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|image = Harvey Dent DK 02.JPG |
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|fullname = Harvey Dent |
|fullname = Harvey Dent |
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|alias = Two-Face<br> |
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Scourge of the Underworld |
Scourge of the Underworld |
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|origin = ''The Dark Knight'' |
|origin = ''The Dark Knight'' |
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| − | |occupation = DA of Gotham City (formerly)<br> |
+ | |occupation = DA of Gotham City <small>(formerly)</small><br> |
| − | Partner of Batman and Commissioner Gordon (formerly)<br> |
+ | Partner of Batman and Commissioner Gordon <small>(formerly)</small><br> |
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|skills = High intelligence<br> |
|skills = High intelligence<br> |
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Extensive Knowledge about the law authority<br> |
Extensive Knowledge about the law authority<br> |
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| − | + | Marksmanship<br> |
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| − | Intimidation |
+ | Intimidation<br> |
| + | Strength |
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| − | |hobby = Spending time with Rachel Dawes<br> |
+ | |hobby = Spending time with Rachel Dawes.<br> |
| − | Bringing criminals to justice<br> |
+ | Bringing criminals to justice.<br> |
| − | Flipping his coin to cause fates of criminals<br> |
+ | Flipping his coin to cause fates of criminals.<br> |
| − | Making his own luck |
+ | Making his own luck. |
| + | |goals = '''Harvey Dent:'''<br> |
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| + | Make Gotham a safer and better place by arresting and bringing down every single criminal across the city <small>(succeeded indirectly)</small>.<br> |
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| + | Arrest The Joker via Batman and Gordon <small>(succeeded)</small>.<br> |
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| + | '''Two-Face:'''<br> |
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| + | Get revenge on everyone he believed responsible for Rachel Dawes's death <small>(partly succeeded)</small><br> |
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| + | Transform the world into a fair place based on unbiased, unprejudiced chance <small>(failed)</small>. |
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| + | |family = Mrs. Dent <small>(mother)</small><br> |
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| + | Mr. Dent <small>(father)</small> |
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| + | |friends = [[Batman (Nolanverse)|Batman]] <small>(formerly)</small><br> |
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| + | [[James Gordon (Nolanverse)|James Gordon]] <small>(formerly)</small><br> |
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| + | Rachel Dawes <small>(fiancée)</small><br> |
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| + | |enemies = [[w:c:villains:Joker (Nolanverse)|Joker]]<br> |
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| + | Batman<br> |
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| + | [[w:c:villains:Salvator Maroni (Nolanverse)|Salvatore Maroni]]<br> |
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| + | Michael Wuertz<br> |
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| + | Anna Ramirez |
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| + | }} |
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| + | {{Quote|I believe in Harvey Dent!|Harvey's slogan}} |
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| + | {{Quote|Either you die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.|Harvey's most famous quote, and foreshadowing of his transformation into Two-Face.}} |
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| + | {{Quote| The night is darkest before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.| Harvey to the Gotham City press}} |
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| − | |friends = Joker |
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| ⚫ | Upon being elected as Gotham City's district attorney, the idealistic Dent dedicated himself to ridding the city of organized crime. However, he was horribly disfigured in an explosion rigged by [[w:c:villains:Joker (Nolanverse)|the Joker]] that also killed his fiancee [[Rachel Dawes]]. Driven insane with grief, he became a vigilante and swore revenge on everyone he held responsible for Rachel's death, including his former allies [[Batman (Nolanverse)|Batman]] and Commissioner [[James Gordon (Nolanverse)|Jim Gordon]]. |
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| − | Batman(Formerly) |
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| − | James Gordon(Formerly)|enemies = Batman |
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| + | ==Overview== |
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| + | Harvey is the district attorney of Gotham City, who is trying to help bring down the city's organized crime. However, after the Joker kills his girlfriend, [[Rachel Dawes]], and disfigures his face, he goes insane with grief. The Joker sneaks into Harvey's hospital room and convinces him to go after the people he blames for Rachel's death. As "Harvey Two-Face" - the nickname Gordon's men had given him while he was in Internal Affairs - he kills the two corrupt cops who kidnapped Rachel, as well as mob boss Sal Maroni, who hired the Joker. |
