History Characters / ArrowverseBatFamily

* PrivateEyeMonologue: A number of episodes feature Kate's narration as she ponders her double life and her current troubles, although they're presented as journal entries addressed to [[PresentAbsence Bruce]] rather than just her inner monologue.

* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Played with. She's not overly surprised nor upset when Kara basically admits to looking at her naked by way of x-ray vision.
* SiblingYinYang: When she and her sister were kids, Kate was more daring, HotBlooded, and a {{Tomboy}} while Beth was more cautious, levelheaded, and a GirlyGirl.

* AttemptedHomewrecker: In the first season, Kate tries to renew her relationship with Sophie, despite Sophie having retreated into the closet and gotten married to a man in the years since they broke up. While Sophie eventually realizes that she is gay and divorces her husband, her relationship with Kate remains conflicted, and ultimately, they do not end up together.

* HappilyAdopted: Her biological mother died in childbirth [[spoiler:(not really, but that's what she was told)]] and her biological father died sometime before, but she had an adopted mother, Cora Lewis, who loved her and drove her to finish her education and get a job. Unfortunately, Cora was killed by the Wonderland Gang.

* YoureNotMyMother: She delivers a subtle one to Jada during dinner in "[[Recap.Batwoman2019S3E5ALessonFromProfessorPyg A Lesson From Professor Pyg]]" by thanking her for giving the former up as if she were a burden, because it eventually allowed her to be raised in a real home by a mother who truly loved her. Marquis looks [[SoProudOfYou proud]], while Jada is [[NotSoStoic visibly affected]].

* AmbiguousSituation: After Ruby Rose left the show, she's written out by her plane crashing, though with a blatant case of NeverFoundTheBody. It very much comes off as the crew hedging their bets in case Rose never does agree to come back, while avoiding another case of BuryYourGays like the franchise has gotten in trouble for before. The third episode of Season 2 has [[GreaterScopeVillain Safiyah]] claim to have kidnapped Kate, but Kate herself is still, understandably, nowhere to be seen. It's later revealed that Black Mask has her while Safiyah just pretended she did so she could have Alice do something for her promising that she would giver her sister back once it was done. Alice is justifiably pissed off at that.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Although Kate is in peak physical condition and has had extensive martial arts training, she's still a slender and relatively lightweight woman who regular finds herself fighting multiple opponents at least twice her size. When even one of these guys manages to get a good hit in, the fight can turn against her in an instant, to the point that her suit is often the only reason she makes it out alive.

* ClarkKentOutfit: Hides an impressive physique under that suit and tie as revealed by his AlternateSelf in ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.

!!! '''Played By:''' Warren Christie

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: On her and Beth's 13th birthday after their Bat Mitzvah, they were caught in the crossfire of a road chase between Batman and the Joker, causing Kate to lose her mother and be separated from her sister for 15 years when their car was run over a bridge.

** This Kate claims to not be into sports other than playing club soccer in school, while in the comics, she's a lifelong athlete, being an award-winning high school gymnast and top boxer at West Point, and is implied to like baseball, football, and basketball.

** With Mary, who is generally more fashionable and excitable than her.

* {{Gayngst}}: Sophie has been closeted most of her life; at Point Rock she denied that she had a relationship with Kate, which led to only Kate being expelled under DADT. After graduating and joining the Crows, she married a man (leading to Kate and the show's viewers wondering if she might be bisexual). But after running into Kate again, her old feelings come back and she tries desperately to stay in the closet to please her husband and family. In "Grinning from Ear to Ear", she finally admits to her mother and to ''herself'' that she's a lesbian. Her fears over this are sadly justified, because on hearing this her mother rejects Sophie.

* MusclesAreMeaningless: Kate is rather trim but can beat up guys twice her size and weight. {{Justified}} on account of her military training and use of improvised weapons.

* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: In all her relationships seen thus far, Kate has been involved with feminine lesbians: first Sophie, then Julia, and later Reagan.

** With Beth. In their childhood, Kate wore dark-colored, fairly tomboyish clothing and kept her hair in a braid while Beth wore lighter, feminine colors with her [[LongHairIsFeminine hair let down]]. Notably at their Bat Mitzvah, Kate dressed in a dark purple suit and tie and Beth in a bright [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] and [[TrueBlueFemininity blue]] floral dress. This dynamic carried over into their adulthood, as Batwoman fights crime in a black combat suit while Alice wears flashy and lacey vintage apparel with many skirts and dresses. Kate prefers a {{Bifauxnen}} style for formal occasions while Alice gets dolled up in a shimmering golden gown when infiltrating a gala.
** She is the tomboy to all of her love interests, who are more [[LipstickLesbian feminine lesbians]].

* TheWorfEffect: On the giving end. In her debut appearance in ''Series/{{Elseworlds|2018}}'' she incapacitates both Barry and Oliver (after the two experienced a FreakyFridayFlip) with no effort. Though granted the two were under the influence of a hallucinogenic and were busy fighting each other.

* BareYourMidriff: {{Downplayed}} compared to most examples, but her outfit shows off a good chunk of her midsection.