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Gotham City Police Department and Government
Hamilton Hill
Mayor Hamilton Hill
Voiced by: Lloyd Bochner
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | The New Batman Adventures
Hamilton Hill was the mayor of Gotham City during the early years of Batman's crime-fighting.
- Adaptational Heroism: Not in any way corrupt like he is in the comics. Though if The Adventures Continue is indeed canon, this becomes subverted as he takes over leadership of the Court of Owls.
- Alliterative Name: His first and last names both begin with "H".
- Butt-Monkey: Well, he wanted to be Gotham City Mayor... this was to be expected.
- Character Development: He was very distrustful of Batman, but eventually accepted him after being saved repeatedly along with saving his son from the Joker.
- Create Your Own Villain: With the Clock King. Hill was Just Trying to Help Temple Fugate, but given Hill is the Butt-Monkey, that didn't work out so well for Fugate.
- Face–Heel Turn: In The Adventures Continue, he learns about the Court of Owls and opts to join them.
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father: He disapproves of his son Jordan practicing magic tricks.
- Mayor Pain: A mild case of the Mayor Incompetent version, instead of the Mayor Evil version his comic counterpart was, as he was critical of Batman and Gordon early on.
- Parents as People: He is a decent mayor, but at one point he used his son's birthday to promote himself politically. That and his disapproval of his son's interest in magic drove the boy to run away from home. He still loves him though. He regrets his attitude after his son runs away and is overjoyed when he's brought back to him unharmed.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: The animated version of Hill showed absolutely no trace of the corruption that the comics version demonstrated.
Harvey Bullock
Detective Harvey Bullock
Voiced by: Robert Costanzo
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | Superman: The Animated Series | The New Batman Adventures | Static Shock | Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Detective Harvey Bullock was a top investigator for the Gotham Police Department who worked directly under Commissioner Gordon. Known for his love of food, he was still quite an effective cop in his own right, although probably not quite as effective as he would like to think he was. He doesn't trust or like Batman, even considering him a criminal at times, but has still teamed up with him to keep Gotham safe on numerous occasions.
- Acrofatic: He often displays surprising agility for a guy with his build.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the comics, he started out as a Dirty Cop who grew into an honest one after working for Gordon. Here, he is never portrayed as corrupt, but still as a fat jerk.
- Adaptational Jerkass: On the other hand - in contemporary comics he'd pretty much mellowed out on Batman (after the events of "A Bullet For Bullock"), and the GCPD's resident Bat-skeptic was usually played by Commissioner Gordon's wife and lieutenant Sarah Essen. Since she was Adapted Out in the show, Bullock carries the role all the way on the show.
- Aloof Ally: Eventually to the Batfamily.
- Anti-Hero: He despises Batman, works below the board, lies about his accomplishments, has zero respect for people and their privacy, and in the words of Alfred, "looks like an unmade bed". Yet he's also a startlingly skilled fighter and wholeheartedly dedicated to getting rid of Gotham's "scum". He's essentially the kind of cop who would be a huge supporter of Batman's vigilantism if his own ego would let him. Summed up pretty well in "Vendetta", when Batman brings up the possibility he might have a hand in the kidnappings going around (especially since the victim was part of something that could have incriminated Bullock).Commissioner Gordon: Look, Harvey Bullock's a hard guy to work with. Even harder to like. But he's a good cop, Batman. He's clean!
- Badass Boast: From "Vendetta", "I just want all the scum buckets and dirt bags in this town to know they better lay low, ‘cause Bullock’s back and ready to kick butt!"
- Badass Normal: Manages to give an almost Batman-level beatdown to a roomful of thugs without taking a single hit in "POV".
- Berserk Button: Revealed in "A Bullet for Bullock." He's pretty willing to admit that he's slovenly and willing to bend rules to get perps off the street, but don't accuse him to his face of being on the take...Bullock: Watch it freak! I never took a dime from nobody!
- Brooklyn Rage: While he's not too hotheaded, he does have a Brooklyn accent and uses aggressive methods.
- Butt-Monkey: In several episodes, especially "Harley's Holiday".
- Characterization Marches On: In the early episodes, he and Gordon were constantly at each other's throats, with Gordon even threatening to have him fired a few times. Later episodes portrayed him as being fiercely loyal to Gordon.
- He also grows to be gradually more accepting of the Bat family and superheroes in general as the series goes on, notably praising Batgirl and Supergirl on television as "showing potential".
- Cowboy Cop: He is a well-meaning cop who usually bends the rules by roughing up suspects during interrogations.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's often a reckless oaf, but he can be very competent and agile when he needs to.
- Donut Mess with a Cop: His love of donuts goes without saying. There's one scene early in the show's run, in "Pretty Poison", where most of the police rush out of headquarters in response to some emergency and he lingers to grab one. Twice.
- Fat Bastard: Downplayed. He's rude, filthy, in love with donuts and a general mess. His only saving grace is that he is an honest cop: this is what puts him on Commissioner Gordon's side.
- Fat Slob:Alfred: Harvey Bullock? The detective who looks like an unmade bed?
- Fedora of Asskicking: Brawler who wears a fedora.
- Fire-Forged Friends: As noted in Characterization Marches On, he starts out as one of Commissioner Gordon's biggest headaches, but eventually the two became staunch allies.
- Good is Not Nice: During the episode, "A Bullet for Bullock".
- Hidden Badass: Bullock's anti heroic qualities, low hygiene standards and his Butt-Monkey status make him seem stupid to the audience, but Mayor Hill recognized him as a detective that "get results" making him someone between Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass and Let's Get Dangerous!.
- Hidden Depths: He also has some good forensic skills, like in "The Laughing Fish" when he determined that a Japanese tang had come from an aquarium at the same time Batman did.
- Inspector Javert: Twice, most notably in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. Out of all the GCPD Harvey's the most prepared to hunt down Batman if it ever appears he's gone too far.
- It's All About Me: Most of the time he keeps his prideful attitude from interfering with his work. But during the episode, "A Bullet For Bullock", it went out of control when he starts to care more about his well-being and safety. To the point that he won't go to the police department for help.
- He also tries to be a glory-hog in "P.O.V.", but ends up screwing up the sting operation.
- Jerkass: He's shown himself to be quite inconsiderate on several occasions.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: After a Humiliation Conga that only can be considered epic, Harvey genuinely tries to thank the Batman for all his help. He's also fiercely loyal to Commissioner Gordon, and comforts Barbara when the man is framed for taking bribes. Also hands some money to the young daughter of a criminal that he put behind bars once he finds out who she is in the New Adventures holiday special.
