History ComicBook / RedHood

Red Hood is the title of several Marvel Comics series starring the former sidekick of Batman [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Jason Todd]].

Red Hood is the title of several Marvel Comics series starring the former sidekick of Batman [[Characters/BatmanRedHood Jason Todd]].

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Red Hood is the codename of Jason Peter Todd, the second ComicBook/{{Robin}}, succeeding [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] as Franchise/{{Batman}}'s sidekick. While he had his fans, Jason ultimately proved unpopular with readers, primarily due to the fact that he [[ReplacementScrappy simply wasn't Dick Grayson]], with added fuel resulting from an event after his retcon as a StreetUrchin that left it ambiguous about whether or not he had killed someone. In Jason Todd's most famous (and controversial) story, readers were given the opportunity to vote by phone to decide whether or not he would survive an event called ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily''. You can probably guess how that turned out. Readers phoned in and, unfortunately, Jason Todd would meet his demise at the hands of none other than ComicBook/TheJoker in what is still one of DC Comics' most controversial storylines.

For years Jason's death served as Batman's [[MyGreatestFailure greatest failure]]. His uniform was hung in the Batcave in memoriam and served as a black spot on the Caped Crusader's crime-fighting crusade for years to come. Readers were introduced to Jason's [[LegacyCharacter successor]] in Batman #436, Tim Drake, who mostly felt the consequence of Jason's death through Batman's more careful approach and reluctance in taking him on as a partner. But for a long time, Jason Todd was one of the sole exceptions to the DeathIsCheap trope that notoriously plagues superhero comic books.

Then ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' happened.

ComicBook/SuperboyPrime [[ItMakesSenseInContext punching the walls of reality]] caused "ripples" to affect the time-stream, righting wrongs and undoing various {{retcon}}s and events across the larger DCU. Jason Todd awakened in his grave and clawed himself out a changed man. Recovered by Talia al Ghul and given extensive training in assassination and gunplay, Jason adopted the name ''Red Hood'', an alias that once belonged to the man who killed him, and went on a one-man crusade against crime in Gotham City. During this, he also challenged the Dark Knight himself, whose ThouShaltNotKill code he sees as foolish and useless, while also seeking answers for why his former mentor never avenged him.

With the company-wide ComicBook/New52 relaunch in 2011, Jason returned in a less antagonistic role within the Batfamily, serving as more of a bad boy anti-hero. He also partnered with [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arsenal]] and Comicbook/{{Starfire}} to form [[ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws the Outlaws]]. Following the dissolution of that group, he worked as a mercenary alongside Arsenal in the aptly titled ''ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal''. Following the ComicBook/DCRebirth event, Jason formed a new group of Outlaws starring [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Bizarro]] and [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Artemis]].

Not to be confused with the original alias of ComicBook/TheJoker before he fell into a vat of chemicals, or that [[Literature/LittleRedRidingHood story about the girl who visits her grandmother in the woods.]]

!!Jason Todd has appeared in the following media:

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[[folder:Anime]]
* ''Anime/BatmanNinja'' as Red Hood, voiced by Creator/YuriLowenthal.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
[[AC:Main Continuities:]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' (1983 - present) [-as Robin/Red Robin/Red Hood-]
** ''ComicBook/BatmanTheCult'' (1988) [-as Robin-]
** ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'' (1988) [-as Robin-]
** ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' (2000)
** ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'' (2003)
** ''ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman'' (2006)
*** ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobin2009'' (2009 - 2011)
** ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' (2012)
** ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'' (2012 - 2013)
** ''ComicBook/BatmanEternal'' (2014 - 2015)
** ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobinEternal'' (2015 - 2016)
* ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'' (1985) [-as Robin-]
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' (1986 - 2007) [-as Robin/Red Hood-]
** ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans New Teen Titans]]'' (1986 - 1987) [-as Robin-]
** ''ComicBook/WhoIsWonderGirl'' (1989) [-as Robin-]
** ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' Vol 3 (2005 - 2007) [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'' (1994 - 2009) [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' (1997 - 2008)/''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' (2009 - 2011) [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' [-alternate universe only-]
* ''ComicBook/GreenArrow''
* ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' (2006) [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''Comicbook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' (2007 - 2008) [-as Red Robin/Red Hood-]
* ''[[Comicbook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]]'' (2007)
* ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'' (2009 - 2011) [-intermittent appearances-]
* ''ComicBook/RedHoodTheLostDays'' (2010 - 2011)
* ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' (2011)
* ''Comicbook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' (2011 - 2015)
* ''ComicBook/Supergirl2011'' (2011)
* ''{{ComicBook/Deathstroke}}'' (2014)
* ''Comicbook/RedHoodArsenal'' (2015 - 2016)
* ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' (2015)
* ''ComicBook/RobinWar'' (2016)
* ''[[Comicbook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws Red Hood and the Outlaws Rebirth]]'' (2016 - 2020)
* ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'' (2016)
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitansRebirth'' (2016)
* ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' (2016)
* ''[[ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain Event: Leviathan]]''(2019)
* ''[[ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier Batman Urban Legends]]'' (2021)
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[[AC:Other Works and Elseworlds:]]
* ''ComicBook/Injustice2'' [-as [[spoiler: impostor Batman]] -]
* ''ComicBook/BatmanWhiteKnight'' [-as Robin-]
* ''ComicBook/InjusticeVsMastersOfTheUniverse'' [-as Red Hood-]
* ''[[ComicBook/MotherPanic Mother Panic : Gotham A.D]] '' [-as Red Hood/Lord Robin-]
* ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells''
* ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'' [-as Red Hood-]
* ''[[ComicBook/DCeased DCeased: Unkillables]]'' (2020) [-as Red Hood-]
* ''Webcomic/LilGotham'' [-as Red Hood-]
* ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'' [-as Robin-]
* ''ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse'' (as [[CompositeCharacter Deathlok]])
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' [-Comic only, as Robin-]
* ''[[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns The Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade]]'' [-as Robin-]
* ''Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham'' [-as Robin-]
* ''ComicBook/BatmanThreeJokers'' [-as Red Hood-]
* ''Comicbook/DCFutureState'' [-as Red Hood-]
* ''[[Creator/DCBlackLabel Suicide Squad: Get Joker!]]'' [-as Red Hood-]
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[[folder:Live-Action Television]]
* ''Series/{{Titans|2018}}'' as Robin, portrayed by Curran Walters.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': Playable DLC character as Red Hood [[spoiler: as well as the titular antagonist and in flashbacks as Robin in the main game]]. Voiced by Creator/TroyBaker.
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamVR'' as Robin, voiced by Creator/TroyBaker. (flashbacks)
* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': Playable character as [[spoiler:Arkham Knight]] (mobile version only)
* ''VideoGame/Injustice2'': Playable DLC character as Red Hood, voiced by Cameron Bowen.
* ''VideoGame/LegoBatman 3: Beyond Gotham'': Playable character as Red Hood, voiced by Creator/TroyBaker.
* ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains'': Playable character as Red Hood, voiced by Creator/TroyBaker.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure]]'': NPC and Player Skin as Red Hood
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice: Legacy'': as Robin (flashbacks)
* ''VideoGame/GothamKnights'': Playable character as Red Hood, voiced by Stephen Oyoung.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'', in the special live action episode ''ComicBook/WinterSoldier vs. Red Hood''. [[spoiler:Jason loses to Bucky.]]
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' as Robin and Red Hood, voiced by Creator/JensenAckles
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' as Robin (Hologram only, in memoriam) [[spoiler: Appears in season 3 as the Red-Hooded Ninja]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamByGaslight'' as Jason Todd
* ''WesternAnimation/{{LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes}}: Batman: Family Matters'' as Red Hood
* ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily'' as Robin, Red Hood, and Red Robin, voiced by Vincent Martella
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!!The character exhibits the following tropes:

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* AcceptableTargets: In-universe, during his crime boss days, operated that any drug dealers who tried to sell to kids would be killed.
* AffectionateNickname:
** Roy Harper calls him by his FandomNickname 'Jaybird', much to his irritation. But gradually accepts it to the point of calling himself that after [[spoiler: Roy's death.]]
** Bizzaro likes to calls him 'Red Him' to compliment Artemis' 'Red Her'.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: During ''Batman Eternal'', Jason is established as having had a crush on Barbara Gordon while he was Robin, but she viewed him as "not Dick Grayson" so he did nothing about it. It comes up again in the current day, but he doesn't pursue it. During ''Batman: Three Jokers'', Jason kisses her after talking about their shared trauma with the Joker, but she turns him down afterward.
* AloofBigBrother: To the younger members of the Batfamily, but Tim Drake especially. Even when he's grown past trying to murder him, he's still not above openly thinking of ways to blame him for the members of We Are Robin getting shot for stealing tires.
* AmazonChaser:
** Averted by Isabella, a stewardess working for an airline that he sees infrequently. She's just a regular person, not affiliated with any crime-fighting. However, that isn't to say that she doesn't have her BadassNormal moments.
** A more literal example than most cases as Artemis, his love interest for the latter half of ''Red Hood & the Outlaws'' was a literal Amazon who towered over him.
* AnArmAndALeg: He apparently loses an eye and one leg in the BadFuture as shown in ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth and ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth.
* AntagonisticOffspring: His relationship with Bruce has strong shades of this, in addition to the obvious APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil. [[spoiler: In ''Convergence'', both forgive each other.]]
* AntiHeroSubstitute: Tried to become one for Bruce during ''Battle for the Cowl''. Dick was not amused.
* AntiVillain: In his first appearance after his resurrection. Later appearances make him a rather crazed, and unsympathetic, Type V antihero before he slipped into straight villainy during ''Battle for the Cowl''. However, in ''Convergence'' he's closer than a GoodIsNotNice hero.
* ArchEnemy:
** Tried to be one for Dick during the time that he was Batman. It didn't go so well.
** As the last member of the All-Caste, a sacred order of [[WarriorMonk Warrior Monks]] dedicated to stopping them, the Untitled as a whole are this to him.
* AxeCrazy: Comes off this way in ''Battle for the Cowl'' and ''Batman & Robin''. He himself claims that while he is homicidal he's not crazy.
* BadassBiker: Most of his outfits consist of leather jackets and helmets, and he has been shown multiple times to ride motorcycles.
-->'''Joker:''' When I wore that number, it was classy.More flashy maitre d' than motorcycle fetish. Oh,these kids today...
* BadassNormal: He doesn't have a superpower to his name but he was trained by Batman himself, so you better believe he's a massively skilled fighter and detective.
* BadGuyBar: Regularly hangs out in these places to gather information. Tries to get Tim to one in ComicBook/BatmanAndRobinEternal, which he manages to do.
* BadLiar:
** To avoid scaring his date with his baggage he told her he owned a Dry Clean business. His date thought that it was the most boring date ever.
** Subverted during his period as the owner of the Iceberg Lounge where he manages to keep hidden his activities as Red Hood from everyone, including the aforementioned date.
* BandOfBrothers: With the other Robins and Roy.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: A distinct departure from his days as Robin and the moral code of all those who have followed after him, Jason has no problem with grabbing a gun. Several guns. Lots and lots of guns.
* BefriendingTheEnemy:
** Over the course of his adventures Jason has tried to offer a chance at redemption at his foes (especially when the Joker is involved in their backstory). This comes to a head-on ''ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal'' where he takes Joker's Daughter under his wing to redeem her.
** After taking over the Iceberg Lounge, Jason managed to bury the hatchet with Suzie Su and the Familia de Flores, going so far to hiring them as his security detail.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Has a pretty palpable one with Artemis.
* BerserkButton:
** Anything involving [[AbusiveParent abusive]] or [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] parents gets under his skin rather quickly, thanks to his troubled youth with a drug-addled mom and a DisappearedDad.
** Father figures in general tend to be this for him as well. Considering his tumultuous relationship with Batman and his own father, it's not surprising.
* {{Big Brother Bully}}: He seems to really enjoy beating up Tim and Damian.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Has developed this towards Bizarro as of Rebirth.
** Shows it towards Damian during their brief collaboration in ''Teen Titans''.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: His BlackSheep status on the Bat-Family aside, his parents are this. Post-Crisis, his stepmother Catherine overdosed herself with drugs, his father Willis was a petty crook who ended up serving a prison sentence, and even after the sentence was served, his father did not return to the family. His birth mother is not better, as she is working for the Joker and sold him out when he tried to rescue her.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: What he does to Roy at the end of ''ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal''
* BreakoutCharacter: Jason was KilledOffForReal in the late eighties and stayed that way for about twenty years real-time. Post-Ressurection, he's enjoyed ''quite'' the popularity boost, headlining a series for almost a decade and appearing in many Bat Books as a semi-regular guest.
* CainAndAbel: With Dick, Tim, and Damian. He regards them as his both his brothers and, at times, his enemies. He is the Cain of the equation, trying to murder Tim and Damian on a number of occasions and attacking Dick.
* CallingTheOldManOut:
** While he is willing to take orders from Bruce, he always does it with a healthy dose of snark on the side.
** He lays a beautiful one on Bruce when he takes over the Iceberg Lounge.
* CameBackWrong:
