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This page is for characters from Christopher Nolan's ''Dark Knight Saga'' who don't fit anywhere else.

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!The Batmen

[[folder:Anton]]
!!Anton
->'''Played by:''' Will Friedle (voice in ''Batman: Gotham Knight'')

The man who approached ex-GCPD Brian Douglas, and invited him to join the Batmen.
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* [[AllThereInTheManual All There In The Novelization]]: His name. He's the one that recruited Brian.
* HeroicWannabe: He was inspired to be a hero by Batman.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Averted, Anton and the other copycats carry shotguns.
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[[folder:Brian]]
!!Brian Douglas
->'''Played by:''' Andy Luther

-->''"What gives [[Main/{{Batman}} you]] the right? What's the difference between you and me?"''

An ex-cop Batman Impersonator who tried to capture the Chechen and the Scarecrow.
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* [[AllThereInTheManual All There In The Novelization]]: He's a former cop.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:The Joker delievers his CharacterDeath in a typicl gruesome fashion.]]
* GlasgowGrin: [[spoiler:The Joker gives him one of these.]]
* HeroicWannabe: He views Batman as an inspiration, subsequently dressing up with the other copycats and trying to put a halt to crime.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Averted, Brian and the other copycats carry shotguns.
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!Other Characters

[[folder:Natascha]]
!!Natascha Patrenko
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"How could you want to raise children in a city like this?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Beatrice Rosen

The prima ballerina of a Russian company.
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* {{Ballet}}: The Prima Ballerina of a Russian Ballet Troupe.
* HiddenDepths: At first, she appears to be Bruce's latest piece of arm candy to help him play up his image as a careless playboy. However, she proceeds to engage in an intelligent debate with Harvey and Rachel about Batman and she holds passionate views about vigilantism.
* MsFanservice: Justified because she's suntanning in a yacht.
* StatuesqueStunner: Just look at her! She stands at five-foot-nine, and is an incredibly gorgeous ballerina.
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[[folder:Engel]]

!!Mike Engel
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm Mike Engel for ''Gotham Tonight''."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Anthony Michael Hall

The Gotham City news host of Gotham Tonight.
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* AscendedExtra: Aside from a small role in the film, he was more or less expanded in the viral campaign for ''The Dark Knight'', having interviews with notable people like Harvey Dent on his show.
* BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler:By the Joker, but he and his camera crew, plus a few other people, are dressed up as the Joker's clowns in a DisguisedHostageGambit. The Joker does this with other hostages as well at the top of the Trump Tower to trick the SWAT teams, but this trick fails on Batman due to Batman unmasking Engel first and realizing those dressed as clowns are hostages.]]
* {{Catchphrase}}: The above quote.
* DeadlineNews: Forced at one point to read commands to Gotham by SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker. [[spoiler:Subverted, as he survives the experience.]]
* IntrepidReporter: Although he's the host of his news show, he does report from the ground.
* [[MouthOfSauron Mouth of the Joker]]: Engel delivers the Joker's threats after being taken hostage following the hospital explosion. That includes the maniacal laughter that the Joker wrote down verbatim on the cue cards:
-->'''Mike Engel:''' "I'm Mike Engel for Gotham Tonight. What does it take to make you people join in? You failed to kill the lawyer. I've got to get you off the bench..."
-->'''The Joker:''' Bench...
-->'''Mike Engel:''' "And into the game."
-->'''The Joker:''' ...game.
-->'''Mike Engel:''' "Come nightfall, this city is mine..."
-->'''The Joker:''' Mine...
-->'''Mike Engel:''' "... and anyone left here plays by my rules."
-->'''The Joker:''' ...rules.
-->'''Mike Engel:''' "If you don't want to be in the game... get out now.
-->'''The Joker:''' ...get out now
-->'''Mike Engel:''' "But the bridge and tunnel crowd are sure in for a surprise. Ha ha ha ha."
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[[folder:Jen]]
!!Jen
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->'''Played by:''' Juno Temple

A close friend of Selina Kyle.
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* TheDitz: She isn't exactly stupid, but she either ignores or is unaware of the seriously bad aspects of Bane's 'rule'. Nor does she seem to be a very good thief.
* {{Expy}}: Of Holly Robinson.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: {{Implied}} to be this, but she's not exactly all that pure herself.
* MoralityPet: For Selina, though she's also a partner in crime - Jen steals a guy's wallet, and then Selina kicks his ass out while discreetly lifting his wallet.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She disappears before the climax of the third movie and isn't mentioned again.
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[[folder:Pavel]]
!!Dr. Leonid Pavel
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Dr. Leonid Pavel, nuclear physicist."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Alon Aboutboul

->''"Nothing! I said nothing!"''

