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6	''Robin: Son of Batman'' is a 2015 ongoing comic book series that's part of the [[ComicBook/DCYou DC YOU]] movement, showcasing the current ''ComicBook/{{Robin}}'', Damian Wayne, on his own adventures separate from his father, ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''.
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8	Before he became Robin and was still part of the League of Assassins, Damian was tasked to a test of character known as the Year of Blood. But now, after becoming Robin and literally experiencing death for some time, Damian is dead-set on becoming more worthy of his title as Robin and thus, goes on a worldwide trip to return the artifacts he had stolen during the Year of Blood.
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10	Has little to do with the [[WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman animated film this]] comic book shares a subtitle with apart from involving the offspring of Batman.
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13	!!This comic book has examples of the following tropes:
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15	* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Talia immunized herself and Maya against the poison the Lu'un Darga uses, which ended up saving Maya's life later when she's shot by a poisoned arrow.
16	* ActionPet: Being a giant dragon-bat, Goliath is perfectly capable of fighting alongside Damian.
17	* AdiposeRex: Abush, the current king of Bialya, is a big fat slob.
18	* AntiVillain: Talia, who allies herself with Damian and Batman to [[MamaBear protect Damian from the Lu'un Darga]].
19	* TheAtoner: Damian is becoming this by returning the items he stole during the Year of Blood.
20	* BackFromTheDead: ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul has been resurrected, having stayed dead since the finale of ''ComicBook/{{Batman Incorportated\|2010}}''
21	* BadassFamily: The final arc has Damian teaming up with his parents ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul in order to confront the Lu'un Darga family.
22	* BatFamilyCrossover: The seventh issue of this title took part in the ''ComicBook/RobinWar'' event while its eighth issue dealt with the aftermath.
23	* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: King Abush Damian orders his maids to bathe Damian before he will speak to him further. Damian is having none of it, though, and just solves the situation with violence. But when he comes back later with Talia, and she takes over Abush's kingdom, she ''does'' have the maids bathe the [[UndressingTheUnconscious unconscious Damian]], and he's [[NakedFreakOut quite embarrassed when he wakes up in the middle of the bath]], mostly due to thinking he's too old for his mom to see him naked.
24	* BigBad: Den Darga, TheLeader of the Lu'un Darga, an ancient family of immortals that serve as guardians of the Lazarus Pit, and want to cleanse all life on Earth to prevent humans from abusing the Pits.
25	* BreatherEpisode: Issue #8 can be considered one since it takes place after the events of ''Robin War'' and was basically Damian telling a story about one of his adventures to Alfred whilst in the middle of a haircut.
26	* CallingParentsByTheirName: In {{flashback}}s Damian calls his mother "Talia" when he's feeling particularly smug, which upsets her. In the present, due to their relationship being ruined by the events of ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', he keeps addressing her as Talia to piss her off.
27	* TheCartel: After Damian took down a village guardian during the Year of Blood, a cartel took over the helpless village. Damian (and Maya) fight them off when he comes back and restores the guardian.
28	* CatapultNightmare: Damian wakes up from his NightmareSequence in this fashion.
29	* CentralTheme: Forgiveness and Redemption.
30	** Damian is doing on a RedemptionQuest to atone for all his KickTheDog moments in Year of Blood.
31	** Maya struggles with her desire to avenge her father's death at the hands of Damian, even after seeing he's not a bad person and is trying to redeem himself.
32	** Talia is trying to [[MustMakeAmends repair her relationship]] with Damian after her actions in ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison''.
33	** Ravi and Goliath both [[EasilyForgiven easily forgave]] and have UndyingLoyalty to Damian, even though he did horrible things to them in the past (killed Goliath's family, didn't stop Ravi from being blinded), something that causes Damian great guilt.
34	* ContinuityNod:
35	** Damian sees his killer, The Heretic, murdering Bruce and Dick during a NightmareSequence.
36	** [[spoiler:Maya Ducard, a.k.a Nobody II, is after Damian after he killed her father back in the first arc of ''Batman and Robin'' in the ComicBook/New52.]]
