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== The Bat Family ==


Characters from ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' include:

== The Bat Family ==
=== Bruce Wayne/Batman ===
=== Bruce Wayne/Batman ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Badass Normal]]: C'mon, it's ''Batman.''
* [[Badass Normal]]: C'mon, it's ''Batman.''
* [[Bruce Wayne Held Hostage]]
* [[Bruce Wayne Held Hostage]]
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Yeah, okay, you all know what's coming. [[Memetic Mutation|HIS PARENTS ARE DEEAAAAAAAD]]!
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Yeah, okay, you all know what's coming. [[Memetic Mutation|HIS PARENTS ARE DEEAAAAAAAD]]!
** But worse, {{spoiler|his parents' murderer was never brought to justice}}.
** But worse, {{spoiler|his parents' murderer was never brought to justice}}.
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: With each passing season.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: With each passing season.
* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]
* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]
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=== Alfred Pennyworth ===
=== Alfred Pennyworth ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[The Jeeves]]
* [[The Jeeves]]
* [[The Medic]]
* [[The Medic]]
* [[Parental Substitute]]
* [[Parental Substitute]]
* [[Secret Keeper]]
* [[Secret Keeper]]
* [[Servile Snarker]]
* [[Servile Snarker]]


=== Barbara Gordon/Batgirl ===
=== Barbara Gordon/Batgirl ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]
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=== Dick Grayson/Robin ===
=== Dick Grayson/Robin ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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== Supporting Characters ==
== Supporting Characters ==

=== Commissioner Jim Gordon ===
=== Commissioner Jim Gordon ===
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* [[The Commissioner Gordon]]: Obviously.
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Commissioner Gordon]]: Obviously.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: [[Word of God]] says that they would've liked to do more with this character but [[Executive Meddling|the network]] had them give him the shaft because they wanted more focus on Barbara.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: [[Word of God]] says that they would've liked to do more with this character but [[Executive Meddling|the network]] had them give him the shaft because they wanted more focus on Barbara.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: [http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1902711&postcount=58 According to] [[Word of God|Jeff Matsuda]], Gordon was the young officer seen in the flashback in "Traction."
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110613190713/http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1902711&postcount=58 According to] [[Word of God|Jeff Matsuda]], Gordon was the young officer seen in the flashback in "Traction."
* [[Parental Obliviousness]]: The poor guy can never fully connect with his daughter due to clashing views, and even years into the future, he ''still'' doesn't know about her superhero double-life. Justified, as the only time he ever got a good luck at Batgirl was the first time he met her, and he was missing his glasses.
* [[Parental Obliviousness]]: The poor guy can never fully connect with his daughter due to clashing views, and even years into the future, he ''still'' doesn't know about her superhero double-life. Justified, as the only time he ever got a good luck at Batgirl was the first time he met her, and he was missing his glasses.
** Yet, he noticed Batgirl's hair color.
** Yet, he noticed Batgirl's hair color.
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=== Detective Ellen Yin ===
=== Detective Ellen Yin ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Aside from a reference in "Artifacts," she's not seen or heard from again after Season 2, though she does appear on occasions in "The Batman Strikes" comic.
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Aside from a reference in "Artifacts," she's not seen or heard from again after Season 2, though she does appear on occasions in "The Batman Strikes" comic.
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=== Chief Angel Rojas ===
=== Chief Angel Rojas ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Almost. He was targeted by {{spoiler|a newly-transformed into-Clayface Ethan Bennett after how badly he treated Bennett.}}
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Almost. He was targeted by {{spoiler|a newly-transformed into-Clayface Ethan Bennett after how badly he treated Bennett.}}
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Disappeared after Season 2 and unlike Yin, nobody missed him or cares.
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Disappeared after Season 2 and unlike Yin, nobody missed him or cares.
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=== Lucius Fox ===
=== Lucius Fox ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Look under "Recursive Adaptation"
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Look under "Recursive Adaptation"
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: At least in regards to Batman and Alfred. Robin and Batgirl, not so much.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: At least in regards to Batman and Alfred. Robin and Batgirl, not so much.
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== The Justice League ==
== The Justice League ==

