History ComicBook / BruceWayneFugitive

* SpottingTheThread: [[spoiler:[[{{Invoked}} Invoked.]] The main clue that leads Bruce and the others to Cain is the fact that Vesper was paralyzed used by a special nerve strike that only three other people used. This is deliberate, since one of those people is Batman himself, but of course Bruce knew that one of the others was David Cain. Cain did this on purpose in order to put suspicion on Batman while knowing that Bruce would immediately figure out it was Cain and not tell anyone in order to protect Cassandra, thus making himself look even more suspicious. On a wider note, this discovery also provides the Bat-family with their first bit of proof that Wayne ''didn't'' kill Vesper, as the scenario presented was Wayne beating her to death and such an attack doesn't fit the precision required for the aforementioned nerve-strike.]]

* DeadlyDoctor: Batman may not be a fully qualified surgeon like his father, but few understand anatomy and trauma care as well as he does. When the Special Ops team's leader scoffs that he knows Batman won't kill any of them, Batman replies that he knows the medical history of each and every member of the team, and explains in precise detail how he could cripple each one for the rest of their lives. The leader cracks immediately.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Bruce is cleared of all charges and David Cain is put behind bars. However, Bruce has lost two people dear to him -- the aforementioned Vesper and his bodyguard, Sasha Bordeaux, who ends up FakingTheDead to become an agent of ComicBook/{{Checkmate}}.]]

'''Batman:''' Deren, Robert. Age twenty-three. Gave a kidney to his diabetic sister two years ago. Probably needs the other one.\\
Wilson, Scott. Thirty-four. Football knee injury.\\
Kellerman, Dana. Twenty-nine. Took shrapnel in the shoulder during the Gulf War. Still takes pain-killers for it.\\
Goldman, Eli. Thirty-one. Allergic to penicillin. Joint wounds are slow to heal and prone to infection.\\

* FalseConfession / TakingTheHeat: Bruce's bodyguard, Sasha Bordeaux, is asked to sign a confession to say that Bruce did indeed murder Vesper. Sasha refuses and takes the bullet for her boss.

* IdiotPlot : It's absurdly ridiculous and preposterous that almost the entire Bat-Family is actually suspecting that Batman killed a person to preserve his secret identity . THE BATMAN . The person most obsessed with ThouShaltNotKill in the entire DC Universe . The man who would willingly sacrifice his life to save the lives of people like the Joker and Lex Luthor . The worst part is that the narrative told by almost everyone tries to portray Batman as always one step closer to becoming a crazed serial killer and it's entirely natural for his loved ones to be suspicious of him, even though it's ''painfully obvious'' that he's innocent .

* IdiotPlot : It's absurdly ridiculous and preposterous that almost the entire Bat-Family is actually suspecting that Batman killed a person to preserve his secret identity . THE BATMAN . The person most obsessed with ThouShaltNotkill in the entire DC Universe . The man who would willingly sacrifice his life to save the lives of people like the Joker and Lex Luthor . The worst part is that the narrative told by almost everyone tries to portray Batman as always one step closer to becoming a crazed serial killer and it's entirely natural for his loved ones to be suspicious of him, even though it's ''painfully obvious'' that he's innocent .

* IdiotPlot : It's absurdly ridiculous and far-fetched that nearly the entire Bat-Family is actually suspecting that Batman killed a person to preserve his secret identity. THE BATMAN . The most obsessed ThouShaltNotKill person in the entire DC Universe . The man who would willingly sacrifice his life to save the lives of people like The Joker and Lex Luthor . The worst part must be that the narrative of the story tries to depict Batman as always being one step closer to becoming a crazed serial killer and it's entirely natural for his loved ones to be suspicious of him .

* IdiotPlot : It's absurdly ridiculous and far-fetched that nearly the entire Bat-Family is actually suspecting that Batman killed a person to preserve his secret identity. THE BATMAN . The most obsessed Thou shalt not Kill person in the entire DC Universe. The man who would willingly sacrifice his life to save the lives of people like The Joker and Lex Luthor . The worst part must be that the narrative of the story tries to depict Batman as always being one step closer to becoming a crazed serial killer and it's entirely natural for his loved ones to be suspicious of him .

* BatFamilyCrossover: The story takes place across the Batbooks of the time including ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Robin}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' and ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000''.

* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler: Lex Luthor hires David Cain to frame Bruce Wayne for murder, but Cain has realised that Bruce is Batman and also now knows that he has taken in his daughter Cassandra, so he goes the extra mile and leaves fake clues that Bruce committed murder to hide his secret identity that only the Bat-family would find, in an effort to drive Bruce and Cassandra apart. This makes him as much of an independent threat as Lex himself and implies that he would have carried out the EvilPlan anyway even if the contract had been cancelled.]]

* NameOfCain: [[spoiler: The Trope itself kind of gives away who the true killer is.]]

* SecretIdentityIdentity: {{Deconstructed}}. Batman claims that it doesn't matter if Bruce Wayne is framed for murder because Bruce Wayne is the mask and Batman is who he really is, and in fact he has even went to the trouble of devising new identities not just for himself but for ''all'' of the Bat-family so that they can continue their war against crime without worrying about it. This ''horrifies'' the Bat-family and ''infuriates'' Dick Grayson, who gives him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for even suggesting this, because Dick was adopted by Bruce Wayne and this is tantamount to Bruce telling him IHaveNoSon. Bruce sees sense and admits that the real reason he is doing this is because he is trying to protect Batgirl, [[spoiler:since the true culprit is her father.]]
* SpottingTheThread: [[spoiler:{{Invoked}}. The main clue that leads Bruce and the others to Cain is the fact that Vesper was paralyzed used by a special nerve strike that only three other people used. This is deliberate, since one of those people is Batman himself, but of course Bruce knew that one of the others was David Cain. Cain did this on purpose in order to put suspicion on Batman while knowing that Bruce would immediately figure out it was Cain and not tell anyone in order to protect Cassandra, thus making himself look even more suspicious. On a wider note, this discovery also provides the Bat-family with their first bit of proof that Wayne ''didn't'' kill Vesper, as the scenario presented was Wayne beating her to death and such an attack doesn't fit the precision required for the aforementioned nerve-strike.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Bruce is cleared of all charges and David Cain is put behind bars. However, Bruce has lost two people dear to him -- the aforementioned Vesper and his bodyguard, Sandra Bordeaux, who ends up FakingTheDead to become an agent of ComicBook/{{Checkmate}}.]]