37	** The first time we see Talia, she's still as she was in ''Robin Rises'' in the mountains of Nanda Parbat and still amnesiac, but now [[MuggedForDisguise wearing the clothes of the man she attacked]] after waking up NakedOnRevival.
38	** Talia and Damian's conflict comes from her InUniverse crossing the MoralEventHorizon in ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'' when [[OffingTheOffspring she had Damian killed]]. When he questions why she did it, she explains she was afflicted by some kind of SanitySlippage before and that she got cured of it when she came BackFromTheDead, implying it was the {{Brainwashing}} she suffered under Nyssa's hand in ''Death and the Maidens'', which caused her to have a FaceHeelTurn.
39	* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Maya performs CPR on Damian after he almost drowns in Issue #5, with no complications.
40	* CrimefightingWithCash: When Deathstroke goes after Maya due to a contract he had on her father, Damian resolves the situation by just paying him, and he [[OnlyInItForTheMoney gladly leaves them alone after being paid]].
41	* DeathIsCheap: When Maya informs Damian about Batman's apparent death in ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'', Damian just shrugs it of, saying even if it's true it likely won't last, pointing out he himself came BackFromTheDead not long ago.
42	* DestructiveSaviour: Damian and Goliath almost wreck the town they're trying to save, requiring the invisible Maya to actually interfere to rescue some of the endangered civilians.
43	* DrivenByEnvy: In addition to being mad at Robin for killing her father, Maya's also upset over the fact he took time to actually train Damian unlike her. Everything Maya learned from her father was done by watching him from afar.
44	* FatBastard: The first issue has a fat ass king named Abush who captured Goliath and tried to make Damian his adopted son.
45	* FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: Watching Batman and Talia argue over each others parenting style (again), Maya apologizes to Robin but he tells her not to worry about it. Damian knows they will eventually chill out, while in meantime he still has a family in Goliath and Maya.
46	* FutureMeScaresMe: During one of the trials, Damian and Maya fight off future and [[EvilMeScaresMe evil]] versions of themselves.
47	* GiantFlyer: Goliath is a flying dragon-bat that is large enough to carry around a few people with him, and is the main form of transportation Damian uses in the story.
48	* HeelFaceTurn:
49	** [[spoiler:Maya Ducard, a.k.a. Nobody II, goes from hunting Damian in the name of revenge against him murdering her father, Nobody I, to joining him. She forgives him later on.]]
50	** [[spoiler:Damian manages to convince Suren Darga to betray his father by pointing out how he's just using him. Ironically, Damian still knocks him out the moment he does it. As he tells Maya: "You can identify with someone and still have to crush them". He later still helps Damian and Maya during the final battle against Den Darga.]]
51	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:The Sons of Batman (deformed bastardized humongoloid clones of Damian) give up their lives to save him, Maya, Talia, and Goliath in Issue #5.]]
52	* InvisibilityCloak: Maya inherited her father's cloaking device, allowing her to turn invisible in any environment.
53	* LastOfHisKind: Goliath is the last of the dragon-bats, after Damian killed the rest of them in the Year of Blood to get the artifact they were guarding. Damian didn't have the heart to kill the baby Goliath and adopted him instead.
54	* LegacyCharacter: Maya takes up her father's mantle as Nobody II, and doubles as a RedeemingReplacement, since while she has a bone to pick with Damian about his actions, she's ultimately a good person and becomes his ally.
55	* LickedByTheDog: In a {{flashback}} to how Damian met Goliath, Damian breaks down to tears when the baby Goliath licks it, even after Damian has killed all the other man-bats.
56	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Talia and Bruce constantly bicker even as they're in a BackToBackBadasses position fighting alongside each other.
57	* LivingDinosaurs: The last of the Artifacts from the Year of Blood is on the appropriately called Dinosaur Island, where real living dinosaurs still exist. Ironically, they don't really feature much and the heroes mostly fight the Lu'un Darga's forces in there.
58	* MamaBear: Talia's entire motivation in the story is to keep Damian safe from the Lu'un Darga, to the point she even captures and restrains Maya when she suspects she's an agent of theirs.
