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Mar 3, 2022 · When Selina tells her tragic origin story to Bruce, she mentions that after her mother was murdered by strangulation, Falcone didn't lift a finger to help and let her get swallowed up by...
- Dominic Griffin
As Bane enacts his final plan for Gotham’s destruction, Gordon rallies his former enemies to save the city. Meanwhile, Nyssa al Ghul kidnaps Barbara’s newborn daughter with ambitions to raise her as her own. Then, Bruce’s decision to leave Gotham points him to his destiny, while devastating Selina.
He leans in to kiss Selina (she won't reciprocate and he stops). They ride their motorcycles together (in a weaving pattern, playfully, as equals). And he looks back at her in the mirror as she leaves.
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"You're there, aren't you? Do you have any idea what you did... ...just leaving? You were all I had. And I know you wanted to protect me. But I didn't want to be protected. I wanted you. Say something."
—Selina Kyle to Bruce Wayne expressing her feelings to Bruce after ten years
Selina Kyle is a skilled street thief residing in Gotham City. Known under the alias of Catwoman, she is well known around the city through her connections in the criminal underworld and around the streets. She witnessed the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne after a pickpocket incident which led her into the alley as she watched Bruce Wayne have his parents murdered in front of him, sparking an interest in him.
After suffering from a near-death experience, she forms a partnership with Barbara Kean and Tabitha Galavan.
Although she usually prioritizes her own survival above all else, she increasingly fluctuates between her loyalty to the Sirens and her personal affection for Bruce until she is critically wounded by Jeremiah Valeska, leaving her with possibly permanent spinal damage. The damage left her distraught, carrying suicidal inclinations until Bruce finally convinced her former friend Ivy Pepper to provide a solution to heal her spinal injury. As a result, Selina hunts down Jeremiah for revenge, stabbing him multiple times until he is presumed "deceased", becoming known as the "killer of Jeremiah Valeska".
After Bane's attack on Gotham, she plays a part in defeating him and Nyssa al Ghul after she helps Bruce with destroying Wayne Enterprises to seperate Bane and the military from them. When Bruce leaves her a note to tell her that he's leaving Gotham, she searches for him before she realizes she was too late since he's already gone.
Early life
Selina is a young orphaned street thief with a fascination with cats. When she was five, her mother abandoned her at St. Maria's orphanage, but Selina never believed she was dead. At some point in her life, Selina befriended Bridgit Pike and Ivy Pepper.
Witness to a murder
"I've been watching you. You're a friend of the boy." —Selina Kyle to James Gordon Selina Kyle is running over rooftops in Gotham City before stopping to look down; she sees something and smiles before leaping off and then sliding down to the sidewalk. She walks up behind a woman carrying a paper sack of groceries, opens up a switchblade knife, and cuts open the sack. When the groceries spill out, Selina quietly steals a quart of milk that drops out and walks away. Then, she passes by a man and takes his wallet. When the man chases her, she climbs up a fire escape and the man gives up and goes to report it. She then comes down a fire escape near the Theatre District to give milk to a stray cat, running up the fire escape upon seeing the Wayne family entering the alley after they leave a movie theater. There she witnessed the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne. Later, she is observing the Waynes' funeral from above a mausoleum, taking off her hood in respect. She is then on the wall outside the Wayne mansion. Selina is under a railroad underpass, playing with a necklace. She, along with a group of homeless kids are approached by Patti and her partner, Doug. Patti introduces herself as a member of a Homeless Outreach Program organization headed by Mayor Aubrey James. Doug starts giving out food to the homeless children; however, Selina is cautious and refuses to take any. Upon seeing Patti drugging the teenagers, Selina discretely escapes, leaving the teenagers behind. The next morning, Selina observes Detective James Gordon from behind a fence, perched on a rooftop ledge. After the case had been supposedly "cracked", Selina along with other homeless children, are escorted from their shelters, into GCPD vehicles. Selina is in a line leading to a bus that will take her upstate to a Juvenile Detention Center. While talking to a female chaperon, she states that "there had been a mistake" and that she is incorrectly being sent to juvie. She demands to talk to James Gordon, but the chaperone tells her "you'll be allowed a phone call once up-state". The chaperon, who asks for her name, dismisses her onto the bus, listing her as 'Jane Doe'. Upon seeing Patti enter the bus, Selina bolts for the rear exit; she is held at gunpoint and is forced to sit back down. After the bus arrived to its undisclosed location, and the children were mustered into