- Kavorka Man: Undeniably rough looking, yet, still (implicitly) hooked up with Summer Gleeson at some point in the past.
- The Lancer: To Gordon, being far more rough around the edges than Jim.
- Never My Fault: In "P.O.V.", he blames Batman for ruining the whole operation, and accuses Montoya and Wilkes of being late, outright lying about much of what happened. Meanwhile, the other two are honest in their testimony (though Wilkes' account is heavily colored by his perception of Batman's mystique, he's still as truthful and accurate as he can be).
- Negated Moment of Awesome: He pounds several thugs in "P.O.V."... and manages to ruin the sting operation and set the building on fire in the process.
- Noble Bigot with a Badge:Bullock: Let's get something straight form the git-go, I think you're a freak and a menace, and those are your good points. But the Commish says you serve a purpose, so I go along.
Batman: I appreciate your honesty. - Noodle Incident: In "A Bullet For Bullock" it's implied he and Summer Gleeson might've once been an item. No details have been put forth as of yet.
- "Not So Different" Remark: He suggests this to Batman in "A Bullet for Bullock" while explaining that he (Bullock) doesn't want to get Internal Affairs involved in a case because Bullock is implied to have leaked information to the press and violated the rights of suspects. Batman rejects it but considering that a few minutes later he intimidates a drug dealer for information by dangling him in front of a car...Batman: Are you on the take?
Bullock: Watch it, freak! I never took a dime from nobody! (now smiling nervously) I just bend the rules a little bit. You understand. We're not all that different.
Batman: We're on the same side, but we're not the same. - One-Steve Limit: Averted. He shares his first name with Harvey Dent.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: For all his Jerkassery, he's legitimately horrified when Gordon gets shot in "I Am The Night". His ranting at Batman later in the episode comes across less like his normal distrust of the vigilante and more like genuine fury over his friend being hurt.
- Oral Fixation: Constantly chewed a toothpick, in a way that made it rather clear he either used to smoke, or still did when the camera and censors weren't around.
- Pet the Dog:
- He has a soft spot for Barbara and Montoya.
- While posing as a Mall Santa in "Holiday Knights", he acts apathetic and insulting to most of the children that sit on his lap, but when he learns that a little girl who asked for her father to be home for Christmas is the daughter of a criminal he arrested, he tactfully tells her that sometimes not even Santa can make every wish come true and gives her some money he encourages her to use to buy herself a present. When she asks if she can use the money to buy something for her father as well, he replies that she can as long as it's not a hacksaw.
- He seems genuinely upset about Batman's supposed death in "The Man Who Killed Batman". (part of it may be sympathy for Gordon, who is "taking it pretty hard", but that merely shifts the focus a bit).
- The Pigpen: So much so that Nivens, his landlord tried to scare him to make him leave town, and when that didn't work he tried to kill him.
- Rabid Cop: Hoo boy. During his Limelight episode, "A Bullet for Bullock", he proves how out of his mind he was when he eagerly rummaged through Summer's office instead of waiting patiently. He eventually gets better by the end of the episode, though.
- Stout Strength: He sure can fight.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Gradually develops a grudging acceptance of Batman.
- Undying Loyalty: Though he does often go off on his own when he disagrees with Gordon's methods, he is intensely loyal to him - and it is this loyalty if nothing else that shows his heart of gold. All of the other cops under Gordon's command have it, but Bullock is the one in whom it is most often shown.
- What Does This Button Do?: Asks this about one of the Batmobile's buttons. Batman half-grins and says, "Passenger ejector seat".
James Gordon
Commissioner James Gordon
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Voiced by: Bob Hastings
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | Superman: The Animated Series | The New Batman Adventures | Gotham Girls | Static Shock | Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
"Gotta keep fighting, never stop. What I try to live by. Maybe if I'd been younger, I could have been like you (Batman). Always wanted to be a hero."
Commissioner James W. Gordon was the head of the Gotham Police Department. He had one child, a daughter named Barbara, who would go on to become Batgirl and later succeeded him as Head of Police.
- Action Dad: To Barbara.
- Art Evolution: He received a redesign due to the Retool. In Batman: TAS, he was fairly heavy, had a sort of "whippy-doo" as part of his hairstyle, and carried a pipe. By the time of TNBA, he was positively gaunt in comparison, had a crew cut, and lacked the pipe.
- Badass Normal: He is a useful ally to Batman even though he's just a normal man.
- The Commissioner Gordon: Acts as the chief liaison between the official authorities and Batman.
- This notion is deconstructed in "Over The Edge": If Gordon were to stop tolerating Batman, in the supposed death of Barbara, then Batman could no longer operate since Gordon could easily shut down Bruce's operation and take him into custody.
- Cool Old Guy: For the most part.
- Kicked Upstairs: The series bible notes that his promotion to Commissioner was an attempt to invoke this by the corrupt then-mayor to make him more amenable to police corruption. It backfired when he showed up on his first day wearing his old patrolman's uniform, sending a signal to the white-collar bureaucrats that he wasn't one of them and endearing himself both to the public and to the department's patrol cops.
- Knight Templar Parent: In Over The Edge, Barbara feared that he would become this if she ever died in the line of duty, his grief driving him to destroy Batman. It turns out to just be a fear. See Open-Minded Parent.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: He has a square jaw.
- Open-Minded Parent: After an incident with Scarecrow, Barbara decides to come clean with her father, Commissioner Gordon, about being Batgirl. Before she can tell him, however, he interrupts her and explains that while he can't approve of what she does he's still proud of her in a way that heavily suggests he knows she is Batgirl.
- Outliving One's Offspring: In "Over the Edge," Barbara's death drives him insanity. Thank goodness it turns out to have been All Just a Dream...there's a reason it's said no parent should ever have to bury their child.
- Parental Substitute: Batman admits this to Dick Grayson."He was a friend. More than that. Jim Gordon is the same age my father would have been had he [lived]."
- Reasonable Authority Figure: He trusts Batman and knows he's doing the right thing.
- Secret-Keeper: In Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Barbara reveals to Terry that her father was the only person not present at Batman and Joker's final confrontation who was made aware of what happened and that he kept it a secret for Robin's sake.
