Batman is a 1960s American live action television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin – two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City from a variety of arch villains.It is known for its camp style, upbeat theme music, and its intentionally humorous, simplistic morality (aimed at its largely teenage audience).
Plot
The series focused on the adventures of Batman and Robin. Although the lives of their alter-egos, millionaire Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson (Richard John Grayson) were frequently shown, it was usually only briefly, in the context of their being called away on superhero business, or in circumstances where they needed to employ their secret identities to assist in their crime-fighting. The “Dynamic Duo” typically come to the aid of the Gotham City Police upon the latter being stumped by a supervillain. Throughout each episode, Batman and Robin have to follow a series of wildly improbable clues to discover the supervillain’s plan, then figure out how to thwart that plan and capture the criminal.
For the first two seasons, Batman aired twice a week on consecutive nights. Every story is a two-parter, except for two three-parters featuring villainous team ups (the Joker and the Penguin, the Penguin and Marsha, Queen of Diamonds) in the second season. The titles of each multi-part story usually rhymed. For the third season, which aired one episode a week, most episodes were self-contained stories. However, each episode would end with a teaser featuring the next episode’s guest villain. The cliffhangers between multiple-parters typically consisted of the supervillain holding someone captive, usually the Dynamic Duo, with the captives being subject to some elaborate, gruesome – if unlikely – death. This would inevitably be resolved early in the follow-up episode.
Ostensibly a crime series, the style of the show was in fact campy and tongue-in-cheek. It was a true situation comedy, in that situations were exaggerated and were generally played for laughs. This increased as the seasons progressed, with the addition of ever greater absurdity. The characters, however, always took the absurd situations extremely seriously – which added to the comedy.
Cast
Regular cast
- Adam West as Bruce Wayne / Batman: A millionaire whose parents were murdered by criminals, he now secretly uses his vast fortune to fight crime as Batman.
- Burt Ward as Dick Grayson / Robin: Batman’s faithful (if overly eager) partner and “Boy Wonder”, a high school student
- Alan Napier as Alfred Pennyworth: Batman’s loyal butler and Batgirl’s discreet confidant. He is the only person who knows the true identities of Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, and Barbara Gordon.
- Neil Hamilton as Commissioner James Gordon: The Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department and one of Batman’s two major police contacts. He summons the Dynamic Duo via the Batphone or the Bat Signal.
- Stafford Repp as Chief Miles O’Hara: Gotham City’s Chief of Police, and Batman’s other major police contact. The character was created by Semple for the series, as someone for Gordon to talk to, and later briefly added to the comics.
- Madge Blake as Aunt Harriet Cooper: Dick Grayson’s maternal aunt. She first appeared in the comics, two years before the series premiered, to give Bruce and Dick a reason to be secretive about their dual identities.
- Yvonne Craig as Barbara Gordon / Batgirl: Commissioner Gordon’s daughter, Gotham City librarian and crime fighting partner for Batman and Robin for the third season. Occasionally, this threesome was nicknamed the “Terrific Trio”.
- William Dozier – Executive producer, creator, and narrator (uncredited).
Recurring villains
- Cesar Romero as the Joker…A white-skinned, red-lipped, green-haired, purple-suited clown with a maniacal laugh who leaves behind jokes as clues to his next crime.
- Burgess Meredith as the Penguin…A waddling, cackling, chain-smoking, umbrella-wielding menace in a top hat and tails and a monocle.
- The Riddler played by:
- Frank Gorshin (seasons 1 & 3 and the movie)
- John Astin (season 2)…A giggling fiend whose costume alternates between a green leotard with tights or a black derby and green suit, both accented with question marks. He taunts Gotham City and the Caped Crusader with riddles that are clues to his crimes.
- The Catwoman played by:
- Julie Newmar (seasons 1 and 2)
- Lee Meriwether (the movie)
- Eartha Kitt (season 3) …A purring feline seductress in a tight black bodysuit with designs on Gotham City’s riches and Batman himself.
- Victor Buono as Professor William McElroy a.k.a. King Tut…An Egyptologist with a split personality, who divides his time between being a university professor and a reincarnated version of the centuries-old pharaoh.
- Mr. Freeze, a.k.a. Dr. Schimmel, played by:
- George Sanders (season 1)
- Otto Preminger (season 2)
- Eli Wallach (season 2)…A cool, cruel crook who must dwell in an environment 50 degrees below zero. His weapon of choice is a freeze-blast gun. In his first appearance the gun could also produce a heat/incendiary beam.
- Mad Hatter, a.k.a. Jervis Tetch, played by David Wayne…A formally dressed baddie with a obsession for collecting hats.
- Vincent Price as Egghead…A smug, bald-headed genius whose crimes and speech patterns involve eggs. (“Egg-zactly.”)
- Carolyn Jones as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds…A stunning, jewel-bedecked enchantress with very expensive tastes.
- Cliff Robertson as Shame…A none too bright cowpoke whose partners at various times include Okie Annie and Calamity Jan.
- Anne Baxter as Olga, Queen of the Cossacks…A Russian-accented redhead in cahoots with Egghead. (Baxter had earlier appeared in one story as “Zelda the Great”, a master of illusion whose crimes were tied in with magic tricks.)
- Milton Berle as Louie the Lilac…A stogie puffing gangster with an unhealthy attraction for flowers.
- Liberace Plays a dual role as concert pianist Chandell and his gangster-like twin Harry, who was extorting Chandell into a life of crime as “Fingers”.
Gotham is an American crime drama television series developed by Bruno Heller, based on characters published by DC Comics and appearing in the Batman franchise, primarily those of James Gordon and Bruce Wayne. The series stars Ben McKenzie as the young Gordon, while Heller executive produces, along with Danny Cannon, who also directed the pilot.
Originally the series would have relied only on Gordon’s early days with the Gotham City Police Department, but the series subsequently included the Wayne character and the origin stories of several Batman villains, including Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, Poison Ivy,Scarecrow,Mr. Freeze,Hugo Strange, Ra’s al Ghul,and Solomon Grundy.[10]Gotham premiered on Fox on September 22, 2014. In May 2017, Fox renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on September 21, 2017. On May 13, 2018, Fox renewed the series for a fifth and final season,that began production in July that year.
Cast and characters
- Ben McKenzie as James Gordon – In September 2013, it was reported that Fox was developing a TV series centred on James Gordon’s early days as a police detective and the origin stories of various Batman villains.
- Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock – In early 2014, it was announced that Logue was cast as Harvey Bullock, a character who serves as James Gordon’s ethically conflicted and compromised partner in the GCPD.
- David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne – In March 2014, Mazouz was cast as Bruce Wayne.
- Zabryna Guevara as Sarah Essen – In February 2014, Guevara was confirmed for the series. Descriptions revealed her character to be a police captain at the GCPD and James Gordon’s direct superior
- Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth – In February 2014, Pertwee was cast as Alfred Pennyworth in the series.
- Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin – In February 2014, Taylor was cast as Oswald Cobblepot, an intelligent low-level thug who used to work for Fish Mooney.
- Erin Richards as Barbara Kean – In February 2014, Richards was confirmed to have been cast in the show. Richards portrays James Gordon’s fiancee, Barbara Kean, though their relationship deteriorates over the course of the season.
- Camren Bicondova as Selina “Cat” Kyle – In March 2014, Bicondova was confirmed to have joined the show’s cast.
- Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma / The Riddler – Smith joined the cast in April 2014.
- Andrew Stewart-Jones as Crispus Allen – Stewart-Jones joined the series in May
- John Doman as Carmine Falcone – Doman first appeared in the series pilot as Carmine Falcone, a mob boss with ties to James Gordon’s father.
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney – Smith was cast as Fish Mooney in February 2014
- Morena Baccarin as Leslie “Lee” Thompkins – Morena Baccarin was cast in October 2014
- James Frain as Theo Galavan / Azrael – In June 2015, Frain was announced as a series regular only for season 2.
- Jessica Lucas as Tabitha Galavan / Tigress – In June 2015, Lucas was announced as series regular for season 2.
- Chris Chalk as Lucius Fox – In March 2015, Chalk was announced as Lucius Fox, and was promoted to a series regular for the second season.
- Drew Powell as Butch Gilzean / Cyrus Gold / Solomon Grundy– Fish Mooney’s right-hand man and mob enforcer. Victor Zsasz later “worked on” Butch, causing him to obey Oswald Cobblepot’s every command, although this was later undone by Tabitha Galavan.
- Nicholas D’Agosto as Harvey Dent – In July 2014, it was announced that Harvey Dent would appear in the show.
- Michael Chiklis as Nathaniel Barnes / The Executioner
- Maggie Geha as Ivy “Pamela” Pepper – A young woman and old friend of Selina’s who develops pheromone-based powers after consuming a mysterious elixir.
- Benedict Samuel as Jervis Tetch / Mad Hatter – In August 2016, Samuel was announced as a series regular for season 3. He is described as a psychotic hypnotist with a steadfast desire to find his missing sister Alice.
- Crystal Reed as Sofia Falcone – The daughter of Carmine Falcone who is returning to Gotham to help Gordon take down the Penguin.
- Alexander Siddig as Ra’s al Ghul – The powerful head of the League of Assassins with a keen eye on Bruce Wayne. In March 2017, Siddig was announced to portray Ra’s in the season 3 finale.
1989–1997 film series
Batman is a 1989 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It is the first installment of Warner Bros.’ initial Batmanfilm series. The film stars Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Jack Nicholson as the Joker, alongside Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough and Jack Palance. The film takes place early in the title character’s war on crime, and depicts a battle with his nemesis the Joker.
As Gotham City approaches its bicentennial, Mayor Borg orders district attorney Harvey Dent and police commissioner James Gordon to make the city safer. Meanwhile, reporter Alexander Knox and photojournalist Vicki Valebegin to investigate rumors of a vigilante nicknamed “Batman” who is targeting the city’s criminals.
Batman’s alter-ego is Bruce Wayne, a billionaire industrialist who, as a child, witnessed his parents’ murder at the hands of a psychotic mugger. At a fundraiser for the bicentennial in Wayne Manor, Bruce meets and falls for Vale, and the two begin a romantic relationship. However, the evening is cut short as Bruce is alerted to Commissioner Gordon’s sudden departure due to police business and leaves to investigate as Batman.
Mob boss Carl Grissom, who has already been targeted by Dent and Gordon, discovers his mistress Alicia is involved with his second-in-command Jack Napier. With the help of corrupt police lieutenant Max Eckhardt, Grissom engineers Napier’s death in a raid at Axis Chemicals. However, Grissom’s plan is foiled with the sudden arrival of Commissioner Gordon, who wants Napier captured alive. In the ensuing shootout, Napier, who has realized he was set up, kills Eckhardt. Batman arrives and, in a struggle, Napier is knocked into a vat of chemicals. Batman escapes and Napier is presumed dead.
Napier emerges from the vat, but is left disfigured with chalk white skin, emerald green hair, and a rictus grin. The sociopathic Napier is driven insane by the incident and begins calling himself “the Joker”. He kills Grissom and usurps authority over his criminal empire, and scars Alicia’s face to equal his disfigurement.
The Joker terrorizes Gotham City by lacing hygiene products with “Smylex”, a deadly chemical which causes victims to die laughing with the same maniacal grin as the Joker. As he searches for information on Batman (whom he blames for his disfigurement), the Joker also becomes obsessed with Vale. He lures her to the Gotham Museum of Art and his henchmen destroy the works of art. Batman arrives and rescues her. They escape in the Batmobile, pursued by the Joker’s men. Batman takes Vicki to the Batcave, where he gives her information from his research on Smylex that will allow the city’s residents to avoid exposure to the toxin.
Bruce visits Vicki at her apartment, prepared to tell her about his alter-ego. The Joker interrupts their meeting, asking Bruce, “You ever danced with the devil by the pale moonlight?” before shooting him. Bruce uses a bended serving tray as body armor and plays dead. He remembers that the mugger who killed his parents asked the same question, and realizes that Napier was his parents’ killer. Vicki is brought to the Batcave by Bruce’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth, who has been coaxing their relationship because Vicki brings out Bruce’s human side. After telling her that he cannot focus on their relationship with the Joker terrorizing Gotham, Bruce departs as Batman to destroy the Axis plant. Meanwhile, the Joker lures the citizens of Gotham to a parade with the promise of free money, but while throwing cash at the crowd as promised, also attacks them with Smylex gas released from his giant parade balloons. Batman arrives and tows the balloons above the clouds with the Batwing. The Joker shoots the Batwing using a long-barreled gun, causing it to crash, and takes Vicki to the top of a cathedral.
