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Rogues Gallery: ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryAsylum Arkham Asylum]]'' ([[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]] • [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] • [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheRiddler The Riddler]]) | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryCity Arkham City]]'' | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryOrigins Arkham Origins]]'' | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryKnight Arkham Knight]]'' | [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryMisc Miscellaneous Foes]]\\
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!![[Comicbook/{{Robin}} Robin]] (Tim Drake)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"If you need me, you know where I am."'']]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TroyBaker (''Arkham City''), Creator/MatthewMercer (''Arkham Knight''), Tom Austen (''Arkham VR'') [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/AlexisTomassian (Fr), Davide Albano (It), Manolo Rey (Br.Pt)[[/labelnote]]
Batman's partner, Robin patrols Gotham alongside him. While Batman investigates Arkham City, Robin tracks down everyone who was infected by the Joker's blood. Later, he infiltrates Arkham City in order to investigate Batman's disappearance and rescue him.
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!![[Comicbook/{{Robin}} Robin]] (Tim Drake)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"If you need me, you know where I am."'']]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TroyBaker (''Arkham City''), Creator/MatthewMercer (''Arkham Knight''), Tom Austen (''Arkham VR'') [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/AlexisTomassian (Fr), Davide Albano (It), Manolo Rey (Br.Pt)[[/labelnote]]
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!![[Comicbook/{{Robin}} Robin]] (Tim Drake)
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->'''Voiced by:'''
Batman's partner, Robin patrols
-->''"When the mugger or the thief stops to think twice --'' that ''is fear.'' That ''is what I am! That is why they hired assassins -- because I am the reason the criminals breathe easier when the sun rises."''
Born to Thomas and Martha Wayne, Bruce had an idyllic childhood, although he was given a strong sense of justice by his moralistic and philanthropic parents. After their violent murder at the hands of a mugger, Bruce dedicated his life to battling the criminal element that took their lives. He left Gotham
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* ActionGenreHeroGuy: He's American, has the token buzzcut, and is a DeadpanSnarker 9 times out of 10, suiting the bill easily for this trope.
* AdaptationalBadass: Whilst Mr. Drake in the comics is by no means ''un-badass'', his Arkham City appearance definitely seems to be aiming for a darker and grittier approach to the character, with a far more chiseled and muscled appearance, and the idea that he takes part in cage-fighting in his spare time.
* AdaptationalCurves: This Tim is far more muscular than his comics version, who while fit leans more on the slender side of the spectrum.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: ''A Matter of Family'' shows us that Tim was Robin while Barbara was still Batgirl whereas in the comics, Barb had already been paralyzed by the time Tim donned the Robin suit.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Tim's character bio in both ''City'' and ''Knight'' lists him as having blue eyes and black hair. But in ''Arkham Knight'', he has green eyes and what appears to be brown hair (it's buzzed really short, so it's tough to tell). Much like Catwoman, his character bio in ''Knight'' still lists the original colors.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Much like the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse (whose Tim Drake was based on Jason Todd), this Tim doesn't have a lot of his comics personality of being a slightly meek, nice, laidback Robin who is more of a detective than the other Robins. This Tim is based more on comics!Dick Grayson, being a wise-cracker who trash talks and taunts Rogues in a way Batman does not, [[spoiler:and shares his romance with Barbara/Oracle in this continuity]]. He's also implied to be closer to Barbara and Nightwing in age, compared to being a teenager in the comics.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Him and Barbara are a couple in this version, while in the comics they are just friends due to him being much younger than her.
* AgeLift: Seems to be older than he is in the comics amongst other members of the Bat Family. [[spoiler:Him being in a relationship with Barbara, eventually planning on marrying her, supports this]]. In the tie-in comics, he's a high school chemistry teacher rather than a student.
* AdaptationalBadass: Whilst Mr. Drake in the comics is by no means ''un-badass'', his Arkham City appearance definitely seems to be aiming for a darker and grittier approach to the character, with a far more chiseled and muscled appearance, and the idea that he takes part in cage-fighting in his spare time.
* AdaptationalCurves: This Tim is far more muscular than his comics version, who while fit leans more on the slender side of the spectrum.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: ''A Matter of Family'' shows us that Tim was Robin while Barbara was still Batgirl whereas in the comics, Barb had already been paralyzed by the time Tim donned the Robin suit.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Tim's character bio in both ''City'' and ''Knight'' lists him as having blue eyes and black hair. But in ''Arkham Knight'', he has green eyes and what appears to be brown hair (it's buzzed really short, so it's tough to tell). Much like Catwoman, his character bio in ''Knight'' still lists the original colors.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Much like the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse (whose Tim Drake was based on Jason Todd), this Tim doesn't have a lot of his comics personality of being a slightly meek, nice, laidback Robin who is more of a detective than the other Robins. This Tim is based more on comics!Dick Grayson, being a wise-cracker who trash talks and taunts Rogues in a way Batman does not, [[spoiler:and shares his romance with Barbara/Oracle in this continuity]]. He's also implied to be closer to Barbara and Nightwing in age, compared to being a teenager in the comics.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Him and Barbara are a couple in this version, while in the comics they are just friends due to him being much younger than her.
* AgeLift: Seems to be older than he is in the comics amongst other members of the Bat Family. [[spoiler:Him being in a relationship with Barbara, eventually planning on marrying her, supports this]]. In the tie-in comics, he's a high school chemistry teacher rather than a student.
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* ActionGenreHeroGuy: He's American, has the token buzzcut, TheAce: His character bio even makes sure you know that he's in peak human physical and is a DeadpanSnarker 9 times out of 10, suiting the bill easily for this trope.
mental condition.
* AdaptationalBadass:Whilst Mr. Drake The Arkhamverse Batman is one of the Dark Knight's ''strongest'' incarnations of all time. He fights his way through challenges that could bring down Batman in the comics is by no means ''un-badass'', his Arkham City appearance definitely seems to be aiming for a darker and grittier approach to the character, is a SuperSoldier in all but name, with a far more chiseled impossible levels of strength, stamina, and muscled appearance, and the idea that he takes part in cage-fighting in his spare time.
* AdaptationalCurves: This Tim is far more muscular than his comics version, who while fit leans more on the slender side of the spectrum.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: ''A Matter of Family'' shows us that Tim was Robin while Barbara was still Batgirl whereas inwillpower.
** In the comics,Barb each of Batman's individual enemies could give him a serious challenge in hand-to-hand combat, the scope of their schemes, or both. [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} The most famous instance]] of him having to face multiple members of the Rogues Gallery at once had already been paralyzed him take three months to capture them all, and then he was crippled by the time Tim donned the Robin suit.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Tim's character bioBane. In this series, Batman faces at least half a dozen A-list foes in both each game and defeats and captures them all within a single night, not to mention dozens if not hundreds of street criminals and thugs. ''City'' and ''Knight'' lists him as make this even more impressive by having blue eyes him do it all while also suffering from conditions that severely hamper his mental and black hair. But physical state.
** In modern comics, Batman is typically out-matched in''Arkham Knight'', he has green eyes and what appears hand-to-hand combat by the likes of Lady Shiva (widely considered to be brown hair (it's buzzed really short, so the greatest martial artist in the world, including by Batman himself), Deathstroke (a super-soldier and elite mercenary who is canonically stronger than him), Bane (the man who Broke the Bat), and other superhumans, and when he beats them it's tough variably because he has help or pulls a trick they didn't see coming that gives him an edge. In this series he beats them all one-on-one in a straight-up fight without any trickery or help. The comics also show him as vulnerable to tell). Much hallucinogens like Catwoman, Scarecrow's fear toxin as anyone, and the fear toxin could potentially effect ''Superman'', a Kryptonian; the Arkham Batman gets dosed with fear toxin several times in ''Asylum'' and ''Knight'', within hours of each other, and manages to carry on.
** In the tie-in comics, during an encounter with The Calendar Man, Batman had to fight clones of Solomon Grundy for an entire week without rest. After that, Calendar Man reveals he poisoned 365 people across Gotham, forcing Batman to save every last one of them. Even after that, Batman was still ready and willing to fight Calendar Man, and even managed to save a baby the villain [[WouldHurtAChild threw off a ledge.]]
* AdaptationalJerkass:
** One of the more abrasive incarnations of the Dark Knight, as befitting the Arkhamverse being often somewhat DarkerAndEdgier than even the comics, albeit not to the degree of something like Creator/FrankMiller's Batman from ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder''. While Batman is known for being distant and uncompromising even to hischaracter bio closest allies in other media, this version takes that up several levels, with him being characteristically cold, finding it difficult to emote even in tender moments, and almost singularly obsessed with dealing with problems alone to the point of marginalizing or even turning on (albeit in non-dangerous ways) his allies if they insist on interfering - reaching its zenith when [[spoiler:he locks up Robin in ''Knight'' still lists the original colors.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Much like the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse (whose Tim Drake was based on Jason Todd), this Timfor attempting to take charge once it becomes clear that Batman is dangerously mentally ill]], in an intentional WhatTheHellHero moment. Likewise, unlike most versions of Batman, he doesn't have a lot of his comics personality of being a slightly meek, nice, laidback Robin who is become more of a detective team player over time, and if anything he becomes even more of a loner as time goes by.
** Likewise, he tends to be more brutal than most versions of Batman. While most are obviously willing to use violence to get theother Robins. This Tim is based more on comics!Dick Grayson, being job done, he's typically shown using a wise-cracker who trash talks balance of that with general mystique and taunts Rogues fear tactics to strike fear in a way his enemies' hearts, whereas this Batman does not, [[spoiler:and shares focuses largely on the violence to get his romance with Barbara/Oracle in this continuity]]. He's also implied to be closer to Barbara point across and Nightwing is far more willing to cross lines to (literally) break his opponents. At times, both in age, compared to being a teenager action and in personality, he comes off as a (significantly more heroic) take on the comics.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Him and Barbara are a couple in this version, while in the comics they are just friends duesame "grim but badass" escapist character type that birthed [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos.]]
*** A good indicator as tohim being much younger than her.
* AgeLift: Seems to be older thanhis jerkass brutality is how he is in the comics amongst other members treats those he interrogates, a vast majority of the Bat Family. [[spoiler:Him time, while Batman uses intimidation tactics, he'll simply leave them for the cops to pick up without any further damage. In ''Knight'', he'll break the bones of the Riddler mooks he makes talk.
* AdaptationalWimp: ''Kill the Justice League'' has Batman [[spoiler: being defeated and killed by Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Cap. Boomerang and King Shark. a far cry from the OneManArmy he usually is portrayed. Contrast it to his battle ina relationship ''Assault on Arkham'' where he defeats all of them plus Killer Frost and Black Spider very easily.]]
* AesopAmnesia: By the end of ''Origins'', he's learned that he shouldn't try to do everything by himself and that there's nothing wrong withBarbara, accepting help when you need it. He seems to have forgotten this by the time of ''City'', where he insists on going alone when it's not really necessary, though the fact that he was [[spoiler:dying]] may have had something to do with that.
** This becomes a case of IgnoredEpiphany by the time of ''Knight'' where Batman knows that he can't go it alone and should rely on his allies but his need for control and fears of getting them killed means that he can't really bring himself to rely on them. This eventuallyplanning on marrying her, supports this]]. In the tie-in comics, he's a high school chemistry teacher becomes his TragicFlaw.
* AgentMulder: He's ratherthan a student.open-minded when it comes to supernatural phenomena; for example, in ''City'', while he didn't know exactly how[[note]]At this point in the Arkhamverse, Batman was seemingly unaware of the Lazarus Pits until he found the one stationed under Arkham City[[/note]], he believed Ra's al Ghul's claims that he was over 600 years old.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: His reputation speaks for itself.
-->'''Scarecrow''': You've ingested enough toxins to drive ten men insane! What are you?!
* AmbiguousSituation: The ending of ''Knight''. [[spoiler:It's left up in the air whether or not Bruce blew himself up in Wayne Manor as part of the Knightfall Protocol or is simply FakingTheDead and in hiding.]] It's eventually revealed in one of the trailers for ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'' that [[spoiler:he survived.]]
* AdaptationalBadass:
* AdaptationalCurves: This Tim is far more muscular than his comics version, who while fit leans more on the slender side of the spectrum.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: ''A Matter of Family'' shows us that Tim was Robin while Barbara was still Batgirl whereas in
** In the comics,
* AdaptationDyeJob: Tim's character bio
** In modern comics, Batman is typically out-matched in
** In the tie-in comics, during an encounter with The Calendar Man, Batman had to fight clones of Solomon Grundy for an entire week without rest. After that, Calendar Man reveals he poisoned 365 people across Gotham, forcing Batman to save every last one of them. Even after that, Batman was still ready and willing to fight Calendar Man, and even managed to save a baby the villain [[WouldHurtAChild threw off a ledge.]]
* AdaptationalJerkass:
** One of the more abrasive incarnations of the Dark Knight, as befitting the Arkhamverse being often somewhat DarkerAndEdgier than even the comics, albeit not to the degree of something like Creator/FrankMiller's Batman from ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder''. While Batman is known for being distant and uncompromising even to his
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Much like the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse (whose Tim Drake was based on Jason Todd), this Tim
** Likewise, he tends to be more brutal than most versions of Batman. While most are obviously willing to use violence to get the
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Him and Barbara are a couple in this version, while in the comics they are just friends due
*** A good indicator as to
* AgeLift: Seems to be older than
* AdaptationalWimp: ''Kill the Justice League'' has Batman [[spoiler: being defeated and killed by Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Cap. Boomerang and King Shark. a far cry from the OneManArmy he usually is portrayed. Contrast it to his battle in
* AesopAmnesia: By the end of ''Origins'', he's learned that he shouldn't try to do everything by himself and that there's nothing wrong with
** This becomes a case of IgnoredEpiphany by the time of ''Knight'' where Batman knows that he can't go it alone and should rely on his allies but his need for control and fears of getting them killed means that he can't really bring himself to rely on them. This eventually
* AgentMulder: He's rather
* AmbiguouslyHuman: His reputation speaks for itself.
-->'''Scarecrow''': You've ingested enough toxins to drive ten men insane! What are you?!
* AmbiguousSituation: The ending of ''Knight''. [[spoiler:It's left up in the air whether or not Bruce blew himself up in Wayne Manor as part of the Knightfall Protocol or is simply FakingTheDead and in hiding.]] It's eventually revealed in one of the trailers for ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'' that [[spoiler:he survived.]]
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** His DownloadableContent costumes for ''City'' include ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Animated]]''[[note]]The Dick Grayson version of Robin, not the Tim Drake one[[/note]] and [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Red]] [[SidekickGraduationsStick Robin]].
** His alternate costumes for ''Knight'' include Tim's classic costume and his ''[[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis One Year Later]]'' costume, as well as Dick's costumes as Robin from the ComicBook/New52 and ''Series/Batman1966''.
* AscendedFanboy: As is tradition, he was a massive fan of the original Dynamic Duo before becoming Batman's sidekick.
* BadassCape: Though his cape isn't ''quite'' as badass as Batman's, it's still used in basic gliding.
* BadassInDistress: Near the end of ''Knight'', [[spoiler:he's kidnapped by Scarecrow as part of a ploy to expose Batman's SecretIdentity to the world, something that happened because [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Batman trapped him in a cell at Panessa Studios]].]]
* BadassNormal: Much like his mentor, Robin has no superpowers of any type; he's just supplied with a bunch of ''really'' cool tech, and peak human attributes.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Batman from Ra's al Ghul's assassins. Also [[spoiler:saves Batman from asphyxiation and later from a Harley-induced [[InTheBack knife to the back]] in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]].
* BoringButPractical: His regular strikes are the least fancy looking out of all the other playable characters, often being a simple punch or a whack of his staff with little flips and flourishing. But because of how similar all of his attacks are in start and end time (very fast), Robin's much easier to control, making high combo scores a breeze.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', he's turned against Batman by the spores of Poison Ivy.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Robin has a yellow "R" right over his heart, and also draws an R when spraying Explosive Gel.
* ButtMonkey: Of the Batfamily, he seems to be the go to guy for criticism, insults, and [[TheUnfavorite lack of concern]]. In an optional conversation, Nightwing says that he still thinks of Tim as "the new guy" and admits that it was hard for him to step in with the Batfamily after all their shared history together, and especially after [[spoiler:Jason Todd's "death"]].
* CombatPragmatist: Well, he ''has'' been trained by Batman. And he ''really'' likes whacking people with that staff of his.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He looks like Music/{{Eminem}} in ''Knight''. Since Eminem [[JustForFun/OneOfUs is a lifelong comic book fan]] who dressed as Robin in the music video for "Without Me," this may be a deliberate ShoutOut.
* CompositeCharacter: He ''is'' Tim Drake, but his character design is a combination of his original costume and Damian's. He also has a shaved head like Adult!Damian. His [[WellDoneSonGuy coping]] with Batman's tendencies towards callousness echoes Dick Grayson's own issues prior to making the shift to ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, likewise his romance with Barbara is more commonly related to Nightwing.
* CostumeEvolution: He starts out in ''Arkham City'' with a costume that very much looks like he made it himself, with very light armour on his upper body, his upper arms and elbows bare, a distinctly short cape with a hood, smooth gauntlets on his lower arms (with fingerless gloves as well), and just ordinary striped pants below his belt. In ''Arkham Knight'', his suit is more akin to what we've seen Batman wear in all the other games, being a full bodysuit of protective material covers everywhere except his face and a much longer cape. Interestingly, the ''A Matter Of Family'' DLC, set before Arkham Asylum shows him wearing this suit, and a good look at Jason Todd's Robin costume will reveal that Tim's ''Arkham Knight'' suit is largely identical to Jason's, just with a different "R" insignia.
* DominoMask: Much like all Robins, Tim's mask just covers the outlines of his eyes and nothing else.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He gets no respect from Batman or any of his Rogues Gallery, the latter of which treat him as a complete joke. Batman refuses to trust him to help in Arkham City or with the Arkham Knight and his militia.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Inverted. One of the cops he rescues from Harley comments that he expected Robin to be ''shorter''.
* FinalBoss: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', while under Poison Ivy's mind control.
* GrapplingHookGun: Unlike when Batman or Nightwing uses it on {{mooks}}, he pulls himself toward ''them'' for a kick, not vice versa for a punch.
* InTheHood: Like Damian Wayne in the comics, this version of Tim has a hood as part of his Robin costume.
* JackOfAllStats: Not as strong as Batman, and not as fast as Catwoman, but playing him in the Challenge maps makes Batman feel like a tank and Catwoman underpowered.
* JustAKid: Despite being in his late teens at the youngest. Unlike [[TheDreaded Batman]], Robin's seen as something of a TagalongKid by Gotham's criminals and isn't taken seriously until you start picking them off.
--> '''Thug:''' I'm sorry, I thought you were some kind of joke! Please don't hurt me!
* TheLancer: More personable and less gruff than Batman, though no less competent in combat.
* LegacyCharacter: There's one mention of the existence of Jason Todd when Joker mentions in his Challenge that he thought that he already killed him, and his profile mentions that he's a successor of Dick Grayson in the role of Robin. [[spoiler:Until the events of ''Arkham Knight'', that is.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Throughout most of ''Knight'', Batman deliberately chooses not to [[spoiler:inform him that Barbara has been kidnapped by Scarecrow and the Arkham Knight, or when Barbara is apparently DrivenToSuicide under the influence of fear toxin, wanting him to focus on finding the cure for the Joker infection. After Batman himself is revealed to be infected, the player can choose to inform him.]]
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His staff has a built-in shield that can block bullets and steam, though the former isn't indefinitely.
* MartialArtsStaff: Noted because Tim Drake is often touted as the best staff user in Franchise/TheDCU. It shows in his combat.
* McNinja: Not surprisingly, he's just as stealthy as his mentor.
* MeaningfulAppearance: As part of an effort to adapt the vibrant image of Robin to the rather dark and dour atmosphere of the ''Arkham'' games, Robin wears a pair of fingerless gloves.
* MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: True, his shield won't last indefinitely, and will eventually buckle under a constant onslaught of bullets. However, by the time he's gotten to whoever's shooting at him, [[BadassNormal he'll most likely not need it]].
* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the comics, Tim Drake is a teenager, and has sibling-like relationship with [[spoiler:Barbara]], who is a good 10-12 years older. In the game, he is hinted to be older, and in a relationship with [[spoiler:Barbara]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:In ''Arkham Knight'' Jason accuses Bruce of training Tim as the new Robin in this way. The fact it happened less than six months after Jason disappeared doesn't help. Bruce even accidentally calls Tim by Jason's name whilst the hallucinatory effects he's suffering from still linger, to which Tim comments he hasn't done so in a while, meaning it's not the first time. Batman's interactions with Nightwing, suggest that Batman sees all the later Robins and sidekicks as replacements for him.]]
* RetractableWeapon: His staff can change between the length of a club to a length of...well, a staff, at a whim.
* ShieldBash: His staff folds out to make a bullet proof shield, which he can also hit enemies with.
* {{Sidekick}}: As per tradition with Robin, he is this to Batman.
* TheSmartGuy: His detective skills are noted in his profile and show up in gameplay. Though its mostly an InformedAbility.
* SmokeOut: Much like his mentor, Robin can throw one smoke bomb per stealth section.
* TelescopingStaff: His weapon is a retractable bo-staff that also has a built-in bulletproof shield.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Is often on the receiving end of this from Batman. Since ''City'', Robin's enthusiasm to join Batman's adventures is always coldly rebuked and he is usually ordered to do some other mundane task offscreen. From a gameplay standpoint, it's simply to maintain the focus on Batman as the sole player protagonist. This is eventually addressed and {{Deconstructed}} in ''Knight'' when Tim finally gets sick of being fobbed off and begins to doubt Bruce's commitment to the Dynamic Duo, leading to dramatic conflict later in the game.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Knight'' he's quite a bit more powerful than in "Harley Quinn's Revenge." So much so that Batman outright starts praising him, even admitting that he's impressed. [[spoiler:Still doesn't stop Bruce from locking up Robin in a cell though]].
* TrainingFromHell: Not from a hellish place per say, but it is said that he's been training vigorously and intensely for a time until he proves to be worthy of the Robin title.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:In ''SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', he is seemingly killed before the events of the game by the brainwashed Batman, as the Squad finds his damaged domino mask alongside small specks of blood, although there is no body to be found and his fate is never confirmed, leaving it unclear whether or not he managed to escape the brainwashed Dark Knight.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: In Robin's DLC Predator gameplay, the mooks start out mocking him, "''Robin''? Really?" and end up pants-wettingly terrified. "I'm sorry! I thought you were just a joke! ''Please'' don't hurt me!"
* WellDoneSonGuy: Seems to give off that vibe -- he tries to act cool and bold around Batman, but every time Batman spectacularly fails to acknowledge or express gratitude for Robin's help, he sounds very deflated. He also very clearly shuts down when Batman [[spoiler:doesn't even show relief when Robin is revealed to have survived the explosion that Batman had assumed had killed him. By the time of Arkham Knight, he finally gets validation from Batman]].
* WhatTheHellHero:
** A quiet, understated version in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' [[spoiler:after he saves Batman's life and Batman completely brushes it off]].
-->'''Robin:''' Ever heard of 'thank you'?\\
'''Batman:''' ''[ignoring him]'' Where are the cops?\\
'''Robin:''' ...Guess not.
** He gives a huge one to Bruce in ''Arkham Knight'' [[spoiler:for locking him in a cell at the movie studio, telling him Barbara's dead, then Bruce refusing to trust him to look after himself]].
* WhatWouldXDo: Trying to leave the cage room without checking for clues will make him note that he should examine it, like Batman would've.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: One of his counters to ninja attacks is a chokeslam. His double team moves with Batman involve piledrivers and powerbombs.
* YouFightLikeACow: In regular gameplay, he is relatively quiet; but when it comes to Harley, he goes on all four cylinders with this trope, in both the comic and the DLC.
** His alternate costumes for ''Knight'' include Tim's classic costume and his ''[[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis One Year Later]]'' costume, as well as Dick's costumes as Robin from the ComicBook/New52 and ''Series/Batman1966''.
* AscendedFanboy: As is tradition, he was a massive fan of the original Dynamic Duo before becoming Batman's sidekick.
* BadassCape: Though his cape isn't ''quite'' as badass as Batman's, it's still used in basic gliding.
* BadassInDistress: Near the end of ''Knight'', [[spoiler:he's kidnapped by Scarecrow as part of a ploy to expose Batman's SecretIdentity to the world, something that happened because [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Batman trapped him in a cell at Panessa Studios]].]]
* BadassNormal: Much like his mentor, Robin has no superpowers of any type; he's just supplied with a bunch of ''really'' cool tech, and peak human attributes.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Batman from Ra's al Ghul's assassins. Also [[spoiler:saves Batman from asphyxiation and later from a Harley-induced [[InTheBack knife to the back]] in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]].
* BoringButPractical: His regular strikes are the least fancy looking out of all the other playable characters, often being a simple punch or a whack of his staff with little flips and flourishing. But because of how similar all of his attacks are in start and end time (very fast), Robin's much easier to control, making high combo scores a breeze.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', he's turned against Batman by the spores of Poison Ivy.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Robin has a yellow "R" right over his heart, and also draws an R when spraying Explosive Gel.
* ButtMonkey: Of the Batfamily, he seems to be the go to guy for criticism, insults, and [[TheUnfavorite lack of concern]]. In an optional conversation, Nightwing says that he still thinks of Tim as "the new guy" and admits that it was hard for him to step in with the Batfamily after all their shared history together, and especially after [[spoiler:Jason Todd's "death"]].
* CombatPragmatist: Well, he ''has'' been trained by Batman. And he ''really'' likes whacking people with that staff of his.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He looks like Music/{{Eminem}} in ''Knight''. Since Eminem [[JustForFun/OneOfUs is a lifelong comic book fan]] who dressed as Robin in the music video for "Without Me," this may be a deliberate ShoutOut.
* CompositeCharacter: He ''is'' Tim Drake, but his character design is a combination of his original costume and Damian's. He also has a shaved head like Adult!Damian. His [[WellDoneSonGuy coping]] with Batman's tendencies towards callousness echoes Dick Grayson's own issues prior to making the shift to ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, likewise his romance with Barbara is more commonly related to Nightwing.
* CostumeEvolution: He starts out in ''Arkham City'' with a costume that very much looks like he made it himself, with very light armour on his upper body, his upper arms and elbows bare, a distinctly short cape with a hood, smooth gauntlets on his lower arms (with fingerless gloves as well), and just ordinary striped pants below his belt. In ''Arkham Knight'', his suit is more akin to what we've seen Batman wear in all the other games, being a full bodysuit of protective material covers everywhere except his face and a much longer cape. Interestingly, the ''A Matter Of Family'' DLC, set before Arkham Asylum shows him wearing this suit, and a good look at Jason Todd's Robin costume will reveal that Tim's ''Arkham Knight'' suit is largely identical to Jason's, just with a different "R" insignia.
* DominoMask: Much like all Robins, Tim's mask just covers the outlines of his eyes and nothing else.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He gets no respect from Batman or any of his Rogues Gallery, the latter of which treat him as a complete joke. Batman refuses to trust him to help in Arkham City or with the Arkham Knight and his militia.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Inverted. One of the cops he rescues from Harley comments that he expected Robin to be ''shorter''.
* FinalBoss: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', while under Poison Ivy's mind control.
* GrapplingHookGun: Unlike when Batman or Nightwing uses it on {{mooks}}, he pulls himself toward ''them'' for a kick, not vice versa for a punch.
* InTheHood: Like Damian Wayne in the comics, this version of Tim has a hood as part of his Robin costume.
* JackOfAllStats: Not as strong as Batman, and not as fast as Catwoman, but playing him in the Challenge maps makes Batman feel like a tank and Catwoman underpowered.
* JustAKid: Despite being in his late teens at the youngest. Unlike [[TheDreaded Batman]], Robin's seen as something of a TagalongKid by Gotham's criminals and isn't taken seriously until you start picking them off.
--> '''Thug:''' I'm sorry, I thought you were some kind of joke! Please don't hurt me!
* TheLancer: More personable and less gruff than Batman, though no less competent in combat.
* LegacyCharacter: There's one mention of the existence of Jason Todd when Joker mentions in his Challenge that he thought that he already killed him, and his profile mentions that he's a successor of Dick Grayson in the role of Robin. [[spoiler:Until the events of ''Arkham Knight'', that is.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Throughout most of ''Knight'', Batman deliberately chooses not to [[spoiler:inform him that Barbara has been kidnapped by Scarecrow and the Arkham Knight, or when Barbara is apparently DrivenToSuicide under the influence of fear toxin, wanting him to focus on finding the cure for the Joker infection. After Batman himself is revealed to be infected, the player can choose to inform him.]]