- Secret Secret-Keeper: He was implied to be this for Barbara - when she tried to tell him the truth, he told her that he was proud of her and she didn't need him to approve her actions anymore. His dialogue suggests that he can't admit to knowing Barbara is Batgirl because it'd put him in an uncomfortable legal position.
Renee Montoya
Officer Renee Montoya
Voiced by: Ingrid Oliu (Batman: The Animated Series), Liane Schirmer (The New Batman Adventures and Batman and Mr.Freeze: Subzero), Adrienne Barbeau (Gotham Girls)
Renee Montoya was an officer and later a detective of the Gotham Police Department.
- Action Girl: One of Gotham's most competent and toughest police officers.
- Breakout Character: Along with Harley Quinn, Montoya was a new character created for the series who soon became firmly established into the main DC Comics universe.
- Canon Immigrant: In the comics, she becomes one of the central characters of both Gotham Central and 52. In 52 she becomes The Question...note However, while the character is now known as a lesbian, that is a case of Adaptational Sexuality as the original series bible of Batman: TAS originally had her having had a husband that died before she joined the GCPD and her sexuality is never established in the series proper. Word of Ty Templeton says she is in fact a lesbian
- Deadpan Snarker: More serious than some of the other characters, but she has her moments. After a night of frustration with his boorish ways she makes bedroom eyes at Bullock after Harley kicks him. She was dressed as a police stripper and Bullock tried hitting on her.
- Fair Cop: She's very attractive.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Mutters Spanish upon learning of Batman's "death".
- Curses when Harley and Ivy got away from her the second time.
- Hardboiled Detective: She tracked down and rescued Batman in "P.O.V.", and was also one of the main officers hunting him down in "Over the Edge".
- Spicy Latina: She has an implied Hispanic heritage and is beautiful.
Other Superheroes
Batwoman (UNMARKED SPOILERS)
Batwoman (Kathy Duquesne, Rocky Ballantine, Sonia Alcana)
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Kathy DuquesneClick here to see Batwoman # 2
Rocky BallantineClick here to see Batwoman # 3
Sonia AlcanaVoiced by: Kyra Sedgwick (Masked), Kimberly Brooks (Kathy), Kelly Ripa (Rocky), and Elisa Gabrielli (Sonia)
Appearances: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
A mysterious vigilante. In spite of appearances, she is not affiliated with the Bat or any of his companions, and she seems to have goals of her own.
In truth, she is a costumed identity that is actually used by three women who are working together: Kathy Duquesne, Roxanne "Rocky" Ballantine, and Detective Sonia Alcana. After completing their goals and exposing their identities in the process, the trio put away the suit.
- Adaptational Badass: Kate Kane, the original Batwoman from the source material, originally became a heroine partly to win the affections of Batman, who was uninterested. This version is a very strong anti-heroine that does not need Batman’s affections in order to complete her duties.
- Adaptational Jerkass: She is much of an anti-heroine here instead of being an actual heroine, which is why
DC insisted that the filmmakers not actually use the original Batwoman from the comics, Kathy Kane. That didn't stop the writers from homaging her via Kathy Duquesne (pronounced Kathy Du-kane). Nor did it stop them from making this Kathy one of the Batwomen. - Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Rocky, Kathy, and Sonia.
- Call-Forward: Her costume covers her entire body, including her mouth and has an angular reddish bat symbol on the chest area, which brings to mind the costume that Bruce, along with Terry, will wear in the future of the DCAU.
- Cast as a Mask: Kyra Sedgwick voices Batwoman while in-costume to hide that she's actually three separate women sharing an identity.
- Collective Identity: Batwoman is actually three different women working together, them being Kathy, Rocky, and Sonia.
- Form-Fitting Wardrobe: The costume she wears is very form-fitting.
- Highly-Visible Ninja: She wears a silver and pink costume.
- Ms. Fanservice: She wears a very form-fitting costume that accentuates her voluptuous yet athletic body, nice bust, toned stomach, and long toned yet shapely legs.
- Mythology Gag: Kathy is named after Katherine "Kathy/Kate" Kane, the civilian identity of Batwoman in the usual continuities. Kate Kane was also a wealthy heiress in Gotham.
- Pink Is Feminine: Her costume has pink accents.
- Red Herring: The mystery of the movie seems to lead into one of the other three main female leads being the civilian identity of Batwoman. It's actually all three.
Etrigan
Jason Blood/Etrigan
Voiced by: Billy Zane (The New Batman Adventures), Michael T. Weiss (Justice League/Justice League Unlimited), Kevin Conroy (Unlimited, "Kid's Stuff"), Dee Bradley Baker (Unlimited, infant self in "Kid's Stuff")
Appearances: The New Batman Adventures | Justice League | Justice League Unlimited
Jason Blood was a knight of King Arthur who betrayed Camelot to Morgan le Fay. As punishment, Merlin bound him to the demon Etrigan, granting him immortality, and charged him to oppose Morgan forever after.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Etrigan in this continuity is a genuine hero who does good deeds with no strings attached in contrast to his comics counterpart, who is just as often an enemy of the other heroes as he is their ally and frequently had an ulterior motive when he was on the heroes' side in addition to betraying them whenever it served him.
- All There in the Manual: While Jason and Etrigan's debut in the show itself was a case of "Remember the New Guy?", Paul Dini and Bruce Timm did do The Batman Adventures Annual #2, which did detail their first meeting with Batman, in which they helped him prevent Ra's al Ghul from summoning a demon that would destroy the world.
- Art Evolution: In TNBA, Etrigan was bulky and had a smoother face. In Justice League, outside of his lips becoming black, he was redesigned to be more Kirbyesque, featuring a more detailed face and slimmer frame.
- Arch-Enemy: To Morgan le Fay. He shows up in "Kids' Stuff" with no explanation because it's a Mordred episode.
- Baby Morph Episode: He becomes a baby demon in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Kid's Stuff".
- By the Power of Grayskull!: "Gone! Gone, the form of Man! Rise, the Demon Etrigan!"
- Deadpan Snarker: Sometimes:Etrigan: Don't trust the Martian. He's damaged goods.
Batman: I trust J'onn with my life.
Etrigan: I'll send flowers. - Early Installment Character-Design Difference: His debut in The New Batman Adventures episode "The Demon Within" had him depicted with less detailed ear-fins, a larger build, shorter horns, a more prominent nose and noticeably lacking a black coloration in his lips.
- Extreme Omnivore: As a baby in "Kids' Stuff", Etrigan eats the Amulet of the First Sorcery, leading to Mordred's defeat.
