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** [[Badass Baritone]]: Provided by Kevin Conroy in ''Arkham Asylum'', ''Arkham City'', and ''Arkham Knight'', while Roger Craig Smith voiced him in ''Arkham Origins''.
** [[Badass in Distress]]: {{spoiler|Temporarily when captured by the Joker in the beginning of Arkham City, sort of the entirety of the game on a smaller scale, and definitely during his capture by Harley in "Harley Quinn's Revenge".}}
** [[Badass Normal]]: He has no powers, unlike several of his enemies (Poison Ivy. Killer Croc), relying on intense training and a keen mind (and shitloads of money) to see him through his war on Gotham's criminal elements.
** [[Badass Cape]]: Which allows him to glide.
* [[Cape Wings]]: How he glides.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
** [[Midnight Blue Eyes]]
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* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: Capable of tossing thugs around effortlessly, grabbing heavy items that are tossed at him and hurling them right back, and can go toe-to-toe with Titan-enhanced criminals as well.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Batman only has [[Thou Shall Not Kill|one rule]]. Everything else is fair game.
* [[The Cowl]]: There's a reason he provides the page image.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: He secretly built a Batcave underneath Arkham Asylum just in case something were to happen there. Oracle is particularly surprised, resulting in the situation being [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]];
{{quote|'''Oracle''': How did you keep this a secret?
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* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: He can even keep inventions he jury-rigs himself on the fly (the REC) or gets from others (the Freeze Blasts and Freeze Clusters) on him, even though his utility belt isn't even built for that.
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: He's no stranger to these as this is standard procedure when handling Riddler's informants. He also ends up removing Mr. Freeze's life-support system when Freeze won't tell him how to deactivate his weapons.
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]: As the above image shows.
* {{spoiler|[[Master Swordsman]]: Wields Talia's scimitar against Clayface.}}
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: He's not as fast as [[Catwoman]], [[Robin]], or [[Nightwing]], but he's much stronger and has higher maximum upgraded [[Body Armor as Hit Points|body armor]].
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: [[Memetic Mutation|''HIS PARENTS ARE'' '''''DEEAAAAAAAD!!!''''']]
* [[Parental Substitute]]: To Robin, Which Strange analyzes in the Catwoman tapes.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Not all the time, but by ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'', that '''is''' his normal mood setting now.
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: His façade as Bruce Wayne is this.
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: It's implied that being injected with Joker's blood is taking a toll on Batman's sanity. For starters, when he defeated Mr. Freeze, he hallucinates Joker's laughing head on Freeze's body.
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* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Is an absolutely evil dick and takes a lot of pride in it.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Let's see: he organized the development of a secret Titan project, arranged for the supervillains he needed to be at Arkham during his plan, arranged for Blackgate to be burned down, and planned his own recapture and escape, doing most of this from his own jail cell. After his escape, he manipulated Batman into wandering around Arkham until he was ready for their final confrontation.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: He's got no problem with fighting dirty, be it poking out eyes, using guns, an extendable boxing glove or anything else.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Easily the nastiest of Batman's enemies by far.
* [[Create Your Own Villain]]: The only consistent thing in all his back stories is Batman.
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* [[Happily Married]]: One of the Joker mooks will mention that he heard that Joker and Harley Quinn got married, whereas the other mentioned that he heard that he dumped her several months ago. Given the fact that she's present with the Joker, {{spoiler|not to mention that Quinn (might be) pregnant with what is implied to be Joker's child}}, it's implied that the former part was true, and more or less outright stated in '"Harley Quinn's Revenge" when Quinn calls herself {{spoiler|a widow}}.
** [[Unholy Matrimony]]
* [[The Hyena]]: He never misses a chance to laugh manically.
* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: As stated in the [[Trojan Prisoner]] section, this is the reason he was able to take over Arkham Asylum in the first game. Also done in the second game, where {{spoiler|Clayface}} Joker seemed to give up easily in three knockdowns and claim that Batman won, only for him to then realize that he meant that Batman should beat him and his goons (including Mr. Hammer and a titan-laced mook).
* [[Joke Character]]: Not so much in the combat challenges, but in the predator ones, you're gonna have to bring your a-game between not using gargoyles and having to stand still while using the x-ray glasses.