A Russian nuclear scientist Bane has kidnapped.
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* ButtMonkey: Kidnapped, coerced, [[spoiler:necksnapped in front of a crowd.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:His death means that no one can disarm the nuclear bomb because no one else knows how this kind of bomb works.]]
* FakeRussian: Alon Aboutboul is an Israeli of Algerian/Egyptian extraction.
* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Bane does this to him.]]
* ReluctantMadScientist: Dr. Pavel wants nothing to do with Bane, attempting to make a deal with the CIA instead. Bane eventually threatens Pavel's children to gain the doctor's cooperation.
* TwoFirstNames: Leonid Pavel; which is which?
* TranslationCorrection: As having two first names is an extremely rare phenomenon for [[RussianNamingConvention Russian names]], Dr. Pavel was given the more realistic surname "Pavlov" in the Russian dub (although, [[RealityIsUnrealistic as it turns out]], Russian people with the surname "Pavel" [[http://www.onomastikon.ru/proishogdenie-familii-pavel.htm actually exist]]). Due to the existence of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Pavlov a Dr. Ivan Pavlov]] in reality, this might have made it sound like Hollywood resorted to the FamousNamedForeigner trope once again.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Bane uses him to convert the reactor into a bomb, then breaks his neck at the football stadium.]]
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[[folder:Bill Wilson]]
!!Bill Wilson
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tdkr-0017_772.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Was getting caught part of your plan?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Aidan Gillen

-->''"Dr. Pavel, I'm CIA."''

A CIA agent tracking down Bane.
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* AllThereInTheManual: His name, Bill Wilson, was only revealed in the novelization.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Given his treatment of prisoners, even if they are evil, his own death is less likely to be mourned.]]
* BadassBoast: "The flight plan I just filed with the Agency lists me, my men, Dr. Pavel here, but only one of you! First one to talk gets to stay on my aircraft!"
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:In the plane crash.]]
* FamousLastWords: "Well, congratulations! You got yourself caught! Now what's the next step of your master plan?"
* GloryHound: The novel suggests he's one.
* GoodIsNotNice[=/=]GoodIsNotSoft: This role is just a minor break from the type of characters Gillen portrayed in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and TheWire; though he's undeniably with the good guys, [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique his methods are rather brutal]], not to mention that he's a SmugSnake.
* IAmTheNoun: "Dr. Pavel, I'm CIA."
* LargeHam: On the plane, he tends to yell his lines.
* OhCrap: His look when Bane boasts his plan includes crashing the plane with no survivors.
* SmugSnake: He's too confident about his prisoners and his plane.
* TooDumbToLive: Wilson apparently doesn't believe that getting caught really ''was'' part of Bane's plan... in spite of the fact that he has quite obviously been double-crossed by the guy who handed over prisoners he said ''worked for'' Bane, without mentioning that one of them ''was'' Bane.
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:He believes himself to be the heroic interrogator of very bad men. He's truly a RedShirt.]]
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[[folder:Captain Jones]]
!! Captain Jones
->'''Plated by:''' Daniel Sunjata

-->''"I'll die before I talk."''

An officer in the US Special Forces who managed to sneak into Gotham after Bane's take over as part of a plan to defeat Bane and his forces.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: His most memorable line is calmly telling Bane that he'll die before telling Bane anything.
* SacrificialLion
* ShaggyDogStory: He and his men manage to infiltrate Gotham, get past Bane's guard, start coordinating a plan with Gordon... and then all get slaughtered by Bane before they can accomplish anything because of [[spoiler:Miranda/Talia's betrayal]].
* TheStoic
* UndyingLoyalty
* YouShallNotPass: Downplayed, but he and his men try to give Blake, Gordon, and company time to escape.
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* FountainOfMemes: Every time this guy opens his mouth, the words he speaks achieve memetic status.

* {{Expy}}: For some people, he's [[ComicBook/TheCreeper Jack Ryder]] without the insanity or powers.

[[folder:CIA]]
!!Bill "CIA" Wilson

-->''"Dr. Pavel, [[MemeticMutation I'm CIA.]]"''

[[folder:Wilson]]
!!Bill Wilson

One of the copycats that show up on Gotham that seek to emulate Batman

* [[AllThereInTheManual All There In The Novelization]]: His name. He's the one that recruited Brian

[[folder:Brian Douglas]]

One of the copycats that show up on Gotham that seek to emulate Batman

* [[AllThereInTheManual All There In The Novelization]]: He's a former cop
* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath: The Joker delievers his CharacterDeath in a typicl gruesome fashion.]]
* GlasgowGrin: Given to him by the Joker
* HeroicWannabe: He was inspired to be a hero by Batman.

