History ComicBook / BatmanAndRobinEternal

** Dick shows up at the theater in Prague just in time to save Cassandra and Harper, and turn the tables against Mother's assassins.

* 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 all leaving the Metro. All at the behest of his mind-controlling puppet master, known only 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 whose parents mind-controlled!Batman killed prior to his "acquisition" for Mother.]]
* {{Flashback}}: There will be flashbacks to the time when Bruce and Dick worked together as Batman and Robin.

** 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.

* 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.

* OneBadMother: The apparent BigBad is a mysterious figure called "Mother" - who can brainwash people into becoming cold-blooded murderers.

** Stephanie Brown's disappearance from the story also counts, considering the fact that she's always been a more comedic member of the family, provided a good deal of gags early on, and may even be considered a funny original to Harper's serious SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute.

** Another example from #4, accompanied by a shot of a mailbox with the name "Drake"...
-->'''[[BrainwashedAndCrazy Red Robin]]:''' Yes, Mother.

** Cassandra's appearance in the first three issues depict her with blue eyes, though four gives her brown instead. Scientifically peaking, the brown is far more probable. WordOfGod says that they're supposed to be brown, and the blue eyes from earlier was a coloring error that will be corrected in the trade.

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 fBatman! 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?

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?

* SecretTestOfCharater: Mother to Batman. [[spoiler: Batman fails it.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Dick shows up at the theater in Prague just in time to save Cassandra and Harper, and turn the tables against Mother's assassins.

* CurbStompBattle:
** Bane handily takes down Jason, crushing his helmet in the process, without the use of Venom.
** 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.]]

** The last time Cullen was mentioned, he had ran out of the Rows' home to seek help for Harper. He hasn't been heard since, leaving readers to wonder if anyone had bothered to inform him that his sister is safe and alive, and that he shouldn't worry when he comes home to find a broken apartment with blood splattered everywhere.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Cassandra's backstory. In the original, the worst we had seen done to her [[spoiler: was when she innocently followed Cain's order and murdered a man at only eight years old. In this continuity, Cass also murders someone--an innocent woman who was begging for her life. This being the culmination of the torture and abuse Cain has brought Cassandra up through, up to and including forcing her to watch hordes of people be murdered right in front of her eyes. ''Repeatedly''. All for the sake of desensitizing Cassandra in the "traditional" way.]]

** Subverted a panel later when we see Jason retracting them with ease.

* BigDamnHeroes: Twice in issue 4. First, We Are Robin turn up, having disguised themselves as the event's catering staff, and shortly thereafter Batgirl joins the party.

* 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.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The last time Cullen was mentioned, he had ran out of the Rows' home to seek help for Harper. He hasn't been heard since, leaving readers to wonder if anyone had bothered to inform him that his sister is safe and alive, and that he shouldn't worry when he comes home to find a broken apartment with blood splattered everywhere.

* Subverted a panel later when we see Jason retracting them with ease.

* 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. This can be seen as a TakeThat to Jason's [[InformedAbility nonsensical "assassin training"]] in Comicbook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws that many fans have rolled their eyes at.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Jason pulls a gun on Cassandra (who was only trying to protect him), claiming that he can handle a 90 pound girl. Cue Cassandra pummeling him for the next eight minutes, despite being held at gunpoint just earlier.

* 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.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Jason pulls a gun on Cassandra (who was only trying to protect him), claiming that he can handle a 90 pound girl. Cue Cassandra pummeling for the next eight minutes, despite being held at gunpoint just earlier.

-->'''[[BrainwashedAndCrazy Red Robin:''' Yes, Mother.]]

* 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 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.
** Cassandra's appearance in the first three issues depict her with blue eyes, though four gives her brown instead. Scientifically peaking, the brown is far more probable.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Jason pulls a gun on Cassandra (who was only trying to protect him), claiming that he can handle a 90 pound girl. Cue Cassandra knocking him out with a kick.

* MythologyGag: On the list of names Dick finds, one of the last names is obscured, but reads Jean-P. Presumably short for Jean-Paul Valley, the first Azreal and the man who replaced Bruce as Batman during ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}''.

'''[[BrainwashedAndCrazy Red Robin: Yes, Mother.]]

* Subverted two panels later where is shown Jason can retract them with ease.

** Jason has its turn after learning Cassandra's movements, quickly turning the tables until Dick's intervention.

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

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