History Characters / DCAUBatmanTheAnimatedSeriesAllies

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[[folder:Commissioner James Gordon]]
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->'''Voiced By:''' Bob Hastings (English), Osamu Kobayashi (Japanese), Alberto Arvelo (Venezuelan Spanish)

* ActionDad: To Barbara.
* BadassMoustache: He has a moustache and it emphasizes how competent he is.
* BadassNormal: He is a useful ally to Batman even though he's just a normal man.
* TheCommissionerGordon: Acts as the chief liaison between the official authorities and Batman.
** This notion is deconstructed in "Over The Edge": If Gordon were to stop tolerating Batman, in the supposed death of Barbara, then Batman could no longer operate since Gordon could easily shut down Bruce's operation and take him into custody.
* CoolOldGuy: For the most part.
* KnightTemplarParent: In ''Over The Edge'', Barbara feared that he would become this if she ever died in the line of duty, his grief driving him to destroy Batman. See OpenMindedParent.
* LanternJawOfJustice: He has a square jaw.
* OpenMindedParent: After an incident with Scarecrow, Barbara decides to come clean with her father, Commissioner Gordon, about being Batgirl. Before she can tell him, however, he interrupts her and explains that while he can't approve of what she does he's still proud of her in a way that [[SecretSecretKeeper heavily suggests he knows she is Batgirl]].
* ParentalSubstitute: Batman admits this to Dick Grayson,
-->"He was a friend. More than that. Jim Gordon is the same age my father would have been had he [lived]."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He trusts Batman and knows he's doing the right thing.
* SecretSecretKeeper: Implied that he was this for Barbara - when she tried to tell him the truth, he told her that he was proud of her and she didn't need him to approve her actions anymore. His dialogue suggests that he can't admit to knowing Barbara is Batgirl because it'd put him in an uncomfortable legal position.
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[[folder:Detective Harvey Bullock]]
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->'''Voiced By:''' Robert Costanzo (English), Shinpachi Tsuji (Japanese), Daniel Jiménez (Venezuelan Spanish/1st voice), Luis Pérez Pons (Venezuelan Spanish/2nd voice)

