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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line, directed by Jay Oliva and based on the comic of the same name. Batman has been retired for ten years, alcoholic and consumed with grief after the death of Jason Todd. Superman, still as young and handsome as ever, has become little more than an icon, answering to the government and trying to stay as neutral as possible. Commissioner Gordon is weeks away from retirement, The Joker has been silently locked away in Arkham for years, and Two-Face is about to be released back into the world with a brand new skin. In Batman's absence, and in the midst of a killer heat wave, Gotham City is overrun with crime, plagued by a monstrously violent gang known as The Mutants. After encountering a Mutant gang in the alley where his parents were murdered, Bruce Wayne resurrects Batman, aided in his renewed crusade by Carrie Kelley, a 13-year-old girl who becomes the new Robin. Defeating the Mutants, though, turns out to be child's play compared to what Batman faces next...The cast of voice actors includes Peter Weller (RoboCop) as Batman, Ariel Winter (Modern Family) as Carrie Kelley, Wade Williams (Prison Break) as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, David Selby (Dark Shadows) as Commissioner Gordon, Michael McKean (Laverne & Shirley) as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper, Michael Emerson (Lost, Person of Interest) as The Joker, Mark Valley (Human Target) as Superman, and Maria Canals Barrera (Wizards of Waverly Place) as Ellen Yindel. Many of the tropes in the original comic apply to the film.The movie is split into two parts. Part 1 (trailer) was released Sept. 25, 2012. Part 2 (trailer) then followed up on Jan. 29, 2013. A deluxe edition with both parts was released on October 8th, 2013. | |
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Adam Westing | |
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Adam Westing: Conan O'Brien as talk show host Dave Endochrine. | |
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Age Lift | |
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Age Lift: In Batman: Year One, Stan Merkel is a seasoned GCPD detective (presumably in his thirties or forties) when a twenty-something Bruce Wayne begins his career as Batman. Here, Merkel is in his twenties or thirties during a period where Batman is in his fifties. | |
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The Call Knows Where You Live | |
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The Call Knows Where You Live: The demonic bat vision which continually haunts Bruce, until he can't take it anymore. | |
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I Was Quite a Looker | |
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I Was Quite a Looker: Selina. Where we all can recall her from Year One◊. Best summed up by the Joker. | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Like in the comic, the President (while not named) is, for all intents and purposes, Ronald Reagan. | |
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Abnormal Ammo | |
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Abnormal Ammo: Batman uses rubber bullets to incapacitate the Mutants at the dump without killing them. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier/Lighter and Softer: By distilling and expanding on the source material, we have scenes such as taking out the Mutant leader's rape threat and limiting Byron Brassballs' assholishness, and others like the Joker's massacre and Robin more directly killing made more graphic. | |
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Older Hero vs. Younger Villain | |
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Older Hero vs. Younger Villain: Batman vs. the Mutant Leader. | |
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Mook Carryover | |
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Mook Carryover: Rob and Don, the 2 Mutants who worked for the Mutant Gang and its leader now work for the Joker and Bruno. | |
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Man Bites Man | |
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Man Bites Man: The Mutant Leader sinks his teeth into Batman's shoulder in their first fight, and rips out the Mayor's throat with his bare teeth later. | |
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Evil Sounds Deep | |
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Evil Sounds Deep: The Mutant Leader has a beastly, gravelly voice. | |
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Only Six Faces | |
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Only Six Faces: The Mutants have a lot of members that look very similar to each other. All of the Female Mutant members look and dress exactly the same, even when Carrie was disguised as one. Averted with Rob and Don, who are later shown to have normal faces when robbing the liquor store. | |
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Dressing as the Enemy | |
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Dressing as the Enemy: Carrie poses as a Mutant in order to gather the gang at the location of the second fight between Batman and the Mutant leader. | |
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Soft Glass | |
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Soft Glass: Averted when Batman throws a mook through a window, then gives him a choice between bleeding to death from the resulting injuries or Batman taking him to the hospital if he talks. | |
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The Voice | |
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The Voice: Carrie Kelley's stoner parents are heard, but never seen. The woman talking to Bruce on the radio in the opening race is never seen either. In the comics it's Carol Ferris, Hal Jordan's fiancée. | |
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Asskicking Leads to Leadership | |
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Asskicking Leads to Leadership: The Mutant Leader is feared and respected by his army because he is the strongest among them. Likewise, Batman inadvertently gains authority over the Mutants by defeating him. | |
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Green-Eyed Monster | |
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Green-Eyed Monster: The reason the government wants Batman dead, because he is able to keep order where they can't. | |
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I Surrender, Suckers | |
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I Surrender, Suckers: Superman asks Batman to come quietly and offers a handshake. Batman accepts, electrocuting Superman with Gotham City's entire electrical grid. | |
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Cool Shades | |
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Cool Shades: The Mutants' glowing futuristic visor things. | |
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Lawful Stupid | |
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Lawful Stupid: Every authority figure trying to maintain law and order except for Batman and Gordon. Even Superman of all people. The new police commissioner Ellen Yindel starts out this way, choosing the Inspector Javert stance with regards to Batman's activities. Once she sees him making a real positive difference by keeping order in Gotham during an EMP induced blackout, Yindel gives up pursuing him and becomes a Knight in Sour Armor like Gordon before her, accepting that the Dark Knight is "too big" to judge. | |
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Stealth Pun | |
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Stealth Pun: Oliver shoots a glowing Green Arrow. The former Catwoman now runs an escort agency. | |
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High-Altitude Interrogation | |
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High-Altitude Interrogation: When a mook proves reluctant to talk, Batman removes the man's blindfold to reveal he's holding him over the edge of a skyscraper. | |
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Bloodier and Gorier | |
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Bloodier and Gorier: Quite possibly the darkest and most violent DC Universe Animated Original Movie until Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. In fact, at times it's even bloodier and gorier than the comic as the deaths of Gotham's mayor, Dr. Wolper, and TV host David Endochrine are more graphic than in the comic. | |
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Wrong Genre Savvy | |
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Wrong Genre Savvy: This is Dr. Wolper's character. Everything out of his mouth is just out there, with one of his statements being he thinks Batman is the sociopath and Joker is just a victim. Saying how wrong he is would just be an understatement. | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: At the beginning of the film, Gotham has slowly become this since Batman's original retirement. Crime is out of control. In addition to the normal thieves, rapists and murderers having relatively free reign due to a now impotent police force, the new Mutant gang is murdering men, women and children For the Evulz with the intent to take over the city and impose their own violent, blood-soaked despotic rule. Everyone else lives in fear for their lives. Finally, Bruce can take it no longer and decides that Gotham will get better because he will force it to. | |
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Good Is Not Soft | |
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Good Is Not Soft: Par for the course for Batman, however it is highlighted particularly when he throws a batarang directly into the Joker's eye, indicating that he really wants to make him suffer. Naturally, Batman losing all restraint pleases the Joker. | |
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Knight in Sour Armor | |
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Knight in Sour Armor: Commissioner Gordon. Every time he questions whether he is doing the right thing, he reminds himself that he is doing it to keep his wife safe. Ellen Yindel eventually becomes one when Gotham is nearly reduced to a World Gone Mad from an EMP blackout with mass looting and violence, and she sees firsthand how much of a force for good Batman really is. | |
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I'm a Humanitarian | |
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I'm a Humanitarian: The Mutant leader regularly makes speeches on how he'll eat his victims, and later rips out the mayor's throat with his bare teeth. | |
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Adaptation Expansion | |
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Adaptation Expansion: Batman's climactic fight with Superman in Part 2 is much longer and more epic than in the comic book. The Joker's rampage is also given a bit more detail. Batman's meeting with the general is also longer than in the comic, where the general only appears in a page and already dead. | |
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Aborted Arc | |
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Aborted Arc: What did America do after Russia launched a Cold Bringer? Never brought up again. | |
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Ascended Fanboy | |
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Ascended Fangirl: Carrie Kelley, who dresses up as Robin and tries to fight crime on her own, only to become Bruce's real sidekick. | |
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Your Television Hates You | |
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Your Television Hates You: Bruce keeps getting either crime reports or the movie that was playing the night his parents were murdered. | |
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Go Through Me | |
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Go Through Me: Inverted when the Joker takes a kid hostage. | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: The rookie cop catches a glimpse of Batman and said "Did you see that?". A line first spoken (also by a cop) in the beginning of "On Leather Wings", the first episode of Batman: The Animated Series, and the first entry of the DC Animated Universe. For that matter, the rookie cop bears a resemblance to Terry McGinnis. The rookie's eldest partner has a sort of Irish accent, like Chief O'Hara. Three songs of the soundtrack share their name with three of the four comics of the original miniseries: The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Triumphant and Hunting the Dark Knight. | |
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Funny Background Event | |
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Funny Background Event: Carrie's stoned parents talking in the background. The best exchange occurs while they're watching a news report about Gordon surviving an assassination attempt by shooting his assailant. | |
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The Dreaded | |
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The Dreaded: As he used to do in his Glory Days, a big strategy that Batman employs for his return is to terrify criminals and Mutants who have so far been enjoying a free reign of mayhem in Gotham. Selina Kyle is absolutely terrified when the Joker appears in front on her. | |
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Tomboy and Girly Girl | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2d364c81 | comment |
Tomboy and Girly Girl: Carrie and her friend Michelle. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2d364c81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2d364c81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2d364c81 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2de7bbf1 | type |
Nominal Hero | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2de7bbf1 | comment |
The Sons Of Batman are Nominal Heroes like in the comic, though. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2de7bbf1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2de7bbf1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2de7bbf1 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2e8441c9 | type |
The Bad Guy Wins | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2e8441c9 | comment |
The Bad Guy Wins: Joker's final scheme was successful because he finally made Batman lose control and very nearly break his one rule and when it's made clear that Batman only broke Joker's neck enough to render him quadriplegic, the disappointed villain decides to trick the world into thinking that Bats really did cross the line... by using the last of his strength to break his neck completely. Joker's death means that the cops would hound him and eventually try to kill him. Either way, Joker wins. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2e8441c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2e8441c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_2e8441c9 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_313e9485 | type |
Hero with Bad Publicity | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_313e9485 | comment |
