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Robin (Comic Book)
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The Boy Wonder. The Heart of the Bat Family. One half of The Dynamic Duo.The Kid Sidekick.Robin is a DC Comics character created as Batman's sidekick in 1940 and best known as the Trope Maker and Trope Codifier of the Kid Sidekick archetype. There have been many, many different Robins throughout the character's publication, but most of them have common elements. With only a few exceptions, they are usually orphaned teenage males with some sort of acrobatic or martial arts prowess and wear a brightly-colored costume (typically red, green and yellow).Robin was originally conceived as a vehicle to draw younger readers — and it worked, doubling Batman's sales figures from his first appearance onwards. Afterward, Robin became a staple of the Batman franchise's humor, as well as being a Foil against his mentor and providing the Dark Knight a character to whom he could exposit his many heroic feats. Unfortunately, this also had the side-effect of making Robin into a Distressed Dude who barely contained a tenth of the skills or competence of his partner.As time went along, the implications regarding a rich adult who lived alone with a traumatized teenage orphan boy (Alfred the Butler would not become part of the Batman home until sometime later) garnered negative media attention at the time. Comic books were unreasonably (and nonsensically) blamed for everything from juvenile delinquency to homosexuality, and the "indecent" relationship between Batman and Robin is often cited as one of the major reasons for the creation of The Comics Code that spelled the end of The Interregnum and the dawn of The Silver Age of Comic Books. Robin's reputation as a character suffered its greatest blow in this period, and the repercussions are still (somewhat) felt to this day (such as in parodies like the Ambiguously Gay Duo). Outside of comics, new media involving the two has tended to split them apart. Batman has remained consistently popular and has been subject to many darker reimaginings, but Robin has found more success away from his/her mentor's shadow.Despite their usual role as a supporting character, the Robins are well-known for several events which helped modern comics to their current form—all of which will be noted below, in the description of the Robin they pertain to. It's also notable that the individual Robins often become popular in their own right. All five Robin characters are currently in print, with two headlining their own books, two co-starring alongside other sidekicks, and the newly-reintroduced Stephanie Brown making the rounds of guest appearances. All are featured in the weekly series Batman and Robin Eternal, although Stephanie has never been Robin in this version of events.Compare and contrast Bucky Barnes, Marvel's take on the classic Kid Sidekick later updated for modern readers.For Tim Drake's solo Robin title, see Robin (1993) and Tim Drake: Robin. For Damian Wayne's, see Robin: Son of Batman and Robin (2021). | |
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Selective Gravity: Whatever on earth is happening with Huntress's cape the top three feet or so of it are not subject to the laws of gravity, instead rising dramatically from her shoulders to sort of hover behind her head. | |
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Amazingly Embarrassing Parents | |
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Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Ives is mortified that his parents force him to wear a party hat and pose for pictures at his birthday party, which they also insisted be at a restaurant in Little Odessa. Tim thinks most of Ives grumpiness is a front though and Ives is mostly good natured about the whole things outside of his frequent complaints about how loud his family is. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Tempting Fate: Tim thinks to himself that things can't get any worse and is immediately set upon by the Ghost Dragons. He realizes that he shouldn't have even let the thought cross his mind as soon as Lynx makes her presence known since he already knows things can always get worse. | |
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Eiffel Tower Effect: As seen on the cover of issue one the Eiffel tower is used as shorthand to let the reader know the story is set in Paris. | |
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Sibling Rivalry: Pick any two. Chances are that they fought each other at least once, even if they are on good terms. But Tim and Damian have this relationship down to a tee. Stephanie is the exception. Never having been adopted by Bruce, she has no relationship with Jason or Dick and a primarily romantic one with Tim. She did have this trope with Damian while he was Robin and she was Batgirl, but it was erased (along with her history) by Flashpoint. | |
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Heroes Fight Barehanded | |
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Heroes Fight Barehanded: Notable exceptions include Tim Drake and Dick Grayson, both former Robins who now fight crime as Red Robin and Nightwing respectively. Tim uses a Bo staff and Dick a pair of Escrima sticks, presumably because their focus on agility over strength compared to other bare fist DC fighters means the weapons give them the 'kick' they need. Damian favors katanas, though given their decidedly lethal nature they can be a hindrance rather than a multiplier for him in uniform. | |
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The Friends Who Never Hang | |
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The Friends Who Never Hang: Discussed since Hudson feels like Tim never hangs out with them and is pissed that he's left their gathering early. Ives defends Tim strongly, and Hudman acts as mediator for the group but he also sides with Tim. | |
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Cardboard Prison | |
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Cardboard Prison: Arkham security once more proves to be a joke, with the Joker being freed by his visiting "mother", a man is a shoddy disguise, who poisons the facility with Joker Gas. It's especially amusing since the director was trying so hard to finally avert this: | |
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Rude Hero, Nice Sidekick | |
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Rude Hero, Nice Sidekick: Depending on the Writer again, but Robin is more lighthearted compared to the dark and grim Batman no matter the incarnation. Reversed when Damian is Robin and Dick took up the Cowl. | |
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Kid Hero | |
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Kid Hero: One of the earliest superhero examples, although Spider-Man would become the Trope Codifier for comics. | |
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ChildSoldier | |
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While Damian is genetically enhanced to be a perfect Child Soldier and has no qualms for killing, he also believes that his status the blood son makes him superior to the former three's adopted status. | |
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Speak of the Devil | |
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Speak of the Devil: Bruce has been out of town for the whole storyline and just as Alfred reassures Tim that he dealt with everything well and B will be proud of him Bruce slips in through the door as though summoned by his name, startling them both. | |
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Distaff Counterpart | |
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Distaff Counterpart: The Batgirls could arguably count as this to the Robins, to a degree. In fact, the original Bat-girl (spelled with a “-“), Bette Kane, was specifically created to be the sidekick of the original Batwoman, who was in turn created as a Distaff Counterpart to Batman. So, without Robin, there would be no Batgirl. Even earlier than that, in the 1950’s, Robin got a one-time female counterpart: Mary Wills, AKA “Roberta The Girl Wonder�. Her costume looked a lot like Robin’s, but with red hair and a swapped color palette. While her crime fighting career didn’t last long, Robin and Roberta made a pretty good team whenever they worked together, especially with Roberta’s excellent acting and disguising skills. | |
