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* Peter Grogan is a very minor character in ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' lore, usually as the police commissioner between [[ComicBook/BatmanYearOne Gillian Loeb]] and [[TheCommissionerGordon Jim Gordon]], with the only thing known for sure is that Gordon notes in Grogan's initial mention in ''Year One'' that Grogan was even more of a DirtyCop than Loeb. In ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'', he's the commissioner throughout the first season.
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* Sophie in ''Series/{{Batwoman}}'' is a main member of the supporting cast, both as the second-in-command of the Crows and as someone Kate still has feelings for. Her comics counterpart had the same role in Kate's ComingOutStory, and has otherwise made a single non-flashback appearance.
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* Sophie in ''Series/{{Batwoman}}'' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' is a main member of the supporting cast, both as the second-in-command of the Crows and as someone Kate still has feelings for. Her comics counterpart had the same role in Kate's ComingOutStory, and has otherwise made a single non-flashback appearance.
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* The tie-in comic for ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', ''The Batman Strikes'', used Rupert Thorne and Solomon Grundy far more than the show it's based on did, the former (barring some cameos in Season 4) only appeared at the start of the first episode as the last major crime boss Batman puts away before the RoguesGallery appear and while the latter's episode ended with the implication he was {{real after all}}, "Grundy" in his only episode was really mostly [[ScoobyDooHoax Clayface impersonating Grundy]].
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* The tie-in comic for ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', ''The Batman Strikes'', ''ComicBook/TheBatmanStrikes'', used Rupert Thorne and Solomon Grundy far more than the show it's based on did, the former (barring some cameos in Season 4) only appeared at the start of the first episode as the last major crime boss Batman puts away before the RoguesGallery appear and while the latter's episode ended with the implication he was {{real after all}}, "Grundy" in his only episode was really mostly [[ScoobyDooHoax Clayface impersonating Grundy]].
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* Though not a Villain, [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Stephanie]] [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Brown]], a.k.a the Spoiler, was created to be a plot device by Chuck Dixon for a story that was intended to revamp her father, [[HarmlessVillain the Cluemaster, z-list fodder at best]], but ended up being so popular that she became [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]]'s on-again, off-again LoveInterest, his temporary succesor as Robin IV (though this was as much a marketing scheme as anything else), and Batgirl III with her own Fan-favourite Solo Series. Not bad for a character who began as a plot device, huh?
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* Though not a Villain, [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Stephanie]] [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Brown]], a.k.a the Spoiler, was created to be a plot device by Chuck Dixon for a story that was intended to revamp her father, [[HarmlessVillain the Cluemaster, z-list fodder at best]], but ended up being so popular that she became [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]]'s on-again, off-again LoveInterest, his temporary succesor successor as Robin IV (though this was as much a marketing scheme as anything else), and Batgirl III with her own [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Fan-favourite Solo Series.Series]]. Not bad for a character who began as a plot device, huh?
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* Bernard played a fairly small role as one of Tim's high school friends in ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' and mostly disappeared from canon after Tim changed schools, appearing only once. Since being reintroduced in Urban Legends, he's become Tim's love interest and is a major character in ''ComicBook/TimDrakeRobin'' where he's Tim's established boyfriend.
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* Probably the biggest one would be Doctor Hurt. Originally, he was an unnamed psychologist involved in a one-off Silver Age story, ''Robin Dies at Dawn''. When Creator/GrantMorrison made that story a pivotal part of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman his run]], Doctor Hurt received a name for the first time in 45 years and became the BigBad of the MythArc, the head of the Black Glove, and [[LouisCypher very possibly Satan]], with his experiments in the original story all being part of a long-term plan to destroy Batman.
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* Probably the biggest one would be Doctor Hurt. Originally, he was an unnamed psychologist involved in a one-off Silver Age story, ''Robin Dies at Dawn''. When Creator/GrantMorrison made that story a pivotal part of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison his run]], Doctor Hurt received a name for the first time in 45 years and became the BigBad of the MythArc, the head of the Black Glove, and [[LouisCypher very possibly Satan]], with his experiments in the original story all being part of a long-term plan to destroy Batman.
