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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Man of Steel DLC, [[spoiler: Jor-El does not meet his end at the hands of Zod. Instead, Zod is knocked out by Jor-El and Lara before he has the chance to personally kill them. [[DownplayedTrope That been said]], he still DiedOffscreen when Krypton blow up.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Man of Steel DLC, [[spoiler: Jor-El does not meet his end at the hands of Zod. Instead, Zod is knocked out by Jor-El and Lara before he has the chance to personally kill them. [[DownplayedTrope That been said]], he still DiedOffscreen died offscreen when Krypton blow up.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Man of Steel DLC, [[spoiler: Jor-El does not meet his end at the hands of Zod. Instead, Zod is knocked out by Jor-El and Lara before he has the chance to personally kill them. [[DownplayedTrope That been said]], he still {DiedOffscreen} DiedOffscreen when Krypton blow up.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Man of Steel DLC, [[spoiler: Jor-El does not meet his end at the hands of Zod. Instead, Zod is knocked out by Jor-El and Lara before he has the chance to personally kill them. [[DownplayedTrope That been said]], he still [=DiedOffscreen=] {DiedOffscreen} when Krypton blow up.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Man of Steel DLC, [[spoiler: Jor-El does not meet his end at the hands of Zod. Instead, Zod is knocked out by Jor-El and Lara before he has the chance to personally kill them. [[DownplayedTrope That been said]], he still D DiedOffscreen still [=DiedOffscreen=] when Krypton blow up.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Man of Steel DLC, [[spoiler: Jor-El does not meet his end at the hands of Zod. Instead, Zod is knocked out by Jor-El and Lara before he has the chance to personally kill them. [[DownplayedTrope That been said, said]], he still D die offscreen DiedOffscreen when Krypton blow up.]] ]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Man of Steel DLC, [[spoiler: Jor-El does not meet his end at the hands of Zod. Instead, Zod is knocked out by Jor-El and Lara before he has the chance to personally kill them. [[DownplayedTrope That been said, he still DieOffscreen D die offscreen when Krypton blow up.]] ]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Man of Steel DLC, [[spoiler: Jor-El does not meet his end at the hands of Zod. Instead, Zod is knocked out by Jor-El and Lara before he has the chance to personally kill them. [[DownplayedTrope That been said, he still DieOffscreen when Krypton blow up.]] ]]
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* AnAesop: Batman learns that relying on others or asking them for help isn't a sign of weakness.
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* AnAesop: Batman learns that you don't have to bottle up your emotions, it's OK to express them.
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* LowerHalfReveal: ''DC Superheroes'': In the intro cutscene to "Research and Development", the [=LexCorp=] receptionist only has her upper body visible when Batman and Superman request to see Lex Luthor. After the alarm sounds and [=LexBots=] come out, the receptionist is shown to have robot legs before she busts out of her disguise and [[RoboticReveal reveals herself to be a silver LexBot]].
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* RobotClown: One of the many things that The Joker and Lex Luthor do during their VillainTeamUp is [[spoiler:attack Gotham City]] with a giant mech designed to look like the Joker.
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The ''LEGO Batman Trilogy'' is a trilogy of action-adventure video game developed by Creator/TravellersTales, published by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment, and released in 2008 for the Platform/Xbox360, Platform/PlayStation2, Platform/PlayStation3, Platform/PlayStationPortable, Platform/NintendoDS, Mac OS X and Wii video gaming platforms. The game is based on the comic book character Franchise/{{Batman}} and the ''Franchise/{{LEGO}} Batman'' toy line, who also handled marketing and financial aspects of the game.
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The ''LEGO Batman Trilogy'' is a trilogy of action-adventure video game developed by Creator/TravellersTales, published by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment, and released in 2008 for the Platform/Xbox360, Platform/PlayStation2, Platform/PlayStation3, Platform/PlayStationPortable, Platform/NintendoDS, Mac OS X and Wii video gaming platforms. The game is games are based on the comic book character Franchise/{{Batman}} and the ''Franchise/{{LEGO}} Batman'' toy line, who also handled marketing and financial aspects of the game.
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** A number of puzzles both in story levels and free roam require abilities exclusive to suits of Batman and Robin, such as the invisibility of the Sensor suit, the NoSell ability of the Electricity suit, the sphere of the Acrobat suit, or the toxin-squirting of the hazard suit. Unlike the first and third games where you could switch at will in Free Play, here you have to use a suit pad to switch, forcing you to find the necessary pad nearby and proceed through the puzzle course normally.
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** A number of puzzles both in story levels and free roam require abilities exclusive to suits of Batman and Robin, such as the invisibility of the Sensor suit, the NoSell ability of the Electricity suit, the sphere of the Acrobat suit, or the toxin-squirting of the hazard suit. Unlike the first and third games where you could switch at will in Free Play, here you always have to use a suit pad to switch, forcing you to find the necessary pad nearby and proceed through the puzzle course normally.
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** A number of puzzles both in story levels and free roam require abilities exclusive to suits of Batman and Robin, such as the invisibility of the Sensor suit, the NoSell ability of the Electricity suit, the sphere of the Acrobat suit, or the toxin-squirting of the hazard suit. Unlike the first and third games where you could switch at will in Free Play, here you have to use a suit pad to switch, forcing you to find the necessary pad nearby and proceed through the puzzle course normally.
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Turning every character name mention for those with personal pages into a link was rather overboard, especially since most of them were changed into character pages.
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* {{Nerf}}: ComicBook/TheRiddler, Mad Hatter and Scarecrow lost all special abilities in ''Batman 2'', save for the puzzle boxes only Riddler could open. This is amended in ''Batman 3'' where Hatter and Riddler regain their mind control, and Riddler has a throwable cane and super senses, while Hatter gains playing cards to throw. Scarecrow makes no appearance at all outside of the Nolanverse DLC character, though that version has explosives. Fully subverted, and in fact more along the lines of BalanceBuff, in ''DC Super-Villains'', where Scarecrow gains some new abilities more in line with his skillset, such as Fear powers almost on par with a Yellow Lantern (though without the building ability), while Riddler and Mad Hatter retain their abilities from the third game along with getting character-relevant new ones.
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* {{Nerf}}: ComicBook/TheRiddler, The Riddler, Mad Hatter and Scarecrow lost all special abilities in ''Batman 2'', save for the puzzle boxes only Riddler could open. This is amended in ''Batman 3'' where Hatter and Riddler regain their mind control, and Riddler has a throwable cane and super senses, while Hatter gains playing cards to throw. Scarecrow makes no appearance at all outside of the Nolanverse DLC character, though that version has explosives. Fully subverted, and in fact more along the lines of BalanceBuff, in ''DC Super-Villains'', where Scarecrow gains some new abilities more in line with his skillset, such as Fear powers almost on par with a Yellow Lantern (though without the building ability), while Riddler and Mad Hatter retain their abilities from the third game along with getting character-relevant new ones.
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** In the comics, ComicBook/TwoFace's only "power" is owning a couple of guns. Here, he can swim in toxic waste to his heart's content.
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** In the comics, ComicBook/TwoFace's the only "power" Two-Face and The Joker have is owning a couple of guns. Here, he both can swim in toxic waste and walk through toxic gas to his heart's their hearts' content.
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** ComicBook/TheRiddler can spin his cane fast enough to ''deflect bullets''.
** [[spoiler:Rather than needing to run back to his Lazarus Pits between battles, ComicBook/RasAlGhul]] now has a full-blown HealingFactor.
** [[spoiler:Rather than needing to run back to his Lazarus Pits between battles, ComicBook/RasAlGhul]] now has a full-blown HealingFactor.
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** ComicBook/TheRiddler The Riddler can spin his cane fast enough to ''deflect bullets''.
** [[spoiler:Rather than needing to run back to his Lazarus Pits between battles,ComicBook/RasAlGhul]] Ra's al Ghul]] now has a full-blown HealingFactor.
** [[spoiler:Rather than needing to run back to his Lazarus Pits between battles,
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* EasterEgg: The character creator has the parts for four characters that exist in the comics, but aren't mentioned anywhere in the game. These four are: ComicBook/{{Huntress}}, ComicBook/{{Azrael}}, Black Mask, and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2009}} Spoiler]].
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* EasterEgg: The character creator has the parts for four characters that exist in the comics, but aren't mentioned anywhere in the game. These four are: ComicBook/{{Huntress}}, ComicBook/{{Azrael}}, Huntress, Azrael, Black Mask, and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2009}} Spoiler]].Spoiler.
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** You chase ComicBook/PoisonIvy through the Gotham Botanic Gardens in order to defeat and unlock her.
** ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. In her first boss fight, the duo must constantly chase her around a circle, and can only land each hit after she tires out from too many backflips.
** ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. In her first boss fight, the duo must constantly chase her around a circle, and can only land each hit after she tires out from too many backflips.
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** You chase ComicBook/PoisonIvy [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] through the Gotham Botanic Gardens in order to defeat and unlock her.
**ComicBook/HarleyQuinn.Harley Quinn. In her first boss fight, the duo must constantly chase her around a circle, and can only land each hit after she tires out from too many backflips.
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** Several parts of levels are confusing since the typical ColorCodedForYourConvenience mechanics are difficult to identify due to lighting. Other puzzles are easily overlooked, since they involve repeating an action which granted you something important to the level and give you a minikit the next time, or recreating a condition of the level which goes against the player's instincts to move on (since the games are normally very linear). One that falls under both types of this confusion is in the fourth level of ''Batman 2'', in ComicBook/MrFreeze's section of the level. A frozen wall needs to be climbed over the cell to reach a switch that will turn off the electricity on the ladder leading to it. This will melt the ice wall, however, and the player has to use Robin's Ice Suit to refreeze said water. However, the lighting makes it difficult to see the bouncing blue studs indicating freezable water, and it's easy to forget that you can do so at all, since the cutscene emphasizes it melting.
* HarmlessFreezing: Characters with ice powers or gear (ComicBook/MrFreeze) encase opponents in blocks of ice, which can be broken out of by moving around really quickly. While frozen, however, enemies can be killed with a single hit.
* HarmlessFreezing: Characters with ice powers or gear (ComicBook/MrFreeze) encase opponents in blocks of ice, which can be broken out of by moving around really quickly. While frozen, however, enemies can be killed with a single hit.
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** Several parts of levels are confusing since the typical ColorCodedForYourConvenience mechanics are difficult to identify due to lighting. Other puzzles are easily overlooked, since they involve repeating an action which granted you something important to the level and give you a minikit the next time, or recreating a condition of the level which goes against the player's instincts to move on (since the games are normally very linear). One that falls under both types of this confusion is in the fourth level of ''Batman 2'', in ComicBook/MrFreeze's Mr Freeze's section of the level. A frozen wall needs to be climbed over the cell to reach a switch that will turn off the electricity on the ladder leading to it. This will melt the ice wall, however, and the player has to use Robin's Ice Suit to refreeze said water. However, the lighting makes it difficult to see the bouncing blue studs indicating freezable water, and it's easy to forget that you can do so at all, since the cutscene emphasizes it melting.
* HarmlessFreezing: Characters with ice powers or gear(ComicBook/MrFreeze) (Mr Freeze) encase opponents in blocks of ice, which can be broken out of by moving around really quickly. While frozen, however, enemies can be killed with a single hit.
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** ComicBook/PoisonIvy's signature close-range move.
** Possibly as a ShoutOut to her taser-kiss to Max Shreck in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} can pull this off as well if she catches a {{Mook}} from afar with her whip.
* KissOfDistraction: ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} kisses Batman to distract him from what her cat is doing.
** Possibly as a ShoutOut to her taser-kiss to Max Shreck in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} can pull this off as well if she catches a {{Mook}} from afar with her whip.
* KissOfDistraction: ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} kisses Batman to distract him from what her cat is doing.
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** ComicBook/PoisonIvy's Poison Ivy's signature close-range move.
** Possibly as a ShoutOut to her taser-kiss to Max Shreck in ''Film/BatmanReturns'',ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Catwoman can pull this off as well if she catches a {{Mook}} from afar with her whip.
* KissOfDistraction:ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Catwoman kisses Batman to distract him from what her cat is doing.
** Possibly as a ShoutOut to her taser-kiss to Max Shreck in ''Film/BatmanReturns'',
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** Many of the data files in Batman's Batcomputer (which have to be bought) give tidbits of information about the general Bat-Mythos, such as Joker's previous identity as the ComicBook/RedHood, ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul's romance with Batman, and the fact that Bruce Wayne keeps around suits of armor in the Batcave.
** The final levels of each section are each references to the endings of ''Film/Batman1989'', ''Film/BatmanReturns'', and ''Film/BatmanForever''. Even ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' might have gotten a ShoutOut with ComicBook/MrFreeze's ice cream factory hideout earlier in the game.
** The final levels of each section are each references to the endings of ''Film/Batman1989'', ''Film/BatmanReturns'', and ''Film/BatmanForever''. Even ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' might have gotten a ShoutOut with ComicBook/MrFreeze's ice cream factory hideout earlier in the game.
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** Many of the data files in Batman's Batcomputer (which have to be bought) give tidbits of information about the general Bat-Mythos, such as Joker's previous identity as the ComicBook/RedHood, ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul's Red Hood, Talia al Ghul's romance with Batman, and the fact that Bruce Wayne keeps around suits of armor in the Batcave.
** The final levels of each section are each references to the endings of ''Film/Batman1989'', ''Film/BatmanReturns'', and ''Film/BatmanForever''. Even ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' might have gotten a ShoutOut withComicBook/MrFreeze's Mr Freeze's ice cream factory hideout earlier in the game.
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** The Bat Computer mentions that ComicBook/ThePenguin always carries an umbrella because his mother always told him to, due to his father's death from pneumonia, another reference to the comics.
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* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler:Hush and ComicBook/RasAlGhul]].
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* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler:Hush and ComicBook/RasAlGhul]].Ra's al Ghul]].
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* SheFu: A mild example. All the female characters (sans ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}) can naturally double-jump, while the male characters need gimmicks. It's faithful to ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, but ComicBook/PoisonIvy's never been much portrayed as the athletic type.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Each villain's gang has ''exactly'' one female member. It even extends to the good guys, who only have Batgirl. Strangely enough, ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul isn't included in the game [[spoiler:even though her [[ComicBook/RasAlGhul old man is]]]].
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Each villain's gang has ''exactly'' one female member. It even extends to the good guys, who only have Batgirl. Strangely enough, ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul isn't included in the game [[spoiler:even though her [[ComicBook/RasAlGhul old man is]]]].
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* SheFu: A mild example. All the female characters (sans ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}) {Batgirl) can naturally double-jump, while the male characters need gimmicks. It's faithful to ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harley Quinn and ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, Catwoman, but ComicBook/PoisonIvy's Poison Ivy's never been much portrayed as the athletic type.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Each villain's gang has ''exactly'' one female member. It even extends to the good guys, who only have Batgirl. Strangely enough,ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul Talia al Ghul isn't included in the game [[spoiler:even though her [[ComicBook/RasAlGhul old man is]]]].is]].
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Each villain's gang has ''exactly'' one female member. It even extends to the good guys, who only have Batgirl. Strangely enough,
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* BraggingRightsReward: ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} can only be unlocked by collecting all 250 gold bricks. Since by that point there are no more levels or sidequests to complete, she's only useful for messing around in [[HubLevel Gotham City]].
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* BraggingRightsReward: ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Supergirl can only be unlocked by collecting all 250 gold bricks. Since by that point there are no more levels or sidequests to complete, she's only useful for messing around in [[HubLevel Gotham City]].