cargo containers, Selina hides inside the bus, narrowly avoiding Patti who was searching the bus for a missing child. She attacks one of the men working with Patti, scratching his eyes out to the point where the sockets appeared empty. After searching the entire premises, Patti finally manages to catch Selina. Patti holds Selina at gunpoint, Patti is then tackled by James Gordon. Selina is in the GCPD Headquarters, where she is arguing with an officer about being sent upstate. The officer tells her that aside from having outstanding warrants, she is 13 years old with no legal guardian. Selina tells him that she has a mom somewhere even though the officer reads that her mom is deceased. She manages to get the officer to call Detective Gordon over and proposes a trade; she gives Gordon something he "really wants" and he gets her out of juvie. She tells him, "I saw who really killed the Waynes, saw him clear as day." A man from juvenile services brings Selina to GCPD and puts her in Gordon's custody; Gordon then takes Selina to the alleyway where the Waynes died. When she asks him why he cares who killed them, he says that he wants to see the killer brought to justice; she scoffs at this and he tells her that he made a promise to Bruce. She describes how the Waynes were killed and then tells him that she saw the killer's face because she can see in the dark. She also explains the pick-pocketing she performed leading up to her being in the alleyway. When she tells him that she chucked the wallet she stole into the sewer, he handcuffs her to a stairway while he goes down the sewer to investigate. Gordon is unaware that Selina had stolen Harvey Bullock's pen and she uses it to escape the handcuffs. Selina drops the handcuffs down the sewer, tells Gordon that she will need them, and runs away. While Gordon and Bullock are getting some food, Gordon sees Selina across the street pick-pocketing a man. Gordon yells at her, and the man she pickpockets tries to stop her, but Selina manages to get away before Gordon can catch her since a robbery at the store was happening at the same time.
Interest in Bruce
"Okay kiddo. You want to hang with me, that's cool, but my world, my rules. You do what I say." "Yes ma'am." —Selina to Bruce on her rules on the streets. During the night, Selina sneaks into the room at Wayne Manor where Bruce Wayne is sleeping. She is interested in Bruce's collection of newspaper clippings about his parents' murder and stops to watch Bruce briefly while he sleeps. She quietly slips out the window when she hears Alfred Pennyworth coming toward the room. Selina tries to steal a bunch of expensive clothes and jewelry from a store called Collette while using the tunnels, but is found by two police officers as she's coming out of the sidewalk. When she sees them, she smiles and says,"A girl's gotta shop." Later at GCPD, Alvarez tells Gordon that they picked up a B&E suspect that claims to know Gordon. When Alvarez tells him that it's a girl and that she wanted to know if Gordon had been down any sewers lately, Gordon realizes it's Selina. Later Gordon visits and finds her sitting on bench smiling, and waiting for him. Selina was with Gordon at his place when he found a note by Barbara Kean. Selina read it. Gordon said that he will drop her off in Wayne Manor. Upon arriving at Wayne Manor, she notices a Chinese vase which her and Bruce use to break the ice after he enters the room. Bruce and Selina were getting to know each other. However, she didn't feel like talking about her mother and told him she's not an orphan and walks away bumping into Alfred without saying a word. However, Selina and Bruce started to bond when they played a game (throwing doughnuts at each other). Bruce and Selina were hunted by professional assassins, and Alfred demonstrated that he is not the average butler. Selina finally told Bruce that the assassins were after her, not him after he became deeply confused as to why someone would want to kill him. Cat is friends, of a sort, with Ivy Pepper, who was now an orphan. Selina kissed Bruce just before Alfred came into the room, much to the butler's amusement. Alfred even acknowledged that life without her around Wayne Manor could prove sadly flat. Selina finds a sick Ivy Pepper and brings her to Gordon's apartment where she nurses her back to health. Selina makes a dish that is vegan when Ivy Pepper gets a call from Barbara Kean who was checking in on Gordon after leaving her. After being given a message that Bruce wanted to see her by Ivy, Selina arrives at Wayne Manor and he gives her a snow globe. She is then offered a place to stay in exchange for helping Bruce find his parent's killer. However, she then breaks the snow globe and tells him that she lied and didn't see the killer's face. Selina is discovered staying at Barbara's penthouse by Gordon, and she tells him that she didn't actually see the Waynes' killer, and had lied. She then flees. Selina and Ivy are discovered by Barbara, and after overcoming her own surprise, Barbara eventually sits with the two in the living room. Selina and Ivy later judge the outfits Barbara modeled for them to win Jim back. Selina is advised by Barbara on how to use her beauty as a weapon against men. Selina visits Bruce