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* PrisonLevel: Much of the game qualifies as this, being set in the infamous madhouse. A good number of the levels are meant to be holding areas for the prisoners Batman faces.
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* GameBreakingBug: Done intentionally. In order to combat pirating the PC version of the game, the developers added a glitch that makes prevents Batman from gliding. The makes it [[UnintentionallyUnwinnable impossible to get past a room filled with poison gas.]]
** An employee of Eidos is quoted to have said this to an unsuspecting gamer complaining about the problem.
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** There is one case of this being done intentionally, as in order to combat pirating for the PC version of the game, the developers added a glitch that makes prevents Batman from gliding.The This makes it [[UnintentionallyUnwinnable impossible to get past a room filled with poison gas.]]
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** A genuine example is how there's a bug that randomly corrupts your savegame, which infuriatingly has a chance to trigger after ''completing the game at 100%'', losing hours of progress.
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** One Riddler Trophy in the Penitentiary has you walk past a lunatic behind glass to use a Cryptographic Sequencer panel. You'd expect him to break out of the glass as a JumpScare... but he never does, just staring at you and breathing heavily.
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** One Riddler Trophy in the Penitentiary has you walk past a lunatic behind glass to use a Cryptographic Sequencer panel. You'd expect him to break out of the glass as a JumpScare... but he never does, just staring at you and breathing heavily. The fact he was put there as a ContestWinnerCameo doesn't really lessen the unnerving feeling he gives off.
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* NothingIsScarier: In Killer Croc's lair, there's no music until he finds you... but there is plenty of ambient noise, including [[ParanoiaFuel his breathing]].
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** In Killer Croc's lair, there's no music until he finds you... but there is plenty of ambient noise, [[HellIsThatNoise including[[ParanoiaFuel his breathing]].breathing]].
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** One Riddler Trophy in the Penitentiary has you walk past a lunatic behind glass to use a Cryptographic Sequencer panel. You'd expect him to break out of the glass as a JumpScare... but he never does, just staring at you and breathing heavily.
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* HelplessWindowDeath: At the start of the game, Batman is watching from a control room window as the Joker is moved through to processing, only for the new patient to suddenly free himself and kill both his guards. Batman is eventually able to batter his way through the security glass, but by then, the Joker has already escaped the area and released the rest of his gang from their cells.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Listening to one of the Riddler patient tapes reveals that the Riddler is convinced that Batman is a criminal like him who steals from the criminals he apprehends to fund his operations and has bribed Commissioner Gordon to gain the police's compliance with his actions, because he's convinced that "[[EvilCannotComprehendGood no one is that selfless]]". Considering [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Batman's actual secret identity]], it's yet more proof that the Riddler isn't quite as clever as he likes to think he is.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Listening to one of the Riddler patient tapes reveals that the Riddler is convinced that Batman is a criminal like him who steals from the criminals he apprehends to fund his operations and has bribed Commissioner Gordon to gain the police's compliance with his actions, because he's convinced that "[[EvilCannotComprehendGood no one is that selfless]]". Considering [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob [[IdleRich Batman's actual secret identity]], it's yet more proof that the Riddler isn't quite as clever as he likes to think he is.
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* CrouchingMoronHidden Badass: Dr. Kellerman. Granted, he may have not only once but twice fallen victim to being kidnapped by supervillains, in no small part due to being a little bit too gullible. However, sometime before the present day events of the game when Scarecrow tried to secretly gas the whole asylum after having seemingly incapacitated him, it turns out that Kellerman was able to resist Crane (a feat no character other than Batman and Poison Ivy has achieved in the Arkhamverse), at least long enough to notify Batman who puts an end to Crane's attempts to "treat" his therapists, even taking time to indirectly compliment Kellerman by taunting Scarecrow over being unable to actually break the man.
