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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Harvey "NoIndoorVoice" Bullock sees Gordon lying wounded on the sidewalk and his voice loses all of its swagger and volume: ''"Oh, my ''God''..."''

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Harvey "NoIndoorVoice" Bullock sees Gordon lying wounded on the sidewalk and his voice loses all of its swagger and volume: ''"Oh, my ''God''...'''God'''..."''
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** Batman's line saying he may be killed by "some punk who gets lucky" calls to mind [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman "The Man Who Killed Batman"]], which aired just two episodes later.

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** Batman's line saying he may be killed by "some punk who gets lucky" calls to mind both [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman "The Man Who Killed Batman"]], which aired just two episodes later.later, and the hoodlum who takes advantage of him having a heart attack by nearly beating him to death with a crowbar and [[BatmanGrabsAGun forcing him to use a gun to defend himself]] at the beginning of "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS1E1E2Rebirth Rebirth]]" which leads to his retirement.

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* AnalogyBackfire: Leslie counsels Bruce with a quote from Creator/GeorgeSantayana. He has one of his own from the same source to fire right back at her.
-->'''Leslie''': Santayana said, ''"those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it."''\\

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* AnalogyBackfire: Leslie counsels Bruce with a quote from Creator/GeorgeSantayana.George Santayana. He has one of his own from the same source to fire right back at her.
-->'''Leslie''': Santayana said, ''"those "those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it."''\\"\\



* HesBack: When Dick vows to go after the Jazzman himself, with or without Bruce, the latter ''finally'' snaps out of his BSOD and appears in the Batcave in full costume:
-->'''Batman''': No, Dick. This is ''my'' hunt!



* TheRealHeroes: Batman looks up to no one the way he looks up to Jim Gordon. See SoProudOfYou below.

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* TheRealHeroes: As he said in "Joker's Favor", Batman looks up to no might be the one who goes the way he looks up extra mile Gotham needs, but without the 24/7 efforts of Gordon and his men, it would all amount to Jim Gordon. nothing. See SoProudOfYou below.below.
-->'''Gordon''': The bust... went down okay?\\
'''Batman''': Yes. Get some rest now.\\
'''Gordon''': Gotta keep fighting... never stop. What I try to live by.



* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Batman [[TenMinuteRetirement withdraws into the Batcave]] after he arrives too late to keep Jim Gordon from being shot. Dick tries to snap him out of it, and then suits up to go and protect Gordon from the assailant (who broke out of prison and is likely to come back to finish the job). ''That'' brings Batman back to himself:
-->'''Batman:''' No, Dick -- this is my hunt.

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* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Batman [[TenMinuteRetirement withdraws into the Batcave]] after he arrives too late to keep Jim Gordon from being shot. Dick tries to snap him out of it, and then suits up to go and protect Gordon from the assailant (who broke out of prison and is likely to come back to finish the job). ''That'' [[HesBack brings Batman back to himself:
himself]]:
-->'''Batman:''' No, Dick -- this is my ''my'' hunt.
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* AnalogyBackfire: Leslie counsels Bruce with a quote from Creator/GeorgeSantayana. He has one of his own from the same source to fire right back at her.
-->'''Leslie''': Santayana said, ''"those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it."''\\
'''Batman''': He also said a fanatic was someone who redoubles his efforts while losing sight of his goals.


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* HesBack: When Dick vows to go after the Jazzman himself, with or without Bruce, the latter ''finally'' snaps out of his BSOD and appears in the Batcave in full costume:
-->'''Batman''': No, Dick. This is ''my'' hunt!


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* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: Batman quotes the first line of Creator/RobertFrost's stanza, ''"I have promises to keep"'', clearly invoking the second line, ''"and miles to go before I sleep."''


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* TheRealHeroes: Batman looks up to no one the way he looks up to Jim Gordon. See SoProudOfYou below.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Harvey "NoIndoorVoice" Bullock sees Gordon lying wounded on the sidewalk and his voice loses all of its swagger and volume: ''"Oh, my ''God''..."''



* PrecisionFStrike: When Bullock sees Gordon shot, he shouts, "Oh, my God!"
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* PapaWolf: Bruce was ready to stay in the Batcave and mope...but when Robin says he's willing to go and face Jazzman alone, he immediately gets up and is ready to get back out there.
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* OffModel: In one of the scenes Dick is scolding Bruce for giving up, Bruce is wearing a red bathrobe. In one brief shot showing his back, Bruce wears his usual brown jacket, then he again wears the red bathrobe in the next shot (showing Bruce's torso and face).
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* SenselessViolins: Used by the Jazzman.
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* OffModel: In one of the scenes Dick is scolding Bruce for giving up, Bruce is wearing a red bathrobe. In one brief shot showing his back, Bruce wears his usual brown jacket, then he again wears the red bathrobe in the next shot (showing Bruce's torso and face).
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* CollateralAngst: The episode is all about Batman's distress about Commissioner Gordon being wounded on the field. So much that Gordon himself and Barbara are the ones who comfort him and Bullock is clearly expected to be viewed as incredibly mean for chastising him.

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