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* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: In ''Arkham City'', Catwoman's suit is zipped down to the point where her whole cleavage and her stomach can be seen at some angles. Downplayed in ''Arkham Knight'', her suit is still unzipped, but her cleavage is much less visible.
** [[Vapor Wear]]: She is obviously not wearing a bra.▼
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]: Can be played as during certain parts in the story if you have her DLC installed.
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: Her alternate costumes are [[Batman: The Animated Series|Animated]] and [[The Long Halloween]].
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* [[Caltrops]]: Can be used to trip up enemies.
* [[Ceiling Cling]]: One of the things that sets her apart from Batman.
* [[Classy Cat Burglar]]: As is tradition.
* [[Combat Stilettos]]: A part of her costume.
* [[Dance Battler]]: Tends to use an almost dance-like martial art when fighting.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: While she's still not evil, her actions show that her morals aren't that up to par yet. She even comments about when she started getting a conscience and actually hesitated whether to let Batman die or not.
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* [[Green Eyes]]: The game made them particularly striking.
* [[Moral Dilemma]] <--> [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]. While Batman isn't exactly her ''friend'', she does meet this trope twice. The first one, subtly, consisted of helping/saving him when he was confronting the Joker or getting into the vault. It wasn't difficult. The second one was much more grave, and she either had to save Batman from the verge of death or get out of Arkham City with the loot she recently gained. She placed more consideration for this decision.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Skintight outfit? Check. [[Absolute Cleavage]]? Check. Flirtatious nature? Check.
* [[Murderous Thighs]]: She tends to use them during her take-down animations.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: To Holly Robinson. In her interview tapes, Hugo Strange draws parallels between her relationship with Holly to Batman's relationship with Robin.
* [[Pungeon Master]]: Cat puns a-plenty, "purrrfect" being one of them.
* [[Sensual Spandex]]: Wears this kind of costume.
* [[She Fu]]: She's quite agile in combat.
* {{spoiler|[[Spanner in the Works]]: If you choose to leave Arkham City in her third episode, Batman dies, Joker escapes, and Gotham is doomed. Her intervention is what derails the villain's plot.}}
* [[The Tease]]: Mainly towards Batman.
* [[Third-Person Seductress]]: Whenever you play as her.
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: She seems to hide the palm pilot, that she had stolen from Two-Face, from Batman this way.
* [[Whip It Good]]: Her whip is her main weapon, which she can also use to swing between buildings.
* [[Wolverine Claws]]: Two-Face will no doubt [[Eye Scream|vouch for that]].
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Most of her moves would fit right in Lucha Libra style matches like her frankensteiner take down.
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* [[Action Genre Hero Guy]]: He's American, has the token buzzcut, and is a [[Deadpan Snarker]] 9 times out of 10, suiting the bill easily for this trope.
* [[Adaptational Badass
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: His [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] costumes include [[Batman: The Animated Series|Animated]] and [[Kingdom Come|Red Robin]].
* [[Badass Cape]]: Though less badass and versatile of a cape than Batman's, his still is used in stun maneuvers and gliding.
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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Well, he has been trained by [[Batman]]. And he ''really'' likes whacking people with that staff of his.
* [[Composite Character]]: He ''is'' Tim Drake, but his character design is a combination of his original costume and Damian's. He also has a shaved head like Adult!Damian. His [["Well Done, Son" Guy|coping]] with Batman's [[Jerkass|tendencies towards callousness]] echoes Dick Grayson's own issues prior to making the shift to [[Nightwing]].
* [[Domino Mask]]: Much like all Robins, Tim's mask just covers the outlines of his eyes and nothing else.
* [[Expecting Someone Taller]]: Inverted. One of the cops he rescues from Harley comments that he expected Robin to be ''shorter''.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: [[Mythology Gag|Robin]] [[Visual Pun|Hood]].<ref>In his very first appearance, Dick Grayson said his name was "Robin, as in Robin Hood...not robbing hoods!"... hey, it was [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|1940]]</ref>
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: ''In spades''. Playing him in the Challenge maps makes Batman feel like a sluggish tank and Catwoman underpowered.
* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]: His staff has a built-in shield that can block bullets and steam, though the former is not indefinitely.
