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NOTE: This article is about Batman from the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher film series. For other Batman incarnations, check out the disambiguation.
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I'm not going to kill you. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me. (…) I'm Batman!
~ Batman's most famous line.
Excuse me. You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
~ Batman to the Joker.
I'll get drive thru.
~ Batman to Alfred.
This is why Superman works alone.
~ Batman to Robin.

Bruce Wayne, better known as Batman, is the titular main protagonist of Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher's film quadrilogy of the same name as well as the Batman '89 comic book series, and the tritagonist of the 2023 DC Extended Universe film The Flash.

He is a billionaire that became a costumed vigilante following the death of his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne. Throughout his career, he would fight many noticeable foes, such as the Joker (the murderer of his parents), the Penguin, Catwoman, the Riddler, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, and Mr. Freeze.

In an alternate timeline (which avoided the events of Batman Forever and Batman and Robin), he would enter in retirement, until he was discovered by Barry Allen and his past self. After having some time to reflect upon, he was eventually convinced in taking up the Batman mantle once more and assist them in preventing General Zod from destroying his world.

He was portrayed by Michael Keaton (who also played Jack Frost in the 1998 movie of the same name) for the first two films and The Flash, Val Kilmer in Batman Forever, and George Clooney in Batman & Robin.

Personality[]

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Adult Bruce Wayne

Bruce Wayne was heavily scarred by the sight of his parents murdered in front of him. He shows interest in Vicki Vale, but because of his obsession with his alter ego he seems unable to open up to her on an emotional level. Bruce has a deadpan sense of humor, though he only shows it to Alfred, whom he has known his whole life. Whilst in the comics he kept up his playboy profile by making public appearances, in the Tim Burton films he is something of a recluse. The people of Gotham have no idea what he even looks like, as he is able to go out in public without drawing attention to himself. When confronted by the Joker in broad daylight, he displays a level of frustration bordering on psychopathy as he smashes a vase and screams "Lets get nuts!" so as to appear intimidating. This contrasts with his normally cool demeanor when dressed as Batman, implying that his alter ego is a release for all of his psychological issues. Unlike his comic-book counterpart, this version of Batman doesn't think twice about killing criminals. At the start of Batman it was revealed that he dropped a mugger off a building. He also attempted to kill the Joker as means of revenge. In Batman Returns he killed off several members of the Penguin's gang in brutal fashion, such as setting one on fire and planting dynamite on another. In Batman Returns, Bruce begins to show a more sociable side as he pursues Selina Kyle. He invites her to his manor and they open up to each other in a way that he couldn't with Vicki. Shortly afterwards, Bruce and Selina would figure out each other's identities, revealing that the attraction between them was built around their personal demons.

As the films were changed to a far more lighthearted tone Batman as well was changed to a more comical and less troubled individual though still a somewhat wise individual who worked to get past the trauma that once haunted him.

Abilities[]

  • Peak Human Conditioning: Having trained his body for his crusade, Batman is at the peak of human physical conditioning. His strength, durability, speed, agility, and more have been honed to the fullest.
    • Peak-Human Strength: Batman's strength is trained to its peak. He can lift people up and off their feet with little effort, carry and hold onto a person weighing over 108 pounds even while hanging from a ledge, and his strikes can send opponents back a few feet away.
    • Peak-Human Endurance/Resilience: Batman is a resilient and durable individual. He can fall from great heights and recover, survive a plane crash with temporary disorientation, take hits from big goons, and barely flinched when stabbed by Catwoman's claws.
    • Peak-Human Speed: Batman is quick at a peak human level. He regularly pulls his vanishing act in only a few seconds. Block many strikes from a dual blade wielding swordsman in quick succession, and blocked a bullet with his gauntlet while it was in mid-flight.
    • Peak-Human Agility: Batman is has trained his body to peak agility. He is able to travel from rooftop to rooftop, jump down from a church bell, held on top the edge of a belfry and brought his legs up to trap a strong Joker thug in them to throw him down the hole.
  • Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant/Martial Artist: Having trained for his crusade, Batman is a highly trained combatant with knowledge of several martial arts. His fighting style seems to comprise: HapKune Do, Shotokan Karate, Taekwondo, Hapkido, Boxing, Judo, Escrima, Aikido, Pro Wrestling, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Jeet Kane Do, Brazilian JiuJitsu, Ninjitsu, Kickboxing, and Krav Maga. He can take on multiple thugs, bigger opponents, a sword-wielding Joker goon, overpowered the Joker, Penguin and fought Catwoman.
  • Expert Marksman: Batman is an expert in marksmanship. He accurately throws his Batarangs and can even shoot his grappling gun at opponents. This also extends to using the Batplane's weapons against the Joker's goons.
  • Genius-Level Intelligence: Having trained his mind for his crusade, Batman is a highly intelligent individual. Particularly when comes to deduction and strategy.
    • Master Strategist & Tactician: Batman is an intelligent planner.
    • Detective Skills/Investigation: Batman is a highly skilled detective.
    • Photographic Memory: To be added
    • Business Management: As Bruce Wayne, he is skilled at running his business.
    • Master of Disguise: Bruce Wayne can disguise himself as Batman with his costume and a change in his voice.
  • Master of Stealth: Batman is a master of stealth, able to disappear and reappear in a few seconds.
  • Indomitable Willpower: Batman is a highly determined individual. He is able to go after the Joker even after just getting out of his plane crash landing.
  • Extreme Wealth: As the heir to the Wayne Fortune, Batman is a billionaire.