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His staff has a built-in shield that can block bullets and steam, though the former isn't indefinitely.
* MartialArtsStaff: Noted because Tim Drake is often touted as the best staff user in Franchise/TheDCU. It shows in his combat.
* McNinja: Not surprisingly, he's just as stealthy as his mentor.
* MeaningfulAppearance: As part of an effort to adapt the vibrant image of Robin to the rather dark and dour atmosphere of the ''Arkham'' games, Robin wears a pair of fingerless gloves.
* MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: True, his shield won't last indefinitely, and will eventually buckle under a constant onslaught of bullets. However, by the time he's gotten to whoever's shooting at him, [[BadassNormal he'll most likely not need it]].
* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the comics, Tim Drake is a teenager, and has sibling-like relationship with [[spoiler:Barbara]], who is a good 10-12 years older. In the game, he is hinted to be older, and in a relationship with [[spoiler:Barbara]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:In ''Arkham Knight'' Jason accuses Bruce of training Tim as the new Robin in this way. The fact it happened less than six months after Jason disappeared doesn't help. Bruce even accidentally calls Tim by Jason's name whilst the hallucinatory effects he's suffering from still linger, to which Tim comments he hasn't done so in a while, meaning it's not the first time. Batman's interactions with Nightwing, suggest that Batman sees all the later Robins and sidekicks as replacements for him.]]
* RetractableWeapon: His staff can change between the length of a club to a length of...well, a staff, at a whim.
* ShieldBash: His staff folds out to make a bullet proof shield, which he can also hit enemies with.
* {{Sidekick}}: As per tradition with Robin, he is this to Batman.
* TheSmartGuy: His detective skills are noted in his profile and show up in gameplay. Though its mostly an InformedAbility.
* SmokeOut: Much like his mentor, Robin can throw one smoke bomb per stealth section.
* TelescopingStaff: His weapon is a retractable bo-staff that also has a built-in bulletproof shield.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Is often on the receiving end of this from Batman. Since ''City'', Robin's enthusiasm to join Batman's adventures is always coldly rebuked and he is usually ordered to do some other mundane task offscreen. From a gameplay standpoint, it's simply to maintain the focus on Batman as the sole player protagonist. This is eventually addressed and {{Deconstructed}} in ''Knight'' when Tim finally gets sick of being fobbed off and begins to doubt Bruce's commitment to the Dynamic Duo, leading to dramatic conflict later in the game.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Knight'' he's quite a bit more powerful than in "Harley Quinn's Revenge." So much so that Batman outright starts praising him, even admitting that he's impressed. [[spoiler:Still doesn't stop Bruce from locking up Robin in a cell though]].
* TrainingFromHell: Not from a hellish place per say, but it is said that he's been training vigorously and intensely for a time until he proves to be worthy of the Robin title.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:In ''SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', he is seemingly killed before the events of the game by the brainwashed Batman, as the Squad finds his damaged domino mask alongside small specks of blood, although there is no body to be found and his fate is never confirmed, leaving it unclear whether or not he managed to escape the brainwashed Dark Knight.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: In Robin's DLC Predator gameplay, the mooks start out mocking him, "''Robin''? Really?" and end up pants-wettingly terrified. "I'm sorry! I thought you were just a joke! ''Please'' don't hurt me!"
* WellDoneSonGuy: Seems to give off that vibe -- he tries to act cool and bold around Batman, but every time Batman spectacularly fails to acknowledge or express gratitude for Robin's help, he sounds very deflated. He also very clearly shuts down when Batman [[spoiler:doesn't even show relief when Robin is revealed to have survived the explosion that Batman had assumed had killed him. By the time of Arkham Knight, he finally gets validation from Batman]].
* WhatTheHellHero:
** A quiet, understated version in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' [[spoiler:after he saves Batman's life and Batman completely brushes it off]].
-->'''Robin:''' Ever heard of 'thank you'?\\
'''Batman:''' ''[ignoring him]'' Where are the cops?\\
'''Robin:''' ...Guess not.
** He gives a huge one to Bruce in ''Arkham Knight'' [[spoiler:for locking him in a cell at the movie studio, telling him Barbara's dead, then Bruce refusing to trust him to look after himself]].
* WhatWouldXDo: Trying to leave the cage room without checking for clues will make him note that he should examine it, like Batman would've.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: One of his counters to ninja attacks is a chokeslam. His double team moves with Batman involve piledrivers and powerbombs.
* YouFightLikeACow: In regular gameplay, he is relatively quiet; but when it comes to Harley, he goes on all four cylinders with this trope, in both the comic and the DLC.
to:
** His DownloadableContent costumes for ''City'' include ''Arkham City'' has a number of {{Downloadable|Content}} costumes, including 70s Neal Adams, ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns TDKR]]'', ''[[ComicBook/BatmanYearOne Year One]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Animated]]''[[note]]The Dick Grayson Animated]]'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''[[note]]It's still Bruce in the suit, not Terry [=McGinnis=][[/note]], ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman Incorporated]]'', ''[[ComicBook/BatmanEarthOne Earth One]]'', and ''ComicBook/{{Sinestro Corps|War}}''.
** ''Arkham Origins'' sees costumes based on ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'', [[GoldenAge the original Earth 2]], ''ComicBook/GothamByGaslight'', ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'', ComicBook/{{New 52}}, ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'', [[ComicBook/{{Earth 2}} New Earth-2]], ''Thrillkiller'', ''Noel'', ''Dark Knight of the Round Table'', ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} Jean-Paul Valley's first Batsuit]] the Adam West Series/Batman1966, and a metallic version ofRobin, not the Tim Drake one[[/note]] suit used for the game.
** ''Blackgate'' has--in addition to the ''Blackest Night'', ''DC One Million'', and[[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Red]] [[SidekickGraduationsStick Robin]].
''New 52'' costumes--costumes based on ''[[ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear Zero Year]]'', ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'', and ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman''
**His Among the new alternate costumes for from ''Knight'' are an unblemished version of the suit he wears from most of the game, ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague3000'', the [[Film/Batman1989 Michael Keaton Batsuit]], the [[Film/BatmanvSupermanDawnOfJustice Ben Affleck Batsuit]], the [[Film/TheDarkKnight Christian Bale Batsuit]] (based off the second movie by fan voting), his costume from the ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight Gotham Knight]]'' short "Field Test", [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Zun-en-arrh, Dick Grayson's second Batsuit]][[note]]Dick's Batsuit during his first tenure was the same costume Bruce was wearing at the time[[/note]], ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', and a modified version of the ''Beyond'' suit. Returning costumes include Tim's classic costume his costumes from ''Asylum'' and ''Origins'', ''TDKR'', ''Year One'', ''Batman Incorporated'', ''Noel'', his ''[[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis One Year Later]]'' first appearance costume, as well as Dick's costumes as Robin from the ComicBook/New52 Neal Adams suit, and ''Series/Batman1966''.
* AscendedFanboy: As is tradition, he was a massive fanthe Adam West suit. [[spoiler:Completing everything, including the "Season of Infamy" DLC in both the original Dynamic Duo before becoming Batman's sidekick.
* BadassCape: Though his cape isn't ''quite'' as badass as Batman's, it's still used in basic gliding.
* BadassInDistress: Neargame and NewGamePlus gets you a version of the end of ''Knight'', [[spoiler:he's kidnapped by Scarecrow as part of a ploy to expose Batman's SecretIdentity to ''Knight'' Batsuit with the world, something that happened because [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Batman trapped him in torso armor black and a cell at Panessa Studios]].yellow batsymbol.]]
*BadassNormal: Much like his mentor, Robin has no superpowers of any type; he's just supplied with a bunch of ''really'' cool tech, and peak human attributes.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Batman from Ra's al Ghul's assassins. Also [[spoiler:saves Batman from asphyxiation and later from a Harley-induced [[InTheBack knife to the back]] in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]].
* BoringButPractical: His regular strikes are the least fancy looking out of all the other playable characters, often being a simple punch or a whack of his staff with little flips and flourishing. But because of how similar all of his attacks are in start and end time (very fast), Robin's much easier to control, making high combo scores a breeze.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', he's turned against Batman by the spores of Poison Ivy.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Robin has a yellow "R" right over his heart, and also draws an R when spraying Explosive Gel.
* ButtMonkey:AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Of the Batfamily, he seems to be the go to guy for criticism, insults, and [[TheUnfavorite lack of concern]]. In an optional conversation, Nightwing says that he still thinks of Tim as "the new guy" and admits that it was hard for him to step in with the Batfamily after all their shared history together, and especially after [[spoiler:Jason Todd's "death"]].
"Animal Alias" variety.
*CombatPragmatist: Well, he ''has'' been trained by Batman. And he ''really'' likes whacking people with that staff of his.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He looks like Music/{{Eminem}} in ''Knight''. Since Eminem [[JustForFun/OneOfUs is a lifelong comic book fan]] who dressed as Robin in the music video for "Without Me," this may be a deliberate ShoutOut.
* CompositeCharacter:AntiHero: He ''is'' Tim Drake, but Batman, after all. While his character design is a combination morals and dedication to what's right are as strong as it ever was in ''Asylum'', later games showcase much more of his original costume personal flaws, such as escalating brutality and Damian's. He also has a shaved head like Adult!Damian. His [[WellDoneSonGuy coping]] his difficulty in being honest with Batman's tendencies towards callousness echoes Dick Grayson's own issues prior to making the shift to ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, likewise his romance those he works with Barbara is more commonly related - primarily due to Nightwing.
gradually becoming DarkerAndEdgier thanks to a TraumaCongaLine.
*CostumeEvolution: He starts out in ''Arkham City'' with a costume that very much looks like he made it himself, with very light armour on his upper body, his upper arms and elbows bare, a distinctly short cape with a hood, smooth gauntlets on his lower arms (with fingerless gloves as well), and just ordinary striped pants below his belt. ArmorPiercingAttack:
** In ''ArkhamKnight'', his suit is more akin to what we've seen Batman wear in all the other games, being a full bodysuit of City'', mooks start wearing protective material covers everywhere except his face armor and a much longer cape. Interestingly, donning [=SWAT=] riot shields to combat Batman. To counter, Batman has two attacks that get through this - the ''A Matter Of Family'' DLC, set Beat Down attack, which has Batman rapid-fire punches before Arkham Asylum shows him wearing this suit, delivering a knock out blow, and a good look at Jason Todd's Robin costume will reveal an attack that Tim's has Bats climb their shield, then pounce on them. ''Arkham Knight'' suit adds one more where he simply grabs their shield and delivers a punch strong enough to break the shield's glass window and knock the guy behind it away.
** Most of Batman's gadgets bypass all forms of protection, capable of affecting enemies that would counter his normal punches. While none of them can knock out enemies, the player islargely identical encouraged to Jason's, just use them liberally to stun enemies with a different "R" insignia.
defensive options.
*DominoMask: Much like all Robins, Tim's mask just covers the outlines ArrogantKungFuGuy: The young Bruce Wayne in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' is quite full of himself in his eyes and nothing else.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He gets no respect from Batman or any ofbelief about his Rogues Gallery, the latter of which treat him as a complete joke. Batman refuses abilities to trust him to help shut down crime in Arkham City or Gotham, dismissing Alfred's cautionary advice with the Arkham Knight game's story providing him with a lesson in humility and respect for his militia.colleagues. In the first two games, with older Batman, he is more respectful but has very little false modesty as to his abilities and skills.
*ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Inverted. One of ArtEvolution: As well as the cops he rescues slight aesthetic changes to his costume, Batman's facial features are made overall smoother from Harley comments that he expected Robin ''Asylum'' to be ''shorter''.
* FinalBoss: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', while under Poison Ivy's mind control.
* GrapplingHookGun: Unlike when Batman or Nightwing uses it on {{mooks}}, he pulls himself toward ''them'' for a kick, not vice versa for a punch.
* InTheHood: Like Damian Wayne''City'' and are capable of more varied facial expressions, especially in the comics, eyes. Part of this version of Tim has a hood as part of is due to him actually being seen without his Robin costume.
* JackOfAllStats: Not as strong as Batman, and not as fast as Catwoman, but playing himmask at certain moments in the Challenge maps makes Batman feel story, unlike the first game. ''Knight'' takes things even further in this regard, as with the shift to an almost photorealistic art style to a level not seen in the other games, Bruce gets even more detail added to his character model. His proportions, whilst still retaining the HeroicBuild, look more like the kind you'd find on a tank real person, whilst his unmasked face is given the kind of detail that suggests tiredness and Catwoman underpowered.
fatigue, matching his characterisation in the final game. ''Origins'' gives the younger Bruce more hardened, chiselled features with PermaStubble appropriate for the story's take on the more raw less-experienced Batman.
*JustAKid: Despite being AuraVision: He has built-in lenses in his late teens at cowl that when activated give him an X-Ray view of any nearby characters or surroundings. Enemies carrying guns are marked as red. Anyone else, whether they be enemy or not; are marked as light blue. Objects that can be affected by one of Batman's tools are similarly highlighted.
* BadassBoast:
** In ''Asylum'':
--->'''Bane:''' I will break you, Batman! Then theyoungest. Unlike [[TheDreaded Batman]], Robin's seen as something of a TagalongKid by Gotham's [[GratuitousSpanish bruja]]!\\
'''Batman:''' No, Bane. This time, ''I'' break ''you''! ''[cue the Batmobile ramming Bane into the water]''
** In ''Origins'':
--->'''Batman:''' I am the reason criminalsand isn't taken seriously until you start picking them off.
--> '''Thug:''' I'm sorry, I thought you were some kind of joke! Please don't hurt me!
* TheLancer: More personable and less gruff than Batman, though no less competent in combat.
* LegacyCharacter: There's one mention of the existence of Jason Toddbreathe easier when Joker mentions in his Challenge that he thought that he already killed him, and his profile mentions that he's a successor of Dick Grayson in the role of Robin. [[spoiler:Until sun rises!
** In ''Knight'':
--->'''Batman:''' [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries I am vengeance. I am theevents night!]] '''I AM BATMAN!'''
* BadassCape: That allows him to glide. He also uses it to stun enemies in combat by swinging it at their faces.
* BadassInANiceSuit: As Bruce Wayne at the beginning of ''ArkhamKnight'', City''. Played quite realistically, as the suit coat gets torn along the shoulder seams, demonstrating how restrictive and, well, unsuited to combat a suit can be. ''Cold, Cold Heart'' also has him in action against Penguin's men when they raid Wayne Manor, though his suit remains in much better condition in this instance.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Temporarily when captured by the Joker at the beginning of ''Arkham City'', sort of the entirety of the game on a smaller scale, and definitely during his capture by Harley in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]].
* BadassNormal: He has no powers, unlike several of his enemies (Poison Ivy. Killer Croc), relying on intense training and a keen mind (and shitloads of money) to see him through his war on Gotham's criminal elements.
* BarrierBustingBlow: Gains this in ''Arkham City'', letting him punch through a weak wall to take down a henchman on the other side.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: While he doesn't use a gun in ''City'', Batman ''does'' resort to what would otherwise be lethal force against two separate opponents. In both cases, it's completely justified. The first is [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Solomon Grundy]], who cannot be stopped by anything less and will come back to life, the other is [[BlobMonster Clayface]], who is effectively immune to all of Batman's conventional tactics again being quite near to immortal due to his body composition. Depending on the player's choice, he might also cut off [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul's]] "life support" in ''Knight'' but thatis.is a very grey area.
* BeneathTheMask: Late in ''Origins'', the Dark Knight suffers a HeroicBSOD and then talks about whether he should give up his superhero crusade. During this scene, the subtitles identify him as "Bruce Wayne" rather than "Batman", as he is on the point of giving up Batman's status.
* BigGood: He's the leader of the Batfamily and Gotham City's protector.
* BigNo: Does this in ''Arkham Asylum'' [[spoiler:when he takes the Titan dart for Commissioner Gordon]]. And in ''Arkham Origins'' [[spoiler:when he thinks he has lost Alfred as the only member of the Bat-family... right before slamming his Shock Gloves into the ground and discovering his EurekaMoment: to shock Alfred back to life]].
* BloodKnight: It was heavily implied that during the year between ''City'' and ''Knight,'' he was getting frustrated with the fact that all he could really do was tinker with his gadgets and vehicles.
* BlueIsHeroic: His cape and cowl are a very dark blue in ''City.'' They're back to black in the other three games.
* BrokenAce: Especially noticeable in ''Arkham City'', when Batman wants to [[spoiler:save Talia from the Joker, rather than stop Strange's plan to kill, at the very least, thousands. He also takes his failure to save the Joker pretty badly]].
** By the end of ''Knight'', [[spoiler:even if he's retained his sanity, Batman has lost his SecretIdentity and is forced to go underground and cut off all ties with his former friends and associations]].
* BuildingSwing: With his GrapplingHookGun.
* ByronicHero: Arkham!Bats is as classical an example as any version of Batman. He is distant and secretive from his friends and allies, he's independent and self-reliant to the point of being self-destructive, and is tragically incapable of changing and adapting his problems even if he is aware of them.
* CapeSwish: Weaponized with the Cape Stun.
* CapeWings: How he glides.
* CatchPhrase: In ''Origins'', he had a bit of a tendency to say various inflexions of "to run out of time" (eg. "You just ran out of time."). [[spoiler:This turns out to be a factor that helps Bane deduce Batman's identity.]]
*LockedOutOfTheLoop: Throughout most of ''Knight'', CharacterDevelopment: In ''Asylum'' Batman deliberately chooses not to [[spoiler:inform him that Barbara has been kidnapped by Scarecrow and the Arkham Knight, or when Barbara is apparently DrivenToSuicide under the influence of fear toxin, wanting him to focus on finding the cure for the Joker infection. After Batman himself is revealed considers Killer Croc to be infected, nothing but an animal. In ''Knight's'' DLC "Below the player can choose Surface", he [[spoiler:considers Warden Ranken, who tortured his prisoners, to inform him.be the only monster of the two.]]
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: ** ''Origins'' does a good job of establishing how new to the game Bruce is compared to the chronologically later titles, as whilst he is as skilled as those games, he is much more arrogant and overconfident about his abilities and is harder and overall more aggressive in his interactions with criminals (to the point he accidentally renders Ricky "Loose Lips" Leblanc unconscious during an interrogation). He also doesn't respect the GCPD to any capacity, refusing to ally with them even with Gordon present, on account of the city's CorruptCop problem. The course of the game's story has Bruce receiving a much-needed dose of humility [[spoiler:on account of Bane almost killing Alfred]], learning to receive help from others and he starts working with Gordon to improve the state of the city.
** In ''Knight'', he undergoes a unique version of this where he ''regresses'' as a character thanks to the Scarecrow toxin driving him insane. As it turns out, Bruce's deepest fears are his allies dying as a result of his actions and the Joker slowly taking over his mind and going on a rampage. As a result, he takes radical and dangerous steps to stop these both from happening, first by imprisoning Robin following a hallucination and secondly by trying to ignore the Joker hallucination as it gains more and more power in his mind. By the end of the game, we've seen both fears (seemingly) come to pass, with Oracle dying and the Joker successfully taking over his body. Both turn out to be hallucinations, but in working through these hallucinations Bruce also works out his fears. Hisstaff has a built-in shield allies can take care of themselves for the most part, and in working together they can keep each other safe (seen with Oracle surviving, and Red Hood coming to the rescue). He eventually overpowers the Joker by getting Scarecrow to inject him with an extra-potent dose of fear toxin when Joker is on the cusp of taking over his body, causing the Joker hallucination to ''hallucinate it's own greatest fear''- the fear of being forgotten. Where Batman is okay with his legacy eventually fading to nothing, the Joker most certainly is not, and Batman takes advantage of this doubt and fear to reassert control over his mind and save the day. While he ends the game confident that his allies will be fine, the toxin has done so much damage to him that he feels like he can block no longer be a superhero, and Scarecrow finishes the job by unmasking him, yet he comes back as the Dark Knight five years later.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He ''worked'' to become as strong as he is.
* ChestInsignia: The massive bat logo, as usual. It's in fact the strongest part of his Batsuit's armor, something the Arkham Knight himself makes sure to let his men know.
* ChickMagnet: It's Batman so this was inevitable but he gets heavy ShipTease with Talia, Selina, and Ivy. Oracle may have feelings for him as she was seemingly jealous about his interactions with Talia. He seems to have the admiration of others such as Nyssa and Shiva, and this is not including his love interests as Bruce Wayne, such as Vicki Vale.
* ChokeHolds: This is how he performs a Silent Takedown. He uses a blood choke to knock them out with a meaty paw over their airways to keep them from making noise.
* ClarkKenting: As Bruce Wayne, playboy billionaire. He even uses a slightly higher voice in that guise. This works for and against him during the events of ''City'', since everyone assumes Wayne is a dumbass rich guy who'll probably be eaten (possibly ''literally'') by the inmates of Arkham City... meaning nobody bothers looking too hard for him when he disappears. However, it also meant Bruce couldn't do much to stop Hugo Strange's initial campaign, since this would result in people looking a little harder at Wayne, and wondering how he's able to get all that information on the professor.
* ClothingCombat: One of his moves is to whirl his cape at his enemies, using weights in the corners to stun the target.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The Arkham version(s) of the Batsuit is one the most technologically advanced Batsuits yet.
** The suit provides Batman near-full range of motion while also providing protection from blunt force trauma, explosions, gunfire, and knives.[[note]]Fabric armor such as what is worn in ''Asylum'' and ''City'' is capable of protecting against both bullets andsteam, though blades, but not without compromising mobility.[[/note]]
** His cape allows him to glide at extremely high speeds.
** The cowl is connected to theformer Batcomputer and provides Batman with "Detective Mode," which allows him to see objects of interest, observe X-rays of anyone through walls as well as distinguish between who is and isn't indefinitely.
* MartialArtsStaff: Noted because Tim Drake is often touted asarmed with a gun, trace vapor trails and the best staff user in Franchise/TheDCU. It shows in trajectory of bullets, and accurately reconstruct entire crime scenes from a single piece of evidence. Basically, the cowl is why he is the World's Greatest Detective.
*** The ears also house antennae that allow him to eavesdrop on conversations from hundreds of meters away.
** The gauntlets have [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins hologram projectors]] that provide Batman's in-game map, can allow him to [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum control]] hiscombat.
* McNinja: Not surprisingly, he's just as stealthy asvehicles remotely, can [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity trace]] radio waves, and can later [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight provide]] the ability to video chat his mentor.
* MeaningfulAppearance: As part of an effort to adaptallies. He can even insert SIM cards straight into the vibrant image of Robin left gauntlet to the rather dark make phone calls directly through his earpiece.
** The suits worn in ''Asylum'' anddour atmosphere of the ''Arkham'' ''City'' are also molded to exaggerate his HeroicBuild, visually enhancing Batman's already intimidating physique.
* ClothingDamage: Throughout all four games,Robin wears a pair of fingerless gloves.
* MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: True,both his shield won't last indefinitely, suit and will eventually buckle under a constant onslaught cape get progressively torn up and scuffed.
* ColdHam: This version ofbullets. However, by the time he's gotten Batman rarely shows any emotion and is generally very quiet. Yet when he speaks, his voice is as intense and threatening as ever.
* CombatPragmatist: He only has [[ThouShallNotKill one rule]]. Everything else is fair game.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting:
** He resembles [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse Ben Affleck]] in ''Knight''.
** Creator/RogerCraigSmith's voice in ''Origins'' would sometimes sound similar towhoever's shooting at him, [[BadassNormal he'll most likely [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Christan Bale]]'s growl.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Early on in ''Origins'', there's this exchange between himself and Alfred:
-->'''Alfred:''' I hope you'll try to keep a low profile tonight, sir.\\
'''Batman:''' Trust me, I'll take out those assassins before they even know I'm there.\\
'''Alfred:''' It's notneed it]].
just that... if some curious child looks out to see who's pattering across their rooftop, they'll expect Santa Claus, not a black-clad bat creature.\\
'''Batman:''' ''I '''don't''' patter.''
*PromotedToLoveInterest: In the comics, Tim Drake is a teenager, TheComicallySerious: He has his moments. Such as this exchange between himself and has sibling-like relationship Catwoman in ''Knight'':
-->'''Catwoman:''' ''[sigh]'' Another one? What's Eddie's problem?\\
'''Batman:''' Fanatic [[{{Narcissist}} narcissism]], [[SmallNameBigEgo egocentricism]], and megalomania crossed with[[spoiler:Barbara]], who is a good 10-12 years older. In severe obsessive compulsion.\\
'''Catwoman:''' [[SarcasmMode ...Thanks.]]\\
'''Batman:''' Don't mention it.
* CompositeCharacter:
** He's based on thegame, he is hinted to be older, comics version, has the [[Creator/KevinConroy voice]] of his Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse counterpart in everything outside of ''Origins'' and in a relationship ''Blackgate'', and his costume -- albeit modeled on the costume from the classic comics -- is body armor with [[spoiler:Barbara]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Ina cape ala ''Film/BatmanBegins''. His ''Origins'' costume is more based on the armored costume from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', albeit modeled on the ComicBook/{{New 52}} costume and Creator/RogerCraigSmith's voice would sometimes sound similar to Creator/ChristianBale's Batman voice. His ''Arkham Knight'' Jason accuses Bruce of training Tim as design is modeled on Creator/BenAffleck and wears armor similar to his ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' incarnation.
** ''Arkham Origins's'' [=PS3=]-exclusive Knightfall [=DLC=] [[DownplayedTrope kind of]] combines him with Jean-Paul Valley, thenew Robin in this way. first Azrael. The fact it happened less than six months after Jason disappeared doesn't help. Bruce even accidentally calls Tim by Jason's name whilst [=DLC=] lets him wear Valley's batsuit (which covers his whole face) and one of the hallucinatory effects he's suffering five challenge maps from still linger, the [=DLC=] is called "Azrael does not protect". Despite the nods to which Tim comments he hasn't done so in a while, meaning Azrael and the original storyline, there's no in-game indication it's not a different Batman and you can still play the first time. campaign in a suit that shows Wayne's chin. (It's also hard to say if the whole thing is even canon, since it's hard to fit anywhere on the timeline).
* CoolShades: Bruce Wayne's profile picture in ''Asylum'' has a pair.
* CostumeEvolution: Chronologically, Batman has had many different Batsuits over the decade plus that the series takes place. All of his primary suits get badly damaged during the course of each game and Batman is stated to constantly be working on improving his tech and equipment, so each one tends to have some form of alteration, however minor.
** ''Arkham Origins'' taking place roughly a decade prior to all the other games, features the earliest known Batsuit in this continuity, it looks distinctly more patched together than any of the other Batsuits, with a hard armoured look and asymmetrical belt giving the impression of a Batman still experimenting with perfecting a design as well as a rougher and less refined Batman than the "later" games. He later adapts the Electrocutioner's Shock Gloves to this suit, altering his gauntlets to accommodate them. He also has the Extreme Environment (or XE) Suit for the ''Cold, Cold Heart'' DLC, which is designed specifically for use in environments of extreme cold with gauntlets capable of producing thermal heat, thus far being the only Batsuit to have a fully sealed mask and also white eye lenses as the default setting and looking bulkier than the standard suit.
** ''Arkham Asylum'' starts him off with a suit that looks like a more armoured version of his traditional comics design, albeit with a unique bat symbol (a pair of additional wing struts, somewhat like what the [[Film/Batman1989 1989 film]] did). He also has an optional "Armoured" version of the Batsuit, which looks distinctly more high-tech and metallic, for use in the challenge maps.
** ''Arkham City'' features him using a new Batsuit that, whilst largely similar to the ''Asylum'' design has a new belt, new gauntlets, new boots, a slightly smoother-looking cowl and a different bat symbol that has a more traditional design to it. For the "Armoured Edition" version of the game on the UsefulNotes/WiiU he has the Battle Armoured Tech (or [[FunWithAcronyms B.A.T.]] Suit), which resembles the Armoured design of the previous game and is capable of absorbing kinetic energy and then releasing it upon impact allowing Batman to put more force into his attacks.
