Line #41 Characters/BatmanBeyondMcGinnisFamily


1	[[WMG:[[center: ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' [[Characters/BatmanBeyond character index]]\
2	[-[[Characters/BatmanBeyondMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/DCAUTerryMcGinnis Terry McGinnis]], [[Characters/DCAUBatman Bruce Wayne]]) \| '''[=McGinnis=] Family''' \| [[Characters/BatmanBeyondVillains Villains]] ([[Characters/BatmanBeyondOneShotVillains One Shot Villains]], [[Characters/DCAUJoker The Joker]]) \| [[Characters/BatmanBeyondRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]] \| [[Characters/BatmanBeyondJusticeLeagueUnlimited Justice League Unlimited]] ([[Characters/DCAUSuperman Superman]]) \| [[Characters/BatmanBeyondComicOnlyCharacters Comic-Only Characters]]-]]]]]
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6	The [=McGinnis=] family from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''.
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9	[[folder:Terry [=McGinnis=]]]
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11	-> See the [[Characters/DCAUTerryMcGinnis Terry McGinnis page]].
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13	[[/folder]]
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15	[[folder:Matt [=McGinnis=]]]
16	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mattmcginnis.png]]
17	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RyanODonohue\
18	'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' \| ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''
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20	Terry's younger brother.
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22	* AlliterativeName: Both his first and last name start with "M."
23	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Understandably he is very young, and some of his antics could be seen as a coping mechanism for losing his father at a young age.
24	** A good example of this is one episode where, even being told that the ghost at Hill High is being destructive, he wants to have a seance. The reason? He's scared he'll forget what his father was like and wants to contact him.
25	* BrattyHalfPint: Not much to describe since he acts like a standard younger brother to Terry: a sweet, but annoying kid.
26	* ChocolateBaby: As with Terry, his and his brother's black hair makes it somewhat unlikely that their biological father could be the auburn Warren [=McGinnis=], given their mother's red hair. The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode ''Epilogue'' explains why.
27	* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Black hair and eyes.
28	* DemotedToExtra: Had less and less screentime as the series continued. Even the comic continuation barely used his character.
29	* HeroicBastard: "Epilogue" reveals that [[spoiler: Matt is another biological son of Bruce when Warren [=McGinnis=]'s DNA was overridden with Bruce's. And while Matt may be annoying he's not a bad kid.]]
30	* LovesMyAlterEgo: Matt admires Batman (a fact Terry wholeheartedly approves of), but considers Terry a boring workaholic who's hardly ever around.
31	* StrongFamilyResemblance: He is basically a smaller version of Terry, right down to the hairstyle.
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34	[[folder:Mary [=McGinnis=]]]
35	[[quoteright:332:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mary_mcginnis.png]]
36	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TeriGarr\
37	'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' \| ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' \| ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited''
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39	Terry's mother, who works at Astro-Tech as an astronomer. She approved Terry working for Bruce Wayne, having no clue that it's more than just being a chauffeur to the multi-millionaire.
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41	* AlliterativeName: Both her first and last names start with "M".
42	* AmicableExes: Though the ''WesternAnimation/{{J\|usticeLeague}}LU'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue Epilogue]]" reveals that [[spoiler:Bruce is the boys' biological father]], opening up the possibility that Warren [[spoiler:suspected Mary of infidelity]] since [[spoiler:Terry and Matt's black hair is genetically improbable, given his brown hair and Mary's red hair]][[note]]To be clear, she did not actually cheat on him, improbable as it might seem; Amanda Waller covertly replaced Warren's reproductive DNA with Bruce Wayne's, making her child biologically Bruce's despite being conceived by Warren[[/note]].
43	* DemotedToExtra: She had less and less screentime as the series continued. She didn't appear at all in Season 3.
44	* FormerTeenRebel: According to Terry in "Splicers", she had a lot in common with her delinquent son at his age.
45	* {{Hypocrite}}:
46	** In "Sneak Peek," Mary initially disapproves of ''The Inside Peek'' and tells Terry that it might be "just entertainment" to him, but he'd think differently if ''he'' was the one being exposed on the show. When Peek discovers Batman's SecretIdentity and intends to expose it on the show, she's suddenly ''very'' eager to watch the show, which Terry calls her out on:
47	--->'''Terry''': I thought you said it wouldn't be entertaining if you were on the receiving end.\
48	'''Mary''': Yeah, well, what do I know?
49	** She has a tattoo on her ankle as shown in "Splicers" that Terry compares to the newest body modifications craze of splicing. Mary derides her youthful indiscretion as being harmless in comparison, [[HypocriteHasAPoint and considering how violent the full body splicers become as they start to look down on normal humans, she's not really wrong.]]
50	* MistakenForCheating: In light of revelations in "Epilogue", it's implied that her marriage fell apart because of incorrect (if not unfounded) accusations of infidelity. [[spoiler:Warren's reproductive DNA was secretly overridden with Bruce Wayne's, making his children biologically Bruce's despite him conceiving them. With this in mind, it's very likely that when Warren saw Mary's children looked nothing like him, he assumed the worst and left her.]]
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53	[[folder:Warren [=McGinnis=]]]
54	[[quoteright:333:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/warren_mcginnis.png]]
55	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MichaelGross\
56	'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' \| ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited''
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58	Terry's father, who was killed during the first episode of the series.
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60	* AmicableExes: Though the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague JLU]]'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue Epilogue]]" reveals that [[spoiler:Bruce is the boys' biological father]], opening up the possibility that [[spoiler:suspicions of infidelity on Mary's part]] may have been a factor, since [[spoiler:Terry and Matt's black hair is genetically improbable, given his brown hair and Mary's red hair]].[[note]]In point of fact, Amanda Waller had a procedure done on him without his knowledge that essentially replaced his sperm with Bruce's, so that his kids would be biologically Batman's kids, providing potential replacement Batmen for the future. As far as can be told, Mary was in fact faithful - but it’s unclear whether he knew that.[[/note]]
61	* CloneByConversion: Incredibly ''downplayed''. [[spoiler:As revealed in the Justice League episode, ''Epilogue'', Warren unknowingly had his reproductive DNA overwritten to match ''Bruce Wayne''. So while Warren and Bruce are still genetically different people, any child who Warren would sire will be genetically related to Bruce instead.]]
62	* DeathByOriginStory: His death is what prompts Terry to become Batman. Interestingly, backstory revealed in "Epilogue" [[spoiler:makes him an invoked example and ultimately a double subversion. Amanda Waller ordered him and his wife killed to turn Terry into the next Batman, but the assassin got cold feet and pointed out that to commit murder in Batman's name would defile his legacy.]]
63	* DisappearedDad: He dies before the third act of the pilot.
64	* GoodParents: Terry remarks on what an amazing and great father Warren was in "Epilogue".
65	-->'''Terry''': ''(to Bruce)'' My dad was no superhero. He didn't save the world from the near apocalypse of '09. He never went toe-to-toe with Mr. Freeze, but he was a good man just the same. Even after he and mom got divorced, he always tried to do the right thing. My brother and I were always provided for. When mom couldn't quite make the bills, he always helped out. Tried to teach me right from wrong. Would've too if I ever listened to him. And he never laid a hand on me, although Lord knows I was asking for it.
66	* HeKnowsTooMuch: He gets killed for learning about the mutagenic nerve gas.
67	* NiceGuy: Warren was often described and shown as a decent person.
68	* SacrificialLamb: His death starts Terry's path to becoming Batman.
69	* WeHardlyKnewYe: He was only around for part of the first episode and a cameo in the season two finale of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited''.

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