History Characters / TheBatman2022

* FeetFirstIntroduction: Selina walks in interrupting Batman and The Penguin's Iceberg Lounge meeting with the camera panning upwards from her notable knee-high boots which her and Batman readily recognise in one of Mayor Mitchell's incriminating photos.

* ComplexityAddiction: Not as prominent as previous incarnations, but still present. His plan involves getting Batman to [[spoiler:figure out Falcone engineered the Maroni drug bust to take control of the local government]] via cryptic clues and obtuse bread crumbs, as opposed to just telling Batman and Gotham in general what happened like he does with Mitchell's infidelities and Thomas Wayne [[spoiler:using Falcone to intimidate a reporter]]. In particular, Riddler seems to think just leaving the "rat with wings" clue is enough to finger [[spoiler:Falcone as the informant on the Maroni drug bust]], despite the clue more obviously pointing to Penguin or even Batman himself, meaning it [[spoiler:it takes Selina stumbling onto the truth for Batman and Gordon to even figure it out.]] That said, it's also precisely ''because'' he was so roundabout in his communications to Batman that he fails to realise [[spoiler:Riddler's final plan is still underway]] until he accidentally blurts it out to him, meaning that being so complex actually worked as much in his favour as against it.

* FaceFramedInShadow: A variation -- we don't get a clear look at his face in ''The Batman'' due to the way his scene is shot, but several of his facial features can still be glimpsed.

!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022'' | ''The Penguin''

!!!'''Appears In:''' ''The Penguin''

* ElementalMotifs: '''Fire'''. Batman's vengeance is comparable to an out of control, all-consuming blaze, there is a smouldering car in the background when he captures Penguin, and [[spoiler:the Riddler tries to kill Bruce Wayne with a bomb]]. His first true act as [[spoiler:Gotham's savior]] is setting off a flare, shows he will take on fire's positive attributes of light and warmth as well.

* [[AntiHero Anti-Heroine]]: In a different way than Batman is an AntiHero. Bruce is a brutal crimefighter who nurtures a [[TerrorHero terrifying]] reputation, but he wants to help Gotham City. Selina, on the other hand, is mainly interested in helping a friend, while being fine with stealing from Gotham's rich and having little faith in the city itself. [[spoiler:She's also willing, at least at first, to kill, while Batman isn't; she tries to kill both Kenzie and Falcone for being responsible for Annika's death (among other, more personal crimes in Falcone's case), though Batman manages to save Kenzie and talk Selina out of murdering Falcone.]]

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[[folder:Alfred Pennyworth]]
!!Alfred Pennyworth
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AndySerkis
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/JeremieCovillault (European French)

->''"It was my job to protect them, do you understand? I know you always blamed yourself... You were only a boy, Bruce."''
The Wayne family's loyal butler.

