History Awesome / BatmanYearOne

* Batman's first salvo against the mob's upper echelons also qualifies. They're sitting down to dinner, talking about how Batman isn't a threat. So far, all he's done is take down low level mooks, not something that concerns them, and that since it makes the people feel safe, they think that he might be a good thing to have around, and how the real problems are Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon. Batman proceeds to cut the lights, blow up the outer wall and give this badass speech to the now terrified gangsters and corrupt officials:

-->'''Gordon:''' I do just enough -- to keep him out of the hospital. I toss his gun into the woods. It should be rusty by morning. [[ShamefulStrip I take his clothes off]] and leave him [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard in his own cuffs]] by the side of the road. [[BatmanGambit He'll never report it.]] [[DirtyCop Not Flass.]] He'll make up some story that involves at least ten attackers [[{{Pride}} and never admit I did it]]. [[BreakTheHaughty But he'll know.]] [[GoodIsNotSoft And he'll stay away from Barbara.]] Thanks, Flass. You've shown me what it takes to be [[CowboyCop a cop]] in [[WretchedHive Gotham City]].
* A small one, but an awesome point has to be given to the young DA, [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey something or other]], for refusing to cave to pressure from the corrupt Gotham PD…and making himself a clandestine ally of the Batman as well.

---> '''Batman''': [[https://i.redd.it/mha7r39jmbz01.jpg Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You have eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on, none of you are safe.]]

* Throughout the early acts of the book, Gordon has done a grand job of telling us that his crooked partner, Detective Flass, is [[InformedAbility a Green Beret,]] and that fighting him would probably be a dumb choice. So when Gordon looks for payback, he ''[[RefugeInAudacity tosses Flass a baseball bat]]'', and ''destroys him.'' Before doing so, he explains that it's been a long time since he's had to take down a Green Beret. So he's not concerned that he has to fight someone with such training, only that he might be a little rusty since the ''[[NoodleIncident last time]]'' he had to whip one.

** This entire showdown with the Gotham PD under Brendon and Loeb's ill-conceived direction, ending with Batman kicking all of their collective asses, is among the highlights of the story. It is the moment that Batman changes in the public's eye from a crazy vigilante to the Dark Knight that no evildoer is a match for.

** It also boasts [[spoiler: the first (and so far, limited) appearance of Batman's sonic wave emitter summoning a swarm of bats]]. You know this is awesome when ''Film/BatmanBegins'' pitched it as one of its key scenes.

* A small one, but an awesome point has to be given to the young DA, [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey something or other]], for refusing to cave to pressure from the corrupt Gotham PD…[[spoiler: and making himself a clandestine ally of the Batman as well.]]

* Throughout the early acts of the book, Gordon has done a grand job of telling us that his crooked partner, Detective Flass, is [[InformedAbility a Green Beret,]] and that fighting him would probably be a dumb choice. So when Gordon looks for payback, he ''[[RefugeInAudacity tosses Flass a baseball bat]]'', and ''[[{{HSQ}} destroys him.]]'' Before doing so, he explains that it's been a long time since he's had to take down a Green Beret. So he's not concerned that he has to fight someone with such training, only that he might be a little rusty since the ''[[NoodleIncident last time]]'' he had to whip one.

-->'''Gordon:''' I do just enough -- to keep him out of the hospital. I toss his gun into the woods. It should be rusty by morning. [[ShamefulStrip I take his clothes off]] and leave him [[HoistWithTheirOwnPetard in his own cuffs]] by the side of the road. [[BatmanGambit He'll never report it.]] [[DirtyCop Not Flass.]] He'll make up some story that involves at least ten attackers [[{{Pride}} and never admit I did it]]. [[BreakTheHaughty But he'll know.]] [[GoodIsNotSoft And he'll stay away from Barbara.]] Thanks, Flass. You've shown me what it takes to be [[CowboyCop a cop]] in [[WretchedHive Gotham City]].

* Throughout the early acts of the book, Gordon has done a grand job of telling us that his crooked partner, Detective Flass, is [[InformedAbility a Green Beret,]] and that fighting him would probably be a dumb choice. So when Gordon looks for payback, he ''[[RefugeInAudacity tosses Flass a baseball bat]]'', and ''[[{{HSQ}} destroys him.]]''
** Before doing so, he explains that it's been a long time since he's had to take down a Green Beret. So he's not concerned that he has to fight someone with such training, only that he might be a little rusty since the ''[[NoodleIncident last time]]'' he had to whip one.

---> '''Batman''': Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You have eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on, none of you are safe.