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* CurbStompBattle: ''LEGO Batman 2'' and its movie adaptation have Batman defeat ComicBook/TheRiddler, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, several {{Mooks}}, ComicBook/ThePenguin and ComicBook/TwoFace in a few minutes.
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* CurbStompBattle: ''LEGO Batman 2'' and its movie adaptation have Batman defeat ComicBook/TheRiddler, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, The Riddler, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, several {{Mooks}}, ComicBook/ThePenguin The Penguin and ComicBook/TwoFace Two-Face in a few minutes.
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** The news-scroll beneath one of the Vicki Vale segments says the Dog of the Year Award nominees are [[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog Krypto]], Ace and Stretch-O-Mutt, the latter of whom only exists in the ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'' cartoon.
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** The news-scroll beneath one of the Vicki Vale segments says the Dog of the Year Award nominees are [[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog Krypto]], Krypto, Ace and Stretch-O-Mutt, the latter of whom only exists in the ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'' cartoon.
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* RobotClown: One of the many things that ComicBook/TheJoker and ComicBook/LexLuthor do during their VillainTeamUp is [[spoiler:attack Gotham City]] with a giant mech designed to look like the Joker.
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* RobotClown: One of the many things that ComicBook/TheJoker The Joker and ComicBook/LexLuthor Lex Luthor do during their VillainTeamUp is [[spoiler:attack Gotham City]] with a giant mech designed to look like the Joker.
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** Some characters, like ComicBook/MrFreeze, will always be chosen in free play because of their abilities.
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** Some characters, like ComicBook/MrFreeze, Mr Freeze, will always be chosen in free play because of their abilities.
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* ChekhovsGun: At one point, Killer Croc is called out for trying to eat Robin, so he spits him out and a helmet which belonged to "[[ComicBook/DoctorFate yesterday's lunch]]" and lets Robin have it. [[spoiler:This causes Robin to NoSell Brainiac's MindControl and allows him to free his friends.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: At one point, Killer Croc is called out for trying to eat Robin, so he spits him out and a helmet which belonged to "[[ComicBook/DoctorFate yesterday's lunch]]" "yesterday's lunch (apparently Doctor Fate)" and lets Robin have it. [[spoiler:This causes Robin to NoSell Brainiac's MindControl and allows him to free his friends.]]
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* HerrDoktor: Attempted with ComicBook/MrFreeze. But the [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent accent]] is a little too exaggerated, and not solid enough to really qualify as the typical German/Austrian.
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* HerrDoktor: Attempted with ComicBook/MrFreeze.Mr Freeze. But the [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent accent]] is a little too exaggerated, and not solid enough to really qualify as the typical German/Austrian.
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** One of ComicBook/PlasticMan's combat moves is to [[ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain transform into a toilet and force the enemy down it]].
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** One of ComicBook/PlasticMan's Plastic Man's combat moves is to [[ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain transform into a toilet and force the enemy down it]].
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: ComicBook/MrFreeze has a very ...''European'' accent. It sounds like [[Franchise/DespicableMe Gru]] with a more German influence, or a bad attempt at an Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger impression.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: ComicBook/MrFreeze Mr Freeze has a very ...''European'' accent. It sounds like [[Franchise/DespicableMe Gru]] with a more German influence, or a bad attempt at an Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger impression.
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* VillainHasAPoint: Larfleeze labels the heroes theives at the start of his boss battle... which is accurate given that they are there to steel his power battery.
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* VillainHasAPoint: Larfleeze labels the heroes theives thieves at the start of his boss battle... which is accurate given that they are there to steel steal his power battery.
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* TookALevelInKindness: The Joker, Lex Luthor and Solomon Grundy, due to the malfunctioning Lantern Rings amplifying their positive emotions (Love for Joker, hope for Lex and compassion for Grundy).
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* TookALevelInKindness: The Joker, Lex Luthor and Solomon Grundy, due to the malfunctioning Lantern Rings amplifying their positive emotions (Love for Joker, hope for Lex and compassion for Lex, and hope for Grundy).
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** Ike Amadi voices [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 a green alien who is the last of his kind]].
** The Green Loontern (Voiced by Joe Alaskey) expresses disappointment that Kevin Smith is in the game, which is amusing [[WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers since he's appeared alongside Smith before.]]
** The Green Loontern (Voiced by Joe Alaskey) expresses disappointment that Kevin Smith is in the game, which is amusing [[WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers since he's appeared alongside Smith before.]]
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** Ike Amadi Creator/IkeAmadi voices [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 a green alien who is the last of his kind]].
** The Green Loontern (Voiced byJoe Alaskey) Creator/JoeAlaskey) expresses disappointment that Kevin Smith is in the game, which is amusing [[WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers since he's appeared alongside Smith before.]]
** The Green Loontern (Voiced by
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The ''LEGO Batman Trilogy'' is a trilogy of action-adventure video game developed by Creator/TravellersTales, published by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment, and released in 2008 for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, Mac OS X and Wii video gaming platforms. The game is based on the comic book character Franchise/{{Batman}} and the ''Franchise/{{LEGO}} Batman'' toy line, who also handled marketing and financial aspects of the game.
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The ''LEGO Batman Trilogy'' is a trilogy of action-adventure video game developed by Creator/TravellersTales, published by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment, and released in 2008 for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, Platform/Xbox360, Platform/PlayStation2, Platform/PlayStation3, Platform/PlayStationPortable, Platform/NintendoDS, Mac OS X and Wii video gaming platforms. The game is based on the comic book character Franchise/{{Batman}} and the ''Franchise/{{LEGO}} Batman'' toy line, who also handled marketing and financial aspects of the game.
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* AdaptationNameChange: For some reason, the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DS]] version of the game renamed the Joker Mimes to Heavy Joker Goons.
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** The Character In Peril mechanic from later games (like Student, Citizen, Worker etc..) somewhat debuts here, but it works differently. They are known simply as hostages and rather be in peril in some over-the-top situation, they are simply held by enemies. Saving all of them unlocks [[spoilers: Ra's Al Ghul]] for purchase. They also are not counted along with the other items like the Minikits and instead their only status is a minifig head on the map that frowns if one there isn't saved.
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** The Character In Peril mechanic from later games (like Student, Citizen, Worker etc..) somewhat debuts here, but it works differently. They are known simply as hostages and rather be in peril in some over-the-top situation, they are simply held by enemies. Saving all of them unlocks [[spoilers: Ra's Al Ghul]] [[spoiler: Hush]] for purchase. They also are not counted along with the other items like the Minikits and instead their only status is a minifig head on the map that frowns if one there isn't saved.
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'''Batman:''' ''(To Himself)'' Even his receptionist is evil..\\
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Flying with Superman or Wonder Woman will make the background music start playing John Williams' theme for [[Film/{{Superman}} the 1978 film]] or the opening theme of the ''Series/WonderWoman'' TV series, respectively.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: ComicBook/MrFreeze has a very ...''European'' accent. It sounds like [[Franchise/DespicableMe Gru]] with a more German influence.
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* DungeonBypass: Many Gold Bricks require you to use specialized suits and navigate an obstacle course to reach the end and use the suit's power to get it. For some of them, you can just fly to the end, switch to a character with the appropriate power, and use it there. There are some things that can't be cheated, like the switches that require particular suits to activate.
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* DungeonBypass: Many Gold Bricks require you to use specialized suits and navigate an obstacle course to reach the end and use the suit's power to get it. For some of them, you can just fly to the end, switch to a character with the appropriate power, and use it there. There are some things that can't be cheated, like the switches that require particular suits suit-specific abilities to activate.activate, but for the multi-suit courses that simply requires finding the latest accessible suit pad and switching to Batman or Robin, which is still faster than doing the courses normally.
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''LEGO Batman'' is a series of action-adventure video game developed by Creator/TravellersTales, published by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment, and released in 2008 for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, Mac OS X and Wii video gaming platforms. The game is based on the comic book character Franchise/{{Batman}} and the ''Franchise/{{LEGO}} Batman'' toy line, who also handled marketing and financial aspects of the game.
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The ''LEGO Batman'' Batman Trilogy'' is a series trilogy of action-adventure video game developed by Creator/TravellersTales, published by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment, and released in 2008 for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, Mac OS X and Wii video gaming platforms. The game is based on the comic book character Franchise/{{Batman}} and the ''Franchise/{{LEGO}} Batman'' toy line, who also handled marketing and financial aspects of the game.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Tearing down crime, piece by piece.]]
''LEGO Batman'' is a series of action-adventure video game developed by Creator/TravellersTales, published by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment, and released in 2008 for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, Mac OS X and Wii video gaming platforms. The game is based on the comic book character Franchise/{{Batman}} and the ''Franchise/{{LEGO}} Batman'' toy line, who also handled marketing and financial aspects of the game.
The games are based on a licensed property, and have environments, objects, characters, and creatures made out of Franchise/{{LEGO}} [[Franchise/{{LEGO}} bricks and mini-figures.]] ''LEGO Batman'' is the first VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame to have an original story. They also inspired a series of [[WesternAnimation/LegoDCComicsSuperHeroes Direct-to-Video CGI movies]], the first movie being a re-edit of the second game's cutscenes. They're all unconnected to the version of Batman in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' and its sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', but that version and the game version did meet in ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''.
After 10 years of ''LEGO Batman'', the trilogy spawned a spinoff in October 2018; ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains''.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Every time a subterranean passage of any sort pops up in the games, whether it's sewers or subways, it will be much more elaborate and spacious than in real life.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed with the villains. While still evil, due to the games being light-hearted, they have a comical side and are less evil.
* TheAce: Batman may be a BadassNormal, but he's so skilled and intelligent that he's beaten countless villains and developed numerous forms of high-scale tech that are comparable to super-advanced aliens.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The first two games feature bat-suit powerups with different abilities (one set for Batman and Batgirl; another for Robin and Nightwing). The third game gives such suits to Joker, Lex Luthor, and Cyborg in addition to Batman and Robin, but Nightwing and Batgirl no longer have access to them, and alternate versions of Batman and Robin -- Batman (Zur-En-Arrh), Robin (1966), etc. -- only have one suit with a mixture of powers. This gets altogether dropped in ''DC Super-Villains'', where any thematically appropriate suit power was [[CompositeCharacter consolidated into a regular ability]] while any that didn't fit their characters were completely abandoned.
* DevelopersForesight: When distance-tagging (the ability to tag to another character without standing next to them) was introduced, you may have thought about using this to tag yourself out of falling to your death. However, if the death has already been registered by the game, you'll lose your studs anyway and you will be left at 12.5% health as a punishment.
* GlassShatteringSound: Every game gives Batman the ability to shatter glass, the three mainline games through a suit while ''DC Super Villains'' lets him throw Sonic Batarangs or summon a remote-controlled Sonic Mini-Batwing. Starting from ''DC Superheroes'' there are also characters who have this ability innately.
* GreatEscape: At least one in each of the first two games.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the movies and plenty of the comics, these games are very lighthearted and family friendly. They're ''Especially'' so compared to ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.
* {{Nerf}}: ComicBook/TheRiddler, Mad Hatter and Scarecrow lost all special abilities in ''Batman 2'', save for the puzzle boxes only Riddler could open. This is amended in ''Batman 3'' where Hatter and Riddler regain their mind control, and Riddler has a throwable cane and super senses, while Hatter gains playing cards to throw. Scarecrow makes no appearance at all outside of the Nolanverse DLC character, though that version has explosives. Fully subverted, and in fact more along the lines of BalanceBuff, in ''DC Super-Villains'', where Scarecrow gains some new abilities more in line with his skillset, such as Fear powers almost on par with a Yellow Lantern (though without the building ability), while Riddler and Mad Hatter retain their abilities from the third game along with getting character-relevant new ones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Creator/SteveBlum and Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith both channel Creator/MarkHamill as the Joker, with Blum also channeling a combination of [[Series/Batman1966 Burgess Meredith]] and [[Film/BatmanReturns Danny DeVito]] as the Penguin. And, of course, Creator/RobPaulsen as the Riddler is doing his Creator/JimCarrey impression mixed with a bit of Creator/GilbertGottfried. Creator/LauraBailey channels both Creator/ArleenSorkin and Creator/TaraStrong as Harley Quinn.
* ProductPlacement: ''Batman'' was timed to tie in with ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Batman 2'' with ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. While the third was not released around the time of any film, it was released in [[MilestoneCelebration honor of Batman's 75th anniversary]]; it also had DLC promoting ''The Dark Knight'', ''Man of Steel'', ''Arrow'', and the then-upcoming ''Suicide Squad''.
* RadiationImmuneMutants: Characters already altered by chemicals, such as Joker or Two-Face, can't be harmed by radioactive waste.
* RunningGag: Killer Moth's obsession with lightbulbs pops up in all three mainline games.
* SecondaryAdaptation: This is a June 2008 series of video games based on the ''{{Toys/LEGO}}'' toy line inspired by the 1989-99 [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeries film]] and [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries cartoon]] adaptations of the ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comic book franchise.
* SequelEscalation:
** Each of the mainline games increases the scope of the gameworld further, with the first limited to various parts of Gotham, the second extending to all of Gotham and Lexcorp from Metropolis, and the third expanding to all across Earth and to the various Lantern planets. The spinoff ''DC Supervillains'' slightly downscales to between 2 and 3, with various locations around Earth condensed into one map and some travelling to Apokolips.
** The antagonists for every game in the series get increasingly larger in scope for their goals, with the first having a BigBadEnsemble of Riddler, Penguin, and Joker simply terrorising Gotham, the second having the BigBadDuumvirate of Joker and Lex Luthor trying to take over America, the third having Brainiac threaten to capture all of Earth for his collection, and ''DC Supervillains'' having Darkseid potentially enthrall all life in the universe to his will through the Anti-Life Equation. [[spoiler:If a potential fifth game follows from the SequelHook in TheStinger involving the Anti-Monitor, then the threat would escalate even further into the ''multi-verse''.]]
* TheStoic: Batman is always incredibly stone-faced and practically emotionless throughout the games. Though with each successive game, he gets [[DefrostingIceKing increasingly less stony]] and experiences NotSoStoic moments more often.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Characters automatically drown if they swim too far away from shore, which acts as an InvisibleWall. Fine, except that it also applies to characters like Aquaman and Killer Croc who couldn't drown if they tried.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: While the first ''LEGO Batman'' played this trope straight by featuring only Gotham characters, ''LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes'' and subsequent games avert this by having other members of the Justice League and other heroes come into play. In fact, a major part of the story in the second game is Batman's unwillingness to call for help when he needs to until the end.
* WallCrawl: Every mainline game gives Robin a suit that can walk up magnetic surfaces. ''DC Superheroes'' and ''Beyond Gotham'' expand the suit's abilities to full MagnetismManipulation and give the functionality to other characters as well.
* WolverinePublicity: ''LEGO Batman 2'' and ''3'' drift away from being Batman-centric stories, but Batman is still the main character and they haven't renamed the series ''LEGO DC Super Heroes'' or ''LEGO Justice League'' or anything like that.
* XRayVision: Batman's Sensor Suit in ''LEGO Batman 2'' and ''3'' gives you this ability. When facing a character, they are shown as skeletons. Used to creepy effect in the Scarecrow fight in ''Batman 2'', where he uses fear gas to make himself look giant. The Sensor Suit is used in that section, and fighting the mooks as Batman renders them as skeletons while a giant Scarecrow laughs in the background.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Almost everyone gets this to one extent or another, for the sake of game balance. Some of the more notable examples:
** In the comics, ComicBook/TwoFace's only "power" is owning a couple of guns. Here, he can swim in toxic waste to his heart's content.
