History Series / Gotham

* MassiveMultiplayerScam: Selina does this to extract the name of the Wayne killer, with Bruce as her accomplice and Silver as her mark.

* SameStoryDifferentNames: The plot between Gordon and Barbara is very similar to Thomas and Martha Wayne in ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''.

* RobbingTheMobBank: Late in season 5, ClassyCatBurglar Magpie starts robbing from the Penguin's private vault, one of the biggest and long-lasting crime lords in the city. While she initially proves to be quite a nuisance for him, [[EnemyMine with Selina Kyle's help]] he eventually lures Magpie into a trap and shoots her dead on the spot.

*** Special mention should go to said DirtyCop, Lieutenant Cranston. He's only in this one episode and entirely for the reason of killing him, not that the son of a bitch didn't deserve it. After introducing himself to Gordon, he proceeds to beat a criminal that the [=GCPD=] has arrested, and reappears later shaking down a drug dealer before pointlessly beating up a hot dog vendor (actually the Ballon Man in disguise, who admittedly goaded him into attacking by being ''very'' insistent about selling him a hot dog) and mugging him before. Just about the only person bent up over him is Bullock, who isnsits that Cranston wasn't ''that'' bad.
** When a drug dealer is killed, Gordon is the only one who takes the case seriously and even he is not exactly heartbroken over the guy being dead. Then an honest citizen (the polar opposite of an AssholeVictim) steps forward as a witness but is killed to silence him. The other cops still do not care but Gordon pulls out all the stops to take down the killer.

Gordon's partner is the slovenly, semi-corrupt Harvey Bullock (Creator/DonalLogue), while the rest of the cast is rounded out by a young Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz), still reeling from the death of his parents; his butler and guardian Alfred Pennyworth (Creator/SeanPertwee), trying to be a father to him; a growing roster of up-and-coming villains like Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor) and Edward Nygma (Cory Michael Smith); streetwise teen thief Selina Kyle (Camren Bicondova); and Barbara Kean (Erin Richards), Gordon's fiancée in season one.

* ForegoneConclusion:
** Given that this is an origin to the Batman mythos, it's pretty obvious what will happen to certain characters.

Originally pitched as a gritty, "Gotham City without Batman" story along the lines of ComicBook/GothamCentral, ''Gotham'' quickly evolved into a gleefully over-the-top show with a bold, striking aesthetic and a willingness to pursue all sorts of intentionally ridiculous plotlines.

** When he arrives in Gotham to help during the No Man's Land arc, Eduardo Dorrance is accompanued by several other special forces soldiers, one of whom is referred to as "Bird". Bird is essentially the second-in-command to Bane in the comics and some other continuities, and [[spoiler: Eduardo ends up becoming Bane by the end of the series]].

** Selina's father is never seen or mentioned.

** Barbara Kean becomes this after her descent into villainy.

* KarmicDeath: In "Sacrification", Evan Pike shoplifts a brick of C4 from a weapon shop. When Gordon and Captain Barnes chase him down, they open fire and end up hitting the explosive in his pants, blowing him to bits.

* KillItWithWater: Gordon defeats the Electrocutioner by simply tossing a cup of water onto his electronics, shorting them out]

** Barbara again, when she calls Gordon's house and a woman replies (actually Ivy after she and Selina broke into Gordon's house to get out of the storm). She angrily hangs up thinking that Gordon is seeing another woman and declares that "I'm done with him". This after she left him a DearJohnLetter, never stated she was coming back so he didn't know if she ''would'' be coming back, and the biggest complaint she made at him for not waiting for her, literally not even ''hours'' after she just cheated on Gordon with Renee. At this point one could think that Ivy just did Gordon a favor.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In "Blood Rush", after Ed's romp with Isabella (which was supposed to be a breakup), Oswald asks him, "How'd she take it?" Ed, whose mind is clearly still on the previous night, absently replies "What?"

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Originally pitched as a gritty, "Gotham City without Batman" story along the lines of ComicBook/Gotham Central, ''Gotham'' quickly evolved into a gleefully over-the-top show with a bold, striking aesthetic and a willingness to pursue all sorts of intentionally ridiculous plotlines.

** In "Better to Reign in Hell" when Ivy Pepper trying to find Selina Kyle in the hideout of Fish Mooney gang of literal monsters who she know has powers she get mistaken for a spy. [[spoiler: When Selina says she just her friend they still fear that they will tell someone which Selina begs she won't. Knowing Fish Mooney and Ivy just being a kid she might of let her go if Ivy didn't threaten to let her go or she tell. While she realizes her mistake immediately [[Leave No Witnesses it goes as well as you expect.]]

The show ran for 5 seasons, with the final episode airing on April 25th, 2019. The showrunners then went on to create another Batman mythos-inspired {{prequel}} show, ''Series/{{Pennyworth}}'', which premiered in 2019 on Epix.

* VillainousIncest: Siblings Theo and Tabitha Galavan, who are plotting to take over Gotham, are all but stated to be involved in ''that'' way. They don't even kiss onscreen, but Tabitha makes a SarcasticConfession that Theo is "great in the sack" when a random ([[VillainWithGoodPublicity and clueless]]) socialite walks up to them. It's also unclear if they're half-siblings or NotBloodSiblings, as Tabitha is clearly part black, while Theo is white.

The show ran for 5 seasons, with the final episode airing on April 25th, 2019. The showrunners then went on to create another Batman mythos-inspired {{prequel}} show, ''Series/{{Pennyworth}}'', which premiered later that year on Epix.

** Ultimately averted for certain characters in the Season 1 finale. Sal Maroni, the man 'destined' to throw acid at Harvey Dent and transform him into Two Face, is killed; while his rival Carmine Falcone, who is traditionally Gotham's resident crime-boss at the time Bruce first becomes Batman, seemingly chooses to leave Gotham and retire to the coast. Also, Barbara Kean, who is 'supposed' to become Jim Gordon's wife and, in some continuities, the mother of Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} goes AxCrazy, meaning it's highly unlikely she will be the mother of his daughter.
** The above is subverted by the events of Season 5, which ''does'' see Jim father a baby girl with Barbara after all.