History ComicBook / Robin

-> '''Crossovers:''' ''Batman '66 Meets the [[Radio/TheGreenHornet Green Hornet]]'' | ''Batman '66 Meets [[Series/TheManFromUNCLE The Man From U.N.C.L.E.]]'' | ''Batman '66 Meets [[Series/TheAvengers Steed and Mrs Peel]]'' | ''Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77'' | ''[[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo]] Team-Up'' | Batman/Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Adventure.

[[RedBaron The Boy Wonder]]. TheHeart of the Bat Family. One half of [[BashBrothers The Dynamic Duo]]. '''''[[TropeCodifier THE]]''''' KidSidekick.

During Creator/ScottSnyder's {{Flashback}} arc ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'', Bruce encountered an intelligent youngster by the name of Duke Thomas. In the present, Duke returned in the ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame'', and has been announced as the lead of the upcoming ''ComicBook/WeAreRobin'' series. In ComicBook/DCRebirth, Batman tells Duke that he has no intention of training Duke to become a Robin but something new. Duke is later dubbed "the Signal" and wears a bright yellow costume.

During Creator/ScottSnyder's {{Flashback}} arc ''ComicBook/BatmanZeroYear'', Bruce encountered an intelligent youngster by the name of Duke Thomas. In the present, Duke returned in the ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame'', and has been announced as the lead of the upcoming ''ComicBook/WeAreRobin'' series. In DCRebirth, Batman tells Duke that he has no intention of training Duke to become a Robin but something new. Duke is later dubbed "the Signal" and wears a bright yellow costume.

!!Robin of Earth-2

The Dick Grayson from the Pre-[[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis]] Earth-2. Distinguished from the mainstream Dick Grayson in that he never stopped being Robin, even after becoming an adult with his own superhero career.

->''Convergence: Detective Comics''

!!Helena Wayne

The ComicBook/New52 Robin of Earth-2, currently operating as the ComicBook/{{Huntress}}. The circumstances of her tenure will be expanded on in ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest''.

* DCAnimatedNew52: ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'' | ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'' | ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'' | ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'' | ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTheJudasContract''

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': (guest appearance)

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' | ''VideoGame/Injustice2''\\

* Robin (Dick Grayson) appear in Creator/JoelSchumacher movies ''Film/BatmanForever'' and ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' played by Creator/ChrisODonnell. This version of Robin merged together his younger, more carefree days with his older incarnation (before he became Nightwing). His origin is actually a composite of two comic-book Robins; in the comics, Two-Face killed Jason Todd's parents, and that element (along with Jason's desire for revenge) were imported into O'Donnell's Dick Grayson character.
* John Blake, played by Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. Appearing in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', this is the Robin of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' though rather than becoming Batman's sidekick [[spoiler:he's implied to have become the new Batman after Bruce Wayne's supposed HeroicSacrifice]]. In fact, [[spoiler:Robin is the character's legal first name]].

-> '''ComicBook/DCYou:''' ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobinEternal''

->'''ComicBook/DCRebirth:''' ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' | ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth''

In the ''ComicBook/New52'' reboot, he was [[AdaptationalHeroism restablished]] as an AntiHero and an aloof ally of the Bat-Family and would often team up with Roy Harper a.k.a ''Red Arrow''.

Steph is unique among the Robins in several ways, being the one with the shortest term, the only (canonical) female, the only one to begin as a co-star in another book series, the only blonde, and the only Robin to never be adopted into the Wayne family. Following the New 52, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Stephanie's status is still unknown]], with numerous writers requesting and being denied even ''mentioning'' her. Eventually, Scott Snyder was allowed to use her in one of his ''Batman'' issues, which served as a preview of his ''Batman Eternal'' series, in which Steph plays a key role in the story. Still the daughter of Cluemaster, she accidentally stumbles in on a supervillain meeting of sorts, led by her father, which leads to him trying to kill her. She eventually takes the mantle of Spoiler and joins the Bat-family and starts a relationship with Tim.

