to save Blue Beetle and has to allow him to die to repair the timeline Batman offers sympathy to Booster and tells him he is there to listen if Booster ever needs to talk.
** There was once a story in which Batman was protecting a baby where he risked his identity being known so the baby would have a normal life with their parents.
▲* [[Papa Wolf]]: Don't hurt his sidekicks. That's all.{{context}}
** [[Friend to All Children]]: Don't hurt kids, period.
** Hurt his actual, biological son? He'll water board you. With acid.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: HIS PARENTS ARE <s>DEAD</s> ''[[Memetic Mutation|DEEAAAAAAAD!!!]]''
* [[Parental Substitute]]: You may be discerning a theme there.{{context}}
* [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]]: Batarangs ''have got to be'' related to [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America's]] shield.{{verify}}
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Bruce Wayne is the poster boy, though the trope was recognizable in pulp before him.▼
* [[Red Baron]]: The Batman has been known by the following nicknames: The Caped Crusader, the Masked Manhunther, the Darknight Detective which would evolve into his most distinctive title - the Dark Knight.▼
▲* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Bruce Wayne is the poster boy.
* [[Roof Hopping]]: One of his many specialties.
* [[Rogues Gallery]]: One of the most recognizable in all of comics.
* [[Secret Identity Identity]]{{context}}
* [[Shadow Archetype]]: Of [[Superman]]. Most of his rogues are ones of himself.
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]:
* [[The Smart Guy]]: When he's with the Justice League. Not so much on his home turf, where everyone he hangs out with is ''also'' a genius.
** Though [[Fridge Logic]] sets in when Superman is supposed to be super-intelligent. Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern have a lot more experience with aliens, Wonder Woman's been on earth the longest, The Flash is a scientist and Aquaman has a comprehensive knowledge of everything water-related. Probably he's the only one who'll 1) look into actual criminology and 2) remember to think things through.
** Superman is not currently{{when}} super-intelligent in canon (he was during the Silver Age canon); Wonder Woman may have been on Earth the longest but was mostly on Paradise Island and until the present times has little experience with people other than Greek mythology and Amazons; and The Flash is a forensic scientist (not skilled in all forms of science like Batman). Batman knows a lot about many topics, including
** There's also that Bruce Wayne is simply one of the smartest people on Earth. His only real intellectual peers outside of his own family of geniuses seem to be Lex Luthor and Mr. Terrific, who are themselves perhaps the first and second most intelligent human beings alive.
▲* [[
* [[Socially Awkward Hero]]: Social skills isn't one of his strong points. He doesn't seem to know how to behave like a [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]] as Bruce Wayne.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Possibly the [[Trope Codifier]].{{context}}
* [[The Strategist]]: He has no peer as a combat strategist and plan-maker in [[The DCU]]. Quite simply, if Batman cooks up a plan, it's probably the BEST plan.
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]{{context}}
* [[Super Reflexes]]: Acquired through training.
* [[The Team Normal]]: In superhero ensembles.
* [[Terror Hero]]{{context}}
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Nearly every version has this, a notable exception being the Burton movies. Of course, [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]] is in full effect.
** Other exceptions include anyone who is truly immortal, such as Solomon Grundy or Clayface. Lethal force is necessary against them, but they can come back from even the worst of blows. And when Batman does have to exchange blows with Darkseid, you can damn well bet that Batman is doing is absolute best to hurt the bastard.
* [[Two First Names]]{{context}}
* [[Underwear of Power]]: Just like [[Superman]]. Attempts to "update" his look hold better than those done to Superman (as emphasizing the utility belt can serve their artistic function of breaking up his body) though haven't stayed around that long.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: He might not show much emotion, but his attack on the Joker in ''Hush'' is one of the few times that he does. And it's not pretty to look at (the art itself was gorgeous, though).
* [[Warrior Therapist]]{{context}}
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Battle Boomerang|Batarangs]] are his signature weapons.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: He ''does'' say it. It's just that he only says it when you've been ''perfect''.
* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]: From his family fortune. An analysis on the history of said wonderful toys can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130915053513/http://www.comics101.com/comics101//?mode=project&action=view&project=Comics%20101&chapter=53 here.]