=== Clark Kent/Superman ===
=== Clark Kent/Superman ===
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* [[The Cape]]
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Cape (trope)]]
* [[Clark Kenting]]: Well, [[Trope Namer|duh]].
* [[Clark Kenting]]: Well, [[Trope Namer|duh]].
* [[Flying Brick]]
* [[Flying Brick]]
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=== Barry Allen/The Flash ===
=== Barry Allen/The Flash ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Big Eater]]
* [[Big Eater]]
* [[Composite Character]]: [http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/18297/tz--sdcc-wb-animation-showcases-the-batman-and-legion-of-superheroes According to] [[Word of God|Alan Burnett]], he's Barry Allen. That said, he does have a personality more akin to Wally West or Bart Allen.
* [[Composite Character]]: [http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/18297/tz--sdcc-wb-animation-showcases-the-batman-and-legion-of-superheroes According to]{{Dead link}} [[Word of God|Alan Burnett]], he's Barry Allen. That said, he does have a personality more akin to Wally West or Bart Allen.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: He was only called "Flash" in his appearances and his real name was revealed in a news article about the show.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: He was only called "Flash" in his appearances and his real name was revealed in a news article about the show.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Charlie Schlatter, who voiced Flash on ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' voiced Flash here, though according to promo materials the Flash on ''STAS'' is the same as on ''[[Justice League]]'' and hence is Wally West whereas this Flash is Barry Allen.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Charlie Schlatter, who voiced Flash on ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' voiced Flash here, though according to promo materials the Flash on ''STAS'' is the same as on ''[[Justice League]]'' and hence is Wally West whereas this Flash is Barry Allen.
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=== Hal Jordan/Green Lantern ===
=== Hal Jordan/Green Lantern ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Color Character]]
* [[Color Character]]
* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: [[Trope Namer|Of course]].
* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: [[Trope Namer|Of course]].
* [[Heroic Willpower]]
* [[Heroic Willpower]]
* [[Space Police]]
* [[Space Police]]
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=== J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter ===
=== J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
* [[Combo-Platter Powers]]: In addition to the normal set of flight, shapeshifting, telepathy, super strength and speed, and intangibility/nigh invulnerability, this incarnation also has telekinesis
* [[Combo-Platter Powers]]: In addition to the normal set of flight, shapeshifting, telepathy, super strength and speed, and intangibility/nigh invulnerability, this incarnation also has telekinesis
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=== Oliver Queen/Green Arrow ===
=== Oliver Queen/Green Arrow ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Archer]]
* [[The Archer]]
* [[Badass Beard]]
* [[Badass Beard]]
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=== Katar Hol/Hawkman ===
=== Katar Hol/Hawkman ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: He was never addressed by his real name, but the fact he comments about fighting criminals on two worlds and the comment about the Batcave resembling Thanagar Police Headquarters pretty much confirm he's Katar Hol.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: He was never addressed by his real name, but the fact he comments about fighting criminals on two worlds and the comment about the Batcave resembling Thanagar Police Headquarters pretty much confirm he's Katar Hol.
* [[Space Police]]
* [[Space Police]]
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== The Rogues Gallery ==
== The Rogues Gallery ==

