History Characters / BatmanAndRobin

* [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]]: Commissioner James Gordon, Gossip Gerty, Julie Madison, Nora Fries.

* [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]]: Commissioner James Gordon, Julie Madison, Nora Fries.

* [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]]: Commissioner James Gordon, Julie Madison.

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[[folder:Dr. Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Prepare for a bitter harvest. Winter has come at last."'']]
->''"Soon, my love. Soon..."''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger

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[[folder:Bruce Wayne/Batman]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This is why Superman works alone."'']]
->''"Vengeance isn't power. Anyone can take a life. But to give life, that's true power."''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/GeorgeClooney

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[[folder:Richard 'Dick' Grayson/Robin]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Look, I want a Robin Signal in the sky, alright? I'm tired of living in your shadow. All that ends right now."'']]
->''"You know, in the circus, the Flying Graysons were a team. We had to trust each person to do his job. That's what being partners is all about: [[PowerOfTrust sometimes counting on someone else is the only way you win]]."''

->'''Played by:''' Chris O'Donnell

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[[folder:Dr. Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh, and Jason - one other thing. I probably should have mentioned this earlier: I'm... [[KissOfDeath poison]]."'']]
->''"[[GaiasVengeance I am nature's arm, her spirit, her will]]. Hell - [[AGodAmI I am Mother Nature]]."''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/UmaThurman