- Love Makes You Evil: He betrayed Camelot for love of Morgan.
- Really 700 Years Old: Once a knight of Camelot, now an occultist in the modern day.
- Remember the New Guy?: While he debuted in "The Demon Within", that episode does show he and Batman have a history. That said, this might be downplayed given while he didn't appear in the series itself prior to that point, the second annual of The Batman Adventures covered their first run-in, where it was established that Etrigan and Batman first teamed up to foil Ra's al Ghul's scheme of summoning a demon to destroy the world.
- Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Morgan poisoned him when he was no longer of use to her. He would have died, but Merlin had other plans.
Jonah Hex
Jonah Hex
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | Justice League Unlimited
Jonah Hex was an outlaw, and later a bounty hunter in the late 1800s. He was easily identified by the right side of his face being grotesquely scarred, which hides his honorable nature.
- Age Lift: An odd example. Jonah Hex's date of birth in the comics is 1838 and thus he would have been forty-five in "Showdown" yet looks to be in his sixties. By the time of his appearance in Justice League Unlimited, which is set in 1879, he looks as he should at that age.
- Badass Longcoat: He wears a long coat.
- Badass Normal: He had no powers, but he's still a formidable fighter.
- Bounty Hunter: A cynical Wild West bounty hunter with a hideously scarred face and gruff manners that hide his heroism.
- Chick Magnet: Downplayed. Though initially shocked by his appearance, after getting to know him and pointing him in the direction of Duvall, the local Madame tells Hex to "stop in" the next time he's in town.
- Determinator: He never quits until he's got his man.
- Fakeout Escape: He is locked in a cell with an earth floor - so he digs a hole, gets into it, and covers himself with his bed. It is unclear what he did with the soil dug out.
- Good is Not Nice: Gives a subtle threat to the local sheriff not to get in the way of his pursuit of Duvall.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: He's a decent enough guy when put to the moral test, but his scarring leads to a lot of assumptions from others.
- The Gunslinger: Like most men of the Wild West.
- Signature Headgear:: His pale a cowboy hat.
- Old Soldier: A veteran of the American Civil War and while he looked to be in his 60's in the "Showdown" episode of Batman: The Animated Series; it didn't diminish his badassery one bit.
- Posthumous Character: He’s almost certainly dead by the present day.
- Pragmatic Hero: As an old west bounty hunter, he doesn't share Batman's disdain for guns and shoots to kill when cornered by some of Ra's henchman. The only reason they survive is thanks to their heat resistant smelter suits also being bulletproof.
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: He slaps away Arkady’s fifty thousand in gold and is more than happy to take the two hundred dollars he’d get by turning the criminal in.
- Seen It All: When he encounters the modern-day Justice League, he asks Batman if his utility belt means they're from the future. When Batman asks what makes him think that, Hex just smirks and says, "I've had a interestin' life."
- Two-Faced: A rare heroic example. A gunslinger resembling Clint Eastwood, he has a very ugly disfigurement similar to Two-Face's.
Swamp Thing
Swamp Thing
Voiced by: John DiMaggio
Appearances: Batman and Harley Quinn
A creature created by an accident involving scientist Alec Holland.
- The Cameo: He only appears in Batman and Harley Quinn briefly to reprimand Floronic Man before leaving.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Pre-Swamp-Thing Alec Holland appeared in a B:TAS spinoff comic, Batman Adventures (2003) #16, doing scientific research with Poison Ivy.
Zatanna Zatara
Zatanna Zatara
Click here to see her redesign
Voiced by: Julie Brown (Batman: The Animated Series), Stacie Randall (Gotham Girls), Jennifer Hale (Justice League Unlimited, "This Little Piggy"), Juliet Landau (Justice League Unlimited, "The Balance"note ), Virginie Ogouz (French/Batman: The Animated Series), Agnès Manoury (French/Justice League Unlimited, 1st voice), Dominique Westberg (French/Justice League Unlimited, 2nd voice)
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | The New Batman Adventuresnote | Gotham Girls | Justice League Unlimited | Justice League vs. The Fatal Fivenote
"What do you care about some leggy dame in nylons? Or have I answered my own question?"
Zatanna is a magician and stage performer with real magical powers, who joined the Justice League after the Thanagarian invasion.
- Age Lift: Originally, in the comics, Zatanna was a teenager starting out while Bruce was an adult who's been Batman for a few years. Here, much like with Dick and Barbara, Zatanna is presented around the same age as Bruce and this was also imported to the comics.
- The Cameo: In Justice League vs. The Fatal Five, a statue of her appears in the superhero museum in the 31st century.
- Characterization Marches On: Zatanna was an exceptionally talented but otherwise non-powered stage magician in Batman: TAS. A subsequent appearance in The Batman & Robin Adventures featured her unwittingly using an actual magical spell and by the time of Justice League Unlimited, she had gained full-fledged spell-casting like her comic book counterpart.
- Childhood Friends: She was good friends (as well as possessing a crush) with his father's student "John Smith" that actually was Bruce Wayne during his training to become a crime fighter. This becomes adapted into the mainstream comics.
- Combat Stilettos: She has pointed high-heeled shoes.
- Disappeared Dad: Her father, Zatara, is said to have passed away. However, the Unlimited comic reveals that he’s trapped in another dimension.
- Hot Witch: She is a very beautiful female magician who pairs her curvy figure with a skimpy outfit.
- Impossible Hourglass Figure: She wears a tight fitting tuxedo jacket with tails and a white bustier that highlights her impressive hourglass figure as well as her very voluptuous yet toned body and buxom breasts.
- Just Friends: By the events of Justice League, this is her relationship with Bruce. She refers to them as "just good friends" and notices that Bruce's feelings for Diana makes them more than coworkers. But in Batman Beyond, Zatanna is among the photo album of women Bruce in his life that he considered to be truly special, implying that he once harbored feelings for her but couldn't bring himself to act on them.
- Magicians Are Wizards: Zig-zagged. She is portrayed as a normal magician without magic powers in Batman: The Animated Series, but she does have magic powers in her appearances on Gotham Girls and Justice League Unlimited.
- Most Common Super Power: She has a very impressive bust.
- Ms. Fanservice: Zatanna is a very beautiful and quite curvy woman, with long toned yet shapely legs and wears a costume comprised of a tight fitting tuxedo jacket that has tails, a white bustier, a top hat, black panties, and fishnet stockings instead of pants.
