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* MythologyGag: Whilst being questioned by Batman, Crane throws out a line directly quoted from ''Batman: Haunted Knight.''
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* EvilIsStylish: Henri Ducard, Jonathan Crane, and Carmine Falcone all wear sharp suits.
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* TheCameo: Tim Booth from''James'' has a small non-speaking role as lesser known Batman villain, Victor Zsasz.
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* CoolCar: The Tumbler. Less "Sleek sport roadster" as is traditional for Batmobiles, and more "Fast Urban Combat Vehicle [[RunningGag That Comes In Black]]"
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** TruthInTelevision[=/=]RealityIsUnrealistic: A common response to a sudden crisis is shunting aside emotion to do what is necessary to get through the crisis. Like, say, an engine going out on an airplane.
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* BeardOfEvil: Ducard sports the Fu Manchu of villainy, as does [[spoiler:fake! Ra's al Ghul.]]
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* BeardOfEvil: Ducard sports the Fu Manchu of villainy, as does [[spoiler:fake! [[spoiler:the decoy Ra's al Ghul.]]
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%%Ra's is a WellIntentionedExtremist, not a CompleteMonster
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** Falcone himself got a [[LaserGuidedKarma face full of fear gas himself]] years later after trying to blackmail Jonathan Crane with the information he had on [[spoiler: Ra's operation]].
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** Falcone himself got a [[LaserGuidedKarma face full of fear gas himself]] gas]] years later after trying to blackmail Jonathan Crane with the information he had on [[spoiler: Ra's operation]].
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-->'''Thomas Wayne''': ESPECIALLY the scary ones.
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-->'''Thomas Wayne''': [[EspeciallyZoidberg ESPECIALLY the scary ones.ones]].
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--> '''Cop''': It's a black...tank!
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--> '''Cop''': It's a black...tank!tank!
* SwordCane: R'as al Ghul carries one in the finale.
* SwordCane: R'as al Ghul carries one in the finale.
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** The League fails in its plans and R'as gets killed because Batman turned skills they'd taught him against their schemes.
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The first entry in ChristopherNolan's Film/DarkKnightSaga.
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** The Tumbler's origin as a river-jumping military bridging device.
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* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: The aftermath of Bruce's parents' funeral is shown. It is raining and black umbrellas are abound.
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* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: The aftermath of Bruce's parents' funeral is shown.shown, along with their headstones. It is raining and black umbrellas are abound.
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** He then uses ''that'' as a distraction so he can pull a(n explosive) batarang and get out of[[spoiler: Ra's al Ghul's]] hold, make a point, and escape.
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** Falcone himself got a [[LaserGuidedKarma face full of fear gas himself]] years later after trying to blackmail Johnathan Crane with the information he had on Ra's operation.
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** Falcone himself got a [[LaserGuidedKarma face full of fear gas himself]] years later after trying to blackmail Johnathan Jonathan Crane with the information he had on [[spoiler: Ra's operation.operation]].
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* GracefulLoser: Henri Ducard. When he is beaten and then left by Bruce in the crashing monorail, [[spoiler: he just closes his eyes and accepts death]].
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* GracefulLoser: Henri Ducard.[[spoiler:Henri Ducard]]. When he is beaten and then left by Bruce in the crashing monorail, [[spoiler: he just closes his eyes and accepts death]].
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* ThatManIsDead: Crane, after being exposed to his own fear gas.
--> '''Crane''': Doctor Crane is not here right now. But if you'd like to make an appointment...
--> '''Crane''': Doctor Crane is not here right now. But if you'd like to make an appointment...
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* ThatManIsDead: Crane, [[spoiler:Crane]], after being exposed to his own fear gas.
-->'''Crane''': Doctor Crane [[spoiler:'''Crane''']]:[[spoiler:Doctor Crane]] is not here right now. But if you'd like to make an appointment...