** [[Shield-Bash]]: He can also hit enemies with it.▼
* [[One-Scene Wonder|One Scene Boy Wonder]]: Appears in one single cutscene of the game's story, in which he takes down two of the League of Assassin's members confronting Batman, before being given a sample of Bruce's blood to analyze and being told he's needed in Gotham while Batman deals with Arkham City
** Gets more screentime in the ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' DLC. While you do play as Batman for a good amount of time, a lot of the focus is on him {{spoiler|due to Batman's [[Badass in Distress]] status.}}
* [[Sidekick]]: As per tradition with Robin, he is this to Batman.
* [[Simple Staff]]: Noted because Tim Drake is often touted as the best staff user in DC. It shows in his combat.
* [[Smoke Out]]: Much like his mentor, Robin can throw one smoke bomb per stealth section.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Seems to give off that vibe - he tries to act cool and bold around Batman, but every time he sounds very deflated when he doesn't thank him nor {{spoiler|doesn't act glad when he thought his sidekick was dead just moments ago.}}
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: When fighting Harley in the comic.
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* [[Dance Battler]]: Not ''quite'' as much as [[She Fu|Catwoman]], but much more so than [[Mighty Glacier|Batman]] or [[Simple Staff|Robin]].
* [[Domino Mask]]: Though his is a bit bigger and more stylized than the usual kind.
* [[Downloadable Content]]: In ''Arkham City'', he is a downloadable playable character with his own unique traits (inability to glide, usage of Wrist Darts, etc).
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Escrima sticks.
* [[Flash Step]]: An odd quirk in his attack animations coupled with the speed of his combos will have him, when fighting multiple enemies in Free-flow combat, occasionally hit an enemy, then take a single step that transports him across the room (sometimes up to 30 ft or so) to throw a jab at another enemy, and then take another step and zoom right back to hit a different enemy. (Batman or Catwoman would distinctly take flying leaps or bounds in the same situation.) With enough enemies spaced out, [[Hilarity Ensues|well...]]
* [[Grappling Hook Gun]]: Identically to other members of the Batfamily, he happens to have a Batclaw of his own with no notable difference.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
* [[Offhand Backhand]]: One of his counters involves doing this to two thugs at once by jabbing them both in the gut with his escrima sticks.
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* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Her outfits in ''Asylum'' and ''City'' bared her belly, while she appears to be a bit more covered up in ''Knight''. This doesn't come up at all in ''Origins'' due to her still being a psychiatrist.
* [[Big Bad]]: Of ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'''s "Harley Quinn's Revenge" [[Downloadable Content]].
▲** [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: In the DLC "Harley Quinn's Revenge," she actually becomes a lot ''more'' evil than before, and apparently she either let her natural brunette haircolor out, or she dyed it black. It's back to blond in ''Arkham Knight'' though.
* [[Bound and Gagged]]: {{spoiler|Talia managed to find her and take the cure from her before she could get it to Joker. It seems she decided to leave her this way afterwards. If the player finds her, they can have fun gagging and ungagging her and listening to her reactions.}}
* [[Critical Psychoanalysis Failure]]: The tapes of her "curing" the Joker. The first of her tapes though is her applying for the job, where she says she's so fascinated by the powerful villains that end up in Arkham. And Arkham still hired her. Presumably because all competent Doctors recognized the pattern and applied for jobs anywhere else, and because she was probably competent during her time in Blackgate.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Her attempt to fight Batman after all her [[Mooks]] were taken out in Arkham Asylum ended with one move on Batman's part, and her first appearance in Arkham City goes much the same way.
* [[Cutscene Boss]]: Less so in "Harley Quinn's Revenge", though, where Robin at least has to take some effort in order to take her down, akin to Catwoman fighting Two-Face.
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** [[Dragon Ascendant]]: Although Joker is still the leader of the gang, she has to run the gang until he recovers. After {{spoiler|Joker's death}}, she becomes the full leader of the gang. It's also implied that the gang under her leadership had actually decreased its popularity, with a lot of them considering defection from the group.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Though she does have her smart moments, such as {{spoiler|being able to successfully kill Doctor Young with a hidden bomb after Batman saves her from Zsasz.}}
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Her trademark hairstyle.
* [[Goth]]: Her new look in the "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DLC for the second game.
