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The field commander of the League of Shadows who seeks to finish Ra's al Ghul's goal. His [[GeniusBruiser terrible strength and razor-sharp wits and intelligence]] make him a seemingly indomitable adversary to Gotham, as well as Batman and Bruce Wayne.
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* AchillesHeel: His anesthesia-administering breathing mask; during their second fight, even with Batman's "hardening" in the prison and renewed drive, you can tell that Bane still clearly has the advantage until Batman damages his mask, causing it to be extremely painful for him--and said pain overwhelms him. This is a more realistic version of his usual weakness; a big, exposed super-steroid tube that goes from the control on his wrist to the back of his head. Since he specializes in hand-to-hand, he's doubtless found that anything of the sort is a liability, and set up the much, much harder to strike mouth-mounted setup. [[spoiler:It's also extremely easy to repair, provided that it's done by hands that ''aren't'' wracked in pain.]]
* AdaptationalNationality: Bane was Latino in the comics. Here, although it's never made clear what his nationality is in the movie, he appears to be white and was, prior to joining the league, being held in a Middle-Eastern prison.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: In the comics, Bane was raised in a Santa Priscan prison and never met the al-Ghuls until he was an adult; Ra's briefly considered him a potential heir during ''Contagion'' and "Legacy" despite Talia's distaste. [[spoiler:In this trilogy, the roles are reversed.]]
* AdaptationalJobChange: [[spoiler:While Bane did work with the League in the ''Legacy'' arc, he didn't go so far as to serve as [[TheDragon their Dragon]].]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: This adaption of Bane largely draws from comic arcs in which he is presented as a CardCarryingVillain. Namely "Knightfall", in which he [[spoiler:engineers chaos across Gotham and breaks Batman's back to take over the city]]; "Legacy", in which he antagonizes Gotham to prove himself [[spoiler:a worthy heir to Ra's Al Ghul]]; and the ''Batman: Bane'' one-shot in which he threatens Gotham with a Nuclear Bomb. [[spoiler:However, this is {{subverted|Trope}} in the climax, when Talia reveals he protected her from being raped and murdered by their fellow prisoners when they were young. This is more evocative of the protective relationship Bane develops with Scandal in Gail Simone's "Secret Six". Especially when compared to his comic counterpart's relationship with Talia in "Legacy", where ''he'' actually threatens to rape her.]]
* AdaptationalWimp: This version of Bane lost the superhuman strength the Venom granted him in the comics, moreover Bane here is a charismatic figurehead but is only [[spoiler:TheDragon to Talia al Ghul, the real mastermind]]. Still, his achievements do not let this trope transpire much. Plus, he does have literal [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Charles Atlas Superpowers]], so he technically does have superhuman strength, just not from [[FantasticDrug Venom]] in this case.
** Bane also loses out on an aspect of his original backstory in that [[spoiler:he never escapes from Peña Duro, with that part of his history instead being given to Talia.]]
* AgeLift: As noted under OlderThanTheyLook below, this version of Bane would have to be at least in his 50s, making him older than Batman, whereas in the comics Bane is younger and they're much closer in age.
* AllThereInTheManual: The novelization and original script include a few deleted scenes and alterations of existing scenes that expand on his past and motivations. [[spoiler:Namely, showing his training with Ra's al Ghul and how he is ultimately more motivated to accomplish what his mentor could not by besting Batman and forcing Gotham to destroy itself, rather than out of complete devotion to his partner and friend Talia. The movie's removal of these scenes makes the interpretation of his motivations more ambiguous.]]
-->'''Bane:''' [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul rescued me from the pit. That is why I must fulfill his destiny.]]
* AllegoricalCharacter: Bane seems to represent the idea of Revolution, particularly those that involve uprisings and armed rebellions. In fact, Bane's revolution in Gotham is explicitly designed to be evocative of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. Some commentators and authors have even noted parallels with UsefulNotes/TheArabSpring.
* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCriminals Earth-Prime]], one on [[Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery Earth-66]] and one on [[Film/BatmanFilmSeries Earth-97]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Bane has Batman's ''number'' in hand-to-hand combat, but is obsessed with proving to himself and Batman that he is the better fighter and student of Ra's. That being said, the fact that he [[FeelNoPain Feels No Pain]] gives him an unfair advantage over Bruce. When his mask is damaged, he is instead ''crippled'' by pain, so there is no real way of fairly comparing his raw skill to Bruce's.
* AnimalMotif: Apes. His mask was modeled on a baboon's jaws when it snarls, he's built sort of stocky but heavily muscled, he wears a furred collar in some scenes, and during his first fight with Batman he uses his arms to move himself around a lot and in his second, gives into an animalistic rage when his mask is broken.
* ArchEnemy: To Batman, possibly more than The Joker. He is basically the quintessential FinalBoss for Batman, as he represents both an [[EvilGenius intellectual]] and [[GeniusBruiser physical]] threat to him. Not only that, his debut in the third and final film of the trilogy represents a regression of the loose ends of the first film.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: There's a reason why as TheLeader of The League of Shadows, [[spoiler:or at least ''one'' of the leaders]]. Bane beats the everloving shit out of Batman but when he does lead the remains of Gotham during his hostile takeover, he's more in charge.
* AxCrazy: He's rampantly homicidal and very good at hiding it. Among his brutal violence, {{Berserker}} behavior, extreme [[{{Sadist}} sadism]], and willingness to kill literally millions of people, there is something definitely ''off'' with him.
** This makes sense, since the Pit has hardened Bane into a violent, homicidal, ruthless, sadistic monster.
** This becomes part of his downfall once Batman damages his mask. After being in crippling pain he's throwing mad and wild punches almost with animal like ferocity as opposed to his confident brawler status before.
* BadassAndChildDuo: [[spoiler:When Talia was a kid and he was her guardian, until her escape.]]
* BadassArmy: The League of Shadows is a smaller scale version of one. Selina even warns Batman that Bane and his men now aren't the average thugs.
* BadassBiker: Bane also has the talent of a professional motorcycle rider, as he and his men escape from the Stock Exchange on motorcycles, doing ramps and easily evading the cops. It also serves as a MythologyGag because his red helmet gives him some resemblance to the Red Hood/Jason Todd.
* BadassBoast: He's a ''fountain'' of these, and he backs each one up in rather spectacular fashion.
-->'''Bane:''' And when it is done, and Gotham is... ''ashes''... you have my permission to die.
* BadassLongcoat: There's no denying it. His fur coat with shearling collar was specially designed for the film.
* BaldHeadOfToughness: Bane is a completely bald hulking mass of a dude who is the only one in the trilogy to best Batman in hand-to-hand combat by simply being stronger than him (and him being MadeOfIron due to [[spoiler:the drug in his mask letting him feel no pain]]), culminating with Bane [[spoiler:breaking Batman's back]]. This is in contrast to the [[Film/TheDarkKnight previous film]]'s primary antagonist, The Joker, who tormented Batman psychologically.
* BaldOfEvil: He's bald and an evil terrorist.
* BaritoneOfStrength: Two of the most memorable reviewers descriptions' of it are: "Creator/IanMcKellen gargling meths in a wind tunnel" and "UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill wearing [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader's]] helmet".
* BenevolentBoss: Notwithstanding the occasional YouHaveFailedMe moments. Unlike the Joker, he is good and respectful to his men, to the point that they happily sacrifice themselves for his cause.
* BerserkButton: Mentioning his expulsion from the League of Shadows. When Batman mentions this during their first "[[CurbStompBattle fight]]", Bane's response is to ''beat him harder''.
* TheBerserker: By means of LightningBruiser, Bane's fighting style involves pummeling them senseless [[CombatPragmatist as swiftly (yet as brutally)]] as possible. As seen in all his fight scenes, the only time he lets up is to charge/pursue his opponent, or [[BreakThemByTalking to give a brief demoralizing speech]].
* BigBadDuumvirate: Of the third movie. Bane may be subservient to [[spoiler:Talia]], but they work towards their goal of destroying Gotham together and both share the spot as the main threat to Batman.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Big Guy to the CIA agent's Little Guy.
* BodyguardCrush: [[spoiler:Possibly on Talia. He protected her in the Pit. That might be one of the reasons Ra's despised him.]]
* BondVillainStupidity: By the end of the first act, Bane has Batman dead to rights and has broken him in body and spirit but decides to stuff him into a seemingly inescapable prison where he will need to watch Gotham be destroyed from afar. Bane learns from this later in the story where he decides to just kill Batman instead of letting him wait to die when the bomb that will destroy Gotham goes off.
* BookEnds: Bane has now appeared in the last films of both of the Batman film series', (''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' respectively.) [[spoiler:And both times he was working with a NonActionBigBad FemmeFatale.]]
* BreakoutCharacter: It's no exaggeration to say that Bane became synonymous with ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Much like Heath Ledger's Joker before him, Tom Hardy's portrayal of Bane made him one of the most memorable villains in the trilogy. In fact, this Bane proved to be insanely popular, which led many later depictions of Bane in other media to be brought closer to the ''Dark Knight Rises'' version of Bane, in particular the design of his mask.
* BreakTheHaughty: Bane started out as big and tough, and [[spoiler:utterly beat Batman during their first encounter.]] But during the climax of the movie, he was not only stunned by [[spoiler:Batman's recovery.]] He also felt genuinely threatened by him, to the point of [[spoiler:defying Talia's wish to keep him alive until the bomb's detonation.]]
* BreakThemByTalking:
** Most of what he says to Batman during the first [[CurbStompBattle "fight"]] is this, with a few {{Badass Boast}}s thrown in.
** He delivers another to Bruce in the Pit, detailing how the prison is designed to break his will and revealing his intent to terrorize and destroy Gotham as an additional torture for Bruce.
* BreakingTheBonds: He effortlessly snaps off his bonds on the plane.
* BrutalHonesty: He's surprisingly upfront about what the penalties are for failing him.
-->'''Bane:''' Search him [Gordon]. Then I will kill you.
** Indeed, he follows through, shooting the guy and sending his body into the storm drain.
* TheChampion: [[spoiler:To Talia, at least during their time in the Pit.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: "I'm ''necessary'' evil."
* CharacterTics: Bane has a habit of holding his jacket lapels open like a very dapper gentleman, even when he's not wearing lapels or even a jacket. Given that he also permanently wears a somewhat uncomfortable anesthetic mask, this may just be a way to get some air on his neck. [[spoiler:Fridge Brilliance when you realize Henri Ducard had a similar habit when he was the living Leader of the League of Shadows. Considering that Bane considers himself the one to "fulfill Ra's al Ghul's destiny", it would seem he is trying to emulate his former mentor in every aspect possible.]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: A rare literal example. Prison life in the Pit made him a seriously tough man. He can punch through concrete columns with his '''bare fists'''. He can also lift a fully armored Batman off the ground with one hand, and at the end of the fight, actually cracks Batman's cowl, which is specifically designed to withstand impact.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:To what extent the EvilPlan was drawn up by Talia instead of by Bane is debatable, but there's no denying his execution of it. A lot of Bane's moves, including abducting Dr. Pavel, the Stock Exchange attack, and rigging the construction sites with explosive concrete, clearly are things he planned.]]
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Batman defeats him right before the truth about Talia is revealed to him.]]
* TheCoatsAreOff: Casts his coat off during the climax, just before his second fight with Batman.
* CoolMask: Terrifying, too. As he notes, this is what made him a nightmare.
* CombatPragmatist: Unlike The Joker from ''The Dark Knight'', he definitely knows how to fight. Like The Joker, he has no problems with underhanded tactics [[spoiler:like on the airplane, where the paramilitary henchmen surprise the U.S. army soldiers by shooting through the plane windows when the soldiers aren't even aware the henchmen are nearby]].
* CompositeCharacter: While this version of Bane is largely based off his comic book counterpart, he shares more in backstory and motivation with Ubu, the loyal strongman servant to the al Ghul family. He also shares elements in common with the Mutant Leader from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''. They are both brutal, bald, GeniusBruiser villains who are able to cultivate a leadership of the disenfranchised in Gotham. They both [[spoiler:defeat Batman in their first match by physically overwhelming the older hero]] and are both [[spoiler:defeated by him in their second match when he fights more tactically.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Joker, the BigBad of the [[Film/TheDarkKnight second film]]. Both are charismatic, eccentric, cruel, {{sadist}}ic, [[AxCrazy unhinged]], and to some extent [[EvilIsHammy Hammy]], and they both share the same hobby of tormenting Batman, who is unquestionably their ArchEnemy. The big difference between them is that the battle against The Joker is more psychological than physical; besides, he's a chaotic sociopath who doesn't swear allegiance to anyone. Bane is a zealot with a [[PrivateMilitaryContractors fully militarized organization]], in contrast to The Joker's [[TheMafia Mafia]]-[[TheSyndicate like criminal organization]], and Bane represents an active threat [[GeniusBruiser both physically and psychologically]] to Batman. Ironically, Bane got exactly what The Joker wanted: to expose the truth of Harvey Dent and lead Gotham City to impending hopelessness. And yet, The Joker managed to triumph (in a way) and Bane didn´t.
* CurbStompBattle:
** His first fight with Batman is so ridiculously one-sided that this is the only way you can describe it. Yes, Batman gets in plenty of good hits, but they don't have ''any'' noticeable effect.
** His second one starts out the same way, until Batman overpowers his PunchCatch and begins to AttackItsWeakPoint, breaking Bane's mask.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Claims to have been "born in [the dark]".
* DarkIsEvil: In direct contrast to Batman's DarkIsNotEvil. Bane even waxes poetic about his relationship with darkness while criticizing Batman's tactics during their first fight.
-->'''Bane:''' Oh, you think the darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. ''Molded'' by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, and by then, it was nothing to me but ''BLINDING!'' ''[grabs Batman by the neck and tosses him]'' [[BadassBoast The shadows betray you, because they belong to me!]]
* DarkMessiah: He convinces Gotham's citizens that he is trying to "liberate" them and give them control of their city from the corrupt businesses and government of the city. [[spoiler:He succeeds with quite a few of them, driving the city further into chaos before the city is nuked, just to torture Bruce.]]
* DeadpanSnarker:
** For example, in his intro scene, he snarks about how terrible the CIA are at {{High Altitude Interrogation}}s, [[spoiler:saying a comrade isn't talking because "perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man, ''before'' throwing him out of a plane."]]
** When he's attacking the stock exchange, a trader protests that there's no money he can steal. Bane says, "Really? Then why are you people here?"
** [[spoiler:When he's about to kill Batman, defying Talia's order to keep him alive until the nuke goes off, Bane quips, "You'll just have to ''imagine'' the fire."]]
* DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler:In the first six minutes of the film, Bane kidnaps Dr. Pavel and arranges a mid-flight blood transfusion with a henchman, so it would seem as though Pavel died in the crash. He has the line "Calm down, Doctor, now's not the time for fear. That comes later," to Pavel; and indeed, he forces the guy to arm an atomic bomb intended to kill all of Gotham, then unceremoniously snaps his neck in public to ensure that it will.]]
* DeathSeeker: Bane has a profound lack of self-preservation, demonstrated in that his ultimate plan involves [[spoiler:detonating a nuke while remaining on ground zero, mostly because they have succumbed to RevengeBeforeReason.]] Add in the fact that Bane admits that he's pure evil, though in his opinion a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary one]], and the resulting clash with his KnightTemplar philosophy seems to have led him to this path. Though given a moniker like his, it's not hard to believe.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Much like The Joker, his character was altered to make him more realistic and mundane than his previous counterparts were. Bane is every bit as formidable a fighter as in the comics, but his ostentatious [[MaskedLuchador luchador mask]] has been discarded in favor of a intimidating looking breathing apparatus. Also, this is one of the first times he's shown his GeniusBruiser nature in an adaptation. Previous adaptations either had his intelligence as an InformedAbility, or [[Film/BatmanAndRobin just portrayed him as a dumb brute.]]
* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: To get into the Stock Exchange, Bane disguises himself as a deliveryman with a motorcycle helmet to hide his face. Simultaneously, his henchman Petrov disguises himself as a food delivery carrier to smuggle a pistol onto the trading floor.
* DespairEventHorizon: {{Implied|Trope}}. Bane describes the Pit as the place where he learned the truth about despair, [[spoiler: and after helping Talia to escape, was left permanently crippled with pain and unable to escape himself until Ra's al Ghul rescued him]]. It's left ambiguous as to whether or not Bane ever crossed the DespairEventHorizon, and if he did, whether or not he ever recovered.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: This version of Bane is in a near-constant state of pain, and has to wear his mask at all times in order to not feel the effects of his previous injuries. In the comics, Bane has no such affliction, even managing to leave behind his addiction to Venom eventually.
* DisabledSnarker: Thanks to the mask and its pain killers along with his regular witty banter.
-->'''CIA Agent:''' If I pull that off, will you die?\\
'''Bane:''' It would be extremely painful...\\
'''CIA Agent:''' You're a big guy.\\
'''Bane:''' ...for you.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: At first it seems like Bane is the mastermind of the plot to destroy Gotham in ''The Dark Knight Rises'', but he's secretly working for [[spoiler:Talia al Ghul, who wants to avenge her father's demise in ''Batman Begins''.]]
* DissonantSerenity: Despite the conditions surrounding him in Gotham (albeit conditions that he himself caused), Bane never seems anything but completely calm. [[spoiler:Only when Batman damages his mask during their rematch does [[VillainousBreakdown his cool begin to fracture]].]] This could be the result of the gas being euphoric.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Although Bane is okay with using firearms when necessary, he only holds a firearm twice - when Gordon is delivered to his lair, he takes Gordon's pistol and uses it to shoot one of the thugs who delivered Gordon; the second time is at the end, where he's preparing to use a shotgun on Batman but Selina interferes before he can use it. Most of the time, he'll just use his hands.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Bane does ''not'' take disrespect lightly, as any time he's on the receiving end of a lecture ends badly for the other guy. Even being taunted about his excommunication by Batman, another initiate who didn't do so well, upsets him to the point he gives him an even firmer beating.
-->'''CIA Agent:''' ''[[DeathByMocking [sarcastic]]]'' Well congratulations, you got yourselves caught. What's the next step of your master plan?\\
''[Bane rises, [[ISurrenderSuckers snaps his metal handcuffs]]]''\\
'''Bane:''' Crashing this plane... ''with no survivors!''
** Daggett too makes this mistake, and starts chewing him out ''before'' he realizes whom he's dealing with:
--->'''Bane:''' ''[to Stryver]'' Leave us.\\
'''Daggett:''' You stay right there! I'm in charge!\\
''[Bane [[TranquilFury calmly]] puts his hand on Daggett's collar]''\\
'''Bane:''' Do you ''feel'' in charge?
* TheDragon:
** Bane poses as one for John Daggett, doing all of Daggett's dirty work, including attacking the Stock Exchange to bankrupt Bruce so that Daggett can take over Wayne Enterprises.
** In reality, Bane may be this to [[spoiler:Talia al Ghul]], if not part of a BigBadDuumvirate. Everything he does is supportive of [[spoiler:her]] plan for revenge and at the climax of the film, he provides the [[spoiler:penultimate threat, having to be killed before Batman can go after her.]]
* DragonInChief: Since Daggett is a talker, Bane does most of the dirty work for him, including an assault on the Stock Exchange [[spoiler:which houses most of Wayne's money that Daggett wanted. As stated above, if Bane is truly Talia's Dragon, he somewhat still fits this trope because he carries out Talia's plan, which makes him appear to be (and act like) the sole BigBad himself, both in- and out-of-universe, until TheReveal.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: He fakes being Daggett's Dragon and uses him as an UnwittingPawn, before eventually killing him.
* TheDreaded: Selina Kyle is afraid of him, even more so once she sees him break Bruce's back. Alfred, after hearing rumors about him and seeing footage of him at the Stock Exchange, is convinced that Bruce doesn't stand a chance against him.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Justified considering that up to the point where Selina Kyle kills him with the Batpod's cannons, he's been shown to be NighInvulnerable. Being blown away by the Batpod's guns is so sudden that the viewer may take a moment to realize what happened. Even more so, it seems like HoistByHisOwnPetard, given that two of Bane's gunfight ambushes involved similar "take the other side by surprise" tactics; and that a great many deaths he facilitated/executed himself were equally sudden and undignified. There's also the simpler reasoning that Bane, NighInvulnerable ImplacableMan, had to be killed by ''a damn miniature rocket launching at him at full speed'', which is clearly no gentle way to go - but in truth, nothing less than that could ever take a man like him down.]]
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: Due to his mask, his voice has a somewhat airy quality to it and never sounds crystal clear.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:His relationship with Talia and vice versa.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Assuming his open disgust at reading Gordon's confession letter isn't just him putting on an act for the citizens of Gotham, even he is disappointed at how much corruption and underhanded deals had to be made in order to get the Dent Act passed.
* EvilCounterpart: Set up to be Batman's as both are intelligent, skilled and trained under the League of Shadows. [[spoiler:TheReveal also shows that both men are OlderThanTheyLook and physically crippled without devices in their respective costumes. Both men also seek to inspire hope in Gotham for different ends.]]
* EvilBrit: His nationality isn't stated, but Bane speaks like a jovial English gentleman while terrorizing Gotham with destruction.
* EvilIsHammy: Mainly during his public speeches. It also helps to see that everything he's saying are BlatantLies and he doesn't believe a word of them. It's almost as if he's mocking the very people he's trying to agitate.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Not ''too'' much, but the mask deepens Tom Hardy's naturally nasal voice quite a bit. Some foreign dubs ''do'' give him a very deep voice, possibly to correct his ([[WordOfGod intentional]]) VocalDissonance in English.
* EvilerThanThou:
** [[spoiler:Daggett]] realized too late that he was out of his league. "You're...pure evil..."
** [[spoiler:He is also implied to be too evil for Ra's al Ghul, ''himself a Well-Intentioned Extremist''. Deleted scenes show that Bane's experience being tortured and crippled in the Pit made his fighting style too ruthless for even Ra's, leading to his excommunication. It's subtly hinted that Bane's desire to use nuclear weapons may have also factored into it.]]
* EvilOverlord: Is one for the new League of Shadows [[spoiler:and becomes a discreet version over Gotham after he traps it with the intent of destroying it.]]
* EvilPlan: "Fulfill Ra's al Ghul's destiny" by completing his EvilPlan from ''Begins'': MercyKill Gotham.
* {{Expy}}: Of Madame [=DeFarge=] from Creator/CharlesDickens ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'', of which Nolan had in mind when writing the script for ''The Dark Knight Rises''. You can even see him knitting during their mock trial sessions just like the latter.
* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:He's so focused on going to kill Bruce, he doesn't hear Selina roll up with the Bat-Pod into City Hall and is shot dead before he even realizes she's there]].
* FalseProphet: Bane presents himself as a savior that would liberate Gotham's citizens from capitalist chains. His true objective is to [[spoiler:destroy Gotham and get revenge on Batman]].
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a gauntlet/wrist brace thing on his right hand. This may be to HandWave the fact that Bane can shatter Batman's cowl--which is some durable graphite/Kevlar composite--with his bare hands and not break his hand in the process.
* FateWorseThanDeath: He sought to inflict one on Bruce, by [[ForcedToWatch forcing him to watch]] as Bane tortured and ultimately destroyed Gotham, while Bruce was left in the Pit with his back broken, helpless to do anything about it.
-->'''Bruce:''' Why didn't you just... kill me?\\
'''Bane:''' You don't fear death. You welcome it. Your punishment must be more ''severe''.\\
'''Bruce:''' Torture?\\
'''Bane:''' Yes. But not of your body. Of your soul.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Bane is a brutal and ruthless terrorist who maintains a polite, jovial demeanor while blowing up bridges and a stadium, beating someone mercilessly, or preparing to snap someone's neck.
** For example, Bane compliments the singing abilities of the boy singing the national anthem ("That's a lovely, lovely voice!") right before he blows up the football stadium.
** He's almost always polite to the people he's about to kill. "Thank you, good doctor!" is what he says before breaking Dr. Pavel's neck, and he says, "I'm on your schedule, captain," right before crushing Captain Jones's neck.
* FeelNoPain: His mask is primarily meant to relieve pain from his past injury, but judging from how he barely even reacts to Batman's blows in their first fight, it seems that it also makes him immune to all other pain as well. More evidence for this comes in their second fight. [[spoiler:Even though Bane has the physical upper hand, when Batman damages his mask, Bane suddenly feels the hits that Batman's throwing, on top of the crippling face injury that made the mask necessary in the first place. It clearly disorients Bane, who probably isn't used to that kind of non-dulled pain, allowing Batman to take the lead in the fight.]]
* FinalBoss: Bane is, along with [[spoiler:Talia]], one of the final antagonists Batman has to face.
* {{Foil}}:
** To The Joker. Both are equally charismatic, eccentric, cruel, {{sadist}}ic, [[AxCrazy unhinged]], and to some extent [[EvilIsHammy Hammy]], and they both share the same hobby of tormenting Batman, who is unquestionably their ArchEnemy. The big difference between them is that the battle against The Joker is more psychological than physical; besides, he's a chaotic sociopath who doesn't swear allegiance to anyone. Bane is a zealot with a [[PrivateMilitaryContractors fully militarized organization]], in contrast to The Joker's [[TheMafia Mafia]]-[[TheSyndicate like criminal organization]], and [Bane] represents an active threat [[GeniusBruiser both physically and psychologically]] to Batman. In many ways, Bane has resources The Joker would have dreamed of. Ironically, Bane got exactly what The Joker wanted: to expose the truth of Harvey Dent and lead Gotham City to impending hopelessness.
** To John Blake, as both men are revealed to [[spoiler:seek to carry on the legacy of a former crime fighter. It's telling that Bruce Wayne eventually learns to trust John Blake with his legacy while Ra's Al Ghul rejects Bane.]]
* ForeheadOfDoom: This man's skull should be classified as a deadly weapon with the amount of times he uses it to ''thoroughly'' incapacitate someone, with the band of his mask running down the center only aiding in its destructive power.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric. As the field marshal of the League of Shadows, Bane is born-leader. He's also incredibly controlling, domineering, charismatic, and aggressive.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:He was heavily implied to have been born in the Pit, and had to endure a horrible life there. He later began protecting Talia after some inmates killed her mother, and eventually he helped her escape from the Pit, which resulted in the inmates pummeling him, leaving him in constant agony.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was born and raised in a prison few people even know about and goes on to become a terrorist who brings Gotham to it's knees. As he puts it, "No one cared who I was until I put on the mask."
* GeniusBruiser: It took nearly 20 years, but he's finally been portrayed this way in a major adaptation.
** In just the first six minutes of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', he both defeats U.S. Army soldiers and a CIA agent by [[OutGambitted tricking them into loading himself, two of his men, and Dr. Pavel onto the plane. He then has a C-130 Hercules filled with his men ambush the CIA plane from above, where they fast-rope down and shoot out the windows, killing off the US soldiers.]] Bane then fakes Dr. Pavel's death by transfusing the doctor's blood into another guy's corpse--in mid-flight--and then escapes with the doctor; leaving the plane to crash with the corpse and one of Bane's men (as per the travel plans that the agent mentioned).
** He also demonstrates knowledge of psychological torture, which he sees as more intense than physical pain, the prime example of this being [[spoiler:the fusion reactor/atom bomb. The bomb is armed, but not immediately detonated, for two primary purposes: to give Gotham a false hope that they may be saved by obeying Bane (they won't, as the bomb will detonate in 5 months regardless), and to force Bruce to watch as his city rots over a prolonged period of time, culminating in its destruction.]]
** A throwaway line indicates that he has at least a working knowledge of nuclear physics, when he says "Five [months to the core's detonation], by my calculations."
* GenreBlind: [[spoiler:Once when he puts Bruce in the prison he grew up in which he knew Talia escaped from, rather than just shooting him when he had the chance; the other time when he expresses genuine shock at Batman exploiting his weakness in their rematch. Then again, he may have kept Batman alive due to Talia's orders, seeing as Talia wants Batman to see his city destroyed, even if Bane had other ideas. Later, Bane sees the problem in keeping Batman alive and defies Talia's orders to keep him alive... though Selina blows him away before Bane can kill Batman.]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:A late reveal explains other prisoners severely mutilated his face, ''including'' the prison doctor's "fumbling attempts" to fix it only making it worse, which is another reason he wears a mask. Since the said mask also pumps him with powerful painkillers that make his agony ''manageable'', and it covers most of his head and face, what lies underneath is left to the imagination.]]
* HandicappedBadass: This rendition of Bane suffered a serious injury in his backstory (from when he helped Talia escape from the Pit), leaving him in agonizing pain when he's without the anesthetic gas supplied through his mask.
* TheHeavy: In more ways than one. On top of being extremely well-built, he's also the main bad guy driving the plot forward. [[spoiler:He's not the sole BigBad, either - Talia holds this title as well, but whereas she uses her role in Wayne Enterprises to covertly support their plans, Bane's got more overt influence.]]
* HeroKiller: Bane is responsible for the deaths of [[spoiler:Gotham's mayor, the Special Forces team the government sends to save Gotham (he even has their bodies hanged for the world to see), and kills various other characters like a CIA agent and Dr. Pavel]]. Bane is also arguably a Villain Killer too, as he kills both some of his henchmen and [[spoiler:John Dagget]]. Long story short, if you stand in the way of Bane [[spoiler:and Talia's]] plot, he is most likely to kill you.