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* XanatosGambit: When Batman encounters Ra's al Ghul in the train, Batman starts jabbing at the train's controls with a knife, to at least make it look like he's trying to stop the train (he actually ends up locking the controls). [[spoiler:However, he already sent Gordon to make a gap in the train's elevated tracks, such that the train would be destroyed if it wasn't stopped.]]
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* XanatosGambit: When Batman encounters Ra's [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul Ghul]] in the train, Batman starts jabbing at the train's controls with a knife, to at least make it look like he's trying to stop the train (he actually ends up locking the controls). [[spoiler:However, he already sent Gordon to make a gap in the train's elevated tracks, such that the train would be destroyed if it wasn't stopped.]]
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** It is hinted in the movie as well, since he has some of the tally mark scars he cuts on himself every time he kills someone in the comics. Also, [[spoiler:he comes at Rachel and a young boy with a knife in the Narrows when the Narrows are flooded with fear gas.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: When Gordon calls for reinforcements in the fear gassed Narrows, Commissioner Loeb replies there is no else to help. At that ''exact'' moment, the Batmobile roars in to the rescue.
* {{Blackmail}}: Subverted. Falcone [[EvilVersusEvil tries to blackmail Jonathan Crane]] but ends up [[LaserGuidedKarma getting a dose of fear toxin for it]].
* {{Blackmail}}: Subverted. Falcone [[EvilVersusEvil tries to blackmail Jonathan Crane]] but ends up [[LaserGuidedKarma getting a dose of fear toxin for it]].
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* BigDamnHeroes: When Gordon calls for reinforcements in the fear gassed [[spoiler:fear gassed]] Narrows, Commissioner Loeb replies there is no else to help. At that ''exact'' moment, the Batmobile roars in to the rescue.
* {{Blackmail}}: Subverted. Falcone [[EvilVersusEvil tries to blackmail Jonathan Crane]] butends [[spoiler:ends up [[LaserGuidedKarma getting a dose of fear toxin for it]].]]
* {{Blackmail}}: Subverted. Falcone [[EvilVersusEvil tries to blackmail Jonathan Crane]] but
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* EvilPlan: The League of Shadow's Shadows' plan to MercyKill Gotham. Gotham, though Bruce defeats them early in the movie. [[spoiler:But since he saved Henri Ducard, AKA Ra's al Ghul, they try to destroy Gotham again.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Trapped on a train that's about to crash and explode, Ra's al Ghul simply sits back and slowly closes his eyes.
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* FinishHim: After being defeated at the end of the film, Ra's expects Bruce to kill him.
-->'''Ra's al Ghul''': Have you finally learned to do what is necessary?
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* FinishHim: After being defeated at the end of the film, Ra's [[spoiler:Ra's]] expects Bruce to kill him.
-->'''Ra's -->[[spoiler:'''Ra's al Ghul''': Ghul''']]: Have you finally learned to do what is necessary?
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* TheHerosJourney: Bruce leaves his home of Gotham as a college student, spends years wandering the world to understand the criminal mind until he's trained to use his new skills by the League of Shadows, and then returns to Gotham to utalize these skills to save the city from the corruption that drove him out in the first place.
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* TheHerosJourney: Bruce leaves his home of Gotham as a college student, spends years wandering the world to understand the criminal mind until he's trained to use his new skills by the League of Shadows, and then returns to Gotham to utalize utilize these skills to save the city from the corruption that drove him out in the first place.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jonathan Crane is poisoned with his own fear toxin after trying to hit Batman with it again.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jonathan Crane is poisoned [[spoiler:poisoned with his own fear toxin after trying to hit Batman with it again.again]].
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* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: The aftermath of [[spoiler:Bruce's parents']] funeral is shown. It is raining and black umbrellas are abound.
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* OhCrap: Averted by Ra's when Batman swoops down to confront him. In contrast with the terrified reactions of Batman's previous opponents, Ra's nonchalantly remarks:
--> '''Ra's''': Well, well. You took my advice about theatricality a bit... ''literally''.