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Super Window Jump: Batman and Robin swing through a window to take down the White Wolves, a Neo-Nazi biker gang, on page three. | |
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Destination Defenestration | |
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Destination Defenestration: Tim kicks King Snake out the window during their final fight. | |
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Official Couple | |
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Stephanie is the exception. Never having been adopted by Bruce, she has no relationship with Jason or Dick and a primarily romantic one with Tim. She did have this trope with Damian while he was Robin and she was Batgirl, but it was erased (along with her history) by Flashpoint. | |
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Death Is Cheap | |
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Death Is Cheap: Dick, Jason, Tim, Steph, and Damian have all been killed at one point but all got better or had their deaths revealed to have been faked eventually. Lampshaded in Batman (Tom King) #16 | |
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Vehicular Assault | |
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Vehicular Assault: After Robin forces him to ditch the car he arrived in KGBeast hijacks a passing city bus and tries to drive over Tim with it. While Tim doges the criminals do get away with their hostage. | |
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Bad Boss | |
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Bad Boss: Joker of course. He gives his henchmen some leeway, for Joker anyway, but is happy to attack them for intterupting him or stepping out of line too many times even if that line is somewhat arbitrary. | |
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Bad Liar | |
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Bad Liar: While Tim would eventually train himself out of it he's still a terrible liar at this point which works against him when trying to convince Ms. Hollingsworth that Bruce has never and would never hurt him and tries to pin his injuries on a vague upperclassman. His natural strength was always keeping secrets and keeping quiet, he ends up suspiciously looking to the side and gnawing on his lip when he tells her his fib. | |
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Abuse Mistake | |
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Abuse Mistake: School councilor Earlene Hollingsworth thinks Bruce is abusing Tim due to the bruises Tim has been showing up to school with. It's interesting that the timing doesn't make her suspect Jack since Jack just got stuck at home to the point of having to actually buy a house in Gotham and stuck in a wheelchair when he used to avoid Gotham (and his son) like the plague but she seems to like Jack. | |
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Reminiscing About Your Victims | |
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Reminiscing About Your Victims: Dorrance starts describing in loving detail the way he killed Clyde Rawlins' wife and children while beating him to death, and the last words Rawlins hears in life are Dorrance saying the only thing he regrets about the whole affair is that his blindness means he won't be able to actually watch Rawlins himself die. | |
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Villain by Default | |
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Villain by Default: Just to make it clear in a very short timespan that the White Wolves are jerks the narration states they're Neo-Nazis within the few pages the gang exists on before they get killed to the last man by a rival faction. | |
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Damsel in Distress | |
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Damsel in Distress: Ariana Dzerchenko gets kidnapped and Tim works with Huntress to save her. | |
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Blade Below the Shoulder | |
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Blade Below the Shoulder: KGBeast's wrist mounted weapon has a retractable blade and a gun in it. | |
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| Robin (Comic Book) / int_41d9aaef | type |
Brainwashed | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_41d9aaef | comment |
Brainwashed: Joker drugs Dr. Pellinger into a stupor that makes him easy to control, thereby getting himself his own hacker. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_41d9aaef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_41d9aaef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_41d9aaef | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_42a95f60 | type |
Taking Up the Mantle | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_42a95f60 | comment |
Taking Up the Mantle: All male Robins took up the mantle of Batman one way or another, whether it's the main continuity or Elseworlds. Hell, Battle for the Cowl was about them trying to become the new Batman. After Batman's "death" during Final Crisis, Dick Grayson is forced to become Batman because Bruce Wayne never appointed a successor, and Gotham City was descending into chaos without Batman's presence to strike genuine terror into the hearts of criminals. Jason became the next Batman in an alternate world shown in Countdown to Final Crisis note Earth-15 after it's revealed that Batman died in his place. Also, gun-toting Batman in Battle for the Cowl. Damian became a gun-toting Batman in a Bad Future in Batman #666, where it's shown that he booby-trapped the whole of Gotham to compensate for his skills. And also apparently sold his soul to the Devil. In Detective Comics (Rebirth), Tim is revealed to have become a gun-toting Knight Templar Batman in another Bad Future (or possibly the same one), being the last Robin to take up the mantle: Dick retired and left Gotham, Jason was crippled, and Damian Jumped Off The Slippery Slope and killed millions before Tim "did what was necessary". | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_42a95f60 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_42a95f60 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_42a95f60 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_43a46119 | type |
Surrounded by Idiots | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_43a46119 | comment |
Surrounded by Idiots: The director at Arkham is only too aware that most people working there and the lawyers he has to put up with are all hazards to keeping his prisoners in the asylum. It probably doesn't help that competent people are not lining up to work at Arkham given its track record. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_43a46119 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_43a46119 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_43a46119 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4508b16b | type |
The Guards Must Be Crazy | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4508b16b | comment |
The Guards Must Be Crazy: The guards let through the Joker's "mother" after being tasked with making sure she's not smuggling anything but do little more than run "her" through a metal detector and don't check the Bible she's got nor notice that she's a man in Incredibly Conspicuous Drag. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4508b16b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4508b16b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_4508b16b | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_48e8fe57 | type |
Happily Adopted | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_48e8fe57 | comment |
Happily Adopted: Dick and Tim, at the very least. Jason is very Tsundereish about it, and Damian is blood-related to Bruce. Stephanie was never adopted. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_48e8fe57 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_48e8fe57 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_48e8fe57 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4ce7d3b2 | type |
Electric Joybuzzer | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4ce7d3b2 | comment |
