History WesternAnimation / BatmanUnderTheRedHood

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Red Hood plays this trope HARD. In the beginning, he even went as far as to deliver the heads of mob leaders' highest lieutenants to said mob leaders in a duffel bag to prove a point.

* StealthHiBye: This time Batman makes one [[spoiler:to Ras'al Ghul]] after he relates [[spoiler:how he resurrected Jason Todd thanks to the Lazarus Pit]]. Although this time it's not PlayedForLaughs but [[PlayedForDrama for Drama]].

* StealthHiBye: It wouldn't be a Batman film without it.

* AntiVillain: Again, Red Hood. He is [[spoiler:ultimately revealed as a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II]]]].

* HonorBeforeReason: Throughout the movie, Red Hood harshly drills it into Batman's head that this is Batman's most FatalFlaw when dealing with the criminal underworld who have absolutely no redeeming qualities, Joker being on top of the list. He calls Batman out on said flaw, which caused trauma and death to a lot of innocent people by said criminals which could have been avoided.

** The latter trope is likely the reason the more familiar James Gordon is police commissioner in the movie [[spoiler: when the Joker tried to set Black Mask and the drug dealers working with Red Hood on fire]] rather than Michael Akins, who was commissioner in the comics at the time. WordOfGod supports this being an excellent adaption better than the original story.

* BetterThanCanon: An amazing case. Not only do many fans like this version of the story better than in the comics, Judd Winick, who wrote both the original comics story and this movie, [[CreatorPreferredAdaptation considers the movie the better version]]. A WordOfGod example.

** The latter trope is likely the reason the more familiar James Gordon is police commissioner in the movie [[spoiler: when the Joker tried to set Black Mask and the drug dealers working with Red Hood on fire]] rather than Michael Akins, who was commissioner in the comics at the time.

** The major change from ''Under the Hood'' was using a completely different explanation for [[spoiler:Jason's resurrection. Instead of coming back from the dead via [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis Superboy-Prime Punch]], Ra's al Ghul resurrected him with a Lazarus Pit]]. ComicBook/TheJoker now has a larger role, too.

A film in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies 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 Creator/BruceGreenwood as Batman, Creator/JensenAckles as the Red Hood, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as Nightwing, and Creator/JohnDiMaggio as the Joker.

** "Could you just once say 'Get in the car'?" may be a stealth joke on their "To the Batmobile!" CatchPhrase from the 60's TV series. Or to "Hush", where Batman ''does'' say that & Nightwing's response is "Which one?" as a nod to large number of Batmobiles used in the comic.

[[spoiler: '''The Joker:''' ''(glumly)'' Party pooper.

--> [[spoiler: '''Jason''': You be as quiet as possible, or I'll put one in your lap first.]]

* BadBoss: Seriously, how is it even possible that people willingly work for Black Mask?
** Compared to his comic-book counterpart, Black Mask is a ''fantastic'' employer. He'll beat the crap out of someone every other meeting, sure, but at least he won't personally and horribly torture you ForTheEvulz or have all his lieutenants slaughtered on a whim.

---> [[spoiler: '''Jason''': What? Your moral code just won't allow for that? It's too hard to "cross that line"?]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Batman''': No! ''God'' almighty!... No. It'd be too damned '''easy'''. All I have ''ever'' wanted to do is kill him. A day doesn't go by I don't think about subjecting him to every horrendous torture he's dealt out to others and then... ''end'' him. [...] But if I do that, [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim if I allow myself to go down into that place]]... [[MoralEventHorizon I'll never come back]]. ]]

** During his early years as Robin, Jason resembles and behaves like his pre-Crisis version and Dick Grayson Robin; while in his teens, he acts more like his Post-Crisis version.

** Black Mask pulls this after Red Hood starts dismantling his operations.

* BloodlessCarnage: Done intentionally to keep the film PG-13, though it's {{averted|Trope}} in quite a few instances. One example is the Joker beating Jason Todd with a tire iron for several hours, with the only damage visible being a slightly ripped mask, then being blown up by a bomb and leaving an untouched corpse, though this was more to have Batman hold Todd's body.

* WhiteAndGrayMorality: Batman and Red Hood.

A film in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies 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, Creator/JensenAckles as the Red Hood, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris as Nightwing, and JohnDiMaggio as the Joker.

--> '''Black Mask''': [[LampshadeHanging "You can't. Trust. ANYONE."]]

* BloodlessCarnage: Done intentionally to keep the film PG-13, though it's {{averted|Trope}} in quite a few instances.

** Black Mask's characterization has been somewhat changed. He's gone from a MagnificentBastard, HeManWomanHater, to a guy with a HairTriggerTemper constantly complaining he's SurroundedByIdiots (except for his right-hand woman, who's probably the only person who works for him he has yet to punch).

-->'''ComicBook/TheJoker''': You expert, rootin' tootin', eagle-eyed, Goth-lovin' marksman. I love it! You managed to find a way to win. ''[[DramaticIrony And everybody still loses]]''!

-->'''ComicBook/TheJoker'': You expert, rootin' tootin', eagle-eyed, Goth-lovin' marksman. I love it! You managed to find a way to win. ''[[DramaticIrony And everybody still loses]]''!

* TakeAThirdOption: When the Red Hood confronts Batman with a SadisticChoice [[spoiler: between killing the Joker himself, letting Jason do it, or shooting Jason to stop him, Bruce manages to block up Jason's gun, causing it to explode in his hand. The Joker is the only one pleased by this]]. Averted moments later--[[spoiler:when the bomb is activated, he clearly picks Jason over the Joker]].