History Recap / TheBatmanS3E13GothamsUltimateCriminalMastermind

* ActorAllusion: In this episode Creator/JeffBennett voices D.A.V.E., he had also a rogue ArtificialIntelligence in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the previous Batman cartoon]].

* EvilIsHammy: D.A.V.E. also came packaged with a flair for the dramatic.

* SadisticChoice: Employed and {{Lampshaded}} by D.A.V.E - [[FriendOrIdolDecision save Alfred or save his secret identity.]]
** TakeAThirdOption: Bruce attempts to do this instead. Unfortunately, D.A.V.E. anticipated it.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Batman does this to D.A.V.E. by asking him what his OriginStory is.
-->'''Batman:''' Every great Supervillain has an [[OriginStory origin]], too... What's ''yours''?

* GracefulLoser: Professor Strange takes his incarceration in strides. After all, he'll always have another opportunity to destroy Batman.

** BreakThemByTalking: He follows it up by informing him that he is a computer program.

* EvilIsHammy: This also came packaged with a flair for the dramatic.

** EvilIsHammy: This also came packaged with a flair for the dramatic.

* CardCarryingVillain. D.A.V.E. was ''literally'' programmed to be the ultimate villain.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Dr. Strange didn't consider that Batman would find out that D.A.V.E. escaping was an engineered accident, and get the doctor incarcerated.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: What D.A.V.E. appears to be, at first.
* GracefulLoser: Dr. Strange takes his incarceration in strides.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: D.A.V.E. is killed by the giant clock that he had positioned above Alfred to fall at the right time.

* AdultFear: D.A.V.E. arrives at Bruce's home, takes Alfred hostage, and threatens to kill him as part of a SadisticChoice.

--> [[Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines "I like your coat."]]

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Yeah, keeping around a supercomputer that think it's a supervillain. Let's see how that works out. [[SubvertedTrope Except that was]] ''[[AllAccordingToPlan exactly]]'' [[AllAccordingToPlan what Hugo Strange wanted.]]

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Yeah, keeping around a supercomputer that think it's a supervillain. Let's see how that works out. Except that was exactly what Hugo Strange wanted.

--->'''Batman:''' Every great Supervillain has an [[OriginStory origin]], too... What's ''yours''?

* AIIsACrapshoot: Guess. [[spoiler:Subverted. Hugo Strange programmed him to be evil in the first place.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:Batman does this to D.A.V.E. by asking him what his OriginStory is.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Batman:''' Every great Supervillain has an [[OriginStory origin]], too... What's ''yours''?]]
** BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:He follows it up by informing him that he is a computer program.]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: D.A.V.E uses this to figure out [[SecretIdentity who Batman really is]]. First he narrows down the pool by the amount of people in Gotham who have both the fitness and the wealth to be Batman. Then he narrows it down to Bruce by asking [[spoiler:"Who would have the motive [to become Batman]?"]].

* IronicEcho: "Every superhero has an origin." [[spoiler:So should every supervillain.]]

* MultipleChoicePast: [[spoiler:When D.A.V.E. is asked by Batman what his origin is, he discovers he just has a lot of contradicting backstories taken from previous supervillains.]]

* TitleDrop: Numerous times by D.A.V.E., since he fancies himself as this, plus one by [[spoiler: Professor Strange]] at the end of the episode.
* VerbalTic: Did you know that D.A.V.E. is smarter than you? Did you know that D.A.V.E. knows every move you'll make before you do? Did you know [[spoiler: D.A.V.E. figured out your secret identity from publicly available information]]? If not, don't worry; D.A.V.E. will tell you, at length, whether you want him to or not.
* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:D.A.V.E., when Batman tells him he's a computer and he realizes he never considered the possibility.]]
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Yeah, keeping around a supercomputer that think it's a supervillain. Let's see how that works out. [[spoiler:Except that was exactly what Hugo Strange wanted.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Dr. Strange didn't consider that Batman would find out that D.A.V.E. was an engineered accident, and get the doctor incarcerated.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: What D.A.V.E. appears to be.

---> '''[[spoiler: Batman:]]''' [[spoiler: Every great Supervillain has an [[OriginStory origin]], too... What's ''yours''?]]