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Riddled With Crime is the twenty ninth Episode in DC Universe Online which loosely adapts [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth The War on Jokes and Riddles story line]].

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Riddled With Crime is the twenty ninth Episode in DC Universe Online which loosely adapts [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth [[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing The War on Jokes and Riddles story line]].
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The Gotham Gang War has reach a new level as The Riddler and the Joker face off against each other. Riddler has never forgotten Joker hiring Deathstroke to kill him and during his time in hiding he has been planning his revenge. This war has brought in the worst of Gotham's villains, each taking a side within this conflict. However, this war threatens to take over all of Gotham, which is why Batwoman and Nightwing are working to stop it. And to make things worse, Batman has disappeared. But he isn't the only one...

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The Gotham Gang War has reach reached a new level as The the Riddler and the Joker face off against each other. Riddler has never forgotten Joker hiring Deathstroke to kill him and during his time in hiding he has been planning his revenge. This war has brought in the worst of Gotham's villains, each taking a side within this conflict. However, this war threatens to take over all of Gotham, which is why Batwoman and Nightwing are working to stop it. And to make things worse, Batman has disappeared. But he isn't the only one...



* ProperlyParanoid: In regards to Talia, Batwoman, Nightwing, and even the Joker turn out to be right in their suspicion of her involvement.

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* ProperlyParanoid: In regards to Talia, Talia. Batwoman, Nightwing, and even the Joker turn out to be right in their suspicion of her involvement.
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* DaddysLittleVillain: Batwoman states that Ra's Al Ghul is the only one she's truly loyal to in the end.

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* DaddysLittleVillain: Batwoman states that Ra's Al Ghul is the only one she's Talia's truly loyal to in the end.
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* EvilerThanThou: The missions The Penguin and Two Face for the Joker and Riddler respectively shows the latter to be this. While Two Face's missions involves either saving the Riddler's men or using Joker's blimps against his men. Penguin's missions involves strapping exploding rockets to the Riddler's men and dropping them into pools of chemicals to turn them into Joker Clowns.

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* EvilerThanThou: The missions The Penguin and Two Face for the Joker and Riddler respectively shows the latter former to be this. While Two Face's missions involves either saving the Riddler's men or using Joker's blimps against his men. Penguin's missions involves strapping exploding rockets to the Riddler's men and dropping them into pools of chemicals to turn them into Joker Clowns.

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* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Necessarily Evil Has Standards]]: While understanding that preforming evil actions are necessary, Batwoman draws the line with dropping the Riddler's men into a pool of chemicals to turn them into Joker clowns. She has the heroes drop them into the ocean instead.
* EvilerThanThou: The missions The Penguin and Two Face for the Joker and Riddler respectively shows the latter to be this. While Two Face's missions involves either saving the Riddler's men or using Joker's blimps against his men. Penguin's missions involves strapping exploding rockets to the Riddler's men and dropping them into pools of chemicals to turn them into Joker Clowns.



* MoreEvilThanThou: The missions The Penguin and Two Face for the Joker and Riddler respectively shows the latter to be this. While Two Face's missions involves either saving the Riddler's men or using Joker's blimps against his men. Penguin's missions involves strapping exploding rockets to the Riddler's men and dropping them into pools of chemicals to turn them into Joker Clowns.

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* MoreEvilThanThou: The NecessarilyEvil: Batwoman has you work both sides, which involves completing missions The Penguin and Two Face for the Joker and Riddler respectively shows the latter to be this. While Two Face's missions that involves either saving the Riddler's men or using Joker's blimps evil acts. She knows that it goes against his men. Penguin's missions involves strapping exploding rockets to everything they stand for, but it's the Riddler's men and dropping them into pools of chemicals only way to turn them into Joker Clowns.end the war.



* ReforgedIntoAMinon: One of Penguin's assigned missions involves capturing Riddler's men and turning them into clowns by dropping them into pools of chemicals.

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* ReforgedIntoAMinon: ReforgedIntoAMinion: One of Penguin's assigned missions involves capturing Riddler's men and turning them into clowns by dropping them into pools of chemicals.

