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* OnlySaneMan: Between [[DumbMuscle Jason]] and [[InsufferableGenius Tim]], Dick serves as this for the Robins.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall / RealitySubtext: A flashback shows that one time, after being exposed to Fear Gas, Dick hallucinated Batman complaining about how Robin is too colorful and childish, and how he ruins Batman's ability to be scary and intimidating. This is a common criticism some fans have of Batman's sidekicks, and is why some higher ups (like Creator/ChristopherNolan) have stated Robin won't be in the movies anytime soon.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall / RealitySubtext: LeaningOnTheFourthWall[=/=]RealitySubtext: A flashback shows that one time, after being exposed to Fear Gas, Dick hallucinated Batman complaining about how Robin is too colorful and childish, and how he ruins Batman's ability to be scary and intimidating. This is a common criticism some fans have of Batman's sidekicks, and is why some higher ups (like Creator/ChristopherNolan) have stated Robin won't be in the movies anytime soon.



* ShooOutTheClowns: Harper's brother, Cullen (though ''not'' comic relief), [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears]] between the first 2 issues. In the 2nd issue, Orphan notes, while beating up Harper, that he'd run off. Likely not coincidentally, this means Cullen is conveniently absent for when Harper and Stephanie Brown/Spoiler meet Dick, Jason, and Tim[[note]]Tim having been noted in the previous ComicBook/BatmanEternal to be the unknowing object of Cullen's crush[[/note]], as well as their subsequent trip to the Batcave. More pertinently, his absence prevents the audience from seeing any poignant reactions he may have for the situation, primarily regarding his sister getting hurt/being a target[[note]]beyond the disdain he showed, in the first issue, of Harper's continued striving for heroing, even though Batman hasn't come back to train her as he promised ([[LaserGuidedAmnesia for obvious reasons]])[[/note]].



* YouAreInCommandNow: With Bruce MIA, Dick will be in charge of the Bat family.

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* YouAreInCommandNow: With Bruce MIA, Dick will be in charge of the Bat family. The story shows it happens in a reflexive manner, as oppose to any overtly made designations.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: As demonstrated by Dick, Jason's "Japanese Military Cyber-Armor" arm blades look badass, but aren't particularly effective when they're embedded on a wooden countertop.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Jason pulls a gun on Cassandra (who was only trying to protect him), UnderestimatingBadassery claiming that he can handle a 90 pound girl. Cue Cassandra delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for eight minutes.

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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Jason pulls a gun on Cassandra (who was only trying to protect him), UnderestimatingBadassery claiming that he can handle a 90 pound girl. Cue Cassandra delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for eight minutes.

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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Jason pulls a gun on Cassandra (who was only trying to protect him), UnderestimatingBadassery claiming that he can handle a 90 pound girl. Cue Cassandra delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for eight minutes.



* WhatAnIdiot: Jason pulls a gun on Cassandra (who was trying to protect him), [[UnderestimatingBadassery claiming that he can handle a 90 pound girl]]. Cue Cassandra delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for eight minutes.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Jason pulls a gun on Cassandra (who was trying to protect him), [[UnderestimatingBadassery claiming that he can handle a 90 pound girl]]. Cue Cassandra delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for eight minutes.
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* SeriesContinuityError: A technically small one, but like his appearance in Issue 12 of "''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''", Jason, almost tauntingly so, isn't drawn with the hair cut style he has in the contemporarily placed "''ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal''". He instead has a head full of hair, as opposed to his undercut; this makes his visual similarities to Dick and Tim, especially the former, more noticeable in a setting where they interact with enough frequency that some 'out of costume' visual differences would have been appreciated.

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* SeriesContinuityError: A technically small one, but like his appearance in Issue 12 of "''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''", Jason, almost tauntingly so, isn't drawn with the hair cut style he has in the contemporarily placed "''ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal''".Red Hood/Arsenal. He instead has a head full of hair, as opposed to his undercut; this makes his visual similarities to Dick and Tim, especially the former, more noticeable in a setting where they interact with enough frequency that some 'out of costume' visual differences would have been appreciated.
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-->'''Dick''': They giving out boxes in '''cereal boxes''' now!?

