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* WaterTowerDown: The Ninja chops down a water tower with his sword. The water sweeps Robin off the roof.
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* IdiotBall: Right as he's about to kill Bruce and Summer, Kyodai is distracted by the alarms going off and heads out to investigate, giving Bruce the opportunity to escape, rather than just killing them both and then going to investigate.
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* {{StupidBall}}: About to kill Bruce and Summer, Kyodai is distracted by the alarms going off and heads out to investigate, giving Bruce the opportunity to escape, rather than just killing them both and ''then'' going to investigate.
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* FightingFingerprint: Kyodai is able to discover Batman's secret identity in this episode by fighting both Batman and Bruce Wayne, as revealed later.
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** Kyodai is able to discover Batman's secret identity in this episode by fighting both Batman and Bruce Wayne, as revealedlater.later.
** Defied by Bruce, who deliberately fights Kyodai below his actual skills as long as Summer is a witness.
** Kyodai is able to discover Batman's secret identity in this episode by fighting both Batman and Bruce Wayne, as revealed
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* StupidBall: About to kill Bruce and Summer, Kyodai is distracted by the alarms going off and heads out to investigate, giving Bruce the opportunity to escape, rather than just killing them both and ''then'' going to investigate.
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* AccidentalHero: Robin's clumsiness in setting off Kyodai's alarm actually ends up saving Bruce and Summer, since he goes to investigate instead of killing them.
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* TheGlovesComeOff: During their final confrontation, Bruce has to let Kyodai kick his ass for several minutes to hide his identity from Summer. Then Robin knocks out a pin and covers her with a carpet and Batman kicks Kyodai's ass in five seconds.
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* StupidBall: About to kill Bruce and Summer, Kyodai is distracted by the alarms going off and heads out to investigate, giving Bruce the opportunity to escape, rather than just killing them both and ''then'' going to investigate.
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* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Kyodai gets the drop on Wayne by impersonating a valet.
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-->'''Master:''' There is ''always'' someone better.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Kyodai has this in spades. After he beat young Bruce back in Japan and taunted him for it, the master of the dojo handed him his ass in punishment.
-->'''Master:''' There is ''always'' someone better.
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* TattooedCrook: The ninja thief Kyodai-Ken has a huge tattoo of a Japanese demon's head on his back.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Kyodai's shuriken are sharp enough to cut through a flashlight and the D cell battery inside without the guard noticing until it falls apart a few seconds later.
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* WholePlotReference: The plot is similar to ''Film/DieHard'', in which terrorists seize a corporate building and mask their rationale out of disdain for the company's supposed greed and decadence, only to be later revealed the true purpose was to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from the high-tech safe.
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* NeverMyFault: Kyodai blames Bruce for getting him thrown out of the dojo all those years ago, even though it was his own choice to steal from the sensei, which would be a huge dick move to a westerner like Bruce but an unforgivable betrayal by Japanese standards. Kyodai just tries to HandWave it by saying that Bruce doesnt "get it" because he was born rich and has never had to worry about money. To no surprise, he became a ninja and a thief as an adult.
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* NeverMyFault: Kyodai blames Bruce for getting him thrown out of the dojo all those years ago, even though it was his own choice to steal from the sensei, which would be a huge dick move to a westerner like Bruce but an unforgivable betrayal by Japanese standards. Kyodai just tries to HandWave it by saying that Bruce doesnt doesn't "get it" because he was born rich and has never had to worry about money. To no surprise, he became a ninja and a thief as an adult.
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* NonAnswer: When Batman tells Robin that Kyotai is "good" at the martial arts, Robin asks how good he is. Batman reiterates, "Good." (Translation: "Better than me.")
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* NonAnswer: When Batman tells Robin that Kyotai Kyodai is "good" at the martial arts, Robin asks how good he is. Batman reiterates, "Good." (Translation: "Better than me.")
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* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Bruce Wayne has to try and avoid this, holding back in a fight against the Ninja in front of Summer Gleason. She knows that he has some fighting skill, but he doesn't want to give himself away by showing too ''much'' skill.
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* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Bruce Wayne has to try and avoid this, holding back in a fight against the Ninja in front of Summer Gleason. She knows that he has some fighting skill, but he doesn't want to give himself away by showing too ''much'' skill. The Ninja himself, [[FightingFingerprint as Bruce eventually explains,]] [[IAmNotLeftHanded was a risk he would have to take.]]
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* BoringInsult: Kyodai doesn't like it when Summer says he's "just a thief."
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* BoringInsult: Kyodai doesn't like it when Summer says he's "just a "a common thief."
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* InsultBackfire: When Summer calls Kyodai "just a thief" he corrects her by saying he's a ''great'' thief.
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* InsultBackfire: When Summer calls Kyodai "just a "a common thief" he corrects her by saying he's a ''great'' thief.
--> '''Kyodai''': Not''a'' a ''common'' thief, woman! A ''great'' thief! The ''best!''best!