** Damian became a gun-toting Batman in another BadFuture in ''Batman'' #666, where it's shown that he booby-trapped the whole of Gotham to compensate for his skills. And also apparently sold his soul to the Devil.
** In ComicBook/DCRebirth, Tim is revealed to have become a gun-toting KnightTemplar Batman in a BadFuture, the last Robin to take up the mantle: Dick retired and left Gotham, Jason was crippled, and Damian [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope Jumped Off The Slippery Slope]] and killed millions before Tim [[DeadlyEuphemism "did what was necessary"]].

** In ComicBook/DCRebirth, Tim is revealed to have taken up Batman's mantle in a BadFuture when he felt Dick, Jason, and Damian not living up to Bruce's legacy.
** Damian became a gun-toting Batman in Batman#666, where its shown that he booby-trapped the whole of Gotham to compensate for his skills.

-> ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' | ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'' | ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'' | ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' | ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'' | ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' | ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' | ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman | ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' | ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' | ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''multiple Issues''[[/labelnote]] | ''[[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica All -Star Comics]]'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #58 - #59'', ''#66 - #70'', & ''#74'' [[/labelnote]] | ''[[ComicBook/{{Bloodlines}} Anima]]'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' | ''ComicBook/{{Azrael}}'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #1'', ''#4'', & ''#14 - #15''[[/labelnote]] | ''[[ComicBook/{{Azrael}} Azrael: Agent of the Bat]]'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #56'', ''#60'', ''#88 - #91'', ''#93 - #94'', & ''#100'' [[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/{{Batwing}}'' | ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'' | ''[[ComicBook/DoomPatrol Beast Boy]]'' | ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' | ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'' | ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #1 - #2, #7, #11 - #12'', & ''#21 - #26'' [[/labelnote]]| ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #12 - #13, #31 - #32, #36, & #90''[[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/{{Checkmate}}'' | ''[[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Deathstroke the Terminator]]'' | ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' | ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'' | ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' | ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' | ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' | ''ComicBook/{{Impulse}}'' | ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]Issues #22 & #25 (1986) | ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' | ''[[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Karate Kid]]'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Karate Kid #14 - Diamondeth Is Forever'' & ''#5 - Bring Back My Future To Me!'' (1978)[[/labelnote]] | ''[[ComicBook/AnimalMan The Last Days of Animal Man]]'' [[superscript:''Issues #2 - #6'']] | ''ComicBook/{{Manhunter}}'' | ''ComicBook/MetalMen'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]Issues ''#20 - Birthday Cake for a Cannibal Robot'' & ''#21 - The Metal Men Vs. the Plastic Perils'' (1966)[[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' | ''ComicBook/OmegaMen'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]Issues ''#34 - #35'' (1986)[[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' [[superscript:''(guest)'']] | ''Richard Dragon'' | ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]Issues ''#8 - #9'', ''#36'', & ''Villains United #1 - And Empires In Their Purpose'' [[/labelnote]] | ''[[Comicbook/StarsAndSTRIPE Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.]]'' | ''Super-Team Family'' | ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' [[superscript:''(guest)'']] | ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' [[superscript:''(guest)'']] | ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' [[superscript:''(guest)'']] | ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' | ''[[ComicBook/LoisLane Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/JimmyOlsen Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen]]'' | ''Tempest'' | ''ComicBook/{{Vigilante}}'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #3'' & ''#20 - #21''[[/labelnote]] | ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #25'', ''#49'', ''#126'', ''#136'', ''#161'', ''#165 - #167'', ''#175'', ''#180'', ''#188'', ''#287'', & more[[/labelnote]] | ''World's Finest (2010)'' | ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' | ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #1 - #4'', ''#8'', ''#10 - #11'', ''#30 - #31'', ''#33'', ''#41'', ''#47 - #48'', & ''#52''[[/labelnote]]\\

-> ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' | ''Red Hood: The Lost Days'' | ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman | ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' | ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' | ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' | ''[[ComicBook/TheAtom The All New Atom]]'' | ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'' | ''[[ComicBook/DeadMan Deadman: Dead Again]]'' | ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' | ''[[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]]'' | ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''\\

-> ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' | ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}} [[ComicBook/{{Impulse}} Plus]]'' | ''Robin/Spoiler Special'' | ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' | ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' | ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'' | ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'' | ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' | ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' | ''Bruce Wayne: The Road Home'' | ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' [[superscript:(guest appearance)]] | ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' | ''Detention Comics'' | ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'' | ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman | ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' | ''The Psyba-Rats'' | ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}/ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}: World's Finest Three'' | ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' [[superscript:(guest appearance)]] | ''ComicBook/{{Anarky}}'' [[superscript:(guest appearance)]] | ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' | ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'' | ''ComicBook/{{Impulse}}'' | ''[[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]]'' [[superscript:(guest appearance)]] | ''ComicBook/ResurrectionMan'' [[superscript:(guest appearance)]] | ''[[ComicBook/SevenSoldiers Seven Soldiers of Victory]]'' | ''ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'' [[superscript:(guest appearance)]] | ''ComicBook/StarsAndSTRIPE'' | ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' | ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' | ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' [[superscript:(guest appearance)]] | ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' | ''ComicBook/WonderGirl'' [[superscript:(guest appearance)]] | ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[superscript:(guest appearance)]] | ''World's Finest'' [[superscript:(guest appearance)]] | ''World's Finest (2010)''\\
''A Lonely Place of Dying'' | ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' | ''Batman Contagion'' | ''Cataclysm'' | ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' | ''ComicBook/BruceWayneFugitive'' | ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'' | ''ComicBook/BatmanWarGames'' | ''Face The Face'' | ''ComicBook/BatmanTheBlackMirror'' | ''ComicBook/JokersLastLaugh'' | ''ComicBook/BlackestNight: Batman'' | ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'' | ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}''
->'''ComicBook/New52:''' ''ComicBook/BatmanBeyond'' | ''ComicBook/TheNew52FuturesEnd'' | ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy'' (cameo) | ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}'' (guest appearance) | ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' (guest appearance) | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' | ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls''

->'''ComicBook/DCRebirth:''' ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' | ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' [[labelnote:(guest appearance)]]'' Nightwing #9 - Fighting Destiny''[[/labelnote]] | ''[[ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws Red Hood and the Outlaws (Rebirth)]]'' [[labelnote:(cameo)]]''Red Hood And The Outlaws: Rebirth #1''[[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'' [[labelnote:(guest appearance)]]''Batwoman: Rebirth #1 - The Many Arms of Death Prologue''[[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/YoungJustice2019''
->'''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse:''' ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'' | ''WebAnimation/GothamGirls'' (guest appearance)

** ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' (guest appearance)
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' (guest appearance)

Steph is unique among the Robins in several ways, being the one with the shortest term, the only (canonical) female, the only one to begin as a co-star in another book series, the only blonde, and the only Robin to never be adopted into the Wayne family. Following the New 52, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Stephanie's status is still unknown]], with numerous writers requesting and being denied even ''mentioning'' her. Eventually, Scott Snyder was allowed to use her in one of his ''Batman'' issues, which served as a preview of his ''Batman Eternal'' series, in which Steph plays a key role in the story. Still the daughter of Cluemaster, she accidentally stumbles in on a supervillain meeting of sorts, led by her father, which leads to him trying to kill her. While she does like to drop the word "spoil" and "spoiler" a lot, she has not yet adopted a costume or codename.

After ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', Jason was {{Retcon}}ned to be a [[DarkerAndEdgier former teen delinquent]] to distinguish him from Dick Grayson. This version was [[ReplacementScrappy unpopular]] with those who had grown up with Dick Grayson (including his writers-- when editorial wanted suggestions for a character that could be killed in an [=AIDS=] storyline, Jim Starlin put his name in), so he was KilledOffForReal by SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker in the infamous ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'' storyline in 1988. This death was significant in a number of ways: first, whether he would live or die was put to a readership vote (via a hotline number: 5,271 votes for him to live, 5,343 votes for him to die). Second, just like ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied'', this was a tragic event which codified UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks. Third, this would top SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker's list of most heinous crimes (following the shooting of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} by only a couple of months) and cement his status as one of the most despicable villains in comics' history. (And as a bonus, [[AlasPoorScrappy some people thought his death was... a bit TOO mean.]])