* {{Acrofatic}}: Often displays surprising agility for a guy with his build.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics he ''started out'' as a DirtyCop who grew into an honest one after working for Gordon. Here, he is never portrayed as corrupt, but still as a fat jerk.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "A Bullet for Bullock"
** To a lesser extent, "POV"
* AloofAlly: Eventually to the Batfamily.
* AntiHero: He despises Batman, works below the board, lies about his accomplishments, has zero respect for people and their privacy, and in the words of Alfred, "looks like an unmade bed". Yet he's also a startlingly skilled fighter and wholeheartedly dedicated to getting rid of Gotham's "scum". He's essentially the kind of cop who would be a huge supporter of Batman's vigilantism [[AloofAlly if his own ego would let him]].
* BadassBoast: From "Vendetta", "I just want all the scum buckets and dirt bags in this town to know they better lay low, ‘cause Bullock’s back and ready to kick butt!"
* BadassNormal: Manages to give an almost ''Batman-level'' beatdown to a roomful of thugs without taking a single hit in "POV".
* BigEater: To Montoya's disgust.
* BrooklynRage: While he's not too hotheaded, he does have a Brooklyn accent and uses aggressive methods.
* ButtMonkey: In several episodes, especially "Harley's Holiday".
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In earlier episodes he and Gordon were constantly at each other's throats, with Gordon even threatening to have him fired a few times. Later episodes portrayed him as being fiercely loyal to Gordon.
* CowboyCop: He is a well-meaning cop who usually bends the rules by roughing up suspects during interrogations.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's often a reckless oaf, but he can be very competent and agile when he needs to.
* DonutMessWithACop: His love of donuts goes without saying. There's one scene early in the show's run, in "Pretty Poison", where most of the police rush out of headquarters in response to some emergency and he lingers to grab one. [[spoiler: Twice.]]
* FatBastard: He's rude, filthy, [[DonutMessWithACop in love with donuts]] and a general mess. His only saving grace is that he is an honest cop: this is what puts him on Commissioner Gordon's side.
* FatSlob
-->'''Alfred:''' Harvey Bullock? The detective who looks like an unmade bed?
* GoodIsNotNice: During the episode, "A Bullet for Bullock".
* HiddenBadass: Bullock's {{anti hero}}ic qualities, low hygiene standards and his ButtMonkey status make him seem stupid to the audience, but Mayor Hill recognized him as a detective that "get results" making him someone between CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass and LetsGetDangerous.
* HiddenDepths: He also has some good forensic skills, like in "The Laughing Fish" when he determined that a Japanese tang had come from an aquarium at the same time Batman did.
* InspectorJavert: Twice.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Most of the time he keeps his prideful attitude from interfering with his work. But during the episode, "A Bullet For Bullock", it went out of control when he starts to care more about his well-being and safety. To the point that he won't go to the police department for help.
** He also tries to be a glory-hog in "POV", but ends up screwing up the sting operation.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's shown himself to be quite inconsiderate on several occasions.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After a HumiliationConga that only can be considered ''epic'', Harvey genuinely tries to thank the Batman for all his help. He's also fiercely loyal to Commissioner Gordon, and comforts Barbara when the man is framed for taking bribes. Also hands some money to the young daughter of a criminal that he put behind bars once he finds out who she is in the New Adventures holiday special.
* TheLancer: To Gordon.
* NeverMyFault: In "P.O.V.", he blames Batman for ruining the whole operation, and accuses Montoya and Wilkes of being late, outright lying about much of what happened. Meanwhile, the other two are honest in their testimony (though Wilkes' account is heavily colored by his perception of Batman's mystique, he's still as truthful and accurate as he can be).
* NiceHat: He wears a fedora.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: He pounds several thugs in "POV"... and manages to ruin the sting operation and ''set the building on fire'' in the process.
* NobleBigotWithABadge:
-->'''Bullock:''' Let's get something straight form the git-go, [[StealthInsult I think you're a freak and a menace, and those are your good points]]. But the Commish says you serve a purpose, so I go along.\\
'''Batman:''' I appreciate your honesty.
* NotSoDifferent: Suggests this to Batman in "A Bullet for Bullock" while explaining that he (Bullock) doesn't want to get Internal Affairs involved in a case because Bullock is implied to have leaked information to the press and violated the rights of suspects. Batman rejects it but considering that [[JerkassHasAPoint a few minutes later he intimidates a drug dealer for information by dangling him in front of a car]]...
-->'''Batman:''' Are you on the take?\\
'''Bullock:''' Watch it, freak! I never took a dime from nobody! ''(now smiling nervously)'' I just bend the rules a little bit. You understand. [[NotSoDifferent We're not all that different.]]\\
'''Batman:''' We're on the same side, but we're not the same.
** The whole point of "A Bullet for Bullock" was to show an honest cop that bends the rules and alienates everyone around him with his {{Jerkass}} personality. Then, at ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', we see [[LonelyAtTheTop Bruce Wayne's personal life...]]
* OralFixation: Constantly chewed a toothpick, in a way that made it rather clear he either used to smoke, or still did when the camera and censors weren't around. Once used for {{Squick}}, when he flicked it at his officious landlord. It stuck.
* PetTheDog:
** Has a soft spot for Barbara and Montoya.
** While posing as a MallSanta in "Holiday Knights", he acts apathetic and insulting to most of the children that sit on his lap, but when he learns that a little girl who asked for her father to be home for Christmas is the daughter of a criminal he arrested, he tactfully tells her that sometimes not even Santa can make every wish come true and gives her some money he encourages her to use to buy herself a present. When she asks if she can use the money to buy something for her father as well, he replies that she can as long as it's not a hacksaw.
* ThePigpen: So much so that [[spoiler:Nivens, his landlord]] tried to scare him to make him leave town, and when that didn't work [[spoiler:he tried to kill him]].
* RabidCop: Hoo boy. During his Limelight episode, "A Bullet for Bullock", he proves how out of his mind he was when he eagerly ''rummaged'' through Summer's office instead of waiting patiently. He eventually gets better by the end of the episode, though.
* StoutStrength: He sure can fight.
* TookALevelInKindness: Gradually develops a grudging acceptance of Batman.
* UndyingLoyalty: Though he does often go off on his own when he disagrees with Gordon's methods, he is intensely loyal to him - and it is this loyalty if nothing else that shows his heart of gold. All of the other cops under Gordon's command have it, but Bullock is the one in whom it is most often shown.
* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Asks this about one of the Batmobile's buttons. Batman half-grins and says, "Passenger ejector seat".
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[[folder:Officer Renee Montoya]]
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->'''Voiced By:''' Ingrid Oliu (''Batman: The Animated Series''), Liane Schirmer (''The New Batman Adventures'') (English), Sayuri (Japanese), Edilú Martínez (Venezuelan Spanish)

