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* VigilanteMilitia: After the Gotham City Police Department is disbanded, Commissioner Gordon and his most dedicated officers remain behind to provide safety to the people who can't evacuate the earthquake-ravaged city while undermining the super-villains turned warlords one at a time. [[RenegadeSplinterFaction Several of them, led by SWAT officer Billy Pettit, form a splinter group due to feeling that Gordon is too soft, allying with Batman's ally Huntress.]] Pettit gradually begins SlowlySlippingIntoEvil, to the alarm of his more level-headed men.
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* BadassAndChildDuo: One interlude in the second issue features the formation of such a duo. When a mugger tries to rob an orphaned young trader, he's interrupted by an archer who offers to protect the kid in exchange for half of his trading profits. The two then walk away, talking about how the kid can use his small size to get into hard-to-reach scavenging locations.
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* EnlightenedSelfInterest: Several early issues feature Gotham citizens who help other people, but for mercenary reasons (like a beggar offering to help a besieged homeowner defend his house in exchange for permission to live under his roof, or a trader offering a young man several days worth of food for a single fresh apple). Still, it must be noted that they're in pretty desperate straits and that they could easily have victimized those people rather than made deals with them.
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* TheElitesJumpShip:
** In the ''Contagion'' story that leads up to ''No Man's Land,'' when a group of Gotham one-percenters learn that a dangerous virus has reached the city, they send away their servants and lock themselves inside a penthouse to engage in debauchery while riding it out. One of them already has the virus, and things go downhill for them from there.
** Right before an earthquake-ravaged Gotham City is quarantined and all disaster relief is discontinued, most of the city's upper class flee. Much of its lower class is unable to afford to do the same.
** Many of the people with money who remain in Gotham (a mixture of elites and criminals) end up paying a crime lord named Shank enormous sums of money to smuggle them out of the city several months into the disaster. He takes all of their valuables and then locks them in a cellar to cannibalize each other.
** In the ''Contagion'' story that leads up to ''No Man's Land,'' when a group of Gotham one-percenters learn that a dangerous virus has reached the city, they send away their servants and lock themselves inside a penthouse to engage in debauchery while riding it out. One of them already has the virus, and things go downhill for them from there.
** Right before an earthquake-ravaged Gotham City is quarantined and all disaster relief is discontinued, most of the city's upper class flee. Much of its lower class is unable to afford to do the same.
** Many of the people with money who remain in Gotham (a mixture of elites and criminals) end up paying a crime lord named Shank enormous sums of money to smuggle them out of the city several months into the disaster. He takes all of their valuables and then locks them in a cellar to cannibalize each other.
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** That said, once Batman has listed the above 'problems' with Clark's current disguise, he concedes that it looks fine if Clark was talking to someone who ''wasn't'' the world's greatest detective.
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* IgnoredExpert: In ''Cataclysm,'' seismologist Jolene Relazzo tries to spread warnings that Gotham is due for a 7.7 quake. No one believes her except Bruce Wayne, who makes as many buildings as he can earthquake-proof. When Jolene calls him to warn him that the quake is hours away, he's unable to spread the warning due to being busy with his Batman duties.
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* {{Blackmail}}: In a flashback story, Dr. Thomas Wayne breaks into a closed drug store to get the medicine to treat a dying child, leaving behind a note and promising to pay for it. The druggist spends the next month blackmailing him over this. Ultimately, Alfred disguises himself as a cop to scare the druggist into handing the incriminating note over.
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* HopeSpot: One story involves a pair of refugees obliviously wandering into one of Joker's hideouts and nearly blundering into various lethal traps. Batgirl saves them and directs them to a safe house. The story ends with one of them drinking a can of soda from the house. It turns out to be poisoned with Joker Venom.
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* RuleOfThree: The second issue has three interludes where a mugger unsuccessfully tries to hold up traders on their way to see the Penguin. His first intended victim walks away unmolested after realizing that [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets the man's gun is empty, as if he had any valuable bullets, he wouldn't be wasting time trying to steal batteries.]] A passerby armed with a bow and arrow intervenes to protect his second intended victim (a young boy with bicycle tubes) in exchange for the boy becoming his trading partner. The third trader is Joker, and the mugger has just enough time to realize he's MuggingTheMonster before becoming an AssholeVictim.
