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* UngratefulBastard: She hates Jim after he kills Mario who was seconds away from stabbing her. Even after medical examination confirms Jim's claim that he was infected with the Tetch virus, she still treats him with open disdain and later it's shown she STILL refuses to believe Mario was infected and trying to kill her.

!! See the [[Characters/GothamRoguesGallery Jeremiah Valeska]] section

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* BecomingTheMask: By the later seasons it's clear the public image of Bruce Wayne is the mask, with the secret vigilante very much the "real" Bruce. However, "Pax Penguina" has Alfred convince him that he can use his public image to stand up to Penguin and do good by influencing the people. But after [[spoiler:he kills Ra's al Ghul he goes down a downwards spiral and turns into a [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job drunk playboy party animal.]] ]]

* BecomingTheMask: Kind of; by the later seasons it's clear the public image of Bruce Wayne is the mask, with the secret vigilante very much the "real" Bruce. However, "Pax Penguina" has Alfred convince him that he can use his public image to stand up to Penguin and do good by influencing the people.

->'''Played By:''' Kristen Hager

** Smashes up Thomas Wayne's computer to Bruce's utter horror at the start of season 2 because he's sure the information on it will only end up getting Bruce killed - especially after he sees the bullet-riddled Kevlar in Thomas' lair. Interesting variant in that it fails - Bruce (after calming down) tells Alfred he understands exactly why he did it, but he can't let it deter him from the truth, leading Alfred to get the computer fixed.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:She and Ed stab each other to death at the end of season 4. They're both back on their feet in season 5, thanks to Hugo Strange]].

* IdiotBall: Grabs it firmly with both hands in season 3. OK, so her being furious at Jim for gunning down her husband is reasonable, as she doesn't know the full story. But even after she sees the depths to which the Tetch virus can reduce someone to (in Barnes), she persists in being basically making everything about Jim's life harder. Among other things, she threatens to expose that his uncle Frank killed himself (which would almost certainly lead to the Court killing him), almost gets Bruce killed when her sniping about Gordon killing Mario almost makes her fail to bring up Jerome's mentioning Bruce in time, and finally decides to inject Jim with the virus and bury him underground, ''then'' actually stops him stopping the Court's virus bomb, leading to hundreds of deaths and riots throughout Gotham. Really, it's a minor miracle she's not in jail by season 4.

* ManipulativeBastard: She can't match his intelligence, but takes advantage of Riddler's prior attraction to her, emotionally playing him like a fiddle throughout season 4.

* ActionHero: Starts to become a skiled fighter somewhere in the third or fourth season. By the fifth season, he can take out an entire gang of regular criminals on his own, and by the series finale, [[ForegoneConclusion has finally]] become [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Batman.]]

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* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler: When Lee refuses to accept Sofia's terms to relinquish control of the Narrows, Sofia ''shatters'' one of Lee's hands with a hammer. After she later guns down Sofia, she achieves RevengeByProxy by shattering the hand of one of Sofia's asshole minions the same way.]]

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* AbortedArc: Whatever intense love story she was set up to have with Ed was cut prematurely short when she was hit by a train in her third appearance.

* BattleCouple: With Selina, particularly in the latter half of season 4 and season 5.

* {{Adorkable}}: Whenever he's around Selina Kyle he drops the CreepyChild act and starts acting like a kid again.

* ArchEnemy: Has this relationship with Jerome Valeska, Ra's al Ghul and [[spoiler: Jeremiah, Jerome's twin brother.]]

* ActionHero: Starts to become this somewhere in the third or fourth season. By the fifth season, he can take out an entire gang of regular criminals on his own, and by the series finale, [[ForegoneConclusion has finally]] become [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Batman.]]

->'''Played By:''' David Mazouz, Mikhail Mudrik (adult)

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* ImAHumanitarian: Oswald tricks her into eating her own children.

* WrongGenreSavy: She imagines her relationship with Ed as the classic tragic-style love story, with Ed being some kind of tragic hero.

* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Definitely has hints of this with Selina. By season 4 he's accepted her randomly popping in and out of life as a matter of course, because he knows she'll have his back when he truly needs it.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Offers to try to seduce Oswald when Sasha's efforts fail. It's not clear whether this means he's actually homo/bisexual or just willing to attempt the HoneyTrap.