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| “ | Whoops. | „ |
| ~ A young Jason Todd to Batman after getting caught stealing his hup cups. |
| “ | Blindly, stupidly, disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled. The thousands that have suffered. The friends he's crippled. You know, I thought...I thought I'd be the last person you'd ever let him hurt. If that had been you that he'd beat to a bloody pulp... If he had taken you from this world...I would have done nothing but searched the planet for this evil, death worshiping garbage, and sent him off to hell! | „ |
| ~ Red Hood to Batman on The Joker in Batman: Under the Red Hood. |
| “ | This is Red Hood and Red Robin broadcasting on all Spyral satellite communications. The following message is for Agent 37. We have discovered the truth behind Mother's signal and are inbound to your location. Mother's children aren't evil. They're not monsters. They're victims of programming, abuse, and trauma. And they can change. Which means they're not the enemy. Fact is, they're just like us. We may have began as the soldiers Batman built for his crusade. But we became something else, something he never expected. We started as an army. We chose to be a family. And if there's hope for us... there's hope for anyone. | „ |
| ~ Prime Earth Red Hood. |
Jason Peter Todd, also known as the Red Hood, is a major character in the DC Universe.
Originally the second person to take on the mantle of Robin, Jason was violently killed by the Joker. Todd was revived via Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pit, and subsequently turned into a more brutal and vicious, but still well-meaning crimefighter. Though he intended to get revenge on Batman for not killing the Joker, he decided not to let it go, and continues crime fighting while using lethal force against criminals.
He was created by Gerry Conway and the late Don Newton, and first appeared in Batman #357 in March of 1983.
Todd has appeared in numerous cartoon television shows and films. He makes his live adaptation debut as the second Robin in the DC Universe series Titans, played by Curran Walters.
History[]
Early Life[]
| “ | He knew that Jason Todd was not Dick Grayson. It wasn't about skill, or endurance, or even their will to succeed. No. It was that Jason had a "mean streak". Jason was dangerous. And as a father… he was at a loss for what to do. | „ |
| ~ Alfred Pennyworth on Bruce Wayne and Jason Todd. |
Jason Peter Todd (b. August 16), is the son of criminals, who were Willis Todd and Shelia Haywood. Though his father would marry Catherine Todd, she was a drug addict, who died from an overdose. With his father having been killed by Two-Face and his mother not a part of his life, Jason was forced into a life of thievery and other petty crimes at a young age. One night, the audacious Jason attempted to steal the tires off the Batmobile.
Becoming Robin[]
Batman caught him in the act, but also took pity on the boy and decided to take him in as he had once taken in Richard Grayson. He sent him to a school led by Ma Gunn, but Jason learned of Gunn's illegal activities, and escaped to tell Batman. Batman and Jason defeated Gunn and the operation, and Bruce decided to take him in at the age of twelve. Soon, Batman had turned Jason Todd into his second Robin, having trained him to his physical peak. Though Jason quickly showed himself to be arrogant, mean-spirited, and ruthless, he still sometimes performed legitimately heroic deeds, including saving Batman from Deacon Blackfire and later helping stop Mongul during his first usage of the Black Mercy Plant.
Death and Revival[]
Ultimately though, Jason's increasingly vicious behavior prompted Batman to dismiss him, though the two would later work together anyway to try and locate Jason Todd's mother, Sheila Haywood. Unfortunately, she sold her son out to the Joker, who she had been in league with. The Joker savagely beat Jason with a crowbar and then left him to die in a warehouse rigged to blow. Batman raced to save his former disciple but was too late. The warehouse exploded and Jason Todd died.
This was not to be end of Jason Todd's story however. Revived via a Lazarus Pit (Pre-Flashpoint, his revival was the result of Superboy Prime altering reality, with the Lazarus Pit simply healing his body afterward) Jason Todd spent several years rebuilding himself and training himself further until he was far more dangerous and skilled than he'd ever been previously.
The Red Hood[]
Learning that Batman had not avenged him by killing the Joker, Jason was enraged and vowed to kill the Joker himself, as well as do what he felt Batman should do but could not: clean up Gotham City in a far more brutal and lethal manner. So it was that Jason Todd became the Red Hood and brought his own brand of justice to Gotham City. Though typically seen as a villain by this point, Jason Todd is still technically battling against criminals and fighting to stop meances like the Joker, and though far more ruthless and brutal then most DC heroes he still has scruples and a code, and has no desire to hurt innocent civilians.
He has also consistently shown a concern for the well-being of children (likely having to do with his own troubled childhood) and saved the life of a teenage girl who had been victimized by Professor Pyg before taking her under his wing much the same way Batman had once taken him in.