Batman, who survived the crash, fends off the Joker’s remaining men despite his injuries, and confronts the Joker. The two struggle, with Joker eventually gaining the upper hand, leaving Batman and Vicki clinging onto an outcropping. The Joker tries to escape by helicopter, but Batman attaches a heavy granite gargoyle to the Joker’s leg with his grappling hook, causing him to lose his grip and fall to his death after it breaks off.
Commissioner Gordon announces that the police have arrested the Joker’s men and unveils the Bat-Signal. Harvey Dent reads a note from Batman, promising that he will defend Gotham whenever crime strikes again. Vicki is taken to Wayne Manor by Alfred, who tells her that Bruce will be a little late. She responds that she is not surprised, as Batman looks at the signal’s projection from a rooftop, standing watch over the city.
Cast
- Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne / Batman
- Jack Nicholson as Jack Napier / The Joker
- Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale
- Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox
- Pat Hingle as Commissioner Gordon
- Billy Dee Williams as Harvey Dent
- Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth
- Jack Palance as Carl Grissom
- Jerry Hall as Alicia Hunt
- Tracey Walter as Bob the Goon
- Lee Wallace as Mayor Borg
- William Hootkins as Lt. Max Eckhardt
- John Dair as Vinnie Ricorso
- Christopher Fairbank as Nic
- George Roth as Eddie
- Hugo E. Blick as Young Jack Napier
- Charles Roskilly as Young Bruce Wayne
- David Baxt as Thomas Wayne
- Sharon Holm as Martha Wayne
- Garrick Hagon as Tourist Dad
- Liza Ross as Tourist Mom
- Adrian Meyers as Jimmy, Tourist Son
Batman Returns is a 1992 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton, based on the DC Comics character Batman. It is the second installment of Warner Bros. initial Batman film series, with Michael Keaton reprising the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film, produced by Denise Di Novi and Burton, also stars Danny DeVito as the Penguin, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman, and Christopher Walken as corrupt businessman Max Shreck.
In the prologue, socialites Tucker and Esther Cobblepot give birth to a deformed baby boy, Oswald. Disgusted by his appearance and wild demeanor, they confine the baby to a cage and ultimately throw him into the sewer, where he is discovered by a family of penguins at Gotham Zoo.
Thirty-three years later, millionaire Max Shreck proposes to build a power plant to supply Gotham City with energy, though he is opposed by the city mayor. During Shreck’s speech, Gotham is attacked by a disgraced former circus troupe, the Red Triangle Gang. Despite the efforts of Batman to stop the violence, Shreck is abducted and taken to the sewer, where he meets Oswald Cobblepot, the gang’s secret leader now known as the Penguin. The Penguin blackmails Shreck with evidence of his corporate crimes into helping him return to the surface, and he accepts. Meanwhile, Shreck’s secretary, Selina Kyle, discovers the true purpose of Shreck’s power plant to drain Gotham of its energy and bring the city under Shreck’s control. Shreck pushes her out of a window to silence her, but she survives the fall and vows revenge, taking up the mantle of Catwoman.
The Penguin makes his presence known by “rescuing” the Mayor’s baby from a staged kidnapping attempt, and requests to be allowed into the Hall of Records to find his parents. Batman’s alter-ego, Bruce Wayne, voices his suspicions about the Penguin’s true motives, and investigates his background and connection to the Red Triangle Gang. During a meeting with Shreck, Wayne meets Kyle and the two become attracted to one another. In order to remove his enemies, Shreck pushes for the Penguin to run for mayor and discredit the current mayor by having the Red Triangle Gang wreak havoc on the city. Batman intervenes and meets Catwoman as she attempts to sabotage one of Shreck’s businesses; she escapes, but is injured and swears revenge on Batman by allying with the Penguin to frame him for an undiscussed crime.
As Wayne and Kyle begin a romantic relationship, the Penguin abducts Gotham’s Ice Princess and kills her, framing Batman for the act, at the same time sabotaging his Batmobile to rampage throughout Gotham (until Batman disconnects the controlling device), and ends his partnership with Catwoman, who didn’t anticipate the murder, when she rejects his advances; he attempts to kill her with one of his flying umbrellas, but she survives after falling into a greenhouse. During the chase, Batman records the Penguin’s disparaging remarks about the people of Gotham and later plays them during his next speech, destroying his image and forcing him to retreat to the sewer, where he reveals his plan to abduct and kill all of Gotham’s firstborn sons as revenge for what his parents did to him. At a charity ball hosted by Shreck, Wayne and Kyle meet and discover each other’s secret identities. The Penguin appears and reveals his plan, intending to take Shreck’s son, Chip, with him, but Shreck gives himself up in his son’s stead.
Batman foils the kidnappings and heads for the Penguin’s lair. The Penguin attempts to have his army of penguins bomb the city and kill everyone in Gotham, though Batman and his butler, Alfred, jam the signal and order the penguins to head back to the sewer. Batman arrives and confronts the Penguin. In the ensuing fight, the Penguin falls through a window into the sewer’s toxic water. Shreck escapes but is confronted by Catwoman, who intends to kill him. Batman pleads for Kyle to stop, unmasking himself in the process. Shreck draws a gun and shoots Wayne, and then shoots Kyle multiple times, but she survives and electrocutes herself and Shreck with a stun gun. Wayne, who was wearing body armour, finds Shreck’s remains but Kyle is nowhere to be found. The Penguin emerges from the water, but eventually dies from his injuries and from the toxic sewage, and his penguin family lay his body to rest in the water. In the aftermath, as Alfred drives him home, Wayne sees Kyle’s silhouette in an alley but only finds her cat, who he decides to take home with him. The Bat-Signal appears in the sky as Catwoman, who survived, watches.
Cast
- Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne / Batman: The protector of Gotham City and the Caped Crusader. Bruce struggles with his dual identity as a crime fighter, becoming romantically involved with Selina Kyle, alias Catwoman. Keaton earned $11 million for reprising his role as the Caped Crusader as director Tim Burton thought that Keaton deserved it
- Danny DeVito as Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin: A psychopathic, deformed man born as Oswald Cobblepot who was abandoned by his parents when he was a baby. Raised by penguins of an abandoned zoo, he returns for revenge thirty-three years later as leader of the Red Triangle Circus Gang after being cheated by businessman Max Shreck.
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Selina Kyle / Catwoman: A normal woman who becomes a criminal after being almost killed by her boss Max Shreck, who later decides to try everything to kill her.
