History Characters / BatmanArkhamSeriesBatfamily

* ThisIsSomethingHesGottoDoHimself: Is on the receiving end of this from Batman. Since ''City'', Robin's enthusiasm to join Batman's adventures is always coldly rebuked and he is usually ordered to do some other mundane task offscreen. From a gameplay standpoint, it's simply to maintain the focus on Batman as the sole player protagonist. This is eventually addressed and {{Deconstructed}} in ''Knight'' when Tim finally gets sick of being fobbed off and begins to doubt Bruce's commitment to the Dynamic Duo, leading to dramatic conflict later in the game.

[[caption-width-right:290:''"Please be careful with the car, Mr. Wayne. She's one of a kind."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"If you need me, you know where I am."'']]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Robin in Arkham City]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6889.JPG[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:215:''"Still lurking around on rooftops."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:329:''"Be careful. It's not looking good out there."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:280:''"Do I look like Batman to you?"'']]

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* StayInTheKitchen: A non-sexist use of this trope. Since ''City'', Robin's enthusiasm to join Batman's adventures is always coldly rebuked and he is usually ordered to do some other mundane task offscreen. From a gameplay standpoint, it's simply to maintain the focus on Batman as the sole player protagonist. This is eventually addressed and {{Deconstructed}} in ''Knight'' when Tim finally gets sick of being fobbed off and begins to doubt Bruce's commitment to the Dynamic Duo, leading to dramatic conflict later in the game.

* MissionControl: At the beginning of City until Oracle takes over (Though he still chimes in too) and reversed in Knight where he takes over for her due to the plot (And still isn't entirely absent during the first part). He firmly holds this role during Origns as Barbara isn't even Batgirl yet.

* AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe: His envinromental takedowns are the exact same as the rest of the Batfamily, yet when he does them they're lethal.

* BadassDecay: In Universe, after Bruce learns Jason's identity as the Arkham Knight and soundly defeats him, Jason is noted as to be weeping and bemoaning what happened, causing a massive loss of respect from just about anyone who isn't the Batfamily.

* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: The Joker got his hands on Jason Todd and what happened after was not funny. Now Jason is willing to gun down even the lowliest mook and violently snaps necks for some of his Silent Takedowns.

* MeaningfulAppearance: As part of an effort to adapt the kiddy and vibrant image of Robin to the rather dark and dour atmosphere of the ''Arkham'' games, Robin wears a pair of fingerless gloves suitable for a thug. Sure, [[AwesomeButImpractical it leaves fingerprints all over the city]], but a secret identity is a small price to pay for ''fashion''. Until ''Arkham Knight'' comes around at least.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Evidently ''someone'' taught Bruce to drive like a deranged nutjob - presumably this was ''Alfred'' himself, given that there was no-one else around to teach Bruce at the time.

* NumberTwo: To Bruce Wayne at Wayne Tech, which he runs on a day-to-day basis. The GCPD Lockdown DLC states [[spoiler:that Fox now owns Wayne Tech, having been left all of Bruce's holdings after his "death", and has kept both Luthor and Stagg from assuming control]].

* TheAtoner: Of a sorts. Jason becomes a violent vigilante to protect Gotham after the events of the main game. It’s implied that he’s doing this as a means to make up for his actions as the Arkham Knight, and his role in Batman’s supposed death.

* NeverMyFault: Blames Batman for what happened to him, even though the unlockable Arkham Stories revealed that [[http://arkhamcity.wikia.com/wiki/Jason_Todd he]] disabled his suit's tracker and comm system while tracking down the Joker.

* FogOfDoom: [[spoiler:The Ghost's fog is certainly this for the criminals he haunts.]]

* AgeLift: Seems to be older than he is in the comics amongst other members of the Bat Family. [[spoiler: Him being in a relationship with Barbara, eventually planning on marrying her, supports this]]. In the tie-in comics, he’s a high school chemistry teacher rather than a student.