** ''Arkham Knight'' starts him off in a more advanced version of his ''City'' suit, with segmented armour pieces and more rigidly designed gauntlets known as the "Batsuit Version 7.43". Upon request, he switches to using the "Batsuit Version 8.03" which is a more lightweight and thus faster model, unlocking Batman being able to use Fear Takedowns when he equips it, whilst still providing high levels of protection. As well as that, the overall design involves panels of mechanised armour plating over a tri-weave bodysuit, giving it a much more high-tech look than any of the previous Batsuits to date, resembling the "armoured" versions of the previous Batsuits to a certain extent. It's also designed to interact better with the Batmobile's various systems.
* TheCowl: There's a very good reason why he provided the page image for so long!
* CrazyPrepared: He secretly built a Batcave underneath Arkham Asylum just in case something were to happen there. Oracle is particularly surprised, resulting in the situation being {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d:
-->'''Oracle:''' How did you keep this a secret?\\
'''Batman:''' It's ''me'', remember?
** He's the main sponsor of Arkham Asylum, which means he likely has influence how the place was built, which is the main reason he managed to stop Joker.
** In ''Arkham City'', Alfred comments on Batman'sinteractions with Nightwing, suggest constant equipment drop requests, asking if he considered a larger utility belt. Batman says that he ''did'', but that it was too large and slowed him down.
** One of the most impressive feats of {{Crazy Prepared}}ness in ''Arkham City'' comes in "Harley Quinn's Revenge", where, as in the comics, [[spoiler:Batman's utility belt, when not on him, releases a 50000-volt electric shock to most people who try to touch it. Robin and Batman himself are the only ones known to be exempt]].
** This comes up in ''Arkham Knight'' where it turns out that Batmansees all ''just'' happens to be working on experimental upgrades that he finally found the later Robins occasion to take to the field. The experimental triple-layered Titanium Batsuit that allows for Fear Takedowns is one. Likewise, the bigger and sidekicks as replacements badder Batmobile is another. The Arkham Knight's militia ''was'' prepared for him.his tactics and gadgets... but not the new ones. The new Batsuit and especially the Batmobile [[DidntSeeThatComing leaves them shocked]]. This is classic tradecraft, never fight the old wars and assume that your enemies won't learn from your victories, the next war will always be different. Alongside this, it was mentioned pre-release that Batman had little better to do than upgrade his equipment during the TimeSkip between ''City'' and ''Knight.''
*** How far does his crazy preparedness go? Well, after [[spoiler:The Batmobile is destroyed..]]
* RetractableWeapon: His staff can change between the length of ---->'''Oracle:''' Where's [[spoiler:The Batmobile?]]\\
'''Batman;''' Destroyed.\\
'''Oracle:''' What?!\\
'''Batman:''' Don't worry, I had Lucius [[spoiler:make aclub to a length of...well, a staff, at a whim.
* ShieldBash: His staff folds out to make a bullet proof shield, which he can also hit enemies with.
* {{Sidekick}}: As per tradition with Robin, he is this to Batman.
* TheSmartGuy: His detective skills are noted in his profile and show up in gameplay. Though its mostly an InformedAbility.
* SmokeOut: Much like his mentor, Robin can throw one smoke bomb per stealth section.
* TelescopingStaff: His weapon is a retractable bo-staff that also has a built-in bulletproof shield.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Is often on the receiving end of this from Batman. Since ''City'', Robin's enthusiasm to join Batman's adventures is always coldly rebuked and he is usually ordered to do some other mundane task offscreen. From a gameplay standpoint, it's simply to maintain the focus on Batman as the sole player protagonist. This is eventually addressed and {{Deconstructed}} in ''Knight'' when Tim finally gets sick of being fobbed off and begins to doubt Bruce's commitment to the Dynamic Duo, leading to dramatic conflict later in the game.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Knight'' he's quite a bit more powerful than in "Harley Quinn's Revenge." So much so that Batman outright starts praising him, even admitting that he's impressed. [[spoiler:Still doesn't stop Bruce from locking up Robin in a cell though]].
* TrainingFromHell: Not from a hellish place per say, but it is said that he's been training vigorously and intensely for a time until he proves to be worthy of the Robin title.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:In ''SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', he is seemingly killed before the events of the game by the brainwashed Batman, as the Squad finds his damaged domino mask alongside small specks of blood, although there is no body to be found and his fate is never confirmed, leaving it unclear whether or not he managed to escape the brainwashed Dark Knight.spare.]]
*UnderestimatingBadassery: In Robin's DLC Predator gameplay, the mooks start out mocking him, "''Robin''? Really?" and end up pants-wettingly terrified. "I'm sorry! I thought you were just a joke! ''Please'' don't hurt me!"
* WellDoneSonGuy: Seems to give offCreateYourOwnVillain: Strange states in ''City'' that vibe -- he tries Batman's mere presence in Gotham has done this to act cool most of his RoguesGallery, and bold around Batman, but every time Batman spectacularly fails in regards to acknowledge or express gratitude for Robin's help, he sounds the Joker, it's implied that may very deflated. He also very clearly shuts down when Batman [[spoiler:doesn't even show relief when Robin is revealed to have survived well be the explosion case. The one consistent thing in Joker's {{Multiple Choice Past}}s is that Batman had assumed had killed him. By was responsible for his descent into villainy, and this is shown in full in ''Origins''; before their feud, he was just some maniac doing wanton acts of destruction for kicks, not even caring if he lives or dies. Once he meets Batman and sees that he won't kill him no matter what he does, he considers Bats his equal and now has a purpose to keep living for.
-->'''Strange:''' Look at thetime of Arkham Knight, Joker. Would he finally gets validation even exist if not for you?
* DarkIsNotEvil: He wears a dark costume, but it's only to scare criminals.
* DatingCatwoman: The first thing that he did as soon as he got his Batman gear back was to rescue Catwoman fromBatman]].
Two-Face. He also has some of this with Talia. [[spoiler:He ultimately ends up with neither of them, due to Joker killing Talia, and him saying goodbye to Catwoman, though they do get one last kiss]].
*WhatTheHellHero:
DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments. For example, there's his response in ''Arkham City'' when Alfred suggests he try the front door to get into Joker's hideout:
-->'''Batman:''' Why didn't ''I'' think of that?
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Arkham Knight seems to end with his death. Maybe.]]
**A quiet, understated version [[spoiler:Explicitly subverted in ''Kill the Justice League'' as the trailers show Batman alive and corrupted by Brainiac. DoubleSubverted in that he dies after his boss fight.]]
* DeathSeeker: ''Implied'' in ''Origins'' in a conversation with Alfred, once again in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' from Robin's point of view and very much (although still only ''implied'') in ''Arkham Knight''. Anyway, the Mission and protecting Gotham always comes first.
* DeathlyUnmasking: [[spoiler:After having his secret identity revealed on television by Scarecrow in ''Arkham Knight,'' Batman/Bruce Wayne returns to Wayne Manor to enact the Knightfall protocol. Here, after removing his mask one final time, he vanishes into the depths of the house - which is promptly consumed by a massive explosion. Batman's fate is not elaborated upon, though he's presumed dead.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Comes close to crossing it in ''Knight'' after [[spoiler:apparently seeing Oracle be DrivenToSuicide by Scarecrow's fear toxin]]. In fact, Scarecrow's entire EvilPlan centers around driving Batman over the horizon.
* DestructiveSavior: He tends to cause quite a bit of property damage as collateral, especially when driving the Batmobile in ''Arkham Knight''.
* {{Determinator}}: "I'll never let [[ComicBook/TheJoker you]] win. ''Never''."
** "Tonight will not be my end... but it will be ''theirs''!"
** While [[spoiler:dying from being injected with Joker's blood]], he offers a defiant "'''I'll make it'''." when asked by Oracle what she should do if he dies.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:In this continuity, Bruce ends up with ''neither'' of his most famous love interests. Talia is killed by Joker, dying in his arms and after his identity is exposed, Selina attempts to move things forward between them for one final time, but he ends things between them before going into exile]].
* DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks: No matter how often Batman gets into situations beyond his capacity to solve, he never says thank you to anyone.
* DoomMagnet: Downplayed. By the end of the series, [[spoiler:he's seen Alfred die a DisneyDeath, he saw Jason get [[NotQuiteDead "killed"]] and hallucinated that he [[WhatHaveIDone killed Nightwing]], that [[EatenAlive Killer Croc ate Robin]] and both Gordons dead (Jim in ''Asylum'', Barbara in ''Knight'') Then there are [[KilledOffForReal Talia and Joker]]. There's a reason [[IWorkAlone he prefers working alone]].]]
-->'''Scarecrow:''' You bring death to all who follow you.
* TheDreaded: Criminals fear him, and for good reason. In ''Origins'', you see him from a second person POV, courtesy of [[spoiler:Joker]], near the end. He's in [[ShroudedInMyth the Worst Nightmare skin]], and snarling like an animal. He even mentions his status as this to Alfred in ''Origins'':
-->'''Batman:''' ''I'' am the reason the criminals breathe easy when the sun rises!
** Is especially evident in ''Knight'' when thugs flee on the sight of Batman.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Batman is noticeably shocked and disgusted by what the Iron Heights Warden did to Killer Croc while he was imprisoned, outright calling him an animal.
** Despite being at his harshest in ''Origins'' and having no love for criminals, even he thinks [[spoiler:the Joker forcing Sionis to shoot his girlfriend was monstrous]].
* ExperiencedProtagonist: By the time of ''Asylum'', he's been active as Batman for years. Even in ''Origins'', the chronological first game in the timeline, he's been crime-fighting for two years by that time.
* EyeColorChange: In ''Knight'', [[spoiler:his eyes change from blue to green as a sign of the Joker infection]].
* FacialHorror: In ''City'', after being poisoned by Joker. While not nearly as bad as Joker's own FacialHorror, he develops TaintedVeins on his face, and Talia is horrified at the sight.
* FallenHero: As shown in the prequel comic for ''Arkham Knight'', months after Arkham City's closure, public opinion has turned somewhat against Batman; in addition to his worsening mental state, rumours have spread that he was the one who killed the Joker that night, and a series of murders secretly committed by the Arkham Knight against minor criminals has cast aspersions on whether or not he still abides by his [[ThouShaltNotKill "one rule"]]. Even worse, he encounters members of the GCPD who laud his "new" approach to crime, disgusting him.
* FatalFlaw: Pride. It's on full display when he's captured by Harley Quinn; after Robin saves him, Batman doesn't even give so much as a "thanks". This finally costs him dearly in ''Arkham Knight''.
* {{Fiction 500}}: Bruce Wayne is a self-confessed billionaire, and all of his technology and weapons are provided by his company. By the time of ''Knight'', Batman is practically an NGOSuperpower.
* FlatJoy: As Batman, he speaks in a low monotone at all times. His internal monologue has slightly more emotional inflection, as does Bruce Wayne.
* GameOverMan: Shares this position with Cash if you lose while playing as Joker in ''Arkham Asylum''.
* GeniusBruiser: He's a battle-hardened crime fighter who can take down a giant crocodile man and immediately go back to using deductive reasoning to take down criminal conspiracies.
* GodzillaThreshold:
** Batman just ''doesn't hold back'' against ''Arkham City'''s final boss [[spoiler:Clayface]] -- attempting to dismember him, continuing to attack him while he's pretty severely crippled, and not stopping until he's being boiled alive. It's also the only time he uses a lethal weapon. All of this is justified because the final boss really is ''that'' dangerous, these measures are ''barely enough'' and he is generally regarded as one of Batman's most dangerous foes in a fight. It speaks to how frightening he must be to Batman (relative to other foes, at least) when Batman, who's spent the game refusing to kill even in extreme circumstances, goes for lethal measures without a word when the final boss shows up.
** When faced with the nigh immortal Solomon Grundy, Batman actually rips the heart out of his chest to prevent him from reviving.
* GoodIsNotNice: As seen when he played hardball with Mr. Freeze when he needed information on the ice gun and Freeze was being uncooperative in ''Arkham City''. Though he didn't kill Freeze, he certainly bluffed pretty hard with that life-support liquid. This is also displayed in ''Origins'', where he goes so far as to break both of Deadshot's arms and one leg after the threat Deadshot posed had already been neutralized, and breaks into the GCPD as part of a case and beats up several cops; when Alfred calls him on it, his response is:
-->'''Batman:''' They're as [[DirtyCop corrupt as they come]]. And they're in my way.
** It gets even worse in "Harley Quinn's Revenge", when [[spoiler:after the deaths of Joker and Talia]], he's become something of an UngratefulBastard and refuses to give even a curt nod of approval to Robin for saving his life. He also becomes far more ruthless when dealing with criminals of any kind; by the time of ''Knight'', hesaves interrogates a henchman crawling away in pain from a car crash, and rather than get him help or even knock him out, ''breaks his arm''. Then there's the other mook who he interrogates by using the tire of the Batmobile on his skull and ''then revving it up'' by remote.
** In ''Arkham Origins'', he's rude and disrespectful to Alfred during the cutscenes, the man who raised him after his parent's deaths and is worried sick about him, and it takes [[spoiler:Bane nearly killing him]] to make Bruce realize what a jerk he's been.
** He's not above physically intimidating villains much shorter than himself for information, beating down and throttling Penguin or shoving around the frail, helpless Mad Hatter.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's closer to this in ''Arkham Asylum'', treating his allies with more respect and showing signs of gentleness to the innocent victims, while still not hesitating to lay a brutal beatdown on any villain who gets in his way.
* GreatDetective: Like in the comics, Batman is probably the greatest investigator on the planet. With or without his technology, Batman'slife got a perceptive eye and an analytical mind like no one else.
** In the Initiation DLC for Arkham Origins, Bruce can visualize his environment without his cowl, showing off his memory and observational skills.
** When confronted with multiple choices of where Deadshot's hideout could be based on a forensic profile, Batmancompletely brushes correctly deduces that Deadshot is hiding his equipment in the abandoned electrical powerboxes throughout Arkham City. Batman's tech is helpful but his deductive thinking is the reason why he's such a good detective.
** The Identity Thief killer keeps getting away and cleaning up crime scenes with bleach, leaving no evidence in Arkham City. What does Batman do? He decides that no evidence is evidence and tracks down the bleach instead, leading him directly to [[spoiler:Hush]].
* {{Hallucinations}}: OncePerEpisode, whether itoff]].
-->'''Robin:''' Ever heardbe caused by neurotoxin, fear toxin, or [[spoiler:Jokerization]]
* HandicappedBadass: He suffers from this throughout ''City''. After being [[spoiler:poisoned by the Joker, he gets very sick, to the point of'thank you'?\\
[[BloodFromTheMouth coughing up blood]] and even suffering a [[GoIntoTheLight near-death experience]], but still manages to fight the various super-villains and even thwart Strange's plan]].
* HeartbrokenBadass: After the end of ''Arkham City'', Batman refuses to talk to any of his allies and refuses to move on from failing to save those that depended on him. [[spoiler:He is especially torn up about the death of his beloved, Talia al-Ghul, who died in his arms]].
* HeroAntagonist: In ''Assault on Arkham'', Batman works to stop the main protagonists of the film, the criminal group known as the Suicide Squad, from breaking into Arkham.
* TheHeroDies: Implied. In ''Arkham Knight'', the very first line of dialogue is "This is how it happened. This is how the Batman died." This isn't immediately a spoiler for players, since Scarecrow's talk of destroying "the myth of Batman" gives some hope that the opening only referred to some type of change in Batman's identity. [[spoiler:Scarecrow gets his way when he reveals that Batman is Bruce Wayne, apparently giving Bruce no choice but to commit suicide by blowing up Wayne Manor, with him and Alfred inside. ''Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League'' appears to show Batman alive after ''Knight'', but the specifics of how and why Batman is back have not been revealed, though Harley made sure he [[KilledOffForReal stayed dead]] this time around.]]
* HeroHarassesHelpers: He's constantly telling his allies he doesn't need help when they suggest it, to the point he fails to thank them if they save his life. He learns to appreciate them after [[spoiler:Alfred temporarily dies]] in ''Origins''... [[MyGreatestFailure But then Jason died]]. Thanks to this, [[AngerBornOfWorry he dislikes the idea of his allies working on the field.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: In ''Origins'', he suffers from this since the GCPD all consider him to be just a crazed vigilante, though the fact that most of the cops are [[DirtyCop corrupt]] also plays into it.
* HeroicBSOD:
** The Scarecrow battles in ''Asylum'' are weaponized versions of this, where Scarecrow forces Batman to see one of his greatest allies dead, relive his parents' murder, and then finally see himself as an insane prisoner at the mercy of a society run by his villains.
** He's strongly affected by [[spoiler:Joker and Talia's deaths]], to the point where weeks after the ending of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', he's still reeling from it. Indeed, the DLC has Oracle and Robin talking about how he's not talking to anyone and has mostly shut in. At the end of that, even Gordon is concerned and all Robin can offer is an unsure "he'll be fine" when Batman flies somewhere else to brood.
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''. He suffers one after finding out Bane is heading to Wayne Manor. Alfred snaps him out of it.
* HeroicBuild: Just ''look'' at the guy.
* HeroicResolve: In ''City'', he's poisoned and is stumbling around. At one point, the camera shifts to his POV when he drops to his knees and starts [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing up his own blood]] and the screen starts to blur. He just clenches his fists and the effects wear off, but he still takes a hit to his max health. The whole game is essentially Batman displaying just how far his will and resolve can carry him. He constantly is getting sicker and sicker, and despite this, he does battle with many of his most dangerous foes, fights off ''hundreds'' of thugs out for his blood, and is trying to find a way to take down Hugo Strange, who is protected by his own private army. When his sickness reaches its most extreme point, he is at death's door, and is told by Barbara that unless he finds what he's looking for, he has only ''minutes'' left to live. His response? '''"I'll make it."''' ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''. Copperhead is ''astonished'' when Batman continues to fight her even after getting poisoned by her deadly toxin.
* HeroicWillpower: He manages to fight off the effects of Scarecrow's fear toxin, from a dosage that, according to Scarecrow, would have been enough to drive ten men insane. He manages to hold off the effects of the Titan formula, and stop himself from transforming for a prolonged period of time until he injects himself with the antidote. In ''Arkham City'', it's best summed up by a simple sentence he says to Oracle as he, according to Oracle, has only ''minutes'' left to live thanks to Joker's poison.
-->'''Oracle:''' Seriously, Bruce, you need to tell me what to do... What to tell Robin... You know, if you don't...\\
'''Batman:'''''[ignoring him]'' Where '''I'll make it.'''
** He also fights off the Mad Hatter's mind control. It doesn't matter if it's in his head or his blood, Batman will fight it.
** Poison Ivy's bio in ''Asylum'' mentions that this trope is the reason Batman can resist her powers of seduction.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: He can question Riddler's henchmen in this manner, provided the player is close enough to interact with a nearby ledge. Also his preferred method of questioning [[spoiler:Quincy Sharp]] in a cutscene.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: This version of Batman has a visible self-destructive streak. His fight with supervillains goes from professional obligation to personal obsession. His personal attitude is quite bossy and demanding rather than conciliatory which in the case of Mr. Freeze in ''Batman: Arkham City'' exacerbates the latter's paranoia leading to a major crisis that nearly gets him killed. Despite having several allies who could lighten his load, he insists on doing everything on his own and keeping them at arm's length. The combination of factors (personal obsession, bossiness, lack of trust) leads him [[spoiler:to cage Robin at Panessa Studios, the fatal error that ultimately compromises his secret identity and ends his superhero career]].
* HonorBeforeReason: In ''Origins'', Alfred says that since no one but Alfred and Batman himself know Batman's SecretIdentity, he could [[StatingTheSimpleSolution stay inside for the night to avoid the assassins]]. Batman refuses, stating that if he does so, the assassins will endanger innocent people to lure him out.
* HopeBringer: Lampshaded by Scarecrow himself in "Knight" as this to Gotham and potentially the world.
-->'''Scarecrow:''' How can the world know fear – true dread – when there is you? A stalwart knight, ever ready to slay monsters. Fear isn't true biology, Batman. It's more than instinct. True fear is the absence of hope. And hope is the spread wings of a bat, shining in the clouds.
* HyperspaceArsenal: He can even keep inventions he jury-rigs himself on the fly (the REC) or gets from others (the Freeze Blasts and Freeze Clusters) on him, even though his utility belt isn't even built for that.
* InformedFlaw: During ''Origins'' he is supposedly still "young and inexperienced" in his crusade. His physical and mental abilities are just as good as in all thecops?\\
'''Robin:''' ...other games. The tie-in comic on the other hand explicitly shows his rookie mistakes.
* IrislessEyeMaskOfMystery: His mask usually averts this, though they take on this look when he's using [[AuraVision Detective Mode]].
* IWorkAlone: Batman's biggest flaw is his stubborn refusal to work together with the rest of the Batfamily out in the field. It's implied more and more throughout the series that it's out of fear that they'll get hurt as he becomes more convinced that he's a DoomMagnet (what with what happened to Barbara and Jason before the series even began.)
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: He's not afraid of [[HighAltitudeInterrogation dangling thugs over ledges]] or [[NeckLift lifting them into the air]] in order to get information. To say nothing of putting a mook's head beneath the wheel of his Batmobile and starting it up (though he only did that last one when he was ''[[RageBreakingPoint really]]'' [[PapaWolf pissed off]]).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be gruff and brooding, but he's firmly on the side of good.
* LanternJawOfJustice: As the above image shows.
* LastNameBasis: How he addresses most of his rogue's gallery that isn't named ''Joker'' (Dent for Two-Face, Cobblepott for Penguin, Nygma for Riddler, etc.) The only exception is Catwoman, who he addresses as [[FirstNameBasis Selina]] due to being more of a FriendlyEnemy towards her.
* LightningBruiser: He is stronger than even his [[HeroicBuild build]] would suggest and yet amazingly quick and agile. One of his dual team takedowns in ''Knight'' is a freaking ''flying powerbomb'', complete with a forward flip in mid air (and not the more plausible sunset flip version either). Some of his moves call in question the ''normal'' part of his BadassNormal status.
* MadeOfIron: The fact that he's still able to fight effectively after going through some of the things he does in ''Origins'', ''City'', and ''Knight'' shows that he either has superhuman durability, or his suit's armor is a lot more effective than it seems. [[spoiler:Even Bane doing his signature back breaking move only stuns him.]]
* ManlyMan: Muscular body? Check. Deep voice? Check. Capable of violence? Check. Beat up many mooks and juggernauts without breaking a sweat? Check. Went through many nightmares without flinching? Check.
* MasterOfAll: Among the playable characters. Regardless of the game, Batman always has the most gadgets and moves, and thus feels the most balanced and versatile to play. This is especially notable whenever you're ''not'' playing as him; often the challenge comes from figuring out how to deal with situations that Batman could solve with ease, such as firearms in combat situations or crowd control in stealth.
* MasterSwordsman: [[spoiler:Wields Talia's sword against Clayface]].
* McNinja: He's American, but his stealth skills would make even the sneakiest of ninjas jealous. As noted in ''Initiation'', he actually did go to a monastery and learn to be a StealthExpert from Kirigi, a man who's trained prominent ninjas, such as [[ComicBook/RasAlGhul the League of Assassins]] and [[ComicBook/LadyShiva Shiva]].
* MightyGlacier: Only in comparison to the other playable challenge characters (notice that LightningBruiser is also on this list). By normal human standards he's freakishly fast, but among Nightwing, Robin, Catwoman, Joker, and Deathstroke he is the slowest character. He also hits the hardest and is the most heavily armored.
* MurderByInaction:
** After ''City'', general consensus in universe is that he broke his one rule by not saving a dying man. Granted, Batman was stabbed in the shoulder, causing him to [[spoiler:drop the only cure to the Joker's disease]], but random chatter in the post-game of ''City'' and throughout ''Knight'' makes it clear that nobody sees much of a difference.
** In ''Knight's'' "Season of Infamy" DLC, it's possible for Batman to do this. [[spoiler:The end of the League of Shadows mission sees Batman given the choice between saving a feeble Ra's al Ghul, or letting him die of old age without the Lazarus Pit. It seems throughout the mission that Batman is considering the latter option for the greater good, but is worried it will break his one rule. Alfred even asks Batman beforehand, "Is preventing some ungodly resurrection really the same as taking a life?"]]
* MyGreatestFailure:
** Bruce is haunted for years by the Joker's kidnapping, torture, and murder of the second Robin, Jason Todd.
** What's more, in a way, Joker was right, Batman's allies have a bad habit of finding themselves in dangerous situations and possibly dead, so in a way, his desire to work by himself as much as possible to keep them out of danger can be somewhat well-founded. His failure to save Jason is most likely what lead to, if not reinforced, his [[FatalFlaw overbearing desire to work alone]].
* NGOSuperpower: Best shown in ''Knight''. In one city alone, Batman has several bases with weapons and state-of-the-art computers, a multi-utility tank with weapons capabilities, a private plane that provides supplies anywhere in the city and is pretty much given carte blanche by the GCPD. At one point, Aaron Cash is bemused at Batman commandeering a police workstation so that [[spoiler:Oracle can work for him in the GCPD]], considering that Batman's been giving them orders all night, [[spoiler:especially after Gordon left]].
-->'''Aaron Cash:''' Guessnot.
we all work for you now? What am I saying, ''of course we do''.
** One of the Arkham Knight's militia notes how overpowered Batman's arsenal and technology really is:
--->'''Militia:''' If our gear's top-of-the-line then what's the Bat's? Over the line? On-top-of-the-line? Is that even a thing?
* NeckLift: Does this when interrogating someone.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** In ''Origins'', saving Joker as he fell to his death led to him taking over Blackgate at the end of Origins and then the events of the rest of the series.
** In ''Knight'', [[spoiler:he locks up Robin in a prison cell to prevent him from stopping his search for Scarecrow after discovering he carries the Joker virus. However, this enabled Scarecrow to capture the sidekick while he was defenseless and use as leverage against the Dark Knight.]]
* NoBadassToHisValet: He's TheDreaded for the crooks all over Gotham, and seen as a [[HopeBringer symbol of hope]]... and yet, Alfred wastes no time snarking at him. It's particularly pronounced in ''Origins'', where Alfred is largely a SourSupporter and views him as "a young man with a trust fund and too much anger."
* NoJustNoReaction: After completing the main story of ''Origins'', Batman receives a Most Wanted mission from Gordon to track down escaped Blackgate prisoners. When Batman tracks down one such prisoner, he starts singing "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Jingle Bells, Batman smells]]" while laughing his ass off. Batman simply says "No" in a tone somewhere between deadpan and irritated before punching the convict's lights out.
* NonPoweredCostumedHero: His abilities are actually real martial arts skills and gadgets he uses to enable his capabilities.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** His pride is a serious issue; a large section of the problems he faces in ''City'' could have been avoided if he had simply gone with the flow. He stubbornly refuses help from anyone even when it would clearly help, like when Robin offers to help him find Ra's al Ghul. He was also so willing to abandon the people of Arkham City to Hugo Strange in order to get Talia that Alfred has to cut off access to his satellites to get him back on track. ''Origins'' and ''Knight'' have highlighted this: the more experienced Batman from the Rocksteady games shies away from extremely useful equipment such as the Shock Gloves, Remote Claw, the XE suit and (until ''Knight'') the [[spoiler:Remote Hacking Device; the Batgirl DLC reveals that Batgirl was using this while Bruce stuck with the outdated Cryptographic Sequencer]].
** In a slightly more lighthearted touch, he draws bat symbols when using his Explosive Gel, seemingly for no one's amusement but his own.
* NotSoStoic: At some points in each of the games, and in the DownloadableContent "Harley Quinn's Revenge".
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** If he ever threatens to kill anyone, you ''know'' something's gone wrong. Best shown in ''Knight'', where after he captures Penguin, he implicitly threatens to kill him if he doesn't shut up. While Penguin tries to brush it off as an empty threat, Batman warns him that he's "[[SanitySlippage not feeling like himself tonight]]"; Penguin [[KnowWhenToFoldEm wisely decides to can it at that]].
** Should he ever resort to [[BatmanGrabsAGun lethal tactics]] in a fight, it's a sign of how dangerous the enemy is, best displayed during two boss fights in ''City''. [[spoiler:He rips Solomon Grundy's heart out after subduing him, and attacks Clayface with cryogenic grenades, explosives, and a ''sword'' the second he realizes Clayface is about to engage him, and he doesn't stop until Clayface is wholly dead. This isn't a lapse of Batman's standards, or his SanitySlippage kicking in, it's just that Clayface and Grundy are ''that'' dangerous and ''can't'' be stopped by anything less.]]
