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** Perhaps he just changed his mind. People tend to do that sometimes.


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** The same way Riddler and Two-Face did.
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** There's a trope for this: BatDeduction
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* Dick leaves Wayne Manor...only to show up later in full costume as Robin. What the hell prompted his change of heart? When did he decide to do this? What was he doing when Wayne Manor was attacked? [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia There's a word for this - lazy]].

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* Dick leaves Wayne Manor...only to show up later in full costume as Robin. What the hell prompted his change of heart? When When did he decide to do this? What was he doing when Wayne Manor was attacked? [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia There's a word for this - lazy]].

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** It was probably a casting choice made out of obligation. Maybe Chris O'Donnell had a contract with Warner Bros or a producer thought a teenager would be too young to get into the type of peril we see Robin in given the parental backlash the last movie received. But really, they should have done some rewrites, because a lot the dialogue makes Dick out to be even younger, like 10-13.

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** It was probably a casting choice made out of obligation. Maybe Chris O'Donnell Creator/ChrisODonnell had a contract with Warner Bros Creator/WarnerBros or a producer thought a teenager would be too young to get into the type of peril we see Robin in given the parental backlash the last movie received. But really, they should have done some rewrites, because a lot the dialogue makes Dick out to be even younger, like 10-13.



** I think it was meant to be part of the machine that transferred the brainwaves of everyone using one of his boxes into his mind. Comic-book science explains why it was full of energy that wrecked the base, and I guess somehow explains his deformation?

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** I think it was meant to be part of the machine that transferred the brainwaves of everyone using one of his boxes into his mind. Comic-book science explains why it was full of energy that wrecked the base, and I guess somehow explains his deformation?deformation?

* The Riddler tells Chase that he's counting on Batman to come to his lair. Yet a DeletedScene shows that there's another cave that he missed that contained the sonar suit, the Batplane and the Batboat. So why did he destroy the cave in the first place? Furthermore, why did he try to shoot Batman out of the sky?

* Dick leaves Wayne Manor...only to show up later in full costume as Robin. What the hell prompted his change of heart? When did he decide to do this? What was he doing when Wayne Manor was attacked? [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia There's a word for this - lazy]].

* How did Batman, Robin and Chase get back to Gotham? The Batboat was blown up and the Batplane's at the bottom of the river.
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** Given how prone to "theming" villains in Gotham tend to be, Halloween is one night of the year when Batman is going to be out from dusk till dawn. It's going to be ''Alfred'' who always answers the door for trick-or-treaters, and he's got enough of a soft spot for kids that Wayne Manor has probably gained a local reputation as a great spot to pick up loads of candy from a very polite old man.

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** Given how prone to "theming" villains in Gotham tend to be, Halloween is one night of the year when Batman is going to be out from dusk till dawn. dawn, guaranteed. It's going to be ''Alfred'' who always answers the door for trick-or-treaters, and he's got enough of a soft spot for kids that Wayne Manor has probably gained a local reputation as a great spot to pick up loads of candy from a very polite old man.
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\n** Given how prone to "theming" villains in Gotham tend to be, Halloween is one night of the year when Batman is going to be out from dusk till dawn. It's going to be ''Alfred'' who always answers the door for trick-or-treaters, and he's got enough of a soft spot for kids that Wayne Manor has probably gained a local reputation as a great spot to pick up loads of candy from a very polite old man.
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** Or just psyching himself up for the fight, same as an amateur boxer might shout "I'm Floyd Mayweather!" as he heads into the ring.
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** Bruce looked around right after he said it; it was apparent that if anyone heard it, no one believed him. Perhaps they thought he was pulling a HeroicSacrifice by the way of an "IAmSpartacus"?
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** His fighting prowess isn't quite as suspicious as standing up and screaming "I'm Batman!" beforehand.
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*** Not necessarily. It's not in a cramped cul du sac, sure, but it's not unheard of for well-to-do subdivisions (especially in rural areas) to have much larger property areas, meaning houses are much more scarce and spread out. Wayne Manor is certainly isolated, but there could still be other homes on the road en route to it.
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** We only really see the one group of kids. Maybe whichever parent was chaperoning saw the long distance between the end of the driveway and the front door and decided to wait in the car and let the kids huff it to the house on their own. It's a house in the middle of the woods. Aside from the unanticipated supervillains breaking in, what could possibly go wrong?