and Alfred at the hospital. Selina tells Bruce that she found him because Ivy Pepper, who visits the hospital regularly to steal food from the residents, had spotted him. Selina was then told of Reggie's deception and his suspicions that he had been sent to spy on them as a few of his files were missing. Selina advises Bruce not to go after Payne, though to no avail. Bruce runs into Selina Kyle where she helps him to find Reginald Payne. She intimidates Reginald into telling Bruce who sent him to infiltrate Wayne Manor where they learned that he was sent by Sid Bunderslaw. Although Bruce was reluctant to get his revenge on Reginald when he was getting his alcohol out of the window, Selina pushes him out the window to his death to keep him from telling Sid Bunderslaw that Bruce is onto him. After the police have found Reginald's body, Bruce and Selina had a brief argument about what happened which ended where they must get close to Sid Bunderslaw. Back at Jim Gordon's apartment, Barbara finds boxes that have been delivered to Selina Kyle for the Wayne Enterprise ball. Upon seeing the shoes associated with the outfit, Selina asks if she has to wear them. Upon arriving at Jim Gordon's apartment, Bruce meets Barbara as Selina emerges in her dress commenting how the shoes were hurting her feet. At the ball, Bruce manages to get close to Sid Bunderslaw to meet him where Selina secretly steals one of his keys. When Gordon comes by his apartment to find Barbara, Selina tells Gordon that Barbara isn't here and learns the description of the man who took her being the description of Jason Skolimski.
"Well, Selina can be a little guarded."
"Yes, I know."
—Barbara Kean and Bruce Wayne
Selina grew up on the streets of Gotham and survived by herself, going by less then favorable means, such as stealing or even killing if necessary to protect her interests. At times she appears aloof and self-serving, hardened because of her deeply troubled life. Selina is often guarded but has shown a degree of loyalty and compassion that she seldom reveals because of her chosen gruff exterior. Despite her difficult upbringing and criminal lifestyle, she does have some semblance of a conscience.
Even so, Selina has shown a tendency to "change sides," including more morally questionable ones, that may suit her benefit more such as aligning Fish Mooney and Sal Maroni's gang. Nonetheless, she will not betray her close friends as the main reason she decided to not help Gordon escape was because she did not know him well enough to risk "the best job" she ever got, showing a degree of pragmatism on her part. Another occasion of such behavior was when she killed Reginald Payne as he would only kill her and Bruce later on.
Despite her loner ways, Selina has a considerable amount of friends and a degree of popularity amongst the criminal underworld, including some crime bosses like Fish and Oswald Cobblepot. Butch Gilzean also claims that her face "opens doors" with criminals. She has shown empathy to fellow outcasts such as giving shelter and food to an orphaned Ivy Pepper which is a stark contrast towards her usual self-focused ways. She cared deeply about her friend, Bridgit Pike, being one of the few people she hugged or showed any form of compassion towards, by advising her to leave her abusive brothers and Gotham. Selina was prepared to kill to save Bridgit and became so distraught over her "death" that she cried, a very rare thing for someone as emotionally controlled as Selina is. So far the only person she has shown any romantic feelings for is Bruce Wayne, even if she did trick beforehand. Selina also has a degree of possessiveness over him as she attempted to warn Silver St. Cloud to leave him alone.
Selina is slightly small for her age, which proves useful on more than one occasion. She has pale skin, short curly chestnut hair, and green eyes. While she tends to look a bit grungy, multiple characters including Barbara Kean have noted that if she paid more attention to her physical appearance, Selina could be quite pretty. Kean refers to her as a "true beauty" while Edward Nygma and Silver St. Cloud have referred to her as "street trash".
Ten years later Selina has grown into the "True Beauty" that Barbara Kean predicted. Selina now sports a slender, graceful figure with an athletic build. Her curly chestnut hair has now grown considerably longer and is usually worn down or tied back in a loose knot giving the appearance of a mane. While attending the Wayne Gala, Selina donned a golden, knee-length dress and perfect makeup. Several characters, including Alfred, have noted that Selina has grown into a beautiful young woman.
Selina's default outfit consists of a leather biker jacket, ripped jeans, knee-high boots, fingerless biker gloves, and a dark gray hoodie with steampunk-style goggles pushed up in her hair or mounted on top of the hood. Her outfit is primarily black, presumably for stealth reasons.
As Catwoman, Selina dons an all black outfit and a specialized hood mask to conceal her identity. This outfit is form-fitting and durable to allow Selina to perform impressive acrobatic feats with stealth. She also dons a special pair of Cat gloves with sharp claws that can be used to cut through glass quietly.