** In one particular side-quest of ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Origins]]'', Bruce's friends have been murdered by a sleazy stalker, and Batman hunts him down. Instead of a quick condemnation, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Batman rants about all the things the stalker]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech didn't]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech murder them for]], [[ItIsDehumanizing followed by a dehumanizing slurry of insults]]. It takes Alfred asking about his blood pressure to pull him back.
** Nightwing and Robin have a WellDoneSonGuy attitude towards Batman. Time constantly pushes for at least a "Thank you", whereas Dick is used to it at this point and teases him over it. In ''Knight'', when Bruce tells Dick he's [[SoProudOfYou proud of him]], Dick is unnerved and asks him if he's feeling alright.
** [[spoiler:Out of leads as to where to find the kidnapped Oracle in ''Knight'', Bruce traps a Militia soldier's head ''under one of the Batmobile's tires'' and revs it up, threatening to crush his head while angrily demanding answers. Seriously, this is one of the ONLY times Kevin Conroy's Batman has gotten ''this'' angry.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: As Bruce Wayne.
* OffhandBackhand: Can be pulled off. However, the version most fans are familiar with is saved for a cutscene near the end of the first game.
* OhCrap: His reaction in ''Origins'' when [[spoiler:he finds Bane's hideout and realizes that Bane knows his SecretIdentity]].
* OneHitKill: Can be pulled off in a swift manner if timed right in Freeflow Focus battle, just after a few hits.
* OneManArmy: At its most evident in ''Knight'', where he goes up against legions of thugs, militiamen, Riddlerbots, Dollotrons, tank drones, and air drones - and wins!
* PapaWolf: Harm any of the younger members of the Batfamily, and the normally-brutal Batman becomes damn near murderous; in ''Knight'', after rescuing Nightwing from Penguin he implicitly threatens to kill the latter if he doesn't shut up, and after Barbara is kidnapped by the Arkham Knight's militia he captures a militia lieutenant, pins him to the pavement, and starts using the Batmobile to slowly ''crush his skull'' until he tells Batman everything.
** When he thinks that Robin is dead in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'', he gives Harley the mother of all [[DeathGlare death glares]]. Keep in mind that Harley is already partial responsible for the death of one Robin in this continuity.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents were murdered by a mugger when he was eight years old.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Robin. Which Strange analyzes in the Catwoman tapes.
* PetTheDog: Despite his AdaptationalJerkass treatment, when he learns the Arkham Knight's identity, he can't bring himself to even hit Jason, opting to disarm him and talk him down instead.
* PerpetualFrowner: Not all the time, but by ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'', that '''is''' his normal mood setting now.
* PermaStubble: Sports this in ''Origins''.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: Bruce Wayne lets himself get arrested to get Batman into Arkham City. Though he's also hamstrung by being in his Bruce Wayne identity.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: In ''Knight's'' Season of Infamy DLC, Nora is kidnapped by the Arkham Knight's militia, who tell Mr. Freeze that they'll give her back in exchange for Batman. When Batman finds them out, he tells Freeze to go ahead and shoot him if he trusts them; within seconds, Freeze gives in and begs Batman to find Nora.
* PrecisionFStrike: He rarely swears throughout the games, but he does get a few in.
** In ''City'', when the Mechanical Guardian he's scanning shorts out:
--->'''Batman:''' Damn it! The data is incomplete.
** Telling Mad Hatter to "Go to Hell".
** Hegives a huge one yells "Damn!" once he realizes that Deadshot is [[spoiler:about to Bruce kill Jack Ryder]].
** In ''Origins'', he says "damn" after accidentally knocking "Loose Lips" Leblanc unconscious while interrogating him. He also yells "Come on, dammit!" to [[spoiler:Alfred while trying to bring him out of cardiac arrest.]]
** Finally, there's his response to being threatened at gunpoint by [[spoiler:a Jokerized Henry Adams]] in ''Knight'':
--->'''Batman:''' Go to Hell.
* PragmaticHero: [[spoiler:If you deny Ra's cure in ''The Season of Infamy'' DLC, he will survive, and Batman will take him in to GCPD and lock him up, but Ra's will still eventually perish.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: ''Arkham Asylum'' starts with him bringing Joker back to Arkham after the clown attacked City Hall. He suspects something's up, since Joker gave up almost without a fight, and accompanies his foe into processing. Unfortunately, that's precisely what [[BatmanGambit Joker was counting on,]] as he wanted Batman to be there to witness his greatest triumph as he escapes and takes over the asylum. Unfortunately for Joker, he vastly underestimated how determined Batman was to stop him.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: The Beat Down attack he uses in ''City'' onwards.
* RecklessPacifist: Especially in ''Knight'', where he can perform environmental takedowns such as jamming enemies' heads into live fuse boxes.
* SanitySlippage:
** It's implied that being injected with Joker's blood is taking a toll on Batman's sanity. For example, when he defeats Mr. Freeze, he hallucinates Joker's laughing head on Freeze's body.
** Goes into full throttle after the deaths of ''Arkham City''. Throughout the DLC, he is much more gruff, his internal monologue is about the goal at hand, and his threats to the informants lose any playfulness. He even begins to speak with a bit of a growl.
** This is further shown in ''Arkham Knight''[[spoiler:for where [[spoiler:he wasn't able to fully cure the infection and starts regularly hallucinating the Joker, which promotes him to do more extreme actions as the game goes on such as interrogating a PMC member by revving his head under the Batmobile's wheel and locking Robin up instead of allowing him to try to find a cure and stop Scarecrow himself]].
* SaveTheVillain:
** Most notably ina cell at ''Origins'', when he saves the movie studio, telling Joker from a DisneyVillainDeath. Of course, this leads the [=GCPD=] to believe he's the Joker's partner since they can't fathom why else he would have saved the Joker's life.
** Notes to a dying Joker in ''City'' that he would have saved him, despite everything Joker's done.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: He's the former in his relationship with Catwoman. While not quite a ManicPixieDreamGirl, her more fun-loving style contrasts with his stern and focused demeanor, and yet she sparks more of his DeadpanSnarker tendencies than anyone else. Even in ''Arkham Knight'', where his world is collapsing around him, she manages to get him to snark during the Riddler side quest.
* ScarsAreForever: In ''Endgame'', Alfred observes that his stab wound left by Joker will never fully heal.
* ShipperOnDeck: He fully supports Tim and Barbara'sdead, relationship, albeit warning Tim to not let his feelings for her cloud his judgment. In the ''Arkham Knight'' prequel comics, he even sets up situations that bring Tim and Barbara closer together.
* ShipTease: He has a lot of moments throughout the series with [[DatingCatwoman Catwoman]], [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Talia]], and even Poison Ivy.
* ShootTheShaggyDog:
** In ''Knight'', [[spoiler:he spends a significant amount of time and resources trying to find a way to cure the Joker infected, even deliberately [[LockedOutOfTheLoop keeping Robin in the dark about Barbara's kidnapping and eventual death]] to ensure he'll focus on finding the cure. Then it turns out that Henry Adams, who Batman hoped would be the key to finding said cure, was [[EvilAllAlong faking his immunity]] the whole time, killing the other infected and thenBruce refusing himself when he sees Batman himself is infected. The Joker hallucination that haunts Batman throughout the game takes great delight in rubbing in Batman's face about how he forced Robin to trust work on a nonexistent cure rather than let him be an effective ally in the field.]]
** In ''City'', Batman realizes that Ra's is evil and vows tolook stop him. [[spoiler:If Batman chooses to spare Ra's in ''Knight'', Ra's murders Nyssa and escapes, never brought to justice for his crimes.]]
** The effort Batman put into sparing his enemies' lives. The series never actually says he's wrong for doing this, but it's made very clear that killing the big threats would've been for the best, since the premise of ''Knight'' is that crime dropped to record lows with Joker's death. To rub salt in the wound, [[spoiler:the GoldenEnding in ''Knight'' happens partially because several threats are killed off or at least MIA (Joker, Poison Ivy, Killer Moth, Hugo Strange, Rat Catcher, Black Mask, and Quincy Sharp). The list might potentially include Ra's Al Ghul (if captured), Bane (killed by the Arkham Knight in the tie-in comics, gave up and returned to Santa Prisca in the game), Mr. Freeze (implied that he leaves Gotham to be TogetherInDeath with Nora), and Clayface (the game never says what happened to him afterhimself]].
''City'').]]
*WhatWouldXDo: Trying ShutUpHannibal: Don't bother trying a BreakThemByTalking on him. Just don't. He's kind of sick of it by now. [[TalkToTheFist Bones will break.]] Most notably at the end of ''Origins'', when Joker is going off on a MotiveRant:
-->'''Joker:''' If you actually let me finish a sentence, you might learn something! [[NotSoDifferentRemark You might learn we're not so different.]] You might even learn something about yourself.\\
'''Batman:''' You need to learn to shut up.
* ShutUpKirk: Batman isn't convinced when Gordon claims that the [[BadCopIncompetentCop GCPD]] in ''Origins'' is as clean as he makes it out to be.
-->'''Gordon:''' We've earned Gotham's respect--\\
'''Batman:''' If that were true, I wouldn't be here.
* SkewedPriorities: During the climax of ''City'', when Talia is taken hostage by the Joker, he's fully prepared to drop everything to go after them, despite the fact that Strange's Protocol 10 is underway and [[spoiler:the TYGER guards are firebombing Arkham City]] even as he states his intentions. Oracle and Alfred have to ''cut off his access to the satellites he's using to track Talia's signal'' to get him back on track.
* SmokeOut: Smoke bombs are a part of his arsenal in ''City''.
* TheStoic: None of the crap Joker, or nearly any villain, does freaks him out. Only Scarecrow is able to get some kind of reaction, but that's more the effects of his gas. It's pretty obvious when you find the [[spoiler:Titan-flooded old sewage chamber]] and Batman says there's a new problem. It sparks this conversation:
-->'''Oracle:''' ''[exasperated]'' What now? Riddler? Two-Face? Some kind of giant Joker robot?\\
'''Batman:''' Unfortunately, nothing that simple.
* StealthHiBye: He pulls this off on Commissioner Gordon at the beginning of ''Knight'':
-->'''Gordon:''' [[LampshadeHanging Every damn time...]]
* StealthExpert: Stealth's a key gameplay mechanic in the Arkham Games, after all.
* StreetSamurai: He wages a vigilante crusade against a corrupt society, is bound by a strict personal code of honour and tends to use fighting techniques originating from medieval Japan against foes using modern weapons and tactics. Given this particular incarnation's constant use of advanced computer tech (his mask's detective mode, the disruptor, the remote hacking device) and the notably cyberpunk-influenced plots of the series (City's focus on government control and surveillance, Knight's focus on drone warfare, the prominent role the Bat-family's resident hacker Oracle has throughout the series), this version of Batman is actually one of the purest examples of the trope.
* SuperStrength: Batman often has this as part of his CharlesAtlasSuperpower, but the ''Arkham'' version is probably the most overt about it. Every single fight scene he's in will have him tossing people around like softballs and kicking or punching them clear across the room like a ''Street Fighter'' character, and leaping superhuman heights and lengths with the same abandon. Notwithstanding other instances like grappling with Bane, prying open elevator doors, throwing people through walls, punching out TITAN thugs, denting thin metal walls by kicking Solomon Grundy into them, and so on.
* TaintedVeins: Develops some on his face in ''City'' as a result of his Titan poisoning. and from the fear toxin in ''Knight''.
* TakeAThirdOption: Near the end of ''Arkham Origins'', [[spoiler:when the Joker gives him the option to kill Bane or let him live so that his heartbeat can send shockwaves through his connected electric wires and allow them to kill both the Joker and Commissioner Gordon, Batman has a third option: he uses the Electrocutioner's [[ChekhovsGun Shock Gloves]] to temporarily stop Bane's heart, then disconnects the wiring from his heart before using the gloves as {{Magical Defibrillator}}s to restart it, reviving Bane and angering both him and the Joker.]]
* TechnicalPacifist: In ''Asylum''. After dispatching enemies, if you turn on the visor and scan them, they're just unconscious. If you ever manage to yank a henchman into a bottomless pit, you'll typically hear a splash so that you don't break Batman's [[ThouShaltNotKill no-kill]] policy. Lampshaded in ''City'' by the mooks who talk about the extensive damage Batman's done to them. One states Bats broke a few ribs, and his legs, and punctured his spleen, while another talks about losing his five front teeth, and so on. However, [[spoiler:Batman uses clearly lethal force on Solomon Grundy and Clayface.]] Justified in that [[spoiler: Grundy has RessurectiveImmortality, while Clayface is indestructible and can survive being cut to pieces, frozen, and blown up, so they both are too powerful and resilient to be dealt with by any other means]].
* TerrorHero: Whenever confronted with well-armed criminals, Batman dispenses with his flashy fisticuffs and sticks to the shadows, selectively taking out the criminals one by one, causing the remaining criminals to become increasingly paranoid about where he is and who he'll strike next. This is only confounded when he uses techniques like Inverted Takedowns to leave his victims hanging several feet in thecage room without checking for clues air, screaming in terror before they pass out. By ''Arkham Knight'', he can pull off a "Fear Takedown," where Batman takes out five enemies in one move by silently taking out one of their allies.
* ThouShaltNotKill:
** However rough he is on criminals, Batman would never intentionally kill one of them, [[spoiler:or let the Joker die while it was within his power to save him]].
--->'''Batman:''' ''[to Ra's al Ghul]'' I willmake ''never'' kill. Not even [[KnightTemplar you]].
** [[spoiler: He does use lethal force exactly twice, both in ''Arkham City'': Against Solomon Grundy, who can come back from the dead and seems to be otherwise unbeatable (Batman tores his ribcage and punches his heart) and Clayface, whose BizarreAlienBiology forces Batman to get creative when restraining himnote (He freezes him with the freeze blasts and then cuts him into tiny pieces with Talia's blade).]]
** ''Knight'' takes a massive swing at this, as it's revealed that Scarecrow and [[spoiler:the Arkham Knight's]] anger towards Batman both tie back to the Joker's actions, and that a significant part of the plot ties back to Joker's plan in ''City''. Letting Joker drop from the Royal Hotel back in ''Origins'' would've prevented ''the entire Rocksteady trilogy.'' Also. the "Season of Infamy" DLC gives Batman [[spoiler:the option to either save Ra's al Ghul's life, or to destroy his life support machine so that he can finally die. The only way to ensure that the League of Assassins never bothers Gotham again is to defeat Ra's.]]
* TimeShiftedActor: Kimberly Brooks voices the young Bruce Wayne when Batman flashes back to the death of his parents during the second Scarecrow hallucination in ''Asylum''. It's also the reason that Creator/RogerCraigSmith is voicing the young Batman in ''Origins'' rather than Creator/KevinConroy returning.
* TookALevelInDumbass: In ''Arkham Knight'', he suffers from a heavy case of AesopAmnesia and arrogance that he shouldexamine it, like have gotten over a long time ago. Most of the horrible events that occur in the game could have been avoided if Batman would've.
chose not to rush into things without thinking. Admit it, [[spoiler:locking Robin in a prison cell with thousands of insane criminals roaming around the city was not the smartest idea.]] Somewhat justified in that Scarecrow had spent the entire night playing on his fear that he's a DoomMagnet who causes suffering and death to everyone who allies themselves with him. [[spoiler:The game won't even allow you to surrender yourself and let Tim handle everything, with Joker repeatedly insinuating and then flat out telling you that if you do so, Tim will die.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass:
** ''Arkham City''. At times, even allies get shouted at or angrily dismissed. It's implied in-game that a large percentage of his increase in jerkiness was the result of being injected with Joker's blood, and apprehension over it being sent to hospitals in Gotham. [[spoiler:The stress of his imminent death certainly doesn't help matters]].
** This is [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] heavily in ''Arkham Knight'' where even though he seems to be more sympathetic towards his partners, his {{Pride}} and obsession with handling the situation by himself continues to alienate him. And several characters such as the Arkham Knight and Scarecrow spend a good portion of the game trying to drive this point home. This comes to a head when [[spoiler:his actions not only cause the apparent death of Barbara but also cause him to lock Robin up when he tries to help Batman with his Joker infection. And to twist the knife further, the Joker hallucination informs him that Batman being adamant about Robin finding a cure proved to be pointless and Robin could have kept Barbara safe.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Arkham Knight'', he seems to reverse the trend he was going on in ''City''. It's not much, but at least he knows how to thank his allies again.
* TrainingFromHell: ''The Initiation'' shows that he went through this under the tutelage of Master Kirigi, where every test was an object of survival and who actively instructed his other students to kill him.
* TranquilFury: This seems to be his default state of mind in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' and '''oh-so-much'' in ''Arkham Knight''.
* TraumaCongaLine: Each game seems to put him through a worse [[ExtremelyShortTimespan night]] than the last. ''Asylum'' sees him get off relatively scott-free, though he deals with traumatic visions of his parents and a dead Jim Gordon in Scarecrow's fear toxin hallucinations. ''City'' has him deal with psychological warfare from Hugo Strange, getting afflicted by Titan poisoning that comes inches from killing him, and the deaths of both his love interest and arch-nemesis in quick succession. ''Origins'' puts him through a gauntlet of assassins actively out to kill him at Christmas while Alfred gets targeted by an enemy who knows his secret identity. ''Knight'' arguably puts him through the worst as his character flaws cause his relationships to crumble around him and his constant fear gas exposure puts him at risk of completely losing his mind.
* TrapMaster: One of the mechanics of the games involves Batman setting up traps to better deal with the enemies in predator mode.
* UnderwearOfPower: Has it in the Rocksteady games, though he loses it once he changes suits in ''Knight''. Doesn't have it in ''Origins'', though the design of the batsuit creates a similar appearance. Except for ''Asylum'', alternate skins can be used to either remove them or put them back.
* UngratefulBastard:
** Quietly [[WhatTheHellHero called out on this]] by [[{{Sidekick}} Robin]] after the latter [[spoiler:saves him from asphyxiation in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]].
--->'''Robin:''' Ever heard of "thank you"? ...I guess not.
** Robin [[spoiler:saves Batman from Harley]] ''again'', and Batman ''still'' doesn't say "thank you" or otherwise acknowledge his assistance. In fact, his only true response is to calm down extremely slightly [[spoiler:due to not assuming Robin died in the explosion in the Industrial District anymore]]. Really, it can only be explained by his rather severe depressive episode ([[TraumaCongaLine brought about by the events of the game proper]]).
* UnresolvedSexualTension: It doesn't matter who you believe to be Batman's primary love interest in the Arkham games, [[DatingCatwoman Catwoman]], [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Talia]], Ivy in the end [[spoiler:none of these ships are resolved. Talia gets fatally shot by Joker in City, Ivy [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices her life to disperse Scarecrows fear gas]] in Knight and (also in Knight) Batman [[ShipSinking sinks his own ship with Selina]] and tells her they can never be together]].
* VampireRefugee: ''Knight'' has a rather unique version of this. [[spoiler:After having been contaminated with the Joker's infected blood in ''City'', Batman's mind is slowly starting to be taken over by the Joker. He has four other infected patients locked up in a satellite Batcave, one of whom is showing no signs of any Joker-like symptoms, and is being used to develop a cure. Throughout the game, visions of the Joker taunt you at every possible moment, and at several moments (especially when Batman gets exposed to Scarecrow's fear toxin), Batman loses control, and the "Joker" part of Batman's mind actually manages to take over.]]
** [[spoiler:Taken even further if it's true that Batman's entire psyche was created by chemicals of the Gotham Lazarus Pit leaking into the watertable. Thus truly making him just as mentally ill as the supervillains he fights, but his near-psychotic obsession became locked onto the idea of ''preventing'' tragedy rather than reveling in it.]]
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: A rare benevolent example. In particular, the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique entry above.
** Once Batman has leveled up a bit, you can get him to become downright vicious on the {{Mooks}}; you can combo throw them into other Mooks, over a railing into pits, or into the electric doors. Using the weapons, you can have Batman knock them off ledges with his batarangs, yank them over ledges and catwalks with his Batclaw, make landmines with explosive gel, etc. And this ''barely'' covers what you can do in the game.
* VocalEvolution: Kevin Conroy's Batman voice in ''Arkham Asylum'' is higher-pitched and more relaxed than later games, sounding more like Conroy's natural speaking voice at certain points. He would go back to using his more familiar Batman voice in ''Arkham City'', but went much deeper for the ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' DLC, likely to reflect Batman mourning the losses of both [[spoiler:Joker and Talia al Ghul]]. In ''Arkham Knight'', he gets noticeably gruffer and older sounding.
* WithMyHandsTied: At the beginning of ''Arkham City'', as ''Bruce Wayne'', not Batman.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In ''Arkham Knight'', thanks to a combination of suffering the effects of Scarecrow's [[MushroomSamba fear gas]] and [[spoiler:The Joker hallucination]] inside him Batman actually has a few chances to capture [[BigBad Scarecrow]] and [[TheDragon Arkham Knight]] early but fails to do so. The first is during the confrontation in Simon Staggs airship [[spoiler:where there are two Scarecrow's in the room]]. No matter which choice you make [[spoiler:the real Scarecrow will always be the one you didn't pick and he will spray you with his toxin while you're distracted]]. The second is after [[spoiler:Batman destroys the Cloudburst and, despite beating on the Arkham Knight, his body transforms into Joker and the Knight manages to slip away]].
* WorthyOpponent: To Joker.
* WouldHitAGirl: Justified, given that the girls in question are actively trying to kill him. Though he goes a little easier on female adversaries as his takedown moves against them don't involve breaking limbs. [[note]]In Origins "Initiation" DLC, because female opponents in combat rounds can lose their swords and pick up a knife weapon, it is possible to snap their limbs.[[/note]]
* WrestlerInAllOfUs:One Batman's moveset is full of wrestling moves. Some of his strikes include clotheslines and double axe handles, his Silent Takesdowns include a move similar to Wrestling/JohnCena's STF and Wrestling/MickFoley's Mandible Claw, and he will occasionally DDT or [[{{Wrestling/Sting}} Scorpion Death Drop]] his opponents when performing a noisy Takedown, and one of his double counters to ninja attacks is a chokeslam. His double team moves with Batman involve northern lights suplex. He also uses the [[Wrestling/KurtAngle ankle lock]] as a Special Combo Takedown. A German Suplex has been added to his arsenal in ''Knight'', as both a Throw Counter and a noisy Takedown and some of his Dual Team Takedowns include piledrivers and powerbombs.
*YouFightLikeACow: In regular gameplay, XMustNotWin: As he is relatively quiet; but himself states in ''Asylum'', he'll ''never'' let Joker win.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Pulls this off in an optional conversation with Mr. Freeze in ''City'', whenit the former thanks him for saving Nora. Batman's response?
-->'''Batman:''' Fix her and quit this life. You're better than this.
* YourWorstMemory: As with canon, the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne comes back toHarley, he goes on all four cylinders haunt him in ''Asylum'' while dosed with Fear Gas, and again in ''Arkham VR'' in a dream sequence. However, in ''Arkham Knight,'' this trope, in both is superseded by the comic memory of Jason Todd's torture and death at the DLC. hands of the Joker.
** ''Arkham Origins'' sees costumes based on ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'', [[GoldenAge the original Earth 2]], ''ComicBook/GothamByGaslight'', ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'', ComicBook/{{New 52}}, ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'', [[ComicBook/{{Earth 2}} New Earth-2]], ''Thrillkiller'', ''Noel'', ''Dark Knight of the Round Table'', ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} Jean-Paul Valley's first Batsuit]] the Adam West Series/Batman1966, and a metallic version of
** ''Blackgate'' has--in addition to the ''Blackest Night'', ''DC One Million'', and
**
* AscendedFanboy: As is tradition, he was a massive fan
* BadassCape: Though his cape isn't ''quite'' as badass as Batman's, it's still used in basic gliding.
* BadassInDistress: Near
*
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Batman from Ra's al Ghul's assassins. Also [[spoiler:saves Batman from asphyxiation and later from a Harley-induced [[InTheBack knife to the back]] in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]].
* BoringButPractical: His regular strikes are the least fancy looking out of all the other playable characters, often being a simple punch or a whack of his staff with little flips and flourishing. But because of how similar all of his attacks are in start and end time (very fast), Robin's much easier to control, making high combo scores a breeze.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', he's turned against Batman by the spores of Poison Ivy.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Robin has a yellow "R" right over his heart, and also draws an R when spraying Explosive Gel.
* ButtMonkey:
*
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He looks like Music/{{Eminem}} in ''Knight''. Since Eminem [[JustForFun/OneOfUs is a lifelong comic book fan]] who dressed as Robin in the music video for "Without Me," this may be a deliberate ShoutOut.
* CompositeCharacter:
*
** In ''Arkham
** Most of Batman's gadgets bypass all forms of protection, capable of affecting enemies that would counter his normal punches. While none of them can knock out enemies, the player is
*
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He gets no respect from Batman or any of
*
* FinalBoss: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', while under Poison Ivy's mind control.
* GrapplingHookGun: Unlike when Batman or Nightwing uses it on {{mooks}}, he pulls himself toward ''them'' for a kick, not vice versa for a punch.
* InTheHood: Like Damian Wayne
* JackOfAllStats: Not as strong as Batman, and not as fast as Catwoman, but playing him
*
* BadassBoast:
** In ''Asylum'':
--->'''Bane:''' I will break you, Batman! Then the
'''Batman:''' No, Bane. This time, ''I'' break ''you''! ''[cue the Batmobile ramming Bane into the water]''
** In ''Origins'':
--->'''Batman:''' I am the reason criminals
--> '''Thug:''' I'm sorry, I thought you were some kind of joke! Please don't hurt me!
* TheLancer: More personable and less gruff than Batman, though no less competent in combat.
* LegacyCharacter: There's one mention of the existence of Jason Todd
** In ''Knight'':
--->'''Batman:''' [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries I am vengeance. I am the
* BadassCape: That allows him to glide. He also uses it to stun enemies in combat by swinging it at their faces.
* BadassInANiceSuit: As Bruce Wayne at the beginning of ''Arkham
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Temporarily when captured by the Joker at the beginning of ''Arkham City'', sort of the entirety of the game on a smaller scale, and definitely during his capture by Harley in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]].
* BadassNormal: He has no powers, unlike several of his enemies (Poison Ivy. Killer Croc), relying on intense training and a keen mind (and shitloads of money) to see him through his war on Gotham's criminal elements.
* BarrierBustingBlow: Gains this in ''Arkham City'', letting him punch through a weak wall to take down a henchman on the other side.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: While he doesn't use a gun in ''City'', Batman ''does'' resort to what would otherwise be lethal force against two separate opponents. In both cases, it's completely justified. The first is [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Solomon Grundy]], who cannot be stopped by anything less and will come back to life, the other is [[BlobMonster Clayface]], who is effectively immune to all of Batman's conventional tactics again being quite near to immortal due to his body composition. Depending on the player's choice, he might also cut off [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul's]] "life support" in ''Knight'' but that
* BeneathTheMask: Late in ''Origins'', the Dark Knight suffers a HeroicBSOD and then talks about whether he should give up his superhero crusade. During this scene, the subtitles identify him as "Bruce Wayne" rather than "Batman", as he is on the point of giving up Batman's status.
* BigGood: He's the leader of the Batfamily and Gotham City's protector.
* BigNo: Does this in ''Arkham Asylum'' [[spoiler:when he takes the Titan dart for Commissioner Gordon]]. And in ''Arkham Origins'' [[spoiler:when he thinks he has lost Alfred as the only member of the Bat-family... right before slamming his Shock Gloves into the ground and discovering his EurekaMoment: to shock Alfred back to life]].
* BloodKnight: It was heavily implied that during the year between ''City'' and ''Knight,'' he was getting frustrated with the fact that all he could really do was tinker with his gadgets and vehicles.
* BlueIsHeroic: His cape and cowl are a very dark blue in ''City.'' They're back to black in the other three games.
* BrokenAce: Especially noticeable in ''Arkham City'', when Batman wants to [[spoiler:save Talia from the Joker, rather than stop Strange's plan to kill, at the very least, thousands. He also takes his failure to save the Joker pretty badly]].
** By the end of ''Knight'', [[spoiler:even if he's retained his sanity, Batman has lost his SecretIdentity and is forced to go underground and cut off all ties with his former friends and associations]].
* BuildingSwing: With his GrapplingHookGun.