=== [[The Joker]] ===
=== [[The Joker]] ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Arch Enemy]]
* [[Arch Enemy]]
* [[Asshole Victim]]: As with Rojas, he almost became one. {{spoiler|And by the same person, Ethan Bennett/Clayface I no less. And like Rojas, he deserved Ethan's enmity towards him, basically being the one who more or less made him Clayface.}}
* [[Asshole Victim]]: As with Rojas, he almost became one. {{spoiler|And by the same person, Ethan Bennett/Clayface I no less. And like Rojas, he deserved Ethan's enmity towards him, basically being the one who more or less made him Clayface.}}
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]
* [[Electric Joy Buzzer]] {{spoiler|Accidentally kills himself with one. [[Not Quite Dead|Well, almost.]] }}
* [[Electric Joy Buzzer]] {{spoiler|Accidentally kills himself with one. [[Not Quite Dead|Well, almost.]] }}
* [[For the Evulz]]
* [[For the Evulz]]
* [[The Hyena]]
* [[The Hyena]]
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=== Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin ===
=== Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Acrofatic]]
* [[Acrofatic]]
* [[Adaptational Badass]]
* [[Adaptational Badass]]
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* [[Pungeon Master]]
* [[Pungeon Master]]
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Well, unless you call a life of crime a job.
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: Well, unless you call a life of crime a job.
* [[Smarter Than You Look]]: He's not as gullible as Catwoman thinks.
* [[Smarter Than You Look]]: He's not as gullible as Catwoman thinks.


=== Catwoman ===
=== Catwoman ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Someone getting in her way, more so if you're intervening in her heists. Ragdoll will vouch for that. Also, don't threaten any feline creature. She doesn't like that.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Someone getting in her way, more so if you're intervening in her heists. Ragdoll will vouch for that. Also, don't threaten any feline creature. She doesn't like that.
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=== The Riddler ===
=== The Riddler ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Batman Gambit]]: He has set {{spoiler|fake}} bombs all over the city that can only be deactivated by solving various puzzles. {{spoiler|This is actually a diversion so that he can break into the City Hall database undisturbed and steal important information. He almost got away with it too.}}
* [[Batman Gambit]]: He has set {{spoiler|fake}} bombs all over the city that can only be deactivated by solving various puzzles. {{spoiler|This is actually a diversion so that he can break into the City Hall database undisturbed and steal important information. He almost got away with it too.}}
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Criminal Mind Games]]
* [[Criminal Mind Games]]
* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: Deconstructed, much like his [[Batman: The Animated Series]] counterpart.
* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: Deconstructed, much like his [[Batman: The Animated Series]] counterpart.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: He's voiced by [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Robert Englund]].
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: He's voiced by [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Robert Englund]].
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: He looks an awful lot like [[Marilyn Manson]], [[Ink Suit Actor|which makes sense]] [[Justified Trope|because]] [[What Could Have Been|Manson was originally contracted to voice him.]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: He looks an awful lot like [[Marilyn Manson]], [[Ink Suit Actor|which makes sense]] [[Justified Trope|because]] [[What Could Have Been|Manson was originally contracted to voice him.]]
* [[Riddle Me This]]: As usual.
* [[Riddle Me This]]: As usual.
* [[Smug Snake]]: He's a great schemer and could have become a [[Magnificent Bastard]], but in each episode he appears in, he ends up [[Villainous Breakdown|throwing a psychotic fit]] when his plans backfire.
* [[Smug Snake]]: He's a great schemer and could have become a [[Magnificent Bastard]], but in each episode he appears in, he ends up [[Villainous Breakdown|throwing a psychotic fit]] when his plans backfire.


=== Poison Ivy ===
=== Poison Ivy ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Type III, ''much'' more so in ''[[The Batman]] Strikes'' comic series.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Type III, ''much'' more so in ''[[The Batman]] Strikes'' comic series.
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]
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* [[She's All Grown Up]]: In her last appearance in ''The Batman Strikes'', her body is drawn in a more adult way, showing that's she finally growing into the full-fledged seductress she's known as in other continuities.
* [[She's All Grown Up]]: In her last appearance in ''The Batman Strikes'', her body is drawn in a more adult way, showing that's she finally growing into the full-fledged seductress she's known as in other continuities.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Again, made more apparent in ''[[The Batman]] Strikes''.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Again, made more apparent in ''[[The Batman]] Strikes''.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Pam wasn't all right in the head as a normal human, but she ''really'' lost it when she became Poison Ivy.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Pam wasn't all right in the head as a normal human, but she ''really'' lost it when she became Poison Ivy.