** A definite possibility. While he was resurrected due to Superboy-Prime actions during ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis, he was vegetative, only recovering when Talia dropped him in a Lazarus Pit. [[OhCrap While Ra's Al Ghul was inside]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', he asks Bruce if he believes that it was the Pit that caused Jason's FaceHeelTurn, or if he's just showing his true colors.
-->'''Jason Todd''': Does it make it easier for you to think that my dip in the Lazarus Pit turned me rabid? Or is this just the real me?
* CanonDiscontinuity: Scott Lobdell has made sure to completely remove from the canon the short-lived tenure of James Tynion IV as the book's writer.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: In an interesting deviation of fandom impressions of him, the second volume of ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws reveals him as suffering from this while having a drink with Artemis. And with just one drink to boot.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Trained by Batman, ''the'' BadassNormal superhero.
* TheChewToy: Tends to get beaten up by most other members of the Batfamily, and by villains, too, particularly in line-wide crossovers.
* ChickMagnet: While not as prolific as [[Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} a certain other former Robin]], Jason has attracted quite a number of romantic interests over the years, including ComicBook/{{Artemis}}, [[DatingCatwoman Essence]], [[TemporaryLoveInterest Isabella]], and [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Rose Wilson]].
* ColdBloodedTorture: Injects a drug dealer with bleach, stuffing Black Mask's assistant in the mouth with a phone before throwing his body at him, among other similar actions.
* ComplexityAddiction:
** His MO. In his debut as the Red Hood, Jason enacted an elaborate scheme by becoming a crime lord, driving Black Mask's drug operation broke and forcing him to release Joker from Arkham Asylum. All this to force Bruce to kill the Joker for him.
** It's revealed in Lost Days that he had many chances of killing Bruce and The Joker, but explained to Talia that he didn't go through it since it would mean them dying without knowing who did it. Ironically, this makes him similar to The Joker.
* CooldownHug: Ask Bruce for one after he learns of Roy's demise.
* CoolHelmet: His Red Hood helmets... [[DependingOnTheArtist except for maybe the ones with lips.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for a while, as he was a leather-clad, black and red wearing villain who was undoubtedly troubled but still quite homicidal. Played straight after his HeelFaceTurn, where he is a leather-clad, black and read wearing ''anti-hero'' who has genuinely turned over a new leaf.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Oh so much so.
** Even when he was Robin, Jason's backstory was much grittier than Dick Grayson's. His father was a crook and his mother was a drug addict who died, leaving him an orphan on the street where Batman found him. Then it turned out that it wasn't his mother who had died, but his step-mother! His real mother worked for the Joker and turned him in at the earliest opportunity. Then he died.
** Post-Ressurection he took on the Joker's old mantle as the Red Hood, abandoning the GentlemanThief aspect of the role and adopting a gun-toting BadassBiker motif.
** In the ''Rebirth'' series of Red Hood and the Outlaws, after Roy's death he becomes even ''more'' DarkerAndEdgier. Throwing away his guns, he picked up a katana and a crowbar as melee weapons, while adopting a look that wouldn't have been out of place in Franchise/MortalKombat. He eventually fell back in line with his previous characterization, but the look stayed even after he picked the guns back up.
* DeadpanSnarker: It seems to come with the territory of working alongside the stony Batman.
-->''"Oh my goodness gracious, I've been bamboozled!"''
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Averted. Jason has very few kind words to say about his parents. Considering his upbringing in a violent household with a deadbeat criminal father and a passive drug-addicted mother, it's not hard to understand why.
* DeconstructedTrope:
** Of PayEvilUntoEvil. It's ''because'' of his homicidal tendencies, that he ultimately fails in his goals, while Batman succeeds and is accepted by Gotham.
** Of the KidSidekick. As it turns out, bringing in children with emotional issues to fight against the war on crime doesn't help those emotional issues, and they're liable to get seriously injured or killed. [[CameBackWrong Or worse]].
* DependingOnTheArtist: Is his "hood" smooth and rounded, or is it flatter and shaped more like a human face, with cheekbones and lips?
* DespairEventHorizon: After getting beaten, killed and resurrected, he [[FaceHeelTurn snaps]] after learning that Bruce didn't avenge his death and that he got himself a new sidekick. This led him on taking the Joker's identity of the Red Hood.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Jason's killing spree resulted in the deaths of hundreds of criminals, many of whom were guilty of comparatively lesser crimes.
* DominoMask: It seems to be a requirement for Robins. Most depictions even show his wearing the mask ''under the Red Hood mask''.
* TheDon: Jason assumes this role during the ''Prince of Gotham'' story-arc.
* DualWielding: His favorite way to use weapons, from mere handguns up to the mystical All Blades.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His sidekick Scarlet is the one person he cares about post-resurrection. He also never attempted to hurt Alfred, even gifting him a book that he knows he likes.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jason makes it very clear that he only kills people who he absolutely thinks to deserve it. The majority of his appearances also show him threatening to murder any drug dealers who try to sell to children.
* EvilerThanThou: With Black Mask, The Joker, and Eduardo Flamingo, all of whom he has clashed with.
* EvilFormerFriend: To Dick
* EvilOrphan: Bruce brought Jason into his home and his world. Jason paid him back, following his resurrection, by becoming one of the worst vigilantes Bruce has ever had to deal with.
* EvilRedhead: pre-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}, Jason was retconned into being a natural redhead, where Batman apparently made him dye his hair black to hide the fact that the role of Robin had gone to someone else. Starting with Comicbook/New52 it appears that black is his natural hair color.
