History CrazyPrepared / Batman

* Batman has attempted to be prepared in case of the inevitable superhero FaceHeelTurn, most notably in two infamous incidents. In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel'', it was mainly confined to the League. The second was shortly after ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' where Batman decided to secretly tab '''every''' superhero/metahuman on Earth he could, so he built the Brother Eye program to monitor them. Both blew up in his face horribly (Ra's found and used the files and Brother Eye was hijacked by Max Lord and, later, [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Alexander Luthor]]).

* In ''ComicBook/BatmanChipZdarsky'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:the KillerRobot Failsafe was created by Bruce's backup personality, the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh, in the possibility that Batman went rogue as a result of the events of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel'']]. Tim Drake lampshades this with incredualy.

* In ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', the Batman of the Injustice Earth is asked why Wayne Manor is merely kept under careful watch rather than Superman attacking it when Bruce's identity was exposed to the world. Batman's reply: "Would you take any chances with me?" The Leaguers of the other Earth can only nod in agreement.

* As of ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', it's revealed that Batman has a Batcave ''on the moon'' to store particularly special equipment including [[spoiler:the Hellbat suit he raided Apokolips with. It works out in the Kent family's favor when Lois discovers the suit and subsequently uses it to defend her son from the Eradicator.]]The one time he used it himself , he managed to rampage across Apokolips and fought Darkseid for a limited time to get Damian's body back.

* He's come up with some supervillain specific countermeasures. In Batman: Endgame, it's revealed that he keeps samples of different antidotes he's created for Joker toxins in the Batcave in case Joker ever comes around. When he has to fight a mind controlled hero named Gotham who is similar to Superman, Batman reveals that he has a way to instantly call in the Justice League and does so.

* ComicBook/{{Batman}} apparently spends most of his time devising contingency plans to use in the event that he has to fight a given individual, to the point that it's widely said that [[MemeticBadass Batman can]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny beat anyone or anything "if he's prepared"]]. For example, he carries a chunk of Kryptonite on his utility belt at all times, "just in case". He also prepares himself to an unhealthy extent, regularly injecting himself with antitoxins in the off chance a poison-wielding villain might attack him, and training most of his day. It should be noted that ComicBook/{{Superman}} gave Batman a Kryptonite ring because he trusted Batman with it and knew that the day might come when that ring might be needed. More recently, it's been revealed that he has a Batcave on the moon housing [[PowerArmor the Hellbat armor he designed and built with the help of the Justice League.]] The one time he used it, he managed to rampage across Apokolips and fought Darkseid for a limited time. In Endgame, it's revealed that he keeps samples of different antidotes he's created for Joker toxins in case he's ever had to come up against the Clown Prince again.

* As of ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', it's revealed that Batman has a Batcave ''on the moon'' to store particularly special equipment including [[spoiler:the Hellbat suit he raided Apokolips with. It works out in the Kent family's favor when Lois discovers the suit and subsequently uses it to defend her son from the Eradicator.]]

* ComicBook/{{Batman}} apparently spends most of his time devising contingency plans to use in the event that he has to fight a given individual, to the point that it's widely said that [[MemeticBadass Batman can]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny beat anyone or anything "if he's prepared"]]. For example, he carries a chunk of Kryptonite on his utility belt at all times, "just in case". He also prepares himself to an unhealthy extent, regularly injecting himself with antitoxins in the off chance a poison-wielding villain might attack him, and training most of his day. It should be noted that ComicBook/{{Superman}} gave Batman a Kryptonite ring because he trusted Batman with it and knew that the day might come when that ring might be needed. More recently, it's been revealed that he has a Batcave on the moon housing [[PowerArmor the Hellbat armor he designed and built with the help of the Justice League.]] The one time he used it, he managed to rampage across Apokolips and fought Darkseid for a limited time. Let's not forget that he keeps samples of different antidotes he's created for Joker toxins in case he's ever had to come up against the Clown Prince again.