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| + | He then tries to get revenge on Batman and Gordon, whom he blames for failing to protect Rachel. He holds Gordon's wife and children hostage, and says he is going to kill Gordon's son to inflict upon him the pain of losing a loved one. Batman arrives and tells Harvey to confront the people responsible - Batman, Gordon, and himself. Harvey flips his coin to decide their fates, shooting Batman (who is wearing body armor) and sparing himself. Just as he is about to flip for Gordon's son, Batman tackles him off the ledge, and he breaks his neck in the fall, killing him instantly. Batman then takes the blame for Harvey's crimes so the late D.A. will be remembered as a hero and the people of Gotham will have something to believe in. |
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| + | The following film in the trilogy, ''The Dark Knight Rises'', reveals that Gotham's politicians use Harvey's heroic public image to pass the Dent Act, legislation that gives police enhanced powers to fight crime. Eight years later, the Dent Act has all but eliminated organized crime in Gotham, and Harvey has been honored with his own holiday, Harvey Dent Day. By the end of the film, however, [[w:c:villains:Bane (Nolanverse)|Bane]] has publicly revealed the truth about Harvey. |
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| ⚫ | Upon being elected as Gotham City's district attorney, the idealistic Dent dedicated himself to ridding the city of organized crime. However, he was horribly disfigured in an explosion rigged by Joker that also killed his fiancee Rachel Dawes. Driven insane with grief, he became a vigilante and swore revenge on everyone he held responsible for Rachel's death, including his former allies Batman and Commissioner Jim Gordon. |
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| ⚫ | *Harvey and Talia al Ghul are the most personal villains for Bruce Wayne in ''The Dark Knight Trilogy''. Harvey represented the idealistic version of Batman, which doesn't need a cape and gadgets to cleanse the city from the criminals. At the same time, Talia was an anti-Batman. Basically, she in ''The Dark Knight Rises'' is Bruce Wayne in ''Batman Begins'' if he drowned down in his desire to avenge his parents' deaths and agreed to lead the League of Shadows' crusade against Gotham. Ultimately, both Talia and Dent were the only villains which were killed by Batman himself. |
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| − | == |
+ | ==External Links== |
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| − | ===Before Two-Face=== |
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| + | *{{Wiki|Two-Face (Nolanverse)|Two-Face|villainous-benchmark|Villainous Benchmark}} |
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| − | [[File:Dentpress.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Harvey Dent]] |
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| + | *{{Wiki|Harvey Dent (Nolanverse)|Harvey Dent|inconsistently-admirable|Inconsistently Admirable}} |
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| − | Two-Face started out as Harvey Dent, Gotham City's newly-elected District Attorney and "White Knight," and friend of Bruce Wayne (Batman). |
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| + | ==Navigation== |
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| − | The [[Joker (Dark Knight)|Joker]], knew Batman's connection to Dent and [http://loveinterest.wikia.com/wiki/Rachel_Dawes Rachel Dawes], his fiancée; kidnapped them both and strapped them to two time bombs. Joker told Batman their locations, but gave him only enough time to save only one. |
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| − | Batman chose Rachel, but when he got there, he found Dent instead. |
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| − | ===Transformation=== |
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| − | [[File:Twofaceorigin.jpg|thumb|left|176x176px|Harvey Dent's transformation into Two-Face]] |
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| − | When the Joker's bombs went off, Rachel was killed, and the left side of Dent's face caught fire, leaving him hideously disfigured. In the hospital, a grief-stricken Dent refused all medical help, and embraced the police's disparaging nickname for him - "Harvey Two-Face". |
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| − | The Joker visited Dent disguised as a nurse and convinced him to take revenge on the people he held responsible for Rachel's death: the mob, Gordon and Batman. Now convinced that life was nothing but chance, he made decisions based on a flip of his lucky silver dollar, one side of which had been burned in the explosion. |
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| − | Two-Face learned that one of the cops in Gordon's unit, Wuertz, was corrupt and had given him over to the mob. He found Wuertz in a bar and flipped the coin for the detective's life; when it landed scarred side up, Two-Face shot and killed him. |
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| − | He then confronted mobster [[Sal Maroni]], who told him that another corrupt officer, Ramirez, had kidnapped Rachel. Two-Face then flipped the coin which landed good heads for Maroni, but bad heads for his driver, whom Two-Face then shot and killed. The car flipped over, presumably killing Maroni. |