** Also averted when he realizes Batman intends to ''crash'' the train, as well as leave him there. Ra's just [[ObiWanMoment closes his eyes]].
** Played straight on the other hand by Crane. After getting hit with his own fear gas, just looking at Batman completely freaks him out.
--> '''Ra's''': Well, well. You took my advice about theatricality a bit... ''literally''.
** Also averted when he realizes Batman intends to ''crash'' the train, as well as leave him there. Ra's just [[ObiWanMoment closes his eyes]].
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* OhCrap: Averted by Ra's [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]] when Batman swoops down to confront him. In contrast with the terrified reactions of Batman's previous opponents, Ra's [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]] nonchalantly remarks:
-->'''Ra's''': [[spoiler:'''Ra's al Ghul''']]: [[spoiler: Well, well. You took my advice about theatricality a bit... ''literally''.
''literally'']].
** Also averted when he realizes Batman intends to ''crash'' the train, as well as leave him there.Ra's [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]] just [[ObiWanMoment closes his eyes]].
** Played straight on the other hand by Crane.After [[spoiler:After getting hit with his own fear gas, just looking at Batman completely freaks him out.]]
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** Also averted when he realizes Batman intends to ''crash'' the train, as well as leave him there.
** Played straight on the other hand by Crane.
* TheReveal:[[spoiler: Henri Ducard is actually Ra's al Ghul and even though Bruce saved his life, The League of Shadows will still attempt to destroy Gotham under Ra's command.]]
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* SecretKeeper: Bruce ends up with [[spoiler:three]] of them by film's end: Alfred Pennyworth, Lucius Fox and Rachel Dawes.
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** He then uses ''that'' as a distraction so he can pull a(n explosive) batarang and [[MagnificentBastard get out of of[[spoiler: Ra's al Ghul's]] hold, make a point, and escape]].escape.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Bruce Wayne has a party on his birthday. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul comes to his party, burns down his mansion and then attempts to drive all of Gotham insane; leaving Batman to stop him.]]
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* UnfortunateImplications: InUniverse example: Alfred Pennyworth, after being told by Bruce Wayne to [[ItMakesSenseInContext take a comatose Rachel Dawes home]], was seen putting Dawes into his car by some partygoers in a curious position, causing them to think that Alfred was a DirtyOldMan.
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* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: A word of advice to Joe Chill: never put your finger on the trigger unless you're fully intent on killing whoever you're trying to rob, especially if you're undergoing a panic attack at the moment.
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--> -- '''[[KnightTemplar Henri Ducard]]'''
The first entry in ChristopherNolan's Film/DarkKnightSaga.
The film opens InMediasRes with Bruce Wayne incarcerated in a prison in Bhutan, where a man named Henri Ducard arranges for Wayne's release and offers him a place in Ra's al Ghul's League of Shadows. Ducard trains Bruce in the way of the {{ninja}} -- and in [[DontThinkFeel overcoming his fear]] -- while Bruce explains his BackStory. Upon discovering that Ra's intends to destroy Gotham City, Bruce fights his way out and [[StuffBlowingUp blows up the dojo]]. Bruce returns to Gotham and vows to take back the city from the criminals; to this end, he combines his League of Shadows training, obscene wealth, old fear of bats, and access to his company's [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys R&D projects]] to turn himself into a vigilante crimefighter.
The Batman makes his grand entrance by bringing [[TheMafia mafioso]] Carmine Falcone to justice, but in doing so, he discovers that Dr. Jonathan Crane has disturbing plans for Gotham City involving large quantities of a [[PsychoSerum fear toxin]] -- and that Crane works on orders from someone else...
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!Provides examples of:
* AllOfThem: Bruce, in response to a homeless guy asking who was going to come looking for Bruce. "Everyone."
* AllThereInTheManual: Ra's Al Ghul is mentioned to have a daughter, who like her comic's incarnation is revealed to be named Talia in the novelization.