- Mundane Utility: In Justice league Unlimited, she mixes actual magic into her traditional stage magic to make her finishes more impressive.
- Signature Headgear: Just like her comic book counterpart and most other versions, she often wears a top hat and can pull one out of thin air to complete her look when she's not.
- Stage Magician: She guest stars in "Zatanna" where it is revealed that Bruce studied with her and her father, Giovanni "John" Zatara, in order to hone his abilities to escape locks and traps. Unlike her comic book counterpart, and her later appearances in the DCAU (I.e. Gotham Girls and Justice League Unlimited), Zatanna does not seem to have any actual mystical abilities, instead she performs traditional sleight-of-hand as part of her act. It's possible they have yet to manifest at that point.
- Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Bruce.
Media
Jack Ryder
Jack Ryder, AKA The Creeper
Voiced by: Jeff Bennett
Appearances: The New Batman Adventures | Justice League Unlimited
"They call me... Yellow-Skinned Wacky-Man! But I prefer the Creeper."
The Creeper, also known as Jack Ryder, was formerly a news anchorman before his confrontation with The Joker, and now is a superhero and member of the Justice League.
- Abhorrent Admirer: He has a crush on Harley Quinn, who doesn't reciprocate.
- Adaptational Skimpiness: In the pre-Infinite Crisis comics, the device Dr. Yatz implanted in Jack folded the outfit he wore (which included yellow make-up and tights, and a green wig) into his transformation into the Creeper. Here, due to it being the result of exposure to both the chemicals that affected the Joker's appearance and Joker toxin, the green hair and yellow skin when Jack's the Creeper are actually Ryder's own hair and skin.
- Adaptation Origin Connection: In this continuity, the Joker is responsible for turning him into the Creeper.
- Appropriated Appellation: He gets the idea for his nickname from being called "creep", which he finds catchy but a little lacking. Before that he tried for "Yellow-skinned Wacky Man!", before switching.
- Badass Back: Even Batman cannot sneak attack him without getting knocked across the room... while he's trying to flirt with Harley Quinn.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Jack Ryder is set up as the regular news reporter in The New Batman Adventures before he becomes The Creeper near the end of the series.
- Clothing Damage: He was running around in severely torn clothes after his chemical bath until he got his costume.
- Cloudcuckoolander: To the point the Joker himself called him a lunatic. The one time he shows true pain throughout his episode is when he tries to think logically about what happened to him.
- Creepy Good: The guy is so loco that even The Joker considers him a lunatic! However, despite his insanity, he still has a sense of morals and only seems to go after criminals.
- Dramatic Pause: "I heard you guys worked for, dramatic pause, The Joker!"
- Excuse Me While I Multitask: He meets Harley and immediately begins flirting with her. While doing so, he nonchalantly uses one hand to punch out several of the Joker's mooks... and also Batman.
- Expy: A year before he debuted in the series, another wacky cartoon show from the same team as this one had been cancelled. It's unknown whether that influenced this portrayal of The Creeper in any way, but there can be no doubt he's so zany and wacky that he even rivals... Freakazoid! Freakazoid!
- Fluffy Fashion Feathers: The costume, famously, incorporates a giant red feather boa.
- Foil: As mentioned above, he's a deliberate foil to the Joker, to the point where many things about him are set up as counterpoints — he is/was well known in Gotham as a reporter before his transformation to contrast the Joker's previous career as The Spook, he's a Lightning Bruiser rather than a Gadgeteer Genius, and he even has his own form of Joker Immunity... rather than sharing the Joker's uncanny ability to live another day, Ryder is outright Made of Iron.
- Fun Personified: Imagine the Joker in one of his wacky phases... as a good guy. Including the part where wackiness doesn't mean not being good at what you do.
- Good Counterpart: To the Joker, being transformed by falling into toxic chemicals placed by the villain as well as being hit by his laughing gas bombs. He acts like a Stalker with a Crush towards Harley Quinn, mirroring her behavior towards the Joker.
- Impractically Fancy Outfit: His costume has a red fur boa.
- Insult Backfire: The as-yet unnamed Creeper confronts The Joker's henchmen:Mo: We don't know nothing about no Joker, creep!
Pre-Creeper: Creep? CREEP?! ... I like it! My new name — the Creep! No, wait, too negative... - Intrepid Reporter: As Jack Ryder.
- Large Ham: He's very loud and expressive, but that just comes with the madness.
- Laughing Mad: Constantly giggles like a stoner watching YouTube.
- The Mad Hatter: He doesn't care that he's crazy.
- Nigh-Invulnerability: Has a near identical origin as the Joker, yet he has managed to survive having a crate containing a rock statue the size of a car dropped on him, and going through multiple explosions without a single injury. Or hint of Clothing Damage. Also, he's able to send Batman flying with one punch, and break through walls. And easily dances around any attacks. Batman explains that this power is most likely due to a strange chemical reaction of the acid and the Joker's laughing gas.
- There is one thing that hurts him: trying to think logically.
- Offhand Backhand: He uses it on Joker's mooks and Batman himself.
- Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud: He speaks like this even though he has no script."You're working for—dramatic pause—the Joker!"
- Rummage Sale Reject: He bought his costume (a speedo, boots, gloves, and a giant cape-like red boa) at a thrift store in Gotham.
- Split Personality: He's the alter ego of Jack Ryder.
- Stalker with a Crush: Has a short yet extreme crush on Harley Quinn that causes at least one The Cat Came Back-like moment. Though we actually see him sniffing his way through the town, trying to follow her.
- The Stoic: As Jack Ryder.
- Takes One to Kill One: In the Justice League Unlimited tie-in comic, Batman takes along Creeper to stop a group of unpredictable terrorists known as the Madmen, reasoning Creeper would know how nutcases think.
- Talkative Loon: Part of his thing is being a maniac who rambles inchoerently.
- Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth: Creeper is so crazy, he even drives Joker nuts.
- Underwear of Power: As part of his Stripperiffic outfit.
Summer Gleeson
Summer Gleeson
Voiced by: Mari Devon
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | The New Batman Adventures | Batman Beyond | Justice League Unlimited
Summer Gleeson was a news reporter and anchor in Gotham City. She worked for WGOB, and was the host of Gotham Insider.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Possible reason she was romantically involved with Bullock in the past.
- Canon Foreigner: She was created exclusively for the series.