* ActionGirl: She tracked down and rescued Batman in "P.O.V.", and was also one of the main officers hunting him down in "Over the Edge".
* CanonImmigrant: In the comics, she becomes one of the central characters of both ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'' and ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. In ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' she [[TookALevelInBadass becomes]] ComicBook/TheQuestion...[[note]] Chuck Dixon liked the character so much while the show was still in early production that he introduced the DCU version at more or less the same time, which meant in some markets her comics counterpart turned up before the animated version did.[[/note]]
** AdaptationalSexuality: While the character is now known as a lesbian, the original series bible of ''B: TAS'' originally had her having had a husband that died before she joined the GCPD and her sexuality is never established in the series proper.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: In the sexy elf costume in "Holiday Knights". In the comic book version, she's more concerned about her costume not being warm enough.
* DeadpanSnarker: More serious than some of the other characters, but she has her moments. After a night of frustration with his boorish ways she makes bedroom eyes at Bullock after Harley kicks him. [[ItMakesSenseInContext She was dressed as a police stripper and Bullock tried hitting on her.]]
* FairCop: She's very attractive.
* GratuitousSpanish: Mutters Spanish upon learning of Batman's "death".
** Curses when Harley and Ivy got away.
* ShesGotLegs: In the elf suit in "Holiday Knights".
* SpicyLatina: She has an implied Hispanic heritage and is beautiful.
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[[folder:Zatanna]]
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->'''Voiced By:''' Julie Brown (''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''), Stacie Randall (''WebAnimation/GothamGirls''), Creator/JenniferHale (''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', "This Little Piggy"), Creator/JulietLandau (''Justice League Unlimited'', "The Balance"[[note]] Uncredited.[[/note]])

* BowtiesAreCool: Wears one, in keeping with her deliberately magician-like costume: a MsFanservice variant of the classic tuxedo, complete with top hat.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Was an exceptionally talented but otherwise non-powered stage magician in BTAS. A subsequent appearance in ''[[Comicbook/TheBatmanAdventures The Batman & Robin Adventures]]'' featured her unwittingly using an actual magical spell, and by ''Justice League Unlimited'' she had gained full-fledged spell-casting like her comics counterpart.
* ChildhoodFriends: She was good friends (as well as possessing a crush) with his father's student "John Smith" that actually was Bruce Wayne during his training to become a crime fighter. This becomes [[CanonImmigrant adapted into the mainstream comics]].
* CombatStilettos: She has pointed heels.
* HotWitch: She is a beautiful magician with a skimpy outfit.
* MagiciansAreWizards: Zig-zagged. She is portrayed as a normal magician without magic powers in ''Batman: The Animated Series'', but she does have magic powers in her appearances on ''Gotham Girls'' and ''Justice League Unlimited''.
* MsFanservice: She's a very beautiful woman whose costume is a tuxedo, but with [[{{Fanservice}} fishnet stockings instead of pants]].
* NiceHat: Like your garden variety magician, she often wears a top hat.
* ShesGotLegs: She has her legs bare.
* StageMagician: She guest stars in the episode "Zatanna" where it is revealed that Bruce studied with her and her father, Giovanni "John" Zatara, in order to hone his abilities to escape locks and traps. Unlike her comic character, and her later appearances in ''Gotham Girls'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'', Zatanna does not seem to have any actual mystical abilities, instead she performs traditional sleight-of-hand as part of her act. It's possible they have yet to manifest at that point.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Bruce.
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[[folder:Jonah Hex]]
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->'''Voiced By:''' William [=McKinney=] (''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''), Creator/AdamBaldwin (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'') (English), Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi (Japanese)