- Christopher Walken as Max Shreck: A wealthy businessman and industrialist known as “The Santa Claus of Gotham”. He is obsessed with building a power chemical plant in Gotham City, but when both Bruce Wayne and the Mayor of Gotham City deny his idea, he decides to help Oswald Cobblepot to become the new mayor of Gotham City for his plans. Apart from being the father of Chip Shreck and presumably killing his wife to gain her money, Shreck is also the former employer of Selina Kyle, who wants to kill him following his attempt to kill her.
- Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth: The Wayne family’s butler and Batman’s accomplice, who has helped and raised him since his parents’ death.
- Pat Hingle as Commissioner James Gordon: Commissioner of the Police Department of Gotham City.
- Michael Murphy as The Mayor: The unnamed mayor of Gotham City. He doesn’t like Max Shreck’s idea to build a nuclear power plant in Gotham City. His son is later kidnapped by the Red Triangle Circus Gang, only to be “saved” by the Penguin.
- Vincent Schiavelli as The Organ Grinder: A member of the Red Triangle Circus Gang and the Penguin’s right-hand man. He carries an organ grinder as his main weapon. He survives all three attacks on Gotham City, but is captured and presumably interrogated by Batman during the Penguin’s final attempt to take over Gotham City.
- Andrew Bryniarski as Charles “Chip” Shreck: Son of Max Shreck and his late wife. Apart from being the heir of Max’s business, he is brave enough to do everything he can to defend his father, such as ordering him to flee as he helps other Gotham City residents to retain members of the Red Triangle Circus Gang.
- Cristi Conaway as The Ice Princess: A Christmas-themed beauty queen and model of Gotham City.
- Rick Zumwalt as The Tattooed Strongman: A member of the Red Triangle Circus Gang. He survives the first attack on Gotham City, but is killed during the second attack by one of his bombs when Batman throws him into a hole before the explosion.
- Anna Katarina as The Poodle Lady: A member of the Red Triangle Circus Gang. She survives all three attacks on Gotham City, but she runs away along her poodle to escape from Batman during the third attack, abandoning her teammates.
- Paul Reubens as The Penguin’s Father (Tucker Cobblepot): The father of Oswald Cobblepot and husband of Esther Cobblepot.
- Diane Salinger as The Penguin’s Mother (Esther Cobblepot): The mother of Oswald Cobblepot and wife of Tucker Cobblepot. She and her husband abandoned their son by throwing him into Gotham City’s park river after realizing that he could be a danger to society after he killed their cat.
The Dark Knight Trilogy
Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. It stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman. The film reboots the Batman film series, telling the origin story of Bruce Wayne from the death of his parents to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop Ra’s al Ghul and the Scarecrow from plunging Gotham City into chaos.
After a series of unsuccessful projects to resurrect Batman on screen following the critical failure of Batman & Robin (1997), Nolan and Goyer began work on the film in early 2003. Aiming for a darker, more realistic tone compared to the previous films, a primary goal for their vision was to engage the audience’s emotional investment in both the Batman and Bruce Wayne identities of the lead character. The film, which was principally shot in the United Kingdom, Iceland and Chicago, relied heavily on traditional stunts and miniature effects, with computer-generated imagery being used in a minimal capacity compared to other action films. Comic book storylines such as The Man Who Falls, Batman: Year One and Batman: The Long Halloween served as inspiration.
Batman Begins opened on June 15, 2005, in the United States and Canada in 3,858 theaters. It grossed over $48 million in its opening weekend in North America, eventually grossing over $374 million worldwide.
Plot
As a child, Bruce Wayne falls down into a dry well and is attacked by a swarm of bats, subsequently developing a phobia of bats. While watching an opera with his parents, Thomas and Martha, Bruce becomes frightened by performers masquerading as bats and asks to leave. Outside, mugger Joe Chill murders Bruce’s parents in front of him. Orphaned, Bruce is raised by the family butler, Alfred Pennyworth, while Chill is imprisoned.
Fourteen years later, Chill is paroled in exchange for testifying against Gotham City mafia boss Carmine Falcone. Bruce intends to murder Chill, but one of Falcone’s assassins does so first. Bruce’s childhood friend, Assistant District Attorney Rachel Dawes, berates him for attempting to undermine the justice system, saying that his father would be ashamed. Bruce confronts Falcone, who tells him that real power comes from being feared. Bruce decides to travel the world and learn how to confront injustice. While serving a prison sentence for theft in Bhutan, he meets Henri Ducard, who trains him as a member of the League of Shadows, led by Ra’s al Ghul. After completing his training and purging his fears, Bruce learns that the League intends to destroy Gotham, believing it to be corrupt, decadent, hypocritical and beyond saving. Bruce rejects the League’s cause and burns down their temple during his escape. Ra’s is killed by falling debris, while Bruce saves the unconscious Ducard.
Bruce returns to Gotham intent on fighting crime. Inspired by his childhood fear, he takes up the vigilante identity of “Batman” and sets up a base in the caves beneath Wayne Manor. He takes an interest in his family’s company, Wayne Enterprises, which is being taken public by the unscrupulous William Earle. Company archivist Lucius Fox, a friend of Bruce’s father since deposed by Earle, allows Bruce access to prototype defense technologies, including a protective bodysuit and a heavily armored car, the Tumbler. Bruce publicly poses as a shallow playboy to allay suspicion.
Batman intercepts a drug shipment, provides Rachel with evidence against Falcone, and enlists Sergeant James Gordon, one of the few honest cops left in Gotham, to arrest him. In the prison, Falcone meets Dr. Jonathan Crane, a corrupt psychologist whom he has helped smuggle drugs into Gotham, and threatens to reveal his complicity if he does not declare him mentally unfit for trial. Crane puts on a scarecrow mask and sprays Falcone with a fear-inducing hallucinogen that drives him insane (which causes Falcone to constantly mouth the word “Scarecrow”), and has him transferred to Arkham Asylum. While investigating “the Scarecrow”, Batman is exposed to the hallucinogen and left incapacitated. He is saved by Alfred and given an antidote developed by Fox. When Rachel accuses Crane of corruption, Crane reveals that he has been pouring his fear-inducing drug into Gotham’s water supply. He drugs Rachel with it, but Batman saves her and subdues Crane, who claims to work for Ra’s al Ghul. Batman evades the police to get Rachel to safety, administers the antidote, and gives her a vial of it for Gordon and another for mass production. Ducard reappears at Bruce’s birthday party and reveals himself to be the true Ra’s al Ghul. Having stolen a powerful microwave emitter from Wayne Enterprises, he plans to vaporize Gotham’s water supply, rendering Crane’s drug airborne and causing mass hysteria that will destroy the city. He sets Wayne Manor aflame and leaves Bruce to die, but Alfred rescues him.