A botanist working in a South American lab under the employ of Wayne Enterprises, Dr. Pamela Isley is seemingly murdered in a FreakLabAccident when she stumbles upon her eccentric colleague's secret experiments, [[JoinOrDie rebuffs his sexual advances]] and threatens to ruin his career. However, after prolonged exposure to the super-serum known as Venom, she becomes a full-on [[TheVamp murderous vamp]] with a [[LovePotion pheromone dust concoction]] and [[KissOfDeath poisonous lips]] who seeks to [[CockFight pit Batman and Robin against each other]] and rid the earth of mankind's toxic influence.
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* AGodAmI: Makes a variety of {{Blasphemous Boast}}s and seeks to destroy the world and rebuild it [[InTheirOwnImage in her own image]].
* AllThereInTheManual: One of the major plotholes people found in the movie was that Freeze's plan [[{{Understatement}} would have had a negative effect on plant life in the ecosystem]]. Going along with said plan was in fact a conscious choice on Ivy's part, as in the script and the junior novelization, there is a part where she crushes a flower after proclaiming, "Sorry hon', this is for science."
* AmbitionIsEvil: Goes from vengeful eco-terrorist to genocidal megalomaniac who plans to use Mr. Freeze's new weapon to wipe out all human (and most plant) life so that she can rule over a race of mutant plants with Freeze by her side. There's ''definitely'' a BrokenAesop in there somewhere. Yikes.
* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Her numerous (and we mean numerous) sexual references are just about the sole reason for this film's PG-13 rating, save a few swear words here and there.
* BareYourMidriff: Rises from her grave with her garments [[{{Stripperific}} fashionably tattered in a less-than-practical manner]] thanks to InstantCostumeChange
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: With Freeze (Brains) and Bane (Brawn). Potentially averted in that while Mr. Freeze is clearly a bit of a GeniusBruiser by way of [[InformedAbility Informed Intelligence]], Ivy does the lion's share of the [[SmugSnake scheming]] amongst the three.
* {{Burlesque}}: Stripteases in a ''Blonde Venus''-inspired magenta gorilla suit in her BigEntrance at the Rainforest Ball. Also features ShakingTheRump, SexyWalk and a small ThreePointLanding onto a [[MrFanservice bed of]] [[{{Loincloth}} male]] [[PerpetuallyShinyBodies performers]].
* ClarkKenting: An extreme case, she wears leafy eye masks to conceal her identity. That's right: ''eye masks''. At least the heroes have the decency to at least wear [[DominoMask domino masks]]
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In the French translation of Michael Jan Friedman's novelization of the film, writer Marie-Catherine Caillava changes Ivy's name to Poison d'Amour - literally translated as, "Poison of Love". In a bit of a [[GoldenTranslator Golden Translation]], she changes comparisons of Ivy's 'goddess-like' appearance from Schumacher's Aphrodite to Athena - even describing her at one point as looking like a 'War Goddess'.
* DispenseWithThePleasantries: "Enough... sweet talk."
* DoubleEntendre: If Mr. Freeze is the [[HurricaneOfPuns King of Puns]], then Poison Ivy is the Queen of this trope.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: With the aid of her [[LovePotion pheromones]], if some of the gazes of female partygoers at the Rainforest Ball are any indication.
* EvilIsHammy: Turned UpToEleven, of course.
* EvilLaugh: Lets out more than her fair share of cackles.
* EvilMakeover: One of the more interesting side-effects of Venom is its' ability to turn a ShrinkingViolet into MsFanservice. Over the course of the film, her costume, hair and makeup choices become more bold, more brazen, and more [[UpToEleven crazy, over-the-top, drag queen-flamboyant]].
* {{Expy}}: A mixture of Catwoman's rebirth origin story from [[Film/BatmanReturns Returns]] and The Riddler's MadScientist origin story from [[Film/BatmanForever Forever]]. Stated by Joel Schumacher that his original intent was to have Nicole Kidman portray Ivy in [[Film/BatmanForever Batman Forever]], hence why (aside from Elliot Goldenthal's recycled score) Ivy and Chase's {{Sexophone}} motifs are so similar.
* FantasticFlora: Has a plethora of killer mutant plants that giggle, sigh, moan and hiss - and ''kill'': they can crush a man, engulf a building in mere minutes and [[ManEatingPlant swallow somebody whole]]. [[LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey II]], eat your heart out.
* GaiasVengeance: Invokes shades of this trope in an impassioned speech after killing Dr. Woodrue with her poison kiss as she prepares to burn the lab to the ground.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A good deal of her dialogue is made up of veiled references either to coitus or her own genitalia. Considering the notoriously family-friendly nature of this film, this can [[ValuesDissonance be a bit jarring]].
** "I've got some wild oats to sow."
** "My garden needs tending."
** "Some lucky boy is about to hit the honeypot."
** "I'll bring everything you see here: plus, ''everything you don't''."
** "I'll help you grab your rocks."
** "Is your thumb the only part of you that's green?"
*** "You'll just ''have'' to find out."
** "I need a sign."
*** "How about 'slippery when wet'?"
* {{Glamour}}: Her [[LovePotion pheromones]] can affect entire crowds, as noted at the Rainforest Ball.
* GreenEyedMonster: Pulls the plug on Nora's life support in an attempt to keep Freeze all for herself.
* GreenThumb: Being that, for better or worse, she's still ''Poison-freaking-Ivy'', this trope is [[CaptainObvious practically a given]].
* InformedAttractiveness: The script actually calls her 'the most beautiful woman in the world'. Between that and Joel Schumacher's confession that he chose Uma because he was infatuated with her Venus in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'', one could almost be excused for thinking that this film was made by [[TheMuse Quentin Tarantino.]]
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: A great deal of her attraction to Freeze seems to be his predisposition for chaos.
* KissOfDeath: Her infamous poison kiss. [[spoiler:Rubber lips are immune to her charms.]]
* KubrickStare: Uma seems to be a fan of this in photoshoots and promotional materials.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Invokes a bit of this in Robin. ''Definitely'' becomes a victim of this herself with Mr. Freeze which leads to her eventual VillainDecay from NotSoHarmlessVillain to a [[spoiler:GreenEyedMonster who winds up rotting away in Arkham while her beloved winds up making her life a living hell as retribution for the attempted murder of his ill wife]]
* LovePotion: "Pheromone dust: designed to heat a man's blood."
* ManEatingPlant: The flower throne that Ivy reclines on in her lair doubles as one.
* ManipulativeBastard: Serves as the primary BigBad of the film to drive the conflict, raises the stakes by convincing Mr. Freeze that Batman killed his wife and manipulating him into using his freeze gun as a doomsday device.
* MoralMyopia: Before making the leap to full-on {{Supervillain}} territory, she half-heartedly attempts to highlight a plan to stop global pollution... at the cost of destroying the global economy and leaving millions to a slow and painful death. And this all predates her inevitable VillainDecay which catapults her straight into BrokenAesop territory, obliterating any semblance of eco-centric idealism and turning her into a straight-up OmnicidalManiac.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Attempted with Nora Fries.
* NobodyCanDie: Averted. Despite its aim to be more family-driven than ''Film/BatmanForever'', she kills three men in a fairly PG-gruesome manner and the audience is informed of a fourth victim as well.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Narrowly averted: while Freeze and Bane are presented as the greatest physical threat to Batman and Robin, she's the film's primary schemer and presents a much more serious threat to the heroes' mortality by way of her KissOfDeath. Unfortunately, her IdiotBall levels of arrogance and GenreBlindness keep her from being able to make good on her threats.
* SameLanguageDub: Although still voiced by Uma Thurman, all of her lines were re-dubbed for the final theatrical release, as evidenced by the slightly higher-pitched, breathier intonations of her speech in trailers. According to the director, this was to give her a more sultry baritone as well as a more visibly-pronounced drawl.
* {{Sexophone}}: Poison Ivy's recurring leitmotif is built around this, usually when she appears in the room and goes into seduction mode. It starts off bold, sultry and alluring before trailing off into eerie, [[DroneOfDread dark territory]] and rising to a crescendo at the end.
** The music reflects the actions on screen; the hapless victim becomes seduced by Ivy's charms (sax) and they share a kiss (foreboding drone), whereupon the poison slowly works it's way through the body and kills him (crescendo).
* SexSells: In the Blu-Ray commentary, Joel Schumacher admits that much of Ivy's character was written 'for the dads'.
* SlouchOfVillainy: Decides to kick her feet up when she discovers the Turkish Baths. By the time Robin discovers them, it's [[ChairReveal a little]] [[FantasticFlora different]].
* StatuesqueStunner: Uma Thurman is six-feet tall all by herself - add heels to the mix and she's taller than both George and Chris.
* SupervillainLair: Runs out a gang of violent squatters to take over an abandoned Turkish Bathhouse and make it over into her own private paradise.
* TaintedVeins: Her victims appear to show this after ingesting the Venom from her poison kisses. As shown with Woodrue, the tongue also becomes a discolored shade of green.
* TheMuse: Joel Schumacher stated that he specifically chose Uma Thurman because of his infatuation with her portrayal of [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen Venus]] when he was younger.
* VillainDecay: By the end of the film, she's literally wilting away in a prison cell as she picks away the petals of a dead flower and pines over Freeze.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Her idea of a big, romantic gesture with Mr. Freeze, complete with killer plants and vengeance.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Starts this way, at the very least: although it doesn't take long before this ends up as a [[BrokenAesop major subversion]].
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Stated word-for-word in-script; invoked via the magic of InformedAttractiveness