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** We only really see the one group of kids. Maybe whichever parent was chaperoning saw the long distance between the end of the driveway and the front door and decided to wait in the car and let the kids huff it to the house on their own. It's a house in the middle of the woods. Aside from the unanticipated supervillains breaking in, what could possibly go wrong?

wrong so long as the kids stay on the path to the lit porch?

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\n** We only really see the one group of kids. Maybe whichever parent was chaperoning saw the long distance between the end of the driveway and the front door and decided to wait in the car and let the kids huff it to the house on their own. It's a house in the middle of the woods. Aside from the unanticipated supervillains breaking in, what could possibly go wrong?

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* This troper has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.

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\n** Dick was mentioned to be a college student, which would put him approximately between 18 and 22. Chris O’Donnell was in his mid 20s, so that makes only a few years age difference.

* This troper has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.
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** You also have to take into consideration the limits of the English alphabet, i.e. it has only 26 letters. Putting 13 & 1 together gets 131; 8 & 5 gets 85, both beyond the range of the alphabet. And putting 1 & 5 together is right out because Bruce already deduced that the order they came in was important. So if you're going to transpose numbers to letters in this fashion, with these stipulations, 1 + 8 = 18 is really the only one that fits.
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* What exactly did Batman hit with his Batarang at the end of the film to stop the Riddler, mess up his base and what seemed to deform the guy in the end?

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* What exactly did Batman hit with his Batarang at the end of the film to stop the Riddler, mess up his base and what seemed to deform the guy in the end?end?
** I think it was meant to be part of the machine that transferred the brainwaves of everyone using one of his boxes into his mind. Comic-book science explains why it was full of energy that wrecked the base, and I guess somehow explains his deformation?
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*** Harvey Dent, district attorney, probably could have. But this is Harvey Dent, Two-Face we're talking about. You know, the cackling, murderous madman?
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***Which leads to another headscratcher. Harvey Dent, district attorney, can't keep a poker face for two minutes?
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** It actually makes sense. Making movies takes time and if you cast an actual teenager they're going to noticeably age, especially if you do a sequel. Casting an adult and passing it off as a late teen means the time skips are less noticeable because the actor doesn't noticeably age. They just forgot to clean up the dialogue a bit to reflect an older Robin.
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** It's possible it might have been intended to be a use of his Box prototype. Rather than beam the television footage into a person, he imagine the suicide scenario and beamed the imagined memory onto the tape. Scientifically implausible? Sure. Accurate to comic book science? Definitely.

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** It's possible it might have been intended to be a use of his Box prototype. Rather than beam the television footage into a person, he imagine the suicide scenario and beamed the imagined memory onto the tape. Scientifically implausible? Sure. Accurate to comic book science? Definitely.Definitely.

* What exactly did Batman hit with his Batarang at the end of the film to stop the Riddler, mess up his base and what seemed to deform the guy in the end?
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** Apparently, it was a computer-generated forgery. A better question is how did he erase the footage?

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** Apparently, it was a computer-generated forgery. A better question is how did he erase the footage?footage?
** It's possible it might have been intended to be a use of his Box prototype. Rather than beam the television footage into a person, he imagine the suicide scenario and beamed the imagined memory onto the tape. Scientifically implausible? Sure. Accurate to comic book science? Definitely.
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* This trope has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.

