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* {{Reconstruction}}: The film is a reconstruction of the idea of Batman, not only giving a plausible explanation for how Bruce Wayne acquired all of his Bat-themed crime fighting equipment and training, but also exploring the motivations behind what would drive a man to dress up in a rubber Batsuit to fight crime.
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More crosswicking. Finished at last. Phew!
* MajorityShareDictator: At the end of the movie, Bruce Wayne has regained control of Wayne Enterprises by buying controlling interest in it, which he uses to fire CEO William Earle and rehire Lucius Fox into that position.
-->'''William Earle:''' What makes you think you can decide who's running Wayne Enterprises?\\
'''Bruce Wayne:''' Well, the fact that I'm the owner.\\
'''Earle:''' What are you talking about? The company went public a week ago.\\
'''Wayne:''' And I bought most of the shares--through various charitable foundations and trusts and so forth.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: When Dr. Jonathan Crane tells [[TheDon Falcone]], that Assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes is snooping on their operations, [[BuyThemOff Falcone says that they should bribe her into silence,]] but when Crane says [[MoneyIsNotPower that won't work,]] he places a hit in her. When Crane says that murdering her might bring even more attention, he says that they could make it look like a mugging gone wrong.
-->'''William Earle:''' What makes you think you can decide who's running Wayne Enterprises?\\
'''Bruce Wayne:''' Well, the fact that I'm the owner.\\
'''Earle:''' What are you talking about? The company went public a week ago.\\
'''Wayne:''' And I bought most of the shares--through various charitable foundations and trusts and so forth.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: When Dr. Jonathan Crane tells [[TheDon Falcone]], that Assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes is snooping on their operations, [[BuyThemOff Falcone says that they should bribe her into silence,]] but when Crane says [[MoneyIsNotPower that won't work,]] he places a hit in her. When Crane says that murdering her might bring even more attention, he says that they could make it look like a mugging gone wrong.
* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Ducard mocks Bruce's father for not defeating his murderer, protecting himself and Bruce's mother, and saving Bruce from emotional trauma and orphanhood. The possibility that Bruce's mother could have done anything whatsoever to protect herself, her husband and her child, let alone that she ''should'' have, is never even suggested. This despite the fact that the murderer had a gun and none of the Waynes were armed, so Martha probably stood about as much of a chance of defeating him as her larger and presumably stronger husband did. For the record, Bruce himself doesn't blame his father for failing not to die, but is mentioned as having strong survivors' guilt. Ducard, again, doesn't raise an eyebrow at hearing Bruce blame himself for what happened and his need to make up for it, despite the fact that Bruce was ''eight-years-old'' at the time.
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* MindRape: Dr. Crane deliberately does this to his patients.
** MindRape also happens to Falcone at the hands of Dr. Crane; and [[spoiler: ironically Batman gases Crane [[HoistByHisOwnPetard with his own toxin]]; removing any sanity that Crane had and leaving only the fear-obsessed Scarecrow]].
** MindRape also happens to Falcone at the hands of Dr. Crane; and [[spoiler: ironically Batman gases Crane [[HoistByHisOwnPetard with his own toxin]]; removing any sanity that Crane had and leaving only the fear-obsessed Scarecrow]].
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* MindRape: Dr. Crane deliberately does this to his patients.
** MindRapepatients. It also happens to Falcone at the hands of Dr. Crane; and [[spoiler: ironically Batman gases Crane [[HoistByHisOwnPetard with his own toxin]]; removing any sanity that Crane had and leaving only the fear-obsessed Scarecrow]].Scarecrow]].
* MoneyIsNotPower: Falcone says he runs the city with "power you can't buy... the power of fear" and demonstrates how he sees Bruce as some snot-nosed kid who can't handle the ugly side of life. In a twist of irony, Falcone learns that this power can't save him when scarier people start to show up.
** MindRape
* MoneyIsNotPower: Falcone says he runs the city with "power you can't buy... the power of fear" and demonstrates how he sees Bruce as some snot-nosed kid who can't handle the ugly side of life. In a twist of irony, Falcone learns that this power can't save him when scarier people start to show up.
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** Also, Rachel does a lot of {{Expospeak}} early on.
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*** Crane also gets gassed in Batman's presence and hallucinates him as a demonic creature in another ''Animated Series'' episode, "Nothing to Fear".
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* NeverFoundTheBody: At the end, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's-Al Ghul]] is apparently killed when the train car he is in derails and crashes. He has so far not returned, but the fact that we never see his body ([[ImmortalLifeIsCheap along with some of his defining characteristics from the comics]]) has fueled much fan speculation. The novelization of the film says, however, that his body was never found.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Bruce's decision in the climax to [[spoiler: leave Ra's to his death in the plunging train will come back to bite him in the ass [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises a decade later]].]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: NewTechIsNotCheap: Used to justify why there's an entire branch full of hardware for Bruce to 'borrow' from Wayne Enterprises.
-->'''Lucius''': [This armor] will even stop a knife.\\
'''Bruce''': Why isn't it standard issue?\\
'''Lucius''': The military didn't think a soldier's life was worth 300 grand.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Bruce's decision in the climax to [[spoiler: leave Ra's to his death in the plunging train will come back to bite him in the ass [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises a decade later]].]]
-->'''Lucius''': [This armor] will even stop a knife.\\
'''Bruce''': Why isn't it standard issue?\\
'''Lucius''': The military didn't think a soldier's life was worth 300 grand.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Bruce's decision in the climax to [[spoiler: leave Ra's to his death in the plunging train will come back to bite him in the ass [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises a decade later]].]]
* NoMoreForMe: A blink-and-you'll-miss-it version appears in the police chase scene. A lot attendant, upon seeing the Batmobile and the police cars enter the parking structure, looks down at his drink as if there's something wrong with it.
* NooseNecktie: Scarecrow has a noose around his neck which comes with his bag gas mask. Which might be a reference to his appearance in Season Three of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: While Alfred is usually thought of as having an upper-class English accent, Caine decided that Alfred's sense of duty and loyalty towards Bruce Wayne reminded him of the comradeship that exists in the military, so he based the character's voice on that of a colonel he knew when he was in the army as an 18-year-old. Ultimately, his accent is more or less identical to his natural Cockney accent.
* NothingCanSaveUsNow: The police commissioner responds to Lt. Gordon's pleas for reinforcements by saying there are no more reserves to send and no help is coming. However, just at that moment, Batman in the Batmobile roars into the crisis to save the day.
* NotQuiteFlight: Bruce develops a short-range glider due to his cape being made out of "memory cloth".
* NothingCanSaveUsNow: The police commissioner responds to Lt. Gordon's pleas for reinforcements by saying there are no more reserves to send and no help is coming. However, just at that moment, Batman in the Batmobile roars into the crisis to save the day.
* NotQuiteFlight: Bruce develops a short-range glider due to his cape being made out of "memory cloth".
* PlausibleDeniability: Wayne Enterprises applied science head Lucius Fox invokes this when Bruce Wayne becomes concerned that his increasingly "unusual requests" for materials for his prototype Batsuit may cause Fox to out him: "Mr Wayne, if you don't want to tell me exactly what you're doing - when I'm asked, I don't have to lie. But don't think of me as an idiot."
* PlayingCardMotifs: Lieutenant Gordon hands Batman a Joker card found at the scene of a crime, {{foreshadowing}} [[SequelHook the Joker's prominent role]] in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
* PlayingCardMotifs: Lieutenant Gordon hands Batman a Joker card found at the scene of a crime, {{foreshadowing}} [[SequelHook the Joker's prominent role]] in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
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** Although, as Gordon himself says, whom could he snitch the corrupt cops to? Gotham is almost hopelessly corrupt. Him saying he is not a rat seems more like a way of protecting himself and his family in particular from the threat of his partners. Besides, Bruce investigated him before contacting him. The fact Gordon is all too ready to help Batman when he proves himself a force of good shows the kind of person he is.
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* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: Depending on how you interpret Ducard's expressed attitude towards Gotham and his FreudianExcuse, he may be type 3 or type 4 of this.
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* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: Depending on Henri Ducard comes across as being evident from his KnightTemplar attitude, and also being apparent from his earlier talk (if he means it) about how you interpret Ducard's expressed attitude towards [[FreudianExcuse his wife was taken from him and he "learned the hard way that there are those in the world without decency, who must be fought without pity."]] The sign of Put Them All Out Of My Misery itself is in his conversation with Bruce Wayne about the prospect of destroying Gotham.
-->'''Wayne''': You're gonna destroy millions of lives.\\
'''Ducard''': Only a cynical man would call what these people have "lives," Wayne. Crime. Despair. This is not how man was supposed to live. The League of Shadows has been a check against human corruption for thousands of years. We sacked Rome. Loaded trade ships with plague rats. Burned London to the ground. Every time a civilization reaches the pinnacle of its decadence, we return to restore the balance.\\
'''Wayne''': Gotham isn't beyond saving. Give me more time. There are good people here.\\
'''Ducard''': You're defending a city so corrupt, we have infiltrated every level of its infrastructure. When I found you in that jail, you were lost. But I believed in you. I took away your fear, andhis FreudianExcuse, he may I showed you a path. You were my greatest student. It should be type 3 or type 4 you standing by my side, saving the world.\\
'''Wayne''': I'll be standing where I belong. Between you and the people ofthis.Gotham.\\
'''Ducard''': No one can save Gotham. When a forest grows too wild, a purging fire is inevitable and natural. Tomorrow the world will watch in horror as its greatest city destroys itself. The movement back to harmony will be unstoppable this time.\\
'''Wayne''': You attacked Gotham before?\\
'''Ducard''': Of course. Over the ages our weapons have grown more sophisticated. With Gotham we tried a new one, economics. But we underestimated certain of Gotham's citizens, such as your parents. Gunned down by one of the very people they were trying to help. Create enough hunger and everyone becomes a criminal. Their deaths galvanized the city into saving itself, and Gotham has limped on ever since. We are back to finish the job.
-->'''Wayne''': You're gonna destroy millions of lives.\\
'''Ducard''': Only a cynical man would call what these people have "lives," Wayne. Crime. Despair. This is not how man was supposed to live. The League of Shadows has been a check against human corruption for thousands of years. We sacked Rome. Loaded trade ships with plague rats. Burned London to the ground. Every time a civilization reaches the pinnacle of its decadence, we return to restore the balance.\\
'''Wayne''': Gotham isn't beyond saving. Give me more time. There are good people here.\\
'''Ducard''': You're defending a city so corrupt, we have infiltrated every level of its infrastructure. When I found you in that jail, you were lost. But I believed in you. I took away your fear, and
'''Wayne''': I'll be standing where I belong. Between you and the people of
'''Ducard''': No one can save Gotham. When a forest grows too wild, a purging fire is inevitable and natural. Tomorrow the world will watch in horror as its greatest city destroys itself. The movement back to harmony will be unstoppable this time.\\
'''Wayne''': You attacked Gotham before?\\
'''Ducard''': Of course. Over the ages our weapons have grown more sophisticated. With Gotham we tried a new one, economics. But we underestimated certain of Gotham's citizens, such as your parents. Gunned down by one of the very people they were trying to help. Create enough hunger and everyone becomes a criminal. Their deaths galvanized the city into saving itself, and Gotham has limped on ever since. We are back to finish the job.
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* RampJump: The Tumbler, from the rooftops onto a bridge and across the river to reach The Narrows.
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* RampJump: The Tumbler, from Batmobile. Its entrance into the rooftops onto a bridge and Batcave is by jumping across the river a small chasm through a waterfall, and it has several scenes where it jumps and drives across rooftops. When they first show it, it's explained that it was designed to reach The Narrows.make a no-ramp jump for crossing rivers with a cable in order to build temporary bridges.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Earle reassigned Fox to Applied Sciences to keep Fox from causing troubles for him.
** ReassignmentBackfire: This makes Fox the most valuable person for Bruce as he's overseen the creation of most of the tech that Bruce needs for Batman. And at the end of the movie, Bruce appoints Fox new CEO to replace Earle.
** ReassignmentBackfire: This makes Fox the most valuable person for Bruce as he's overseen the creation of most of the tech that Bruce needs for Batman. And at the end of the movie, Bruce appoints Fox new CEO to replace Earle.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Earle reassigned Fox to Applied Sciences to keep Fox from causing troubles for him.
** ReassignmentBackfire:him. This makes Fox the most valuable person for Bruce as he's overseen the creation of most of the tech that Bruce needs for Batman. And at the end of the movie, Bruce appoints Fox new CEO to replace Earle.Earle.
* ReassignmentBackfire: When Bruce Wayne returns from his training with the League of Shadows, Fox's military prototypes catch his attention. After Bruce entrusts Fox with supplying him all the gear he needs in order to be Batman, Earle fires Fox for asking too many questions about a certain microwave emitter that [[spoiler:was seized by the League of Shadows]]. At the end of the movie, Bruce has returned to being the head of Wayne Enterprises by buying back all of his company's shares, and also gives Fox a better job: Earle's. [[IronicEcho "Didn't you get the memo?"]]
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* ReassignmentBackfire: When Bruce Wayne returns from his training with the League of Shadows, Fox's military prototypes catch his attention. After Bruce entrusts Fox with supplying him all the gear he needs in order to be Batman, Earle fires Fox for asking too many questions about a certain microwave emitter that [[spoiler:was seized by the League of Shadows]]. At the end of the movie, Bruce has returned to being the head of Wayne Enterprises by buying back all of his company's shares, and also gives Fox a better job: Earle's. [[IronicEcho "Didn't you get the memo?"]]
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* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: Batman won't kill [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]]... but he doesn't have to save him.
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* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: During Batman's climax fight with Ra's Al Ghul, the train they're in is about to crash, and Batman has Ra's at his mercy. Rather than kill him or save him, Batman escapes, leaving Ra's to die on the train.
-->'''Batman:''' I won't kill[[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]]... you... but he doesn't I don't have to save him.you.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: Implied; when it looks like Bruce will refuse the League of Shadows EvilPlan, [[NotSoStoic Ducard's voice takes on an urgent tone]] as he offers Bruce the sword, telling him there's no turning back.