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** Robin calls himself out on this after accidentally tripping an alarm. "Way to go, master crime fighter."
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** Robin calls himself out on this after accidentally tripping an alarm. "Way to go, master Dick. Master crime fighter."
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Cleaning up misuses of Bruce Wayne Held Hostage, which isn't just "superhero is captured while not in costume". This episode does not fit the full trope specification.
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* MetaphoricallyTrue: [[BruceWayneHeldHostage Bruce explains to fellow prisoner Summer]] that they escaped because Batman arrived and took down the bad guy. Hey, his voice changed so it was mostly true...
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* MetaphoricallyTrue: [[BruceWayneHeldHostage Bruce explains to fellow prisoner Summer]] Summer that they escaped because Batman arrived and took down the bad guy. Hey, his voice changed so it was mostly true...
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* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Bruce Wayne has to try and avoid this, holding back in a fight against the Ninja (who knows he's Batman) in front of Summer Gleason (who doesn't). She knows that he has some fighting skill, but he doesn't want to give himself away by showing too ''much'' skill.
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* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Bruce Wayne has to try and avoid this, holding back in a fight against the Ninja (who knows he's Batman) in front of Summer Gleason (who doesn't).Gleason. She knows that he has some fighting skill, but he doesn't want to give himself away by showing too ''much'' skill.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Robin calls himself out on this after accidentally tripping an alarm. "Way to go, master crime fighter."
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** Robin calls himself out on this after accidentally tripping an alarm. "Way to go, master crime fighter.""
** As Bruce reveals later on in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE44DayOfTheSamurai Day of the Samurai]]," because he was able to fight Kyodai Ken using the same style he fought him with as Batman earlier in the episode, Kyodai is now able to figure out Bruce's identity.
** Robin calls himself out on this after accidentally tripping an alarm. "Way to go, master crime fighter.
** As Bruce reveals later on in "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE44DayOfTheSamurai Day of the Samurai]]," because he was able to fight Kyodai Ken using the same style he fought him with as Batman earlier in the episode, Kyodai is now able to figure out Bruce's identity.
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* NeverMyFault: Kyodai blames Bruce for getting him thrown out of the dojo all those years ago, even though it was his own choice to steal from the sensei, which would be a huge dick move to a westerner like Bruce but an unforgivable betrayal by Japanese standards. Kyodai just tries to HandWave it by saying that Bruce doesnt "get it" because he was born rich and has never had to worry about money. To no surprise, he became a ninja and a thief as an adult.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After finding himself outmatched, Kyodai destroys a window and flees rather than risk getting caught.
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* WeWillMeetAgain: A young Kyodai swears this before fleeing into the night after Bruce stops his theft and gets him expelled from the dojo.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: After Kyodai taunts Bruce about being a pampered rich boy, the sensei tells Kyodai there is always someone better and proceeds to kick his ass.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: After Kyodai taunts Bruce about being a pampered rich boy, the sensei tells Kyodai there is always someone better and proceeds to kick his ass.
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* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Bruce Wayne has to try and avoid this, holding back in a fight against the Ninja (who knows he's Batman) in front of Summer Gleason (who doesn't). She knows that he has some fighting skill, but doesn't want to give himself away by showing too ''much'' skill.
* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Bruce Wayne has to try and avoid this, holding back in a fight against the Ninja (who knows he's Batman) in front of Summer Gleason (who doesn't). She knows that he has some fighting skill, but doesn't want to give himself away by showing too ''much'' skill.
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* BoringInsult: Kyodai doesn't like it when Summer says he's "just a thief".
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* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Bruce Wayne has to try and avoid this, holding back in a fight against the Ninja (who knows he's Batman) in front of Summer Gleason (who doesn't). She knows that he has some fighting skill, but he doesn't want to give himself away by showing too ''much'' skill.
* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Bruce Wayne has to try and avoid this, holding back in a fight against the Ninja (who knows he's Batman) in front of Summer Gleason (who doesn't). She knows that he has some fighting skill, but he doesn't want to give himself away by showing too ''much'' skill.
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* TheDreaded: A conversation between Dick Grayson and Alfred implies that Bruce is ''afraid'' of fighting Kyodai, which is one of the other reasons Kyodai has the upper hand in their fight. Notably, when Dick and Bruce spar early in the episode, Bruce defeats Dick without too much trouble. Notably, Robin has no problem keeping up with Kyodai in ''their'' brief fight.
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* TheDreaded: A conversation between Dick Grayson and Alfred implies that Bruce is ''afraid'' of fighting Kyodai, which is one of the other reasons Kyodai has the upper hand in their fight. Notably, when Dick and Bruce spar early in the episode, Bruce defeats Dick without too much trouble. Notably, trouble--but Robin has no problem keeping up with Kyodai in ''their'' brief fight.
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* MartialArtsUniformMartialArtsUniform: During the flashback scenes at the dojo, and when Bruce and Dick are sparring at the beginning of the episode. Dick is only a green belt to Bruce's black in whichever discipline they're practicing.