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| − | [[File:Two-Face_screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Two-Face takes his revenge]] |
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| − | Finally, Two-Face confronted Ramirez, who begged forgiveness and said she had only done the mob's dirty work to pay her mother's hospital bills. Unmoved, Two-Face flipped the coin, which came up good heads; Two-Face spared her life, knocking her unconscious instead of shooting her. Two-Face then kidnapped Gordon's wife, daughter and son, and called Gordon to have him meet him "where his (Two-Face) family died" (the building where Rachel died). |
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| − | ===Death=== |
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| − | [[File:Two-Face's_death.png|thumb|260px|Two-Face's death]] |
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| − | Two-Face planned to take revenge on Gordon by killing the person he loved most: his son. As Gordon pleaded for the boy's life, Batman showed up and told him to "judge the people responsible". Two-Face decided to flip for Batman, himself, and Gordon. Two-Face shot Batman through the stomach when the coin landed on bad heads.He then flipped for himself, he spares himself when the coin came up on good heads. After he decided to continue judging Gordon's son, Two-Face flipped the coin. |
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| − | Before he could decide the fate of Gordon's son, Batman, who was wearing body armor, tackled Dent off the ledge of the roof, to his death. |
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| − | === Legacy === |
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| − | Batman decided to take the blame for Dent's crimes in order to preserve Dent's image as a hero and give the people of Gotham something to believe in. Dent's death was used to create a new law dubbed the "Dent Act," which gave law enforcement enhanced powers to prosecute criminals. The Dent Act all but eradicated crime in Gotham City, leading to eight years of prosperity and peace. When [[Bane (Nolanverse)|Bane]] found out about the truth about Dent, however, he used it in his crusade against Gotham. Following Batman's sacrifice and the League of Shadows' defeat, Batman was remembered as Gotham's true hero while the Dent Act was eliminated and all of Harvey's other possible accolades were retracted due to the revelation of his corruption. |
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| − | ==Quotes== |
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| − | *"RACHEL!" |
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| − | *"No. No you're not. Not yet." |
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| − | *"Your men. Your plan." |
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| − | *''[showing the clean side of the coin]'' "You live." ''[showing the burned side of the coin]'' "You die." |
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| − | *"Going to join you're wife? You love her?" |
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| − | *"You ever imagine what it would be like to listen to her die?" |
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| − | *"The Joker's just a mad dog. I want whoever let him off the leash. I took care of Wuertz, but who is the other man inside Gordon's Unit? Who picked up Rachel? Must have been someone she trusted." |
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| − | *"Can't hurt your chances." |
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| − | *"I said it couldn't hurt your chances." ''[flips the coin; it lands clean side up]'' "You're a lucky man." ''[flips again; it lands bad side up]'' "But he's not." (Maroni: Who?) ''[buckles himself in]'' "Your driver..." |
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| − | *"You wouldn't dare try to justify yourself if you knew what I lost. Have you had to talk to the person you love most? Tell them it's gonna be alright. When you know it's not. Well...you're about to know what it feels like, Gordon. Then, you can look me in the eye and tell me you're sorry." |
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| − | *"So, is it your wife?" |
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| − | *"We have a winner." |
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| − | *"You brought the cops?" |
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| − | *"You think I wanna escape from this? There is no escape from this." |
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| − | *"It's not about what I want. It's about what's FAIR! You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time! But you were wrong. The world is cruel and the only morality in a cruel world is CHANCE. Unbiased, unprejudiced, fair. His son's got the same chance she had. 50/50." |
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| − | *"Then why is it ME who was the only one who LOST EVERYTHING?" |
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| − | *"The Joker chose ME!" |
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| − | *"And he was right." |
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| − | *"Fair enough. You first." |
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| − | *"My turn." |
