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I like Hush, and I didn't find the twist that unbelievable, but it did have an entry on Trivia so someone clearly does.
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* AssPull: The plot is able to happen because Riddler, dying of cancer, breaks into and uses one of the Lazarus Pits, and the pain and insanity that resulted let him [[spoiler: piece together Batman's secret identity, which he uses in conjunction with Tommy to produce the Hush plot]]. The foreshadowing to this twist is ''extremely'' subtle, and the foreshadowing to the backstory is nonexistent.
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* BrokenBase: ''Hush'' stands out as being seen as either one of Batman's best 2000s stories, or one of his worst. Its strong points and weak points are more or less the same; it operates less as a cohesive mystery story and more as a character piece and a vehicle for references to and recreations of other Batman stories backed by Lee's artwork. This results in it being viewed as an exciting GatewaySeries that rewards longterm familiarity by fans and a derivative and shallow RandomEventsPlot by critics. Similarly, its exploration of Batman's relationships with his supporting cast and the deep bench of his RoguesGallery are either interesting, readable, and show a deep understanding of the character, or, again, little more than a highlight reel of moments from other, better, Batman stories.
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* BrokenBase: ''Hush'' stands out as being seen as either one of Batman's best 2000s stories, or one of his worst. Its strong points and weak points are more or less the same; it operates less as a cohesive mystery story and more as a character piece and a vehicle for references to and recreations of other Batman stories backed by Lee's artwork. This results in it being viewed as an exciting GatewaySeries that rewards longterm familiarity by fans and a derivative and shallow RandomEventsPlot by critics. Similarly, its exploration of Batman's relationships with his supporting cast and the deep bench of his RoguesGallery are either interesting, readable, and show a deep understanding of the character, characters, or, again, little more than a highlight reel of moments from other, better, Batman stories.
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* GatewaySeries: As [[BrokenBase broken the base]] can be, there's a reason for its acclaim. With its RandomEventsPlot, usage of various Batman characters as well as using Catwoman as the LoveInterest, and the acclaimed artwork by Creator/JimLee, this arc proved to be an effective way for new fans to start their interest in comics.
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* GatewaySeries: As [[BrokenBase broken the base]] can be, there's a reason for its acclaim. With its RandomEventsPlot, usage of various Batman characters as well as using Catwoman as the LoveInterest, and the acclaimed artwork by Creator/JimLee, this arc proved to be an effective way for new fans to start their interest in comics.comics, showing off the breadth of modern Batman's world and exploring his relationships with his various friends and foes.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: This sums up the consensus from the book's detractors (though it's [[BrokenBase far from universal]]). It's not entirely awful and it's a [[GatewaySeries good book for newcomers]] due to its RandomEventsPlot, references to past stories, and the usage of Batman's supporting cast and rogues gallery. Not to mention the art by Creator/JimLee is gorgeous. Beyond that, however, many regard the story and mystery to be shallow, derivative, and underwhelming. Especially when compared to Creator/JephLoeb's previous Batman comics, ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory''.
* {{Tearjerker}}: Bruce spends most of Chapter Seven in an UnstoppableRage, beating the everloving hell out of the Joker with every intention to kill him. And while he's doing so, he flashes back to every friend and family member who has suffered at the clown's hands. When Gordon finally snaps him out of it, Batman doesn't turn to him with frustration or anger, but is instead clearly on the verge of tears. The sheer guilt and grief Batman feels for everyone who has ever suffered at the hands of his foe has never been more heartrendingly apparent.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Detractors of the story generally agree that it would have made more sense for Hush to be Jason Todd, as rumor has it was the original plan. These fans sort of got their wish, though, in the ''Red Hood'' storyline, where it was revealed that Batman initially ''had'' been facing Jason Todd in the graveyard scene before Jason Todd was replaced by Clayface impersonating him partway through the fight.
