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* [[The Commissioner Gordon]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]: He gives these speeches to Batman on a regular basis.
*[[ Let Off by the Detective]]: In Year one he becomes increasingly conflicted about chasing Batman as he begins to realize Batman's not a bad guy. At the end he allows him to elude capture because Batman saves his baby son.
* [[Mind Rape]]: The Joker puts him through at least three of these. And he still doesn't crack beyond shooting the clown in the kneecap.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: In the earlier comics. He gets better in the more recent ones.
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* [[Smoking Is Cool]]
* [[Two First Names]]
== Catwoman I (Selina Kyle) ==
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** [[Badass Damsel]].
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Yet another [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Depending
** Sometimes, Selina Kyle/Catwoman ''herself''. Along with her backstories. She's been seen through prostitution in the grim and gritty streets of Gotham, an orphaned (and problem) child whose parents committed suicide, a high socialite to sharing low apartments with others, and some all of the above.
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Most of the time.
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* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Is she ever.
* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]: Gives such a speech to Batman during the ''Hush'' arc. It doesn't work.
* [[Licked
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Her life.
* [[Most Common Superpower]]: They're always well endowed. I guess the difference is how big''ger'' they are or not. It just [[Depending
* [[Noble Demon]]
* [[Pirate Girl]]: Capitana Felina, the [[Elseworlds]] version of Catwoman in ''Batman: Leatherwing''.
* [[Rape
* [[Roof Hopping]]: Especially when being chased by Batman.
* [[Sensual Spandex]]
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* [[Morality Pet]]: For Selina.
* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* [[Put
* [[The Runaway]]: She ended up on the streets after running away from [[Abusive Parents]].
* [[Series Continuity Error]]: Holly was killed during a 1988 storyline in ''[[Action Comics Weekly]]''. [[Ed Brubaker]], unaware of said storyline, brought her back. This was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in a short story he later wrote titled "Why Holly Isn't Dead", in which Holly complains about [[Canon
* [[Sidekick]]
* [[Spy Catsuit]]
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== Huntress (Pre-Crisis / New 52) (Helena Wayne) ==
Batman and Catwoman ''finally'' confessed their love for one another, then got married and had a daughter. The daughter, Helena, had all the benefits of being rich (an excellent education, etc.), was trained by her parents to be an excellent athlete, and joined Dick Grayson's law firm. However, tragedy struck and Selena was blackmailed into donning the Catwoman suit for one more heist, which led to her death. Swearing vengeance on the blackmailer, Helena Wayne became the costumed heroine, the Huntress. No, this was not a badly written fan-fic, this was what happened on Earth-Two, during the [[Pre Crisis]] era. Even after her father, the Earth-Two Batman, died in battle with a villain after coming out of semi-retirement one last time, she continued crimefighting with Dick Grayson (''still'' going by Robin even though he was well into middle age), and joined the [[Justice Society of America]]. Then ''[[Crisis
...until the 'New 52' reboot, where Earth-Two is not the previous Earth-Two. In the New 52 Earth-Two, Helena Wayne was trained by her father to be the perfect Robin. Somehow or another, she ended up in the main 52-verse, where she took on the identities of Huntress and Helena Bertinelli.
* [[Action Girl]]
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* [[The Unfavorite]]: Often comes off this way not only in the Bat-family (with Batman) but in ''Birds of Prey'' (with Oracle).
** Of course, a lot of Oracle's animosity is rooted to Huntress' past relationship with Dick Grayson.
*** And the fact that Huntress spent a good deal of the beginning of ''[[Batman: No Man's Land
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]], it's specifically because they had "No strings attached" sex in the past that this has developed between herself and Dick Grayson.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: In her early appearances, Huntress really wanted Batman to acknowledge her as being as good a hero as him. She's gotten over it for the most part, but a bit still lingers as seen in ''Hush''.
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Played straight. Michael Lane [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|ranges from Type 3 to Type 4 all the way to Type 5]].