In current DC continuity, Jason Todd has worked with fellow anti-heroes Arsenal and Starfire as they are pursued by all manner of different foes, including some of Jason Todd's former teachers the All-Caste.
Portrayals[]
Films[]
- In Batman: Under the Red Hood, he was voiced by Jensen Ackles (who also played Dean Winchester in Supernatural) as Red Hood, Vincent Martella as a teenager, and Alexander Martella as a child.
- In Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, he was voiced by Grey Griffin, who also voices Daphne Blake in the Scooby-Doo franchise, and voiced Mandy in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Sam Manson in Danny Phantom, Frankie Foster in Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, and Catwoman in numerous media.
- In Batman Ninja, he was voiced by Akira Ishida in Japanese, and Yuri Lowenthal in the English dub. Ishida also voiced Byakuya Togami in the DanganRonpa series, Gaara in the Naruto series, Zeref Dragneel in Fairy Tale and Xerxes Break in Pandora Hearts, as Lowenthal also voiced Spider-Man in Marvel's Spider-Man video game and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and Ben 10: Omniverse, Alien X in Ben 10: Alien Force, Joseph Oda in The Evil Within, and Neil in Camp Camp.
- In Lego DC Batman: Family Matters, he was voiced by Jason Spisak, who also voiced Geo Stelar in Mega Man Star Force, Kiyo Takamine in Zatch Bell, and Wally West in Young Justice.
Television[]
- In Young Justice, he was voiced by Josh Keaton, who also voiced Spider-Man in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Jak in Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier, Nightwing in the Arkhamverse, Shiro in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and The Flash in DC Super Hero Girls.
- In Titans, he is portrayed by Curran Walters.
Video Games[]
- In Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, he was voiced by Troy Baker, who also voiced Joel Miller in The Last of Us series, Erron Black in the Mortal Kombat series, Talion in the Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor series, Booker DeWitt in Bioshock: Infinite, Snow Villers in Final Fantasy XIII, Joseph Allen in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Terrance Brooks in Call of Duty: Black Ops, Jack Mitchell in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Jake Muller in Resident Evil 6, Vincent Brooks in Catherine, Sam Drake in the Uncharted series, Orkos in God of War: Ascension and Delsin Rowe in inFamous: Second Son.
- Baker also voiced an iteration of the character in the Arkhamverse.
- In Injustice 2, he was voiced by Cameron Bowen.
- Bowen also voiced the character in Lego DC Super-Villains.
- In the 2022 video game, Gotham Knights, he is voiced by Stephen Oyoung.
Quotes[]
| “ | I generally have several madness-inducing hallucinations before breakfast. And nothing in this real world can be as frightening as we can imagine... right? | „ |
| ~ Red Hood |
| “ | But there are some crimes -- sins -- that Gotham can't wash away. | „ |
| ~ Red Hood |
| “ | You walk the greyline too, Selina. | „ |
| ~ Red Hood to Catwoman in Injustice 2 |
| “ | That. Felt. Good. Titanium composite hollow point bullets with a C4 kicker. Fastest, most explosive ammo in the world. I made them myself. With the invasion over, Bruce and Superman started fighting again. I wasn't down with either of them. On the one hand, the Regime's right. Scumbag murderers and rapists deserve to die. But on the other hand, I'm no fan of government authority. Especially the dictatorial variety. So while the World's Finest fight each other, I fight for the people. The weak. The innocent. Anyone who can't protect themselves. When they cry out for a savior, I'll answer. As for the criminals who threaten them? They need to know that their actions have consequences. That the Red Hood is coming for them. | „ |
| ~ Red Hood's ending in Injustice 2 |
Trivia[]
- His favorite meal is pot roast.
- Red Hood's confirmed kill count is 83.
- During his days as Robin, Jason was an occasional smoker.
- Ranked 23rd on ComicsAlliance's list of the "50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics" in 2013.
- Jason had a romantic encounter with Talia al Ghul during his post-resurrection recovery.
- In the Prime Earth continuity, Joker orchestrated the events that led to Jason Todd becoming Robin and the murders of his parents.
- Jason Todd's fate of being killed by the Joker and being revived as Red Hood was entirely determinant, as DC Comics cast a vote as to whether Jason should live or die, with a majority of the audience choosing the latter option due to their disdain for the character. Sure enough, many people regretted subjecting Jason to this fate and, in an even further case of irony, started enjoying his new mantle as the Red Hood.
- After bathing in the Lazarus Pit, Jason gained a white streak through his hair. It was hinted in the comics that this might have been a telltale sign that some of Ra's Al Ghul's essence had seeped into Jason by using the pit. This streak initially did not appear in the Post-Flashpoint continuity but reappeared at some point after DC Rebirth.
External Links[]
- Jason Todd on the Villains Wiki.
- Jason Todd on the DC Database Wiki
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