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* [[Clothes Make the Legend]]: You don't even need to see his emblem - Bats is so infamous and feared that he can be identified ''just by the silhouette of his cowl.''

* [[The Comically Serious]]: Because nothing's more hilarious than Batman singing karaoke, while still completely straight-faced. Though in the rare instance where he cracks a joke, it's all the funnier because of it. In ''[[Superman]]/Batman'' #44, Superman has been hit in the eye with a shard of Kryptonite and has to wear an eyepatch until it heals.

'''Batman''': No, Clark. You can't borrow my pirate ship. }}

* [[The Commissioner Gordon]]: The [[Trope Namer]]

* [[There Are No Therapists]]:

** Most depictions for the past two decades have made it clear Mr. Wayne has... issues... ''lots'' of issues.

** [[Double Subverted]]. There are numerous psychologists in Gotham City - just none you'd actually want helping you. [[Scarecrow]] and Hugo Strange would rather drive you mad [[For the Evulz|for laughs]], whereas [[Mad Love|Harley Quinn]] and Jeremiah Arkham couldn't even keep themselves sane. Then there's the crack staff of [[Bedlam House|Arkham Asylum]], who will probably be curing their first patient [[Sarcasm Mode|any day now]].

*** How many levels of subversion did they reach when Arkham ''did'' successfully cure Cluemaster... of his obsessive need to leave clues. Now he's just a criminal genuis who ''doesn't'' give our heroes any way to anticipate his next crime.

* [[The Tooth Hurts]]: In ''Detective Comics'' #832, Shark pulls out his own teeth with pliers to plant them as fake evidence of his supposed death by sharks. He mentions that it was very painful, but he's got lots of teeth (three rows!).

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]