Hero with Bad Publicity: Boy. Batman does a lot of help for Gotham, but the GCPD completely goes against him the moment Gordon retires and Ellen Yindel takes over, with her first order being apprehending Batman. It doesn't help that the Sons of Batman look like thugs trying to spread his word. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_313e9485 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_313e9485 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_313e9485 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_31578d72 | type |
Hates Everyone Equally | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_31578d72 | comment |
Hates Everyone Equally: Bruce is a total misanthrope towards nearly everyone, save for Alfred, Carrie Kelley and Selina Kyle. Even Jim Gordon informs Ellen Yindel after his retirement that he and Bruce no longer talk. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_31578d72 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_31578d72 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_31578d72 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_326a44a1 | type |
Create Your Own Villain | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_326a44a1 | comment |
Create Your Own Villain: Discussed by Wolper concerning all of Batman's rogues. Apparently his mere presence propagates a social disease that creates costumed psychopaths. In the Joker's case at least this is true, as he only revives from his comatose state on hearing that Batman is back. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_326a44a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_326a44a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_326a44a1 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33029735 | type |
Dies Wide Open | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33029735 | comment |
Dies Wide Open: The Joker goes out this way, laughing until the end. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33029735 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33029735 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33029735 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33cadb12 | type |
Compilation Movie | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33cadb12 | comment |
Compilation Movie: Both parts were later rereleased in 2013, the same year part 2 was released, as one whole movie. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33cadb12 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33cadb12 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33cadb12 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33d5b7f2 | type |
Adapted Out | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33d5b7f2 | comment |
Adapted Out: Some characters, like two insane and violent Batman copycats who attract media ire and Louis Gallagher from the Press Department of the G.C.P.D. and politician liaison with the city hall of Gotham City, do not appear in the film. Dr. Ruth Weisenheimer does not appear on David Endochrine's show but is mentioned. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33d5b7f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33d5b7f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33d5b7f2 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33f6c897 | type |
Stoners Are Funny | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33f6c897 | comment |
Stoners Are Funny: Carrie Kelley's parents. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33f6c897 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33f6c897 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_33f6c897 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_35022c20 | type |
No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_35022c20 | comment |
No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: Batman suggests that Superman is the most powerful and irreplaceable weapon that the US Government has (and the only person who is really capable of stopping Batman), which is why Batman puts so much significance on defeating him. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_35022c20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_35022c20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_35022c20 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_35ae6a23 | type |
Lethal Chef | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_35ae6a23 | comment |
Lethal Chef: "If it's suicide you're after, I have an old family recipe..." | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_35ae6a23 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_35ae6a23 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_35ae6a23 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_396e1c2a | type |
Face Death with Dignity | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_396e1c2a | comment |
Face Death with Dignity: As in the comic, Alfred accepts his stroke that way after blowing up Wayne Manor. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_396e1c2a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_396e1c2a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_396e1c2a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3c0a4666 | type |
Noodle Incident | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3c0a4666 | comment |
Noodle Incident: Oliver Queen lost his left arm in unspecified circumstances, but it's strongly implied that Superman tore it off, as he wants some payback against the "schoolboy". An earlier conversation between Bruce and Clark all but confirms this; Clark claims he didn't want it to go that way, but "[Oliver]... made it necessary" | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3c0a4666 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3c0a4666 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3c0a4666 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3ccaf3ac | type |
No Swastikas | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3ccaf3ac | comment |
No Swastikas: Averted with Bruno, who still has her swastika-shaped tattoos over her breasts, but still toned way down from the comic: not only does she not have the assless chaps that show off her also-swastika-covered buttocks, but Rob and Don's armbands don't have swastikas on them like they do in the comic. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3ccaf3ac | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3ccaf3ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3ccaf3ac | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3cd3a0f1 | type |
Femme Fatalons | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3cd3a0f1 | comment |
Femme Fatalons: When Abner (the Joker's henchman) has Robin pinned down, she uses her nails to claw his face. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3cd3a0f1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3cd3a0f1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3cd3a0f1 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3d2c6d30 | type |
Skewed Priorities | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3d2c6d30 | comment |
Skewed Priorities: Joker just spent the last 24 hrs killing at least over 300 people. The police are more upset that Batman killed him (which he didn't). The Russians just launched a nuke that sent the US into an early winter and knocked out all of the power for a good few months causing untold amount of deaths and damages. Their first order is to kill Batman for showing them up since he has actually kept order in his city. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3d2c6d30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3d2c6d30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3d2c6d30 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3d699462 | type |
Curb-Stomp Battle | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3d699462 | comment |
Curb-Stomp Battle: The Mutant Leader delivers one to Batman in their first confrontation. Batman tried to match strength with strength and failed to even put a dent in the leader while nearly being killed himself. Subverted in the final fight with Superman in the second film. Supes could have ended the fight before it even started if he'd had no scruples about killing Batman as quickly as possible. Superman regarding Bruce as a friend, having a no-kill rule, and being somewhat weakened by other events turned the fight into a fairly evenly matched Pummel Duel. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3d699462 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3d699462 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3d699462 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3e01fd7 | type |
Arrow Catch | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3e01fd7 | comment |
Arrow Catch: Superman catches the arrow that Green Arrow shoots at him during his showdown with Batman. Problem is, it's a Kryptonite Trick Arrow that proceeds to explode in his face. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3e01fd7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3e01fd7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3e01fd7 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3e2c9723 | type |
We Win, Because You Didn't | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3e2c9723 | comment |
We Win, Because You Didn't: Batman's strategy with Superman is to beat him as soundly as possible using every trick he has, and then die so that Superman can never turn the tables and win (as he inevitably would). | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3e2c9723 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3e2c9723 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3e2c9723 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3f45f1e6 | type |
Adaptational Heroism | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3f45f1e6 | comment |
Adaptational Heroism: Downplayed with the Sons of Batman. They're still nominal heroes who are only on Batman's side due to him defeating the Mutant Leader, but thanks to Adaptation Distillation and much of the news commentary being left out, some of their more heinous actions from the comic, such as chopping off the hands of a shoplifter and shooting a member of one of the Mutants' offshoot gangs, are not present in the film. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3f45f1e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3f45f1e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3f45f1e6 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3fe2b13f | type |
Ungrateful Bastard | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3fe2b13f | comment |
Ungrateful Bastard: Despite Batman's actions against the Mutants, many Gotham residents keep on saying that he's a nuisance or worse. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3fe2b13f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3fe2b13f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_3fe2b13f | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_40c57041 | type |
Manipulative Bastard | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_40c57041 | comment |
Manipulative Bastard: The Joker has Wolper completely wrapped around his little finger. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_40c57041 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_40c57041 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_40c57041 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_40cc0c7e | type |
Bittersweet Ending | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Bittersweet Ending: Bruce leaves no trace of his existence behind, Alfred dies from a stroke, and Ronald Reagan is still around. However, Bruce is still alive in the shadows but unable to do crime-fighting himself due to his weakened state, though now he leads and trains a secret legion with stray Mutants and the Sons of Batman with Carrie and Oliver in order to keep Gotham City safe from the shadows, promising to Superman that they'll try not drawing too much attention lest they deal with Superman under presidential orders. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_40cc0c7e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_40cc0c7e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_40cc0c7e | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_42c9f1ec | type |
Downplayed Trope | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_42c9f1ec | comment |
Downplayed with Batman himself, as some of the issues he has in the original comic such as him not being as stealthy as before are left out while the movie makes some of his fights more flashy, if with more emphasis on his skill rather than his strength. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_42c9f1ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_42c9f1ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_42c9f1ec | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_44fc28e8 | type |
Honor Before Reason | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_44fc28e8 | comment |
Honor Before Reason: Batman abandons the safety of his tank to fight the Mutant leader directly, as in the comic. He justifies it to Alfred, saying that he needs to do it in order to know that he's still the goddamned Batman. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_44fc28e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_44fc28e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_44fc28e8 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_479d4e5a | type |
Would Hurt a Child | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_479d4e5a | comment |
Would Hurt a Child: The mutant gang are explicitly referenced to have killed an entire family, children included, during the introductory part of the film; later, a group was discussing repeating the deed after they get the ransom for a kid they abducted before Batman intervenes. Joker, as he happily gives out poisoned cotton candy to children. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_479d4e5a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_479d4e5a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_479d4e5a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_49f20c6a | type |
Gory Discretion Shot | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_49f20c6a | comment |
Gory Discretion Shot: The climax of the fight With the Mutant Leader cuts away before Batman can fully extend an applied kneebar and break the Leader's leg, only showing the rather disturbed reactions of the Mutants watching the leg get broken. Semi-Averted in Part II. Abner is still seen getting his head chewed up by the roller coaster gears, but his girth hides the actual damage inflicted. All we see is his blood and Carrie's horrified expression. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_49f20c6a | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_49f20c6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_49f20c6a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_49fb5ccb | type |
Combat Pragmatist | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_49fb5ccb | comment |
Combat Pragmatist: Batman as always. He defeats the Mutant Leader in their second fight by luring him into a mud pit so it’ll slow him down, cuts him just above the eyes so the blood will blind him, targets his bandaged nose and nerve clusters in his deltoid to take out his arm then headbutts him, breaks his arms, then his leg and finally viciously beats on him while he’s down. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_49fb5ccb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_49fb5ccb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_49fb5ccb | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4b1afa0d | type |