* AnachronicOrder: Most of Bruce's backstory up until his final exam with The League of Shadows is told non-linearly through a series of flashbacks.
* AncientConspiracy: The League of Shadows
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Rachel delivers ''two'' of these to Bruce after he shows her the gun he planned to murder Joe Chill with.
* AxCrazy: Mr. Zsasz. Though he's pretty quiet during his small amount of screen time, the tie-in video game displays him as very much so.
* BadCopIncompetentCop: Supposedly most of Gotham's police are portrayed as corrupt. Gordon and Loeb are the only apparent exceptions to this (though you might assume Loeb is fairly incompetent).
-->'''Batman''': You're a good cop. One of the few.
* BadassBoast: A two for one
-->'''Prisoner:''' You are in Hell little man, and I am the devil
-->'''Bruce Wanye:''' You're not the devil... you're practice.
* 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.
* BeardOfEvil: Ducard sports the Fu Manchu of villainy, as does [[spoiler:fake! Ra's al Ghul.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: When Gordon calls for reinforcements in the fear gassed Narrows, Commissioner Loeb replies there is no else to help. At that ''exact'' moment, the Batmobile roars in to the rescue.
* {{Blackmail}}: Subverted. Falcone [[EvilVersusEvil tries to blackmail Jonathan Crane]] but ends up [[LaserGuidedKarma getting a dose of fear toxin for it]].
* BodyDouble: [[spoiler:How Ra's al Ghul appears immortal.]]
* 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...".
* BrickJoke: "Nice coat."
** "Didn't you get the memo?"
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: Inverted - Bruce makes fun of his alter-ego while establishing his rich idiot persona.
-->'''Bruce:''' Well, a guy who dresses up like a bat [[SelfDeprecation clearly has issues]].
* CallingCard: The joker playing card seen in TheStinger.
* TheCameo: Tim Booth from''James'' has a small non-speaking role as lesser known Batman villain, Victor Zsasz.
* TheCastShowoff: Notice how Ducard tends to go into boxing stances when fighting bare handed? Liam Neeson trained as a boxer in his teens.
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* ChekhovsGun: Rachel's taser and the blue flower for starters.
* ComicBookAdaptation: Currently the last {{Batman}} movie to receive one. It's okay if you haven't heard of it; it didn't come out with much fanfare, and was more of an original story packaged with reprints of classic Batman stories.
* ConservationOfNinjitsu: Batman has the easiest time against dozens of gangsters and hundreds of cops, a much harder time against a few League of Shadow operatives, and the hardest time against just Ra's.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the League of Shadows has had the same combat training Batman did, and Ra's is the one who ''taught'' him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Various characters show signs of this, though Lucius Fox is the most apparent, like during his conversation with Bruce Wayne about a full body armor suit.
-->'''Bruce Wayne''': Why didn't they put it into production?
-->'''Lucius Fox''': Bean counters didn't think a soldier's life was worth 300 grand. So what's your interest in it, Mr. Wayne?
-->'''Bruce Wayne''': I want to borrow it. For, uh, spelunking. You know, cave diving.
-->'''Lucius Fox''': ... you expecting to run into much gunfire in these caves?
** Alfred Pennyworth might qualify too, though not to the same extent as in the sequel.
--->'''Alfred:''' What's the point of all those pushups if you can't even lift a bloody log?"
** Jonathan Crane as well.
--->'''Dawes''': Do you really believe that a man who butchers people for the mob doesn't belong in prison?
--->'''Crane''': Well, I would hardly have testified to that otherwise.
* DeathBySecretIdentity:[[spoiler: Ra's knows Bruce's identity as the Batman from the start, but ends up dead by the end of ''Begins''.]]
* DeceptiveDisciple: Inverted, The League of Shadows plans to use Bruce and his connections to help burn Gotham to the ground. Bruce promptly turns against the group when he finds out.
* DontThinkFeel: Inverted. Bruce Wayne starts out driven by rage and guilt. The League of Shadows teaches him to use his head.