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[[folder:Barbara Wilson/Batgirl]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[ActionGirl "Watch and learn, little boy."]]'']]
->''"Using feminine wiles to get what you want, trading on your looks? Read a book, sister. That passive-aggressive number went out years ago: chicks like you give women a bad name."''

->'''Played by:''' Alicia Silverstone

Alfred's niece.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: She's a redhead in the comics. Though there's the first Bat-Girl (Betty Kane) who's also blonde.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: She is Commissioner Gordon's daughter ([[DependingOnTheWriter or niece]]) in the comics.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: She's supposed to be British, but Silverstone speaks with a completely American accent.

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[[folder:Antonio Diego/Bane]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[TheDragon I'm a lover, not a fighter]] - [[MerchandiseDriven that's why every Poison Ivy action figure comes complete WITH HIM!]]"'']]
->''"I call this little number Bane, Bane of Humanity."''

->'''Played by:''' Robert 'Jeep' Swenson, Michael Reid [=MacKay=] (pre-transformation)

After a series of ruthless experiments conducted by Dr. Jason Woodrue, South American serial killer Antonio Diego is transformed into the monstrous, mindless, hulking brute known as Bane. Played by [[PosthumousCredit late wrestler Jeep Swenson]], this iteration of Bane is an InNameOnly version of the character, serving as a monosyllabic GiantMook for Poison Ivy and suffering from a severe case of AdaptationDecay.

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[[folder:Alfred Pennyworth]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Perhaps the truth is, you really don't trust anyone."'']]
->''"There is no defeat in death, Master Bruce. Victory comes in defending what we know is right, while we still live."''

->'''Played by:''' Michael Gough

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[[folder:Commissioner Gordon]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[NiceJobBreakingItHero How'd they get away?!]]"'']]
->''"Dear lady, I am the Commissioner of Police."''

->'''Played by:''' Pat Hingle

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[[folder:Julie Madison]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Bruce and I are recklessly in love, and that is most certainly enough for us - for now."'']]
->''"You don't have to answer now, just... think it over. Here's some [[MotivationalKiss food for thought]]..."''

->'''Played by:''' Elle [=MacPherson=]

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[[folder:Dr. Jason Woodrue]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Join me: the two of us [[WeCanRuleTogether entwined, side by side]]."'']]
->''"Yessss - let the poisons and toxins burn a grave for you deep into the earth you love so much. Bye-bye, dear! Fellow maniacs... BIDDING BEGINS!"''

->'''Played by:''' John Glover

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[[folder:Miss B. Haven]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Freezie, [[PerkyFemaleMinion I'm feeling hot]]."'']]
->''"Okay, [[HollywoodHomely so my hair is brittle and my skin is dry]] - I'd weather blizzards just to have you. You're the most perfect man I've ever known. What do you say we heat things up?"''