-->'''Batman:''' I won't kill
* ResignationsNotAccepted: Implied; when it looks like Bruce will refuse the League of Shadows EvilPlan, [[NotSoStoic Ducard's voice takes on an urgent tone]] as he offers Bruce the sword, telling him there's no turning back.
* RunawayTrain: The bad guys attempt to poison Gotham City by sending an uncontrolled monorail train, which carries a device that supposed to cause fear-inducing gas spew everywhere, towards Gotham's central water source.
* SaveTheDayTurnAway: Inverted. Rachel leaves instead, because she realized that Bruce Wayne ''never'' came back to Gotham, only ''[[SecretIdentityIdentity Batman]]''.
* ScareChord: Batman gets a few when attacking the mooks on the dock in ''Film/BatmanBegins'', followed by some serious PsychoStrings.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney[=/=]ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: A heroic example of both happens at the same time at one point. When a maître d' tries to 86 him for letting his two companions skinny-dip in the hotel's pool area, Bruce simply buys him off.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney[=/=]ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Mentioned in a conversation between mob boss Falcone and Dr. Crane regarding Rachel Dawes getting a little too close to their illegal operations.
--->'''Crane''': There's another problem. An attorney sniffing around at the DA's office.\\
'''Falcone''': ''[dismissively]'' Buy 'em off.\\
'''Crane''': Not this one.\\
'''Falcone''': Ah, an idealist, huh? Well, there's an answer for that too...
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Bruce Wayne became Batman because nearly all the public officials of Gotham were in the pocket of the crime lord Carmine Falcone, preventing Falcone from facing justice.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: A heroic example of both happens at the same time at one point. When a maître d' tries to 86 him for letting his two companions skinny-dip in the hotel's pool area, Bruce simply buys him off.
--->'''Crane''': There's another problem. An attorney sniffing around at the DA's office.\\
'''Falcone''': ''[dismissively]'' Buy 'em off.\\
'''Crane''': Not this one.\\
'''Falcone''': Ah, an idealist, huh? Well, there's an answer for that too...
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Bruce Wayne became Batman because nearly all the public officials of Gotham were in the pocket of the crime lord Carmine Falcone, preventing Falcone from facing justice.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: A heroic example of both happens at the same time at one point. When a maître d' tries to 86 him for letting his two companions skinny-dip in the hotel's pool area, Bruce simply buys him off.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: While having dinner at a fancy restaurant, Bruce's dates essentially strip and start bathing in the fountain. When asked to leave, Bruce simply buys the restaurant. Then as the new owner, changes the rules about what's allowed to happen in the fountain.
-->'''Ducard:''' Are you ready to begin?\\
'''Wayne:''' I can... I can barely stand...\\
'''Ducard:''' Death does not ''WAIT'' for you to be ready! ''(kicks him)'' Death is not considerate OR fair! ''(kicks him again)'' And make no mistake: here you face death! ''(goes to kick Bruce again -- [[PunchCatch he catches Ducard's foot]])''
'''Wayne:''' I can... I can barely stand...\\
'''Ducard:''' Death does not ''WAIT'' for you to be ready! ''(kicks him)'' Death is not considerate OR fair! ''(kicks him again)'' And make no mistake: here you face death! ''(goes to kick Bruce again -- [[PunchCatch he catches Ducard's foot]])''
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* SoftGlass: See MadeOfIron. Batman is also able to crash through one of the monorail trains windows without any harm.
* SoiledCityOnAHill: Gotham City is this from the point of view of Henri Ducard and the League of Shadows.
* SoiledCityOnAHill: Gotham City is this from the point of view of Henri Ducard and the League of Shadows.
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* SocietyIsToBlame: Touched upon when Bruce Wayne begins to sympathize with the criminal element when he encounters people who have to commit crime in order to survive (and, having cut himself off from home, having to do so himself), and then finds himself feeling a thrill when he expands his motivations from survival to profit. This is countered by Ducard, who notes that criminals look for, thrive on, and encourage society's tolerance and understanding of their motivations. Bruce eventually settles on something somewhere in the middle, and he tends to restrict his hunts to those who cannot claim it is society's fault.
* SoftGlass:See MadeOfIron.The bats that are summoned to keep the police distracted have no trouble breaking through glass windows. Batman is also able to crash through one of the monorail trains windows without any harm.
* SoiledCityOnAHill: Gotham City is this from the point of view of Henri Ducard and the League ofShadows.Shadows, the latter being an ancient secret organization that takes upon itself to destroy societies and cities that, according to their standards, have become too corrupt and decadent. ("The League of Shadows has been a check against human corruption for thousands of years. We sacked Rome. Loaded trade ships with plague rats. Burned London to the ground. Every time a civilization reaches the pinnacle of its decadence, we return to restore the balance.") Next on their list: Gotham City.
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* SoiledCityOnAHill: Gotham City is this from the point of view of Henri Ducard and the League of
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: The deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne ended up being this for the League of Shadows. The League's plan to destroy Gotham through an artificially created economic depression was working perfectly up until the Wayne murders. Their deaths ''finally'' shocked Gotham's wealthy and powerful into action and the City recovered just enough to endure. The League had to wait nearly 20 years before trying again.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne ended up being this for the League of Shadows. The League's plan to destroy Gotham through an artificially created economic depression was working perfectly up until the Wayne murders. Their deaths ''finally'' shocked Gotham's wealthy and powerful into action and the City recovered just enough to endure. The League had to wait nearly 20 years before trying again.]]
* SuperheroParadox: It begins at the end of the movie, when Gordon wonders aloud about what the criminals will do to keep up with Batman being on the side of the police, and then mentions this weird new hitter going around who uses [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker a playing card as his signature]]. Then, in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', escalation is the main theme. The cops and organized crime were locked in a stalemate. Then Batman came and tipped the scales, and the existing criminal element didn't stand a chance against him. The Joker is explicitly named as crime's response to the Batman, a monster that didn't -- couldn't -- exist before Batman did. Nobody's very pleased with the thought.
* SuperPrototype: The movie has most of Batman's gear be acquired from rejected R&D prototypes from Wayne Enterprises. The suit was rejected by the army because it was too expensive, while Bruce customizes the suit to his preferences along with combining the built-in harness to work with a GrapplingHookPistol. The Tumbler was designed for jumping gaps to lay cables for bridges, the bridge system didn't work right but the vehicle itself was an impressive high mobility tank. This set a precedent across different media that much of Batman's gear is him [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys adopting and repurposing existing prototypes instead of custom building everything from scratch]].
* SuperPrototype: The movie has most of Batman's gear be acquired from rejected R&D prototypes from Wayne Enterprises. The suit was rejected by the army because it was too expensive, while Bruce customizes the suit to his preferences along with combining the built-in harness to work with a GrapplingHookPistol. The Tumbler was designed for jumping gaps to lay cables for bridges, the bridge system didn't work right but the vehicle itself was an impressive high mobility tank. This set a precedent across different media that much of Batman's gear is him [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys adopting and repurposing existing prototypes instead of custom building everything from scratch]].
* {{Tagline}}: "Evil fears the Knight"
* TakeMyHand: Bruce Wayne saves the unconscious Ducard in this manner. He can only use one arm because he is flat on his back, with the gauntlet on his other arm wedged into the ice to hold him in place. At least Bruce yells to let the audience know it was really hard.
* TakeMyHand: Bruce Wayne saves the unconscious Ducard in this manner. He can only use one arm because he is flat on his back, with the gauntlet on his other arm wedged into the ice to hold him in place. At least Bruce yells to let the audience know it was really hard.
* TanksButNoTanks: PlayedForLaughs. This movie's version of the Batmobile is the Tumbler, a prototype bridge-deploying vehicle for use in combat zones; they never could get the bridge to work, but the Tumbler itself remains a fast, armored vehicle that excels in any terrain. When Batman first deploys it, some police are asked for the make and model of the vehicle. They can't come up with any description besides "a black... ''tank''."
* {{Thememobile}}: The movie introduces The Tumbler as the Batmobile. In this case, it is only referred to as The Tumbler.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: One of these happens for [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]] when he realizes that [[spoiler:Batman]] isn't going to save him. His reaction has this expression written all over it.
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* ThreePointLanding: Batman does this at some point.
* AThreesomeIsHot: Alfred advises Bruce Wayne to pose as a MillionairePlayboy so no one will realise he's Batman. Cut to Bruce pulling up in a low-slung sports car with two beautiful women sharing the passenger seat (later they start publicly bathing in the restaurant's ornamental pool).
* AThreesomeIsHot: Alfred advises Bruce Wayne to pose as a MillionairePlayboy so no one will realise he's Batman. Cut to Bruce pulling up in a low-slung sports car with two beautiful women sharing the passenger seat (later they start publicly bathing in the restaurant's ornamental pool).
* ThreePointLanding: Batman does this at some point.
* AThreesomeIsHot: Alfred advises Bruce Wayne to pose as a MillionairePlayboy so no one will realise he's Batman. Cut to Bruce pulling up in a low-slung sports car with two beautiful women sharing the passenger seat (later they start publicly bathing in the restaurant's ornamental pool).
* ThroatLight: When the city is hopped up on fear gas and they get a look at Batman, he's basically a bat-demon with a hellfire inner glow.
* ThrowingTheDistraction: Specifically mentioned in-universe as a "cheap parlor trick" to distract and confuse one's enemies.
* ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: Though not in the context of literally becoming another person, Ra's Al Ghul says the following line to Bruce: "To conquer Fear, you must become Fear." Specifically, in order for one to conquer their fears, they have to become someone else's fear, and revel in making them afraid.
* {{Trainstopping}}: Subverted. Batman deliberately intends to cause the monorail train (built by his dad, no less) to crash by having Gordon blow up a piece of the beam with the Tumbler. He doesn't take Ra's al-Ghul in the train with him when he leaves, letting the subsequent explosion kill Ra's.
* TrashcanBonfire: This is how Bruce Wayne disposes of his ID before heading off to the wilds of Asia. The wino warming himself there convinces Bruce not to burn his expensive longcoat too, but to give it to him instead (Bruce having already bought his jacket).
* TrashTheSet: Wayne Manor burns down. Though the mansion used for outside shots was not burnt, as it was an actual home of royalty.
* AThreesomeIsHot: Alfred advises Bruce Wayne to pose as a MillionairePlayboy so no one will realise he's Batman. Cut to Bruce pulling up in a low-slung sports car with two beautiful women sharing the passenger seat (later they start publicly bathing in the restaurant's ornamental pool).
* ThroatLight: When the city is hopped up on fear gas and they get a look at Batman, he's basically a bat-demon with a hellfire inner glow.
* ThrowingTheDistraction: Specifically mentioned in-universe as a "cheap parlor trick" to distract and confuse one's enemies.
* ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim: Though not in the context of literally becoming another person, Ra's Al Ghul says the following line to Bruce: "To conquer Fear, you must become Fear." Specifically, in order for one to conquer their fears, they have to become someone else's fear, and revel in making them afraid.
* {{Trainstopping}}: Subverted. Batman deliberately intends to cause the monorail train (built by his dad, no less) to crash by having Gordon blow up a piece of the beam with the Tumbler. He doesn't take Ra's al-Ghul in the train with him when he leaves, letting the subsequent explosion kill Ra's.
* TrashcanBonfire: This is how Bruce Wayne disposes of his ID before heading off to the wilds of Asia. The wino warming himself there convinces Bruce not to burn his expensive longcoat too, but to give it to him instead (Bruce having already bought his jacket).
* TrashTheSet: Wayne Manor burns down. Though the mansion used for outside shots was not burnt, as it was an actual home of royalty.
* UndergroundRailroad: A HistoricalInJoke reference to the Civil War Underground Railroad is made when Bruce and Alfred are exploring the Batcave.
* VengeanceDenied: Chill is killed by one of Carmine Falcone's men in order to keep Chill from testifying against Falcone. In other versions of the story, Batman's Rogues Gallery kill Chill when they realize [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Chill created their worst enemy]].
* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: The movie presents an example where he has no choice, as his mentor turned enemy explicitly states that he feels no gratitude that Bruce previously saved his life and vows to kill Bruce if he doesn't join his cause. Ultimately, Batman doesn't kill the villain but rather [[SaveTheVillain declines to save him]], which is still at odds with Batman's code of ethics, at least the one established in the comics (especially as it was Batman's plan to stop the train that put the villain in a position which threatened his life).
* WalkingDisasterArea: Mentioned, as Gordon talks about escalation: "We start carrying semi-automatics; They start carrying automatics. We start wearing kevlar; They start using armor piercing rounds. And you're wearing a mask and jumping off rooftops; Take this guy, armed robbery, double homicide, taste for the theatrical, and leaves a calling card." [''Card is flipped over, showing [[ComicBook/TheJoker a joker]]'']
* WatchingTroyBurn: Ra's Al Ghul burns down Wayne Manor while trying to destroy the city.
* WalkingDisasterArea: Mentioned, as Gordon talks about escalation: "We start carrying semi-automatics; They start carrying automatics. We start wearing kevlar; They start using armor piercing rounds. And you're wearing a mask and jumping off rooftops; Take this guy, armed robbery, double homicide, taste for the theatrical, and leaves a calling card." [''Card is flipped over, showing [[ComicBook/TheJoker a joker]]'']
* WatchingTroyBurn: Ra's Al Ghul burns down Wayne Manor while trying to destroy the city.
* WhatTheHellAreYou: Falcone meets Batman, violence ensues.
->'''Carmine Falcone:''' ''[frantically loading his shotgun]'' What the hell are you?\\
'''Batman:''' ''[breaks open the limo's sunroof and pulls Falcone out]'' I'm Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}.
->'''Carmine Falcone:''' ''[frantically loading his shotgun]'' What the hell are you?\\
'''Batman:''' ''[breaks open the limo's sunroof and pulls Falcone out]'' I'm Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}.
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* YouCanNeverLeave: Implied; when it looks like Bruce will refuse the League of Shadows EvilPlan, [[NotSoStoic Ducard's voice takes on an urgent tone]] as he offers Bruce the sword, telling him there's no turning back.
