History Characters / TheBatman

* GenreSavvy: In "Traction" , she notifies all police officers to station at every hospital and to be on a lookout for a newly arrived patient with multiple wounds and fractures, knowing that if she finds the patient she would find Batman. She would have likely captured Batman if it weren't for Alfred.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Another given.
* 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 said despite the fact that prior to "Night and the City", Gordon hadn't appeared in the present day.

* GenreSavvy: In "Traction" , she notifies all police officers to station at every hospital and to be on a lookout for a newly arrived patient with multiple wounds and fractures, knowing that if she finds the patient she would find Batman. She would have likely capture Batman if it weren't for Alfred.

* {{Jerkass}}: Towards Bruce at first.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: He sports them.
* TheRival: To Penguin.

** AdaptationalComicRelief: Yet, at the same time, he gives off a HarmlessVillain impression far more often than other versions. More than once, his schemes only work out of coincidence (the sonic device happens to work on Man-Bat; stumbling upon Green Lantern's ring, etc.)

* EvilRedhead: Unlike the comics.
* FatBastard: No surprise there.

* NiceHat: It's taller than he is!

* BodyHorror: Just look at him without his suit in "Artifacts".

* FreezeRay: As usual, though this version has it as a power.

* DeadpanSnarker: Prone to making remarks.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He's strong enough to rip apart an armored car with his bare hands even without Venom.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Barbara Gordon is typically blue-eyed, but here she has brown eyes.

* AgeLift: She's not so much younger than she's usually depicted, but she's depicted as being older than Dick Grayson.

* ParentalObliviousness: The poor guy can never fully connect with his daughter due to clashing views, and years into the future, he ''still'' doesn't know about her superhero double-life. Justified, as the only time he ever got a good luck at Batgirl was the first time he met her, and he was missing his glasses.
** Yet, he noticed Batgirl's hair color.

* AffablyEvil: He's friendly and polite to his enemies.

* CompositeCharacter: While he soon became the MadScientist of the comics, he initally came off as the [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate morally ambiguous head of Arkham Asylum]] who's obsessed with the insanity of Batman's villains (and Batman himself) like Dr. Jeremiah Arkham. [[spoiler: His role in "Strange New World" was also originally meant for the Scarecrow. Though it should be noted that Strange in the comics used fear-inducing toxins long before Scarecrow was introduced, making his role in that episode still true to the original character.]]

* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToNormal]]: By Hugo Strange and The Joining in "Lost Heroes". Fortunately, it is only temporary.

* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToNormal]]: By Hugo Strange and The Joining in "Lost Heroes". Fortunately, it is only temporary.

* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToNormal]]: By Hugo Strange and The Joining in "Lost Heroes". Fortunately, it is only temporary.

* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToNormal]]: By Hugo Strange and The Joining in "Lost Heroes". Fortunately, it is only temporary.

* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToNormal]]: By Hugo Strange and The Joining in "Lost Heroes". Fortunately, it is only temporary.

* [[spoiler:HumanPopsicle]]: Does this to himself in "Artifacts" to escape Batman once and for all. [[spoiler:Batman's CrazyPrepared methods enable people more than a thousand years in the future to still beat him.]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]] - In the fifth season. [[spoiler: He tells Batman that he had nothing to do with the Terrible Trio, and that he's all done with being Man-Bat. He even offers to help in any way he can.]]

* [[spoiler: MyGodWhatHaveIDone]] : [[spoiler: The original initially made the duplicator gauntlet in order to get more work done. He never counted on his duplicate to become sentient and betray him. As a result, he gets locked up while the duplicate took his place.]]

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: Through a combination of BigNo and ResetButton]].

* [[spoiler:WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity]]: [[spoiler: He slowly loses his mind once he gains superpowers and becomes Phosphorus.]]

* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Regrets helping make Firefly into Phosphorus]].

* AdaptationalVillainy: As an {{expy}} of Harvey Bullock, he lacks Bullock's more admirable qualities and even engaged in acts that Bullock at the time he's a DirtyCop would be appalled by.

* AdaptationalVillany: As an {{expy}} of Harvey Bullock, he lacks Bullock's more admirable qualities and even engaged in acts that Bullock at the time he's a DirtyCop would be appalled by.

* {{Expy}}: While based on [[ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns Ellen Yindel]], this version is more or less the counterpart of Renee Montoya. Which is a bit funny because Renee Montoya originated in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries B:TAS]] and became a CanonImmigrant.
She also heavily resembles [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Elisa Maza]] transposed into the Batman universe. She even wears the same outfit. Interestingly, Creator/GregWeisman also wrote a handful of episodes for the series.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She acts cold and dismissive in the first season but it is shown in the finale that she cares for Ethan and admits that Gotham needs the Batman, becoming his ally in the process.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness / RaceLift / AdaptationNameChange: She's an Asian-American and far more attractive version of Ellen Yindell from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', with her name, her journey from distrusting and hunting Batman to trusting and helping him, and the fact that a mention in [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "Artifacts"]] had her replacing Gordon as Commissioner.

