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* ''ComicBook/Two-Face'': Represents the struggle between dual identities inherent in Batman/Bruce Wayne's psychology. Harvey's own HeroComplex of having things be fair so much that he creates his own villain/nemesis in Two-Face just for balance and duality. Also, crusaders for justice who suffered tragedies and have a ball of anger inside themselves. However, only Bruce could keep that anger channeled towards good consistently. Further, his coin-flipping gimmick - leaving his actions up to random chance - largely represents a rejection of the entire concept of moral responsibility. This concept utterly *defines* Batman (and many other heroes and villains).

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* ''ComicBook/Two-Face'': ''ComicBook/TwoFace'': Represents the struggle between dual identities inherent in Batman/Bruce Wayne's psychology. Harvey's own HeroComplex of having things be fair so much that he creates his own villain/nemesis in Two-Face just for balance and duality. Also, crusaders for justice who suffered tragedies and have a ball of anger inside themselves. However, only Bruce could keep that anger channeled towards good consistently. Further, his coin-flipping gimmick - leaving his actions up to random chance - largely represents a rejection of the entire concept of moral responsibility. This concept utterly *defines* Batman (and many other heroes and villains).

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* ''Two-Face'': Represents the struggle between dual identities inherent in Batman/Bruce Wayne's psychology. Harvey's own HeroComplex of having things be fair so much that he creates his own villain/nemesis in Two-Face just for balance and duality. Further, his coin-flipping gimmick - leaving his actions up to random chance - largely represents a rejection of the entire concept of moral responsibility. This concept utterly *defines* Batman (and many other heroes and villains).
* ''Riddler'': His obsessive-compulsive and self-sabotaging traits reflect back the obsessive and possibly self-destructive side of Batman's own personality. His championing of intellect to commit crimes also reflects Batman's detective abilities and his use of intellect to solve them.

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* ''Two-Face'': ''ComicBook/Two-Face'': Represents the struggle between dual identities inherent in Batman/Bruce Wayne's psychology. Harvey's own HeroComplex of having things be fair so much that he creates his own villain/nemesis in Two-Face just for balance and duality. Also, crusaders for justice who suffered tragedies and have a ball of anger inside themselves. However, only Bruce could keep that anger channeled towards good consistently. Further, his coin-flipping gimmick - leaving his actions up to random chance - largely represents a rejection of the entire concept of moral responsibility. This concept utterly *defines* Batman (and many other heroes and villains).
* ''Riddler'': ''ComicBook/TheRiddler'': His obsessive-compulsive and self-sabotaging traits reflect back the obsessive and possibly self-destructive side of Batman's own personality. His championing of intellect to commit crimes also reflects Batman's detective abilities and his use of intellect to solve them.



* ''Penguin'': Penguin acts as a rich socialite, while actually acting as a crime lord or black market smuggler. Similar to how "Bruce Wayne" is an act for Batman, only he does so as a UpperClassTwit while also acting in philanthropy rather than descending into criminality.

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* ''Penguin'': Penguin acts as a rich socialite, while actually acting as a crime lord or black market smuggler. Similar to how "Bruce Wayne" is an act for Batman, only he does so as a UpperClassTwit while also acting in philanthropy rather than descending into criminality. They also act as foils in those capacities. Bruce lives like a celebrity with flippant behavior while still dressing modernly with cheritable causes on the side. Oswald meanwhile is more of a GenreThrowback to old school aristocracy with his top hat, waist coat and old school manners while doing business. Also, inverse animal motifs: A flying mammal vs a flightless bird.


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* ''Jane Doe'': A master of disguise who assumes other personas to fill the emptiness in her own life. Similar to how Bruce can use disguises to do his own work, and takes on the role of Batman to make meaning from the pain of the death of his parents.

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