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* Click [[Characters/TheBatman2022TheRiddler here]] for his page.
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[[folder:Selina Kyle]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle / Catwoman]]
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ZoeKravitz
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022'' | ''The Batman: Part II''
->''"I have a thing about strays."''
A cat burglar moonlighting as a cocktail waitress with a deeply personal connection to Gotham's criminal underworld. Selina ends up unwittingly crossing paths with the Batman on his mission to untangle the Riddler's conspiracy. From there, Selina becomes Batman's reluctant ally in his crusade while pursuing her own ends as the two grow ever closer to each other, despite their opposing ideologies.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: This version of Selina is presented in a pretty heroic light, with her motives stemming from wanting to help the downtrodden, more akin to the ''[[ComicBook/BatmanYearOne Year One]]'' version of the character.
* AffectionateNickname:
** Selina uses Penguin's mocking nickname "Vengeance" for Batman, albeit with a good deal more fondness.
** She refers to both Annika and Batman as "baby".
** Inverted when she calls someone "honey", which means she's apathetic towards them or doesn't like them.
* AmbiguouslyBi: She is very affectionate and tender with both Annika and Batman and calls them both [[AffectionateNickname "baby"]] (notably, she calls no one else in the film this), but she only kisses Batman.
* AnimalThemedFightingStyle: Selina's fighting style is based on a cat, fitting her AnimalMotif. [[https://www.indiewire.com/2021/12/batman-zoe-kravitz-cat-fights-catwoman-1234687228/ Zoe Kravitz even watched footage of cats and lions fighting, and integrated their movements into her character's fight scenes.]]
* [[AntiHero Anti-Heroine]]: In a different way than Batman is an AntiHero. Bruce is a brutal crimefighter who nurtures a [[TerrorHero terrifying]] reputation, but he wants to help Gotham City. Selina, on the other hand, is mainly interested in helping a friend, while being fine with stealing from Gotham's rich and having little faith in the city itself. [[spoiler:She's also willing, at least at first, to kill, while Batman isn't; she tries to kill both Kenzie and Falcone for being responsible for Annika's death (among other, more personal crimes in Falcone's case), though Batman manages to save Kenzie and talk Selina out of murdering Falcone.]]
* BetaOutfit: Selina Kyle's not-yet-Catwoman burglar outfit has some slight folds at the top of her ski mask that resemble cat ears.
* BigDamnKiss: She gives Batman two in the film. The first time is when the two of them work together, and the second time, though a lighter kiss, is during the climax after Selina saves him.
* BoyishShortHair: Her hair is cut very short, though she wears a variety of wigs when out and about.
* CivvieSpandex: Selina is wearing a makeshift Catwoman costume made up of a ski mask and black jumpsuit.
* ClarkKenting: A lot of her disguises involves wearing various wigs and dresses, but her face remains the same. She gets away with it due to the fact she's a nobody to the mob.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: A variation -- she's never called "Catwoman" in ''The Batman'', but she '''is''' called "The Cat" a few times, which is the name she initially went by in her earliest appearances in the comics.
* TheCynic: Selina lacks Batman's faith that Gotham can be changed for the better. Her goals throughout the film are centered around helping a specific person, rather than Gotham as a whole. [[spoiler:The movie ends with Selina abandoning Gotham in favor of Bludhaven, rather than helping Batman redeem the city.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: She's effectively the supporting lead of ''The Batman''.
* DramaticIrony: Lists Bruce Wayne as one of the "privileged, white assholes" keeping Gotham a hellhole... [[LovesMyAlterEgo right in front of Batman]].
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Selina might be a thief and a drug dealer, but she's disgusted by the corrupt infrastructure in Gotham, and favors stealing from the rich and decadent as karmic payback.
** [[spoiler:The beating Batman dishes out to the Riddler follower who nearly killed her horrifies Selina; she joins Gordon in calming Batman down before he can kill the man.]]
* FemmeFatalons: She has long, sharp nails which she uses to scratch her opponents in the face.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: Selina walks in interrupting Batman and The Penguin's Iceberg Lounge meeting with the camera panning upwards from her notable knee-high boots which her and Batman readily recognise in one of Mayor Mitchell's incriminating photos.
* FragileSpeedster: She's a competent fighter and uses her agility to good effect against regular goons, but can't hurt the armored Batman very much, [[spoiler:and goes down hard after Falcone lands a good hit by surprise.]]
* HatesRichPeople: She is not too fond of the wealthy either, having worked in a nightclub where she witnessed them abuse their wealth and power for whatever they wanted. She even says she's not fond of Bruce Wayne... in front of Batman!
** Interestingly, she also has correctly pegged Batman as someone born rich, and even uses that against him in an argument, but still falls for him and admires him in spite of it.
* HatesTheirParent: [[spoiler:Being Falcone's secret bastard has brought Selina nothing but misery, which inspires her plan to kill him and make off with his valuables.]]
* HeadTurningBeauty: When she glams herself up, Selina draws the eye of several patrons of the Iceberg Lounge.
* HeroicBastard: Anti-Heroic, but [[spoiler:she's far more noble than her father, Carmine Falcone.]]
* HellBentForLeather: Selina's cat burglar attire is a form-fitting, black leather, motorcycle suit with leather gloves with torn fingertips for her claw-like nails to poke through. She later dons a patent leather corset and pants later in the film, during her attempt to [[spoiler:assassinate Falcone for the murder of Annika and for abandoning Selina during her childhood]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: When infiltrating the mob club for Batman, she sneers disdainfully at a group of drug users getting high in the corner. Batman immediately retorts that for all her distaste, she's quite willing to profit from selling the drug to them and thus help to fuel the addiction she's so disgusted by. Selina hastily changes the subject.
* {{Irony}}: Selina mentions how she blames "corrupt white privileged" people for the horrible state of Gotham, naming Bruce Wayne as part of the problem. She falls in love with Batman because he appears to be doing something for the underprivileged. Unbeknownst to her, Bruce Wayne ''is'' Batman.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's a cynical thief and drug dealer who's unafraid of getting her hands dirty, but she's ultimately a noble person with a strong sense of justice who sticks her neck out to help a friend. Her feelings toward Batman appear to be genuine, as she initiates both kisses they share.
* KarmicThief: She only steals from the rich and the corrupt, specifically from Falcone since [[spoiler:him being her biological father]] means that he owes a lot of money to her. [[spoiler:When she leaves for Bludhaven, she mentions she intends to rob rich people there to give them a sense of poetic justice.]]
* KickChick: Her fighting style mostly uses kicks similar to those from UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} and UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}.
* KindheartedCatLover: In true Catwoman fashion, she's adopted several stray cats, showcasing her compassion for those in need.
* LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman: She's never met Bruce Wayne, but her comments make it clear she doesn't think much of him. However, she's obviously into Batman, finding him to be a kindred spirit who looks out for the downtrodden when the rich elite don't.
* LovableRogue: As with most depictions of Catwoman, though a bit less high-class; she's a thief and a drug dealer, but it's clear she only does so to eat, and the reason she is even in Batman's orbit is due to their shared interest in saving Gotham from powerful crime lords.
* MsFanservice: Slightly more explicit than previous live-action takes. Apart from her catsuit that fits her figure, Selina is seen wearing different types of clothes that show off a bit more skin than usual. At one point, Batman watches Selina getting dressed.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: She uses the exact term in a conversation with Batman, bonding over their shared desire for vengeance and helping those in need.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: She never steals from the poor, only from the rich, and especially the corrupt, since they have plenty of money to spare and are jackasses who deserve to be robbed. [[spoiler:When she learns that Falcone murdered her mother, she decides to kill him head on rather than simply stealing his money.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Kravitz is 5'2" and by far the shortest and most petite actress to ever have played the character in live-action. She is still an ActionGirl.
* RaceLift: Zoë Kravitz, who's half-black and half-Ashkenazi Jewish, plays Selina, who's usually RavenHairIvorySkin-white in the comics. However, the character has been portrayed as black in a handful of adaptations, as far back as Music/EarthaKitt in [[Series/Batman1966 1967]], and has sometimes been depicted as not simply [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant Anglo-American white]] (as in the Golden and Silver Ages) but as Italian-American or even part-Cuban, so sometimes she's drawn to be AmbiguouslyBrown. The casting process for this film was also open ethnicity, and several white actresses got as far as the screen test.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: While the comics have variously hinted that [[spoiler:Falcone is her father]], in this film it's explicitly confirmed.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:She decides to bail on Gotham after the city is flooded and martial law is enacted, figuring she can go upstate to Blüdhaven and do her PayEvilUntoEvil thing there.]]
* ShadowArchetype: She reflects an even more cynical Batman, one that is poor and living under the threat of eviction or senseless death. When she tells her backstory to Batman, it's very similar to how Bruce lost his parents: her mother was senselessly murdered by an unknown thug when she was a seven-year-old child (a year younger than traditional Bruce when he lost his parents). [[spoiler:Her desire to avenge her mother by killing Falcone, the man responsible for her death (and allegedly for the Waynes' deaths), shows a possible dark outcome for Bruce had he figured out who his parents' murderer was.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: In a manner of speaking. [[spoiler:Batman and Gordon's search for the 'Rat with Wings' hits a dead end after they discover their most obvious suspect, Cobblepot, [[RedHerring had nothing to do with the drug bust]], and Riddler's final letter addressed to Batman contains no riddles, only a message saying 'see you in hell'. However, Selina's investigation into Annika's murder ends up finding a recording of her strangulation at Falcone's hands, with the tape revealing that ''he's'' the Rat they're looking for, allowing both men to arrest him. However, this plays right into Riddler's plans, bringing the reclusive Falcone outside his heavily-defended Iceberg Lounge where he has a clear bead on him from his sniper's nest, so Selina's interference actually pushed the Riddler's plan back on track when neither Batman or Gordon were able to deduce the Rat's identity.]]
* SupermodelStrut: Noticeable with the tight red dress she wears as a waitress; she likely puts on the trope so men will be DistractedByTheSexy and not think about what else she's up to.
* TwoFirstNames: "Kyle" is more common as a given name.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend:
** Although they're not officially an item, she grows protective of Batman, [[spoiler:beating the shit out of a Riddler follower who tries to kill him.]]
** To Annika, [[AmbiguousSituation maybe]]. She goes on the warpath to protect her, [[spoiler:and nearly kills the men who are responsible for her death.]]
* YouKilledMyMother: She seeks to steal Carmine Falcone's money because she believes that he had one of his goons kill her mother and leave her an orphan [[spoiler:despite being his biological daughter]]. Then she indirectly discovers that [[spoiler:Falcone personally killed her mother after hearing how Annika died. She vows to kill him for what he's done in spite of Batman's protests.]]
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[[folder:Arkham Prisoner (SPOILERS)]]
!![[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You think they deserved it..."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BarryKeoghan
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022''
->''"What is it they say? One day, you're on top. The next, you're a clown. Well... Let me tell you, there are worse things to be."''
A cellmate of the Riddler who shares his penchant for riddles and his sick sense of humor. Not yet the ArchEnemy of Batman, yet still a recognizably disfigured maniac with discolored hair and skin, the Joker has a history with the Batman and has a knack for playing mind games with anyone he gets into conversation with.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Downplayed in that only ''some'' of his hair is discolored green, with quite a bit of it being brown.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: According to Reeves, his grinning appearance isn't the result of chemical scars or a GlasgowGrin (as was the case in [[Film/Batman1989 previous]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight adaptations]]) but rather a facial deformity he's had since birth. Nonetheless, it's still implied that he had a chemical bath at some point, given the nature of his deformities and the discoloration of his skin and some of his hair.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: The Joker and the Riddler aren't exactly friends in most adaptations, as they both believe themselves to be the only true opponent of Batman, thus putting themselves at odds with one another. Here, Joker sympathizes with Nashton's defeat, and the two end up sharing a laugh over a joke he makes. In a deleted visitation scene, he is impressed by Riddler's own criminal acumen based off of the evidence that Batman presents him with.
* AdaptationalUgliness: Keeping up the trend seen in [[Film/TheDarkKnight previous]] [[{{Series/Gotham}} live-action]] [[Film/Joker2019 iterations]], though this Joker looks even unhealthier than the Ledger and Phoenix iterations, who looked like rough and unclean but still normal men. In contrast to his cleaner-looking comics counterpart, this Joker has his face and body covered in scars and most of his hair in patches, making him one of the most grotesque and horrific live-action Jokers to date.
* AllThereInTheManual: His true identity is never directly stated, although it's clear that it's the Joker. The actual confirmation that he is (or will be) the Joker comes from director interviews.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: In a deleted scene where Batman shows him Riddler's case file. The Joker manages to ascertain just from the file that Riddler has a deep grudge against the mayor and police commissioner for some personal slight going back to maybe his childhood, and also guesses that the Riddler is a fan of Batman, but notes that the Riddler might also deeply resent him as well. All of these claims turn out to be correct.
* BeautyInversion: Barry Keoghan's boyish good looks are buried under layers of make-up that make his Joker a truly hideous sight.
* BodyHorror: As shown in the deleted Arkham scene, he has severe scars on his hands and presumably the rest of his body in addition to a heavily disfigured face, and if his arms are any indication, he's heavily emaciated.
* TheCameo: Only appears for a single scene in ''The Batman'' as a SequelHook of sorts. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBeccCU_pEE deleted scene]] showing an interaction with Batman was later released as a standalone short film.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: He's only credited as "Arkham Inmate", and WordOfGod claims that he doesn't yet have the Joker name InUniverse.
* CompositeCharacter: He plays a similar role to Calendar Man in ''Batman: The Long Halloween'' when Batman consults him about a mysterious new criminal. His skill at analysing criminal behaviours also bring to mind Harley Quinn, who was a psychologist before turning to a life of crime.
* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: In a deleted scene, Batman goes to an incarcerated Joker to get his perspective on the Riddler based on his own criminal experience.
* EvilLaugh: It's to be expected from the Joker, and Barry Keoghan delivers. Unlike previous Jokers, this one sounds less like a garden-variety psychopath and more like the MonsterClown he is, being very nasally and high-pitched.
* FaceFramedInShadow: A variation -- we don't get a clear look at his face in ''The Batman'' due to the way his scene is shot, but several of his facial features can still be glimpsed.
* TheFaceless: We don't clearly see his face in ''The Batman'' itself, just his hair and the general outline of his head. We get a clearer look at him in the deleted scene, where he is visible, but heavily blurred by the thick glass between him and Batman; even when his face is shown in detail near the end, it's never in full frame (the image above being a composite).
* FacialHorror: It wouldn't be the Joker without this trope. From what we see of his face, it's permanently grinning, showing his pointed teeth. In the deleted Arkham scene, we can see that the entirety of his face is covered in scars, including but not limited to the lack of lips and scars that impede hair growth, as well as what look like numerous long-term ingrown hairs and a deeply unhealthy scalp ravaged by far too many badly-done DIY bleach-and-dye jobs.
* FauxAffablyEvil:
** In true Joker fashion, he's very polite to Riddler, but it's heavily implied that it's just an act and he's definitely in Arkham for ''very'' good reasons.
** The deleted scene shows he's polite to Batman at first on a surface level, but is clearly trying to rile Batman up.
* FrozenFace: From the darkness of his cell, his mouth is wide open in the form of a grin, and it never changes when he speaks.
* GigglingVillain: His aforementioned EvilLaugh isn't a maniacal cackle so much as a hyena-like bout of laughter that nonetheless indicates malicious intent.
* GlasgowGrin: Like ''ComicBook/{{Joker}}'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', he's once more depicted with one, though much more gruesomely detailed; with more of his teeth exposed on one side and a large curved smile on the other. WordOfGod implies this isn't self-inflicted; instead portraying the smile as a physical disorder.
* GodzillaThreshold: It says something about the Riddler case when what's going on is so troubling to Batman that he's willing to go to the Joker to ask for help.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: His face, unnaturally balding scalp, and hands looks weathered in a scar-like manner, giving the impression that he's completely covered in some kind of skin condition or burn. Burns are most likely, given a chemical bath is a ubiquitous element in the origins of the character's various incarnations.
* HannibalLecture: In his deleted scene, he proposes that Batman is so compelled to stop the Riddler just because he makes Batman look soft by comparison. He also states Batman believes deep down that the Riddler's victims deserved what came to them.
* HairpinLockpick: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]]. In a MeaningfulBackgroundEvent, when the Joker gives the Riddler's file back to Batman, [[OhCrap the clip is missing]].
* MetaphoricallyTrue: When suggesting a personal motive for the Riddler's killings, he jokes about "stolen lunch money", accurately referencing the Renewal Fund that should have supported the Riddler's orphanage but was stolen by the corrupt authorities, though it is unclear if this is accidental foreshadowing or the Joker being fully aware but choosing to toy with Batman instead.
* MonsterClown: As per usual. This time, a mixture of the character's disfigured lips, pale complexion, patchy and unkempt hair, and naturally round nose give the impression of clownish features.
* MythologyGag: Design-wise, his look seems to be borrowed from Brian Azarrello's ''Joker'' graphic novel.
* NightmareFace: He is really not a sight to behold. We probably won't be seeing Harley Quinn in this universe based on that fact.
* NoNameGiven: In the credits, he's just referred to as "Unseen Arkham Inmate," although it's clear who he's supposed to be.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Barry Keoghan's natural Dublin accent can be heard in Joker's first lines in ''The Batman''.
* PetTheDog: He's very polite to Riddler, expressing admiration for his scheme and how much he achieved and expressing sympathy for Batman foiling him and states he wants to be friends. How sincere it is, well, that's up for debate.
* PredecessorVillain: Although this film establishes a new continuity, it's clear that he and Batman have already clashed before.
* PsychoticSmirk: His facial deformities twist his mouth to be lopsided, reimagining the famous Joker rictus grin into a permanent smirk.
* RiddleMeThis: Pops one on the Riddler himself by asking him what's more valuable when you have fewer of them. The answer: a friend.
* SerialKiller: According to Reeves, the Joker is already a serial killer, and a deleted scene features Batman visiting the Joker to get a psychological profile on the Riddler since they share a similar taste for murder.
* SinisterSchnoz: Averted. The Joker has a bulbous clown-nose, which does nothing to downplay his menace or his gruesome appearance.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Does not appear anywhere in the marketing. In fact, his actor was falsely identified as playing Stan Merkel (an ally in the force to Gordon in the comics) before the film released.
* SpeechImpediment: Has an extremely heavy palatal lisp, due to the nature of his deformity pulling back his lips, that slurs and garbles his speech. It's far more pronounced in his deleted visitation scene.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: He saves the Riddler from [[VillainousBSOD shutting down in despair]] after Batman foils his final step of his grand plan by promising him a comeback if he becomes the Joker's new best friend. Whether it is a genuine offer or an act, it's clear that the Joker has ensured the Riddler will remain a threat to Gotham and Batman in the coming years.
* {{Troll}}: While he does give Batman some genuine advice in regards to Riddler's psychological profile in a deleted scene, he ultimately aggravates Batman by noting the Riddler is very similar to Batman in motivation and that Batman is likely only taking this case so personally because the Riddler's more extreme methods make Batman look soft by comparison.
* VillainCred: He comforts a distraught Riddler by telling him that he was doing very well with his master plan before the Batman thwarted the very last part of it. In the deleted scene, it's clear that he quickly comes to respect the Riddler just from the evidence that Batman presented him with.
* VillainHasAPoint: A lot of the points he makes to Batman in the deleted scene end up being completely right, such as the fact that the Riddler and Batman have a lot more in common than the latter is comfortable admitting.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: Incarcerated some time before the events of the first movie. As of the beginning of ''The Batman'', what appear to be his clown-themed gang members, or at least gangsters who are inspired by him, are still picking on random people for fun.
* VillainousFriendship: Joker proposes that he and Riddler become friends after noticing how distraught he is following his discovery that Batman foiled the very last part of his plan. [[VillainTeamUp This can only end well!]]
* WalkingSpoiler: The Joker's presence in the film is a surprise, with none of the press material even hinting that he'd be featured.
* WildHair: As usual for the Joker. It's far more grotesque than his typical standard, as his bad DIY undercut is pockmarked with ingrown hairs and massive keloids, and what remains of the top is badly thinned and has all the hallmarks of a scalp destroyed by many poorly done bleaching and dyeing jobs.
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!!!'''Mobsters'''

