History VideoGame / BatmanArkhamOrigins

* VideoGameCaringPotential: The game encourages you to occasionally have small conversations with Alfred, just as a means of positive interaction. You gain experience from "Alfred's Wisdom" from some of the plot relevant discussions.

* TeensAreShort: Barbara is 5'2" in this iteration, when she was listed as 5'11" in the Rocksteady titles. This is unlikely since she's 15 in ''Origins'', the age by which most girls have reached their maximum height.

** Subverted for the ‘Origins’ part. While the game doesn’t delve too deeply into the actual origins of Batman or [[spoiler: Joker]] like [[Film/BatmanBegins]], [[spoiler: the series as a whole places a primary focus on the conflict between Batman and Joker, and documents the start of their [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum decade]] [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity long]] [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight war]]]].

** Ferris Boyle in the "Cold, Cold Heart" DLC. In the original "Heart of Ice" story, he was willing to let someone die because of the bottom line, but overall the story had him as an AssholeVictim you had to save from Freeze's revenge. In this version, he was a lot more sinister in motives and the backstory reveals he recruited Victor Fries for weapons development in exchange for helping [[HumanPopsicle his wife]], [[ILied which he had no intention of actually doing]]. [[spoiler:In addition, Boyle had his wife captive, and retrieving her is Freeze's real motivation in this story. After Batman subdues Freeze, Boyle restrains Batman in ice and tries to kill Freeze to leave no witnesses, thus the final moment is escaping the ice and taking down Boyle before he can finish the job]].

*** [[ComicBook/RobinSeries 2006-2008 Tim Drake]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In the cutscene where Black Mask talks to the assassins in the penthouse of the Gotham Royal, Deadshot and Shiva are shown attending through video conference, though they don't contribute anything to the meeting. This happens even if they've already been defeated in the optional sidequests.

** There's an enemy type called the Martial Arts Experts who are capable of countering/dodging Batman's attacks (which Batman can retaliate to by countering their counters), much like the the League of Shadow assassins in ''Arkham City'', but they're better at it and they don't use weapons.

* RealityEnsues:
** Promotional materials for the game mention "unconfirmed rumors" that Batman has personalized aircraft. When Batman discovers [[spoiler:Bane's computer console and realizes Bane knows his SecretIdentity, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHqVNKwVGm8&t=13m40s one of the monitors has a radar display.]] Bane figured it out by merely tracking the Batwing, and putting two and two together.]]
** Bane is a walking tank, and needs to be stunned three times in a row to even ''scratch'' him (and that’s when he’s ''not'' using Venom). However, Batman’s shock gloves can cut straight through every single defense Bane can put up [[spoiler:which proves instrumental in faking Bane’s death in the ending]].
** During the credits, Jack Ryder is having a live conversation with Quincy Sharp and various political experts about the game's events, debating over how effective the cops are, the state of the country if such criminals can actually exist, and the failure of Gotham's prison system. The only one to escape criticism is Batman.
** Copperhead's boss battle ends with an abrupt deconstruction of WaifFu. The trope is played straight while Batman's poisoned, but once Copperhead tries to come at a newly-cured Bats, [[https://youtu.be/hflz9aeTMhk?t=605 it turns into a]] CurbStompBattle. Batman simply grabs her, twirls her over his shoulder with his superior size and strength, and then [[MetronomicManMashing slams her into the floor like a ragdoll]], instantly knocking her out.

* TheStinger: After the credits, Deathstroke is seen being found by Amanda Waller in prison and given an alternative to staying there: working [[ComicBook/SuicideSquad for her]].

* TookALevelInBadass: Of a sort for the Joker. Promotional information shows him fighting Batman on somewhat even terms in hand-to-hand combat, much like the martial artist enemies, unlike his far less refined, very rarely used combat skills in other Arkham games. However, this being a prequel, it's more of a retroactive lowering in skill or acknowledgement of Batman's superior skills.

* InherentInTheSystem: Anarky seems to thing so, hence his goal of anarchy. The Joker is even more pronounced on it, going on a rant about how screwed up Gotham society - and the world in general - has to be if it can spawn supervillains and crazy-looking superheroes and barely lift two fingers to try and stop them.
-->"Why won't you get it into your thick skull?! WE BOTH EXIST, BECAUSE OF THEM!!!"

