History Fanfic / BatmanBeyondRevisited

* Mooks: Pirate and Kira, Chainsaw's henchmen, are so dumb that they get taken down by Batman within a minute.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Narrowly averted in Chapter 25 when Dick Grayson says that he wouldn't believe in a psychic kid if it weren't for everything else that Jake and, long ago, Bruce faced in both their times as Batman.

** Dick does not like anyone insulting Bruce. He also hates when Barbara Gordon isn't treated properly (As shown in Chapter 5, "Batman Inque".)

** Dick does not like anyone insulting Bruce. He also hates when Barbara Gordon isn't treated properly (As shown in Chapter 5, Batman Inque.)
-> "Careful" Oracle said. "She can become invisible by blending in with anything purple or black."
->"I'm in an abandoned factory with next to no light. That's not helpful."
-> "Would you rather us not help you, Vance?" Dick snapped.

** Dick does not like anyone insulting Bruce.

** Inque, rather than a mercenary who became what she was for the money, she was a science experiment who was rescued and raised by one of the scientists who created her…up until she learned the truth about what she was.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Payback brutally attacks and sometimes kills people who are cruel, whether by neglect or abuse, to to the children they look after. Sure, they probably deserve every bit of it, but, unfortunately, it's still going too far.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: If the sadistic [[spoiler:Chainsaw]] isn’t burned to death by his own lighter, he’s killed by his WMD exploding. An explosion ‘’caused’’ by his own lighter.

** Jake does not like being seen as inferior to Bruce or being called too brutal.

** Payback is significantly more brutal in this version, and is also [[spoiler:Jake’s mother]], who became The Atoner to make up for past actions towards [[spoiler:her son]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Payback brutally attacks and sometimes kills people who are cruel, whether by neglect or abuse, to their children. Sure, they probably deserve every bit of it…but unfortunately, it's still going too far.

* HypocriticalHumor: Payback's only slightly justified motivation for abusing [[spoiler:her son, Jake.]]

* HypocriticalHumor: Payback's only slightly justified motivation for

** Payback/[[spoiler:Jake's mother]] hates those that abuse and/or negligent towards minors.

** Payback is significantly more brutal in this version, and is also [[spoiler:Jake’s mother.]]

** Jake does not like being seen as inferior to Bruce.

* MomentKiller: Jake’s first day off in years, on a date, and [[spoiler:Payback interrupts it by crashing their limo and killing their driver.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:If the sadistic Chainsaw isn’t burned to death by his own lighter, he’s killed by his WMD exploding. An explosion ‘’caused’’ by his own lighter.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Chainsaw says this to Inque just before he tries to kill her for her betrayal. Why? Just so that Batman will believe that she betrayed him before he dies.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Chainsaw says this to Inque just before he tries to kill her…for her betrayal. Why? Just so that Batman will believe that she betrayed him before he dies.]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: If Chainsaw doesn’t kill you for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him]] or insulting him, then you become his slave instead. Signified most of all by shock collars.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: If the sadistic Chainsaw isn’t burned to death by his own lighter, he’s killed by his WMD exploding. An explosion ‘’caused’’ by his own lighter.

** The way that Jake defeats the demon Charlie Charlie.
** Chainsaw later tries this with Inque, but it’s turned against him.
* KillItWithWater: Or with ice; it’s the way that both Jake and Chainsaw first try to defeat Inque.

* MomentKiller: Jake’s first day off in years, on a date, and Payback interrupts it by crashing their limo and killing their driver.
* NobleDemon: Ra’s al Ghul, who while having no conscience when it comes to killing criminals regardless of the collateral damage, is a [[IGaveMyWord man of his word]] and an honorable fighter…which is how Jake manages to defeat him.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Chainsaw says this to Inque just before he tries to kill her…for her betrayal. Why? Just so that Batman will believe that she betrayed him before he dies.

* DeadpanSnarker: Demons, sadists, dangerous men, and Jake plays this role as long as he can.

An elderly Bruce Wayne’s final battle with TheJoker ends with him plunging both of them into a vat of acid to ensure that the latter doesn’t come back this time. Nineteen years later, a runaway named Jake Vance, who had spent half his life squatting in Wayne Manor, is approached by its inheritors, Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon, and takes upon himself the mantle of Batman.

* KillItWithWater: Or with ice; it’s the way that both Jake and Chainsaw first try to kill Inque.

* MomentKiller: Jake’s first day off in years, on a date, and Payback interrupts it by crashing their taxi and killing their driver.

* DeathByInterpretation: Bruce Wayne, at the start.