Spiteful Spit | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4b1afa0d | comment |
Spiteful Spit: Although the Joker's death shocks him, Batman still spits in the face of his Arch-Enemy after his death. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4b1afa0d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4b1afa0d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4b1afa0d | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4c798fd5 | type |
Shock and Awe | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4c798fd5 | comment |
Shock and Awe: In the climactic fight, Batman opens by electrocuting Superman with a gauntlet wired to Gotham's entire electrical grid. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4c798fd5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4c798fd5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4c798fd5 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4e34d653 | type |
See You in Hell | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4e34d653 | comment |
See You in Hell: Just like in the comic book, the Joker says this right before he twists off his own neck in such a way that it looks like Batman killed him. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4e34d653 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4e34d653 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4e34d653 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: At the end of Part 1. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4e7c4536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4e7c4536 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4e7c4536 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4f6d87f7 | type |
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4f6d87f7 | comment |
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: The hulking Bruce Wayne as Batman and the tiny Carrie Kelley as the new Robin. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4f6d87f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4f6d87f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_4f6d87f7 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5029c444 | type |
Audible Sharpness | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5029c444 | comment |
Audible Sharpness: When the Mutant Leader uses his sharp nails, they make this sound. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5029c444 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5029c444 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5029c444 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_509f178b | type |
Stand Your Ground | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_509f178b | comment |
Stand Your Ground: During the blackout, a group of citizens who find themselves facing Mutant gang members who escaped from jail don't back down, but pick up axes, fire extinguishers, and the like to fight back with before Batman arrives. Of course, the citizens are looters themselves, so it isn't exactly a Black-and-White Morality situation. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_509f178b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_509f178b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_509f178b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_521144cf | type |
Challenging the Chief | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_521144cf | comment |
Challenging the Chief: Exploited by Batman to break the Mutants' spirit by destroying the Mutant leader in front of them. Unfortunately, a segment of the Mutants start emulating him after this and become the sociopathic "Sons of the Batman". | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_521144cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_521144cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_521144cf | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5369c081 | type |
Invisible Parents | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5369c081 | comment |
Carrie Kelley's stoner parents are heard, but never seen. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5369c081 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5369c081 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5369c081 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_557838d1 | type |
Adaptational Attractiveness | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_557838d1 | comment |
Adaptational Attractiveness: Gordon's assistant, Officer Merkel, undergoes a variant of this: he's The Faceless in the comic (where his face is always framed in the shadows), but in the movies his features are visible, and he's one of the more conventionally handsome characters. The Joker, while he isn’t portrayed as a full out stud, is much more explicitly designed than the comic version to be a clean cut, groomed man with a presentable appearance and muscular physique in comparison to other counterparts where he is bony, wrinkled, and hideous. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_557838d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_557838d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_557838d1 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_57775436 | type |
Mutual Disadvantage | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_57775436 | comment |
Mutual Disadvantage: In Batman's final fight with Superman, both are suffering from their own disadvantages; Superman is weakened from taking a nuclear blast to the face, along with the lack of sunlight from the fallout, and Batman is 50 years old using Powered Armor that, while able to lift and swing around dozens of tons of weight, is still not enough to do any lasting damage to Supes. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_57775436 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_57775436 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_57775436 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_580be152 | type |
Adaptational Modesty | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_580be152 | comment |
Adaptational Modesty: Bruno is wearing full pants, rather than assless chaps like in the comic. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_580be152 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_580be152 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_580be152 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5a40d6a | type |
Adaptation Distillation | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5a40d6a | comment |
Adaptation Distillation: Some of the harsher language and more disturbing scenes from the comic are either removed completely or toned down e.g. in Part 2, the cotton candy stand is shown at the fair with the Joker handing it out to a bunch of Boy Scouts shortly before Batman arrives. However, in the comic, it turns out that it was poisoned. Carrie is traumatized when she finds the bodies of the kids. This didn't get shown in this version. Batman's internal Private Eye Monologue is removed, with some pieces becoming actual dialogue. The Joker has no involvement in Two-Face's scheme and remains comatose until after the Mutant Leader's defeat. The homoerotic undertones of Joker's fixation on Batman are still present but reduced considerably. Carrie glomping an injured and completely naked Bruce was also left out. Much of the commentary on Batman is left out in order to keep the plot moving straight, some of the kept commentary also serves to gradually wake the Joker from his coma in the first part. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5a40d6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5a40d6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5a40d6a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5a59b3a1 | type |
Hulk Speak | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5a59b3a1 | comment |
Hulk Speak: Many of the Mutants, particularly the Mutant Leader. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5a59b3a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5a59b3a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5a59b3a1 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5b565147 | type |
Meaningful Background Event | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5b565147 | comment |
Meaningful Background Event: When Carrie Kelley first puts on the Robin Costume in her room, we see a costume store bag on the floor, explaining where she got the outfit, and numerous medals and trophies from gymnastics competitions, explaining her abilities. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5b565147 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5b565147 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5b565147 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5b9bc521 | type |
Kick Chick | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5b9bc521 | comment |
Kick Chick: Carrie, whose outfit and fighting style really shows off her legs. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5b9bc521 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5b9bc521 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_5b9bc521 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_603f1a80 | type |
Pragmatic Adaptation | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_603f1a80 | comment |
Pragmatic Adaptation: Batman's Private Eye Monologue is removed, with some of the more important or famous lines shifted into actual dialogue, and multiple scenes are reworked or relocated to help each film have a Three-Act Structure. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_603f1a80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_603f1a80 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_603f1a80 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_60441d9 | type |
Future Slang | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_60441d9 | comment |
Future Slang: The Mutants' slang, mixed with a bit of Hulk Speak. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_60441d9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_60441d9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_60441d9 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_617f0563 | comment |
The Joker's reformation is so obviously fake that anyone with half a brain could have seen through it. What do the authorities do? Allow the Joker on a famous television show without any armed escorts near enough to stop him if he tries to kill anyone. Three guesses as to what happens. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_617f0563 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_617f0563 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_617f0563 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6293c185 | type |
Sequel Hook | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6293c185 | comment |
Sequel Hook: Joker wakes up. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6293c185 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6293c185 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6293c185 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6366f900 | type |
Old Soldier | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6366f900 | comment |
Old Soldier: Many of these heroes just won't (or can't) retire: Batman, who's now in his late 50s. Commissioner Gordon, who's turning 70, and takes down a much younger Mutant who had the drop on him with a machine gun. Alfred must be in his mid-to-late 80's, yet he's still carrying on his butlering duties, and performing life-saving surgery on his boss when the need arises. Ollie Queen, AKA Green Arrow, is presumably at least the same age as Batman and is missing an arm but still kicks ass. Superman is also around the same age as Batman, despite not looking it, and is still as powerful as ever... until he takes a nuke to the face. And less sympathetically, the Joker too. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6366f900 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6366f900 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6366f900 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_643879c7 | type |
Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_643879c7 | comment |
Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: Superman is never addressed by his superhero identity, only as Clark, "school boy" or "...him". | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_643879c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_643879c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_643879c7 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_648fe274 | type |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_648fe274 | comment |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Discussed during the final showdown between Batman and the Joker: | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_648fe274 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_648fe274 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_648fe274 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6860368a | type |
Mook Horror Show | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6860368a | comment |
Mook Horror Show: The film highlights this aspect of Batman as his inner dialogue in the original comic is left aside. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6860368a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6860368a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6860368a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6a1cae07 | type |
Color-Coded Secret Identity | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6a1cae07 | comment |
Color-Coded Secret Identity: At the start of the film, Bruce's racing car is all black, as is his racing jumpsuit. In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, you can also see that Bruce's crash helmet has horns like a certain cowl he used to wear. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6a1cae07 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6a1cae07 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6a1cae07 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6a2ae11f | type |
Improbable Weapon User | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6a2ae11f | comment |
Improbable Weapon User: In the final battle with Superman, Batman uses everything he can think of at his disposal, including X-Ray seeking missiles, a sonic pistol, Gotham's entire electricity output focused into Batman's gauntlets, two massive wheels ripped from a steam roller, a wrecking ball, a concentrated acid spray in the eyes, a sticky bomb that can blow a decent sized crater in the ground, kryptonite gas, and finally Batman's own fists and boot heels. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6a2ae11f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6a2ae11f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6a2ae11f | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6b22aace | type |
Not So Invincible After All | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6b22aace | comment |
Not So Invincible After All: Batman proves this about Superman in the opening stages of their battle by making the Man of Steel bleed. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6b22aace | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6b22aace | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6b22aace | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6cb9eee2 | type |