Electric Joybuzzer: Joker takes down Mr. Freeze, who had tried to take over Joker's henchmen while Joker was locked up, with a handheld buzzer to the palm. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4ce7d3b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4ce7d3b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_4ce7d3b2 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4d7df5e2 | type |
Bringing Running Shoes to a Car Chase | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4d7df5e2 | comment |
Bringing Running Shoes to a Car Chase: Robin chases after Hammer on foot when they abduct Ariana. He manages to keep up through use of rooftop hopping, traffic and clinging to the outside of vehicles until he gets waylaid in Chinatown by Lynx. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4d7df5e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_4d7df5e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_4d7df5e2 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5057d559 | type |
Kid-Appeal Character | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5057d559 | comment |
Kid-Appeal Character: What Robin started as, and continues to be. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5057d559 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5057d559 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_5057d559 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_517d2eb8 | type |
Contrasting Sequel Main Character | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_517d2eb8 | comment |
Contrasting Sequel Main Character: All Robins are different from their predecessors. Dick is a friendly Cheerful Child with natural athleticism and leadership skills since he is created in mind to contrast Batman's I Work Alone and brooding personality. Jason is brash, headstrong and prefers to rely on his street smarts and strength to fight. He's also Darker and Edgier compared to Dick, which he kept even after resurrecting as Red Hood. Tim is the Audience Surrogate that while not as physically talented as Dick and Jason, surpasses them with his wits and intelligence to earn his place as Robin. Aside from Stephanie's gender, she is an upbeat rookie compared to Tim's brooding Experienced Protagonist later on. While Damian is genetically enhanced to be a perfect Child Soldier and has no qualms for killing, he also believes that his status the blood son makes him superior to the former three's adopted status. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_517d2eb8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_517d2eb8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_517d2eb8 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5319eefb | type |
Book Safe | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5319eefb | comment |
Book Safe: Joker's "grandmother" brings along a hollowed out Bible designed to eject Joker gas and containing a breathing mask for his boss. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5319eefb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5319eefb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_5319eefb | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5501256b | type |
Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5501256b | comment |
Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: Ariana is claimed to have been murdered, which makes Tim go on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge since he feels he should have prevented her from being kidnapped in the first place. During said rampage he discovers and saves the still living and captive Ariana. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5501256b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5501256b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_5501256b | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5e5b1f43 | type |
Sports Dad | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5e5b1f43 | comment |
Sports Dad: Jack Drake wants Tim to play football. Tim hates football, to the point that he doesn't even like watching it. At one point Tim got out of his dad asking him why he was getting in late by saying he stayed late because of football tryouts, though he never said he tried out and if his dad knew the first thing about his son he might have though he was taking photos or something. Instead when Jack learns the football coach doesn't remember Tim trying out Jack tears apart Tim's room, destroying Tim's possessions and trying to hack into his computer until he wrecks the back wall of Tim's closet, discovers it was a false wall hiding the Robin suit and summarily goes to Wayne manor to threaten Bruce with a gun. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5e5b1f43 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5e5b1f43 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_5e5b1f43 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5fcb9ad1 | type |
Time Skip | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5fcb9ad1 | comment |
Face The Face: Set during the One Year Later Time Skip after Infinite Crisis, Batman and the Robin (Tim Drake) return to action just in time to deal with someone killing off several of Batman's rogues gallery, with evidence pointing to Harvey Dent, who Batman left in charge of protecting Gotham while he was away after being cured. Notable for making the Great White Shark (introduced in Arkham Asylum: Living Hell) Gotham's top crime boss and the aforementioned returns of Commissioner Gordon, Detective Bullock, and Harvey Dent's Two-Face persona (including rescarring). Batman also adopts Tim Drake, who takes up a costume similar to his The New Batman Adventures incarnation. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5fcb9ad1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_5fcb9ad1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_5fcb9ad1 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_6411dac8 | type |
BadassNormal | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_6411dac8 | comment |
Badass Normal: Like their mentor, none of the Robins have superpowers. Damian is the first to break this mold. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_6411dac8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_6411dac8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_6411dac8 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_643618e5 | type |
Replacement Goldfish | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_643618e5 | comment |
Replacement Goldfish: Defied with prejudice. Also serves as a Call-Back to some encouragement Bruce gave Tim at the start of Robin Volume I. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_643618e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_643618e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_643618e5 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_658a3910 | type |
Pacifist Dojo | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_658a3910 | comment |
Pacifist Dojo: The Raul Lama's school teaches that violence should only be used when necessary and be balanced with the healing arts and meditation which are also an aspect of the holistic discipline he teaches. The school itself does not have a Thou Shalt Not Kill aspect but Tim Drake, its most well known student, certainly does even if he's flexible about whether or not his allies stick to that rule. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_658a3910 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_658a3910 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_658a3910 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_669c4caa | type |
Produce Pelting | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_669c4caa | comment |
Produce Pelting: Fans at the Gotham Giants football game start throwing their drinks and food at the Jumbotron when Joker has Pellinger hack in so he can disrupt the game while delivering his demands to the city via the thing. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_669c4caa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_669c4caa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_669c4caa | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_695ca6b2 | type |
Thought Caption | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_695ca6b2 | comment |
Thought Caption: Tim narrates the piece through teal green tinted thought captions. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_695ca6b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_695ca6b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_695ca6b2 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_6a1cae07 | type |