* HitlerCam: At 5'9" Tom Hardy is not in fact a particularly big guy, so camera angles were combined with [[ScullyBox three inch lift shoes]] to make Bane seem like he towers over everyone else.
* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Fully intends to avert this when he is about to execute Batman with a shotgun, rather than leave him alive for the bomb on Talia's orders. He would have accomplished it, too, if it hadn't been for Selina Kyle arriving and blasting him on the spot.]]
* HopeIsScary: An ardent believer of this, as it informs both his backstory and his method of torture. The Pit was an open air prison that, if the prisoner could manage to climb out, they'd be free to go. Many tried, but none succeeded until Bane [[spoiler:or more accurately, Talia]] did it as a child, and it showed him how there can be no true despair without the faintest glimmer of hope to give that despair meaning. [[spoiler:When he throws Bruce down there, he specifically sets up a television in his cell so that Bruce can watch Gotham tear itself apart, knowing that being able to save his city is just one climb (and spinal re-adjustment) away. An extremely difficult vertical climb, especially if the person attempting it--like Bruce--has lost the fear of death that would see him reach the surface.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: [[spoiler:Talia isn't tiny, but Bane completely dwarfs her.]]
* HulkingOut: While he doesn't display it as in the comic, it's given a nod with his seemingly gaining strength and ferocity once Batman breaks his mask. See also TurnsRed.
* IAmTheNoun: "''I ''am'' the League of Shadows!''"
** Also, during a later scene:
--->'''Daggett:''' ''[whispers]'' What are you?!\\
'''Bane:''' I'm Gotham's reckoning. Here to end the borrowed time you've all been living on.\\
'''Daggett:''' ''[sobbing]'' You're pure evil.\\
'''Bane:''' I'm ''necessary'' evil.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Two of his henchmen sneak submachine guns into the Stock Exchange by posing as a janitor and a shoeshiner.
* TheJuggernaut: Bane is unstoppable. Batman struggles to even land a noticeable blow on him in both of their fights, can't handle his [[LightningBruiser very quick and very hard hits]] being dished out. Even though it comes off as anticlimatic, [[spoiler: Selina has the right idea in mind in blasting him with [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill the Batpod's cannons]] to stop him]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Considering that he blithely ignored his partner's last wish to spitefully Drop a bridge on Batman, one can interpret this as him getting his just desserts. Also to all of the sudden, undignified deaths he has dished out over the film.]]
* KickTheDog: It isn't really noticeable, but after chatting with an injured Bruce in the Pit, Bane moves to get up--pressing against Bruce's chest. It's a wonder that his heart and lungs weren't crushed.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Catwoman blasts him with the Batpod's cannon before he gets the chance to execute Batman]].
* KnightTemplar: Carrying on the legacy left by Ra's al Ghul to [[spoiler:destroy Gotham.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Bane's arrival certainly takes the foundations caused by The Joker and makes things even worse. He's also a formidable fighter and EvilGenius, and his revolution provides the DarkestHour of the entire trilogy.
* LadyAndKnight: [[spoiler:The Black Knight to Talia's Dark Lady. He takes care of her and carries out her will.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: He dwarfs his minions and everyone else. [[MemeticMutation He's a big guy.]]
* LargeHam: Borderline ColdHam, but regardless, Tom Hardy eats the scenes he's in.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Deshi! Deshi! Basara! Basara!"
* LightningBruiser: When pointing to footage of him effortlessly taking out five security guards as evidence that he far out classes Bruce in hand to hand combat, the first thing Alfred points out is his speed.
* MadeOfIron: Justified. Bane can easily tank Batman's blows without breaking a sweat ''and'' without any armor since [[spoiler:it's really his mask letting him FeelNoPain. Once his [[AttackItsWeakPoint mask is damaged]], all bets are off.]]
* MaskOfPower: A realistic example. He uses the mask to get through the pain of a serious injury [[spoiler: which had occurred when he was severely punished by the other inmates at the HellholePrison for helping Talia al Ghul escape.]]
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Justified in this case, as [[spoiler:the mask was the only thing that could even allow him to walk, much less fight with no hindrances, due to his severe injuries. Once it was damaged...]]
* MythologyGag: The only way Batman could weaken him is by [[spoiler:slicing the anesthetic tubes on his mask, allowing his immense bodily pain to do the rest, with his gauntlet scallops]]. This method comes pretty close to how Bane could be defeated in the comics, by slicing his Venom tubes to weaken him. [[spoiler:Also a low-key CallBack to how Batman used the same weapons to briefly stun the Joker.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The word "Bane" holds a whole mess of negative connotations.
* NecessarilyEvil: He [[InvokedTrope refers to himself as such]] as a PreMortemOneLiner before breaking Daggett's neck.
* NeckLift: Does it to Batman in their first fight.
* NeckSnap: Bane loves using this as his M.O. and his strength allows him do it with almost no effort. Among the people he kills in this way are: the first of the two sewer thugs who bring Gordon to his lair, Daggett, Dr. Pavel, and Captain Jones (in his case a Neck ''Crush'').
* NoSell: [[spoiler:His first fight with Batman has Bane not only NoSell Batman's attacks, but also his intimidation tactics. This includes maintaining his jocular {{Character Tic|s}} pose whilst Batman repeatedly punches him in the face ''with armored gauntlets.'']]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: A villainous example. [[spoiler:He became Talia's protector and helped her escape. This selfless action on Bane's part resulted in several prisoners exacting revenge on him by beating him to within an inch of his life, forcing him to don an anesthetic mask.]]
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Batman initially believes from the start that Bane is just another League of Shadows goon, and dismisses Alfred's assessment of his fighting prowess by stating he'll just "fight harder." It's only during their first fight that Batman learns just how dangerous he really is.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: ZigZagged. Bane is publicly an Anarcho-Communist extremist of sorts and claims to be doing all of this for fight corruption and help the poor and disenfranchised take back their city from the rich and powerful, but privately tells Bruce that this is more about punishing ''all'' of Gotham for it's decadence and getting RevengeByProxy on Bruce specifically, plus as a member of the League of Shadows (and supposedly extreme even by their standards) his ''true'' ideology is probably less Anarchism or communism or anything to do with fighting for the poor, and more about taking a hardline approach to crime and enforcing draconian measures. He arguably ''does'' have good-ish intentions, at least in his own mind, but they are not the same as the ones he professes.
* OhCrap:
** When he sees the flaming Bat Symbol, he can only utter, "[[ThisCannotBe Impossible...!]]"
** When the remainder of the GCPD come down the street to confront Bane and his men, Bane dismisses them and orders his men to fire on them with their Tumblers... only for Batman to show up in The Bat, block the shots and disable their guns to Bane's surprise. Allowing the cops to change in and start the final battle.
** His reaction to [[spoiler:Batman damaging his mask.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: If the flashback is any indication, he is at least in his mid-fifties. Compared to real life, Creator/TomHardy was 35 when it was released; even Creator/ChristianBale is three years older than him.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: A rare in-universe example: whenever Bane talks casual even when speaking louder he has an affable European (of the Scottish or German variety) accent, but when he gets really sinister or enraged, it slips into the Hispanic action. An example would be when he said "You betrayed us." during his first fight with Batman.
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:He is one or more of these to Talia. The movie is too vague to determine which.]]
* PetTheDog:
** For all his brutality, he does have several of these moments, a quick example of which is [[spoiler:his relationship with Talia.]]
** Despite planning to destroy Gotham, he at least gives his prisoners food and provisions (though that likely plays into his hope-brings-despair mindset).
** While this could also count as HonorBeforeReason, he never reveals Bruce's identity to the general public. [[spoiler:Bane even went as far as to indirectly clear Batman's name for the events of [[Film/TheDarkKnight the previous movie]] by reading Gordon's confession speech.]]
* PreAsskickingOneLiner:
** This exchange:
--->'''CIA:''' Now what's the next step in your master plan?\\
'''Bane:''' Crashing this plane.''[Paramilitary soldiers jump off the C130 Hercules descending over the commuter jet]'' With no survivors! ''[He breaks his cuffs as the soldiers land on the side of the plane and fire through the windows]''
** Most of Bane's talk to Batman in their first fight is this.
* PreMortemOneLiner: He's pretty fond of these:
** To CIA: "Crashing this plane... with no survivors!" He then does just that.
** To a henchman who he had just told to stay behind so the authorities find one of his own in the wreckage: "Yes... the fire rises." This is after the henchman in question asks if they had "started the fire" they have planned for.
** To another henchman who shot Gordon but had failed to make sure he was truly dead: "Follow him!" Cue the fatal gunshot that sends said henchman down the same path in the sewers Gordon took to escape.
** To Daggett: "I'm necessary evil." Cue the NeckSnap.
** To Dr. Pavel: "[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Thank you, Doctor.]]" Another NeckSnap follows.
** To Captain Jones, who claims that "[[UnhandThemVillain I'll die before I talk.]]": "[[ExactWords I'm on your schedule, Captain.]]" Cue a [[NeckSnap Neck Crush]]--and not a fast one, either.
** At the end, he attempts this on the Batman: "You'll just have to imagine the fire." [[spoiler:Cue Selina coming in to dispatch him with a mortar round fired from the Batpod, followed by a BondOneLiner of her own.]]
* PunchCatch: In both fights with Batman. To add insult to injury, he hits Batman with his own fist the first time around.
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Invoked in the opening of his first fight with Batman. Batman slugs Bane so hard, the ''punches are echoing off of the walls''. Batman's hitting Bane so hard that he's letting out battle cries with each blow, but ''not'' in his Batman growl. And what's Bane doing? Just standing there with his hands on his shoulder straps, taking each and every one of those hits without so much as grunting.
* RaceLift: Bane is a person of color in the comics, a non-white Latino of some description (specifically biracial on New Earth). In the film he's played by a white actor of English descent, and his race and what ethnicity he identifies as are never stated. He may or may not still be Latino or Hispanic - See OohMeAccentsSlipping above.
* RealMenWearPink: During Phillip Stryver's [[KangarooCourt "hearing"]], [[FunnyBackgroundEvent if you look carefully]] as Dr. Crane says "Bane has no authority here", you can see Bane is in the crowd, and knitting! This is just one of ''three'' instances in the film where he's seen knitting. He also enjoys listening to the national anthem sung in a "lovely, lovely voice."
* RedHerring: Beforehand, Batman believes (and as the audience we are led to believe) that [[spoiler:Bane was the one who escaped from the HellholePrison as a child and that he was Ra's al Ghul's child. The actual person meeting both descriptions is Miranda Tate/Talia al Ghul. Bane was the prisoner who aided her escape, after which he was severely punished by the other prisoners, suffering the painful injuries that forced him to adopt his mask.]]
** Additionally, in the ''Knightfall'' comic, [[spoiler:Bane's backstory is that his father was a British mercenary, wanted for crimes, who escaped prosecution. On orders from the government, Bane's pregnant mother was imprisoned in Pena Duro, the hellhole prison in which Bane was born. Bane was forced to serve out his father's life sentence, and his mother died in the prison while he was still a child]]. Considering that "the child" has such a similar backstory, fans might be forgiven for being tricked into thinking that [[spoiler:Bane was the child in question]].
* RoguishRomani: Tom Hardy largely based his accent on Bartley Gorman, a British boxer of Irish Traveller descent.
* {{Sadist}}: He specializes in physical and psychological torment, but mostly psychological to Batman.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Bane has a very noticeably florid manner of speaking, one that serves as a direct contrast to his intimidating voice and appearance and also highlights his intelligence.
* ShadowArchetype: To Batman. [[invoked]] [[WordOfGod Christopher Nolan]] said Bane was what Bruce Wayne could have become if he had stayed in the League of Shadows in [[Film/BatmanBegins the first film]].
* ShirtlessScene: When Gordon is brought to his lair in the storm sewers, Bane is topless from the waist upwards, giving the audience a good look at just how massive he truly is.
* SiblingRivalry: One interpretation of his hatred towards Bruce. [[spoiler:They were both taken under the wing of and trained by Ra's al Ghul. Bane embraces the beliefs of the League of Shadows and obviously holds Ra's in great esteem, wishing to fulfill his destiny. Bruce renounced the League and let Ra's die. Yet Ra's excommunicated Bane and instead considered Bruce to be his greatest student.]]
* SingleTear: It's a ''big'' blink-and-you'll-miss moment, but during the climax of the movie where his backstory is explained further, he sheds a small tear while his mask is fixed.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Not all the time, but in several scenes, he's wearing just his combat vest and show how huge his arms are.
* TheSociopath: Bane is an interesting case of someone who acquired sociopathic/psychopathic traits thanks to his upbringing and background, even if his loyalty to Talia seems like a very underdeveloped empathy. Since we learn his backstory, he was literally born in one of the worst prisons in the world, and that trauma has certainly hardened him to the point of making him an individual with frank traits of sociopathy/psychopathy: the man is a great talker, a [[ConsummateLiar pathological liar]], an [[ManipulativeBastard exceptional manipulator]], never expresses any remorse or guilt for everything he does, possesses a [[FauxAffablyEvil prominent superficial charm]], is arrogant, possesses high self-perception and a sense of self-efficacy, and seeks strong emotions ([[ThrillSeeker need for stimulation]]). He's also [[AxCrazy incredibly sadistic and violent]], has nihilistic life aspirations, rationalizes his actions, minimizes the consequences of his actions [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans under the guise of bringing justice]], and has no problem committing acts of terrorism, genocide and mass murder. That said, if he's a ''real'' sociopath, he would certainly be a sociopath with shades of MoralMyopia.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Bane only ever seriously raises his voice when addressing a crowd. Even in the middle of a fistfight with the Batman, Bane's voice maintains a polite, almost conversational tone.
* SpeakOfTheDevil... [[LampshadeHanging and Bane shall appear!]]
* TheSpook: He deliberately invokes this on the plane by pointing out that "Nobody cared who I was until I put on the mask." This is right when the CIA agent is taking off his hood.
* TheStarscream: To Daggett, who Bane is just using while readying his own plans and intends to kill him when he's no longer needed. Unfortunately for Daggett, he's convinced that Bane is his [[TheDragon Dragon]] just because he paid him. He realizes his error much too late to rectify it.
-->'''Daggett:''' "I paid you a small fortune..."\\
'''Bane:''' "And this gives you power over me?"
* StoutStrength: He is nowhere near as tall as his comics counterpart, who was seven feet tall, and has slightly more body fat than Batman. He makes up for it with an astonishing level of muscle and physical bulk.
** On a meta level too, as Tom Hardy is actually shorter than Christian Bale. This was partly addressed with low-angle camerawork that made Hardy look more imposing to other characters.