=== Hugo Strange ===
=== Hugo Strange ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: [[Batman (TV series)|Frank Gorshin]] died after Strange's third appearance was recorded.
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: [[Batman (TV series)|Frank Gorshin]] died after Strange's third appearance was recorded.
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=== Killer Croc ===
=== Killer Croc ===
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* [[Beast Man]]: Possibly Croc's most beastlike incarnation to date. Thankfully, the writers didn't claim that he had a "skin condition" this time.
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Especially when compared with his [[Dumb Muscle]] portrayal in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Beast Man]]: Possibly Croc's most beastlike incarnation to date. Thankfully, the writers didn't claim that he had a "skin condition" this time.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Especially when compared with his [[Dumb Muscle]] portrayal in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''.
* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: We don't know whether he's a military genetic experiment gone awry, he deals with the wrong kind of voodoo magic in the swamps, or if he's simply a circus freak.
* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: We don't know whether he's a military genetic experiment gone awry, he deals with the wrong kind of voodoo magic in the swamps, or if he's simply a circus freak.
** If the tie-in comic, ''The Batman Strikes'' counts as [[All in The Manual]], then according to issue 25, he was both a military genetic experiment subject before escaping, then was part of a circus freakshow before escaping that and ultimately coming to Gotham, though it's still unknown if he was born like that as in the comics or if being part an experiment is the reason for his appearance.
** If the tie-in comic, ''The Batman Strikes'' counts as [[All in The Manual]], then according to issue 25, he was both a military genetic experiment subject before escaping, then was part of a circus freakshow before escaping that and ultimately coming to Gotham, though it's still unknown if he was born like that as in the comics or if being part an experiment is the reason for his appearance.
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=== Mr. Freeze ===
=== Mr. Freeze ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[An Ice Person]]: Unlike other versions, he doesn't need a gun.
* [[An Ice Person]]: Unlike other versions, he doesn't need a gun.
* [[Clancy Brown]]
* [[Clancy Brown]]
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=== Ethan Bennett{{spoiler|/Clayface I}} ===
=== Ethan Bennett{{spoiler|/Clayface I}} ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: {{spoiler|Clayface was a sympathetic character in [[Batman: The Animated Series]]. In this show, he's an outright tragic figure.}}
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: {{spoiler|Clayface was a sympathetic character in [[Batman: The Animated Series]]. In this show, he's an outright tragic figure.}}
* [[Anti-Villain]]: A definite Type II.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: A definite Type II.
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* [[Destined Bystander]]: {{spoiler|Ethan Bennett was a cop and a friend of Bruce's who appeared throughout Season One before becoming Clayface.}}
* [[Destined Bystander]]: {{spoiler|Ethan Bennett was a cop and a friend of Bruce's who appeared throughout Season One before becoming Clayface.}}
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]
* [[Driven to Villainy]]: He got better.
* [[Driven to Villainy]]: He got better.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: He tries to help Batman take down the Joker when he resurfaces, but Batman won't let him out of concern for his mental health. When the second Clayface appears, Batman and Robin willingly let him help them take the new guy down.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: He tries to help Batman take down the Joker when he resurfaces, but Batman won't let him out of concern for his mental health. When the second Clayface appears, Batman and Robin willingly let him help them take the new guy down.
* [[Fallen Hero]]
* [[Fallen Hero]]
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=== Basil Karlo/Clayface II ===
=== Basil Karlo/Clayface II ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Attention Whore]]: Not only doesn't he even try to hide from security cameras, he'll look into them and boast about what he's going to do. He also went on a news program and tried to tell a bogus sob story. In fact, aside from a brief instant when he went [[What Have I Done]] after attacking some people for rejecting him for an acting job, he embraces it after realizing he's famous because of it now and got angry when Batman was mentioned in the aforementioned news program.
* [[Attention Whore]]: Not only doesn't he even try to hide from security cameras, he'll look into them and boast about what he's going to do. He also went on a news program and tried to tell a bogus sob story. In fact, aside from a brief instant when he went [[What Have I Done]] after attacking some people for rejecting him for an acting job, he embraces it after realizing he's famous because of it now and got angry when Batman was mentioned in the aforementioned news program.
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: He wasn't a good actor before he became Clayface and he still sucks at it when he gets his power.
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: He wasn't a good actor before he became Clayface and he still sucks at it when he gets his power.
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=== Harley Quinn ===
=== Harley Quinn ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Came through with very few changes thanks in part to her introduction episode being written by Paul Dini.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Came through with very few changes thanks in part to her introduction episode being written by Paul Dini.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
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=== Bane ===
=== Bane ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Does this to Batman, though for different reasons than in ''Knightfall.'' Mostly the fact that using [[Super Serum|Venom]] turns Bane into a Hulk-like figure in this incarnation and that his debut was in the second episode of the whole series meant he was going up against a Batman still getting used to fighting supervillains and whose only prior experience at that point was the Joker.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Does this to Batman, though for different reasons than in ''Knightfall.'' Mostly the fact that using [[Super Serum|Venom]] turns Bane into a Hulk-like figure in this incarnation and that his debut was in the second episode of the whole series meant he was going up against a Batman still getting used to fighting supervillains and whose only prior experience at that point was the Joker.
* [[Jobber]]: After his first appearance, Bane's been pretty much this, usually by someone [[Shock and Awe|zapping his venom tubes with a jolt of electricity]] seconds into the fight.
* [[Jobber]]: After his first appearance, Bane's been pretty much this, usually by someone [[Shock and Awe|zapping his venom tubes with a jolt of electricity]] seconds into the fight.
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=== Black Mask ===
=== Black Mask ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Bad Boss]]: Never let yourself get delayed or question his plans if you value your life as two of his Number Ones learned the hard way. He'll also assign a random mook to take over as [[Number One]].
* [[Bad Boss]]: Never let yourself get delayed or question his plans if you value your life as two of his Number Ones learned the hard way. He'll also assign a random mook to take over as [[Number One]].
* [[Clock King]]
* [[Clock King]]
* [[Didn't See That Coming]]: How a lot of his plans fall apart.
* [[Didn't See That Coming]]: How a lot of his plans fall apart.
* [[Evilly Affable]]
* [[Evilly Affable]]
* [[Evil Plan]]: As a villain, he plots a few.
* [[Evil Plan]]: As a villain, he plots a few.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Tries it on Robin and Batgirl.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Tries it on Robin and Batgirl.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
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=== [[Lex Luthor]] ===
=== [[Lex Luthor]] ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[Bald of Evil]]
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* [[Diabolical Mastermind]]
* [[Diabolical Mastermind]]
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Similar to other recent incarnations of Luthor, this version has a hatred of aliens.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Similar to other recent incarnations of Luthor, this version has a hatred of aliens.
* [[Kneel Before Zod]]: Forces a mind-controlled Superman to bow to him.
* [[Kneel Before Zod]]: Forces a mind-controlled Superman to bow to him.