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* YouCanNeverLeave: Implied; YouAreTooLate: Notably, one of the major themes of the movie is recognizing when it looks like ''isn't'' too late to make a difference or turn things around, whatever naysayers may say.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Brucewill refuse Wayne uses this sort of reasoning when devising his future role, as advised by Henri Ducard. A man acting just by himself as a man can be killed, bribed, or discouraged, but by becoming a 'symbol', the man becomes "more than just a man"; even if he dies, the symbol lives on to inspire others. Guess what symbol Bruce eventually settles on... [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that Ra's Al Ghul has operated by the same principle.]]
* YouCantThwartStageOne: The League of ShadowsEvilPlan, [[NotSoStoic Ducard's voice takes on an urgent tone]] as he offers Bruce manages to start spreading the sword, telling him there's no turning back.toxin throughout Gotham (and are most of the way to blowing up its water mains) before they are defeated.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Bruce
* YouCantThwartStageOne: The League of Shadows
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* YourTraditionIsNotMine: This is Batman's origin story in this film. Recruited by the League of Shadows, Bruce Wayne quickly becomes their star pupil, believing he's finally found a group of people who share his passion for fighting crime and can give him the training and tools to do so effectively. However, he abandons them when he rejects their final exam, [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten which required him to execute a captured and imprisoned thief]]. The eventual discovery that they're a [[KnightTemplar fundamentalist cult]] who may claim to fight crime, but whose real purpose is to [[WatchingTroyBurn burn down any civilization they view as having become too corrupt and decadent]], didn't help either.
* ZeroApprovalGambit: Bruce acts as a drunken boor at his party, throwing out all the guests as they react in disgust. He was actually doing it for their own protection, as Ra's al Ghul had just shown up.
* ZeroApprovalGambit: Bruce acts as a drunken boor at his party, throwing out all the guests as they react in disgust. He was actually doing it for their own protection, as Ra's al Ghul had just shown up.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: In order to get the needed training for his war on crime, Bruce seeks out Ra's Al Ghul, the head of the Asian League of Shadows. He ends up dealing mainly with Henri Ducard, the League's second-in-command. Ra's tends to sit in the background and be imposing while Ducard does all the work of testing and advising Bruce. When drama ensues and everything starts exploding, Bruce saves Ducard; he doesn't discover until much later that Ducard was really Ra's Al Ghul all along, using another man as a decoy.
-->'''Bruce Wayne:''' Be careful who sees you with that. They're going to come looking for me.\\
'''Homeless Man:''' Who?\\
'''Bruce Wayne:''' Everyone.
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Jonathan Crane is all over the place. He could well be a behavioral or biological psychologist, considering how he was using his fear gas. But the only psychology we see him actually deliver is total bullshit designed to get Rachel off his back, and that name-checks Jungian theories.
'''Homeless Man:''' Who?\\
'''Bruce Wayne:''' Everyone.
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Jonathan Crane is all over the place. He could well be a behavioral or biological psychologist, considering how he was using his fear gas. But the only psychology we see him actually deliver is total bullshit designed to get Rachel off his back, and that name-checks Jungian theories.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Ra's al Ghul and his men walk right into the manor as guests at Bruce's birthday party. When he realizes who they are, he's quick to get everyone else out. Good thing, too, as they burn the house down immediately after.
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* AncientConspiracy: The League of Shadows has been responsible for numerous HistoricalInJoke incidents.
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* AncientConspiracy: The League of Shadows has been responsible for numerous HistoricalInJoke incidents.incidents, claims that [[KnightTemplar the evil is done in service of a "good" goal]].
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: During the scene where Bruce Wayne meets Ra's Al Ghul [[spoiler:(actually his decoy)]], we see him communicate in what is supposed to sound like Tibetan (as the league's headquarters is in the Himalayas). In actuality, Creator/KenWatanabe isn't speaking in any known language, though according to some release's subtitles, it's supposed to be Urdu.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[AntiVillain Ra's Al Ghul]] cites civilization's cyclic decay into criminality as the reason for the League of Shadows' existence.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[AntiVillain Ra's Al Ghul]] cites civilization's cyclic decay into criminality as the reason for the League of Shadows' existence.
* AssuranceBackfire: When rushing Rachel Dawes back to the Batcave to get her an antidote to the Scarecrow's fear toxin, Batman tells her to stay calm, before informing her that she's been poisoned, which causes her to visibly panic.
* AtTheOperaTonight: The movie eschews sending the Wayne family to the usual movie (Tyrone Power in ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'') and instead has Thomas and Martha Wayne mugged and killed leaving the opera early. (The opera in question is ''Theatre/{{Mefistofele}}'' by Arrigo Boito, which shows thought from the writers: a lazy writer would probably have gone with ''Theatre/DieFledermaus'' for the name, but ''Mefistofele'' is much more thematically appropriate.)
* AtTheOperaTonight: The movie eschews sending the Wayne family to the usual movie (Tyrone Power in ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'') and instead has Thomas and Martha Wayne mugged and killed leaving the opera early. (The opera in question is ''Theatre/{{Mefistofele}}'' by Arrigo Boito, which shows thought from the writers: a lazy writer would probably have gone with ''Theatre/DieFledermaus'' for the name, but ''Mefistofele'' is much more thematically appropriate.)
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Bruce is about to assassinate Joe Chill when [[spoiler:the mob assassinates him instead for becoming an informant]]. This is when Bruce realizes that crime has become so pervasive, killing one person won't resolve anything.
* BallroomBlitz: Rā's al Ghūl and his men crash Bruce Wayne's birthday party.
* BallroomBlitz: Rā's al Ghūl and his men crash Bruce Wayne's birthday party.
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* BatScare: Bruce suffers one when he falls into the future Batcave as a young boy. He later ''weaponizes'' this trope as "backup".
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* BatScare: Used as a plot point when a young Bruce suffers one when he Wayne falls into the future Batcave as a young boy. disused well and disturbs a colony of bats that live there. This causes him to develop a phobia of bats that he conquers when he becomes Batman. He later ''weaponizes'' weaponizes it by including in his gadget repertoire a bat swarm lure, which he unleashes to escape from Arkham Asylum when surrounded by a mass police response to his appearance.
* BatSignal: Batman tells Gordon to "watch for [his] sign" in their first meeting; thistrope as "backup".sign turns out to be Falcone strung up to a spotlight, his cut coat resembling a bat. Gordon then turns this into the Bat-Signal at the end.
* BatSignal: Batman tells Gordon to "watch for [his] sign" in their first meeting; this
* BattleAtopThePoles: Bruce Wayne spars opponents while balancing on wooden stakes during his TrainingFromHell by Ra's Al Ghul.
* BedlamHouse: The movie shows that Dr. Jonathan Crane runs the asylum, using it as his personal lab and the inmates as the test subjects for his fear toxin. However, as the film is intended to be a more realistic depiction of the Batman franchise, Arkham is portrayed as a modern, clean, spacious, and well-lit facility rather than gloomy and gothic.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Ra's al Ghul reveals to Bruce that the League of Shadows are responsible for, among other things, the Sack of Rome, the Black Plague, the Great Fire of London, and the WretchedHive of a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack City]] that Gotham has become.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Ra's al Ghul reveals to Bruce that the League of Shadows are responsible for, among other things, the Sack of Rome, the Black Plague, the Great Fire of London, and the WretchedHive of a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack City]] that Gotham has become.
-->'''[[TheDon Falcone]]''': I want to know how you're gonna convince me to keep my mouth shut.\\
'''[[MadScientist Crane]]''': About what? You don't know anything.\\
'''Falcone''': I know you wouldn't want the police to take a closer look at those drugs they seized. And I know about your experiments with the inmates of your nuthouse. See, I don't go into business with a guy without finding out his dirty secrets. And those goons you used –- I own the muscle in this town. Now, I've been bringing your stuff in for months, so whatever he's planning, it's big, and I want in.\\
'''Crane''': Well, I already know what he'll say: that we should kill you.\\
'''Falcone''': Even he can't get me in here. Not in my town.\\
'''Crane''': ...would you like to see my mask? I use it in my experiments. Probably not very frightening to a guy like you, but these crazies, they can't stand it.\\
'''Falcone''': So when did the nut take over the nuthouse?\\
''[[spoiler:Cue [[EvilVersusEvil Crane spraying the fear toxin in Falcone's face]], [[LaserGuidedKarma making Falcone scream in terror]].]]''
'''[[MadScientist Crane]]''': About what? You don't know anything.\\
'''Falcone''': I know you wouldn't want the police to take a closer look at those drugs they seized. And I know about your experiments with the inmates of your nuthouse. See, I don't go into business with a guy without finding out his dirty secrets. And those goons you used –- I own the muscle in this town. Now, I've been bringing your stuff in for months, so whatever he's planning, it's big, and I want in.\\
'''Crane''': Well, I already know what he'll say: that we should kill you.\\
'''Falcone''': Even he can't get me in here. Not in my town.\\
'''Crane''': ...would you like to see my mask? I use it in my experiments. Probably not very frightening to a guy like you, but these crazies, they can't stand it.\\
'''Falcone''': So when did the nut take over the nuthouse?\\
''[[spoiler:Cue [[EvilVersusEvil Crane spraying the fear toxin in Falcone's face]], [[LaserGuidedKarma making Falcone scream in terror]].]]''
* BladeBrake: Batman uses his gauntlets for this effect while rescuing Ducard.
* BlindedByTheLight: Henri Ducard shows Bruce Wayne how to use a pinch of gunpowder to achieve this effect.
* BlindedByTheLight: Henri Ducard shows Bruce Wayne how to use a pinch of gunpowder to achieve this effect.
* BrandishmentBluff: Batman sneaks into Gordon's office to introduce himself for the first time. To keep Gordon from turning around and seeing him, he imitates a DramaticGunCock using a stapler pressed to the back of Gordon's head.
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* BrickJoke:
** Before starting work on his Batman persona, Bruce pays a homeless man for his coat; while he plans to burn his, the homeless man insists he keep it, saying that it's a "nice coat" and repeating it to himself after Bruce leaves. When he publicly debuts as Batman to intercept one of Falcone's drug shipments, he sees the same homeless man and simply tells him, "Nice coat." He's quite delighted to hear it.
** "Didn't you get the memo?" See IronicEcho below.
** Before starting work on his Batman persona, Bruce pays a homeless man for his coat; while he plans to burn his, the homeless man insists he keep it, saying that it's a "nice coat" and repeating it to himself after Bruce leaves. When he publicly debuts as Batman to intercept one of Falcone's drug shipments, he sees the same homeless man and simply tells him, "Nice coat." He's quite delighted to hear it.
** "Didn't you get the memo?" See IronicEcho below.
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* BrickJoke:
**BrickJoke: Before starting work on his Batman persona, Bruce pays a homeless man for his coat; while he plans to burn his, the homeless man insists he keep it, saying that it's a "nice coat" and repeating it to himself after Bruce leaves. When he publicly debuts as Batman to intercept one of Falcone's drug shipments, he sees the same homeless man and simply tells him, "Nice coat." He's quite delighted to hear it.
** "Didn't you get * BridalCarry; Batman does this to Rachel. The scene was also the memo?" See IronicEcho below.basis for one of the film posters, in which it was not clear if Rachel was dying or merely unconscious.
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* BulletproofVest: The movie establishes that the Batman's suit is a $300k body armor, so it's somewhat justified that it works pretty well. In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Bruce asks Fox to redesign the suit to be more resistant to dog bites, realistically showing a common weakness in ballistic armor. In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', [[spoiler:Gordon takes a bullet for the mayor while wearing a standard kevlar vest and is injured badly enough [[FakingTheDead to convince everyone he's dead]]. He's away for some time before coming back into action.]]
* CatapultNightmare: Averted, as Bruce has a FlashbackNightmare and simply wakes up breathing heavily.
* CaveBehindTheFalls: The Tumbler exits the Batcave by leaping through a waterfall.
* CaveBehindTheFalls: The Tumbler exits the Batcave by leaping through a waterfall.
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* CityNoir
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* ComfortingComforter: While a uniformed officer in this movie, Gordon wraps a coat around a young Bruce Wayne as he waits in the police station after the murder of his parents. This act of kindness affects Bruce so much, he mentions the incident to Gordon as his InternalReveal of Batman's SecretIdentity in the [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises final film]].
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* CompositeCharacter: Henri Ducard is a mentor of Batman just like his comic counterpart, but he's also [[spoiler: the real Ra's Al-Ghul]].
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* CompositeCharacter: CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator: Ducard translates for Ra's al Ghul, who later speaks to Bruce in about five words of perfect, if clipped, English. May serve as foreshadowing that [[spoiler:Ducard IS Ra's al Ghul, and that was a decoy. Using this trope allows him to literally speak for Ra's, while not revealing his identity]].
* CompositeCharacter:
** Henri Ducard is a mentor of Batman just like his comic counterpart, but he's also [[spoiler: the real Ra's Al-Ghul]].
* CompositeCharacter:
** Henri Ducard is a mentor of Batman just like his comic counterpart, but he's also [[spoiler: the real Ra's Al-Ghul]].
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* ContinuitySnarl: Considering that Bruce Wayne's canonical birthday is February 19, [[AllThereInTheManual the novelization reveals an apparent several-month gap]] between the Wayne Manor fire and the commencement of the rebuilding (which started in the fall with the sealing of the Batcave), as well as an apparent nine-and-a-half month gap between the end of this movie and the arrival of ComicBook/TheJoker (which Batman was alerted to [[AllThereInTheManual at 11:30 PM on December 1]]). It's worth noting that according to WordOfGod, ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' takes place (and was released) in July of 2008–and several months after the end of ''Begins''.
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* ContinuityReboot: Following the original ''Film/BatmanFilmSeries'' movies directed by Creator/TimBurton and Creator/JoelSchumacher, the series was rebooted in 2005 with ''Batman Begins'', which is the first installment of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. This movie retold Batman's origin story in a new, grounded, gritty and "realistic" style. It was possibly the first movie to really popularise the term "reboot", with the filmmakers stressing that it was ''not'' a {{Prequel}} to ''Film/Batman1989''.
* ContinuitySnarl: Considering that Bruce Wayne's canonical birthday is February 19, [[AllThereInTheManual the novelization reveals an apparent several-month gap]] between the Wayne Manor fire and the commencement of the rebuilding (which started in the fall with the sealing of the Batcave), as well as an apparent nine-and-a-half month gap between the end of this movie and the arrival of ComicBook/TheJoker (which Batman was alerted to [[AllThereInTheManual at 11:30 PM on December 1]]). It's worth noting that according toWordOfGod, Nolan, ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' takes place (and was released) in July of 2008–and several months after the end of ''Begins''.
