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* MayDecemberRomance: While she is younger than Jack it does not seem to be a big enough age gap to qualify for this trope, her budding relationship with Alfred on the other hand...
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* GeniusSlob: His room is a constant mess to the point where at least once Batman ran out of patience waiting for him to track down all the bits of his costume and snuck in behind him to find his glove and hand it to him so they could get out on patrol already. Tim is also a very intellectual KidDetective capable of pulling off impressive {{Batman Gambit}}s and is considered the best hacker outside of Babs/Oracle in the Batfamily.

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* GeniusSlob: His room is a constant mess to the point where at least once Batman ran out of patience waiting for him to track down all the bits of his costume and snuck in behind him to find his glove and hand it to him so they could get out on patrol already. Tim is also a very intellectual KidDetective capable of pulling off impressive {{Batman Gambit}}s and is considered the best hacker outside of Babs/Oracle Babs[=/=]ComicBook/{{Oracle}} in the Batfamily.



* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] and Oracle. Eventually Cass was adopted, and they became actual siblings.

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* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] and Oracle.ComicBook/{{Oracle}}. Eventually Cass was adopted, and they became actual siblings.



* SecretKeeper: He had Oracle and his Young Justice teammates' identities figured out to his teammates annoyance since he wasn't sharing his. He also figured out the secret ids of some other heroes like Wildcat but [[SecretSecretKeeper didn't let them know he had them figured out]].

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* SecretKeeper: He had Oracle and his Young Justice teammates' identities figured out to his teammates annoyance since he wasn't sharing his. He also figured out the secret ids of some other heroes like Wildcat ComicBook/{{Wildcat}} but [[SecretSecretKeeper didn't let them know he had them figured out]].



Barbara and Tim have a good working relationship being the two computer geeks of the Batfamily. Babs has mentored Tim and had Tim help her reconfigure and rebuild her computer systems in the clocktower.

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Barbara and Tim have a good working relationship being the two computer geeks of the Batfamily. Babs has mentored Tim and had Tim help her reconfigure and rebuild her computer systems in the clocktower. Babara also remains one of the very few people Tim trusts, and while he's far less likely to let her in on his personal secrets than he is to tell Alfred he has still asked her for personal advice on things he's not shared with many.



See Characters/{{Batgirl}} or ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey''


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''ComicBook/{{Oracle}}''

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!!Barbara Gordon (Batgirl I/Oracle)

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Barbara and Tim have a good working relationship being the two computer geeks of the Batfamily.

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Barbara and Tim have a good working relationship being the two computer geeks of the Batfamily.
Batfamily. Babs has mentored Tim and had Tim help her reconfigure and rebuild her computer systems in the clocktower.
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* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: He goes by Tim rather than Timothy.
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* AmazonChaser: Picks this trope up in ComicBook/RedRobin. He fails to stop a fight between his new ally, Pru, and the new Batgirl, Stephanie Brown, because he's too busy gawping at how much better Steph has gotten at fighting (and how good she looks in her costume). Both of these things very much work for him.

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* BattleCouple: With Stephanie Brown as Spoiler before they [[WorkingWithTheEx broke up]].

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* BattleCouple: With Stephanie Brown as Spoiler before they [[WorkingWithTheEx broke up]]. They're back together as of Rebirth.


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* BelligerentSexualTension: When Tim first turns up in Steph's Batgirl series, the two of them are not on good terms. It only lasts the issue, with them making up at the end, but it's played for romantic tension.
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---> '''created by:''' Creator/ChuchkDixon

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---> '''created by:''' Creator/ChuchkDixonCreator/ChuckDixon
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---> '''created by:''' Creator/BillFinger
---> '''first appearance:''' 1948, ''Detective Comics'' #143

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---> '''first appearance:''' 1948, ''Detective Comics'' #1431993, ''Robin'' v4 #1
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* [[BaldWomen Bald Woman]]

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* [[BaldWomen Bald Woman]]Woman]]: She's completely bald, although it isn't explained if she shaves it or lost it.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: About a decade or so after his creation, it's common for Tim to be portrayed as a slightly neurotic neat freak but he started out as just an average boy with a messy room who stays up all night with dorm mates to watch football and play video games. Of course [[TraumaCongaLine things have happened in his life since then]].

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: About a decade or so after his creation, it's common for Tim to be portrayed as a slightly neurotic neat freak but he started out as just an average boy with a messy room who stays up all night with dorm mates to watch football baseball and play video games. Of course [[TraumaCongaLine things have happened in his life since then]].