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-->'''Dick''': They giving out boxes costumes in '''cereal boxes''' now!?
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall / RealitySubtext: A flashback shows that one time, after being exposed to Fear Gas, Dick hallucinated Batman complaining about how Robin is too colorful and childish, and how he ruins Batman's ability to be scary and intimidating. This is a common criticism some fans have of Batman's sidekicks, and is why some higher ups (like ChristopherNolan) have stated Robin won't be in the movies anytime soon.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall / RealitySubtext: A flashback shows that one time, after being exposed to Fear Gas, Dick hallucinated Batman complaining about how Robin is too colorful and childish, and how he ruins Batman's ability to be scary and intimidating. This is a common criticism some fans have of Batman's sidekicks, and is why some higher ups (like ChristopherNolan) Creator/ChristopherNolan) have stated Robin won't be in the movies anytime soon.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall / RealitySubtext: A flashback shows that one time, after being exposed to Fear Gas, Dick hallucinated Batman complaining about how Robin is too colorful and childish, and how he ruins Batman's ability to be scary and intimidating. This is a common criticism some fans have of Batman's sidekicks, and is why some higher ups (like ChristopherNolan) have stated Robin won't be in the movies anytime soon.
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* LampshadeHanging: Upon meeting Bluebird and Spoiler, Dick is shocked at the number of new teenaged superheroes running around Gotham
-->'''Dick''': They giving out boxes in '''cereal boxes''' now!?

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* TheDragon: One known as "The Orphan". He's shown to be Mother's top field enforcer/handler. [[spoiler:The first issue drops heavy implications on him being the boy who's parents mind-controlled!Batman killed prior to his "acquisition" for Mother.]]

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* DeadManWriting: Bruce records a holographic message warning Dick about Mother onto a memory stick. Cassandra delivers it to him in the first issue.
* TheDragon: One known as "The Orphan". He's shown to be Mother's top field enforcer/handler. [[spoiler:The first issue drops heavy implications on him being the boy who's whose parents mind-controlled!Batman killed prior to his "acquisition" for Mother.]]

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* HesBack: After being publicly outed as Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} and seemingly killed in Comicbook/ForeverEvil, [[TheAce Dick]] has returned to Gotham to take his place at the head of the family.
** Meta Example with Cassandra Cain. After years of being shelved, she makes her entrance into the present-day New 52 main universe.

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* HesBack: HesBack:
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After being publicly outed as Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} and seemingly killed in Comicbook/ForeverEvil, [[TheAce Dick]] has returned to Gotham to take his place at the head of the family.
** Meta Example Meta-example with Cassandra Cain. After years of being shelved, she makes her entrance into the present-day New 52 main universe.universe.
* OneBadMother: The apparent BigBad is a mysterious figure called "Mother" - who can brainwash people into becoming cold-blooded murderers.
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* TheDragon: One known as The Orphan. He's shown to be Mother's top field enforcer/handler. [[spoiler:The first issue drops heavy implications on him being the boy who's parents mind-controlled!Batman killed prior to his "acquisition" for Mother.]]

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* TheDragon: One known as The Orphan."The Orphan". He's shown to be Mother's top field enforcer/handler. [[spoiler:The first issue drops heavy implications on him being the boy who's parents mind-controlled!Batman killed prior to his "acquisition" for Mother.]]
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* TheDragon: One known as The Orphan. He's shown to be Mother's top field enforcer/handler. [[spoiler:The first issue drops heavy implications on him being the boy who's parents mind-controlled!Batman killed prior to his "acquisition" for Mother.

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* TheDragon: One known as The Orphan. He's shown to be Mother's top field enforcer/handler. [[spoiler:The first issue drops heavy implications on him being the boy who's parents mind-controlled!Batman killed prior to his "acquisition" for Mother.]]
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* BigBad: An enigmatic figure referred to as "Mother".
* BrokenPedestal: James Tynion has hinted that a dark secret in Batman's past will divide the family. [[spoiler:Said dark secret being that Batman once completely reenacted his own tragedy by murdering a young Egyptian boy's mother and father as they were a;; leaving the Metro. All at the behest of his mind-controlling puppet master only known as Mother.]]

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* BigBad: An enigmatic figure referred to as "Mother".
"[[OneBadMother Mother]]".
* BrokenPedestal: James Tynion has hinted that a dark secret in Batman's past will divide the family. [[spoiler:Said dark secret being that Batman once completely reenacted his own tragedy by murdering a young Egyptian boy's mother and father as they were a;; all leaving the Metro. All at the behest of his mind-controlling puppet master only master, known only as Mother.]]
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[[spoiler:-->'''Unknown Assailant:''' It's me. It's done...\\

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[[spoiler:-->'''Unknown -->[[spoiler:'''Unknown Assailant:''' It's me. It's done...\\

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* BrokenPedestal: James Tynion has hinted that a dark secret in Batman's past will divide the family.