[[folder:Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot / The Penguin]]
!![[Characters/BatmanThePenguin Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot / The Penguin]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Boy, you're everything they say, ain't ya? I guess we both are."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ColinFarrell
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022'' | ''The Penguin''
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/BorisRehlinger (European French)
->''"The world ain't built for guys like us. That's why we gotta take whatever we decide is ours."''
A major figure in Gotham's underworld serving as the right-hand man to the city's most powerful crime boss, Carmine Falcone. Penguin owns and operates the nightclub known as the Iceberg Lounge as well as the mob hangout located deeper inside, the 44 Below.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's still not much to look at, but his signature pointy, elongated nose is more subtle here, simply being realistically angular and hook-shaped rather than absurdly beak-like and he overall looks more like a heavyset, balding, but otherwise average middle-aged man than the borderline deformed appearance he's had in the comics and Creator/DannyDeVito's portrayal. He's also much taller than both the comics and previous versions, standing a little above average at 5'10" in contrast to previous versions which were closer to around five feet tall or under.
* AdaptationalNationality: Most adaptations of the Penguin usually depict him as originally coming from England, with an accent to match. Here, Cobblepot has a more New Yorker-inspired accent that compliments his HairTriggerTemper.
* AffablyEvil: He's generally jovial and polite when he's not in danger, as demonstrated in many of his scenes in the Iceberg Lounge, [[NobleDemon and he has a sort of gentlemen's code of honor to his criminality]].
* AndThenWhat: His final shot in the film. [[spoiler:With Falcone dead, Penguin is seemingly the new ruler of the criminal underworld, yet instead of being happy, he looks very sad and uncertain. His final scene is very somber as he looks out toward the dawn of the new day and the chaos of Gotham, unsure of what the future and his newfound role will bring him.]]
* BadassDriver: Manages to outrun the Batmobile for a good length of time, and nearly manages to kill Batman by causing devastating car crashes.
* BeautyInversion: Many fans were legitimately shocked at how the make-up makes the very handsome Colin Farrell look like the overweight, balding Penguin.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He dreams of becoming the new crime lord of Gotham, and he did everything he could to be Falcone's right-hand man, so he'll be in a favorable position to succeed the aging crime lord. [[spoiler:He got his wish, but only after learning that [[BrokenPedestal his boss was a scumbag rat]] who sold out Sal Maroni to the police and mocked Cobblepot that he doesn't have what it takes to run the mob. Thus, his accession is one of uncertainty and sadness rather than the joy he expected.]]
* BerserkButton: Calling him a "gimp" is a huge one as he nearly kills Carmine Falcone on the spot for it. He also doesn't like traitors, vowing in the same conversation to have Carmine killed upon [[spoiler:finding out he's a rat.]]
* BreakoutCharacter: His role wasn't exactly small in ''The Batman'', but Oz nonetheless wasn't a big player in the grand scheme of the film. He ended up becoming popular enough to get his own spinoff series on HBO.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Falcone serves as this to Cobblepot. Throughout the film, Cobblepot appears extremely friendly and loyal to Falcone to the point of never even thinking of betraying his boss, even to Batman and Gordon. Once it's revealed Falcone is indeed the rat, Cobblepot is very appalled and disgusted at Falcone, insinuating that Falcone won't last one night in Blackgate prison after his treachery is revealed, and even attempts to ''shoot him'' in front of Batman and dozens of non-corrupt GCPD officers when Falcone insults him in response. Unfortunately for Falcone, the Riddler beats him to it.]]
* BrooklynRage: This version of the Penguin speaks in a strong New York accent.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Inverted. He's only ever referred to as Penguin or "Oz", while his real name, Oswald Cobblepot, is never mentioned in the film. That said, he does mention that he despises the name "Penguin", and prefers to be called Oz instead.
* CoolCar: A Maserati Quattroporte. He's good enough with it that he's briefly able to outpace ''the Batmobile''.
* DirtyOldMan: Whilst his exact age is unknown, in the script, he's trying to touch Selina's dress and generally acts very perverted towards his attractive waitresses and female guests.
* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:With Falcone out of the way by the end of the first movie, he's in the perfect position to take over his criminal enterprise. Falcone taunts him before he dies, saying he doesn't have what it takes, but [[EvilIsPetty Falcone being Falcone]], he likely just wanted to get some shots in.]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: He actually hates the nickname "The Penguin" and didn't choose it. He ''wants'' his nickname to be "Oz", which Falcone respects.
* EnemyMine: Sort of. [[spoiler:After Batman and Gordon kidnap him for an interrogation, he provides valuable insight into the method to solve the Spanish-themed second riddle, albeit delivered in a mocking manner because they don't know basic Spanish and went through all that trouble to kidnap him on a wrongful assumption. While antagonistic to both, he stands aside and lets them take Falcone into custody at the end out of disgust at the reveal that Falcone informed on the police to get Sal Maroni locked up, telling Falcone that he's made sure that the inmates inside the prisons will know what he did, and they ''love'' snitches. He does shortly try to shoot him afterwards once Falcone pushes his buttons too much, but that's incidental.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In a deleted scene, he tries to warn Selina off working in 44 Below, out of what seems to be genuine concern that she could get harassed or assaulted by the patrons. He even offers her money out of his own pocket, saying that he would do anything for her and appearing hurt for what he perceives as her rejecting him.