Equipment[]

  • Batsuit: Bruce Wayne wears this suit to disguise himself as Batman. The suit has body armor that can take blunt force trauma and is also bulletproof, even at point-blank range. The gauntlets can block blade strikes and even bullets. His left arm could retract out a collapsible device that could be best described as a "hydraulic palm". Notably using this device to subdued an agile Joker goon. The cape comes equipped with a retractable glider to help him descend down from tall heights.
  • Utility Belt: Batman wears a utility belt to carry his gadgets.
    • Grappling gun: Batman uses this grappling gun to ascend buildings and to pull in his opponents. It is comprised of two-pieces that can be assembled and hooked onto his utility belt.
    • Batarangs:Batman uses different variants of these hand-thrown bat-shaped projectiles.
      • Rope Batarang: Batman used a collapsible Batarang attach to a rope line in order to ensnare and retrieve a fleeing thug.
      • Remote-controlled Batarang: Batman uses a retractable Batarang that can lock onto opponents and be electrically guided to hit them when thrown. He used this to take out members of The Red Circle Circus who surrounded him, however, it was caught out of mid-air by their trained dog which Penguin used to frame Batman.
    • Line launcher: Also known as "The Gauntlet", this device is a retractable zipline launcher that helps Batman move between wide areas. He later used a more compact version that can be stored on his utility belt.
    • Smoke bombs: Batman uses capsules that break upon impact and creates a large cloud of smoke in order to cover his escape.
    • Bola launcher: Batman used a device that can launch a bola at opponents. he used this device to tie the Joker's leg to a gargoyle which eventually came lose and weigh down Joker, causing him to fall to his death.
    • Napalm vial: Batman carries a capsule on his utility belt that contains a neon blue liquid. When shaken, the liquid becomes volatile and when thrown, breaks on contact and burns whatever it comes in contact with. He most notably used this against Catwoman during their first fight.

Apperance[]

This version of Batman has black hair like it's mainstream counterpart from the comics while the Val Kilmer version of Batman has brown hair (similar to the late Adam West version of Batman) and the George Clooney version of Batman has gray hair. In the first two films, he wears a black rubber Batsuit with a golden utility belt and has the classic yellow and black bat symbol on his chest. Because of the suit's design, Batman is unable to turn his head and must move his whole body to look in different directions.

Trivia[]

  • Before Michael Keaton was cast as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Emilio Estévez, Charlie Sheen, Pierce Brosnan, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the late William Hurt, Tom Selleck, Bill Murray, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Warren Beatty, Harrison Ford, the late Ray Liotta and the late Bill Paxton were all considered for the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne, but turned down the role. No other leading men were willing to take the risk at the time, this role has since become one of the most coveted in Hollywood.
  • The two Batsuits worn by Michael Keaton later inspired Batman's costume in the Batman Troika comics following Batman's recovery from his back injury.
  • Michael Keaton was nearly unable to hear while wearing the Batsuit. He said that his claustrophobia helped get him in the proper mood to play Batman. "It made me go inward and that's how I wanted the character to be anyway, to be withdrawn," he said.
  • Michael Keaton came up with the famous "I'm Batman" line, in the script, it was "I am the night".
  • Michael Keaton declined to return as the Dark Knight for Batman Forever, did not like the direction in which Schumacher was looking to take the franchise after Tim Burton decided that he would not direct a third Batman film. In the end, Val Kilmer took up the role of Batman in Batman Forever.
  • Unlike most incarnations of Batman, this one has no problem with occasionally killing troublesome enemies, very similar to the Golden Age Batman. This aspect shocked comic book readers and cartoon watchers at the time that were used to the child friendly code of not killing and other compassionate moral lessons. This especially takes a deliberate, needlessly execution-style turn in Batman Returns, when Batman ties up a bomb to the Tattooed Strongman, knocking him into a manhole to explode. Most of his kills prior to this done amidst a desperate struggle after a plane crash or unknowingly due to vehicular collateral damage from explosives and artillery fired at a distance.
    • In the comic books, the Golden Age Batman did kill, and this may have had something to do with Bill Finger's feelings that if Batman's rogues returned after being defeated, this would make Batman look incompetent (though the real incompetents would actually be the Arkham Asylum guards for not preventing the villains from escaping). However, this changed in 1940, when the DC Comics editors decided that the comics should be more kid-friendly and introduced Robin.
    • This, alongside his DC Extended Universe counterpart are the only two live-action cinematic versions of Batman who do not have a no-kill rule and are actively lethal against their opponents.
  • Michael Keaton reprises his the role of the Burtonverse Batman for the 2022 DC Extended Universe film The Flash, which is the first time he has been on-screen as the character for thirty years.