Color-Coded Secret Identity | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_6a1cae07 | comment |
Color-Coded Secret Identity: Tim wears an open red button-up shirt one day, and a red sweater the next at school reflecting the red upper torso portion of his Robin suit. Tim is seen wrapped in a plush green robe once he's out of costume and warming up in the manor, to reflect the green pants, undershirt, mask and gloves of his costume. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_6a1cae07 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_6a1cae07 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_6a1cae07 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_729c69f3 | type |
Politically Incorrect Villain | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_729c69f3 | comment |
Politically Incorrect Villain: King Snake is a sexist, racist, fascist ganglord. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_729c69f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_729c69f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_729c69f3 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_72fb8772 | type |
Forgotten Birthday | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_72fb8772 | comment |
Forgotten Birthday: When Ives rather forcibly invites Tim along for his family birthday dinner Tim asks whose birthday it's for, starting Tim's long tradition of not keeping track of anyone's birthday including his own. Ives implies this is not the first time Tim has done this to him so apparently Tim has always sucked at birthdays. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_72fb8772 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_72fb8772 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_72fb8772 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_78410584 | type |
She Is Not My Girlfriend | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_78410584 | comment |
She Is Not My Girlfriend: Huntress assumes Tim is trying to save his girlfriend despite his protests. Tim's not lying, he only met Ariana because he wanted to try and help after seeing her father get shaken down by The Hammer, which happened earlier on in the same night she ended up abducted. He barely knows her name. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_78410584 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_78410584 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_78410584 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_7a87fa80 | type |
Animal-Themed Superbeing | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_7a87fa80 | comment |
Animal-Themed Superbeing: Although they are not exactly "super". | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_7a87fa80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_7a87fa80 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_7a87fa80 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_7f533ea0 | type |
I Didn't Mean to Turn You On | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_7f533ea0 | comment |
I Didn't Mean to Turn You On: Darkly hilariously depicted between Tim and Lady Shiva. Lady Shiva wakes him up at night for their martial arts training, telling him that she'll bring him to a "whole new world". Tim's response? "Um... I don't think I'm ready for this". Lady Shiva then nonchalantly replied that they can do that later, after the training. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_7f533ea0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_7f533ea0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_7f533ea0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_82b48dc | type |
Stupid Jetpack Hitler | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_82b48dc | comment |
Stupid Jetpack Hitler: King Snake has his Ghost Dragons in France to transport a biological plague spreading weapon developed but never deployed by the Nazis to Hong Kong. Interesting choice given that Imperial Japan was committing horrific experiments with biological weapons and the best ways to spread disease through a civilian population during the Second Sino-Japanese War/WWII and their experiments occurred much closer to Dorrance's power base. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_82b48dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_82b48dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_82b48dc | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8409a385 | type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8409a385 | comment |
The Return of Bruce Wayne: Tim wasn't so crazy after all. Until it happens, we're treated to Bruce Wayne's displaced adventures in time, where he suits up in period-specific Bat-costumes and fights pirates and cavemen and stuff, due to continually being shunted around the timestream. Oh, and Superman says his return will bring about the end of the world... Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: The culmination of the Batman: Reborn storyline. Vicki Vale seeks to reveal the identities of the Bat-Family to the world, but Ra's ah Ghul refuses to let her do so and seeks to kill her. The Bat-Family, the GCPD and the returned Bruce Wayne must protect her and convince her that what she's doing is wrong. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8409a385 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8409a385 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_8409a385 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_84d94c17 | type |
Martial Arts Staff | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_84d94c17 | comment |
Martial Arts Staff: After Shiva hijacks Tim's training and asks him to chose a weapon he picks a staff out of the selection of bladed and piercing weapons weapons she offers him due to its potential non-lethal applications. He's also implied to have a little previous martial arts training with a staff. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_84d94c17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_84d94c17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_84d94c17 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_85832a47 | type |
Gay Paree | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_85832a47 | comment |
Gay Paree: Tim travels to Paris to train with the Rahul Lama, and gets to take in some of the sights before being pulled into trying to prevent an international incident. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_85832a47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_85832a47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_85832a47 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_863fac26 | type |
Jerk Jock | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_863fac26 | comment |
Jerk Jock: Karl, who thinks Tim should hang out with a "better" crowd and makes fun of Ives. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_863fac26 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_863fac26 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_863fac26 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_885a5be7 | type |
Suffer the Slings | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_885a5be7 | comment |
Suffer the Slings: When the Rahul Lama instructs Tim to chose a weapon to study Tim selects the sling, and later uses one to great effect when coming in to a fight with the Ghost Dragons. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_885a5be7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_885a5be7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_885a5be7 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_88933ad4 | type |
Parental Favoritism | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_88933ad4 | comment |
There's Dick Grayson and Jason Todd for starters. Dick is a hero, acrobatic, one of the most cheerful people in the DCU, and independent from Batman. Whereas Jason is a villain, relies more on weaponry and brute strength, is dark and wrathful, and is almost pitifully obsessed with being seen as Batman's son and true heir, if not replacing the Dark Knight himself. Both also have very different relationships with Batman: Dick is the favorite (and always has been, even when he didn't know it) and there is mutual respect between the two, while Jason is The Un-Favourite at the best of times and he and Bruce have a very rocky relationship. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_88933ad4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_88933ad4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_88933ad4 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_89076968 | type |