* ByronicHero: Arkham!Bats is as classical an example as any version of Batman. He is distant and secretive from his friends and allies, he's independent and self-reliant to the point of being self-destructive, and is tragically incapable of changing and adapting his problems even if he is aware of them.
* CapeSwish: Weaponized with the Cape Stun.
* CapeWings: How he glides.
* CatchPhrase: In ''Origins'', he had a bit of a tendency to say various inflexions of "to run out of time" (eg. "You just ran out of time."). [[spoiler:This turns out to be a factor that helps Bane deduce Batman's identity.]]
*
** In ''Knight'', he undergoes a unique version of this where he ''regresses'' as a character thanks to the Scarecrow toxin driving him insane. As it turns out, Bruce's deepest fears are his allies dying as a result of his actions and the Joker slowly taking over his mind and going on a rampage. As a result, he takes radical and dangerous steps to stop these both from happening, first by imprisoning Robin following a hallucination and secondly by trying to ignore the Joker hallucination as it gains more and more power in his mind. By the end of the game, we've seen both fears (seemingly) come to pass, with Oracle dying and the Joker successfully taking over his body. Both turn out to be hallucinations, but in working through these hallucinations Bruce also works out his fears. His
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He ''worked'' to become as strong as he is.
* ChestInsignia: The massive bat logo, as usual. It's in fact the strongest part of his Batsuit's armor, something the Arkham Knight himself makes sure to let his men know.
* ChickMagnet: It's Batman so this was inevitable but he gets heavy ShipTease with Talia, Selina, and Ivy. Oracle may have feelings for him as she was seemingly jealous about his interactions with Talia. He seems to have the admiration of others such as Nyssa and Shiva, and this is not including his love interests as Bruce Wayne, such as Vicki Vale.
* ChokeHolds: This is how he performs a Silent Takedown. He uses a blood choke to knock them out with a meaty paw over their airways to keep them from making noise.
* ClarkKenting: As Bruce Wayne, playboy billionaire. He even uses a slightly higher voice in that guise. This works for and against him during the events of ''City'', since everyone assumes Wayne is a dumbass rich guy who'll probably be eaten (possibly ''literally'') by the inmates of Arkham City... meaning nobody bothers looking too hard for him when he disappears. However, it also meant Bruce couldn't do much to stop Hugo Strange's initial campaign, since this would result in people looking a little harder at Wayne, and wondering how he's able to get all that information on the professor.
* ClothingCombat: One of his moves is to whirl his cape at his enemies, using weights in the corners to stun the target.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The Arkham version(s) of the Batsuit is one the most technologically advanced Batsuits yet.
** The suit provides Batman near-full range of motion while also providing protection from blunt force trauma, explosions, gunfire, and knives.[[note]]Fabric armor such as what is worn in ''Asylum'' and ''City'' is capable of protecting against both bullets and
** His cape allows him to glide at extremely high speeds.
** The cowl is connected to the
* MartialArtsStaff: Noted because Tim Drake is often touted as
*** The ears also house antennae that allow him to eavesdrop on conversations from hundreds of meters away.
** The gauntlets have [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins hologram projectors]] that provide Batman's in-game map, can allow him to [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum control]] his
* McNinja: Not surprisingly, he's just as stealthy as
* MeaningfulAppearance: As part of an effort to adapt
** The suits worn in ''Asylum'' and
* ClothingDamage: Throughout all four games,
* MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: True,
* ColdHam: This version of
* CombatPragmatist: He only has [[ThouShallNotKill one rule]]. Everything else is fair game.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting:
** He resembles [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse Ben Affleck]] in ''Knight''.
** Creator/RogerCraigSmith's voice in ''Origins'' would sometimes sound similar to
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Early on in ''Origins'', there's this exchange between himself and Alfred:
-->'''Alfred:''' I hope you'll try to keep a low profile tonight, sir.\\
'''Batman:''' Trust me, I'll take out those assassins before they even know I'm there.\\
'''Alfred:''' It's not
'''Batman:''' ''I '''don't''' patter.''
*
-->'''Catwoman:''' ''[sigh]'' Another one? What's Eddie's problem?\\
'''Batman:''' Fanatic [[{{Narcissist}} narcissism]], [[SmallNameBigEgo egocentricism]], and megalomania crossed with
'''Catwoman:''' [[SarcasmMode ...Thanks.]]\\
'''Batman:''' Don't mention it.
* CompositeCharacter:
** He's based on the
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:In
** ''Arkham Origins's'' [=PS3=]-exclusive Knightfall [=DLC=] [[DownplayedTrope kind of]] combines him with Jean-Paul Valley, the
* CoolShades: Bruce Wayne's profile picture in ''Asylum'' has a pair.
* CostumeEvolution: Chronologically, Batman has had many different Batsuits over the decade plus that the series takes place. All of his primary suits get badly damaged during the course of each game and Batman is stated to constantly be working on improving his tech and equipment, so each one tends to have some form of alteration, however minor.
** ''Arkham Origins'' taking place roughly a decade prior to all the other games, features the earliest known Batsuit in this continuity, it looks distinctly more patched together than any of the other Batsuits, with a hard armoured look and asymmetrical belt giving the impression of a Batman still experimenting with perfecting a design as well as a rougher and less refined Batman than the "later" games. He later adapts the Electrocutioner's Shock Gloves to this suit, altering his gauntlets to accommodate them. He also has the Extreme Environment (or XE) Suit for the ''Cold, Cold Heart'' DLC, which is designed specifically for use in environments of extreme cold with gauntlets capable of producing thermal heat, thus far being the only Batsuit to have a fully sealed mask and also white eye lenses as the default setting and looking bulkier than the standard suit.
** ''Arkham Asylum'' starts him off with a suit that looks like a more armoured version of his traditional comics design, albeit with a unique bat symbol (a pair of additional wing struts, somewhat like what the [[Film/Batman1989 1989 film]] did). He also has an optional "Armoured" version of the Batsuit, which looks distinctly more high-tech and metallic, for use in the challenge maps.
** ''Arkham City'' features him using a new Batsuit that, whilst largely similar to the ''Asylum'' design has a new belt, new gauntlets, new boots, a slightly smoother-looking cowl and a different bat symbol that has a more traditional design to it. For the "Armoured Edition" version of the game on the UsefulNotes/WiiU he has the Battle Armoured Tech (or [[FunWithAcronyms B.A.T.]] Suit), which resembles the Armoured design of the previous game and is capable of absorbing kinetic energy and then releasing it upon impact allowing Batman to put more force into his attacks.
** ''Arkham Knight'' starts him off in a more advanced version of his ''City'' suit, with segmented armour pieces and more rigidly designed gauntlets known as the "Batsuit Version 7.43". Upon request, he switches to using the "Batsuit Version 8.03" which is a more lightweight and thus faster model, unlocking Batman being able to use Fear Takedowns when he equips it, whilst still providing high levels of protection. As well as that, the overall design involves panels of mechanised armour plating over a tri-weave bodysuit, giving it a much more high-tech look than any of the previous Batsuits to date, resembling the "armoured" versions of the previous Batsuits to a certain extent. It's also designed to interact better with the Batmobile's various systems.
* TheCowl: There's a very good reason why he provided the page image for so long!
* CrazyPrepared: He secretly built a Batcave underneath Arkham Asylum just in case something were to happen there. Oracle is particularly surprised, resulting in the situation being {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d:
-->'''Oracle:''' How did you keep this a secret?\\
'''Batman:''' It's ''me'', remember?
** He's the main sponsor of Arkham Asylum, which means he likely has influence how the place was built, which is the main reason he managed to stop Joker.
** In ''Arkham City'', Alfred comments on Batman's
** One of the most impressive feats of {{Crazy Prepared}}ness in ''Arkham City'' comes in "Harley Quinn's Revenge", where, as in the comics, [[spoiler:Batman's utility belt, when not on him, releases a 50000-volt electric shock to most people who try to touch it. Robin and Batman himself are the only ones known to be exempt]].
** This comes up in ''Arkham Knight'' where it turns out that Batman
*** How far does his crazy preparedness go? Well, after [[spoiler:The Batmobile is destroyed..]]
'''Batman;''' Destroyed.\\
'''Oracle:''' What?!\\
'''Batman:''' Don't worry, I had Lucius [[spoiler:make a
* ShieldBash: His staff folds out to make a bullet proof shield, which he can also hit enemies with.
* {{Sidekick}}: As per tradition with Robin, he is this to Batman.
* TheSmartGuy: His detective skills are noted in his profile and show up in gameplay. Though its mostly an InformedAbility.
* SmokeOut: Much like his mentor, Robin can throw one smoke bomb per stealth section.
* TelescopingStaff: His weapon is a retractable bo-staff that also has a built-in bulletproof shield.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Is often on the receiving end of this from Batman. Since ''City'', Robin's enthusiasm to join Batman's adventures is always coldly rebuked and he is usually ordered to do some other mundane task offscreen. From a gameplay standpoint, it's simply to maintain the focus on Batman as the sole player protagonist. This is eventually addressed and {{Deconstructed}} in ''Knight'' when Tim finally gets sick of being fobbed off and begins to doubt Bruce's commitment to the Dynamic Duo, leading to dramatic conflict later in the game.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Knight'' he's quite a bit more powerful than in "Harley Quinn's Revenge." So much so that Batman outright starts praising him, even admitting that he's impressed. [[spoiler:Still doesn't stop Bruce from locking up Robin in a cell though]].
* TrainingFromHell: Not from a hellish place per say, but it is said that he's been training vigorously and intensely for a time until he proves to be worthy of the Robin title.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:In ''SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', he is seemingly killed before the events of the game by the brainwashed Batman, as the Squad finds his damaged domino mask alongside small specks of blood, although there is no body to be found and his fate is never confirmed, leaving it unclear whether or not he managed to escape the brainwashed Dark Knight.
*
* WellDoneSonGuy: Seems to give off
-->'''Strange:''' Look at the
* DarkIsNotEvil: He wears a dark costume, but it's only to scare criminals.
* DatingCatwoman: The first thing that he did as soon as he got his Batman gear back was to rescue Catwoman from
*
-->'''Batman:''' Why didn't ''I'' think of that?
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Arkham Knight seems to end with his death. Maybe.]]
**
* DeathSeeker: ''Implied'' in ''Origins'' in a conversation with Alfred, once again in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' from Robin's point of view and very much (although still only ''implied'') in ''Arkham Knight''. Anyway, the Mission and protecting Gotham always comes first.
* DeathlyUnmasking: [[spoiler:After having his secret identity revealed on television by Scarecrow in ''Arkham Knight,'' Batman/Bruce Wayne returns to Wayne Manor to enact the Knightfall protocol. Here, after removing his mask one final time, he vanishes into the depths of the house - which is promptly consumed by a massive explosion. Batman's fate is not elaborated upon, though he's presumed dead.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Comes close to crossing it in ''Knight'' after [[spoiler:apparently seeing Oracle be DrivenToSuicide by Scarecrow's fear toxin]]. In fact, Scarecrow's entire EvilPlan centers around driving Batman over the horizon.
* DestructiveSavior: He tends to cause quite a bit of property damage as collateral, especially when driving the Batmobile in ''Arkham Knight''.
* {{Determinator}}: "I'll never let [[ComicBook/TheJoker you]] win. ''Never''."
** "Tonight will not be my end... but it will be ''theirs''!"
** While [[spoiler:dying from being injected with Joker's blood]], he offers a defiant "'''I'll make it'''." when asked by Oracle what she should do if he dies.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:In this continuity, Bruce ends up with ''neither'' of his most famous love interests. Talia is killed by Joker, dying in his arms and after his identity is exposed, Selina attempts to move things forward between them for one final time, but he ends things between them before going into exile]].
* DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks: No matter how often Batman gets into situations beyond his capacity to solve, he never says thank you to anyone.
* DoomMagnet: Downplayed. By the end of the series, [[spoiler:he's seen Alfred die a DisneyDeath, he saw Jason get [[NotQuiteDead "killed"]] and hallucinated that he [[WhatHaveIDone killed Nightwing]], that [[EatenAlive Killer Croc ate Robin]] and both Gordons dead (Jim in ''Asylum'', Barbara in ''Knight'') Then there are [[KilledOffForReal Talia and Joker]]. There's a reason [[IWorkAlone he prefers working alone]].]]
-->'''Scarecrow:''' You bring death to all who follow you.
* TheDreaded: Criminals fear him, and for good reason. In ''Origins'', you see him from a second person POV, courtesy of [[spoiler:Joker]], near the end. He's in [[ShroudedInMyth the Worst Nightmare skin]], and snarling like an animal. He even mentions his status as this to Alfred in ''Origins'':
-->'''Batman:''' ''I'' am the reason the criminals breathe easy when the sun rises!
** Is especially evident in ''Knight'' when thugs flee on the sight of Batman.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Batman is noticeably shocked and disgusted by what the Iron Heights Warden did to Killer Croc while he was imprisoned, outright calling him an animal.
** Despite being at his harshest in ''Origins'' and having no love for criminals, even he thinks [[spoiler:the Joker forcing Sionis to shoot his girlfriend was monstrous]].
* ExperiencedProtagonist: By the time of ''Asylum'', he's been active as Batman for years. Even in ''Origins'', the chronological first game in the timeline, he's been crime-fighting for two years by that time.
* EyeColorChange: In ''Knight'', [[spoiler:his eyes change from blue to green as a sign of the Joker infection]].
* FacialHorror: In ''City'', after being poisoned by Joker. While not nearly as bad as Joker's own FacialHorror, he develops TaintedVeins on his face, and Talia is horrified at the sight.
* FallenHero: As shown in the prequel comic for ''Arkham Knight'', months after Arkham City's closure, public opinion has turned somewhat against Batman; in addition to his worsening mental state, rumours have spread that he was the one who killed the Joker that night, and a series of murders secretly committed by the Arkham Knight against minor criminals has cast aspersions on whether or not he still abides by his [[ThouShaltNotKill "one rule"]]. Even worse, he encounters members of the GCPD who laud his "new" approach to crime, disgusting him.
* FatalFlaw: Pride. It's on full display when he's captured by Harley Quinn; after Robin saves him, Batman doesn't even give so much as a "thanks". This finally costs him dearly in ''Arkham Knight''.
* {{Fiction 500}}: Bruce Wayne is a self-confessed billionaire, and all of his technology and weapons are provided by his company. By the time of ''Knight'', Batman is practically an NGOSuperpower.
* FlatJoy: As Batman, he speaks in a low monotone at all times. His internal monologue has slightly more emotional inflection, as does Bruce Wayne.
* GameOverMan: Shares this position with Cash if you lose while playing as Joker in ''Arkham Asylum''.
* GeniusBruiser: He's a battle-hardened crime fighter who can take down a giant crocodile man and immediately go back to using deductive reasoning to take down criminal conspiracies.
* GodzillaThreshold:
** Batman just ''doesn't hold back'' against ''Arkham City'''s final boss [[spoiler:Clayface]] -- attempting to dismember him, continuing to attack him while he's pretty severely crippled, and not stopping until he's being boiled alive. It's also the only time he uses a lethal weapon. All of this is justified because the final boss really is ''that'' dangerous, these measures are ''barely enough'' and he is generally regarded as one of Batman's most dangerous foes in a fight. It speaks to how frightening he must be to Batman (relative to other foes, at least) when Batman, who's spent the game refusing to kill even in extreme circumstances, goes for lethal measures without a word when the final boss shows up.
** When faced with the nigh immortal Solomon Grundy, Batman actually rips the heart out of his chest to prevent him from reviving.
* GoodIsNotNice: As seen when he played hardball with Mr. Freeze when he needed information on the ice gun and Freeze was being uncooperative in ''Arkham City''. Though he didn't kill Freeze, he certainly bluffed pretty hard with that life-support liquid. This is also displayed in ''Origins'', where he goes so far as to break both of Deadshot's arms and one leg after the threat Deadshot posed had already been neutralized, and breaks into the GCPD as part of a case and beats up several cops; when Alfred calls him on it, his response is:
-->'''Batman:''' They're as [[DirtyCop corrupt as they come]]. And they're in my way.
** It gets even worse in "Harley Quinn's Revenge", when [[spoiler:after the deaths of Joker and Talia]], he's become something of an UngratefulBastard and refuses to give even a curt nod of approval to Robin for saving his life. He also becomes far more ruthless when dealing with criminals of any kind; by the time of ''Knight'', he
** In ''Arkham Origins'', he's rude and disrespectful to Alfred during the cutscenes, the man who raised him after his parent's deaths and is worried sick about him, and it takes [[spoiler:Bane nearly killing him]] to make Bruce realize what a jerk he's been.
** He's not above physically intimidating villains much shorter than himself for information, beating down and throttling Penguin or shoving around the frail, helpless Mad Hatter.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's closer to this in ''Arkham Asylum'', treating his allies with more respect and showing signs of gentleness to the innocent victims, while still not hesitating to lay a brutal beatdown on any villain who gets in his way.
* GreatDetective: Like in the comics, Batman is probably the greatest investigator on the planet. With or without his technology, Batman's
** In the Initiation DLC for Arkham Origins, Bruce can visualize his environment without his cowl, showing off his memory and observational skills.
** When confronted with multiple choices of where Deadshot's hideout could be based on a forensic profile, Batman
** The Identity Thief killer keeps getting away and cleaning up crime scenes with bleach, leaving no evidence in Arkham City. What does Batman do? He decides that no evidence is evidence and tracks down the bleach instead, leading him directly to [[spoiler:Hush]].
* {{Hallucinations}}: OncePerEpisode, whether it
-->'''Robin:''' Ever heard
* HandicappedBadass: He suffers from this throughout ''City''. After being [[spoiler:poisoned by the Joker, he gets very sick, to the point of
* HeartbrokenBadass: After the end of ''Arkham City'', Batman refuses to talk to any of his allies and refuses to move on from failing to save those that depended on him. [[spoiler:He is especially torn up about the death of his beloved, Talia al-Ghul, who died in his arms]].
* HeroAntagonist: In ''Assault on Arkham'', Batman works to stop the main protagonists of the film, the criminal group known as the Suicide Squad, from breaking into Arkham.
* TheHeroDies: Implied. In ''Arkham Knight'', the very first line of dialogue is "This is how it happened. This is how the Batman died." This isn't immediately a spoiler for players, since Scarecrow's talk of destroying "the myth of Batman" gives some hope that the opening only referred to some type of change in Batman's identity. [[spoiler:Scarecrow gets his way when he reveals that Batman is Bruce Wayne, apparently giving Bruce no choice but to commit suicide by blowing up Wayne Manor, with him and Alfred inside. ''Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League'' appears to show Batman alive after ''Knight'', but the specifics of how and why Batman is back have not been revealed, though Harley made sure he [[KilledOffForReal stayed dead]] this time around.]]
* HeroHarassesHelpers: He's constantly telling his allies he doesn't need help when they suggest it, to the point he fails to thank them if they save his life. He learns to appreciate them after [[spoiler:Alfred temporarily dies]] in ''Origins''... [[MyGreatestFailure But then Jason died]]. Thanks to this, [[AngerBornOfWorry he dislikes the idea of his allies working on the field.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: In ''Origins'', he suffers from this since the GCPD all consider him to be just a crazed vigilante, though the fact that most of the cops are [[DirtyCop corrupt]] also plays into it.
* HeroicBSOD:
** The Scarecrow battles in ''Asylum'' are weaponized versions of this, where Scarecrow forces Batman to see one of his greatest allies dead, relive his parents' murder, and then finally see himself as an insane prisoner at the mercy of a society run by his villains.
** He's strongly affected by [[spoiler:Joker and Talia's deaths]], to the point where weeks after the ending of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', he's still reeling from it. Indeed, the DLC has Oracle and Robin talking about how he's not talking to anyone and has mostly shut in. At the end of that, even Gordon is concerned and all Robin can offer is an unsure "he'll be fine" when Batman flies somewhere else to brood.
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''. He suffers one after finding out Bane is heading to Wayne Manor. Alfred snaps him out of it.
* HeroicBuild: Just ''look'' at the guy.
* HeroicResolve: In ''City'', he's poisoned and is stumbling around. At one point, the camera shifts to his POV when he drops to his knees and starts [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing up his own blood]] and the screen starts to blur. He just clenches his fists and the effects wear off, but he still takes a hit to his max health. The whole game is essentially Batman displaying just how far his will and resolve can carry him. He constantly is getting sicker and sicker, and despite this, he does battle with many of his most dangerous foes, fights off ''hundreds'' of thugs out for his blood, and is trying to find a way to take down Hugo Strange, who is protected by his own private army. When his sickness reaches its most extreme point, he is at death's door, and is told by Barbara that unless he finds what he's looking for, he has only ''minutes'' left to live. His response? '''"I'll make it."''' ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''. Copperhead is ''astonished'' when Batman continues to fight her even after getting poisoned by her deadly toxin.
* HeroicWillpower: He manages to fight off the effects of Scarecrow's fear toxin, from a dosage that, according to Scarecrow, would have been enough to drive ten men insane. He manages to hold off the effects of the Titan formula, and stop himself from transforming for a prolonged period of time until he injects himself with the antidote. In ''Arkham City'', it's best summed up by a simple sentence he says to Oracle as he, according to Oracle, has only ''minutes'' left to live thanks to Joker's poison.
-->'''Oracle:''' Seriously, Bruce, you need to tell me what to do... What to tell Robin... You know, if you don't...\\
'''Batman:'''
** He also fights off the Mad Hatter's mind control. It doesn't matter if it's in his head or his blood, Batman will fight it.
** Poison Ivy's bio in ''Asylum'' mentions that this trope is the reason Batman can resist her powers of seduction.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: He can question Riddler's henchmen in this manner, provided the player is close enough to interact with a nearby ledge. Also his preferred method of questioning [[spoiler:Quincy Sharp]] in a cutscene.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: This version of Batman has a visible self-destructive streak. His fight with supervillains goes from professional obligation to personal obsession. His personal attitude is quite bossy and demanding rather than conciliatory which in the case of Mr. Freeze in ''Batman: Arkham City'' exacerbates the latter's paranoia leading to a major crisis that nearly gets him killed. Despite having several allies who could lighten his load, he insists on doing everything on his own and keeping them at arm's length. The combination of factors (personal obsession, bossiness, lack of trust) leads him [[spoiler:to cage Robin at Panessa Studios, the fatal error that ultimately compromises his secret identity and ends his superhero career]].
* HonorBeforeReason: In ''Origins'', Alfred says that since no one but Alfred and Batman himself know Batman's SecretIdentity, he could [[StatingTheSimpleSolution stay inside for the night to avoid the assassins]]. Batman refuses, stating that if he does so, the assassins will endanger innocent people to lure him out.
* HopeBringer: Lampshaded by Scarecrow himself in "Knight" as this to Gotham and potentially the world.
-->'''Scarecrow:''' How can the world know fear – true dread – when there is you? A stalwart knight, ever ready to slay monsters. Fear isn't true biology, Batman. It's more than instinct. True fear is the absence of hope. And hope is the spread wings of a bat, shining in the clouds.
* HyperspaceArsenal: He can even keep inventions he jury-rigs himself on the fly (the REC) or gets from others (the Freeze Blasts and Freeze Clusters) on him, even though his utility belt isn't even built for that.
* InformedFlaw: During ''Origins'' he is supposedly still "young and inexperienced" in his crusade. His physical and mental abilities are just as good as in all the
'''Robin:''' ...
* IrislessEyeMaskOfMystery: His mask usually averts this, though they take on this look when he's using [[AuraVision Detective Mode]].
* IWorkAlone: Batman's biggest flaw is his stubborn refusal to work together with the rest of the Batfamily out in the field. It's implied more and more throughout the series that it's out of fear that they'll get hurt as he becomes more convinced that he's a DoomMagnet (what with what happened to Barbara and Jason before the series even began.)
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: He's not afraid of [[HighAltitudeInterrogation dangling thugs over ledges]] or [[NeckLift lifting them into the air]] in order to get information. To say nothing of putting a mook's head beneath the wheel of his Batmobile and starting it up (though he only did that last one when he was ''[[RageBreakingPoint really]]'' [[PapaWolf pissed off]]).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be gruff and brooding, but he's firmly on the side of good.
* LanternJawOfJustice: As the above image shows.
* LastNameBasis: How he addresses most of his rogue's gallery that isn't named ''Joker'' (Dent for Two-Face, Cobblepott for Penguin, Nygma for Riddler, etc.) The only exception is Catwoman, who he addresses as [[FirstNameBasis Selina]] due to being more of a FriendlyEnemy towards her.
* LightningBruiser: He is stronger than even his [[HeroicBuild build]] would suggest and yet amazingly quick and agile. One of his dual team takedowns in ''Knight'' is a freaking ''flying powerbomb'', complete with a forward flip in mid air (and not the more plausible sunset flip version either). Some of his moves call in question the ''normal'' part of his BadassNormal status.
* MadeOfIron: The fact that he's still able to fight effectively after going through some of the things he does in ''Origins'', ''City'', and ''Knight'' shows that he either has superhuman durability, or his suit's armor is a lot more effective than it seems. [[spoiler:Even Bane doing his signature back breaking move only stuns him.]]
* ManlyMan: Muscular body? Check. Deep voice? Check. Capable of violence? Check. Beat up many mooks and juggernauts without breaking a sweat? Check. Went through many nightmares without flinching? Check.
* MasterOfAll: Among the playable characters. Regardless of the game, Batman always has the most gadgets and moves, and thus feels the most balanced and versatile to play. This is especially notable whenever you're ''not'' playing as him; often the challenge comes from figuring out how to deal with situations that Batman could solve with ease, such as firearms in combat situations or crowd control in stealth.
* MasterSwordsman: [[spoiler:Wields Talia's sword against Clayface]].
* McNinja: He's American, but his stealth skills would make even the sneakiest of ninjas jealous. As noted in ''Initiation'', he actually did go to a monastery and learn to be a StealthExpert from Kirigi, a man who's trained prominent ninjas, such as [[ComicBook/RasAlGhul the League of Assassins]] and [[ComicBook/LadyShiva Shiva]].
* MightyGlacier: Only in comparison to the other playable challenge characters (notice that LightningBruiser is also on this list). By normal human standards he's freakishly fast, but among Nightwing, Robin, Catwoman, Joker, and Deathstroke he is the slowest character. He also hits the hardest and is the most heavily armored.
* MurderByInaction:
** After ''City'', general consensus in universe is that he broke his one rule by not saving a dying man. Granted, Batman was stabbed in the shoulder, causing him to [[spoiler:drop the only cure to the Joker's disease]], but random chatter in the post-game of ''City'' and throughout ''Knight'' makes it clear that nobody sees much of a difference.
** In ''Knight's'' "Season of Infamy" DLC, it's possible for Batman to do this. [[spoiler:The end of the League of Shadows mission sees Batman given the choice between saving a feeble Ra's al Ghul, or letting him die of old age without the Lazarus Pit. It seems throughout the mission that Batman is considering the latter option for the greater good, but is worried it will break his one rule. Alfred even asks Batman beforehand, "Is preventing some ungodly resurrection really the same as taking a life?"]]
* MyGreatestFailure:
** Bruce is haunted for years by the Joker's kidnapping, torture, and murder of the second Robin, Jason Todd.
** What's more, in a way, Joker was right, Batman's allies have a bad habit of finding themselves in dangerous situations and possibly dead, so in a way, his desire to work by himself as much as possible to keep them out of danger can be somewhat well-founded. His failure to save Jason is most likely what lead to, if not reinforced, his [[FatalFlaw overbearing desire to work alone]].
* NGOSuperpower: Best shown in ''Knight''. In one city alone, Batman has several bases with weapons and state-of-the-art computers, a multi-utility tank with weapons capabilities, a private plane that provides supplies anywhere in the city and is pretty much given carte blanche by the GCPD. At one point, Aaron Cash is bemused at Batman commandeering a police workstation so that [[spoiler:Oracle can work for him in the GCPD]], considering that Batman's been giving them orders all night, [[spoiler:especially after Gordon left]].
-->'''Aaron Cash:''' Guess
** One of the Arkham Knight's militia notes how overpowered Batman's arsenal and technology really is:
--->'''Militia:''' If our gear's top-of-the-line then what's the Bat's? Over the line? On-top-of-the-line? Is that even a thing?
* NeckLift: Does this when interrogating someone.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** In ''Origins'', saving Joker as he fell to his death led to him taking over Blackgate at the end of Origins and then the events of the rest of the series.