* StrongAndSkilled: He's frighteningly strong and also a very skilled combatant due to his training with Ra's Al Ghul, showing moves from Krav Maga, Karate, Boxing, Kung Fu, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Judo, Taekwondo and Jeet Kune Do. The combination of his strength and skill allows him to easily defeat Batman in combat
* SuperStrength: One of the few outright fantastical bits of the "Nolanverse" is his blatantly superhuman strength. He can lift a large armored man [[NeckLift using one outstretched arm]] with ease, take multiple punches to the face from a heavyweight MMA fighter wearing ''heavy gauntlets'' without even being bothered, casually break a man's neck with no mechanical leverage, and pulverize limestone with his fists.
* TragicVillain: If Bane hadn't spent most of his life in [[HellholePrison the pit]], he might never have been a villain at all.
* ThisCannotBe: Bane is clearly stunned by [[spoiler:Batman's return. Even when he lies defeated at his feet, he still can't believe what's transpired.]]
-->''"I broke you..."''
* TrojanPrisoner: Bane and a few of his men pose as hooded prisoners to sneak onto the CIA plane and kidnap Dr. Pavel.
* TruerToTheText: Zig-zagged. Physically, Nolan's Bane differs significantly from the comic book version; his mask is no typical mask, but moreso a contraption that feeds him anaesthesia (instead of Venom), and [[AbilityOverAppearance Tom Hardy isn't quite a towering Hispanic.]] But this Bane still carries the most important trait of all, one that many prior adaptations overlooked; ''the cunning intellect.'' Whereas his [[Film/BatmanAndRobin previous film incarnation]] served as DumbMuscle, this one pioneers Gotham's descent into chaos - something '''The Joker''' couldn't do - and overall runs [[spoiler:nigh-]]wholly on his own, connections to the League of Shadows [[spoiler:and Talia al Ghul]] nonwithstanding.
* TurnsRed: In a nod to his HulkingOut through the use of his mask (which feeds him Venom) in the comics, once Batman breaks Bane's mask, he attacks much faster and harder, sending Batman flying with a swipe and shattering a concrete pillar with a single punch. Since anesthesia causes muscle weakness, it's possible that cutting off his supply is what led to his increased strength.
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Shot dead with little to no fanfare after being such a careful mastermind and powerhouse through the film.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He thinks after beating Bruce that he's essentially won and leaves him to rot and torture him of Gotham's impeding doom. This backfires tremendously as Bruce not only regains the willpower and ability to walk after his back is broken, but likewise his resolve to save the city and escape the pit he stuck him into. Batman returns stronger than ever and the second fight is much less one-sided, especially after Batman damages his mask. [[spoiler:If it wasn't for Talia's ambush, the battle would've ended in total victory for Batman. Heck, after Talia leaves, Bane decides to take ''no'' chance in leaving Batman alive and was set to kill him only for Selina to blow him away before he gets the chance.]]
* UndyingLoyalty:
** His men have a lot of loyalty for hired guns. One of his mercenaries is willing to wait on a crashing plane simply because Bane needs to make sure the authorities find the number of bodies they're expecting.
** [[spoiler:Bane himself displays this towards Talia al Ghul. Though he does disobey her orders in order to kill Batman (or at least try to) after she tells him not to.]]
* TheUnfettered: Like Ra's al Ghul before him, Bane allows nothing to stand in the way of the destruction of Gotham.
* UnstoppableRage: During the final battle in Gotham, Batman manages to damage Bane's mask cutting off his anesthesia, thus causing him to feel a large amount of pain. Though fortunately for Bane he is fazed by it for only a moment untill he goes berserk and begins to strike much faster and hitting much harder than ever, while breaking two holes in a limestone pillar trying to catch his target.
* VaderBreath: Not to the extent of the TropeNamer, but it's still noticeable, especially when he's about to speak.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When Batman finally breaks his mask, Bane absolutely snaps and starts furiously let his fists fly erratically as he tries to kill Batman, all the while [[ScreamingWarrior shrieking in rage like a wounded animal]]. Not just that, but when Batman lights a flaming Batsignal, Bane's response is a shocked "Impossible...!" After Batman beats him in their rematch, all Bane can say is "I broke you..." in disbelief.]]
* VisionaryVillain: Taking over [[spoiler:and [[NukeEm destroying]]]] the city of sin that is Gotham City.
* VocalDissonance: As shown below, Creator/TomHardy went all over the place with the accent and tone that the end result is a stark contrast with his ferocious appearance. It's like a bizarre mix of Creator/SeanConnery and Michael Gough. FridgeBrilliance: He's [[OlderThanTheyLook Older Than He Looks]], so it makes sense he ''sounds'' old.
* WhamLine:
-->"Let's not stand on ceremony here... Mr. Wayne."\\
[[spoiler:"But I never escaped."]]
* WhatAreYou?: "I'm Gotham's reckoning. Here to end the borrowed time you've all been living on."
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent:
** Tom Hardy has said that Bane's accent is a combination of those of an Irish Traveler and a Romanian boxer, respectively, yet it seems to do a full tour of Europe during the first fight with Batman alone.
** Screen Junkies' ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers "Honest Trailers'' parodied this by saying in their trailer, "But chaos will arrive in the form of Bane, [[DoubleEntendre a villain whom no one can fully understand]]."
* WholeCostumeReference: His shaved head and face mask evoke the imagery of the Mutant Leader in ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' while retaining Nolan's trademark realism.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Amusingly, once things start going sideways, Bane fully intended on subverting this disregarding Talia's orders and moving to blow Batman's head off, saying he'll "just have to imagine the fire". Catwoman prevented him from following through, however.
* WickedCultured: Exceptionally polite, eloquent, and possessed of bitingly sharp wit; he's also a ruthless terrorist.
* WifeHusbandry: [[spoiler:Implied; he and Talia certainly shared an affectionate relationship since she was a child, but whether it's romantic is unclear.]]
* WithMyHandsTied: In the novelization, he doesn't break his handcuffs right away, and kills the CIA agent with a NeckSnap while hanging upside-down from the seats as the plane goes vertical. ''Then'' he breaks his handcuffs.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Given his backstory, it's almost impossible not to feel a degree of sympathy for him. In addition, going by his comment about being born and raised in the darkness, it's very likely that Bane [[spoiler:was born in the prison just like Talia.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Has at least some level of respect for Bruce and compliments his fighting style during their first conflict.
* WouldHitAGirl: Whereas Batman is the heroic version of this and fights male and female criminals, Bane refusing to recognize gender in a fight highlights his [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]] and cruelty. Take his role in the Stock Exchange heist: when he enters, he uses his motorcycle helmet to smack a female security guard straight in the face, then uses it to quickly knock out three of her colleagues in a matter of seconds. He also has a female hostage on his motorcycle when he's leaving the building.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:Played straight when protected a young Talia in the Pit]], and waited until the child singing the national anthem had left the football field before setting off the explosives, just for his "lovely voice", but was willing to kill every single inhabitant of Gotham, children included.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Coldly kills two of his men for bringing Gordon to their hideout, risking the exposure of their operation.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The second [[UnwittingPawn Daggett]] is no longer needed, he breaks his neck and throws his body in a dumpster.
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[[folder:Barsad]]
!!''Barsad''
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nolanverse_barsad.png]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoshStewart
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' César Garduza (Latin-American Spanish)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''
Bane's second in command.
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* AdaptationalNationality: Bane was Latino in the comics. Here, although it's never made clear what his nationality is in the movie, he appears to be white and was, prior to joining the league, being held in a Middle-Eastern prison.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: In the comics, Bane was raised in a Santa Priscan prison and never met the al-Ghuls until he was an adult; Ra's briefly considered him a potential heir during ''Contagion'' and "Legacy" despite Talia's distaste. [[spoiler:In this trilogy, the roles are reversed.]]
* AdaptationalJobChange: [[spoiler:While Bane did work with the League in the ''Legacy'' arc, he didn't go so far as to serve as [[TheDragon their Dragon]].]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: This adaption of Bane largely draws from comic arcs in which he is presented as a CardCarryingVillain. Namely "Knightfall", in which he [[spoiler:engineers chaos across Gotham and breaks Batman's back to take over the city]]; "Legacy", in which he antagonizes Gotham to prove himself [[spoiler:a worthy heir to Ra's Al Ghul]]; and the ''Batman: Bane'' one-shot in which he threatens Gotham with a Nuclear Bomb. [[spoiler:However, this is {{subverted|Trope}} in the climax, when Talia reveals he protected her from being raped and murdered by their fellow prisoners when they were young. This is more evocative of the protective relationship Bane develops with Scandal in Gail Simone's "Secret Six". Especially when compared to his comic counterpart's relationship with Talia in "Legacy", where ''he'' actually threatens to rape her.]]
* AdaptationalWimp: This version of Bane lost the superhuman strength the Venom granted him in the comics, moreover Bane here is a charismatic figurehead but is only [[spoiler:TheDragon to Talia al Ghul, the real mastermind]]. Still, his achievements do not let this trope transpire much. Plus, he does have literal [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Charles Atlas Superpowers]], so he technically does have superhuman strength, just not from [[FantasticDrug Venom]] in this case.
** Bane also loses out on an aspect of his original backstory in that [[spoiler:he never escapes from Peña Duro, with that part of his history instead being given to Talia.]]
* AgeLift: As noted under OlderThanTheyLook below, this version of Bane would have to be at least in his 50s, making him older than Batman, whereas in the comics Bane is younger and they're much closer in age.
* AllThereInTheManual: The novelization and original script include a few deleted scenes and alterations of existing scenes that expand on his past and motivations. [[spoiler:Namely, showing his training with Ra's al Ghul and how he is ultimately more motivated to accomplish what his mentor could not by besting Batman and forcing Gotham to destroy itself, rather than out of complete devotion to his partner and friend Talia. The movie's removal of these scenes makes the interpretation of his motivations more ambiguous.]]
-->'''Bane:''' [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul rescued me from the pit. That is why I must fulfill his destiny.]]
* AllegoricalCharacter: Bane seems to represent the idea of Revolution, particularly those that involve uprisings and armed rebellions. In fact, Bane's revolution in Gotham is explicitly designed to be evocative of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. Some commentators and authors have even noted parallels with UsefulNotes/TheArabSpring.
* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCriminals Earth-Prime]], one on [[Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery Earth-66]] and one on [[Film/BatmanFilmSeries Earth-97]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Bane has Batman's ''number'' in hand-to-hand combat, but is obsessed with proving to himself and Batman that he is the better fighter and student of Ra's. That being said, the fact that he [[FeelNoPain Feels No Pain]] gives him an unfair advantage over Bruce. When his mask is damaged, he is instead ''crippled'' by pain, so there is no real way of fairly comparing his raw skill to Bruce's.
* AnimalMotif: Apes. His mask was modeled on a baboon's jaws when it snarls, he's built sort of stocky but heavily muscled, he wears a furred collar in some scenes, and during his first fight with Batman he uses his arms to move himself around a lot and in his second, gives into an animalistic rage when his mask is broken.
* ArchEnemy: To Batman, possibly more than The Joker. He is basically the quintessential FinalBoss for Batman, as he represents both an [[EvilGenius intellectual]] and [[GeniusBruiser physical]] threat to him. Not only that, his debut in the third and final film of the trilogy represents a regression of the loose ends of the first film.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: There's a reason why as TheLeader of The League of Shadows, [[spoiler:or at least ''one'' of the leaders]]. Bane beats the everloving shit out of Batman but when he does lead the remains of Gotham during his hostile takeover, he's more in charge.
* AxCrazy: He's rampantly homicidal and very good at hiding it. Among his brutal violence, {{Berserker}} behavior, extreme [[{{Sadist}} sadism]], and willingness to kill literally millions of people, there is something definitely ''off'' with him.
** This makes sense, since the Pit has hardened Bane into a violent, homicidal, ruthless, sadistic monster.
** This becomes part of his downfall once Batman damages his mask. After being in crippling pain he's throwing mad and wild punches almost with animal like ferocity as opposed to his confident brawler status before.
* BadassAndChildDuo: [[spoiler:When Talia was a kid and he was her guardian, until her escape.]]
* BadassArmy: The League of Shadows is a smaller scale version of one. Selina even warns Batman that Bane and his men now aren't the average thugs.
* BadassBiker: Bane also has the talent of a professional motorcycle rider, as he and his men escape from the Stock Exchange on motorcycles, doing ramps and easily evading the cops. It also serves as a MythologyGag because his red helmet gives him some resemblance to the Red Hood/Jason Todd.
* BadassBoast: He's a ''fountain'' of these, and he backs each one up in rather spectacular fashion.
-->'''Bane:''' And when it is done, and Gotham is... ''ashes''... you have my permission to die.
* BadassLongcoat: There's no denying it. His fur coat with shearling collar was specially designed for the film.
* BaldHeadOfToughness: Bane is a completely bald hulking mass of a dude who is the only one in the trilogy to best Batman in hand-to-hand combat by simply being stronger than him (and him being MadeOfIron due to [[spoiler:the drug in his mask letting him feel no pain]]), culminating with Bane [[spoiler:breaking Batman's back]]. This is in contrast to the [[Film/TheDarkKnight previous film]]'s primary antagonist, The Joker, who tormented Batman psychologically.
* BaldOfEvil: He's bald and an evil terrorist.
* BaritoneOfStrength: Two of the most memorable reviewers descriptions' of it are: "Creator/IanMcKellen gargling meths in a wind tunnel" and "UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill wearing [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader's]] helmet".
* BenevolentBoss: Notwithstanding the occasional YouHaveFailedMe moments. Unlike the Joker, he is good and respectful to his men, to the point that they happily sacrifice themselves for his cause.
* BerserkButton: Mentioning his expulsion from the League of Shadows. When Batman mentions this during their first "[[CurbStompBattle fight]]", Bane's response is to ''beat him harder''.
* TheBerserker: By means of LightningBruiser, Bane's fighting style involves pummeling them senseless [[CombatPragmatist as swiftly (yet as brutally)]] as possible. As seen in all his fight scenes, the only time he lets up is to charge/pursue his opponent, or [[BreakThemByTalking to give a brief demoralizing speech]].
* BigBadDuumvirate: Of the third movie. Bane may be subservient to [[spoiler:Talia]], but they work towards their goal of destroying Gotham together and both share the spot as the main threat to Batman.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Big Guy to the CIA agent's Little Guy.
* BodyguardCrush: [[spoiler:Possibly on Talia. He protected her in the Pit. That might be one of the reasons Ra's despised him.]]
