History Characters / BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesBatmanAndBatFamily

[[caption-width-right:980:The Gotham Knights by Creator/BruceTimm.[[labelnote:Characters]]From left to right: Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Tim Drake/Robin, and Dick Grayson/Nightwing.[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:980:The Gotham Knights. (from Creator/BruceTimm).[[labelnote:Characters]]From left to right: Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Tim Drake/Robin, and Dick Grayson/Nightwing[[/labelnote]]]]

* YouKilledMyFather: Subverted. He doesn't actually hold a grudge against Two-Face for killing his father Shifty Drake, and by his own admission he hated him and doesn't particularly care that he's dead.

* AgeLift: In the comics before ''B: TAS'' and an area where ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' was TruerToTheText, Barbara was a full-grown adult when she became Batgirl--which was while Dick was a still a teenager. It was here where they started to be depicted as around the same age, an element got RetCanon to the comics.

* ElCidPloy: This is Batgirl's origin. She dressed up as Batman in an effort to add the Dark Knight’s support to Commissioner Gordon's innocence.

* SeenItAll: Although a {{flashback}} shows that he was terrified when he first saw Bruce in the Batman costume, by the time of the series he's become used to all the weirdness. Exemplified by a scene from "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE1OnLeatherWings On Leather Wings]]" in which Batman has just brought an unconscious Man-Bat to the Batcave. Alfred's reaction:

* AbusiveParents: Before he became Robin, his father worked for Two-Face and often [[ParentalNeglect left his son (who was under 13 years old) alone to fend for himself for long periods of time]]. When he double-crossed Two-Face, [[ParentalAbandonment he abandoned his son]] [[DirtyCoward to run away]], [[AssholeVictim only to be found killed outside of Gotham]].

* DeadpanSnarker:

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* CompositeCharacter: He has his comic book counterpart’s name, intellect, and [[AscendedFanboy fanboyism of Batman]] along with Jason Todd's backstory, attitude, position as the second Robin, and [[spoiler:The Joker ending his career as Robin]].

* BattleButler: On occasion. He's a former British secret agent and gets a few opportunities to utilise those skills in Batman's service.

* RetiredBadass: He is a former SAS soldier/high-ranking intelligence agent, who can not only defend himself against thugs, but also hold out against ''truth serum''. He's a suprisingly good fighter, despite being aged, and has saved Batman before.

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: While it can be inferred he passed away sometime between WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague and WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond the details of Alfred's death haven't been put forth as of yet.

-> '''Voiced by:''' Matthew Valencia (''The New Batman Adventures'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' as a teen), Eli Marienthal (''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', "The Big Leagues", ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMysteryOfTheBatwoman''), Shane Sweet (''Static Shock'', "Future Shock"), Creator/AndreaRomano (''Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker'', as [[spoiler: Joker Junior]]), Creator/DeanStockwell (''Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker'', as an adult)

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Not Dick himself, but his Robin costume in the DCAU as actually [[DecompositeCharacter Tim Drake's]] and while it'd be retconned that Dick would wear something like it during winter missions as Robin, it still wouldn't debut until after Tim became Robin.

* RetCanon: The red and black costume he wears in this continuity was eventually imported to the comics canon after ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', with the justification that he chose to honor the memory of [[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Superboy]] by donning his costume's colors.

* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Unlike the red and green on other Robin (including Tim's comic counterpart, whose suit was the basis for Dick's Robin suit in this universe), this version of Tim wears a mostly red and black affair.

* ShesGotLegs: She has very nice legs and tends to show them off.

-> '''Voiced by:''' Clive Revill (first three episodes), Creator/EfremZimbalistJr ("The Last Laugh" onwards)

* Chick Magnet: Just ask Barbara Gordon, Selina Kyle, Harley Quinn & his study date Cindy from "House & Garden." If the latter's to be believed, whole cheerleader squads want a piece of him! Possibly also [[VillainousCrush Candice]], if it was her decision to leave him [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] after Dick was stripped in the episode "Bane."

{{Chick Magnet}}: Just ask Barbara Gordon, Selina Kyle, Harley Quinn & his study date Cindy from "House & Garden." If the latter's to be believed, whole cheerleader squads want a piece of him! Possibly also [[VillainousCrush Candice]], if it was her decision to leave him [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] after Dick was stripped in the episode "Bane."

{{Chick Magnet}}: Just ask Barbara Gordon, Selina Kyle, Harley Quinn & his study date Cindy from "House & Garden." If the latter's to be believed, whole cheerleader squads want a piece of him! Possibly also [[VillainousCrush Candice]], if it was her decision to strip him [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] in the episode "Bane."

{{Chick Magnet}}: Just ask Barbara Gordon, Selina Kyle, Harley Quinn & his study date Cindy from "House & Garden." If the latter's to be believed, whole cheerleader squads want a piece of him!

* {{Tall Dark and Snarky}}: He gets this quality from [[LikeFatherLikeSon Bruce]], even he isn't as intense.

* {{Tall, Dark, and Snarky}}: He gets this quality from [[LikeFatherLikeSon Bruce]], even he isn't as intense.

{{Chick Magnet}}: Just ask Barbara, Selina, Harley & his study date from "House & Garden." If the latter's to be believed, whole cheerleader squads want a piece of him!

-->'''Nightwing:''' Like ''you'' never [[DatingCatwoman made out with a supervillain...]]