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=== Pre-Crisis Batwoman provides examples of: ===
* [[Back for the Dead]]/[[Stuffed in The Fridge]]: The original Batwoman, after years of barely appearing, was brought back for a story in which she was murdered by the League of Assassins to a) further motivate Batman to oppose that group, and b) give [[Suicide Squad|Bronze Tiger]] something to [[The Atoner|atone]] for (he did not kill Batwoman himself, but kept Batman busy long enough for the other assassins to succeed).
* [[The Chick]]: The original Batwoman, who used weapons based on women's cosmetics, often relied on "feminine intuition" instead of deductive reasoning and frequently turned into a [[Damsel in Distress]] for Batman to rescue.
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* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: The original Batwoman's very first appearance plays like an aversion at first - sure, Kathy had feminine tools like a Utility Handbag, but she was still kind of [[Action Girl|badass]], what with her sexist tools being pretty awesome (tear gas perfume?!), her Robin-esque circus background, and the fact that she saves Batman and Robin's butts roughly once every two pages. Then it switches to being played horrifically straight when Batman, [[I Was Beaten by a Girl|despite said life-saving]], treats her like a joke and then tracks her down to learn her secret identity so he can "convince her" that she can not be Batwoman because crime fighting is "too dangerous" for a girl, even the one who just saved his life five times. Then she listens to him and gives up her cape straight away, because, apparently women aren't cut out for the job?
=== Current Batwoman provides examples of: ===
* [[Action Girl]]: The [[The Reveal|reveal]] of her [[Post-Crisis]] incarnation is a full-page splash of her knocking out two [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|mutated human/leopard/lion cultists]] at the same time, breaking one of their heads ''through'' a table while kicking the other one clear across the jaw.
* [[Adaptational Badass]]: The current Kate Kane, and the [[Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman|DCAU incarnation]], are both far tougher than the original Kathy Kane.
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* [[The Reveal]]: Her intended reveal was an Unreveal that nobody planned on. [[Big Damn Heroes|She bursts to the rescue]] in what was ''supposed'' to be the first time anybody (either characters in the story or [[Real Life]] people reading the story) had ''ever'' seen her, except she had already been shown two issues prior. It was a miscommunication between the writers and the artists; she was supposed to be drawn in silhouette for that first appearance, leading the readers to believe it was Batman until her later appearance (and one of the characters ''does'' believe it to be Batman when she first arrives at her intended reveal), but the artist instead drew her in full detail.
* [[Revenge]]: When Kate's father [[Secret Keeper|discovers what she is doing]] and agrees to help her, he makes it very clear that she has to be doing this for the right reasons. If she is out for revenge then she has already lost, as nothing she does now will ''ever'' make up for what happened or bring anybody back. He emphasizes that the plan has to be help, to save even ''one'' life, or he will shut it down.
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Though Catherine recognizes the sentimental value attached to the relatively plain engagement ring that Kate's father gave to her
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Like [[Batman|her inspiration]], Kate maintains this image, and before finding her purpose she really was one. In the first issue of her run in ''Detective Comics'', her girlfriend breaks up with her because she thinks Kate is not responsible enough and has been "tomcatting around" when she has actually been fighting crime. When Batman begins to shadow Kate Kane in order to determine if she is the woman in the Batwoman costume she goes clubbing, apparently picking up random women, before he loses sight of her in a dark alley.
* [[Secret Identity]]: Beneath her mask, Batwoman is Katherine "Kate" Kane, member of a socialite family [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job|and spoiled layabout]]. The first arc of her ongoing series involves the Department of Extra-normal Operations investigating Batwoman to find out who she is under the mask; {{spoiler|in issue #4, Cameron Chase discovers information that all but confirms that Kate is Batwoman}}.
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