* BondVillainStupidity: By the end of the first act, Bane has Batman dead to rights and has broken him in body and spirit but decides to stuff him into a seemingly inescapable prison where he will need to watch Gotham be destroyed from afar. Bane learns from this later in the story where he decides to just kill Batman instead of letting him wait to die when the bomb that will destroy Gotham goes off.
* BookEnds: Bane has now appeared in the last films of both of the Batman film series', (''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' respectively.) [[spoiler:And both times he was working with a NonActionBigBad FemmeFatale.]]
* BreakoutCharacter: It's no exaggeration to say that Bane became synonymous with ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Much like Heath Ledger's Joker before him, Tom Hardy's portrayal of Bane made him one of the most memorable villains in the trilogy. In fact, this Bane proved to be insanely popular, which led many later depictions of Bane in other media to be brought closer to the ''Dark Knight Rises'' version of Bane, in particular the design of his mask.
* BreakTheHaughty: Bane started out as big and tough, and [[spoiler:utterly beat Batman during their first encounter.]] But during the climax of the movie, he was not only stunned by [[spoiler:Batman's recovery.]] He also felt genuinely threatened by him, to the point of [[spoiler:defying Talia's wish to keep him alive until the bomb's detonation.]]
* BreakThemByTalking:
** Most of what he says to Batman during the first [[CurbStompBattle "fight"]] is this, with a few {{Badass Boast}}s thrown in.
** He delivers another to Bruce in the Pit, detailing how the prison is designed to break his will and revealing his intent to terrorize and destroy Gotham as an additional torture for Bruce.
* BreakingTheBonds: He effortlessly snaps off his bonds on the plane.
* BrutalHonesty: He's surprisingly upfront about what the penalties are for failing him.
-->'''Bane:''' Search him [Gordon]. Then I will kill you.
** Indeed, he follows through, shooting the guy and sending his body into the storm drain.
* TheChampion: [[spoiler:To Talia, at least during their time in the Pit.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: "I'm ''necessary'' evil."
* CharacterTics: Bane has a habit of holding his jacket lapels open like a very dapper gentleman, even when he's not wearing lapels or even a jacket. Given that he also permanently wears a somewhat uncomfortable anesthetic mask, this may just be a way to get some air on his neck. [[spoiler:Fridge Brilliance when you realize Henri Ducard had a similar habit when he was the living Leader of the League of Shadows. Considering that Bane considers himself the one to "fulfill Ra's al Ghul's destiny", it would seem he is trying to emulate his former mentor in every aspect possible.]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: A rare literal example. Prison life in the Pit made him a seriously tough man. He can punch through concrete columns with his '''bare fists'''. He can also lift a fully armored Batman off the ground with one hand, and at the end of the fight, actually cracks Batman's cowl, which is specifically designed to withstand impact.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:To what extent the EvilPlan was drawn up by Talia instead of by Bane is debatable, but there's no denying his execution of it. A lot of Bane's moves, including abducting Dr. Pavel, the Stock Exchange attack, and rigging the construction sites with explosive concrete, clearly are things he planned.]]
* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Batman defeats him right before the truth about Talia is revealed to him.]]
* TheCoatsAreOff: Casts his coat off during the climax, just before his second fight with Batman.
* CoolMask: Terrifying, too. As he notes, this is what made him a nightmare.
* CombatPragmatist: Unlike The Joker from ''The Dark Knight'', he definitely knows how to fight. Like The Joker, he has no problems with underhanded tactics [[spoiler:like on the airplane, where the paramilitary henchmen surprise the U.S. army soldiers by shooting through the plane windows when the soldiers aren't even aware the henchmen are nearby]].
* CompositeCharacter: While this version of Bane is largely based off his comic book counterpart, he shares more in backstory and motivation with Ubu, the loyal strongman servant to the al Ghul family. He also shares elements in common with the Mutant Leader from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''. They are both brutal, bald, GeniusBruiser villains who are able to cultivate a leadership of the disenfranchised in Gotham. They both [[spoiler:defeat Batman in their first match by physically overwhelming the older hero]] and are both [[spoiler:defeated by him in their second match when he fights more tactically.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Joker, the BigBad of the [[Film/TheDarkKnight second film]]. Both are charismatic, eccentric, cruel, {{sadist}}ic, [[AxCrazy unhinged]], and to some extent [[EvilIsHammy Hammy]], and they both share the same hobby of tormenting Batman, who is unquestionably their ArchEnemy. The big difference between them is that the battle against The Joker is more psychological than physical; besides, he's a chaotic sociopath who doesn't swear allegiance to anyone. Bane is a zealot with a [[PrivateMilitaryContractors fully militarized organization]], in contrast to The Joker's [[TheMafia Mafia]]-[[TheSyndicate like criminal organization]], and Bane represents an active threat [[GeniusBruiser both physically and psychologically]] to Batman. Ironically, Bane got exactly what The Joker wanted: to expose the truth of Harvey Dent and lead Gotham City to impending hopelessness. And yet, The Joker managed to triumph (in a way) and Bane didn´t.
* CurbStompBattle:
** His first fight with Batman is so ridiculously one-sided that this is the only way you can describe it. Yes, Batman gets in plenty of good hits, but they don't have ''any'' noticeable effect.
** His second one starts out the same way, until Batman overpowers his PunchCatch and begins to AttackItsWeakPoint, breaking Bane's mask.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Claims to have been "born in [the dark]".
* DarkIsEvil: In direct contrast to Batman's DarkIsNotEvil. Bane even waxes poetic about his relationship with darkness while criticizing Batman's tactics during their first fight.
-->'''Bane:''' Oh, you think the darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. ''Molded'' by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, and by then, it was nothing to me but ''BLINDING!'' ''[grabs Batman by the neck and tosses him]'' [[BadassBoast The shadows betray you, because they belong to me!]]
* DarkMessiah: He convinces Gotham's citizens that he is trying to "liberate" them and give them control of their city from the corrupt businesses and government of the city. [[spoiler:He succeeds with quite a few of them, driving the city further into chaos before the city is nuked, just to torture Bruce.]]
* DeadpanSnarker:
** For example, in his intro scene, he snarks about how terrible the CIA are at {{High Altitude Interrogation}}s, [[spoiler:saying a comrade isn't talking because "perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man, ''before'' throwing him out of a plane."]]
** When he's attacking the stock exchange, a trader protests that there's no money he can steal. Bane says, "Really? Then why are you people here?"
** [[spoiler:When he's about to kill Batman, defying Talia's order to keep him alive until the nuke goes off, Bane quips, "You'll just have to ''imagine'' the fire."]]
* DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler:In the first six minutes of the film, Bane kidnaps Dr. Pavel and arranges a mid-flight blood transfusion with a henchman, so it would seem as though Pavel died in the crash. He has the line "Calm down, Doctor, now's not the time for fear. That comes later," to Pavel; and indeed, he forces the guy to arm an atomic bomb intended to kill all of Gotham, then unceremoniously snaps his neck in public to ensure that it will.]]
* DeathSeeker: Bane has a profound lack of self-preservation, demonstrated in that his ultimate plan involves [[spoiler:detonating a nuke while remaining on ground zero, mostly because they have succumbed to RevengeBeforeReason.]] Add in the fact that Bane admits that he's pure evil, though in his opinion a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary one]], and the resulting clash with his KnightTemplar philosophy seems to have led him to this path. Though given a moniker like his, it's not hard to believe.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Much like The Joker, his character was altered to make him more realistic and mundane than his previous counterparts were. Bane is every bit as formidable a fighter as in the comics, but his ostentatious [[MaskedLuchador luchador mask]] has been discarded in favor of a intimidating looking breathing apparatus. Also, this is one of the first times he's shown his GeniusBruiser nature in an adaptation. Previous adaptations either had his intelligence as an InformedAbility, or [[Film/BatmanAndRobin just portrayed him as a dumb brute.]]
* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: To get into the Stock Exchange, Bane disguises himself as a deliveryman with a motorcycle helmet to hide his face. Simultaneously, his henchman Petrov disguises himself as a food delivery carrier to smuggle a pistol onto the trading floor.
* DespairEventHorizon: {{Implied|Trope}}. Bane describes the Pit as the place where he learned the truth about despair, [[spoiler: and after helping Talia to escape, was left permanently crippled with pain and unable to escape himself until Ra's al Ghul rescued him]]. It's left ambiguous as to whether or not Bane ever crossed the DespairEventHorizon, and if he did, whether or not he ever recovered.
* DisabledInTheAdaptation: This version of Bane is in a near-constant state of pain, and has to wear his mask at all times in order to not feel the effects of his previous injuries. In the comics, Bane has no such affliction, even managing to leave behind his addiction to Venom eventually.
* DisabledSnarker: Thanks to the mask and its pain killers along with his regular witty banter.
-->'''CIA Agent:''' If I pull that off, will you die?\\
'''Bane:''' It would be extremely painful...\\
'''CIA Agent:''' You're a big guy.\\
'''Bane:''' ...for you.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: At first it seems like Bane is the mastermind of the plot to destroy Gotham in ''The Dark Knight Rises'', but he's secretly working for [[spoiler:Talia al Ghul, who wants to avenge her father's demise in ''Batman Begins''.]]
* DissonantSerenity: Despite the conditions surrounding him in Gotham (albeit conditions that he himself caused), Bane never seems anything but completely calm. [[spoiler:Only when Batman damages his mask during their rematch does [[VillainousBreakdown his cool begin to fracture]].]] This could be the result of the gas being euphoric.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Although Bane is okay with using firearms when necessary, he only holds a firearm twice - when Gordon is delivered to his lair, he takes Gordon's pistol and uses it to shoot one of the thugs who delivered Gordon; the second time is at the end, where he's preparing to use a shotgun on Batman but Selina interferes before he can use it. Most of the time, he'll just use his hands.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Bane does ''not'' take disrespect lightly, as any time he's on the receiving end of a lecture ends badly for the other guy. Even being taunted about his excommunication by Batman, another initiate who didn't do so well, upsets him to the point he gives him an even firmer beating.
-->'''CIA Agent:''' ''[[DeathByMocking [sarcastic]]]'' Well congratulations, you got yourselves caught. What's the next step of your master plan?\\
''[Bane rises, [[ISurrenderSuckers snaps his metal handcuffs]]]''\\
'''Bane:''' Crashing this plane... ''with no survivors!''
** Daggett too makes this mistake, and starts chewing him out ''before'' he realizes whom he's dealing with:
--->'''Bane:''' ''[to Stryver]'' Leave us.\\
'''Daggett:''' You stay right there! I'm in charge!\\
''[Bane [[TranquilFury calmly]] puts his hand on Daggett's collar]''\\
'''Bane:''' Do you ''feel'' in charge?
* TheDragon:
** Bane poses as one for John Daggett, doing all of Daggett's dirty work, including attacking the Stock Exchange to bankrupt Bruce so that Daggett can take over Wayne Enterprises.
** In reality, Bane may be this to [[spoiler:Talia al Ghul]], if not part of a BigBadDuumvirate. Everything he does is supportive of [[spoiler:her]] plan for revenge and at the climax of the film, he provides the [[spoiler:penultimate threat, having to be killed before Batman can go after her.]]
* DragonInChief: Since Daggett is a talker, Bane does most of the dirty work for him, including an assault on the Stock Exchange [[spoiler:which houses most of Wayne's money that Daggett wanted. As stated above, if Bane is truly Talia's Dragon, he somewhat still fits this trope because he carries out Talia's plan, which makes him appear to be (and act like) the sole BigBad himself, both in- and out-of-universe, until TheReveal.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: He fakes being Daggett's Dragon and uses him as an UnwittingPawn, before eventually killing him.
* TheDreaded: Selina Kyle is afraid of him, even more so once she sees him break Bruce's back. Alfred, after hearing rumors about him and seeing footage of him at the Stock Exchange, is convinced that Bruce doesn't stand a chance against him.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Justified considering that up to the point where Selina Kyle kills him with the Batpod's cannons, he's been shown to be NighInvulnerable. Being blown away by the Batpod's guns is so sudden that the viewer may take a moment to realize what happened. Even more so, it seems like HoistByHisOwnPetard, given that two of Bane's gunfight ambushes involved similar "take the other side by surprise" tactics; and that a great many deaths he facilitated/executed himself were equally sudden and undignified. There's also the simpler reasoning that Bane, NighInvulnerable ImplacableMan, had to be killed by ''a damn miniature rocket launching at him at full speed'', which is clearly no gentle way to go - but in truth, nothing less than that could ever take a man like him down.]]
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: Due to his mask, his voice has a somewhat airy quality to it and never sounds crystal clear.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:His relationship with Talia and vice versa.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Assuming his open disgust at reading Gordon's confession letter isn't just him putting on an act for the citizens of Gotham, even he is disappointed at how much corruption and underhanded deals had to be made in order to get the Dent Act passed.
* EvilCounterpart: Set up to be Batman's as both are intelligent, skilled and trained under the League of Shadows. [[spoiler:TheReveal also shows that both men are OlderThanTheyLook and physically crippled without devices in their respective costumes. Both men also seek to inspire hope in Gotham for different ends.]]
* EvilBrit: His nationality isn't stated, but Bane speaks like a jovial English gentleman while terrorizing Gotham with destruction.
* EvilIsHammy: Mainly during his public speeches. It also helps to see that everything he's saying are BlatantLies and he doesn't believe a word of them. It's almost as if he's mocking the very people he's trying to agitate.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Not ''too'' much, but the mask deepens Tom Hardy's naturally nasal voice quite a bit. Some foreign dubs ''do'' give him a very deep voice, possibly to correct his ([[WordOfGod intentional]]) VocalDissonance in English.
* EvilerThanThou:
** [[spoiler:Daggett]] realized too late that he was out of his league. "You're...pure evil..."
** [[spoiler:He is also implied to be too evil for Ra's al Ghul, ''himself a Well-Intentioned Extremist''. Deleted scenes show that Bane's experience being tortured and crippled in the Pit made his fighting style too ruthless for even Ra's, leading to his excommunication. It's subtly hinted that Bane's desire to use nuclear weapons may have also factored into it.]]
* EvilOverlord: Is one for the new League of Shadows [[spoiler:and becomes a discreet version over Gotham after he traps it with the intent of destroying it.]]
* EvilPlan: "Fulfill Ra's al Ghul's destiny" by completing his EvilPlan from ''Begins'': MercyKill Gotham.
* {{Expy}}: Of Madame [=DeFarge=] from Creator/CharlesDickens ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'', of which Nolan had in mind when writing the script for ''The Dark Knight Rises''. You can even see him knitting during their mock trial sessions just like the latter.
* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:He's so focused on going to kill Bruce, he doesn't hear Selina roll up with the Bat-Pod into City Hall and is shot dead before he even realizes she's there]].
* FalseProphet: Bane presents himself as a savior that would liberate Gotham's citizens from capitalist chains. His true objective is to [[spoiler:destroy Gotham and get revenge on Batman]].
