History Characters / BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryKnight

** When Batman one of his lairs on Miagani Island (not the main militia headquarters), the Arkham Knight ambushes Batman and shoots him in the side where his armor's weakest, then lets his men attack him while he's weakened. And when that doesn't work, he tries to finish Batman off with a tank. He even lampshades it.

* WalkingSpoiler: It's pretty hard to talk about Herny without ruining the surprise...

* AdaptationDyeJob: The comics Blackfire has hair hair; this Blackfire's hair is grey.

* {{Ninja}}: Like the rest of her family she's been trained to fight, and even briefly spars with Batman if he choses to save Ra's. [[spoiler: Not good enough to save her from her father though.]]

** He knows how dangerous the Batmobile is and in the first stage of his final confrontation with Batman,
immediately takes it out of play by luring it into a tunnel network and attacking it with an indestructible Tunnel Boring machine.

[[folder:The Arkham Knight (MASSIVE UNMARKED SPOILERS)]]

[[folder:Henry Adams]]

* ArcVillain: [[spoiler: Of the infected blood subplot, taking the reins from Harley partway through.]]
* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler:Henry slyly drops a few hints to his true nature as the game progresses -- such as innocently commenting that Batman's security system is easier to get through than he expected, for example -- but the most notable moment the mask almost slips is in an audio tape as he spots the other infected patients; acting terrified, [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne he angrily shouts that Batman should kill the rest of them]], as "it's the only way to be sure". Batman, disturbed, immediately cuts off the interview.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:He acts like the only sane man, but he's really the ''worst'' out of all of them.]]
* TheCracker: [[spoiler:Trusted enough by Batman and Robin to be occasionally let out of containment to be tested for a cure, if not leave the room, he hacked the Batcomputer right under their nose.]]
* DiabolicalMastermind: With some hacking skills, [[spoiler: Henry allowed Harley to infiltrate the movie studio and secretly release the other Infected. He even managed to fool Batman, only revealing himself and manifesting his symptoms when the time was right.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:When he sees he has the same green eyes as the other infected, he realizes that Batman makes a better replacement for the Joker and kills himself]].
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Henry tricked Batman, contacted Harley, freed the other infected and helped Batman gather them back up.]]
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: [[spoiler: The "jokes" that he tells Harley are a sort of strange mix of the two versions. Not only are they sadistic and horrifying, they aren't even funny lacking even basic wordplay, and a far cry from the LaughablyEvil the Joker manages]].
* EvilOldFolks: [[spoiler:Initially pretends to be a kind old man, but it eventually becomes clear just how deranged he truly is]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Originally seeming like an immune individual to the Joker Infection, he only shows his true colors right when he's about to off himself just to screw with everyone involved; ''even the other infected''.]]
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Because he is apparently sane, Henry symbolizes Batman's hope to eventually cure all of the Joker-Infected. This hope is cruelly dashed when he reveals himself to be just as insane as the others and kills them in a narcissistic desire to be the one and ''only'' Joker. Henry also becomes Harley's hope of getting the Joker back, only for ''her'' hope to be shattered as well when he shoots himself after realizing that Batman is infected too and could become a more powerful Joker.]]
* MadLove: [[spoiler: The tapes show that Henry has this with Harley. However, just like the Joker, he's not above threatening to kill her as a means of negotiation.]]

* NiceGuy: He fears his wife must be worried sick, and just wants to go back to his family and school again. [[spoiler: Until you realize his true colors...]]
* RuleOfSymbolism: On a deeper, personal level, Henry Adams represents Batman's hope that the Joker could someday be cured of his insanity [[spoiler:and how futile this hope really is]].
* SadistTeacher: [[spoiler: After ditching the sheep's clothing, Principal Henry, a professor in biology, gives Batman a rough lesson in natural selection by killing the other infected.]]
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler:Upon noticing Batman's infection, Henry blows his own brains out, convinced that Batman will be a better Joker than all of the Infected.]]
* TheSocialDarwinist: [[spoiler:Henry believed that only the best of the Joker Infected should live. Initially he believes himself to be the best, seeing as he was the most intelligent of them and the others' quirks didn't make them truly worthy of being Joker. When he discovered that Batman was also infected, Henry concluded that he himself would be an inferior Joker, and offed himself on the spot, making him an incredibly rare example of a Social Darwinist that applies his values to himself exactly the same way he applies it to others.]]
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[spoiler:During their first meeting, Henry proves himself as the Joker to Harley Quinn by telling her the same sick, BlackComedy jokes the original Clown Prince of Crime was fond of.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: Is the only Joker Infected to not be homicidal and is cooperative with Batman and Robin. [[spoiler: It's horrifically subverted when it turns out he was hiding his symptoms and reveals his true colors.]]
* VillainRespect: [[spoiler:The Joker, or at least Batman's (very accurate) hallucination of Joker, considers the other Joker-Infected to be washed-out inferiors compared to him. Not Henry, though; in fact, once he had revealed himself as the mastermind that hacked the defence systems, killed off the other Infected, and even taking Harley hostage to influence Batman, Joker briefly considers rooting for ''him'' instead of Batman as to which one would succeed him. Even then, Henry himself realizes that Batman is also infected, and would make the better successor]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Look at all of this white text! It's pretty hard to talk about Herny without ruining the surprise.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Despite repeatedly claiming to know all about Batman and every move he'll make, he ''still'' completely underestimates what Batman is capable of. Given that he's Jason, he has even less excuse to do this.
Hallucination!Joker even comments on it