* BadassGrandpa: In the "Showdown" episode of ''Batman: The Animated Series'', he looked to be in his 60's; it didn't diminish his badassery one bit.
* BadassLongcoat: He wears a long coat.
* BadassNormal: He had no powers, but he's still a formidable fighter.
* BountyHunter: A cynical [[TheWestern Wild West]] bounty hunter with a hideously scarred face and gruff manners that hide his heroism.
* CoolOldGuy: Not even his age puts him at a disadvantage.
* {{Determinator}}: He never quits until he's got his man.
* FakeoutEscape: He is locked in a cell with an earth floor - so he digs a hole, gets into it, and covers himself with his bed. It is unclear what he did with the soil dug out.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He's a decent enough guy when put to the moral test, but his scarring leads to a lot of assumptions from others.
* GutturalGrowler: He has a deep, snarly voice.
* NiceHat: Has a cowboy hat.
* SeenItAll: When he encounters the modern-day Justice League, he just grumbles "time travelers" and gets to work helping them out.
* TheGunslinger: Like most men of the Wild West, he uses guns.
* TwoFaced: A rare heroic example. A gunslinger resembling Clint Eastwood, he has a very ugly disfigurement similar to Two-Face's.
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[[folder:Mayor Hamilton Hill]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Lloyd Bochner (English), Shunsuke Shima (Japanese/1st voice), Yoshito Ishinami (Japanese/2nd voice)

* AdaptationalHeroism: Not in any way corrupt like in the comics.
* ButtMonkey: Well, he wanted to be [[WretchedHive Gotham City Mayor]]... this was to be expected.
* CharacterDevelopment: He was very distrustful of Batman, but eventually accepted him after being saved ''repeatedly''.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: With the ClockKing. Hill was JustTryingToHelp Temple Fugate, but given Hill is the ButtMonkey, that [[HumiliationConga didn't work out so well for Fugate.]]
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He disapproves of his son Jordan practicing magic tricks.
* ParentsAsPeople: He is a decent mayor, but at one point he used his son's birthday to promote himself politically. That and his disapproval of his son's interest in magic drove the boy to run away from home.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The animated version of Hill showed absolutely no trace of the corruption that the comics version demonstrated.
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[[folder:Lucius Fox]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Brock Peters (''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''), Mel Winkler (''The New Batman Adventures'') (English), Hiroshi Masuoka (Japanese/1st voice), Eken Mine (Japanese/rest of the series)

* GoodCounterpart: Though he isn't shown in person, backstory shows that he became a posthumous example of this to [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Derek Powers]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': after Powers ousts him from Wayne Industries and begins running it as corruptly and ruthlessly as possible he leaves to start his own company Foxteca which, by Beyond's time, is the go-to GoodCounterpart to Wayne Industries - in a position similar to Wayne Industries' contrast to Roland Daggett in BTAS.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Since Bruce trusts him to control his company, it's clear that he's an honest person.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: He runs the day to day business of Wayne Enterprise.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Unlike his other incarnations and unlike other characters in Bruce's inner-circle, he had no idea Bruce was Batman.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Another citizen of Gotham who trusts Batman.
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[[folder:Summer Gleeson]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MariDevon (English), Creator/KikukoInoue (Japanese)