** Killer Croc also gets the toxin immunity treatment, ''plus'' the ability to breathe water like freakin' Aquaman.
** ComicBook/TheRiddler can spin his cane fast enough to ''deflect bullets''.
** [[spoiler:Rather than needing to run back to his Lazarus Pits between battles, ComicBook/RasAlGhul]] now has a full-blown HealingFactor.
* AnotherSideAnotherStory: After playing through an episode as Batman and Robin, you unlock another episode where you can play as the villains.
* BadBoss: Mad Hatter pushes a {{Mook}} into Toxic Waste ForTheEvulz.
* BadHumorTruck: Exaggerated by Mr. Freeze's ice cream ''[[NoOshaCompliance factory]]'' of death. The Joker has a more traditional one as his "personal" vehicle, but it's not particularly remarkable and has no role in the actual story.
* BloodstainedGlassWindows: The final level of the Joker story, a clear ShoutOut to Tim Burton's first ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' movie.
* BullfightBoss: How you beat Bane in the DS port. You need to trick him into crashing into a wall of his arena.
* ButtMonkey: Robin. Killer Moth on the villains' side.
* CaptainObvious: Some tutorial tips.
-->'''Game tutorial tip:''' [[ShapedLikeItself Toxic waste is poisonous]].
* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: Being made of LEGO bricks is a sign that it can be destroyed or interacted with. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one room, where you need to build a LEGO door over a completely functional, pre-existing, but non-LEGO door to get it to open. In the very next room, you need to construct a LEGO switch to open a non-LEGO door with ''clearly visible handles''.
* DemBones: For no other reason than RuleOfCool, the dinosaur skeletons in the museum from "Stealing the Show" can be ridden, and even [[BadToTheBone attack enemies]].
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** This is the only game in the series to feature [[AnotherSideAnotherStory two stories]], with the second story entirely centered around playing as the main villains, in addition to being split into three paths that form independent arcs. By contrast, the sequels only have one overall storyline.
** The free-roam aspect is very downplayed, with there only being two small {{Hub Level}}s (the Batcave for the heroes and Arkham Asylum for the villains). Later games have very expansive open worlds with a lot to do and explore.
** There's very few references to the greater DC universe, with the Data mostly talking about Gotham's civilians and supervillains up until the last bits of data (which references Superman).
** The characters mime their dialogue, much like then-previous LEGO games.
** The character designs in the game are based significantly on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', with Gotham also taking after the four live action films from 1989 to 1997. While the sequels still used the soundtracks from said films, more has been done to give the ''LEGO'' games their own feel and continuity in later games, such as changing the character designs.
* EasterEgg: The character creator has the parts for four characters that exist in the comics, but aren't mentioned anywhere in the game. These four are: ComicBook/{{Huntress}}, ComicBook/{{Azrael}}, Black Mask, and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2009}} Spoiler]].
* ElectricJoyBuzzer: The Joker's secondary weapon, which is apparently [[NoKillLikeOverkill strong enough to power]] the electrical engine of a mini Ferris wheel. Probably justified by the fact that it ''kills people''.
* EliteMook: The S.W.A.T. officers on the villains' half of the game. They're the only mooks who can [[MoreDakka fire in automatic bursts]].
** The DS version gives every almost every enemy faction two variants with the common mook variant usually carrying around some sort of pistol and the other carrying heavier firepower like a shotgun or an automatic weapon. The S.W.A.T. Officers are particularly dangerous since they all carry around machines guns but they have an even ''stronger'' version that carries around a [[OneHitKill rocket launcher]].
* TheEndOrIsIt: The last entry of Data, only acquirable if you achieve 100% and buy every other piece of data, simply says "The End?", foreshadowing what will be the second game in the series.
* ForegoneConclusion: The villain levels show the villains setting up their bases. Because you played through the normal story as the heroes, you know that their bases aren't gonna last.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Poison Ivy gets mad at The Riddler for stepping on flowers during a cutscene, yet she destroys all kinds of plants during the game.
* GetBackHereBoss:
** You chase ComicBook/PoisonIvy through the Gotham Botanic Gardens in order to defeat and unlock her.
** ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. In her first boss fight, the duo must constantly chase her around a circle, and can only land each hit after she tires out from too many backflips.
* GlassShatteringSound: A special ability possessed by the Sonic Batsuit.
* GuideDangIt:
** The puzzles to find the hidden minikit canisters, Power Bricks, and various other collectibles. You won't know something in the area will make those items appear until you've already done it. A good example is constructing the dollar sign in "The Face-Off". Finding these items without a guide (or the Minikit/Power Brick detector cheat) can be difficult.
** There's a Power Brick in "The Riddler Makes a Withdrawal" level that requires you to park a car into a trash compactor, crushing it into an object you can break to get the item to appear, though because of the ambiguous eye candy, it could've been hard to tell it was a compactor at all.
** Several parts of levels are confusing since the typical ColorCodedForYourConvenience mechanics are difficult to identify due to lighting. Other puzzles are easily overlooked, since they involve repeating an action which granted you something important to the level and give you a minikit the next time, or recreating a condition of the level which goes against the player's instincts to move on (since the games are normally very linear). One that falls under both types of this confusion is in the fourth level of ''Batman 2'', in ComicBook/MrFreeze's section of the level. A frozen wall needs to be climbed over the cell to reach a switch that will turn off the electricity on the ladder leading to it. This will melt the ice wall, however, and the player has to use Robin's Ice Suit to refreeze said water. However, the lighting makes it difficult to see the bouncing blue studs indicating freezable water, and it's easy to forget that you can do so at all, since the cutscene emphasizes it melting.
* HarmlessFreezing: Characters with ice powers or gear (ComicBook/MrFreeze) encase opponents in blocks of ice, which can be broken out of by moving around really quickly. While frozen, however, enemies can be killed with a single hit.
* HubLevel: The first game actually has two hubs -- the Batcave for the heroes and Arkham Asylum for the villains.
* JokeCharacter: Several of the playable characters are civilians, who are largely unarmed but can still engage in fisticuffs. Even more blatant with the vehicles; whether land, water, or air, there'll be at least one vehicle that's 100% defenseless.
* KissOfDeath:
** ComicBook/PoisonIvy's signature close-range move.
** Possibly as a ShoutOut to her taser-kiss to Max Shreck in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} can pull this off as well if she catches a {{Mook}} from afar with her whip.
* KissOfDistraction: ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} kisses Batman to distract him from what her cat is doing.
* LandSeaSky: Each story arc represents one -- the Riddler (land), the Penguin (sea), and the Joker (sky).
* LiterallyShatteredLives: This being LEGO, every character falls to pieces upon defeat. Also, when a character or enemy is frozen into a block of ice, they can be killed in one hit when the ice is broken.
* MythologyGag:
** Many of the data files in Batman's Batcomputer (which have to be bought) give tidbits of information about the general Bat-Mythos, such as Joker's previous identity as the ComicBook/RedHood, ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul's romance with Batman, and the fact that Bruce Wayne keeps around suits of armor in the Batcave.
** The final levels of each section are each references to the endings of ''Film/Batman1989'', ''Film/BatmanReturns'', and ''Film/BatmanForever''. Even ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' might have gotten a ShoutOut with ComicBook/MrFreeze's ice cream factory hideout earlier in the game.
** The game uses Creator/DannyElfman's music from ''Film/Batman1989'' and ''Film/BatmanReturns''.
** One of Bane's "throw" moves is pretty much [[http://thatchadblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/bane-breaks-batman-497pg21.png?w=300&h=452 this]] cast into LEGO form. It's only slightly less painful-seeming. As a further ShoutOut to ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'', it's one of the few throw moves that can be performed on a non-{{Mook|s}} character, though only on Batman. The console versions even have an achievement for performing it on Batman.
** The Bat Computer mentions Bruce's parents died at 10:47 PM, the canonical time they were murdered in the original comics.
** The Bat Computer mentions that ComicBook/ThePenguin always carries an umbrella because his mother always told him to, due to his father's death from pneumonia, another reference to the comics.
* PenguinsAreDucks: The Penguin can summon dynamite-wielding penguin minions that make quacking sounds.
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted during the villains' half of the game. While they lose, since there would be no game otherwise, they are generally far more dangerous mooks than what Batman fights during his part of the game. Commissioner Gordon (the boss of the first level in Joker's story mode, and arguably the only "real" boss in the villains' half) is especially brutal, since he makes sure to show up with an [[FlunkyBoss ASSLOAD of backup]].
** The DS version in particular has the S.W.A.T. cops in the villain levels that usually carry around machines guns that deal two hearts of damage or less commonly a OneHitKill ''rocket launcher''. The latter half of the villain levels feature these enemies pretty heavily.
** More than that - a quick-thinking museum guard manages to take down the Scarecrow ''by himself''.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Averted. When using Batman's Sensor Suit's XRayVision on a character, it just reveals their skeleton.
* PunBasedTitle: The developers tried their damnedest to do this for every story mode and every level inside. The DS version is even ''worse''.
* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler:Hush and ComicBook/RasAlGhul]].
* SequelHook: One more file in the Bat Computer that required the maximum amount of money to be earned. The file is named "The End...?" appropriately (and disappointingly for completionists who wanted something better as a reward). One of the previous files also involved Superman, foreshadowing his appearance in the second game.
* SewerGator: This game utilizes this plenty. Killer Croc is the designated secondary villain for both hero and villain sewer levels, the hero level "Under the City" has regular crocs as {{Mooks}}, and the villain level "A Daring Rescue" has Penguin and croc build a giant croc mech to tear through a horde of sewer maintenance workers in their path.
* SheFu: A mild example. All the female characters (sans ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}) can naturally double-jump, while the male characters need gimmicks. It's faithful to ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, but ComicBook/PoisonIvy's never been much portrayed as the athletic type.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Each villain's gang has ''exactly'' one female member. It even extends to the good guys, who only have Batgirl. Strangely enough, ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul isn't included in the game [[spoiler:even though her [[ComicBook/RasAlGhul old man is]]]].
* TrashcanBonfire: Show up in certain levels. They're ''not'' just scenery -- they can hurt your characters [[TooDumbToLive if you're dumb enough to jump into one]].
* TheUnfought:
** Bane is shown to be in Penguin's gang but Batman and Robin never encounter him. It isn't until you [[AnotherSideAnotherStory play through Penguin's missions]] that it is revealed this is because Penguin already abandoned Bane to get arrested by the GCPD.
** Zigzagged with Scarecrow. While you shoot down his biplane, you don’t fight him in person either. Like Bane, Joker abandoned him to be arrested.
** Averted in the DS version, where you fight both Bane and Scarecrow in exchange for not having to fight Man-Bat and Killer Moth.
* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: Reportedly it is not possible to get OneHundredPercentCompletion in the UsefulNotes/{{PS2}} version because some of the minikits are missing.
* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Just about every character who can't double jump does this when the jump button is tapped twice. Joker and Scarecrow land on their backs/faces when they attempt this.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Scarecrow's fear gas ''seems'' like it would be useful, since it temporarily freezes all enemy actions... except it only works on one {{Mook}} at a time, casting it on another immediately returns the first one to normal, casting it leaves him wide open to attacks, and it lasts for a ridiculously short time anyhow. Averted in the DS version which opts to simply grant him fear gas pumpkin bombs that function as fairly effective projectiles.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** Killing civilians with certain weapons results in a small amount of money being discharged. Also, you can kill your own partner to restore health.
** Scarecrow, Mad Hatter, and the Riddler can mind control certain innocent civilians and force them to do things like jump into lava/toxic waste and attack their own comrades.
** Beating up pretty much anyone hanging around the Batcave.
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Being [[TooDumbToLive dumb enough]] to attack the lions (who, unlike the crocodiles, mind their own business) in "Zoo's Company" will quickly get you mauled.
* VillainTeamUp: Each story path revolves around a group of five Bat-Baddies teaming up to wreak havoc.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Both Killer Croc and Bane have "throw" moves patterned after pro-wrestling finishers, referencing the former's history with the sport and the latter's ''luchador''-like appearance.
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* AdaptationNameChange: For some reason, the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DS]] version of the game renamed the Joker Mimes to Heavy Joker Goons.
* AdaptationalWimp: Green Lantern. Outside of a few places where he can build Green Lantern bricks, the only time he can even make a construct is when he makes a giant fist for his ground pound attack.
* AdvertisedExtra: Despite featuring heavily in the game's marketing, most of the DC heroes don't show up until the game's penultimate level.
* AmusementParkOfDoom: The atmosphere of the Gotham Funland at the Amusement Mile is intended to resemble this, complete with creepy cardboard signs with disturbing clowns, a giant creepy clown above the entrance, and CreepyCircusMusic.
* AnAesop: Batman learns that relying on others or asking them for help isn't a sign of weakness.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Superman's invulnerability in ''Batman 2'' and ''3'' makes Free Playing levels for collectibles much easier, since you don't need to be preoccupied with defeating the swarms of enemies, or avoiding harmful obstacles while searching for minikits.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Joker robot. A grinning HumongousMecha made by [=LexCorp=].
* BatmanGambit: Amusingly used ''against Batman'' in Lego Batman 2. Lex Luthor needs Kryptonite to fuel his Deconstructor; the Joker knows Batman has plenty of Kryptonite hidden somewhere, [[spoiler:so he makes synthetic Kryptonite with a built in homing device. Batman takes the fake Kryptonite back to his vault, leading Joker and Luthor right to the Batcave.]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: Lex Luthor and the Joker.
* BraggingRightsReward: ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} can only be unlocked by collecting all 250 gold bricks. Since by that point there are no more levels or sidequests to complete, she's only useful for messing around in [[HubLevel Gotham City]].
* BreakingOldTrends: This marks the first LEGO game to have legible voice acting instead of having everyone [[SpeakingSimlish speak unintelligibly]], and all subsequent LEGO games have followed suit.
* CaptainOblivious: Lex's receptionist. [[spoiler:{{Justified|Trope}}, as it turns out that she is a robot.]]
-->'''Superman:''' We're here to see Lex Luthor.\\
'''Receptionist:''' Uh huh. And you are?\\
''(Superman and Batman look at each other in disbelief)''\\
'''Batman:''' ''Seriously''?\\
'''Receptionist:''' ''Seriously''.\\
'''Superman:''' I'm Superman. He's Batman.\\
'''Receptionist:''' Are those last names?\\
'''Superman:''' Just one name each.\\
'''Batman:''' Like Music/{{Madonna}}.
* CaptainObvious:
-->'''Batman:''' We ''have'' to stop them.\\
'''Superman:''' [[SarcasmMode You think]]?
* ColossusClimb: A variation, where the heroes walk on the Joker Robot's back while it flies to destroy its boosters.
* CurbStompBattle: ''LEGO Batman 2'' and its movie adaptation have Batman defeat ComicBook/TheRiddler, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, several {{Mooks}}, ComicBook/ThePenguin and ComicBook/TwoFace in a few minutes.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Flying characters confusingly have two sets of flight controls. In levels, horizontal movement is the same as if you were on the ground, while the jump button and action button make you ascend and descend, respectively. In the overworld, on the other hand, they control exactly like flying vehicles: you need to hold the jump button to move in the direction of a targeting reticle, resulting in a distinct lack of maneuverability. Notably, later VideoGame/{{Lego Adaptation Game}}s would use the former for both.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The heroes lose more than once, there's a genuine sense of danger (even a couple of {{Disney Death}}s), Batman's personal flaws such as his refusal to accept help and paranoia of others are directly responsible for everything that goes wrong and Lex Luthor's threat is played completely straight.