* DueToTheDead[=/=]AntagonistInMourning: At the end of the novelization, [[spoiler:Bruce buries Ducard, or what was left of him after the monorail crashed, next to Thomas Wayne.]]
* DullSurprise: The Wayne employee overseeing the water is remarkably blase about the idea of [[spoiler:the entire city's water supply exploding]].
* EntitledBastard: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Ra's, who wants Bruce to ''kill'' him instead of save him.
* EvilIsStylish: Both Henri Ducard, Jonathan Crane and Carmine Falcone all wear sharp suits.
* EvilPlan: The League of Shadow's plan to MercyKill Gotham.
* ExpospeakGag: After Lucius Fox finishes explaining exactly how he derived the antidote for Crane's fear toxin:
-->'''Fox''': I analyzed your blood, isolating the receptor compounds and the protein based catalyst.
-->'''Bruce''': Am I supposed to understand any of that?
-->'''Fox''': [[DeadpanSnarker No. I just wanted you to know how hard it was]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Trapped on a train that's about to crash and explode, Ra's al Ghul simply sits back and slowly closes his eyes.
* 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.
* FinishHim: After being defeated at the end of the film, Ra's expects Bruce to kill him.
-->'''Ra's al Ghul''': Have you finally learned to do what is necessary?
* FlowerFromTheMountaintop: Inverted. Bruce has to pick a rare blue flower at the base of a mountain and then carry it to the monastery at the top.
* FlyAtTheCameraEnding: Batman gliding off a rooftop and into the camera.
* FreudianExcuse: Henri Ducard's apparent reason for becoming a KnightTemplar.
-->'''Ducard''': I wasn't always here in the mountains. Once I had a wife... my great love... she was [[DeathByOriginStory taken from me]]. Like you, I was forced to learn there are those without decency, who must be fought without hesitation, without pity.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When [[DaChief Loeb]] is talking to Gordon during the climax, he's using another cop's chest-mounted radio and we can see the guy being dragged back and forth as Loeb paces around.
* FunWithAcronyms: The music on the soundtrack is named after species of bat, containing six listed in order as;
-->'''B'''arbastella, '''A'''rtibeus, '''T'''adirida, '''M'''acrotus, '''A'''ntrozous, '''N'''ycteris.
* GenreSavvy: When told that Batman has infiltrated Arkham, Jonathan Crane tells his men to call the police, who will be far better equipped to deal with Batman than a couple of mooks, and unlike Batman won't be able to stop Crane's plans.
* GracefulLoser: Henri Ducard. When he is beaten and then left by Bruce in the crashing monorail, [[spoiler: he just closes his eyes and accepts death]].
* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** Joe Chill is killed because he knows about Carmine Falcone's criminal activities.
** Falcone himself got a [[LaserGuidedKarma face full of fear gas himself]] years later after trying to blackmail Johnathan Crane with the information he had on Ra's operation.
* HellishHorse[=/=]HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: How Scarecrow and the horse he stole from a mounted police officer appears to a young boy affected by the fear compound during the finale.
* TheHerosJourney: Bruce leaves his home of Gotham as a college student, spends years wandering the world to understand the criminal mind until he's trained to use his new skills by the League of Shadows, and then returns to Gotham to utalize these skills to save the city from the corruption that drove him out in the first place.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Batman performs this on Detective Flass, repeatedly dropping him mere inches away from the ground and then lifting him back up with his batclaw.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jonathan Crane is poisoned with his own fear toxin after trying to hit Batman with it again.
* InMediasRes: The film opens with Bruce Wayne being held in a Chinese prison, and we don't find out [[HowWeGotHere the circumstances leading up to it]] until later.
* IOwnThisTown: Carmine Falcone.
* IronicEcho: Several of them.
** "It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you." [[spoiler:Said earlier by Rachel Dawes to Bruce Wayne when Bruce was trying to explain that his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob persona was all an act. Bruce later repeats it to Rachel, as Batman, when she asks who he is.]]
