History WesternAnimation / BatmanUnderTheRedHood

* ActorAllusion: Possibly. Red Hood is voiced by Creator/JensenAckles, who plays Dean Winchester in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. In one episode, Dean throws a pen into an enemy's gun barrel and states, "I'm Batman". [[spoiler: This is similar to Batman throwing a batarang to jam the barrel of Jason's gun at the end.]] Also, Jason wants to be a better Batman than the man himself.

* ActorAllusion: Possibly. Red Hood is voiced by Creator/JensenAckles, who plays Dean Winchester in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. In one episode, Dean throws a pen into an enemy's gun barrel and states, "I'm Batman". [[spoiler: This is similar to Batman throwing a batarang to jam the barrel of Jason's gun at the end.]]

* XMeetsY: ''{{Batman}}'' meets ''MagnumForce''

* ActorAllusion: Possibly. Red Hood is voiced by Jensen Ackles who plays Dean in Supernatural. There is an episode where he throws a pen into an enemy's gun barrel and states, "I'm Batman" [[spoiler: This is similar to Batman throwing a batarang to jammed the barrel of Red Hood's gun at the end.]]

* Actor Allusion: Possibly. Red Hood is voiced by Jensen Ackles who plays Dean in Supernatural. There is an episode where he throws a pen into an enemy's gun barrel and states, "I'm Batman" [[spoiler: This is similar to Batman throwing a batarang to jammed the barrel of Red Hood's gun at the end.]]

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A film in the DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies line based on Franchise/{{Batman}}. It's mainly an adaptation of elements from ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'' and the more recent ''Under The Hood'' comic series, from which it derives its title. It goes for DarkerAndEdgier and is one of the darker and more brutally violent DC Animated films. Voice actors include BruceGreenwood as Batman, JensenAckles as the Red Hood, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as Nightwing, and JohnDiMaggio as the Joker.

* DarkerAndEdgier: [[WordOfGod The crew behind the film]] have stated that they hold the opinion this could be their darkest work yet, both compared to the {{DCAU}} and the previous films in [[DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies the line]]. They wouldn't be too far off.

->''Dare to look beneath the hood...''

A film in the DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies line based on {{Batman}}. It's mainly an adaptation of elements from ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'' and the more recent ''Under The Hood'' comic series, from which it derives its title. It goes for DarkerAndEdgier and is one of the darker and more brutally violent DC Animated films. Voice actors include BruceGreenwood as Batman, JensenAckles as the Red Hood, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as Nightwing, and JohnDiMaggio as the Joker.

* AffablyEvil: Ra's al Ghul.

* TheAtoner: Ra's al Ghul [[spoiler: felt remorseful for his involvement in Jason's death (since it wasn't part of his plan, and he only kills people when it serves his "greater cause"), having hired the Joker to keep Batman and Robin distracted from his activities and quickly realizing the Joker couldn't be controlled. He attempted to make up for his mistake by stealing Jason's body shortly before it was to be returned to Gotham, and resurrected him using the Lazarus Pit. Unfortunately, this means that Ra's is also responsible for all the trouble Jason causes as the Red Hood.]]

A film in the DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies line based on {{Batman}}. It's mainly an adaptation of elements from ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'' and the more recent ''Under The Hood'' comic series, from which it derives its title. It goes for DarkerAndEdgier and is one of the darker and more brutally violent DC Animated films. Voice actors include BruceGreenwood as Batman, JensenAckles as the Red Hood, NeilPatrickHarris as Nightwing, and JohnDiMaggio as the Joker.

* Foreshadowing: In a flashback Jason breaks a thug's collarbone when he stops holding back. [[spoiler:As the Red Hood he obviously has less compuctions. So in the final fight when Batman himself stops holding back he gives him a beating.]]

* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Well, sort of. Red Hood]] is one to Nightwing. [[spoiler:They were both Robin, but Dick, even as Nightwing, works far better with Bruce than Jason did.]]

* AntiHero: Red Hood is a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV/Type V]].
** Batman is a Type II/Type III, making a devoted effort not to slide further down the scale.

