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** In the sequel short, he proceeds to {{spoiler|sell all his evil inventions at a garage sale}}. |
** In the sequel short, he proceeds to {{spoiler|sell all his evil inventions at a garage sale}}. |
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* The video [http://www.cracked.com/video_18175_why-batman-secretly-terrible-gotham.html Why Batman Is Secretly Terrible for Gotham] by ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s Dan, Katie, Michael and Soren not only made a case of batman’s [[Superhero Paradox]], but implies that Bruce Wayne Is Useless Too: In all his comics, animated and movie incarnations, he is an entrepreneur who is part of Fiction500. If he really wanted to stop crime, he could have tried to boost Gotham’s economy and then crime would naturally fall. They remember the monorail that Bruce’s father built (and Batman himself destroyed) in Batman Begins and the [[Sinister Surveillance]] implemented to stop Joker in [[The Dark Knight]]. They compare Bruce Wayne to an Enron [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] that is using the corporation’s winnings to finance his hobbies (fight crime in his own terms). |
* The video [http://www.cracked.com/video_18175_why-batman-secretly-terrible-gotham.html Why Batman Is Secretly Terrible for Gotham] by ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s Dan, Katie, Michael and Soren not only made a case of batman’s [[Superhero Paradox]], but implies that Bruce Wayne Is Useless Too: In all his comics, animated and movie incarnations, he is an entrepreneur who is part of Fiction500. If he really wanted to stop crime, he could have tried to boost Gotham’s economy and then crime would naturally fall. They remember the monorail that Bruce’s father built (and Batman himself destroyed) in Batman Begins and the [[Sinister Surveillance]] implemented to stop Joker in [[The Dark Knight]]. They compare Bruce Wayne to an Enron [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] that is using the corporation’s winnings to finance his hobbies (fight crime in his own terms). |
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** It's also factually incorrect: [http://glitterpancake.tumblr.com/post/110382878890/bruce-wayne-outside-of-batman Bruce Wayne's philanthropic efforts in the comics] have been repeatedly and thoroughly lampshaded across multiple authors and editorial eras, and are vast and lavish to the point that you wonder how even his vast fortune can possibly pay for it all. |
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* The premise for [[Batman: The Movie]] and [[Batman (TV series)|the Batman TV Series]] is that that incarnation of Batman only is useful to fight supervillains (and nothing more). At the end of the movie, Batman quickly refuses Robin's idea to better the world by making a [[Freaky Friday Flip]] with the United World Organization security council, arguing that they shouldn't try to tamper with the laws of mother nature. Then happens exactly that, (but arguably, the [[Status Quo Is God]] still applies) and Batman takes responsibility just before going out inconspicuously throught the window. |
* The premise for [[Batman: The Movie]] and [[Batman (TV series)|the Batman TV Series]] is that that incarnation of Batman only is useful to fight supervillains (and nothing more). At the end of the movie, Batman quickly refuses Robin's idea to better the world by making a [[Freaky Friday Flip]] with the United World Organization security council, arguing that they shouldn't try to tamper with the laws of mother nature. Then happens exactly that, (but arguably, the [[Status Quo Is God]] still applies) and Batman takes responsibility just before going out inconspicuously throught the window. |
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{{quote|'''Batman''': Who knows, Robin? This strange mixing of minds may be the greatest single service ever performed for humanity! Let's go, but, inconspicuously, through the window. We'll use our Batropes. Our job is finished. }} |
{{quote|'''Batman''': Who knows, Robin? This strange mixing of minds may be the greatest single service ever performed for humanity! Let's go, but, inconspicuously, through the window. We'll use our Batropes. Our job is finished. }} |
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