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* BerserkButton: Someone getting in her way. More so if you're intervening in her heists. Ragdoll will vouch for that. Also - don't threaten wild life, or rather, any feline creature.

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* BerserkButton: Someone getting in her way. More so if you're intervening in her heists. Ragdoll will vouch for that. Also - don't threaten wild life, or rather, any feline creature.creature. She doesn't like that.

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* AntiVillain



* ChaoticNeutral

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* ChaoticNeutralChaoticNeutral: She's out for herself and nothing else.
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Pam wasn't all right in the head as a normal human, but she ''really'' lost it when she became Poison Ivy.
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* ActionGirl: depending on the episode
* BrotherChuck: Aside from a reference in "Artifacts," she's not seen or heard from again after Season 2.

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* ActionGirl: depending Depending on the episode
* BrotherChuck: Aside from a reference in "Artifacts," she's not seen or heard from again after Season 2.2, though she does appear on occasions in "The Batman Strikes" comic.
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* ParentalObliviousness: The poor guy can never fully connect with his daughter, and even years into the future, he doesn't know about her superhero double-life.

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* ParentalObliviousness: The poor guy can never fully connect with his daughter, daughter due to clashing views, and even years into the future, he ''still'' doesn't know about her superhero double-life.



* RememberTheNewGuy: Aside from the EarlyBirdCameo, Gordon's this. Alfred comments that "James Gordon has loomed large over [Bruce's] life." Then at the newly-installed Batsignal, Gordon says to Batman, "Thanks to all of your efforts, Batman, the time is finally right to take our alliance to the next step." Both of these were said despite the fact that prior to "Night and the City," Gordon hadn't appeared in the present day.

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* RememberTheNewGuy: Aside from the EarlyBirdCameo, Gordon's this. Alfred comments that "James Gordon has loomed large over [Bruce's] life." Then at the newly-installed Batsignal, Gordon says to Batman, "Thanks to all of your efforts, Batman, the time is finally right to take our alliance to the next step." Both of these were said despite the fact that prior to "Night and the City," Gordon hadn't appeared in the present day.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Makes his first, brief appearance in "Meltdown" and goes on to become ''much'' more important that the scene lets on.
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* FoeYay: Has a little with Ellen Yin.

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* [[FriendToAllLivingThings FriendToAllLivingCats]]: Per usual. Though it has been quite an abnormality in terms of a ''normal'' human.

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* [[FriendToAllLivingThings FriendToAllLivingCats]]: Per usual. Though it has been quite an abnormality in terms of a ''normal'' human.

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* AntiVillain
* BadassNormal
* BerserkButton: Someone getting in her way. More so if you're intervening in her heists. Ragdoll will vouch for that. Also - don't threaten wild life, or rather, any feline creature.



* DatingCatwoman (as always)

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* DatingCatwoman (as always)ChaoticNeutral
* ClassyCatBurglar
* DarkActionGirl: And a ''damn'' good one she is in this. Equaling to Batman sometimes ''and'' knocking him out cold.
* DatingCatwoman: As always.
* EnemyMine: She plays this well, especially in ''The Cat, The Bat, and the Very Ugly''. That, or it's her typical HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.




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* [[FriendToAllLivingThings FriendToAllLivingCats]]: Per usual. Though it has been quite an abnormality in terms of a ''normal'' human.
* KindheartedCatLover
* SpyCatsuit: Naturally.
* WhipItGood: Just wouldn't feel ''right'' without it.

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* DarkMagicalGirl: Much more so in ''TheBatman Strikes'' comic series than in the actual show. since she got more appearances there to display sympathetic qualities, as opposed to the show where the female villains rarely appear thanks to ExecutiveMeddling.

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* DarkMagicalGirl: Much more so in ''TheBatman Strikes'' comic series than in the actual show. show, since she got more appearances there to display sympathetic qualities, as opposed to the show where the female villains rarely appear thanks to ExecutiveMeddling.



* TheSociopath: Possibly, though a more sympathetic version than most.


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* EvilCounterpart: To Ethan.
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* GenkiGirl

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* GenkiGirlGenkiGirl: Though less humorous than in "Batman: TAS" and more dangerously psychotic like in the comics.
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* LittleMissSnarker

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* TheSociopath: Possibly, though a more sympathetic version than most.



* CompleteMonster
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* EvilCounterpart: To Bruce Wayne.

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* AdaptationDistillation: An outright tragic figure.

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* AdaptationDistillation: An [[spoiler: Clayface was a sympathetic character in BatmanTheAnimatedSeries, in this show, he's an outright tragic figure.]]