* ComicBook/{{Batman}} apparently spends most of his time devising contingency plans to use in the event that he has to fight a given individual, to the point that it's widely said that [[MemeticBadass Batman can]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny beat anyone or anything "if he's prepared"]]. For example, he carries a chunk of Kryptonite on his utility belt at all times, "just in case". He also prepares himself to an unhealthy extent, regularly injecting himself with antitoxins in the off chance a poison-wielding villain might attack him, and training most of his day. It should be noted that ComicBook/{{Superman}} gave Batman a Kryptonite ring because he trusted Batman with it and knew that the day might come when that ring might be needed. More recently, it's been revealed that he has a Batcave on the moon housing [[PowerArmor the Hellbat armor he designed and built with the help of the Justice League.]] The one time he used it, he managed to rampage across Apokolips and fought Darkseid for a limited time.

* ComicBook/{{Batman}} apparently spends most of his time devising contingency plans to use in the event that he has to fight a given individual, to the point that it's widely said that [[MemeticBadass Batman can]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny beat anyone or anything "if he's prepared"]]. For example, he carries a chunk of Kryptonite on his utility belt at all times, "just in case". He also prepares himself to an unhealthy extent, regularly injecting himself with antitoxins in the off chance a poison-wielding villain might attack him, and training most of his day. It should be noted that ComicBook/{{Superman}} gave Batman a Kryptonite ring because he trusted Batman with it and knew that the day might come when that ring might be needed.

* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'' has Creator/KevinConroy reading through [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJVvrmLSTsg Batman's contingency plans]]. Some are simple enough - Kryptonite for Superman, paralysis for Flash, and so on - but others are more elaborate, like inducing hydrophobia in Aquaman through an altered fear toxin from Scarecrow. Of course, Batman is prepared for not only the other superheroes, ''but also himself.''

** After taking down ComicBook/{{Bane}}, Bats and Gordon walk outside and start talking about the events going on at Arkham while Bats fiddles with his arm computer for a moment on something we don't see. In the middle of the conversation, Bane explodes out and grabs Bats and lifts him up to have this exchange:

-->You can stun Superman. It just takes ''a lot'' of electricity.

* In the 1989 ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' movie, the Batplane is outfitted with oversized scissor blades to cut the tethers of the poison-filled balloons in ComicBook/TheJoker's parade. Okay, but why would you have giant scissors at all if you didn't know you'd one day have to use them at a holiday parade?

* Lampshaded by Jaime Reyes, the ComicBook/BlueBeetle, in a teamup with Batman in ''ComicBook/TheBraveAndTheBold''. An enemy has just ambushed them by essentially spawning an arctic blizzard ramped UpToEleven above them, causing them to get buried in a few meters of snow. After Beetle breaks out and stops the blizzard by scaring off their attacker...

* Batman's alternate universe counterpart "The Grim Knight", from ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'', takes the crazy-preparedness UpToEleven, even for a Batman. Imagine the tactical genius of Batman combined with the ruthless attitude of the Punisher, and you'd be in the ballpark. The Grim Knight is so prepared, in fact, he has managed to weaponize ''the city of Gotham itself''. He's prepared weapon caches all over the city, along with ''fake'' ones that he can detonate on command, which he eventually uses to kill several police officers who come after him. Remote-controlled gun turrets, poison dispersal units in the city's water supply, hackable ''medical implants'', one of which he uses to kill a corrupt judge, and even ExplosiveLeash implants in anyone close to him, including ''Alfred''. All this is on top of near-universal city surveillance systems and combat training on par with regular Bats himself.

* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ComicBook/TheJoker was often [[UpToEleven better prepared than Batman himself]]. It helps that he's both a ManipulativeBastard and completely insane.

