History Characters / CatwomanSelinaKyle

* ParentalSubstitute: Selina mothers her friend Holly, her sister Maggie, the Alleytown Kids, Kitrina Falcone, and even the younger members of the Batfamily like Tim and Stephanie on occasion.

* ''Anime/BatmanNinja'' - Played by Creator/AiKakuma and Creator/GreyGriffin

* BikerBabe: If Catwoman gets a "signature" set of wheels, it will most likely be a motorcycle.

** Her fear of water. Typically if addressed, it can range from general discomfort or simply just does not like to get wet.

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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Depending on the writer, Catwoman has been portrayed as various ethnicities, including Italian, Cuban, Irish, Black, a mixture thereof. There are several comics where Selina is drawn with a significantly darker skin tone than other (White) characters, but there's no definitive conclusion on what her racial background is supposed to be.

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* WomanOfWealthAndTaste: As head of the Calabrese crime family, she often wear suits tailored for her in ''ComicBook/Catwoman'' Vol 4, instead of her usual catsuit.

* {{Byronic Hero}}ine: A very RareFemaleExample.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' - Created by Tress [=MacNellie=]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' - Created by Creator/JulieNewmar

[[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 A-H]] ([[Characters/BatmanBane Bane]] | Characters/{{Catwoman}} ('''Selina Kyle''') | [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] | Characters/HarleyQuinn) | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 J-R]] ([[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] | [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] | [[Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]] ([[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]] | [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]]) | [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]] | [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] | [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]]) [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart3 S-Z]] ([[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] | [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two Face]])\\

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[[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 A-H]] ([[Characters/BatmanBane Bane]] | Characters/{{Catwoman}} ('''Selina Kyle''') | [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] | Characters/{{Deadshot}} | Characters/HarleyQuinn) | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 J-R]] ([[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] | [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] | [[Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]] ([[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]] | [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]]) | [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]] | [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] | [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]]) [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart3 S-Z]] ([[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] | [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two Face]])\\

* ParentalSubstitute: Selina mothers her friend Holly, her sister Maggie, the Alleytown Kids, Kitrina Falcone, and even the younger members of the Batfamily on occasion.

* DubNameChange: Catwoman is known as Gatúbela in Latin-America. Unlike many questionable translated names fom Dc Comics, this one stuck in the region as it had a good ring to it, even being used in Film/TheDarkKnightRises and Film/Catwoman2004, although there is no source for this translation origin.

* SheFu: Being trained in acrobatics, it's no surprise that it's her most common and standard fighting style in majority of her representations, she even provides the page picture as of now.

* ''Film/Catwoman2004'' as Patience Phillips - Played by Creator/HalleBerry

* IdiotBall: PlayedForDrama, as her trust in her childhood friend Sylvia Sinclair had tragic consequences. Despite Selina being forced to leave Sylvia to be arrested in the past, with Sylvia spending 10 years in jail, Selina trusts Sylvia, thinking of her as her closest childhood friend. When Sylvia betrays Selina, she admits she did not think Sylvia would have a grudge against her. Her stupidity costs Selina her brother-in-law's life and her sister's sanity.

* AffablyEvil: She's the ''least evil'' villain in most stories.

On the film front, the character was played by Creator/LeeMeriwether in TheMovie [[Film/BatmanTheMovie of the Adam West series]], then in a more supernatural interpretation by Creator/MichellePfeiffer in the 1992 film ''Film/BatmanReturns''. In 2004, a standalone ''Film/{{Catwoman|2004}}'' movie starring Creator/HalleBerry was released, but the movie was a flop that had [[InNameOnly little in common]] with the comic character. She's been played by Creator/AnneHathaway in 2012's ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', although she's only ever named on screen as "Selina Kyle" and "The Cat", with the name "Catwoman" only being used in merchandise and other supplemental materials - perhaps to [[OldShame sever ties from the aforementioned Halle Berry flop]] or possibly just because of the trend in both the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' that ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames. She will be portrayed by Creator/ZoeKravitz in Creator/MattReeves' 2022 ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'', opposite Creator/RobertPattinson's Bruce Wayne; she previously voiced the character in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie''.

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* ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' - Played by Creator/JulieNewmar and Creator/EarthaKitt

* ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' - Played by Creator/JulieNewmar and Eartha Kitt

* ''Catwoman: Hunted'' - Played by Creator/ElizabethGillies

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheLongHalloween'' - Played by Creator/Naya Rivera (her last role)

* ''Catwoman: Hunted'' - Played by Creator/ElizabethGillies

[[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 A-H]] (Characters/{{Catwoman}} ('''Selina Kyle''') | [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] | Characters/{{Deadshot}} | Characters/HarleyQuinn) | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 J-R]] ([[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] | [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] | [[Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]] ([[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]] | [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]]) | [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]] | [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]]) | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart3 S-Z]] ([[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two Face]])\\

!!! '''Species''': Human
!!! '''First appearance''': ''ComicBook/BatmanNumberOne'' (Spring 1940)

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--> '''Catwoman''': Funny thing about hyenas, Ivy -- They're a lot closer to '''''cats''''' than most people realize.