* [[Hand Cannon]]: Sports an absolutely massive one in "Harley's Revenge" that seems to operate like a one-handed [[Grenade Launcher]]. {{spoiler|Batman [[Taking the Bullet]] for a cop she's trying to kill with it is how he's knocked out and captured}}.
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* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: All of her outfits in the series have one, and her character profile in the first game depicts her traditional jester look as having one too.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: In the first game, she's voiced by her original voice actor, Arleen Sorkin, whereas in the other ones, she's played by [[Tara Strong]].
* [[Perky Female Minion]]: Wouldn't be Harley otherwise.
* [[Promoted to Playable]]: Is set to receive her own challenge maps in ''Arkham Knight''.
* [[Psycho Psychologist]]: She was the therapist for the Joker and ended up falling completely in love with him, quickly becoming his sidekick.
* [[Revenge]]: Her motivation towards Batman after {{spoiler|Joker's death}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Someone to Remember Him By]]: Villainous example. By the end of Arkham City, Joker's dead... and Harley has a positive pregnancy test.}}
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* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: With the Joker of course!
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Where she keeps Joker's "party list" in the first game, and {{spoiler|the key to Batman's cage}} in the "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DLC for the second game.
* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]: She doesn't take kindly to people harming "Mistah J", to say the least.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: She's back in "Harley's Revenge," and she's definitely not fooling around this time around.
* [[0% Approval Rating]]: None of the Joker's Mooks are happy that she has taken over. {{spoiler|Once Joker dies, they say she has become [[Beyond the Impossible|even crazier than he was]].}}
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** [[Easter Egg]]
* [[The Dreaded]]: In ''Asylum'', pretty much everyone from the staff to the Blackgate thugs are completely terrified by him, and he's built up as a serious threat for a good portion of the game. Even in ''City'' where he has much less of a presence, the Arkham City inmates are unnerved by rumors that he's lurking in the sewers...
* [[Fangs Are Evil]]: His razor-sharp teeth are quite fearsome, to say the least.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: As much of a monster as the guy is figuratively and literally, a lot of his savage behavior is due to his genetic condition also affecting his brain, causing him to behave quite like a feral animal. Add in the fact that ''everyone'' treats him like some sort of abomination, and it's hard not to see why he became the way he is nowadays.
* [[Guttural Growler]]: Has a very raspy, monstrous tone of voice that helps sell how much of a literal beast the guy is.
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Despite his size, he can move frighteningly quickly.
* [[Lizard Folk]]: [[Bizarre Human Biology|Sort of.]]
* [[Never Smile At a Crocodile]]: He's Killer ''Croc'', after all.
* [[The Nose Knows]]: As part of his... "condition", he seems to have heightened senses. The most frequently mentioned being his sense of smell.
** In Arkham City, he can actually tell that {{spoiler|Batman's dying from the Joker's disease}} just from his scent.
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: Dear GOD.
* [[Bad Liar]]: Although he hypes himself up as a deliverer of lost souls, there are several times during his phone calls where he expresses regret at not being a better gambler or anger at the Penguin for cheating him out of his money. {{spoiler|His breakdown about the mark being "the only thing (he) has left"}} further proves this.
* [[Bald of Evil]]: After shaving his head.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: He's technically this as if he let his hair grow back, it would be blond.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Unlike Joker who at least has a killer sense of humor, Zsasz is just a murder-obsessed creep.
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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Averted, as he tries to invoke this during his phone calls with Batman by trying to make him appear pitiable and that he needs to kill due to his insanity. However, a quick visit in his lair proves that the psycho ''enjoys'' what he does to people as he's boasting to his captives about how slowly and painfully he's going to kill them, showing that at heart he's a just a monster who kills for fun.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Just like his comics counterpart, he has a collection of tally scorings, that ''he carved into his own skin'', that cover almost his ''entire body''. His design in the game seems to be intended to show this off as much as possible.
* [[Knife Nut]]: Expect him to be carrying a knife whenever he shows up.
* [[Madness Mantra]]: During his fourth interview tape, Zsasz is apparently huddled in a corner eerily whispering to himself.
** "Cutting and cutting and cutting and cutting and cutting and cutting..."
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* [[Tattooed Crook]]: A lot more noticeable in the concept art.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Piggies, which is what he refers to his victims as.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: He's never seen wearing a shirt.