Ra’s loads the microwave emitter onto Gotham’s monorail system, intending to release the drug as the train travels toward the city’s central water source. Batman rescues Rachel from a drugged mob and indirectly reveals his identity to her. He pursues Ra’s onto the monorail and fights him as Gordon uses the Tumbler’s cannons to destroy a section of the track. Batman refuses to kill Ra’s, but also chooses not to save him, gliding from the train and leaving Ra’s aboard as it crashes and explodes, killing him.
Bruce gains Rachel’s respect but loses her love, as she decides she cannot be with him while he is Batman. Bruce reveals he has secretly purchased a controlling stake in Wayne Enterprises, fires Earle, and replaces him with Fox. Gordon is promoted to Lieutenant of the Gotham City Police Department, shows Batman the Bat-Signal, and mentions a criminal who leaves Joker playing cards at crime scenes.[a] Batman promises to investigate, and disappears into the night.
Cast
- Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman:
- A billionaire socialite who, after witnessing his parents’ death in a mugging at age 8, travels around the world seven years before returning home to inherit his family company Wayne Enterprises whilst operating at night as a bat-masked vigilante bringing justice upon the criminal underworld of Gotham City.
- Gus Lewis as Young Bruce Wayne.
- Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth:
- A trusted butler to Bruce’s parents, who continues his loyal service to their son after their deaths as his closest confidant. Nolan felt Caine would effectively portray the foster father element of the character. Although Alfred is depicted in the film as having served the Wayne family for generations, Caine created his own backstory, in that before becoming Wayne’s butler, Alfred served in the Special Air Service. After being wounded, he was invited to the position of the Wayne family butler by Thomas Wayne because, “He wanted a butler, but someone a bit tougher than that, you know?”
- Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard / Ra’s al Ghul:
- The leader of the League of Shadows, an ancient society that uses injustice to punish the corrupt and decadent, who goes undercover as an associate of the League and trains Bruce in martial arts, later revealing himself in the film’s climax. Writer David Goyer said he felt he was the most complex of all the Batman villains, comparing him to Osama bin Laden; “He’s not crazy in the way that all the other Batman villains are. He’s not bent on revenge; he’s actually trying to heal the world. He’s just doing it by very draconian means.”
- Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes:
- Bruce’s childhood friend and love interest who serves as Gotham City’s assistant district attorney and fights against corruption in the city. Nolan found a “tremendous warmth and great emotional appeal” in Holmes, and also felt “she has a maturity beyond her years that comes across in the film and is essential to the idea that Rachel is something of a moral conscience for Bruce”.
- Emma Lockhart as Young Rachel Dawes.
- Gary Oldman as James Gordon:
- One of the few uncorrupted Gotham City police officers, who is on duty the night of the murder of Bruce’s parents and, in this way, shares a special bond with the adult Bruce and thus with Batman.
- Cillian Murphy as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow:
- A corrupt psychopharmacologist working as Chief Administrator of Arkham Asylum. A specialist in the psychology of fear, he has secretly created a fear-inducing toxin and plots with Ra’s al Ghul to expose the entire Gotham population. Nolan decided against casting an Irish actor like Murphy for Batman, before casting him as Scarecrow.
- Tom Wilkinson as Carmine Falcone:
- The most powerful Mafia boss in Gotham, who shares a prison cell with Joe Chill after Chill murdered Bruce’s parents. Later, after having Chill murdered for his decision to testify against their relationship, he goes into business with Dr. Jonathan Crane and Ra’s al Ghul by smuggling in Crane’s fear toxins through his drug shipments over the course of several months so that they can be mixed in with the city’s water supply.
- Rutger Hauer as William Earle:
- The CEO of Wayne Enterprises, who takes the company public in Bruce’s long-term absence.
- Ken Watanabe as decoy Ra’s al Ghul:
- A member of the League of Shadows assigned to impersonate Ra’s al Ghul during Bruce’s training.
- Actor Jay Buozzi plays a brief role as the next decoy of Ra’s.
- Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox:
- A high-ranking Wayne Enterprises employee demoted to working in the company’s Applied Science Division, where he conducts advanced studies in biochemistry and mechanical engineering and supplies Bruce with much of the gear necessary to carry out Batman’s mission. He is promoted to CEO when Bruce takes control of the company by the end of the film.
The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the second part of Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy and a sequel to 2005’s Batman Begins, starring an ensemble cast including Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman. In the film, Bruce Wayne / Batman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City, but are menaced by an anarchist mastermind known as the Joker(Ledger), who seeks to undermine Batman’s influence and turn the city to chaos.
Plot
A gang of criminals rob a Gotham City mob bank, murdering each other for a higher share of the money until only the Joker remains, who escapes with the money. Batman, District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant Jim Gordon form an alliance to rid Gotham City of organized crime. Bruce Wayne believes that with Dent as Gotham’s protector, he can retire from being Batman and lead a normal life with Rachel Dawes – even though she and Dent are dating.
Mob bosses Sal Maroni, Gambol, and the Chechen hold a video-conference with their corrupt accountant, Lau, who has taken their funds for safekeeping and fled to Hong Kong. The Joker interrupts the meeting to warn them that Batman is unhindered by the law, and offers to kill him in exchange for half of their money. The mob bosses disagree, and a bounty is placed on the Joker by Gambol. The Joker finds and kills Gambol, taking over his gang. The mob ultimately decides to take the Joker up on his offer. Batman finds Lau in Hong Kong and brings him back to Gotham to testify, allowing Dent to apprehend the entire mob. The Joker threatens to keep killing people unless Batman reveals his identity, and starts by murdering Police Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb and the judge presiding over the mob trial. The Joker also tries to kill Mayor Anthony Garcia, but Gordon sacrifices himself to stop the assassination. Dent kidnaps one of Joker’s henchmen and learns that Rachel is the next target.
Bruce decides to reveal his secret identity to prevent more deaths. Before he can, however, Dent falsely announces that he is Batman. Dent is taken into protective custody, but the Joker appears and attacks the convoy. Batman comes to Dent’s rescue and Gordon, who faked his death, apprehends the Joker, securing a promotion to Commissioner. Rachel and Dent are escorted away by detectives on Maroni’s payroll; Gordon later learns that they never arrived home. Batman interrogates the Joker, who reveals that they have been trapped in separate locations rigged with explosives and that Batman must choose one to save. Batman races to save Rachel, while Gordon attempts to rescue Dent. Batman arrives at the building, but realizes that the Joker sent him to Dent’s location instead. Both buildings explode, killing Rachel and disfiguring half of Dent’s face. The Joker escapes with Lau, who leads him to the Mob’s funds. The Joker burns the money before killing Lau and the Chechen.