* CanonForeigner: She was created exclusively for the animated series.
* DamselInDistress: In almost every episode that she appears in.
* DemotedToExtra: She appeared in a pretty large number of episodes in the first two seasons, as well as the ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Mask of the Phantasm]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero SubZero]]'' movies. When the show was {{Retool}}ed as ''The New Batman Adventures'' for its final season, she made only two appearances, one of which was a non-speaking cameo.
* {{Expy}}: She was a recreation of Vicki Vale, a reporter and love interest from the comics.
* HotScoop: She's an attractive news reporter.
* IntrepidReporter: Sometimes takes on this role.
* IsThisThingStillOn: After the theme of the "Jokers Wild" casino is revealed on live television (complete with revolving laughing Joker head), she is caught on camera muttering, "Ugh, that is disgusting."
* [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]]: Justified as she's a news reporter and she's usually shown on a TV screen, where she's ''supposed'' to be addressing the FourthWall. This is not an [[AsYouKnow Idiot Lecture]]: there must be quite a few people in her audience who are interested, else her ratings would tank and the station would have her doing something else.
* ShesGotLegs: She usually wears a skirt, so her legs are often exposed.
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[[folder:The Creeper (Jack Ryder)]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JeffBennett

->''"They call me... Yellow-Skinned Wacky-Man! But I prefer '''the Creeper'''."''

* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Harley Quinn.
* AppropriatedAppellation: He gets the idea for his nickname from being called "creep", which he finds catchy but a little lacking. Before that he tried for "Yellow-skinned Wacky Man!", before switching.
* BadassBack: Even Batman cannot sneak attack him without getting knocked across the room... while he's trying to flirt with Harley Quinn.
* ChekhovsGunman: Jack Ryder is set up as the regular news reporter in ''The New Batman Adventures'' before he becomes The Creeper near the end of the series.
* ClothingDamage: He was running around in severely torn clothes after his chemical bath until he got his costume.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To the point the Joker himself called him a lunatic.
* CreepyGood: The guy is so loco that even ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker'' considers him a lunatic!
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Punch Out Batman?]]: He meets Harley and immediately begins flirting with her. While doing so, he [[ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask nonchalantly uses one hand to punch out several of the Joker's mooks]]... and also ''Batman''.
* DramaticPause: "I heard you guys worked for, [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud dramatic pause]], SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker!"
* FluffyFashionFeathers: The costume, famously, incorporates a ''giant red feather boa''.
* FunPersonified: Imagine the Joker in one of his wacky phases... ''as a good guy.'' Including the part where [[BewareTheSillyOnes wackiness doesn't mean not being good at what you do]].
* [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]]: To the Joker, being transformed by falling into toxic chemicals placed by the villain as well as being hit by his laughing gas bombs. He acts like a StalkerWithACrush towards Harley Quinn, mirroring her behavior towards the Joker.
* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: His costume has a red fur boa.
* IntrepidReporter: As Jack Ryder.
* InsultBackfire: The as-yet unnamed Creeper confronts SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker's henchmen:
-->'''Mo:''' We don't know nothing about no Joker, creep!\\
'''Pre-Creeper:''' Creep? CREEP?! ... I like it! My new name -- the Creep! No, wait, too negative...
* LargeHam: But that just comes with the madness.
* LaughingMad: He giggles like a stoner watching [=YouTube=].
* TheMadHatter: He doesn't care that he's crazy.
* NighInvulnerability: Has a near identical origin as the Joker, yet he has managed to survive having a crate containing a rock statue the size of a car dropped on him, and going through multiple explosions without a single injury. Or hint of ClothingDamage. Also, he's able to send Batman flying with one punch, and break through walls. And easily dances around any attacks. Batman explains that this power is most likely due to a strange chemical reaction of the acid and the Joker's laughing gas.
* OffhandBackhand: He uses it on Joker's mooks and Batman himself.
* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Speaks like this even though he ''has'' no script.
-->"You're working for--dramatic pause--''the Joker!''"
* RummageSaleReject: He bought his costume (a speedo, boots, gloves, and a giant cape-like red boa) at a thrift store in Gotham.
* SplitPersonality: He's the alter ego of Jack Ryder.
* StalkerWithACrush: Has a short yet extreme crush on Harley Quinn that causes at least one TheCatCameBack-like moment. Though we actually see him sniffing his way through the town, trying to follow her.
* TheStoic: As Jack Ryder.
* TalkativeLoon: Provides the page quote
* UnderwearOfPower: As part of his {{Stripperiffic}} outfit.
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[[folder:Dr. Leslie Tompkins]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Diana Muldaur

* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Went to medical school with Bruce's father, Thomas Wayne and Rupert Thorne's brother, Matthew.
* TheMedic: She is a doctor.
* SecretKeeper: One of Batman's closest confidants. And she vocally disapproves of his Batman career.
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[[folder:Veronica Vreeland]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Marilu Henner

* BourgeoisBohemian: Though usually simply an UpperClassTwit, she also donated much of her family's fortunes to conservationist causes, sometimes at fancy public events held to promote those causes. Selina Kyle, who considers herself a ''true'' animal-rights activist, once observed that Veronica could possibly be getting involved in those causes because she feels tremendous guilt about all the endangered species her ancestors shot when they were [[GreatWhiteHunter big-game hunters]].
* CanonForeigner: Supposedly a composite of Vicki Vale, Julie Madison and Silver St. Cloud, three of Bruce's love interests from the comics.
* DoomedNewClothes: In "Harley's Holiday". There she is, buying a new dress for her date with Bruce Wayne and along comes a spooked Harley Quinn. [[WatchThePaintJob Her car gets ruined]], too. Considering that Veronica actually got ''taken hostage'' by Harley, she probably wasn't too concerned about the car at first.
* FacePalm: "Birds of a Feather" has her attending the opera with Penguin. Imagine her reaction when the Penguin starts singing along.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She tends to be a RichBitch, but she has shades of this. She cares about conservation, feels guilt for using the Penguin as a joke, and drops all kidnapping charges against Harley after a series of misunderstandings.
* RichBitch: Although her CharacterDevelopment shows she's only somewhat like this.
* ShesGotLegs: Her legs are shown off well because of her choice of wardrobe.
* SimpleYetOpulent: Her dresses are this.
* {{Socialite}}: She was invariably portrayed vaguely somewhat negatively, usually as RichInDollarsPoorInSense.
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[[folder:The Gray Ghost (Simon Trent)]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/AdamWest (English), Nobuo Tanaka (Japanese)

* AdamWesting: Simon Trent is a washed-up actor who can't get any decent work because everyone (those that even remember) associates him with his role as the Gray Ghost. Not surprising considering the voice actor is the TropeNamer.
* BadassLongcoat: Sports one
* BrokenPedestal: Batman was partially inspired to be Batman because of the Gray Ghost He has a hard time with the realization that his childhood hero was just an actor in a role who's become a bitter and jaded man.
* CanonImmigrant: Many years after his debut on ''Batman: The Animated Series'', an issue of ''Batgirl'' has a man named Clancy Johnson assume the identity of the Gray Ghost in a desperate attempt to become Batgirl's sidekick. The Gray Ghost television show is alluded to, hinting that Simon Trent may exist in the mainstream DC universe.
* CoatHatMask: In costume.
* CoolOldGuy: And he's voiced by real life CoolOldGuy Creator/AdamWest.
* DarkerAndEdgier: He is not only less concerned with criminal's welfare than Batman, but is darker than Creator/AdamWest's portrayal of Batman.
* JadedWashout: Years after the show was cancelled. It's a more sympathetic portrayal than most, however, and he eventually does get out of his slump.
* OldSuperhero: Subverted, while he [[ButIPlayOneOnTV only played the Gray Ghost on TV]], [[spoiler: the Gray Ghost did help Batman defeat the Mad Bomber]].
* RageAgainstTheReflection: When he learns he's just been turned down for a role again, he smashes most of his ''Gray Ghost'' memorabilia collection in a rage, before collapsing in the corner of his apartment, sobbing.
* SecretKeeper: Implied to be one for Batman after Batman tells the Gray Ghost that he was his hero as a kid [[spoiler: and then Bruce Wayne tells him the exact same thing at a book signing]].
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[[folder:Yoru Sensei]]
-> '''Voiced By:''' Chao-Li Chi ("Night of the Ninja"), Goh Misawa ("Day of the Samurai")