==== The Riddler/Edward Nigma ====
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* [[Berserk Button]]: He ''does not'' appreciate [[The Resenter|Batman being called a hero]], or anyone besting him intellectually. (Particularly [[Arch Enemy|Batman]].)
** Also does not like to be called insane, as it infers he has a mental illness or deficiency.
* [[Break the Haughty]]: Gets hit by this in all of his appearances, to the point of it being a [[Running Gag]].
* [[The Cracker]]: Playing the [[Alternate Reality Game]] reveals that he's the one who compromised Arkham's security, paving the way for Joker's takeover, and he hacks into Batman's headset in both games. He slides into [[Playful Hacker]] territory when he calls Hugo just to talk.
* [[Death Trap]]: In Arkham City, he kidnaps people and puts them in these for Batman to attempt to rescue by solving riddles and puzzles.
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* [[Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance]]: Most people, in his [[Sarcasm Mode|humble]] opinion.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: One of his defining characteristics as he never shuts up about how much smarter he is than other people.
* [[It's All About Me]]: Calling him egotistical would be putting it lightly.
* [[Mood Swinger]]: Dr. Young claims that his "tantrums" have compromised numerous therapy sessions, and based on what we can hear, she's right.
* [[Narcissist]]: ''Very'' self-absorbed and obsessed with stroking his ego and trying to outsmart Batman whenever he can.
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* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: He wants to turn Arkham City into his personal [[Death Trap|playground]].
* [[Social Darwinist]]: Or so he claims.
* [[Smug Smiler]]: It's almost his default expression.
* [[Smug Snake]]: He is ''so'' arrogant and self-absorbed, but it makes it so much more satisfying to take him down.
* [[Troll]]: Riddler loves to troll everybody, including other super villains.
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* [[Deadly Doctor]]: Especially since this doctor loves to drive people insane by exposing them to their biggest fears.
* [[Evil Gloating]]: Subjects Batman to [[Trash Talk|constant mockery]] during the latter's fear gas hallucinations.
* [[Evil Genius]]: He's a psychologist and biochemist turned villain.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Gives a rather impressive one during the stealth parts of his segments.
* [[Giggling Villain]]: He boasts a rather impressive chortle.
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* [[Know When to Fold'Em]]: When Batman gets over a large dose of his Toxin, Crane wisely makes a break for it.
* [[Lean and Mean]]: He looks borderline anorexic!
* [[Level in Boss Clothing]]: In both ''Arkham Asylum'' and in ''Arkham Knight'''s Nightmare Missions.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: How else could he have created his fear toxin?
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: In a rather impressive move, he managed to charm Dr. Young into thinking that he was both sane and innocent, and that he might qualify for a job as a researcher in the Titan Progam.
* [[Mind Rape]]: His specialty.
* [[Playing with Syringes]]: Wears a glove where each finger is tipped with one.
* [[Psycho Psychologist]]
* [[Scary Scarecrows|Scary Scarecrow]]: His general motif.
* [[Sinister Scythe]]: Holds one in his profile. [[What Could Have Been|Artwork also shows he could have had one in game as well.]]
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: She didn't support Joker's rebellion, and also {{spoiler|initially}} requested for Batman to stop Joker and his plans because of the negative affects on her plants. {{spoiler|This attitude only changed after she got hopped up on Titan courtesy of Joker.}}
* [[Evil Redhead]]: One of her defining features to the point where "Red" is Catwoman's go-to nickname for her.
* [[Gaia's Vengeance]]: Seeing as she has plant powers and all.
* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]: Her eyes even seem to ''glow'' green for this incarnation. {{spoiler|Although that's a common effect of being infected with Titan}}.
* [[Green Thumb]]: Has a natural affinity for plants thanks to her powers.
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* [[Doing It for the Art]]: {{spoiler|The reason he's working for the Joker in the second game; apparently, impersonating the Clown Prince of Crime was "The Role of a Lifetime!"}}
** [[Awesome, Dear Boy]]
* [[Elemental Shapeshifter]]: He's a walking mountain of mud, and can use his powers for shapeshifting or brute strength.
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]: In the second game.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Flunky Boss]]: The second round of the fight against him has him reduced to a puddle [[Mook Maker|and sending parts of himself in humanoid form]] to attack Batman.}}
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* [[Graceful Loser]]: If Clayface is found out while he's still disguised as Warden Sharp or Aaron Cash, he politely congratuates Batman. As Commissioner Gordon, he only laughs tauntingly.
* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: With shapeshifting, it's a given.
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: When disguised as someone.
* [[Jiggle Physics]]: {{spoiler|His entire body in general tends to wobble and jiggle a lot, especially noticeable in his game over screens.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Large Ham]]: Not only does he ham it up in his boss fight, his game over taunts are quite over-the-top. Justified as he used to be an actor.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Literally Shattered Lives]]: It actually does some damage, relative to everything else.}}
* [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: {{spoiler|Batman has pretty much one gadget with enough firepower to dent him: Freeze Blasts. Even then, it takes a truly staggering amount to slow him down, and about double that plus a lot of swording him in the face to do any significant harm.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Rolling Attack]]: Will use this against Batman in the boss battle, though players can trick Clayface into smashing into some nearby explosives if they wish to}}.
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: And he stays that way throughout the first game. {{spoiler|Not so much in the second game.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Shapeshifter Weapon]]}}
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** Really, 50% of his dialogue towards Catwoman invokes this. He ''really'' hates her.
* [[The Man in the Mirror Talks Back]]: As noted above, his good and evil halves debate whether they should execute Catwoman immediately or hold a trial for her (the evil and good halves supporting the respective actions.)
* [[Two-Faced]]: The [[Trope Namer]] himself.
==== Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot ====
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* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: The first thing he does onscreen in ''City'' is have Bruce Wayne knocked out and dragged over to his headquarters to be executed. Of course given that this is Batman, he gets his hand broken and is also knocked out for his trouble. Even worse for him, he was completely showed up by a guy in handcuffs!
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Penguin freezes a cop's hand and smashed it with a hammer while using a P.A. system to let Batman hear the whole thing. It's heavily implied that he does this with the captive Precinct 13 policemen frequently, as well.
* [[Collector of the Strange]]: He's got a lot of strange stuff in that museum of his.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Cobblepot is a nasty, ''nasty'' little man.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: His appearance in ''Arkham Origins'' is a small one, as he simply keeps to himself on his ship hideout and wouldn't have even have had to face Batman if he hadn't been suspected for murder. He does get a role in the ''Cold, Cold Heart'' DLC... but still plays second fiddle to Boyle and Mr. Freeze.
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* [[Fat Bastard]]: He claims to have laughed about the death of Bruce's parents for weeks, saying that it couldn't have happened to nicer people. All in all, he's just unpleasant in general.
* [[Feuding Families]]: The Cobblepots and the Waynes apparently did not get along very well, and he also seems to blame the Waynes for his family being financially ruined.
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* [[Groin Attack]]: If you look closely when Penguin says to the psychopathic inmates "Come on out, lads! It's initiation time!", you'll notice that while gesturing, he whacks one of his mooks in the family jewels with his umbrella.
* [[High-Class Glass]]: Subverted. See [[Eye Scream]].
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: "Enjoy the copsicle!" (referring to one of the cops frozen by the Ice Gun that Penguin stole from Mr. Freeze).
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* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: {{spoiler|Penguin has a collection of people, with [[Irony|separate display cases for Batman and Bruce Wayne]]. When Batman defeated him, Mr. Freeze locked Penguin up in one of his own display stands (more specifically, the Bruce Wayne exhibit), ''after'' adding more pain to his broken hand by stepping on it.}}
* [[London Gangster]]: This Penguin is closer to a [[Ray Winstone]]-style thug with delusions of grandeur, complete with East-End accent, than his usual depiction.
* [[Mister Big]]: See [[The Napoleon]] below.
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: This is the reason why Penguin's left hand was in a cast as well as broken: Penguin, when meeting up with Bruce Wayne, tells him that Bruce's family destroyed his, and puts on brass knuckles, referring to them as "Good, old fashioned revenge" before trying to punch Bruce... only for Bruce to suddenly grab his hand and twist it behind Penguin's back.
* [[The Napoleon]]: Strange even [[Lampshade Hanging|asks him if he's familiar with the term "Napoleon Complex".]]
* [[Never My Fault]]: His interview tapes with Strange reveal that Penguin constantly blames the Waynes and Batman for the failures caused by the poor decisions of his ancestors and himself.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Can you actually believe that's [[Nolan North]]?