->'''Played by:''' Vivica A. Fox

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[[folder:Nora Fries]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I've never been good with competition. [[MurderTheHypotenuse Who needs a frigid wife anyway?]]"'']]
->''"The city fathers will have no choice but to give me the billions I need to complete my research, then I can find a cure."''

->'''Played by:''' Vendela K. Thommessen

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[[folder:Gossip Gerty]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Good morning Gotham!"'']]
->''"Boys, [[LargeHam puh-leeeaase - let's show some gusto]]! [[UpToEleven Hahahaha!]]"''

->'''Played by:''' Elizabeth Sanders-Kane

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In the French translation of Michael Jan Friedman's novelization of the film, writer Marie-Catherine Caillava changes Ivy's name to Poison d'Amour - literally translated as, "Poison of Love".

->'''Played by:''' Arnold Schwarzenegger

->'''Played by:''' George Clooney

->'''Played by:''' Uma Thurman

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Slippery when wet." Also makes several veiled references to female genitalia ("Some lucky boy is about to hit the honeypot" and "my garden needs tending" being the two most notable).

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Almost averted: while Freeze and Bane are presented as the greatest physical threat to Batman and Robin, she's the film's primary schemer and presents a much more serious threat to the heroes' mortality by way of her KissOfDeath. Unfortunately, her IdiotBall levels of arrogance and GenreBlindness keep her from being able to make good on her threats.

[[folder:Barbara Pennyworth/Batgirl]]

After Victor's wife developed a [[SoapOperaDisease rare terminal illness]] that put her into a comatose state, he froze her in cryogenic stasis until he could discover a cure. However, when a FreakLabAccident left his body mutated and unable to survive above freezing temperatures, he created a [[ClingyCostume cryogenic suit]] and became the supervillain known as Mr. Freeze. Now stealing diamonds to power a giant FreezeRay so that he can hold Gotham ransom for scientific funding, he winds up at odds with the Dynamic Duo for the fate of the city. [[PungeonMaster Definitely one cool customer]].
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* BadBoss: Forcing his subordinates to live in cold, miserable environments and thrusting them into harm's way like an army of FacelessGoons, he definitely isn't winning any awards for his winning personality and impeccable leadership qualities.
* FreezeRay: Weapon of choice.

* FantasticFlora: Has a plethora of killer mutant plants that giggle, sigh, moan and hiss - and ''kill'': they can crush a man, engulf a building in mere minutes and [[ManEatingPlant swallow somebody whole]]

* BadBoss: Forcing his subordinates to live in cold, miserable environments and thrusting them into harm's way like an army of FacelessGoons, he definitely isn't winning any awards for cooperation and leadership qualities.

After Victor's wife developed a [[SoapOperaDisease rare terminal illness]] that put her into a comatose state, he froze her in cryogenic stasis until he could discover a cure. However, when a FreakLabAccident left his body mutated and unable to survive in warmer temperatures, he created a [[ClingyCostume cryogenic suit]] and became the supervillain known as Mr. Freeze. Now stealing diamonds to power a giant FreezeRay so that he can hold Gotham ransom for scientific funding, he winds up at odds with the Dynamic Duo for the fate of the city. [[PungeonMaster Definitely one cool customer]].

After his wife developed a [[SoapOperaDisease rare terminal illness]] that put her into a comatose state, he froze her in cryogenic stasis until he could discover a cure. However, when a FreakLabAccident left his body mutated and unable to survive in warmer temperatures, Victor Fries created a [[ClingyCostume cryogenic suit]] and became the supervillain known as Mr. Freeze. Now stealing diamonds to power a giant FreezeRay so that he can hold Gotham ransom for scientific funding, he winds up at odds with the Dynamic Duo for the fate of the city. [[PungeonMaster Definitely one cool customer]].

After his wife developed a [[SoapOperaDisease rare terminal illness]] that put her into a comatose state, he froze her in cryogenic stasis until he could discover a cure. However, when a FreakLabAccident left his body mutated and unable to survive in warmer temperatures, Victor Fries created a [[ClingyCostume cryogenic suit]] and became the supervillain known as Mr. Freeze. Now stealing diamonds to power a giant FreezeRay so that he can hold Gotham ransom for scientific funding, he winds up at odds with the Dynamic Duo for the fate of the city.

* EvilMakeover: One of the more interesting side-effects of Venom is its' ability to turn a ShrinkingViolet into MsFanservice

* GreenThumb: Being that, for better or worse, she's still ''Poison freaking Ivy'', this trope is practically a given.