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* AccidentalTruth: One ''Batman: Cataclysm'' issue follows a group of mercenaries hired by a CEO to rescue people buried under the rubble caused by the earthquake. One such group of rescues contains a young boy who hero-worships Batman and asks if he sent them. The main rescuer claim that he did, showing one of his friends to a provision in the contract they signed which authorizes them to tell lies to keep up morale. The contract also mentions the name of the [=CEO=] who hired them as rescuers: Batman's SecretIdentity, Bruce Wayne.
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* AccidentalTruth: One ''Batman: Cataclysm'' issue follows a group of mercenaries hired by a CEO to rescue people buried under the rubble caused by the earthquake. One such group of rescues contains a young boy who hero-worships Batman and asks if he sent them. The main rescuer claim claims that he did, showing one of his friends to a provision in the contract they signed which authorizes them to tell lies to keep up morale. The contract also mentions the name of the [=CEO=] who hired them as rescuers: Batman's SecretIdentity, Bruce Wayne.
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* AccidentalTruth: One ''Batman: Cataclysm'' issue follows a group of mercenaries hired by a CEO to rescue people buried under the rubble caused by the earthquake. One such group of rescues contains a young boy who hero-worships Batman and asks if he sent them. The rescuers main rescuer claim that he did, showing one of his friends to a provision in the contract they signed which authorizes them to tell lies to keep up morale. The contract also mentions the name of the [=CEO=] who hired them as rescuers: Batman's SecretIdentity, Bruce Wayne.
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* RiddleForTheAges: One of the stories leading up to ''No Man's Land'' features a death row prisoner named Jared Manx who professes his innocence and gets a large number of HeroicBystander feats when a tsunami hits the prison. At the end of the issue, Jared, his CrusadingLawyer, and a nun who was ministering to him before his execution are left desperately trying to hold up a fallen concrete beam that is poised to crush them. [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice Jared tells the other two to escape while he holds it up long enough for them to do so]]]], then claims that he lied about his innocence and that two of the victims were his biological children. [[spoiler:His lawyer and the nun let go and run to safety, and the falling concrete crushes Jared]]. The issue ends with the nun wondering if Jared's confession was sincere and he made it because he had nothing left to loose, or if it was a lie to keep the two people who believed in him from [[spoiler:throwing away their lives in a doomed attempt to save his]]. Neither the nun nor the fans ever get an answer.
--> '''Nun:''' He ''did'' lie, but ''when''? And about ''what''?
--> '''Nun:''' He ''did'' lie, but ''when''? And about ''what''?
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* AccidentalTruth: One ''Batman: Cataclysm'' issue follows a group of mercenaries hired by a CEO to rescue people buried under the rubble caused by the earthquake. One such group of rescues contains a young boy who hero-worships Batman and asks if he sent them. The rescuers claim that he did, showing one of his friends to a provision in the contract they signed which authorizes them to tell lies to keep up morale. The contract also mentions the name of the [=CEO=] who hired them as rescuers: Batman's SecretIdentity, Bruce Wayne.
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* GoodShepherd:
** The nun attending to a death row prisoner in one ''Cataclysm'' issue is a compassionate and caring person.
** There are several street missions run by clergymen helping provide for the refugees (although one is manipulated by Scarecrow).
** The nun attending to a death row prisoner in one ''Cataclysm'' issue is a compassionate and caring person.
** There are several street missions run by clergymen helping provide for the refugees (although one is manipulated by Scarecrow).
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* IGaveMyWord: Bruce Wayne hires many of Gotham's criminals to rescue people from the rubble of the earthquake to divert them from taking advantage of the chaos to loot the city. Some of them get very cross when their comrades suggest not living up to their end of the contract.
--> '''Sonny Epifani:''' I read it, I signed it, and I cashed the check that came with it. Therefore, I intend to honor it.
--> '''Sonny Epifani:''' I read it, I signed it, and I cashed the check that came with it. Therefore, I intend to honor it.
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** Jim Gordon's WhatTheHellHero speech to Batman reveals another [[RealityEnsues wrinkle]]: no other police force wants him in their city, not even the ones that have other superheroes, because they don't want someone who needs an [[Franchise/{{Batman}} urban legend]] to do their policework for them.