** He's visibly and verbally disgusted by the pictures of [[spoiler:Pete Savage's]] corpse.
** Despite his sleaziness as a criminal, [[spoiler:he is no snitch, and he is very disgusted at Falcone being one, even being ready to shoot him over it]].
** His disgust at being accused of murdering [[spoiler:Annika]] suggests that he is repulsed by the idea of killing a defenseless woman. This, combined with the aforementioned deleted scene, shows that he may legitimately care about the girls under his employ (as long as they're not a liability).
** At the very end of the film, [[spoiler:Oz is nothing but horrified at the aftermath of Gotham being flooded by the Riddler, and can only gaze down on the city with an uncertain and melancholic look on his face as he ponders what to do.]]
* EvilIsHammy: Oz spends a good chunk of his screen-time bellowing lines at the top of his lungs in a thick Brooklyn accent, particularly during his car chase with Batman.
* FatBastard: He's a heavyset man, in keeping with the character's traditional depiction.
* FreudianExcuse: Creator/ColinFarrell describes Penguin as someone who uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMCZv7LIqCs/ violence and street smarts to overcompensate for his deformities]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: A faded but deep one that slants down across his right cheek and under his nose.
* TheGrotesque: Averted. Oswald is by no means a looker, but here he is portrayed as much more plain looking than the ugly-bordering-on-bizarre appearance he's usually given in the comics (save for his pointy nose).
* HiddenDepths: He has a solid knowledge of the Spanish language, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain which ends up helping Batman solve one of the Riddler's puzzles]].
** Furthermore, he clearly has an [[StatingTheSimpleSolution aversion to overthinking things]], as [[spoiler:once he "helps" Gordon and Batman solve the "el rata alada" riddle, he proceeds to chastise the two that their first assumption was that a "rat with wings" was a ''penguin'', and not a ''bat''.]]
** He might look [[{{Gonk}} gross and sleazy]], but it's pretty clear that Oz understands and values loyalty and honor (as much as a criminal figure can, anyway). Tellingly, [[spoiler:he's ''highly'' offended at the assumption that he's the "rat" that sold out Salvatore Maroni, and is '''furious''' that his trusted friend Carmine Falcone, the one mob boss that treated him with respect, [[BrokenPedestal is actually said rat]].]]
** He's also an excellent driver, pushing Batman to the limits of what the Batmobile can do just to keep pace with him in their car chase.
* HonorAmongThieves: Even though he almost certainly benefited from it personally, he is outraged when he learns that [[spoiler:Falcone, his boss, got Maroni's business by ratting him out to the authorities]].
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He seems to be very insecure about himself, judging by his burst of anger when Falcone insults him and immediately thinking that Selina doesn't see him as 'good enough for her' when she refuses a bribe. In both cases, he becomes a lot more sinister making a death threat to Selina and trying to shoot Falcone in front of dozens of cops.
* {{Irony}}: By the end of the film, [[spoiler:the Penguin is the de facto head of the underworld in a city that is mostly underwater.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He attempts to murder Selina in a shooting and causes multiple car crashes on the road that would have at least killed one person. Regardless, the police doesn't even bother arresting him. Admittedly, it really isn't until Gordon manages to rally up enough non-corrupt cops to arrest Falcone that the GCPD even does its job, and though they briefly restrain him thinking that he shot Falcone, the sudden realization that the Riddler is within reach causes the police to focus on the bigger fish.]]
* LargeHam: Colin Farrell is clearly having a blast in his role as an obese mob boss. Nowhere is this more apparent than during the chase scene, when he (seemingly) gets the Batmobile into a crash and channels his inner Creator/RobertDeNiro.
-->'''Oz:''' AHHH HA HAH! ''I GOT YOU!'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! GOT!]] '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU!]]''''' TAKE THAT, YA FRICKIN' PSYCHO!
* LaughablyEvil: His hammy personality and snarky remarks provide much of the comic relief in the film.
* MythologyGag:
** This version of Penguin appears to take traits from the ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' incarnation of the character, mainly with possessing a physical disfigurement that causes people to call him the Penguin as well as viewing this nickname as an EmbarrassingNickname.
** Right before the car chase begins, he is briefly seen holding his signature umbrella to weather out the rain, though it doesn't contain a hidden gun inside.
** His attempt to follow Gordon and Batman after being interrogated is heavily impeded by the restraints around his wrists and ankles-- the resulting hobbled gait bears a strong resemblance to Burgess Meredith's original "waddle".
* NobleDemon: [[spoiler:While an awful person by any standard, Penguin has a sense of honor and loyalty, being offended when Batman and Gordon think that he's the rat, and angrily railing at Falcone when he's exposed as the rat.]]
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: With his receding hairline, Brooklyn accent, and facial scars, Penguin bears more than a passing resemblance to UsefulNotes/AlCapone.
* NotMeThisTime:
** Because Penguin is a big player in the Gotham mob scene, Gordon and Batman surmise that he's the "rat" that the Riddler is referring to. But once they interrogate Penguin, he swears he has no clue what they're talking about and asserts that he's no snitch. [[spoiler:He's telling the truth.]]
** When [[spoiler:Falcone]] is shot, he immediately asserts that, despite holding a gun, he didn't pull the trigger. He's telling the truth.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: He calls Batman a "psycho" while [[EvilGloating taunting his rear-view mirror]], while looking back at the flaming wreckage of a massive car accident ''he'' caused while trying to escape him.
* OhCrap: His reaction when he sees the Batmobile emerging unscathed from an explosion is quite a sight.
* PragmaticVillainy: When Batman is slugging his way through the mooks at the Iceberg, Oz suddenly appears and puts an end to the fight, chosing to talk things through with the masked vigilante instead.
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Sure, Cobblepot might be the new crime lord of Gotham now, but the city is completely flooded and badly damaged, and it's clear that he's still greatly hurt over finding out Carmine Falcone was a snitch.]]
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: [[spoiler:Though Oz is a nasty and deeply corrupt piece of work who is responsible for a lot of bad things in Gotham, he has absolutely nothing to do with the Riddler's actions and schemes. He also didn't rat out the Maronis to the police, and is utterly disgusted when he finds out who the rat really is.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:At first, Batman and James Gordon believe that Oswald is the "Rat" in Riddler's second riddle, reasoning that the "el rata alada" (the winged rat) could also refer to a penguin (which also has wings) and that Penguin has enough underworld connections to both sell out to the GCPD and intimidate them into secrecy. But when they actually interrogate Oswald, he reveals that he has nothing to do with the drug bust and points out that "el rata alada" is an incorrect form of Spanish (it's supposed to be ''la'' rata alada), forcing Batman to reexamine the riddle.]]
* SinisterSchnoz: He has a beak-like nose, which is likely part of the reason why he has his EmbarrassingNickname.
* {{Slimeball}}: He plays up his SnakeOilSalesman persona when talking to Batman and later acts as an overly protective bodyguard to Falcone.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Although he's a high-ranking mobster in Carmine Falcone's ring, Oswald Cobblepot ultimately spends much of ''The Batman'' being his lackey, not really being the respected figure that he thinks he is. [[spoiler:After Falcone's death, however, he potentially has a chance to prove that he's really got what it takes to run Gotham's mob due to the power vacuum caused by that and the city flooding.]]
* TemptingFate: He cheers at having taken out Batman during a car chase. Cue the Batmobile immediately ramming into and knocking his car over.
* VillainousFriendship: He's implied to have one with Falcone, seeing as they're often shown together. Falcone in turn shows respect to him, referring to him by his preferred nickname, "Oz." [[spoiler:Once it's revealed Falcone is the rat, though, any and all respect that Cobblepot once had for him is gone.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Of his self-titled spin-off show.
* VillainRespect: He consistently holds Batman in high regard, unless he's seriously being threatened by him, at which point he gets nervous and defensive.
* VillainousValor:
** While he ''can'' be intimidated into fleeing the Batmobile, Oz is otherwise a pretty ballsy criminal that reacts much more bravely to Batman than most of his compatriots, even though he's a portly middle-aged man with a limp.
** His first scene shows him casually counting money unambiguously from drug sales right in front of Batman.
* WorthyOpponent: He shows some excitement over the lengths Batman will go to to take him out during their car chase, laughing about how nuts his opponent is in his insane determination to catch him.

[[folder:Carmine Falcone]]
!!Carmine Falcone
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Think you're gonna scare me with that mask and that cape?"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JohnTurturro
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022''
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/VincentViolette (European French)