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* {{Revenge}}: Summer gets enough facts to figure out someone is seeking revenge on Bruce for something that happened back when Bruce was in Japan and assumes it's about some wrongdoing done by Bruce. Kyodai wants revenge against Bruce for getting him expelled from Yoru's dojo for trying to steal an ancient sword and Summer's disappointed Kyodai is "just a thief".
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* {{Revenge}}: Summer gets enough facts to figure out someone is seeking revenge on Bruce for something that happened back when Bruce was in Japan and assumes it's about some wrongdoing done by Bruce. Kyodai wants revenge against Bruce for getting him expelled from Yoru's dojo for trying to steal an ancient sword sword, and Summer's disappointed Kyodai is "just a thief".thief."
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* DisappointedByTheMotive: Expecting Kyodai to be someone with a vendetta against Bruce Wayne over some dirty business, Summer is disappointed when Kyodai turns out to "just a thief" whose reasons to hate Bruce are Bruce's wealth and the fact that Bruce caught him during a past theft years ago.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Because Bruce is rich, Kyodai doesn't expect him to be much of a fighter.
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* {{Revenge}}: Summer gets enough facts to figure out someone is seeking revenge on Bruce for something that happened back when Bruce was in Japan and assumes it's about some wrongdoing done by Bruce. Kyodai wants revenge against Bruce for getting him expelled from Yoru's dojo for trying to steal an ancient sword and Summer's disappointed Kyodai is "just a thief".
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* BoringInsult: Kyodai doesn't like it when Summer says he's "just a thief".
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* SecretChaser: Summer is determine to learn more about the mysterious Ninja who robbed Wayne Enterprises.
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** Notably, it's implied that Bruce initially feels this way about Kyodai, which is one of the reasons Kyodai kicks his ass in the first part of their fight. Robin's simply showing up to help arguably helped as much as covering up Summer Gleason with the carpet. Robin and Kyodai also briefly fight to a draw, even though Bruce easily defeated Dick in their sparring match earlier in the episode.
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* InsultBackfire: When Summer calls Kyodai "just a thief" he corrects her by saying he's a ''great'' thief.
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An old rival of Bruce Wayne's training in the martial arts comes back to seek revenge on him.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: After Kyodai taunts Bruce about being a pampered rich boy, the sensei tells Kyodai there is always someone better and proceeds to kick his ass.
* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Bruce Wayne has to try and avoid this, holding back in a fight against the Ninja (who knows he's Batman) in front of Summer Gleason (who doesn't). She knows that he has some fighting skill, but doesn't want to give himself away by showing too ''much'' skill.
* FightingFingerprint: Kyodai is able to discover Batman's secret identity by watching him fight.
* HandSeals: Kyodai Ken frequently uses this.
* MartialArtsUniform
* MetaphoricallyTrue: [[BruceWayneHeldHostage Bruce explains to fellow prisoner Summer]] that they escaped because Batman arrived and took down the bad guy. Hey, his voice changed so it was mostly true...
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Robin calls himself out on this after accidentally tripping an alarm. "Way to go, master crime fighter."
* {{Ninja}}: Kyodai Ken
* NonAnswer: When Batman tells Robin that Kyotai is "good" at the martial arts, Robin asks how good he is. Batman reiterates, "Good." (Translation: "Better than me.")
* TattooedCrook: The ninja thief Kyodai-Ken has a huge tattoo of a Japanese demon's head on his back.
* ThisIsReality: The title Ninja makes it clear to Dick Grayson that "This isn't the movies, boy!"
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: After Kyodai taunts Bruce about being a pampered rich boy, the sensei tells Kyodai there is always someone better and proceeds to kick his ass.
* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Bruce Wayne has to try and avoid this, holding back in a fight against the Ninja (who knows he's Batman) in front of Summer Gleason (who doesn't). She knows that he has some fighting skill, but doesn't want to give himself away by showing too ''much'' skill.
* FightingFingerprint: Kyodai is able to discover Batman's secret identity by watching him fight.
* HandSeals: Kyodai Ken frequently uses this.
* MartialArtsUniform
* MetaphoricallyTrue: [[BruceWayneHeldHostage Bruce explains to fellow prisoner Summer]] that they escaped because Batman arrived and took down the bad guy. Hey, his voice changed so it was mostly true...
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Robin calls himself out on this after accidentally tripping an alarm. "Way to go, master crime fighter."
* {{Ninja}}: Kyodai Ken
* NonAnswer: When Batman tells Robin that Kyotai is "good" at the martial arts, Robin asks how good he is. Batman reiterates, "Good." (Translation: "Better than me.")
* TattooedCrook: The ninja thief Kyodai-Ken has a huge tattoo of a Japanese demon's head on his back.
* ThisIsReality: The title Ninja makes it clear to Dick Grayson that "This isn't the movies, boy!"
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