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* [[Genre Shift]]: ''The Dark Knight'' has much more in common with crime dramas and [[Thriller|thrillers]] than with straight-up superhero films, and it abandons the elements of adventure and mysticism that ''[[Batman Begins]]'' used heavily.
* [[Get Into Jail Free]]: The Joker does this in order to kidnap Lau to make him reveal where the mobsters' money is.
* [[Give the Villain a Hero's Funeral]]: ''The Dark Knight'' ends with this: after {{spoiler|Joker corrupts Harvey Dent into killing five people and nearly murders Gordon's young child, Batman and Commissioner Gordon discuss that if word gets out about the truth, all the work that Harvey did will be for nothing because the criminals in jail will get released on mistrial. Batman looks at Dent's body, and turns it over to hide the Two-Face. He convinces Gordon to frame Batman for the murders instead. The movie ends with Harvey receiving a full civil servant funeral.}}
* [[Glasgow Grin]]: [[The Joker]].
* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: this is essentially what [[The Joker]] is for this version of Gotham's criminal underworld, unfortunately for everyone involved, no one was quite prepared it. Alfred summarily lampshades:
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