Shared Identity | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_89076968 | comment |
Shared Identity: Both Damian and Tim use the hero name Robin after Tim's return from being Ozymandias' prisoner. Tim also continues using the identity Red Robin depending on the occasion. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_89076968 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_89076968 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_89076968 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8ace85ef | type |
Audience Surrogate | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8ace85ef | comment |
Tim is the Audience Surrogate that while not as physically talented as Dick and Jason, surpasses them with his wits and intelligence to earn his place as Robin. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8ace85ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8ace85ef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_8ace85ef | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8af7b342 | type |
Sibling Yin-Yang | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8af7b342 | comment |
Sibling Yin-Yang: There's Dick Grayson and Jason Todd for starters. Dick is a hero, acrobatic, one of the most cheerful people in the DCU, and independent from Batman. Whereas Jason is a villain, relies more on weaponry and brute strength, is dark and wrathful, and is almost pitifully obsessed with being seen as Batman's son and true heir, if not replacing the Dark Knight himself. Both also have very different relationships with Batman: Dick is the favorite (and always has been, even when he didn't know it) and there is mutual respect between the two, while Jason is The Un-Favourite at the best of times and he and Bruce have a very rocky relationship. Tim Drake and Nightwing (Dick Grayson). Nightwing can be logical, but he's more emotional and his creation of 'Nightwing' directly extended from him rebelling against Batman. While Tim is more logical, doesn't have Dick's natural athleticism and depends on his brains to get out of a sticky situation. Tim and Dick act like actual brothers though, unlike Damian. Tim Drake (adopted) and Damian Wayne (biological). Tim is logical, cool-headed, and always follows Batman's example by never killing, while Damian is rash, violent, and thinks nothing of killing his enemies, until some Character Development, where he'll still resort to it if he has to. They slug it out every time they meet. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8af7b342 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8af7b342 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_8af7b342 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8e0bedfe | type |
Kid Sidekick | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8e0bedfe | comment |
Kid Sidekick: The Trope Maker and Trope Codifier and is retained in almost every incarnation of Batman, no matter how Darker and Edgier, simply because of tradition. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8e0bedfe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8e0bedfe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_8e0bedfe | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8f00b02a | type |
Always Identical Twins | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8f00b02a | comment |
Always Identical Twins: Two of Sebastian Ives' many cousins are a pair of identical twin girls. Since they're both jovial with similar personalities and their parents give them matching outfits and keep their hair cut the same way they're exceptionally difficult to tell apart. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8f00b02a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8f00b02a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_8f00b02a | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8f1f3f3e | type |
Soccer-Hating Americans | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8f1f3f3e | comment |
Soccer-Hating Americans: Alfred gives the inverse, Gridiron Hating Brits, some lip service when Tim walks into the kitchen and notices Alfred is watching American Football while he works. In a moment of sarcasm blindness Tim goes to change the channel since Tim's personally not fond of football but Alfred stops him since he does actually like watching the game. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8f1f3f3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_8f1f3f3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_8f1f3f3e | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_94be6b61 | type |
Coordinated Clothes | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_94be6b61 | comment |
Coordinated Clothes: Ives' twin cousins are wearing matching outfits at the dinner Ives' family has celebrating his birthday. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_94be6b61 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_94be6b61 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_94be6b61 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_95713538 | type |
Outside Ride | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_95713538 | comment |
Outside Ride: Tim leaps on top of the Hammers' car and splatters the windshield with paint to force them to stop when they're abducting Ariana. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_95713538 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_95713538 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_95713538 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9788e2b1 | type |
Black Dude Dies First | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9788e2b1 | comment |
Black Dude Dies First: African American Clyde Rawlins is the first and only member of the main cast of the story to die. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9788e2b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9788e2b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_9788e2b1 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9ab3da1a | type |
Evil Mentor | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9ab3da1a | comment |
Evil Mentor: Lady Shiva interrupts Tim's training and ends up his new mentor. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9ab3da1a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9ab3da1a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_9ab3da1a | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9b53f32 | type |
Exposed to the Elements | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9b53f32 | comment |
Exposed to the Elements: Huntress spends the story running about in the ice and snow in a sleeveless leotard with a punging neckline. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9b53f32 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9b53f32 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_9b53f32 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9f970427 | type |
Secret-Keeper | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9f970427 | comment |
Secret-Keeper: Tim ends up a secret keeper for Huntress's secret id after he effortlessly figures out she's Helena Bertinelli to her consternation. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9f970427 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_9f970427 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_9f970427 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_a0396574 | type |
Rogues Gallery | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_a0396574 | comment |
Battle For The Cowl (not written by Morrison, but fits into the overarching story) - Bruce Wayne is dead, and a great void has been created in Gotham City. A war on two fronts has started that the Bat-Family must deal with: the recently escaped Rogues Gallery from Arkham, along with the various gangs and factions trying to claim Gotham as their own; and the appearance of a mysterious masked "Batman", who holds no qualms for murder (eventually revealed to be Jason Todd). After attempting to kill both Tim Drake and Damian Wayne, Jason fights Nightwing, and is defeated. Dick takes over the mantle of the Bat, and Damian becomes the new Robin as Dick is worried Tim's claims that Bruce is alive are proof of Sanity Slippage from his Trauma Conga Line. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_a0396574 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_a0396574 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_a0396574 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_a195310a | type |