** "You never learned to mind your surroundings." [[spoiler:Said earlier by Henri Ducard to Bruce Wayne, while Ducard is burning down Wayne Manor. Batman later repeats it to Ducard, when the train they're in has its rails out ahead of them and Ducard fails to notice this until it's pointed out.]]
** "It's a bit technical, but the key thing is, the company's future is secure." [[spoiler:Said earlier by Earle to Bruce when they were discussing the purchases of stock in their company. Bruce later repeats it to Earle when trying to explain why he's taking a more active role in the company. Made better by the fact that Bruce says "''My'' company"]]
** "Didn't you get the memo?" [[spoiler:Said earlier by Earle to Lucius when firing Lucius. After Bruce Wayne gives Earle's job to Lucius, Bruce Wayne explains why he has the authority to do so, (providing the above IronicEcho) and once Bruce is finished talking, Lucius says "right you are, Mr. Wayne" and then looks at Earle and says "didn't you get the memo?" This provides two ironic echoes in a row.]]
** "Don't be afraid Bruce." [[spoiler: Said earlier by a dying Thomas Wayne, trying to comfort Bruce. Later said by Ducard during the train fight when he pins Bruce/Batman and starts strangling him]].
* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: The aftermath of [[spoiler:Bruce's parents']] funeral is shown. It is raining and black umbrellas are abound.
* ItIsBeyondSaving: The League of Shadow's rationale for destroying Gotham City.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Given that Bruce Wayne is the richest man on the planet, it's no surprise that he attended Princeton, which he enjoyed, but noted that "they don't feel the same way."
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: A member of the league of shadows]], disguised as a SWAT team member, pushing away a frightened child.
* KnightTemplar: The League Of Shadows as a whole, really. Beyond [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremism]], their attitude leads them to dismiss all of Gotham as beyond saving, and to use this to justify [[spoiler:using Crane's fear-toxin to drive them to kill each other.]] Ducard claims they exploited Gotham's corruption in order to pull this off in the first place; at no point does it seem to occur to them that it probably would be a better idea to focus their efforts on simply confronting Gotham's criminal elements instead.
* MadnessMantra: Scarecrow... scarecrow...
* MadScientist: Dr. Jonathan Crane shares several traits of the trope.
* {{McNinja}}s: Batman himself. Plus the League of Shadows in ''Begins'' are [[EqualOpportunityEvil quite a diverse group]].
* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler: When Rachel asks who Batman is, he replies with the same words she previously had berated him with while he was acting like a vapid playboy, saying that despite his assertions he's not that person underneath, his actions are what should define him]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Batman''': It's not who I am underneath, but what I ''do'' that defines me.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Rachel''': ''Bruce?!'']]
** "[[TearJerker Why do we fall, sir?]]"
* MillionairePlayboy: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]; it goes hand in hand with RichIdiotWithNoDayJob.
* MindRape: Jonathan Crane routinely does this to his patients.
** MindRape also happens to [[spoiler: Carmine Falcone]] at the hands of Jonathan Crane; and [[spoiler: ironically Batman gases Jonathan Crane [[HoistByHisOwnPetard with his own toxin]]; removing any sanity that Crane had and leaving only the fear-obsessed Scarecrow]].
* MrExposition: A bit part exists to quickly recap the train situation as it's happening. [[spoiler: After it blows up spectacularly]], he cheers, so anyone who hasn't been paying attention knows that it's a good thing.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Ra's Al Ghul translates in Arabic to "Head of the Demon". Ra's is obviously not one of the heroes with that name.
* NearVillainVictory: If Bruce hadn't been saved by Alfred from his mansion and Gordon hadn't been able to blow up [[spoiler: the monorail tracks]]; Gotham's citizens would have all been [[spoiler: driven insane or killed each other due to Scarecrow's fear toxin and Ra's Al Ghul's plan.]]
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: Ducard's training, where he hides amongst his followers.