* ContinuitySnarl: Considering that Bruce Wayne's canonical birthday is February 19, [[AllThereInTheManual the novelization reveals an apparent several-month gap]] between the Wayne Manor fire and the commencement of the rebuilding (which started in the fall with the sealing of the Batcave), as well as an apparent nine-and-a-half month gap between the end of this movie and the arrival of ComicBook/TheJoker (which Batman was alerted to [[AllThereInTheManual at 11:30 PM on December 1]]). It's worth noting that according to
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* CoverupPurchase: Bruce and Alfred are ordering the components which will eventually be assembled into the batsuit:
-->'''Alfred''': Of course, they'll have to be large orders to avoid suspicion.
-->'''Bruce''': How large?
-->'''Alfred''': Say, ten thousand.
-->'''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker Least we'll have spares]].
* CrapsackWorld: Gotham is pictured as one.
-->'''Alfred''': Of course, they'll have to be large orders to avoid suspicion.
-->'''Bruce''': How large?
-->'''Alfred''': Say, ten thousand.
-->'''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker Least we'll have spares]].
* CrapsackWorld: Gotham is pictured as one.
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* CoverupPurchase: CoverUpPurchase: Bruce and Alfred are ordering the components which will eventually be assembled into the batsuit:
-->'''Alfred''': Of course, they'll have to be large orders to avoidsuspicion.
-->'''Bruce''':suspicion.\\
'''Bruce''': Howlarge?
-->'''Alfred''':large?\\
'''Alfred''': Say, tenthousand.
-->'''Bruce''':thousand.\\
'''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker Least we'll have spares]].
* CrapsackWorld: Gotham is pictured as one. It's revealed that the League of Shadows are partly responsible for the current state of Gotham, having tried to destroy the city, which they perceived as a WretchedHive, using economic means. Which mostly just made it more wretched.
-->'''Rachel''': Look beyond your own pain, Bruce. This city is rotting. They talk about the Depression like it's history and ''it's not.''
-->'''Alfred''': Of course, they'll have to be large orders to avoid
-->'''Bruce''':
'''Bruce''': How
-->'''Alfred''':
'''Alfred''': Say, ten
-->'''Bruce''':
'''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker Least we'll have spares]].
* CrapsackWorld: Gotham is pictured as one. It's revealed that the League of Shadows are partly responsible for the current state of Gotham, having tried to destroy the city, which they perceived as a WretchedHive, using economic means. Which mostly just made it more wretched.
-->'''Rachel''': Look beyond your own pain, Bruce. This city is rotting. They talk about the Depression like it's history and ''it's not.''
* CrimeConcealingHobby: Discussed, as Alfred advises Bruce to get a hobby that will explain the injuries he receives as a vigilante crime fighter; he suggests [[SnootySports polo.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: A very successful example of this trope. This was a definite shift away from the previous films; the world of Batman goes from being [[Film/BatmanAndRobin camp and over-the-top]] to dark and gritty. Even the humor is much more toned down.
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* DangerThinIce: As part of Bruce's TrainingFromHell, Ducard breaks the ice underneath him and plunges him into the icy depths.
* DarkerAndEdgier:A very successful example of this trope. This was movie marked a definite shift away from the previous ''Batman'' films; the world of Batman goes from being [[Film/BatmanAndRobin camp and over-the-top]] to dark and gritty. Even the humor is much more toned down.down.
* DarknessEqualsDeath: There's a good guy example in the sequence on the docks, where Batman pulls a mob goon into said dark space.
* DarkerAndEdgier:
* DarknessEqualsDeath: There's a good guy example in the sequence on the docks, where Batman pulls a mob goon into said dark space.
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--->'''Ra's al Ghul:''' ''[seeing Batman in full costume for the first time]'' Well, well. You took my advice about theatricality a bit... literally.
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--->'''Ra's al Ghul:''' Now if you excuse me, I have a city to destroy.
*** and
--->'''Ra's al Ghul:''' Now if you excuse me, I have a city to destroy.
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--->'''Ra's al Ghul:''' ''[seeing Batman in full costume for the first time]'' Well, well. You took my advice about theatricality a bit... literally.
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--->'''Ra'sliterally.\\
(some time later)\\
'''Ra's al Ghul:''' Now if you excuse me, I have a city to destroy.
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--->'''Ra's
(some time later)\\
'''Ra's al Ghul:''' Now if you excuse me, I have a city to destroy.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Scarecrow provides an unusual example. He does the same thing The Joker does to the Mafia, but his agenda is just that of a different villain to whom he is a more loyal dragon.
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** The title doesn't have ''Dark Knight'' in it, unlike the two others.
*** Conversely, this is the only film with ''Batman'' in the title.
*** Conversely, this is the only film with ''Batman'' in the title.
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** The title doesn't have ''Dark Knight'' in it, unlike the two others.
***others. Conversely, this is the only film with ''Batman'' in the title.
***
* EasterEgg: Take a look at the [[FunWithAcronyms first letter of tracks 4-9]] on the soundtrack. [[spoiler:It spells "Batman"!]]
* EliteMooks: Near the end of the movie, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]] sends 4 serious-looking ninjas in full metal body armor to fight Batman. They do marginally better than everyone else who's tried to fight Batman up to this point until they pushed him into a mob.
* EliteMooks: Near the end of the movie, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]] sends 4 serious-looking ninjas in full metal body armor to fight Batman. They do marginally better than everyone else who's tried to fight Batman up to this point until they pushed him into a mob.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: The League of Shadows shows Europeans, Asians, and at least one African among its ranks in the few scenes we see them [[FacelessGoons with their masks off]]
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** [[AllThereInTheManual According to the novelization]], [[spoiler:Ducard does not like the idea of using nuclear weapons to implement his plans, and at the start of the book it's clearly stated that he (or, at least, a predecessor in the role of Ra's) tricked Hitler into losing UsefulNotes/WorldWarII simply because he believed Hitler was too much of an extremist. Now, in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bane plans to destroy Gotham with a nuclear bomb, and [[FridgeBrilliance Bane's nuclear goals may have factored into his excommunication for excessive extremism...]]]]
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** [[AllThereInTheManual According to the novelization]], [[spoiler:Ducard does not like the idea of using nuclear weapons to implement his plans, and at the start of the book it's clearly stated that he (or, at least, a predecessor in the role of Ra's) tricked Hitler into losing UsefulNotes/WorldWarII simply because he believed Hitler was too much of an extremist. Now, in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bane plans to destroy Gotham with a nuclear bomb, and [[FridgeBrilliance Bane's nuclear goals may have factored into his excommunication for excessive extremism...]]]]]]
* EvilAllAlong: Not only is "Ducard" not a good guy, he's actually the ''real'' BigBad, Ra's Al Ghul.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Falcone works with Crane and Ra's al Ghul for the drugs they smuggle, unbeknownst that the latter two are actually aiming toward higher, more destructive goals. In addition, Crane thinks Ra's is holding the city ransom, not planning to destroy it without prompting as the case really is.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Inverted. Mob Boss Carmine Falcone tells a young Bruce Wayne that he's "taller than he looks in the tabloids." He then makes it clear however that he's not very impressed by Wayne's naive bravado.
* FlashbackNightmare: The opening of the movie shows Bruce dreaming of falling into a well and being surrounded by bats as a child.
* ForensicAccounting:
** The film has Rachel's boss stumble onto the League of Shadows' plan after he discovered a cargo ship had arrived in Gotham's port with one more cargo container than its manifest said it embarked with. Unfortunately a couple of {{Dirty Cop}}s off him before he is able to tell anyone.
** The film shows Alfred and Bruce trying to reduce the risk of this happening while gathering supplies to create his equipment. Someone ordering a single, very specific item would raise suspicion and leave an obvious trail. Someone ordering 10,000 of them is just a routine business order that no-one would pay attention to.
--->'''Bruce Wayne:''' ''[after Alfred explains this to him, [[DeadpanSnarker wryly]]]'' At least we'll have spares.
** The film has Rachel's boss stumble onto the League of Shadows' plan after he discovered a cargo ship had arrived in Gotham's port with one more cargo container than its manifest said it embarked with. Unfortunately a couple of {{Dirty Cop}}s off him before he is able to tell anyone.
** The film shows Alfred and Bruce trying to reduce the risk of this happening while gathering supplies to create his equipment. Someone ordering a single, very specific item would raise suspicion and leave an obvious trail. Someone ordering 10,000 of them is just a routine business order that no-one would pay attention to.
--->'''Bruce Wayne:''' ''[after Alfred explains this to him, [[DeadpanSnarker wryly]]]'' At least we'll have spares.
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** The circumstances behind the death of Ducard's wife are revealed in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' - she was [[PrisonRape prison raped]] and murdered, and this was after giving birth to Talia.
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* GainingTheWillToKill: After he has trained with the [[WellIntentionedExtremist League of Shadows]], Bruce's mentor asks him to do this as a show of his commitment after his last test. Namely, executing a prisoner who killed a fellow farmer for his land. Needless to say, the future Batman refuses, causing said mentor to later remark on his lack of 'courage to do all that is necessary' in comparison to himself and his plan to [[spoiler:destroy Gotham to scare the rest of the cities in the nation into reforming]]. Towards the end, [[spoiler:Batman does get Ra's at his mercy, and is asked again whether he now had that courage. He doesn't kill Ra's, but instead leaves him to die in the derailing monorail [[KarmicDeath that he himself had set in motion.]]]] However Bruce seems perfectly fine with killing people indirectly since in the very scene where he refused to execute an individual he blew up the building everyone was in to get away, [[FridgeLogic likely resulting in more than a few casualties including the person who was tied up to be executed as well.]]
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* GainingTheWillToKill: After he has trained with the [[WellIntentionedExtremist League of Shadows]], Bruce's mentor asks him to do this as a show of his commitment after his last test. Namely, executing a prisoner who killed a fellow farmer for his land. Needless to say, the future Batman refuses, causing said mentor to later remark on his lack of 'courage to do all that is necessary' in comparison to himself and his plan to [[spoiler:destroy Gotham to scare the rest of the cities in the nation into reforming]]. Towards the end, [[spoiler:Batman does get Ra's at his mercy, and is asked again whether he now had that courage. He doesn't kill Ra's, but instead leaves him to die in the derailing monorail [[KarmicDeath that he himself had set in motion.]]]] However Bruce seems perfectly fine with killing people indirectly since in the very scene where he refused to execute an individual he blew up the building everyone was in to get away, [[FridgeLogic likely resulting in more than a few casualties including the person who was tied up to be executed as well.]] well.
* GetIntoJailFree: The movie opens with Bruce Wayne in a Chinese prison. It's pointed out that a man of his wealth and fame is only in a place like that by choice -- Bruce is attempting to learn about the criminal mindset. However, Ducard regards this path as a dead end and quickly arranges his release so he can be tutored by the League of Shadows instead.
* GetIntoJailFree: The movie opens with Bruce Wayne in a Chinese prison. It's pointed out that a man of his wealth and fame is only in a place like that by choice -- Bruce is attempting to learn about the criminal mindset. However, Ducard regards this path as a dead end and quickly arranges his release so he can be tutored by the League of Shadows instead.
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* GuiltComplex: Bruce Wayne has a major case of this, blaming himself for getting his parents killed -- as a little boy, he had asked his parents to leave a performance of the opera ''Mefistofele'' due to the performers triggering his fear of bats, resulting in them going through what is now called "Crime Alley" and their paths crossing with the mugger Joe Chill.
* HandsOnApproach: Bruce with the secretary in the OfficeGolf scene.
* HandsOnApproach: Bruce with the secretary in the OfficeGolf scene.
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* GrapplingHookPistol: The titular character's [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys wonderful toy]] allows him to latch onto a monorail car as it makes its way towards Wayne Tower in the finale of the film. It also established a bit of slightly more realistic tech to the gun; the gun fires the projectile but it is anchored to the suit and the belt has a motor for the ascension. Since his costume is likely built with a harness that means it isn't reliant on his physical strength to hold on and allows him to snatch mooks and pull them to the ceiling.
* GuiltComplex: Bruce Wayne has a major case of this, blaming himself for getting his parents killed -- as a little boy, he had asked his parents to leave a performance of the opera ''Mefistofele'' due to the performers triggering his fear of bats, resulting in them going through what is now called "Crime Alley" and their paths crossing with the mugger JoeChill.Chill.
* HamToHamCombat: The movie makes this a ''plot point''; Ducard teaches Bruce Wayne that theatricality can be a powerful weapon, and Bruce Wayne, the character, starts ChewingTheScenery to intimidate criminals. He ends up facing Dr. Jonathan Crane, who dresses up as Scarecrow and uses similar tactics.
* HandsOnApproach: Brucewith seduces the secretary in at Wayne Enterprises with this technique under the OfficeGolf scene.pretense of showing her how to play golf. He managed to do this in only a few seconds.
* HandWave: Batman (who has a strict [[TechnicalPacifist no-kill policy]]) gets into a high-speed chase on the freeway with the cops, causes more than a couple crashes and drives over several cop cars with the cops still inside, endangering dozens of civilian and police officer lives. Yet we know no one is hurt (very badly) because Alfred says: "[[CouldHaveBeenMessy It's a miracle no one was killed.]]"
* HappyBirthdayToYou: A notable aversion, as the song is performed in its entirety with no alterations. This is unusual as the film was made in 2005, before the copyright expired.
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Non-lethal example. Carmine Falcone reveals to Dr Crane that he knows about the unethical medical experiments being carried out on the patients at Arkham asylum, implying that he's going to blackmail Crane if he doesn't cooperate. Crane responds by donning his Scarecrow mask, giving Falcone a dose of fear-inducing toxin, and torturing him into insanity.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Happens when Joe Chill, who agrees to testify against Carmine Falcone in exchange for early parole, is assassinated by one of Falcone's goons immediately after the hearing.