Red Is Heroic | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_a195310a | comment |
Red Is Heroic: Red is the most dominant color of the Robin costumes, except in Tim's first costume where green was dominant but even then his tunic remained red. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_a195310a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_a195310a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_a195310a | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Robin assures Commissioner Gordon he can handle whatever situation there is, without Batman. Then Gordon reveals that the Joker is on the loose. Oooooooohhhh... yikes. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_ad1db87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_ad1db87c | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b01abe4f | type |
Catchphrase | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catchphrase: "Holy (fill in the blank)!" Now used mostly as Self-Deprecation and Mythology Gags. Mostly just Dick's. Jason tried it once, and Batman just asked him to never do it again. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b01abe4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b01abe4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_b01abe4f | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b3aa5504 | type |
Convenient Coma | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b3aa5504 | comment |
Convenient Coma: Tim visits his father and talks to him, but notes he's never been able to be candid with his father before Jack ended up in a coma and he doesn't expect he'll ever be able to again if his father wakes up. He also notes his father is a lot easier to visit since he's in the city in a hospital room instead of flitting all over the planet and avoiding Gotham, and his son, like the plague. Despite these things Tim really does hope Jack recovers. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b3aa5504 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b3aa5504 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_b3aa5504 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b41c411e | type |
Toilet Humour | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b41c411e | comment |
Toilet Humour: Joker ends up falling into a sewage treatment tank when Tim defeats him, but Tim's too tired to do more than think his predecessors probably would have been able to come up with a quip. Later at Arkham Riddler takes up the slack and makes a joke about how much Joker stinks that pisses Joker off and gets a laugh out of Two-Face to end the series with. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b41c411e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b41c411e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_b41c411e | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b5b3599d | type |
Amoral Attorney | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b5b3599d | comment |
Amoral Attorney: The Joker's lawyer is presented as more naive than amoral, but the Arkham director feels like his requests are all incredibly dangerous and are all potential escape attempts on the Joker's part and the director is right. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b5b3599d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b5b3599d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_b5b3599d | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b69e71fe | type |
Rainbow Motif | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b69e71fe | comment |
Rainbow Motif: The colors tied to each of them combined with Batman's indigo creates a subdued rainbow motif. Jason is Red, Carrie is Orange, Damian is Yellownote Exemplified by his costume having much more yellow than any Robin before, even adding yellow trim., Tim was Greennote Exemplified having more green on his first costume than any other Robin, trading most of the yellow for black, and his text boxes being green in his early years., Stephanie is Violetnote Exemplified by her dedication wearing to purple, especially eggplant purple, across all her identities. and Dick is Blue. Things got muddled by bringing Timmy Todd's uniform from the DCAU in for Tim and tying him to red and Batman's costumes less and less frequently including blue so the motif has been lost over the years. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b69e71fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b69e71fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_b69e71fe | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b6cc7fc0 | type |
Dysfunctional Family | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b6cc7fc0 | comment |
Dysfunctional Family: Ives complains about his large and embarrassingly loud family as if they're a mess but Tim thinks they're nice and also thinks Ives is mostly exaggerating for storytelling purposes. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b6cc7fc0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b6cc7fc0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_b6cc7fc0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b8dbe475 | type |
Blood from the Mouth | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b8dbe475 | comment |
Blood from the Mouth: After his one man fight against the Ghost Dragons starts going downhill once Lynx kicks him in the face Tim has blood dribbling from his mouth. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b8dbe475 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b8dbe475 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_b8dbe475 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b9fd7929 | type |
Morality Chain | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b9fd7929 | comment |
Morality Chain: All of them is this, as they keep Batman from going over the edge and turning into an Anti-Hero. It's to the point it reaches Living Emotional Crutch levels Depending on the Writer, as it's shown he almost crosses the line whenever one of them dies. note Excpet for Steph, who Batman knew was faking her death. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b9fd7929 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_b9fd7929 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_b9fd7929 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_ba557643 | type |
Terms of Endangerment | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_ba557643 | comment |
Terms of Endangerment: Lynx calls Tim "Bird Boy". | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_ba557643 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_ba557643 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_ba557643 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_bbf11c0 | type |
Genius Bruiser | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_bbf11c0 | comment |
Jason is brash, headstrong and prefers to rely on his street smarts and strength to fight. He's also Darker and Edgier compared to Dick, which he kept even after resurrecting as Red Hood. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_bbf11c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_bbf11c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_bbf11c0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_bf7473fb | type |
Executive Suite Fight | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_bf7473fb | comment |
Executive Suite Fight: Ends with two fights in King Snake's executive suite fifty floors above the streets of Hong Kong. In the first Snake pummels Clyde Rawlins to death, and when Tim arrives and sees his ally dead he's able to use a bit of misdirection and kick Snake out the window, where he then leaves him clinging to the ledge with Lady Shiva standing over him who is implied to have made him fall to his death, though of course he shows up again later. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_bf7473fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_bf7473fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_bf7473fb | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c0d106a8 | type |