* [[Sinister Schnoz]]: Not as much as other incarnations, but it's still there.
* [[Smug Snake]]: He is ''very'' egotistical.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: For many Batman fans, this was the game that finally made them take Oswald seriously.
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* [[The Dragon]]: To the Penguin.
* [[Frankenstein's Monster]]: Appears to have traits of this.
* [[Hulk Speak]]: When he speaks, it's in very few words.
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: In this case, he's an immortal, electrically powered revenant who recites a children's rhyme.
* [[Reviving Enemy]]: Twice even. Justified, as he's a zombie.
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Grundy's body is eventually set on fire and burned by the electric currents powering him during the course of his boss fight. Then, Batman finishes Grundy by punching his heart out.
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* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Hoo boy.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Tries this against {{spoiler|the Joker. Unfortunately for her, she only stabbed the [[Body Double]].}}
* [[Daddy's Little Villain]]: For Ra's.
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: {{spoiler|Batman is willing to put off saving a thousand people [[Love Makes You Crazy|to rescue this woman]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: She dies in Batman's arms after being shot by Joker}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Disney Death]]: Possibly implied, as Talia's corpse is nowhere to be seen after her death. Her personal guard was still in the city, and her corpse wasn't exactly a great distance from the Lazarus Pit.}}
* [[Faux Action Girl]]: In her description, it says she's headstrong and well-trained in swordfighting. However, we rarely get to see that, and she even ends up being a damsel in distress to her father {{spoiler|and the Joker.}}
** To be fair, she {{spoiler|was taken hostage by Ra's}} because she hardly expected {{spoiler|''her own father'' to hold her hostage and ''threaten to kill her''; on top of that, Ra's is good enough to go toe-to-toe with Batman}}. In the case of {{spoiler|the Joker}}, that was {{spoiler|a ruse; it's heavily implied that [[Batman Gambit|she allowed herself to be captured]]}} and one cannot blame her for {{spoiler|being surprised that she would have to deal with Joker ''and'' Clayface}}.
** Also, like Ra's, although she can fight, she often is more manipulative like her father. It shows in her [[Femme Fatale|trying to seduce]] Batman into breaking [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|his one rule]] during ''Arkham City''.
* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: She almost looks like a biker.
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: She bears a great physical resemblance to her voice actress, Stana Katic, only having darker skin.
* {{spoiler|[[In the Back]]: She dies after being shot from behind by ''Joker''}}.
* [[Male Gaze]]: While she and Batman walk down the Chamber of the Demon, the camera has a pretty good view of her butt while walking down.
* [[Misanthrope Supreme]]: Much like her father.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: She mentions a "night in Metropolis" between herself and Batman, and teases him that after that, he "could have just called."
* [[Reality Ensues]]: {{spoiler|Lethal, beautiful, and extremely wealthy, she dies from a simple bullet in the back like anyone else who doesn't wear armor.}}
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* [[An Ice Person]]: Via a freak lab accident, his body temperature is below zero.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: He just wants to be reunited with his wife, Nora, like the comics and [[Batman: The Animated Series|cartoon]]. However, also like the comics, this does not stop him from trying to put Batman [[Incredibly Lame Pun|on ice]].
** Judging by Arkham City alone, he barely qualifies as a villain. Unlike others who go on the rampage, he was {{spoiler|kidnapped by Penguin and forced to create a Titan cure by Joker. He even let Batman borrow some of his technology and asks Batman to help his wife.}} Boss battle aside, which was only instigated because [[Poor Communication Kills]], he never went against Batman in this game.
* [[Beehive Barrier]]: Can summon one to protect himself.
* [[Berserk Button]]: If you smash one of the sculptures of Nora that are in the room during the boss fight with him, he loses the [[Creepy Monotone]] and threatens Batman in an ironically almost [[Hot-Blooded]] way.
* [[Body Horror]]: He can only survive in subzero temperatures, but at the same time it looks like the cold is taking its toll on his body.
** For example, his fingers and toes are pitch black from frostbite.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: When angry, Freeze's voice becomes this.
* [[Freak Lab Accident]]: Freeze became what he is after an accident in a cryogenics lab.
* [[Final Exam Boss]]: You have to know how to use Batman's gadgets and fighting techniques well as after you hit him with one; [[It Only Works Once|it won't work a second time]].