* {{Tearjerker}}: Bruce spends most of Chapter Seven in an UnstoppableRage, beating the everloving hell out of the Joker with every intention to kill him. And while he's doing so, he flashes back to every friend and family member who has suffered at the clown's hands. When Gordon finally snaps him out of it, Batman doesn't turn to him with frustration or anger, but is instead clearly on the verge of tears. The sheer guilt and grief Batman feels for everyone who has ever suffered at the hands of his foe has never been more heartrendingly apparent.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Detractors of the story generally agree that it would have made more sense for Hush to be Jason Todd, as rumor has it was the original plan. These fans sort of got their wish, though, in the ''Red Hood'' storyline, where it was revealed that Batman initially ''had'' been facing Jason Todd in the graveyard scene before Jason Todd was replaced by Clayface impersonating him partway through the fight.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: This sums up the consensus from the book's detractors (though it's [[BrokenBase far from universal]]). It's not entirely awful and it's a [[GatewaySeries good book for newcomers]] due to its RandomEventsPlot, references to past stories, and the usage of Batman's supporting cast and rogues gallery. Not to mention the art by Creator/JimLee is gorgeous. Beyond that, however, many regard the story and mystery to be shallow, derivative, and underwhelming. Especially underwhelming, especially when compared to Creator/JephLoeb's previous Batman comics, ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory''.
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** Bruce spends most of Chapter Seven in an UnstoppableRage, beating the everloving hell out of the Joker with every intention to kill him. And while he's doing so, he flashes back to every friend and family member who has suffered at the clown's hands. When Gordon finally snaps him out of it, Batman doesn't turn to him with frustration or anger, but is instead clearly on the verge of tears. The sheer guilt and grief Batman feels for everyone who has ever suffered at the hands of his foe has never been more heartrendingly apparent.
** At the conclusion of his battle with Clayface disguised as Jason Todd, Batman [[SpottingTheThread knows it's an impostor]] because he knows Jason knew that he loved him. Considering how fraught Bruce and Jason's relationship became after Jason ''did'' come back from the dead, it's a tragically tender moment of emotional vulnerability.
** After a series-long gradual build-up to Batman opening up to Catwoman and pursuing a more serious relationship with her, even unmasking himself as Bruce Wayne to put them on equal footing, Batman ruins everything at the last moment when Catwoman tells him to "hush" while making out, and at the end of the comic is left alone and miserable, aware that his own paranoia has just destroyed in moments what he's spent weeks trying to build up.
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** Two-Face [[spoiler: getting a miraculously perfect facial reconstruction, allowing the Harvey Dent personality to reclaim control and derail the bad guys' whole plan]] is a pretty good story idea in a vacuum that makes good use of the villains' skillsets and weaknesses... but also, you know, happens completely off-page and between issues with minimal foreshadowing. There were apparently plans to use flashbacks to explore this before ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' reshuffled the deck and [[StatusQuoIsGod saw Harvey Dent put right back where he was before this story]].
** Detractors of the story generally agree that it would have made more sense for Hush to be Jason Todd, as rumor has it was the original plan. These fans sort of got their wish, though, in the ''Red Hood'' storyline, where it was revealed that Batman initially ''had'' been facing Jason Todd in the graveyard scene before Jason Todd was replaced by Clayface impersonating him partway through thefight.fight, although ''this'' has the side effect of making the story's supporters decry the change as [[VoodooShark even more nonsensical than the haters claimed the old scene was]].
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** Bruce spends most of Chapter Seven in an UnstoppableRage, beating the everloving hell out of the Joker with every intention to kill him. And while he's doing so, he flashes back to every friend and family member who has suffered at the clown's hands. When Gordon finally snaps him out of it, Batman doesn't turn to him with frustration or anger, but is instead clearly on the verge of tears. The sheer guilt and grief Batman feels for everyone who has ever suffered at the hands of his foe has never been more heartrendingly apparent.
** At the conclusion of his battle with Clayface disguised as Jason Todd, Batman [[SpottingTheThread knows it's an impostor]] because he knows Jason knew that he loved him. Considering how fraught Bruce and Jason's relationship became after Jason ''did'' come back from the dead, it's a tragically tender moment of emotional vulnerability.
** After a series-long gradual build-up to Batman opening up to Catwoman and pursuing a more serious relationship with her, even unmasking himself as Bruce Wayne to put them on equal footing, Batman ruins everything at the last moment when Catwoman tells him to "hush" while making out, and at the end of the comic is left alone and miserable, aware that his own paranoia has just destroyed in moments what he's spent weeks trying to build up.
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** Two-Face [[spoiler: getting a miraculously perfect facial reconstruction, allowing the Harvey Dent personality to reclaim control and derail the bad guys' whole plan]] is a pretty good story idea in a vacuum that makes good use of the villains' skillsets and weaknesses... but also, you know, happens completely off-page and between issues with minimal foreshadowing. There were apparently plans to use flashbacks to explore this before ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' reshuffled the deck and [[StatusQuoIsGod saw Harvey Dent put right back where he was before this story]].