=== Mirror Master ===
=== Mirror Master ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Composite Character]]: Of Both Mirror Masters. He has Sam’s genius intellect and charisma as well as Evan’s “I can do anything I think of with mirrors” ability.
* [[Composite Character]]: Of Both Mirror Masters. He has Sam’s genius intellect and charisma as well as Evan’s “I can do anything I think of with mirrors” ability.
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: He's voiced by and modeled on [[Night Court|John Larroquette]].
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: He's voiced by and modeled on [[Night Court|John Larroquette]].
* [[Magic Mirror]]
* [[Magic Mirror]]
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Against the Flash.
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Against the Flash.
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=== The Everywhere Man ===
=== The Everywhere Man ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Arguably, the clones he creates become progressively more and more sentient, and every multiplication equals an ''even more'' untrustworthy clone, this ability only comes in handy a few times, a long fight isn't exactly smart.
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Arguably, the clones he creates become progressively more and more sentient, and every multiplication equals an ''even more'' untrustworthy clone, this ability only comes in handy a few times, a long fight isn't exactly smart.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]
* [[Canon Foreigner]]
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: He's voiced by [[Superman Returns|Brandon Routh]].
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: He's voiced by [[Superman Returns|Brandon Routh]].
* [[Me's a Crowd]]
* [[Me's a Crowd]]
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=== Francis Grey ===
=== Francis Grey ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Big No]]: {{spoiler|When his son dies as a result of his scheme to flood Gotham with poisonous gas at the strike of midnight on New Year's Eve}}.
* [[Big No]]: {{spoiler|When his son dies as a result of his scheme to flood Gotham with poisonous gas at the strike of midnight on New Year's Eve}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}: {{spoiler|Through a combination of [[Big No]] and [[Reset Button]]}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}: {{spoiler|Through a combination of [[Big No]] and [[Reset Button]]}}.
* [[Reset Button]]: He's a walking case of this, able to reverse time by several minutes {{spoiler|and eventually several ''years''}} in order to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]].
* [[Reset Button]]: He's a walking case of this, able to reverse time by several minutes {{spoiler|and eventually several ''years''}} in order to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]].