Talking Heads | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6cb9eee2 | comment |
Nearly all of the anti-Batman Talking Heads are portrayed as fools like Dr. Bartholomew Wolper, Trolls who just rave Batman is a fascist stomping civil rights, or Hypocrites with no real plans of their own to deal with Gotham's rising crime rates. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6cb9eee2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6cb9eee2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6cb9eee2 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6d03eac8 | type |
Fighting Your Friend | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6d03eac8 | comment |
Fighting Your Friend: Superman really doesn't want to fight Batman because he knows how ridiculously mismatched they are and doesn't want Bruce to die. Bruce knows too, and just doesn't care. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6d03eac8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6d03eac8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6d03eac8 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6d332aea | type |
Driven to Suicide | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6d332aea | comment |
Driven to Suicide: General Briggs shoots himself after Batman confronts him for selling weapons to the Mutants. Two-Face tries to blow himself up with the two biggest skyscrapers in Gotham after being consumed by his dark half. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6d332aea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6d332aea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6d332aea | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6dd49338 | type |
Invisible President | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6dd49338 | comment |
Invisible President: Averted with Ronald Reagan openly making use of Superman. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6dd49338 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6dd49338 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6dd49338 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6de71c57 | type |
Disc-One Final Boss | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6de71c57 | comment |
Disc-One Final Boss: Batman starts out fighting the Mutants, a gang of thugs out to take over Gotham. He defeats their leader at the end of Part I. Part II opens with The Joker awakening from a catatonic state and going on a rampage, dying halfway through. After that, Superman, the Hero Antagonist, becomes the True Final Boss after being sent by the government to defeat Batman. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6de71c57 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6de71c57 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6de71c57 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6ec4232f | type |
Casting Gag | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6ec4232f | comment |
Casting Gag: Late night talk show host Conan O'Brien voices late night talk show host David Endochrine, a character that Frank Miller had based on David Letterman. O'Brien took over Late Night from Letterman in 1993. Jim Meskimen voices Ronald Reagan. This isn't the first time he did so; Meskimen also voiced Reagan in The Boondocks episode "The Passion of Reverend Ruckus". | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6ec4232f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6ec4232f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_6ec4232f | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7012424f | type |
Stealth Hi/Bye | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7012424f | comment |
Stealth Hi/Bye: When Batman disappears in the middle of their conversation, the veteran cop grins and says, "Oh yeah, now I remember." | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7012424f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7012424f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7012424f | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7040b6bc | type |
Understatement | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7040b6bc | comment |
Understatement: The President describes the Soviets as "mighty sore losers" when they launch a nuclear strike against the United States. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7040b6bc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7040b6bc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7040b6bc | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_720206a7 | type |
Movie Multipack | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_720206a7 | comment |
Movie Multipack: It was initially divided into Part 1 and Part 2, though it was later released with both movies combined into a deluxe edition. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_720206a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_720206a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_720206a7 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7276d0de | type |
Mugging the Monster | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7276d0de | comment |
Mugging the Monster: Early on, a couple of Mutant gang members try this on Bruce. They leave without attacking because "he's into it", even as he starts trying to goad them into it. In Part 2, Bruno tries Shooting Superman. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7276d0de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7276d0de | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7276d0de | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_736d791f | type |
Adaptational Badass | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_736d791f | comment |
Adaptational Badass: The film version of Carrie is proficient in acrobatics even before teaming up with Batman. She even attempts an Eye Scream on the Mutant leader. Downplayed with Batman himself, as some of the issues he has in the original comic such as him not being as stealthy as before are left out while the movie makes some of his fights more flashy, if with more emphasis on his skill rather than his strength. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_736d791f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_736d791f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_736d791f | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_744e3311 | type |
Police Brutality | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_744e3311 | comment |
Police Brutality: Played with. The rookie cop strongly objects to Batman's clear use of excessive force, but his older partner brushes him off. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_744e3311 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_744e3311 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_744e3311 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7453bc5b | type |
Spared by the Adaptation | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7453bc5b | comment |
Spared by the Adaptation: Dr. Ruth Weisenheimer, only because she doesn't appear on David Endochrine's show along with Joker and she isn't mentioned between the victims. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7453bc5b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7453bc5b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7453bc5b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_745a43fc | type |
Fun T-Shirt | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_745a43fc | comment |
Fun T-Shirt: Dr. Wolper can be seen in a Superman shirt, and later an anti-Batman shirt. Trish from the News wears a shirt that says "This And Brains Too". Two Mutants wear shirts saying "my name is ROB" and "my name is DON". | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_745a43fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_745a43fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_745a43fc | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_75538142 | type |
Friend to All Children | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_75538142 | comment |
Friend to All Children: Batman still has this trait to him. Despite the child screaming and about to be killed by Mutants, once in Batman's arms he went quietly to sleep. Batman cares for Carrie Kelley rather like a surrogate daughter, holding and comforting her after she nearly falls to her death. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_75538142 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_75538142 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_75538142 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_781f2467 | type |
Shooting Superman | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_781f2467 | comment |
Shooting Superman: "Bruno" tries it, with predictable results. Carrie does this as well, but she fares a little better since she is using a tank. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_781f2467 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_781f2467 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_781f2467 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7870735b | type |
From Bad to Worse | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7870735b | comment |
From Bad to Worse: In the final scene of Part 1, the Joker wakes up from his decade-long coma. In Part 2, Batman is on the run after defeating the Joker, and then a flight of Soviet airburst nukes shut down all electrical power in the country and chaos ensues. Subverted in Gotham where Batman unites the gangs into a police force to maintain order during the crisis. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7870735b | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7870735b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7870735b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_796fa10c | type |
The Ageless | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_796fa10c | comment |
The Ageless: Like in the comic Superman, due to his Kryptonian heritage. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_796fa10c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_796fa10c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_796fa10c | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7994c93a | type |
Violence Really Is the Answer | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7994c93a | comment |
Violence Really Is the Answer: Politicians and psychologists who try to deal with crime through negotiation or rehabilitation are portrayed as hopelessly naive. Batman's incredibly violent methods spur an immediate drop in crime rates, and it's presented as a good thing when he inspires a wave of vigilante violence in his wake. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7994c93a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7994c93a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7994c93a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7ab81664 | type |
Kick Them While They Are Down | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7ab81664 | comment |
Kick Them While They Are Down: Batman has effectively beaten Superman to a pulp in the final battle with a little help from a Kryptonite arrow and has him down on the ground. Superman can see Bruce's heart is failing and warns him that he's about to die. Bruce's responds by giving him a swift kick to the face. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7ab81664 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7ab81664 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7ab81664 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7abba202 | type |
The Faceless | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7abba202 | comment |
Gordon's assistant, Officer Merkel, undergoes a variant of this: he's The Faceless in the comic (where his face is always framed in the shadows), but in the movies his features are visible, and he's one of the more conventionally handsome characters. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7abba202 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7abba202 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7abba202 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7b74adb2 | type |
Grandfather Clause | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7b74adb2 | comment |
Grandfather Clause: Batman using regular hook-and-lines on a few occasions instead of his Grappling-Hook Pistol, in order to preserve memorable scenes from the pre-Grappling-Hook Pistol era comic. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7b74adb2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7b74adb2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7b74adb2 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7d34f23a | type |
Reckless Gun Usage | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7d34f23a | comment |
Reckless Gun Usage: The Joker shoots in all directions while Batman chases him. If he aims at all, it's to hit as many people as possible before he runs out of bullets. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7d34f23a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7d34f23a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7d34f23a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7d89315b | type |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7d89315b | comment |
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Near the beginning of Part 1, Bruce gives one to himself in the only preserved piece of internal monologue from the comic where he accuses himself of being pathetic, hollow and incomplete unless he embraces the bat once again. Practically everything Batman says to Superman in their final fight. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7d89315b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7d89315b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7d89315b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7eb73553 | type |
Bullying a Dragon | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7eb73553 | comment |
The first time, he's assaulted by a Mutant, and then they both get into a gunfight seen from outside the store. Cue the news reporting Gordon's death...mistakenly saying he was shot, when in fact he shot the Mutant dead. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7eb73553 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7eb73553 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7eb73553 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7eebe99c | type |
The Alcoholic | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7eebe99c | comment |
The Alcoholic: Bruce becomes one during his retirement, in order to stay retired. He stops drinking the moment he becomes Batman again. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7eebe99c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7eebe99c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7eebe99c | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The police are camped on the roof of the building hosting the Dave Endochrine show in order to capture the Joker if he tries anything. Batman goes to the building also with the intent of stopping the Joker. After gassing 206 people, the Joker escapes because both Batman and the police become occupied with fighting each other on the roof. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7fbb2a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_7fbb2a3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_80ae159c | type |