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears a gauntlet/wrist brace thing on his right hand. This may be to HandWave the fact that Bane can shatter Batman's cowl--which is some durable graphite/Kevlar composite--with his bare hands and not break his hand in the process.
* FateWorseThanDeath: He sought to inflict one on Bruce, by [[ForcedToWatch forcing him to watch]] as Bane tortured and ultimately destroyed Gotham, while Bruce was left in the Pit with his back broken, helpless to do anything about it.
-->'''Bruce:''' Why didn't you just... kill me?\\
'''Bane:''' You don't fear death. You welcome it. Your punishment must be more ''severe''.\\
'''Bruce:''' Torture?\\
'''Bane:''' Yes. But not of your body. Of your soul.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Bane is a brutal and ruthless terrorist who maintains a polite, jovial demeanor while blowing up bridges and a stadium, beating someone mercilessly, or preparing to snap someone's neck.
** For example, Bane compliments the singing abilities of the boy singing the national anthem ("That's a lovely, lovely voice!") right before he blows up the football stadium.
** He's almost always polite to the people he's about to kill. "Thank you, good doctor!" is what he says before breaking Dr. Pavel's neck, and he says, "I'm on your schedule, captain," right before crushing Captain Jones's neck.
* FeelNoPain: His mask is primarily meant to relieve pain from his past injury, but judging from how he barely even reacts to Batman's blows in their first fight, it seems that it also makes him immune to all other pain as well. More evidence for this comes in their second fight. [[spoiler:Even though Bane has the physical upper hand, when Batman damages his mask, Bane suddenly feels the hits that Batman's throwing, on top of the crippling face injury that made the mask necessary in the first place. It clearly disorients Bane, who probably isn't used to that kind of non-dulled pain, allowing Batman to take the lead in the fight.]]
* FinalBoss: Bane is, along with [[spoiler:Talia]], one of the final antagonists Batman has to face.
* {{Foil}}:
** To The Joker. Both are equally charismatic, eccentric, cruel, {{sadist}}ic, [[AxCrazy unhinged]], and to some extent [[EvilIsHammy Hammy]], and they both share the same hobby of tormenting Batman, who is unquestionably their ArchEnemy. The big difference between them is that the battle against The Joker is more psychological than physical; besides, he's a chaotic sociopath who doesn't swear allegiance to anyone. Bane is a zealot with a [[PrivateMilitaryContractors fully militarized organization]], in contrast to The Joker's [[TheMafia Mafia]]-[[TheSyndicate like criminal organization]], and [Bane] represents an active threat [[GeniusBruiser both physically and psychologically]] to Batman. In many ways, Bane has resources The Joker would have dreamed of. Ironically, Bane got exactly what The Joker wanted: to expose the truth of Harvey Dent and lead Gotham City to impending hopelessness.
** To John Blake, as both men are revealed to [[spoiler:seek to carry on the legacy of a former crime fighter. It's telling that Bruce Wayne eventually learns to trust John Blake with his legacy while Ra's Al Ghul rejects Bane.]]
* ForeheadOfDoom: This man's skull should be classified as a deadly weapon with the amount of times he uses it to ''thoroughly'' incapacitate someone, with the band of his mask running down the center only aiding in its destructive power.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric. As the field marshal of the League of Shadows, Bane is born-leader. He's also incredibly controlling, domineering, charismatic, and aggressive.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:He was heavily implied to have been born in the Pit, and had to endure a horrible life there. He later began protecting Talia after some inmates killed her mother, and eventually he helped her escape from the Pit, which resulted in the inmates pummeling him, leaving him in constant agony.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was born and raised in a prison few people even know about and goes on to become a terrorist who brings Gotham to it's knees. As he puts it, "No one cared who I was until I put on the mask."
* GeniusBruiser: It took nearly 20 years, but he's finally been portrayed this way in a major adaptation.
** In just the first six minutes of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', he both defeats U.S. Army soldiers and a CIA agent by [[OutGambitted tricking them into loading himself, two of his men, and Dr. Pavel onto the plane. He then has a C-130 Hercules filled with his men ambush the CIA plane from above, where they fast-rope down and shoot out the windows, killing off the US soldiers.]] Bane then fakes Dr. Pavel's death by transfusing the doctor's blood into another guy's corpse--in mid-flight--and then escapes with the doctor; leaving the plane to crash with the corpse and one of Bane's men (as per the travel plans that the agent mentioned).
** He also demonstrates knowledge of psychological torture, which he sees as more intense than physical pain, the prime example of this being [[spoiler:the fusion reactor/atom bomb. The bomb is armed, but not immediately detonated, for two primary purposes: to give Gotham a false hope that they may be saved by obeying Bane (they won't, as the bomb will detonate in 5 months regardless), and to force Bruce to watch as his city rots over a prolonged period of time, culminating in its destruction.]]
** A throwaway line indicates that he has at least a working knowledge of nuclear physics, when he says "Five [months to the core's detonation], by my calculations."
* GenreBlind: [[spoiler:Once when he puts Bruce in the prison he grew up in which he knew Talia escaped from, rather than just shooting him when he had the chance; the other time when he expresses genuine shock at Batman exploiting his weakness in their rematch. Then again, he may have kept Batman alive due to Talia's orders, seeing as Talia wants Batman to see his city destroyed, even if Bane had other ideas. Later, Bane sees the problem in keeping Batman alive and defies Talia's orders to keep him alive... though Selina blows him away before Bane can kill Batman.]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:A late reveal explains other prisoners severely mutilated his face, ''including'' the prison doctor's "fumbling attempts" to fix it only making it worse, which is another reason he wears a mask. Since the said mask also pumps him with powerful painkillers that make his agony ''manageable'', and it covers most of his head and face, what lies underneath is left to the imagination.]]
* HandicappedBadass: This rendition of Bane suffered a serious injury in his backstory (from when he helped Talia escape from the Pit), leaving him in agonizing pain when he's without the anesthetic gas supplied through his mask.
* TheHeavy: In more ways than one. On top of being extremely well-built, he's also the main bad guy driving the plot forward. [[spoiler:He's not the sole BigBad, either - Talia holds this title as well, but whereas she uses her role in Wayne Enterprises to covertly support their plans, Bane's got more overt influence.]]
* HeroKiller: Bane is responsible for the deaths of [[spoiler:Gotham's mayor, the Special Forces team the government sends to save Gotham (he even has their bodies hanged for the world to see), and kills various other characters like a CIA agent and Dr. Pavel]]. Bane is also arguably a Villain Killer too, as he kills both some of his henchmen and [[spoiler:John Dagget]]. Long story short, if you stand in the way of Bane [[spoiler:and Talia's]] plot, he is most likely to kill you.
* HitlerCam: At 5'9" Tom Hardy is not in fact a particularly big guy, so camera angles were combined with [[ScullyBox three inch lift shoes]] to make Bane seem like he towers over everyone else.
* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Fully intends to avert this when he is about to execute Batman with a shotgun, rather than leave him alive for the bomb on Talia's orders. He would have accomplished it, too, if it hadn't been for Selina Kyle arriving and blasting him on the spot.]]
* HopeIsScary: An ardent believer of this, as it informs both his backstory and his method of torture. The Pit was an open air prison that, if the prisoner could manage to climb out, they'd be free to go. Many tried, but none succeeded until Bane [[spoiler:or more accurately, Talia]] did it as a child, and it showed him how there can be no true despair without the faintest glimmer of hope to give that despair meaning. [[spoiler:When he throws Bruce down there, he specifically sets up a television in his cell so that Bruce can watch Gotham tear itself apart, knowing that being able to save his city is just one climb (and spinal re-adjustment) away. An extremely difficult vertical climb, especially if the person attempting it--like Bruce--has lost the fear of death that would see him reach the surface.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: [[spoiler:Talia isn't tiny, but Bane completely dwarfs her.]]
* HulkingOut: While he doesn't display it as in the comic, it's given a nod with his seemingly gaining strength and ferocity once Batman breaks his mask. See also TurnsRed.
* IAmTheNoun: "''I ''am'' the League of Shadows!''"
** Also, during a later scene:
--->'''Daggett:''' ''[whispers]'' What are you?!\\
'''Bane:''' I'm Gotham's reckoning. Here to end the borrowed time you've all been living on.\\
'''Daggett:''' ''[sobbing]'' You're pure evil.\\
'''Bane:''' I'm ''necessary'' evil.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Two of his henchmen sneak submachine guns into the Stock Exchange by posing as a janitor and a shoeshiner.
* TheJuggernaut: Bane is unstoppable. Batman struggles to even land a noticeable blow on him in both of their fights, can't handle his [[LightningBruiser very quick and very hard hits]] being dished out. Even though it comes off as anticlimatic, [[spoiler: Selina has the right idea in mind in blasting him with [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill the Batpod's cannons]] to stop him]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Considering that he blithely ignored his partner's last wish to spitefully Drop a bridge on Batman, one can interpret this as him getting his just desserts. Also to all of the sudden, undignified deaths he has dished out over the film.]]
* KickTheDog: It isn't really noticeable, but after chatting with an injured Bruce in the Pit, Bane moves to get up--pressing against Bruce's chest. It's a wonder that his heart and lungs weren't crushed.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Catwoman blasts him with the Batpod's cannon before he gets the chance to execute Batman]].
* KnightTemplar: Carrying on the legacy left by Ra's al Ghul to [[spoiler:destroy Gotham.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Bane's arrival certainly takes the foundations caused by The Joker and makes things even worse. He's also a formidable fighter and EvilGenius, and his revolution provides the DarkestHour of the entire trilogy.
* LadyAndKnight: [[spoiler:The Black Knight to Talia's Dark Lady. He takes care of her and carries out her will.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: He dwarfs his minions and everyone else. [[MemeticMutation He's a big guy.]]
* LargeHam: Borderline ColdHam, but regardless, Tom Hardy eats the scenes he's in.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Deshi! Deshi! Basara! Basara!"
* LightningBruiser: When pointing to footage of him effortlessly taking out five security guards as evidence that he far out classes Bruce in hand to hand combat, the first thing Alfred points out is his speed.
* MadeOfIron: Justified. Bane can easily tank Batman's blows without breaking a sweat ''and'' without any armor since [[spoiler:it's really his mask letting him FeelNoPain. Once his [[AttackItsWeakPoint mask is damaged]], all bets are off.]]
* MaskOfPower: A realistic example. He uses the mask to get through the pain of a serious injury [[spoiler: which had occurred when he was severely punished by the other inmates at the HellholePrison for helping Talia al Ghul escape.]]
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Justified in this case, as [[spoiler:the mask was the only thing that could even allow him to walk, much less fight with no hindrances, due to his severe injuries. Once it was damaged...]]
* MythologyGag: The only way Batman could weaken him is by [[spoiler:slicing the anesthetic tubes on his mask, allowing his immense bodily pain to do the rest, with his gauntlet scallops]]. This method comes pretty close to how Bane could be defeated in the comics, by slicing his Venom tubes to weaken him. [[spoiler:Also a low-key CallBack to how Batman used the same weapons to briefly stun the Joker.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The word "Bane" holds a whole mess of negative connotations.
* NecessarilyEvil: He [[InvokedTrope refers to himself as such]] as a PreMortemOneLiner before breaking Daggett's neck.
* NeckLift: Does it to Batman in their first fight.
* NeckSnap: Bane loves using this as his M.O. and his strength allows him do it with almost no effort. Among the people he kills in this way are: the first of the two sewer thugs who bring Gordon to his lair, Daggett, Dr. Pavel, and Captain Jones (in his case a Neck ''Crush'').
* NoSell: [[spoiler:His first fight with Batman has Bane not only NoSell Batman's attacks, but also his intimidation tactics. This includes maintaining his jocular {{Character Tic|s}} pose whilst Batman repeatedly punches him in the face ''with armored gauntlets.'']]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: A villainous example. [[spoiler:He became Talia's protector and helped her escape. This selfless action on Bane's part resulted in several prisoners exacting revenge on him by beating him to within an inch of his life, forcing him to don an anesthetic mask.]]
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Batman initially believes from the start that Bane is just another League of Shadows goon, and dismisses Alfred's assessment of his fighting prowess by stating he'll just "fight harder." It's only during their first fight that Batman learns just how dangerous he really is.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: ZigZagged. Bane is publicly an Anarcho-Communist extremist of sorts and claims to be doing all of this for fight corruption and help the poor and disenfranchised take back their city from the rich and powerful, but privately tells Bruce that this is more about punishing ''all'' of Gotham for it's decadence and getting RevengeByProxy on Bruce specifically, plus as a member of the League of Shadows (and supposedly extreme even by their standards) his ''true'' ideology is probably less Anarchism or communism or anything to do with fighting for the poor, and more about taking a hardline approach to crime and enforcing draconian measures. He arguably ''does'' have good-ish intentions, at least in his own mind, but they are not the same as the ones he professes.
* OhCrap:
** When he sees the flaming Bat Symbol, he can only utter, "[[ThisCannotBe Impossible...!]]"
** When the remainder of the GCPD come down the street to confront Bane and his men, Bane dismisses them and orders his men to fire on them with their Tumblers... only for Batman to show up in The Bat, block the shots and disable their guns to Bane's surprise. Allowing the cops to change in and start the final battle.
** His reaction to [[spoiler:Batman damaging his mask.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: If the flashback is any indication, he is at least in his mid-fifties. Compared to real life, Creator/TomHardy was 35 when it was released; even Creator/ChristianBale is three years older than him.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: A rare in-universe example: whenever Bane talks casual even when speaking louder he has an affable European (of the Scottish or German variety) accent, but when he gets really sinister or enraged, it slips into the Hispanic action. An example would be when he said "You betrayed us." during his first fight with Batman.
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:He is one or more of these to Talia. The movie is too vague to determine which.]]
* PetTheDog:
** For all his brutality, he does have several of these moments, a quick example of which is [[spoiler:his relationship with Talia.]]
** Despite planning to destroy Gotham, he at least gives his prisoners food and provisions (though that likely plays into his hope-brings-despair mindset).
** While this could also count as HonorBeforeReason, he never reveals Bruce's identity to the general public. [[spoiler:Bane even went as far as to indirectly clear Batman's name for the events of [[Film/TheDarkKnight the previous movie]] by reading Gordon's confession speech.]]
* PreAsskickingOneLiner:
** This exchange:
--->'''CIA:''' Now what's the next step in your master plan?\\
'''Bane:''' Crashing this plane.''[Paramilitary soldiers jump off the C130 Hercules descending over the commuter jet]'' With no survivors! ''[He breaks his cuffs as the soldiers land on the side of the plane and fire through the windows]''
** Most of Bane's talk to Batman in their first fight is this.
* PreMortemOneLiner: He's pretty fond of these:
** To CIA: "Crashing this plane... with no survivors!" He then does just that.
** To a henchman who he had just told to stay behind so the authorities find one of his own in the wreckage: "Yes... the fire rises." This is after the henchman in question asks if they had "started the fire" they have planned for.