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Characters from The Batman include:

The Bat Family

Bruce Wayne/Batman

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Alfred Pennyworth

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Barbara Gordon/Batgirl

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Dick Grayson/Robin

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Supporting Characters

Commissioner Jim Gordon

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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • The Commissioner Gordon: Obviously.
  • Demoted to Extra: Word of God says that they would've liked to do more with this character but the network had them give him the shaft because they wanted more focus on Barbara.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: According to Jeff Matsuda, Gordon was the young officer seen in the flashback in "Traction."
  • Parental Obliviousness: The poor guy can never fully connect with his daughter due to clashing views, and even years into the future, he still doesn't know about her superhero double-life. Justified, as the only time he ever got a good luck at Batgirl was the first time he met her, and he was missing his glasses.
    • Yet, he noticed Batgirl's hair color.

"Another redhead?"

  • Reasonable Authority Figure: Another given.
  • Remember the New Guy?: Aside from the Early-Bird Cameo, Gordon's this. Alfred comments that "James Gordon has loomed large over [Bruce's] life." Then at the newly-installed Batsignal, Gordon says to Batman, "Thanks to all of your efforts, Batman, the time is finally right to take our alliance to the next step." Both said despite the fact that prior to "Night and the City," Gordon hadn't appeared in the present day.

Detective Ellen Yin

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  • Action Girl
  • Brother Chuck: Aside from a reference in "Artifacts," she's not seen or heard from again after Season 2, though she does appear on occasions in "The Batman Strikes" comic.
  • The Commissioner Gordon: Before Gordon appeared on the show anyway, and while she was Batman's ally.
  • Race Lift: She's basically an Asian-American version of Ellen Yindell from The Dark Knight Returns, with her name, her journey from distrusting and hunting Batman to trusting and helping him, and the fact that said mention in "Artifacts" had her replacing Gordon as Commissioner.

Chief Angel Rojas

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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Asshole Victim: Almost. He was targeted by a newly-transformed into-Clayface Ethan Bennett after how badly he treated Bennett.
  • Brother Chuck: Disappeared after Season 2 and unlike Yin, nobody missed him or cares.
  • Expy: He's basically Harvey Bullock with a higher rank and no redeeming qualities.
  • Jerkass: He doesn't exactly treat a lot of his subordinates with any real respect.
  • Kick the Dog: His treatment of Ethan Bennett in the Season One finale.
  • The Other Darrin: Rojas was voiced by Edward James Olmos in his first appearance, then by Jesse Corti in all of his other ones.
  • Pointy-Haired Boss: Just watch most of the episodes he's in. There's no way in hell this idiot should've gotten as far on the force as he did.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: Batman saved him and his officers quite a few times and yet he's still an ass towards him.