* [[Anti-Hero Substitute]]: Michael Lane tried to be this during the ''Battle for the Cowl'' event where he was first introduced (''[[Long Title|Batman: Battle For the Cowl: Azrael: Death's Dark Knight]]''. Dark Knight?). It didn't work out.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Micheal Lane slowly got more and more [[Ax Crazy]] as his series wound down to a close. {{spoiler|He got better (slightly) [[Back
* {{spoiler|[[Back
* [[Big Bad Friend]]: Michael Lane's {{spoiler|assistant, Adrian Paratino, actually works for Ra's freakin' al Ghul}}.
* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: Check.
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* [[Church Militant]]: Order of Purity? Check.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Michael Lane's series is ''made'' of this.
* [[Deus Angst Machina]] / [[Death
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: When he wants to be.
* [[Does This Remind You of
* [[Doing
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Michael Lane carries ''two'' flaming swords; one red and [[Technicolor Fire|one blue]].
* [[Flaming Sword]]: Ditto. As stated before, Michael Lane has two.
* [[Friend
* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: ''Every day''.
* [[Legacy Character]]: Applies, as Michael is only the most recent incarnation of a line of Azraels who work for Sacred Order of St. Dumas splinter group the Order of Purity. All they need is the Suit of Sorrows and a volunteer. All of the people who wore the Suit of Sorrows were eventually driven insane by it. Heck, it only took six weeks to do the trick for Michael Lane's predessor.
* [[Mission
* [[Mook Face Turn]]: Michael Lane once worked for [[Grant Morrisons Batman|Dr. Hurt of the Black Glove]], and accepted an offer to become Azrael partly as his way of atoning for his perceived role in the demise of [[Batman]].
* {{spoiler|[[Offscreen Afterlife]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]. Michael Lane briefly went to someplace that was obviously meant to be purgatory}}.
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* [[Servile Snarker]]: Adrian Paratino, Michael Lane's assistant, is ''very'' snarky.
* [[Theme Serial Killer]]: The Crusader murdered several members of the Order of Purity in manners based on the martyrdoms of various Christian saints.
* [[Tomato in
* [[Tragic Hero]]: [[Played Straight]], then [[Double Subverted]], though possibly [[Justified Trope|justified]], making this [[Zig Zagged]]. Explanation; Michael has many flaws and is willing to kill people when he deems it necessary, which gets him trouble with [[Batman]] when he was [[Grant Morrisons Batman|Bat-Devil]]. However, he himself is aware of these flaws (when not wearing the Suit of Sorrows), but [[There Are No Therapists|can't seem to be able to do anything about it]], or for some reason doesn't want to. On the other hand, the factors that led to him to becoming so messed up, which are exacerbated by extensive use of the Suit of Sorrows, make it pretty hard to blame him for what he's done. See [[Freudian Excuse]] entry above for more information.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Adrian Paratino ''and'' Pete Farrelli.
* [[Voice
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Michael Lane had this with his sister-in-law, Jenny Lane. {{spoiler|[[They Do|They did]] it in a flashback from issue 16}}.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: The Suit of Sorrows is said to have driven all of its wearers insane. It only took 6 weeks to take this effect on Michael Lane's predesessor.
* [[You Fail Religious Studies Forever]]: The second series is filled with this.
** According to this book, ''faith'' is the eighth deadly sin. Which makes no sense at all when you take a look at Hebrews Chapter 11, in [[
** And apparently, the Apocrypha is real, a la [[The Da Vinci Code]]. (Spoiler: [[Real Life|In reality]], it is hilariously erroneous. Kind of like an Classical Greek version of some [[New Age]] jargon).
** He's supposed to be Chrstian, but Azrael doesn't show up ''anywhere'' in Christian texts. The only he connection''might'' have is an incredibly vague one based on a somewhat similar name.
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== Harvey Bullock ==
Perhaps the most controversial member of the Gotham Police. He has a reputation for taking bribes and wrangling Miranda Rights, yet Commissioner Gordon and his partner Renee Montoya trust him unconditionally. Bullock was a "bishop" in the government agency [[Checkmate]], but eventually returned to Gotham. He was one of the few who stayed in Gotham during No Man's Land. After Jim Gordon retired after being shot during the storyline ''Officer Down'' - when the man who shot him [[Off
After ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' and the return of Jim Gordon as Commissioner, Bullock returned to the force as well.