** In ''Knight'', [[spoiler:he locks up Robin in a prison cell to prevent him from stopping his search for Scarecrow after discovering he carries the Joker virus. However, this enabled Scarecrow to capture the sidekick while he was defenseless and use as leverage against the Dark Knight.]]
* NoBadassToHisValet: He's TheDreaded for the crooks all over Gotham, and seen as a [[HopeBringer symbol of hope]]... and yet, Alfred wastes no time snarking at him. It's particularly pronounced in ''Origins'', where Alfred is largely a SourSupporter and views him as "a young man with a trust fund and too much anger."
* NoJustNoReaction: After completing the main story of ''Origins'', Batman receives a Most Wanted mission from Gordon to track down escaped Blackgate prisoners. When Batman tracks down one such prisoner, he starts singing "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Jingle Bells, Batman smells]]" while laughing his ass off. Batman simply says "No" in a tone somewhere between deadpan and irritated before punching the convict's lights out.
* NonPoweredCostumedHero: His abilities are actually real martial arts skills and gadgets he uses to enable his capabilities.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** His pride is a serious issue; a large section of the problems he faces in ''City'' could have been avoided if he had simply gone with the flow. He stubbornly refuses help from anyone even when it would clearly help, like when Robin offers to help him find Ra's al Ghul. He was also so willing to abandon the people of Arkham City to Hugo Strange in order to get Talia that Alfred has to cut off access to his satellites to get him back on track. ''Origins'' and ''Knight'' have highlighted this: the more experienced Batman from the Rocksteady games shies away from extremely useful equipment such as the Shock Gloves, Remote Claw, the XE suit and (until ''Knight'') the [[spoiler:Remote Hacking Device; the Batgirl DLC reveals that Batgirl was using this while Bruce stuck with the outdated Cryptographic Sequencer]].
** In a slightly more lighthearted touch, he draws bat symbols when using his Explosive Gel, seemingly for no one's amusement but his own.
* NotSoStoic: At some points in each of the games, and in the DownloadableContent "Harley Quinn's Revenge".
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** If he ever threatens to kill anyone, you ''know'' something's gone wrong. Best shown in ''Knight'', where after he captures Penguin, he implicitly threatens to kill him if he doesn't shut up. While Penguin tries to brush it off as an empty threat, Batman warns him that he's "[[SanitySlippage not feeling like himself tonight]]"; Penguin [[KnowWhenToFoldEm wisely decides to can it at that]].
** Should he ever resort to [[BatmanGrabsAGun lethal tactics]] in a fight, it's a sign of how dangerous the enemy is, best displayed during two boss fights in ''City''. [[spoiler:He rips Solomon Grundy's heart out after subduing him, and attacks Clayface with cryogenic grenades, explosives, and a ''sword'' the second he realizes Clayface is about to engage him, and he doesn't stop until Clayface is wholly dead. This isn't a lapse of Batman's standards, or his SanitySlippage kicking in, it's just that Clayface and Grundy are ''that'' dangerous and ''can't'' be stopped by anything less.]]
** In one particular side-quest of ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Origins]]'', Bruce's friends have been murdered by a sleazy stalker, and Batman hunts him down. Instead of a quick condemnation, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Batman rants about all the things the stalker]] ''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech didn't]]'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech murder them for]], [[ItIsDehumanizing followed by a dehumanizing slurry of insults]]. It takes Alfred asking about his blood pressure to pull him back.
** Nightwing and Robin have a WellDoneSonGuy attitude towards Batman. Time constantly pushes for at least a "Thank you", whereas Dick is used to it at this point and teases him over it. In ''Knight'', when Bruce tells Dick he's [[SoProudOfYou proud of him]], Dick is unnerved and asks him if he's feeling alright.
** [[spoiler:Out of leads as to where to find the kidnapped Oracle in ''Knight'', Bruce traps a Militia soldier's head ''under one of the Batmobile's tires'' and revs it up, threatening to crush his head while angrily demanding answers. Seriously, this is one of the ONLY times Kevin Conroy's Batman has gotten ''this'' angry.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: As Bruce Wayne.
* OffhandBackhand: Can be pulled off. However, the version most fans are familiar with is saved for a cutscene near the end of the first game.
* OhCrap: His reaction in ''Origins'' when [[spoiler:he finds Bane's hideout and realizes that Bane knows his SecretIdentity]].
* OneHitKill: Can be pulled off in a swift manner if timed right in Freeflow Focus battle, just after a few hits.
* OneManArmy: At its most evident in ''Knight'', where he goes up against legions of thugs, militiamen, Riddlerbots, Dollotrons, tank drones, and air drones - and wins!
* PapaWolf: Harm any of the younger members of the Batfamily, and the normally-brutal Batman becomes damn near murderous; in ''Knight'', after rescuing Nightwing from Penguin he implicitly threatens to kill the latter if he doesn't shut up, and after Barbara is kidnapped by the Arkham Knight's militia he captures a militia lieutenant, pins him to the pavement, and starts using the Batmobile to slowly ''crush his skull'' until he tells Batman everything.
** When he thinks that Robin is dead in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'', he gives Harley the mother of all [[DeathGlare death glares]]. Keep in mind that Harley is already partial responsible for the death of one Robin in this continuity.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents were murdered by a mugger when he was eight years old.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Robin. Which Strange analyzes in the Catwoman tapes.
* PetTheDog: Despite his AdaptationalJerkass treatment, when he learns the Arkham Knight's identity, he can't bring himself to even hit Jason, opting to disarm him and talk him down instead.
* PerpetualFrowner: Not all the time, but by ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'', that '''is''' his normal mood setting now.
* PermaStubble: Sports this in ''Origins''.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: Bruce Wayne lets himself get arrested to get Batman into Arkham City. Though he's also hamstrung by being in his Bruce Wayne identity.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: In ''Knight's'' Season of Infamy DLC, Nora is kidnapped by the Arkham Knight's militia, who tell Mr. Freeze that they'll give her back in exchange for Batman. When Batman finds them out, he tells Freeze to go ahead and shoot him if he trusts them; within seconds, Freeze gives in and begs Batman to find Nora.
* PrecisionFStrike: He rarely swears throughout the games, but he does get a few in.
** In ''City'', when the Mechanical Guardian he's scanning shorts out:
--->'''Batman:''' Damn it! The data is incomplete.
** Telling Mad Hatter to "Go to Hell".
** He
** In ''Origins'', he says "damn" after accidentally knocking "Loose Lips" Leblanc unconscious while interrogating him. He also yells "Come on, dammit!" to [[spoiler:Alfred while trying to bring him out of cardiac arrest.]]
** Finally, there's his response to being threatened at gunpoint by [[spoiler:a Jokerized Henry Adams]] in ''Knight'':
--->'''Batman:''' Go to Hell.
* PragmaticHero: [[spoiler:If you deny Ra's cure in ''The Season of Infamy'' DLC, he will survive, and Batman will take him in to GCPD and lock him up, but Ra's will still eventually perish.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: ''Arkham Asylum'' starts with him bringing Joker back to Arkham after the clown attacked City Hall. He suspects something's up, since Joker gave up almost without a fight, and accompanies his foe into processing. Unfortunately, that's precisely what [[BatmanGambit Joker was counting on,]] as he wanted Batman to be there to witness his greatest triumph as he escapes and takes over the asylum. Unfortunately for Joker, he vastly underestimated how determined Batman was to stop him.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: The Beat Down attack he uses in ''City'' onwards.
* RecklessPacifist: Especially in ''Knight'', where he can perform environmental takedowns such as jamming enemies' heads into live fuse boxes.
* SanitySlippage:
** It's implied that being injected with Joker's blood is taking a toll on Batman's sanity. For example, when he defeats Mr. Freeze, he hallucinates Joker's laughing head on Freeze's body.
** Goes into full throttle after the deaths of ''Arkham City''. Throughout the DLC, he is much more gruff, his internal monologue is about the goal at hand, and his threats to the informants lose any playfulness. He even begins to speak with a bit of a growl.
** This is further shown in ''Arkham Knight''
* SaveTheVillain:
** Most notably in
** Notes to a dying Joker in ''City'' that he would have saved him, despite everything Joker's done.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: He's the former in his relationship with Catwoman. While not quite a ManicPixieDreamGirl, her more fun-loving style contrasts with his stern and focused demeanor, and yet she sparks more of his DeadpanSnarker tendencies than anyone else. Even in ''Arkham Knight'', where his world is collapsing around him, she manages to get him to snark during the Riddler side quest.
* ScarsAreForever: In ''Endgame'', Alfred observes that his stab wound left by Joker will never fully heal.
* ShipperOnDeck: He fully supports Tim and Barbara's
* ShipTease: He has a lot of moments throughout the series with [[DatingCatwoman Catwoman]], [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Talia]], and even Poison Ivy.
* ShootTheShaggyDog:
** In ''Knight'', [[spoiler:he spends a significant amount of time and resources trying to find a way to cure the Joker infected, even deliberately [[LockedOutOfTheLoop keeping Robin in the dark about Barbara's kidnapping and eventual death]] to ensure he'll focus on finding the cure. Then it turns out that Henry Adams, who Batman hoped would be the key to finding said cure, was [[EvilAllAlong faking his immunity]] the whole time, killing the other infected and then
** In ''City'', Batman realizes that Ra's is evil and vows to
** The effort Batman put into sparing his enemies' lives. The series never actually says he's wrong for doing this, but it's made very clear that killing the big threats would've been for the best, since the premise of ''Knight'' is that crime dropped to record lows with Joker's death. To rub salt in the wound, [[spoiler:the GoldenEnding in ''Knight'' happens partially because several threats are killed off or at least MIA (Joker, Poison Ivy, Killer Moth, Hugo Strange, Rat Catcher, Black Mask, and Quincy Sharp). The list might potentially include Ra's Al Ghul (if captured), Bane (killed by the Arkham Knight in the tie-in comics, gave up and returned to Santa Prisca in the game), Mr. Freeze (implied that he leaves Gotham to be TogetherInDeath with Nora), and Clayface (the game never says what happened to him after
*
-->'''Joker:''' If you actually let me finish a sentence, you might learn something! [[NotSoDifferentRemark You might learn we're not so different.]] You might even learn something about yourself.\\
'''Batman:''' You need to learn to shut up.
* ShutUpKirk: Batman isn't convinced when Gordon claims that the [[BadCopIncompetentCop GCPD]] in ''Origins'' is as clean as he makes it out to be.
-->'''Gordon:''' We've earned Gotham's respect--\\
'''Batman:''' If that were true, I wouldn't be here.
* SkewedPriorities: During the climax of ''City'', when Talia is taken hostage by the Joker, he's fully prepared to drop everything to go after them, despite the fact that Strange's Protocol 10 is underway and [[spoiler:the TYGER guards are firebombing Arkham City]] even as he states his intentions. Oracle and Alfred have to ''cut off his access to the satellites he's using to track Talia's signal'' to get him back on track.
* SmokeOut: Smoke bombs are a part of his arsenal in ''City''.
* TheStoic: None of the crap Joker, or nearly any villain, does freaks him out. Only Scarecrow is able to get some kind of reaction, but that's more the effects of his gas. It's pretty obvious when you find the [[spoiler:Titan-flooded old sewage chamber]] and Batman says there's a new problem. It sparks this conversation:
-->'''Oracle:''' ''[exasperated]'' What now? Riddler? Two-Face? Some kind of giant Joker robot?\\
'''Batman:''' Unfortunately, nothing that simple.
* StealthHiBye: He pulls this off on Commissioner Gordon at the beginning of ''Knight'':
-->'''Gordon:''' [[LampshadeHanging Every damn time...]]
* StealthExpert: Stealth's a key gameplay mechanic in the Arkham Games, after all.
* StreetSamurai: He wages a vigilante crusade against a corrupt society, is bound by a strict personal code of honour and tends to use fighting techniques originating from medieval Japan against foes using modern weapons and tactics. Given this particular incarnation's constant use of advanced computer tech (his mask's detective mode, the disruptor, the remote hacking device) and the notably cyberpunk-influenced plots of the series (City's focus on government control and surveillance, Knight's focus on drone warfare, the prominent role the Bat-family's resident hacker Oracle has throughout the series), this version of Batman is actually one of the purest examples of the trope.
* SuperStrength: Batman often has this as part of his CharlesAtlasSuperpower, but the ''Arkham'' version is probably the most overt about it. Every single fight scene he's in will have him tossing people around like softballs and kicking or punching them clear across the room like a ''Street Fighter'' character, and leaping superhuman heights and lengths with the same abandon. Notwithstanding other instances like grappling with Bane, prying open elevator doors, throwing people through walls, punching out TITAN thugs, denting thin metal walls by kicking Solomon Grundy into them, and so on.
* TaintedVeins: Develops some on his face in ''City'' as a result of his Titan poisoning. and from the fear toxin in ''Knight''.
* TakeAThirdOption: Near the end of ''Arkham Origins'', [[spoiler:when the Joker gives him the option to kill Bane or let him live so that his heartbeat can send shockwaves through his connected electric wires and allow them to kill both the Joker and Commissioner Gordon, Batman has a third option: he uses the Electrocutioner's [[ChekhovsGun Shock Gloves]] to temporarily stop Bane's heart, then disconnects the wiring from his heart before using the gloves as {{Magical Defibrillator}}s to restart it, reviving Bane and angering both him and the Joker.]]
* TechnicalPacifist: In ''Asylum''. After dispatching enemies, if you turn on the visor and scan them, they're just unconscious. If you ever manage to yank a henchman into a bottomless pit, you'll typically hear a splash so that you don't break Batman's [[ThouShaltNotKill no-kill]] policy. Lampshaded in ''City'' by the mooks who talk about the extensive damage Batman's done to them. One states Bats broke a few ribs, and his legs, and punctured his spleen, while another talks about losing his five front teeth, and so on. However, [[spoiler:Batman uses clearly lethal force on Solomon Grundy and Clayface.]] Justified in that [[spoiler: Grundy has RessurectiveImmortality, while Clayface is indestructible and can survive being cut to pieces, frozen, and blown up, so they both are too powerful and resilient to be dealt with by any other means]].
* TerrorHero: Whenever confronted with well-armed criminals, Batman dispenses with his flashy fisticuffs and sticks to the shadows, selectively taking out the criminals one by one, causing the remaining criminals to become increasingly paranoid about where he is and who he'll strike next. This is only confounded when he uses techniques like Inverted Takedowns to leave his victims hanging several feet in the
* ThouShaltNotKill:
** However rough he is on criminals, Batman would never intentionally kill one of them, [[spoiler:or let the Joker die while it was within his power to save him]].
--->'''Batman:''' ''[to Ra's al Ghul]'' I will
** [[spoiler: He does use lethal force exactly twice, both in ''Arkham City'': Against Solomon Grundy, who can come back from the dead and seems to be otherwise unbeatable (Batman tores his ribcage and punches his heart) and Clayface, whose BizarreAlienBiology forces Batman to get creative when restraining him
** ''Knight'' takes a massive swing at this, as it's revealed that Scarecrow and [[spoiler:the Arkham Knight's]] anger towards Batman both tie back to the Joker's actions, and that a significant part of the plot ties back to Joker's plan in ''City''. Letting Joker drop from the Royal Hotel back in ''Origins'' would've prevented ''the entire Rocksteady trilogy.'' Also. the "Season of Infamy" DLC gives Batman [[spoiler:the option to either save Ra's al Ghul's life, or to destroy his life support machine so that he can finally die. The only way to ensure that the League of Assassins never bothers Gotham again is to defeat Ra's.]]
* TimeShiftedActor: Kimberly Brooks voices the young Bruce Wayne when Batman flashes back to the death of his parents during the second Scarecrow hallucination in ''Asylum''. It's also the reason that Creator/RogerCraigSmith is voicing the young Batman in ''Origins'' rather than Creator/KevinConroy returning.
* TookALevelInDumbass: In ''Arkham Knight'', he suffers from a heavy case of AesopAmnesia and arrogance that he should
* TookALevelInJerkass:
** ''Arkham City''. At times, even allies get shouted at or angrily dismissed. It's implied in-game that a large percentage of his increase in jerkiness was the result of being injected with Joker's blood, and apprehension over it being sent to hospitals in Gotham. [[spoiler:The stress of his imminent death certainly doesn't help matters]].
** This is [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] heavily in ''Arkham Knight'' where even though he seems to be more sympathetic towards his partners, his {{Pride}} and obsession with handling the situation by himself continues to alienate him. And several characters such as the Arkham Knight and Scarecrow spend a good portion of the game trying to drive this point home. This comes to a head when [[spoiler:his actions not only cause the apparent death of Barbara but also cause him to lock Robin up when he tries to help Batman with his Joker infection. And to twist the knife further, the Joker hallucination informs him that Batman being adamant about Robin finding a cure proved to be pointless and Robin could have kept Barbara safe.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Arkham Knight'', he seems to reverse the trend he was going on in ''City''. It's not much, but at least he knows how to thank his allies again.
* TrainingFromHell: ''The Initiation'' shows that he went through this under the tutelage of Master Kirigi, where every test was an object of survival and who actively instructed his other students to kill him.
* TranquilFury: This seems to be his default state of mind in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' and '''oh-so-much'' in ''Arkham Knight''.
* TraumaCongaLine: Each game seems to put him through a worse [[ExtremelyShortTimespan night]] than the last. ''Asylum'' sees him get off relatively scott-free, though he deals with traumatic visions of his parents and a dead Jim Gordon in Scarecrow's fear toxin hallucinations. ''City'' has him deal with psychological warfare from Hugo Strange, getting afflicted by Titan poisoning that comes inches from killing him, and the deaths of both his love interest and arch-nemesis in quick succession. ''Origins'' puts him through a gauntlet of assassins actively out to kill him at Christmas while Alfred gets targeted by an enemy who knows his secret identity. ''Knight'' arguably puts him through the worst as his character flaws cause his relationships to crumble around him and his constant fear gas exposure puts him at risk of completely losing his mind.
* TrapMaster: One of the mechanics of the games involves Batman setting up traps to better deal with the enemies in predator mode.
* UnderwearOfPower: Has it in the Rocksteady games, though he loses it once he changes suits in ''Knight''. Doesn't have it in ''Origins'', though the design of the batsuit creates a similar appearance. Except for ''Asylum'', alternate skins can be used to either remove them or put them back.
* UngratefulBastard:
** Quietly [[WhatTheHellHero called out on this]] by [[{{Sidekick}} Robin]] after the latter [[spoiler:saves him from asphyxiation in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]].
--->'''Robin:''' Ever heard of "thank you"? ...I guess not.
** Robin [[spoiler:saves Batman from Harley]] ''again'', and Batman ''still'' doesn't say "thank you" or otherwise acknowledge his assistance. In fact, his only true response is to calm down extremely slightly [[spoiler:due to not assuming Robin died in the explosion in the Industrial District anymore]]. Really, it can only be explained by his rather severe depressive episode ([[TraumaCongaLine brought about by the events of the game proper]]).
* UnresolvedSexualTension: It doesn't matter who you believe to be Batman's primary love interest in the Arkham games, [[DatingCatwoman Catwoman]], [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Talia]], Ivy in the end [[spoiler:none of these ships are resolved. Talia gets fatally shot by Joker in City, Ivy [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices her life to disperse Scarecrows fear gas]] in Knight and (also in Knight) Batman [[ShipSinking sinks his own ship with Selina]] and tells her they can never be together]].
* VampireRefugee: ''Knight'' has a rather unique version of this. [[spoiler:After having been contaminated with the Joker's infected blood in ''City'', Batman's mind is slowly starting to be taken over by the Joker. He has four other infected patients locked up in a satellite Batcave, one of whom is showing no signs of any Joker-like symptoms, and is being used to develop a cure. Throughout the game, visions of the Joker taunt you at every possible moment, and at several moments (especially when Batman gets exposed to Scarecrow's fear toxin), Batman loses control, and the "Joker" part of Batman's mind actually manages to take over.]]
** [[spoiler:Taken even further if it's true that Batman's entire psyche was created by chemicals of the Gotham Lazarus Pit leaking into the watertable. Thus truly making him just as mentally ill as the supervillains he fights, but his near-psychotic obsession became locked onto the idea of ''preventing'' tragedy rather than reveling in it.]]
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: A rare benevolent example. In particular, the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique entry above.
** Once Batman has leveled up a bit, you can get him to become downright vicious on the {{Mooks}}; you can combo throw them into other Mooks, over a railing into pits, or into the electric doors. Using the weapons, you can have Batman knock them off ledges with his batarangs, yank them over ledges and catwalks with his Batclaw, make landmines with explosive gel, etc. And this ''barely'' covers what you can do in the game.
* VocalEvolution: Kevin Conroy's Batman voice in ''Arkham Asylum'' is higher-pitched and more relaxed than later games, sounding more like Conroy's natural speaking voice at certain points. He would go back to using his more familiar Batman voice in ''Arkham City'', but went much deeper for the ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' DLC, likely to reflect Batman mourning the losses of both [[spoiler:Joker and Talia al Ghul]]. In ''Arkham Knight'', he gets noticeably gruffer and older sounding.
* WithMyHandsTied: At the beginning of ''Arkham City'', as ''Bruce Wayne'', not Batman.
* WorfHadTheFlu: In ''Arkham Knight'', thanks to a combination of suffering the effects of Scarecrow's [[MushroomSamba fear gas]] and [[spoiler:The Joker hallucination]] inside him Batman actually has a few chances to capture [[BigBad Scarecrow]] and [[TheDragon Arkham Knight]] early but fails to do so. The first is during the confrontation in Simon Staggs airship [[spoiler:where there are two Scarecrow's in the room]]. No matter which choice you make [[spoiler:the real Scarecrow will always be the one you didn't pick and he will spray you with his toxin while you're distracted]]. The second is after [[spoiler:Batman destroys the Cloudburst and, despite beating on the Arkham Knight, his body transforms into Joker and the Knight manages to slip away]].
* WorthyOpponent: To Joker.
* WouldHitAGirl: Justified, given that the girls in question are actively trying to kill him. Though he goes a little easier on female adversaries as his takedown moves against them don't involve breaking limbs. [[note]]In Origins "Initiation" DLC, because female opponents in combat rounds can lose their swords and pick up a knife weapon, it is possible to snap their limbs.[[/note]]
* WrestlerInAllOfUs:
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Pulls this off in an optional conversation with Mr. Freeze in ''City'', when
-->'''Batman:''' Fix her and quit this life. You're better than this.
* YourWorstMemory: As with canon, the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne comes back to
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!![[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Nightwing]] (Dick Grayson)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TroyBaker (''Arkham City'') [[note]]Only does vocal grunts, however.[[/note]], Creator/JoshKeaton (Robin, ''Arkham Origins''), Creator/ScottPorter (''Arkham Knight'') [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/AlexisTomassian (Fr; ''Origins''), Bruno Méyère (Fr; ''Knight''), Diego Baldoin (It), Manolo Rey (Br.Pt; ''Origins''), Mário Tupinambá (Br.Pt; ''Knight'')[[/labelnote]]
The first Robin that Batman trained, who became a hero in his own right. Only shows up as a DLC character in ''Arkham City'' and in Multiplayer as Robin in ''Arkham Origins''.
!![[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Nightwing]] (Dick Grayson)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TroyBaker (''Arkham City'') [[note]]Only does vocal grunts, however.[[/note]], Creator/JoshKeaton (Robin, ''Arkham Origins''), Creator/ScottPorter (''Arkham Knight'') [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/AlexisTomassian (Fr; ''Origins''), Bruno Méyère (Fr; ''Knight''), Diego Baldoin (It), Manolo Rey (Br.Pt; ''Origins''), Mário Tupinambá (Br.Pt; ''Knight'')[[/labelnote]]
The first Robin that Batman trained, who became a hero in his own right. Only shows up as a DLC character in ''Arkham City'' and in Multiplayer as Robin in ''Arkham Origins''.
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!![[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Nightwing]] (Dick Grayson)
* AlasPoorVillain: Even after all he's been through in the ''Arkham'' games, all he's done as a brainwashed enforcer of Brainiac, and his eventual death by Harley Quinn, is played entirely for drama with plenty of tearjerker moments.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: A literal example, as he tries to execute Harley Quinn using a gun after being ReforgedIntoAMinion by Brainiac.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The "actual" boss battle with Batman isn't against him directly but instead a giant fear toxin-induced illusion of a bat monster.
* BigNo: Screams one after getting defeated by the Suicide Squad.
* BoomHeadshot: After being defeated and dragged to Superman's statue, he's shot in the head by Harley Quinn.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He gets brainwashed by Brainiac alongside Superman, The Flash, and Green Lantern in ''Kill the Justice League''. To show just how serious this is; he makes his first appearance killing two police officers offscreen and presenting their corpses in front of the titular squad as an intimidation tactic and after handing each member their own asses through a twisted, antagonistic version of the game mechanics in the ''Arkham'' games, he prepares to execute Harley Quinn with a '''[[BatmanGrabsAGun gun]]'''.
* ButNowIMustGo: In the time when Bruce was operating as the "Demon Bat" between ''Knight'' and ''Kill the Justice League'', he was approached by Superman with the offer to join the Justice League. Bruce accepted and left Gotham in the care of his friends and proteges while operating as Batman in Metropolis.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Like the other members of the Justice League, the method that Brainiac used to brainwash him involves using advanced alien technology to ''literally lobotomize him''. It's also implied he was given other modifications to his body for better performance, but to what extent is unknown.
* DarkIsEvil: By the time of the game, where he ends up as a BrainwashedAndCrazy minion of Brainiac.
* DramaticIrony: Where to begin with Batman.
** He makes his first physical appearance in ''Asylum'' as a playable hero entering the Arkham Asylum with The Joker in tow. Here, he makes his first physical appearance as a non-playable villain after killing innocent civilians at the entrance to his museum exhibit.
** In the ''Arkham'' games, it's often a plot point regarding Batman's struggle to hold onto his sanity, and with the DrivingQuestion of whether [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he's just as bad as the criminals and lunatics he's fighting against]]. Here, he's long gone after being BrainwashedAndCrazy by Brainiac and is reduced to becoming the very monster he always feared.
** Throughout the entire series of the main ''Arkham'' games, it's usually a RunningGag (though seriously not funny) for Batman to be poisoned by the villains and have to cure himself less he risked death. Here, he's been permanently BrainwashedAndCrazy by Brainiac with death being the only option to deal with him and serving as the {{Plaguemaster}} in his second boss fight.
** Batman's usually well-known for his CrazyPrepared tendencies and [[MemeticMutation would always win due to prep time]]. He gets brainwashed by Brainiac due to ''not'' having a plan[[labelnote:Although...]]it's {{downplayed|Trope}} as he wanted to make a plan before meeting Brainiac due to being ProperlyParanoid. But after much prompting from Superman and Green Lantern, where the Man of Steel was practically ''begging'', he relents and unsurprisingly, it's a trap[[/labelnote]].
** Through each ''Arkham'' game, Batman is shown to consistently upgrade his gadgets and tactics to deal with plenty of different scenarios. As a brainwashed minion of Brainiac, he relies on the same tactics to defeat the titular Suicide Squad in his first boss fight and loses in his second one due to them having a stronger bond and Harley Quinn already familiar with his recycled methods.
** Nearly every version of Batman DoesNotLikeGuns and has an [[ThouShallNotKill aversion to lethal force]] due to how a common crook used a firearm to kill his parents. Not only does he commit mass murder as a brainwashed covert agent and tries to kill Harley Quinn with a gun, but he unceremoniously dies as a war criminal from a former criminal sanctioned by the government as a Black Ops agent shooting him dead on a street.
*** For added irony, he tried to inflict a BoomHeadshot on Harley near the beginning of the game. After his defeat and just before fighting Superman, Harley shoots him dead in the head.
* TheDreaded: Even after his true identity as Bruce Wayne is revealed, he can still be the most intimidating foe to face, as seen when the Suicide Squad realizes Batman has also been brainwashed by Brainiac. Hell, they're even more scared of him than when they face ''[[FlyingBrick Superman]]''.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Batman is shot point-blank to the head by Harley Quinn, while sitting on a bench all injured. To say his death is anti-climatic would be an ''understatement''.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Implied. After becoming BrainwashedAndCrazy by Brainiac, Batman's body is hinted to be enhanced given that one of the things that Brainiac remarks of his limits is his "human body outpaced by its mind" beforehand in the ARGUS tapes. However, it's unclear exactly ''how much'' he's been enhanced or if his body is permanently stuck at its peak condition, given his physical strength, speed, and endurance as an antagonist isn't all that different from the ''Arkham'' games, and he can still die from a bullet to the head by Harley Quinn.