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** ComicBook/HarleyQuinn was originally just a one-time moll character who made such an impression she became the Joker's pseudo-girlfriend/top henchwoman, then began developing relationships with other characters and got her own spotlight episodes, including a comic tie-in detailing her origins that got adapted into an episode. Then she became a CanonImmigrant into the comic universe and a BreakoutCharacter in general. So she's ascended twice from one-shot to supporting character, from cartoon to comics, in that order.
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** ComicBook/HarleyQuinn [[Characters/DCAUHarleyQuinn Harley Quinn]] was originally just a one-time moll character who made such an impression she became the Joker's pseudo-girlfriend/top henchwoman, then began developing relationships with other characters and got her own spotlight episodes, including a comic tie-in detailing her origins that got adapted into an episode. Then she became a CanonImmigrant into the comic universe and a BreakoutCharacter in general. So she's ascended twice from one-shot to supporting character, from cartoon to comics, in that order.
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* Though not a Villain, [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Stephanie]] [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Brown]], a.k.a the Spoiler, was created to be a plot device by Chuck Dixon for a story that was intended to revamp her father, [[HarmlessVillain the Cluemaster, z-list fodder at best]], but ended up being so popular that she became [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]]'s on-again, off-again LoveInterest, his temporary succesor as Robin IV (though this was as much a marketing scheme as anything else), and Batgirl III with her own Fan-favourite Solo Series. Not bad for a character who began as a plot device, huh?
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* Though not a Villain, [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Stephanie]] [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Brown]], a.k.a the Spoiler, was created to be a plot device by Chuck Dixon for a story that was intended to revamp her father, [[HarmlessVillain the Cluemaster, z-list fodder at best]], but ended up being so popular that she became [[ComicBook/RobinSeries [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]]'s on-again, off-again LoveInterest, his temporary succesor as Robin IV (though this was as much a marketing scheme as anything else), and Batgirl III with her own Fan-favourite Solo Series. Not bad for a character who began as a plot device, huh?
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!!Comic Books
* [[ComicBook/TwoFace Two-Face]] appeared perhaps three times in the GoldenAge, and was unused for roughly ''twenty years'' before his Bronze Age revival. This is, however, a somewhat downplayed example; the character's ''visual'' was popular enough that there were several stories with "impostor" Two-Faces [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/08/27/comic-book-legends-revealed-222/ published]] over the '40s and '50s, and the character's Golden Age debut was delivered to future generations in several reprint issues.
* The Riddler and The Penguin made more frequent appearances, but were still, at best, recurrent characters. Today, they are ''regular cast members''. The Penguin is now an unshakable Gotham crime boss; Two-Face, the Riddler, and ''Man-Bat'' have all Ascended and [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor regularly bounce back and forth between "villain" and "dubious ally" status]].
* ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} is now firmly an ''AntiHero'', and rather less "anti" than many of her peers in that group.
* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn was a one-shot Joker minion from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' who was drawn only because they wanted a girl-coming-out-of-the-cake gag. Joker minions have an average lifespan of less than a single episode, but Harley became big enough to not only jump to the comics, but get her own self-titled series as well.'
* Probably the biggest one would be Doctor Hurt. Originally, he was an unnamed psychologist involved in a one-off Silver Age story, ''Robin Dies at Dawn''. When Creator/GrantMorrison made that story a pivotal part of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman his run]], Doctor Hurt received a name for the first time in 45 years and became the BigBad of the MythArc, the head of the Black Glove, and [[LouisCypher very possibly Satan]], with his experiments in the original story all being part of a long-term plan to destroy Batman.
* The tie-in comic for ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', ''The Batman Strikes'', used Rupert Thorne and Solomon Grundy far more than the show it's based on did, the former (barring some cameos in Season 4) only appeared at the start of the first episode as the last major crime boss Batman puts away before the RoguesGallery appear and while the latter's episode ended with the implication he was {{real after all}}, "Grundy" in his only episode was really mostly [[ScoobyDooHoax Clayface impersonating Grundy]].
* Though not a Villain, [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Stephanie]] [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Brown]], a.k.a the Spoiler, was created to be a plot device by Chuck Dixon for a story that was intended to revamp her father, [[HarmlessVillain the Cluemaster, z-list fodder at best]], but ended up being so popular that she became [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]]'s on-again, off-again LoveInterest, his temporary succesor as Robin IV (though this was as much a marketing scheme as anything else), and Batgirl III with her own Fan-favourite Solo Series. Not bad for a character who began as a plot device, huh?