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Well, not ''first'' but if she's coming at him with the intent to fight or kill him, she's fair game.
* [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child]]: A good way to make him pissed off for real is to hurt or threaten children in front of him.
== Alfred Pennyworth ==
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During several critical junctures in Batman's career, Alfred was the key factor in his survival. A master surgeon, Alfred was almost always the one to patch him back up after particularly gruesome battles, since Batman couldn't very well simply go to the hospital. Alfred can be said to be the closest thing to a father figure that Bruce has - his advice is the often the only one that Bruce gives a second thought about. Or, as Michael Caine has said, he's more of the replacement mother figure in contrast with Gordon's replacement father.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: His full name is Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth.
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Battle Butler]]: Perhaps the ur-example.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Drop What You Are Doing]]: When he sees that Stephanie Brown is still alive, he drops a tea tray. Steph comments that it's good to see him lose his cool demeanor.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: In addition to the change in appearance, his last name was "Beagle" in the earliest stories. It was retconned to "Pennyworth" in 1969.
* [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]: Subverted; the pencil mustache that he's normally portrayed with is usually associated with villains.
* [[The Jeeves]]: What do you expect from one of the most classic butlers in existence?
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* [[Old Retainer]]
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Openly acknowledged in a holo-message Bruce left to play in the event of his death. He refers to Alfred as his father and thanks him for raising him.
* [[Retired Badass]]: Former S.A.S soldier who still can kick ass if he wants to. Also has been a pilot, fencing champion, and/or boxer, depending on the continuity.
* [[Secret Keeper]]
* [[Servile Snarker]]: We actually considered naming this trope after him.
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=== Robin I / '''Nightwing''' / Batman III (Richard "Dick" Grayson) ===
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=== Robin II / '''Red Hood II''' / Red Robin I (Jason Todd) ===
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: type IV in his solo series, Type V or even an [[Anti-Villain]] when a heel.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: One of the key reasons to his newfound popularity among readers after his ressurection.
* [[Back
* [[Black Sheep]]
* [[Costume Copycat]]: There has always been someone using the costume before Jason. Dick Grayson as Robin I, the Joker as Red Hood I, and [[Kingdom Come]] Grayson as the first Red Robin.<ref>Though, technically, Jason was the first New Earth Red Robin.</ref> ''[[Red Hood and the Outlaws]]'' even reveals that his current costume is actually one of Grayson's.
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: After being resurrected for real, one of his first acts is to take vengeance on the Joker (who killed him) and Batman (who he's mad at for not killing Joker).
* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: Jason's [[Armor-Piercing Question]] about why Batman's [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|One Rule]] should have an exception for the Joker:
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* [[Street Urchin]]
* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]
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=== Robin III / '''Red Robin III''' (Timothy "Tim" Drake) ===
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*** Hell, even when Wonder Girl took over leadership, everyone still treated Tim like he was the one in charge.
* Irony: When he was a member of [[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]], the editors of the Bat-family comics only allowed him in after denying his entry into the tried and true [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]] because they were trying to keep the Bat-family separate from the rest of DC. For a while, ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]'' was the only non-Bat-family book he would ever appear in. Cue the [[New 52]], post-Flashpoint, and Tim's only book is ''Teen Titans'', and you'd be hard-pressed to find an appearance of him in Bat-family comics past a brief cameo in Scott Snyder's first issue of ''Batman''. So whereas before you'd only ever see him in Batman comics, now you can't find him at all.
** To put this into perspective, the cover and solicit for the ''Batman: The Dark Knight'' tie-in issue to the May 2012 ''Night of the Owls'' crossover featured him prominently. {{spoiler|He is in all of '''ONE''' panel. And he doesn't even have dialogue!}}
* [[Legacy Character]]: The third Robin, obviously. Following ''Battle for the Cowl'', Tim has taken up the role of ''Red Robin'' like Jason before him, now that the General is in jail.
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: In stark contrast to the [[DCAU]] version, which was more based on Jason Todd.
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Just after the Black Glove fiasco, an old enemy, The General (who is an intelligent adolescent supervillain), returned to Gotham, terrorizing it under the Red Robin moniker. In an attempt to get him to surrender peacefully, Tim got the General's family (mother, father, and two siblings) to come. While his parents were trying to calm him down, one of the bombs that the General had hidden detonated, killing the both of his siblings. Tim blames himself as he brought the family into the situation in the first place.