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* CrouchingMoronHidden Badass: CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Dr. Kellerman. Granted, he may have not only once but twice fallen victim to being kidnapped by supervillains, in no small part due to being a little bit too gullible. However, sometime before the present day events of the game when Scarecrow tried to secretly gas the whole asylum after having seemingly incapacitated him, it turns out that Kellerman was able to resist Crane (a feat no character other than Batman and Poison Ivy has achieved in the Arkhamverse), at least long enough to notify Batman who puts an end to Crane's attempts to "treat" his therapists, even taking time to indirectly compliment Kellerman by taunting Scarecrow over being unable to actually break the man.
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*CrouchingMoronHidden Badass: Dr. Kellerman. Granted, he may have not only once but twice fallen victim to being kidnapped by supervillains, in no small part due to being a little bit too gullible. However, sometime before the present day events of the game when Scarecrow tried to secretly gas the whole asylum after having seemingly incapacitated him, it turns out that Kellerman was able to resist Crane (a feat no character other than Batman and Poison Ivy has achieved in the Arkhamverse), at least long enough to notify Batman who puts an end to Crane's attempts to "treat" his therapists, even taking time to indirectly compliment Kellerman by taunting Scarecrow over being unable to actually break the man.
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* OutGambitted: The entire game is a battle of wits between Batman and Joker. For example, when Joker breaks lose, he has corrupt guard Frank Boles kidnap Gordon just to keep Batman from following him--and then has Boles killed to keep Batman from tracking the whiskey on his breath to Gordon's location. Even when Batman avoids having Harley drop an elevator on him and manages to pick up another trail thanks to Gordon leaving his pipe behind, Harley puts up a security gate so Batman can't go through the main entrance. Even when Batman does find a way in, Joker sics the Scarecrow on him to slow him down. And when ''that' doesn't work, Joker instructs Harley to kill Gordon if any of the goons guarding the room are taken out. And when even ''that'' doesn't work, Joker unleashes a Titan-powered Bane to break Batman. And [[RuleOfThree that still doesn't work.]] Really, Joker's gambits keep failing because he underestimated how determined Batman would be to stop him.
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* OutGambitted: The entire game is a battle of wits between Batman and Joker. For example, when Joker breaks lose, he has corrupt guard Frank Boles kidnap Gordon just to keep Batman from following him--and then has [[spoiler:has Boles killed to keep Batman from tracking the whiskey on his breath to Gordon's location.location]]. Even when Batman avoids having Harley drop an elevator on him and manages to pick up another trail thanks to Gordon leaving his pipe behind, Harley puts up a security gate so Batman can't go through the main entrance. Even when Batman does find a way in, Joker sics the Scarecrow on him to slow him down. And when ''that' ''that'' doesn't work, Joker instructs Harley to kill Gordon if any of the goons guarding the room are taken out. And when even ''that'' doesn't work, Joker unleashes a Titan-powered Bane to break Batman. And [[RuleOfThree that still doesn't work.]] Really, Joker's gambits keep failing because he underestimated how determined Batman would be to stop him.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Frank Boles]], the guard who helped Joker escape, is [[spoiler:killed by Joker so Batman can't track the whiskey on his breath to Gordon's location.]] When Batman tells one of the guards about it, said guard does not miss his college in the slightest.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Frank Boles]], the guard who helped Joker escape, is [[spoiler:killed by Joker so Batman can't track the whiskey on his breath to Gordon's location.]] When Batman tells one of the guards about it, said guard does not miss his college colleague in the slightest.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Frank Boles]], the guard who helped Joker escape, is [[spoiler:killed by Joker so Batman can't track the whiskey on his breath to Gordon's location.]] When Batman tells one of the guards about it, said guard does not miss his college in the slightest.
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* CanonForeigner: Guard Frank Boles, warden Quincy Sharp and Doctor Young.
