History Characters / BatmanFilmSeriesBatFamily

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* DullSurprise: With all the things he has seen, it isn't that easy to faze him.

* HonestCorporateExecutive: As Bruce Wayne. In ''Forever'', he show interest in Nygma's research, but refuses to commit without a closer look because what he's already heard about manipulating people's minds "just raises too many questions" and in ''Batman & Robin'', he says he cut Dr. Woodrue's founding due to a "clash of ideologies" and turns down Pamela Isley's proposal because it would cause all of humankind to die of starvation and cold though he notes her intentions are noble.
** Max Shreck, the epitome of the CorruptCorporateExecutive, derides him as a "trust fund goody-goody".

* SharpDressedMan: As Bruce Wayne.

* StarCrossedLovers: With Selina/Catwoman in ''Returns''. Its their different psyches and issues that keep them apart.

* AlternateSelf: Several across TheMultiverse, such as [[Series/{{Batwoman}} Earth-Prime]], [[Series/Titans2018 Earth-9]], & [[Series/BirdsOfPrey Earth-203]].

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Keaton's take on Bruce Wayne was an eccentric, neurotic recluse, a far cry from the suave playboy of the comics. Also, his Batman is a lot quieter and more inclined to use lethal force.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: In ''Returns'', Penguin sets things up to turn Batman into one, first by tricking the public into thinking Batman pushed the Ice Princess to her death, and then by hijacking the Batmobile and going on a hit-and-run-rampage. He's managed to shake it off come ''Forever'', with the [[AllThereInTheManual novelization]] revealing that Harvey Dent was the one who restored his good publicity.

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* TenMinuteRetirement: In ''Forever'' after Chase tells him (when he's dressed as Batman) she's in love with someone else (Bruce Wayne).

!!! '''Played by''': Creator/MichaelKeaton (''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', ''Film/BatmanReturns'') | Creator/ValKilmer (''Film/BatmanForever'') | Creator/GeorgeClooney (''Film/BatmanAndRobin'')

!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' | ''Film/BatmanReturns'' | ''Film/BatmanForever'' | ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''

* FaceDeathWithDignity: ''Batman & Robin'' reveals he has developed [=MacGregor=]'s Syndrome and is dying. Does he panic or become depressed over his coming death? No. He keeps doing his job. In the end, though, he lives thanks to Bruce finding a cure.

* PsychoticSmirk: Two examples--when he says "I'm Batman" to the initial {{mook}}, and later when Jack Napier comments "Nice outfit."

* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: She is Commissioner Gordon's daughter ([[DependingOnTheWriter or niece]]) in the comics.

* AlternateSelf: Several across TheMultiverse, including [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth]]-[[Series/{{Batwoman}} Prime]], [[Series/Titans2018 Earth-9]], [[Series/Batman1966 Earth-66]],[[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Earth-99]], and [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse an unnumbered Earth]].

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* AlternateSelf: Several across TheMultiverse.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Averted in the first film and ''Returns''. He grows out of it by ''Forever'' and tells Dick that he will realize one day something was wrong if he killed Two-Face. Later, he does [[spoiler:kill Two-Face in-order to stop him when there is no other options.]]

* AlternateSelf: Several across TheMultiverse, such as [[Series/{{Batwoman}} Earth-1]] & [[Series/BirdsOfPrey Earth-203]].

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:''Batman & Robin'' reveals he has developed [=MacGregor=]'s Syndrome and is dying. Does he panic or become depressed over his coming death? No. He keeps doing his job. In the end, though, he lives thanks to Bruce finding a cure.]]

* AlmostKiss: At Freeze's hideout he almost kisses Poison Ivy twice after she seduces him, only for Batman to interrupt them both times. [[spoiler:Averted when he confronts Poison Ivy in her lair. With the two of them alone, they finally share a passionate kiss.]]
* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/Titans2018 Earth-9]] & [[Series/Batman1966 Earth-66]].

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: [[spoiler:Poison Ivy seduces him and tricks him into thinking she loves him to lure him to his death and drive him apart from Batman. He however manages to outsmart her, confronting her in her lair and pretending to still be blindly in love. He tricks her into revealing her plan and tests her love by sharing a kiss with her. He romantically manipulated her by pretending to love her like she pretended to love him ''and'' managed to steal a kiss from her. Though downplayed by Ivy ultimately getting the last laugh in their "relationship" by shoving him into her pond to drown him and then "breaking up with him", she is still beaten shortly afterwards and he escapes with the info.]]