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** Jim Gordon's WhatTheHellHero speech to Batman reveals another [[RealityEnsues wrinkle]]: wrinkle: no other police force wants him in their city, not even the ones that have other superheroes, because they don't want someone who needs an [[Franchise/{{Batman}} urban legend]] to do their policework for them.
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* CaptainErsatz: Huntress for Batgirl, early on--[[CreatorBreakdown without Barbara Gordon's blessing]].
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* CaptainErsatz: Huntress for Batgirl, early on--[[CreatorBreakdown without on--without Barbara Gordon's blessing]].blessing.
* FoeRomanceSubtext: From ComicBook/TheJoker, as usual:
-->''Joker is pointing a pair of scissors at a woman''
-->'''Woman:''' Please please don't...
-->'''Joker:''' Between us, this has nothing to do with you...but I've got to get his attention, and so far nothing has worked.
-->'''Woman:''' ...Oh God don't please don't please I'm begging you.
-->''A shadow looms over Joker and the woman''
-->'''Joker:''' Finally! I was beginning to think you didn't love me...anymore?
-->''Joker turns around, sees ComicBook/{{Bane}}''
-->'''Joker:''' Oh, ThisIsGonnaSuck...
-->''Joker is pointing a pair of scissors at a woman''
-->'''Woman:''' Please please don't...
-->'''Joker:''' Between us, this has nothing to do with you...but I've got to get his attention, and so far nothing has worked.
-->'''Woman:''' ...Oh God don't please don't please I'm begging you.
-->''A shadow looms over Joker and the woman''
-->'''Joker:''' Finally! I was beginning to think you didn't love me...anymore?
-->''Joker turns around, sees ComicBook/{{Bane}}''
-->'''Joker:''' Oh, ThisIsGonnaSuck...
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** The aftermath of ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'s battle with Mr. Freeze in the sewers lends itself to a particularly groan-worthy (but [[NarmCharm fun]]) one that would make [[Film/BatmanAndRobin Ahnold]] wince.
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** The aftermath of ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'s battle with Mr. Freeze in the sewers lends itself to a particularly groan-worthy (but [[NarmCharm fun]]) one that would make [[Film/BatmanAndRobin Ahnold]] wince.
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Bruce Wayne tries unsuccessfully to [[PlayingAgainstType play against this image]], as he lobbies in Congress for Gotham's reinstatement. It eventually takes Luthor landing his helicopter right in the middle of the NML and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney throwing money]] at the problem to change it. For the next three years, Luthor doesn't let Bruce forget it.
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Bruce Wayne tries unsuccessfully to [[PlayingAgainstType play against this image]], image, as he lobbies in Congress for Gotham's reinstatement. It eventually takes Luthor landing his helicopter right in the middle of the NML and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney throwing money]] at the problem to change it. For the next three years, Luthor doesn't let Bruce forget it.
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* DerangedDance: Alvin Kothers, AKA the Death Dancer, is a SerialKiller who does a little tap dance in front of his victims right before "liberating" them from their suffering via knife to the throat. He tries to do a dance before killing his next victim, [[MuggingTheMonster but ends up being flattened when the victim turns out to be Batgirl/Oracle.]]
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* KillerBearHug: During the "Bread and Circuses" arc, one of the Penguin's [[BigBeautifulWoman large, female minions]] wraps Batman in a tight, bone-cracking embrace.
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* SkullForAFace: This story marks the first time Black Mask sported this look, revealing that his face became this in the fire that fused his mask to his face after he finally managed to take the mask off.
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* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Even if the government's ban on anyone going in or out didn't apply to superheroes, Batman is adamant Superman keep out of his city. Superman refuses to listen but he gets the message after his efforts to help the city don't work out as he intended. Though to Superman's credit, Batman admits it took him a lot longer to understand said problems then it did Superman.