** To another henchman who shot Gordon but had failed to make sure he was truly dead: "Follow him!" Cue the fatal gunshot that sends said henchman down the same path in the sewers Gordon took to escape.
** To Daggett: "I'm necessary evil." Cue the NeckSnap.
** To Dr. Pavel: "[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Thank you, Doctor.]]" Another NeckSnap follows.
** To Captain Jones, who claims that "[[UnhandThemVillain I'll die before I talk.]]": "[[ExactWords I'm on your schedule, Captain.]]" Cue a [[NeckSnap Neck Crush]]--and not a fast one, either.
** At the end, he attempts this on the Batman: "You'll just have to imagine the fire." [[spoiler:Cue Selina coming in to dispatch him with a mortar round fired from the Batpod, followed by a BondOneLiner of her own.]]
* PunchCatch: In both fights with Batman. To add insult to injury, he hits Batman with his own fist the first time around.
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Invoked in the opening of his first fight with Batman. Batman slugs Bane so hard, the ''punches are echoing off of the walls''. Batman's hitting Bane so hard that he's letting out battle cries with each blow, but ''not'' in his Batman growl. And what's Bane doing? Just standing there with his hands on his shoulder straps, taking each and every one of those hits without so much as grunting.
* RaceLift: Bane is a person of color in the comics, a non-white Latino of some description (specifically biracial on New Earth). In the film he's played by a white actor of English descent, and his race and what ethnicity he identifies as are never stated. He may or may not still be Latino or Hispanic - See OohMeAccentsSlipping above.
* RealMenWearPink: During Phillip Stryver's [[KangarooCourt "hearing"]], [[FunnyBackgroundEvent if you look carefully]] as Dr. Crane says "Bane has no authority here", you can see Bane is in the crowd, and knitting! This is just one of ''three'' instances in the film where he's seen knitting. He also enjoys listening to the national anthem sung in a "lovely, lovely voice."
* RedHerring: Beforehand, Batman believes (and as the audience we are led to believe) that [[spoiler:Bane was the one who escaped from the HellholePrison as a child and that he was Ra's al Ghul's child. The actual person meeting both descriptions is Miranda Tate/Talia al Ghul. Bane was the prisoner who aided her escape, after which he was severely punished by the other prisoners, suffering the painful injuries that forced him to adopt his mask.]]
** Additionally, in the ''Knightfall'' comic, [[spoiler:Bane's backstory is that his father was a British mercenary, wanted for crimes, who escaped prosecution. On orders from the government, Bane's pregnant mother was imprisoned in Pena Duro, the hellhole prison in which Bane was born. Bane was forced to serve out his father's life sentence, and his mother died in the prison while he was still a child]]. Considering that "the child" has such a similar backstory, fans might be forgiven for being tricked into thinking that [[spoiler:Bane was the child in question]].
* RoguishRomani: Tom Hardy largely based his accent on Bartley Gorman, a British boxer of Irish Traveller descent.
* {{Sadist}}: He specializes in physical and psychological torment, but mostly psychological to Batman.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Bane has a very noticeably florid manner of speaking, one that serves as a direct contrast to his intimidating voice and appearance and also highlights his intelligence.
* ShadowArchetype: To Batman. [[invoked]] [[WordOfGod Christopher Nolan]] said Bane was what Bruce Wayne could have become if he had stayed in the League of Shadows in [[Film/BatmanBegins the first film]].
* ShirtlessScene: When Gordon is brought to his lair in the storm sewers, Bane is topless from the waist upwards, giving the audience a good look at just how massive he truly is.
* SiblingRivalry: One interpretation of his hatred towards Bruce. [[spoiler:They were both taken under the wing of and trained by Ra's al Ghul. Bane embraces the beliefs of the League of Shadows and obviously holds Ra's in great esteem, wishing to fulfill his destiny. Bruce renounced the League and let Ra's die. Yet Ra's excommunicated Bane and instead considered Bruce to be his greatest student.]]
* SingleTear: It's a ''big'' blink-and-you'll-miss moment, but during the climax of the movie where his backstory is explained further, he sheds a small tear while his mask is fixed.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Not all the time, but in several scenes, he's wearing just his combat vest and show how huge his arms are.
* TheSociopath: Bane is an interesting case of someone who acquired sociopathic/psychopathic traits thanks to his upbringing and background, even if his loyalty to Talia seems like a very underdeveloped empathy. Since we learn his backstory, he was literally born in one of the worst prisons in the world, and that trauma has certainly hardened him to the point of making him an individual with frank traits of sociopathy/psychopathy: the man is a great talker, a [[ConsummateLiar pathological liar]], an [[ManipulativeBastard exceptional manipulator]], never expresses any remorse or guilt for everything he does, possesses a [[FauxAffablyEvil prominent superficial charm]], is arrogant, possesses high self-perception and a sense of self-efficacy, and seeks strong emotions ([[ThrillSeeker need for stimulation]]). He's also [[AxCrazy incredibly sadistic and violent]], has nihilistic life aspirations, rationalizes his actions, minimizes the consequences of his actions [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans under the guise of bringing justice]], and has no problem committing acts of terrorism, genocide and mass murder. That said, if he's a ''real'' sociopath, he would certainly be a sociopath with shades of MoralMyopia.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Bane only ever seriously raises his voice when addressing a crowd. Even in the middle of a fistfight with the Batman, Bane's voice maintains a polite, almost conversational tone.
* SpeakOfTheDevil... [[LampshadeHanging and Bane shall appear!]]
* TheSpook: He deliberately invokes this on the plane by pointing out that "Nobody cared who I was until I put on the mask." This is right when the CIA agent is taking off his hood.
* TheStarscream: To Daggett, who Bane is just using while readying his own plans and intends to kill him when he's no longer needed. Unfortunately for Daggett, he's convinced that Bane is his [[TheDragon Dragon]] just because he paid him. He realizes his error much too late to rectify it.
-->'''Daggett:''' "I paid you a small fortune..."\\
'''Bane:''' "And this gives you power over me?"
* StoutStrength: He is nowhere near as tall as his comics counterpart, who was seven feet tall, and has slightly more body fat than Batman. He makes up for it with an astonishing level of muscle and physical bulk.
** On a meta level too, as Tom Hardy is actually shorter than Christian Bale. This was partly addressed with low-angle camerawork that made Hardy look more imposing to other characters.
* StrongAndSkilled: He's frighteningly strong and also a very skilled combatant due to his training with Ra's Al Ghul, showing moves from Krav Maga, Karate, Boxing, Kung Fu, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Judo, Taekwondo and Jeet Kune Do. The combination of his strength and skill allows him to easily defeat Batman in combat
* SuperStrength: One of the few outright fantastical bits of the "Nolanverse" is his blatantly superhuman strength. He can lift a large armored man [[NeckLift using one outstretched arm]] with ease, take multiple punches to the face from a heavyweight MMA fighter wearing ''heavy gauntlets'' without even being bothered, casually break a man's neck with no mechanical leverage, and pulverize limestone with his fists.
* TragicVillain: If Bane hadn't spent most of his life in [[HellholePrison the pit]], he might never have been a villain at all.
* ThisCannotBe: Bane is clearly stunned by [[spoiler:Batman's return. Even when he lies defeated at his feet, he still can't believe what's transpired.]]
-->''"I broke you..."''
* TrojanPrisoner: Bane and a few of his men pose as hooded prisoners to sneak onto the CIA plane and kidnap Dr. Pavel.
* TruerToTheText: Zig-zagged. Physically, Nolan's Bane differs significantly from the comic book version; his mask is no typical mask, but moreso a contraption that feeds him anaesthesia (instead of Venom), and [[AbilityOverAppearance Tom Hardy isn't quite a towering Hispanic.]] But this Bane still carries the most important trait of all, one that many prior adaptations overlooked; ''the cunning intellect.'' Whereas his [[Film/BatmanAndRobin previous film incarnation]] served as DumbMuscle, this one pioneers Gotham's descent into chaos - something '''The Joker''' couldn't do - and overall runs [[spoiler:nigh-]]wholly on his own, connections to the League of Shadows [[spoiler:and Talia al Ghul]] nonwithstanding.
* TurnsRed: In a nod to his HulkingOut through the use of his mask (which feeds him Venom) in the comics, once Batman breaks Bane's mask, he attacks much faster and harder, sending Batman flying with a swipe and shattering a concrete pillar with a single punch. Since anesthesia causes muscle weakness, it's possible that cutting off his supply is what led to his increased strength.
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Shot dead with little to no fanfare after being such a careful mastermind and powerhouse through the film.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He thinks after beating Bruce that he's essentially won and leaves him to rot and torture him of Gotham's impeding doom. This backfires tremendously as Bruce not only regains the willpower and ability to walk after his back is broken, but likewise his resolve to save the city and escape the pit he stuck him into. Batman returns stronger than ever and the second fight is much less one-sided, especially after Batman damages his mask. [[spoiler:If it wasn't for Talia's ambush, the battle would've ended in total victory for Batman. Heck, after Talia leaves, Bane decides to take ''no'' chance in leaving Batman alive and was set to kill him only for Selina to blow him away before he gets the chance.]]
* UndyingLoyalty:
** His men have a lot of loyalty for hired guns. One of his mercenaries is willing to wait on a crashing plane simply because Bane needs to make sure the authorities find the number of bodies they're expecting.
** [[spoiler:Bane himself displays this towards Talia al Ghul. Though he does disobey her orders in order to kill Batman (or at least try to) after she tells him not to.]]
* TheUnfettered: Like Ra's al Ghul before him, Bane allows nothing to stand in the way of the destruction of Gotham.
* UnstoppableRage: During the final battle in Gotham, Batman manages to damage Bane's mask cutting off his anesthesia, thus causing him to feel a large amount of pain. Though fortunately for Bane he is fazed by it for only a moment untill he goes berserk and begins to strike much faster and hitting much harder than ever, while breaking two holes in a limestone pillar trying to catch his target.
* VaderBreath: Not to the extent of the TropeNamer, but it's still noticeable, especially when he's about to speak.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When Batman finally breaks his mask, Bane absolutely snaps and starts furiously let his fists fly erratically as he tries to kill Batman, all the while [[ScreamingWarrior shrieking in rage like a wounded animal]]. Not just that, but when Batman lights a flaming Batsignal, Bane's response is a shocked "Impossible...!" After Batman beats him in their rematch, all Bane can say is "I broke you..." in disbelief.]]
* VisionaryVillain: Taking over [[spoiler:and [[NukeEm destroying]]]] the city of sin that is Gotham City.
* VocalDissonance: As shown below, Creator/TomHardy went all over the place with the accent and tone that the end result is a stark contrast with his ferocious appearance. It's like a bizarre mix of Creator/SeanConnery and Michael Gough. FridgeBrilliance: He's [[OlderThanTheyLook Older Than He Looks]], so it makes sense he ''sounds'' old.
* WhamLine:
-->"Let's not stand on ceremony here... Mr. Wayne."\\
[[spoiler:"But I never escaped."]]
* WhatAreYou?: "I'm Gotham's reckoning. Here to end the borrowed time you've all been living on."
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent:
** Tom Hardy has said that Bane's accent is a combination of those of an Irish Traveler and a Romanian boxer, respectively, yet it seems to do a full tour of Europe during the first fight with Batman alone.
** Screen Junkies' ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers "Honest Trailers'' parodied this by saying in their trailer, "But chaos will arrive in the form of Bane, [[DoubleEntendre a villain whom no one can fully understand]]."
* WholeCostumeReference: His shaved head and face mask evoke the imagery of the Mutant Leader in ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' while retaining Nolan's trademark realism.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Amusingly, once things start going sideways, Bane fully intended on subverting this disregarding Talia's orders and moving to blow Batman's head off, saying he'll "just have to imagine the fire". Catwoman prevented him from following through, however.
* WickedCultured: Exceptionally polite, eloquent, and possessed of bitingly sharp wit; he's also a ruthless terrorist.
* WifeHusbandry: [[spoiler:Implied; he and Talia certainly shared an affectionate relationship since she was a child, but whether it's romantic is unclear.]]
* WithMyHandsTied: In the novelization, he doesn't break his handcuffs right away, and kills the CIA agent with a NeckSnap while hanging upside-down from the seats as the plane goes vertical. ''Then'' he breaks his handcuffs.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Given his backstory, it's almost impossible not to feel a degree of sympathy for him. In addition, going by his comment about being born and raised in the darkness, it's very likely that Bane [[spoiler:was born in the prison just like Talia.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Has at least some level of respect for Bruce and compliments his fighting style during their first conflict.
* WouldHitAGirl: Whereas Batman is the heroic version of this and fights male and female criminals, Bane refusing to recognize gender in a fight highlights his [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]] and cruelty. Take his role in the Stock Exchange heist: when he enters, he uses his motorcycle helmet to smack a female security guard straight in the face, then uses it to quickly knock out three of her colleagues in a matter of seconds. He also has a female hostage on his motorcycle when he's leaving the building.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:Played straight when protected a young Talia in the Pit]], and waited until the child singing the national anthem had left the football field before setting off the explosives, just for his "lovely voice", but was willing to kill every single inhabitant of Gotham, children included.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Coldly kills two of his men for bringing Gordon to their hideout, risking the exposure of their operation.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The second [[UnwittingPawn Daggett]] is no longer needed, he breaks his neck and throws his body in a dumpster.
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* TheConspiracy: According to Ra's, the League has existed for thousands of years, being responsible for historical falls of civilizations--the sacking of Rome, the Black Plague, and the burning of London were all secretly the League's handiwork.
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* TheConspiracy: According to Ra's, the League has existed for thousands of years, being years and is responsible for historical falls of civilizations--the sacking of Rome, the Black Plague, and the burning of London were all secretly the League's handiwork.handiwork.
* CreateYourOwnHero: Not only did Henri Ducard provide Bruce the skills to become Batman but [[spoiler:he reveals that the League of Shadows deliberately exacerbated the poverty and corruption within Gotham to "make everyone a criminal". In other words, if not for the League, Joe Chill probably never would have killed the Waynes and Bruce would have never ended up becoming Batman]].
* CreateYourOwnHero: Not only did Henri Ducard provide Bruce the skills to become Batman but [[spoiler:he reveals that the League of Shadows deliberately exacerbated the poverty and corruption within Gotham to "make everyone a criminal". In other words, if not for the League, Joe Chill probably never would have killed the Waynes and Bruce would have never ended up becoming Batman]].