A top dog in Gotham's criminal underworld.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:It's implied he would have been a terrible father to Selina given that Maria Kyle hides her in the closet whenever he shows up to greet her. And then there's the fact he tries to strangle Selina to death after she attacks him.]]
* AdaptationalJerkass: [[spoiler:Unlike his comic equivalent, who was at least [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes a genuine family man]], this version strangled a girlfriend to death in the past, and attempts to strangle Selina as well. In the comics, Falcone also had something resembling a code of honor even if he was a ruthless gangster, but in the movie, he snitches on his rivals, steals funds from public outreach programs, and might have even had a surgeon who saved his life murdered.]]
* AdaptationalNameChange: Carmine's last name is typically pronounced "Fal-CO-knee" in most media. Here, it's pronounced "Fal-cone".
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In ''[[ComicBook/TheLongHalloween The Long Halloween]]'', it's never made clear if [[spoiler:Selina Kyle is his daughter.]] It's revealed in no uncertain terms that this is the case here, which he eventually finds out about.
* AdaptedOut: His various children and extended family, aside from [[spoiler:his illegitimate daughter Selina Kyle]], don't appear at all in ''The Batman''.
** Though his daughter Sofia Falcone-Gigante will appear in the Penguin HBO Max series, portrayed by Creator/CristinMilioti
* AffablyEvil: He presents himself as a NobleDemon and acts like a gentleman to Bruce. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Though, as it turns out,]] [[FauxAffablyEvil he's anything but a gentleman]].]]
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that Falcone was involved with the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, but the exact circumstances remain unknown. Falcone taunts Batman that whatever dirty secrets he may have, it's all going with him to his grave. And then the Riddler kills Falcone, ensuring Batman will never find out the truth behind his parents' deaths.]]
* AnimalMotif: Aside from the more obvious "falcon" allegory -- Carmine, like a raptor, is at the very top and looking out over his city with hungry eyes -- Creator/JohnTurturro described Falcone as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQpCb49QjQo/ subterranean predator]] in an interview. [[spoiler:Specifically, a ''rat''; Falcone's empire was built on secretly striking a deal with the corrupt GCPD against Maroni, and he knows that if the underworld ever found out he's allied with the cops, he's going down. Riddler's clues reference both ("rat with wings", or, as Batman and Gordon initially interpret it, a stool pigeon) to emphasize how duplicitous and false Carmine's image as an untouchable, self-made Don really is.]]
* ArcVillain: Outing Falcone as the rat who snitched on Maroni comprises the film's second act. He's revealed to have had dealings with Bruce's father, is the biological father of Selina Kyle, and the investigation to unravel him is arguably its own plot within the Riddler's machinations.
* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:The father of Selina Kyle, and a nasty piece of work who's hurt her directly and indirectly, and sometimes without knowing it. Selina's entire reason for working at the club is to be compensated for the pain he's caused her by robbing him, and later kill him. [[ThouShaltNotKill Batman stops her just in time.]]]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:An abysmal human being gunned down by the Riddler after his arrest. The fact that he's just been exposed as a rat ensures not even his fellow gangsters will miss him.]]
* BadassOnPaper: Carmine Falcone holds a reputation of being one of the most powerful and dangerous criminals in Gotham, who no one dares to cross lest they suffer a gruesome fate at his hands. In truth though, Falcone only got to where he was because of his backstabbing and many connections, and he spends much of his time hiding in a back corner of the Iceberg Lounge because it's the only place he feels safe from his many enemies. [[spoiler:And once his snitch-related crimes are revealed to the public, Falcone's criminal empire dies both metaphorically and ''literally'' in less than an hour.]]
* BaitTheDog:
** He shows some protectiveness towards Selina as he used to know her mother [[spoiler:and is actually her father. However, he ends up murdering her mother and Annika, the two people closest to her, and then tries to kill her after she very understandably wants to kill him in retaliation.]]
** He seems genuinely grateful that Thomas Wayne saved his life once and is very polite to Bruce because of this. [[spoiler:Then it turns out Falcone had tried to blackmail Thomas and may have even had a hand in his death.]]
* BeingEvilSucks: While he runs the Gotham mob [[spoiler:and -- by extension -- the local government]], by the time of the movie, he's made so many enemies that he's been forced to imprison himself inside a cordoned-off section of the Iceberg Lounge to protect himself, [[spoiler:and that doesn't save him.]]
* BerserkButton: Being interrupted. When one of Falcone's bodyguards tries to inform him about his crimes being publicly broadcast on the news, Falcone gets uncharacteristically enraged, since he asked his minion specifically ''not'' to barge in on him while talking to Selina. That said, his anger melts pretty quickly once he finds out what's going on.
* BetterToKillThanFrighten: When Bruce Wayne begins to investigate as to what role the Riddler accuses him of having in Gotham City's rampant corruption, [[spoiler:he discovers that his father, Thomas Wayne, had covered up the history of mental illness that ran in the Arkham family, which included Bruce's mother Martha. When a reporter uncovers it, he threatened to expose the coverup, and in a moment of desperation to protect his wife and his son, Thomas turned to the Falcone crime family, in the hopes of scaring the reporter into silence. To Thomas' horror, Falcone instead had the reporter murdered, and when Bruce questions Falcone about it, Falcone simply asserts (and tries to assure Bruce) that the reporter was a lowlife that deserved it anyway.]]
* BigBadWannabe: Falcone is the key cause of Gotham's problems in the 20 years since the Wayne murders, [[spoiler:and a good chunk of the film is spent uncovering his role as the rat who set up Sal Maroni.]] That being said despite his position as Gotham's crime kingpin he's not nearly as in control as it first appears. He has to hide in 44 Below because of the constant threat of assassination and his control of the city is mostly just leverage over Gotham's elite. The Riddler quickly eclipses him on every conceivable front, [[spoiler:unraveling his conspiracy with little difficulty before enacting an infinitely more heinous act of terrorism that leaves the city in ruins.]]
* BlackmailBackfire: [[spoiler:While his deal with the cops and city government means that those at the top can never act against him for fear of being exposed themseves, Carmine is ''far'' from untouchable, and is just in a state of detente with the current administration; he still has to hide in 44 Below to avoid the threat of assassination, and he keeps the fact of selling out Maroni a secret from his own mob, who would feel betrayed if they knew their boss snitched to the police. Sure enough, once Commissioner Savage has died and Falcone has been exposed, Gordon quickly pulls together a unit of trustworthy officers to arrest him, and Cobblepot is already threatening Carmine as he's being hauled off, saying they'll kill him in prison.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:He becomes this to the rest of the criminal underworld, especially to Cobblepot. Throughout the film, Falcone is viewed as the top dog of the underworld and is treated with respect. Once it's revealed Falcone is "the rat" who sold out Maroni to further his goals, all that respect vanishes. Cobblepot is especially appalled and disgusted at this revelation, to the point he threatens to send word to Blackgate Prison since they "hate rats".]]
* CastingGag:
** John Turturro also played Sam Giancana in the HBO TV film ''Sugartime''. While both characters were high-level gangsters who favored dark glasses, their characters are very different in terms of public image: Giancana, true to life, is flashier and delights in his untouchability, whereas Falcone is far more low-key and avoids the limelight. [[spoiler:Both characters also broker deals with corrupt law enforcement over drug smuggling, though Giancana went to jail for refusing to testify and was most likely killed on ''suspicion'' that he'd later talk, whereas Carmine's last hours before his assassination are spent in complete disgrace after being revealed as the rat he is.]]
** Additionally, Turturro played a pimp in ''Series/MiamiVice'' [[spoiler:that had a sex worker killed to avoid her becoming a possible witness against him, just like Falcone kills Annika -- and possibly, for the same reason, Selina's mother.]]
* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:With Lew Moxton, taking his possible role in the murder of the Waynes.]]
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler:He's taken the renewal fund for himself and set up Maroni for the cops in order to take control of the city government. The revelation of this to the public is what leads to his quick downfall.]]
* DeathByDisfigurement: [[spoiler:Selina scratches his cheek during their struggle. Shortly after, he's shot dead by the Riddler.]]
* DeathBySecretIdentity: [[spoiler:Downplayed, as he's already dying, but it's implied that Falcone realizes that Batman is Bruce Wayne in his final moments, bleeding out on the floor and looking up at Bruce, just like he recalled doing when his father gave him emergency surgery in their family home.]]
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:In ''The Long Halloween'', Falcone is gunned down in his office by a vengeful Two-Face. In this continuity, he's sniped by the Riddler as he's being arrested.]]
* DirtyCoward: For all his posturing and sadism, he's very much this, spending most of his time in hiding due to his various enemies, only maintaining his empire through intimidation of those he has power over and [[spoiler: it's later revealed that he ratted out Sal Maroni for his own benefit and stole money from the Wayne foundation, to say nothing of the implication that he had Thomas and Martha killed to save his own skin]] and is desperate to keep such information a secret, knowing he'd never survive it getting out.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Falcone is a major antagonist for most of the movie as "the rat" who holds power over Gotham's ruling body. He is exposed and killed before the climax, leaving Riddler as the sole villain.]]
* TheDon: An old-fashioned mafioso in a town that's about to become overrun by costumed criminals.
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Subverted. Gordon assumes that Falcone is the Dragon for the corrupt leaders in Gotham, but it turns out that they are the ones who work for ''him''.]]
* TheDreaded: He isn't just a crime boss in Gotham, he is THE crime boss of Gotham, and everyone below him is afraid to cross him. [[spoiler:When the Riddler threatens D.A. Gil Colson to reveal Falcone as the rat who brought down Maroni, the D.A. refuses because he's afraid that Falcone will have his family killed in addition to himself, and thus would rather die with his bomb collar going off.]]
* EvilOldFolks: He's in his later years and is played by sixty-five year old John Turturro and is a despicable individual.
* ExactWords: [[spoiler:While coaxing Annika to fess up what Mitchell told her, Falcone assuredly tells her "We'll get you out of [Gotham]"; he didn't specify whether she'd be dead or alive...]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Is cordial to Bruce, [[spoiler:but brutally strangles Annika to death, and tries to kill his own daughter.]] Even so, he always acts calm and polite with those he wants to stay on good terms with, though he doesn't care about them in the slightest.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: A cruel, amoral crime boss who's always wearing darkened glasses, even indoors and at night, possibly indicating that they're prescription.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler:Selina scratches Falcone, leaving scars on his face. This is reminiscent of Falcone in the comics. These scars are also in contrast to the scars on Bruce's back.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: He's responsible for the corruption in Gotham City, [[spoiler:and ultimately the Riddler's motivations. Ironically, from the Riddler's perspective, Falcone is the BigBad both he and Batman (who he believes he's on the same side as) are working to bring down.]]
* HateSink: At his core, he's a contemptible human being who prefers to lord over others by making them fear him, and is also an unrepentant murderer, [[spoiler:killing Selina's mother and Annika without remorse as well as actually having very little respect for anyone he's worked with, be it Thomas Wayne or Oswald. As a result, it's easy to root against Falcone and to not care when he's shot dead by the Riddler.]]
* IOwnThisTown: [[spoiler:Thanks to his role in the Maroni drug bust, Falcone has dirt on the mayor, the D.A., and the police commissioner, giving him near-absolute power in Gotham. Kenzie explicitly describes the conspiracy as answering to Falcone, not the other way around. As Batman and Gordon prove, however, Falcone's position isn't invulnerable.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The Riddler set up his death by manipulating Batman and Gordon into exposing Falcone as the mastermind behind the drug busting conspiracy to the news media, then assassinating him when he's being hauled out of the Iceberg Lounge and right into the public light where everyone, including the disgusted criminal underworld, could see him as the "rat" he is.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: A total scumbag, standing out as one of Gotham's more amoral criminals, which is ''saying'' something. [[spoiler:He killed Selina's mother and her best friend Annika personally, and was about to kill Selina too, his own ''daughter,'' proving he will stop at nothing to save his own skin. His eagerness to exploit Thomas Wayne and kill the reporter threatening to ruin Martha Wayne's reputation also counts.]]
* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:He's the "Rat" in the Riddler's riddles, tipping off the GCPD and the mayor about Sal Maroni's drug operation so they can bust it. But this "Rat" has actually been running the city the whole time, with [[EngineeredHeroics the drug bust being a complete fabrication]] to get rid of the competition, enforce the illusion of progress with his puppets, and remind folks who actually has power over Gotham.]]
* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: [[spoiler:What his leverage over Gotham's elite amounts to. Exposing Falcone as the rat would greatly damage his standing in the criminal underworld. ''But'' by doing so, it would reveal the massive corruption within the government, and Falcone would more then likely murder you and your loved ones before he went down.]]
* NeverMyFault: While [[spoiler:strangling Selina]], he takes no responsibility for the suffering he's caused [[spoiler:her, insisting that she and her mother are at fault for "forcing" him to kill them both]].
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Falcone with his dark glasses is reminiscent of [[https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/5989/the-regular-in-politics/ Carmine De Sapio]], the last boss of Tammany Hall. Both wore dark glasses and wielded tremendous power in the city where they resided. Gotham is based on New York.
* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:He makes a good effort at killing his illegitimate daughter, Selina, after she tries to kill him.]]
* OhCrap: Twice. First, when [[spoiler:he learns that his identity as the rat has been leaked to the news]], then again implied when [[spoiler:a very large number of police officers come to arrest him, showing that his grip on the city and its officers is not as ironclad as he thought.]]
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Falcone mentions to Bruce Wayne that he is the only person in Gotham more reclusive than him. [[spoiler:Riddler finds it impossible to kill Falcone because he's holed up in the Iceberg Lounge, besides the time when he went to the funeral of the Mayor -- at which point he was already preparing the death of Gil Colson.]]
* PetTheDog:
** He treats Bruce with a degree of genuine respect and seems to sincerely like him and acts in a paternal manner around him, given that his father Thomas performed a life-saving surgery on him when he was younger, despite Bruce's clear contempt for him.
** He actually calls Oswald by his preferred nickname "Oz" rather than the derogatory "Penguin" that everyone else uses.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: [[spoiler:When Oz calls him out on being a rat, Falcone spitefully calls him a "gimp."]]
** Textually a misogynist as well. [[spoiler:He treats women as expendable sex objects, and is established through Maria, Annika, and Selina to specifically favour strangling as a method for killing female victims, who he textually refers to as interchangeable in how they've 'provoked' him.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: Falcone rarely leaves the safety of 44 Below, a basement section of the Iceberg Lounge he controls, for fear of what his many enemies would do to him. Sure enough, [[spoiler:when he leaves the club for his arrest, he's sniped on its doorstep by the Riddler.]]
* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler: Did he really have Thomas and Martha Wayne killed to cover his ass? Was he telling the truth about Sal Maroni? Or was it really just a random mugger, and the Waynes were in the wrong place at the wrong time? We may never know.]]
* TheRival: To opposing mob boss Salvatore Maroni. [[spoiler:He wins their conflict by working with Gotham's political leaders to seemingly bust Maroni's drug operations. In fact, Falcone and the Gotham leaders take over Maroni's operation for themselves. The leaders get the public credit for the "bust" and a cut of the drug profits, while Falcone becomes Gotham's top dog and has dirt on his co-conspirators to keep them from betraying him.]]
* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler:As he's looking up toward Batman after being shot, it's implied that he figures out that the man behind the mask is the son of the man who performed a life-saving surgery on him years ago, who saw the surgery play out from the balcony above -- and then taking that secret to the grave, as he mentioned moments earlier.]]
* SignatureMove: An ImpliedTrope. Every kill we hear of or see him make is by strangling.
* SinisterShades: He always wears a pair of vintage sunglasses.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Though not nonexistent, Carmine was not present throughout most of the advertising despite being a major character.
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Even when he's being dragged off, exposed to all the world as a murderer and a mole, Falcone brags that he'll be out of prison in no time despite his most powerful pawns being dead (and in Mitchell's case, soon to be replaced with someone deeply opposed to everything Falcone represents) and Penguin being out for his blood. Even if Riddler hadn't killed him, Falcone's odds of getting off and staying alive were slim.]]
* TheSociopath: Behind that charming persona is a heartless murderer who seeks to maintain himself as the top dog of Gotham. [[spoiler:He blackmailed Thomas Wayne with a reporter's death, looted the Renewal funds after Thomas' death, staged a phony drug sting operation so he could monopolize the drug business, and killed several innocents who unwittingly stumble on his dirty little secrets. He even treats his biological daughter, Selina, as trash, attempts to murder her with no hesitation, and proudly boasts of how he killed her mother while strangling her.]]
* SunglassesAtNight: He wears tinted glasses even in his dark nightclub. According to WordOfGod, this is his version of the masks that Batman and the Riddler wear. The one time we see his eyes is [[spoiler:right before he's shot, when his true nature has been unmasked.]]
* TruerToTheText: In previous [[Film/BatmanBegins live-action]] [[Series/{{Gotham}} incarnations]] of the character, Falcone was treated as little more than the mundane mob boss he is, typically lacking the connection to the Waynes that he was given in The Long Halloween, his status as the Roman, or his iconic cat-scratch scar that's been a prominent feature of his comics portrayals. The 2022 incarnation of Falcone marks the first time several of these traits are restored, in particular his scar and history with Thomas Wayne having saved his life.
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Might have ordered the killing of Thomas Wayne, even after Wayne saved his life. Even if he didn't, he helped loot the Waynes' Renewal fund to turn it into dirty money.]]
* UnreliableExpositor:
** [[spoiler:His account of the Waynes' death implies that Sal Maroni had them killed, since the journalist who threatened to make Martha Wayne's mental hospital trips public was in his pocket. Alfred, however, reveals that Thomas was going to go to the police over Falcone killing the journalist, giving Falcone more than enough reason to kill Thomas himself.]]
** [[spoiler:The journalist himself is another case. We only have Falcone's word that Edward Elliot was working for Salvatore Maroni. Was Elliot really on Maroni's payroll, or was he just a crusading journalist?]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Falcone strangled Selina's mother when she was a child, murdered Annika the same way, and nearly kills Selina herself.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Perhaps not directly, but he has no problems with [[spoiler:stealing money from an orphanage.]] Gil Colson's panic and preference for facing the Riddler's wrath is borne from believing that his family would be dead if he said anything which, based on everything seen of Carmine in the film, is entirely justified.