'''Batman:''' Joker sent me the film... I ''saw'' him kill you.]]\\

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The Knight was once an idealistic hero, until a tragedy drove him to become what he is now. Specifically, he's Jason Todd and the tragedy was his horrible torture at Joker's hands.

* AFatherToHisMen: BadBoss tendencies aside (see above), while he is strict with the militia, he never really threatens to hurt them directly should they fail, and seems to treat them with respect. A militia member even recounts that the Knight reached out to him in a time of self-doubt, being understanding to his feelings of being betrayed by those he respected, and even after Scarecrow takes control of the Militia they outright state that will only listen to the Knight.

[[folder:The Arkham Knight]]

* AdaptationalBadass: While most incarnations of [[spoiler:Jason Todd]] are badasses in their own right, none of them are at the level of this incarnation, who leads an army of professional killers specifically trained by him to kill Batman and manages to take over Gotham in mere hours.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, [[spoiler:Jason Todd, after his death and resurrection,]] started out as an [[spoiler:acolyte of the League of Assassins who took over Gotham's criminal underground, leading up to his plan to force Batman into killing the Joker]]. Subsequent appearances inconsistently depicted him as either a genuinely good guy or a genuinely bad guy, sane or insane, differing from writer to writer. His goals are never clearly stated. Here, most of his dirty work is under orders from Scarecrow. As for his mental state, he's clearly suffering from textbook psychosis, and whereas in the comics [[spoiler:Jason]] is angry because [[spoiler:Batman didn't kill the Joker to avenge his death and then replaced him as Robin within months, here he honestly believes Batman abandoned him to his fate]]. He also still cares for [[spoiler:both Barbara and Alfred a great deal.]]

* AntagonisticOffspring: They aren't biologically related but blood doesn't end with DNA as [[spoiler: he is one of the sons of Bruce Wayne, the man he opposes.]]

* BadassBookworm: He created all the tech that he uses to hunt down Batman all by himself. [[spoiler: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because he used to be Jason Todd, so he would have both likely been taught usage of those gadgets by Batman himself, and used some of his gadgets as well in his stint as Robin.]]

* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:The Knight's real identity is Jason Todd, who after being tortured and manipulated by Joker for over a year, came to hate his former mentor for not saving him]].

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler:The Arkham Knight is revealed to be none other than Jason Todd, the second Robin in the original comics]].
* CanonImmigrant: Sort of. [[spoiler:The ''identity'' of the Arkham Knight was brought over in ''Detective Comics'' #1000, but in a combination of DecompositeCharacter, GenderFlip, and SamusIsAGirl, the comics Knight was revealed to be Jeremiah Arkham's daughter, Astrid, not Jason.]]

** He knows how dangerous the Batmobile is and in the first stage of his final confrontation with Batman, [[spoiler:immediately takes it out of play by luring it into a tunnel network and attacking it with an indestructible Tunnel Boring machine]].

** His helmet and tactical body armor resembles some of Jason Todd's Red Hood costumes, as well as the Batman costume he used in ''Battle For The Cowl'' in some areas. [[spoiler:Justified in this case since he ''is'' Jason Todd.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The Knight was once an idealistic hero, until a tragedy drove him to become what he is now. [[spoiler: Specifically, he's Jason Todd and the tragedy was his horrible torture at Joker's hands.]]
* {{Determinator}}: He travels to South America, and, with seemingly no starting resources, builds a mercenary army capable of taking Gotham by storm in just a day. Consider that also he did the whole "go to South America and builds himself a PMC" all the while [[spoiler: being troubled to literally insane levels by the memories of his ColdBloodedTorture.]]