* EvilIsHammy: Under Brainiac's influence, Batman trades his usual stoicism and deadpan delivery for a more bombastic tone of voice, complete with EvilLaugh.
* FallenHero: The most egregious example out of all the members of the Justice League. "[[Film/TheDarkKnight Either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain]]" doesn't even begin to describe Batman's fall from heroism and final fate at the hands of the Suicide Squad.
* GetItOverWith: In his final moments, he treats Harley's attempt to lecture him with nothing less than utter contempt.
-->'''Batman''': Are we done with the bad stand-up routine?
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Like the rest of the Justice League who's been brainwashed by Brainiac, Batman sports glowing purple eyes.
* HopelessBossFight: When the Suicide Squad encounters Batman for the first time, they're unprepared to deal with his covert tactics and mind games, leading to every one of them getting their asses whooped and nearly dying if it weren't for The Flash's HeroicSacrifice.
* KnightOfCerebus: While the game starts somewhat lighthearted, aside from Brainiac using the recently brainwashed Superman and Green Lantern to kill or convert many innocent people and [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight The Flash getting badly injured from trying and failing to bring Green Lantern to his senses]], the moment ''Arkhamverse Batman'' made his first appearance with him being brainwashed as well, along with using lethal force on two police officers, darkens the atmosphere to near hopelessness.
* KnightTemplar: No {{pun}} intended, [[PlayedForDrama really]], as Batman's original desire and goal to uphold justice and defeat crime is now twisted to serve Brainiac's goal of terraforming the Earth.
* KryptoniteFactor: {{Averted|Trope}}. Despite his teammates having clear-cut weaknesses to exploit, Batman has nothing that can be used as an "Anti-Batman device" when the Suicide Squad looks through his contingency plans just before his second boss fight. Instead, the Suicide Squad has to rely on teamwork and intelligence if they hope to defeat the Dark Knight.
* MasterOfIllusion: He's capable of creating bat-shaped shadows upon appearing out of thin air through advanced holographic technology, and his second boss fight involves using his own variation of Scarecrow's fear toxin to kill the Suicide Squad. Rather than being fought directly, the final fight is instead against a monstrous illusion that's presumably taking place inside of their minds.
* MugglesDoItBetter: In a way, Batman's TheTeamNormal of the Justice League and arguably the only one to have ''two'' boss fights as a brainwashed minion of Brainiac. Also, he has no clear-cut weakness in the form of an "Anti-Batman device" for the Suicide Squad to use against him, and he comes in the form of a PuzzleBoss that requires the titular team to rely on teamwork, intelligence, and any prior training and experience they have to take him down.
* ProperlyParanoid: Age doesn't dull Batman's usual paranoia one bit and TheReveal of his SecretIdentity near the end of ''Knight'' only strengthens this, as seen with his secret contingency plans to neutralize the Justice League if any, or all of them, were to be compromised right before his second boss fight begins. The ARGUS tapes revealed that he, along with Wonder Woman and The Flash, was rightly skeptical of Brainiac's initial claims for "[[ExactWords peaceful negotiations]]" and wanted to create a plan ''before'' meeting him. It's only through Superman and Green Lantern's prompting that they all go into Brainiac's ship and, unsurprisingly, it was a trap.
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: He was once a playable HeroProtagonist who starred in a series of games in the Arkhamverse till his secret identity was outed by Scarecrow in ''Knight'', forcing him to go into hiding and continuing to operate covertly for several years before getting an official invitation to join the newly formed Justice League. Then, after rebuilding his reputation and becoming a respected superhero amongst the Leaguers, Brainiac came along and brainwashed him into becoming the very thing he swore to destroy.
* PuzzleBoss: Unlike the The Flash, Green Lantern, and Superman, Batman's boss fights require the player to use their intelligence to beat him.
** When he first engages the Suicide Squad, he uses his usual tactics from the ''Arkham'' games to take them down one by one in a HopelessBossFight.
** In his second boss fight, the Suicide Squad has to actively navigate through the fear toxin-induced hallucination of the Batcave to mix the vats up four times and eventually turn on the vents. All while keeping vigilance to where either Batman popping out of the statues, a "fiery hell bat" approaching from the air, and the explosive gel traps littered in the area.
* RogueProtagonist: Batman went from a playable HeroProtagonist of the Arkhamverse games to a major villain who was BrainwashedAndCrazy by Brainiac in ''Kill the Justice League''.
* SinisterSurveillance: Before his second boss fight, Batman can be seen watching the Suicide Squad from afar. Attempting to get close to him, simply staring at him for a while, or just straight shoot at him, will cause Batman to pull a StealthHiBye.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He can be seen in the background from afar stalking the Suicide Squad throughout the game before his second boss fight.
* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: After being the main protagonist for most of the series, he gets brainwashed into becoming one of Braniac's minions early into the game.
* TheTeamNormal: He serves as the only member of the Justice League without any superpowers. Not that it makes him less terrifying to fight as a brainwashed minion of Brainiac; with how CrazyPrepared he usually is and the fact that Batman's now relying on lethal force and using his variation of Scarecrow's fear toxin as seen in the ending of ''Knight'' and his eventual boss fight.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: [[DownplayedTrope To an extent]]. From what little can be seen and heard of Bruce in his holographic displays in the Hall of Justice and the ARGUS tapes, he's a bit more lighthearted in speech and somewhat friendly to his teammates and to the citizens of Metropolis.
* TookALevelInKindness: [[DownplayedTrope Similar to the above example, this is also to an extent.]] While still possessing some of his usual brooding and serious nature, he's much more amiable regarding his interactions with the people of Metropolis and with his teammates in ARGUS tapes.
* WeakButSkilled: As the only member of the Justice League without superpowers, he relies on fear, gadgets, stealth, subterfuge, intellect, and his lifelong achieved peak physical and mental condition to neutralize his foes. While this might be {{subverted|trope}} due to the implied enhancements done to his body by Brainiac, it's [[AmbiguousSituation unclear]] since Batman notably still relies on his stealth skills and tactics more than brute force or direct combat.
** Upon his first appearance, he doesn't directly engage the Suicide Squad. Instead, he presented two recently murdered police officers to them for intimidation, activated an [=EMP=] detonator to kill the lights, and slowly picked them off one by one from the shadows while also setting up Explosive Gel traps throughout the area. Afterward, he intends to execute each of them through a bullet to the head if it weren't for The Flash's HeroicSacrifice.
** In his second boss fight, he's the only Leaguer that involves the Suicide Squad to fight more [[PuzzleBoss strategically]] as they've been infected by Scarecrow's fear toxin. After managing to circulate the fear toxin out of the Batcave, they fight a gigantic version of the "Demon Bat" due to the lingering effects of the toxin still in their bodies while managing to damage Batman's real body through the "Demon Bat's" weak spot.
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!![[Comicbook/{{Robin}} Robin]] (Tim Drake)
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* AdvertisedExtra: Despite his increased prominence, Nightwing only serves a minor role in ''Arkham Knight's'' story mode [[spoiler:and serves as the FinalBoss of Harley Quinn's story mode. Nightwing doesn't even appear in the game's ending like Oracle and Robin.]] On the plus side, he's the ally that's played as the most times (counting all Dual Play encounters both in the main game and in the Season of Infamy DLC, post patch challenge maps and his story DLC) and the only one allowed to talk back to Batman.
* AmicableExes: With Oracle, possibly. The Comicbook/BatmanArkhamUnhinged comic mentions their relationship as a nod to the mainstream comics, and Oracle is seen wearing a "Flying Graysons" necklace throughout ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. He even seems concerned for [[spoiler:Tim]]'s reaction on hearing of [[spoiler:her kidnapping]].
* AmicableExes: With Oracle, possibly. The Comicbook/BatmanArkhamUnhinged comic mentions their relationship as a nod to the mainstream comics, and Oracle is seen wearing a "Flying Graysons" necklace throughout ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. He even seems concerned for [[spoiler:Tim]]'s reaction on hearing of [[spoiler:her kidnapping]].
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* AdvertisedExtra: Despite ActionGenreHeroGuy: He's American, has the token buzzcut, and is a DeadpanSnarker 9 times out of 10, suiting the bill easily for this trope.
* AdaptationalBadass: Whilst Mr. Drake in the comics is by no means ''un-badass'', hisincreased prominence, Nightwing only serves Arkham City appearance definitely seems to be aiming for a minor role darker and grittier approach to the character, with a far more chiseled and muscled appearance, and the idea that he takes part in cage-fighting in his spare time.
* AdaptationalCurves: This Tim is far more muscular than his comics version, who while fit leans more on the slender side of the spectrum.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: ''A Matter of Family'' shows us that Tim was Robin while Barbara was still Batgirl whereas in the comics, Barb had already been paralyzed by the time Tim donned the Robin suit.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Tim's character bio in both ''City'' and ''Knight'' lists him as having blue eyes and black hair. But in ''ArkhamKnight's'' story mode Knight'', he has green eyes and what appears to be brown hair (it's buzzed really short, so it's tough to tell). Much like Catwoman, his character bio in ''Knight'' still lists the original colors.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Much like the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse (whose Tim Drake was based on Jason Todd), this Tim doesn't have a lot of his comics personality of being a slightly meek, nice, laidback Robin who is more of a detective than the other Robins. This Tim is based more on comics!Dick Grayson, being a wise-cracker who trash talks and taunts Rogues in a way Batman does not, [[spoiler:andserves as the FinalBoss of Harley Quinn's story mode. shares his romance with Barbara/Oracle in this continuity]]. He's also implied to be closer to Barbara and Nightwing doesn't even appear in age, compared to being a teenager in the game's ending like Oracle comics.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Him andRobin.]] On the plus side, he's the ally that's played as the most times (counting all Dual Play encounters both Barbara are a couple in this version, while in the main game and comics they are just friends due to him being much younger than her.
* AgeLift: Seems to be older than he is in theSeason comics amongst other members of Infamy DLC, post patch challenge maps and his story DLC) and the only one allowed to talk back to Batman.
* AmicableExes: With Oracle, possibly. The Comicbook/BatmanArkhamUnhinged comic mentions theirBat Family. [[spoiler:Him being in a relationship as a nod to with Barbara, eventually planning on marrying her, supports this]]. In the mainstream tie-in comics, and Oracle is seen wearing he's a "Flying Graysons" necklace throughout ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. He even seems concerned for [[spoiler:Tim]]'s reaction on hearing of [[spoiler:her kidnapping]].high school chemistry teacher rather than a student.
* AdaptationalBadass: Whilst Mr. Drake in the comics is by no means ''un-badass'', his
* AdaptationalCurves: This Tim is far more muscular than his comics version, who while fit leans more on the slender side of the spectrum.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: ''A Matter of Family'' shows us that Tim was Robin while Barbara was still Batgirl whereas in the comics, Barb had already been paralyzed by the time Tim donned the Robin suit.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Tim's character bio in both ''City'' and ''Knight'' lists him as having blue eyes and black hair. But in ''Arkham
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Much like the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse (whose Tim Drake was based on Jason Todd), this Tim doesn't have a lot of his comics personality of being a slightly meek, nice, laidback Robin who is more of a detective than the other Robins. This Tim is based more on comics!Dick Grayson, being a wise-cracker who trash talks and taunts Rogues in a way Batman does not, [[spoiler:and
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Him and
* AgeLift: Seems to be older than he is in the
* AmicableExes: With Oracle, possibly. The Comicbook/BatmanArkhamUnhinged comic mentions their
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** His alternate costumes for ''Knight'' include Tim's classic costume and his ''[[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis One Year Later]]'' costume, as well as Dick's costumes as Robin from the ComicBook/New52 and ''Series/Batman1966''.
* AscendedFanboy: As is tradition, he was a massive fan of the original Dynamic Duo before becoming Batman's sidekick.
* BadassCape: Though his cape isn't ''quite'' as badass as Batman's, it's still used in basic gliding.
* BadassInDistress: Near the end of ''Knight'', [[spoiler:he's kidnapped by Scarecrow as part of a ploy to expose Batman's SecretIdentity to the world, something that happened because [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Batman trapped him in a cell at Panessa Studios]].]]
* BadassNormal: Much like his mentor, Robin has no superpowers of any type; he's just supplied with a bunch of ''really'' cool tech, and peak human attributes.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Batman from Ra's al Ghul's assassins. Also [[spoiler:saves Batman from asphyxiation and later from a Harley-induced [[InTheBack knife to the back]] in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]].
* BoringButPractical: His regular strikes are the least fancy looking out of all the other playable characters, often being a simple punch or a whack of his staff with little flips and flourishing. But because of how similar all of his attacks are in start and end time (very fast), Robin's much easier to control, making high combo scores a breeze.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', he's turned against Batman by the spores of Poison Ivy.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Robin has a yellow "R" right over his heart, and also draws an R when spraying Explosive Gel.
* ButtMonkey: Of the Batfamily, he seems to be the go to guy for criticism, insults, and [[TheUnfavorite lack of concern]]. In an optional conversation, Nightwing says that he still thinks of Tim as "the new guy" and admits that it was hard for him to step in with the Batfamily after all their shared history together, and especially after [[spoiler:Jason Todd's "death"]].
* CombatPragmatist: Well, he ''has'' been trained by Batman. And he ''really'' likes whacking people with that staff of his.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He looks like Music/{{Eminem}} in ''Knight''. Since Eminem [[JustForFun/OneOfUs is a lifelong comic book fan]] who dressed as Robin in the music video for "Without Me," this may be a deliberate ShoutOut.
* CompositeCharacter: He ''is'' Tim Drake, but his character design is a combination of his original costume and Damian's. He also has a shaved head like Adult!Damian. His [[WellDoneSonGuy coping]] with Batman's tendencies towards callousness echoes Dick Grayson's own issues prior to making the shift to ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, likewise his romance with Barbara is more commonly related to Nightwing.
* CostumeEvolution: He starts out in ''Arkham City'' with a costume that very much looks like he made it himself, with very light armour on his upper body, his upper arms and elbows bare, a distinctly short cape with a hood, smooth gauntlets on his lower arms (with fingerless gloves as well), and just ordinary striped pants below his belt. In ''Arkham Knight'', his suit is more akin to what we've seen Batman wear in all the other games, being a full bodysuit of protective material covers everywhere except his face and a much longer cape. Interestingly, the ''A Matter Of Family'' DLC, set before Arkham Asylum shows him wearing this suit, and a good look at Jason Todd's Robin costume will reveal that Tim's ''Arkham Knight'' suit is largely identical to Jason's, just with a different "R" insignia.
* DominoMask: Much like all Robins, Tim's mask just covers the outlines of his eyes and nothing else.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He gets no respect from Batman or any of his Rogues Gallery, the latter of which treat him as a complete joke. Batman refuses to trust him to help in Arkham City or with the Arkham Knight and his militia.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Inverted. One of the cops he rescues from Harley comments that he expected Robin to be ''shorter''.
* FinalBoss: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', while under Poison Ivy's mind control.
* GrapplingHookGun: Unlike when Batman or Nightwing uses it on {{mooks}}, he pulls himself toward ''them'' for a kick, not vice versa for a punch.
* InTheHood: Like Damian Wayne in the comics, this version of Tim has a hood as part of his Robin costume.
* JackOfAllStats: Not as strong as Batman, and not as fast as Catwoman, but playing him in the Challenge maps makes Batman feel like a tank and Catwoman underpowered.
* JustAKid: Despite being in his late teens at the youngest. Unlike [[TheDreaded Batman]], Robin's seen as something of a TagalongKid by Gotham's criminals and isn't taken seriously until you start picking them off.
--> '''Thug:''' I'm sorry, I thought you were some kind of joke! Please don't hurt me!
* TheLancer: More personable and less gruff than Batman, though no less competent in combat.
* LegacyCharacter: There's one mention of the existence of Jason Todd when Joker mentions in his Challenge that he thought that he already killed him, and his profile mentions that he's a successor of Dick Grayson in the role of Robin. [[spoiler:Until the events of ''Arkham Knight'', that is.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Throughout most of ''Knight'', Batman deliberately chooses not to [[spoiler:inform him that Barbara has been kidnapped by Scarecrow and the Arkham Knight, or when Barbara is apparently DrivenToSuicide under the influence of fear toxin, wanting him to focus on finding the cure for the Joker infection. After Batman himself is revealed to be infected, the player can choose to inform him.]]
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His staff has a built-in shield that can block bullets and steam, though the former isn't indefinitely.
* MartialArtsStaff: Noted because Tim Drake is often touted as the best staff user in Franchise/TheDCU. It shows in his combat.
* McNinja: Not surprisingly, he's just as stealthy as his mentor.
* MeaningfulAppearance: As part of an effort to adapt the vibrant image of Robin to the rather dark and dour atmosphere of the ''Arkham'' games, Robin wears a pair of fingerless gloves.
* MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: True, his shield won't last indefinitely, and will eventually buckle under a constant onslaught of bullets. However, by the time he's gotten to whoever's shooting at him, [[BadassNormal he'll most likely not need it]].
* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the comics, Tim Drake is a teenager, and has sibling-like relationship with [[spoiler:Barbara]], who is a good 10-12 years older. In the game, he is hinted to be older, and in a relationship with [[spoiler:Barbara]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:In ''Arkham Knight'' Jason accuses Bruce of training Tim as the new Robin in this way. The fact it happened less than six months after Jason disappeared doesn't help. Bruce even accidentally calls Tim by Jason's name whilst the hallucinatory effects he's suffering from still linger, to which Tim comments he hasn't done so in a while, meaning it's not the first time. Batman's interactions with Nightwing, suggest that Batman sees all the later Robins and sidekicks as replacements for him.]]
* RetractableWeapon: His staff can change between the length of a club to a length of...well, a staff, at a whim.
* ShieldBash: His staff folds out to make a bullet proof shield, which he can also hit enemies with.
* {{Sidekick}}: As per tradition with Robin, he is this to Batman.
* TheSmartGuy: His detective skills are noted in his profile and show up in gameplay. Though its mostly an InformedAbility.
* SmokeOut: Much like his mentor, Robin can throw one smoke bomb per stealth section.
* TelescopingStaff: His weapon is a retractable bo-staff that also has a built-in bulletproof shield.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Is often on the receiving end of this from Batman. Since ''City'', Robin's enthusiasm to join Batman's adventures is always coldly rebuked and he is usually ordered to do some other mundane task offscreen. From a gameplay standpoint, it's simply to maintain the focus on Batman as the sole player protagonist. This is eventually addressed and {{Deconstructed}} in ''Knight'' when Tim finally gets sick of being fobbed off and begins to doubt Bruce's commitment to the Dynamic Duo, leading to dramatic conflict later in the game.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Knight'' he's quite a bit more powerful than in "Harley Quinn's Revenge." So much so that Batman outright starts praising him, even admitting that he's impressed. [[spoiler:Still doesn't stop Bruce from locking up Robin in a cell though]].
* TrainingFromHell: Not from a hellish place per say, but it is said that he's been training vigorously and intensely for a time until he proves to be worthy of the Robin title.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:In ''SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', he is seemingly killed before the events of the game by the brainwashed Batman, as the Squad finds his damaged domino mask alongside small specks of blood, although there is no body to be found and his fate is never confirmed, leaving it unclear whether or not he managed to escape the brainwashed Dark Knight.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: In Robin's DLC Predator gameplay, the mooks start out mocking him, "''Robin''? Really?" and end up pants-wettingly terrified. "I'm sorry! I thought you were just a joke! ''Please'' don't hurt me!"
* WellDoneSonGuy: Seems to give off that vibe -- he tries to act cool and bold around Batman, but every time Batman spectacularly fails to acknowledge or express gratitude for Robin's help, he sounds very deflated. He also very clearly shuts down when Batman [[spoiler:doesn't even show relief when Robin is revealed to have survived the explosion that Batman had assumed had killed him. By the time of Arkham Knight, he finally gets validation from Batman]].
* WhatTheHellHero:
** A quiet, understated version in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' [[spoiler:after he saves Batman's life and Batman completely brushes it off]].
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'''Batman:''' ''[ignoring him]'' Where are the cops?\\
'''Robin:''' ...Guess not.
** He gives a huge one to Bruce in ''Arkham Knight'' [[spoiler:for locking him in a cell at the movie studio, telling him Barbara's dead, then Bruce refusing to trust him to look after himself]].
* WhatWouldXDo: Trying to leave the cage room without checking for clues will make him note that he should examine it, like Batman would've.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: One of his counters to ninja attacks is a chokeslam. His double team moves with Batman involve piledrivers and powerbombs.
* YouFightLikeACow: In regular gameplay, he is relatively quiet; but when it comes to Harley, he goes on all four cylinders with this trope, in both the comic and the DLC.
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[[folder:Nightwing]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Nightwing]] (Dick Grayson)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TroyBaker (''Arkham City'') [[note]]Only does vocal grunts, however.[[/note]], Creator/JoshKeaton (Robin, ''Arkham Origins''), Creator/ScottPorter (''Arkham Knight'') [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/AlexisTomassian (Fr; ''Origins''), Bruno Méyère (Fr; ''Knight''), Diego Baldoin (It), Manolo Rey (Br.Pt; ''Origins''), Mário Tupinambá (Br.Pt; ''Knight'')[[/labelnote]]
The first Robin that Batman trained, who became a hero in his own right. Only shows up as a DLC character in ''Arkham City'' and in Multiplayer as Robin in ''Arkham Origins''.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Despite his increased prominence, Nightwing only serves a minor role in ''Arkham Knight's'' story mode [[spoiler:and serves as the FinalBoss of Harley Quinn's story mode. Nightwing doesn't even appear in the game's ending like Oracle and Robin.]] On the plus side, he's the ally that's played as the most times (counting all Dual Play encounters both in the main game and in the Season of Infamy DLC, post patch challenge maps and his story DLC) and the only one allowed to talk back to Batman.
* AmicableExes: With Oracle, possibly. The Comicbook/BatmanArkhamUnhinged comic mentions their relationship as a nod to the mainstream comics, and Oracle is seen wearing a "Flying Graysons" necklace throughout ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. He even seems concerned for [[spoiler:Tim]]'s reaction on hearing of [[spoiler:her kidnapping]].
* AndYourRewardIsClothes:
** His alternate costumes for ''Knight'' include Tim's classic costume and his ''[[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis One Year Later]]'' costume, as well as Dick's costumes as Robin from the ComicBook/New52 and ''Series/Batman1966''.
* AscendedFanboy: As is tradition, he was a massive fan of the original Dynamic Duo before becoming Batman's sidekick.
* BadassCape: Though his cape isn't ''quite'' as badass as Batman's, it's still used in basic gliding.
* BadassInDistress: Near the end of ''Knight'', [[spoiler:he's kidnapped by Scarecrow as part of a ploy to expose Batman's SecretIdentity to the world, something that happened because [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Batman trapped him in a cell at Panessa Studios]].]]
* BadassNormal: Much like his mentor, Robin has no superpowers of any type; he's just supplied with a bunch of ''really'' cool tech, and peak human attributes.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Batman from Ra's al Ghul's assassins. Also [[spoiler:saves Batman from asphyxiation and later from a Harley-induced [[InTheBack knife to the back]] in "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]].
* BoringButPractical: His regular strikes are the least fancy looking out of all the other playable characters, often being a simple punch or a whack of his staff with little flips and flourishing. But because of how similar all of his attacks are in start and end time (very fast), Robin's much easier to control, making high combo scores a breeze.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', he's turned against Batman by the spores of Poison Ivy.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Robin has a yellow "R" right over his heart, and also draws an R when spraying Explosive Gel.
* ButtMonkey: Of the Batfamily, he seems to be the go to guy for criticism, insults, and [[TheUnfavorite lack of concern]]. In an optional conversation, Nightwing says that he still thinks of Tim as "the new guy" and admits that it was hard for him to step in with the Batfamily after all their shared history together, and especially after [[spoiler:Jason Todd's "death"]].
* CombatPragmatist: Well, he ''has'' been trained by Batman. And he ''really'' likes whacking people with that staff of his.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He looks like Music/{{Eminem}} in ''Knight''. Since Eminem [[JustForFun/OneOfUs is a lifelong comic book fan]] who dressed as Robin in the music video for "Without Me," this may be a deliberate ShoutOut.
* CompositeCharacter: He ''is'' Tim Drake, but his character design is a combination of his original costume and Damian's. He also has a shaved head like Adult!Damian. His [[WellDoneSonGuy coping]] with Batman's tendencies towards callousness echoes Dick Grayson's own issues prior to making the shift to ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, likewise his romance with Barbara is more commonly related to Nightwing.
* CostumeEvolution: He starts out in ''Arkham City'' with a costume that very much looks like he made it himself, with very light armour on his upper body, his upper arms and elbows bare, a distinctly short cape with a hood, smooth gauntlets on his lower arms (with fingerless gloves as well), and just ordinary striped pants below his belt. In ''Arkham Knight'', his suit is more akin to what we've seen Batman wear in all the other games, being a full bodysuit of protective material covers everywhere except his face and a much longer cape. Interestingly, the ''A Matter Of Family'' DLC, set before Arkham Asylum shows him wearing this suit, and a good look at Jason Todd's Robin costume will reveal that Tim's ''Arkham Knight'' suit is largely identical to Jason's, just with a different "R" insignia.
* DominoMask: Much like all Robins, Tim's mask just covers the outlines of his eyes and nothing else.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He gets no respect from Batman or any of his Rogues Gallery, the latter of which treat him as a complete joke. Batman refuses to trust him to help in Arkham City or with the Arkham Knight and his militia.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Inverted. One of the cops he rescues from Harley comments that he expected Robin to be ''shorter''.
* FinalBoss: In ''Arkham City Lockdown'', while under Poison Ivy's mind control.
* GrapplingHookGun: Unlike when Batman or Nightwing uses it on {{mooks}}, he pulls himself toward ''them'' for a kick, not vice versa for a punch.
* InTheHood: Like Damian Wayne in the comics, this version of Tim has a hood as part of his Robin costume.
* JackOfAllStats: Not as strong as Batman, and not as fast as Catwoman, but playing him in the Challenge maps makes Batman feel like a tank and Catwoman underpowered.
* JustAKid: Despite being in his late teens at the youngest. Unlike [[TheDreaded Batman]], Robin's seen as something of a TagalongKid by Gotham's criminals and isn't taken seriously until you start picking them off.
--> '''Thug:''' I'm sorry, I thought you were some kind of joke! Please don't hurt me!
* TheLancer: More personable and less gruff than Batman, though no less competent in combat.
* LegacyCharacter: There's one mention of the existence of Jason Todd when Joker mentions in his Challenge that he thought that he already killed him, and his profile mentions that he's a successor of Dick Grayson in the role of Robin. [[spoiler:Until the events of ''Arkham Knight'', that is.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Throughout most of ''Knight'', Batman deliberately chooses not to [[spoiler:inform him that Barbara has been kidnapped by Scarecrow and the Arkham Knight, or when Barbara is apparently DrivenToSuicide under the influence of fear toxin, wanting him to focus on finding the cure for the Joker infection. After Batman himself is revealed to be infected, the player can choose to inform him.]]
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His staff has a built-in shield that can block bullets and steam, though the former isn't indefinitely.
* MartialArtsStaff: Noted because Tim Drake is often touted as the best staff user in Franchise/TheDCU. It shows in his combat.
* McNinja: Not surprisingly, he's just as stealthy as his mentor.
* MeaningfulAppearance: As part of an effort to adapt the vibrant image of Robin to the rather dark and dour atmosphere of the ''Arkham'' games, Robin wears a pair of fingerless gloves.
* MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: True, his shield won't last indefinitely, and will eventually buckle under a constant onslaught of bullets. However, by the time he's gotten to whoever's shooting at him, [[BadassNormal he'll most likely not need it]].
* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the comics, Tim Drake is a teenager, and has sibling-like relationship with [[spoiler:Barbara]], who is a good 10-12 years older. In the game, he is hinted to be older, and in a relationship with [[spoiler:Barbara]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:In ''Arkham Knight'' Jason accuses Bruce of training Tim as the new Robin in this way. The fact it happened less than six months after Jason disappeared doesn't help. Bruce even accidentally calls Tim by Jason's name whilst the hallucinatory effects he's suffering from still linger, to which Tim comments he hasn't done so in a while, meaning it's not the first time. Batman's interactions with Nightwing, suggest that Batman sees all the later Robins and sidekicks as replacements for him.]]