Informed Deformity | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_80ae159c | comment |
Informed Deformity: After the surgery that fixes him, Harvey actually believes that he's completely deformed on both sides of his face. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_80ae159c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_80ae159c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_80ae159c | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: The Mutant Leader. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_823c6e3e | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_82a64c4b | type |
Adaptational Nice Guy | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_82a64c4b | comment |
Adaptational Nice Guy: Well, more like Adaptational Not-So-Much-A-Jerkism; the character of Byron Brassballs is still a Jerkass but is toned down so that he only accidentally causes the blind man to fall onto the train tracks, rather than intentionally pushing him as he does in the comic. Many of the news anchors come across as somewhat more impartial and empathetic than in the comic. Batman himself is also softened by the lack of his internal monologues, making him come across as more pragmatic rather than than him also reveling on the pain he inflicts on criminals. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_82a64c4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_82a64c4b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_82a64c4b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_83442cc3 | type |
EMP | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_83442cc3 | comment |
In Part 2, Batman is on the run after defeating the Joker, and then a flight of Soviet airburst nukes shut down all electrical power in the country and chaos ensues. Subverted in Gotham where Batman unites the gangs into a police force to maintain order during the crisis. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_83442cc3 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_83442cc3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_83442cc3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_83461489 | type |
Pummel Duel | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_83461489 | comment |
Subverted in the final fight with Superman in the second film. Supes could have ended the fight before it even started if he'd had no scruples about killing Batman as quickly as possible. Superman regarding Bruce as a friend, having a no-kill rule, and being somewhat weakened by other events turned the fight into a fairly evenly matched Pummel Duel. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_83461489 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_83461489 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_83461489 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8386a7a | type |
Three-Act Structure | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8386a7a | comment |
Three-Act Structure: The structure of Part 1, with each act being separated by Bruce having a new confrontation with his vision of a demonic bat. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8386a7a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8386a7a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8386a7a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8391b1c7 | type |
Artistic License – Law | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8391b1c7 | comment |
Artistic License – Law: Batman would not be considered a murderer in any stretch of the imagination for killing The Joker in the middle of one of his killing sprees, yet Ellen Yindel and the news media regard him as one. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8391b1c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8391b1c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8391b1c7 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: Ellen Yindel disappears after Batman retakes Gotham during the blackout. Her last appearance is a blink and you miss it where she is at Bruce's funeral. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_863fa679 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_863fa679 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_863fa679 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_870bbf64 | type |
Show, Don't Tell | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_870bbf64 | comment |
Show, Don't Tell: As part of the change of mediums, Batman's inner dialogue is left behind while his fights are more fleshed out than in the original comic. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_870bbf64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_870bbf64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_870bbf64 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8797239c | type |
Bait-and-Switch | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8797239c | comment |
Bait-and-Switch: To Gordon, twice: The first time, he's assaulted by a Mutant, and then they both get into a gunfight seen from outside the store. Cue the news reporting Gordon's death...mistakenly saying he was shot, when in fact he shot the Mutant dead. The next time, he is heartbroken to see his home up in flames, believing his wife succumbed to the fire. Cue his wife appearing behind his back, and they hug. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8797239c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8797239c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8797239c | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8e0bedfe | type |
Kid Sidekick | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8e0bedfe | comment |
Kid Sidekick: Carrie Kelley, a 13 year old girl who decides to fight gang members and psychopaths as Robin. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8e0bedfe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8e0bedfe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8e0bedfe | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8e5f93b8 | type |
The Lopsided Arm of the Law | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8e5f93b8 | comment |
The Lopsided Arm of the Law: Averted in the first half, as Batman helps the GCPD deal with the Mutant Gang and the rest of the criminals while Gordon does his part. Downplayed after Yindel ascends as Commissioner and Batman is branded Public Enemy Number One, while still keeping The Joker in the same rank of priority, only ranking him higher when the Joker kills himself in a way which incriminates Batman. And then played straight when the Coldbringer nuke explodes, where Batman is a major factor in stopping Gotham from devolving into the lawlessness that affected the rest of America, and the government sends in Superman (with a hefty amount of National Guard support) to kill him for making them look bad. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8e5f93b8 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8e5f93b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_8e5f93b8 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_90328f91 | type |
Unscrupulous Hero | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_90328f91 | comment |
Unlike the comic where Batman is an Unscrupulous Hero, he is much closer to a Pragmatic Hero in the film, spending less time enjoying the carnage he unleashes on criminals. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_90328f91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_90328f91 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_90328f91 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_90a1fbd4 | type |
Split-Personality Takeover | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_90a1fbd4 | comment |
Split-Personality Takeover: Played with. Two-Face appears to have been taken over by his "dark side", only to have a death wish because of it. Bruce Wayne meanwhile swears off crime fighting following Jason Todd's death, only to become so disgusted with the world a decade later that he's consumed by his Batman persona again. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_90a1fbd4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_90a1fbd4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_90a1fbd4 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_91a2039b | type |
I Am the Noun | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_91a2039b | comment |
I Am the Noun: When all electricity in Gotham gets shut down and there is chaos in the streets, Batman IS the law. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_91a2039b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_91a2039b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_91a2039b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_91cab736 | type |
Major Injury Underreaction | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_91cab736 | comment |
Major Injury Underreaction: Joker's only reaction, after getting hit in the eye with a batarang, is to ask if Batman is out of his mind. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_91cab736 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_91cab736 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_91cab736 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_92fa2e5f | type |
I Got You Covered | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_92fa2e5f | comment |
I Got You Covered: Oliver Queen and his kryptonite arrow turn the tide for Batman in the final battle. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_92fa2e5f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_92fa2e5f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_92fa2e5f | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_941896b | type |
Shaming the Mob | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_941896b | comment |
Shaming the Mob: Gordon and Batman do this to get the public fighting fires instead of each other. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_941896b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_941896b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_941896b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_945a09d5 | type |
The End Is Nigh | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_945a09d5 | comment |
The End Is Nigh: Bruce walks by two men holding these signs early in the film. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_945a09d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_945a09d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_945a09d5 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_966da803 | type |
Defiant to the End | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_966da803 | comment |
Defiant to the End: Superman practically begs Batman to stop fighting because he doesn't want to kill him. Batman responds by mocking Superman for the entire fight. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_966da803 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_966da803 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_966da803 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_967fd9b | type |
Perilous Old Fool | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_967fd9b | comment |
Perilous Old Fool: Alfred accuses Bruce of being one. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_967fd9b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_967fd9b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_967fd9b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: Ronald Reagan is depicted as incompetent to the point of malice, and responsible for the crime wave due to abolishing 99.9% of superheroes. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_970c790a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_99d03787 | type |
News Monopoly | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_99d03787 | comment |
The adaptation removes or changes some of the most offensive lines from the original; for instance, the black man interviewed in one of the News Monopoly Montages talking approvingly about how Batman was kicking butts the cops wouldn't? In the original, he was hoping that Batman would go after the "homos" next, not his landlord. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_99d03787 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_99d03787 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_99d03787 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_99ddfcec | type |
Unwitting Instigator of Doom | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_99ddfcec | comment |
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: One of the Sons of Batman's TV messages appears on the TV at Arkham Home, and mentions Batman within earshot of the Joker who listens and awakens from his coma, which eventually causes more havoc in Part 2, such as the fairground shootings. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_99ddfcec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_99ddfcec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_99ddfcec | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9bca83eb | type |
Death by Irony | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9bca83eb | comment |
Death by Irony: Dr. Wolper, the most vocal person against Batman and driven to prove that it is actually Batman's actions that cause the problem, is killed by Joker who was supposed to be his evidences. He also was killed by having his throat slit by a coffee mug, rendering him unable to talk. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9bca83eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9bca83eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9bca83eb | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e062ca3 | type |
Suicide Mission | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e062ca3 | comment |
Suicide Mission: Bruce sees his final fight with Superman as this, so he makes it a Suicide Mission on his own terms. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e062ca3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e062ca3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e062ca3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e09fbd7 | type |
New-Age Retro Hippie | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e09fbd7 | comment |
New-Age Retro Hippie: Carrie Kelley's parents, while not seen, sure sound this way every time they talk. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e09fbd7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e09fbd7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e09fbd7 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e0c3153 | type |
Punctuated! For! Emphasis! | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e0c3153 | comment |
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "I EAT! YOUR! HEART!" | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e0c3153 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e0c3153 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e0c3153 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e943076 | type |
One-Man Army | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e943076 | comment |
One-Man Army: Superman's fight against the Soviet forces attacking Corto Maltese really drives this home. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e943076 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e943076 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9e943076 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9eb11fac | type |