* {{Expy}}: Is more or less the counterpart of Renee Montoya. Which is a bit funny because Renee Montoya originated in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries B:TAS]] and became a CanonImmigrant.
** AdaptationalVillainy / TookALevelInJerkass: Montoya was a supporter of the Batman from the start and was a nice reasonable cop who helped him take down criminals. However Ellen was an enemy of Batman and tries to capture the vigilante several times. She was also [[{{IceQueen}} a cold and dismissive]] cop who enforces the law regardless of morals and gets called out by Ethan for it. While Montoya is grateful of Batman's heroic acts that saved Gotham from criminals, Yin continues to act like [[{{Jerkass}} a bitch]] towards him. Fortunately, she pulls a HeelFaceTurn and becomes Batman's ally in season two.
** She also heavily resembles [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Elisa Maza]] transposed into the Batman universe. She even wears the same outfit. Interestingly, Creator/GregWeisman also wrote a handful of episodes for the series.

* {{Jerkass}}: As noted elsewhere, he's not really a good person towards everyone.
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Seriously, this fatass shouldn't even be in law enforcement due to his jerkassery and SkewedPriorities.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Unlike the version of [[AntiVillain the character]] from the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries previous]] series that [[RetCanon retroactively became the comic character]], this version of the character lacks any sort of sympathetic backstory or motive and is essentially just a petty criminal that accidentally got superpowers. Though it does show a photo of him with a woman in his origin flashback, so it's possible that Nora might have been a part of his criminal activities after all.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The original Basil Karlo was an actor who was driven insane when a remake of a movie he did was being made without him being in the role, so he donned the identity of the killer he played in the film, Clayface, to murder the cast. Here, Basil Karlo became a villain because he wanted fame.

* LegacyCharacter: Interesting, considering that Karlo in the comics was the progenitor of the identity.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Most versions started as an {{Adorkable}}, shy psychologist who mostly [[SextraCredit slept her way through school.]] This version is already a stuck-up bitch with several loose screws, and it doesn't take much for the Joker to drive her over the edge. She also [[KickTheDog poisons a group of squirrels,]] which is something that comics Harley would never do.

** AdaptationalComicRelief: Yet, at the same time, he gives off a HarmlessVillain impression far more often than other versions. More than once, his schemes only work out of convenience (the sonic device happens to work on Man-Bat; stumbling upon Green Lantern's ring, etc.)

* AdaptationalVillainy: Unlike the version of [[AntiVillain the character]] from the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries previous]] series that [[RetCanon retroactively became the comic character]], this version of the character lacks any sort of sympathetic backstory or motive and is essentially just a petty criminal that accidentally got superpowers. Though it does show a photo of him with a woman his origin flashback, so it's possible that Nora might have been a part of his criminal activities after all.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Promotional materials and the first episode had him in a stylized straitjacket. Later episodes instead use his trademark tuxedo. He wears the straitjacket one more time in "Meltdown".

* AffablyEvil: He's friendly to his enemies.

* BeastMan: Possibly Croc's most beastlike incarnation to date. Thankfully, the writers didn't claim that he had a "skin condition" this time.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Unlike the version of [[AntiVillain the character]] from the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries previous]] series that retroactively became the comic character, this version of the character lacks any sort of sympathetic backstory or motive and is essentially just a petty criminal that accidentally got superpowers.
* AnIcePerson: Unlike other versions, though, he doesn't need a gun.

* PungeonMaster: Every other line out of his mouth includes ice puns. However, unlike the [[Film/BatmanAndRobin previous ice-pun-quipping]] [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger version of Freeze]], this version actually manages to make them... [[JustForPun chilling]].

* ArtEvolution: Aside from the tie-dyed straitjacket being swapped out for his trademark purple and orange suit, "Topsy-Turvy" adds black rings around Joker's eyes, his lips arr are a darker shade of red, his teeth are more 3-D looking and his hair animations are noticeably less fluid.

* AdaptationalBadass: Much more adept in hand-to-hand fight than his other incarnations.

* ImprobableHairstyles: His flocked, almost dreadlock-styled wild hair, seemingly fashioned to resemble a jester hat.

* ArtEvolution: Aside from the tie-dyed straitjacket being swapped out for his trademark purple and orange suit, "Topsy Turvey" adds black rings around Joker's eyes, his lips and hair are darkened, his teeth are more 3-D looking and his hair animations are noticeably less fluid.

* BodyguardsBabes: Sort of.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He's strong enough to rip apart an armored car even without Venom.