* NeverTrustATrailer: A lot of promotional material made Scarecrow look like he was the BigBad.
* [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Carmine Falcone's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Bruce Wayne gives him the idea of becoming Batman.
* NonIdleRich: Thomas Wayne, Bruce's father, who still works as a doctor at the hospital despite being worth billions. Bruce also qualifies, when he's not engaging in frivolous pursuits in order to maintain his image as a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob.
* OhCrap: Averted by Ra's when Batman swoops down to confront him. In contrast with the terrified reactions of Batman's previous opponents, Ra's nonchalantly remarks:
--> '''Ra's''': Well, well. You took my advice about theatricality a bit... ''literally''.
** Also averted when he realizes Batman intends to ''crash'' the train, as well as leave him there. Ra's just [[ObiWanMoment closes his eyes]].
** Played straight on the other hand by Crane. After getting hit with his own fear gas, just looking at Batman completely freaks him out.
* OfficeGolf: PlayedForLaughs when Bruce teaches this sport to a secretary.
* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Jonathan Crane; AKA Scarecrow.
* 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.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Bats at multiple points in the film. Batman goes from just being afraid of them, to surrounding himself with them in the batcave, to later summoning them against the SWAT officers when they surround the building he's in.
-->'''Thomas Wayne''': Do you want to know why they attacked you? It's because they were afraid of you. All creatures feel fear.
-->'''Bruce Wayne''': Even the scary ones?
-->'''Thomas Wayne''': ESPECIALLY the scary ones.
* SavedForTheSequel: The unresolved romance between Bruce Wayne and Rachel Dawes.
* SaveTheVillain: Bruce saves Henri Ducard when [[spoiler:his lair [[StuffBlowingUp explodes]].]] Later, [[spoiler: Henri Ducard returns as Ra's Al Ghul to destroy Gotham]] and tells Bruce that he warned him about compassion. After [[spoiler:Ra's Al Ghul and Batman's last battle]], Batman leaves [[spoiler: Ra's Al Ghul]] to die as the monorail crashes.
* SayYourPrayers: One could see [[spoiler:Ra's/Ducard's]] ObiWanMoment as this as well.
* ScaryScarecrows:
--> '''Crane''': Would you like to see my mask?
* SecretKeeper: Bruce ends up with [[spoiler:three]] of them by film's end: Alfred Pennyworth, Lucius Fox and Rachel Dawes.
* SelfDeprecation: Bruce Wayne mentioned that Batman "clearly has psychological issues". Justified since he kinda has to do that in order to maintain his secret identity as Batman.
* ShamgriLa: The headquarters of the League of Shadows.
* TheShrink: Dr. Jonathan Crane is a villainous example of the trope.
* ShutUpHannibal: During the climax when the Narrows is gassed over, the immune Rachel shepards 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.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Henri Ducard thinks Bruce Wayne's belief in ThouShaltNotKill is pointless [[KnightTemplar and that criminals should be executed]]. Later, Henri Ducard [[spoiler: as Ra's Al Ghul]], tells Bruce that Gotham is too corrupt to save and believes that Gotham should be destroyed; rather than Bruce's belief that there are good people in Gotham who can fix it.
* SmugSnake: [[TheDon Carmine Falcone]] is easily the most arrogant and contemptuous villain in the movie. At least [[MadScientist Crane]] is fairly [[AffablyEvil polite]], and at least [[EvilMentor Ducard]] acts somewhat respectful to Bruce Wayne, saying Bruce [[WorthyOpponent was his best student]], [[spoiler:albeit while having said student's house burned to the ground]]. Falcone, on the other hand, just acts so smug that he ends up being arguably more hateable than Crane and Ducard despite doing much less damage.
** During the "secrets of scary people" scene, Flass warns Falcone that there's something going on and they should bail. Falcone just sits there in his car for a little while, then decides to get up to see for himself what's going on... namely, that Batman's beating up several of Falcone's goons at the same time. Apparently even with this going on right in front of him it takes him a little while to figure out that Batman's someone to be feared. So, he decides to get back to his car to get a gun. [[spoiler:Too late.]]