* DeadpanSnarker: Vicki Vale.
* DegradedBoss: All returning bosses like Penguin and Scarecrow return and can be defeated through simple punches like the regular mooks. Somewhat understandable as most of them return only as part of the villains sidequest and not in the main story. Less understandable is several of them losing their special abilities like Mad Hatter, Scarecrow and Riddler not being able to possess people anymore and getting no replacement ability except for Riddler with his riddle boxes.
* DemotedToExtra: Most of the RoguesGallery from the first game such as Penguin, the Riddler and Poison Ivy are disposed of very early in the story and relegated to optional encounters in the hub world. The Joker is the only villain to avert this, forming a BigBadDuumvirate with Lex Luthor.
* DevelopersForesight:
** Superman is the only character that can damage General Zod and vice versa.
** When flying around Arkham Asylum, you'll notice that the broken walls of the cells are there from the breakout at the beginning.
** In ''Batman 2'' & ''3'', they created separate icons for when the player's character transforms or has on a different suit. So, for example, when you use Plastic Man's space hopper transformation, the icon in the upper corner will change accordingly.
* DistressedDamsel / DistressedDude: The game is filled with "Citizens in Peril" that the player can help out of trouble for gold bricks.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler:When Batman tricks Joker in his giant robot into chasing him around Gotham and drawing his face in the city streets by leaking Kryptonite, he thinks it looks beautiful. Lex Luthor immediately points out that he was tricked into leaving a calling card visible from space to the Justice League.]]
* DungeonBypass: Many Gold Bricks require you to use specialized suits and navigate an obstacle course to reach the end and use the suit's power to get it. For some of them, you can just fly to the end, switch to a character with the appropriate power, and use it there. There are some things that can't be cheated, like the switches that require particular suits to activate.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Before the opening level "Theatrical Pursuits", Vicki Vale calls Bruce Wayne a playboy. Years later, [[VideoGame/LegoMarvelsAvengers another billionaire in another comics property]] had his line edited to remove the word "playboy" even though both games are rated E10+.
%%* EverybodyLaughsEnding
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: One of the only cases of minifigure dismemberment that comes off as disturbing is one of Robin's "grab" moves: He pulls off the target's head, bounces it on his leg like a soccer ball, and kicks it behind him, and the victim then falls apart. Made worse by the victim's disembodied head shouting while being kicked around, and their headless body lying flat on the ground.
** Then again, Robin himself gets decapitated in a cutscene in the first Lego Batman game. His head is quickly reattached and he's perfectly fine, so most likely these mooks aren't suffering any permanent harm.
* FlamingEmblem: In the fifth level, The Joker creates one with the [[TechnicolorScience chemicals]] at the plant in the image of his face as a calling card. [[spoiler:Batman uses this against Joker later on by making the Joker Robot chase him around the city (while damaging it to make it leak Kryptonite) in a path that makes it draw a giant glowing green image of his face. This makes it [[GondorCallsForAid visible to Martian Manhunter]] in space, and he dispatches the [[BigDamnHeroes Justice League]] to Gotham because he thinks the Joker made the emblem.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation:
** Superman is able to easily fly while carrying Batman and Robin during the cutscenes because, well, he's Superman. However, in the game, he's unable to do so, making you walk as any other character.
** Harley Quinn is not immune to chemicals, despite one of her signature abilities being the AcquiredPoisonImmunity granted to her by Poison Ivy's injections.
** TheStinger features Brainiac approaching Earth and saying something to the effect of "I have found it." Never mind that the player probably already unlocked him as a playable character several hours ago.
* GroinAttack: One of Batman's special attacks is to grab a mook by the shoulders, lift him up, stick out a leg under the mook, and then bring the mook down hard.
* HubLevel: All of Gotham City as a WideOpenSandbox. The Batcave again in the Nintendo DS version.
* HulkSpeak: Killer Croc.
* HumongousMecha: The gigantic robotic Joker.
* IdiotBall:
** Invoked a couple of times to keep the status quo. The most notable instance being, after destroying the Batcave, Luthor and Joker notice it's underneath Wayne Manor. Rather than realizing the obvious, Luthor just mutters "I really despise that guy." The best part? Seen from above, Wayne Manor is shaped like ''the Bat-symbol''.
** Joker gets a brief one when tricked into leaking Kryptonite from his robot into the Gotham streets in a pattern of his face. He likes it, but is immediately corrected by Luthor that he made a symbol visible to Martian Manhunter in space, who then dispatches the Justice League.
* IFellForHours: The penultimate level in ''LEGO Batman 2''. Wayne Tower is really, really tall.
* KingKongClimb: One of the achievements involves recreating this scene by playing a female character, commandeering a gorilla from the zoo, and climbing to the top of Wayne Tower.
* KnightOfCerebus: Lex Luthor. Not only does he manage to destroy the Batcave, but plans to bomb entire cities with Joker gas to promote his campaign, with Gotham [[DisproportionateRetribution taking the worst of it simply for snubbing him at an award ceremony]].
* KryptoniteFactor: The only thing that can hold back Superman is Kryptonite which makes him flinch and retreat. Luthor and Joker find a way to make Kryptonite a weakness for Batman by discovering that its energy can easily destroy shiny black objects like most of Batman's arsenal.
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: There are several sequences wherein Superman is BroughtDownToBadass because the nasty green rock is nearby.
* KryptoniteProofSuit: [[spoiler:Due to Luthor and Joker destroying most of the Bat-vehicles with the Deconstructor ray (which destroys shiny black LEGO constructions), Batman uses Robin's brightly-colored ones instead and Robin rebuilds the Batmobile in the same style.]]
* LargeHam: The Riddler.
-->'''Riddler:''' Riddle me this, what's green, and in your... WALLET!?!\\
'''Civilian:''' Um... M-money?\\
'''Riddler:''' Um... No. NOT '''''ANYMORE'''''!
* MarathonLevel: The level "Chemical Crisis" has four distinct sections, each of which is very long. Expect to take over half an hour to clear on story mode. Even more, the stud count required for Super Hero is a whopping ''313,000'', which is several times higher than the usual number. Smashing everything for money adds 10 minutes you don't need to each section.
* MissionControl: Alfred Pennyworth.
* MythologyGag:
** The game uses Creator/DannyElfman's music from ''Batman'' and ''Batman Returns'', and music from Music/JohnWilliams' 1978 ''Film/{{Superman}}'' score. In addition, the opening sequence of ''LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Superheroes Unite'' is a LEGO-fied version of the opening sequence to the 1989 film.
** Joker mentions that Lex is running for President, something that he's done in the comics and attempted in [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague at least one adaptation]].
** At one point in the game, Vicki Vale talks about all the various villains running amok in the city causing havoc. She mentions a plan by Gotham's mayor to "[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity wall off a portion of the city to use as a prison]]," but says that he never went through with it as it would probably cause more problems.
** The news-scroll beneath one of the Vicki Vale segments says the Dog of the Year Award nominees are [[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog Krypto]], Ace and Stretch-O-Mutt, the latter of whom only exists in the ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'' cartoon.
** Lex suspects that if he kills Batman, Robin will take up his mantle, much like he did after ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.
* NoOSHACompliance:
** The Batcave. Try walking as Batman to get an air vehicle. Often times you fall into the shark-infested waters of the Batcave.
** Ace Chemicals. Justified in that it's where Joker was created, so it's obviously unsafe. Even without the chemical spills Joker caused.
* NoodleIncident:
** After the Man of the Year awards are interrupted at the beginning of the game, it's mentioned that this is the fifth time that the awards have been held in Gotham, and the second time that they have been interrupted by a supervillain attack.
** In a cutscene, Batman mentions he and Robin have broken their legs before, after Robin said they would have broken their legs jumping off a burning building without Superman's help.
** In the crawling text of the news, they mention various supervillain team-ups, such as Black Adam and Black Manta, and Gorilla Grodd and Brainiac. No details are given except they were pretty bad.
** Also in the news, Vicki Vale mentions that releasing mind-altering gas via a giant robot to affect the election was specifically outlawed after last year's mayoral campaign.
* PaperThinDisguise: Batman [[spoiler:and Superman are able to disguise themselves as one another by simply pulling off their cowl/hair and switching them.]]
* RadiationImmuneMutants: The characters that will not be hurt by chemicals are the Joker, Poison Ivy (both of whom can safely swim in chemical pools), and Killer Croc (who sinks and can walk on the bottom of the pools). Every other character will get hurt by contact, and if in a pool, will drown in them.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: How Bane is defeated in ''LEGO Batman: The Movie.'' Inverted when Batman rams the Juggernaut after taking the [[spoiler:fake]] Kryptonite on board, only for Joker to get furious and pull out the Deconstructor.
* RedOniBlueOni: Joker acts as the red to Lex Luthor's blue.
* RobotClown: One of the many things that ComicBook/TheJoker and ComicBook/LexLuthor do during their VillainTeamUp is [[spoiler:attack Gotham City]] with a giant mech designed to look like the Joker.
* RunTheGauntlet: The "Arkham Asylum Antics" mission has Batman do this.
* SceneryPorn: LEGO Gotham. The environment in Gotham is gorgeously atmospheric, dark, rainy, and the hints of a sunset or sunrise in the background. The orange glow in the city looks amazing, and the Gotham Funland has its own kind, since it's a creepy carnival.
* SecretCharacter: Brainiac.
* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: While the developers do well in avoiding their native British terminology for US players, the game refers to Batman and Joker's amusement-park vehicles as dodgems, while the US calls them bumper cars.
* SequelEscalation: ''LEGO Batman'' was mostly mission-based and had hero and villain stories. While the sequel discards the villain stories altogether, they added an open-world Gotham to explore and actual speaking.
* SequelHook: Green Lantern shooting a beam off into space [[spoiler:and cutting to Braniac in his spaceship looking down at Earth]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Brainiac:''' I have located it.]]
* SequenceBreaking: It's normally only possible to get into the southern part of Gotham City after unlocking Superman and then either flying in or using his heat vision to burn the locks off the gates blocking your path. However there is a tall building near the eastern bridge with a Batsuit which you can use to glide over the barrier. This gives you access to the southern section of the city and air vehicles much sooner than normally possible.
* SuddenlySpeaking: This is the first VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame where the characters have intelligible dialogue instead of being {{Heroic Mime}}s or SpeakingSimlish.
* TechnicolorToxin: Courtesy of Ace Chemicals and the Joker. The chemicals come in bright green, purple, orange, red, and blue, although only purple, orange, and green chemicals are encountered in the open world.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman:
** Some characters, like ComicBook/MrFreeze, will always be chosen in free play because of their abilities.
** In certain areas, Joker-faced/Two-Face-faced/Riddler graffiti can only be removed by the TropeNamer himself -- and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d at at least one point using the very name of this trope.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The sandbox elements make it possible for [[TheCape Superman]] to [[{{Superdickery}} steal the Batmobile and go on a]] [[BloodlessCarnage bloodless killing spree]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsE2JNhWco#t=106s No, really]].
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Averted by Lex Luthor, who simply drops a massive object on Batman without even stopping to gloat. It even catches the Joker by surprise.
* WideOpenSandbox: A large open Gotham City that you use to transfer between story missions, and boasts a large amount of puzzle content and collectables, as well as mini boss fights that get you new villain characters.
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[[folder:LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham]]
* ActorAllusion: [[Creator/RussellCrowe Jor-El]] makes references to ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' and speaks in Australian slang. Alfred in The Dark Knight DLC makes references to other Michael Caine films.
* AdamWesting: From [[Creator/AdamWest The Man]] himself.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Atrocitus, Larfleeze, and Sinestro were generally villainous in the comics, but they each had noble qualities and could be heroic when faced with a worse threat (such as Braniac, for instance). Here, they’re just villains who refuse to help save Earth from Braniac. (To be fair, they did have their power batteries taken from them).
* AdaptedOut: ''Beyond Gotham'' conspicuously excludes several things that were featured in the 2013-2015 sets it's based on. This is odd, since the developers usually include everything from recent and upcoming sets in the games. Dr. Harleen Quinzel and the Scarecrow do not appear (she only appears as Harley Quinn), nor does Damian Wayne (Robin), the banana truck driver (but his truck is in the game) or the Scuba Suit design Robin wears in the sets. The Arkham Asylum van, Bat-mech, Riddler Dragster, and Nightwing Glider are also excluded from the game.
* AnAesop: Batman learns that you don't have to bottle up your emotions, it's OK to express them.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Batman and Robin's [[Series/Batman1966 Adam West and Burt Ward]] costumes will have the abilities of all their special suits.
* AscendedMeme: Robin briefly questions why Batman would need a space suit. [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Can't he breathe in space?]]
* AsHimself: Creator/AdamWest, Creator/KevinSmith, Creator/ConanOBrien, Jim Lee and Geoff Johns.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever:
** An early boss is [[spoiler: a giant Batman made of bats, controlled by a BrainwashedAndCrazy Batman.]]
** The final boss ends up being [[spoiler:Superman who is enlarged and mind-controlled by Brainiac.]]
* BadassAdorable: Solomon Grundy [[spoiler: especially under the Blue Lantern energy]] and Dex-Starr.
* BaitAndSwitch: Used at the ending. Lego Batman 4 being a crossover with ''Lego Marvel Super Heroes''?! [[spoiler:Nah, just Aquaman and a few other heroes coming back with pizza.]]
* {{Bowdlerization}}:
** Creator/KevinSmith has to do this to himself, because it's a kid's game. The emphasis in some of his lines is a bit suspect and maybe evidence of his well-observed instinct to go all ClusterFBomb, but of course he can't.
** The Squad DLC pack is a clear but necessary censorship of the Suicide Squad name. This is odd because the alternative name, Task Force X, was not used.
** In a side quest briefing the Penguin uses the phrase "cheeky beggars", where obviously "cheeky buggers" would fit naturally.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Brainiac manages to brainwash [[spoiler: Batman, Green Lantern and Superman]] at various points.
* CanonImmigrant: Several Batman characters from the animated canons appear as playable characters, ex. The Grey Ghost and Condiment King from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and the Music Meister from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
* CastingGag:
** Ike Amadi voices [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 a green alien who is the last of his kind]].
** The Green Loontern (Voiced by Joe Alaskey) expresses disappointment that Kevin Smith is in the game, which is amusing [[WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers since he's appeared alongside Smith before.]]
* ChekhovsGun: At one point, Killer Croc is called out for trying to eat Robin, so he spits him out and a helmet which belonged to "[[ComicBook/DoctorFate yesterday's lunch]]" and lets Robin have it. [[spoiler:This causes Robin to NoSell Brainiac's MindControl and allows him to free his friends.]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Two-Face, Clayface, Ra's Al Ghul, and the Scarecrow are curiously absent from ''LEGO Batman 3'' after being playable characters in both games previous. All except Clayface appear in DLC as their Nolanverse versions, however.
* ContinuityNod: The Joker says Luthor's wishes to be President are "so last year", referring to his ambitions from the previous game.
* CowardlyLion: Cyborg, due to the malfunctioning Lantern Rings amplifying his fear.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Superman's ice breath and heat vision have been switched around since last game, to match the new standard set by ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes''.
* DeathDealer: Mad Hatter.
* DistressedDude: "[[AdamWesting Adam West in Peril]]".
* DynamicLoading: The Slideways Teleporters are used to go to other hub areas. Instead of sending you to a black screen with game hints, you are treated to a portal sequence, in which the player characters hurtle through a purple tunnel, and can be moved around before reaching the next area.
