History Fanfic / TheCATverse

* OverprotectiveDad: Batman nearly drives off the road on learning Robin has a girlfriend.

* NiceHat: Part of what makes the Riddler and the Scarecrow so attractive to the girls.

* {{Meganekko}}: The girls.

* AdultFear: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5999604/1/Small_World Small World]]'' is told in part from the point of view of Karen Keeny, Crane's mother. She and her young daughter are hunted and attacked by a costumed supercriminal who also happens to be Karen's vindictive, murderous son. [[DownerEnding They don't make it.]]

* BerserkButton: Plants for Ivy, cats for Selina. Jonathan has made the mistake of harming both.

* {{Asexuality}}: While it's never explicitly stated (in-series), this version of the Scarecrow is not interested in anyone at all. The same cannot be said for the girls' affections for him.
** [[spoiler: Yes, it can.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: Early in the series, the girls help out a troubled kid who was being attacked by some thugs. A few years down the line they meet up with him again, and it turns out that he's [[spoiler: actually [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]].]]

* CatFight: Averted; in ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3695965/1/Copycat CopyCAT]]'', when Catwoman and Techie spar, they do so without the typical hair pulling and clothes ripping and actual ''punches'' land.

* LennonSpecs: Captain's new pair.

The [=CATverse=] is a very long, ongoing Franchise/{{Batman}} {{Fan Fic}} series by [=BiteMeTechie=] and Twinings. It focuses on several Batman villains, mostly the Scarecrow and the Riddler, and the three henchwomen that make life a bit more difficult for them.

* BiTheWay: Caleb, though it's only implied. [[spoiler: Also Techie.]]

* ShoutOut: Wow, let's see...''Series/RedDwarf'', ''TabletopGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (both TOS and TNG), ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous'', ''Series/HappyDays'', the '60s ''{{Series/Batman}}'' TV show (this is a relatively subtle one), ''Series/{{The Prisoner|1967}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'', and lots, lots, LOTS more! May be ReferenceOverdosed.

* ShoutOut: Wow, let's see...''Series/RedDwarf'', ''TabletopGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (both TOS and TNG), ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous'', ''Series/HappyDays'', the '60s ''{{Series/Batman}}'' TV show (this is a relatively subtle one), ''Series/ThePrisoner'', ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'', and lots, lots, LOTS more! May be ReferenceOverdosed.

* ChekhovsGunman: Early in the series, the girls help out a troubled kid who was being attacked by some thugs. A few years down the line they meet up with him again, and it turns out that he's [[spoiler: actually Tim Drake.]]

* GenderBlenderName: You can call her Al. That's not her name, but it's what you can call her. (Riddler [[LampshadeHanging associates her with]] PaulSimon, for some reason he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA can't for the life of him figure out]].)

** Crane's treatment of his little sister Marilyn in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5999604/1/Small-World Small World]]'' is a reminder that [[PetTheDog his more pleasant interactions with the girls]] do not make him a good or even remotely pleasant person. While his mother did abandon him and Crane has some reason to be angry with her from his point of view, DisproportionateRetribution aside, Marilyn did absolutely nothing wrong to him, and was only targeted because Crane perceived her to be her mother's favorite. His torture of her is so ruthless that even the girls are upset, one of the few times that his actions disturb them.

** Crane's treatment of his little sister Marilyn in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5999604/1/Small-World Small World]]'' is a reminder that [[PetTheDog his more pleasant interactions with the girls]] do not make him a good or even remotely pleasant person. While his mother did abandon him and Crane has some reason to be angry with her from his point of view, DisproportionateRetribution aside, Marilyn did absolutely nothing wrong to him, and his torture of her is so ruthless that even the girls are upset, one of the few times that his actions disturb them.

** Crane's treatment of his little sister Marilyn in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5999604/1/Small-World Small World]]'' is a reminder that [[PetTheDog his more pleasant interactions with the girls]] do not make him a good or even remotely pleasant person. While his mother did abandon him and Crane has some reason to be angry with her from his point of view, DisproportionateRetribution aside, Marilyn did absolutely nothing wrong, and his torture of her is so ruthless that even the girls are upset, one of the few times that his actions disturb them.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Characters who antagonize or oppose the girls are sometimes killed off in [[DisproportionateRetribution overly vicious ways, in one case for just being rude. The girls are also very forgiving of Crane's behavior and are sympathetic towards him, showing more compassion for him than the innocent people he tortures. Even the above mentioned incident involving Marilyn Keeny [[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse is never mentioned again]].

* ShoutOut: Wow, let's see...''Series/RedDwarf'', ''TabletopGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (both TOS and TNG), ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''AbsolutelyFabulous'', ''HappyDays'', the '60s ''{{Series/Batman}}'' TV show (this is a relatively subtle one), ''Series/ThePrisoner'', ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus'', and lots, lots, LOTS more! May be ReferenceOverdosed.

* WouldHurtAChild: Crane psychologically scars his younger half-sister for life in ''"[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5999604/1/Small-World Small World]]"'', and strongly implies to the girls that he killed his other sister.

** Crane is reluctant to perform his usual experiments on children, although he ''does'' attack his younger siblings, killing one and driving the other insane.

* EvilIsPetty: At one point, Crane burns down an apartment and kills two people simply because he's in a bad mood. The girls aren't innocent of this either - at one point [[DisproportionateRetribution they torture someone to death for being rude.]]

* HateSink: While Jonathan's FreudianExcuse and occasional sympathetic moments give him some tragedy, his childhood bullies have no sympathetic qualities whatsoever, brutally beating him up for being poor and weird. Similar characters crop up, usually killed off later by CAT or Crane.

* VillainyDiscretionShot: While the Scarecrow is most definitely a villain and capable of horrific crimes, most of his worst and most violent actions (such as the murder of his father and other half-sister) are only skimmed over or mentioned, not shown. Averted in ''Small World'', where Crane is at his absolute darkest in the series and [[WouldHurtAChild tortures a child]] in front of CAT and violently murders his mother in a flashback.

* VillainyDiscretionShot: While the Scarecrow is most definitely a villain and capable of horrific crimes, most of his worst and most violent actions (such as the murder of his father and other half-sister) are only skimmed over or mentioned, not shown. Averted in ''Small World'', where Crane is at his absolute darkest in the series and [[WouldHurtAChild tortures a child]] in front of CAT.