Weak, but Skilled | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9eb11fac | comment |
Weak, but Skilled: Bruce, time has worn down much of his strength, but it never took his skills as a hero, this is further highlighted in his second fight against the Mutant Leader. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9eb11fac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9eb11fac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9eb11fac | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9eca61c8 | type |
Production Foreshadowing | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9eca61c8 | comment |
Production Foreshadowing: An animated version of Batman fighting the Mutant Gang in the city dump was featured in the Batman: The Animated Series' episode Legends of the Dark Knight, 14 years before members of the same team went on to produce these films. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9eca61c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9eca61c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9eca61c8 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9f970427 | type |
Secret-Keeper | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9f970427 | comment |
Secret-Keeper: Superman figures out Batman is still alive. Carrie is clearly terrified when she realizes this, but Superman just winks and walks away. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9f970427 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9f970427 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_9f970427 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a18d407b | type |
Samus Is a Girl | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a18d407b | comment |
Samus Is a Girl: Bruno, Don and Rob's new boss who also works for the Joker. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a18d407b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a18d407b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a18d407b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a18fda9c | type |
Dumb Muscle | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a18fda9c | comment |
Dumb Muscle: Batman accuses the Mutant Leader of being one. Rob and Don, at least in Bruno's opinion. Batman calls Superman out for being little more than a stooge doing the government's muscle work. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a18fda9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a18fda9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a18fda9c | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a1a1491e | type |
Homage | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a1a1491e | comment |
Homage: Superman chasing the missile may be a reference to Superman: The Movie. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a1a1491e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a1a1491e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a1a1491e | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a2b38d3b | type |
Eye Scream | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a2b38d3b | comment |
Eye Scream: As in the comics, Joker gets a batarang lodged in his right eye. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a2b38d3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a2b38d3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a2b38d3b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a2b998a0 | type |
Wouldn't Hurt a Child | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a2b998a0 | comment |
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: One of the few things the Mutants didn't do... until recently. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a2b998a0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a2b998a0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a2b998a0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a54534a0 | type |
Parental Neglect | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a54534a0 | comment |
Parental Neglect: Carrie's parents are this. It is quite obvious they are too high to care what their daughter is up to. In fact they aren't even mentioned again after she becomes Robin. It is all but stated that Bruce took her in. A scene cut from the comics shows one even asking "didn't we have a kid?", suggesting they were not even aware that she existed. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a54534a0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a54534a0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a54534a0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a54c2273 | type |
Dented Iron | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a54c2273 | comment |
Dented Iron: When Bruce takes up the mantle of Batman once again, ten years of retirement shows its effect on him when he can barely pull himself up a rope and his joints start to ache. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a54c2273 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a54c2273 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a54c2273 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: Ronald Reagan gets away with his orders. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a70223 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a70223 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a70223 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a796d2a6 | type |
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a796d2a6 | comment |
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Given his line of work, Batman is an expert at moving and dodging in ways which cause gun-wielding opponents to miss, and Robin is a small, fast target. However, the extent to which Batman gets away with being under direct gunfire gets ridiculous later on, with entire SWAT squads firing at him whilst he is thigh-deep in water at a range of less than 10 meters and missing. Ironically, Joker, who has a batmerang lodged into his right eye, can effortlessly kill a bunch of people further than 10 meters. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a796d2a6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a796d2a6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a796d2a6 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a7b324e | type |
Handicapped Badass | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a7b324e | comment |
Handicapped Badass: Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow, missing his left arm and still probably the best shot in the world. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a7b324e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a7b324e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a7b324e | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a939a527 | type |
Red Eyes, Take Warning | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a939a527 | comment |
Red Eyes, Take Warning: The Mutant Leader has glowing red eyes. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a939a527 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a939a527 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_a939a527 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_aa87556f | type |
Orange/Blue Contrast | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_aa87556f | comment |
Orange/Blue Contrast: The cover for the part 1 DVD is blue, while the cover for part 2 is orange. The films reverse this, with Part 1 mostly using orange colors due to having many sunset or torch-light scenes, while Part 2 uses a dark blue color scheme due to most of the film taking place during a nuclear winter. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_aa87556f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_aa87556f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_aa87556f | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_aaf19fae | type |
Doesn't Like Guns | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_aaf19fae | comment |
Doesn't Like Guns: Batman has gotten over this to the point where he's comfortable launching a barrage of machine gun fire on the Mutants without comment, so long as they're nonlethal rubber bullets. In Part 2, where he's forced to use an actual gun to detonate an explosive, he hesitates, is visibly shaking, and tells Joker's burning corpse to stop laughing. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_aaf19fae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_aaf19fae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_aaf19fae | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ac0827be | type |
Private Eye Monologue | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ac0827be | comment |
Batman's internal Private Eye Monologue is removed, with some pieces becoming actual dialogue. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ac0827be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ac0827be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ac0827be | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ac4c677f | type |
De-power | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ac4c677f | comment |
De-power: The attempted nuking of Corto Maltese, the resulting nuclear winter (and a kryptonite arrow) bring Superman down to a level that Batman can defeat just long enough for him to gloat before having a heart attack and dying. Or did he? | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ac4c677f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ac4c677f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ac4c677f | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_acd7e590 | type |
Sticky Situation | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_acd7e590 | comment |
Sticky Situation: Batman throws a pellet filled with an expanding, sticky substance straight into the Mutant Leader's face at the end of their first fight. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_acd7e590 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_acd7e590 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_acd7e590 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Carrie has a a couple of these: When Bruno spots her and starts shooting at her. When she catches that Superman knows Bruce is still alive. One of Two-Face's goons is terrified to find out that the bombs they're using to extort the city are real and counting down while he's in the blast range, saying it was supposed to be a bluff. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ad1db87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ad1db87c | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ad9fbc1e | type |
Pyrrhic Victory | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ad9fbc1e | comment |
Pyrrhic Victory: Bruce realises this is the only victory he can achieve against Superman. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ad9fbc1e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ad9fbc1e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ad9fbc1e | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_adfd3165 | type |
For the Evulz | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_adfd3165 | comment |
For the Evulz: The Mutant Leader rips the mayor's throat out with his teeth because he can. This is the motivation for the entire Mutant gang. They loot and kill because to them, it's fun. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_adfd3165 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_adfd3165 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_adfd3165 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Even in old age, Alfred's still got it. Bruce over what happened to Green Arrow. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ae3d6438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ae3d6438 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_affc0c98 | type |
Significant Wardrobe Shift | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_affc0c98 | comment |
Significant Wardrobe Shift: News anchor Lola Chong is always seen wearing the same pink dress until after the nuclear bomb causes a prolonged winter with fewer heating utilities, at which point she starts wearing a long-sleeved shirt and vest. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_affc0c98 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_affc0c98 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_affc0c98 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b06186c2 | type |
RoofHopping | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b06186c2 | comment |
Roof Hopping: Carrie's self-imposed training regimen so that she can become an effective Robin. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b06186c2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b06186c2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b06186c2 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b06bbf4b | type |
Be Careful What You Wish For | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b06bbf4b | comment |
Be Careful What You Wish For: Gordon gives release papers to one of the thugs related to a robbery who couldn't be involved in the theft, the catch being that he didn't asigned him protection and that Batman is back. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b06bbf4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b06bbf4b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b06bbf4b | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b2cdd776 | type |
Bottomless Magazines | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b2cdd776 | comment |
Bottomless Magazines: Averted. Several characters are seen reloading their weapons, or otherwise running out of ammo. However, many of them still fire way more ammunition than their guns can actually contain before running out. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b2cdd776 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b2cdd776 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b2cdd776 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b40bb08a | type |
Living Weapon | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b40bb08a | comment |
Living Weapon: The U.S. government uses Superman as one. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b40bb08a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b40bb08a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b40bb08a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: The Council of Mothers protesting Batman is a jab at One Million Moms. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b53077b3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: The Joker's reformation is so obviously fake that anyone with half a brain could have seen through it. What do the authorities do? Allow the Joker on a famous television show without any armed escorts near enough to stop him if he tries to kill anyone. Three guesses as to what happens. The mayor locks himself alone in a tiny room with the behemoth that is the Mutant Leader. He clearly knows it's a bad idea, but thinks he has to because "that's what the polls say." | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b58b4e3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b58b4e3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b58b4e3c | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b5b4f78e | type |
The Tag | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b5b4f78e | comment |