- Damsel in Distress: In almost every episode that she appears in.
- Decomposite Character: Alongside Veronica, she was half of a recreation of Vicki Vale, a reporter and love interest from the comics.
- Demoted to Extra: She appeared in a pretty large number of episodes in the first three seasons, as well as the Mask of the Phantasm and SubZero movies. When the show was Retooled as The New Batman Adventures for its final season, she made only two appearances, one of which was a non-speaking cameo.
- Friend in the Press: Deconstructed in "A Bullet for Bullock", when Bullock exploits his old friendship (and possibly more) with her in hopes of finding clues on who's trying to kill him. However, Bullock's heavy-handed nature and lack of respect for her boundaries leads to him getting impatient and breaking into her confidential files by himself (rather than wait till she finished work to go through them together as she promised), upon Summer returning and discovering the mess he's caused, she furiously throws him out and refuses to help him.
- Hollywood Beauty Standards: She's an attractive news reporter.
- Intrepid Reporter: She is a news reporter and anchor in Gotham City.
- Is This Thing Still On?: After the theme of the "Jokers Wild" casino is revealed on live television (complete with revolving laughing Joker head), she is caught on camera muttering, "Ugh, that is disgusting."
- Ms. Exposition: Justified as she's a news reporter and she's usually shown on a TV screen, where she's supposed to be addressing the Fourth Wall. This is not an Idiot Lecture: there must be quite a few people in her audience who are interested, else her ratings would tank and the station would have her doing something else.
- Noodle Incident: In "A Bullet For Bullock" it's implied she and Harvey Bullock might've once been an item. No details have been put forth as of yet.
Yoru's Dojo
Kairi Tanaga
Click here to see her in Batman Beyond
Voiced by: Julia Kato (Batman: The Animated Series); Takayo Fischer (Batman Beyond)
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | Batman Beyond
Kairi Tanaga trained under Yoru Sensei and was like a daughter to him. She was kidnapped by Kyodai Ken and was held hostage in exchange for the scroll containing the Oonemuri Touch. She was rescued by Batman and would later move to the U.S. and open up a fish market/dojo, where she would train Terry McGinnis in martial arts.
- Back for the Dead: She returns in the Batman Beyond two-parter "Curse of the Kobra," only to die in the final minutes.
- Cool Old Lady: She serves as Terry's martial arts teacher in Batman Beyond, and age has not slowed her down in the slightest. If anything, she has likely improved with age.
- Damsel in Distress: Kairi was abducted by Kyodai Ken to serve as a bargaining chip for the map to the Oonemuri Touch. But to her credit, she does try to fight off Kyodai the moment she gets a chance.
- Fauxreigner: Kairi fakes a heavy Japanese accent because it sells more fish that way. She speaks with an American accent when she isn't working.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Kairi sends Batman and Max out of Kobra's falling, burning base in an escape pod while she stays behind to stop Zander from catching them.
- Hostage For Macguffin: Kyodai forces Batman to give him the forbidden knowledge of the secret "Onemuri Touch" in exchange for Kairi's life.
- Never Mess with Granny: Even in her old age, she's still a skilled martial artist.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Kairi uses an exaggerated accent and broken English when working in the fish market to portray an uneducated worker. As a sensei, she drops both.Terry: What happened to your accent?Kairi: It helps sell fish.
- Old Master: By the time of Batman Beyond, Karai is an old woman, and she is still as skilled as ever.
Yoru Sensei
Yoru Sensei
Voiced by: Chao Li Chi ("Night of the Ninja"), Goh Misawa ("Day of the Samurai")
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Yoru Sensei ran a martial arts academy in Japan, and was a teacher of the young Bruce Wayne.
- Always Someone Better: Tells Kyodai this while throwing him to the floor after he mocks Bruce after defeating him in a sparring match.
- Canon Foreigner: He was created for the animated series
- Expy: He was based on Master Kirigi, a martial arts sensei who trained Bruce in the comics.
- Meaningful Name: In Japanese, "Yoru", means "Night". And he trained Batman, so...
- Old Master: Batman's master, who quickly immobilizes Kyodai Ken, just shortly after Kyodai beat Bruce Wayne in a sparring match. Given that Kyodai was less than half Yoru Sensei's age, and Yoru Sensei himself looks like the man in the trope picture, he definitely qualifies.
- Secret Art: The last living direct descendant of an ancient sensei who had invented an amazingly deadly fighting art. He was tasked to protect a scroll that described all the attacks including a Dangerous Forbidden Technique.
- Secret Secret-Keeper: Figured out that Bruce Wayne was Batman after studying his moves as Batman.
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Charles Collins
Charles "Charlie" Collins
Voiced by: Ed Begley Jr.
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Charles Michael Collins was an accountant who lived in Gotham Estates, a suburb of Gotham City with his wife, Bonnie, and his son, Kenny. He was best known for being an exceptionally ordinary man, until an extraordinary day turned his life upside-down by the Joker.
- Alliterative Name: His first and last names both begin with "C".
- Badass Bystander: Let's see, punches the Joker, scares said Joker into calling out for Batman of all people, tricks him into thinking he has a real bomb, and makes Batman laugh.
- Badass Normal: It can't get more badass than actually instilling fear in the Joker.
- Butt-Monkey: Starts out the episode facing mundane problems, like a terrible day at work, and traffic. Ends up chased by The Joker, and is forced into a debt.
- Canon Foreigner: He was created for the series.
- Can't Get Away with Nuthin': His one attempt at acting rude got him in deep...
- Character Development: Over the course of the episode, we see him evolve from a helpless victim when he meets the Joker, to a guy who seeks help in ingenious ways (when he manages to fake a Batsignal) to a guy who manages to trick the Joker! On a personal level, he starts the episode fed up and dissatisfied with little irritations of his mundane life, but ends the episode deeply appreciative of the life he has and happy to return to it.
- Cornered Rattlesnake: After finally getting fed up with the Joker pushing him around, he threatens the Joker with blowing them both up with one of his own bombs and thereby taking away the Joker's greatest dream: Killing Batman or die trying. The Joker is so scared by this threat that he begs Batman to protect him from Collins.
- Does Not Like Spam: Meatloaf is his least favorite meal. But after surviving his ordeal with the Joker, even that would sound good.
- The Everyman: He's an average man who lives an average life that Joker derides as "mundane" and "meaningless." The fact that the Joker spends two years keeping track of this poor guy only to find him and sadistically hold him up to a promise later, even though it doesn't benefit him in the least, only serves to show what a monster he is.