* CrazyPrepared: He takes after Batman in this regard. [[spoiler:He might have been in love with Poison Ivy but he wore rubber lips for protection, just in case Batman was right about her poison kiss.]]
* DatingCatwoman: At least he thinks so. He falls in love with Poison Ivy and believes she loves him too, and thinks Batman is jealous of the two of them. After finding out Ivy is a villain, he still has feelings for her and believes she loves him enough to [[LoveRedeems switch sides]] so the two of them can be together. Subverted as Ivy has no real feelings for him, and only seduces him to kiss her to kill him and drive him and Batman apart. [[spoiler:They officially "break up" after sharing a kiss in her lair though. Robin wised up and wore rubber lips [[TestKiss to be sure]] Ivy really did love him, and Ivy, angry after discovering Robin's betrayal of her trust, shoved him into her pond to drown him.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:He manages to protect himself from Poison Ivy's kiss by wearing rubber lips to cancel her poison. But after Ivy taunts Robin, he tries to get back at her by pulling off the rubber lips and revealing they made him immune instead of taking advantage of the situation by leaving immediately or tackling Ivy while she in shock over his survival and arrest her. He might have humiliated Ivy, but because he was still sitting right next to her with no further protection she leaps forward, catching him off-guard, and shoves him into the lily pond where her plants almost drown him.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: He is easily seduced and distracted by Poison Ivy several times. He stares at her when he should be chasing after Freeze until Batman drags him out is easily seduced by her at Freeze's hideout ''twice'' despite now knowing she's a villain instead of trying to help Batman. He does eventually [[NotDistractedByTheSexy get over this]] by the time he meets her in her lair, ignoring her flirting long enough to ask her what her plan is, [[spoiler:though he still lets Ivy pull him back and convince him to share a kiss with her, though that was more his own choice.]]
* FourthDateMarriage: Played with between him and Poison Ivy. He quickly falls in love with Ivy shortly after meeting her, and when he finally confronts her in her lair, just a few days after first meeting her and their third meeting overall, he tells her that he "wants them to be together," implying that despite their limited time together, their short conversations, and not even knowing each other’s real names he still loves Ivy enough to ask her to marry him. This is all somewhat justified though by Ivy using her [[LoveIsInTheAir pheromone dust]] on him to turn his crush on her into blind devoted love. [[spoiler:Subverted as Robin never actually asks Ivy to marry him, especially after he learns her love was a lie.]]

* HeroesWantRedHeads: He falls in love with Poison Ivy, a redheaded villain, and becomes so obsessed with her he believes Batman is jealous of the two of them being together and practically ignores she's a villain. [[spoiler:He wises up by the time he and Ivy kiss in her lair, wearing rubber lips for protection just in case.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He falls completely in love with Poison Ivy and ignores her obvious villainous side. Shortly after learning she is working with Freeze he is still seduced by her and believes her when she suddenly offers to change sides to be with him and declares her love for him, even though she is having Bane attack Batman as they spoke and was flirting with Batman in their previous encounter too. This is somewhat justified by him being affected by Ivy's pheromones, but even when the two are apart he goes on about how the two of them are in love with each other. [[spoiler:Although he eventually wises up by the time he encounters Poison Ivy again, he still is willing to give her a chance to prove her love to him. It takes her taunting him and trying to drown him to realize she isn't as in love with him as she claimed.]]

* IGaveMyWord: When he confronts Ivy in her lair he asks her to give him a sign of trust to prove her love by telling him what she and Freeze have planned. When Ivy tries to seduce him by offering to tell him in exchange for a kiss first, he promises to kiss her if she tells him first. After Ivy explains how Freeze is going to freeze Gotham, Robin tries to leave immediately to stop him, only for Ivy to pull him back to her and gently request the kiss he promised her [[MotivationalKiss "for luck"]]. Robin is silent for a moment before leaning in and sharing a passionate liplock with Ivy. [[spoiler:This is justified as Robin actually used the kiss between them as Ivy's real [[SecretTestOfCharacter sign of trust to test if her love was real]], which she failed by revealing her true evil nature to him immediately afterwards.]]

* LoveMakesYouDumb: He starts with just a crush on Poison Ivy, but her seductions and love-dust turn it into pure blind love, and he makes increasingly stupid decisions. He hardly resists her seductions even after learning she's a bad guy and is quick to accept her offer to [[WeCanRuleTogether work together]], believing she loves him enough to switch sides immediately. He thinks Batman is jealous of their love and attacks him to defend Ivy from him, siding with his crush over his mentor and father figure. He sees a "Robin Signal" in the sky and immediately knows it is from Ivy, seeing it as a sign of her love for him and tries to go meet her immediately, not even questioning how she got the signal or why she's trying to contact him. [[spoiler:Luckily he finally wises up and takes precautions when he confronts Ivy in her lair, pretending to still be blinding in love with her and wearing rubber lips just in case Batman's suspicions are correct. But even then he still makes the mistake of revealing his deception to Ivy while sitting next to her.]]