Wrecked Weapon | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c0d106a8 | comment |
Wrecked Weapon: KGBeast breaks Tim's staff in half with a wrist mounted blade pretty early on in the story. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c0d106a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c0d106a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_c0d106a8 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c234ee4d | type |
Character Tiers | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c234ee4d | comment |
Character Tiers: Discussed In-Universe briefly by Ives, Hudson and Hudman before the conversation gets derailed by Tim bailing on their plans to play Wizards and Warriors that evening. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c234ee4d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c234ee4d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_c234ee4d | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c83cd6b8 | type |
The Nicknamer | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c83cd6b8 | comment |
The Nicknamer: Ives usually just uses last names but he also likes to use "Hudster", seemingly because of it's vague meaning and the possibility that he could be talking about either Hudman or Hudson, or both. Good luck getting him to clarify especially since the two in question seem to always know who he's talking to or about and don't ask him to stop. He also calls Tim "Master Tim" on occasion, referring to Tim's much more affluent background than that of the other kids at Gotham Heights. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c83cd6b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c83cd6b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_c83cd6b8 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c9e5a0db | type |
Legacy Character | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c9e5a0db | comment |
Legacy Character: All of the Robins (save Damian) later graduated into another Legacy Character. Dick Grayson became the second Nightwing,note Superman, in a temporary identity, was the first and upon Bruce's "death" became the third Batman.note The second being Jean-Paul Valley in Knightfall Dick was also belatedly revealed to not even have been the first Robin, as Bruce Wayne himself assumed the role for a brief time in his own youth. Jason Todd became the Red Hood II,note Originally, members of a criminal gang rotated through the identity, most notably The Joker before he adopted his best-known identity. Red Robin II,note An adult Dick Grayson from Kingdom Come was the first and even became Nightwing V for a while.note Nightwing III is the villain "Nite-Wing", and Nightwing IV was Power Girl in a temporary identity. Tim Drake eventually became Red Robin III. And Stephanie Brown became Batgirl IV.note Barbara Gordon, The Huntress, and Cassandra Cain were the first three, although all of them were after Betty (later Bette) Kane as "Bat-Girl" Even Damian Wayne was revealed to have become the sixth Batman in a Bad Future. According to Marv Wolfman, around the time Jason Todd was introduced, one of the Batman writers wanted to de-age Dick Grayson and return him to being Batman's sidekick. As writer on The New Teen Titans, DC's hottest property at the time, Wolfman wielded a lot of power, and, not wanting to have Dick's Character Development undone, suggested that instead, Dick Grayson could move on to a new identity and a new Robin could be introduced as a publicity stunt (since that sort of thing had never really happened before). | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c9e5a0db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_c9e5a0db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_c9e5a0db | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d1d670cc | type |
Cut the Juice | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d1d670cc | comment |
Cut the Juice: When Tim realizes Pellinger is trying to hack into the Batcomputer while Tim was trying to hack Joker's system Tim cuts the power without hesitation, even if he isn't happy about it. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d1d670cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d1d670cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_d1d670cc | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d2431598 | type |
Asleep in Class | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d2431598 | comment |
Asleep in Class: Tim falls asleep during study hour in the library and gets a lecture from the librarian for misusing his time there. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d2431598 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d2431598 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_d2431598 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d53ad027 | type |
Cheerful Child | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d53ad027 | comment |
Dick is a friendly Cheerful Child with natural athleticism and leadership skills since he is created in mind to contrast Batman's I Work Alone and brooding personality. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d53ad027 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d53ad027 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_d53ad027 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d66cd0e6 | type |
Training from Hell | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d66cd0e6 | comment |
Training from Hell: Deconstructed. Tim got more out of training under the Rahul Lama than under Shiva's brutal tutelage, most of what she taught him was just how to try to think out of the box during a fight to try and avoid getting pulverized. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d66cd0e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d66cd0e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_d66cd0e6 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d777d1eb | type |
Token Rich Student | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d777d1eb | comment |
Token Rich Student: Tim's family is much better off than his friends and classmates and had previously only attended boarding schools at his father's insistence. Ives points out how odd it is for him to be attending a public school in Gotham after seeing what Tim has for lunch, though he's grinning the whole time because he knows Tim is only getting to go to public school because he's under the care of Bruce Wayne at the moment. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d777d1eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d777d1eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_d777d1eb | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d7d8e447 | type |
Depraved Dentist | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d7d8e447 | comment |
Depraved Dentist: Issue 2 takes full advantage of the imagery, with the cover depicting Joker as a crazed grinning dentist with Dr. Pellinger strapped into the chair, the theme has a basis in the story itself but the dental tools are cover only. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d7d8e447 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_d7d8e447 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_d7d8e447 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_deb39de3 | type |
Bad Future | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_deb39de3 | comment |
Damian became a gun-toting Batman in a Bad Future in Batman #666, where it's shown that he booby-trapped the whole of Gotham to compensate for his skills. And also apparently sold his soul to the Devil. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_deb39de3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_deb39de3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_deb39de3 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_df582b0b | type |
Continuity Snarl | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_df582b0b | comment |