Lucius Fox

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The Justice League

Clark Kent/Superman

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Barry Allen/The Flash

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Hal Jordan/Green Lantern

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J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter

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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Bald of Awesome
  • Combo-Platter Powers: In addition to the normal set of flight, shapeshifting, telepathy, super strength and speed, and intangibility/nigh invulnerability, this incarnation also has telekinesis
  • Last of His Kind: It's generally believed that the Joining killed the rest of the Martians in this continuity.
  • Mind Over Matter: This version of J'onn has telekinesis.
  • Weaksauce Weakness: J'onn seems to have a psychological fear of fire. Hence the Joining could point an armed (but not discharged) flamethrower at the guy and make him back off.

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow

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Katar Hol/Hawkman

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  • Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He was never addressed by his real name, but the fact he comments about fighting criminals on two worlds and the comment about the Batcave resembling Thanagar Police Headquarters pretty much confirm he's Katar Hol.
  • Space Police

The Rogues Gallery

The Joker

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Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin

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Catwoman

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The Riddler

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Poison Ivy

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Hugo Strange

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Killer Croc

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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Beast Man: Possibly Croc's most beastlike incarnation to date. Thankfully, the writers didn't claim that he had a "skin condition" this time.
  • Genius Bruiser: Especially when compared with his Dumb Muscle portrayal in Batman: The Animated Series.
  • Multiple Choice Past: We don't know whether he's a military genetic experiment gone awry, he deals with the wrong kind of voodoo magic in the swamps, or if he's simply a circus freak.
    • If the tie-in comic, The Batman Strikes counts as All in The Manual, then according to issue 25, he was both a military genetic experiment subject before escaping, then was part of a circus freakshow before escaping that and ultimately coming to Gotham, though it's still unknown if he was born like that as in the comics or if being part an experiment is the reason for his appearance.
  • Ragin Cajun
  • Ron Perlman

Mr. Freeze

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Ethan Bennett/Clayface I

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Basil Karlo/Clayface II

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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Attention Whore: Not only doesn't he even try to hide from security cameras, he'll look into them and boast about what he's going to do. He also went on a news program and tried to tell a bogus sob story. In fact, aside from a brief instant when he went What Have I Done after attacking some people for rejecting him for an acting job, he embraces it after realizing he's famous because of it now and got angry when Batman was mentioned in the aforementioned news program.
  • Bad Bad Acting: He wasn't a good actor before he became Clayface and he still sucks at it when he gets his power.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Subverted as he doesn't really seem to have one and parodied it as he tried to tell a story where he and his sister had to fend for themselves, but the reporter he tells it to clearly wasn't buying it.
  • Evil Counterpart: To Ethan.
  • Legacy Character: Interesting, considering the comics version of Karlo was the progenitor of the identity.
  • Large Ham

Harley Quinn

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Bane

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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Curb Stomp Battle: Does this to Batman, though for different reasons than in Knightfall. Mostly the fact that using Venom turns Bane into a Hulk-like figure in this incarnation and that his debut was in the second episode of the whole series meant he was going up against a Batman still getting used to fighting supervillains and whose only prior experience at that point was the Joker.
  • Jobber: After his first appearance, Bane's been pretty much this, usually by someone zapping his venom tubes with a jolt of electricity seconds into the fight.
  • The Juggernaut: In his debut.
  • The Other Darrin: He was voiced by Joaquim de Almeida for his debut in "Traction," then by Ron Perlman for his cameo in "Team Penguin," then his grunts by Clancy Brown in "The Batman/Superman Story."
  • Super Serum: Venom, the source of his powers.

Black Mask

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Lex Luthor

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Mirror Master

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The Everywhere Man

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Francis Grey

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