[[folder:Salvatore Maroni]]
!! ''Salvatore Maroni''
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ClancyBrown
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''The Penguin''

The former kingpin and drug lord of Gotham.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Usually, Maroni is an underboss to Falcone with eyes on his boss' position, or a rival that can't quite measure up enough for a power struggle. Here, it's suggested that their roles seem to have been reversed until [[spoiler: Falcone sold Maroni out to steal his operations.]]
* TheGhost: Despite being mentioned several times in ''The Batman'' as part of a major drug bust and being swiftly seen in background news footage of his arrest, he never makes a clear physical appearance in the film. He'll appear in the flesh in the ''Penguin'' HBO Max series, portrayed by Creator/ClancyBrown.
* PredecessorVillain: He was the former head of the Gotham criminal underworld before the start of the movie, [[spoiler:and his arrest was what allowed Falcone to take over the entire city]].

[[folder:The Twins]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' [[Creator/CharlieCarver Charlie]] and Creator/MaxCarver
->'''Appear In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022''
Twin mob enforcers working for Oz Cobblepot at the Iceberg Lounge.

* {{Bouncer}}: Their job at the Iceberg Lounge. They're not too good at the "keeping Batman/Bruce Wayne out" part of the job, though.
* BumblingHenchmenDuo: Downplayed. Though these guys might be a little scary if you're an average nightclub patron, and will readily resort to both force and firearms, they're still by no means as intimidating as Falcone or even Penguin, especially in the Batman's eyes. When Batman visits the Iceberg the first time, he quickly and efficiently breaks their noses as they move to attack him, and later fires his grapnel into one's leg to pull them both down. He doesn't even bother fighting them the second time; [[DingDongDitchDistraction he simply knocks on the door and slips in]] while one of them looks around in confusion, then locks the guy out.
* ButtMonkey: Nearly every time they're on screen, shortly afterwards they get their asses kicked by someone.
* CanonForeigner: Created specifically for the movie.
* GoodHairEvilHair: Both have the typical Brogan thug beard.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Batman and Bruce Wayne interact with these two bouncers at the Iceberg Lounge.

[[folder:Vinnie]]
!!Vinnie
-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MarkKilleen
->'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022''
One of Falcone's bodyguards at the Iceberg Lounge.

* BearerOfBadNews: He alerts Falcone that [[spoiler:Falcone's murder of Annika and role in the Maroni drug bust are being revealed on the news]].
* SpearCarrier: He shows up to have a couple lines of dialogue and interfere with Selina's attempt to kill Falcone, but isn't a very developed character.
* UndyingLoyalty: He continues to assist and protect Falcone even after [[spoiler:learning that his boss is a police informant.]]

!!Gotham City Police Department (GCPD)

[[folder:James Gordon]]
!!Lieutenant James Gordon
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Does this mean anything to you?"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JeffreyWright
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022'' | ''The Batman: Part II''
An officer of the GCPD and Batman's main ally on the force.

* AffectionateNickname: Gordon usually refers to Batman exclusively as "man", expressing how much he trusts him.
* BadassNormal: He doesn't have Batman's extraordinary physique, but he doesn't shy away from the action that comes with the detective work.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a genuinely good cop who lets Batman get away with a lot because of how corrupt the GCPD is, but his patience has its limits. He lets it be known that he's not happy that Batman still doesn't let him know who he really is despite their close working relationship.
* CharacterCatchphrase: When something strange or disturbing comes up, he has the tendency to remark, "Jesus..."
* TheCommissionerGordon: Being yet another incarnation of the [[TropeNamer trope-naming]] uncorrupted cop who trusts the vigilante Batman where most other cops and city officials wouldn't.
* EtTuBrute: He's angered when he and Batman discover pictures of his former friend and partner accepting bribes from drug dealers.
* FriendOnTheForce: He's the only cop who really trusts Batman and doesn't mind working with him, even letting him handle evidence at active crime scenes. Batman in turn regards him as a good cop.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Gordon slams Batman against the cage of an interrogation room during a confrontation with GCPD officers [[spoiler:after they try to remove his mask while he was rendered unconscious from a bomb blast and he wakes up swinging.]]
* HypercompetentSidekick: Unlike previous live-action incarnations of Commissioner Gordon who typically just handed their Batman a case file then let the vigilante do all of the investigative leg work, ''this'' incarnation of Gordon is practically [[BashBrothers joined at the hip]] with the titular superhero for the majority of the movie as his unofficial partner. Even the GCPD in-universe refer to Gordon and Bats as ThoseTwoGuys, with how frequently they're seen working together on active crime scenes.
* NiceGuy: Jim is a truly pure-hearted cop who's respectful and professional to everyone. He's nice enough that he's gotten a noticeably colder Batman to see him as a friend.
* OnlySaneMan: One of the most upstanding men in Gotham, and despite his hectic surroundings, he manages to be quite stable.
* RaceLift: Jeffrey Wright portrays James Gordon, who had never been depicted as black before this film in live-action, but had a similar white-to-black RaceLift in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie''. Like Selina, the casting call for him was open ethnicity.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's a clean cop on a corrupt police force, and at the start of ''The Batman'', he's one of the few people who actually trusts Batman -- to the point where he sees him as a friend. Despite the legal ambiguity of the actions the two men take, it's clear that Gordon is doing his best to uphold the spirit of the law even if his actions run counter to the letter of it, and the system is simply so corrupt that working with somebody like Batman outside the law is the only way he ''can'' make a difference.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Batman sees him as this to the Gotham police department, not because he's the only person willing to work with him, but because Gordon is the only cop there he fully trusts is not corrupt. Gordon himself admits he can't fully trust any of his coworkers. [[spoiler:It turns out there are ''some'' other honest officers on the payroll, but most if not all of the people above him on the chain of command appear to be compromised in some way.]]
* TheWatson: He acts as Batman's crime-solving partner throughout the film, investigating scenes and decoding the Riddler's clues together.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: A rare heroic version; at one point, after the two discuss police corruption while other cops are nearby, Batman slugs Gordon to make it seem as if they were arguing, so as to protect Gordon from suspicion from his potentially corrupt colleagues.

[[folder:Mackenzie Bock]]
!!Chief Mackenzie Bock
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ConONeill
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022''

The GCPD's chief of police.

* AdaptationalWimp: Bock is a GeniusBruiser homicide detective with the occasional ADayInTheLimelight in the comics, but is more of a bureaucrat in the film.
* DaChief: Of Gotham police and like his boss, he's not very pleased with Gordon cooperating with a vigilante.
* TheNapoleon: He's visibly shorter than Batman (Creator/ConONeill is 5'8" compared to Creator/RobertPattinson's 6'1"), but that doesn't stop him from getting up in Batman's face when he's in police custody.
* RaceLift: In contrast with Jeffrey Wright's take on Jim Gordon, Con O'Neill's Mackenzie Bock is a white actor portraying a character traditionally depicted as African-American.
* TranquilFury: When Batman accuses him of being corrupt, Bock lowers his voice to a whisper, each word oozing with seething rage:
-->'''Bock:''' ''You son of a bitch.'' You have any idea what kind of trouble you're in?
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears from the movie after the scene where Batman escapes from GCPD. We never learn if he was as corrupt as the rest of the police force, or if he was as blindsided by the reveal as Gordon and Batman were. Semi-{{Justified|Trope}}, as one of his two scenes with dialogue has him revealed to be very against the vigilante's presence (he gets in Batman's face and [[PrecisionFStrike calls him a son of a bitch]]), so when Gordon brings in as many trusted officers as he can to [[spoiler:arrest Falcone]], he's obviously excluded, and it's clear that Gordon and his officers are doing their best to keep as much distance as they can between him and Batman until the Riddler crisis is over.