Coleman Reese, an accountant at Wayne Enterprises, deduces that Bruce is Batman and threatens to publicize the information. Not wanting Reese’s revelation to interfere with his plans, the Joker threatens to destroy a hospital unless Reese is killed within an hour. All hospitals are evacuated and Gordon travels to secure Reese. The Joker, disguised as a hospital nurse, discovers Dent’s ward and hands him a gun, convincing him to seek revenge for Rachel’s death. The Joker then destroys the hospital and escapes with a busload of hostages. Dent goes on a killing spree, deciding the fates of people he holds responsible for Rachel’s death by flipping his lucky coin. Dent eventually apprehends Gordon’s family, believing Gordon’s love for his family parallels his love for Rachel.
After announcing that Gotham City will be subject to his rule by nightfall, the Joker rigs two evacuating ferries with explosives; one containing civilians and the other containing prisoners. The passengers have been supplied with a trigger to the other boat’s explosives, and the Joker announces through an intercom that he will blow both ferries if one of them has not been destroyed by midnight. Batman finds the Joker by using a sonar device that spies on the entire city, with the reluctant help of Lucius Fox. Both the civilians and the prisoners refuse to kill each other, while Batman apprehends the Joker after a brief fight. Before the police arrive to take the Joker into custody, he gloats that Gotham’s citizens will lose hope once Dent’s rampage becomes public knowledge.
Gordon and Batman arrive at the building where Rachel perished. Dent has Gordon’s family, threatening to kill them. He shoots Batman, spares himself, and aims to kill Gordon’s son, claiming that Gordon’s negligence is responsible for Rachel’s death. Before he can flip his coin for the boy, Batman, who was wearing body armor, tackles Dent off the building to his death. Batman persuades Gordon to hold himself responsible for the killing spree to preserve Dent’s heroic image. As the police launch a manhunt for Batman, Gordon destroys the Bat-signal, Fox watches as the sonar device self-destructs, and Alfred burns a letter from Rachel saying she plans to marry Dent. Batman flees from the police, taking Dent’s place for Two-Face’s crimes.
Cast
- Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman:
- A billionaire socialite who, after witnessing his parents’ death in a mugging at age 8, travels the world for seven years before returning home to operate as a bat-masked vigilante hailed as Gotham City’s “Dark Knight”, using fear against the city’s criminal underworld at night. Bale said he was confident in his choice to return in the role because of the positive response to his portrayal in Batman Begins.‘s
- Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth:
- Bruce’s trusted butler and confidant, who supplies useful advice to Bruce and likeness as a father figure, leading him to be labeled “Batman’s batman”.
- Heath Ledger as The Joker:
- A psychotic anarchist mastermind portraying himself as an “agent of chaos”, who rises from the criminal underworld by wreaking havoc on Gotham and drawing Batman ever closer to crossing the fine line between heroism and vigilantism.
- Gary Oldman as James Gordon:
- A lieutenant in the Gotham City Police Department and one of the city’s few honest police officers, who forms a tenuous, unofficial alliance with Batman and Dent and is given the position of Police Commissioner by the city’s mayor following the recent commissioner’s assassination.
- Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent / Two-Face:
- The district attorney hailed as Gotham’s “White Knight”, whose campaign against the criminal underworld leaves half of his face disfigured, turning him into a murderer with a split-personality bent on revenge.
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes:
- Gotham City’s assistant district attorney and Bruce’s childhood friend, who is one of the few people who knows Batman’s true identity.
- Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox:
- The recently promoted CEO of Wayne Enterprises who, now fully aware of his employer’s double life, serves more directly as Bruce’s armorer for the Batsuit in addition to his corporate duties.
The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 American-British superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC Comicscharacter Batman, the film is the final installment in Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy, and the sequel to The Dark Knight (2008). Christian Bale reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, with a returning cast of allies: Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as James Gordon, and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. The film introduces Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) and Bane (Tom Hardy). Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, merciless revolutionary Bane forces an older Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from nuclear destruction.
The Dark Knight Rises premiered in New York City on July 16, 2012. The film was released in the United States and the United Kingdom on July 20, 2012. It received positive reviews from critics, many of whom praised the action sequences, cast, musical score and the manner in which it concludes the trilogy, and named it one of the best films of 2012. Like its predecessor, the film grossed over $1 billion worldwide at the box office, making it the second film in the Batman film series to earn $1 billion. In addition to being Nolan’s highest-grossing film, it is the 24th highest-grossing film of all time (7th at the time of release), the third highest-grossing film of 2012, and the eighth highest-grossing superhero film.
Plot
Eight years after the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman has disappeared and organized crime has been eradicated in Gotham City thanks to the Dent Act. Police Commissioner James Gordon has kept secret Dent’s murderous rampage and allowed blame for his crimes to fall on Batman. He writes a resignation speech revealing the truth, but decides that the city is not ready to hear it.
Bruce Wayne has become a recluse, and Wayne Enterprises is losing profits after Wayne discontinued his fusion reactor project when he learned that it could be weaponized. Cat burglar Selina Kyle obtains Wayne’s fingerprints from his home and tries to sell the fingerprints to Wayne’s corporate rival John Daggett. She is double-crossed at the exchange, but alerts the police. Gordon and the police arrive and pursue Daggett’s henchmen into the sewers while Selina flees. The men capture Gordon and take him to Bane, a mysterious masked figure and former member of the League of Shadows, who has set up his base in the sewers. Gordon escapes and is found by rookie officer John Blake. Blake, a fellow orphan, confronts Bruce and convinces him to return as Batman.
Bane attacks the Gotham Stock Exchange by using Wayne’s fingerprints in a transaction that leaves Wayne bankrupt. Wayne’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth, reveals that Rachel Dawes had intended to marry Dent before she died, and then resigns in an attempt to convince Bruce to move on with his life. Wayne finds comfort in Wayne Enterprises CEO Miranda Tate, who becomes his lover.