* [[Cowboy Cop]]
* [[Dirty Cop]]: [[Depending
* [[Donut Mess
* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]: With Montoya, he was the bad cop.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Harvey is [[The Movie Buff|quite knowledgable in classic film]].
* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]: Pulls this one on Renee Montoya before taking the matter into his own hands.
* [[Jerk
* [[Noble Bigot
* [[Perma
* [[Police Brutality]]
* [[Private Detective]]: when he was off the force.
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Renee Montoya was an officer of the GCPD. She was Harvey Bullock's partner until he was promoted to lieutenant and stayed in Gotham during No Man's Land; it was then that a connection between her and Harvey Dent/Two-Face was first established. After No Man's Land, her new partner is Crispus Allen, a cop from Metropolis. When she is outed due to Two-Face's machinations - Two-Face being in love with her - she is disowned by her family. Renee struggles with anger issues for more than a year until Infinite Crisis breaks and {{spoiler|Cris is murdered by [[Dirty Cop]] Jim Corrigan}}. She comes close to crossing [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|the line]] once more, and leaves the force. However, [[The Question|Victor Sage]] took her in during this stressful time and made her his protégé.
The events of ''[[
* [[By-The-Book Cop]]: When partnered with Bullock. She [[Character Development|changed]].
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: From ''[[Batman: The Animated Series
* [[Coming Out Story]]: Being forcibly outed sucks.
* [[Clear My Name]]: The plot of an arc in ''[[Gotham Central]]''.
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The acting CEO of Wayne Industries: Fox essentially runs the company, since Bruce obviously has other things to occupy his time. He and Bruce are very good friends, and similarly to Jim Gordon it is often implied that he has figured out Jim's secret, though again like Jim it is never outright stated.
* [[
* [[Honest Corporate Executive]]
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]
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...What? No, she is ''[[Expy|not]]'' Lois Lane! She has [[Heroes Want Redheads|red hair!]] She is completely, 100% different!
What with being a blatant [[Plagiarism]] of the [[
All of which give her a leg up on...
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Again, only appears as [[The Cameo]], if ever. Writer / Artist Matt "Grendel" Wagner has done a fair amount of work with the character in a pair of excellent Batman mini-series exploring the time period during the [[Batman: Year One|Year One]] era, just before the "first" Joker story, "The Man Who Laughs" and [[The Long Halloween]] arc.
You might (but probably don't) remember her from ''[[Batman and Robin (
* [[The Artifact]]: Probably the only reason any one occasionally bothers to write her.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]
* [[First Girl Wins]]:
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]
== Man-Bat ==
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Doctor Kirk Langstrom created a serum which would give humans powers of echolocation, which he tested on himself due to him growing deaf. However, the serum instead transformed him into the Man-Bat, who would sometimes terrorize Gotham City. His wife, Francine, had taken the serum later on, and she became the She-Bat, and they flew through the night together. The transformation has been treated like a curse at times, but sometimes Kirk Langstrom is in full control of Man-Bat, becoming an ally of Batman and other superheroes. In recent comics, he is more often shown to be a hero. He and his wife have two kids, the first born daughter, Becky, being able to change into a She-Bat, and the second born, a boy named Aaron, was born in Man-Bat form due to his parents' exposure to the serum.
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* [[Bat Out of Hell]]: Well, not literally...
* [[Chronic Villainy]]: Subverted.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: In ''[[
* [[Professor Guinea Pig]]
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Man-Bat could be seen as this when Kirk isn't in control.
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* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Would you believe that [[The Joker|a giggling freak with a rictus grin and green hair]] is one of the good guys?
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjRCUhds0hU Poor Batman.]