** His alternate costumes for ''Knight'' include Tim's classic costume and his ''[[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis One Year Later]]'' costume, as well as Dick's costumes as Robin from the ComicBook/{{New 52}} and ''Series/Batman1966''.

* BadassInDistress: Near the end of ''Knight'', [[spoiler: he's kidnapped by Scarecrow as part of a ploy to expose Batman's SecretIdentity to the world, something that happened because [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Batman trapped him in a cell at Panessa Studios]].]]

* AdvertisedExtra: Despite his increased prominence, Nightwing only serves a minor role in ''Arkham Knight's'' story mode [[spoiler: and serves as the FinalBoss of Harley Quinn's story mode. Nightwing doesn't even appear in the game's ending like Oracle and Robin.]] On the plus side, he's the ally that's played as the most times (counting all Dual Play encounters both in the main game and in the Season of Infamy DLC, post patch challenge maps and his story DLC) and the only one allowed to talk back to Batman.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: Subverted. Under the influence of fear toxin, she sees Batman as a monster. Trying and failing to kill the "monster" with a gun thanks to safety glass, she kills herself rather than let the monster reach her. Again, this turns out to be a trick by Scarecrow, and Oracle is alive and well.]]

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Apparently dies in ''Knight'', but this was just a Scarecrow hallucination.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Attempted. While she doesn't actually die as Batman swoops in to catch her just in time, when it seems like Scarecrow is going to tip her when in her wheelchair off a rooftop, she tells him that he doesn't scare her.]]

* PrettyLittleHeadshots: [[spoiler: Oracle's skull is awfully intact for someone who shot herself point blank in the head. Granted, it's a hallucination.]]
* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: Subverted twice. In ''Knight'', Scarecrow apparently exposes Oracle to fear toxin and drives her into committing suicide, simply to spite Batman. But Oracle's alive and well, and Batman was just hallucinating. He later tries to kill her for real to punish Gordon for seemingly killing Batman, but Batman saves. We also get an adaptation of her crippling scene from ''The Killing Joke'', itself one of the most infamous examples of this.]]

** In ''Arkham Knight'' screenshots, she's appears to be wearing [[http://imgur.com/xsBG26N a Flying Graysons necklace]].
** In ''Arkham Knight'', Bruce tells Barbara not let her feelings for Tim cloud her judgement, and she has a picture of her & Tim on a bookshelf. [[spoiler: The 100% completion ending for the game reveals she married Tim.]]

* CostumeEvolution: We actually get to see a few key moments of it happen. [[spoiler: Jason's signature red helmet is actually the base helmet for the Arkham Knight's HUD mask, which is discarded when Batman damages it with a headbutt, worn underneath it. More pieces of the Arkham Knight armour are torn off in the fight, notably the main chestpiece, and after Jason escapes when he's next seen again he's painted a red bat symbol on his chest]]. Later, adding a jacket and other portions to his outfit create a relatively CivvieSpandex look and we get the final Red Hood design.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Spent over a ''year'' as the Joker's prisoner and torture victim. [[spoiler: As the Arkham Knight, he screams that everything he's done to Bruce is *mercy* by comparison.]]

-->'''Red Hood''': Say hi to Joker for me!

* KarmaHoudini: He faces no comeuppance for his actions as [[spoiler: the Arkham Knight. With Batman gone, he gets off scot free.]]

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: He visits the movie studios offscreen but doesn't harm Harley, even though she was completely defenseless and trapped. After all, since both she and Jason are Joker's victims, it's likely he felt sorry for her.]]