* GuiltComplex: Bruce Wayne has a major case of this, blaming himself for getting his parents killed -- as a little boy, he had asked his parents to leave a performance of the opera ''Mefistofele'' due to the performers triggering his fear of bats, resulting in them going through what is now called "Crime Alley" and their paths crossing with the mugger Joe
* HamToHamCombat: The movie makes this a ''plot point''; Ducard teaches Bruce Wayne that theatricality can be a powerful weapon, and Bruce Wayne, the character, starts ChewingTheScenery to intimidate criminals. He ends up facing Dr. Jonathan Crane, who dresses up as Scarecrow and uses similar tactics.
* HandsOnApproach: Bruce
* HandWave: Batman (who has a strict [[TechnicalPacifist no-kill policy]]) gets into a high-speed chase on the freeway with the cops, causes more than a couple crashes and drives over several cop cars with the cops still inside, endangering dozens of civilian and police officer lives. Yet we know no one is hurt (very badly) because Alfred says: "[[CouldHaveBeenMessy It's a miracle no one was killed.]]"
* HappyBirthdayToYou: A notable aversion, as the song is performed in its entirety with no alterations. This is unusual as the film was made in 2005, before the copyright expired.
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Non-lethal example. Carmine Falcone reveals to Dr Crane that he knows about the unethical medical experiments being carried out on the patients at Arkham asylum, implying that he's going to blackmail Crane if he doesn't cooperate. Crane responds by donning his Scarecrow mask, giving Falcone a dose of fear-inducing toxin, and torturing him into insanity.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Happens when Joe Chill, who agrees to testify against Carmine Falcone in exchange for early parole, is assassinated by one of Falcone's goons immediately after the hearing.
* HollywoodFire: Bruce Wayne's mansion is burning hot enough to crack the ceiling beams, but falling beams are the only real danger.
* HollywoodScience: The microwave device intended to vaporize all the water in Gotham City is turned on ''with people standing right next to it.'' Keeping in mind that people are 80% water, this is just one of the more obvious reasons why the city-threat plot device is implausible.
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Downplayed when Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul instructs Bruce Wayne to [[KnightTemplar execute a criminal]] in order to complete his initiation into the League of Shadows ([[ThouShaltNotKill naturally]], Bruce refuses). However, the League is not challenging him to prove that he's evil[[note]]after all, ''they'' certainly don't consider themselves or their acts evil, so why would they order Bruce to act evilly?[[/note]]--they are asking him to prove his commitment to a cause they think is right.
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* IncomprehensibleEntranceExam: To join the League of Shadows, Bruce Wayne is told to retrieve a mysterious blue flower from a remote mountain and then deliver it to a secluded monastery with no indication of what the flower might be for or even what's expected of him there. For good measure, once he actually arrives there, he's made to participate in a fist-fight with his mentor, despite being exhausted to the point of collapse
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* IncomprehensibleEntranceExam: To join the League of Shadows, Bruce Wayne is told to retrieve a mysterious blue flower from a remote mountain and then deliver it to a secluded monastery with no indication of what the flower might be for or even what's expected of him there. For good measure, once he actually arrives there, he's made to participate in a fist-fight with his mentor, despite being exhausted to the point of collapsecollapse.
* InsanityDefense: Dr. Johnathan Crane (aka The Scarecrow) helps mob boss Carmine Falcone by testifying to the insanity of Falcone's thugs and having them put in [[BedlamHouse Arkham Asylum]] to avoid jail time. But while there, [[MadScientist he does twisted experiments]] on them to [[DrivenToMadness drive them to insanity]].
* InsanityDefense: Dr. Johnathan Crane (aka The Scarecrow) helps mob boss Carmine Falcone by testifying to the insanity of Falcone's thugs and having them put in [[BedlamHouse Arkham Asylum]] to avoid jail time. But while there, [[MadScientist he does twisted experiments]] on them to [[DrivenToMadness drive them to insanity]].
* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: The aftermath of Bruce's parents' funeral is shown, along with their headstones. It is raining and the traditional black umbrellas abound.
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* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: The aftermath of Bruce's parents' funeral is shown, along with their headstones. It is raining and the traditional black umbrellas abound.
* ALadyOnEachArm: Bruce Wayne only does it because Alfred told him to behave like a MillionairePlayboy so that people don't start thinking about his activities and jump to conclusions. Alfred actually had to explain what he means as Bruce has been out of touch with normal life for quite some time.
* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Dr. Jonathan Crane is implied to enjoy [[spoiler:using his fear toxin to force people into panic attacks]]. Just consider what he said about his patients to Falcone after [[spoiler:spraying him with said fear toxin]].
-->"''They scream and they cry, much as you're doing right now''."
-->"''They scream and they cry, much as you're doing right now''."
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** "[[TearJerker Why do we fall, sir?]] So we can learn to pick ourselves up."
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** "[[TearJerker Why "Why do we fall, sir?]] sir? So we can learn to pick ourselves up."
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** In the car chase scene:
*** Gordon sees the Tumbler for the first time and watches as it drives over and crushes a police car's roof. He says, "[[Film/IndependenceDay I've got to get me one of those]]."
*** Gordon sees the Tumbler for the first time and watches as it drives over and crushes a police car's roof. He says, "[[Film/IndependenceDay I've got to get me one of those]]."
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* ShutUpHannibal: During the climax when the Narrows is gassed over, the immune Rachel shepherds a little boy terrified out of his mind due to the fear gas. Scarecrow charges in and gives his villainous diatribe and freaks out the kid even more (see HellishHorse above)... until Rachel shuts him up with her taser and sends him away screaming like a ninny.
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* ShutUpHannibal: ShutUpHannibal:
** During the climax when the Narrows is gassed over, the immune Rachel shepherds a little boy terrified out of his mind due to the fear gas. Scarecrow charges in and gives his villainous diatribe and freaks out the kid even more (see HellishHorse above)... until Rachel shuts him up with her taser and sends him away screaming like a ninny.
** During the climax when the Narrows is gassed over, the immune Rachel shepherds a little boy terrified out of his mind due to the fear gas. Scarecrow charges in and gives his villainous diatribe and freaks out the kid even more (see HellishHorse above)... until Rachel shuts him up with her taser and sends him away screaming like a ninny.
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* SmugSnake: [[TheDon Carmine Falcone]] is easily the most arrogant and contemptuous villain in the movie. At least [[MadScientist Crane]] is fairly [[AffablyEvil polite]], and [[EvilMentor Ducard]] acts respectful to Bruce Wayne. Falcone, on the other hand, acts so smug that he ends up being arguably easier to hate than Crane and Ducard despite doing much less damage.
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* SmugSnake: SmugSnake:
** [[TheDon Carmine Falcone]] is easily the most arrogant and contemptuous villain in the movie. At least [[MadScientist Crane]] is fairly [[AffablyEvil polite]], and [[EvilMentor Ducard]] acts respectful to Bruce Wayne. Falcone, on the other hand, acts so smug that he ends up beingarguably easier to hate than Crane and Ducard despite doing much less damage.
** [[TheDon Carmine Falcone]] is easily the most arrogant and contemptuous villain in the movie. At least [[MadScientist Crane]] is fairly [[AffablyEvil polite]], and [[EvilMentor Ducard]] acts respectful to Bruce Wayne. Falcone, on the other hand, acts so smug that he ends up being
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* AThreesomeIsHot: Alfred advises Bruce Wayne to pose as a MillionairePlayboy so no one will realise he's Batman. Cut to Bruce pulling up in a low-slung sports car with two beautiful women sharing the passenger seat (later they start publicly bathing in the restaurant's ornamental pool).
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* ActuallyIAmHim: In order to get the needed training for his war on crime, Bruce seeks out Ra's Al Ghul, the head of the Asian League of Shadows. He ends up dealing mainly with Henri Ducard, the League's second-in-command. Ra's tends to sit in the background and be imposing while Ducard does all the work of testing and advising Bruce. When drama ensues and everything starts exploding, Bruce saves Ducard; he doesn't discover until much later that Ducard was really Ra's Al Ghul all along, using another man as a decoy.
-->'''Bruce Wayne:''' Be careful who sees you with that. They're going to come looking for me.\\
'''Homeless Man:''' Who?\\
'''Bruce Wayne:''' Everyone.
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Jonathan Crane is all over the place. He could well be a behavioral or biological psychologist, considering how he was using his fear gas. But the only psychology we see him actually deliver is total bullshit designed to get Rachel off his back, and that name-checks Jungian theories.
'''Homeless Man:''' Who?\\
'''Bruce Wayne:''' Everyone.
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Jonathan Crane is all over the place. He could well be a behavioral or biological psychologist, considering how he was using his fear gas. But the only psychology we see him actually deliver is total bullshit designed to get Rachel off his back, and that name-checks Jungian theories.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Ra's al Ghul and his men walk right into the manor as guests at Bruce's birthday party. When he realizes who they are, he's quick to get everyone else out. Good thing, too, as they burn the house down immediately after.
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* AncientConspiracy: The League of Shadows has been responsible for numerous HistoricalInJoke incidents.
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* AncientConspiracy: The League of Shadows has been responsible for numerous HistoricalInJoke incidents.incidents, claims that [[KnightTemplar the evil is done in service of a "good" goal]].
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: During the scene where Bruce Wayne meets Ra's Al Ghul [[spoiler:(actually his decoy)]], we see him communicate in what is supposed to sound like Tibetan (as the league's headquarters is in the Himalayas). In actuality, Creator/KenWatanabe isn't speaking in any known language, though according to some release's subtitles, it's supposed to be Urdu.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[AntiVillain Ra's Al Ghul]] cites civilization's cyclic decay into criminality as the reason for the League of Shadows' existence.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[AntiVillain Ra's Al Ghul]] cites civilization's cyclic decay into criminality as the reason for the League of Shadows' existence.
* AssuranceBackfire: When rushing Rachel Dawes back to the Batcave to get her an antidote to the Scarecrow's fear toxin, Batman tells her to stay calm, before informing her that she's been poisoned, which causes her to visibly panic.
* AtTheOperaTonight: The movie eschews sending the Wayne family to the usual movie (Tyrone Power in ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'') and instead has Thomas and Martha Wayne mugged and killed leaving the opera early. (The opera in question is ''Theatre/{{Mefistofele}}'' by Arrigo Boito, which shows thought from the writers: a lazy writer would probably have gone with ''Theatre/DieFledermaus'' for the name, but ''Mefistofele'' is much more thematically appropriate.)
* AtTheOperaTonight: The movie eschews sending the Wayne family to the usual movie (Tyrone Power in ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'') and instead has Thomas and Martha Wayne mugged and killed leaving the opera early. (The opera in question is ''Theatre/{{Mefistofele}}'' by Arrigo Boito, which shows thought from the writers: a lazy writer would probably have gone with ''Theatre/DieFledermaus'' for the name, but ''Mefistofele'' is much more thematically appropriate.)
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Bruce is about to assassinate Joe Chill when [[spoiler:the mob assassinates him instead for becoming an informant]]. This is when Bruce realizes that crime has become so pervasive, killing one person won't resolve anything.
* BallroomBlitz: Rā's al Ghūl and his men crash Bruce Wayne's birthday party.
* BallroomBlitz: Rā's al Ghūl and his men crash Bruce Wayne's birthday party.
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* BatScare: Bruce suffers one when he falls into the future Batcave as a young boy. He later ''weaponizes'' this trope as "backup".
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* BatScare: Used as a plot point when a young Bruce suffers one when he Wayne falls into the future Batcave as a young boy. disused well and disturbs a colony of bats that live there. This causes him to develop a phobia of bats that he conquers when he becomes Batman. He later ''weaponizes'' weaponizes it by including in his gadget repertoire a bat swarm lure, which he unleashes to escape from Arkham Asylum when surrounded by a mass police response to his appearance.
* BatSignal: Batman tells Gordon to "watch for [his] sign" in their first meeting; thistrope as "backup".sign turns out to be Falcone strung up to a spotlight, his cut coat resembling a bat. Gordon then turns this into the Bat-Signal at the end.
* BatSignal: Batman tells Gordon to "watch for [his] sign" in their first meeting; this
* BattleAtopThePoles: Bruce Wayne spars opponents while balancing on wooden stakes during his TrainingFromHell by Ra's Al Ghul.
* BedlamHouse: The movie shows that Dr. Jonathan Crane runs the asylum, using it as his personal lab and the inmates as the test subjects for his fear toxin. However, as the film is intended to be a more realistic depiction of the Batman franchise, Arkham is portrayed as a modern, clean, spacious, and well-lit facility rather than gloomy and gothic.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Ra's al Ghul reveals to Bruce that the League of Shadows are responsible for, among other things, the Sack of Rome, the Black Plague, the Great Fire of London, and the WretchedHive of a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack City]] that Gotham has become.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Ra's al Ghul reveals to Bruce that the League of Shadows are responsible for, among other things, the Sack of Rome, the Black Plague, the Great Fire of London, and the WretchedHive of a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack City]] that Gotham has become.
-->'''[[TheDon Falcone]]''': I want to know how you're gonna convince me to keep my mouth shut.\\
'''[[MadScientist Crane]]''': About what? You don't know anything.\\
'''Falcone''': I know you wouldn't want the police to take a closer look at those drugs they seized. And I know about your experiments with the inmates of your nuthouse. See, I don't go into business with a guy without finding out his dirty secrets. And those goons you used –- I own the muscle in this town. Now, I've been bringing your stuff in for months, so whatever he's planning, it's big, and I want in.\\
'''Crane''': Well, I already know what he'll say: that we should kill you.\\
'''Falcone''': Even he can't get me in here. Not in my town.\\
'''Crane''': ...would you like to see my mask? I use it in my experiments. Probably not very frightening to a guy like you, but these crazies, they can't stand it.\\
'''Falcone''': So when did the nut take over the nuthouse?\\
''[[spoiler:Cue [[EvilVersusEvil Crane spraying the fear toxin in Falcone's face]], [[LaserGuidedKarma making Falcone scream in terror]].]]''