* Throughout the early acts of the book, Gordon has done a grand job of telling us that his crooked partner, Detective Flass, is [[InformedAbility a Green Beret,]] and that fighting him would probably be a dumb choice. So when Gordon looks for payback, he ''[[RefugeInAudacity tosses Flass a baseball bat]]'', and ''[[{{HSQ}} destroys Flass.]]''

* Gordon gets the crap beaten out of him by a group of dirty cops. He returns the favor with his bare hands.
* Throughout the early acts of the book, Gordon has done a grand job of telling us that his crooked partner, detective Flass, is [[InformedAbility a Green Beret,]] and that fighting him would probably be a dumb choice. So when Gordon looks for payback, he ''[[RefugeInAudacity tosses Flass a baseball bat]]'', and ''[[{{HSQ}} destroys Flass.]]''

* Batman's first salvo against the mob's upper echelons also qualifies. They're sitting down to dinner, talking about how Batman isn't a threat. So far, all he's done is take down low level mooks, not something that concerns them, and that since it makes the people feel safe, they think that he might be a good thing to have around, and how the real problems are Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon. Batman proceeds to cut the lights, blow up the outer wall and give this {{Badass}} speech to the now terrified gangsters and corrupt officials:

* Batman's first salvo against the mob's upper echelons also qualifies. They're sitting down to dinner, talking about how Batman isn't a threat. So far, all he's done is take down low level mooks, not something that concerns them, and that since it makes the people feel safe, they think that he might be a good thing to have around, and how the real problems are Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon. Batman proceeds to cut the lights, blow up the outer wall and give this {{Badass}} speech to the now terrified gangsters:

* Batman's first salvo against the mobs upper echelons also qualifies. They're sitting down to dinner, talking about how Batman isn't a threat. So far, all he's done is take down low level mooks, not something that concerns them, and that since it makes the people feel safe, they think that he might be a good thing to have around, and how the real problems are Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon. Batman proceeds to cut the lights, blow up the outer wall and give this {{Badass}} speech to the now terrified gangsters:

** This entire showdown with the Gotham PD under Brendon and Loeb's ill-conceived direction, ending with Batman kicking all of their collective asses, is among the highlights of the story. It also boasts [[spoiler: the first (and so far, limited) appearance of Batman's sonic wave emitter summoning a swarm of bats]]. You know this is awesome when ''Film/BatmanBegins'' pitched it as one of its key scenes.

* Batman's first salvo against the mobs upper echelons also qualifies. They're sitting down to dinner, talking about how Batman isn't a threat. So far all he has done is take down low level mooks, not something that concerns them, and that since it makes the people feel safe they think that he might a good thing to have around, and how the real problems are Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon. Batman proceeds to cut the lights, blow up the outer wall and give this {{Badass}} speech to the now terrified gangsters:

* Gordon gets the sht beaten out of him by a group of dirty cops. He returns the favor with his bare hands.

* Batman's first salvo against the mobs upper echelons also qualifies. They're sitting down to dinner, talking about how Batman taking down low level mooks makes the people feel safe and how the real problems are Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon. Batman proceeds to cut the lights, blow up the outer wall and give this {{Badass}} speech to the now terrified gangsters:

* Just the fact that they got BryanCranston to voice Gordon in the Animated Adaptation is enough to be its own example.

** This entire showdown with the Gotham PD under Brendon and Loeb's [[{{Understatement}} ill-conceived direction]], ending with Batman kicking all of their collective asses, is among the highlights of the story. It also boasts [[spoiler: the first (and so far, limited) appearance of Batman's sonic wave emitter summoning a swarm of bats]]. You know this is awesome when ''Film/BatmanBegins'' pitched it as one of its key scenes.

** This entire showdown with the Gotham PD under Brendon and Loeb's [[{{Understatement}} ill-conceived direction]], ending with Batman kicking all of their collective asses, is among the highlights of the story. It also boasts [[spoiler: the first (and so far, limited) appearance of Batman's sonic wave emitter summoning a swarm of bats]]. You know this is awesome when ''BatmanBegins'' pitched it as one of its key scenes.

** No matter how hard Kevin Smith tries to ruin the above moment, it will always be one of Batman's most awesome moments.
*** Why/how would he ruin that?
*** Smith wrote a Batman comic where Batman relived the scene, and revealed to another character that he wet himself at the time. It was horrible.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: "You're the one who tried to kill the cat."
** Batman's first salvo against the mobs upper echelons also qualifies. They're sitting down to dinner, talking about how Batman taking down low level mooks makes the people feel safe and how the real problems are Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon. Batman proceeds to cut the lights, blow up the outer wall and give this {{Badass}} speech to the now terrified gangsters:

*** No matter how hard Kevin Smith tries to ruin the above moment, it will always be one of Batman's most awesome moments.