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Tells Kyodai this while throwing him to the floor after he mocks Bruce after defeating him in a sparring match.
* BadassBeard: He has a long beard.
* BadassGrandpa: He's elderly and was the one who trained Bruce Wayne.
* CanonForeigner: Based on Master Kirigi, a martial arts sensei who trained Bruce in the comics.
* MeaningfulName: In Japanese, "Yoru", means "Night". And he trained ''Batman'', so...
* OldMaster: Batman's master, who quickly immobilizes Kyodai Ken, just shortly after Kyodai beat Bruce Wayne in a sparring match. Given that Kyodai was less than half Yoru Sensei's age, and Yoru Sensei himself looks like the man in the trope picture, he definitely qualifies.
* SecretArt: The last living direct descendant of an ancient sensei who had invented an amazingly deadly fighting art. He was tasked to protect a scroll that described all the attacks including a DangerousForbiddenTechnique.
* SecretSecretKeeper: Figured out that Bruce Wayne was Batman after studying his moves as Batman.
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[[folder:Charles "Charlie" Collins]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Ed Begley Jr.

* ButtMonkey: Starts out the episode facing mundane problems, like a terrible day at work, and traffic. Ends up chased by TheJoker, and is [[DealWithTheDevil forced into a debt]].
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: His ''one'' attempt at acting rude got him in ''deep''...
* CorneredRattlesnake: After finally getting fed up with the Joker pushing him around, he threatens the Joker with blowing them both up with one of his own bombs and thereby taking away the Joker's greatest dream: Killing Batman or die trying. The Joker is so scared by this threat that he begs Batman to ''protect him'' from Collins.
* TheEveryman: A normal guy thrown into the tumult of Gotham City without weapons or martial arts training.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Invoked.
-->'''Joker:''' [[YoureInsane You're crazy!]]\\
'''Charlie:''' I had a good teacher. Say good night, Gracie!
* ObfuscatingInsanity: During his CorneredRattlesnake moment, he pretends to have gone mad, so the Joker will believe that his threat of blowing both of them up is genuine. It works.
* OneShotCharacter: His only appearance was in the episode "Joker's Favor". After that, he's never mentioned or acknowledged again.
* PapaWolf: Is coerced into doing the Joker's dirty work by the mad clown threatening his family. He later threatens to blow himself and the Joker up to protect them.
* TerrorHero: By threatening his greatest dream, '''HE SCARED THE JOKER!'''
* TookALevelInBadass: Going from the Joker's victim, to the Joker's tormentor is a sure sign.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Averted. Meatloaf is his least favorite meal. But after surviving his ordeal with the Joker, even that would sound good.
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!!Commissioner James Gordon

!!Detective Harvey Bullock

!!Officer Renee Montoya

!!Zatanna

!!ComicBook/JonahHex

!!Mayor Hamilton Hill

!!Lucius Fox

!!Summer Gleeson

!!The Creeper (Jack Ryder)

!!Dr. Leslie Tompkins

!!Veronica Vreeland

!!The Gray Ghost (Simon Trent)

!!Yoru Sensei

!! Charles "Charlie" Collins

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Averted. Meatloaf is his least favorite meal. But after surviving his ordeal with the Joker, even that would sound food.

* {{Badass}}: [[HiddenBadass Surprisingly]], yes. He managed to arrest Killer Croc in "Vendetta" without any help, and Killer Croc can bite steel.

* {{Badass}}: You'd have to be to be the guy who trained Batman.

->'''Voiced By:''' Bob Hastings

->'''Voiced By:''' Robert Costanzo

->'''Voiced By:''' Ingrid Oliu (''Batman: The Animated Series''), Liane Schirmer (''The New Batman Adventures'')

->'''Voiced By:''' William [=McKinney=] (''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''), Creator/AdamBaldwin (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'')

->'''Voiced By:''' Lloyd Bochner

->'''Voiced By:''' Brock Peters (''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''), Mel Winkler (''The New Batman Adventures'')

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MariDevon

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/AdamWest

* {{Badass}}: To put things into perspective, by the end of his episode, he terrified '''[[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker THE JOKER]]'''.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Averted. Meatloaf is his least favorite meal. But after surviving his ordeal with the Joker, even that would sound food.