** When Hush posed as Bruce Wayne in the comics following Batman’s apparent death, Batman's friends and allies displayed a "show of force" to demonstrate how easily they could stop him if he tried anything. Most of them just block his path when he tries to escape ([[Batman and
* [[Fun Personified]]
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: So much that he slips into jerkass territory now and then. He hosts a talk show called ''You Are WRONG!'', not to say anything of the guest stars he has on just for the sake of deliberately antagonizing them.
* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]
* [[Jerk
* [[Large Ham]]: He purposefully invokes this in his original Ditko incarnation, in order to terrify criminals into submission. [[Flanderization|All subsequent versions]], though, have portrayed the Creeper persona as being [[Cloudcuckoolander|genuinely out of his gourd]].
* [[Laughing Mad]]
* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: [[Depending
* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: {{spoiler|His Creeper side has been recently revealed to be demonic in nature.}}
* [[Slasher Smile]]
* [[Split Personality]]: Suffers from this [[Depending
* [[Stalker
* [[Stripperiffic]]: His costume consists of a green speedo, red boots and gloves, and a giant, fluffy red boa. In the 2006 miniseries, the costume naturally grows on his body as another side effect of the nanocell technology with the “boa” resembling some sort of organic, tendon-like [[Body Horror|growth]].
* [[Talkative Loon]]: The Creeper is [[Motor Mouth|not a quiet or reserved individual]], as [[You Fight Like a Cow|anyone who has tried to fight him will attest]].
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== Abuse (Colin Wilkes) ==
Colin was a ten year old orphan with a history of claustrophobia, chiroptophobia, abandonment issues, paranoia and violence. He had spent time in several foster homes, and underwent therapy sessions at the Children's Hospital. He was introduced to superheroes by George, a janitor at one of the orphanages he grew up in. He started collecting newspaper clippings, which was everything he had ever owned, along with his teddy bear Rory.
The Scarecrow abducted Colin and experimented on him with a synthetic Venom, hoping Batman would not fight children. But, realizing that despite Colin's grotesque appearance he was a child at heart, Batman used his Batrope to stick Colin's teddy bear to Crane causing him to attack Scarecrow instead of Batman. In the end, Batman prevented Colin from killing the Scarecrow by cutting his venom lines. Scarecrow was arrested, and Colin was moved to a hospital.
After the hospital, Colin was placed in St. Aden's Orphanage. He was still suffering from side effects of the Venom-treatment, and when he concentrated, he could activate it, changing into a giant behemoth. He decided to use this nearly indestructible form to fight crime, but knew he didn't look the part. He donned a trench coat and a hat, and ordered custom-made brass knuckle dusters that carried his new name: Abuse.
Though his first superheroing involved stopping robberies, he later turned to something bigger when he found children's bodies in the river. After investigating Humpty Dumpty's connection, he teamed up with Robin to take down the cause of the bodies: an illegal fighting ring for children, operated by Mr. Zsasz. Robin and Colin took him down, and shut down the operation. As a sign of gratitude, Robin gave Colin the Cycle of Abuse, a trike, because he thought Abuse looked stupid walking with his trench coat.
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* [[Brains and Brawn]]: An argument can be made that he fits either or, with Damian fitting the opposite.
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Hasn't been seen since the cancelleation of ''Streets of Gotham''. And thanks to the recent DC reboot, it'll be a miracle if he ever shows up again.
** [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: DC artist Dustin Nguyen said he had a lot planned for Colin that wasn't able to be fit in the original arc, but to ''keep an eye on the reboot''. People are really hoping it happens.
* [[Healing Factor]]: When Damian asked a few days later if Colin was okay from the fight, Colin said "I... Abuse heals quick." It turns out he was mostly wearing all those band-aids because he thought they looked cool.
* [[Heartwarming Orphan]]: With his parents dead and moving from foster home to foster home, he's had to mature quicker than others. It doesn't stop him from being nice to other children and doesn't let his neuroses get him down.
* [[Hulking Out]]: Albeit it doesn't require any [[Unstoppable Rage]] and he's still in full control.
** He can also do it partially, at first only affecting his leg so it would grow and break a restraint.
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