For a time, the most famous thing about Jason Todd was that he (like his ComicBook/CaptainAmerica counterpart ComicBook/BuckyBarnes), had [[DeathIsCheap remained dead]]. For years, Batman kept a poignant memorial with his [[TragicKeepsake empty costume]] in the Batcave ([[MythologyGag directly lifted from]] ''The Dark Knight Returns''). Since then, however, he has come BackFromTheDead and has re-adopted several identities which were once used by other characters: the Red Hood (originally used by SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker), Red Robin and Nightwing (both originally used by Dick Grayson). Since his return, Jason Todd has become even more of an AntiHero than ever and is even sometimes cast as a villain for both Batman and Nightwing, standing in opposition to their ThouShaltNotKill ideology.

** Jason Todd became the Red Hood II,[[note]]Originally, members of a criminal gang rotated through the identity, most notably SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker before he adopted his best-known identity.[[/note]] Red Robin II,[[note]]An adult Dick Grayson from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' was the first[[/note]] and even became Nightwing V for a while.[[note]]Nightwing III is the villain "Nite-Wing", and Nightwing IV was ComicBook/PowerGirl in a temporary identity.[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[LegacyCharacter The whole flock]].[[labelnote:Clockwise from top left]]Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Carrie Kelly, Damian Wayne, and Stephanie Brown. Not pictured: the hundreds of Robins that exist as of ''We Are Robin''.[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[LegacyCharacter The whole flock]].[[note]]From left to right: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne. Not pictured: the hundreds of Robins that exist as of ''We Are Robin''.[[/note]]]]

[[folder:Robin III, Red Robin, '''Drake''' Tim Drake]]

[[folder:Robin III, '''Red Robin''', Tim Drake]]

-> ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' | ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' | ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'' | ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'' | ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' | ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'' | ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' | ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' | ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman | ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' | ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' | ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''multiple Issues''[[/labelnote]] | ''[[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica All -Star Comics]]'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #58 - #59'', ''#66 - #70'', & ''#74'' [[/labelnote]] | ''[[ComicBook/{{Bloodlines}} Anima]]'' | ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' | ''ComicBook/{{Azrael}}'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #1'', ''#4'', & ''#14 - #15''[[/labelnote]] | ''[[ComicBook/{{Azrael}} Azrael: Agent of the Bat]]'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #56'', ''#60'', ''#88 - #91'', ''#93 - #94'', & ''#100'' [[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/{{Batwing}}'' | ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'' | ''[[ComicBook/DoomPatrol Beast Boy]]'' | ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' | ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'' | ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #1 - #2, #7, #11 - #12'', & ''#21 - #26'' [[/labelnote]]| ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #12 - #13, #31 - #32, #36, & #90''[[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/{{Checkmate}}'' | ''[[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Deathstroke the Terminator]]'' | ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' | ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'' | ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' | ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' | ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' | ''ComiBbook/{{Impulse}}'' | ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]Issues #22 & #25 (1986) | ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' | ''[[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Karate Kid]]'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Karate Kid #14 - Diamondeth Is Forever'' & ''#5 - Bring Back My Future To Me!'' (1978)[[/labelnote]] | ''[[ComicBook/AnimalMan The Last Days of Animal Man]]'' [[superscript:''Issues #2 - #6'']] | ''ComicBook/{{Manhunter}}'' | ''ComicBook/MetalMen'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]Issues ''#20 - Birthday Cake for a Cannibal Robot'' & ''#21 - The Metal Men Vs. the Plastic Perils'' (1966)[[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' | ''ComicBook/OmegaMen'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]Issues ''#34 - #35'' (1986)[[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' [[superscript:''(guest)'']] | ''Richard Dragon'' | ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]Issues ''#8 - #9'', ''#36'', & ''Villains United #1 - And Empires In Their Purpose'' [[/labelnote]] | ''[[Comicbook/StarsAndSTRIPE Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.]]'' | ''Super-Team Family'' | ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' [[superscript:''(guest)'']] | ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' [[superscript:''(guest)'']] | ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' [[superscript:''(guest)'']] | ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' | ''[[ComicBook/LoisLane Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/JimmyOlsen Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen]]'' | ''Tempest'' | ''ComicBook/{{Vigilante}}'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #3'' & ''#20 - #21''[[/labelnote]] | ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #25'', ''#49'', ''#126'', ''#136'', ''#161'', ''#165 - #167'', ''#175'', ''#180'', ''#188'', ''#287'', & more[[/labelnote]] | ''World's Finest (2010)'' | ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' | ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' [[labelnote:(guest)]]''Issues #1 - #4'', ''#8'', ''#10 - #11'', ''#30 - #31'', ''#33'', ''#41'', ''#47 - #48'', & ''#52''[[/labelnote]]\\

** Dick is a friendly CheerfChild with natural athleticism and leadership skills since he is created in mind to contrast Batman's IWorkAlone and brooding personality.

