History VideoGame / BatmanArkhamOrigins

* CurbStompBattle: The fight with Electrocutioner at the ''Final Offer''...really more just a single curb stomp than a battle. [[spoiler:And he doesn't even get a chance at a rematch given the Joker just [[DestinationDefenestration throws him off a window]] before Batman can get to him.]]

* HateSink: The ''[[DownloadableContent Cold, Cold Heart]]'' has Ferris Boyle. While Ferris Boyle is an awful person in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', he did have a point that Victor's experiment was unauthorized. [[AdaptationalVillainy This Boyle has no such excuse and is given far crimes than his animated counterpart]]. [[spoiler:He makes a deal with Victor that he will help him find a cure for Nora in exchange for him developing cryo-weapons, personally assaults Victor when the latter realizes he has no intention of honoring his bargain and refuses to cooperate with him any further, kidnaps Nora (all the while claiming she's his property as cryonic test subject), sadistically taunts a helpless Victor about how he will kill Nora in front of him before killing him, [[ForcedToWatch just so he can see her slip away]], all the while bashing him in the head, and [[UngratefulBastard attempts to kill Batman even though the latter saves his life]] just so he can erase all evidence of his crimes.]] Batman punching him unconscious is definitely satisfying as it is well-deserved.

** [[spoiler:The final battle with the Joker in the prison chapel revolves around this a lot, all in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.]] More like [[BuffySpeak "Press X To Beat Up Real Good."]]

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Par for the course for comic adaptations due to ComicBookTime. But Origins is even more noticeable than usual because it is a prequel to Asylum and City and yet technology seems to be more advanced than ever. Barbara Gordon even lampshades this trope at one point by sarcastically asking the cops "What decade do you think we're in?"

* HarderThanHard: "I Am The Night" difficulty, unlocked after NewGamePlus. As well as ramping up the difficulty, it also disables saves and only gives the player one death, turning the game into more of a {{Roguelike}}--or at least that's what was advertised. In reality, WB Montreal forgot to disable the autosave for "I Am the Night" mode, meaning there's no repercussions for restarting from the last checkpoint.

** At this point in Batman's career he's still relatively unknown to the point that most people believe him to be an urban legend. Batman fully capitalizes on this as part of his TerrorHero routine, meaning criminals and law-abiding citizens alike are utterly terrified to be in the presence of what they thought to be a mere legend. By the end of the game, the legend aspect fades thanks to [[spoiler:actual news footage of him proving his existence to the world and his newfound willingness to cooperate with Gordon and Barbara]] but as the other games demonstrate, it doesn't slow him down one bit.

* ShroudedInMyth: One of the new skins, though later removed from the game, is "Worst Nightmare," which depicts how most criminals see Batman: a monstrous, bat-like figure. This even shows up in-game when Batman is seen from Joker's point of view after a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

** Creator/KellyHu's no stranger to [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 voicing]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice assassins]] [[Series/{{Arrow}} or dealing with vigilantes]].

** Deathstroke's body armor and costume looking more like what we see in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', rather than the spandex and scale mail combo that he's traditionally seen in.

** Among Shiva's known associates on file are David Cain (father of [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2000}} Cassandra Cain]]), [[ComicBook/LadyShiva Richard Dragon]], and Nyssa Raatko, daughter of Ra's al Ghul.

** One of the escaped Blackgate prisoners says he's being stalked by [[Comicbook/TheFlash a guy with a boomerang who calls himself "Captain"]].

** The DLC "Cold, Cold Heart" has one, too, though on more uplifting note. [[spoiler:Yes, Batman defeats Mr. Freeze and surrenders also both Penguin and Boyle to the police, Major Hill resigns, and James Gordon is on his way to become police commissioner, but Mr. Freeze has become Batman's new enemy, and he eventually will fail to save Nora.]]

** The various mooks in free roam (but ''not'' challenge maps) are noticeably faster than in the previous games, likely to showcase Bruce's relative inexperience in fighting before the mooks became DentedIron.

** The various mooks in free roam (but ''not'' challenge maps) are noticeably faster than in the previous games, likely to showcase Bruce's relative inexperience in fighting them.

* AntiFrustrationFeature: Whereas ''City'' forced players to prioritize their attacks to avoid knocking out Riddler's informants, the Data Handlers in this installment merely surrender after the necessary amount of punishment. They're even immune to all of Batman's special instant takedowns, so Bruce will instead automatically target other enemies over them, even those farther away.
** During the Deathstroke battle, getting too close to a wall will trigger an automatically-countered grapple that moves Deathstroke more towards the middle of the arena, preventing any awkward camera angles that could mess you up.

** {{Invoked|Trope}}. Commissioner Gordon is hit with this on two levels. Not only does Creator/MichaelJGough have [[NamesTheSame the exact same name]] as the actor who played Alfred in the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies, but Gough previously voiced [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Deckard Cain]], who is noted to sound exactly like Bane in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.

Try to resist, & I'll [[KillEmAll kill them all]]!\\

* ActorAllusion:
** This wouldn't be the first time Creator/CrispinFreeman's voiced a character who [[Manga/{{Naruto}} utilizes fire in combat]].
** The character voiced by Creator/TaraStrong doesn't have many friends. Only this time, her character goes down a darker path to get some rather than [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic learning the magic of friends]].

* WhamLine: This exchange when confronting Black Mask at Gotham National Bank.

-->'''Batman:''' Roman. I'm here for The Joker.\\
'''Black Mask:''' "The Joker"? Never heard of him. ''[Points gun at bank manager]'' How 'bout you doll? Know the Joker?

* WhamLine: After finding out that Bane [[spoiler:has figured out his secret identity, Batman hops on the Batwing and beelines for home. While trying to contact Alfred, somebody else answers him:]]

** When Batman asks Black Mask where the Joker is, he denies knowledge of him, and asks the bank manager he has captive if she knows. [[spoiler:Her response is to laugh uncontrollably. Then "Black Mask" brings out an unmasked, captive Roman Sionis, letting us know "Black Mask" has secretly been the Joker the whole time]].

* AxeCrazy: The Joker's really always been this, but his psychopahty has dialed UpToEleven in this game. See the part where he [[spoiler:kills the Electricutioner for instance]].

* EverythingSensor: Detective Mode returns with the added bonus of [[UpToEleven being able to reconstruct crime scenes in real time, allowing Batman to play, pause, and rewind the event to look for more evidence.]]

%%* CurbStompBattle: The fight with [[spoiler:Electrocutioner]]...really more just a single curb stomp than a battle.

** The DLC "Cold, Cold Heart" has one, too, though on more uplifting note. [[spoiler:Yes, Batman defeats Mr. Freeze and surrenders also both Penguin and Boyle to the police, Major Hill resigns, and James Gordon is on his way to become police comissioner, but Mr. Freeze has become Batman's new enemy, and he eventually will fail to save Nora.]]

* MetronomicManMashing: 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.

** When tracking down Bane late in the game, Batman finds a room in Bane's base that has photographs of himself on the walls as both Batman...[[spoiler:''[[WhamEpisode and Bruce Wayne]]'']].

* SpottingTheThread: 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.]]

** 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.

* ShouldHaveThoughtOfThatBeforeX: One of the escaped Blackgate prisoners begs Batman not to take him back because it's so horrible. Batman tells him that he should have thought of that before he became a mob hitman.