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:A Few [[Series/DoctorWho Weeping Angels]] appear throughout the game as Easter Eggs, but they also later appear in VideoGame/LegoDimensions]].
** You can find the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' version of the Batmobile in the Batcave hub's Trophy Room. Destroying it and rebuilding it makes it the Burton Batmobile, so it's unfortunately not usable.
* EnemyMine: The Justice League (mainly Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter) and Robin team up with the Joker's group (Joker obviously, Killer Croc, Solomon Grundy, Cheetah, Firefly, and Lex Luthor) after the villains' invasion on the Watchtower is interrupted by Brainiac shrinking the Earth.
* ExaggeratedTrope: The emotions associated with the [[Comicbook/GreenLantern emotional spectrum]] get this treatment when the characters are irradiated with the respective colors. The Joker (violet) becomes a LoveFreak, Lex Luthor (indigo) is compassionate to the point of feeling sorry for everyone, Solomon Grundy (blue) becomes ThePollyanna, Cyborg (yellow) turns into a CowardlyLion, Flash (orange) becomes so greedy that even when he's praised he takes this as something no one else should have, and Wonder Woman (red) becomes obnoxiously angry.
* ExcusePlot: The game begins with the Legion of Doom staging a raid on The Watchtower and planning to use its weaponry to threaten humanity into making Lex Luthor president. After the Justice League clean house is when Brainiac shows up.
* FightingYourFriend: This is a major plot point, with Brainiac using mind control on several characters in the story, resulting in Batman, Green Lantern, and [[spoiler:a growth-ray affected Superman]] to turn on their allies.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In the cutscene of "Hawkman" going to the Hall of Justice, in the quick scene of him being scanned you can somewhat make out that the ChestInsignia for the scanner and the one he actually has are completely different, foreshadowing the reveal seconds late that it's actually a disguised Lex Luthor.
* FlyingBrick: Superman and Wonder Woman. In what is very likely the most literal interpretation of the trope name.
* GameWithinAGame: The Joker plays a video game [[Film/SupermanII to shoot down Batman and Robin with The Watchtower's defense systems.]]
* GlassShatteringSound: A special ability possessed by the Music Meister.
* GratuitousFrench: When the shenanigns of fighting Brainiac results in the DC Trio ending up in Paris, Batman takes the situation as a perfect excuse to exclaim "je suis Batman" (I am Batman).
* HerrDoktor: Attempted with ComicBook/MrFreeze. But the [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent accent]] is a little too exaggerated, and not solid enough to really qualify as the typical German/Austrian.
* HubLevel: The Batcave, Watchtower, Hall of Justice/Doom, and the Lantern Worlds.
* HulkSpeak: Solomon Grundy and Dex-Starr (in captions anyway). Killer Croc, who was the hulk-speaker in ''Lego Batman 2'', now has a cajun accent instead.
* IFellForHours: The last part of the sixth stage, where Batman and [[spoiler:a Red Lantern-powered]] Wonder Woman dive after Superman as he's falling back into Earth. [[spoiler:They end up [[MonumentalDamage crashing into the Eiffel Tower and destroying it]].]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Robin, and later Batman, attempt this to break Brainiac's mind control. Turns out it works.
* ImpactSilhouette: After Wonder Woman gets [[spoiler:imbued with Red Lantern rage]] prior to Batman asking her for help catching Superman while he's falling in space, she proceeds to slam herself through the hull of [[spoiler:Brainiac's ship]] in order to get outside faster, which creates a silhouette of her jumping body, including her hair.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: The Joker is perfectly willing to spill Luthor's plan the moment Batman asks. Much to Lex's annoyance.
* TheKetchupTest: The Justice League visits Ysmault, the home planet of the Red Lanterns. The rivers there are all red, which traditionally means blood; [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Robin]] has a different interpretation.
-->'''Robin:''' Hey look, this river is made of raspberry jam! ''[scoops up a handful, licks it]'' [[SubvertedTrope It's pretty good, too!]] ''[keeps eating]''
* KleptomaniacHero: The Flash becomes one, due to the malfunctioning Lantern Rings amplifying his greed.
* LegionOfDoom: Lex Luthor, The Joker, Solomon Grundy, Killer Croc, The Cheetah, and Firefly team up to take on the Justice League.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Flying with Superman or Wonder Woman will make the background music start playing John Williams' theme for [[Film/{{Superman}} the 1978 film]] or the opening theme of the ''Series/WonderWoman'' TV series, respectively.
** Also parodied: at the character selection screen, hovering over any character for a few seconds will result in them singing their own version of the ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' theme with their own name at the end. Batman himself goes "na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, me!!"
** The ''Film/ManOfSteel'' DLC also includes several reproduced tracks from the film, such as "Terraforming", "Flight", and "Look To the Stars".
* MetaGuy: Green Arrow, of all characters, since his DLC level supposedly takes place in the ''[[Series/{{Arrow}} Arrow]] [[Series/ArrowVerse TV Universe]]". For instance, the level begins as a flashback, a full 9 years before Oliver takes up the Green Arrow title. So how does he respond to this ContinuitySnarl?
--> '''Oliver Queen''': For the continuity police out there, sometimes I like to imagine myself back on the island in my Arrow costume, okay?
** He's also [[MediumAwareness fully aware]] of change in his appearance too.
--> '''Oliver''': My experiences on the island changed me. Sometimes, they even changed me into a [[BuiltWithLEGO small, plastic version]] of myself.
* MindControlEyes: The various characters under Brainiac's mind control have glowing rays of green around their blank white eyes.
* MissionControl: Bat-mite gives the hints, and Conan O'Brien guides you around some hub areas.
* TheMusicMeister: The Music Meister himself is a playable character.
* MythologyGag:
** In the trailer when Martian Manhunter [[AvengersAssemble summons the League]], Cyborg is working on [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 the T-Car]].
** Adam West!Batman can throw a bomb. Like the kind that [[Film/BatmanTheMovie some days you just can't get rid of]].
*** In addition, the 1966 Robin has a pair of hand magnets that allow him to scale metal surfaces, similar to when Chris O'Donnell's Robin climbing Mr. Freeze's getaway rocket in the opening of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
** Joker mentions that [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm he once had a jetpack, until Batman hitched a ride on it]].
** The cowl of Batman's Sonar Batsuit heavily resembles the one from ''Batman vs Predator'', which also had sonar to help counter the Predator's CloakingDevice.
** The [[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck Green Loontern's]] intro quote references how WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers became a Lantern after getting Hal Jordan's laundry.
** While The Reach attacking the Blue Lanterns may be a bit odd for a few fans, those who read the New 52 comics will know this event actually happened.
** As mentioned below, Robin points out that Killer Croc has gone from a minifig to a big fig, because the latter simply weren't an option in the earlier games. This change actually works in universe, though, since in the comics, Croc started out as a guy with a skin condition and filed teeth, and then later mutated into a huge, more animalistic form.
** One of Killer Croc's combat lines is "Don't make me [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE46AlmostGotIm throw a big rock]] at you!"
** One of ComicBook/PlasticMan's combat moves is to [[ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain transform into a toilet and force the enemy down it]].
** Superman punches through Brainiac's shrink ray in a similar fashion to him punching back the Mad Scientist's death ray in ''WesternAnimation/TheMadScientist''.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Alongside everything involving Killer Croc, one sidequest on Odym has Aquaman leading a regular crocodile to a colony of crocs, because while it may not be as aggressive as ''Killer'' Croc, it's still a dangerous predator that'll try to make a meal out of people that it comes across.
* NoodleIncident: After the heroes have gathered all the Lantern Cores for [[spoiler:un-shrinking the Earth]], in a FreezeFrameBonus you can see amongst them a ''White'' Lantern Core, implying that after gathering all the other Lanterns the heroes had an offscreen adventure to acquire the power of a White Lantern just to be on the safe side, except it's never commented on and ends up ignored when the real plan goes into motion.
* NoSell: All weapon shots and fireballs aimed at Frankenstein will be deflected by his sword, making melee fighting (punches as a bigfig) the only way to kill him. Of course, this isn't very important, since Frankenstein is only a Free Play character, so fighting him will only happen when screwing around in the open world with him as a second character, or a multiplayer opponent.
* NostalgiaLevel: One secret level is [[spoiler:a recreation of a typical ''Series/Batman1966'' episode, complete with 60's versions of the cast, a voiceover from Creator/AdamWest and a Batusi dance sequence at the end.]]
* OverlyLongGag: The end credits are a callback to the Adam West series with Batman and Robin scaling a wall and speaking with people as they look out of their window. Only the credits are so long that various encounters loop several times.
* PercussiveMaintenance: Exaggerated when Green Lantern gets malfunctioning machinery to behave by using his ring to form a boot the size of a van to kick it.
* PlatformActivatedAbility: Any Lantern can use Lantern pads to create hard-light constructs.
* ProductionForeshadowing: A section of the third game's credits has a dinosaur peeking out with ''Film/JurassicPark'' music. ''VideoGame/LEGOJurassicWorld'' came out the year after ''LEGO Batman 3''.
* RightBehindMe: Happens twice to Kevin Smith when laughing about the lameness of Polka-Dot Man and Condiment King. He says "...he's behind me, isn't he?" both times, and the miniboss battles are triggered.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: The Reach, long time enemy and origin to Blue Beetle, antagonize the Blue Lanterns.
* RummageFail: Solomon Grundy, Swamp Thing, and Terra will toss various items like boulders and bicycles out of swamp pits before finding the item needed in the level.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Man of Steel DLC, [[spoiler: Jor-El does not meet his end at the hands of Zod. Instead, Zod is knocked out by Jor-El and Lara before he has the chance to personally kill them.]]
* TheStoic: Batman. This works to his advantage, as the malfunctioning Lantern Rings don't amplify his emotions because Batman hides away his emotions. [[spoiler: However, he has to allow his emotions to come to the surface in order to retrieve the Sinestro Corps' power battery.]]
* TakeThat:
** Creator/KevinSmith rants about having to include polar bears in his Superman movie.
** Hilariously, you get to destroy the Arkham Knight Batmobile and build the 1989 Batmobile from its pieces, ''before'' it got its famous negative reception.
** Kevin Smith's film reel is stolen and destroyed by Catwoman. Her response?
-->'''Catwoman:''' That reel was a CAT-astrophe, darling. And believe me, I know a thing or two about [[Film/Catwoman2004 bad movies]].
** Wonder Woman becomes rather (intentionally) grating when her rage is amplified by ring power. Her New 52 appearances, outside of her solo title, were criticized for being uncharacteristically hot-headed. Bonus points in that she's wearing her New 52 outfit in-game.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Wonder Woman, due to the malfunctioning Lantern Rings amplifying her anger.
* TookALevelInKindness: The Joker, Lex Luthor and Solomon Grundy, due to the malfunctioning Lantern Rings amplifying their positive emotions (Love for Joker, hope for Lex and compassion for Grundy).
* VillainDecay: Lex Luthor and Joker have been mostly reduced to comic relief, from their previous roles as the main villains in the last game.
* WackyWaysideTribe: The Reach, enemies of the Blue Beetle, end up attacking the Blue Lanterns. They aren't foreshadowed and they are quickly defeated and forgotten. Their sole purpose is to give you some enemies to fight in that particular level. Unless you've read the Green Lantern New 52 comics, where The Reach attacking the Blue Lanterns ''does'' happen.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Firefly is a member of Joker's group of villains and even a boss fight, but he disappears from the story shortly afterward.He is even at the top of the character selection grid like the rest of the main characters.But he is not unlocked during the story, you have to find him in the open world.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: ComicBook/MrFreeze has a very ...''European'' accent. It sounds like [[Franchise/DespicableMe Gru]] with a more German influence.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Mentioned when Batman and Robin confront Killer Croc and he's much bigger than before. This was because Croc's LEGO form in ''LEGO Batman 1 and 2'' was that of a normal-sized LEGO figure, before ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'' introduced big-figs, which Croc turned into once the concept was introduced.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Tearing down crime, piece by piece.]]
''LEGO Batman'' is a series of action-adventure video game developed by Creator/TravellersTales, published by Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment, and released in 2008 for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, Mac OS X and Wii video gaming platforms. The game is based on the comic book character Franchise/{{Batman}} and the ''Franchise/{{LEGO}} Batman'' toy line, who also handled marketing and financial aspects of the game.
The games are based on a licensed property, and have environments, objects, characters, and creatures made out of Franchise/{{LEGO}} [[Franchise/{{LEGO}} bricks and mini-figures.]] ''LEGO Batman'' is the first VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame to have an original story. They also inspired a series of [[WesternAnimation/LegoDCComicsSuperHeroes Direct-to-Video CGI movies]], the first movie being a re-edit of the second game's cutscenes. They're all unconnected to the version of Batman in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' and its sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', but that version and the game version did meet in ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''.
After 10 years of ''LEGO Batman'', the trilogy spawned a spinoff in October 2018; ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains''.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Every time a subterranean passage of any sort pops up in the games, whether it's sewers or subways, it will be much more elaborate and spacious than in real life.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed with the villains. While still evil, due to the games being light-hearted, they have a comical side and are less evil.
* TheAce: Batman may be a BadassNormal, but he's so skilled and intelligent that he's beaten countless villains and developed numerous forms of high-scale tech that are comparable to super-advanced aliens.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The first two games feature bat-suit powerups with different abilities (one set for Batman and Batgirl; another for Robin and Nightwing). The third game gives such suits to Joker, Lex Luthor, and Cyborg in addition to Batman and Robin, but Nightwing and Batgirl no longer have access to them, and alternate versions of Batman and Robin -- Batman (Zur-En-Arrh), Robin (1966), etc. -- only have one suit with a mixture of powers. This gets altogether dropped in ''DC Super-Villains'', where any thematically appropriate suit power was [[CompositeCharacter consolidated into a regular ability]] while any that didn't fit their characters were completely abandoned.
* DevelopersForesight: When distance-tagging (the ability to tag to another character without standing next to them) was introduced, you may have thought about using this to tag yourself out of falling to your death. However, if the death has already been registered by the game, you'll lose your studs anyway and you will be left at 12.5% health as a punishment.
* GlassShatteringSound: Every game gives Batman the ability to shatter glass, the three mainline games through a suit while ''DC Super Villains'' lets him throw Sonic Batarangs or summon a remote-controlled Sonic Mini-Batwing. Starting from ''DC Superheroes'' there are also characters who have this ability innately.
* GreatEscape: At least one in each of the first two games.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the movies and plenty of the comics, these games are very lighthearted and family friendly. They're ''Especially'' so compared to ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''.
* {{Nerf}}: ComicBook/TheRiddler, Mad Hatter and Scarecrow lost all special abilities in ''Batman 2'', save for the puzzle boxes only Riddler could open. This is amended in ''Batman 3'' where Hatter and Riddler regain their mind control, and Riddler has a throwable cane and super senses, while Hatter gains playing cards to throw. Scarecrow makes no appearance at all outside of the Nolanverse DLC character, though that version has explosives. Fully subverted, and in fact more along the lines of BalanceBuff, in ''DC Super-Villains'', where Scarecrow gains some new abilities more in line with his skillset, such as Fear powers almost on par with a Yellow Lantern (though without the building ability), while Riddler and Mad Hatter retain their abilities from the third game along with getting character-relevant new ones.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Creator/SteveBlum and Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith both channel Creator/MarkHamill as the Joker, with Blum also channeling a combination of [[Series/Batman1966 Burgess Meredith]] and [[Film/BatmanReturns Danny DeVito]] as the Penguin. And, of course, Creator/RobPaulsen as the Riddler is doing his Creator/JimCarrey impression mixed with a bit of Creator/GilbertGottfried. Creator/LauraBailey channels both Creator/ArleenSorkin and Creator/TaraStrong as Harley Quinn.
