History Film / Grayson

'''''Grayson''''' is a 2004 ShortFilm by director John Fiorella revolving around Dick Grayson, former protege to Franchise/{{Batman}}, who has apparently been murdered. To avenge him, husband and dad Grayson puts on his old tights, vest, and mask and dives into Gotham's underworld to find out who killed his former mentor. However, a litany of characters, from Chief O'Hara and throughout the DC Universe from Franchise/{{Superman}} to Franchise/GreenLantern[[note]]either Hal Jordan or Kyle Rayner[[/note]] defy Grayson's attempts to uncover the truth.

Here's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQyfQ7RMOXs link]] to the trailer and you can find an interesting “behind the scenes” documentary [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBVoiHOJf0Q here]].

* BackInTheSaddle: Grayson.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Grayson.

* MaleGaze: Selina Kyle is introduced with a shot of her strutting ass.

* {{Suburbia}}: Grayson's life at the time of the film.

* ZippingUpTheBodybag: [[spoiler: Batman]] at the start of the film.

* AdultFear: A psychopathic criminal is with your daughter, who you are trying desperately to search for.

* OffTheShelfFX: The Batman memorial statue was a figure painted gray and made to look large through forced perspective, the same technique was used for the shot where Superman lifts an armoured right car (a toy about a foot long in real life). The shot of the underside of the car was the directors own car on a car lift at a local body shop. Also, the body bag Batman is zipped up in was simply a garment bag.

Here's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQyfQ7RMOXs link]] to the trailer.

* OffTheShelfFX: The Batman memorial statue was a figure painted gray and made to look large through forced perspective. Also, the body bag Batman is zipped up in was simply a garment bag.

* SecretKeeper: Gordon and apparently O'Hara know Grayson is Robin. O'Hara may also know Clark is Superman.

* DarkerAndEdgier: By all accounts, this short film seems to be a grittier version of the [[{{Series/Batman}} 60s Batman TV Show]].

** The fanfilm is ripe with references to the [[{{Series/Batman}} 60s Batman show]], right down to having Chief O'Hara as a major character.

[[caption-width-right:350:''While others will come to accept that his crusade has come to an end, for Dick Grayson it begins again.'']]

The film is in the form of a [[RealTrailerFakeMovie trailer]] for a FictitiousMovie with the same name. There exists a full-length screenplay based on the trailer, though due to copyright issues it is [[{{Defictionalization}} never planned to be made]]. Despite a DC moratorium on fan films, Grayson is considered one of the best and most imaginative.

* ShopTalk: the way Grayson and "Clark" (Franchise/{{Superman}}) chat freely between alter egos.

''Grayson'' is a 2004 ShortFilm by director John Fiorella revolving around Dick Grayson, former protege to Franchise/{{Batman}}, who has apparently been murdered. To avenge him, husband and dad Grayson puts on his old tights, vest, and mask and dives into Gotham's underworld to find out who killed his former mentor. However, a litany of characters, from Chief O'Hara and throughout the DC Universe from Franchise/{{Superman}} to Franchise/GreenLantern[[note]]either Hal Jordan or Kyle Rayner[[/note]] defy Grayson's attempts to uncover the truth.

The film is in the form of a [[RealTrailerFakeMovie trailer]] for a FictitiousMovie with the same name. There exists a full-length screenplay based on the trailer, though due to copyright issues is [[{{Defictionalization}} never planned to be made]]. Despite a DC moratorium on fan films, Grayson is considered one of the best and most imaginative.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Chief o'Hara is present as a CorruptCop, as opposed to an ally to Batman and Commissioner Gordon.

* FanonDiscontinuity: In the DC universe, Dick Grayson does go solo, but under the name ''Nightwing'', not as Robin. In this film, Grayson reprises his Robin alter ego. The director discusses this in the "behind the scenes" footage saying it was a deliberate decision as Robin is far better known than Nightwing by the general public outside of comic fans.

''Grayson'' is a 2004 ShortFilm by director John Fiorella revolving around Dick Grayson, former protege to Franchise/{{Batman}}, who has apparently been murdered. To avenge him, husband and dad Grayson puts on his old tights, vest, and mask and dives into Gotham's underworld to find out who killed his former mentor. However, a litany of characters, from Chief O'Hara and throughout the [=DCniverse=] from SuperMan to GreenLantern defy Grayson's attempts to uncover the truth.

* RealTrailerFakeMovie: of a literal sort: ''Grayson'' is the name of a long-form movie based on the trailer presented in (as) this film, which was never made.
* EnsembleCast: or almost certainly would be, if Hollywood were to make such a movie, and pick actors to play the various superheroes and villains.
* FaceHeelTurn: Chief O'Hara.

* FanonDiscontinuity: In the DC universe, Dick Grayson does go solo, but under the name ''Nightwing'', not as Robin. In this film, Grayson reprises his Robin alter ego. The director discusses this in the "behind the scenes" footage saying it was a deliberate decision as Robin is far better known than Nightwing by the general public outside of comic fans.

* ZippingUpTheBodybag: [[spoiler: Batman]] at the start of the film.