Batwoman: Difference between revisions

* [[But Not Too White]]: Consciously averted in her redesign for ''Detective Comics'', which gave her very pale skin that is described as a "vampire porcelain white." Greg Rucka revealed in an interview that they intentionally gave her the coloring of a real-life redhead in the main series, while her first appearance in ''52'' had played this trope straight.

* [[By the Hair]]: Batman himself tells Kate that long hair is a liability, and she replies with a smirk that she will "take it under advisement." Later scenes reveal that Kate's long hair in her Batwoman costume is actually a detachable wig, and [[Subverted Trope|when Alice tries to grab her hair she is distracted by the wig coming off long enough for Kate to escape.]]

{{quote|'''Kate Kane:''' "That [[Bat Signal|bat they shine in the sky]]...civilians think it's a call for ''help''. The bad guys think it's a ''warning''...but it's ''more'' than that. It's something ''higher''. It's a call to arms...I've found my way to serve....[[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life|I finally found a way to serve]]."}}

* [[The Cameo]]: Dan Choi, known for his activism for the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," appears in ''Detective Comics'' #859 at West Point as one of Kate's classmates, and he was consulted for the story in that issue.

* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: Played straight.

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: Present in a flashback scene in the ''Detective Comics'' run when Kate criticizes Renee for not being out at work and calls her a liar. Anyone who's read ''[[Gotham Central]]'' knows that Renee has a ''very'' valid reason for not being out, and that when she eventually is outed against her will it proves disastrous to both her professional and personal life. Considering that Greg Rucka wrote both stories this was almost certainly intentional.

* [[Foreshadowing]]:

** In ''Detective Comics'' #856, {{spoiler|the alternating panels of Kate and Alice foreshadow the eventual reveal that they are twins}}.