* [[Name's the Same]]: The name "Red Robin" sure would sound more intimidating if it weren't the name of a fast food franchise. ''Especially'' if their slogan weren't:
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Left alone for most of his childhood, then mother died and father died and stepmother disappeared soon after he took the job.
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: One of the catchphrases of Young Justice was "We can tell you were trained by the world's greatest detective" said by any character when Tim points out something obvious.
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** It's been [[Retcon]]-ned that Dick wore the revised version of the costume (or something very similar to it) for winter missions.
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World]]: At first, his career as [[Robin]] was a part-time endeavor. Following the deaths of his parents at the hands of [[Flash]] rogue Captain Boomerang, he was adopted by Bruce and became Robin full time until Dick kicked him out of the position.
* [[Working with the Ex]]: His relationship with Stephanie Brown ended pretty badly right before she took up the mantle of the fourth Batgirl and him becoming Red Robin. Now, whenever they run into each other (or sometimes, forced to work together), old feelings are surfaced.
** Lampshaded when Tim acknowledges the original Robin/Batgirl (Dick/Barbara) sexual tension when he sees Stephanie in her Batgirl costume. It doesn't help that Dick/Barbara are also currently in the [[Working with the Ex|same situation]] as Tim/Stephanie.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: In ''Batman'' #626, Tim, in order to get to a dead body held at Gotham General Hospital, briefly took up the identity of Caroline Hill. Despite his complaints, the disguise is [http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g108/ladymirth/Batman626Pyrate-DCPpg10.jpg pretty] [http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g108/ladymirth/Batman626Pyrate-DCPpg11.jpg effective], [http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g108/ladymirth/Batman626Pyrate-DCPpg12.jpg alright]. [[Attractive Bent Gender]], indeed.
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=== '''Robin V''' / Batman IV (Damian Wayne) ===
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** His giving Colin/Abuse the Cycle Of Abuse, as a roundabout way of thanking him for his assistance.
** In ''Batman'' #666, he owns a cat that he named Alfred.
* [[Punctuated!
* [[Redemption Demotion]]: He's still as agile and intelligent as he was when he first appeared, it's just the fact that he can't kill tends to render most of the stratagems he was taught moot; cue many beatdowns.
* [[Reckless Sidekick]]: His superiority complex from his League of Assassins training and being Batman's son has made him a very reckless child, but he's [[Character Development|developing]] out of it.
* [[Royal Brat]]: Alright, technically he's not royalty, but his maternal grandfather is Ra's Al Ghul and his father is ''Batman''.
* [[Shadow Archetype]]: His composition makes him basically one to the entire Bat Clan (Bruce's age when his quest for vengeance began wit h many of the skills he would come to acquire but none of the maturity, Dick's being formally trained before being Robin with the loving parents replaced with sinister assassins, Jason's violent tendencies, Tim's intelligence minus the patience and rationale to utilize it properly, and, as mentioned above, Cassandra's general origin of being raised by the League of Assassins, minus [[The Spartan Way|all the stuff that]] [[Training
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Subverted, he really is as deadly as he says... he's just not allowed to kill.
* [[Sour Supporter]]: He'll sneer and chide to the moon, but he rarely disobeys an order.
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=== '''Batgirl I''' / Oracle (Barbara "Babs" Gordon) ===
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=== Batgirl III / '''Black Bat''' (Cassandra Cain) ===
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Another Man's Terror]]: Turned her good and inspired her [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]] attitude because of her body-reading ability. Death was just scary.
* [[Anti-Hero Substitute]]: Subverted. Despite her upbringing in comparison to Barbara, she is very much [[The Cape (trope)]].
* [[A Real Man Is a Killer]]: subversion.
* [[The Atoner]]: More or less her entire motivation is to make up for her first kill.
* [[Badass]]: Incarnate. Quite possibly more [[Badass]] than ''Batman'', if you are [[Beyond the Impossible|prepared to believe it.]] At the very least, she is more than capable of ''kicking his ass'', and on one or two occasions actually '''has''' kicked his ass!