* AdaptationDistillation[=/=]PragmaticAdaptation: The works the film is based on are mostly adapted very well and quite faithfully, but the movie changes a few of the sillier or more complex aspects. From ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'', the political aspect of the Joker getting diplomatic immunity [[spoiler: for Jason's death]] because he became an ambassador for the Ayatollah was understandably dropped. As was the bit about SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker selling a nuke to Arab terrorists. And the search for Jason Todd's mother among an Israeli Mossad agent, Lady Shiva, and a back-alley abortionist working as an aid relief worker. Actually, after taking out the silly parts from ''{{A Death in the Family}}'', basically all that was left was [[spoiler: about 5 minutes of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker beating the crap out of Jason Todd with a crowbar]]. The major change from ''Under The Hood'' was using a completely different explanation for [[spoiler:Jason's resurrection, instead of the whole "coming back from the dead via [[InfiniteCrisis Superboy-Prime Punch]]" thing.]]. [[spoiler: SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker]] now has a larger role, and Black Mask's characterization has been somewhat changed [[hottip:*: from a DangerouslyGenreSavvy MagnificentBastard and a BadBoss and HeManWomanHater who murders all of his lieutenants on a whim and is every bit as evil, dangerous and crazy as TheJoker-; to a SurroundedByIdiots-type with a HairTriggerTemper who grudgingly respects his right-hand woman and only beats his minions up- and only when he is angry (which is often, mind you)- rather than killing them left, right and centre, and is forced by desperation, and against his better judgement, to hire a "certified psychotic" like the Joker, who promptly betrays him]].

* BadassNormal: Not only Batman but pretty much all the other heroes and villains who make appearances.

* BoundAndGagged: Pretty much everyone who [[spoiler: works for Red Hood or Black Mask]].

* ConspicuousCG: Pretty much every vehicle and some of the backgrounds, although executed better than in the earlier days of DC Animated films.

** On a slightly lighter note: After Alfred binds up Nightwing's ankle in the Batcave, he casually pulls out a pair of crutches.

* LargeHam: The Joker, of course, but special mention goes to Black Mask, who stands out by far as the hammiest, screamiest, most hilariously skewed character in the movie - and somehow he manages to be even hammier in the comic the movie is based off of.

** Red Hood. According to the movie, there had been many previous Red Hood villains, [[spoiler: the most notable of which was the Joker before his chemical accident.]]
** And of course, Dick Grayson and Jason Todd both used to be Robin.

** Also Black Mask murders pretty much all of his remaining lieutenants in an unsuccessful attempt to make a deal with the Hood in the comics.

* TimeBomb: All of the bombs make the compulsory beeping sounds during countdown, allowing the heroes to notice them before they go off. Also, during the endgame when [[spoiler: Jason is trying to blow up himself along with everyone else]], there is of course, a 20-second countdown rather than an instant trigger to allow Batman to act. Because ''all'' bombs need a countdown.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: At this point in time, [[spoiler: Jason doesn't really want to ''kill'' Batman.]] Also possibly justified with the Joker (in the intro-flashback) due to the fact that he's the ''Joker'' and would want people to know that they were going to die.

** Then of course there's Red Hood's helmet... though it doesn't end up exploding. Not with anyone's head in it, anyway.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Averted. [[spoiler: Jason emphasizes that he's not talking about executing every supercriminal like Riddler or Scarcrow, but makes a very good point asking why Batman wouldn't make one exception to his ThouShaltNotKill rule for the mass-murdering Joker. However, Batman points out that killing the Joker would make it that much easier to kill other supercriminals who deserve it less, and based on Jason's methods he'd probably execute guys like Riddler or Scarecrow anyway.]]

* ActorAllusion: In the opening credits, Jensen Ackles' name appears next to a graveyard filled with cross-shaped tombstones, in what may be a reference to his role on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.
** Or that [[spoiler: the character he'll be playing [[{{Foreshadowing}} is the one who just "died"]]]].
** NeilPatrickHarris [[SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries once played]] a [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog superbeing before.]]

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Batman gives one (quoted under StartOfDarkness above) stating why he holds to his ThouShallNotKill principal, even when logic would dictate otherwise. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] though, as this does not lead to him abandoning that principal even when the situation is at its most dire. In his own words, "Nothing's changed."]]

** The DNA sample for [[spoiler:Jason]] is marked '''00428''', the issue of ''Batman'' where he died, and DNA sample for Red Hood is marked '''00635''', the issue where [[spoiler:he returned in that identity]].

* KnightTemplar: Red Hood attempts to restrict the drug market by controlling it, specifically telling the dealers never to sell to kids. His methods at enforcing his will on the Gotham underworld often includes murder.

* GoryDiscretionShot: Used quite a bit, such as the camera cutting away whenever someone is shot in the head. Also used in the scene where [[spoiler:the Red Hood tasers one of the Fearsome Hand assassins in the face causing his metallic mask to short-circuit and explode, blowing up half of his head and splattering blood on the wall]]. We are as well never shown the contents of Red Hood's bag of [[spoiler: the heads of all the mob lieutenants]].