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| − | *"I'm about to. Tell you're boy he's gonna be alright. Lie. Like I lied." (last words before meeting his demise) |
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| − | *"Remember that name you all had for me when I was at Internal Affairs? What was it, Gordon?" (Gordon: Harvey, I...) ,"Say it ,SAY IT!" ,"(Gordon: Two-Face. Harvey Two-Face)." . |
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| − | *Two-Face had a slogan called '''"I believe in Harvey Dent."''' |
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| − | *His alias "Harvey Two-Face" was never adopted by himself, it was only mentioned by Gordon. |
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| − | *Despite being the secondary antagonist, Two-Face is the final villain that Batman faces in the film. |
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[[Category:Fallen]] |
[[Category:Fallen]] |
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[[Category:Tragic]] |
[[Category:Tragic]] |
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[[Category:Loyal]] |
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[[Category:Honest]] |
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[[Category:Virtually Resourceful]] |
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[[Category:Honorable]] |
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[[Category:Lethal]] |
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[[Category:Deal Makers]] |
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[[Category:Scapegoat]] |
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[[Category:Pawn of the Villain]] |
[[Category:Pawn of the Villain]] |
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[[Category:In Love]] |
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[[Category:Good Vs. Good]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:00, 10 April 2024
| “ | I believe in Harvey Dent! | „ |
| ~ Harvey's slogan |
| “ | Either you die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. | „ |
| ~ Harvey's most famous quote, and foreshadowing of his transformation into Two-Face. |
| “ | The night is darkest before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming. | „ |
| ~ Harvey to the Gotham City press |
Harvey Dent, later known as Two-Face, is the tritagonist of the 2008 film The Dark Knight, the second installment of The Dark Night trilogy.
Upon being elected as Gotham City's district attorney, the idealistic Dent dedicated himself to ridding the city of organized crime. However, he was horribly disfigured in an explosion rigged by the Joker that also killed his fiancee Rachel Dawes. Driven insane with grief, he became a vigilante and swore revenge on everyone he held responsible for Rachel's death, including his former allies Batman and Commissioner Jim Gordon.
He was portrayed by Aaron Eckhart.
Overview
Harvey is the district attorney of Gotham City, who is trying to help bring down the city's organized crime. However, after the Joker kills his girlfriend, Rachel Dawes, and disfigures his face, he goes insane with grief. The Joker sneaks into Harvey's hospital room and convinces him to go after the people he blames for Rachel's death. As "Harvey Two-Face" - the nickname Gordon's men had given him while he was in Internal Affairs - he kills the two corrupt cops who kidnapped Rachel, as well as mob boss Sal Maroni, who hired the Joker.
He then tries to get revenge on Batman and Gordon, whom he blames for failing to protect Rachel. He holds Gordon's wife and children hostage, and says he is going to kill Gordon's son to inflict upon him the pain of losing a loved one. Batman arrives and tells Harvey to confront the people responsible - Batman, Gordon, and himself. Harvey flips his coin to decide their fates, shooting Batman (who is wearing body armor) and sparing himself. Just as he is about to flip for Gordon's son, Batman tackles him off the ledge, and he breaks his neck in the fall, killing him instantly. Batman then takes the blame for Harvey's crimes so the late D.A. will be remembered as a hero and the people of Gotham will have something to believe in.
The following film in the trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, reveals that Gotham's politicians use Harvey's heroic public image to pass the Dent Act, legislation that gives police enhanced powers to fight crime. Eight years later, the Dent Act has all but eliminated organized crime in Gotham, and Harvey has been honored with his own holiday, Harvey Dent Day. By the end of the film, however, Bane has publicly revealed the truth about Harvey.
Trivia
- Harvey and Talia al Ghul are the most personal villains for Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Trilogy. Harvey represented the idealistic version of Batman, which doesn't need a cape and gadgets to cleanse the city from the criminals. At the same time, Talia was an anti-Batman. Basically, she in The Dark Knight Rises is Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins if he drowned down in his desire to avenge his parents' deaths and agreed to lead the League of Shadows' crusade against Gotham. Ultimately, both Talia and Dent were the only villains which were killed by Batman himself.
External Links
- Two-Face on the Villains Wiki
- Two-Face on the Villainous Benchmark Wiki
- Harvey Dent on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