* FallenHero: His portrayal in ''Under the Red Hood'', ''Battle for the Cowl'', and ''Batman & Robin'', where he is mourned as a hero gone bad.
* FireForgedFriends: In ''Nightwing Year One'', Jason Todd didn't have a very good relationship with Dick. This is changed when the two end up in a situation where they save Alfred's life.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Jason always narrates his story with quite entertaining quips, sometimes even BreakingTheFourthWall.
-->'''Jason Inner Monologue:''' I missed what happened next... because I was dead.
* {{Flanderization}}:
** His grudge against Batman has changed from opposition to his nonlethal philosophy on fighting crime, to desperately seeking out [[WellDoneSonGuy his approval]]. As of Rebirth, this attitude has extended towards Nightwing as well.
** His GunNut tendencies have been taken UpToEleven as well, as he constantly reminds the reader that he loves using guns. Interestingly, this gets subverted during the ''Outlaw'' era since he has stopped using guns altogether, opting to use a katana as his main weapon.
* TheGenericGuy: In Batfamily stories, he (like Tim) often just shows up in a group, and doesn't have any distinctive role.
* GeniusBruiser: As befits somebody trained by Franchise/{{Batman}}, he's both a highly trained intellectual ''and'' a lethally skilled fighter.
* GroinAttack: Jason isn't afraid to fight dirty, as Dick and Tim would attest in one ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' storyline. Tim returns the favor at the end of the issue.
* GunsAkimbo: He's especially fond of dual-wielding handguns. In ''Comicbook/BatmanAndRobin2009'' he even owned a pair of custom-made red ones.
* HeelFaceTurn: Compared to the pre-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} version. He can still be a JerkAss at times, though. His tenure as Red Hood began with a one-man war against Batman and all crime in Gotham by any means necessary. Compared to the homicidal maniac that he was following his resurrection, Jason has really mellowed out.
* HeroesPreferRedheads: With the exception of Isabella, almost every character that Jason has ever shown any romantic attraction to has been a redhead.
** Starfire, during her time on the Outlaws, was a seven foot tall alien princess with (literally) flaming red hair whom Jason had commented occasionally as being very attractive.
** During Comicbook/BatmanAndRobinEternal and Comicbook/BatmanThreeJokers he was shown to have been nursing a crush on [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]].
** Artemis is a tall, muscular redhead whom Jason shares BelligerentSexualTension with.
** [[UpToEleven Even his best friend Roy Harper has a head of bright orange hair.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Jason takes Roy's death ''really'' hard.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Roy, at such grade that editorial has officially stated that they're each others' best friends. Fittingly, he's devastated by Roy's death in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis''.
* HiddenDepths: It doesn't come up a lot, but Jason is the most erudite and well-read of the Robins. Before his death, he was aware that Bruce and Alfred had a mutual interest in finding rare first-editions of books and adding them to the library at Wayne Manor, and he is introduced post-revival by sending a new addition to his former butler. Later, he is seen reading Literature/PrideAndPrejudice in prison.
* IHaveManyNames: Robin, Red Hood, Red Robin, and (for a while) Wingman.
* IconicLogo: The Red Bat he sported during the N52 and through the Dark Trinity has become intrinsically associated with him. Getting to a point where even when he doesn't wear an emblem at all, is still used as a visual to identify him.
* IdentityImpersonator: As the Red Hood, Nightwing and Hush.
* IGotBigger: Died as a teenager, came back years later as a young adult, big enough and strong enough to go toe to toe with Bruce.
* ImportantHaircut: After Roy's passing, he started sporting a buzzcut as part of his new look. [[CanonDiscontinuity That was widely unpopular and grew out ''really'' fast.]]
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Treated as such in-universe. In [[Comicbook/BatmanAndRobin2009 Grant Morrison's ''Batman and Robin'']], Dick and Damian note that they've already defeated Red Hood numerous times before.
* InformedAttribute: ''Rebirth'' has Jason playing off the role of a criminal overlord despite never showing him doing anything even remotely criminal. Or showing him being organised enough to handle organised crime.
* InterspeciesRomance: With the Amazonian super-heroine Artemis, a member of his second team of Outlaws.
* InTheHood:
** For a short while, Jason used a sleeveless red hoodie on ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal. Likely inspired by his Arkham Knight appearance.
** His Outlaw costume replaces the iconic red helmet with a red hoodie.
* InSeriesNickname: Roy (and the fandom) loves to call him Jaybird.
* {{Irony}}: Loves this. When he comes back for his revenge on Bruce, he uses Batman's hated weapon, guns, kills often, something Batman has always refused to do, and even names himself after the Joker's previous alias.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Refuses to see that there are factors beyond "betraying him" at work when Bruce refuses to kill The Joker. When the Society uses Chemo to obliterate Bludhaven and Bruce wants to make sure Dick is okay, Jason stops him because they haven't completed their fight yet, and he won't let Grayson ruin this moment for him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Jason is an angry character by default, but can sometimes come across as this. His attempting to murder fellow Robin Tim Drake comes to mind.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Saved a Chinese village, would put his life in the line for Roy and Kori, and is shown supporting Alfred and Bruce after [[spoiler:Damian's murder]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: During his appearances in ''Battle for the Cowl'' and ''Batman & Robin'', when any attempts at reaching out to him end in betrayal and attempted murder.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Just after he had an uneasy brotherly bond with Tim, Bruce left an accidental BreakingSpeech telling him that he's broken and needs help. This pushes him over the edge and made him more willing to kill his adopted brothers to become the next Batman.