Kyle agrees to take Batman to Bane but instead leads him into Bane’s trap. Bane reveals that he intends to fulfill Ra’s al Ghul’s mission to destroy Gotham, and then steals Batman’s technology from Wayne Enterprises. Bane fights Batman and delivers a crippling blow to his back, before taking him abroad to an underground prison. There, the inmates tell Wayne the story of Ra’s al Ghul’s child, who was born and raised in the prison before finally escaping — the only prisoner to have done so.
Bane lures Gotham’s police underground and uses explosives to trap them and destroy the bridges surrounding the city. He kills Mayor Anthony Garcia and forces a nuclear physicist to convert the reactor core into an atomic bomb before killing him as well. Bane reads Gordon’s speech to the public, and releases the prisoners of Blackgate Penitentiary, initiating anarchy while holding the city hostage and isolated with the bomb.
Months later, a recovered Wayne escapes from the prison and returns to Gotham. Batman frees the trapped police and they clash with Bane’s army in the streets; during the battle, Batman overpowers Bane. Tate intervenes and stabs Batman, revealing herself to be Talia al Ghul, Ra’s al Ghul’s daughter. She activates the detonator, but Gordon blocks her signal. Talia leaves to find the bomb while Bane prepares to kill Batman, but Kyle arrives and kills Bane. Batman and Kyle pursue Talia, hoping to bring the bomb back to the reactor chamber where it can be stabilized. Talia’s truck crashes, but she remotely floods and destroys the reactor chamber before dying. With no way to stop the detonation, Batman uses the Bat to haul the bomb far over the bay, where it safely explodes. Before takeoff, Batman subtly reveals his identity to Gordon.
In the aftermath, Batman is presumed dead and is honored as a hero. With Wayne presumed dead as well, Wayne Manor becomes an orphanage, and his remaining estate is left to Alfred. While visiting Florence, Alfred discovers that Wayne is alive, and in a relationship with Kyle. Blake resigns from the police force and, in accordance with Wayne’s will, inherits the Batcave.
Cast
- Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman:
- A billionaire socialite who dedicates himself to protecting Gotham City from its criminal underworld. Nolan has stated that, due to the eight-year gap between The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, “he’s an older Bruce Wayne; he’s not in a great state.
- Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth:
- Bruce’s trusted butler and confidant, who acts as a father figure to Bruce but is unable to accept Bruce’s desire to revive his Batman persona, even resigning from his position to impress the seriousness of his position upon him.
- Gary Oldman as James Gordon:
- The Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department, and one of the city’s few honest police officers. Oldman described the character’s work in cleaning up Gotham City as having left him world-weary and slightly bored, likening Gordon to a soldier who leaps at the chance to be on the front lines.
- Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle / Catwoman:
- A professional cat burglar, grifter, and femme fatale who establishes a playful, teasing relationship with Bruce that “takes some of the somberness away from his character”,and pursues a “clean slate” (a computer program rumored to be able to erase a person’s criminal history) when she crosses paths with both Bruce and Batman. Hathaway auditioned not knowing what role she was being considered for.
- Tom Hardy as Bane:
- A mysterious and physically imposing revolutionary who was excommunicated from the League of Shadows and portrays himself as a “liberator of pain”. He is desperate to continue Ra’s al Ghul’s legacy by destroying Gotham. The character was chosen by Christopher Nolan because of his desire to see Batman tested on both a physical and mental level.
- Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate / Talia al Ghul:
- A recently promoted member of the Wayne Enterprises executive board who encourages a still-grieving Bruce to rejoin with society and continue his father’s philanthropic works, but is later revealed to be the daughter of Ra’s al Ghul and Bane’s accomplice.
- Joey King portrays the younger version of Talia.
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake:
- A young police officer whose instincts lead him to believe that there is trouble on the horizon and is promoted to detective by Gordon when the elder cop saw something of himself within the younger.
- Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox:
- The CEO and later Executive President of Wayne Enterprises, who runs the company on Bruce’s behalf and serves as his armorer for the Batsuit, providing him with high-tech equipment and discreetly developing cutting-edge technology and weaponry, even as Wayne Enterprises starts losing money.
Live-action
| Character | Television series | |
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| Batman | Gotham | |
| 1966-1968 | 2015-present | |
| Bruce Wayne Batman  |
Adam West | David Mazouz |
| Richard “Dick” Grayson Robin  |
Burt Ward | |
Alfred Pennyworth |
Alan Napier | Sean Pertwee |
Commisioner James Gordon |
Neil Hamilton | Ben McKenzie |
The Joker |
Cesar Romero | Cameron Monaghan |
| Selina Kyle Catwoman  |
Julie Newmar | Camren Bicondova |
| Eartha Kitt (season 3) |
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| Oswald Copplepot The Penguin  |
Burgess Meredith | Robin Lord Taylor |
| Edward Nygma The Riddler  |
Frank Gorshin | Cory Michael Smith |
| John Astin | ||
| Barbara Gordon Batgirl  |
Yvonne Craig | |
Chief O’Hara |
Stafford Repp | |
Aunt Harriet Cooper |
Madge Blake | |
| Dr. Victor Fries Dr. Art Schivel Mr. Freeze  |
George Sanders | Nathan Darrow |
| Otto Preminger | ||
| Eli Wallach | ||
| Jervis Tetch The Mad Hatter  |
David Wayne | Benedict Samuel |
The Clock King |
Walter Slezak | |
False Face |
Malachi Throne | |
Detective Harvey Bullock |
Donal Logue | |
Captain Sarah Essen |
Zabryna Guevara | |
Barbara Elien Kean |
Erin Richards | |
Detective Renee Montoya |
Victoria Cartagena | |
Detective Crispus Allen |
Andrew Stewart-Jones | |
Fish Mooney |
Jada Pinkett Smith | |
Dr. Leslie Maurin Thompkins |
Morena Baccarin | |