* RetractableWeapon: His staff can change between the length of a club to a length of...well, a staff, at a whim.
* ShieldBash: His staff folds out to make a bullet proof shield, which he can also hit enemies with.
* {{Sidekick}}: As per tradition with Robin, he is this to Batman.
* TheSmartGuy: His detective skills are noted in his profile and show up in gameplay. Though its mostly an InformedAbility.
* SmokeOut: Much like his mentor, Robin can throw one smoke bomb per stealth section.
* TelescopingStaff: His weapon is a retractable bo-staff that also has a built-in bulletproof shield.
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Is often on the receiving end of this from Batman. Since ''City'', Robin's enthusiasm to join Batman's adventures is always coldly rebuked and he is usually ordered to do some other mundane task offscreen. From a gameplay standpoint, it's simply to maintain the focus on Batman as the sole player protagonist. This is eventually addressed and {{Deconstructed}} in ''Knight'' when Tim finally gets sick of being fobbed off and begins to doubt Bruce's commitment to the Dynamic Duo, leading to dramatic conflict later in the game.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Knight'' he's quite a bit more powerful than in "Harley Quinn's Revenge." So much so that Batman outright starts praising him, even admitting that he's impressed. [[spoiler:Still doesn't stop Bruce from locking up Robin in a cell though]].
* TrainingFromHell: Not from a hellish place per say, but it is said that he's been training vigorously and intensely for a time until he proves to be worthy of the Robin title.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:In ''SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', he is seemingly killed before the events of the game by the brainwashed Batman, as the Squad finds his damaged domino mask alongside small specks of blood, although there is no body to be found and his fate is never confirmed, leaving it unclear whether or not he managed to escape the brainwashed Dark Knight.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: In Robin's DLC Predator gameplay, the mooks start out mocking him, "''Robin''? Really?" and end up pants-wettingly terrified. "I'm sorry! I thought you were just a joke! ''Please'' don't hurt me!"
* WellDoneSonGuy: Seems to give off that vibe -- he tries to act cool and bold around Batman, but every time Batman spectacularly fails to acknowledge or express gratitude for Robin's help, he sounds very deflated. He also very clearly shuts down when Batman [[spoiler:doesn't even show relief when Robin is revealed to have survived the explosion that Batman had assumed had killed him. By the time of Arkham Knight, he finally gets validation from Batman]].
* WhatTheHellHero:
** A quiet, understated version in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'' [[spoiler:after he saves Batman's life and Batman completely brushes it off]].
-->'''Robin:''' Ever heard of 'thank you'?\\
'''Batman:''' ''[ignoring him]'' Where are the cops?\\
'''Robin:''' ...Guess not.
** He gives a huge one to Bruce in ''Arkham Knight'' [[spoiler:for locking him in a cell at the movie studio, telling him Barbara's dead, then Bruce refusing to trust him to look after himself]].
* WhatWouldXDo: Trying to leave the cage room without checking for clues will make him note that he should examine it, like Batman would've.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: One of his counters to ninja attacks is a chokeslam. His double team moves with Batman involve piledrivers and powerbombs.
* YouFightLikeACow: In regular gameplay, he is relatively quiet; but when it comes to Harley, he goes on all four cylinders with this trope, in both the comic and the DLC.
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[[folder:Nightwing]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Nightwing]] (Dick Grayson)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TroyBaker (''Arkham City'') [[note]]Only does vocal grunts, however.[[/note]], Creator/JoshKeaton (Robin, ''Arkham Origins''), Creator/ScottPorter (''Arkham Knight'') [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Creator/AlexisTomassian (Fr; ''Origins''), Bruno Méyère (Fr; ''Knight''), Diego Baldoin (It), Manolo Rey (Br.Pt; ''Origins''), Mário Tupinambá (Br.Pt; ''Knight'')[[/labelnote]]
The first Robin that Batman trained, who became a hero in his own right. Only shows up as a DLC character in ''Arkham City'' and in Multiplayer as Robin in ''Arkham Origins''.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Despite his increased prominence, Nightwing only serves a minor role in ''Arkham Knight's'' story mode [[spoiler:and serves as the FinalBoss of Harley Quinn's story mode. Nightwing doesn't even appear in the game's ending like Oracle and Robin.]] On the plus side, he's the ally that's played as the most times (counting all Dual Play encounters both in the main game and in the Season of Infamy DLC, post patch challenge maps and his story DLC) and the only one allowed to talk back to Batman.
* AmicableExes: With Oracle, possibly. The Comicbook/BatmanArkhamUnhinged comic mentions their relationship as a nod to the mainstream comics, and Oracle is seen wearing a "Flying Graysons" necklace throughout ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. He even seems concerned for [[spoiler:Tim]]'s reaction on hearing of [[spoiler:her kidnapping]].
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* AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe: His envinromental takedowns are the exact same as the rest of the Batfamily, yet when he does them they're lethal.
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* AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe: His envinromental environmental takedowns are the exact same as the rest of the Batfamily, yet when he does them they're lethal.
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* AdaptedOut: Cassandra Cain aka Batgirl III/Black Bat, Stephanie Brown aka Spoiler/Batgirl IV, and Damian Wayne aka Robin IV are absent from this continuity.
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* BadassDecay: In Universe, after Bruce learns Jason's identity as the Arkham Knight and soundly defeats him, Jason is noted as to be weeping and bemoaning what happened, causing a massive loss of respect from just about anyone who isn't the Batfamily.
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* BadassDecay: In Universe, after Bruce learns Jason's identity [[spoiler: as the Arkham Knight Knight]] and soundly defeats him, Jason is noted as to be weeping and bemoaning what happened, causing a massive loss of respect from just about anyone who isn't the Batfamily.
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: The Joker got his hands on Jason Todd and what happened after was not funny. Now Jason is willing to gun down even the lowliest mook and violently snaps necks for some of his Silent Takedowns.
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: The Joker got his hands on Jason Todd and what happened after was not funny. Now Jason is willing to gun down even the lowliest mook and violently snaps necks for some of his Silent Takedowns. [[spoiler: Also, special notes to what he did as the Arkham Knight.]]
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* MeaningfulAppearance: As part of an effort to adapt the kiddy and vibrant image of Robin to the rather dark and dour atmosphere of the ''Arkham'' games, Robin wears a pair of fingerless gloves suitable for a thug. Sure, [[AwesomeButImpractical it leaves fingerprints all over the city]], but a secret identity is a small price to pay for ''fashion''. Until ''Arkham Knight'' comes around at least.
* MeaningfulAppearance: As part of an effort to adapt the kiddy and vibrant image of Robin to the rather dark and dour atmosphere of the ''Arkham'' games, Robin wears a pair of fingerless gloves suitable for a thug. Sure, [[AwesomeButImpractical it leaves fingerprints all over the city]], but a secret identity is a small price to pay for ''fashion''. Until ''Arkham Knight'' comes around at least.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Evidently ''someone'' taught Bruce to drive like a deranged nutjob - presumably this was ''Alfred'' himself, given that there was no-one else around to teach Bruce at the time.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Evidently ''someone'' taught Bruce to drive like a deranged nutjob - presumably this was ''Alfred'' himself, given that there was no-one else around to teach Bruce at the time.
* NumberTwo: To Bruce Wayne at Wayne Tech, which he runs on a day-to-day basis. The GCPD Lockdown DLC states [[spoiler:that Fox now owns Wayne Tech, having been left all of Bruce's holdings after his "death", and has kept both Luthor and Stagg from assuming control]].
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* NumberTwo: To Bruce Wayne at Wayne Tech, which he runs on a day-to-day basis. The GCPD Lockdown DLC states [[spoiler:that Fox now owns Wayne Tech, having been left all of Bruce's holdings after his "death", and has kept both Luthor and Stagg from assuming control]].
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* TheAtoner: Of a sorts. Jason becomes a violent vigilante to protect Gotham after the events of the main game. It’s implied that he’s doing this as a means to make up for his actions as the Arkham Knight, and his role in Batman’s supposed death.
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* TheAtoner: Of a sorts. Jason becomes a violent vigilante to protect Gotham after the events of the main game. It’s implied that he’s doing this as a means to make up for his actions [[spoiler: as the Arkham Knight, and his role in Batman’s supposed death. death]].
* NeverMyFault: Blames Batman for what happened to him, even though the unlockable Arkham Stories revealed that [[http://arkhamcity.wikia.com/wiki/Jason_Todd he]] disabled his suit's tracker and comm system while tracking down the Joker.
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* NeverMyFault: Blames Batman for what happened to him, even though the unlockable Arkham Stories revealed that [[http://arkhamcity.wikia.com/wiki/Jason_Todd he]] disabled his suit's tracker and comm system while tracking down the Joker.
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* FogOfDoom: [[spoiler:The Ghost's fog is certainly this for the criminals he haunts.]]
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* FogOfDoom: [[spoiler:The Ghost's fog is certainly this for the criminals he haunts.]]
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* AgeLift: Seems to be older than he is in the comics amongst other members of the Bat Family. [[spoiler: Him being in a relationship with Barbara, eventually planning on marrying her, supports this]]. In the tie-in comics, he’s a high school chemistry teacher rather than a student.
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* AgeLift: Seems to be older than he is in the comics amongst other members of the Bat Family. [[spoiler: Him [[spoiler:Him being in a relationship with Barbara, eventually planning on marrying her, supports this]]. In the tie-in comics, he’s a high school chemistry teacher rather than a student.
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** His alternate costumes for ''Knight'' include Tim's classic costume and his ''[[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis One Year Later]]'' costume, as well as Dick's costumes as Robin from the ComicBook/{{New 52}} and ''Series/Batman1966''.
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** His alternate costumes for ''Knight'' include Tim's classic costume and his ''[[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis One Year Later]]'' costume, as well as Dick's costumes as Robin from the ComicBook/{{New 52}} ComicBook/New52 and ''Series/Batman1966''.
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* BadassInDistress: Near the end of ''Knight'', [[spoiler: he's kidnapped by Scarecrow as part of a ploy to expose Batman's SecretIdentity to the world, something that happened because [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Batman trapped him in a cell at Panessa Studios]].]]
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* BadassInDistress: Near the end of ''Knight'', [[spoiler: he's [[spoiler:he's kidnapped by Scarecrow as part of a ploy to expose Batman's SecretIdentity to the world, something that happened because [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Batman trapped him in a cell at Panessa Studios]].]]
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* AdvertisedExtra: Despite his increased prominence, Nightwing only serves a minor role in ''Arkham Knight's'' story mode [[spoiler: and serves as the FinalBoss of Harley Quinn's story mode. Nightwing doesn't even appear in the game's ending like Oracle and Robin.]] On the plus side, he's the ally that's played as the most times (counting all Dual Play encounters both in the main game and in the Season of Infamy DLC, post patch challenge maps and his story DLC) and the only one allowed to talk back to Batman.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Despite his increased prominence, Nightwing only serves a minor role in ''Arkham Knight's'' story mode [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and serves as the FinalBoss of Harley Quinn's story mode. Nightwing doesn't even appear in the game's ending like Oracle and Robin.]] On the plus side, he's the ally that's played as the most times (counting all Dual Play encounters both in the main game and in the Season of Infamy DLC, post patch challenge maps and his story DLC) and the only one allowed to talk back to Batman.
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: Subverted. Under the influence of fear toxin, she sees Batman as a monster. Trying and failing to kill the "monster" with a gun thanks to safety glass, she kills herself rather than let the monster reach her. Again, this turns out to be a trick by Scarecrow, and Oracle is alive and well.]]
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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: Subverted.[[spoiler:Subverted. Under the influence of fear toxin, she sees Batman as a monster. Trying and failing to kill the "monster" with a gun thanks to safety glass, she kills herself rather than let the monster reach her. Again, this turns out to be a trick by Scarecrow, and Oracle is alive and well.]]
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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Apparently dies in ''Knight'', but this was just a Scarecrow hallucination.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Attempted. While she doesn't actually die as Batman swoops in to catch her just in time, when it seems like Scarecrow is going to tip her when in her wheelchair off a rooftop, she tells him that he doesn't scare her.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Attempted. While she doesn't actually die as Batman swoops in to catch her just in time, when it seems like Scarecrow is going to tip her when in her wheelchair off a rooftop, she tells him that he doesn't scare her.]]
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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Apparently [[spoiler:Apparently dies in ''Knight'', but this was just a Scarecrow hallucination.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity:[[spoiler: Attempted.[[spoiler:Attempted. While she doesn't actually die as Batman swoops in to catch her just in time, when it seems like Scarecrow is going to tip her when in her wheelchair off a rooftop, she tells him that he doesn't scare her.]]
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* PrettyLittleHeadshots: [[spoiler: Oracle's skull is awfully intact for someone who shot herself point blank in the head. Granted, it's a hallucination.]]
* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: Subverted twice. In ''Knight'', Scarecrow apparently exposes Oracle to fear toxin and drives her into committing suicide, simply to spite Batman. But Oracle's alive and well, and Batman was just hallucinating. He later tries to kill her for real to punish Gordon for seemingly killing Batman, but Batman saves. We also get an adaptation of her crippling scene from ''The Killing Joke'', itself one of the most infamous examples of this.]]
* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: Subverted twice. In ''Knight'', Scarecrow apparently exposes Oracle to fear toxin and drives her into committing suicide, simply to spite Batman. But Oracle's alive and well, and Batman was just hallucinating. He later tries to kill her for real to punish Gordon for seemingly killing Batman, but Batman saves. We also get an adaptation of her crippling scene from ''The Killing Joke'', itself one of the most infamous examples of this.]]
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* PrettyLittleHeadshots: [[spoiler: Oracle's [[spoiler:Oracle's skull is awfully intact for someone who shot herself point blank in the head. Granted, it's a hallucination.]]
* RevengeByProxy:[[spoiler: Subverted [[spoiler:Subverted twice. In ''Knight'', Scarecrow apparently exposes Oracle to fear toxin and drives her into committing suicide, simply to spite Batman. But Oracle's alive and well, and Batman was just hallucinating. He later tries to kill her for real to punish Gordon for seemingly killing Batman, but Batman saves. We also get an adaptation of her crippling scene from ''The Killing Joke'', itself one of the most infamous examples of this.]]
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** In ''Arkham Knight'' screenshots, she's appears to be wearing [[http://imgur.com/xsBG26N a Flying Graysons necklace]].
** In ''Arkham Knight'', Bruce tells Barbara not let her feelings for Tim cloud her judgement, and she has a picture of her & Tim on a bookshelf. [[spoiler: The 100% completion ending for the game reveals she married Tim.]]
** In ''Arkham Knight'', Bruce tells Barbara not let her feelings for Tim cloud her judgement, and she has a picture of her & Tim on a bookshelf. [[spoiler: The 100% completion ending for the game reveals she married Tim.]]
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** In ''Arkham Knight'' screenshots, she's she appears to be wearing [[http://imgur.com/xsBG26N a Flying Graysons necklace]].
** In ''Arkham Knight'', Bruce tells Barbara not let her feelings for Tim cloud her judgement, and she has a picture of her & Tim on a bookshelf.[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The 100% completion ending for the game reveals she married Tim.]]
** In ''Arkham Knight'', Bruce tells Barbara not let her feelings for Tim cloud her judgement, and she has a picture of her & Tim on a bookshelf.
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* CostumeEvolution: We actually get to see a few key moments of it happen. [[spoiler: Jason's signature red helmet is actually the base helmet for the Arkham Knight's HUD mask, which is discarded when Batman damages it with a headbutt, worn underneath it. More pieces of the Arkham Knight armour are torn off in the fight, notably the main chestpiece, and after Jason escapes when he's next seen again he's painted a red bat symbol on his chest]]. Later, adding a jacket and other portions to his outfit create a relatively CivvieSpandex look and we get the final Red Hood design.
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* CostumeEvolution: We actually get to see a few key moments of it happen. [[spoiler: Jason's [[spoiler:Jason's signature red helmet is actually the base helmet for the Arkham Knight's HUD mask, which is discarded when Batman damages it with a headbutt, worn underneath it. More pieces of the Arkham Knight armour are torn off in the fight, notably the main chestpiece, and after Jason escapes when he's next seen again he's painted a red bat symbol on his chest]]. Later, adding a jacket and other portions to his outfit create a relatively CivvieSpandex look and we get the final Red Hood design.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Spent over a ''year'' as the Joker's prisoner and torture victim. [[spoiler: As the Arkham Knight, he screams that everything he's done to Bruce is *mercy* by comparison.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Spent over a ''year'' as the Joker's prisoner and torture victim. [[spoiler: As [[spoiler:As the Arkham Knight, he screams that everything he's done to Bruce is *mercy* by comparison.]]
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-->'''Red Hood''': Say hi to Joker for me!
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-->'''Red Hood''': Hood:''' Say hi to Joker for me!
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* KarmaHoudini: He faces no comeuppance for his actions as [[spoiler: the Arkham Knight. With Batman gone, he gets off scot free.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: He faces no comeuppance for his actions as [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the Arkham Knight. With Batman gone, he gets off scot free.]]
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* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: He visits the movie studios offscreen but doesn't harm Harley, even though she was completely defenseless and trapped. After all, since both she and Jason are Joker's victims, it's likely he felt sorry for her.]]
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* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He visits the movie studios offscreen but doesn't harm Harley, even though she was completely defenseless and trapped. After all, since both she and Jason are Joker's victims, it's likely he felt sorry for her.]]
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* ReformedButNotTamed: [[spoiler: After moving on from the Arkham Knight identity]], he still retains his willingness to kill.
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* ReformedButNotTamed: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After moving on from the Arkham Knight identity]], he still retains his willingness to kill.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MartinJarvis (''Arkham City'', ''Arkham Origins'', ''Arkham Knight'', ''Assault on Arkham''), Hugh Fraser (''Arkham VR'') [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Stéphane Ronchewski (Fr; ''City''), Daniel Lafourcade (Fr; ''Origins''), Pierre Dourlens (Fr; ''Assault on Arkham'', ''Knight''), Cesare Rasini (It), Pádua Moreira (Br.Pt)[[/labelnote]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MartinJarvis (''Arkham City'', ''Arkham Origins'', ''Arkham Knight'', ''Assault on Arkham''), Hugh Fraser (''Arkham VR'') [[labelnote:Other voice actors]]Stéphane Ronchewski (Fr; ''City''), Daniel Lafourcade (Fr; ''Origins''), Pierre Dourlens Creator/PierreDourlens (Fr; ''Assault on Arkham'', ''Knight''), Cesare Rasini (It), Pádua Moreira (Br.Pt)[[/labelnote]]
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** [[spoiler: His near-death in ''Origins'' causes Bruce to realise how selfish and arrogant his actions have been at that time, and almost outright quit being Batman. Alfred convinces him not to give up however, and he starts behaving much more practically from then on, including accepting the need for aid and allies]].
* NoBadassToHisValet: [[spoiler: Outright refuses to allow Batman to go after Talia until he stops Protocol 10.]]
* NoBadassToHisValet: [[spoiler: Outright refuses to allow Batman to go after Talia until he stops Protocol 10.]]
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** [[spoiler: His [[spoiler:His near-death in ''Origins'' causes Bruce to realise how selfish and arrogant his actions have been at that time, and almost outright quit being Batman. Alfred convinces him not to give up however, and he starts behaving much more practically from then on, including accepting the need for aid and allies]].
* NoBadassToHisValet:[[spoiler: Outright [[spoiler:Outright refuses to allow Batman to go after Talia until he stops Protocol 10.]]
* NoBadassToHisValet:
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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Takes over this role for the first half of the second game, though he does show up occasionally after Oracle shows up again. In ''Origins'' he has this position for the full game, due to it taking place long before Barbara ever became Oracle. Shares the position with her again in ''Knight'', although he eventually takes over full-time after [[spoiler: Barbara is kidnapped by the Scarecrow.]]
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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Takes over this role for the first half of the second game, though he does show up occasionally after Oracle shows up again. In ''Origins'' he has this position for the full game, due to it taking place long before Barbara ever became Oracle. Shares the position with her again in ''Knight'', although he eventually takes over full-time after [[spoiler: Barbara [[spoiler:Barbara is kidnapped by the Scarecrow.]]Scarecrow]].
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* BookEnds: Both within the game and in the context of [[spoiler: Bruce Wayne's]] entire life story.
** [[spoiler: ''Arkham Knight'' begins with Scarecrow unleashing a traumatising dose of fear toxin on some unsuspecting diner patrons and a hapless policeman. The Ghost appears at the very end to terrify some muggers with the same fear toxin effect.]]
** [[spoiler: The Ghost appears to stop some thugs from mugging a wealthy-looking family unit of a mother, father and son in a dank alleyway, essentially preventing a HistoryRepeats situation of Bruce's own fatal childhood trauma.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: According to [[WordOfGod Sefton Hill]] in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5jrxnv/im_sefton_hill_creative_director_at_rocksteady/dbihoru/ this Reddit AMA]], the Ghost is Bruce Wayne, who somehow ultimately [[{{Determinator}} found a way to survive]] in spite of all evidence to the contrary and managed to become "an even more badass version of Batman". This is confirmed true as Batman appears in trailers for ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague''.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Invokes this appearance to criminals, possibly with Scarecrow's fear gas.]]
* FogOfDoom: [[spoiler: The Ghost's fog is certainly this for the criminals he haunts.]]
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler: The Ghost serves as this to Batman, but it's actually Bruce having faked his death.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: It's a [[FakingTheDead very much alive Wayne]], potenially using Scarecrow's Fear Gas to look that way, to continue watching over Gotham City after the Knightfall Protocol.]]
* MegaManning: For all intents and purposes, it's [[spoiler: an all-new version of Batman who has seemingly retrofitted Scarecrow's fear gas into his arsenal to use in the never-ending war against crime in Gotham. Though it may also be Mad Hatter's technology, modified to cause a consistent fear response.]]
* OminousFog: [[spoiler: Fog begins to overtake the alleyway the criminals are in before the Ghost confronts them. It's most likely fear gas.]]
** [[spoiler: ''Arkham Knight'' begins with Scarecrow unleashing a traumatising dose of fear toxin on some unsuspecting diner patrons and a hapless policeman. The Ghost appears at the very end to terrify some muggers with the same fear toxin effect.]]
** [[spoiler: The Ghost appears to stop some thugs from mugging a wealthy-looking family unit of a mother, father and son in a dank alleyway, essentially preventing a HistoryRepeats situation of Bruce's own fatal childhood trauma.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: According to [[WordOfGod Sefton Hill]] in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5jrxnv/im_sefton_hill_creative_director_at_rocksteady/dbihoru/ this Reddit AMA]], the Ghost is Bruce Wayne, who somehow ultimately [[{{Determinator}} found a way to survive]] in spite of all evidence to the contrary and managed to become "an even more badass version of Batman". This is confirmed true as Batman appears in trailers for ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague''.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Invokes this appearance to criminals, possibly with Scarecrow's fear gas.]]
* FogOfDoom: [[spoiler: The Ghost's fog is certainly this for the criminals he haunts.]]
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler: The Ghost serves as this to Batman, but it's actually Bruce having faked his death.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: It's a [[FakingTheDead very much alive Wayne]], potenially using Scarecrow's Fear Gas to look that way, to continue watching over Gotham City after the Knightfall Protocol.]]
* MegaManning: For all intents and purposes, it's [[spoiler: an all-new version of Batman who has seemingly retrofitted Scarecrow's fear gas into his arsenal to use in the never-ending war against crime in Gotham. Though it may also be Mad Hatter's technology, modified to cause a consistent fear response.]]
* OminousFog: [[spoiler: Fog begins to overtake the alleyway the criminals are in before the Ghost confronts them. It's most likely fear gas.]]
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* BookEnds: Both within the game and in the context of [[spoiler: Bruce Wayne's]] [[spoiler:Bruce Wayne]]'s entire life story.
**[[spoiler: ''Arkham [[spoiler:''Arkham Knight'' begins with Scarecrow unleashing a traumatising dose of fear toxin on some unsuspecting diner patrons and a hapless policeman. The Ghost appears at the very end to terrify some muggers with the same fear toxin effect.]]
**[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Ghost appears to stop some thugs from mugging a wealthy-looking family unit of a mother, father and son in a dank alleyway, essentially preventing a HistoryRepeats situation of Bruce's own fatal childhood trauma.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding:[[spoiler: According to [[WordOfGod Sefton Hill]] in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5jrxnv/im_sefton_hill_creative_director_at_rocksteady/dbihoru/ this Reddit AMA]], the [[spoiler:the Ghost is Bruce Wayne, who somehow ultimately [[{{Determinator}} found a way to survive]] in spite of all evidence to the contrary and managed to become "an even more badass version of Batman". This is confirmed true as Batman appears in trailers for ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague''.]]
* HumanoidAbomination:[[spoiler: Invokes [[spoiler:Invokes this appearance to criminals, possibly with Scarecrow's fear gas.]]
* FogOfDoom:[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Ghost's fog is certainly this for the criminals he haunts.]]
* LegacyCharacter:[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Ghost serves as this to Batman, but it's actually Bruce having faked his death.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane:[[spoiler: It's [[spoiler:It's a [[FakingTheDead very much alive Wayne]], potenially using Scarecrow's Fear Gas to look that way, to continue watching over Gotham City after the Knightfall Protocol.]]
* MegaManning: For all intents and purposes, it's[[spoiler: an [[spoiler:an all-new version of Batman who has seemingly retrofitted Scarecrow's fear gas into his arsenal to use in the never-ending war against crime in Gotham. Though it may also be Mad Hatter's technology, modified to cause a consistent fear response.]]
* OminousFog:[[spoiler: Fog [[spoiler:Fog begins to overtake the alleyway the criminals are in before the Ghost confronts them. It's most likely fear gas.]]
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane:
* MegaManning: For all intents and purposes, it's
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* RedSkyTakeWarning: [[spoiler: As the illusion kicks in, the street erupts into a burning red landscape, along with a [[BatScare swarm of smaller bats]] and a [[BatOutOfHell much larger, vicious bat.]]]]
* TerrorHero: [[spoiler: Even more so than Batman, the Ghost seemingly uses some form of fear toxin to utterly scare the shit out of criminals with the menacing visage of an enormous bat-demon bearing down on them.]]
* UnfinishedBusiness: [[spoiler: If it really is Bruce's ghost, it appears to be finishing what Batman started in life, keeping Gotham clean.]]
* TerrorHero: [[spoiler: Even more so than Batman, the Ghost seemingly uses some form of fear toxin to utterly scare the shit out of criminals with the menacing visage of an enormous bat-demon bearing down on them.]]
* UnfinishedBusiness: [[spoiler: If it really is Bruce's ghost, it appears to be finishing what Batman started in life, keeping Gotham clean.]]
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* RedSkyTakeWarning: [[spoiler: As [[spoiler:As the illusion kicks in, the street erupts into a burning red landscape, along with a [[BatScare swarm of smaller bats]] and a [[BatOutOfHell much larger, vicious bat.]]]]
* TerrorHero:[[spoiler: Even [[spoiler:Even more so than Batman, the Ghost seemingly uses some form of fear toxin to utterly scare the shit out of criminals with the menacing visage of an enormous bat-demon bearing down on them.]]
* UnfinishedBusiness:[[spoiler: If [[spoiler:If it really is Bruce's ghost, it appears to be finishing what Batman started in life, keeping Gotham clean.]]
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffscreeen: Robin's ultimate fate, in SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague.]]
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffscreeen: Robin's ultimate fate, in SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague.KilledOffscreeen: [[spoiler:In ''SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', he is killed before the events of the game by the brainwashed Batman.]]
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* BadassInDistress: The ''Gunrunner'' side mission has him captured by the Penguin. Downplayed, as it's implied Nightwing intentionally got himself captured so Batman could track down the last of Penguin's weapons caches through finding him. Cobblepot also attempts to hold Nightwing at gunpoint toward the end of the mission, but the latter easily frees himself.
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* BadassInDistress: The ''Gunrunner'' side mission has him captured by the Penguin. Downplayed, as it's implied Nightwing intentionally got himself captured so Batman could track down the last of Penguin's weapons caches through finding him. Cobblepot also attempts to hold Nightwing at gunpoint toward the end of the mission, but the latter easily frees himself. [[NonStandardGameOver Or not.]]
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* FemaleGaze: His 3D model seems to be more focused on his crotch than his face.
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* MrFanservice: A PrettyBoy with a fun-loving personality and [[PaintedOnPants a really tight costume]].