* KarmaHoudini: While the reboot erased most of his criminal record, he still tried to kill Batman, Nightwing, and Red Robin at some point shortly after his return to Gotham. Far as we can tell, he never received a comeuppance for this nor do his would-be victims hold any grudge against him.
* KatanasAreJustBetter:
** His All-Blades in ''Red Hood and the Outlaws'' which are only effective in dealing with magic. It's useless for dealing with normal mooks and Jason only uses them when the All-Caste or magic users attack him.
** He starts using a regular katana as his main weapon after Roy's death.
* KidHeroAllGrownUp: A dark example. Being a KidHero was detrimental to his psychology and was a large contributing factor to his death. After some character development, he becomes a straighter example.
* KilledOffForReal: At first, anyway. He was killed off in 1988 and not resurrected until 2005. In between, a common mantra was [[HilariousInHindsight "Nobody stays dead in comics except Bucky, Uncle Ben, and Jason Todd."]]
* KnifeNut: He uses a kris knife aside from his guns.
* KnightTemplar: As the Red Hood, he considers the murders he commits justified because he's only killing criminals.
* KnightInSourArmor: While Jason was firmly a PragmaticHero through all of ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws run, he has grown into this on ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal, mainly because he wants to become a role model for Duela Dent. [[ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016)]] keep this characterization, this time having Jason being a positive influence on Bizarro.
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[[folder:L-Z]]
* TheLancer: Usually takes this role among the Robins and, in more than a few cases, to Batman himself.
* TheLeader: Of the Outlaws, and even his superpowered teammates like Starfire, Artemis and Bizarro usually defer to his judgment.
* LegacyCharacter: Literally all of his titles have come from other characters. As a RunningGag, he's also always the ''second'' person to have it.
** Dick Grayson was the first Robin before Batman took the mantle from him and eventually gave it to Jason.
** Comicbook/TheJoker was the original holder of the Red Hood title, and Jason took it up after being revived as a middle finger to Batman.
** During ''Countdown to Infinite Crisis'' the Batman of Earth-51 gives him the mantle of Red Robin, which belonged to that universe's native Jason Todd.
** For a while, he also operated as the (second) [[Comicbook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Wingman]] with Damian Wayne as his sidekick Red Bird.
* LegacyImmortality: An ''attempted'' [[InvokedTrope invocation]] of this trope. He wanted Batman to continue long after Bruce's passing but as a grim figure of urban legend. He was willing to kill for it, but ultimately the legacy fell to Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}
* LighterAndSofter: Despite the ''Rebirth'' issue implying the contrary, Jason has become much more restrained and rational by the second volume of ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' thanks to the many adventures he has gone through over the last few years.
* LikeASonToMe: For better or worse, Bruce views him as one of his sons even if they don't always see eye to eye.
* LonelyRichKid: Implied during his time as Robin in Rebirth as he remarks that his best friend is a Gargoyle statue.
* MasterPoisoner: Poison is listed as one of his specialties, and he was able to showcase this in ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman where he secretly poisoned a prison cafeteria, killing 82 and others severely ill.
* MiddleChildSyndrome: So what motivated Jason's RoaringRampageOfRevenge is that he thinks Batman didn't love him enough to do what he felt was necessary after his death and forgot about him. As of the new ''Batman and Robin'' series, it's revealed that Bruce asked Jason to dye his naturally red hair black to look like Dick's, and Jason admitted that [[ReplacementGoldfish Bruce expected him to be just like Dick]]. This is the kind of thing that will have adverse effects on the mental health of a normal child, never mind a troubled one. This is now considered having dubious continuity, with some comics outright ignoring it.
* MrFanservice: Jason has [[TroubledButCute a dark and troubled past]] and a tendency to wear leather jackets. Sometimes, he is drawn spending an entire issue naked. Hilariously acknowledged by {{Creator/DC}} themselves by including him in the ''Sexiest Man of the DCU of 2020'' poll ran by their streaming service, DC Universe. Jason [[https://twitter.com/TheDCUniverse/status/1234644797383561217 won]] by the way.
* MyGreatestFailure: Was (and [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]], still is) this to Bruce. Not saving Jason was a big black spot on Batman's crime-fighting record, and it haunted him for years. Even after [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] entered the picture to take over for the departed Jason, the shadow of Jason's death loomed over much of his early tenure as Robin. Even after his resurrection, Bruce still keeps Jason's old uniform up in the Batcave as a reminder of his mistake.
* NeverMyFault:
** Refuses to accept any responsibility for the innocent people caught in his killing sprees or the fact that those sprees are what prompted the cartels to send cannibal enforcer Eduardo Flamingo to town.
** Still has shades of this during his dealings with some of the Bat-Family, especially with Bruce. While he's aware that he has a tendency to step outside of the lines, Jason will usually find himself on the defensive side of a conflict that he contributed to.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** After trying to take over the position as Gotham's native crime-fighter and being abandoned by his protege Scarlet, Jason is on the receiving end of one by the then-Dynamic Duo of Dick and Damian.
** When Batman thinks that Jason murdered Comicbook/ThePenguin on live TV Jason gets this again, and this time so bad that he couldn't use guns for a while.
* NotMeThisTime: He is one of the suspects thought to be Leviathan thanks to his connections to the League of Shadows and his motivations similar to Leviathan. He even lampshades this by saying he is the perfect scapegoat for it.