* HowDoIShotWeb: At first: it doesn't take long for him to get dangerously good with his powers.

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The way the Joker tortures him is will dig into your head and stay there.
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HowDoIShotWeb: At first: it doesn't take long for him to get dangerously good with his powers. powers.]]



* BadBadActing: He wasn't a good actor before he became Clayface and he still sucks at acting when he gets his powers.

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* BadBadActing: He wasn't a good actor before he became Clayface and he still sucks at acting when he gets his powers.power.
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* CrazyPrepared

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* CrazyPreparedCrazyPrepared: it's ''Batman'' again.
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Though it arguably goes both ways, it\'s obvious from many of these tropes (Black Best Friend especially) that he\'s Ethan, but it takes a bit more digging to see he\'s Clayface.


!! [[spoiler: Ethan Bennett]]/Clayface I

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!! [[spoiler: Ethan Bennett]]/Clayface IBennett/[[spoiler: Clayface I]]

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* OlderThanTheyThink: This version of Bane was admitted by the creators to be a red Hulk before the actual Red Hulk appeared.



* SuperSerum: Venom, the source of his powers.



* OlderThanTheyThink: This version of Bane was admitted by the creators to a red Hulk before the actual Red Hulk appeared.
* SuperSerum

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* OlderThanTheyThink: This version of Bane was admitted by the creators to a red Hulk before the actual Red Hulk appeared.
* SuperSerum
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is he really an honest cop who's just after Batman because he's a vigilante or is Rojas a DirtyCop and his reasons for going after the dark Knight stem from a fear of getting busted. He did once say that about Ethan Bennett that "He never knew how to play ball." Plus his timing of partnering up Ethan and Ellen after Rupert Throne went to jail could be suspect and some of his tactics were similar to [[BatmanYearOne Gillian Loeb]]'s.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is he really an honest cop who's just after Batman because he's a vigilante or is Rojas a DirtyCop and his reasons for going after the dark Dark Knight stem from a fear of getting busted. He did once say that about Ethan Bennett that "He never knew how to play ball." Plus his timing of partnering up Ethan and Ellen after Rupert Throne went to jail could be suspect and some of his tactics were similar to [[BatmanYearOne Gillian Loeb]]'s.
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* CanonForeigner or RaceLift: [[YourMileageMayVary Depending on how you view her]], she's either a CanonForeigner or basically an Asian-American version of Ellen Yindell from ''TheDarkKnightReturns''. The latter one is can be due to her name, her journey from distrusting and hunting Batman to trusting and helping him, and the fact that said mention in [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "Artifacts"]] had her replacing Gordon as Commissioner.

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* CanonForeigner or RaceLift: [[YourMileageMayVary Depending on how you view her]], she's either a CanonForeigner or basically an Asian-American version of Ellen Yindell from ''TheDarkKnightReturns''. The latter one is can be due to her name, her journey from distrusting and hunting Batman to trusting and helping him, and the fact that said mention in [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "Artifacts"]] had her replacing Gordon as Commissioner.

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* JerkassWoobie: In "Riddler's Revenge".



* JerkassWoobie: In "The Batman Strikes #38".



* TheWoobie: [[spoiler: Poor Ethan. Chief Rojas is a jackass who belittles him for having a different opinion of Batman, the Joker basically kidnapped and [[MindRape Mind Raped]] him, and he inhales some of the fumes of the Joker's substance-altering chemicals and is turned into a shape-shifting monster. Then after being found sane and released by [[MadDoctor Hugo Strange]], he lets his obsession with the Joker get to him and is treated with suspicion and disdain by everyone he runs into who's not Bruce or Ellen. No wonder the guy wanted to kill Rojas and the Joker and briefly gave up on being himself. Thankfully, HeGotBetter, reformed, lost his powers after a second Clayface appeared, and expressed a wish to rejoin the force. In "Artifacts," it was revealed that at some point he'll get his wish and the last laugh on Rojas by replacing him as Chief.]]