'''[[MadScientist Crane]]''': About what? You don't know anything.\\
'''Falcone''': I know you wouldn't want the police to take a closer look at those drugs they seized. And I know about your experiments with the inmates of your nuthouse. See, I don't go into business with a guy without finding out his dirty secrets. And those goons you used –- I own the muscle in this town. Now, I've been bringing your stuff in for months, so whatever he's planning, it's big, and I want in.\\
'''Crane''': Well, I already know what he'll say: that we should kill you.\\
'''Falcone''': Even he can't get me in here. Not in my town.\\
'''Crane''': ...would you like to see my mask? I use it in my experiments. Probably not very frightening to a guy like you, but these crazies, they can't stand it.\\
'''Falcone''': So when did the nut take over the nuthouse?\\
''[[spoiler:Cue [[EvilVersusEvil Crane spraying the fear toxin in Falcone's face]], [[LaserGuidedKarma making Falcone scream in terror]].]]''
* BladeBrake: Batman uses his gauntlets for this effect while rescuing Ducard.
* BlindedByTheLight: Henri Ducard shows Bruce Wayne how to use a pinch of gunpowder to achieve this effect.
* BlindedByTheLight: Henri Ducard shows Bruce Wayne how to use a pinch of gunpowder to achieve this effect.
* BrandishmentBluff: Batman sneaks into Gordon's office to introduce himself for the first time. To keep Gordon from turning around and seeing him, he imitates a DramaticGunCock using a stapler pressed to the back of Gordon's head.
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* BrickJoke:
** Before starting work on his Batman persona, Bruce pays a homeless man for his coat; while he plans to burn his, the homeless man insists he keep it, saying that it's a "nice coat" and repeating it to himself after Bruce leaves. When he publicly debuts as Batman to intercept one of Falcone's drug shipments, he sees the same homeless man and simply tells him, "Nice coat." He's quite delighted to hear it.
** "Didn't you get the memo?" See IronicEcho below.
** Before starting work on his Batman persona, Bruce pays a homeless man for his coat; while he plans to burn his, the homeless man insists he keep it, saying that it's a "nice coat" and repeating it to himself after Bruce leaves. When he publicly debuts as Batman to intercept one of Falcone's drug shipments, he sees the same homeless man and simply tells him, "Nice coat." He's quite delighted to hear it.
** "Didn't you get the memo?" See IronicEcho below.
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* BrickJoke:
**BrickJoke: Before starting work on his Batman persona, Bruce pays a homeless man for his coat; while he plans to burn his, the homeless man insists he keep it, saying that it's a "nice coat" and repeating it to himself after Bruce leaves. When he publicly debuts as Batman to intercept one of Falcone's drug shipments, he sees the same homeless man and simply tells him, "Nice coat." He's quite delighted to hear it.
** "Didn't you get * BridalCarry; Batman does this to Rachel. The scene was also the memo?" See IronicEcho below.basis for one of the film posters, in which it was not clear if Rachel was dying or merely unconscious.
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* BulletproofVest: The movie establishes that the Batman's suit is a $300k body armor, so it's somewhat justified that it works pretty well. In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Bruce asks Fox to redesign the suit to be more resistant to dog bites, realistically showing a common weakness in ballistic armor. In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', [[spoiler:Gordon takes a bullet for the mayor while wearing a standard kevlar vest and is injured badly enough [[FakingTheDead to convince everyone he's dead]]. He's away for some time before coming back into action.]]
* CatapultNightmare: Averted, as Bruce has a FlashbackNightmare and simply wakes up breathing heavily.
* CaveBehindTheFalls: The Tumbler exits the Batcave by leaping through a waterfall.
* CaveBehindTheFalls: The Tumbler exits the Batcave by leaping through a waterfall.
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* CityNoir
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* ComfortingComforter: While a uniformed officer in this movie, Gordon wraps a coat around a young Bruce Wayne as he waits in the police station after the murder of his parents. This act of kindness affects Bruce so much, he mentions the incident to Gordon as his InternalReveal of Batman's SecretIdentity in the [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises final film]].
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* CompositeCharacter: Henri Ducard is a mentor of Batman just like his comic counterpart, but he's also [[spoiler: the real Ra's Al-Ghul]].
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* CompositeCharacter: CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator: Ducard translates for Ra's al Ghul, who later speaks to Bruce in about five words of perfect, if clipped, English. May serve as foreshadowing that [[spoiler:Ducard IS Ra's al Ghul, and that was a decoy. Using this trope allows him to literally speak for Ra's, while not revealing his identity]].
* CompositeCharacter:
** Henri Ducard is a mentor of Batman just like his comic counterpart, but he's also [[spoiler: the real Ra's Al-Ghul]].
* CompositeCharacter:
** Henri Ducard is a mentor of Batman just like his comic counterpart, but he's also [[spoiler: the real Ra's Al-Ghul]].
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* ContinuitySnarl: Considering that Bruce Wayne's canonical birthday is February 19, [[AllThereInTheManual the novelization reveals an apparent several-month gap]] between the Wayne Manor fire and the commencement of the rebuilding (which started in the fall with the sealing of the Batcave), as well as an apparent nine-and-a-half month gap between the end of this movie and the arrival of ComicBook/TheJoker (which Batman was alerted to [[AllThereInTheManual at 11:30 PM on December 1]]). It's worth noting that according to WordOfGod, ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' takes place (and was released) in July of 2008–and several months after the end of ''Begins''.
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* ContinuityReboot: Following the original ''Film/BatmanFilmSeries'' movies directed by Creator/TimBurton and Creator/JoelSchumacher, the series was rebooted in 2005 with ''Batman Begins'', which is the first installment of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. This movie retold Batman's origin story in a new, grounded, gritty and "realistic" style. It was possibly the first movie to really popularise the term "reboot", with the filmmakers stressing that it was ''not'' a {{Prequel}} to ''Film/Batman1989''.
* ContinuitySnarl: Considering that Bruce Wayne's canonical birthday is February 19, [[AllThereInTheManual the novelization reveals an apparent several-month gap]] between the Wayne Manor fire and the commencement of the rebuilding (which started in the fall with the sealing of the Batcave), as well as an apparent nine-and-a-half month gap between the end of this movie and the arrival of ComicBook/TheJoker (which Batman was alerted to [[AllThereInTheManual at 11:30 PM on December 1]]). It's worth noting that according toWordOfGod, Nolan, ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' takes place (and was released) in July of 2008–and several months after the end of ''Begins''.
* ContinuitySnarl: Considering that Bruce Wayne's canonical birthday is February 19, [[AllThereInTheManual the novelization reveals an apparent several-month gap]] between the Wayne Manor fire and the commencement of the rebuilding (which started in the fall with the sealing of the Batcave), as well as an apparent nine-and-a-half month gap between the end of this movie and the arrival of ComicBook/TheJoker (which Batman was alerted to [[AllThereInTheManual at 11:30 PM on December 1]]). It's worth noting that according to
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* CoverupPurchase: Bruce and Alfred are ordering the components which will eventually be assembled into the batsuit:
-->'''Alfred''': Of course, they'll have to be large orders to avoid suspicion.
-->'''Bruce''': How large?
-->'''Alfred''': Say, ten thousand.
-->'''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker Least we'll have spares]].
* CrapsackWorld: Gotham is pictured as one.
-->'''Alfred''': Of course, they'll have to be large orders to avoid suspicion.
-->'''Bruce''': How large?
-->'''Alfred''': Say, ten thousand.
-->'''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker Least we'll have spares]].
* CrapsackWorld: Gotham is pictured as one.
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* CoverupPurchase: CoverUpPurchase: Bruce and Alfred are ordering the components which will eventually be assembled into the batsuit:
-->'''Alfred''': Of course, they'll have to be large orders to avoidsuspicion.
-->'''Bruce''':suspicion.\\
'''Bruce''': Howlarge?
-->'''Alfred''':large?\\
'''Alfred''': Say, tenthousand.
-->'''Bruce''':thousand.\\
'''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker Least we'll have spares]].
* CrapsackWorld: Gotham is pictured as one. It's revealed that the League of Shadows are partly responsible for the current state of Gotham, having tried to destroy the city, which they perceived as a WretchedHive, using economic means. Which mostly just made it more wretched.
-->'''Rachel''': Look beyond your own pain, Bruce. This city is rotting. They talk about the Depression like it's history and ''it's not.''
-->'''Alfred''': Of course, they'll have to be large orders to avoid
-->'''Bruce''':
'''Bruce''': How
-->'''Alfred''':
'''Alfred''': Say, ten
-->'''Bruce''':
'''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker Least we'll have spares]].
* CrapsackWorld: Gotham is pictured as one. It's revealed that the League of Shadows are partly responsible for the current state of Gotham, having tried to destroy the city, which they perceived as a WretchedHive, using economic means. Which mostly just made it more wretched.
-->'''Rachel''': Look beyond your own pain, Bruce. This city is rotting. They talk about the Depression like it's history and ''it's not.''
* CrimeConcealingHobby: Discussed, as Alfred advises Bruce to get a hobby that will explain the injuries he receives as a vigilante crime fighter; he suggests [[SnootySports polo.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: A very successful example of this trope. This was a definite shift away from the previous films; the world of Batman goes from being [[Film/BatmanAndRobin camp and over-the-top]] to dark and gritty. Even the humor is much more toned down.
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* DangerThinIce: As part of Bruce's TrainingFromHell, Ducard breaks the ice underneath him and plunges him into the icy depths.
* DarkerAndEdgier:A very successful example of this trope. This was movie marked a definite shift away from the previous ''Batman'' films; the world of Batman goes from being [[Film/BatmanAndRobin camp and over-the-top]] to dark and gritty. Even the humor is much more toned down.down.
* DarknessEqualsDeath: There's a good guy example in the sequence on the docks, where Batman pulls a mob goon into said dark space.
* DarkerAndEdgier:
* DarknessEqualsDeath: There's a good guy example in the sequence on the docks, where Batman pulls a mob goon into said dark space.
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--->'''Ra's al Ghul:''' ''[seeing Batman in full costume for the first time]'' Well, well. You took my advice about theatricality a bit... literally.
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--->'''Ra's al Ghul:''' Now if you excuse me, I have a city to destroy.
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--->'''Ra's al Ghul:''' Now if you excuse me, I have a city to destroy.
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--->'''Ra's al Ghul:''' ''[seeing Batman in full costume for the first time]'' Well, well. You took my advice about theatricality a bit... literally.
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'''Ra's al Ghul:''' Now if you excuse me, I have a city to destroy.
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'''Ra's al Ghul:''' Now if you excuse me, I have a city to destroy.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Scarecrow provides an unusual example. He does the same thing The Joker does to the Mafia, but his agenda is just that of a different villain to whom he is a more loyal dragon.
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** The title doesn't have ''Dark Knight'' in it, unlike the two others.
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* EasterEgg: Take a look at the [[FunWithAcronyms first letter of tracks 4-9]] on the soundtrack. [[spoiler:It spells "Batman"!]]
* EliteMooks: Near the end of the movie, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]] sends 4 serious-looking ninjas in full metal body armor to fight Batman. They do marginally better than everyone else who's tried to fight Batman up to this point until they pushed him into a mob.
* EliteMooks: Near the end of the movie, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]] sends 4 serious-looking ninjas in full metal body armor to fight Batman. They do marginally better than everyone else who's tried to fight Batman up to this point until they pushed him into a mob.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: The League of Shadows shows Europeans, Asians, and at least one African among its ranks in the few scenes we see them [[FacelessGoons with their masks off]]
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** [[AllThereInTheManual According to the novelization]], [[spoiler:Ducard does not like the idea of using nuclear weapons to implement his plans, and at the start of the book it's clearly stated that he (or, at least, a predecessor in the role of Ra's) tricked Hitler into losing UsefulNotes/WorldWarII simply because he believed Hitler was too much of an extremist. Now, in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bane plans to destroy Gotham with a nuclear bomb, and [[FridgeBrilliance Bane's nuclear goals may have factored into his excommunication for excessive extremism...]]]]
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** [[AllThereInTheManual According to the novelization]], [[spoiler:Ducard does not like the idea of using nuclear weapons to implement his plans, and at the start of the book it's clearly stated that he (or, at least, a predecessor in the role of Ra's) tricked Hitler into losing UsefulNotes/WorldWarII simply because he believed Hitler was too much of an extremist. Now, in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bane plans to destroy Gotham with a nuclear bomb, and [[FridgeBrilliance Bane's nuclear goals may have factored into his excommunication for excessive extremism...]]]]]]
* EvilAllAlong: Not only is "Ducard" not a good guy, he's actually the ''real'' BigBad, Ra's Al Ghul.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Falcone works with Crane and Ra's al Ghul for the drugs they smuggle, unbeknownst that the latter two are actually aiming toward higher, more destructive goals. In addition, Crane thinks Ra's is holding the city ransom, not planning to destroy it without prompting as the case really is.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Inverted. Mob Boss Carmine Falcone tells a young Bruce Wayne that he's "taller than he looks in the tabloids." He then makes it clear however that he's not very impressed by Wayne's naive bravado.
* FlashbackNightmare: The opening of the movie shows Bruce dreaming of falling into a well and being surrounded by bats as a child.
* ForensicAccounting:
** The film has Rachel's boss stumble onto the League of Shadows' plan after he discovered a cargo ship had arrived in Gotham's port with one more cargo container than its manifest said it embarked with. Unfortunately a couple of {{Dirty Cop}}s off him before he is able to tell anyone.
** The film shows Alfred and Bruce trying to reduce the risk of this happening while gathering supplies to create his equipment. Someone ordering a single, very specific item would raise suspicion and leave an obvious trail. Someone ordering 10,000 of them is just a routine business order that no-one would pay attention to.
--->'''Bruce Wayne:''' ''[after Alfred explains this to him, [[DeadpanSnarker wryly]]]'' At least we'll have spares.
** The film has Rachel's boss stumble onto the League of Shadows' plan after he discovered a cargo ship had arrived in Gotham's port with one more cargo container than its manifest said it embarked with. Unfortunately a couple of {{Dirty Cop}}s off him before he is able to tell anyone.
** The film shows Alfred and Bruce trying to reduce the risk of this happening while gathering supplies to create his equipment. Someone ordering a single, very specific item would raise suspicion and leave an obvious trail. Someone ordering 10,000 of them is just a routine business order that no-one would pay attention to.
--->'''Bruce Wayne:''' ''[after Alfred explains this to him, [[DeadpanSnarker wryly]]]'' At least we'll have spares.