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** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bane and Talia want to nuke Gotham and kill Batman as revenge for Ra's, despite the hero plainly telling them that Ra's was trying to kill the city's population off himself.
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** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bane and Talia want to nuke Gotham and kill Batman as revenge for the death of Ra's, despite the hero plainly telling them that Ra's was trying to kill the city's population off himself.
* AdaptationalMundanity: This version of Ra's Al Ghul achieves immortality by virtue of being a LegacyCharacter, rather than it being literal immortality induced with a chemical that can [[ResurrectiveImmortality bring the dead back to life]]. The novelization subverts this with entries from a personal diary indicating a more traditional version of Ra's.
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* AdaptationalWimp: This version of Ra's Al Ghul achieves immortality by virtue of being a LegacyCharacter, rather than it being literal immortality induced with a chemical that can [[ResurrectiveImmortality bring the dead back to life]]. The novelization subverts this with entries from a personal diary indicating a more traditional version of Ra's.
* AffablyEvil: There's a reason why his BigBad status is a plot twist. Among other things, his relationship with Bruce was almost father-like, to the point of Bruce nearly throwing himself off a cliff to save his life.
* AffablyEvil: There's a reason why his BigBad status is a plot twist. Among other things, his relationship with Bruce was almost father-like, to the point of Bruce nearly throwing himself off a cliff to save his life.
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* AncientConspiracy: Is part of the League of Shadows, which he claims was involved with various historical events that "restored balance" (i.e. damaged civilizations).
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Gives Bruce the most challenge out of any League of Shadows members till Bane. He originally beats Bruce in his house, and while Bruce later beats him in a rematch, it is very hard-fought.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Gives Bruce the most challenge out of any League of Shadows members till Bane. He originally beats Bruce in his house, and while Bruce later beats him in a rematch, it is very hard-fought.
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* CreateYourOwnHero: Not only did Henri Ducard provide Bruce the skills to become Batman but [[spoiler:he reveals that the League of Shadows deliberately exacerbated the poverty and corruption within Gotham to "make everyone a criminal". In other words, if not for the League, Joe Chill probably never would have killed the Waynes and Bruce would have never ended up becoming Batman]].
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* KarmicDeath: His plan was to crash a train into Wayne Tower, poisoning the city's water supply and destroying the Waynes' legacy in one stroke. What actually happens is he's abandoned on the said train when it's derailed, leading to his death.
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* KarmicDeath: His plan was to crash a train into Wayne Tower, poisoning the city's water supply and destroying the Waynes' legacy in one stroke. What actually happens is he's abandoned on Bruce derails the said train when it's derailed, leading with Ra's still in it and abandons him to his death.
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* RaceLift: Appears to be European, rather than Arab as in the comics.
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* RaceLift: Appears to be European, rather than Arab as The Ra's al Ghul in the comics.comics is from a tribe of Chinese nomads who settled in eastern North Africa. This version is played by Irish actor, Liam Neeson.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Ducard is the real Ra's al Ghul and the leader of the League of Shadows. Of all the League's members, he gives Bruce the most challenge in a one-on-one fight until Bane in ''Rises''. He originally beats Bruce in the latter's house, and while Bruce later beats him in a rematch, it is by no means an easy fight.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Ducard is the real Ra's al Ghul and the leader of the League of Shadows. Of all the League's members, he gives Bruce the most challenge in a one-on-one fight until Bane in ''Rises''. He originally beats Bruce in the latter's house, and while Bruce later beats him in a rematch, it is by no means an easy fight.
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* SoftSpokenSadist: A ruthless and efficient killer and terroristic mastermind, he rarely, if ever, raises his voice above a calm monotone.
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* SoftSpokenSadist: A Ra's is ruthless and efficient killer and terroristic mastermind, he mastermind. He also rarely, if ever, raises his voice above a calm monotone.
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* NeverMyFault: They think Gotham deserves to be destroyed due to being a corrupt, crime-ridden Hellhole...but it only got that way because their ''first'' attempt to destroy it was by causing a localized economic Depression.
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* NeverMyFault: They think Gotham deserves to be destroyed due to being a corrupt, crime-ridden Hellhole... but it only got that way because their ''first'' attempt to destroy it was by causing a localized economic Depression.
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''[Ducard calls two of his goons to kill Batman]]''\\
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''[Ducard calls two of his goons to kill Batman]]''\\Batman]''\\
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You see, it's the slow knife...the knife that takes its time, the knife that waits years without forgetting, then slips quietly between the bones...that's the knife that cuts deepest."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You see, it's the slow knife... the knife that takes its time, the knife that waits years without forgetting, then slips quietly between the bones...bones... that's the knife that cuts deepest."'']]
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics and other media, she’s shown to be an excellent marksman and martial artist who can go toe to toe with Batman. In this movie, she shows no skill in either and leaves all the heavy lifting to Bane and her goons.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics and other media, she’s shown to be an excellent marksman marksman, swordswoman, and martial artist who can go toe to toe with Batman. In this movie, she shows no skill in either any of these and leaves all the heavy lifting to Bane and her goons.
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* FinalBoss: She has the honor of being this for ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. Technically she's the PostFinalBoss as Bane was the main threat throughout the entirety of the movie and she mostly tries to finish the plan on her own. Unlike Bane, however, she doesn't have nearly the power to really go toe to toe with Batman in the climax, at best stabbing him while his back is turned, and later trying to have her men shoot and shake him when he flies after the truck carrying the fusion bomb. Once they're taken care of, Batman blows her off the road easily and mortally wounds her in the crash, leaving the bomb itself as the final threat.
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* FinalBoss: She has the honor of being this for ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. Technically she's the PostFinalBoss as Bane was the main threat throughout the entirety of the movie and she mostly tries to finish the plan on her own. Unlike Bane, however, she doesn't have nearly the power nor combat prowess to really go toe to toe with Batman in the climax, at best stabbing him while his back is turned, and later trying to have her men shoot and shake him when he flies after the truck carrying the fusion bomb. Once they're taken care of, Batman blows her off the road easily and mortally wounds her in the crash, leaving the bomb itself as the final threat.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics and other media, she’s shown to be an excellent marksman and martial artist who can go toe to toe with Batman. In this movie, she shows no skill in either and leaves all the heavy lifting to Bane and her goons.
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:He's immortal in the comics. In the films… not so much.]]
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:He's immortal in the comics. comics, by way of rejuvenating himself in the Lazarus Pits and [[BodySurf stealing the bodies of his family members]] after his original body is killed and then cremated. In the films… films... not so much.]]
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* HiredGun: [[spoiler:His old job before becoming head of the League of Shadows was as a mercenary.]]
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* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler:His old job before becoming head of the League of Shadows was as a mercenary and assassin.]]
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* Irony: It's poetic that a secret society of vigilantes was ruined by arson, when they caused mass arson in the past themselves. Almost like they didn't learn anything from that, or have any foresight whatsoever...
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* Irony: {{Irony}}: It's poetic that a secret society of vigilantes was ruined by arson, when they caused mass arson in the past themselves. Almost like they didn't learn anything from that, or have any foresight whatsoever...
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** He tries to disprove Bruce's idealism by telling just how corrupt Gotham [[WretchedHive really is]] while [[spoiler: burning down Wayne Manor]]. Bruce disagrees and believes there is still hope for Gotham.
** He even does this [[spoiler: posthumously in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', telling Bruce that he is immortal in that his mission will continue to live on after his death and that Gotham will be destroyed. Bruce is hallucinating, but still…]]
** He even does this [[spoiler: posthumously in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', telling Bruce that he is immortal in that his mission will continue to live on after his death and that Gotham will be destroyed. Bruce is hallucinating, but still…]]
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** He tries to disprove Bruce's idealism by telling just how corrupt Gotham [[WretchedHive really is]] while [[spoiler: burning [[spoiler:burning down Wayne Manor]]. Bruce disagrees and believes there is still hope for Gotham.
** He even does this[[spoiler: posthumously [[spoiler:posthumously in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', telling Bruce that he is immortal in that his mission will continue to live on after his death and that Gotham will be destroyed. Bruce is hallucinating, but still…]]
** He even does this
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'''Ducard:''' ''As you wish. ''[calls two more goons, at which point Batman just rolls his eyes]
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'''Ducard:''' ''As As you wish. ''[calls two more goons, at which point Batman just rolls his eyes]eyes]''
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* EvilIsPetty: While Bruce did indeed burn down Henri’s house (but to be fair didn’t know it was ''his''), he also sacrificed himself to prevent Henri from falling off a cliff. [[spoiler: Henri, on the other hand, burns down Bruce’s house too ''and'' leaves him to die in an act of revenge]].
* EvilMentor: He trained Bruce in how to fight criminals; but also tried to make Bruce a KnightTemplar and later, [[spoiler: tried to destroy Gotham.]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Destroy Gotham city because he believes ItIsBeyondSaving and is in need of a MercyKill.]]
* EvilMentor: He trained Bruce in how to fight criminals; but also tried to make Bruce a KnightTemplar and later, [[spoiler: tried to destroy Gotham.]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Destroy Gotham city because he believes ItIsBeyondSaving and is in need of a MercyKill.]]
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* EvilIsPetty: While Bruce did indeed burn down Henri’s house (but to be fair didn’t know it was ''his''), he also sacrificed himself to prevent Henri from falling off a cliff. [[spoiler: Henri, [[spoiler:Henri, on the other hand, burns down Bruce’s house too ''and'' leaves him to die in an act of revenge]].
* EvilMentor: He trained Bruce in how to fight criminals; but also tried to make Bruce a KnightTemplar and later,[[spoiler: tried [[spoiler:tried to destroy Gotham.]]
* EvilPlan:[[spoiler: Destroy [[spoiler:Destroy Gotham city because he believes ItIsBeyondSaving and is in need of a MercyKill.]]
* EvilMentor: He trained Bruce in how to fight criminals; but also tried to make Bruce a KnightTemplar and later,
* EvilPlan:
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Last seen calmly closing his eyes as a monorail train crashes and explodes with him inside.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Last [[spoiler:Last seen calmly closing his eyes as a monorail train crashes and explodes with him inside.]]
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** That being said, [[spoiler: Ra's is at least savvy enough to leave a League operative behind to ensure nobody gets out of the inferno. He just didn't anticipate Alfred returning and successfully rescuing Bruce (nor did he apparently realize the Batcave's existence and that it was an alternate avenue of escape.]]
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** That being said, [[spoiler: Ra's [[spoiler:Ra's is at least savvy enough to leave a League operative behind to ensure nobody gets out of the inferno. He just didn't anticipate Alfred returning and successfully rescuing Bruce (nor did he apparently realize the Batcave's existence and that it was an alternate avenue of escape.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Confirmed permanently dead via WordOfGod.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Attempts to do this when he burns down Wayne Manor near the end of ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and leaves Bruce to perish in the fire. Fortunately, Alfred saves Bruce.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Attempts to do this when he burns down Wayne Manor near the end of ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and leaves Bruce to perish in the fire. Fortunately, Alfred saves Bruce.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Confirmed [[spoiler:Confirmed permanently dead via WordOfGod.]]
* KillItWithFire:[[spoiler: Attempts [[spoiler:Attempts to do this when he burns down Wayne Manor near the end of ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and leaves Bruce to perish in the fire. Fortunately, Alfred saves Bruce.]]
* KillItWithFire:
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%%* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler: In the scene where the train crashes.]]
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%%* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In the scene where the train crashes.]]
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** [[spoiler: ''The Dark Knight Rises'' implies he was one to the orphaned Bane as well, to the point where Bane is willing to orchestrate an EvilPlan with his daughter so his legacy may be fulfilled posthumously. This is hammered in when a young Ra's is shown using a rope to rescue an injured Bane from the bottom of the pit in much the same manner Thomas Wayne rescued an injured Bruce in Batman Begins. Ironically, Ra's ultimately excommunicated Bane because of his prison-honed ruthlessness, only for his intended heir Bruce Wayne to later reject him for being too ruthless.]]
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** [[spoiler: ''The [[spoiler:''The Dark Knight Rises'' implies he was one to the orphaned Bane as well, to the point where Bane is willing to orchestrate an EvilPlan with his daughter so his legacy may be fulfilled posthumously. This is hammered in when a young Ra's is shown using a rope to rescue an injured Bane from the bottom of the pit in much the same manner Thomas Wayne rescued an injured Bruce in Batman Begins. Ironically, Ra's ultimately excommunicated Bane because of his prison-honed ruthlessness, only for his intended heir Bruce Wayne to later reject him for being too ruthless.]]
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* VillainousLegacy: He's killed after he tries to [[spoiler: [[KnightTemplar annihilate Gotham and all its citizens to rid the world of its corruption]]]]. In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' his influence continues to be felt since the League was not destroyed, and his student Bane sets out to fulfill his dead master's plans [[spoiler: along with Ra's daughter Talia]], but wants Gotham to suffer first.
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* VillainousLegacy: He's killed after he tries to [[spoiler: [[KnightTemplar [[spoiler:[[KnightTemplar annihilate Gotham and all its citizens to rid the world of its corruption]]]]. In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' his influence continues to be felt since the League was not destroyed, and his student Bane sets out to fulfill his dead master's plans [[spoiler: along [[spoiler:along with Ra's daughter Talia]], but wants Gotham to suffer first.
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: He is seen doing very little while his second-in-command Ducard handles most of the League's affairs. [[spoiler: It makes more sense in context when it's revealed he's just the decoy.]]
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: He is seen doing very little while his second-in-command Ducard handles most of the League's affairs. [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It makes more sense in context when it's revealed he's just the decoy.]]
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* YellowPeril: He's played by a Japanese actor and leads a terrorist group. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out he isn't the real Ra's al Ghul]].
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* YellowPeril: He's played by a Japanese actor and leads a terrorist group. [[spoiler: Subverted [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out he isn't the real Ra's al Ghul]].
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* Irony: It's poetic that a secret society of vigilantes was ruined by arson, when they caused mass arson in the past themselves. Almost like they didn't learn anything from that, or have any foresight whatsoever...
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%%* DarkChick: [[spoiler: The Ra's Al Ghul BodyDouble.]]
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* BadassBaritone: Ducard has a deep, husky voice.
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* AdaptationalWimp: This version of Ra's Al Ghul achieves immortality by virtue of being a LegacyCharacter, rather than it being literal immortality induced with a chemical that can [[ResurrectiveImmortality bring the dead back to life]].
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* AdaptationalWimp: This version of Ra's Al Ghul achieves immortality by virtue of being a LegacyCharacter, rather than it being literal immortality induced with a chemical that can [[ResurrectiveImmortality bring the dead back to life]]. The novelization subverts this with entries from a personal diary indicating a more traditional version of Ra's.