* DragonInChief: Scarecrow is the main villain of the game, but those are the Arkham Knight's troops. He directs them throughout nearly all Predator encounters, and makes sure they don't fall for Batman's tactics more than once. But ultimately subverted since despite the fact that the troops belongs to him, [[TheChessmaster Scarecrow]] the one who develop all the plans and [[spoiler:after the defeat of Arkham Knight, Scarecrow just finds a replacement for him in Deathstroke and continues confrontation with Batman regardless.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Only teamed up with Scarecrow to kill the Batman and frequently quarrels with Scarecrow over how it should be done. [[spoiler: Ultimately turns on Scarecrow in the end.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite the all-consuming hate he feels for Batman, the Arkham Knight is still capable of real affection, [[spoiler:showing respect and care for Barbara, angrily demanding that Scarecrow stay away from her, making sure that she's all right, and threatening to kill his men if they harm her. He also asks about Alfred in a wistful tone, clearly missing his surrogate grandfather.]]

** In his audio tapes, he saves one of Scarecrow's hostages from fear toxin and threatens to kill any Mook who does any harm to that same hostage. [[spoiler:Admittedly, likely due to their personal relationship, that is, her being part of the Batfamily.]] He also evacuates the city of civilians before the plan is put in motion.
** He never [[spoiler:revealed Batman's secret identity to Scarecrow or any of his militia, and is notably careful to never say Bruce's name when they might hear him.]]
** Despite knowing of his relationship to Batman and knowing that it would cripple Batman, [[spoiler: he never does anything to threaten Alfred at any point in the game. He even asks Barbara how Alfred has been when he has her captive, taking on a wistful tone.]]

* AFatherToHisMen: BadBoss tendencies aside (see above), while he is strict with the militia, he never really threatens to hurt them directly should they fail, and seems to treat them with respect. A militia member even recounts that the Knight reached out to him in a time of self-doubt, being understanding to his feelings of being betrayed by those he respected, and even after [[spoiler: Scarecrow takes control of the Militia they outright state that will only listen to the Knight.]]

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: A deadly adversary who wears a helmet with glowing blue eyes. They're a special HUD which allows him to monitor and control the activities of his organization. [[spoiler: Batman shatters it with a headbutt in his confrontation with the Arkham Knight, causing him to detach it and use the red helmet underneath instead.]]

--->'''Arkham Knight:''' ''[saddened]'' I can't go back. You don't know what [he] did, [[spoiler:Barbara]]. He hollowed me out, and he filled me back up with ''hate'' and...\\
'''[[MoralityPet Barbara]]:''' ''[softly]'' [[spoiler: Jason]], we can fix it...\\

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: After Scarecrow finally decides to kill Batman, Jason saves him.]]

* MissedHimByThatMuch: [[spoiler:As it turns out, Jason was at Arkham Island when Joker took over in ''Arkham Asylum'', being kept and tortured at an abandoned wing for over a year. Bruce didn't know as not only was he too busy fighting the Joker, he believed Jason was already dead at the time]].

'''Batman:''' [[spoiler:Joker sent me the film... I ''saw'' him kill you.]]\\

* MoralityPet: [[spoiler:Oracle is this for him; even though he personally betrays her identity to Scarecrow and kidnaps her, he goes out of his way to make sure no harm comes to her, reveals his identity to her, and [[MotiveRant tries to justify why he's doing what he is]], hoping she'll understand. He even weakly replies "How's Alfred?" when she tries reaching to him]].
* MythologyGag: Arkham Knight's face mask comes in two layers: the black topmost one that changes his voice, and [[spoiler:a red face mask underneath that resembles the face mask of Jason's other alter ego, the Red Hood. Sure enough, when Jason finally abandons the Arkham Knight moniker and becomes Red Hood in the DLC, he retains the red mask.]]

** He's completely obsessed with killing Batman himself and remains frustrated throughout the game that Scarecrow [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim won't just allow him to kill The Bat]]. This obsession eventually gets the better of him and, despite Scarecrow's attempts to persuade him otherwise, he chooses to fight Batman inside his armored tank which eventually leads to the destruction of it and [[spoiler:the Cloudburst]].
** He could ''easily'' [[spoiler:have told Gotham's criminals Batman's real identity or attacked Wayne Manor, but he is stopped by his desire to kill Batman and ''Batman only''. Drawing too much attention to the Wayne household would cause too much suspicion, explaining why he never attacks it]].