The Tag: In the final scene of Part 1, The Joker wakes up. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b5b4f78e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b5b4f78e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b5b4f78e | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b707726f | type |
Hypocritical Humor | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b707726f | comment |
Hypocritical Humor: One of the people being interviewed about crime in Gotham goes about on a long speech of how they should use a diplomatic approach and reeducate the Mutants back into society. He then immediately adds that he would never live in the city. Carrie's parents comment how Batman is a fascist, complaining how Batman beating up thugs is getting support where their marching doesn't get any credit. The father then immediately asks his wife to give him some pot and to make sure they locked the doors. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b707726f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b707726f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b707726f | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b7248073 | type |
My Country, Right or Wrong | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b7248073 | comment |
My Country, Right or Wrong: Superman agrees to take out Batman because he's agreed to submit himself to human authority, no matter how flawed it is. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b7248073 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b7248073 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b7248073 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b7eaa396 | type |
Improbably Quick Coma Recovery | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b7eaa396 | comment |
Improbably Quick Coma Recovery: The Joker, despite having been catatonic for years, recovers his reason the moment he starts hearing about Batman again, this is Downplayed however as his awakening is shown to happen in a gradual manner across the span of first movie. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b7eaa396 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b7eaa396 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b7eaa396 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b83aeca9 | type |
Lantern Jaw of Justice | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b83aeca9 | comment |
Lantern Jaw of Justice: Unlike his comic counterpart, Bruce has an enormous one. Superman also has his trademark chin. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b83aeca9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b83aeca9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_b83aeca9 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb040b01 | type |
Cool Guns | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb040b01 | comment |
Cool Guns: Several. The MP40 and Mauser C96 are the weapons of choice for the Neo-Nazis led by Bruno, while the Joker uses a two-tone Glock with chromed parts. General Briggs also attempts to pull a ceremonial M1911 with gold trim and engraved grips on Batman. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb040b01 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb040b01 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb040b01 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb44c8e1 | type |
Robot Kid | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb44c8e1 | comment |
Robot Kid: "Bobby" and "Mary", the flying, Joker venom-spewing, doll-shaped timebombs seem to have personalities of their own. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb44c8e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb44c8e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb44c8e1 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb9e2f4a | type |
Horseback Heroism | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb9e2f4a | comment |
Horseback Heroism: With requisite Rearing Horse. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb9e2f4a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb9e2f4a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bb9e2f4a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bbf11c0 | type |
Genius Bruiser | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bbf11c0 | comment |
Genius Bruiser: Batman, who uses both strength and smarts to finally take down the younger and fitter Mutant leader. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bbf11c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bbf11c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bbf11c0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bd4264a3 | type |
Slasher Smile | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bd4264a3 | comment |
Slasher Smile: Carrie gets one when she is Shooting Superman with the Bat Tank. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bd4264a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bd4264a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_bd4264a3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_beb9a361 | type |
Anti-Hero | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_beb9a361 | comment |
Anti-Hero: Unlike the comic where Batman is an Unscrupulous Hero, he is much closer to a Pragmatic Hero in the film, spending less time enjoying the carnage he unleashes on criminals. The Sons Of Batman are Nominal Heroes like in the comic, though. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_beb9a361 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_beb9a361 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_beb9a361 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_becf7306 | type |
Dead Sidekick | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_becf7306 | comment |
Bruce Wayne meanwhile swears off crime fighting following Jason Todd's death, only to become so disgusted with the world a decade later that he's consumed by his Batman persona again. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_becf7306 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_becf7306 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_becf7306 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c10da874 | type |
The '80s | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c10da874 | comment |
The '80s: The film goes out of its way to not update the setting of the comic. 70-year-old Commissioner Gordon fought in World War II (he would be over 100 today), Ronald Reagan is President, the Soviet Union is still very much around, television and other technologies match up with the time period, and the film even uses 80's style synth music in a lot of cases. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c10da874 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c10da874 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c10da874 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c181a846 | type |
Dies Differently in Adaptation | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c181a846 | comment |
Dies Differently in Adaptation: Dr. Wolper gets his throat slit by The Joker with a broken coffee mug rather than getting strangled by Bobby. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c181a846 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c181a846 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c181a846 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c2fc1ae | type |
Neck Snap | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c2fc1ae | comment |
Neck Snap: During their showdown, Batman snaps the Joker's neck just enough to paralyze him, and the Joker manages to finish the job himself by turning his head further. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c2fc1ae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c2fc1ae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c2fc1ae | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c4f3a09a | type |
Share the Male Pain | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c4f3a09a | comment |
Share the Male Pain: Not a groin attack, but the mutants clearly react this way when Batman breaks their Leader's leg. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c4f3a09a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c4f3a09a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c4f3a09a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c5385ad9 | type |
Horrible Judge of Character | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c5385ad9 | comment |
Horrible Judge of Character: Dr. Wolper. Despite everything Joker says pretty much spouting "I'm Evil" and clear Crocodile Tears, Wolper fully believes that Joker is the victim and Batman is the bad guy. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c5385ad9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c5385ad9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c5385ad9 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c660bc15 | type |
Fan Disservice | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c660bc15 | comment |
The Mutant Leader. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c660bc15 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c660bc15 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c660bc15 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: There are four comics on the stand in the convenience store where Gordon shoots the 17-year old Mutant: Swamp Thing, The Sandman, Watchmen, and V for Vendetta. The Tim Burton Batmobile from Batman (1989) makes a cameo as a weight Bruce uses to test his suit of Powered Armor out on. Also there are some comics in the comic stand like the Justice League of America. In the beginning when Bruce is on the racetrack, his racing helmet has a very distinctively shaped visor, considering he is voiced by Peter Weller this is likely intentional. In his encounter with kidnappers in part 1, he punches one fist through the wall, then the other, appearing behind an armed crook. Another nod to Robocop. The criminals that Batman chases in his first encounter with the cops mention a "Turk" who boasted of killing Batman. The first track of the movie is titled Gotham City, 1986; a probable reference to the opening track of Blade Runner: Los Angeles, 2019. During Batman's initial strike against the mutants, one of them accidentally drops a grenade near others in a similar manner to one of the Persian magicians in 300. The fear gas induced hallucination of Batman seen by one of Two Face's henchmans is similar to a combination of Diablo's original and Prime Evil forms, this also works in another level as Diablo is also known as "The Lord of Terror". | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c75df49a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c89824f7 | type |
Cyberpunk Is Techno | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c89824f7 | comment |
Cyber Punk Is Techno: The score mixes the styles of gritty 80's action movies like The Exterminator and Hans Zimmer's The Dark Knight Trilogy score. And it is glorious. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c89824f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c89824f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_c89824f7 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cb2e71d7 | type |
Firearms Are Cowardly | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cb2e71d7 | comment |
Firearms Are Cowardly: Batman rallies the former Mutants into the Sons of Batman Gang to bring law and order back to a riot-filled Gotham City. While he does, he goes out of his way to forbid the use of firearms owing to his own Doesn't Like Guns stance, deeming them the weapons of cowards, and saying that the Sons must rely on their brains and fists to take back the city. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cb2e71d7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cb2e71d7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cb2e71d7 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cbd2bfa3 | type |
Glory Days | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cbd2bfa3 | comment |
As he used to do in his Glory Days, a big strategy that Batman employs for his return is to terrify criminals and Mutants who have so far been enjoying a free reign of mayhem in Gotham. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cbd2bfa3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cbd2bfa3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cbd2bfa3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ccbd82d3 | type |
Gotta Kill Them All | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ccbd82d3 | comment |
Gotta Kill Them All: The Joker's only goal once he escapes is to kill as many people as he possibly can before Batman stops him. He does this to torment Batman and try to get him to completely lose it and kill the Joker outright—and comes pretty damn close too. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ccbd82d3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ccbd82d3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ccbd82d3 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cd809603 | type |
Tank Goodness | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cd809603 | comment |
Tank Goodness: This version of the Batmobile, as in the comic. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cd809603 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cd809603 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cd809603 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cf479cd8 | type |
Bomb Disposal | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cf479cd8 | comment |
Bomb Disposal: Batman has mere seconds to disarm a bomb planted by Two-Face, but instead of a Wire Dilemma he merely destroys the timing circuitry by spraying it with liquid nitrogen. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cf479cd8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cf479cd8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_cf479cd8 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d001c42c | type |
Anti-Villain | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d001c42c | comment |
Anti-Villain/Hero Antagonist: The main role of Superman in this film. The general is also one in Part 1, he only sold the weapons to the mutants because the government wouldn't pay the treatment for his dying wife. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d001c42c | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d001c42c | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d40e1a9f | type |
Break Out the Museum Piece | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d40e1a9f | comment |
Break Out the Museum Piece: The 10+ year old Bat tank. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d40e1a9f | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d40e1a9f | featureConfidence |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d40e1a9f | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d4bb4e51 | type |
Walking Shirtless Scene | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d4bb4e51 | comment |
Walking Shirtless Scene: The Mutant Leader. A rare female one with Bruno, with only Swastikas painted over her breasts. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d4bb4e51 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d4bb4e51 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d4fbe5c4 | type |
Delegation Relay | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d4fbe5c4 | comment |