* [[Book Dumb]]: Originally, she barely was able to speak and couldn't read at all (she had trouble reading the words ''it was''). Now, she knows Navajo Code!
* [[The Cape (trope)]]: Espoused the virtues of not killing while bleeding to death from a knife in the chest.
* [[Cass Toons]]: Created because of the Fan Outrage.
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]
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* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Just because she won't kill doesn't mean she won't stop your heart with pressure strikes so you understand what death will be like. She'll restart it afterwards, but...
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Originally, her urge to not kill was even stronger than Bruce's. To be fair, she began to question her stance at the end of her series.
* [[Training
* [[Twofer Token Minority]] - Dyslexic, half-Vietnamese woman. Well, formerly dyslexic anyway.
* [[Tyke Bomb]]
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=== Spoiler / Robin IV / Batgirl IV (Stephanie Brown) ===
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* [[Pettanko]]: According to Damian. Though while not quite at [[Most Common Superpower]] level, she isn't exactly ''lacking''...
** He implies that she pads her bras.
*** Damian's lying. As anybody who remembers the original ROBIN title<ref>Most particularly issue #58, which shows us what she looks like when awakened in the middle of the night wearing only pajamas.</ref> knows full well, Steph is ''stacked''.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Very much so. She is referred to by Batman as the most hopeful of his organization, and a [[What Could Have Been]] scene shows her as a Blue Lantern.
* [[Retcon]] She did die, and then she didn't.
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Although rather sexist by our standards (she had a utility ''purse''!), Kathy and her niece, the original Bat-Girl, were fairly popular back in the fifties and sixties. So, of course, when the [[Dark Age]] ensued, she, her niece, and a handful of other characters were wiped from the Caped Crusader's life (it's actually more complicated than that, as Kathy existed on both Earth-1 and Earth-2, and when ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' is brought into the equation...)
Come the [[Modern Age]], Kathy has been revamped as Katherine "Kate" Kane, a lesbian and a Jew who is much less of a [[Distaff Counterpart]] to Batman. During the [[
Previous to her series, in ''52'', DC had some trouble fleshing out the character. She was basically a [[Lipstick Lesbian]] with [[Combat Stilettos]]. However, when she got her own series, both these traits were promptly dropped. While Kate is definitely not butch, she does wear her hair short out of costume and insists on wearing tuxedos to dances. She also now wears practical flats in costume. Now the tropes that define Kate are:
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* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Following the trend of the Bat-family, if the not the entire comic book genre, Terry is a handsome guy with a troubled past.
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: Terry likes to talk when he's kicking your ass.
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: In the early 00's, there was brief talk at Warner Brothers of possibly making a live action ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' movie to reboot the Batman franchise but the idea was passed over for ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|Batman Begins]]'' instead.
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* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Implied in her appearance in the ''Hawk and Dove Annual'', by Dove's analysis of her personality that she's actually a lonely and depressed girl desperate for company and contact with others.
* [[Took a Level
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Almost got featured, alongside Beast Boy and a host of other 1970s characters, in a spin-off called ''Titans L.A.'' As Bat-Girl, she was initially set to be part of the main '70s ''Teen Titans'' team and be involved in a love triangle with Robin and Duela Dent, but DC pulled the plug on the title before Bob Rozakis could get to those plans.
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* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Subverted for [[The Shrink|Brian Bryan]], though he has stated concerning Lilhy, "If I were twenty years younger..."
* [[Canon Discontinuity]]: Jean-Paul Valley stated at the end of the ''Batman: Sword of Azrael'' mini-series that he and his father shared the same name. However, according to Azrael: Year One, his father's name was Ludovic Valley. This could be explained as simply Jean-Paul being mistaken, considering his [["Well Done, Son" Guy|somewhat strained relationship with his father]]... [[Brutal Honesty|or the writer forgot]].
* [[Doing
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Jean-Paul Valley had two [[Flaming Sword|flaming blade things]] on his wrists. See picture.