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* GainingTheWillToKill: After he has trained with the [[WellIntentionedExtremist League of Shadows]], Bruce's mentor asks him to do this as a show of his commitment after his last test. Namely, executing a prisoner who killed a fellow farmer for his land. Needless to say, the future Batman refuses, causing said mentor to later remark on his lack of 'courage to do all that is necessary' in comparison to himself and his plan to [[spoiler:destroy Gotham to scare the rest of the cities in the nation into reforming]]. Towards the end, [[spoiler:Batman does get Ra's at his mercy, and is asked again whether he now had that courage. He doesn't kill Ra's, but instead leaves him to die in the derailing monorail [[KarmicDeath that he himself had set in motion.]]]] However Bruce seems perfectly fine with killing people indirectly since in the very scene where he refused to execute an individual he blew up the building everyone was in to get away, [[FridgeLogic likely resulting in more than a few casualties including the person who was tied up to be executed as well.]]
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* GainingTheWillToKill: After he has trained with the [[WellIntentionedExtremist League of Shadows]], Bruce's mentor asks him to do this as a show of his commitment after his last test. Namely, executing a prisoner who killed a fellow farmer for his land. Needless to say, the future Batman refuses, causing said mentor to later remark on his lack of 'courage to do all that is necessary' in comparison to himself and his plan to [[spoiler:destroy Gotham to scare the rest of the cities in the nation into reforming]]. Towards the end, [[spoiler:Batman does get Ra's at his mercy, and is asked again whether he now had that courage. He doesn't kill Ra's, but instead leaves him to die in the derailing monorail [[KarmicDeath that he himself had set in motion.]]]] However Bruce seems perfectly fine with killing people indirectly since in the very scene where he refused to execute an individual he blew up the building everyone was in to get away, [[FridgeLogic likely resulting in more than a few casualties including the person who was tied up to be executed as well.]] well.
* GetIntoJailFree: The movie opens with Bruce Wayne in a Chinese prison. It's pointed out that a man of his wealth and fame is only in a place like that by choice -- Bruce is attempting to learn about the criminal mindset. However, Ducard regards this path as a dead end and quickly arranges his release so he can be tutored by the League of Shadows instead.
* GetIntoJailFree: The movie opens with Bruce Wayne in a Chinese prison. It's pointed out that a man of his wealth and fame is only in a place like that by choice -- Bruce is attempting to learn about the criminal mindset. However, Ducard regards this path as a dead end and quickly arranges his release so he can be tutored by the League of Shadows instead.
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* GuiltComplex: Bruce Wayne has a major case of this, blaming himself for getting his parents killed -- as a little boy, he had asked his parents to leave a performance of the opera ''Mefistofele'' due to the performers triggering his fear of bats, resulting in them going through what is now called "Crime Alley" and their paths crossing with the mugger Joe Chill.
* HandsOnApproach: Bruce with the secretary in the OfficeGolf scene.
* HandsOnApproach: Bruce with the secretary in the OfficeGolf scene.
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* GrapplingHookPistol: The titular character's [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys wonderful toy]] allows him to latch onto a monorail car as it makes its way towards Wayne Tower in the finale of the film. It also established a bit of slightly more realistic tech to the gun; the gun fires the projectile but it is anchored to the suit and the belt has a motor for the ascension. Since his costume is likely built with a harness that means it isn't reliant on his physical strength to hold on and allows him to snatch mooks and pull them to the ceiling.
* GuiltComplex: Bruce Wayne has a major case of this, blaming himself for getting his parents killed -- as a little boy, he had asked his parents to leave a performance of the opera ''Mefistofele'' due to the performers triggering his fear of bats, resulting in them going through what is now called "Crime Alley" and their paths crossing with the mugger JoeChill.Chill.
* HamToHamCombat: The movie makes this a ''plot point''; Ducard teaches Bruce Wayne that theatricality can be a powerful weapon, and Bruce Wayne, the character, starts ChewingTheScenery to intimidate criminals. He ends up facing Dr. Jonathan Crane, who dresses up as Scarecrow and uses similar tactics.
* HandsOnApproach: Brucewith seduces the secretary in at Wayne Enterprises with this technique under the OfficeGolf scene.pretense of showing her how to play golf. He managed to do this in only a few seconds.
* HandWave: Batman (who has a strict [[TechnicalPacifist no-kill policy]]) gets into a high-speed chase on the freeway with the cops, causes more than a couple crashes and drives over several cop cars with the cops still inside, endangering dozens of civilian and police officer lives. Yet we know no one is hurt (very badly) because Alfred says: "[[CouldHaveBeenMessy It's a miracle no one was killed.]]"
* HappyBirthdayToYou: A notable aversion, as the song is performed in its entirety with no alterations. This is unusual as the film was made in 2005, before the copyright expired.
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Non-lethal example. Carmine Falcone reveals to Dr Crane that he knows about the unethical medical experiments being carried out on the patients at Arkham asylum, implying that he's going to blackmail Crane if he doesn't cooperate. Crane responds by donning his Scarecrow mask, giving Falcone a dose of fear-inducing toxin, and torturing him into insanity.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Happens when Joe Chill, who agrees to testify against Carmine Falcone in exchange for early parole, is assassinated by one of Falcone's goons immediately after the hearing.
* GuiltComplex: Bruce Wayne has a major case of this, blaming himself for getting his parents killed -- as a little boy, he had asked his parents to leave a performance of the opera ''Mefistofele'' due to the performers triggering his fear of bats, resulting in them going through what is now called "Crime Alley" and their paths crossing with the mugger Joe
* HamToHamCombat: The movie makes this a ''plot point''; Ducard teaches Bruce Wayne that theatricality can be a powerful weapon, and Bruce Wayne, the character, starts ChewingTheScenery to intimidate criminals. He ends up facing Dr. Jonathan Crane, who dresses up as Scarecrow and uses similar tactics.
* HandsOnApproach: Bruce
* HandWave: Batman (who has a strict [[TechnicalPacifist no-kill policy]]) gets into a high-speed chase on the freeway with the cops, causes more than a couple crashes and drives over several cop cars with the cops still inside, endangering dozens of civilian and police officer lives. Yet we know no one is hurt (very badly) because Alfred says: "[[CouldHaveBeenMessy It's a miracle no one was killed.]]"
* HappyBirthdayToYou: A notable aversion, as the song is performed in its entirety with no alterations. This is unusual as the film was made in 2005, before the copyright expired.
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Non-lethal example. Carmine Falcone reveals to Dr Crane that he knows about the unethical medical experiments being carried out on the patients at Arkham asylum, implying that he's going to blackmail Crane if he doesn't cooperate. Crane responds by donning his Scarecrow mask, giving Falcone a dose of fear-inducing toxin, and torturing him into insanity.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Happens when Joe Chill, who agrees to testify against Carmine Falcone in exchange for early parole, is assassinated by one of Falcone's goons immediately after the hearing.
* HollywoodFire: Bruce Wayne's mansion is burning hot enough to crack the ceiling beams, but falling beams are the only real danger.
* HollywoodScience: The microwave device intended to vaporize all the water in Gotham City is turned on ''with people standing right next to it.'' Keeping in mind that people are 80% water, this is just one of the more obvious reasons why the city-threat plot device is implausible.
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Downplayed when Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul instructs Bruce Wayne to [[KnightTemplar execute a criminal]] in order to complete his initiation into the League of Shadows ([[ThouShaltNotKill naturally]], Bruce refuses). However, the League is not challenging him to prove that he's evil[[note]]after all, ''they'' certainly don't consider themselves or their acts evil, so why would they order Bruce to act evilly?[[/note]]--they are asking him to prove his commitment to a cause they think is right.
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* IncomprehensibleEntranceExam: To join the League of Shadows, Bruce Wayne is told to retrieve a mysterious blue flower from a remote mountain and then deliver it to a secluded monastery with no indication of what the flower might be for or even what's expected of him there. For good measure, once he actually arrives there, he's made to participate in a fist-fight with his mentor, despite being exhausted to the point of collapse
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* IncomprehensibleEntranceExam: To join the League of Shadows, Bruce Wayne is told to retrieve a mysterious blue flower from a remote mountain and then deliver it to a secluded monastery with no indication of what the flower might be for or even what's expected of him there. For good measure, once he actually arrives there, he's made to participate in a fist-fight with his mentor, despite being exhausted to the point of collapsecollapse.
* InsanityDefense: Dr. Johnathan Crane (aka The Scarecrow) helps mob boss Carmine Falcone by testifying to the insanity of Falcone's thugs and having them put in [[BedlamHouse Arkham Asylum]] to avoid jail time. But while there, [[MadScientist he does twisted experiments]] on them to [[DrivenToMadness drive them to insanity]].
* InsanityDefense: Dr. Johnathan Crane (aka The Scarecrow) helps mob boss Carmine Falcone by testifying to the insanity of Falcone's thugs and having them put in [[BedlamHouse Arkham Asylum]] to avoid jail time. But while there, [[MadScientist he does twisted experiments]] on them to [[DrivenToMadness drive them to insanity]].
* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: The aftermath of Bruce's parents' funeral is shown, along with their headstones. It is raining and the traditional black umbrellas abound.
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* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: The aftermath of Bruce's parents' funeral is shown, along with their headstones. It is raining and the traditional black umbrellas abound.
* ALadyOnEachArm: Bruce Wayne only does it because Alfred told him to behave like a MillionairePlayboy so that people don't start thinking about his activities and jump to conclusions. Alfred actually had to explain what he means as Bruce has been out of touch with normal life for quite some time.
* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Dr. Jonathan Crane is implied to enjoy [[spoiler:using his fear toxin to force people into panic attacks]]. Just consider what he said about his patients to Falcone after [[spoiler:spraying him with said fear toxin]].
-->"''They scream and they cry, much as you're doing right now''."
-->"''They scream and they cry, much as you're doing right now''."
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** "[[TearJerker Why "Why do we fall, sir?]] sir? So we can learn to pick ourselves up."
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*** Gordon sees the Tumbler for the first time and watches as it drives over and crushes a police car's roof. He says, "[[Film/IndependenceDay I've got to get me one of those]]."
*** Gordon sees the Tumbler for the first time and watches as it drives over and crushes a police car's roof. He says, "[[Film/IndependenceDay I've got to get me one of those]]."
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* ShutUpHannibal: During the climax when the Narrows is gassed over, the immune Rachel shepherds a little boy terrified out of his mind due to the fear gas. Scarecrow charges in and gives his villainous diatribe and freaks out the kid even more (see HellishHorse above)... until Rachel shuts him up with her taser and sends him away screaming like a ninny.
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* ShutUpHannibal: ShutUpHannibal:
** During the climax when the Narrows is gassed over, the immune Rachel shepherds a little boy terrified out of his mind due to the fear gas. Scarecrow charges in and gives his villainous diatribe and freaks out the kid even more (see HellishHorse above)... until Rachel shuts him up with her taser and sends him away screaming like a ninny.
** During the climax when the Narrows is gassed over, the immune Rachel shepherds a little boy terrified out of his mind due to the fear gas. Scarecrow charges in and gives his villainous diatribe and freaks out the kid even more (see HellishHorse above)... until Rachel shuts him up with her taser and sends him away screaming like a ninny.
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* SmugSnake: [[TheDon Carmine Falcone]] is easily the most arrogant and contemptuous villain in the movie. At least [[MadScientist Crane]] is fairly [[AffablyEvil polite]], and [[EvilMentor Ducard]] acts respectful to Bruce Wayne. Falcone, on the other hand, acts so smug that he ends up being arguably easier to hate than Crane and Ducard despite doing much less damage.
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* SmugSnake: SmugSnake:
** [[TheDon Carmine Falcone]] is easily the most arrogant and contemptuous villain in the movie. At least [[MadScientist Crane]] is fairly [[AffablyEvil polite]], and [[EvilMentor Ducard]] acts respectful to Bruce Wayne. Falcone, on the other hand, acts so smug that he ends up beingarguably easier to hate than Crane and Ducard despite doing much less damage.
** [[TheDon Carmine Falcone]] is easily the most arrogant and contemptuous villain in the movie. At least [[MadScientist Crane]] is fairly [[AffablyEvil polite]], and [[EvilMentor Ducard]] acts respectful to Bruce Wayne. Falcone, on the other hand, acts so smug that he ends up being
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* AThreesomeIsHot: Alfred advises Bruce Wayne to pose as a MillionairePlayboy so no one will realise he's Batman. Cut to Bruce pulling up in a low-slung sports car with two beautiful women sharing the passenger seat (later they start publicly bathing in the restaurant's ornamental pool).
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* BrokenAesop: Bruce Wayne, in his training to become Batman, is ordered to kill a criminal that the League of Shadows arrested, but he refuses since he decided [[ThouShaltNotKill he will not be an executioner]]. The moral is IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim, but to escape the temple without having to kill the criminal, he intentionally burns the whole temple down, presumably killing many people there, maybe even the criminal he was ordered to kill in the first place.
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* StartXToStopX: [[spoiler:Ra's explains to Bruce that the League of Shadows attempted destroy Gotham by causing an economic collapse, ironically fueling the very same criminality and desperation-induced thievery that drove them to target Gotham in the first place.]]
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* StartXToStopX: [[spoiler:Ra's explains to Bruce that the League of Shadows attempted to destroy Gotham by causing an economic collapse, ironically fueling the very same criminality and desperation-induced thievery that drove them to target Gotham in the first place.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: The deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne ended up being this for the League of Shadows. The League's plan to destroy Gotham through an artificially-created economic depression was working perfectly up until the Wayne murders. Their deaths ''finally'' shocked Gotham's wealthy and powerful into action and the City recovered just enough to endure. The League had to wait nearly 20 years before trying again.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: The deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne ended up being this for the League of Shadows. The League's plan to destroy Gotham through an artificially-created artificially created economic depression was working perfectly up until the Wayne murders. Their deaths ''finally'' shocked Gotham's wealthy and powerful into action and the City recovered just enough to endure. The League had to wait nearly 20 years before trying again.]]
* StartXToStopX: [[spoiler:Ra's explains to Bruce that the League of Shadows attempted destroy Gotham by causing an economic collapse, ironically fueling the very same criminality and desperation-induced thievery that drove them to target Gotham in the first place.]]