[[folder:Natascha Patrenko]]

The Prima Ballerina of a Russian Ballet Troupe, who Bruce briefly dates.

* FakeRussian: Beatrice Rosen is French-American.
* HiddenDepths: She appears at first to be a piece of arm candy, but she engages in an intelligent debate with Harvey and Rachel about Batman and holds some pretty passionate views about vigilantism.

[[folder:Mike Engel]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm Mike Engel for Gotham Tonight."'']]

A reporter for Gotham Cable News. [[spoiler: He's captured by the Joker as a hostage/decoy, but survives after being rescued by Batman.]]

* {{Expy}}: For some people, its [[ComicBook/TheCreeper Jack Ryder]] just without the insanity or powers.
%%* IntrepidReporter

-->'''Mike Engel:''' "But the bridge and tunnel crowd are sure in for a surprise. Ha ha ha ha."

* TheDitz:
** She never seems all that aware of all the bad things that Bane is up to throughout the movie.
** She doesn't seem all that sharp a thief either.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: {{Implied}} to be this but she's not exactly all that pure herself.
* MoralityPet: For Selina, though she's also a partner in crime - Jen steals a guy's wallet, and then Selina knocks him out and takes his watch as well.
%%* MythologyGag
%%* PluckyGirl

[[folder:Leonid Pavel]]

* ButtMonkey: Kidnapped, coerced, [[spoiler: necksnapped in front of a crowd.]]
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: His death means that no one can disarm the nuclear bomb because no one else knows how this kind of bomb works.]]

* [[spoiler:NeckSnap]]: [[spoiler:Bane does this to him.]]

* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Bane uses him to convert the reactor into a bomb, then breaks his neck at the football stadium.]]

[[folder:Bill Wilson]]

->''"Dr. Pavel, [[MemeticMutation I'm CIA.]]"''

* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim: Given his treatment of prisoners, even if they are evil, his own death is less likely to be mourned.]]

* [[spoiler: CharacterDeath: In the plane crash.]]

* LargeHam

* WrongGenreSavvy: He believes himself to be the heroic interrogator of very bad men. He's truly a [[spoiler: RedShirt.]]

* OneSceneWonder

* FamousLastWords: "Well congratulations! You got yourself caught! Now what's the next step of your master plan?"

* OhCrap: His look when Bane boasts his plan includes crashing the plane; no survivors.

* [[spoiler: CharacterDeath: In the plane crash.]]

* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:Bane uses him to convert the reactor into a bomb, then breaks his neck at the football stadium.]]

* [[spoiler:NeckSnap]]:[[spoiler:Bane does this to him.]]

* FakeAmerican: Aidan Gillen is Irish.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Series/GameOfThrones Littlefinger!]]
** Thats what you get for selling out Baltimore, [[Series/TheWire Carcetti]]
* LadyMondegreen: His introduction, combined with his name [[NoNameGiven going unsaid in the movie]], netted him the nickname CIA.

* NoNameGiven: His name [[AllThereInTheManual was only revealed in the novelization]]

* OneSceneWonder

* GoodIsNotNice[=/=]GoodIsNotSoft: This role is just a minor break from the type of characters Gillen portrayed in GameOfThrones and TheWire; though he's undeniably with the good guys, [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique his methods are rather brutal]], not to mention that he's a SmugSnake.

[[folder:CIA]]

!!CIA

->''"Dr. Pavel, I'm CIA."''

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-zQCRhmRHk Wrong]].

* FakeAmerican: Aiden Gillen is Irish.

** [[GameOfThrones Littlefinger!]]
** Thats what you get for selling out Baltimore [[TheWire Carcetti]]

* NoNameGiven: His name, Bill Wilson, [[AllThereInTheManual was only revealed in the novelization]]

* TooDumbToLive: Wilson apparently doesn't believe that getting caught really ''was'' part of Bane's plan....in spite of the fact that he has quite obviously been double-crossed by the guy who handed over prisoners he said ''worked for'' Bane, without mentioning that one of them ''was'' Bane.

** [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-zQCRhmRHk Wrong.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: He believes himself to be the heroic interogator of very bad men. He's truly a [[spoiler: RedShirt.]]

[[folder:Bill Wilson]]

!!Bill Wilson

[[folder:CIA]]

!!CIA

[[folder:Bill Wilson]]

!!Bill Wilson

->'''Played by:''' [[TheWire Aidan]] [[GameOfThrones Gillen]]