History Comicbook / AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder

* WrongGenreSavvy: Poor Superman and Green Lantern are oblivious to the fact that they're in a [[CreatorBreakdown post-9/11 Frank Miller]] comic. Because of this, [[HeroicComedicSociopath the Goddamn Batman]] can easily manipulate them both.
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-->''"A rotten joint; it sits there like something that came out of the back end of a horse."''\\
''"[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Which is precisely where this script came from, too.]]"''

* AscendedMeme: Starting with Issue 6, Frank started slipping in references to "the Goddamn Batman". Well, less "slip" and more [[ForcedMeme "spraypaint 'goddamn' all over the goddamn place".]]

* AuthorAvatar: It's pretty clear that the Goddamn Batman is how Miller sees himself if he were Batman.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: The Goddamn Batman and Black Canary. Batgirl and Robin are Heroic Comedic Sociopaths-in-training.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Anyone who is not the Goddamn Batman or disagrees with what he's doing is ineffectual, stupid, and/or evil. Anyone who ''is'' the Goddamn Batman or agrees with his methods is heroic and awesome.
* PsychopathicManchild: In addition to the joy he takes in violence, the Goddamn Batman has the temperament of a child, getting incredibly moody and angry whenever someone isn't impressed with his cave or gadgets. Possibly done as a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of Batman. ''We hope.''

** And in Creator/FrankMiller stories, the Goddamn Batman is always goddamn right. '''Always.'''

* TrainingFromHell: Clearly what the Goddamn Batman intended for Robin.

Frank Miller has described the story as a distant prequel to ''The Dark Knight Returns'', showcasing how Batman met and recruited Robin in his war against crime -- or rather, how he kidnapped the boy shortly after his parents died right in front of him. Along the way, Batman meets a number of the other heroes of the DC Universe, who are left at a loss for words at his radical approach to stopping crime.

** [[SignatureStyle Very often throughout the text. Again and again. There is repetition. Statements are made. Repeated. Hammered. Insistent. Again and again. Relentless. Tireless. Repeatedly. Again and again.]][[note]][[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] accurately compares the dialogue to [[Film/ManosTheHandsofFate Torgo's]] VerbalTic.[[/note]]

* InNameOnly: Pretty much ''everyone'' is insanely OutOfCharacter, but Black Canary is given an entirely new backstory and motivation, turning from a LegacyCharacter of her mother into an Irish immigrant from a [[MassiveNumberedSiblings large family]] working at a sleazy bar, who was inspired into crime-fighting ([[SociopathicHero and, well, crime]]) by Batman.

* InTheStyleOf: A rather easy-to-miss aspect of the artwork is Jim Lee's attempts to emulate Frank Miller's art style. While he doesn't devolve into the blocky, splotchy distortions Miller believe human beings look like, he nonetheless utilizes poses similar to those found back in ''The Dark Knight Returns'', most notably the signature gritted-teeth Batman scowl from that same story.

--->'''Protoclown:''' "[[WritersCannotDoMath Fifteen hours ago]]". That means one of two things. Clark Kent either drank this carton of milk fifteen hours before [[OverlyLongGag Dick Grayson, age 12]], was kidnapped by Batman, and thus it is a magical prescient carton of milk, OR it's actually been a long enough ride in the Batmobile for Dick to have been reported missing, for his name to get to the missing persons groups, for them to submit his information to the milk company, for the milk company to print the cartons, distribute the cartons, and then for Clark Kent to go to the grocery store and buy the carton of milk. Let's see, by my rough estimate, that means that Batman and Dick have been on the way to the Batcave for, oh, about FIVE FUCKING WEEKS now.

** In this series, Batman is depicted as enjoying violence and inflicting pain, in contrast to his usual depiction. Then there's his treatment of Dick Grayson, age 12.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Batman challenges Dick Grayson, age twelve, to prove he's either "an avenger or a detective" by killing Jocko Boy, the man who murdered his parents. While Bruce is pleased when Dick spares him and ostensibly chooses "detective", Batmans' crime-fighting methods include setting criminals on fire with thermite and bleach, poisoning criminals, and smashing through police barricades. Not only does he strain the plausibility that he actually sticks to [[ThouShaltNotKill Batman's typical one rule]], but it's highly unlikely that if he ever got his hands on him, that he would show his parents' murderer the same mercy that Dick shows his.

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Not exactly immediate, but in one issue, the Goddamn Batman calls Green Lantern a moron, then soon after says Green Lantern is a great man. He also laments revealing one of his safehouses to GL and dismisses it as no loss because he has so many, all in one thought balloon.

** In universe and out, Batman and Canary have been making out under the rain and "[[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} under the hood]]", when Batman mentions he can drive her home... in his Batmobile. Canary shows disappointment with her idol's naming choice. Which instantly kills the mood for everyone involved, including the readership, because this (Goddamn) Batman is ''really touchy'' about his stuff and his person not being as awesome as he thinks it is.

* NeverMyFault: Several moments in the story have Goddamned Batman repeatedly blame Dick Grayson, age 12, for coming into his life and becoming his sidekick, [[SelfServingMemory completely ignoring the fact]] that he's the one who abducted the boy against his will in the first place.

* StalkerWithoutACrush: Batman says he'd been scoping out Dick Grayson, age 12, as a sidekick for ''months'' before his parents were even killed.