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* BigBad: An enigmatic figure referred to as "Mother".
* BrokenPedestal: James Tynion has hinted that a dark secret in Batman's past will divide the family. [[spoiler:Said dark secret being that Batman once completely reenacted his own tragedy by murdering a young Egyptian boy's mother and father as they were a;; leaving the Metro. All at the behest of his mind-controlling puppet master only known as Mother.]]



* TheDragon: One known as The Orphan. He's shown to be Mother's top field enforcer/handler. [[spoiler:The first issue drops heavy implications on him being the boy who's parents mind-controlled!Batman killed prior to his "acquisition" for Mother.



* YouAreInCommandNow: With Bruce MIA, Dick will in charge of the Bat family.

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* WhamShot: There's one that caps off the end of the first issue, which likely says a lot.
** [[spoiler:The first issue is bookended with flashbacks to a scene of the tragedy of Bruce Wayne, transplanted to Cairo, Egypt. A couple and their young son have just left the movies, when the boy's parents are shot down in cold blood right before his eyes. The last thing we see is the now anguished and seething boy turning to look at his parent's murderer, only to be treated to the sight of ''Batman with a gun!'']]
** WhamLine:
[[spoiler:-->'''Unknown Assailant:''' It's me. It's done...\\
'''Unknown Correspondent:''' The child is ready for acquisition, then?\\
'''[[TheReveal Batman]]:''' ...Yes, Mother. Everything went according to plan.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: With Bruce MIA, Dick will be in charge of the Bat family.
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* SeriesContinuityError: A technically small one, but like his appearance in Issue 12 of "''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''", Jason, almost tauntingly so, isn't drawn with the hair cut style he has in the contemporarily placed "''ComicBook/{{RedHood/Arsenal}}''". He instead has a head full of hair, as opposed to his undercut; this makes his visual similarities to Dick and Tim, especially the former, more noticeable in a setting where they interact with enough frequency that some 'out of costume' visual differences would have been appreciated.

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* SeriesContinuityError: A technically small one, but like his appearance in Issue 12 of "''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''", Jason, almost tauntingly so, isn't drawn with the hair cut style he has in the contemporarily placed "''ComicBook/{{RedHood/Arsenal}}''"."''ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal''". He instead has a head full of hair, as opposed to his undercut; this makes his visual similarities to Dick and Tim, especially the former, more noticeable in a setting where they interact with enough frequency that some 'out of costume' visual differences would have been appreciated.

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* YouAreInCommandNow: With Bruce MIA, Dick will in charge of the Bat family.

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* SeriesContinuityError: A technically small one, but like his appearance in Issue 12 of "''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''", Jason, almost tauntingly so, isn't drawn with the hair cut style he has in the contemporarily placed "''ComicBook/{{RedHood/Arsenal}}''". He instead has a head full of hair, as opposed to his undercut; this makes his visual similarities to Dick and Tim, especially the former, more noticeable in a setting where they interact with enough frequency that some 'out of costume' visual differences would have been appreciated.
* YouAreInCommandNow: With Bruce MIA, Dick will in charge of the Bat family.family.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: Cass is shown to have blue eyes, instead of her original brown.
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** Meta Example with Cassandra Cain. After years of being shelved, she makes her entrance into the present-day New 52 main universe.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: Cass is shown to have blue eyes, instead of her original brown.
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* CurbStompBattle: Cassandra manages to completely demolish Dick, and he notes that she could have killed him if she wanted to.

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* CurbStompBattle: Cassandra manages to completely demolish Dick, and he notes that she could have killed him if she wanted to. [[WorfHadTheFlu Though Dick had just been wounded from a previous battle.]]
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* CurbStompBattle: Cassandra manages to completely demolish Dick, and he notes that she could have killed him if she wanted to.
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''Batman and Robin Eternal'' is a weekly comic book series beginning in October 2015, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Comicbook/Robin character, along with Comicbook/RobinWar. It is a SequelSeries to the weekly Comicbook/BatmanEternal, and will feature every character to ever take up the mantle of Robin.