[[folder:Pete Savage]]
!!Commissioner Pete Savage
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Happy fuckin' Halloween."'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AlexFerns
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022''
The GCPD's commissioner.

* AssholeVictim: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Given that he's a corrupt commissioner who takes bribes from criminals and is on Falcone's payroll, you'd expect no one to really mourn him, but Gordon (his former partner) is still furious at the Riddler for Savage's death.]]
* CanonForeigner: While he has elements of Harvey Bullock and Gillian Loeb, the Pete Savage identity was an original creation for the movie.
* CompositeCharacter: Of Harvey Bullock (as a DirtyCop who distrusts Batman, and an old partner of Gordon in some continuities), and Gillian Loeb (as a corrupt prior commissioner to Gordon). [[spoiler:These parallels also make him similar to [[Film/Batman1989 Lt. Eckhardt]], being in the pocket of the ruling mob and its active agent in the police department, using his resources to eliminate criminals that threaten their empire -- in this case, Maroni.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Riddler kills Savage by having rats gnaw on his face.]]
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:He's really just one of Falcone's stooges who got his position in the GCPD through illegitimate means.]]
* FakeUltimateHero: [[spoiler:One of many people who were in on the drug bust of Sal Maroni orchestrated by Carmine Falcone.]]
* FatBastard: He's overweight, kind of a jerk, and [[spoiler:he's on the take, having worked with Carmine Falcone on the Maroni drug bust. Ironically, it's him trying to lose weight by going to the gym at night when no one is around that gets him easily captured by Riddler.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: He calls out Gordon for letting a vigilante like Batman into a crime scene and accuses Batman of being involved with the crime given the Riddler's letter addressed to him. [[spoiler:He himself turns out to be a DirtyCop.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: He has a point in chewing out Gordon for letting Batman (a vigilante) investigate a crime scene. [[spoiler:Then we find out he's just a {{Hypocrite}} when he himself is revealed to be taking bribes.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The Riddler invokes this by having Savage's deathtrap involve rats finding their way to his face and feast on his flesh, symbolizing how he let Gotham be feasted on by criminals and drug dealers. Additionally, the Riddler also injected him with rat poison, so that the rats would die shortly after consuming his face, symbolizing what the Riddler plans to do with the titular "rat" of his riddles.]]
* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:The only one of the Riddler's victims who's killed between scenes, likely because his fate is far more gruesome than any of the other murders, and [[GoryDiscretionShot would've been too graphic to show]].]]
* MythologyGag:
** His name is actually a reference to the first ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' television series -- it's identical to the name of one of Gotham's three wealthy founders.
** He fills the role that Gillian B. Loeb does in the comics, as the corrupt Commissioner prior to Jim Gordon [[spoiler:who gets murdered, allowing Gordon to fill the spot.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: He tells Batman "Happy fuckin' Halloween."
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He gets one scene before being abducted and killed by Riddler.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Savage and Gordon used to be detectives together, and seem to have been close, given Savage brings up their former partnership. Gordon working with Batman against Savage's wishes has soured their relationship. [[spoiler:Gordon is similarly disgusted to learn Savage was a corrupt cop stealing money from the city.]]

[[folder:Martinez]]
!!Martinez
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/officer_martinez.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh hey! Mister Wayne!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GilPerezAbraham
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022''
An officer working for the GCPD.

* CanonForeigner: Created specifically for the movie.
* ChekhovsGunman: He initially appears to be just a regular face in the GCPD and the closest thing Jim Gordon has to a NumberTwo, but at the climax of the film, [[spoiler:his presence at Nashton's apartment aids Batman with locating the final message detailing Riddler's plan to flood the city, as he identifies the murder tool he used to kill Don Mitchell Jr. as a carpet-tucker tool, inspiring Batman to look underneath the flooring carpet. However, by the time they find this out, [[YouAreTooLate the bombs start going off]] -- but it isn't too late to stop Riddler's goons from gunning down hundreds of survivors.]]
* LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman: Martinez is uneasy working with Batman but is very excited to meet famous billionaire Bruce Wayne.
* NiceGuy: One of the few honest cops in the GCPD. He's particularly friendly to Bruce Wayne when he sees him at the memorial service.
* OhCrap: When he's watching Riddler's last video with Batman and [[spoiler:realizes that Riddler plans to flood the city and massacre the people who seek refuge at Gotham Square Garden. And it gets worse when he finds himself unable to contact Gordon because the lines are down.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He's visibily furious and barely restraining his anger when arresting Edward Nygma for the first time.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Batman has no idea what the intended function of the Riddler's murder weapon is, and Martinez is the one who tells him it's a carpet tucker, leading directly to the climax as per the Chekov's Gunman entry above.

[[folder:William Kenzie]]
!!Detective William Kenzie
%%[[quoteright:300:Image]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PeterMcDonald

A detective working for the GCPD.

* AdaptationalBadass: Kenzie is an enforcer in the movie, but is merely a thief and facilitator in ''ComicBook/GothamCentral''.
* ButtMonkey: Suffers numerous injuries [[spoiler:and nearly dies]] because Batman and Selina hone in on him as a major lead in the case.
* ChekhovsGunman: He's introduced as Penguin's enforcer before being identified as an off-duty detective. He makes a few cameos afterwards as the man with the broken nose, a reminder to Batman and Gordon that no cop is to be trusted. He becomes important to the plot [[spoiler:after Selina catches him and finds her stolen cellphone on him. On her cellphone is the last message of Annika revealing that the "rat" of the Maroni drug bust is none other than Carmine Falcone. Kenzie then spills the whole truth regarding Falcone, the Renewal funds, and the fake drug bust operation, tying all the clues and riddles together.]]
* DirtyCop: He works as an enforcer for Penguin at the Iceberg Lounge. Batman even notes that Kenzie "moonlights as a cop," rather than moonlighting as a bouncer.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Subverted. Selina tries to knock Kenzie off of a ledge, but Batman and Gordon manage to catch the crooked detective before he plummets to his death.]]

!!Gotham City Government

[[folder:Don Mitchell Jr.]]
!!Mayor Don Mitchell Jr.
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RupertPenryJones

The mayor of Gotham City.

* CorruptPolitician: [[spoiler:He uses Thomas Wayne's billion-dollar urban renewal fund to line his own pockets, and allows Falcone to run the city.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:While he's a CorruptPolitician who allows a crime lord to control the city]], he clearly loves his son, as seen when he plays with and hugs him before the family goes trick-or-treating on Halloween night.
* {{Fingore}}: The Riddler severs his left thumb as part of one of his riddles. Batman notes that Mitchell was still alive when the thumb was severed.
* GoodParents: He's seen playing with his son on Halloween night moments before his murder. His kid very clearly misses him after he's killed.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Publicly presented himself as a staunch adherent of family values, but cheated on his wife with Annika.
* KarmicDeath: The Riddler kills him, then wraps his head with duct tape written with the words "No More Lies" while leaving a "What does a liar do when he's dead?" riddle[[labelnote:Answer]]He lies still[[/labelnote]] to Batman. Then, when Gordon and Batman discover the thumbdrive containing [[spoiler:photos of Mitchell's affair with Annika, the Riddler leaks these photos to the press, destroying Mitchell's reputation as a respected mayor overnight... and right when everyone is giving their eulogies of [[InstantlyProvenWrong what a good man he was]].]]
* LooseLips: He let slip to Annika the truth behind the [[spoiler:renewal fund and Falcone.]]
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Mitchell's last name is based on John Mitchell, who worked for the Nixon Administration.
* NotQuiteDead: Despite the scene ending with him prone on the floor with a gaping skull wound after Riddler violently smashed his head in, Batman later deduces that he was still alive based on the clotted blood and bruising from having his thumb cut off for Riddler's clue. Instead, whilst he was unable to defend himself, Riddler smothered him beneath a 'mask' of duct-tape he wrapped around his head, though it's implied the head wound would have been ultimately fatal in any case.
* PetTheDog: While he cheats on his wife [[spoiler:and secretly works with Falcone]], the love he has for his son is truly genuine.
* PuppetKing: While Mitchell may be mayor, it's made very clear that Carmine Falcone is the true ruler of Gotham. [[spoiler:Particularly once it's revealed Mitchell and the rest of his administration are lackeys bought off by the mob.]]
* ShadowArchetype: He's one to Thomas Wayne, having political aspirations to be mayor and a son around Bruce's age when he lost his father. [[spoiler:This even extends to their ties to the mob boss Carmine Falcone. The key difference between them is that Thomas realizes he made a big mistake asking Falcone's favor and tries to walk it back (only to end up killed), while Mitchell willingly remains under Falcone's thumb.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: His only scene in ''The Batman'' is the night he becomes the Riddler's first victim.

[[folder:Bella Reál]]
!!Candidate Bella Reál
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JaymeLawson

->''"We will rebuild, but not just our city. We must rebuild people's faith -- in our institutions, in our elected officials, in each other. Together, we will learn to believe in Gotham again."''

A candidate running for mayor who wants better days for her city.

* CanonForeigner: Created specifically for the movie.
* {{Foil}}: To her opponent, Don Mitchell. Mitchell, a middle-aged white man with a wife and son, is a hypocritical and corrupt politician, while Bella, a young and single black woman, is sincerely well-meaning and honest. [[spoiler:Mitchell trades on the faked takedown of Sal Maroni to improve his standing in the polls, while Bella proves herself a genuine hero at the climax. Both become targets of the Riddler (Mitchell for his genuine corruption, Bella out of raw spite), but Mitchell dies quickly and brutally, while Bella survives to fight for a better Gotham.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Upon realizing there are assassins after her, Gordon urges her to find a place to hide. She refuses, opting to try and calm the panicking crowd and manage the crisis as best as she can, feeling it's her duty as mayor-elect. She's promptly shot, but fortunately the bullet misses anything vital and paramedics are close by, so she survives.]]
* ImprobableAge: Is the leading mayoral candidate at only 28, and her actress is even a few years younger.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: As an idealistic African-American politician running on a platform of making major reforms to a deeply broken system, she brings to mind UsefulNotes/BarackObama, or more generally, a progressive politician (who's a young woman of colour) challenging a more conservative incumbent, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
* PunnyName: Her name is a play on "'''B'''e '''Real'''," reflecting how she is an honest politician. Her campaign slogan plays on this, with promise of making "A Real Change".
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She seeks to become one in her campaign for mayor out of a genuine desire to do better for the city.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Subverted. The beginning of the movie implies that she's leading Mayor Mitchell in the polls. An idealistic, honest politician [[spoiler:replacing Carmine Falcone's stooge would have likely massively upended the delicate power balance between Falcone and the corrupt Gotham city officials and potentially put the whole cover-up involving the Sal Maroni drug bust at risk. Except once the Riddler gets involved the stakes get much higher regardless even though she goes on to win the election.]]
* StupidSacrifice: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Despite Gordon urging her to go into hiding due to the armed assassins up on the stadium rafters, Reál [[HonorBeforeReason insists on doing her part to calm down the populace from her end regardless]], which prompts [[AsideGlance an exasperated eye roll from Gordon]]. Sure enough, Reál is indeed shot, but after Batman saves the day, she comes away with little more than a flesh wound, and appears before Gotham the day after bandaged and as determined as ever.