** Tim is the AudienceSurrigate that while not as talented as Dick and Jason, can match them with his wits and plans and earns his place as Robin.
** Aside from Stephanie's [[DistaffCounterpart gender]], she is an [[ThePollyana upbeat rookie]] compared to Tim's brooding ExperienceProtagonist later on.

* DeathIsCheap: Dick, Jason, Tim, Steph, and Damian have all been killed at one point but all got better or had their deaths revealed to have been faked eventually. Lampshaded in ''ComicBook/BatmanRebirth'' #

Robin was originally conceived as a [[KidAppealCharacter vehicle to draw younger readers]] -- [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools and it worked]], doubling Batman's sales figures from his first appearance onward. Afterward, Robin became a staple of the Batman franchise's humor, as well as being a {{Foil}} against his mentor and providing the Dark Knight a character to whom he could [[TheWatson exposit his many heroic feats]]. Unfortunately, this also had the side-effect of making Robin into a DistressedDude who barely contained a tenth of the skills or competence of his partner.

* SidekickGraduationsStick

** The second Robin, Jason Todd, graduated once he came back from the dead. Except instead of becoming his own hero he became a villain. Or a really dark Anti-Hero or something; it's complicated. He's tried to hijack the Batman and Nightwing names a couple of times, but for the most part he's taken over the pre-existing name the Red Hood. Also, in an Alternate Universe where he didn't die, he becomes the second Batman.

** ''The Black Glove'': Batman's weekend vacation with a cadre of international superheroes he inspired takes a turn for the worst when the mysterious "Black Glove" destroys their transportation off an island, so that they can be killed off one by one.

* Robin appear in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', introduced in Season 4. Based on the Dick Grayson version, in this instead of being a teenager to adult, he is 12. He borrows elements from the Tim Drake version, such as costume design and computer aptitude. His origin in "A Matter of Family" follows Grayson's from the comic books with the exception of his being Batman's second sidekick (Batgirl in introduced in Season 3), but his first official sidekick.

* Dick Grayson / Robin is one of main characters of the '60s series ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'', played by Creator/BurtWard. He is noted for his [[CatchPhrase recurring interjections]] in the form of "Holy ''[insert word]'', Batman!". The series avoided referencing Robin's origins as Bruce Wayne's fellow "crime orphan", as whose legal guardian the courts appoint Bruce.
* Both Dick and Jason are featured on ''Series/{{Titans 2018}}'', with the former being the main protagonist. In this continuity, Dick and Bruce are already estranged, though he still dons his Robin suit. Jason, on the other hand, is in the beginning of his career as Robin. Dick is played by Creator/BrentonThwaites as an adult and Tomaso Sanelli as a child, while Jason is played by Curran Walters.

* ContinuitySnarl: One of the policies of DC's ComicBook/New52 timeline is that the timeline goes back no further than five years. However, Batman (and ComicBook/GreenLantern) were so successful at the time of the reboot that DC left its continuity--mostly--as is - meaning that in the span of five years, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake all managed to become ComicBook/{{Robin}} and then graduate to their "adult" identities as Nightwing, Red Hood, and Red Robin. This later prompted DC to explain that Batman's history goes back ten years instead of five. The new continuity cut out Stephanie altogether and radically altered Tim in an attempt to fit the new timeline.

** Tim acted as the foil to Dick during Dick's first run as Batman, being a the new kid who nonetheless is serious and well trained but not really a natural fighter rather being more cerebral to Dick's experience and frequent lightheartedness and natural physical talent. In this case they're both good fighters, planners and detectives, their strengths are just in different arenas.
** Stephanie was designed as a foil to Tim in the ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'' where she was the deuteragonist to Tim's protagonist. She was impulsive and hot-headed, setting out as a hero with a single quickly reached goal but never planning on retiring to civilian life where he was more calculating, cautious and rule abiding and set out with a long term goal but considered his role as Robin a temporary thing he'd retire from.