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''Batman and Robin Eternal'' is a weekly comic book series beginning in October 2015, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Comicbook/Robin ComicBook/{{Robin}} character, along with Comicbook/RobinWar. It is a SequelSeries to the weekly Comicbook/BatmanEternal, ComicBook/BatmanEternal, and will feature every character to ever take up the mantle of Robin.



According to showrunners James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, the main characters ''Batman and Robin Eternal'' will be [[Comicbook/{{Grayson}} Dick Grayson]], Harper Row, and [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]], who will be making her post-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} debut. Additional writers include Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Genevieve Valentine, Ed Brisson, Jackson Lanzing, and Collin Kelly.

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According to showrunners James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, the main characters ''Batman and Robin Eternal'' will be [[Comicbook/{{Grayson}} Dick Grayson]], Harper Row, and [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]], who will be making her post-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} post-ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} debut. Additional writers include Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Genevieve Valentine, Ed Brisson, Jackson Lanzing, and Collin Kelly.
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''Batman and Robin Eternal'' is a weekly comic book series beginning in October 2015, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Comicbook/Robin character. It is a SequelSeries to the weekly Comicbook/BatmanEternal, and will feature every character to ever take up the mantle of Robin.

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''Batman and Robin Eternal'' is a weekly comic book series beginning in October 2015, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Comicbook/Robin character.character, along with Comicbook/RobinWar. It is a SequelSeries to the weekly Comicbook/BatmanEternal, and will feature every character to ever take up the mantle of Robin.
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According to showrunners James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, the main characters ''Batman and Robin Eternal'' will be [[Comicbook/{{Grayson}} Dick Grayson]], Harper Row, and [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]], who will be making her post-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} debut. Additional writers include Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Genevieve Valentine, Ed Brisson, Jackson Lanzing, and Collin Kelly.

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According to showrunners James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, the main characters ''Batman and Robin Eternal'' will be [[Comicbook/{{Grayson}} Dick Grayson]], Harper Row, and [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]], who will be making her post-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} debut. Additional writers include Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Genevieve Valentine, Ed Brisson, Jackson Lanzing, and Collin Kelly.Kelly.

!!''Batman and Robin Eternal'' uses these tropes:

* BrokenPedestal: James Tynion has hinted that a dark secret in Batman's past will divide the family.
* {{Flashback}}: There will be flashbacks to the time when Bruce and Dick worked together as Batman and Robin.
* HesBack: After being publicly outed as Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} and seemingly killed in Comicbook/ForeverEvil, [[TheAce Dick]] has returned to Gotham to take his place at the head of the family.
* YouAreInCommandNow: With Bruce MIA, Dick will in charge of the Bat family.
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According to showrunners James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, the main characters ''Batman and Robin Eternal'' will be [[Comicbook/Grayson Dick Grayson]], Harper Row, and [[Comicbook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]], who will be making her post-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} debut. Additional writers include Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Genevieve Valentine, Ed Brisson, Jackson Lanzing, and Collin Kelly.

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According to showrunners James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, the main characters ''Batman and Robin Eternal'' will be [[Comicbook/Grayson [[Comicbook/{{Grayson}} Dick Grayson]], Harper Row, and [[Comicbook/Batgirl2000 [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]], who will be making her post-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} debut. Additional writers include Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Genevieve Valentine, Ed Brisson, Jackson Lanzing, and Collin Kelly.
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''Batman and Robin Eternal'' is a weekly comic book series beginning in October 2015, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Comicbook/Robin character. It is a SequelSeries to the weekly Comicbook/BatmanEternal, and will feature every character to ever take up the mantle of Robin.

Five years ago, Batman and Robin worked the most disturbing case of their crimefighting careers—bringing down the organization of the ultimate human trafficker, the mysterious woman known only as Mother. At the time, Dick Grayson never quite understood the scope of that case, but now its darkest secrets are coming back to haunt him and everyone else who ever worked with Batman! With Bruce Wayne now lost to them, Dick and all his allies are out in the cold! Who can they trust? Is someone among them not who they say they are? And who is the deadly, silent young woman in black who’s come to Gotham City looking for Batman?

According to showrunners James Tynion IV and Scott Snyder, the main characters ''Batman and Robin Eternal'' will be [[Comicbook/Grayson Dick Grayson]], Harper Row, and [[Comicbook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]], who will be making her post-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} debut. Additional writers include Tim Seeley, Steve Orlando, Genevieve Valentine, Ed Brisson, Jackson Lanzing, and Collin Kelly.

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