[[folder:Gil Colson]]
!!District Attorney Gil Colson
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PeterSarsgaard

Gotham's corrupt district attorney.

* AffablyEvil: Despite being a crooked District Attorney who takes bribes from the mob, he seems like an amiable guy and is genuinely polite to Selina and the rest of the Iceberg Lounge staff.
* AmoralAttorney: He's an attorney under the thumb of Falcone.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:He'd rather die by the Riddler's ExplosiveLeash than answer his final riddle (the name of the rat who sold out Salvatore Maroni). This is because said rat is Carmine Falcone, who will not only kill Colson for blabbing, but Colson's family as well.]]

* DrowningMySorrows: Selina finds him in the VIP section of Penguin's Iceberg Lounge, drunk and high, trying to deal with his fear that the Riddler will murder him for his role in the Maroni drug bust.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite trying at first to save his own skin [[spoiler:Gil decides he'd rather die by having the Riddler's explosive collar around his neck being set off by refusing to say the Rat's name than endanger his family by revealing it.]]
* ExplosiveLeash: Riddler kidnaps and fits him with an explosive collar, forcing Colson and Batman to answer a timed series of riddles/questions to get the combination to unlock it.
* HookersAndBlow: He's hanging out at Penguin's club, high as a kite on "drops" with one of Falcone's "hostesses" on his arm.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Since he refuses to give up the name of the rat despite being Mr. LooseLips, Colson loses his head (and the rest of him too) to the ExplosiveLeash.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: Being the district attorney of Gotham, his job is to bring criminal charges against Gotham's corrupt individuals, like Maroni in the drug bust. But since he uses his position to protect other notorious criminals [[spoiler:like Carmine Falcone]], Colson is put through a public mock trial by the Riddler, forced to answer for ''his'' corruption.
* LooseLips: Justified. He chooses to [[spoiler:die rather than give away the identity of the rat]], and otherwise lasted the last two decades without major incident. But when high and drunk on a bender, he gives away a good chunk of the conspiracy to a random girl he had just met.
* NervousWreck: He's introduced drunk off his ass and terrified that the Riddler is going to come after him. [[spoiler:It gets worse after Riddler straps a bomb to his neck, and the only option to survive is to rat out a man who will kill him and his family if he snitches.]]
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Colson's last name is based on Charles Colson, who worked for the Nixon Administration.
* OhNoNotAgain: From the part-annoyed, part-resigned reaction of the police chief on learning that Colson has disappeared, it's implied that the events we see in the film aren't the first time that he's gone on an inconvenient HookersAndBlow-fueled bender.
* ProperlyParanoid: He's holed up in the Iceberg Lounge, terrified that the Riddler will be coming after him next. [[spoiler:And he's absolutely right to be afraid, since Riddler kidnaps him just after he leaves the club.]]
* SadisticChoice: Riddler forces him to answer questions on threat of explosive death that require that he publicly out himself as a CorruptCop. Riddler's last question asks him who is the informant for the Sal Maroni case, but [[spoiler:Colson refuses to answer because he knows that whether or not he answers, he's dead either way (because the informant is Falcone, who will doubtlessly kill Colson for ratting him out), but if he ''does'' answer, his loved ones will be killed too]].

[[folder:Travis Cromwell]]

* AmoralAttorney: He works in the DA's office and has no problem consorting with hookers at a mob-owned club and talking about the hidden corruption behind the Maroni bust.
* ShoutOut: Cromwell is likely named after Thomas Cromwell, an advisor to King Henry VIII.

[[folder:Richie Beckett]]

* AmoralAttorney: He works in the DA's office and has no problem consorting with hookers at a mob-owned club and talking about the hidden corruption behind the Maroni bust.
* ShoutOut: Beckett is likely named after Thomas Beckett, an advisor to King Henry II.
[[/folder]]

!!Gotham City Citizens

[[folder:Annika Kosolov]]
!!Annika Kosolov
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/HanaHrzic
!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/TheBatman2022''
Another waitress at the Iceberg Lounge and a close friend of Selina Kyle's, who has history with Mayor Mitchell.

* AmbiguouslyBi: She was involved with the male Don Mitchell, but may or may not have be Selina's girlfriend as well. Plus, it's a little ambiguous what the true nature of her job at the Iceberg Lounge entailed; she may have only taken up with Mitchell for pay, [[AmbiguouslyGay leaving her sexuality even more in question.]]

* DisposableWoman: Annika is a minor character who vanishes early on. This motivates her best friend Selina to team up with Bruce to find out what happened to her and [[spoiler:go on a quest for revenge after Annika is revealed to be dead.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Holly Robinson from the comics, being a blonde girl with a rather skeevy job (she's implied to be an escort) who has a close relationship with Selina Kyle, as well as a tendency to get into trouble, which provokes a very aggressive protection instinct in Selina. Difference is that Holly was AmbiguouslyBrown and American, as well as a teenage girl, whereas Annika is Eastern-European (her passport is Estonian, while her actress is Croatian) and at least in her 20s.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Though presented through an audio recording, her screams as [[spoiler:Falcone strangles her to death]] are ''bloodcurdling''; so much so that, [[spoiler:when released to the public]], it's disturbing enough for [[spoiler:Gotham news]] to advise viewership discretion.
* MoralityPet: Selina's affection for her and willingness to endanger herself to do right by her is the first major clue that she's really a good person.
* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:She found out Falcone was the rat, so he killed her to ensure she could never tell anyone.]]
* SoundOnlyDeath: [[spoiler:We hear her final moments on a recorded phone call, but we never see it happen, only seeing her body after the fact.]]

[[folder:Dory]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SandraDickinson

An elderly housekeeper in Wayne Tower.
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* BearerOfBadNews: It falls to her to tell Bruce that [[spoiler:Alfred was hospitalized after opening a rigged package meant for him.]]
* {{Expy}}: Fills the role of Aunt Harriet from the '60s TV series, being an elderly housekeeper at the Wayne home, and left in charge after [[spoiler:Alfred is put in hospital]].
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Unlike Alfred, she isn't aware their boss is a vigilante.

[[folder:Edward Elliot]]
An unscrupulous journalist whom Falcone claimed was on Salvatore Maroni's payroll.
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* AssholeVictim: Ignoring both ethical reasoning and [[UnreliableNarrator possible bribes]], Elliot was willing to destroy an innocent woman's life just so he could sabotage Thomas Wayne's political career. It's not too surprising when Thomas vengefully asks Falcone to "put the fear of God into him", though he is horrified when Falcone kills him.
* AlliterativeName: '''E'''dward '''E'''lliot.
* ImmoralJournalist: Under Maroni's orders, Elliot had dug up Martha's history of being in mental facilities and intended to release them to the public, with no apparent regard as to how devastating such a scandal would be for Martha or her family. [[UnreliableNarrator Or at least Falcone claims that Elliot dug up Martha's history at Maroni's orders.]]
* MythologyGag: His name seems to be a reference to Batman villain Thomas Elliot, AKA Hush. During the Riddler's video exposing the scandal surrounding Thomas and Martha, the word "HUSH" is printed atop a photo of Edward.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's long dead before the events of the film.
* TwoFirstNames: "Edward" and "Elliot" are both common first names.

[[folder:Bitter Nobody]]
!!Bitter Nobody
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DouglasRussell

An ordinary citizen left [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin embittered]] over the death of his daughter, caused by the city administration's refusal to help her.

* NoNameGiven: His name is deliberately not mentioned to give of the impression that he could be anyone.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His daughter got sick from unknown causes before the events of the film, the city administration's (more specifically the mayor) refused to help her, and it's implied that she died.
* RedHerring: Subverted and exaggerated at the same time. His appearance, dialogue and attitude make him a pretty good candidate for "ideal suspect that will be proven innocent around the second act", but even that doesn't happen : he has no connection to the Riddler and doesn't reappear once in the whole film.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Shows no sympathy whatsoever at the mayor's funeral, outright stating Mitchell deserved to die.

[[folder:Riddler's Followers - (SPOILERS)]]
!!Riddler's Followers
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A sizable gathering of disaffected Gothamites who support the Riddler in his crusade against the wealthy and elite through online media.

* EatTheRich: Their claim to target Gotham's Elite, whom they accuse of inaction in face of their suffering. However, they seem ready to target anyone who enters the room regardless of socio-economic background.
* FreudianExcuse: It's not exactly clear if they grew up in the same kind of orphanages as the Riddler or just had a rough life in general, but one can only assume it left them scarred, unstable and vulnerable to the Riddler's indoctrination.
* OmnicidalManiac: They take position with sniper rifles and an absurd amount of ammunition, clearly intending to kill as many people as possible, despite their intended target being allegedly the wealthy elite; though it is possible they view anyone who is better off than they are as "wealthy elite"

* BerserkButton: Calling him a "gimp" is a huge one as he nearly kills Carmine Falcone on the spot for it. He also doesn't like traitors, vowing in the same conversation to have Carmine killed upon [[spoiler: finding out he's a rat.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: He initially appears to be just a regular face in the GCPD and the closest thing Jim Gordon has to a NumberTwo, but at the climax of the film, [[spoiler:his presence at Nashton's apartment aids Batman with locating the final message detailing Riddler's plan to flood the city, as he identifies the murder tool he used to kill Don Mitchell Jr. as a carpet-tugger tool, inspiring Batman to look underneath the flooring carpet. However, by the time they find this out, [[YouAreTooLate the bombs start going off]] -- but it isn't too late to stop Riddler's goons from gunning down hundreds of survivors.]]

* FeetFirstIntroduction: She walks in interrupting Batman and The Penguin's Iceberg Lounge meeting with the camera panning upwards from her notable knee-high boots which her and Batman readily recognise in one of Mayor Mitchell's incriminating photos.