* ProductPlacement: ''Batman'' was timed to tie in with ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Batman 2'' with ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. While the third was not released around the time of any film, it was released in [[MilestoneCelebration honor of Batman's 75th anniversary]]; it also had DLC promoting ''The Dark Knight'', ''Man of Steel'', ''Arrow'', and the then-upcoming ''Suicide Squad''.
* RadiationImmuneMutants: Characters already altered by chemicals, such as Joker or Two-Face, can't be harmed by radioactive waste.
* RunningGag: Killer Moth's obsession with lightbulbs pops up in all three mainline games.
* SecondaryAdaptation: This is a June 2008 series of video games based on the ''{{Toys/LEGO}}'' toy line inspired by the 1989-99 [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeries film]] and [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries cartoon]] adaptations of the ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comic book franchise.
* SequelEscalation:
** Each of the mainline games increases the scope of the gameworld further, with the first limited to various parts of Gotham, the second extending to all of Gotham and Lexcorp from Metropolis, and the third expanding to all across Earth and to the various Lantern planets. The spinoff ''DC Supervillains'' slightly downscales to between 2 and 3, with various locations around Earth condensed into one map and some travelling to Apokolips.
** The antagonists for every game in the series get increasingly larger in scope for their goals, with the first having a BigBadEnsemble of Riddler, Penguin, and Joker simply terrorising Gotham, the second having the BigBadDuumvirate of Joker and Lex Luthor trying to take over America, the third having Brainiac threaten to capture all of Earth for his collection, and ''DC Supervillains'' having Darkseid potentially enthrall all life in the universe to his will through the Anti-Life Equation. [[spoiler:If a potential fifth game follows from the SequelHook in TheStinger involving the Anti-Monitor, then the threat would escalate even further into the ''multi-verse''.]]
* TheStoic: Batman is always incredibly stone-faced and practically emotionless throughout the games. Though with each successive game, he gets [[DefrostingIceKing increasingly less stony]] and experiences NotSoStoic moments more often.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Characters automatically drown if they swim too far away from shore, which acts as an InvisibleWall. Fine, except that it also applies to characters like Aquaman and Killer Croc who couldn't drown if they tried.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: While the first ''LEGO Batman'' played this trope straight by featuring only Gotham characters, ''LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes'' and subsequent games avert this by having other members of the Justice League and other heroes come into play. In fact, a major part of the story in the second game is Batman's unwillingness to call for help when he needs to until the end.
* WallCrawl: Every mainline game gives Robin a suit that can walk up magnetic surfaces. ''DC Superheroes'' and ''Beyond Gotham'' expand the suit's abilities to full MagnetismManipulation and give the functionality to other characters as well.
* WolverinePublicity: ''LEGO Batman 2'' and ''3'' drift away from being Batman-centric stories, but Batman is still the main character and they haven't renamed the series ''LEGO DC Super Heroes'' or ''LEGO Justice League'' or anything like that.
* XRayVision: Batman's Sensor Suit in ''LEGO Batman 2'' and ''3'' gives you this ability. When facing a character, they are shown as skeletons. Used to creepy effect in the Scarecrow fight in ''Batman 2'', where he uses fear gas to make himself look giant. The Sensor Suit is used in that section, and fighting the mooks as Batman renders them as skeletons while a giant Scarecrow laughs in the background.
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[[folder:LEGO Batman: The Videogame]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Almost everyone gets this to one extent or another, for the sake of game balance. Some of the more notable examples:
** In the comics, ComicBook/TwoFace's only "power" is owning a couple of guns. Here, he can swim in toxic waste to his heart's content.
** Killer Croc also gets the toxin immunity treatment, ''plus'' the ability to breathe water like freakin' Aquaman.
** ComicBook/TheRiddler can spin his cane fast enough to ''deflect bullets''.
** [[spoiler:Rather than needing to run back to his Lazarus Pits between battles, ComicBook/RasAlGhul]] now has a full-blown HealingFactor.
* AnotherSideAnotherStory: After playing through an episode as Batman and Robin, you unlock another episode where you can play as the villains.
* BadBoss: Mad Hatter pushes a {{Mook}} into Toxic Waste ForTheEvulz.
* BadHumorTruck: Exaggerated by Mr. Freeze's ice cream ''[[NoOshaCompliance factory]]'' of death. The Joker has a more traditional one as his "personal" vehicle, but it's not particularly remarkable and has no role in the actual story.
* BloodstainedGlassWindows: The final level of the Joker story, a clear ShoutOut to Tim Burton's first ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' movie.
* BullfightBoss: How you beat Bane in the DS port. You need to trick him into crashing into a wall of his arena.
* ButtMonkey: Robin. Killer Moth on the villains' side.
* CaptainObvious: Some tutorial tips.
-->'''Game tutorial tip:''' [[ShapedLikeItself Toxic waste is poisonous]].
* ConspicuouslyLightPatch: Being made of LEGO bricks is a sign that it can be destroyed or interacted with. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one room, where you need to build a LEGO door over a completely functional, pre-existing, but non-LEGO door to get it to open. In the very next room, you need to construct a LEGO switch to open a non-LEGO door with ''clearly visible handles''.
* DemBones: For no other reason than RuleOfCool, the dinosaur skeletons in the museum from "Stealing the Show" can be ridden, and even [[BadToTheBone attack enemies]].
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** This is the only game in the series to feature [[AnotherSideAnotherStory two stories]], with the second story entirely centered around playing as the main villains, in addition to being split into three paths that form independent arcs. By contrast, the sequels only have one overall storyline.
** The free-roam aspect is very downplayed, with there only being two small {{Hub Level}}s (the Batcave for the heroes and Arkham Asylum for the villains). Later games have very expansive open worlds with a lot to do and explore.
** There's very few references to the greater DC universe, with the Data mostly talking about Gotham's civilians and supervillains up until the last bits of data (which references Superman).
** The characters mime their dialogue, much like then-previous LEGO games.
** The character designs in the game are based significantly on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', with Gotham also taking after the four live action films from 1989 to 1997. While the sequels still used the soundtracks from said films, more has been done to give the ''LEGO'' games their own feel and continuity in later games, such as changing the character designs.
* EasterEgg: The character creator has the parts for four characters that exist in the comics, but aren't mentioned anywhere in the game. These four are: ComicBook/{{Huntress}}, ComicBook/{{Azrael}}, Black Mask, and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2009}} Spoiler]].
* ElectricJoyBuzzer: The Joker's secondary weapon, which is apparently [[NoKillLikeOverkill strong enough to power]] the electrical engine of a mini Ferris wheel. Probably justified by the fact that it ''kills people''.
* EliteMook: The S.W.A.T. officers on the villains' half of the game. They're the only mooks who can [[MoreDakka fire in automatic bursts]].
** The DS version gives every almost every enemy faction two variants with the common mook variant usually carrying around some sort of pistol and the other carrying heavier firepower like a shotgun or an automatic weapon. The S.W.A.T. Officers are particularly dangerous since they all carry around machines guns but they have an even ''stronger'' version that carries around a [[OneHitKill rocket launcher]].
* TheEndOrIsIt: The last entry of Data, only acquirable if you achieve 100% and buy every other piece of data, simply says "The End?", foreshadowing what will be the second game in the series.
* ForegoneConclusion: The villain levels show the villains setting up their bases. Because you played through the normal story as the heroes, you know that their bases aren't gonna last.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Poison Ivy gets mad at The Riddler for stepping on flowers during a cutscene, yet she destroys all kinds of plants during the game.
* GetBackHereBoss:
** You chase ComicBook/PoisonIvy through the Gotham Botanic Gardens in order to defeat and unlock her.
** ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. In her first boss fight, the duo must constantly chase her around a circle, and can only land each hit after she tires out from too many backflips.
* GlassShatteringSound: A special ability possessed by the Sonic Batsuit.
* GuideDangIt:
** The puzzles to find the hidden minikit canisters, Power Bricks, and various other collectibles. You won't know something in the area will make those items appear until you've already done it. A good example is constructing the dollar sign in "The Face-Off". Finding these items without a guide (or the Minikit/Power Brick detector cheat) can be difficult.
** There's a Power Brick in "The Riddler Makes a Withdrawal" level that requires you to park a car into a trash compactor, crushing it into an object you can break to get the item to appear, though because of the ambiguous eye candy, it could've been hard to tell it was a compactor at all.
** Several parts of levels are confusing since the typical ColorCodedForYourConvenience mechanics are difficult to identify due to lighting. Other puzzles are easily overlooked, since they involve repeating an action which granted you something important to the level and give you a minikit the next time, or recreating a condition of the level which goes against the player's instincts to move on (since the games are normally very linear). One that falls under both types of this confusion is in the fourth level of ''Batman 2'', in ComicBook/MrFreeze's section of the level. A frozen wall needs to be climbed over the cell to reach a switch that will turn off the electricity on the ladder leading to it. This will melt the ice wall, however, and the player has to use Robin's Ice Suit to refreeze said water. However, the lighting makes it difficult to see the bouncing blue studs indicating freezable water, and it's easy to forget that you can do so at all, since the cutscene emphasizes it melting.
* HarmlessFreezing: Characters with ice powers or gear (ComicBook/MrFreeze) encase opponents in blocks of ice, which can be broken out of by moving around really quickly. While frozen, however, enemies can be killed with a single hit.
* HubLevel: The first game actually has two hubs -- the Batcave for the heroes and Arkham Asylum for the villains.
* JokeCharacter: Several of the playable characters are civilians, who are largely unarmed but can still engage in fisticuffs. Even more blatant with the vehicles; whether land, water, or air, there'll be at least one vehicle that's 100% defenseless.
* KissOfDeath:
** ComicBook/PoisonIvy's signature close-range move.
** Possibly as a ShoutOut to her taser-kiss to Max Shreck in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} can pull this off as well if she catches a {{Mook}} from afar with her whip.
* KissOfDistraction: ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} kisses Batman to distract him from what her cat is doing.
* LandSeaSky: Each story arc represents one -- the Riddler (land), the Penguin (sea), and the Joker (sky).
* LiterallyShatteredLives: This being LEGO, every character falls to pieces upon defeat. Also, when a character or enemy is frozen into a block of ice, they can be killed in one hit when the ice is broken.
* MythologyGag:
** Many of the data files in Batman's Batcomputer (which have to be bought) give tidbits of information about the general Bat-Mythos, such as Joker's previous identity as the ComicBook/RedHood, ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul's romance with Batman, and the fact that Bruce Wayne keeps around suits of armor in the Batcave.
** The final levels of each section are each references to the endings of ''Film/Batman1989'', ''Film/BatmanReturns'', and ''Film/BatmanForever''. Even ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' might have gotten a ShoutOut with ComicBook/MrFreeze's ice cream factory hideout earlier in the game.
** The game uses Creator/DannyElfman's music from ''Film/Batman1989'' and ''Film/BatmanReturns''.
** One of Bane's "throw" moves is pretty much [[http://thatchadblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/bane-breaks-batman-497pg21.png?w=300&h=452 this]] cast into LEGO form. It's only slightly less painful-seeming. As a further ShoutOut to ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'', it's one of the few throw moves that can be performed on a non-{{Mook|s}} character, though only on Batman. The console versions even have an achievement for performing it on Batman.
** The Bat Computer mentions Bruce's parents died at 10:47 PM, the canonical time they were murdered in the original comics.
** The Bat Computer mentions that ComicBook/ThePenguin always carries an umbrella because his mother always told him to, due to his father's death from pneumonia, another reference to the comics.
* PenguinsAreDucks: The Penguin can summon dynamite-wielding penguin minions that make quacking sounds.
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted during the villains' half of the game. While they lose, since there would be no game otherwise, they are generally far more dangerous mooks than what Batman fights during his part of the game. Commissioner Gordon (the boss of the first level in Joker's story mode, and arguably the only "real" boss in the villains' half) is especially brutal, since he makes sure to show up with an [[FlunkyBoss ASSLOAD of backup]].
** The DS version in particular has the S.W.A.T. cops in the villain levels that usually carry around machines guns that deal two hearts of damage or less commonly a OneHitKill ''rocket launcher''. The latter half of the villain levels feature these enemies pretty heavily.
** More than that - a quick-thinking museum guard manages to take down the Scarecrow ''by himself''.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Averted. When using Batman's Sensor Suit's XRayVision on a character, it just reveals their skeleton.
* PunBasedTitle: The developers tried their damnedest to do this for every story mode and every level inside. The DS version is even ''worse''.
* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler:Hush and ComicBook/RasAlGhul]].
* SequelHook: One more file in the Bat Computer that required the maximum amount of money to be earned. The file is named "The End...?" appropriately (and disappointingly for completionists who wanted something better as a reward). One of the previous files also involved Superman, foreshadowing his appearance in the second game.
* SewerGator: This game utilizes this plenty. Killer Croc is the designated secondary villain for both hero and villain sewer levels, the hero level "Under the City" has regular crocs as {{Mooks}}, and the villain level "A Daring Rescue" has Penguin and croc build a giant croc mech to tear through a horde of sewer maintenance workers in their path.
* SheFu: A mild example. All the female characters (sans ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}) can naturally double-jump, while the male characters need gimmicks. It's faithful to ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, but ComicBook/PoisonIvy's never been much portrayed as the athletic type.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Each villain's gang has ''exactly'' one female member. It even extends to the good guys, who only have Batgirl. Strangely enough, ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul isn't included in the game [[spoiler:even though her [[ComicBook/RasAlGhul old man is]]]].
* TrashcanBonfire: Show up in certain levels. They're ''not'' just scenery -- they can hurt your characters [[TooDumbToLive if you're dumb enough to jump into one]].
* TheUnfought:
** Bane is shown to be in Penguin's gang but Batman and Robin never encounter him. It isn't until you [[AnotherSideAnotherStory play through Penguin's missions]] that it is revealed this is because Penguin already abandoned Bane to get arrested by the GCPD.
** Zigzagged with Scarecrow. While you shoot down his biplane, you don’t fight him in person either. Like Bane, Joker abandoned him to be arrested.
** Averted in the DS version, where you fight both Bane and Scarecrow in exchange for not having to fight Man-Bat and Killer Moth.
* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: Reportedly it is not possible to get OneHundredPercentCompletion in the UsefulNotes/{{PS2}} version because some of the minikits are missing.
* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Just about every character who can't double jump does this when the jump button is tapped twice. Joker and Scarecrow land on their backs/faces when they attempt this.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Scarecrow's fear gas ''seems'' like it would be useful, since it temporarily freezes all enemy actions... except it only works on one {{Mook}} at a time, casting it on another immediately returns the first one to normal, casting it leaves him wide open to attacks, and it lasts for a ridiculously short time anyhow. Averted in the DS version which opts to simply grant him fear gas pumpkin bombs that function as fairly effective projectiles.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** Killing civilians with certain weapons results in a small amount of money being discharged. Also, you can kill your own partner to restore health.
** Scarecrow, Mad Hatter, and the Riddler can mind control certain innocent civilians and force them to do things like jump into lava/toxic waste and attack their own comrades.
** Beating up pretty much anyone hanging around the Batcave.
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Being [[TooDumbToLive dumb enough]] to attack the lions (who, unlike the crocodiles, mind their own business) in "Zoo's Company" will quickly get you mauled.
* VillainTeamUp: Each story path revolves around a group of five Bat-Baddies teaming up to wreak havoc.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Both Killer Croc and Bane have "throw" moves patterned after pro-wrestling finishers, referencing the former's history with the sport and the latter's ''luchador''-like appearance.