* PsychoForHire: Zig-Zagged. On one hand, he's been contracted by Gotham's super villains to give them sufficient manpower in destroying Batman, and carries out his job with ruthless efficiency. On the other hand, [[spoiler: he's not motivated merely just for the sake of wanton destruction and cruelty. Furthermore, Batman believes he can be redeemed once he finds out who the Arkham Knight is and is proven right, when Jason returns to free him from the Scarecrow and rejoins the Batfamily]].
* PsychopathicManchild: Has what amounts to a temper tantrum when things don't go his way, and has shown signs of being pretty petty and immature throughout the game. [[spoiler:Justified, in that his repeated mental trauma has more or less arrested him at the age Joker's abuse began, and he's received no therapy whatsoever to help him cope with his feelings of anger and betrayal.]]

** His boss-battle is full of this, with him ranting and raving during Batman's efforts to talk him down. It culminates in him fleeing rather than hearing anything else from Batman. [[spoiler:He later shows up in his Red Hood outfit to free Bruce and allow him to defeat Scarecrow, accepting his redemption.]]
** Played straight during one of his audio logs. He rebuffs a prisoner's attempts at trying to convince him to surrender, though right near the end his voice gets weaker, showing he does have some remorse in him. [[spoiler:He does miss Alfred after all.]]
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: An antagonist who wears black armor with red highlights. [[spoiler: This is further enhanced when he drops the persona and becomes Red Hood in his boss fight, as he ditches the black covering to expose his helmet and his blue armor seems to switch coloring to match.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:His identity as the Arkham Knight ends up as this for Batman; he's sure that the Knight is someone connected to Arkham Asylum or Arkham City in some way, and he spends much of the game focused on that possibility and never picks up the hints it could be someone else. It's unknown if Jason picked the name for this on purpose, though.]]

* RedemptionDemotion: [[spoiler: Goes from being in charge in a massive militia armed with tank drones capable of taking over a whole city in one night to a lone vigilante, making use of just his skills, small assembly of (demonstrated) gadgets and a pair of handguns. To be there though, they're all he needs.]]
* TheResenter: Subverted. [[spoiler:While furious about Batman "replacing" him, Jason doesn't seem to hold it against the current Robin, Tim Drake, never even directly mentioning him.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: His desire to see Batman dead interferes with Scarecrow's more well-thought-out plan, especially as he has even gone to the trouble of establishing a large PMC to aid him in destroying the Dark Knight. This is especially apparent in the [[spoiler:battle with the Cloudburst. He stays to fight as Batman slowly destroys his escort and damages the Cloudburst itself, despite Scarecrow insisting he withdraw and save it]].

* SecretIdentity: [[spoiler:He's Jason Todd.]]
* SecretKeeper: Played with. The Knight never told Scarecrow his own secret identity nor did he reveal Batman's identity to him. He did however tell Scarecrow Batman's strategies, his key allies, and the people Batman really cared about, all before personally kidnapping Oracle for Scarecrow. [[spoiler:In the backstory, Joker's torture broke him to the point that he was going to reveal Bruce's identity but Joker shot him, seemingly, before he revealed it. In the game, he ''does'' finally call Batman "Bruce" within earshot of Commissioner Gordon, finally outing Batman's identity to him.]]

* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:When Batman calls him "Robin", the Knight furiously shouts that that isn't who he is.]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: In the first stage of his final confrontation with Batman, he utilizes a tunnel boring machine in an attempt to grind the Batmobile to a pulp with Batman still inside it. [[spoiler:He destroys the car, but Batman ejects seconds before impact.]]

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Despite repeatedly claiming to know all about Batman and every move he'll make, he ''still'' completely underestimates what Batman is capable of. [[spoiler:Given that he's Jason, he has even less excuse to do this]]. [[spoiler:Hallucination!Joker]] even comments on it

* VoiceOfTheLegion: His helmet includes a voice modulator, [[spoiler: ensuring Bruce never twigs to his identity.]]

'[[MoralityPet Barbara]]:''' ''[soft]'' [[spoiler: Jason]], we can fix it...\\

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* AdaptationHairstyleChange: The comics Blackfire has a full head of clean-looking hair and was clean-shaven. The Blackfire of ''Knight'' is balding, has a beard, and said beard and what hair he does have on his head is a mess.

