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* RockPaperScissors: During one sidequest at the Steel Mill [[spoiler:when you have to rescue Nora Fries]], you'll notice some of the inmates decide to play a game of "Rock-Paper-Scissors" to see who can start a business. One of them tries to cheat with a gun and dynamite, both of which aren't allowed and don't work on paper. HilarityEnsues.

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* RockPaperScissors: During one sidequest at the Steel Mill [[spoiler:when you have to rescue Nora Fries]], you'll notice some of the inmates decide to play a game of "Rock-Paper-Scissors" to see who can start a business. One of them tries to cheat with a gun and dynamite, both of which aren't allowed and don't work on paper. HilarityEnsues.
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* SomewhereAHerpetologistIsCrying: One of the stories Calendar Man can tell Batman is how he attempted to poison his men on St. Patrick's Day, as one of them was planning to rat out to Batman, but he didn't know which one. His method of doing so was using the venom of a green mamba snake mixed into a batch of beer, which killed them all. Snake venom has to be either inhaled or enter the bloodstream to be lethal, so unless the gang members had ulcers or some other type of stomach injury, they basically should have been fine.
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In 2018, it and ''Batman: Arkham Asylum'' would be remastered and [[CompilationRerelease compiled]] into ''Return to Arkham'' for UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, which boasts upgraded visuals and features all the DLC from the original release (though none of the Wii U-exclusive content made it in). A couple of years later in 2023, the two games would be ported again for the Platform/NintendoSwitch.

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In 2018, it and ''Batman: Arkham Asylum'' would be remastered and [[CompilationRerelease compiled]] into ''Return to Arkham'' for UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation4, which boasts upgraded visuals and features all the DLC from the original release (though none of the Wii U-exclusive content made it in). A couple of years later in 2023, the two games would be ported again for the Platform/NintendoSwitch.

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The sequel to the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' video game ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and the second game in the ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'' produced by Rocksteady Studios. Released in 2011.

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The ''Batman: Arkham City'' is the sequel to the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' video game ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' and the second game in the ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'' produced by Rocksteady Studios. Released in It was released for the Platform/Xbox360 and Platform/PlayStation3 on October 18, 2011, and PC on November 22, 2011.



An UpdatedRerelease called ''Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition'' was created for the UsefulNotes/WiiU. It features unique controls specially patented for that system. All DLC for the original release are featured in the game, and Catwoman's role as a character is expanded upon. Furthermore, Batman and Catwoman also sport armored costumes (justifying the game's strength-boosting "Battle Armored Tech" (or [[FunWithAcronyms B.A.T]] for short) mode), optional touchscreen and motion controls for Batman's gadgets, and a sonar to reveal nearby villains and Riddler trophies.

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An UpdatedRerelease called ''Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition'' was created for the UsefulNotes/WiiU.Platform/WiiU. It features unique controls specially patented for that system. All DLC for the original release are featured in the game, and Catwoman's role as a character is expanded upon. Furthermore, Batman and Catwoman also sport armored costumes (justifying the game's strength-boosting "Battle Armored Tech" (or [[FunWithAcronyms B.A.T]] for short) mode), optional touchscreen and motion controls for Batman's gadgets, and a sonar to reveal nearby villains and Riddler trophies.
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In 2018, it and ''Batman: Arkham Asylum'' would be remastered and [[CompilationRerelease compiled]] into ''Return to Arkham'' for UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, which boasts upgraded visuals and features all the DLC from the original release (though none of the Wii U-exclusive content made it in). A couple of years later in 2023, the two games would be ported again for the Platform/NintendoSwitch.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Black Mask is shown to have his mask fused to his face in this game, something that isn't reflected in ''Origins'' nor ''Knight''. Furthermore, he's voiced by Creator/NolanNorth rather than Creator/BrianBloom.

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* FinalSolution: [[spoiler:Protocol 10, for criminals and people that know too much.]]

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* FinalSolution: [[spoiler:Protocol 10, for criminals 10 essentially amounts to herding together all of Gotham's criminals, supervillains, and people that know too much.[[HeKnowsTooMuch political prisoners]] together into an enclosed location, then letting them gain access to weaponry and fight it out among themselves. Strange and Ra's would then use this as an excuse to massacre all the inmates with missile strikes from TYGER helicopters, effectively wiping out both Gotham's criminal population and anyone able to expose them.]]



* HeKnowsTooMuch: The Political Prisoners are various poor schmucks who know too much about Arkham City's purpose, or otherwise posed a threat to Strange. He had them arrested and thrown in with the rest of the inmates, intending they be killed by the other inmates, by Deadshot, or by [[spoiler:the missile strikes of Protocol 10]].



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%% ** Killer CrocCroc is an admitted cannibal and makes no secret of how much he'd like to eat Batman, holding back only because the latter is slowly dying from TITAN poisoning when they meet.



* JokerImmunity: [[spoiler:Averted.]]

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* JokerImmunity: [[spoiler:Averted.]] Joker dies of his TITAN poisoning at the end of the game, and dies for good]].
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* FixingTheGame: Zsasz's backstory reveals he lost at poker to the Penguin, costing him his fortune. Zsasz had four sixes. Penguin had a 3-7 flush... meaning he also had a six.
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** If the player decides to stick around during the "countdown" on the clock tower, Joker will end up summing up the final events of the game before telling Batman that he really needs to get out of there.

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** If the player decides to stick around during the "countdown" on the clock tower, Joker will pause the timer and end up summing up the final events of the game before telling game. He then tells Batman that he really needs to get out of there.there before starting the timer again.
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** When you are fighting [[spoiler:Grundy]] and use the REC on him, Penguin will comment on how that was a bad idea.

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** When you are fighting Should Batman use the REC on [[spoiler:Grundy]] and use the REC on him, during his boss fight, he will regain health while Penguin will comment on taunts how that was a bad idea.
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*** When Batman confronts the Joker after he got the cure, Joker is examining himself in a mirror, looking diseased, then turns around revealing he's healthy again. It's easy to chalk it up to one of Batman's hallucinations, but [[spoiler:if you look closely, you can see the other Joker walking away, and that both have their flower on the same side -- that's the real Joker and you're now talking to Clayface. There was no mirror, just a pane of glass.]]

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*** When Batman confronts the Joker after he got the cure, Joker is examining himself in a mirror, looking diseased, then turns around revealing he's healthy again. It's easy to chalk it up to one of Batman's hallucinations, but [[spoiler:if you look closely, you can see the other Joker walking away, and that both have their flower on the same side -- that's the real Joker and you're now talking to Clayface. There was no mirror, just a pane of glass. They're also eeeever so slightly "desynced," ie the "reflection" isn't perfectly matching the "real" Joker in movement.]]
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* BreakingTheBonds: Bruce Wayne breaks his shackles during his fight with Penguin's goons.

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Has a [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeries Character Sheet]] that includes [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum the previous game]].



** When beating down Mr. Freeze, Batman momentarily hallucinates [[spoiler:Joker's face on Victor's, foreshadowing how Joker's blood can infect people by slowly making them insane. Which is a integral plot point in Arkham Knight.]]

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** When beating down Mr. Freeze, Batman momentarily hallucinates [[spoiler:Joker's face on Victor's, foreshadowing how Joker's blood can infect people by slowly making them insane. Which is a integral plot point in Arkham Knight.''Arkham Knight''.]]

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