| Theo Galavan Azrael |
James Frain | |
| Tabitha Galavan Tigress  |
Jessica Lucas | |
Lucius Fox |
Chris Chalk | |
| Butch Gilzean Solomon Grundy  |
Drew Powell | |
| Harvey Dent Two-Face |
Nicholas D’Agosto | |
Police Captain Nathaniel Barnes |
Michael Chiklis | |
| Ivy Pepper Poison Ivy  |
Maggie Geha | |
| Clare Foley | ||
| Peyton List | ||
Sofia Falcone Gigante |
Crystal Reed | |
| Ra’s al Ghul |
Alexander Siddig | |
Firefly |
Michelle Veintimilla | |
| Camila Perez | ||
Professor Hugo Strange |
B.D. Wong | |
Black Mask |
Todd Stashwick | |
Dr. Thomas Wayne |
Grayson McCouch | |
Martha Wayne |
Brette Taylor | |
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| The Adventures of Batman | The New Adventures of Batman | Batman: The Animated Series | The New Batman Adventures | Batman Beyond | The Batman | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Beware the Batman | |
| 1968-1969 | 1977–1978 | 1992–1995 | 1997–1999 | 1999–2001 | 2004–2008 | 2008–2011 | 2013–2014 | |
| CAST | ||||||||
| Bruce Wayne Batman |
Olan Soule | Adam West | Kevin Conroy | Rino Romano | Diedrich Bader | Anthony Ruivivar | ||
| Zachary Gordon (young) |
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| Mikey Kelley (pre-teen) |
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| Dee Bradley Baker (infant) |
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| Terry McGinnis Batman |
Will Friedle | |||||||
| Alfred Pennyworth | Olan Soule | Clive Revill | Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | Alastair Duncan | James Garrett | JB Blanc | ||
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| Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | ||||||||
| Commissioner James Gordon | Ted Knight | Lennie Weinrib | Bob Hastings | Mitch Pileggi | Kurtwood Smith | |||
| Dick Grayson Robin Nightwing |
Casey Kasem | Burt Ward | Brianne Siddall | Brianne Siddall | Evan Sabara | Jeremy Shada | ||
| Grey DeLisle Bat Manga Robin |
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| Loren Lester | Jerry O’Connell | Jason Marsden (Scooby-Doo Robin |
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| Crawford Wilson | ||||||||
| Tim Drake Robin |
Mathew Valencia | |||||||
| Carrie Kelly Robin |
Anndi McAfee | |||||||
| Barbara Gordon Batgirl |
Jane Webb | Melendy Britt | Melissa Gilbert | Tara Strong | Stockard Channing | Danielle Judovits | Mae Whitman | Tara Strong | |
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| Angie Harmon | Kellie Martin | ||||||||
| Katana | Vyvan Pham | Sumalee Montano | |||||||
| Kim Mai Guest | |||||||||
| The Joker | Larry Storch | Lennie Weinrib | Mark Hamill | Mark Hamill | Kevin Michael Richardson | Jeff Bennett | |||
| Michael McKean (50’s Joker) |
Corey Burton (Sccoby-Doo Joker) |
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| The Penguin | Ted Knight | Paul Williams | Tom Kenny | Stephen Root Jeff Bennett |
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| The Riddler | John Glover | Robert Englund | John Michael Higgins | ||||||
| Two-Face | Richard Moll | James Remar | Christopher McDonald | ||||||
| Richard Moll | |||||||||
| Catwoman | Jane Webb | Melendy Britt | Adrienne Barbeau | Gina Gershon | Nika Futterman | ||||
| Mr. Freeze | Lennie Weinrib | Michael Ansara | Clancy Brown | John Di Maggio | |||||
| Ra’s al Ghul | David Warner | Peter Woodward | Lance Reddick | ||||||
| Clock King | Alan Rachins | Dee Bradley Baker | |||||||
| Scarecrow | Henry Polic II | Charlie Tahan | |||||||
| Mad Hatter | Roddy McDowall | ||||||||
| False Face | Townsend Coleman | Corey Burton | |||||||
| Harley Quinn | Arleen Sorkin | Hynden Walch | Meghan Strange | ||||||
| Man-Bat | Marc Singer | Peter MacNicol | |||||||
| Killer Moth | Jeff Bennett | Corey Burton | |||||||
| Killer Croc | Aron Kincaid | Ron Perlman | Stephen Root | ||||||
| Poison Ivy | Diane Pershing | Piera Coppola | Jennifer Hale | ||||||
| Scarface / The Ventriloquist | George Dzundza | Dan Castellaneta | |||||||
| Bane | Henry Silva | Joaquim de Almeida Ron Perlman Clancy Brown |
Michael Dorn | ||||||
| Firefly | Mark Rolston | Jason Marsden | |||||||
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| Hugo Strange | Ray Buktenica | Frank Gorshin Richard Green |
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| Rupert Thorne | John Vernon | Victor Brandt | |||||||
| Tony Zucco | Thomas F. Wilson | Mark Hamill | |||||||
| Fox | Bill Mumy | David Faustino | Phil Morris | ||||||
| Shark | Peter Scolari | Googy Gress | |||||||
| Vulture | David Jolliffe | Grey DeLisle | Edoardo Ballerini | ||||||
| Count Vertigo | Michael York | Greg Ellis | |||||||
| Spellbinder | Jon Cypher | Michael Massee | |||||||
| Blockbuster | Kevin Michael Richardson | Gary Anthony Williams | |||||||
| Black Mask | James Remar | John Di Maggio | |||||||
| Thomas Wayne | Kevin Conroy | Corey Burton Greg Ellis Adam West |
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| Martha Wayne | Adrienne Barbeau | Pat Musick Julie Newmar |
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| Harvey Bullock | Robert Costanzo | ||||||||
| Renee Montoya | Ingrid Oliu Liane Schirmer |
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| Lucius Fox | Brock Peters Mel Winkler |
Louis Gossett, Jr. | |||||||
| Green Arrow | Chris Hardwick | James Arnold Taylor | |||||||
| Hal Jordan Green Lantern |
Dermot Mulroney | Loren Lester | |||||||
| Zatanna | Julie Brown | Jennifer Hale | |||||||
| Hawkman | Robert Patrick | William Katt | |||||||
| Rex Mason Metamorpho |
Scott Menville | Adam Baldwin | |||||||
| Sinestro | Miguel Ferrer | Xander Berkeley | |||||||
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| Solomon Grundy | Kevin Grevioux | Diedrich Bader | |||||||
| Jason Blood Etrigan |
Billy Zane | Dee Bradley Baker | |||||||
| Jonah Hex | Bill McKinney | Phil Morris | |||||||
| Summer Gleeson | Mari Devon | ||||||||
| Mayor Hamilton Hill | Lloyd Bochner | ||||||||
| Dr. Leslie Thompkins | Diana Muldaur | ||||||||
| Bat-Mite | Lou Scheimer | Paul Reubens | |||||||
| Ace the Bat-Hound | Frank Welker | Dee Bradley Baker | |||||||
| Dana Tan | Lauren Tom | ||||||||
| Mrs. Mary McGinnis | Teri Garr | ||||||||
| Delia & Deidre Dennis | Melissa Joan Hart | ||||||||
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