** A lot of these issues come up. The series goes over two or three nights, depending on how you look at it, yet Miller seems to forget this since the books took so long to come out. Especially in issue nine. Batman arranges a meeting with Hal Jordan 'in twelve hours' in issue eight; yet in issue nine, Batman is reminiscing about multiple training sessions and Dick Grayson, age 12, being in the cave with him for weeks. Also, apparently an entire clinic was bribed, Dick made a press conference and then they could paint an entire apartment yellow with "nearly an hour to spare" before Jordan arrived for his meeting twelve hours since issue eight.

* PetTheDog: Batman taking Robin to his parents' graves to allow him to properly grieve.

* TakeThat: Frank Miller has stated in interviews that he thinks Green Lantern is worthless, ''and it shows''. Which is curious, [[FlipFlopOfGod considering he wrote Hal as arguably the noblest character]] in ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain.

The original ''ComicBook/AllStarDCComics'' title. Ran from 2005 until 2008. When DC announced the book it was widely anticipated as Creator/FrankMiller's return to the site of two of his greatest books -- ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'' -- with a story illustrated by Jim Lee. The story that came out certainly became popular, but not for any of the reasons that the publisher could have anticipated.

** In this series, Batman is depicted as enjoying violence and inflicting pain, in contrast to his usual depiction. Then there's his treatment of Dick Grayson.

** Frank Miller specifically made a point of having artist Jim Lee draw a detailed shot of Vicki Vale's ass. As rendered in the script: "[[PerverseSexualLust Okay, I'm shameless, let's go for the ASS SHOT]]" (caps in original).

* PeepingTom: Happens when Jimmy Olsen visits Vicki Vale in the hospital. The reader is [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment repeatedly informed by the narration boxes]] that Jimmy doesn't watch, but he is [[UnreliableNarrator clearly shown turning his head]] near the bottom of the page.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Batman challenges Dick Grayson, age twelve, to prove he's either "an avenger or a detective" by killing Jocko Boy, the man who murdered his parents. While Bruce is pleased when Dick spares him and ostensibly chooses "detective", Batmans' crime-fighting methods include setting criminals on fire with thermite and bleach, poisonining criminals, and smashing through police barricades. Not only does he strain the plausibility that he actually sticks to [[ThouShaltNotKill Batman's typical one rule]], but it's highly unlikely that if he ever got his hands on him, that he would show his parents' murderer the same mercy that Dick shows his.

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Not exactly immediate, but in one issue, the Goddamn Batman calls Green Lantern a moron, then soon after says Green Lantern is a great man.
** He also laments revealing one of his safehouses to GL and dismisses it as no loss because he has so many, all in one thought balloon.

* HaveAGayOldTime: "Queer" ''did'' originally mean strange, as the word is used in this comic, and in the original comics, Batman taking in Robin ''did'' occur in TheForties (which is when that story was written.) However, there's no sign that this comic is supposed to take place so long ago, so that's really no excuse.

The original ''ComicBook/AllStarDCComics'' title. Ran from 2005 until 2008. When DC announced the book it was widely anticipated as Creator/FrankMiller's return to the site of two of his greatest books -- ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', this time with the tale of Robin's origin, and illustrated by Jim Lee. The story that came out certainly became popular, but not for any of the reasons that the publisher could have anticipated.

The original ''ComicBook/AllStarDCComics'' title. Ran from 2005 until 2008. When DC announced the book it was widely anticipated as Creator/FrankMiller's return to the site of two of his greatest books -- ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', this time with the tale of Robin's origin, and illustrated by Jim Lee.

* CoversAlwaysLie: Issue 8 shows the Joker holding Batman's cowl. In the issue itself, Batman never even meets the Joker, much less fight him, and if said cover was supposed to be {{Foreshadowing}}, it went nowhere for reasons mentioned below.

* {{Jerkass}}: Everybody but Superman, Alfred and Robin is some kind of a jerkass.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: An odd example occurs with Green Arrow, since although the story takes place ''before'' ''The Dark Knight Returns'', it features several notable characters from said story (Superman, Catwoman, the Joker, Bruno), yet Oliver Queen himself is nowhere to be seen[[note]]unless the random patron from Black Canary's bar that resembles him is supposed to be him[[/note]]. This is strange, especially when one considers that characters who didn't appear until ''The Dark Knight Strikes Again'' (Wonder Woman, Plastic Man) get rather prominent roles in this story.

** [[http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/longbox7/default.php The Goddamn Batmobile is also a Goddamn Delorean]]:
--->'''Linkara:''' "[[WritersCannotDoMath Fifteen hours ago]]". That means one of two things. Clark Kent either drank this carton of milk fifteen hours before [[OverlyLongGag Dick Grayson, age 12]], was kidnapped by Batman, and thus it is a magical prescient carton of milk, OR it's actually been a long enough ride in the Batmobile for Dick to have been reported missing, for his name to get to the missing persons groups, for them to submit his information to the milk company, for the milk company to print the cartons, distribute the cartons, and then for Clark Kent to go to the grocery store and buy the carton of milk. Let's see, by my rough estimate, that means that Batman and Dick have been on the way to the Batcave for, oh, about FIVE FUCKING WEEKS now.

* SceneryPorn: One of the few good, not SoBadItsGood, things about the series.

** This is probably because Frank Miller is utilizing non-linear storytelling. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of all the "11 hours earlier" in the same issue.