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* CollectiveIdentity: In "Christmas in Kansas", Clark writes a report on a thinktank who have come to "the completely plausible, unassailable conclusion" that Batman is really sewer mutants collaborating.
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* CollectiveIdentity: In "Christmas in Kansas", Clark writes a report on a thinktank who have come to "the completely plausible, unassailable conclusion" that Batman is really five sewer mutants collaborating.
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* CollectiveIdentity: In "Christmas in Kansas", Clark writes a report on a thinktank who have come to "the completely plausible, unassailable conclusion" that Batman is really five people collaborating.
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* CollectiveIdentity: In "Christmas in Kansas", Clark writes a report on a thinktank who have come to "the completely plausible, unassailable conclusion" that Batman is really five people sewer mutants collaborating.
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* NotListeningToMeAreYou: In "Third Wheel", Bruce Wayne and Lois Lane go out on a date, but Lois gets distracted because a croooked politician she's currently investigating is having a dinner meeting in the same restaurant. The outlandish statement Bruce uses to test Lois's attention is that he thinks he's seen Superman on Grindr.
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* NotListeningToMeAreYou: In "Third Wheel", Bruce Wayne and Lois Lane go out on a date, but Lois gets distracted because a croooked crooked politician she's currently investigating is having a dinner meeting in the same restaurant. The outlandish statement Bruce uses to test Lois's attention is that he thinks he's seen Superman on Grindr.
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* BiTheWay: So Bruce claims in "Third Wheel", though he still claims to be only a 1 or 1.4 on the KinseyScale
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* TimmyInAWell: Played with in "Stolen Moments"; Selina gets a cat to lead Alfred to something she wants him to see by stealing his pocket square and running off with it.
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* AnimalEyeSpy: Catwoman can see through the eyes of cats and influence their behavior (but only one cat at a time and only while her own body is unconscious).
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* BadassAdorable: Diana is a centuries-old magical warrior who is charmingly conscientious about learning the ins and outs of the world of men and unironically enthusiastic about cute baby animals, emojis and animal-ear hoodies.
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* BadassAdorable: BadassAdorable:
** Diana is a centuries-old magical warrior who is charmingly conscientious about learning the ins and outs of the world of men and unironically enthusiastic about cute baby animals, emojis and animal-earhoodies.hoodies.
** Bruce can be adorable on the very rare occasions he lets his guard down. The scene in "Stolen Moments" where it's just him and the cat is an example.
** Diana is a centuries-old magical warrior who is charmingly conscientious about learning the ins and outs of the world of men and unironically enthusiastic about cute baby animals, emojis and animal-ear
** Bruce can be adorable on the very rare occasions he lets his guard down. The scene in "Stolen Moments" where it's just him and the cat is an example.
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* BilingualDialogue: Bruce has a pretend one with a cat in "Stolen Moments".
-->"I know, I know. I should have realized there'd be onions."\\
''"Maow."''\\
"You think I don't know?"\\
''"Myu."''\\
"I saw him eat a whole onion, once. Raw. Like an apple."\\
''"Miao."''
-->"I know, I know. I should have realized there'd be onions."\\
''"Maow."''\\
"You think I don't know?"\\
''"Myu."''\\
"I saw him eat a whole onion, once. Raw. Like an apple."\\
''"Miao."''
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** "Stolen Moments" reveals that Bruce has names for all the stray cats that live in the woods behind Wayne Manor. [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Names like "Mistoffelees" and "Jennyanydots".]]
** Bruce quotes from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' when he thinks nobody is around to hear him.
** Bruce quotes from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' when he thinks nobody is around to hear him.
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* BoyfriendBluff: Low-key version in "Perfect Alibi", where Bruce rescues a woman at a party from a guy who's creeping on her by butting in to share made-up-on-the-spot reminiscences about the last party they were both at.
* ClothingDamage: Nightwing has a tendency to end up with his outfit "strategically torn" after fights.
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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: In "Wayne Manor", when Bruce's parents start getting flirtatious:
-->''Bruce made another face of disgust, sticking out his tongue and scrunching up his nose. Half as a joke, Alfred put a hand in front of Bruce's eyes. He seemed to appreciate it.''
-->''Bruce made another face of disgust, sticking out his tongue and scrunching up his nose. Half as a joke, Alfred put a hand in front of Bruce's eyes. He seemed to appreciate it.''
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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: CoverInnocentEyesAndEars:
** In "Wayne Manor", when Bruce's parents start getting flirtatious:
-->''Bruce --->''Bruce made another face of disgust, sticking out his tongue and scrunching up his nose. Half as a joke, Alfred put a hand in front of Bruce's eyes. He seemed to appreciate it.''''
** In "No Whammies", Robin's response to a discussion of Ivy's sex pollen:
--->''Robin, frustrated, grabbed Batman's hands and pressed them against his ears. "There is an impressionable child present!"''\\
''Ivy squinted. "Is he serious?"''\\
''"I don't know." Batman attempted to reclaim his hands, and lifted Robin off the ground. Robin continued to hold Batman's hands like earmuffs, and kicked furiously at vines with both legs. "I think it's some kind of ironic meme thing."''
** In "Wayne Manor", when Bruce's parents start getting flirtatious:
** In "No Whammies", Robin's response to a discussion of Ivy's sex pollen:
--->''Robin, frustrated, grabbed Batman's hands and pressed them against his ears. "There is an impressionable child present!"''\\
''Ivy squinted. "Is he serious?"''\\
''"I don't know." Batman attempted to reclaim his hands, and lifted Robin off the ground. Robin continued to hold Batman's hands like earmuffs, and kicked furiously at vines with both legs. "I think it's some kind of ironic meme thing."''