* As a sidenote, due to his relationship to his daughter making him positively brimming with potential for drama, Cluemaster himself steadily made more appearences in the comics with his competence, if not his [[FashionVictimVillain questionable taste in costumes]], rising as he did so, cumulating in the 75th Anniversary Weekly Series, ComicBook/BatmanEternal, [[spoiler: where he was revealed to have [[BigBad Masterminded the entire story]], almost burnt Gotham to ground, destroyed Batman Incorperated, discovered Batman's true identity, and came closer to killing Batman than anyone else ever had before, barring Bane. [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Bear in mind that Cluemaster was still considered to be a Riddler knock-off.]] [[HijackedByGanon Too bad for him, he got backstabbed by his financial backer, Lincoln March of the Court of Owls.]]]]
!!Live-Action TV
* Sophie in ''Series/{{Batwoman}}'' is a main member of the supporting cast, both as the second-in-command of the Crows and as someone Kate still has feelings for. Her comics counterpart had the same role in Kate's ComingOutStory, and has otherwise made a single non-flashback appearance.
!!Video Games
* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', [[{{Shapeshifter}} Clayface]] appeared as a cameo shuffling between using three other characters' models, unimportant to the story, while Ra's al Ghul showed up as a tagged corpse. In [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity the sequel]], [[spoiler: Clayface is the FinalBoss]] while [[spoiler: Ra's al Ghul is one of three {{Big Bad}}s.]]
!!Western Animation
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
** ComicBook/HarleyQuinn was originally just a one-time moll character who made such an impression she became the Joker's pseudo-girlfriend/top henchwoman, then began developing relationships with other characters and got her own spotlight episodes, including a comic tie-in detailing her origins that got adapted into an episode. Then she became a CanonImmigrant into the comic universe and a BreakoutCharacter in general. So she's ascended twice from one-shot to supporting character, from cartoon to comics, in that order.
** ComicBook/{{Robin}} was featured infrequently in the first season, with the [[http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/backstage/wbible/ series bible]] even stating that he was not intended to be Batman's full-time partner like in the comics. Thanks to some ExecutiveMeddling, the show was renamed ''The Adventures of Batman and Robin'' in its second season, and Robin appeared in nearly every episode.
** ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} also appeared relatively infrequently throughout the original series, but was promoted to lead character status when the show was [[ReTool retooled]] as ''The New Batman Adventures''. Creator/BruceTimm claims her increased prominence was requested by network executives, who felt adding a woman to the main cast would win over [[AffirmativeActionGirl female viewers]].
* A stated goal of ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' is to utilize obscure Batman villains who haven't been as heavily exploited as his A-list rogues. This means unknown (to the general public) villains like Magpie, Anarky, and Professor Pyg are getting their moment in the limelight, with Ra's al Ghul, Lady Shiva, Killer Croc, and Deathstroke as the only remotely-recognizable villains who appeared in the show (Harvey Dent also appeared, but was unable to fully become Two-Face before it was cancelled). ComicBook/{{Katana}} also gets promoted to Batman's principal sidekick.
!!Comic Books
* [[ComicBook/TwoFace Two-Face]] appeared perhaps three times in the GoldenAge, and was unused for roughly ''twenty years'' before his Bronze Age revival. This is, however, a somewhat downplayed example; the character's ''visual'' was popular enough that there were several stories with "impostor" Two-Faces [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/08/27/comic-book-legends-revealed-222/ published]] over the '40s and '50s, and the character's Golden Age debut was delivered to future generations in several reprint issues.
* The Riddler and The Penguin made more frequent appearances, but were still, at best, recurrent characters. Today, they are ''regular cast members''. The Penguin is now an unshakable Gotham crime boss; Two-Face, the Riddler, and ''Man-Bat'' have all Ascended and [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor regularly bounce back and forth between "villain" and "dubious ally" status]].
* ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} is now firmly an ''AntiHero'', and rather less "anti" than many of her peers in that group.
* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn was a one-shot Joker minion from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' who was drawn only because they wanted a girl-coming-out-of-the-cake gag. Joker minions have an average lifespan of less than a single episode, but Harley became big enough to not only jump to the comics, but get her own self-titled series as well.'