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* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Tim Drake is a gigantic fanboy. While he was far too serious and earnest about trying to save Bats from himself when he first approached the Batclan to do much squeeing his later meetings with ComicBook/BlackCanary, ComicBook/{{Wildcat}} and ComicBook/BlueBeetle provide him ample opportunity to gush about the older heroes. He even lines up to get Wildcat's signature.



* SkateHeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth: How he treats ''Gotham'' in his civilian guise after learning how to skate.

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* SkateHeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth: How he treats ''Gotham'' in his civilian guise after learning how to skate.back when he still skateboarded.
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** After he "dies" in Rebirth, his backstory is reset back to the Pre-Flashpoint version meaning that he was the third Robin again and this trope is played straight. However, as of ''ComicBook/YoungJustice2019'' he's Robin again, averting this trope.
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* LighterAndSofter: His first appearance manipulating a gang war in the Batman comics is a great deal darker than his appearances in Robin's series, where he's played a bit more for humor.




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* VillainDecay: Zig-zagged. His debut story (facing down Batman in ''Detective Comics'') played his threat deadly straight, with a GangWar plot that wouldn't have looked out of place in a ComicBook/{{Punisher}} arc; most of his subsequent appearances in ''Robin'' played him more for laughs (including a habit of dressing in military gear centuries out of date) and lower body-counts... until his big return during Fabian Nicieza's run.
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* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: Jack does not know his son's hobbies or interests and often just assumes Tim likes the things Jack's ideal son would like. For example, his father thinks Tim likes playing American Football when Tim doesn't even like ''watching'' the game and prefers baseball, basketball, and skateboarding as sports.

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* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: Jack does not know his son's hobbies or interests and often just assumes Tim likes the things Jack's ideal son would like. For example, his father he thinks Tim likes playing American Football when Tim doesn't even like ''watching'' the game and prefers baseball, basketball, and skateboarding as sports.
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* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: Jack does not know his son's hobbies or interests and often just assumes Tim likes the things Jack's ideal son would like. For example, his father thinks Tim likes playing American Football when Tim doesn't even like ''watching'' the game and prefers baseball, basketball, and skateboarding as sports.
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--> '''first appearance:''' 1991, ''Ragman'' Vol 2 #1

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--> '''first appearance:''' 1991, ''Ragman'' ''ComicBook/{{Ragman}}'' Vol 2 #1

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* TheBerserkerTheBerserker: A large powerfully strong individual who charges into fights angrily.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Just how human or not their mouth is is subject to change with the artist, though it usually keeps at least some spider bits to the side no matter who is drawing them.



* NighInvulnerability: Has increased durability, it is unknown if it reaches SuperToughness levels, he shrugs off having a cave collapse on top of him.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He'd have a hard time finding a shirt to fit

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* NighInvulnerability: Has increased durability, it is unknown if it reaches SuperToughness levels, he they shrugs off having a cave collapse on top of him.
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* ProtectiveCharm / MagicalAccessory: He wears a charm around his neck that he received from his father which he rightly considers his best bet Arrakhat who was summoned to kill him and has to kill five people (no more, no less) before returning to the pit.

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* ProtectiveCharm / MagicalAccessory: He wears a charm around his neck that he received from his father which he rightly considers his best bet against Arrakhat who was summoned to kill him and has to kill five people (no more, no less) before returning to the pit.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: When Stephanie and Tim start dating Bruce disapproves as he thinks it encourages her to continue acting as Spoiler, Cluemaster disapproves when he finds out since it means his daughter is dating a hero, and even Jack has something to say about Tim dating a girl who is the daughter of a supervillain and has had a child already. Tim and Steph don't care.
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* NumberTwo: After [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie]] became the leader of ComicBook/YoungJustice former leader Tim became her number two. This is the position he's most comfortable with on teams since he doesn't mind coming up with plans, strategizing and working out tactics but he doesn't really like being the actual leader.

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* TrophyChild: Jack treated Tim as a reflection of himself and not as his own person, though he was trying to make amends in the final month of his life.



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Batman's mute in house mechanic and repairman.repairman. Tim is one of the few characters to bother remembering Harold after Harold's murder and Bruce's refusal to speak of him or give him a memorial in the cave or otherwise recognizing everything Harold did for them is one of the points of contention which leads to Tim having a much harder time trusting Bruce.



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A young boy with an unhealthy obsession with warfare. Ulysses started out as a Batman foe before becoming more and more fixated on Tim after Tim began thwarting his plans.



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* Expy: Redback's costume looks an awful lot that like a certain heroic Marvel web-slinger.

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