"Whatever Ivyʼs root did to me. I've never felt better."
—Selina to Bruce
•Peak of human physical condition: After Bruce took the advice of a nurse to seek out "the witch" as he asks where to find her. The witch turns out to be Ivy, who reluctantly gives Bruce a strange boil to cure Selina. Once the boil was administered, Selina regains the ability to walk, as well as new quasi-feline powers exceeding in top physical condition.
•Honed senses: Selina has excellent senses, in "Rogues' Gallery", she is shown to have a good sense of smell.
•Free running/Acrobatics/Stealth: Selina is able to jump from rooftop to rooftop. She was also able to sneak into Wayne Manor, the only person who sensed her presence was Bruce Wayne.
•Expert thief: Due to years of scraping a living on the streets of Gotham City, Selina has developed the art of thieving, that allows her to steal from most places and most people, although she has, on occasion, been caught by the police.
•Switchblade: Selina carries a switchblade knife on her person.
•Clawed Gloves: After being cured of her paralysis, Selina began to wear gloves with metal claws on the fingertips.
•Bullwhip: Selina began to use a bullwhip after being mentored by Tabitha.
•Guns/Firearms: Selina has carried firearms on occasions. She used Jerome’s own revolver to try and kill him. She later tried to kill Ecco with her own revolver. Selina used a shotgun when she joined Fish Mooney's gang and when Jim Gordon paid her a visit.
Season 1
•"Pilot" •"Selina Kyle" •"The Balloonman" •"Viper" •"Spirit of the Goat" •"The Mask" •"Harvey Dent" •"Lovecraft" •"Rogues' Gallery" •"Welcome Back, Jim Gordon" •"The Fearsome Dr. Crane" •"The Blind Fortune Teller" •"Red Hood" •"Everyone Has a Cobblepot" •"Beasts of Prey" •"Under the Knife" •"The Anvil or the Hammer" (name on envelope) •"All Happy Families Are Alike"
Season 2
•"Rise of the Villains: Damned If You Do..." •"Rise of the Villains: The Last Laugh" •"Rise of the Villains: Strike Force" •"Rise of the Villains: Scarification" •"Rise of the Villains: By Fire" •"Rise of the Villains: Mommy's Little Monster" •"Rise of the Villains: A Bitter Pill to Swallow" •"Rise of the Villains: The Son of Gotham" •"Rise of the Villains: Worse Than A Crime" •"Wrath of the Villains: Mr. Freeze" •"Wrath of the Villains: A Dead Man Feels No Cold" •"Wrath of the Villains: This Ball of Mud and Meanness" •"Wrath of the Villains: Mad Grey Dawn" •"Wrath of the Villains: Into the Woods" •"Wrath of the Villains: Pinewood" (referenced) •"Wrath of the Villains: Unleashed" •"Wrath of the Villains: A Legion of Horribles" •"Wrath of the Villains: Transference"
Season 3
•"Mad City: Better to Reign in Hell..." •"Mad City: Burn the Witch..." (mentioned) •"Mad City: Look Into My Eyes" •"Mad City: New Day Rising" •"Mad City: Anything for You" •"Mad City: Red Queen" •"Mad City: The Executioner" •"Mad City: Time Bomb" •"Mad City: Beware the Green-Eyed Monster" •"Mad City: Ghosts" •"Mad City: Smile Like You Mean It" •"Heroes Rise: How the Riddler Got His Name" •"Heroes Rise: These Delicate and Dark Obsessions" (mentioned) •"Heroes Rise: The Primal Riddle" •"Heroes Rise: Light The Wick" •"Heroes Rise: All Will Be Judged" •"Heroes Rise: Pretty Hate Machine" •"Heroes Rise: Heavydirtysoul"
•Selina hates magicians.
•The season 5 storyline in which Selina is temporarily rendered paraplegic by Jeremiah Valeska, could have been inspired by a very similar plot point in The Killing Joke, where Barbara Gordon is paralyzed in the same way by the Joker (via a gunshot to the spine).
Dec 13, 2016 · After a very nice evening with your friend Selina, you will wake up on the couch, this time you will be alone. The events which are about to take place now, are nearly identical as in the case of having a romance with Selina. You get off the bed, approach Batman's helmet and talk to Alfred.
He obviously does care about her, but I wasn’t sure if it was mutual until, after she saves his life towards the end, she kisses him & she’s crying.
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No, the ending is pretty open. It only shows your relationship with the Joker (whether you end up his friend visiting him in Arkkam or not)...and Joker is usually my buddy, cause I'm not a heartless a**hole.