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: With Bruce and Dick both.
* TheOldestProfession: It is implied given his dialogue with Mia Dearden, a former child prostitute, that he engaged in this when he was younger in order to survive alone on the streets of Gotham.
* ParentalAbandonment: Jason's father abandoned them by merit of being in prison and (later) being dead. Jason's mother abandoned him emotionally, if not physically, by becoming a withdrawn drug addict who later died.
* ParentalBetrayal: He views Bruce not avenging him like this. Also, his [[spoiler:biological mother betrayed him to The Joker in A Death in the Family]]
* PowerTattoo: Gets painted with some tribal looking ones on his chest as part of his "graduation ceremony" with the All-Caste, disappearing afterward. Tynion made them permanent and they even glowed whenever Jason meditated or used the All-Blades, but once Lobdell returned to the book, he dropped them and now only appears inside Jason's dreams.
* PrettyBoy: Mostly under Kenneth Rocafort's pencils, who ranked up Jason's attractiveness a lot, drawing Jason as a tall, somewhat leaner RavenHairIvorySkin guy. His Rebirth iteration is drawn bulkier by Dexter Soy, but still keeping his boyish looks intact.
* ProdigalHero: Jason has this relationship with the rest of the Bat-Family. After spending some time as a crime boss and murderous outlaw, he was welcomed back into the fold and is allowed to operate with Batman's blessing. While he's there are moments when he disagrees with them, the rest of the Bat Family work frequently with Jason.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: {{Inverted}} during Grant Morrison's time with the character, where he was depicted as a balding redhead with pimples underneath his mask.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: How Bruce sees him after his resurrection.
* RedeemingReplacement: The original Red Hood was the previous identity of the Joker and the original Wingman is a class-A {{Jerkass}}. While he did little to redeem the name Pre-flashpoint, this iteration of Jason manages to redeem the name and the [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Wingman]] identity with his heroic deeds.
* RedemptionRejection: Bruce, Tim, and Dick gave him many chances to come back to the family but he rejected each attempt, saying that it's already too late for him. [[spoiler: Although he accepted Bruce's chance to turn his life around and became the second Wingman in ''Batman Inc.'']].
* RedHeadedStepchild: Thanks to recent [[RetCon retcons]]. Before ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', he was naturally blond and dyed his hair black, and afterward, his hair was just naturally black. After ''Final Crisis'', Creator/GrantMorrison retconned his hair into a deep red, which he dyed black again (to fit better with the red/black color motifs of the author's stories).
* RedIsHeroic: Unlike his previous iterations, who used to be RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver; those days, Jason is on the heroic representation of the color red.
* RedIsViolent: Became a more murderous vigilante than Bruce as the Red Hood. Especially his "Superhero" outfit, where red is more prominent as he became more unhinged.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Not only does he view himself as Bruce's replacement for Dick, but during ''Batman Eternal'', it seems he views himself as ''Barbara's'' replacement for Dick when he was thought dead
* TheResenter: Was especially hostile towards Tim Drake as well due to Jason having insecurities that Tim did a better job at the role.
* ResurrectionRevenge: He spent many years planning to force Batman into killing Joker as revenge for his death. Unfortunately for him, Batman really doesn't want to break his [[ThouShallNotKill one rule]] and [[PyrrhicVictory opted to subdue Jason instead.]]
* ReunionVow: Jason promises to come back for both Isabel and Dog before leaving Gotham again at the end of the ''Prince of Gotham'' story-arc.
* TheRival:
** Tries to set himself and Scarlet up as rivals to Dick Grayson's Batman and Robin, with the aim of making them obsolete.
** After his resurrection, he often says he will be a better Batman than Bruce Wayne ever was.
** While he does like using guns, he normally will ditch them when fighting Bruce, Dick, or Tim, just to prove he can be better than them. So far that has failed many times, with the exception of his fights with Tim, which he normally wins.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He's pretty unamused at being dragged to different universes by the Anti-Monitor, and angrily quits the ''Challengers From the Unknown'' group once he's back to prime earth. Considering its ''[[ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis Countdown]]'', you can't blame him.
* SharpDressedMan: Takes to wear a classy three-piece ensemble during his tenure as owner of the Iceberg Lounge.
* ShipTease: Compared to his pre-flashpoint self, he seems to be following Dick's footsteps with [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]], [[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]], [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Rose Wilson]] and Artemis.
* ShadowArchetype: To all the members of the Batman family, demonstrating what they would be like if they truly gave in to the darkness around them. Bruce's obsessiveness, Dick's need to be his own man, Tim's desire for approval, and Damian's anger issues all find a dark reflection in him.
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: After he and Scarlet try to dethrone Batman and Robin as the protectors of Gotham, even broadcasting his intentions over TV. Dick and Damian are not amused.
* SidekickGraduationsStick: Well, not so much a "promotion" as much as being "replaced while deceased", but Jason has never gone back to wearing the Robin costume once he was established as the Red Hood.
* SkunkStripe: A curious example since it only shows in two stories during his tenure as Red Hood, ''Hush'' and Morrison's ''Revenge of the Red Hood''. Despite this, the look has proven itself to be really popular with the fandom.
* SmallNameBigEgo:
** He has a habit of antagonising people he ''really'' shouldn't, given his track record. His fights with the Robins he antagonizes most, Dick and Damian, almost always end with him losing, and while Bruce will put up with his antics, when Jason does something that ''really'' upsets him, it is not pretty for Jason, such as when Bruce thought he killed the Penguin -- the fight is so one-sided that Jason doesn't land a single hit and has his helmet kicked apart and his symbol ripped off for extra measure.
** Veers into TheWorfEffect, as we see Jason repeatedly taking out far more dangerous opponents, and in the above-mentioned fight Jason never actually tries to fight Bruce.
* SmugSnake: In his AntiVillain days where he declares he can be better than Batman and Nightwing. His track record against them says otherwise.
* TakingUpTheMantle: Jason ''really'' wanted to be the new Batman in ''Battle for the Cowl''.
* TechnicolorNinjas: Played straight as Robin. Eventually subverted as Red Hood, who has a penchant for RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
* TheTeetotaler: While plenty of superheroes avoid drinking while on patrol, Jason has a longstanding abstention from drinking alcohol. Given his substance-abusing parents, and his best friend Arsenal's alcoholism, it's not difficult to understand why Jason would have this particular issue. This is especially notable given his aforementioned tendency to hang out in [[BadGuyBar Bad Guy Bars]].
** As far back as his time as Robin, there's a scene in a bar where he orders a glass of milk.
** Twice in Comicbook/RedHoodTheLostDays, where Talia orders a bottle of wine for them to share but only she drinks her glass, and there's a scene where he doesn't drink his vodka while toasting with his bombmaking tutor's friends.
** Averted in the second volume of Red Hood and the Outlaws. He goes out for a drink with Artemis, where he turns out to be a [[CantHoldHisLiquor real lightweight]].
* TheSnarkKnight: Jason can be very cynical and uses a lot of sarcastic HeroicSelfDeprecation.
-->'''Jason Inner Monologue:'''It might not be a popular thought, but not everyone wants to be alive.
* TheSociopath: Portrayed as such in ''Battle for the Cowl'' and ''Batman & Robin''. He even describes himself as a homicidal maniac. After ''Convergence'', he's not even a SociopathicHero.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Enjoys this relationship with Artemis, who towers over him and is ''far'' stronger than him.
* TookALevelInBadass: In a dark way. Jason's certainly not going to be on the receiving end of any crowbar beatdowns any time soon.
* SternTeacher / ApatheticTeacher: Jason bounces between the two in the ''Generation Outlaw'' story-arc.
* TaughtByExperience: ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' volume 2 reveals that he's picked a considerable amount of awareness through his adventures, becoming able to accurately describe and analyze certain elements on Artemis' past by comparing them with his own experiences.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He is the tallest of the Batkids and a very attractive young man.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: He is also very witty and has a charming "bad boy" persona.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Tim are usually paired up together in Batfamily stories. This was dropped as of ComicBook/DCRebirth, with Tim going back to Bruce's side and later, to Young Justice, coinciding with when Jason was more on the outs with the family.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Played with. Jason promises it to Bruce at the start of ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' second volume, just to seemingly break it by shooting the Penguin in issue 25. Then in issue 36 is revealed that he shot Cobblepot with a blank since he never intended to kill him.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Whenever he joins heroic teams, he never stops murdering people he deems evil.
* TooDumbToLive: Compared to his Pre-Flashpoint iteration, Jason Todd makes numerous mistakes that nearly get him killed, such as blowing his cover against Black Mask within minutes of meeting him, and continuing to act as his cover was intact, even after he was captured, stripped down, and unmasked shortly after attempting to turn against him.
* TraumaButton: Seeing his place of death or even something similar to it is enough to give him PTSD flashbacks (in Rebirth) or make him lash out (in volume 1, as Bruce found out the hard way).
* TrueCompanions:
** How he came to see Roy and Kori through the course of ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''. While Kori has considerably played down their friendship with Jason after leaving the Outlaws, they're still considered by Jason like one of the few real friends he has. Roy, on the other hand, rekindled his friendship with Jason on the lead up to ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis''.
** In ''Rebirth'', Jason, Artemis, and Bizzaro become this as they turn into the ''Dark Trinity'' with Jason developing feelings for Artemis and later gains a BigBrotherInstinct for Bizarro. Unfortunately, they were split up with the latter two transported to an AlternateDimension.
* {{Tsundere}}: Started as Type A towards Roy and Kori but he mellowed out to Type B as ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' progressed.
* UnderwearOfPower: During his time as Robin, naturally.
* UngratefulBastard: He's tried to kill almost anyone that tried to help him out. For example, he backstabs Tim after he helped him escape from Arkham, almost killed the group that helped him escape imprisonment, and threatened to blow up Gotham after Dick and Damian helped him saved Sasha.
* WarriorMonk: What his time with the All-Caste turned him into, though he still has anger issues from time to time.
* WeaponOfChoice: He has a few:
** Usually, dual-wielded pistols.
** When dealing with the Untitled, the All Blades.
** His melee weapon of choice is almost always a crowbar.
* WellDoneSonGuy: At his core, all he really wants is Bruce's acceptance.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Pre-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', Jason's Robin costume featured shorts. Since it was Dick's first, he had to keep up appearances.
* WickedCultured: He retains his love of reading after turning to a SociopathicHero, sending Alfred a book, and later seen reading Pride and Prejudice in prison.
* WildCard: Sometimes helps out the Batfamily in times of crisis, sometimes working with the villains for his own reasons. It's one of the reasons why Bruce sometimes defers to him, as Jason is willing to do things he can't do himself.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Artemis. They do... for a while, anyway.