** At Ivy's lair, [[spoiler:the two kill the moment themselves. After finally sharing a kiss, Ivy [[BitchInSheepsClothing reveals her true colors]] and condemns Robin to death in mock sadness. Robin then kills it further by revealing he wore rubber lips, showing he didn't actually trust Ivy completely and was immune to her poison, while taunting her in the same mock-sad tone. Both of them exposing their lies and deception to each other kills the romantic mood between them, and results in Ivy shoving Robin off her throne and into her lily pond to drown him, officially ending whatever "relationship" the two had.]]

* NoSell: [[spoiler:He is the only person to survive a kiss from Poison Ivy thanks to wearing rubber lips.]]
* OutGambitted: Pulls one on [[spoiler:Poison Ivy, tricking her into believing he's still hopelessly in love with her and to reveal her plan and survived the kiss it cost him thanks to wearing rubber lips. He outsmarted Ivy and got to kiss his crush at the same time.]]
* RecklessSideKick: Acts as one during ''Batman & Robin''. His attempts to be more independent constantly get him in trouble, which Batman chews him out on, which he fights Batman over and the cycle repeats. He ends up getting frozen by Mr. Freeze because of his recklessness and is quick to fall in love with Poison Ivy, even believing her when she promises to switch sides. [[spoiler:Even when he takes precautions against Ivy, like Batman was trying to warn him, he ends up continuing his reckless streak by revealing his rubber lips to Ivy to one up her. This takes away his protection against her kiss and he leaves himself vulnerable to her, and is almost drowned because of it.]]
%%* RevengeBeforeReason
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:He confronts Poison Ivy in her lair when she uses a "Robin Signal" to call him there. He acts like he's still in love with her to discover if her feelings for him are real. She reveals her plan to him as a sign of trust, but requests a kiss in return. Robin kisses her, believing if it is an innocent kiss then their love is real, but if she is evil and trying to kill him then he'll be protected with his rubber lips. Ivy fails his test by immediately confessing he will die and mocking him before his "death", so Robin gets back at her by revealing his rubber lips to her in the same mocking tone she spoke to him in.]]

* TakeThatKiss: [[spoiler:Amazingly, ''he'' manages to pull this on ''Poison Ivy''. After the two of them kiss in Ivy's lair, Ivy shows her true colors, taunting Robin's upcoming death. Robin then one-ups her by showing he was wearing rubber lips that protected him from her poison. He tricked her into revealing her plan to him and stayed around long enough to share a kiss with his crush, essentially ''stealing a kiss'' from someone who [[KissOfDeath kills with her kisses.]]]]
* TestKiss: [[spoiler:He allows Ivy to kiss him to settle once and for all if she is really in love with him or trying to kill him like Batman warned him. It turns out to be the latter, but Robin wore rubber lips for protection.]]

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/BirdsOfPrey Earth-203]].

* AlternateSelf: Several across TheMultiverse.

* AlternateSelf: Several across TheMultiverse.

* TenMinuteRetirement: In ''Forever'' after Chase tells him (when he's dressed as Batman) she's in love with someone else (Bruce Wayne).

-->'''Played by''': Creator/MichaelKeaton (''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'', ''Film/BatmanReturns''), Creator/ValKilmer (''Film/BatmanForever''), Creator/GeorgeClooney (''Film/BatmanAndRobin'')

->''"I'm Batman."''

-->'''Played by''': Creator/MichaelGough

->''"I have no wish to spend my few remaining years grieving for the loss of old friends. Or their sons."''

-->'''Played by''': Creator/ChrisODonnell

->''"All I can think about every second of the day is getting Two-Face. He took my whole life. And when I was out there tonight, I imagined it was him that I was fighting, even when I was fighting you. And all the pain went away. Do you understand?"''

-->'''Played by''': Creator/AliciaSilverstone

->''"Men, always doing things the hard way."''

* HeroWithBadPublicity: In ''Returns'', Penguin sets things up to turn Batman into one, first by tricking the public into thinking Batman pushed the Ice Princess to her death, and then by hijacking the Batmobile and going on a hit-and-run-rampage.