Continuity Snarl: One of the policies of DC's New 52 timeline is that the timeline goes back no further than five years. However, Batman (and Green Lantern) were so successful at the time of the reboot that DC left its continuity—mostly—as-is - meaning that in the span of five years, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake all managed to become Robin and then graduate to their "adult" identities as Nightwing, Red Hood, and Red Robin. This later prompted DC to explain that Batman's history goes back ten years instead of five. The new continuity cut out Stephanie altogether and radically altered Tim in an attempt to fit the new timeline. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_df582b0b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_df582b0b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_df582b0b | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e431c24c | type |
Not Quite Dead | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e431c24c | comment |
After Batman's "death" during Final Crisis, Dick Grayson is forced to become Batman because Bruce Wayne never appointed a successor, and Gotham City was descending into chaos without Batman's presence to strike genuine terror into the hearts of criminals. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e431c24c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e431c24c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_e431c24c | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e5c64f3f | type |
Shame If Something Happened | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e5c64f3f | comment |
Shame If Something Happened: The Hammer sends a group to threaten Ariana to force her dad to comply, but things go sideways and they end up murdering Mr. Dzerchenko instead. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e5c64f3f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e5c64f3f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_e5c64f3f | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e6f745e | type |
Leotard of Power | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e6f745e | comment |
Leotard of Power: Poor Huntress is in her leotard with a plunging cleavage cutout phase, which really sticks out since it's snowy and windy for a large chunk of the tale. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e6f745e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e6f745e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_e6f745e | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e75d1aee | type |
Friendly Local Chinatown | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e75d1aee | comment |
Friendly Local Chinatown: Tim manages to follow KGBeast to Gate Street when trying to prevent the Russians from kidnapping Ariana. As the local gang is run by one of Tim's first recurring villains they're of course happy to greet him and try to put him six feet under. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e75d1aee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e75d1aee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_e75d1aee | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e7b1cb24 | type |
Old Master | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e7b1cb24 | comment |
Old Master: Tim's trains under the Rahul Lama, a very old Tibetan refugee living in Paris who was the last living master of an ancient fighting style and whom Tim noticed never seemed to run out of stamina. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e7b1cb24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e7b1cb24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_e7b1cb24 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e83f211c | type |
O.O.C. Is Serious Business | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e83f211c | comment |
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The Joker stops smiling and telling jokes when he first sees Tim. He's furious that there's a Robin running about when he went to all the trouble to beat the last one half to death and then blow him up for good measure, even though it wasn't something he planned in advance and was just "lucky" happenstance. | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e83f211c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_e83f211c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Robin (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Robin (Comic Book) / int_e83f211c | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_ef0f881b | type |
Trick Arrow | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_ef0f881b | comment |
Trick Arrow: Huntress has listening devices modified into trick arrows so she can shoot them to attach to buildings where meetings she wants to listen in on are taking place. | |
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Chase Fight | |
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Chase Fight: Tim fights the members of Hammer and the Ghost Dragons while chasing Hammer to try and prevent their abduction of Ariana. In the end the Ghost Dragons joining in on the fight ensures Hammer gets away. | |
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Evil Brit | |
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Evil Brit: Dorrance hates that he lives past the golden age of British colonialism. It's not so much that he's seem particularly proud to be British, he's just incredibly racist and misogynistic, thinks himself above everyone else and hates that foreign (and his own) governments take issue with his trying to subjugate, torture and kill people. | |
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Not Evil, Just Misunderstood | |
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Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: Joker's current physiologist feels this way about the criminal, which infuriates the director who knows better. | |
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Incredibly Conspicuous Drag | |
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Incredibly Conspicuous Drag: One of the Joker's henchmen in fairly poor disguise as his grandmother is able to get into Arkham to visit "her grandson". | |
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Distressed Dude | |
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Distressed Dude / Badass in Distress: Can't forget your roots now, can we? | |
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Sidekick Graduations Stick | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_fc9379ed | comment |
Sidekick Graduations Stick: Dick Grayson became Nightwing, and has never returned to being Robin; unlike many characters with successors, he's never referred to as the "real" Robin, just the first. (Although his counterpart in the original Earth-2 never gave up the Robin identity.) And then he became Batman a more permanent basis with Bruce Wayne's 'inconveniencing' in the event Final Crisis. Fans guessed this would be reverted as soon as Bruce got back, but it actually stuck around for a little while with both men operating as Batman - in fact, Bruce started franchising and appointing even more Batmen worldwide. Dick's promotion was eventually reversed by the New 52 relaunch, where he went back to being Nightwing. The second Robin, Jason Todd, graduated once he came back from the dead. Except instead of becoming his own hero he became a villain. Or a really dark Anti-Hero or something; it's complicated. He's tried to hijack the Batman and Nightwing names a couple of times, but for the most part, he's taken over the pre-existing name the Red Hood. Also, in an Alternate Universe where he didn't die, he becomes the second Batman. Tim Drake, the third Robin, altered his identity into Red Robin. And yes, this counts as full graduation, as Damian Wayne has taken over being original-style Robin. | |
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Master of Disguise | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_fd7267dd | comment |
Even earlier than that, in the 1950’s, Robin got a one-time female counterpart: Mary Wills, AKA “Roberta The Girl Wonder�. Her costume looked a lot like Robin’s, but with red hair and a swapped color palette. While her crime fighting career didn’t last long, Robin and Roberta made a pretty good team whenever they worked together, especially with Roberta’s excellent acting and disguising skills. | |
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Death Seeker | |
| Robin (Comic Book) / int_fff371b4 | comment |
Death Seeker: Clyde Rawlins is being intentionally reckless and doesn't feel he has anything left to live for though he'd like to take out King Snake on his way out. Clyde does find death at Snake's hands but fails to do any real damage to his opponent. | |
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