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* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Even if the government's ban on anyone going in or out didn't apply to superheroes, Batman is adamant Superman keep out of his city. Superman refuses to listen but he gets the message after his efforts to help the city don't work out as he intended. Though to Superman's credit, Batman admits it took him a lot longer to understand said problems then than it did Superman.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: No, the government can't just declare a city to be not part of the United States anymore. Nicolas Scratch was manipulating Congress into doing it via brainwashing and hypnotization, but outside of this supernatural explanation, there's no legal basis for it to happen. Thing is? Even the characters know this. Penguin recognizes the decision will be reversed and begins stockpiling [[WorthlessYellowRocks what will be valuable later]] in exchange for what is valuable now (and it's implied he's backed by the outside world via a secret tunnel somewhere). Lex Luthor hijacks Scratch's plan to take control of Gotham so he can do it himself, knowing this is the ultimate outcome. The characters inside No Man's Land themselves are well aware that it'll happen eventually, but a year in Gotham is a very long time to hold on...
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* FacialHorror: This story marks the debut of Black Mask's SkullForAFace appearance, a result of having finally removed the mask that was fused to his face.
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* NonIndicativeName: This story marks the first time Black Mask ditched his namesake mask and the start of his SkullForAHead look (in comics canon, being a case of FacialHorror as it's his actual face, not a mask as in many adaptations).
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The story also brought to an end the majority of Batman stories throughout TheNineties--notably, the aforementioned ''ComicBook/BatmanContagion'' and ''Cataclysm'' stories, as well as ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' and even ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne''. Somewhat surprisingly, the political angle of the story averted any particular anvils being dropped, except when talking about unconstitutionalism (and even then, the characters {{lampshade|Hanging}}d away any possible accusations of silliness). Elsewhere, ''NML'' also gave the comics new characters like [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} Cassandra Cain]] and her father, [[PsychoForHire David]], introduced Franchise/{{DCAU}} characters Comicbook/HarleyQuinn and [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Mercy Graves]] into the DCU, and set up plot points that later books like ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'' and even ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' would deal with (namely ComicBook/LexLuthor becoming [[PresidentEvil President of these United States]]).
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The story also brought to an end the majority of Batman stories throughout TheNineties--notably, the aforementioned ''ComicBook/BatmanContagion'' ''ComicBook/BatmanContagion'', ''ComicBook/BatmanLegacy'' and ''Cataclysm'' ''ComicBook/BatmanCataclysm'' stories, as well as ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' and even ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne''. Somewhat surprisingly, the political angle of the story averted any particular anvils being dropped, except when talking about unconstitutionalism (and even then, the characters {{lampshade|Hanging}}d away any possible accusations of silliness). Elsewhere, ''NML'' also gave the comics new characters like [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} Cassandra Cain]] and her father, [[PsychoForHire David]], introduced Franchise/{{DCAU}} characters Comicbook/HarleyQuinn and [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Mercy Graves]] into the DCU, and set up plot points that later books like ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'' and even ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' would deal with (namely ComicBook/LexLuthor becoming [[PresidentEvil President of these United States]]).
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* CopKiller: [[spoiler: The Joker kills Sarah Essen when he finds him with the babies.]]
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* CopKiller: [[spoiler: The Joker kills Sarah Essen when he she finds him with the babies.]]
* CoupDeGrace: [[spoiler:How the Joker kills Sarah -- shooting her in the head.]]
* CoupDeGrace: [[spoiler:How the Joker kills Sarah -- shooting her in the head.]]
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* TalkingToThemself: Harvey Dent, early and throughout. Most visible and most jarring during his prosecution of Jim Gordon and subsequent [[VillainousBreakdown break-down]]. Especially when [[spoiler:Harvey calls ''Two-Face'' as a witness for his defense of Gordon]].
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* TalkingToThemself: Harvey Dent, early and throughout. Most visible and most jarring during his prosecution of Jim Gordon and subsequent [[VillainousBreakdown [[VillainousBSOD break-down]]. Especially when [[spoiler:Harvey calls ''Two-Face'' as a witness for his defense of Gordon]].
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** The last third of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' adapts portions of this story.
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* InterruptedSuicide: Cassandra's guilt and trauma lead her to attempt to kill herself by throwing herself from the GCPD building after stopping Gordon from being killed by her father. Thankfully, Batman saves her.
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* MonsterClown: [[spoiler: Aww, you highlighted this. [[SchmuckBait For shame!]]]]
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