* [[Freeze Ray]]: Though Penguin has it for a portion of ''Arkham City''.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: He is reluctant to tell Batman how to deactivate his gun {{spoiler|after Penguin steals it}}, for obvious reasons. During his boss fight, he [[It Only Works Once|also adapts to Batman's fighting style]], freezing things over after Batman uses them to damage him. He'll even reprogram his gun so the trick he told Batman {{spoiler|to use on Penguin}} won't work a second time on him.
* [[It Only Works Once]]: He can adapt to any takedown move that Batman uses on him once.
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** During the boss fight with him, he might accidentally destroy the statues of Nora while shooting at Batman. If this happens, he says that Batman made him do it.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: He has a history of this. He didn't tell his employer about Nora's disease, instead diverting company resources to finding a cure; when his work was discovered, he was accused of industrial espionage, Nora was taken from him, and the [[Freak Lab Accident]] occurred. Later, poor communication is what {{spoiler|causes his fight with Batman}}, though that was not ''entirely'' his fault.
* [[Powered Armor]]: It's what keeps him alive outside of freezing environments.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: His goggles go red when he's going to freeze things (or people).
* [[Stealth-Based Mission]]: Oracle tells Batman when the fight begins not to take Freeze head-on, since Freeze can easily overpower him. The achievement for defeating him is even called "Hide and Seek".
* [[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior]]: His obsession with ice and preservation led him to freeze several of his neighbors' pets, an act that landed him in reform school.
** Although he ''did'' plan to revive them later.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: He's a very tragic character, to say the least. So much that in ''Cold, Cold Heart'', after finding out about his [[Start of Darkness]], Batman immediately changes his target to the one responsible for his condition.
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* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Always refers to Batman as "Detective" as a sign of respect.
* [[Back from the Dead]]: Between ''Arkham Asylum'' and ''Arkham City'', and at least once beforehand, judging from Batman's comments.
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* [[Death Is Cheap]]: In ''Arkham Asylum'', Ra's was a corpse, but was quite alive (if in poor condition, at first) in ''Arkham City''. Earlier, Batman stated to Talia that if Ra's was "dead again", he needed her to "wake him up", indicating that this is not Ra's' first time rising from the dead in this continuity. {{spoiler|Later, after Ra's is killed, Batman is unconcerned, simply saying that Ra's was going to need another trip to a Lazarus Pit. Sure enough, in the [[Playable Epilogue]], Ra's' body is gone, hinting at another possible resurrection.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker]]: Wishes for either Hugo Strange or Batman to take his place as the Head of the Demon, and seems almost frightened of the idea of living longer.}}
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* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Hugo Strange, either as a way to [[Redemption Equals Death|redeem himself]] or [[The Dog Bites Back|to exact revenge on Ghul for executing him]], activates [[Taking You with Me|Protocol 11]], which was the self destruction of the primary tower of Arkham City. Ra's Al Ghul then tries to kill Batman by stabbing himself in the gut, but Batman evades the blade at the last second and lets him fall.}}
* [[Heir Club for Men]]
* [[Knight Templar]]: He's willing to let people die in order to bring about peace, without caring who will be caught in the crossfire, innocent or guilty.
* [[Last Day to Live]]: Due to his usage of the Lazarus Pits for centuries, he is now withering away.
* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]]: Turns out to be the one who was pulling Hugo Strange's strings. It's also implied that he and his League of Assassins were also responsible for funding Sharp's campaign as part of his plot.}}
* [[Misanthrope Supreme]]: He's an insane and immortal eco-terrorist who believes that humanity must be eradicated, or greatly culled, to stop them from ruining the planet.
* [[Power Tattoo]]: Ra's bears intricate dragon tattoos on both arms.
* [[Power Glows]]: His tattoos glow for a brief while after Ra's takes his dip in the Lazarus Pit.
* [[Really 700 Years Old]]: He's ''much'' older than he appears to be. At least half a millennium old and still a very formidable opponent.
* [[Sinister Scimitar]]: His [[Weapon of Choice]].
* [[Skunk Stripe]]
* {{spoiler|[[You Have Failed Me...]]: He ends up stabbing Hugo Strange in the back when he failed to defeat Batman.}}
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