59	* MoralityPet: Goliath for Damian and Maya, to they both stop fighting when they notice Goliath is hurt.
60	* NakedPeopleAreFunny:
61	** Most of The Sons of Batman wander around Al Ghul Island [[HomeNudist au naturel]], which is PlayedForLaughs when Maya finds them for the first time, and asks Damian to [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn give them all pants]].
62	** Damian's embarrassment at being bathed in front of his mother is played for humor.
63	* NightmareSequence: Damian has one in the first issue, with Bruce and Dick accusing him of belonging in hell, then the Heretic kills both and Talia shows up to drag Damian to hell, where a Satanic Ra's Al Ghul awaits.
64	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Damian notices how Suren Darga was just raised as a puppet for his father Den Darga, the same way Damian himself was for ComicBook/RasAlGhul.
65	-->'''Damian:''' Suren Darga, I am not so different from you!
66	* OverlordJr: Suren Darga, is a miniature copy of his BigBad father Den Darga.
67	* PlayingPossum: Maya plays dead after getting shot by a Lu'un Darga poisoned arrow. The poison ''should'' have killed her, but Talia immunized her when she captured her.
68	* RedemptionQuest: The entire story is about Damian going on a worldwide trip to atone for the things he done in the Year of Blood.
69	* RightBehindMe: In a {{flashback}}, one of Damian's servants complains about him and Ra just as two League of Assassin {{Ninja}}s hid behind him. [[ScreamDiscretionShot We only hear his screams, after]].
70	* RightfulKingReturns: PlayedWith. Abbush is actually merely a prince of Bialya, posing a king, as the real ruler must be the one who comes back with the sacred relic, the scepter of kings, which just so happens to be one of the artifacts of the Year of Blood. Talia makes use of it to usurp Abush's throne and become Bialya's ruler, even though she had no claim to the throne other than possession of the scepter. It's implied people accept it because of [[AdiposeRex how bad Abbush was as a ruler]].
71	* SealedEvilinACan: The Lu'un Darga were sealed with the artifacts Damian gathered during the Year of Blood, and he [[NiceJobBreakingItHero unknowingly sets them free]] during his RedemptionQuest.
72	* SequelSeries: To Gleason and Peter Tomasi's New 52 ''Batman and Robin', picking up Damian's storyline following their run's conclusion.
73	* ShoutOut: When encountering the Sons of Batman, Maya namedrops [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer the Island of Misfit Toys.]]
74	* SinsOfOurFathers: Deathstroke contract to kill Nobody passes to Maya due to her father's death.
75	* SwallowedWhole: [[spoiler:Many of the Sons of Batman get swallowed whole by the Lu'un Darga worm monsters during their HeroicSacrifice.]]
76	* TeethFlying:
77	** In Issue #1, [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/40/4629929-rbsobm_1_4.jpg Damian clobbers Abush, knocking most of his teeth out.]]
78	** This gets repeated in Issue #6, this time with Talia clobbering Abush, knocking out his remaining teeth.
79	** Damian gets a case of this after Nobody II punches one of his teeth out. [[spoiler:Turns out the tooth that she punched was a baby tooth.]]
80	* TeamPet: Goliath is this to Damian and Maya during their adventure.
81	* TerrifyingRescuer: Some people get even more scared when they end up being rescued by Maya while she's completely invisible.
82	* TookALevelInKindness: Talia is portrayed as a far kinder mother than she was during her EvilMatriarch depictions in ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison''. {{Justified\|Trope}} in the present, since she says when she got BackFromTheDead, she was cured of the "[[SanitySlippage madness]]" that was affecting her, hinting at the {{brainwashing}} she suffered at Nyssa's hands in ''Death and the Maidens''. But even in {{flashback}}s to Damian's childhood she's still portrayed as a [[ToughLove demanding but loving mother]], and not someone who just sees Damian as a weapon or asset.
83	* VisibleInvisibility: Maya is invisible to the characters, but the viewers always gets to see where she is via her outline.

Context ComicBook / RobinSonOfBatman