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* OutGambitted: The entire game is a battle of wits between Batman and Joker. For example, when Joker breaks lose, he has corrupt guard Frank Boles kidnap Gordon just to keep Batman from following him--and then has Boles killed to keep Batman from tracking the whiskey on his breath to Gordon's location. Even when Batman avoids having Harley drop an elevator on him and manages to pick up another trail thanks to Gordon leaving his pipe behind, Harley puts up a security gate so Batman can't go through the main entrance. Even when Batman does find a way in, Joker sics the Scarecrow on him to slow him down. And when ''that' doesn't work, Joker instructs Harley to kill Gordon if any of the goons guarding the room are taken out. And when even ''that'' doesn't work, Joker unleashes a Titan-powered Bane to break Batman. And [[RuleOfThree that still doesn't work.]] Really, Joker's gambits keep failing because he underestimated how determined Batman would be to stop him.
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* TerminalTransformation: Early on, the Joker unveils the first of his TITAN henchman, an inmate beefed up to hulk-size by the eponymous performance-enhancing drug... only for the battle to end with the henchman abruptly dying of a heart attack. Joker then grumbles, "note to self: use stronger test subjects."
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* {{Stripperiffic}}: Ivy's only wearing a prison shirt held closed by one or two buttons and leaf underwear. Harley to a lesser extent with her nurse outfit.
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* ScenicTourLevel: Escorting the Joker through Arkham in the intro. Interestingly enough, you can take time to talk to the people you meet during this part and learn some new things you wouldn't otherwise. [[spoiler:Killer Croc used to be a drug dealer before he mutated, and he's moved through Arkham, he's pumped full of tranquilizers.]]
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* ScenicTourLevel: Escorting the Joker through Arkham in the intro. Interestingly enough, you can take time to talk to the people you meet during this part and learn some new things you wouldn't otherwise. [[spoiler:Killer Croc used to be a drug dealer before he mutated, and when he's moved through Arkham, he's pumped full of tranquilizers.]]
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* CrazyPrepared: This is ''Batman'' we're talking about. You know, the guy that has [[CrazyPrepared/Batman his own page]] for this trope?
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* CrazyPrepared: This is ''Batman'' we're talking about. You know, the guy that has [[CrazyPrepared/Batman [[CrazyPrepared/{{Batman}} his own page]] for this trope?
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Invoked by Joker in an inversion with Batman; early in the game the Joker specifically stands on a precarious height and dares Batman to knock him off, end his entire breakout plan before it even started even if it would likely kill the madman. Batman being [[ThouShallNotKill Batman]], he initially pulls a batarang-- only to visibly hesitate and pull himself back from going through. Joker laughs it off, and proceeds to escape and cause an incident that kills almost every single staff member and a number of the inmates in Arkham Asylum.
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-->'''Joker''': So tell me, Bats. What are you scared of? Failing to save this cesspool of a city? Not finding the commissioner in time? ''[[{{Squick}} Me]]'', in a '''''[[FanDisservice thong]]'''''? (maniacal laughter)
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-->'''Joker''': So tell me, Bats. What are you scared of? Failing to save this cesspool of a city? Not finding the commissioner in time? ''[[{{Squick}} Me]]'', ''Me'', in a '''''[[FanDisservice thong]]'''''? (maniacal laughter)
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-->'''Joker''': So tell me, Bats. What are you scared of? Failing to save this cesspool of a city? Not finding the commissioner in time? ''Me'', in a '''''thong'''''? (maniacal laughter)
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-->'''Joker''': So tell me, Bats. What are you scared of? Failing to save this cesspool of a city? Not finding the commissioner in time? ''Me'', ''[[{{Squick}} Me]]'', in a '''''thong'''''? '''''[[FanDisservice thong]]'''''? (maniacal laughter)
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** Some riddles become much harder to resolve in non-English versions of the game, thanks to some untranslatable puns being badly translated. For instance, Arkham North has "Tweedledum and Tweedledee SAW it, can you SEE it?", which is resolved by looking at, well, a nearby see-saw. The French version translates it literally (with exactly the same emphasis on the verb "see"), but the answer is almost impossible to guess because the French words for "to see" and "see-saw" are completely unrelated.[[note]]The translated form of the riddle is "''Tweedle-Dum et Tweedle-Dee l'ont VU, tu peux le VOIR ?''". A see-saw is either referred as a "''tape-cul''" or a "''balançoire à bascule''".[[/note]]
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* XanatosGambit: The game is based off one pulled by the Joker. He wanted Batman to stop his attack on the Mayor so he could get into Arkham. Being the Joker, [[ForTheEvulz he would have had a blast killing the mayor and every other crime he comitted until Batman DID catch him.]]