* SoiledCityOnAHill: Gotham City is this from the point of view of Henri Ducard and the League of Shadows.
* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Bruce and Alfred use a series of cords on a nearby piano to open the secret door to the Batcave inside Wayne Manor.
* StarMakingRole: Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman. While ''AmericanPsycho'' was a cult hit, ''Batman Begins'' is the film that made him a bona-fide star.
* SuspectIsHatless: During the Batmobile chase with the increasingly frantic cops.
--> '''Cop''': It's a black...tank!
* ThatManIsDead: Crane, after being exposed to his own fear gas.
--> '''Crane''': Doctor Crane is not here right now. But if you'd like to make an appointment...
* TrainingMontage: "The Will To Act" is downright epic. It helps that Ducard is played by the same actor who played [[StarWars Qui-Gon Jinn]].
* {{Trainstopping}}: Subverted. [[spoiler:When the monorail carrying the vaporizing device to the center of the network of water mains has to be stopped, Batman has the track destroyed instead of trying to stop the train.]]
* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: One to bats, one to just groups of people.
* VigilanteExecution: Done to Joe Chill. Subverted: the "vigilante" (really a hitwoman paid by Falcone) was stopping him from testifying against a mob boss, and the real enraged victim, Bruce Wayne, never got a chance to kill him.
* TheVoiceless: Zsasz, though he doesn't have much time on-screen...
* WaterSourceTampering: A variant: Scarecrow laced Gotham's water supply with his fear toxin for months, without anyone realizing it. The toxin had no effect in this form. [[spoiler:It needed to be absorbed through the lungs to have an effect—the bad guys' ultimate plan was to use a microwave emitter to vaporize Gotham's entire water supply, thereby exposing the whole city.]]
* WhamEpisode: After [[spoiler: Ra's Al Ghul]] visits Bruce, [[spoiler: Wayne Manor is burnt down; Thomas Wayne's monorail prominent throughout the movie is used to spread Scarecrow's fear gas throughout the city; there are mass prison breakouts including Arkham Asylum and Bruce is left for dead as Wayne Manor crumbles. Fortunately, Alfred pulls a BigDamnHeroes moment; enabling Bruce to escape the manor...which leads to Batman saving most of the city (the Narrows, full of the poor and criminals, have all been driven insane by Scarecrow's fear toxin; emphasized by everyone there viewing Batman as a literal monster and trying to kill him) and leaving his [[EvilMentor mentor]]; Ra's Al Ghul (a prominent and major villain in the comics), to die in an explosion caused by destroying both the monorail tracks and the monorail itself.]]
* WhamLine:
-->'''Party Guest''': Bruce, there's somebody here you simply must meet. Now, am I pronouncing this right -- [[spoiler:Mr. Ra's al Ghul]]?
* XanatosGambit: When Batman encounters Ra's al Ghul in the train, Batman starts jabbing at the train's controls with a knife, to at least make it look like he's trying to stop the train (he actually ends up locking the controls). [[spoiler:However, he already sent Gordon to make a gap in the train's elevated tracks, such that the train would be destroyed if it wasn't stopped.]]
-->'''Ra's al Ghul''': You're just an ordinary man in a cape. That's why you couldn't fight injustice, and that's why you can't stop this train.
-->'''Batman''': [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Who said anything about stopping it?]]
** He then uses ''that'' as a distraction so he can pull a(n explosive) batarang and [[MagnificentBastard get out of Ra's hold, make a point, and escape]].
* YouDoNotWantToKnow: A frequent theme of this movie.
-->'''Flass:''' The bears, they go straight to the dealers.
-->'''Falcone:''' And the rabbits go to the man in the narrows.
-->'''Flass:''': What's the difference?
-->'''Falcone:''' Ignorance is bliss, my friend. Don't burden yourself with the secrets of scary people.
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