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* This trope troper has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.
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*** Maybe, but he wouldn't have been standing in such a precarious position. As for not catching him afterwards, movie Batman is clearly much more ok with killing villains, or at least letting them die, than the comic book one. Also, he may have done it for Dick's sake. Speeches or not, the kid was obsessed with killing Two-Face. Yes, he seemingly got over it, but then Harvy immediately betrayed his trust, which could push him back into the obsession. Bruce decided to spare him the anguish and eliminate the dilemma.
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* This trope has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.

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* This trope has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.it.
** Apparently, it was a computer-generated forgery. A better question is how did he erase the footage?
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* Why was Robin sent to Bruce Wayne instead of a foster home? If Bruce is willing to donate his 10 million spare rooms to put up orphans and Gothan knows this, how come they haven't sent anyone to Bruce before? Knowing that Gotham's a crapsack town, Wayne manor would be an orphenarium at that rate.

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* Why was Robin sent to Bruce Wayne instead of a foster home? If Bruce is willing to donate his 10 million spare rooms to put up orphans and Gothan knows this, how come they haven't sent anyone to Bruce before? Knowing that Gotham's a crapsack town, Wayne manor Manor would be an orphenarium at that rate.orphanage by now.
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* This trope has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.
* Batman having a Bat Credit Card is a blatant VoodooShark. Having any kind of paper trail, even one tied to an alter ego, is just asking for trouble.

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* This trope has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.
* Batman having a Bat Credit Card is a blatant VoodooShark. Having any kind of paper trail, even one tied to an alter ego, is just asking for trouble.
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* This trope has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.

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* This trope has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.it.
* Batman having a Bat Credit Card is a blatant VoodooShark. Having any kind of paper trail, even one tied to an alter ego, is just asking for trouble.
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** It was probably a casting choice made out of obligation. Maybe Chris O'Donnell had a contract with Warner Bros or a producer thought a teenager would be too young to get into the type of peril we see Robin in given the parental backlash the last movie received. But really, they should have done some rewrites, because a lot the dialogue makes Dick out to be even younger, like 10-13.

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** It was probably a casting choice made out of obligation. Maybe Chris O'Donnell had a contract with Warner Bros or a producer thought a teenager would be too young to get into the type of peril we see Robin in given the parental backlash the last movie received. But really, they should have done some rewrites, because a lot the dialogue makes Dick out to be even younger, like 10-13.10-13.

* This trope has a question about the videotape of the boss's suicide. Did Nigma disguise himself as his employer, or did he use some kind of video editing software to pull off that trick? As a kid, I assumed he dressed up as the boss and ran towards the window (while hamming it up). He seems crazy enough to do it.
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* Why cast a grown man to play a teenager? If you're going to choose an older actor to play Robin, why not cast a 16-18 year old for the part? I don't see Bruce talking to a 16-17 year old. I see 2 grown men.

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* Why cast a grown man to play a teenager? If you're going to choose an older actor to play Robin, why not cast a 16-18 year old for the part? I don't see Bruce talking to a 16-17 year old. I see 2 grown men.men.
** It was probably a casting choice made out of obligation. Maybe Chris O'Donnell had a contract with Warner Bros or a producer thought a teenager would be too young to get into the type of peril we see Robin in given the parental backlash the last movie received. But really, they should have done some rewrites, because a lot the dialogue makes Dick out to be even younger, like 10-13.
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* Why cast a grown man to play a teenager? If you're going to choose an older actor to play Robin, why not cast a 16-18 year old for the part? I don't see Bruce talking to a 16-17 year old. I see grown men.

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* Why cast a grown man to play a teenager? If you're going to choose an older actor to play Robin, why not cast a 16-18 year old for the part? I don't see Bruce talking to a 16-17 year old. I see 2 grown men.
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* Why cast a grown man to play a teenager? If you're going to choose an older actor to play a teenager, why not cast a 16-18 year old for the part?

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* Why cast a grown man to play a teenager? If you're going to choose an older actor to play a teenager, Robin, why not cast a 16-18 year old for the part?part? I don't see Bruce talking to a 16-17 year old. I see grown men.

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