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SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime [[ItMakesSenseInContext punching the walls of reality]] caused "ripples" to affect the time-stream, righting wrongs and undoing various {{retcon}}s and events across the larger DCU. Jason Todd awakened in his grave and clawed himself out a changed man. Recovered by Talia al Ghul and given extensive training in assassination and gunplay, Jason adopted the name ''Red Hood'', an alias that once belonged to the man who killed him, and went on a one-man crusade against crime in Gotham City. During this, he also challenged the Dark Knight himself, whose ThouShaltNotKill code he sees as foolish and useless, while also seeking answers for why his former mentor never avenged him.

* ''Anime/BatmanNinja'' as Red Hood

* ''VideoGame/LegoBatman 3: Beyond Gotham'': Playable character as Red Hood
* ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains'': Playable character as Red Hood

* ''VideoGame/GothamKnights'': Playable character as Red Hood

* ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseBatmanDeathInTheFamily'' as Robin, Red Hood, and Red Robin

* FashionVictimVillain: The infamous "pill head" costume that Jason wore during his days as a member of Dick and Damian's RoguesGallery. A black and white onesie with a cape, a red skull emblem, and a large impractically pill-shaped helmet. He gets pimples under the helmet.

SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime [[ItMakesSenseInContext punching the walls of reality]] caused "ripples" to affect the time-stream, righting wrongs and undoing various [[{{Retcon}} retcons]] and events across the larger DCU. Jason Todd awakened in his grave and clawed himself out a changed man. Recovered by Talia al Ghul and given extensive training in assassination and gunplay, Jason adopted the name ''Red Hood'', an alias that once belonged to the man who killed him, and went on a one-man crusade against crime in Gotham City. During this, he also challenged the Dark Knight himself, whose ThouShaltNotKill code he sees as foolish and useless, while also seeking answers for why his former mentor never avenged him.

* ''ComicBook/BatmanThreeJokers'' (2020)
* ''Batman Urban Legends'' (2021)

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Averted. Jason has very few kind words to say about his parents. Considering his upbringing in a violent household with a deadbeat criminal father and a passive drug-addicted mother, it's not hard to understand why.* DeconstructedTrope: Of PayEvilUntoEvil. It's ''because'' of his homicidal tendencies, that he ultimately fails in his goals, while Batman succeeds and is accepted by Gotham.

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** Jason is a lot less trigger happy after training with the All-Caste but threatening the life of his Outlaws is the fastest way to end with a bullet in the head.
** The fate of his biological father, Willis Todd, becomes this during ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' second volume.

Red Hood is the codename of Jason Peter Todd, the second ComicBook/{{Robin}}, succeeding [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick "Nightwing" Grayson]] as Franchise/{{Batman}}'s sidekick. While he had his fans, Jason ultimately proved unpopular with readers, primarily due to the fact that he [[ReplacementScrappy simply wasn't Dick Grayson]], with added fuel resulting from an event after his retcon as a StreetUrchin that left it ambiguous about whether or not he had killed someone. In Jason Todd's most famous (and controversial) story, readers were given the opportunity to vote by phone to decide whether or not he would survive an event called ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily''. You can probably guess how that turned out. Readers phoned in and, unfortunately, Jason Todd would meet his demise at the hands of none other than ComicBook/TheJoker in what is still one of DC Comics' most controversial storylines.

For years Jason's death served as Batman's [[MyGreatestFailure greatest failure]]. His uniform was hung in the Batcave in memoriam and served as a black spot on the Caped Crusader's crime-fighting crusade for years to come. Readers were introduced to Jason's [[LegacyCharacter successor]] in Batman #436, Tim Drake, who mostly felt the consequence of Jason's death through Batman's more careful approach and reluctance in taking him on as a partner. But for a long time, Jason Todd was one of the sole exceptions to the DeathIsCheap trope that notoriously plagues comic books.

SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime [[ItMakesSenseInContext punching the walls of reality]] causes "ripples" to affect the time-stream, righting wrongs and undoing various [[{{Retcon}} retcons]] and events across the larger DCU. Jason Todd awakens in his grave and claws himself out a changed man. Recovered by Talia al Ghul and given extensive training in assassination and gunplay, Jason adopts the name ''Red Hood'', an alias that once belonged to the man who killed him, and goes on a one-man crusade against crime in Gotham City as well as against the Dark Knight himself, whose ThouShaltNotKill code he sees as stupid and useless, especially in regards to horrendously murderous villains like the Joker.

With the company-wide ComicBook/New52 relaunch in 2011, Jason returns as a less antagonistic role within the Batfamily, and partners with [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arsenal]] and Comicbook/{{Starfire}} to form ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''. Following the dissolution of that group, he co-starred with Arsenal in the aptly titled ''ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal''. Following the ComicBook/DCRebirth event, he has formed a new group of Outlaws starring [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Bizarro]] and [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Artemis]].

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* GunsAkimbo: He's especially fond of dual-wielding handguns. Under Morrison he even owned a pair of custom-made red ones.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Treated as such in-universe. In Grant Morrison's ''Batman and Robin'', Dick and Damian note that they've already defeated Red Hood numerous times before.

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* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' [-intermittent appearances-]

* ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'' (2009) [-intermittent appearances-]

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