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[[folder:LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes]]
* AdaptationNameChange: For some reason, the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DS]] version of the game renamed the Joker Mimes to Heavy Joker Goons.
* AdaptationalWimp: Green Lantern. Outside of a few places where he can build Green Lantern bricks, the only time he can even make a construct is when he makes a giant fist for his ground pound attack.
* AdvertisedExtra: Despite featuring heavily in the game's marketing, most of the DC heroes don't show up until the game's penultimate level.
* AmusementParkOfDoom: The atmosphere of the Gotham Funland at the Amusement Mile is intended to resemble this, complete with creepy cardboard signs with disturbing clowns, a giant creepy clown above the entrance, and CreepyCircusMusic.
* AnAesop: Batman learns that relying on others or asking them for help isn't a sign of weakness.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Superman's invulnerability in ''Batman 2'' and ''3'' makes Free Playing levels for collectibles much easier, since you don't need to be preoccupied with defeating the swarms of enemies, or avoiding harmful obstacles while searching for minikits.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Joker robot. A grinning HumongousMecha made by [=LexCorp=].
* BatmanGambit: Amusingly used ''against Batman'' in Lego Batman 2. Lex Luthor needs Kryptonite to fuel his Deconstructor; the Joker knows Batman has plenty of Kryptonite hidden somewhere, [[spoiler:so he makes synthetic Kryptonite with a built in homing device. Batman takes the fake Kryptonite back to his vault, leading Joker and Luthor right to the Batcave.]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: Lex Luthor and the Joker.
* BraggingRightsReward: ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} can only be unlocked by collecting all 250 gold bricks. Since by that point there are no more levels or sidequests to complete, she's only useful for messing around in [[HubLevel Gotham City]].
* BreakingOldTrends: This marks the first LEGO game to have legible voice acting instead of having everyone [[SpeakingSimlish speak unintelligibly]], and all subsequent LEGO games have followed suit.
* CaptainOblivious: Lex's receptionist. [[spoiler:{{Justified|Trope}}, as it turns out that she is a robot.]]
-->'''Superman:''' We're here to see Lex Luthor.\\
'''Receptionist:''' Uh huh. And you are?\\
''(Superman and Batman look at each other in disbelief)''\\
'''Batman:''' ''Seriously''?\\
'''Receptionist:''' ''Seriously''.\\
'''Superman:''' I'm Superman. He's Batman.\\
'''Receptionist:''' Are those last names?\\
'''Superman:''' Just one name each.\\
'''Batman:''' Like Music/{{Madonna}}.
* CaptainObvious:
-->'''Batman:''' We ''have'' to stop them.\\
'''Superman:''' [[SarcasmMode You think]]?
* ColossusClimb: A variation, where the heroes walk on the Joker Robot's back while it flies to destroy its boosters.
* CurbStompBattle: ''LEGO Batman 2'' and its movie adaptation have Batman defeat ComicBook/TheRiddler, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, several {{Mooks}}, ComicBook/ThePenguin and ComicBook/TwoFace in a few minutes.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Flying characters confusingly have two sets of flight controls. In levels, horizontal movement is the same as if you were on the ground, while the jump button and action button make you ascend and descend, respectively. In the overworld, on the other hand, they control exactly like flying vehicles: you need to hold the jump button to move in the direction of a targeting reticle, resulting in a distinct lack of maneuverability. Notably, later VideoGame/{{Lego Adaptation Game}}s would use the former for both.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The heroes lose more than once, there's a genuine sense of danger (even a couple of {{Disney Death}}s), Batman's personal flaws such as his refusal to accept help and paranoia of others are directly responsible for everything that goes wrong and Lex Luthor's threat is played completely straight.
* DeadpanSnarker: Vicki Vale.
* DegradedBoss: All returning bosses like Penguin and Scarecrow return and can be defeated through simple punches like the regular mooks. Somewhat understandable as most of them return only as part of the villains sidequest and not in the main story. Less understandable is several of them losing their special abilities like Mad Hatter, Scarecrow and Riddler not being able to possess people anymore and getting no replacement ability except for Riddler with his riddle boxes.
* DemotedToExtra: Most of the RoguesGallery from the first game such as Penguin, the Riddler and Poison Ivy are disposed of very early in the story and relegated to optional encounters in the hub world. The Joker is the only villain to avert this, forming a BigBadDuumvirate with Lex Luthor.
* DevelopersForesight:
** Superman is the only character that can damage General Zod and vice versa.
** When flying around Arkham Asylum, you'll notice that the broken walls of the cells are there from the breakout at the beginning.
** In ''Batman 2'' & ''3'', they created separate icons for when the player's character transforms or has on a different suit. So, for example, when you use Plastic Man's space hopper transformation, the icon in the upper corner will change accordingly.
* DistressedDamsel / DistressedDude: The game is filled with "Citizens in Peril" that the player can help out of trouble for gold bricks.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler:When Batman tricks Joker in his giant robot into chasing him around Gotham and drawing his face in the city streets by leaking Kryptonite, he thinks it looks beautiful. Lex Luthor immediately points out that he was tricked into leaving a calling card visible from space to the Justice League.]]
* DungeonBypass: Many Gold Bricks require you to use specialized suits and navigate an obstacle course to reach the end and use the suit's power to get it. For some of them, you can just fly to the end, switch to a character with the appropriate power, and use it there. There are some things that can't be cheated, like the switches that require particular suits to activate.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Before the opening level "Theatrical Pursuits", Vicki Vale calls Bruce Wayne a playboy. Years later, [[VideoGame/LegoMarvelsAvengers another billionaire in another comics property]] had his line edited to remove the word "playboy" even though both games are rated E10+.
%%* EverybodyLaughsEnding
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: One of the only cases of minifigure dismemberment that comes off as disturbing is one of Robin's "grab" moves: He pulls off the target's head, bounces it on his leg like a soccer ball, and kicks it behind him, and the victim then falls apart. Made worse by the victim's disembodied head shouting while being kicked around, and their headless body lying flat on the ground.
** Then again, Robin himself gets decapitated in a cutscene in the first Lego Batman game. His head is quickly reattached and he's perfectly fine, so most likely these mooks aren't suffering any permanent harm.
* FlamingEmblem: In the fifth level, The Joker creates one with the [[TechnicolorScience chemicals]] at the plant in the image of his face as a calling card. [[spoiler:Batman uses this against Joker later on by making the Joker Robot chase him around the city (while damaging it to make it leak Kryptonite) in a path that makes it draw a giant glowing green image of his face. This makes it [[GondorCallsForAid visible to Martian Manhunter]] in space, and he dispatches the [[BigDamnHeroes Justice League]] to Gotham because he thinks the Joker made the emblem.]]
* GameplayAndStorySegregation:
** Superman is able to easily fly while carrying Batman and Robin during the cutscenes because, well, he's Superman. However, in the game, he's unable to do so, making you walk as any other character.
** Harley Quinn is not immune to chemicals, despite one of her signature abilities being the AcquiredPoisonImmunity granted to her by Poison Ivy's injections.
** TheStinger features Brainiac approaching Earth and saying something to the effect of "I have found it." Never mind that the player probably already unlocked him as a playable character several hours ago.
* GroinAttack: One of Batman's special attacks is to grab a mook by the shoulders, lift him up, stick out a leg under the mook, and then bring the mook down hard.
* HubLevel: All of Gotham City as a WideOpenSandbox. The Batcave again in the Nintendo DS version.
* HulkSpeak: Killer Croc.
* HumongousMecha: The gigantic robotic Joker.
* IdiotBall:
** Invoked a couple of times to keep the status quo. The most notable instance being, after destroying the Batcave, Luthor and Joker notice it's underneath Wayne Manor. Rather than realizing the obvious, Luthor just mutters "I really despise that guy." The best part? Seen from above, Wayne Manor is shaped like ''the Bat-symbol''.
** Joker gets a brief one when tricked into leaking Kryptonite from his robot into the Gotham streets in a pattern of his face. He likes it, but is immediately corrected by Luthor that he made a symbol visible to Martian Manhunter in space, who then dispatches the Justice League.
* IFellForHours: The penultimate level in ''LEGO Batman 2''. Wayne Tower is really, really tall.
* KingKongClimb: One of the achievements involves recreating this scene by playing a female character, commandeering a gorilla from the zoo, and climbing to the top of Wayne Tower.
* KnightOfCerebus: Lex Luthor. Not only does he manage to destroy the Batcave, but plans to bomb entire cities with Joker gas to promote his campaign, with Gotham [[DisproportionateRetribution taking the worst of it simply for snubbing him at an award ceremony]].
* KryptoniteFactor: The only thing that can hold back Superman is Kryptonite which makes him flinch and retreat. Luthor and Joker find a way to make Kryptonite a weakness for Batman by discovering that its energy can easily destroy shiny black objects like most of Batman's arsenal.
* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: There are several sequences wherein Superman is BroughtDownToBadass because the nasty green rock is nearby.
* KryptoniteProofSuit: [[spoiler:Due to Luthor and Joker destroying most of the Bat-vehicles with the Deconstructor ray (which destroys shiny black LEGO constructions), Batman uses Robin's brightly-colored ones instead and Robin rebuilds the Batmobile in the same style.]]
* LargeHam: The Riddler.
-->'''Riddler:''' Riddle me this, what's green, and in your... WALLET!?!\\
'''Civilian:''' Um... M-money?\\
'''Riddler:''' Um... No. NOT '''''ANYMORE'''''!
* MarathonLevel: The level "Chemical Crisis" has four distinct sections, each of which is very long. Expect to take over half an hour to clear on story mode. Even more, the stud count required for Super Hero is a whopping ''313,000'', which is several times higher than the usual number. Smashing everything for money adds 10 minutes you don't need to each section.
* MissionControl: Alfred Pennyworth.
* MythologyGag:
** The game uses Creator/DannyElfman's music from ''Batman'' and ''Batman Returns'', and music from Music/JohnWilliams' 1978 ''Film/{{Superman}}'' score. In addition, the opening sequence of ''LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Superheroes Unite'' is a LEGO-fied version of the opening sequence to the 1989 film.
** Joker mentions that Lex is running for President, something that he's done in the comics and attempted in [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague at least one adaptation]].
** At one point in the game, Vicki Vale talks about all the various villains running amok in the city causing havoc. She mentions a plan by Gotham's mayor to "[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity wall off a portion of the city to use as a prison]]," but says that he never went through with it as it would probably cause more problems.
** The news-scroll beneath one of the Vicki Vale segments says the Dog of the Year Award nominees are [[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog Krypto]], Ace and Stretch-O-Mutt, the latter of whom only exists in the ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'' cartoon.
** Lex suspects that if he kills Batman, Robin will take up his mantle, much like he did after ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.
* NoOSHACompliance:
** The Batcave. Try walking as Batman to get an air vehicle. Often times you fall into the shark-infested waters of the Batcave.
** Ace Chemicals. Justified in that it's where Joker was created, so it's obviously unsafe. Even without the chemical spills Joker caused.
* NoodleIncident:
** After the Man of the Year awards are interrupted at the beginning of the game, it's mentioned that this is the fifth time that the awards have been held in Gotham, and the second time that they have been interrupted by a supervillain attack.
** In a cutscene, Batman mentions he and Robin have broken their legs before, after Robin said they would have broken their legs jumping off a burning building without Superman's help.
** In the crawling text of the news, they mention various supervillain team-ups, such as Black Adam and Black Manta, and Gorilla Grodd and Brainiac. No details are given except they were pretty bad.
** Also in the news, Vicki Vale mentions that releasing mind-altering gas via a giant robot to affect the election was specifically outlawed after last year's mayoral campaign.
* PaperThinDisguise: Batman [[spoiler:and Superman are able to disguise themselves as one another by simply pulling off their cowl/hair and switching them.]]
* RadiationImmuneMutants: The characters that will not be hurt by chemicals are the Joker, Poison Ivy (both of whom can safely swim in chemical pools), and Killer Croc (who sinks and can walk on the bottom of the pools). Every other character will get hurt by contact, and if in a pool, will drown in them.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: How Bane is defeated in ''LEGO Batman: The Movie.'' Inverted when Batman rams the Juggernaut after taking the [[spoiler:fake]] Kryptonite on board, only for Joker to get furious and pull out the Deconstructor.
* RedOniBlueOni: Joker acts as the red to Lex Luthor's blue.
* RobotClown: One of the many things that ComicBook/TheJoker and ComicBook/LexLuthor do during their VillainTeamUp is [[spoiler:attack Gotham City]] with a giant mech designed to look like the Joker.
* RunTheGauntlet: The "Arkham Asylum Antics" mission has Batman do this.
* SceneryPorn: LEGO Gotham. The environment in Gotham is gorgeously atmospheric, dark, rainy, and the hints of a sunset or sunrise in the background. The orange glow in the city looks amazing, and the Gotham Funland has its own kind, since it's a creepy carnival.
* SecretCharacter: Brainiac.
* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: While the developers do well in avoiding their native British terminology for US players, the game refers to Batman and Joker's amusement-park vehicles as dodgems, while the US calls them bumper cars.
* SequelEscalation: ''LEGO Batman'' was mostly mission-based and had hero and villain stories. While the sequel discards the villain stories altogether, they added an open-world Gotham to explore and actual speaking.
* SequelHook: Green Lantern shooting a beam off into space [[spoiler:and cutting to Braniac in his spaceship looking down at Earth]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Brainiac:''' I have located it.]]
* SequenceBreaking: It's normally only possible to get into the southern part of Gotham City after unlocking Superman and then either flying in or using his heat vision to burn the locks off the gates blocking your path. However there is a tall building near the eastern bridge with a Batsuit which you can use to glide over the barrier. This gives you access to the southern section of the city and air vehicles much sooner than normally possible.
* SuddenlySpeaking: This is the first VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame where the characters have intelligible dialogue instead of being {{Heroic Mime}}s or SpeakingSimlish.
* TechnicolorToxin: Courtesy of Ace Chemicals and the Joker. The chemicals come in bright green, purple, orange, red, and blue, although only purple, orange, and green chemicals are encountered in the open world.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman:
** Some characters, like ComicBook/MrFreeze, will always be chosen in free play because of their abilities.
** In certain areas, Joker-faced/Two-Face-faced/Riddler graffiti can only be removed by the TropeNamer himself -- and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d at at least one point using the very name of this trope.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The sandbox elements make it possible for [[TheCape Superman]] to [[{{Superdickery}} steal the Batmobile and go on a]] [[BloodlessCarnage bloodless killing spree]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsE2JNhWco#t=106s No, really]].
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Averted by Lex Luthor, who simply drops a massive object on Batman without even stopping to gloat. It even catches the Joker by surprise.
* WideOpenSandbox: A large open Gotham City that you use to transfer between story missions, and boasts a large amount of puzzle content and collectables, as well as mini boss fights that get you new villain characters.
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[[folder:LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham]]
* ActorAllusion: [[Creator/RussellCrowe Jor-El]] makes references to ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' and speaks in Australian slang. Alfred in The Dark Knight DLC makes references to other Michael Caine films.
* AdamWesting: From [[Creator/AdamWest The Man]] himself.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Atrocitus, Larfleeze, and Sinestro were generally villainous in the comics, but they each had noble qualities and could be heroic when faced with a worse threat (such as Braniac, for instance). Here, they’re just villains who refuse to help save Earth from Braniac. (To be fair, they did have their power batteries taken from them).