* StartXToStopX: [[spoiler:Ra's explains to Bruce that the League of Shadows attempted destroy Gotham by causing an economic collapse, ironically fueling the very same criminality and desperation-induced thievery that drove them to target Gotham in the first place.]]
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* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: This one is probably unintentional on behalf of Japanese actor Creator/KenWatanabe:
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' [Gotham] is beyond saving and must be a'''rr'''owed to die!
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' [Gotham] is beyond saving and must be a'''rr'''owed to die!
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: After Bruce falls into a frozen lake during a training session, Ducard tells him to focus on keeping his chest warm because his extremities "will take care of themselves." This is the exact opposite of how the human body works when cold, and Christopher Nolan [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=2450&v=oMkmjg-qZRk&feature=youtu.be himself worried people would freeze to death in real life by taking Ducard's advice]].
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* BatOutOfHell: Not so much Batman himself (though the citizens under the influence of the fear gas see him as a monstruous bat), but the sequence wherein he calls upon a massive swarm of his namesake as a diversionary tactic for the SWAT team. Works wonders!
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* BatOutOfHell: Not so much Batman himself (though the citizens under the influence of the fear gas see him as a monstruous monstrous bat), but the sequence wherein he calls upon a massive swarm of his namesake as a diversionary tactic for the SWAT team. Works wonders!
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* EvilMentor: Henri Ducard / [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]]. He inducts Bruce Wayne into the League of Shadows and teaches him the skills of combat, camouflage, and how to strike fear into the minds of criminals. Their methods are ultimately too extreme for Bruce, as they would prefer to [[KnightTemplar kill all criminals without mercy and even destroy entire cities they deem too corrupt to survive with everyone inside]]. Even near the end, [[spoiler:the real Rha's Al Ghul calls Bruce his greatest student, and voices his regret that Bruce is not "saving" Gotham along with him by destroying it.]]
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* EvilMentor: Henri Ducard / Ducard[=/=] [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]]. He inducts Bruce Wayne into the League of Shadows and teaches him the skills of combat, camouflage, and how to strike fear into the minds of criminals. Their methods are ultimately too extreme for Bruce, as they would prefer to [[KnightTemplar kill all criminals without mercy and even destroy entire cities they deem too corrupt to survive with everyone inside]]. Even near the end, [[spoiler:the real Rha's Al Ghul calls Bruce his greatest student, and voices his regret that Bruce is not "saving" Gotham along with him by destroying it.]]
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* FaceYourFears: A major theme. Ducard teaches Bruce to conquer his own fear, Batman actively exploits the fears in others and Scarecrow uses hallucinogens that cause his victims to be consumed by their fears.
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* FaceYourFears: A major theme. Ducard teaches Bruce to conquer his own fear, Falcone outright gloats about using fear to get his way, Batman actively exploits the fears in others and Scarecrow uses hallucinogens that cause his victims to be consumed by their fears.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: A lot of promotional material made Scarecrow look like he was the BigBad.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: A lot of promotional material made Scarecrow look like he was would be the BigBad.BigBad, when in the full film, he's more of a secondary antagonist, acting as a go-between for the Falcone mob and [[spoiler:the League of Shadows]] while advancing the latter's plans in secret.
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* BullyingADragon: When Falcone tries to blackmail Jonathan Crane. As noted above, [[Understatement it doesn't go well for Falcone]].
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* BullyingADragon: When Falcone tries to blackmail Jonathan Crane. As noted above, [[Understatement [[{{Understatement}} it doesn't go well for Falcone]].
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* BatmanGambit: The League of Shadows release the prisoners in Arkham Asylum, then as soon as the majority of the police force moves in to recapture the escapees proceeds to gas the entire area in fear compound.
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* BatmanGambit: The Ironically, it is the League of Shadows who execute one when they release the prisoners in Arkham Asylum, then as Asylum. As soon as the majority of the police force moves in to recapture the escapees escapees, the League proceeds to gas the entire area in with the fear compound.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Happens to [[SmugSnake Carmine]] [[TheDon Falcone]] in prison, who goes from smugly untouchable crime lord to lunatic in an insane asylum mumbling "Scarecrow... Scarecrow...".
** He gets a minor version a few scenes earlier, when Batman makes his first appearance. Compare the untouchable crime lord smugly lecturing his underlings not to probe too deeply into the "secrets of scary people" with the terrified old man cowering in the back of a limo trying to load a shotgun with shaking hands a few minutes later, and who ''then'' finds himself pulled through a sunroof, headbutted into unconsciousness and tied to a spotlight surrounded by the drugs he was smuggling into the country.
** He gets a minor version a few scenes earlier, when Batman makes his first appearance. Compare the untouchable crime lord smugly lecturing his underlings not to probe too deeply into the "secrets of scary people" with the terrified old man cowering in the back of a limo trying to load a shotgun with shaking hands a few minutes later, and who ''then'' finds himself pulled through a sunroof, headbutted into unconsciousness and tied to a spotlight surrounded by the drugs he was smuggling into the country.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Happens ''twice'' to [[SmugSnake Carmine]] [[TheDon Falcone]] in prison, who goes from smugly Falcone]].
** When Batman makes his first appearance. Compare the untouchable crime lord smugly lecturing his underlings not to probe too deeply into the "secrets of scary people" with the terrified old man cowering in the back of a limo trying to load a shotgun with shaking hands a few minutes later, and who ''then'' finds himself pulled through a sunroof, headbutted into unconsciousness, and tied to a spotlight surrounded by the drugs he was smuggling into the country.
** Then in prison a few scenes later, Crane reduces him to a lunatic in an insane asylum mumbling "Scarecrow... Scarecrow...". \n** He gets a minor version a few scenes earlier, when Batman makes his first appearance. Compare the untouchable crime lord smugly lecturing his underlings not to probe too deeply into the "secrets of scary people" with the terrified old man cowering in the back of a limo trying to load a shotgun with shaking hands a few minutes later, and who ''then'' finds himself pulled through a sunroof, headbutted into unconsciousness and tied to a spotlight surrounded by the drugs he was smuggling into the country.
** When Batman makes his first appearance. Compare the untouchable crime lord smugly lecturing his underlings not to probe too deeply into the "secrets of scary people" with the terrified old man cowering in the back of a limo trying to load a shotgun with shaking hands a few minutes later, and who ''then'' finds himself pulled through a sunroof, headbutted into unconsciousness, and tied to a spotlight surrounded by the drugs he was smuggling into the country.
** Then in prison a few scenes later, Crane reduces him to a lunatic in an insane asylum mumbling "Scarecrow... Scarecrow...".
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Flass tells Gordon that him insisting on being the TokenGoodCop makes {{Dirty Cop}}s like himself nervous. Gordon retorts, "I'm no rat!" then mutters, "In a town this bent, who's there to rat to, anyway?" which makes Flass crack up.
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* IOwnThisTown: Carmine Falcone points out to Bruce Wayne all the government officials in the bar they're at -- cops, a judge -- then points a gun at Wayne's head and says that he could shoot him right here without any consequences at all.
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* IOwnThisTown: Carmine Falcone points out to Bruce Wayne all the government officials in the bar they're at -- cops, a judge -- then points a gun at Wayne's head and says that he could shoot him right here there without any consequences at all.
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* IOwnThisTown: Carmine Falcone.
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* IOwnThisTown: Carmine Falcone.Falcone points out to Bruce Wayne all the government officials in the bar they're at -- cops, a judge -- then points a gun at Wayne's head and says that he could shoot him right here without any consequences at all.
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* {{Beat}}: There's an absolutely hysterical one of these during the League of Shadows' attack on Arkham Asylum. Two patients are sitting in a cell together, when Batman breaks in through the door. He awkwardly moves between the two inmates with an apologetic "[[TheComicallySerious excuse me]]" (still in his [[GutturalGrowler Batman voice]]!) before leaving through the cell's window. There's a brief pause, and then the two prisoners just look at each other with expressions that scream "Oh, ''we're'' definitely in the right place."
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* {{Beat}}: There's an absolutely hysterical one of these during the League of Shadows' attack on Arkham Asylum. Two patients are sitting in a cell together, when Batman breaks in through the door. He awkwardly moves between the two inmates with an apologetic "[[TheComicallySerious excuse me]]" (still in his [[GutturalGrowler Batman voice]]!) voice!) before leaving through the cell's window. There's a brief pause, and then the two prisoners just look at each other with expressions that scream "Oh, ''we're'' definitely in the right place."
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''Batman Begins'' is a 2005 superhero film directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan and an adaptation of the ComicBook/{{Batman}} comics, a ContinuityReboot after ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. It marked the start of Nolan's ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Dark Knight Trilogy]]''.
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''Batman Begins'' is a 2005 superhero {{superhero}} film directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan and an adaptation of adapted from the ComicBook/{{Batman}} comics, comics. The first live-action film starring the Caped Crusader since 1997's ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', and a ContinuityReboot after ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. It for the franchise, it marked the start of Nolan's ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Dark Knight Trilogy]]''.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Falcone easily squashes Bruce Wayne's attempt to kill him, then sits him down and lets him know how out of place and incapable he is in this world.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Falcone easily squashes defangs Bruce Wayne's attempt to kill him, then sits confront him and dresses him down and lets him know how out of place and incapable he is in this world.for his delusions about the world:
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Falcone easily squashes Bruce Wayne's attempt to kill him, then sits him down and lets him know how out of place and incapable he is in this world.
-->'''Falcone:''' Now, you think because your mommy and your daddy got shot, you know about the ugly side of life. But you don't.
-->'''Falcone:''' Now, you think because your mommy and your daddy got shot, you know about the ugly side of life. But you don't.
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''Batman Begins'' is a 2005 superhero film and an adaptation of the ComicBook/{{Batman}} mythos, a ContinuityReboot after ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. It marked the start of Creator/ChristopherNolan's ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Dark Knight Trilogy]]''.
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''Batman Begins'' is a 2005 superhero film directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan and an adaptation of the ComicBook/{{Batman}} mythos, comics, a ContinuityReboot after ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. It marked the start of Creator/ChristopherNolan's Nolan's ''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Dark Knight Trilogy]]''.
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''Batman Begins'' (2005) is the start of Creator/ChristopherNolan's Franchise/{{Batman}} film series, ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.
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''Batman Begins'' (2005) is a 2005 superhero film and an adaptation of the ComicBook/{{Batman}} mythos, a ContinuityReboot after ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. It marked the start of Creator/ChristopherNolan's Franchise/{{Batman}} film series, ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.
''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Dark Knight Trilogy]]''.
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* CoverupPurchase: Bruce and Alfred are ordering the components which will eventually be assembled into the batsuit:
-->'''Alfred''': Of course, they'll have to be large orders to avoid suspicion.
-->'''Bruce''': How large?
-->'''Alfred''': Say, ten thousand.
-->'''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker Least we'll have spares]].
-->'''Alfred''': Of course, they'll have to be large orders to avoid suspicion.
-->'''Bruce''': How large?
-->'''Alfred''': Say, ten thousand.
-->'''Bruce''': [[DeadpanSnarker Least we'll have spares]].
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** Related to the above, the film in general is much more fantastical. While ''Begins'' isn't ''too'' out there, it still features a secret mystical cult of ninjas, a specialised fear toxin that makes you hallucinate your worst fears and the aforementioned stylised Gotham City, making it a more elevated and "comic-booky-y" film than its two sequels, ''The Dark Knight'' especially. Even when the League of Shadows show up again in ''Rises'' they're more depicted as NGOSuperpower mercernaries rather than as ninjas.
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** Related to the above, the film in general is much more fantastical. While ''Begins'' isn't ''too'' out there, it still features a secret mystical cult of ninjas, a specialised specialized fear toxin that makes you hallucinate your worst fears and the aforementioned stylised Gotham City, making it a more elevated and "comic-booky-y" film than its two sequels, ''The Dark Knight'' especially. Even when the League of Shadows show up again in ''Rises'' they're more depicted as NGOSuperpower mercernaries rather than as ninjas.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Comissioner [[DaChief Loeb]] is talking to Gordon during the climax, he's using another cop's chest-mounted radio and we can see the poor guy being dragged back and forth as Loeb paces around.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Comissioner Commissioner [[DaChief Loeb]] is talking to Gordon during the climax, he's using another cop's chest-mounted radio and we can see the poor guy being dragged back and forth as Loeb paces around.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: The deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne ended up being this for the League of Shadows. The League's plan to destroy Gotham through an artifically-created economic depression was working perfectly up until the Wayne murders. Their deaths ''finally'' shocked Gotham's wealthy and powerful into action and the City recovered just enough to endure. The League had to wait nearly 20 years before trying again.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: The deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne ended up being this for the League of Shadows. The League's plan to destroy Gotham through an artifically-created artificially-created economic depression was working perfectly up until the Wayne murders. Their deaths ''finally'' shocked Gotham's wealthy and powerful into action and the City recovered just enough to endure. The League had to wait nearly 20 years before trying again.]]
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** And of course, Bruce gets several zingers in.
--->'''Alfred:''' But Master Wayne, the guests will be arriving!\\
'''Bruce:''' Keep them happy until I arrive. Tell them that joke you know.
--->'''Alfred:''' But Master Wayne, the guests will be arriving!\\
'''Bruce:''' Keep them happy until I arrive. Tell them that joke you know.
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* AlmightyJanitor: Lucius Fox fits this trope.
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* DeducingTheSecretIdentity: The League of Shadows arrives at Wayne Manor to confront Bruce. It's never said how they figured out he was Batman, but the context of the movie implies that it was obvious to them; the oligarch that they trained in combat and tactics returns to his home city, and shortly afterward a masked vigilante utilizing the League's fighting style and tactics and armed with very expensive gear appears.
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** Related to the above, the film in general is much more fantastical. While ''Begins'' isn't ''too'' out there, it still features a secret mystical cult of ninjas, a specialised fear toxin that makes you hallucinate your worst fears and the aforementioned stylised Gotham City, making it a more elevated and "comic-booky-y" film than its two sequels, ''The Dark Knight'' especially. Even when the League of Shadows show up again in ''Rises'' they're more depicted as NGOSuperpower mercernaries rather than as ninjas.
