History Characters / BatmanTwoFace

->''"I am a lawyer. Yes. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice. Insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure of the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.''\\
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''"I am a liar. No. We the acid scarred bitches of history of evil and hypocrisy exalt criminals to office. Vietnam, El Salvador, Chile with lovely missiles, roaring bombs of the rich and the white and the pious and burn children and torture women. Forever and ever, amen.''\\
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-->-- ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth''

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* SecretSecretKeeper: In the New 52, he reveals that he's known that [[spoiler: Bruce Wayne is Batman]] for at least a few years, but has repeatedly convinced himself not to kill him.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Not Two-Face, but his father in particular. Two-Face having an abusive father has been a part of his history for years but for a long time, Mr. Dent went mostly unpunished in both publication years and in-universe time. In Two-Face's ''One More Day'' special, Two-Face finally got his revenge on Mr. Dent by pretending to turn over a new leaf, crashing his father's birthday, and infecting him with a nerve toxin that attacks the face, scarring his father and making Mr. Dent commit suicide out of horror at what his son turned him into.

* TheArtifact: Harv came from an era where most ''Batman'' villains were little more than gangsters with gimmicks, and Batman's abilities weren't much greater than those of, say, ComicStrip/DickTracy. As the stories grew DarkerAndEdgier and HollywoodPsych became a theme, he was given a further twist of his duality representing a SplitPersonality, and [[WeUsedToBeFriends having a personal connection to Batman]], which solidified him as a big player. However, throughout all this time, his capabilities remained largely static. Modern Two-Face doesn't have any powers to fight Batman, he isn't an especially BadassNormal, he isn't some sort of supergenius, he doesn't use any piece of technology that could give him an advantage, he's rarely depicted as anything more than a middle-ranking crime boss (TheDon usually tends to be the Penguin or Black Mask), he isn't insanely rich, and he isn't a VillainWithGoodPublicity or anything like that. His only niche is being tied to Batman's past, really. Yet despite all this, comics like ''ComicBook/BatmanTheLongHalloween'' or movies like ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' or ''Film/BatmanForever'' means he is too iconic a villain to not adapt, despite the great power imbalance existing between him and Batman.

** Averted at ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth''. After Two Face takes a therapy in Arkham that destroyed his personality, Batman asks to be judged by Two Face, he flips his coin, and lets Batman go. At the last scene, we see the scarred coin. Two Face let Batman go. WordOfGod says that maybe for the last time, Two Face takes his own decision.

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!!Two-Face (Harvey Dent)

Much like Jim Gordon, Harvey Dent was one of the few honest law enforcers in Gotham. Young and handsome, he was nicknamed "Apollo" by the press, but beneath his good looks lay an unstable second personality rooted in his abusive childhood. The details vary from origin to origin, but Dent eventually got doused with acid, burning away the left half of his face until it resembled the monster within.

The character first appeared in Detective Comics #66 (August 1942), and was created by Creator/BobKane.

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* TheArtifact: Harv came from an era where most ''Batman'' villains were little more than gangsters with gimmicks, and Batman's abilities weren't much greater than those of, say, ComicStrip/DickTracy. As the stories grew DarkerAndEdgier and HollywoodPsych became a theme, he was given a further twist of his duality representing a SplitPersonality, and [[WeUsedToBeFriends having a personal connection to Batman]], which solidified him as a big player. However, throughout all this time, his capabilities remained largely static. Modern Two-Face doesn't have any powers to fight Batman, he isn't an especially BadassNormal, he isn't some sort of supergenius, he doesn't use any piece of technology that could give him an advantage, he's rarely depicted as anything more than a middle-ranking crime boss (TheDon usually tends to be the Penguin or Black Mask), he isn't insanely rich, and he isn't a VillainWithGoodPublicity or anything like that. His only niche is being tied to Batman's past, really. Yet despite all this, comics like ''Comicbook/BatmanTheLongHalloween'' or movies like ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' or ''Film/BatmanForever'' means he is too iconic a villain to not adapt, despite the great power imbalance existing between him and Batman.

* SameSurnameMeansRelated: His last name was originally Kent but was changed to Dent so fans wouldn't think he was related to Clark Kent/Franchise/{{Superman}}.

** Harvey himself was originally introduced as "Harvey Kent". They changed his name so there'd be no confusion with [[Franchise/{{Superman}} that other fellow.]]

* AmoralAttorney: Averted; he was an incredibly honest and hardworking D.A. before he had the little run in with the acid.
** Played straighter in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, where Harvey was a defense attorney who specialized in getting Gotham's criminals [[OffOnATechnicality off on technicalities.]] He reformed after becoming DA, however.

* CompanionCube: If you are TheFatalist and you renounce your own free will by your habit of flipping a coin to decide what you do, the [[ExaggeratedTrope illogical extreme is to believe that]] the coin is this trope and you are [[ConsultingMisterPuppet taking its advice]].

* DontLookAtMe: Initially, Dent will refuse to have anyone look at his face after it's been scarred, only to later get over it when enough time has passed. Similarly, in ''The Dark Knight Returns'', he bandages up his face completely after the surgery to heal it goes through, making Bruce believe Dent had scarred himself. Sadly,his face is fine, but it shows how deep his mental scars go.