* Probably the biggest one would be Doctor Hurt. Originally, he was an unnamed psychologist involved in a one-off Silver Age story, ''Robin Dies at Dawn''. When Creator/GrantMorrison made that story a pivotal part of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman his run]], Doctor Hurt received a name for the first time in 45 years and became the BigBad of the MythArc, the head of the Black Glove, and [[LouisCypher very possibly Satan]], with his experiments in the original story all being part of a long-term plan to destroy Batman.
* The tie-in comic for ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', ''The Batman Strikes'', used Rupert Thorne and Solomon Grundy far more than the show it's based on did, the former (barring some cameos in Season 4) only appeared at the start of the first episode as the last major crime boss Batman puts away before the RoguesGallery appear and while the latter's episode ended with the implication he was {{real after all}}, "Grundy" in his only episode was really mostly [[ScoobyDooHoax Clayface impersonating Grundy]].
* Though not a Villain, [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Stephanie]] [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Brown]], a.k.a the Spoiler, was created to be a plot device by Chuck Dixon for a story that was intended to revamp her father, [[HarmlessVillain the Cluemaster, z-list fodder at best]], but ended up being so popular that she became [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]]'s on-again, off-again LoveInterest, his temporary succesor as Robin IV (though this was as much a marketing scheme as anything else), and Batgirl III with her own Fan-favourite Solo Series. Not bad for a character who began as a plot device, huh?
* As a sidenote, due to his relationship to his daughter making him positively brimming with potential for drama, Cluemaster himself steadily made more appearences in the comics with his competence, if not his [[FashionVictimVillain questionable taste in costumes]], rising as he did so, cumulating in the 75th Anniversary Weekly Series, ComicBook/BatmanEternal, [[spoiler: where he was revealed to have [[BigBad Masterminded the entire story]], almost burnt Gotham to ground, destroyed Batman Incorperated, discovered Batman's true identity, and came closer to killing Batman than anyone else ever had before, barring Bane. [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Bear in mind that Cluemaster was still considered to be a Riddler knock-off.]] [[HijackedByGanon Too bad for him, he got backstabbed by his financial backer, Lincoln March of the Court of Owls.]]]]
!!Live-Action TV
* Sophie in ''Series/{{Batwoman}}'' is a main member of the supporting cast, both as the second-in-command of the Crows and as someone Kate still has feelings for. Her comics counterpart had the same role in Kate's ComingOutStory, and has otherwise made a single non-flashback appearance.
!!Video Games
* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', [[{{Shapeshifter}} Clayface]] appeared as a cameo shuffling between using three other characters' models, unimportant to the story, while Ra's al Ghul showed up as a tagged corpse. In [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity the sequel]], [[spoiler: Clayface is the FinalBoss]] while [[spoiler: Ra's al Ghul is one of three {{Big Bad}}s.]]
!!Western Animation
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
** ComicBook/HarleyQuinn was originally just a one-time moll character who made such an impression she became the Joker's pseudo-girlfriend/top henchwoman, then began developing relationships with other characters and got her own spotlight episodes, including a comic tie-in detailing her origins that got adapted into an episode. Then she became a CanonImmigrant into the comic universe and a BreakoutCharacter in general. So she's ascended twice from one-shot to supporting character, from cartoon to comics, in that order.
** ComicBook/{{Robin}} was featured infrequently in the first season, with the [[http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/backstage/wbible/ series bible]] even stating that he was not intended to be Batman's full-time partner like in the comics. Thanks to some ExecutiveMeddling, the show was renamed ''The Adventures of Batman and Robin'' in its second season, and Robin appeared in nearly every episode.
** ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} also appeared relatively infrequently throughout the original series, but was promoted to lead character status when the show was [[ReTool retooled]] as ''The New Batman Adventures''. Creator/BruceTimm claims her increased prominence was requested by network executives, who felt adding a woman to the main cast would win over [[AffirmativeActionGirl female viewers]].
* A stated goal of ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' is to utilize obscure Batman villains who haven't been as heavily exploited as his A-list rogues. This means unknown (to the general public) villains like Magpie, Anarky, and Professor Pyg are getting their moment in the limelight, with Ra's al Ghul, Lady Shiva, Killer Croc, and Deathstroke as the only remotely-recognizable villains who appeared in the show (Harvey Dent also appeared, but was unable to fully become Two-Face before it was cancelled). ComicBook/{{Katana}} also gets promoted to Batman's principal sidekick.