** Detractors of the story generally agree that it would have made more sense for Hush to be Jason Todd, as rumor has it was the original plan. These fans sort of got their wish, though, in the ''Red Hood'' storyline, where it was revealed that Batman initially ''had'' been facing Jason Todd in the graveyard scene before Jason Todd was replaced by Clayface impersonating him partway through the
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* OneSceneWonder: ComicBook/LexLuthor. Finds out Batman kidnapped [=LexCorp=] CEO Talia and promises vengeance... [[VaguenessIsComing Soon.]] Expanded upon in Loeb's ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'' story arc.
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* OneSceneWonder: ComicBook/LexLuthor. Finds out Batman kidnapped [=LexCorp=] CEO Talia and promises vengeance... [[VaguenessIsComing Soon.]] Expanded upon in Loeb's ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'' ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies2004'' story arc.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: This sums up the consensus from the book's detractors. It's not entirely awful and it's a [[GatewaySeries good book for newcomers]] due to its RandomEventsPlot, references to past stories, and the usage of Batman's supporting cast and rogues gallery. Not to mention the art by Creator/JimLee is gorgeous. Beyond that, however, many regard the story and mystery to be underwhelming and shallow. Especially when compared to Creator/JephLoeb's previous Batman comics, ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory''.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: This sums up the consensus from the book's detractors.detractors (though it's [[BrokenBase far from universal]]). It's not entirely awful and it's a [[GatewaySeries good book for newcomers]] due to its RandomEventsPlot, references to past stories, and the usage of Batman's supporting cast and rogues gallery. Not to mention the art by Creator/JimLee is gorgeous. Beyond that, however, many regard the story and mystery to be underwhelming shallow, derivative, and shallow.underwhelming. Especially when compared to Creator/JephLoeb's previous Batman comics, ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory''.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: This sums up the consensus from the book's detractors. It's not entirely awful and it's a [[GatewaySeries good book for newcomers]] due to its RandomEventsPlot, references to past stories, and the usage of Batman's supporting cast and rogues gallery. Not to mention the art by Creator/JimLee is gorgeous. Beyond that, however, many regard the story and mystery to be underwhelming and shallow. Especially when compared to Creator/JephLoeb's previous Batman comics, ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory''.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In the only movie scene he has, Damian Wayne calls up Bruce to express his feelings on Catwoman that border more on the negative than positive. Due to being conceived by a supervillain in Talia al-Ghul himself and seeing first hand how awful she was, was Damian genuinely concerned for Bruce's choice in Selina Kyle and felt he should be extra vigilant? Or was he simply feeling insecure about his place in Bruce's life and didn't want anymore potential Wayne heirs in the future as competition? The fact that he told Bruce to use protection certainly didn't make Damian seem like he was happy about the prospect of future siblings.
* ContestedSequel: People seem to be fairy divided on how much ''Hush'' was an improvement over previous DCAMU Batman movies. In one camp, you have people who loved Batman and Catwoman's romance, the more intense action, and even the huge plot twist that deviated from the source material where [[spoiler: Hush was revealed to be Riddler]], finding ''Hush'' to be the best Batman movie in the DCAMU yet. On the other side of the fence, you have people who hated the film for precisely the Batman and Catwoman romance and the film deviating from the comic books. Needless to say, from their point of view, ''Hush'' does very little, if anything, to improve upon past DCAMU Batman movies.
* CriticalDissonance: Professional critics and watchers who were unfamiliar with the original story loved the film, praising the action scenes and the interactions between Batman and Catwoman, resulting in an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On the other hand, hardcore comic book fans and purists utterly despised this adaptation, with the film's uninspired animation style and the changes to Hush's backstory and identity being the main sources of criticism.
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** Bruce is on his way to a date with Selina Kyle, resulting in snark from Dick about how she likes both Batman and Bruce despite not knowing they're the same person. The next scene after that Bruce gets a video call from Damian, who starts lecturing him on dating a criminal, insists that Bruce use protection and [[SlippingAMickey cover his drink]], resulting in Bruce hanging up on him.
** When Batman fights Clayface in the prison, the Joker is in his cell acting like a jilted girlfiriend, complaining about Batman fighting other villains and not bothering to defend him. Also, his commentary on the fight, including yelling at Gordon to do something.