* [[Exiled From Continuity]]: Mostly because the book only had one creative team for its entire run. To [[X Ray|this troper's]] knowledge, Jean-Paul Valley has never appeared in another book aside from his own that was not a Bat-book, with the sole exceptions of ''[[Blackest Night]]'' #1 & #4 and the frankly obscure ''Plus'' #1. Also partially because a lot of people hate him for some reason.
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* [[Mask of Power]]: After a fashion for Jean-Paul - only his Azrael persona (see [[Split Personality]] entry below) has his ''[[Badass]]'' combat skills, and he can only activate this persona by putting on his Azrael mask.
* [[Mass "Oh Crap"]]: All of the Azrael's are ''very'' good at instigating these. Take this example found in ''Plus'' #1, were Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) teams up with [[The Question]]:
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'''[[Western Terrorists|Terrorists:]]''' (''[[Mass "Oh Crap"]] expressions'')<br />
(''[[Curb Stomp Battle]] ensues'') }}
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** A ''lot'', actually. Notably one of the first to actually be treated as... ''bad''.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Ninja Angel Knight Vigilante ]]: Frequently lampshaded in Jean-Paul Valley's early days. In the words of the [[Hitman]]:
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* [[No Social Skills]]: Jean-Paul Valley suffers from this.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Lilhy couldn't take any of Jean-Paul's hints, so the poor guy just gave up.
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** A third, though less developed, personality is Batman. This personality manifested during Jean-Paul's stint at the Caped Crusader, and remanifested near the end of his series. It combined the intellect of Jean-Paul Valley and the bloodlust of Azrael, but lacked the compassion of Jean-Paul.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Jean-Paul's inability to pull this off during his [[Anti-Hero Substitute|stint as Batman]] was Commissioner Gordon's first clue that there was a new Batman in town. The below scene doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].
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'''Azbats:''' Something wrong, Commissioner?
'''Gordon:''' You're still ''here''.
'''Azbats:''' [[Did Not Do the Research|So?]]<br />
'''Gordon:''' ''Usually'' I turn and you're gone.<br />
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* [[Two Guys and a Girl]]: Jean-Paul Valley, Brian Bryan, and Sister Lilhy, again.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With [[Nightwing]].
* [[Voice with an Internet Connection]]: [[
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Played straight. Jean-Paul had ''terrible'' issues with both his real father, Ludovic Valley, and his adoptive father figure, [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]]. The elder Valley had always been distant from Jean-Paul, and rarely even saw him, let alone had extended interactions with him. Even in Jean-Paul's "system" induced dreams and visions, Ludovic is condescending and unsatisfied with Jean-Paul's actions. But then again, it was revealed in Azrael: Year One that Ludovic was actually trying to get him to safety, away from the Order of St. Dumas when he mentioned the instructions, so maybe he wasn't such a bad father. And then there's ''Batman.'' Imagine if ''your'' father was Batman. (Maybe Jean-Paul could identify with Damian) Indeed, their relationship has been compared to a very athletic father looking down on an intelligent but physically lacking son. On the other hand, Jean-Paul's father issues led him to [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|identify with a lot of the villains he fought]].
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Jean-Paul Valley got this with Sister Lilhy a lot.
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=== '''Batwing''' (David Zavimbe) ===
David Zavimbe was a child soldier from the fictional city of Tinasha who's parents both died of AIDS. He and his younger brother Isaac were drafted into General Keita's army at a young age, and soon became prodigies in the art of murder. Disgusted by all the needless bloodshed, David eventually fled the soldier life and became an honest cop in Tinasha, doing everything he could to uphold the law. Once Bruce Wayne announced the Batman, Incorporated initiative, David became one of his hand-picked recruits.
Batwing first debuted in 2011, with the fifth issue of the first volume of Batman, Incorporated. He was one of the latest recruits to Batman's cause of combating the combined forces of Leviathan and Doctor Dedalus. He was seemingly killed by a legion of Talia al Ghul's Man-Bats in the one-shot Leviathan Strikes!, but was given his own ongoing series in the New 52.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: {{spoiler|His brother Isaac, now known as the mercenary Massacre.}}
* [[A Real Man Is a Killer]]: subversion.
* [[The Atoner]]: Fights crime to make up for his actions as a child soldier.
* [[Badass Boast]]: "I am Batwing, and I'm going to beat you until you can't stand up."
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