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Theatrical Movies
Batman (1989): Batman | Vicki Vale | Alfred Pennyworth | Harvey Dent
Batman Returns: Batman | Alfred Pennyworth | Catwoman
Batman Forever: Batman | Robin | Dr. Chase Meridian | Alfred Pennyworth
Batman & Robin: Batman | Robin | Batgirl | Alfred Pennyworth
Batman Begins: Batman | Alfred Pennyworth | James Gordon | Lucius Fox | Rachel Dawes | Thomas Wayne
The Dark Knight: Batman | James Gordon | Harvey Dent | Alfred Pennyworth | Lucius Fox | Rachel Dawes | Anthony Garcia
The Dark Knight Rises: Batman | James Gordon | John Blake | Catwoman | Lucius Fox | Alfred Pennyworth | Harvey Dent | Rachel Dawes | Anthony Garcia | Thomas Wayne
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Batman | Superman | Wonder Woman | Alfred Pennyworth | Lois Lane | Calvin Swanwick | The Flash | Aquaman | Cyborg
Suicide Squad: Deadshot | Harley Quinn | Rick Flag | Katana | El Diablo | Batman
The LEGO Batman Movie: Batman | Robin | Batgirl | Alfred Pennyworth
Joker (2019): Thomas Wayne | Gary
The Batman (2022): Batman | Catwoman | Alfred Pennyworth | James Gordon

Direct-to-video Movies
Son of Batman: Batman | Robin | Nightwing | Alfred Pennyworth | James Gordon | Thomas Wayne
Batman vs. Robin: Robin | Batman | Nightwing | Alfred Pennyworth | Thomas Wayne | Martha Wayne
Batman: Bad Blood: Batwoman | Batman | Nightwing | Robin | Batgirl | Alfred Pennyworth | Lucius Fox | Batwing
Batman: Hush: Batman | Alfred Pennyworth | Catwoman | Nightwing | Superman | Lois Lane | Batgirl | Robin
Batman: The Long Halloween (2022): Batman | Alfred Pennyworth | Catwoman | James Gordon

Television
Batman (1960s series): Batman | Robin | Batgirl
Batman: The Animated Series: Batman | Nightwing | Robin | Batgirl | Alfred Pennyworth | James Gordon | Catwoman | Harvey Dent | Charlie Collins | The Creeper | Earl Cooper | Gray Ghost | Michael Stromwell
The Batman (2004): Batman | Alfred Pennyworth | Robin | Batgirl | James Gordon | Lucius Fox | Detective Ethan Bennett | Ellen Yin | Rumor | Catwoman | Justice League (Martian Manhunter, Superman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, The Flash, & Hawkman)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Batman | Superman | Wonder Woman | Green Arrow | Blue Beetle | Plastic Man | Aquaman | Red Tornado | Wong Fei | Red Hood
Beware the Batman: Batman | Katana | Alfred Pennyworth | James Gordon | Metamorpho | Manhunter
Harley Quinn: Harley Quinn | Batman | Damian Wayne | Catwoman | Sy Borgman | Batgirl | James Gordon | Alfred Pennyworth | Justice League (Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman & Zatanna) | Lois Lane | Nightwing
Batwheels: The Batwheels (Bam, Redbird, Bibi, Batwing, Buff, & A.D.A.M.) | The Bat-Family (Batman, Robin, Batgirl, The Batwheels, M.O.E., & Ace the Bat-Hound) | Superman | Aquaman | Green Arrow | Kitty | Goldie
Gotham Knights: Turner Hayes | Duela Doe | Carrie Kelley/Robin | Harper Row/Bluebird | Cullen Row | Stephanie Brown/Spoiler | Brody March | Harvey Dent

Video Games
LEGO Batman: Batman | Robin
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Arkhamverse: Bat Family (Batman, Oracle, Robin, Nightwing, Red Hood, Alfred Pennyworth & Lucius Fox) | James Gordon | Catwoman | Azrael | Poison Ivy | Aaron Cash | Vicki Vale | Penelope Young | Anne Bishop | Fiona Wilson | Stacey Baker
Injustice: Batman | Harley Quinn | Catwoman | Black Canary | Deathstroke | Lex Luthor
Gotham Knights: Batgirl | Nightwing | Robin | Red Hood | Batman
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League: Batman | The Flash | Wonder Woman | Toyman

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Xebelians
Mera | Nereus

Harley Quinn & Associates
Harley Quinn | Cassandra Cain

Birds of Prey
Huntress | Black Canary | Renee Montoya

Corto Maltese Freedom Fighters
Sol Soria | Milton

11th Street Kids
Peacemaker | Leota Adebayo | Vigilante | Ik Nobe Llok | Emilia Harcourt | John Economos | Eagly

Justice Society
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Flashpoint Justice League
The Flash | Batman (Earth-89) | The Flash (Earth-89) | Supergirl

Unity of Earth
Zeus | Artemis | Hippolyta | Antiope | Atlan

The Insurgency
Batman | The Flash | Cyborg | Mera

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Others
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