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* XanatosGambit: The game is based off one pulled by the Joker. He wanted Batman to stop his attack on the Mayor so he could get into Arkham. Being the Joker, [[ForTheEvulz he would have had a blast killing the mayor and every other crime he comitted committed until Batman DID catch him.]]
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-->"... [[KnifeNut cutting]] and [[AxCrazy cutting and cutting]] and [[SerialKiller cutting]]..."
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* KnifeNut: Victor Zsasz. In addition, the [[EliteMooks high-security inmates]] DualWield knives.
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** During the visit to the penitentiary, it's possible to run into Basil Karlo AKA [[ShapeshiftingTrickster Clayface]] - thankfully imprisoned in an airtight cell. Over the course of your encounter, Karlo will try to trick Batman into releasing him by impersonating first Aaron Cash then Warden Sharp, before finally shapeshifting into Commissioner Gordon and laughing mockingly. In each case, the transformation only occurs when the player turns away from the cell, only given away by the faint slurping sound; by the time you turn back, Clayface has taken on a new persona.
** [[GrowingMusclesSequence The effects]] of [[PsychoSerum TITAN]] are demonstrated quite openly on Bane and two of the Joker's henchman, with all stages of the transformation remaining in shot. However, when [[spoiler: Joker himself]] [[OneWingedAngel takes a dose of TITAN]] prior to the final boss battle, we only see his eyes beginning to glow green as the serum takes effect; then we cut to the exterior of Arkham Asylum as the fully-transformed character clambers out onto the roof with Batman in tow.
** During the visit to the penitentiary, it's possible to run into Basil Karlo AKA [[ShapeshiftingTrickster Clayface]] - thankfully imprisoned in an airtight cell. Over the course of your encounter, Karlo will try to trick Batman into releasing him by impersonating first Aaron Cash then Warden Sharp, before finally shapeshifting into Commissioner Gordon and laughing mockingly. In each case, the transformation only occurs when the player turns away from the cell, only given away by the faint slurping sound; by the time you turn back, Clayface has taken on a new persona.
** [[GrowingMusclesSequence The effects]] of [[PsychoSerum TITAN]] are demonstrated quite openly on Bane and two of the Joker's henchman, with all stages of the transformation remaining in shot. However, when [[spoiler: Joker himself]] [[OneWingedAngel takes a dose of TITAN]] prior to the final boss battle, we only see his eyes beginning to glow green as the serum takes effect; then we cut to the exterior of Arkham Asylum as the fully-transformed character clambers out onto the roof with Batman in tow.
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** Throughout the game you can optionally go to the Visitor's Center for some additional dialogue from Joker via a mannequin of him with a television for a head. The entire area is in first person which limits your field of vision and prevents you from using any gadgets or detective vision. After you turn around to leave if you turn back around and look at the mannequin again it's position will be slightly shifted [[spoiler:because it's not a mannequin, [[NobodyHereButUsStatues it really is The Joker sitting perfectly still with a TV on his head.]]]]
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* PantyShot: Harley in several scenes as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wDGzMVgk8s this]].
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''Batman: Arkham Asylum'' is a video game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Creator/EidosInteractive in conjunction with Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment, released in 2009. Based on the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' franchise, it is the first game in the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Batman: Arkham]]'' series.
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''Batman: Arkham Asylum'' is a video game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Creator/EidosInteractive in conjunction with Creator/WarnerBrosInteractiveEntertainment, released in 2009. Based on the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' franchise, it is the first game in the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Batman: Arkham]]'' series.''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries''.