- Foil: To Batman and Bruce Wayne, in that he actually does have a normal life and barely manages to hold onto it; whenever Bruce gets a sense of normalcy like marriage or family, circumstances manage to hold it off. Charlie has more mundane problems such as not having enough money for his children's braces and disliking his wife's meatloaf, and by the end he comes to prefer those to the madness that the Joker brings to any party. Batman seems to silently agree, given he doesn't call out Charlie for helping the Joker when hearing that the Joker kept Charlie as a "hobby." Unlike Bruce, he doesn't have to put on a mask to bring down the Joker.
- He Who Fights Monsters: Invoked.Joker: You're crazy!
Charlie: I had a good teacher. Say good night, Gracie! - Horrifying the Horror: When he makes a final confrontation with the Joker, he finds one of his bombs and threatens to kill them both, giving the Joker an anticlimatic end, and denying him the possibility of a Final Battle with Batman. The Joker is terrified at the prospect and starts calling for Batman to save him.
- Mugging the Monster: His real problems begin when he curses out a seemingly random motorist on the freeway. Said motorist is the Joker. Oops.
- Obfuscating Insanity: During his Cornered Rattlesnake moment, he pretends to have gone mad, so the Joker will believe that his threat of blowing both of them up is genuine. It works.
- One-Shot Character: His only appearance was in "Joker's Favor". After that, he's never mentioned or acknowledged again. Given he's seen living a much happier life in Ohio than he was in Gotham, it's likely he never moved back.
- Papa Wolf: Is coerced into doing the Joker's dirty work by the mad clown threatening his family. He later threatens to blow himself and the Joker up to protect them.
- Terror Hero: By threatening his greatest dream, HE SCARED THE JOKER!
- Took a Level in Badass:
- He attempts this at the start of the episode. Big mistake.Charlie: Oh, so that's it! No signals! No nothing! Just push me aside! Treat me like I don't exist! Well comrade, not this time.
- At the end of the episode, Charlie takes it for real. If the Joker calls you crazy and Batman grins at the end of it, it's safe to say you pulled off a good prank.Charlie: Hold it!
Joker: [pats his head] Oh, come now. [walks away]
Charlie: I said hold it!! [punches Joker in the gut]
- He attempts this at the start of the episode. Big mistake.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: He's rather schlubby, but his wife Bonnie isn't half bad. Though considering what he did to the Joker, there might be more to him than meets the eye. Or he let himself go over the years.
Earl and Marva Cooper
Earl and Marva Cooper
Voiced by: Paul Winfield (Earl) and Lynn Moody (Marva)
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Earl served as Batman's mechanic and was responsible for maintaining and upgrading the Batmobile. His daughter, Marva, eventually began helping him. Unfortunately, Penguin eventually discovered their identities, placing them at risk.
- Canon Foreigner: Has no direct counterpart in the comics.
- The Engineer: Granted, Batman can make some neat gadgets by himself, but when it comes to the Batmobile, Earl and Marva serve as the engineers who keep it in order.
- Expy: Of Harold Allnut who built and maintained the Batmobile.
- Wrench Wench: Marva is a skilled mechanic.
Frederick
Frederick
Voiced by: Roy Dotrice
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
A former member of the British Secret Service. He used to work alongside Alfred, and the two of them became privy to a dangerous secret.
- Truth Serum: He's subjected to this in order to give up the half of the nuclear code that he knows.
Leslie Tompkins
Dr. Leslie Tompkins
Voiced by: Diana Muldaur
Leslie Thompkins was a doctor who went to medical school with Thomas Wayne and Matthew Thorne. The three were best friends.
- Everyone Went to School Together: Went to medical school with Bruce's father, Thomas Wayne and Rupert Thorne's brother, Matthew.
- The Medic: She is a doctor.
- Secret-Keeper: One of Batman's closest confidants. And she vocally disapproves of his Batman career.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Vanishes completely by the time of New Adventures aside from a cameo in one episode and a mention in Return Of The Joker
Lucius Fox
Lucius Fox
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | The New Batman Adventures
Lucius Fox was a well-respected businessman who ran the day-to-day business of Wayne Enterprises.
- Good Counterpart: Although he isn't shown in person, backstory shows that he became a posthumous example of this to Derek Powers in Batman Beyond: after Powers ousts him from Wayne Industries and begins running it as corruptly and ruthlessly as possible he leaves to start his own company Foxteca which, by Beyond's time, is the go-to Good Counterpart to Wayne Industries - in a position similar to Wayne Industries' contrast to Roland Daggett in BTAS.
- Honest Corporate Executive: Since Bruce trusts him to control his company, it's clear that he's an honest person.
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: He runs the day to day business of Wayne Enterprise.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Unlike his other incarnations and other characters in Bruce's inner-circle, he had no idea Bruce was Batman.
- Out of Focus: Suffers frequently from this compared to other versions. His most nobable role was in the "Feet of Clay" two-parter when he's attacked by an imposter Bruce Wayne.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: He is another citizen of Gotham who trusts Batman.
Sarge Steel
Sarge Steel
Voiced by: John DiMaggio
Appearances: Batman and Harley Quinn
The head of the agency A.R.G.U.S.
- "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: Involved with both types. He's subjected to type 2 during an argument with Batman, where Bruce ironically blackmails him into helping, Steel tries to justify a visit to what's implied to be a brothel that caters to BDSM fetishists as "therapy". That said, type 1 comes in as when Steel does call Batman out on it, Bruce says it's "an exchange".
- Cyborg: Much like in the comics, he has a cybernetic left hand.
Simon Trent
Simon Trent, AKA The Gray Ghost
Voiced by: Adam West
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
The Gray Ghost, played by Simon Trent, was the eponymous character of an old television show.
- Adam Westing: Simon Trent is a washed-up actor who can't get any decent work because everyone (those that even remember) associates him with his role as the Gray Ghost. Not surprising considering the voice actor is the Trope Namer.
- Badass Longcoat: The Gray Ghost costume includes a trench coat, along with goggles and a fedora.
- Becoming the Mask: The Grey Ghost was initially just a character Trent played on an old television show. Once Batman seeks Trent's assistance with a case, he dons his character's costume and leaps straight into danger to help him take down the Mad Bomber.
- Broken Pedestal: Batman was partially inspired to be Batman because of the Gray Ghost He has a hard time with the realization that his childhood hero was just an actor in a role who's become a bitter and jaded man.
