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== Main Playable Characters ==

 

{{quote| Voiced by: [[Kevin Conroy]]}}

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* [[The Ace]]: His character bio even makes sure you know that he's in peak human physical and mental condition.

** [[Broken Ace]]: Especially noticeable in Arkham City, when Batman wants to {{spoiler|save Talia from the Joker, rather than stop Strange's plan to kill, at the very least, thousands.}}

* [[Badass]]

** [[Badass Baritone]]

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Listen to the things he says to the Riddler's informants (not to mention knocking them out anyways).

** Let's not forget when he starts playing hardball with Mr. Freeze when he needs information on Freeze's gun. Though he doesn't kill Freeze, he certainly bluffed pretty hard with that life-support liquid.

* [[Heroic Willpower]]:

** He manages to fight off the effects of Scarecrow's fear toxin, from a dosage that would have been enough to drive ''ten men insane''.

* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]

* {{spoiler|[[Master Swordsman]]: Wields Talia's scimitar against Clayface.}}

* [[Neck Lift]]

* [[Not So Above It All]]: Batman's pride is a serious issue; a large section of the problems he faces in City could have been avoided if he had simply gone with the flow. He stubbornly refuses help from anyone even when it would clearly help, like when {{spoiler|Robin offers to help him find Ra's al Ghul}}. He refuses to take orders from anyone; the entire boss fight with Mr. Freeze could have been avoided if he had simply agreed to {{spoiler|get Nora}}. Finally, he is so dead set on doing what he wants, he was willing to {{spoiler|let Arkham City and everyone in it burn in order to get Talia, that Alfred has to cut off access to his Satellites to get him back on track}}.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]

* [[Create Your Own Villain]]: The only consistent thing in all his back stories is Batman.

* [[Electric Joy Buzzer]]: One of his take downs.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Well, it's closer to "Even Insanity Has Standards", but shortly after he released the Arkham lunatics, he gives various (serious) messages to his inmates to put down the lunatics if they ever encounter them laced into his (otherwise) [[Trolling]] messages, and the exchange between Harley and Joker suggests that he only did so as a last resort to stop Batman and not as part of his original plans, which gives the heavy implication that even the Joker, someone who definitely isn't a shining example of sanity, was horrified with the nature of their insanity.

* [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]: He is fully capable of beating up (and killing) several guards and security officers at once, all of whom having heavier frames than him, as well as body armor.

* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: Just like how he is depicted in the comics, the Joker is implied to have told multiple renditions of his childhood, one of which involved [[Retirony]] in regards to his father's cop status.

* [[Not Me This Time]]: Batman accuses Joker of being involved in Protocol 10. Joker, upon hearing it, denies any knowledge of it.

** Also, when Batman first finds {{spoiler|Harley bound and gagged}}, the player might naturally assume that Joker is back to {{spoiler|his normal abusive relationship with her}}. However, nearing the end of the game, it becomes especially apparent that this time, he wasn't responsible for {{spoiler|Harley's predicament; rather, Talia was, who also was the one truly responsible for retrieving the cure before Joker had a chance to drink it.}}

* [[Playing Sick]]: Subverted: Batman initially guesses that [[The Joker]] was actually faking his illness after Joker ambushed him by seemingly using a [[Body Double]] to fake his death, only for the Joker to reveal that he is in fact really sick, even going so far as to reveal his disease-laced sores on his face.

* [[Reality Ensues]]: [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|Uses this]] against {{spoiler|Talia Al Ghul}} [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|by simply shooting]] {{spoiler|her}} [[In the Back]] instead of trying to fight someone he couldn't take in a fair fight. For added [[Irony]], {{spoiler|Talia}} tried to do something similar to him with {{spoiler|a scimitar}} earlier, but {{spoiler|she stabbed Clayface instead.}}

* [[Too Soon]]: Invoked. See [[Kick the Dog]].

* [[Trojan Prisoner]]: Batman is convinced the Joker [[All Too Easy|went down too easily]], during his capture at the beginning of the first game. [[I Surrender, Suckers|Of course, he's right.]]

 

==== [[Catwoman (Comic Book)|Catwoman]]\Selina Kyle ====

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** [[Vapor Wear]]: She is obviously not wearing a bra.

* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III or IV, at least after choosing to save Batman. At first she's an...

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Type I.

* [[Sensual Spandex]]

* [[She Fu]]

* [[The Tease]]

* [[Third Person Seductress]]

* [[Action Genre Hero Guy]]

* [[Adaptational Badass]]/[[Darker and Edgier]]: Whilst the comic book Drake is by no means ''un-badass'', his Arkham City appearance definitely seems to be aiming for a grittier approach to the character, with a far more chiseled and muscled appearance, a shaved head, and the idea that he takes part in cage-fighting in his spare time.