* During the ''Hush'' arc of Batman, it is revealed that if he is ever knocked unconscious, his helmet will release tear gas on anyone brave enough to reach for his mask, as well as his suit tasering anyone stupid enough to touch him. The taser shows up in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': Batman of course DoesNotLikeGuns and operates on a ThouShaltNotKill mentality. His Batmobile still has a tank-like combat mode, armed with a 60 millimetre main cannon and a Vulcan gun just in case, both of which prove useful when the Scarecrow and Arkham Knight show up with their army backed up by tanks (which conveniently happen to be remote-controlled with no driver inside). Said guns can also fire [[SetSwordsToStun non lethal rounds]], allowing him to use them against people when he needs to.

* Dick Grayson (ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}[=/=]the first ComicBook/{{Robin}}) is also highly prepared. In the first volume of the threepart series ''Trinity'' a villain by the name of Swashbuckler steals Nightwing's mask. Which Grayson promptly has destroyed via an explosive charge set for voice activation. The command phrase was only "Autodestruct."

* Franchise/{{Batman}} apparently spends most of his time devising contingency plans to use in the event that he has to fight a given individual, to the point that it's widely said that [[MemeticBadass Batman can]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny beat anyone or anything "if he's prepared"]]. For example, he carries a chunk of Kryptonite on his utility belt at all times, "just in case". He also prepares himself to an unhealthy extent, regularly injecting himself with antitoxins in the off chance a poison-wielding villain might attack him, and training most of his day. There are some things you just can't ever see coming, like [[TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}} zombie Abraham Lincoln]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny armed with an assault rifle]]. It should be noted that ComicBook/{{Superman}} gave Batman a Kryptonite ring because he trusted Batman with it and knew that the day might come when that ring might be needed.

* In ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', Batman is well prepared for Superman coming to pay him a visit. He has The Atom punch Superman's inner ear to keep him off balance, then has the Flash place small charges all over Supes, after which Green Arrow shoots him with a Kryptonite arrow, all before Batman then hands his ass to him with Green K gloves. And then for the clincher, Superman tells the Bat he only came to talk, to which Batman replies, 'We're done talking. Get out of my cave.'

'''{{Franchise/Batman}}''': Bombs? In the Moon? Why would I--\\

** The episode [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent "Artifacts"]] shows that Batman engraved binary code into the Batcave's titanium supports to preserve an AI version of himself even if the electronics failed (as they did by the time the cave was discovered a thousand years in the future).

* Franchise/{{Batman}} apparently spends most of his time devising contingency plans to use in the event that he has to fight a given individual, to the point that it's widely said that [[MemeticBadass Batman can]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny beat anyone or anything "if he's prepared"]]. For example, he carries a [[Franchise/{{Superman}} chunk of Kryptonite]] on his utility belt at all times, "just in case". He also prepares himself to an [[strike:almost]] unhealthy extent, regularly injecting himself with antitoxins in the off chance a poison-wielding villain might attack him, and training most of his day. There are some things you just can't ever see coming, like [[TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}} zombie Abraham Lincoln]] [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny armed with an assault rifle]].
** It should be noted that Superman ''gave'' Batman a Kryptonite ring because he trusted Batman with it and knew that the day might come when that ring might be desperately needed. He's also given Kryptonite rings to other Justice League members for the same reason. Considering how often Supes is mind-controlled, or how often other Krypotonians show up, no one can blame him for knowing better than to destroy all the Kryptonite he comes across...
* Dick Grayson (ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}[=/=]the first {{ComicBook/Robin}}) is also highly prepared. In the first volume of the threepart series ''Trinity'' a villain by the name of Swashbuckler steals Nightwing's mask. Which Grayson promptly has destroyed via an explosive charge set for voice activation. The command phrase was only "Autodestruct."
* Batman has attempted to be prepared in case of the inevitable superhero FaceHeelTurn, most notably in two infamous incidents. In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaTowerOfBabel'', it was mainly confined to the League. The second was shortly after ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' where Batman decided to secretly tab '''every''' superhero/metahuman on Earth he could, so he built the Brother Eye program to monitor them. Both blew up in his face horribly (Ra's found and used the files and Brother Eye was hijacked by Max Lord and, later, [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Alexander Luthor]]). That being said, while they did indeed blow up in his face, they did so by incapacitating every member of the League, who all needed to be saved by the backup plans to THE BACKUP PLANS! Yes, indeed; Batman is so prepared, he even prepared for his contingency plans to get stolen.