* ReformedButNotTamed: [[spoiler: After moving on from the Arkham Knight identity]], he still retains his willingness to kill.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MartinJarvis (''Arkham City'', ''Arkham Origins'', ''Arkham Knight'', ''Assault on Arkham''), Hugh Fraser (''Arkham VR'') [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Stéphane Ronchewski (Fr; ''City''), Daniel Lafourcade (Fr; ''Origins''), Pierre Dourlens (Fr; ''Assault on Arkham'', ''Knight''), Cesare Rasini (It), Pádua Moreira (Br.Pt)[[/labelnote]]

** [[spoiler: His near-death in ''Origins'' causes Bruce to realise how selfish and arrogant his actions have been at that time, and almost outright quit being Batman. Alfred convinces him not to give up however, and he starts behaving much more practically from then on, including accepting the need for aid and allies]].
* NoBadassToHisValet: [[spoiler: Outright refuses to allow Batman to go after Talia until he stops Protocol 10.]]

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Takes over this role for the first half of the second game, though he does show up occasionally after Oracle shows up again. In ''Origins'' he has this position for the full game, due to it taking place long before Barbara ever became Oracle. Shares the position with her again in ''Knight'', although he eventually takes over full-time after [[spoiler: Barbara is kidnapped by the Scarecrow.]]

* BookEnds: Both within the game and in the context of [[spoiler: Bruce Wayne's]] entire life story.
** [[spoiler: ''Arkham Knight'' begins with Scarecrow unleashing a traumatising dose of fear toxin on some unsuspecting diner patrons and a hapless policeman. The Ghost appears at the very end to terrify some muggers with the same fear toxin effect.]]
** [[spoiler: The Ghost appears to stop some thugs from mugging a wealthy-looking family unit of a mother, father and son in a dank alleyway, essentially preventing a HistoryRepeats situation of Bruce's own fatal childhood trauma.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: According to [[WordOfGod Sefton Hill]] in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5jrxnv/im_sefton_hill_creative_director_at_rocksteady/dbihoru/ this Reddit AMA]], the Ghost is Bruce Wayne, who somehow ultimately [[{{Determinator}} found a way to survive]] in spite of all evidence to the contrary and managed to become "an even more badass version of Batman". This is confirmed true as Batman appears in trailers for ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague''.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Invokes this appearance to criminals, possibly with Scarecrow's fear gas.]]
* FogOfDoom: [[spoiler: The Ghost's fog is certainly this for the criminals he haunts.]]
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler: The Ghost serves as this to Batman, but it's actually Bruce having faked his death.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: It's a [[FakingTheDead very much alive Wayne]], potenially using Scarecrow's Fear Gas to look that way, to continue watching over Gotham City after the Knightfall Protocol.]]
* MegaManning: For all intents and purposes, it's [[spoiler: an all-new version of Batman who has seemingly retrofitted Scarecrow's fear gas into his arsenal to use in the never-ending war against crime in Gotham. Though it may also be Mad Hatter's technology, modified to cause a consistent fear response.]]
* OminousFog: [[spoiler: Fog begins to overtake the alleyway the criminals are in before the Ghost confronts them. It's most likely fear gas.]]

* RedSkyTakeWarning: [[spoiler: As the illusion kicks in, the street erupts into a burning red landscape, along with a [[BatScare swarm of smaller bats]] and a [[BatOutOfHell much larger, vicious bat.]]]]
* TerrorHero: [[spoiler: Even more so than Batman, the Ghost seemingly uses some form of fear toxin to utterly scare the shit out of criminals with the menacing visage of an enormous bat-demon bearing down on them.]]
* UnfinishedBusiness: [[spoiler: If it really is Bruce's ghost, it appears to be finishing what Batman started in life, keeping Gotham clean.]]

* KilledOffscreeen: [[spoiler:In ''SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', he is killed before the events of the game by the brainwashed Batman.]]

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* [[spoiler:KilledOffscreeen: Robin's ultimate fate, in SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague.]]

* BadassInDistress: The ''Gunrunner'' side mission has him captured by the Penguin. Downplayed, as it's implied Nightwing intentionally got himself captured so Batman could track down the last of Penguin's weapons caches through finding him. Cobblepot also attempts to hold Nightwing at gunpoint toward the end of the mission, but the latter easily frees himself.