* [[Badass Cape]]: Though less badass and versatile of a cape than Batman's, his still is used in stun maneuvers and gliding.

* [[Badass Normal]]

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Saves Batman from Ra's Al Ghul's assassins. Also {{spoiler|saves Batman from asphyxiation in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"}}.

* [[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]]

== Arkham Asylum / City Inmates ==

 

{{quote| Voiced by: Arleen Sorkin (Arkham Asylum) / [[Tara Strong]] (Arkham City)}}

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* {{spoiler|[[Ax Crazy]]: Following the end of Arkham City, a psychiatrist says, in his professional opinion, that she has [[Sophisticated As Hell|"completely lost it"]] following [[The Joker]]'s death. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Her own mooks agree.]] Her [[Stalker Shrine]] to him kind of proves them right.}}

* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: In contrast with her original origin story, in which she ''did'' sound professional, her interview tapes have her speaking in the same tone of voice as her Harley Quinn persona, whilst trying to maintain her status as an Arkham psychiatrist.

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]

** [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Dark Action Girl]]: In the comic, we see her take out Arkham guards with as much skill as the playable characters, and she's able to trade more blows with Robin than her goons could.

* [[The Ditz]]: [[Lampshaded]] by Batman himself in both games: "She never was very bright." in the Arkham Asylum and repeated but with "smart" in Arkham City.

** The Riddler also repeatedly calls her an idiot, as do her own Mooks.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: You thought she was bad in the second game? Wait until you see her in the upcoming DLC "Harley Quinn's Revenge," as she gets even ''worse.''

* [[Mad Love]]: She volunteered to interview The Joker because she was fascinated with him, and fell in love with him during their interviews.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Par for the course for Harley.

* [[Multicolored Hair]]: The tips of her pigtails for her Arkham City design are colored black and red, whilst the rest is her traditional blonde.

* {{spoiler|[[Someone to Remember Him By]]: Villainous example. By the end of Arkham City, Joker's dead... and Harley has a positive pregnancy test.}}

** {{spoiler|Subverted in Harley Quinn's Revenge. There are many objects used for pregnancy tests in a room with Scarface in a crib painted like [[The Joker]]. They all show negatives and a box for one of them says that it is possible to get a false positive on the test.}}

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Comes off as a lot more competent in the second game, since she's managing all of Joker's goons while he's inactive. She's also worlds ahead of her portrayal in the TV Series and comics, with the result that overheard conversations between mooks suggest she frightens them almost as much as the Joker: some claim that she's even crazier than he is, and suggest that one of her roles in both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City involves torturing and/or killing the Joker's [[You Have Failed Me|less efficient minions]].

** Oh, and that's not even getting into her DLC in the second game, Harley Quinn's Revenge.

* [[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]]

* [[Dirty Coward]]: His behavior during the story of the first game definitely has shades of this, as he absolutely refuses to confront Batman physically on his own, opting to take a hostage during both of their encounters. Given that he seems capable of killing guards with relative ease, though, it's more likely that [[Know When to Fold'Em|he's aware of his limitations]].

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: He starts [[The Immodest Orgasm|moaning in anticipation]] when {{spoiler|preparing to kill Dr. Young.}}

* [[Fingerless Gloves]]: To go along with his rougher look in this incarnation.

* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]

* [[Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance]]: Most people, in his [[Sarcasm Mode|humble]] opinion.

* [[Insufferable Genius]]

* [[Troll]]: Riddler loves to troll everybody, including other super villains.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: In the first game he gets more and more unhinged as Batman slowly solves all of his riddles. In the second game it happens {{spoiler|as Batman locates and rescues more hostages.}}

 

==== The Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane ====

* [[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]]

* [[Psycho Psychologist]]

* [[Scary Scarecrows|Scary Scarecrow]]

* {{spoiler|[[Asteroids Monster]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Body Double]] and [[The Dragon]]: To the Joker in the second game.}}

** [[Awesome, Dear Boy]]

* [[Elemental Shapeshifter]]

* [[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]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Shapeshifter Weapon]]}}

** {{spoiler|[[An Axe to Grind]]}}

** {{spoiler|[[Carry a Big Stick]]}}

** {{spoiler|[[Drop the Hammer]]}}

* [[Shapeshifter Guilt Trip]]: He [[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing|attempts to impersonate Gordon and Cash]] in the hopes that Batman will let him out of his cell. [[Foregone Conclusion|It doesn't work]].