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* TheWoobie: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Poor Ethan. Chief Rojas is a jackass who belittles him for having a different opinion of Batman, the Joker basically kidnapped and [[MindRape Mind Raped]] him, and he inhales some of the fumes of the Joker's substance-altering chemicals and is turned into a shape-shifting monster. Then after being found sane and released by [[MadDoctor Hugo Strange]], he lets his obsession with the Joker get to him and is treated with suspicion and disdain by everyone he runs into who's not Bruce or Ellen. No wonder the guy wanted to kill Rojas and the Joker and briefly gave up on being himself. Thankfully, HeGotBetter, reformed, lost his powers after a second Clayface appeared, and expressed a wish to rejoin the force. In "Artifacts," it was revealed that at some point he'll get his wish and the last laugh on Rojas by replacing him as Chief.]]
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* YourMileageMayVary: This Joker definitely isn't the same as the others, but you could argue that he's still really fucking cool. He's especially feral and a bit of a different flavor of crazy, and can be a very enjoyable character with a lot of the showmanship of the older versions.
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** It's kind of a fun AlternativeCharacterInterpretation on the writer's part. Here, Supes seems to be full of himself because of his near-invincibility and other amazing powers. Because of this, he doesn't see the need to work with anybody, especially Batman, who doesn't have any powers. It's interesting to see him being something besides the Blue Boy Scout for once.
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* FoeYay (With former friend Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy. Toward the end of ''The Batman Strikes'', she even goes out of her way to save her when she learns she was captured by a CorruptCorporateExecutive.)

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* FoeYay (With FoeYay: With former friend Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy. Toward the end of ''The Batman Strikes'', she even goes out of her way to save her when she learns she was captured by a CorruptCorporateExecutive.)



* TheScrappy (for some)

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* TheScrappy (for some)
TheScrappy: For some.



* FutureBadass (as Nightwing as seen in "Artifacts".)

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* FutureBadass (as FutureBadass: As Nightwing as seen in "Artifacts".)



* TheScrappy (Again, for some)

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* TheScrappy (Again, TheScrappy: Again, for some)
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* FollowTheLeader: {{Lampshaded}} during the first time GA teams up with Bats. Ollie mentions being inspired by Bruce's stuff at the end of the adventure. His appearance in the finale has him using the Arrowplane.

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* FollowTheLeader: {{Lampshaded}} [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] during the first time GA teams up with Bats. Ollie mentions being inspired by Bruce's stuff at the end of the adventure. His appearance in the finale has him using the Arrowplane.



* CompositeCharacter (of himself!)

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* CompositeCharacter (of himself!)CompositeCharacter: Of himself!



* DarkMagicalGirl (Much more so in ''TheBatman Strikes'' comic series than in the actual show. since she got more appearances there to display sympathetic qualities, as opposed to the show where the female villains rarely appear thanks to ExecutiveMeddling.)

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* DarkMagicalGirl (Much DarkMagicalGirl: Much more so in ''TheBatman Strikes'' comic series than in the actual show. since she got more appearances there to display sympathetic qualities, as opposed to the show where the female villains rarely appear thanks to ExecutiveMeddling.)



* FoeYay (with Batgirl)

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* FoeYay (with Batgirl)FoeYay: With Batgirl.



* WellIntentionedExtremist (Again, made more apparent in ''TheBatman Strikes'', in the actual show her sympathetic reasonings were TOO overshadowed by her psychotic methods, which she used even before gaining powers.)

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* WellIntentionedExtremist (Again, WellIntentionedExtremist: Again, made more apparent in ''TheBatman Strikes'', in the actual show her sympathetic reasonings were TOO overshadowed by her psychotic methods, which she used even before gaining powers.)
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* ParentalAbandonment: [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Ineveitable, really.]]

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* ParentalAbandonment: [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Ineveitable, really.]]ParentalAbandonment
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* DistressBall: Sadly in "The Batman-Superman Story" two-parter.

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* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: His personality / arc has more in common with Two-Face than most Clayfaces]].



* Expy: [[spoiler: He has more in common with Harvey Dent than most previous Clayfaces - they couldn't use Dent himself due tot he movies]].
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* WouldHitAGirl

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* WouldHitAGirl
WouldHitAGirl: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6m9cL3Tsgk&feature=related You knew she was a plant, right?]]
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* FoeYay (with former friend Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy.)

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* FoeYay (with (With former friend Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy.Ivy. Toward the end of ''The Batman Strikes'', she even goes out of her way to save her when she learns she was captured by a CorruptCorporateExecutive.)



* WellIntentionedExtremist (Again, made more apparent in ''TheBatman Strikes'')

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* SheIsAllGrownUp: In her last appearance in ''The Batman Strikes'', her body is drawn in a more adult way, showing that's she finally growing into the full-fledged seductress she's known as in other continuities.
* WellIntentionedExtremist (Again, made more apparent in ''TheBatman Strikes'')
Strikes'', in the actual show her sympathetic reasonings were TOO overshadowed by her psychotic methods, which she used even before gaining powers.)
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