History VideoGame / Gothamcityimpostors

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Played for laughs. Its quite evident that the Bat Helpers are vigilantes who cause Batman unnecessary trouble in their attempts to fight crime and just want to harass clowns in general, but the Jokerz gang are clearly psychopaths with malevolent intentions. Between the two, its safe to say the Bat Helpers are in the right, but there's no questioning that they go to unnecessary extremes in Fumigation to the point they risk people's lives, especially [[NonIronicClown clowns]]...though it's usually portrayed in a comedic manner.

* IAmTheNoun: The "Delusional" voice constantly refers to himself as the Batman, and often speaks in third-person. Whether or not the character actually ''[[AmbiguousDisorder thinks]]'' they're Batman is left to the player's imagination... though their speeches through the motivator suggest they don't and they're merely just roleplaying.

It went FreeToPlay on Steam, Xbox 360, and [=PlayStation=] 3.

It went FreeToPlay on Steam, Xbox 360 and PS3.

* AntiHero: The Bats are Unscrupulous: while they have every reason to want the Jokerz gone, they are not above turf wars, dabbling in the black market for firearms and explosives, and gladly getting anyone who ''looks'' like a clown killed just to get back at the Jokerz. ''[[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame It's no wonder Batman hates them]]''.

--> ''You dropped like a sack of puppies; Cute!''

* ClusterFBomb: The comically-bleeped "Crass" voice set, which includes such gems as "''I'm gonna *BLEEP* in the hole I just put you in!''"

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Team Bats uses firearms...something Batman is absolutely ''against'' using due to his [[DarkAndTroubledPast parents being murdered by one]]. Though it could be subverted if one takes into account the original pulp comics of Batman.

* FanDisservice: The massive, immensely fat Mighty and supremely paunchy Burly bouncing around in nothing but entirely-too-tiny briefs...or any nimble with the "[[BlatantLies hot]] [[SlasherSmile lips]]" [[PerpetualSmiler face]] type.

* GreaterScopeVillain: As elaborated by ''ComicBook/BatmanImpostors'', [[spoiler:Winslow Heath is the ultimate cause of the turf war between the Bats and Jokerz. Likewise, by extension, The Joker for torturing Heath into evil]].

* IAmTheNoun: The "Delusional" voice constantly refers to himself as the Batman, and often speaks in third-person. Whether or not the character actually ''[[AmbiguousDisorder thinks]]'' they're Batman is left to the player's imagination...though their speeches through the motivator suggest they don't and they're merely just roleplaying.
--> ''You're no match for Batman!''

** Upon choosing to Accept Promotion and confirming, [[spoiler: the game [[MindScrew pretends to glitch out and fail]], much like VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum's faux system crash]], before asking the player twice more if they're really REALLY sure they want to continue.

*** Assault Rifle: The Dawn Patrol. [[BoringButPractical Uninteresting,]] but still as competent as any other gun.

*** Longbow: The Bear Hunter. While it's classified under sniper rifles in-game, it doesn't really have the range to be a proper one. This weapon has rather paltry damage and is bad for close range because you have to ready arrows all the time, [[DifficultButAwesome but it has the highest headshot damage in the game.]]

* SteamPunk: There is an outfit based around the aesthetic (tophat and goggles, pocket watch and so forth), but no weapons fit the genre.
* [[SuperheroPackingHeat Super Heroes Packing Heat]] : If one has a very relaxed standard of ''hero''...
--> '''"Sir":''' ''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} His]] is the path of blunt force trauma and painful but nonlethal contusion, whereas ''ours'' is the more... ''efficacious'' path of cordite and home brewed explosives.''

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Downplayed. Most of the Bats honestly just want the Jokerz gone and stop crime in their own screwed-up way, but then there are some members that just come off as...''[[AxCrazy Eccentric]]''.

* AntiHero: The Bats are Type IV; While they have every reason to want the Jokerz gone, they are not above turf wars, dabbling in the blackmarket for firearms and explosives, and will gladly get anyone who ''looks'' like a clown killed just to get back at the Jokerz. ''[[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame It's no wonder Batman hates them]]''.
* BackStab: using the knife while facing your targets back will score and instant kill, as opposed to a set amount of damage based on your weight class.

It went FreeToPlay via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on August 31, 2012 - no word yet on the 360 and [=PS3=] versions.

* GreaterScopeVillain: As elaborated by ''ComicBook/BatmanImposters'', [[spoiler:Winslow Heath is the ultimate cause of the turf war between the Bats and Jokerz. Likewise, by extension, The Joker for torturing Heath into evil]].

* GreaterScopeParagon: While the Bats are {{Anti-Hero}}es at best, and psychotic at worst, they were still inspired by Batman, [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame much to his dismay]], to channel their psychopathy and murderous tendencies to fight crime.
* GreaterScopeVillain: As elaborated by ''ComicBook/GothamImposters'', [[spoiler:Winslow Heath is the ultimate cause of the turf war between the Bats and Jokerz. Likewise, by extension, The Joker for torturing Heath into evil]].

*** Submachine Gun: The Partisan and Desperado. The former is an all-around, while the latter is a close-range variation.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Its quite evident that the Bat Helpers are vigilantes who cause Batman unnecessary trouble in their attempts to fight crime and just want to harass clowns in general, but the Jokerz gang are clearly psychopaths with malevolent intentions. Between the two, its safe to say the Bat Helpers are in the right, but there's no questioning that they go to unnecessary extremes in Fumigation to the point they risk people's lives, especially [[NonIronicClown clowns]].

* StatuesqueStunner: Zig-zagged, regarding the Nimble's height; she ''is'' a few inches taller than the burly and foot taller than the speedy type. The Mighty type however is always a foot taller than her, and the Tough is hard to outright tell due the model chart obscuring her head with her hair and promotional material showing them at equal height (though she might be 1 or 2 inches taller than the tough).

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Its quite evident that the Bat Helpers are vigilantes who cause Batman unnecessary trouble in their attempts to fight crime and just want to harass clowns in general, but the Jokerz gang are clearly psychopaths with malevolent intentions. Between the two, its safe to say the Bat Helpers are the lesser evil.

*** Machine Gun: The Shredder and Jackhammer. The former has an insane rate of fire, and the latter is more damaging but less fast-firing and accurate. [[CriticalEncumbranceFailure Using these guns with the Speedy or Nimble body type makes you move slower.]]

--> ''All worked up over me, huh?''