** After Bane has been taken down, the boy he kidnapped kicks him and calls him an "asshole".
** Poison Ivy is ''made'' of these. She tries so hard to be TheVamp, but whenever she's caught off-guard, she blurts out "SHIT!" or [[CurseCutShort "MOTHERFU-"]] in a very amusing fashion. When the heroes finally capture her, she immediately [[LovableCoward drops the act and tries to weasel out of responsibility]] by blaming Hush.
* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler:Nygma]] says that the Lazarus Pit gave him a "clarity" allowing him to learn the Batman's identity. The Pit gives sane people temporary madness, so it can have the opposite effect on someone who's ''already'' insane. As such, the Pit temporarily rid [[spoiler:Edward]] of his compulsive ComplexityAddiction, which was the main thing keeping his brilliant mind from finding out.
* MagnificentBitch: [[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Selina Kyle]], also known as Catwoman, is a snarky former thief and old flame of [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]]'s. Beginning the film brainwashed by Poison Ivy to steal some ransom money, Selina is able to break her brainwashing long enough to save an injured Batman from a group of thugs and later helps Batman track Ivy to Metropolis. When they are forced to fight a brainwashed Superman, Selina pretends to kidnap Lois as part of the plan to snap him out of his brainwashing, before going against the plan by actually pushing Lois off the roof when it doesn't work at first. Becoming a BattleCouple with Batman after he reveals his secret identity to her, Selina later escapes from the Hush's attempt to kill her and even prevents Bruce from saving the villain despite knowing of Batman's "no kill" rule.
* {{Narm}}:
** Early on we see Catwoman land on a moving train and Batman plummet the height of a skyscraper into solid concrete - and they both survive! The sheer absurdity of the scenes sap away all drama and make them much more comical than intended.
** For no reason other than aesthetics, the surgical scars Riddler has from his brain surgery are shaped like a question mark.
* OneSceneWonder: Batgirl only appears for a few minutes and barely affects the plot, but she still makes an impression due to the way that she holds her own against Catwoman and shows some amazement about how CrazyPrepared Batman, Dick, and Alfred are about vigilantism.
* RomanticPlotTumor: Much of the canon material from the original comic has been omitted in favor of [[AdaptationExpansion focusing heavily on Bruce and Selina's romance]], which some view as a negative aspect of the adaptation.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Thomas Elliot is murdered and, unlike in the comics, he really was a good man and one of Bruce's few true friends.]]
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As with ''WesternAnimation/TheDeathOfSuperman'' before it, fans who had hoped for a completely faithful adaptation were less than thrilled by the number of changes made to the story (the fact that the animation doesn't try to emulate Jim Lee's art style, Tim Drake being replaced by Damian Wayne, Barbara being Batgirl instead of Oracle). To say nothing of [[spoiler:Hush actually being Edward Nygma and not Thomas Elliot.]]
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: This film had over two dozen comic characters, and most were underutilized. Heroic characters like Batgirl and Damian Wayne are only in small inconsequential cameos. Superman and Lois Lane are limited to just one subplot and forgotten for the remainder of the film. Villains like Penguin, Two Face and Mr. Freeze only show up in still scenes during a battle montage.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Detractors of the story generally agree that it would have made more sense for Hush to be Jason Todd, as rumor has it was the original plan. These fans sort of got their wish, though, in the ''Red Hood'' storyline, where it was revealed that Batman initially ''had'' being facing Jason Todd in the graveyard scene before Jason Todd was replaced by Clayface impersonating him partway through the fight.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Detractors of the story generally agree that it would have made more sense for Hush to be Jason Todd, as rumor has it was the original plan. These fans sort of got their wish, though, in the ''Red Hood'' storyline, where it was revealed that Batman initially ''had'' being been facing Jason Todd in the graveyard scene before Jason Todd was replaced by Clayface impersonating him partway through the fight.
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* FridgeLogic: [[spoiler: Why would the Joker even want to convince Batman that he didn’t “kill” Thomas during the scene where Batman is attacking him? After all, doesn’t the Joker WANT to make [[TheCorrupter Batman break his code]] [[StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred by making him kill]]? For Joker, Batman actually trying to kill him [[ThanatosGambit should be his dream come true]], so there’s no reason for Joker to run away from Batman or try to prove his innocence to him. All Joker had to do is shut up and just let Batman kill him, and Joker would’ve finally gotten what he wanted. So why didn’t he?]]