Delegation Relay: Played with when politicians from the President, the Governor and the Mayor appear to be passing the buck on the Batman issue. However the audience already knows that the President has asked Superman to warn Batman off. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d4fbe5c4 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d4fbe5c4 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d52d28b6 | type |
Hypocrite | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d52d28b6 | comment |
One of the people being interviewed gives a long speech about how we should strive to reintegrate criminals, and not revel in their misery, before scoffing that he would never live in the city. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d52d28b6 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d52d28b6 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d53d0080 | type |
Vampiric Draining | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d53d0080 | comment |
Vampiric Draining: Superman is severely weakened to the point of near-death by a nuclear blast. He crashes onto an island with a raging storm from the nuclear fireball above blocking out the sunlight which heals him and gives him his strength. He grabs a flower and literally drains the solar energy stored in the surrounding plants and trees, causing them to wither and die. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d53d0080 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d53d0080 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d563a53c | type |
Batman Grabs a Gun | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d563a53c | comment |
Batman Grabs a Gun: Batman disarms a Mutant holding a hostage by shooting the gun out of her hand with a machine gun, damaging her hand in the process. This is the first and last time in the two films where Batman deliberately fires a gun with real bullets at another person and he does it to save the life of a baby. (This "fixes" the sequence in the comic where it looks like Batman shot her dead even though his Thou Shall Not Kill rule is later invoked several times.) | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d563a53c | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d563a53c | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d9e9ad7e | type |
The Cavalry | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d9e9ad7e | comment |
The Cavalry: Batman rides in on horseback with his army of followers to stop a pitched battle between the people of Gotham and a gang of escaped criminals in order to keep order in the city. Justified because of the EMP blackout from an airburst nuke that shut down everything, including vehicles. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d9e9ad7e | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_d9e9ad7e | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_da06866e | type |
Old Cop, Young Cop | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_da06866e | comment |
Old Cop, Young Cop: Two of the first people to witness Batman's return to crimefighting are a gray-haired cop who has met Batman in the past and his rookie partner, who admits that he never believed Batman was real before now. The older cop slows down their car to watch Batman take down the criminals he's pursuing and then shares a friendly conversation with him, while the younger man tries to arrest Batman along with the crooks. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_da06866e | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_da06866e | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_da909e61 | type |
Villainy Discretion Shot | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_da909e61 | comment |
Villainy Discretion Shot: The scene with the poisoned children was cut from the video; only the Joker passing out cotton candy is shown. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_da909e61 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_da909e61 | featureConfidence |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_da909e61 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_db71d717 | type |
Thanatos Gambit | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_db71d717 | comment |
Thanatos Gambit: Happens twice from two different characters. The first time is played utterly straight while the second time is decidedly less so. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_db71d717 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_db71d717 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_dc26326 | type |
Two Decades Behind | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_dc26326 | comment |
Two Decades Behind: The movie retains the comic book's 20 Minutes into the Future of The '80s setting, despite being made 30 years later. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_dc26326 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_dc26326 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_def127cc | type |
Leave Behind a Pistol | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_def127cc | comment |
Leave Behind a Pistol: Batman does this to General Briggs after Briggs confessed to him that he sold the Mutants weapons because the military would not pay for the treatment for his dying wife. Batman just leaves the gun on the desk and walks out saying "Nice way to end your career". As Batman makes his way down the hall, a gunshot can be heard. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_def127cc | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_def127cc | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e031b7ef | type |
Slave to PR | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e031b7ef | comment |
Slave to PR: The mayor insists on having a private meeting to negotiate with the Mutant Leader because the polls show that the people think he should, even though he is clearly terrified and not much of a negotiator. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e031b7ef | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e031b7ef | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e0a077fa | type |
Miss Kitty | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e0a077fa | comment |
The former Catwoman now runs an escort agency. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e0a077fa | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e0a077fa | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e2023325 | type |
StrawmanPolitical | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e2023325 | comment |
Strawman Political: Nearly all of the anti-Batman Talking Heads are portrayed as fools like Dr. Bartholomew Wolper, Trolls who just rave Batman is a fascist stomping civil rights, or Hypocrites with no real plans of their own to deal with Gotham's rising crime rates. One of the people being interviewed gives a long speech about how we should strive to reintegrate criminals, and not revel in their misery, before scoffing that he would never live in the city. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e2023325 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e2023325 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e43c66bd | type |
Art Evolution | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e43c66bd | comment |
Art Evolution: The drawing in the film is a little closer to the other DC animated universe adaptations while retaining some of Frank Miller's style, and leaves out the scratchiness of the original comic's artwork. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e43c66bd | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e43c66bd | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e543a655 | type |
Light Is Not Good | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e543a655 | comment |
Light Is Not Good: Joker wears a white suit to assume a good appearance of being cured, but he is still the a sociopathic monster as always. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e543a655 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e543a655 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e5b75009 | type |
"Psycho" Strings | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e5b75009 | comment |
"Psycho" Strings: When Joker wakes up. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e5b75009 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e5b75009 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e5ba0ea1 | type |
Therapy Backfire | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e5ba0ea1 | comment |
Therapy Backfire: Dr. Wolper. His "help" drove Dent to be consumed by his dark side, and then gets him gruesomely killed by the Joker. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e5ba0ea1 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_e5ba0ea1 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ea46254a | type |
Jiggle Physics | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ea46254a | comment |
Jiggle Physics: Bruno. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ea46254a | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ea46254a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_eb4ee9eb | type |
Guns Are Worthless | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_eb4ee9eb | comment |
Guns Are Worthless: As in the comic, Batman says this to the vigilantes who have joined his cause and promises to teach them to use his weapons and methods instead. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_eb4ee9eb | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_eb4ee9eb | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_eb8ec7c8 | type |
Jerkass | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Well, more like Adaptational Not-So-Much-A-Jerkism; the character of Byron Brassballs is still a Jerkass but is toned down so that he only accidentally causes the blind man to fall onto the train tracks, rather than intentionally pushing him as he does in the comic. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_eb8ec7c8 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_eb8ec7c8 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ef1921bb | type |
Is That the Best You Can Do? | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ef1921bb | comment |
Is That the Best You Can Do?: During the final battle between Batman and Superman... | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ef1921bb | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ef1921bb | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ef92caa4 | type |
World Gone Mad | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ef92caa4 | comment |
Ellen Yindel eventually becomes one when Gotham is nearly reduced to a World Gone Mad from an EMP blackout with mass looting and violence, and she sees firsthand how much of a force for good Batman really is. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ef92caa4 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_ef92caa4 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f178203a | type |
Inspector Javert | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f178203a | comment |
The new police commissioner Ellen Yindel starts out this way, choosing the Inspector Javert stance with regards to Batman's activities. Once she sees him making a real positive difference by keeping order in Gotham during an EMP induced blackout, Yindel gives up pursuing him and becomes a Knight in Sour Armor like Gordon before her, accepting that the Dark Knight is "too big" to judge. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f178203a | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f178203a | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f27ec906 | type |
Identical Stranger | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f27ec906 | comment |
Identical Stranger: Ellen Yindel, Gordon's replacement, looks like an older Carrie Kelley. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f27ec906 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f27ec906 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f42f96fa | type |
Would Hit a Girl | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f42f96fa | comment |
Would Hit a Girl: Batman hits one female Mutant in the face with the end of a rifle, and shoots dozens more with rubber bullets from inside his Bat Tank. In the second part, he also hits Bruno and Ellen Yindel. The Joker also hits—and kills—several women in the second part. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f42f96fa | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f42f96fa | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f5b7b990 | type |
Verbal Backspace | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f5b7b990 | comment |
Verbal Backspace: The President is sending Superman to fight for American interests...err, freedom. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f5b7b990 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | hasFeature |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f5b7b990 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f6f2ff1 | type |
Insult Backfire | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f6f2ff1 | comment |
Insult Backfire: In their second fight, Batman puts down the Mutant Leader's attempts of trash explaining what each of his techniques are meant to do. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f6f2ff1 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f6f2ff1 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f818b637 | type |
Dude, Where's My Respect? | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f818b637 | comment |
Dude, Where's My Respect?: Carrie gets brushed off by the people she saved from an attempted mugging. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f818b637 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f818b637 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f85354eb | type |
Attempted Rape | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f85354eb | comment |
Attempted Rape: The first crime stopped by Batman after his return. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f85354eb | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_f85354eb | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_fbd285b7 | type |
Comically Missing the Point | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_fbd285b7 | comment |
Comically Missing the Point: News anchor Lola Wong makes a flippant comment that she doesn't know what to wear, due to the nuclear winter covering North America after the Soviets released airburst nukes. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_fbd285b7 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_fbd285b7 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_fd32c5a1 | type |
Don't Make Me Destroy You | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_fd32c5a1 | comment |
Don't Make Me Destroy You: Superman makes it clear from the start of their fight that he really doesn't want to fight, let alone kill Batman, and spends the entire fight practically begging him to stop and just give up. | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_fd32c5a1 | featureApplicability |
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_fd32c5a1 | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_fff371b4 | type |
Death Seeker | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns / int_fff371b4 | comment |
Two-Face appears to have been taken over by his "dark side", only to have a death wish because of it. | |
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