- Canon Immigrant:
- Many years after his debut on Batman: The Animated Series, an issue of Batgirl has a man named Clancy Johnson assume the identity of the Gray Ghost in a desperate attempt to become Batgirl's sidekick. The Gray Ghost television show is alluded to, hinting that Simon Trent may exist in the mainstream DC universe.
- Posters for his movies appear throughout the Batman: Arkham Series, and one of the New 52 comics reveals that Simon Trent is the drama teacher at Gotham Preparatory School.
- Captain Ersatz:
- The Gray Ghost is inspired by The Shadow, who himself also inspired Batman.
- The Gray Ghost is also a Captain Ersatz of early DC pulp-hero the Crimson Avenger, who wore a Shadow-like costume. Unfortunately, Batman supplanted him a year or so after his debut.
- Coat, Hat, Mask: In costume.
- Cool Old Guy: And he's voiced by real life Cool Old Guy Adam West.
- Darker and Edgier: He is not only less concerned with criminal's welfare than Batman, but is darker than Adam West's portrayal of Batman.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: After helping to stop the Mad Bomber, Trent is hailed as a hero and public interest in the Gray Ghost resurges. This results in the entire series being released on video, revitalizing his income and career. He's also content knowing that his role was an inspiration to Batman.
- The Hero's Idol: While we all know his famous origin story, Batman in this universe was inspired the Grey Ghost as far as his methods and look were concerned. Later on, one case actually gives Batman the opportunity to work with the actor behind the role, and while the actor in question has become jaded, he is extremely flattered to discover that Batman has deliberately been modeled after the Grey Ghost, up to and including the Batcave being modeled after the Grey Ghost's Lair.
- Jaded Washout: Years after the show was cancelled. It's a more sympathetic portrayal than most, however, and he eventually does get out of his slump.
- Karmic Jackpot: Although Simon starts as a forgotten has-been, he's hailed as a hero for helping Batman stop the Mad Bomber. The Gray Ghost TV series becomes popular again, and he receives royalties from new merchandise and video releases. It's also implied that his career picks up again.
- Old Superhero: Subverted, while he only played the Gray Ghost on TV, the Gray Ghost did help Batman defeat the Mad Bomber.
- Rage Against the Reflection: When he learns he's just been turned down for a role again, he smashes most of his Gray Ghost memorabilia collection in a rage, before collapsing in the corner of his apartment, sobbing.
- Rebuilt Pedestal: While Bruce is initially disappointed that his childhood idol is now a jaded washout, Simon stepping up to help save the day has clearly restored his respect by the episode's end.
- Secret-Keeper: Implied to be one for Batman after Batman tells the Gray Ghost that he was his hero as a kid and then Bruce Wayne tells him the exact same thing at a book signing.
Veronica Vreeland
Veronica Vreeland
Voiced by: Marilu Henner
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | The New Batman Adventures
Veronica "Ronnie" Vreeland was a member of the Gotham City elite and a friend of Bruce Wayne's.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: For some reason her hair was colored blond instead of red in SubZero, probably to distinguish her from Barbara Gordon. Most viewers probably wouldn't know its her unless they caught on to Bruce calling her "Ronnie".
- Alliterative Name: Her first and last names both begin with "V".
- Ambiguously Bi: Although she's had plenty of romances with several men, she also acts quite flirtatious with Selina, and describes her as "attractive" in "Catwalk".
- Bourgeois Bohemian: Though usually simply an Upper-Class Twit, she also donated much of her family's fortunes to conservationist causes, sometimes at fancy public events held to promote those causes. Selina Kyle, who considers herself a true animal-rights activist, once observed that Veronica could possibly be getting involved in those causes because she feels tremendous guilt about all the endangered species her ancestors shot when they were big-game hunters.
- Butt-Monkey: Exaggerated because since "Birds of a Feather", where she went out of her way to make fun of the Penguin, she has been plagued by Gotham's super villains: She’s taken hostage by Harley Quinn in "Harley's Holiday", targeted by Catwoman and Scarface in "Catwalk", and victimized by the Mad Hatter in "The Worry Men" and Poison Ivy in "Chemistry". In the future, her daughter Bunny was victim of kidnapping in the pilot episode of Batman Beyond.
- Canon Foreigner: She was created for the series.
- Decomposite Character: Like Summer, she was created for the series supposedly as a composite of Vicki Vale, though she also shows elements of Julie Madison and Silver St. Cloud, two of Bruce's other love interests from the comics.
- Doomed New Clothes: In "Harley's Holiday". There she is, buying a new dress for her date with Bruce Wayne and along comes a spooked Harley Quinn. Her car gets ruined, too. Considering that Veronica actually got taken hostage by Harley, she probably wasn't too concerned about the car at first (plus it was Bruce's car, not hers).
- Face Palm: "Birds of a Feather" has her attending the opera with Penguin. Imagine her reaction when the Penguin starts singing along.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Veronica looks a lot like her voice actress Marilu Henner.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She tends to be a Rich Bitch, but shows some moments of being a good person nonetheless. She cares about conservation, feels guilty for using the Penguin as a joke, and drops all kidnapping charges against Harley after a series of misunderstandings.
- Just Friends: With Bruce, which makes her one of the few women in his social life he doesn't have any romantic history or tension with.
- The Load: She tends to cause more trouble than she does anything to help a situation, lacks any sort of useful abilities besides being wealthy, helped ruin the Penguin's chances of reforming, and usually tends to become the pawn of some villain (Mad Hatter and Poison Ivy) or gets kidnapped by a villain (Penguin and Harley) while needing Batman to rescue her. The only time she did anything to make a situation better was when she dropped the kidnapping charges against Harley but most of the time, she causes more problems than she contributes solutions.
- Loves My Alter Ego: Marilu Henner has described her character as follows: "Veronica's the type of person who would reject Bruce for being too boring, then sit around wondering why Batman hasn't called her."
- Rich Bitch: Although her Character Development shows she's only somewhat like this.
- Seen It All: Apparently living in Gotham City gives people a high tolerance for the antics of supervillains. She fondly remembers a party she threw that was robbed by the Joker because "at least it was interesting". The only reason she doesn't want the Joker to attack her next party is because It's Been Done.
- Serial Spouse: Remarries constantly.
- Socialite: She was invariably portrayed vaguely somewhat negatively, usually as Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense.
