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You may be afraid of you-don't-even-know-what, but I don't care. Be more afraid of me. Be more afraid of what's going to happen to that little girl if you don't do your job and find out where she is. Capisce?
~ Terry McGinnis.
I've known Bruce Wayne for over 50 years, and I've been keeping an eye on you your whole. You're not Bruce's clone, your his son. There are similarities mind you, but more than a few differences too, you don't have quite have his magnificent brain for instance, you do have his heart though. And for all that fierce exterior I've never met anyone who cared as deeply about his fellow man as Bruce Wayne. Except maybe you.
~ Amanda Walker telling Terry McGinnis that he is truly Bruce's son.
Bruce: You're a stubborn piece of work, you know that?

Terry: Just like my old man.

~ Terry accepts Bruce as his father, also his final words.

Terrence "Terry" McGinnis also known by Batman is the titular main protagonist of the DC Animated Universe television series Batman Beyond.

He was once a troubled teen who had a habit of stealing, during a fight with the Jokerz gang he met an elder Bruce Wayne and accidentally found out he once was Batman. After McGinni's father was murdered as part of a corporate cover-up, he broke into Wayne Manor and stole a high-tech Batsuit to confront the killer. Bruce Wayne then decided to take Terry as a student and make him the new era Batman, which then led for him to atone for his past crimes and to becoming a superhero for future Gotham City. He is also the main protagonist in Batman Beyond comic books and TV series.

He is voiced by Will Friedle, who also voices Ron Stoppable in Kim Possible, Nightwing in Batman Unlimited, and Blue Beetle in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

History[]

On August 18, 2023, Terry was born to Warren and Mary McGinnis, and his brother was born a few years later. Terry was a gang member of Charlie Biglow's gang and ran in with Gotham PD multiple times when he was fourteen.

While his parents divorced, he pulled off a heist with Charlie. Terry was sentenced to three months in juvenile hall because he was underage, which spared him from Charlie's three year sentence.

Twenty years after the last appearance of Batman and Bruce Wayne's retirement from being Batman in the prologue of Batman Beyond, Terry got into an argument with his father and left the house in anger to meet up with his girlfriend Dana Tan, although Terry's father grounded him, despite the fact that he didn't start the fight at school. Terry encountered the Jokerz when they causing trouble outside the club. Terry rode on a motorcycle to Wayne Manor where he and the aged Bruce Wayne fought the Jokerz. The battle strained Bruce's heart and Terry helps him to get to the mansion and get his medication. While Bruce falls asleep, Terry discovers a bat stuck in a grandfather clock while trying to call his dad to come get him, only to discover that he hasn't called. He tries to open it only to stumble into the Batcave and realized that Bruce Wayne was Batman, but Bruce attacks him and forces him to leave, which causes Terry leaves in anger.

Upon returning home, he found the house covered in graffiti and his father was murdered by the Jokerz. After the funeral, Terry realized that he should've stayed to help his father and shouldn't have yelled at him in the first place. Terry later realizes that Derek Powers had his father murdered when he discovered Power's plan to produce biological weapons.

Terry allowed Dana to drop him off at Wayne Manor and Terry took the codes to Bruce Wayne, who refused to redon the Batman mantle and told him to deliver the disk to the current commissioner Barbara Gordon. Powers, however, encountered Terry and reclaimed the evidence. Terry took matters into his own hands and stole the latest version of the Batman costume. Bruce contacted Terry through the suit's communicator to bring back the costume. Although he was reluctant at first, Terry convinced Bruce to help him by stating that they have similar backgrounds. Terry foiled Power's plot, who was contaminated by his own chemicals, turning him into Blight.

After the encounter, Bruce was convinced that Batman was still needed in Gotham. The next morning, Bruce visited Terry and his mother Mary at their home to hire Terry as his personal assistant after Bruce told Mary that Terry saved his life and protected him from the Jokerz. He would run errands for Wayne as a civilian identity. This was, however, a cover so that Bruce can secretly train Terry to become the new Batman and provide money for his family after Warren's death.

While donning the Batman mantle, Terry met some of Bruce's old allies such as Barbara Gordon, Superman, Tim Drake and Static and became a part time member of the future Justice League. He also made enemies of his own as well as encountering some of his mentor's old foes. Years after he became Batman, Terry found out that he was the biological son of Bruce Wayne.

He initially thought Bruce was behind this and considered quitting as Batman, but Amanda Waller revealed that she was the one who manipulated his genetics to create a new Batman. After he heard the story why Waller created him, he accepted being Bruce's son and came to feel like he was more close to him than his father Warren. He reconciled with his father and proposed to Dana, then went on to rejoin the Justice League Unlimited and become Batman again.

Quotes[]

You're not his clone; you're his son. You may not exactly have his brilliant mind, but you have his heart. And I have never met person more dedicated to his fellow man than Bruce Wayne. You want to have a better life than the old man? Cherish the people who love you. Or don't (and end up alone like him). It's your choice.
~ Terry's advice from Amanda Waller
"You're just some punk dressed like he thinks he's Batman."
"I AM Batman."
~ The moment Terry took the mantle for real
"The real Batman never talked to you much, did he? That's probably why you were so fixated on him."
"Don't play psychoanalyst with me boy!"
"Oh, I don't need a degree to figure you out. The real reason you kept coming back was you never got a laugh out of the old man."
"I'm not hearing this!"
"Get a clue clown; he's got no sense of humor! He wouldn't know a good joke if it bit him in the cape. Not that you
had a good joke."
"Shut up! Shut up!"
"I mean joy buzzers? Squirting flowers? Lame! Where's the A Material? Make a face! Drop your pants! Something! (...) You make
me laugh. But only because I think you're kinda pathetic. Hahahahaha..."
"STOP THAT!!"
"So you fell into a tank of acid, got your skin bleached and decided to become a super villain? What, you couldn't get work as a rodeo clown? Hahahahahahaha!"
"Don't you dare laugh at me!"
"Why? I thought the Joker always wanted to make Batman laugh?"
"YOU'RE NOT BATMAN!!!
~ Terry actually manages to unnerve Joker
"Hey, I was the one who broke in and swiped the suit, remember? Yes, there was my dad's murder, but we come from two different worlds, Mr. Wayne. I wasn't like you or the kids you took in. I was a pretty bad kid once. Ran with a rough crowd, broke a lot of laws, to say nothing of my folks' hearts. The kind of punk you wouldn't have wasted a second punch on back in the day."
"Your point?"
"I'm trying to make up for past sins. The state says my three months in juvie wiped me clean, but my soul tells me different. Every time I put on that suit, it's my chance to help people that are in trouble. I guess on a personal level, it's a chance to look like a worthwhile human being again. In my eyes, if no one else's! It's what I want, Bruce.
~ Terry explaining to Bruce why he chose to be Batman."

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Trivia[]

  • In the DC Comics Multiverse, most of the Batman Beyond comics are set on Earth 12, which pretty much shares and expands upon the history of the DC Animated Universe. However, the comics that occurred during DC Rebirth onward have been set in a possible future on Prime Earth.

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