** This notion is deconstructed in "Over The Edge": If Gordon were to stop tolerating Batman, in the supposed death of Barbara, than Batman could no longer operate since Gordon could easily shut down Bruce's operation and take him into custody.

* ChildhoodFriends: She was good friends (as well as possessing a crush) with his father's student "John Smith" that actually was Bruce Wayne during his training to become a crime fighter.

* StageMagician: She guest stars in the episode "Zatanna" where it is revealed that Bruce studied with her and her father, Giovanni "John" Zatara, in order to hone his abilities to escape locks and traps. Unlike her comic character, and her later appearances in ''Gotham Girls'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'', Zatanna does not seem to have any actual mystical abilities, instead she performs traditional sleight-of-hand as part of her act.

* TookALevelInBadass: Going from the Joker's victim, to the Joker's tormentor is a sure sign.

** AdaptationalSexuality: While the character is now known as a lesbian, the original series bible of ''B: TAS'' originally had her having had a husband that died before she joined the GCPD.

--> '''Voiced By:''' Bob Hastings

--> ''"He was a friend. More than that. Jim Gordon is the same age my father would have been had he [lived]."''

--> '''Voiced By:''' Robert Costanzo

-->'''Alfred:''' ''Harvey Bullock? The detective who looks like an unmade bed?''

-->'''Harvey Bullock:''' ''Let's get something straight form the git-go, [[StealthInsult I think you're a freak and a menace, and those are your good points]]. But the Commish says you serve a purpose, so I go along.''
-->'''Batman:''' ''I appreciate your honesty.''

-->'''Batman:''' ''Are you on the take?''
-->'''Bullock:''' '' Watch it, freak! I never took a dime from nobody!'' (Now smiling nervously) ''I just bend the rules a little bit. You understand. [[NotSoDifferent We're not all that different.]]''
-->'''Batman:''' '' We're on the same side, but we're not the same.''

--> '''Voiced By:''' Ingrid Oliu (''Batman: The Animated Series''), Liane Schirmer (''The New Batman Adventures'')

--> '''Voiced By:''' Julie Brown (''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''), Stacie Randall (''WebAnimation/GothamGirls''), Creator/JenniferHale (''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', "This Little Piggy"), Creator/JulietLandau (''Justice League Unlimited'', "The Balance"[[note]] Uncredited.[[/note]])

--> '''Voiced By:''' William [=McKinney=] (''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''), Creator/AdamBaldwin (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'')

--> '''Voiced By:''' Lloyd Bochner

--> '''Voiced By:''' Brock Peters (''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''), Mel Winkler (''The New Batman Adventures'')

--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/MariDevon

--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/JeffBennett

-> ''"They call me... Yellow-Skinned Wacky-Man! But I prefer '''the Creeper'''."''

-->'''Mo''': We don't know nothing about no Joker, creep!
-->'''Pre-Creeper''': Creep? CREEP? ... I like it! My new name - the Creep! No, wait, too negative...

-->You're working for--dramatic pause--''the Joker!''

--> '''Voiced By:''' Diana Muldaur

--> '''Voiced By:''' Marilu Henner

--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/AdamWest

* [[spoiler: SecretKeeper]]: Implied to be one for Batman after Batman tells the Gray Ghost that he was his hero as a kid [[spoiler: and then Bruce Wayne tells him the exact same thing at a book signing]].

--> '''Voiced By:''' Chao-Li Chi ("Night of the Ninja"), Goh Misawa ("Day of the Samurai")

--> '''Voiced By:''' Ed Begley Jr.

* BadassGay: While her sexual orientation was never established anywhere in the DCAU, she is depicted as a lesbian in the main comics.

--> '''Voiced By:''' Mari Devon

* CanonImmigrant: In the comics, she becomes one of the central characters of both ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'' and ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. In ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' she [[TookALevelInBadass becomes]] TheQuestion...[[note]] Chuck Dixon liked the character so much while the show was still in early production that he introduced the DCU version at more or less the same time, which meant in some markets her comics counterpart turned up before the animated version did.[[/note]]

* {{Badass}}: To put things into perspective, by the end of his episode, he terrified '''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker'''.