* AdaptedOut: ''Beyond Gotham'' conspicuously excludes several things that were featured in the 2013-2015 sets it's based on. This is odd, since the developers usually include everything from recent and upcoming sets in the games. Dr. Harleen Quinzel and the Scarecrow do not appear (she only appears as Harley Quinn), nor does Damian Wayne (Robin), the banana truck driver (but his truck is in the game) or the Scuba Suit design Robin wears in the sets. The Arkham Asylum van, Bat-mech, Riddler Dragster, and Nightwing Glider are also excluded from the game.
* AnAesop: Batman learns that you don't have to bottle up your emotions, it's OK to express them.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Batman and Robin's [[Series/Batman1966 Adam West and Burt Ward]] costumes will have the abilities of all their special suits.
* AscendedMeme: Robin briefly questions why Batman would need a space suit. [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Can't he breathe in space?]]
* AsHimself: Creator/AdamWest, Creator/KevinSmith, Creator/ConanOBrien, Jim Lee and Geoff Johns.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever:
** An early boss is [[spoiler: a giant Batman made of bats, controlled by a BrainwashedAndCrazy Batman.]]
** The final boss ends up being [[spoiler:Superman who is enlarged and mind-controlled by Brainiac.]]
* BadassAdorable: Solomon Grundy [[spoiler: especially under the Blue Lantern energy]] and Dex-Starr.
* BaitAndSwitch: Used at the ending. Lego Batman 4 being a crossover with ''Lego Marvel Super Heroes''?! [[spoiler:Nah, just Aquaman and a few other heroes coming back with pizza.]]
* {{Bowdlerization}}:
** Creator/KevinSmith has to do this to himself, because it's a kid's game. The emphasis in some of his lines is a bit suspect and maybe evidence of his well-observed instinct to go all ClusterFBomb, but of course he can't.
** The Squad DLC pack is a clear but necessary censorship of the Suicide Squad name. This is odd because the alternative name, Task Force X, was not used.
** In a side quest briefing the Penguin uses the phrase "cheeky beggars", where obviously "cheeky buggers" would fit naturally.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Brainiac manages to brainwash [[spoiler: Batman, Green Lantern and Superman]] at various points.
* CanonImmigrant: Several Batman characters from the animated canons appear as playable characters, ex. The Grey Ghost and Condiment King from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and the Music Meister from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
* CastingGag:
** Ike Amadi voices [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 a green alien who is the last of his kind]].
** The Green Loontern (Voiced by Joe Alaskey) expresses disappointment that Kevin Smith is in the game, which is amusing [[WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers since he's appeared alongside Smith before.]]
* ChekhovsGun: At one point, Killer Croc is called out for trying to eat Robin, so he spits him out and a helmet which belonged to "[[ComicBook/DoctorFate yesterday's lunch]]" and lets Robin have it. [[spoiler:This causes Robin to NoSell Brainiac's MindControl and allows him to free his friends.]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Two-Face, Clayface, Ra's Al Ghul, and the Scarecrow are curiously absent from ''LEGO Batman 3'' after being playable characters in both games previous. All except Clayface appear in DLC as their Nolanverse versions, however.
* ContinuityNod: The Joker says Luthor's wishes to be President are "so last year", referring to his ambitions from the previous game.
* CowardlyLion: Cyborg, due to the malfunctioning Lantern Rings amplifying his fear.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Superman's ice breath and heat vision have been switched around since last game, to match the new standard set by ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes''.
* DeathDealer: Mad Hatter.
* DistressedDude: "[[AdamWesting Adam West in Peril]]".
* DynamicLoading: The Slideways Teleporters are used to go to other hub areas. Instead of sending you to a black screen with game hints, you are treated to a portal sequence, in which the player characters hurtle through a purple tunnel, and can be moved around before reaching the next area.
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:A Few [[Series/DoctorWho Weeping Angels]] appear throughout the game as Easter Eggs, but they also later appear in VideoGame/LegoDimensions]].
** You can find the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' version of the Batmobile in the Batcave hub's Trophy Room. Destroying it and rebuilding it makes it the Burton Batmobile, so it's unfortunately not usable.
* EnemyMine: The Justice League (mainly Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter) and Robin team up with the Joker's group (Joker obviously, Killer Croc, Solomon Grundy, Cheetah, Firefly, and Lex Luthor) after the villains' invasion on the Watchtower is interrupted by Brainiac shrinking the Earth.
* ExaggeratedTrope: The emotions associated with the [[Comicbook/GreenLantern emotional spectrum]] get this treatment when the characters are irradiated with the respective colors. The Joker (violet) becomes a LoveFreak, Lex Luthor (indigo) is compassionate to the point of feeling sorry for everyone, Solomon Grundy (blue) becomes ThePollyanna, Cyborg (yellow) turns into a CowardlyLion, Flash (orange) becomes so greedy that even when he's praised he takes this as something no one else should have, and Wonder Woman (red) becomes obnoxiously angry.
* ExcusePlot: The game begins with the Legion of Doom staging a raid on The Watchtower and planning to use its weaponry to threaten humanity into making Lex Luthor president. After the Justice League clean house is when Brainiac shows up.
* FightingYourFriend: This is a major plot point, with Brainiac using mind control on several characters in the story, resulting in Batman, Green Lantern, and [[spoiler:a growth-ray affected Superman]] to turn on their allies.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In the cutscene of "Hawkman" going to the Hall of Justice, in the quick scene of him being scanned you can somewhat make out that the ChestInsignia for the scanner and the one he actually has are completely different, foreshadowing the reveal seconds late that it's actually a disguised Lex Luthor.
* FlyingBrick: Superman and Wonder Woman. In what is very likely the most literal interpretation of the trope name.
* GameWithinAGame: The Joker plays a video game [[Film/SupermanII to shoot down Batman and Robin with The Watchtower's defense systems.]]
* GlassShatteringSound: A special ability possessed by the Music Meister.
* GratuitousFrench: When the shenanigns of fighting Brainiac results in the DC Trio ending up in Paris, Batman takes the situation as a perfect excuse to exclaim "je suis Batman" (I am Batman).
* HerrDoktor: Attempted with ComicBook/MrFreeze. But the [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent accent]] is a little too exaggerated, and not solid enough to really qualify as the typical German/Austrian.
* HubLevel: The Batcave, Watchtower, Hall of Justice/Doom, and the Lantern Worlds.
* HulkSpeak: Solomon Grundy and Dex-Starr (in captions anyway). Killer Croc, who was the hulk-speaker in ''Lego Batman 2'', now has a cajun accent instead.
* IFellForHours: The last part of the sixth stage, where Batman and [[spoiler:a Red Lantern-powered]] Wonder Woman dive after Superman as he's falling back into Earth. [[spoiler:They end up [[MonumentalDamage crashing into the Eiffel Tower and destroying it]].]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Robin, and later Batman, attempt this to break Brainiac's mind control. Turns out it works.
* ImpactSilhouette: After Wonder Woman gets [[spoiler:imbued with Red Lantern rage]] prior to Batman asking her for help catching Superman while he's falling in space, she proceeds to slam herself through the hull of [[spoiler:Brainiac's ship]] in order to get outside faster, which creates a silhouette of her jumping body, including her hair.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: The Joker is perfectly willing to spill Luthor's plan the moment Batman asks. Much to Lex's annoyance.
* TheKetchupTest: The Justice League visits Ysmault, the home planet of the Red Lanterns. The rivers there are all red, which traditionally means blood; [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Robin]] has a different interpretation.
-->'''Robin:''' Hey look, this river is made of raspberry jam! ''[scoops up a handful, licks it]'' [[SubvertedTrope It's pretty good, too!]] ''[keeps eating]''
* KleptomaniacHero: The Flash becomes one, due to the malfunctioning Lantern Rings amplifying his greed.
* LegionOfDoom: Lex Luthor, The Joker, Solomon Grundy, Killer Croc, The Cheetah, and Firefly team up to take on the Justice League.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Flying with Superman or Wonder Woman will make the background music start playing John Williams' theme for [[Film/{{Superman}} the 1978 film]] or the opening theme of the ''Series/WonderWoman'' TV series, respectively.
** Also parodied: at the character selection screen, hovering over any character for a few seconds will result in them singing their own version of the ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' theme with their own name at the end. Batman himself goes "na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, me!!"
** The ''Film/ManOfSteel'' DLC also includes several reproduced tracks from the film, such as "Terraforming", "Flight", and "Look To the Stars".
* MetaGuy: Green Arrow, of all characters, since his DLC level supposedly takes place in the ''[[Series/{{Arrow}} Arrow]] [[Series/ArrowVerse TV Universe]]". For instance, the level begins as a flashback, a full 9 years before Oliver takes up the Green Arrow title. So how does he respond to this ContinuitySnarl?
--> '''Oliver Queen''': For the continuity police out there, sometimes I like to imagine myself back on the island in my Arrow costume, okay?
** He's also [[MediumAwareness fully aware]] of change in his appearance too.
--> '''Oliver''': My experiences on the island changed me. Sometimes, they even changed me into a [[BuiltWithLEGO small, plastic version]] of myself.
* MindControlEyes: The various characters under Brainiac's mind control have glowing rays of green around their blank white eyes.
* MissionControl: Bat-mite gives the hints, and Conan O'Brien guides you around some hub areas.
* TheMusicMeister: The Music Meister himself is a playable character.
* MythologyGag:
** In the trailer when Martian Manhunter [[AvengersAssemble summons the League]], Cyborg is working on [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 the T-Car]].
** Adam West!Batman can throw a bomb. Like the kind that [[Film/BatmanTheMovie some days you just can't get rid of]].
*** In addition, the 1966 Robin has a pair of hand magnets that allow him to scale metal surfaces, similar to when Chris O'Donnell's Robin climbing Mr. Freeze's getaway rocket in the opening of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
** Joker mentions that [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm he once had a jetpack, until Batman hitched a ride on it]].
** The cowl of Batman's Sonar Batsuit heavily resembles the one from ''Batman vs Predator'', which also had sonar to help counter the Predator's CloakingDevice.
** The [[WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck Green Loontern's]] intro quote references how WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers became a Lantern after getting Hal Jordan's laundry.
** While The Reach attacking the Blue Lanterns may be a bit odd for a few fans, those who read the New 52 comics will know this event actually happened.
** As mentioned below, Robin points out that Killer Croc has gone from a minifig to a big fig, because the latter simply weren't an option in the earlier games. This change actually works in universe, though, since in the comics, Croc started out as a guy with a skin condition and filed teeth, and then later mutated into a huge, more animalistic form.
** One of Killer Croc's combat lines is "Don't make me [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE46AlmostGotIm throw a big rock]] at you!"
** One of ComicBook/PlasticMan's combat moves is to [[ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain transform into a toilet and force the enemy down it]].
** Superman punches through Brainiac's shrink ray in a similar fashion to him punching back the Mad Scientist's death ray in ''WesternAnimation/TheMadScientist''.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Alongside everything involving Killer Croc, one sidequest on Odym has Aquaman leading a regular crocodile to a colony of crocs, because while it may not be as aggressive as ''Killer'' Croc, it's still a dangerous predator that'll try to make a meal out of people that it comes across.
* NoodleIncident: After the heroes have gathered all the Lantern Cores for [[spoiler:un-shrinking the Earth]], in a FreezeFrameBonus you can see amongst them a ''White'' Lantern Core, implying that after gathering all the other Lanterns the heroes had an offscreen adventure to acquire the power of a White Lantern just to be on the safe side, except it's never commented on and ends up ignored when the real plan goes into motion.
* NoSell: All weapon shots and fireballs aimed at Frankenstein will be deflected by his sword, making melee fighting (punches as a bigfig) the only way to kill him. Of course, this isn't very important, since Frankenstein is only a Free Play character, so fighting him will only happen when screwing around in the open world with him as a second character, or a multiplayer opponent.
* NostalgiaLevel: One secret level is [[spoiler:a recreation of a typical ''Series/Batman1966'' episode, complete with 60's versions of the cast, a voiceover from Creator/AdamWest and a Batusi dance sequence at the end.]]
* OverlyLongGag: The end credits are a callback to the Adam West series with Batman and Robin scaling a wall and speaking with people as they look out of their window. Only the credits are so long that various encounters loop several times.
* PercussiveMaintenance: Exaggerated when Green Lantern gets malfunctioning machinery to behave by using his ring to form a boot the size of a van to kick it.
* PlatformActivatedAbility: Any Lantern can use Lantern pads to create hard-light constructs.
* ProductionForeshadowing: A section of the third game's credits has a dinosaur peeking out with ''Film/JurassicPark'' music. ''VideoGame/LEGOJurassicWorld'' came out the year after ''LEGO Batman 3''.
* RightBehindMe: Happens twice to Kevin Smith when laughing about the lameness of Polka-Dot Man and Condiment King. He says "...he's behind me, isn't he?" both times, and the miniboss battles are triggered.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: The Reach, long time enemy and origin to Blue Beetle, antagonize the Blue Lanterns.
* RummageFail: Solomon Grundy, Swamp Thing, and Terra will toss various items like boulders and bicycles out of swamp pits before finding the item needed in the level.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Man of Steel DLC, [[spoiler: Jor-El does not meet his end at the hands of Zod. Instead, Zod is knocked out by Jor-El and Lara before he has the chance to personally kill them.]]
* TheStoic: Batman. This works to his advantage, as the malfunctioning Lantern Rings don't amplify his emotions because Batman hides away his emotions. [[spoiler: However, he has to allow his emotions to come to the surface in order to retrieve the Sinestro Corps' power battery.]]
* TakeThat:
** Creator/KevinSmith rants about having to include polar bears in his Superman movie.
** Hilariously, you get to destroy the Arkham Knight Batmobile and build the 1989 Batmobile from its pieces, ''before'' it got its famous negative reception.
** Kevin Smith's film reel is stolen and destroyed by Catwoman. Her response?
-->'''Catwoman:''' That reel was a CAT-astrophe, darling. And believe me, I know a thing or two about [[Film/Catwoman2004 bad movies]].
** Wonder Woman becomes rather (intentionally) grating when her rage is amplified by ring power. Her New 52 appearances, outside of her solo title, were criticized for being uncharacteristically hot-headed. Bonus points in that she's wearing her New 52 outfit in-game.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Wonder Woman, due to the malfunctioning Lantern Rings amplifying her anger.
* TookALevelInKindness: The Joker, Lex Luthor and Solomon Grundy, due to the malfunctioning Lantern Rings amplifying their positive emotions (Love for Joker, hope for Lex and compassion for Grundy).
* VillainDecay: Lex Luthor and Joker have been mostly reduced to comic relief, from their previous roles as the main villains in the last game.
* WackyWaysideTribe: The Reach, enemies of the Blue Beetle, end up attacking the Blue Lanterns. They aren't foreshadowed and they are quickly defeated and forgotten. Their sole purpose is to give you some enemies to fight in that particular level. Unless you've read the Green Lantern New 52 comics, where The Reach attacking the Blue Lanterns ''does'' happen.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Firefly is a member of Joker's group of villains and even a boss fight, but he disappears from the story shortly afterward.He is even at the top of the character selection grid like the rest of the main characters.But he is not unlocked during the story, you have to find him in the open world.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: ComicBook/MrFreeze has a very ...''European'' accent. It sounds like [[Franchise/DespicableMe Gru]] with a more German influence.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Mentioned when Batman and Robin confront Killer Croc and he's much bigger than before. This was because Croc's LEGO form in ''LEGO Batman 1 and 2'' was that of a normal-sized LEGO figure, before ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'' introduced big-figs, which Croc turned into once the concept was introduced.
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