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* EasilyForgiven: In spite of the problems Joker has caused his, Mr. Freeze still sides with him during the gang war, as apposed to his allies Ivy and Scarecrow, who side with Riddler.

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* EasilyForgiven: In spite of the problems Joker has caused his, him, Mr. Freeze still sides with him during the gang war, as apposed to his allies Ivy and Scarecrow, who side with Riddler.



* MoreEvilThanThou: The missions The Penguin and Two Face for the Joker and Riddler respectively shows the latter to be this. While Two Face's missions involves either saving the Riddler's men or using Joker's blimps against his men. Penguin's missions involves strapping exploding rockets to the Riddler's men and dropping them into pools of chemicals to turn them into Joker Clowns.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In the "Manifesto" investigations, Talia gives one to just about everyone in Gotham. The citizens, GCPD, villains... Not even the Batfamily are exempted from this.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In the "Manifesto" investigations, Talia gives one to just about everyone in Gotham. The citizens, GCPD, villains... Not even the Batfamily are exempted from this.this.
* ReforgedIntoAMinon: One of Penguin's assigned missions involves capturing Riddler's men and turning them into clowns by dropping them into pools of chemicals.
* VillainRespect: Talia is impressed with Nightwing's suggestion on handling the gang war, musing that her son Damian is possibly influencing him.
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* EasilyForgiven: In spite of the problems Joker has caused his, Mr. Freeze still sides with him during the gang war, as apposed to his allies Ivy and Scarecrow, who side with Riddler.
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* ContinuityNod: Riddler goes to war with The Joker in retaliation for Joker hiring Deathstroke to kill him during Punchline: Episode 3.


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* KarmaHoudini: Talia, despite betraying the villains and leaving them to take the fall for her (and by extension, the League of Assassins') crimes, is still considered a member of the Secret Society and faces no repercussions for her actions.
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* DaddysLittleVillian: Batwoman states that Ra's Al Ghul is the only one she's truly loyal to in the end.

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* DaddysLittleVillian: DaddysLittleVillain: Batwoman states that Ra's Al Ghul is the only one she's truly loyal to in the end.
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* DaddysLittleVillian: Batwoman states that Ra's Al Ghul is the only one she's truly loyal to in the end.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The ultimate plan to end the Gang War is to escalate it to the point where it would burn itself out.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The ultimate plan to end the Gang War is to escalate it to the point where it would burn itself out.out.
* ItIsBeyondSaving: One of the "Manifesto" investigations has Talia desperately trying to convince Batman that Gotham is this, and to leave it to its fate.
* LevelInReverse: The Turf War duos that take place in the Cape Carmine Lighthouse has players fight their way from the bottom to the top as opposed to the original instance.
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** Given Batwoman's status as leader in the efforts to end the gang war on the Heroes' side with Batman's disappearance, she falls into this by default.
** The Penguin and Two-Face also fall into this being the leaders in place of the disappeared Joker and Riddler respectively.
* ProperlyParanoid: In regards to Talia, Batwoman, Nightwing, and even the Joker turn out to be right in their suspicion of her involvement.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In the "Manifesto" investigations, Talia gives one to just about everyone in Gotham. The citizens, GCPD, villains... Not even the Batfamily are exempted from this.
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Riddled With Crime is the twenty ninth Episode in DC Universe Online which loosely adapts [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth The War on Jokes and Riddles story line]].

!!Summary
The Gotham Gang War has reach a new level as The Riddler and the Joker face off against each other. Riddler has never forgotten Joker hiring Deathstroke to kill him and during his time in hiding he has been planning his revenge. This war has brought in the worst of Gotham's villains, each taking a side within this conflict. However, this war threatens to take over all of Gotham, which is why Batwoman and Nightwing are working to stop it. And to make things worse, Batman has disappeared. But he isn't the only one...

!!Tropes
* ADayInTheLimelight: For Batwoman, whom Batman left in charge prior to his disappearance. Making her the episode's BigGood.
* EnemyMine: Batwoman and Nightwing are working with Talia Al Ghul to end the Gang War.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The ultimate plan to end the Gang War is to escalate it to the point where it would burn itself out.

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