* In the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, a plot point in ''Comicbook/ForeverEvil2013'' is that Batman created contingency plans in case he ever needed to take down the Justice League. He and Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} end up having to recycle the plans to use them against the Crime Syndicate, the JLA's MirrorUniverse counterpart.

-->'''ComicBook/MartianManhunter''': Can you activate the bombs you long ago planted inside as I make impact?
-->'''{{Franchise/Batman}}''': Bombs? In the Moon? Why would I--
-->'''Martian Manhunter''': Bruce.
-->'''Batman''': ...Fine.

* In ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', one of Batman's (frequently used) pre-match lines is to ask his opponent if they "Think I haven't planned for this?" Indicating Batman has stepped into the arena ready to face anyone from Harley Quinn, to Poison Ivy, to Bane, to Superman, to ComicBook/{{Braniac}}, to ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}, to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

** This is also a ShoutOut to the Hush story arc, when Poison Ivy does just that to Supes in an elaborate {{plan}} of Hush's to corner Bruce into trusting him. Batman tricks Superman into punching into the power cables for '''all of Metropolis'''. And then snaps him out of mind control by [[spoiler: having ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} drop Lois Lane out a window, so that his subconscious desire to protect her will break through the effect of the Ivy-spores]].

** After taking down Bane, Bats and Gordon walk outside and start talking about the events going on at Arkham while Bats fiddles with his arm computer for a moment on something we don't see. In the middle of the conversation, Bane explodes out and grabs Bats and lifts him up to have this exchange:

** The Riddler also shows signs of being CrazyPrepared: He spread out not only his own personal trophies around Arkham, but he also spray painted hard to find question marks that can only be seen by Batman's cowl, he set interview tapes around Arkham, and he made riddles for every area in Arkham. He did all that just on the off chance that Batman might have to spend a lot of time at Arkham (though he might have been privy to the Joker's plan, which would indicate extreme resourcefulness on relatively short notice).

* In ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', one of Batman's (frequently used) pre-match lines is to ask his opponent if they "Think I haven't planned for this?" Indicating Batman has stepped into the arena ready to face anyone from Harley Quinn, to Poison Ivy, to Bane, to Superman, to Braniac, to Hellboy, to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

* Batman's crazy preparation is shown to an extreme in the ''ComicBook/BatmanRIP'' storyline, in which we find that [[spoiler:in case of [[MindRape psychological attack]], he has created a backup personality known as "The Batman of Zur-En-Arrh". Said personality might actually ''be'' crazy, making this a literal example.]] This is not, however, the first time he's done something like this. In a Gotham Knights story, Bruce uses a contingency plan that involves [[MemoryGambit hypnotizing himself]] to essentially strip the Batman part of his identity and leave only the Bruce Wayne part, in case someone found out and he needed to take extra measures to convince them (and others) otherwise.

-->'''{{ComicBook/Batman}}''': Bombs? In the Moon? Why would I--

* In the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, a plot point in ''Comicbook/ForeverEvil'' is that Batman created contingency plans in case he ever needed to take down the Justice League. He and Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} end up having to recycle the plans to use them against the Crime Syndicate, the JLA's MirrorUniverse counterpart.

* Tim Drake, [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]] III, is similarly prepared. In [[ComicBook/RobinSeries his own comic]], while fighting another vigilante, they fall through the roof into a bowling alley, with Tim landing on an enormous display bowling ball. He stands up, and uses his feet to start rolling it toward his opponent, thinking, "Believe it or not, I actually trained for this. I told Bruce it was stupid at the time. We'll have a good laugh when I get back home."

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