* [[Sizeshifter]]

* [[Spot the Thread]]: Scanning him with Detective Vision reveals he has no bones, no matter what form he's taken. Also, {{spoiler|if you pay very close attention, "Healthy Joker" is slightly less wacky than the real deal. Not to mention that you can scan "Healthy Joker" with Detective Vision during his boss fight.}}

* {{spoiler|[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Over the course of his boss fight, he gets blown up several times, frozen and chopped into small pieces, ripped apart from the inside out, and then finally thrown into the molten Lazarus Pit.}}

* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: "Two guns, bitch!"

** Really, 50% of his dialogue towards Catwoman invokes this.

* [[Two-Faced]]

 

** 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]]

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: She bears a great physical resemblance to her voice actress, Stana Katic, only having darker skin.

* {{spoiler|[[In the Back]]}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Textbook example. First thing she does upon seeing Batman? Slap him. Second thing? Flirt and try and kiss him.

* [[We Can Rule Together]]: She adamantly wants Bruce Wayne by her side, but only if he joins the League's crusade against humanity.

* [[Woman Scorned]]: She takes Bruce's refusals to join the League personally, as if he does not love her at all.

 

==== Calendar Man/Julian Gregory Day ====

 

* [[Bald of Evil]]

* [[Room Full of Crazy]]: His cell at Arkham Asylum and Arkham City.

* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: It's implied that he killed his parents on their respective holidays.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Inverted, especially in comparison to his comics counterpart: All of his crimes were categorized under murder, murder, and murder alone.

 

==== Mr. Freeze/Victor Fries ====

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* [[An Ice Person]]

** 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]]

* [[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.}}

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]. In Asylum, you can find his corpse. If you go check again after beating the game, [[Sequel Hook|it's gone.]]

* [[Engagement Challenge]]: He actively ''wants'' Bruce with his daughter if it would mean he joins the League of Assassins.

* [[Green Eyes]]

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]

* [[Heir Club for Men]]

* [[Knight Templar]]

* {{spoiler|[[Boomerang Bigot]]: He wants to kill all mentally ill people as a result of his self-loathing over his own insanity.}}

* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Only shows up in the Arkhamverse.

* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: He took credit for stopping Joker's plot in the first game, as well as securing the Asylum, and uses that to become the Mayor of Gotham and build Arkham City.

* {{spoiler|[[He Who Fights Monsters]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Split Personality]]: Between Sharp and Amadeus Arkham.}}

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Of Hugo Strange.

* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: See [[Laser-Guided Karma]].}}

 

** "How does it feel, Wayne? To stand on the very stones that ran with your parents' blood? Do you feel sad? Full of rage? Or does that outfit help bury your feelings, hiding your true self?"

* {{spoiler|[[The Heavy]]}}

* [[Hypocrite]]: He sure seems to turn a blind eye toward his own less-than-legal operations while scolding Arkham's inmates for theirs.

* [[I Just Want to Be You|I Just Want To Be Batman]]: According to The Riddler, he has a Batman outfit hidden in his office, which he sometimes wears and cries in.

** {{spoiler|[[In the Back]]}}

* [[Informed Ability]]: "Trained to physical perfection", Batman takes him down with unsettling ease.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: "I will enjoy dissecting your brain, Miss Kyle."

* [[The Shrink]]

* {{spoiler|[[You Have Failed Me]]: Suffered this fate from Ra's Al Ghul, who even says the line.}}

 

{{quote| Voiced by: Duane R. Shepard Sr.}}

 

* [[Badass in Distress]]: He gets captured by Joker's men twice during the first game. Both times, however, he openly threatens his captors with what will happen once he gets free, and resists any torment he is put through.

** Happens again in the second game: First time by the Joker's gang under Harley's command, and the second time by the Riddler (where he is forced to walk around the main hideout). The latter incident has him threatening the Riddler about what will happen if he gets out.

* [[The Alcoholic]]

* {{spoiler|[[Asshole Victim]]}}

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]

{{quote| '''[[The Joker]]:''' The night is still young, Bats. I still have a trick or two up my sleeve. I mean, don't you think its a little bit funny how a fire at Blackgate caused hundreds of my crew to be moved here?<br />

'''Frank Boles:''' I thought I told you to stay quiet!<br />

'''[[The Joker]]:''' Oh, Frankie! You really should learn to keep that fat mouth of yours shut! It'll get you into trouble! }}

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Whatever made Boles think he could mouth off at The Joker without consequences? {{spoiler|Even if he did happen to be the "inside man" at Arkham.}}

* [[Red Headed Heroine]]: Formerly, before becoming handicapped.

* [[The Voice]]

 

==== Alfred Pennyworth ====

* [[Servile Snarker]]

* [[The Voice]]

 

== Other ==

{{quote| Voiced by: [[Kari Wahlgren]] }}

 

* [[Distressed Damsel]]: In one of the side missions, Batman has to rescue her.

* [[Hot Scoop]]