* HeroesFightBarehanded: Notable exceptions include Tim Drake and Dick Grayson, both former Robins who now fight crime as [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Red Robin]] and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} respectively. Tim uses a Bo staff and Dick a pair of Escrima sticks, presumably because their focus on agility over strength compared to other barefist DC fighters means the weapons give them the 'kick' they need. Damian favors katanas, though given their decidedly lethal nature they can be a hindrance rather than a multiplier for him in uniform.

* KidSidekick: The TropeMaker and TropeCodifier.

Robin was originally conceived as a [[KidAppealCharacter vehicle to draw younger readers]] -- [[TropesAreNotBad and it worked]], doubling Batman's sales figures from his first appearance onward. Afterward, Robin became a staple of the Batman franchise's humor, as well as being a {{Foil}} against his mentor and providing the Dark Knight a character to whom he could [[TheWatson exposit his many heroic feats]]. Unfortunately, this also had the side-effect of making Robin into a DistressedDude who barely contained a tenth of the skills or competence of his partner.

''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'' | ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'' | ''A Lonely Place of Dying'' (flashbacks) | ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'' | ''ComicBook/RedHoodTheLostDays'' | ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' | ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' | ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' | ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}''

In the ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' relaunch, Tim Drake's original backstory was restored including his time as Robin before becoming Red Robin and began dating Stephanie Brown a.k.a ''Spoiler'' before he apparently died in the line of duty. However, he returns and becomes a more active member of the Bat-Family.

!!!#2) [[ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal Jason Peter Todd]]

As time went along, the implications regarding a [[HoYay rich adult who lived alone with a traumatized teenage orphan boy]] (Alfred the Butler would not become part of the Batman home until sometime later) garnered [[MoralGuardians negative media attention]]. [[NewMediaAreEvil Comic books were blamed]] for everything from juvenile delinquency to homosexuality [[RedScare to communism]], and the "indecent" relationship between Batman and Robin is often cited as one of the major reasons for the creation of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode that spelled the end of UsefulNotes/TheInterregnum and the dawn of UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks. Robin's reputation as a character suffered its greatest blow in this period, and the repercussions are still felt to this day (such as in parodies like the [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Ambiguously Gay Duo]]). Outside of comics, new media involving the two has tended to split them apart. Batman has remained consistently popular and has been subject to [[Film/Batman1989 many]] [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns darker]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga reimaginings]], but Robin has found [[ComicBook/RobinSeries more]] [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} success]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans away]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice from]] [[OvershadowedByAwesome his/her mentor's shadow]].

* John Blake, played by Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. Appearing in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', this is the Robin of ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' though rather than becoming Batman's sidekick [[spoiler:he's implied to have become the new Batman after Bruce Wayne's supposed HeroicSacrifice]]. In fact, [[spoiler:Robin is the character's legal first name]].

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Cameo as one of the kids saved from the Reach in season 2\\

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' setted on Earth-16. In this universe, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake are all known to be or have been Robin, while Stephanie Brown cameoed in one episode. The show has been praised for returning the relationship between Dick and Batman to its roots-- in other words, they get along. Dick becoming Nightwing here is not because he and Bruce can't see eye to eye, but simply because he's grown up. Jason Todd has only been seen in a memorial and named only in promotional materials for the video game, while Tim was a supporting character in season two. Another notable thing the show did was give all three Robins unique costumes easy to tell apart. This is the first [=TV=] series to acknowledge the existence of all of the first four Robins. Dick is voiced by Music/JesseMcCartney, while Tim is voiced by Cameron Bowen. Stephanie is voiced by Creator/MaeWhitman in her cameo.

->'''ComicBook/DCRebirth:''' ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' | ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' [[labelnote:(guest appearance)]]'' Nightwing #9 - Fighting Destiny''[[/labelnote]] | ''[[ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws Red Hood and the Outlaws (Rebirth)]]'' [[labelnote:(cameo)]]''Red Hood And The Outlaws: Rebirth #1''[[/labelnote]] | ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'' [[labelnote:(guest appearance)]]''Batwoman: Rebirth #1 - The Many Arms of Death Prologue''[[/labelnote]]