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Creator/BruceGreenwood, Creator/VincentMartella, Creator/JohnDiMaggio, and Creator/GaryCole all reprise their roles from the original ''Under the Red Hood'' movie as Franchise/{{Batman}}, [[ComicBook/RedHood Jason Todd]], ComicBook/TheJoker, and Commissioner Gordon, with Cole also voicing ComicBook/TwoFace and Creator/ZehraFazal voicing ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul.

* BelatedHappyEnding: Or Belated Bittersweet Ending, in this case. The original ''Under the Red Hood'' film [[DownerEnding ended]] with Jason's fate ambiguous and Batman lamenting his failure. [[spoiler:The default scenario here enables us to see what happens afterwards and Bruce is now in better spirits, confident that Jason is both alive and redeemable. He's last seen having had a hopeful conversation and meal with [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]], his BestFriend.]]

** In the Red Robin route, a news report of Batman foiling a metahuman trafficking group with possible ties to [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Stagg Industries]] is mentioned.
** [[spoiler:Franchise/{{Superman}} appears at the end of the revised ''Under the Red Hood'' storyline,]] as it's revealed that [[spoiler:Bruce was talking to Clark the whole time.]]
** [[spoiler:Superman, Franchise/WonderWoman, and ComicBook/TheFlash show up at the Batcave after Bruce's death]] in one timeline.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: In one ending where Jason stops the Joker after [[spoiler]]Batman is dead, leading Jason to go on a murder spree against Gotham's criminals, all while repressing the memories of doing it.[[/spoiler]] Jason hammers one out to Joker, who hammers one right back:

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: In one ending where Jason stops the Joker after [[spoiler:]]Batman is dead, leading Jason to go on a murder spree against Gotham's criminals, all while repressing the memories of doing it.[[/spoiler]]

--> '''Jason:''' I! Don't! Kill!\

* ForWantOfANail: The main premise of the movie: Does Jason die, does Batman save him or does Jason somehow cheat death? Between those three, you have Jason becoming either Red Hood, Hush, or Red Robin.
** If Jason is killed by the bomb, ''Under the Red Hood'' happens and he becomes Red Hood (obviously).
** If Jason cheats death, he more or less becomes Hush (even though he never calls himself that, and people still refer to him as Robin).
** If Jason is saved by Batman, Jason becomes Red Robin. [[spoiler:It's ''Batman'' who's killed by the bomb and further choices lead to Jason becoming either Red Robin or Red Hood years earlier (as there's no TimeSkip as in the Jason dies/''Under The Red Hood'' timeline), or a convict.]]

[[ForWantOfANail ...But what if you had a hand in changing destiny?]]

* AdaptationExpansion: While it can be seen as a straightforward adaptation to the original ''Death in the Family'' and ''Under the Hood'' storylines, the branching narratives of Jason becoming either Hush or Red Robin help emphasize the "expansion" aspect. Furthermore, Two-Face, a villain who didn't appear in either storyline, is due to appear in the movie's "Jason becomes Red Robin" scenario. Meanwhile, Cheetah appears in the "Jason becomes Hush" scenario, as does Barbara Gordon who was only alluded to in the original ''Under the Red Hood'' film.

While the Blu-ray version includes the fully-interactive, extended-length ''Batman: Death in the Family'' film, the Digital version features a non-interactive, pre-assembled version of the story, entitled "Under the Red Hood: Reloaded", and three other non-interactive versions of the movie's scenarios entitled "Jason Todd's Rebellion", "Robin's Revenge" and "Red Hood's Reckoning" as bonus features. However, not all possible scenes from the Blu-ray version will be included in the pre-assembled versions, so the Blu-ray will have about five minutes of additional content. Additionally, not all digital retailers will include the bonus features, meaning the other three pre-assembled versions.[[note]]To the consternation of many who missed this bit. For instance, Amazon Prime and Google Play only have the ''Under the Red Hood'' option, while [=iTunes=] and the Microsoft Store have all four.[[/note]]

* IHatePastMe: [[spoiler:In the Red Robin ending where he spares Two-Face and Tim give gives him a HeelRealization, Jason will look back on his words about evil only needing to be killed and calls his past self a "jackass".]]

* BelatedHappyEnding: Or Belated Bittersweet Ending, in this case. The original ''Under the Red Hood'' film [[DownerEnding ended]] with Jason's fate ambiguous and Batman lamenting his failure. [[spoiler:The default scenario here enables us to see what happens afterwards and Bruce is now in better spirits, confident that Jason is both alive and redeemable. He's last seen having had a hopeful conversation and meal with Clark Kent, his BestFriend.]]

* BroadStrokes: At one point there is a {{flashback}} which confirms that some version of the events of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' happened in this continuity, which ''Under the Red Hood'' had alluded to. In fact since Barbara has the same character design as in the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke the animated adaption]], it can be assumed that some version of those events happpened InUniverse.

* ReimaginingTheArtifact: Like ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman, this film has its own reinterpretation of the [[spoiler:Batman of Zur-En-Arrh]]. Here, his colorful garb was crafted from fragmentary recollections of Jason Todd's Robin uniform, and the [[spoiler:Bat-Radia]] is just a DeadMansSwitch for a [[spoiler:bomb]] he cobbled together in the event he failed to kill Jason or break free from Talia's control. However, the origin of the phrase in the movie matches the one Morrison came up with for it (a corruption of [[spoiler:Thomas Wayne minutes before he died saying the likely result of someone like Zorro in Gotham would be "'''Z[o]r'''ro '''[i]n''' '''Ar'''k'''h'''am"]]).

* MortonsFork: If Bruce saves Jason, Jason can choose to [[spoiler:respect Bruce's dying wish that he not kill criminals or disregard it. Disregarding it leads to him becoming the lethal Red Robin, while respecting Bruce's wish leads to Jason becoming the similarly lethal Red Hood, but suppresses the memories of the murder until Joker compliments him on them.]]

* BroadStrokes: A {{flashback}} of Bruce and Jason talking reveals or rather confirms that some version of the events of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' happened in this continuity (''Under the Red Hood'' had alluded to it).

-->[[spoiler:'''Jason:''' Well, next time I see him... I’ll tell the big man you said ''"Hello"''.\\

* FlippingTheBird: Jason as Red Robin pulls this off to Black Mask.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:The Riddler]] is shown decapitated in the path where Jason Todd survives the explosion.