** When Batman asks Alfred to deliver him the Grapple Boost in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', Alfred claims Lucius Fox said it was merely a prototype, unfit for field use (which doesn't stop Batman from taking it). However, in this game set several years before, Batman already starts with the Grapple Boost as part of his toolkit.

** Black Mask’s mobsters wear black suits together with skull-shaped masks, similar to the one of their boss. Some of them speak with distinct Italian accents.

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: After Batman arrests ComicBook/TheJoker, his psychiatric session with ComicBook/HarleyQuinn falls squarely into this -- she believes he's referring to her, while he's actually talking about Batman.

** Even worse, the Crime in Progress may happen in an area that is not closed off, and may have another group of mooks a short distance off. Thus, an encounter that would normally be a standard five ninja ambush in any other area, can turn into five ninjas, two armored thugs, one shield wielding mook, three knife wielding mooks, one gun wielding mook, and six normal mooks.

->''"This city has a problem: [[Franchise/{{Batman}} some freak who thinks he's a hero]]. Luckily, there ain't a problem in the world that can't be solved with a little bit of money..."''

** The Riddler is an egomaniac and TautologicalTemplar who thinks he's [[PayEvilUntoEvil Paying Evil unto Evil]] by [[InformationBroker exposing dirty secrets]] in Gotham. During one of their exchanges, Batman demands that he stop. After Riddler states that he's mainly trying to clean up the streets, entice the police to do their jobs, and remove corruption, Batman replies that this is simply blackmail. Riddler then asks [[NotSoDifferent if what he's doing is worse than beating the tar out of criminals.]]

* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: Apparently, the Joker's version of Music/HankWilliams' "Cold, Cold Heart" (performed by Creator/TroyBaker) has turned a brokenhearted love ballad into a crazy ObsessionSong. Many of the words are changed slightly: "Another ''love'' before my time made your heart sad and blue / And so ''my heart is paying now'' for ''things'' I didn't do" in the original becomes "Another ''crime'' before my time made your heart sad and blue / And so ''now you make me pay'' for things I didn't do"; and "The more I learn to care for you the more we drift apart" becomes "You won't admit that [[NotSoDifferent we're the same]], and it's tearing me apart!" The entire third verse is changed from the original so it now reads like this:

* NotSoDifferent:

* ApprovalOfGod:

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* AffablyEvil: Riddler is ''far'' more courteous as Enigma then he is in ''Asylum'' and ''City''. He even seems to consider Batman a WorthyOpponent. That said, we can see the shapings of a VillainousBreakdown that likely led to his Riddler persona in the previous (chronologically later) games, especially later in his storyline.

** The Electrocutioner boastfully confronts Batman in Penguin's Final Offer ship arena while showing off his electrical gloves. Batman kicks him in the face and he goes down in that one blow.

** The Electrocutioner boastfully confronts Batman in Penguin's base while showing off his electrical gloves. Batman kicks him in the face and he goes down in that one blow.
** Deathstroke attacks Batman in the Penguin's base and engages him in a three-phase duel using his bo staff, katana and grappling hook to no avail.
** Lady Shiva turns out to have no interest in assassination, and only seeks to test Batman's abilities for her [[GreaterScopeVillain master]].
** Copperhead catches Batman off-guard and injects him with a toxic hallucinogen. She waits a few minutes for it to really kick in before engaging him, but he manages to cure himself and take her down.

** And lastly, there's the most dangerous of the assassins, Bane. He tries to take Batman head-on at the Royal Hotel before the fight gets broken up by the GCPD. [[spoiler:Later, Bane forces Batman into a situation where he either has to die or kill one of his enemies, hoping to play on his "Thou Shalt Not Kill" policy. Batman tricks the Joker in order to get out of that, prompting Bane to take an extreme dose of his strength enhancing drug, turning him into a snarling monster. Even then, Batman manages to fight and defeat the final assassin.]]

* WholePlotReference: The "Cold, Cold Heart" {{DLC}} appears to be one to the [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE14HeartOfIce "Heart of Ice"]] episode from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In Arkham City, audio tapes were unlocked through solving Riddler challenges. In this game, the Riddler Trophies are replaced with "Enigma datapacks," which are part of the extortion tapes Enigma has been hiding.

* IronicEcho: In the opening cutscene, Captain Gordon says on camera that "There is no such thing as the Batman". After the first boss fight, after Batman has escaped from Gordon and two more cops, one of them says "No such thing as the Batman, huh?".