* EvilSoundsDeep: His mask alters his voice, making him sound downright ''demonic.'' Averted once his mask comes off, now sounding otherwise like Troy Baker's natural, medium-pitched and soft speaking voice. He particularly sounds like a very ticked-off [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Kanji Tatsumi]].

* NotUsingTheZWord: Averted. She openly refers to her father as a zombie who should've died long ago.

'''Rogues Gallery''': ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryAsylum Arkham Asylum]]'' ([[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]] • [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] • [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheRiddler The Riddler]]) | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryCity Arkham City]]'' ([[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesCatwoman Catwoman]] • [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesThePenguin The Penguin]]) | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryOrigins Arkham Origins]]'' | '''''Arkham Knight''''' | [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryMisc Miscellaneous Foes]]\\

* CoolGuns: His main weapons are two handguns which have been customized to be able to merge together and become an instant take-down sniper's rifle.

'''Rogues Gallery''': ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryAsylum Arkham Asylum]]'' ([[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]] • [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] • [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheRiddler The Riddler]]) | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryCity Arkham City]]'' | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryOrigins Arkham Origins]]'' | '''''Arkham Knight''''' | [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryMisc Miscellaneous Foes]]\\

'''Rogues Gallery''': ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryAsylum Arkham Asylum]]'' ([[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]], [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheRiddler The Riddler]], [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]]) | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryCity Arkham City]]'' | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryOrigins Arkham Origins]]'' | '''''Arkham Knight''''' | [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryMisc Miscellaneous Foes]]\\

The '''Arkham Knight''' is a new villain introduced in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. Little is known about this mysterious new foe, apart from his name, except that he holds a great contempt for the Dark Knight and will do everything in his power to ensure the Batman's demise.

* AntagonisticOffspring: They aren't biologically related but [[spoiler: he is the adopted son of Bruce Wayne, the man he opposes.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The Knight was once an idealistic hero, not unlike Batman, until a tragedy drove him to become what he is now. [[spoiler: Specifically, he's Jason Todd and the tragedy was his horrible torture at Joker's hands.]]

* FallenHero: The Arkham Knight is fine with gassing an entire city with terror-gas, which is about as far as you can fall, which makes it worse when Batman learns the Knight's past as an idealistic, naive force for justice. It doesn't make Batman mad, just disappointed.

* HairTriggerTemper: A severe case of this, a clear symptom of his psychosis and result of the agony he suffered. As the game goes on, he becomes increasingly distressed at his failure to murder Batman and sounds as he's almost on the edge of a particularly bad VillainousBreakdown.

'''Morality Pet:''' ''[soft]'' [[spoiler: Jason]], we can fix it...\\

* MaskOfSanity: He hides it well under a veneer of authority and professionalism, but as the game progresses, it becomes clear that the mask is a particularly shoddy one and underneath it is a sick man driven solely by a burning hatred for the Caped Crusader. And as Batman survives his attempts to kill him, the mask disintegrates further and further.

* NoNonsenseNemesis: In comparison to Scarecrow. The Arkham Knight doesn't care what Batman's legacy will be after he's gone or about [[DontCreateAMartyr creating a martyr]]; he just wants Batman dead, simple as that. Early on in the game, he tries to gun down Batman in a helicopter, but Scarecrow disables the guns, and he repeatedly chews Scarecrow out over his BondVillainStupidity, insisting they should just [[KillHimAlready kill Batman and be done with it]]. Near the end, he's finally sick of it and outright disregards Scarecrow's orders, coming after Batman with a massive excavating machine with full intent to kill.

* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: He taunts Batman by calling him "old man".

* VillainousBreakdown: He's worked his fingers to the bone in trying to stack the deck against Batman. He takes it badly when Bruce manages to match his numerically superior and technologically equal PMC blow for blow. His boss battle takes it up to eleven with constantly outbursts bitter, angry taunts at Batman. By the end, even the men who followed him knew it was over.

* TheSocialDarwinist: [[spoiler:Henry believed that only the best of the Joker Infected should live. Initially he believes himself to be the best, seeing as he was the most intelligent of them and the others' quirks didn't make them truly worthy of being Joker. When he discovered that Batman was also infected, Henry concluded that he himself would be an inferior Joker, and offed himself on the spot.]]