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''Characters/Batgirl2000'' | ''Characters/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'' | ''[[Characters/DarkNightsMetal Dark Nights: Metal]]'' ('''The Batman Who Laughs''') | ''Characters/IAmBatman'' | ''Characters/{{Nightwing}}'' ([[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]]) | ''Characters/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' | ''Characters/Robin1993'' ([[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]]) | ''Characters/Robin2021'' ([[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian Wayne]])-]]]]]

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[[Characters/BatmanBane Bane]] | Characters/{{Catwoman}} ([[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Selina Kyle]]) | [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] | Characters/HarleyQuinn ([[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Harleen Quinzel]]) | [[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/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] | [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two Face]] | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 A-H]] | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 J-R]] | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart3 S-Z]]\\

* BatmanGrabsAGun: Quite possibly the darkest take on the trope; he grabs TWO guns to slaughter most of the Bat-family, as by then he's fully become a gleeful psycho and knows it's [[DidntSeeThatComing the one thing they won't expect from Batman at all]].

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Given the fact that his fingernails and toenails have become claws, who can blame him?

* {{Expy}}: Of [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd Judge Death]] in both looks and [[OmnicidalManiac goals]].

* GuestFighter: He appears in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' as a costume for Noob Saibot.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: You know you’ve earned this trope if even the '''Joker''' is scared of you to the point of ''teaming up with Batman''.

* YouGotSpunk: According to TBWL, Diana is always his last-surviving opponent no matter the reality.

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* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler: As the Darkest Knight he already has all the power he wants but he supplements it further by using his multiversal awareness to assimilate the knowledge and skills of every Dark Multiverse Batman]].

** He's also this to Superboy Prime. Part of what triggers his HeelFaceTurn is the fact that the Darkest Knight is so evil even he can't justify working with the guy.

* LivingShadow: Once he becomes The Darkest Knight he takes on the appearance of a shadow in the shape of his former body with his eyes and SlasherSmile being the only things that aren’t black.

* MultiversalConqueror: After acquiring the power of the Final Bruce Wayne, who is essentially a Bruce Wayne with Doctor Manhattan's powers, Laughs renamed himself as the Darkest Knight and vowed to recreate the multiverse as the Final 52.

* OneWingedAngel: The Darkest Knight, the result of the Batman Who Laughs taking over the body of a Bruce Wayne with Dr. Manhattan's powers.

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[[caption-width-right:299:Now I'll take my new form, child. Don't be afraid. Blue is for soldiers of morning, of light. But me... I am no dawn. No, you can call me... '''''THE DARKEST KNIGHT.''''']]

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* {{Irony}}: He declares that he's a Batman who "always wins" and he's an apex predator who is the true form of Batmen, but unlike the prime Batman, he ''can'' be defeated, can be outright killed for real by Wonder Woman in his Darkest Knight form, and all of his destruction comes undone after he actually dies.