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The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero thriller film, and the second entry in Christopher Nolan 's Batman film trilogy, The Dark Knight Trilogy. A year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman ( Christian Bale ), Lieutenant James Gordon ( Gary Oldman ), and District Attorney Harvey Dent ( Aaron Eckhart) have achieved real success in taking down ...
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This page is for tropes related to characters appearing in director Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy, specifically those appearing in The Dark Knight. Due to being a Character Sheet , spoilers are below.
This page is for tropes related to characters appearing in director Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy. Due to being a Character Sheet, beware of spoilers.
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- Bruce Wayne (Batman)
- Henri Ducard (Ra's al Ghul)
- Dr. Jonathan Crane (Scarecrow)
- The Joker
- Bane
- Selina Kyle (Catwoman)
This page is for tropes related to characters appearing in director Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Saga.
Due to being a Character Sheet, spoilers are below.
This particular incarnation of Batman is unique from other live-action movie portrayals in that we actually see him begin as an inexperienced vigilante before becoming the veteran crimefighter we all know and love. He takes the blame for the murders Harvey Dent committed, knowing that Dent needed to remain a hero in the eyes of Gotham and to prevent the arrests of the Gotham mob from being undone.
•Animal-Themed Superbeing: Animal Alias variant, as per usual.
•Anti-Hero: Type III. Has resorted to the Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique on many occasions, including dropping someone off a building and breaking both their legs on one occasion. Has also caused quite a lot of collateral damage with equipment like the Tumbler, and acts dickish and anti-social in his rich billionaire persona to help hide his activities as Batman.
•Badass
•Badass Biker: Becomes one in The Dark Knight thanks to the Bat-Pod.
•Badass Beard: Has one in the Backstory of Batman Begins when in prison and kicking seven criminals' asses at once. He has a beard again in The Dark Knight Rises, but that may be a Beard of Sorrow.
A major figure in the secret organisation known as the League of Shadows, Ducard approaches Bruce Wayne on behalf of Ra's Al Ghul. He becomes Bruce's mentor, training him and attempting to impart his philosophy of justice to him. It is later revealed that Ducard actually is Ra's Al Ghul, and he plans to destroy Gotham to remove such evil from the world. His plans are halted by his former student, and he is killed when the train he's using to help destroy the city crashes.
•Affably Evil: He's really quite polite and even regretful while explaining to Bruce exactly why Gotham has to die.
•Ancient Conspiracy: Is part of the League of Shadows; which he claims was involved with various historical events that hurt civilizations.
•Anti-Villain: Extreme methods aside, the Shadow Warriors do want to fight for justice and make the world a kinder and gentler place.
•However, their main prerogative is to slay evil first and foremost, consequences be damned: Much like a doctor so obsessed with cutting out a tumor that he forgets the point is to save the patient's life.
•Badass Beard
A corrupt psychiatrist with a penchant for studying fear. He's allied with Carmine Falcone and works for Ra's al Ghul, aiding in the plot against Gotham by developing a powerful 'fear gas'. After being exposed to his own gas and being driven insane, he becomes a drug-dealer and is soon captured by Batman.
•Blue Eyes: Well, he is played by Cillian Murphy.
•Deadpan Snarker: A less obvious example than Lucius, but he has his moments.
•The Dragon
•Evil Counterpart: Shares a movie with the kind-natured, lamented doctor Thomas Wayne, but taking Gotham in the opposite direction. It's also worth noting that he actually comes across as Rachel's personal arch-enemy for a lot of the running time.
•Evil Is Hammy: Acts like this but only after losing his sanity.
A no name criminal that quickly turns into one of the biggest threats Gotham and Batman have ever faced. Violent, unpredictable and insane, he almost brings Gotham to its knees before being captured by Batman. This particular version is notably less cartoony and much more subtle in his methods.
•Abusive Parents: Assuming the scar story he told Gambol is true, he was pretty much abused by his father, apparently cutting up at least the left half of his face.
•Adaptation Distillation: Joker was heavily affected by this. He still has a sense of humour, but he loses most of the things that made him The Joker, like the Joker gas, the acid posies or just the eccentricities in general. However, this only draws more attention to how terrifyingly psychopathic he is, because without his fantastical props he's forced to use far more mundane and unpleasant methods to achieve results. Like pencils.
•In fact, the Joker in the film is actually very similar to how the Joker was in his original appearance in Batman #1: darker humor, being a terrorist by announcing his moves in advance, crimes that made little sense at all except that he liked comitting them, etc. Basically, the Joker has come full circle.
•American Accents: He speaks with a Chicago accent.
•Ax Crazy
A powerful criminal and terrorist with big plans for Gotham city.
•Badass: We've only the trailers and some leaked images, but every one of them only further cements how much a Badass Bane will be.
•Bane isn't even scared when Batman plunges him into darkness. He almost •Badass Boast:
•Badass Longcoat
•Bald of Evil
•Big Bad: Of the third film, if promotional material is to be trusted.
A mysterious 'associate' of Bane.
•Biker Babe: At one point, she rides a Batpod, according to promotional material.
•Bottle Fairy: A Freeze-Frame Bonus reveals that, in addition to the lengthier, even darker past she wants to wipe off the slate, she has a long record of recent arrests for drunk and disorderly conduct.
•Catgirl
•Combat Stilettos: Selina has them in her Catwoman outfit.
•Dark Action Girl
Jun 2, 2024 · The Dark Knight has the distinct honor of being the first comic book film to win an acting Academy Award, as the late Heath Ledger won the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance as The Joker. Tropes used in The Dark Knight (film) include: The Ace: Harvey Dent. At first.
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In 2005, eight years after Batman and Robin put the Batman film franchise on deep freeze, Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer rebooted the franchise with the first entry of a trilogy fans refer to as The Dark Knight Saga. All three films star Christian Bale as The Batman, Michael Caine as...