* GoshDangItToHeck: Tim Drake speaks like this, for reasons nobody else understands.
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** Tim's chat handle is "[=DreadPirateDrake=]", for another ''Princess Bride'' reference.
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** Tim's chat handle is "[=DreadPirateDrake=]", for another ''Princess Bride'' reference.reference, and his chat icon is the Pirate's Nemesis from ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant''.
** In "Anti-Social", Bruce inadvertantly acquires a rat after being dumped in a dumpster by Poison Ivy. He names it [[Literature/CharlottesWeb Templeton]].
** Harley's pet hyaenas are named Series/LaverneAndShirley.
** In "No Whammies", Nightwing has a tendency to ClothingDamage that is explicitly compared to [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James Kirk]]'s.
** In "Anti-Social", Bruce inadvertantly acquires a rat after being dumped in a dumpster by Poison Ivy. He names it [[Literature/CharlottesWeb Templeton]].
** Harley's pet hyaenas are named Series/LaverneAndShirley.
** In "No Whammies", Nightwing has a tendency to ClothingDamage that is explicitly compared to [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James Kirk]]'s.
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** "Anti-Social" is told in chat logs, Tumblr posts, and transcripts of Youtube and Snapchat videos.
** "Nominal" is told in chat logs and screenshots of Bruce Wayne's computer.
** "Nominal" is told in chat logs and screenshots of Bruce Wayne's computer.
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The initial stories are "Wayne Manor", in which Alfred Pennyworth becomes butler to the Wayne family and learns that there's much more to Martha Wayne than meets the eye, and "Empty Graves", in which time-traveling assassins who aim to kill Clark Kent when he's little and defenseless discover that he is in fact ''very'' well defended. Other stories include "Third Wheel", in which Bruce Wayne visits Metropolis for the first time and makes the acquaintance of its two finest newshounds, "Christmas in Kansas", in which Clark Kent invites his friends Bruce and Diana home for Christmas, and "Arm Candy", an exploration of Bruce Wayne and the woman who surround him at parties, along with numerous shorter works.
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The initial stories are "Wayne Manor", in which Alfred Pennyworth becomes butler to the Wayne family and learns that there's much more to Martha Wayne than meets the eye, and "Empty Graves", in which time-traveling assassins who aim to kill Clark Kent when he's little and defenseless discover that he is in fact ''very'' well defended. Other stories include "Gotham High", in which teenaged Bruce Wayne finds himself accidentally acquiring friends and a social life, "Third Wheel", in which Bruce Wayne visits Metropolis for the first time and makes the acquaintance of its two finest newshounds, "Christmas in Kansas", in which Clark Kent invites his friends Bruce and Diana home for Christmas, and "Arm Candy", an exploration of Bruce Wayne and the woman who surround him at parties, along with numerous shorter works.
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* NoodleIncident: In "Let's Dance", Batman saves the day with his knowledge of ballet, and cuts his Justice League colleagues off when they start to make fun of him by listing the embarrassing things he knows about ''them'': "Volleyball in Cabo, the library at Gotham Academy, the Eggplant Debacle, Joe's missing sweater, the Iguana Talk." The Iguana Talk is a callback to one of Martha Kent's embarrassing stories about Clark's childhood in "Christmas in Kansas"; the rest are pure noodle.
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* NoodleIncident: In "Let's Dance", Batman saves the day with his knowledge of ballet, and cuts his Justice League colleagues off when they start to make fun of him by listing the embarrassing things he knows about ''them'': "Volleyball in Cabo, the library at Gotham Academy, the Eggplant Debacle, Joe's missing sweater, the Iguana Talk." The Some of these are explained in other stories (the Iguana Talk is a callback to one of Martha Kent's embarrassing stories about Clark's childhood in "Christmas in Kansas"; Kansas", the rest are pure noodle.Gotham Academy library incident occurs in "Gotham High"), while others remain noodly.
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* BavarianFireDrill: Discussed in "Third Wheel".
-->The trick to being in places where she didn't belong was to look as if she belonged there. Lois was very good at looking like she belonged places. At least once someone she had never met assumed she was their boss. She was still a bit smug about that.
-->The trick to being in places where she didn't belong was to look as if she belonged there. Lois was very good at looking like she belonged places. At least once someone she had never met assumed she was their boss. She was still a bit smug about that.
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* NotListeningToMeAreYou: In "Third Wheel", Bruce Wayne and Lois Lane go out on a date, but Lois gets distracted because a croooked politician she's currently investigating is having a dinner meeting in the same restaurant. The outlandish statement Bruce uses to test Lois's attention is that he thinks he's seen Superman on Grindr.
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Rather than being set in any particular version of the DC Universe, the stories are set in a continuity of their own, which draws elements from the comics as well as adaptations such as the Franchise/{{DCAU}}, Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy, ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', and the Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}.
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Rather than being set in any particular version of the DC Universe, the stories are set in a continuity of their own, which draws elements from the comics as well as adaptations such as the Franchise/{{DCAU}}, Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy, ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', ''Film/SuicideSquad'', and the Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}.
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* DramaticIrony: "Third Wheel", the story of Superman and Batman's first team-up, is told from the viewpoint of Lois Lane, who at this point is ignorant of both their secret identities, and as a result there's a lot of subtext that she misses but which is apparent to the reader.
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* WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: "Christmas in Kansas" has an in-universe example: Clark's favorite soda as a child was a local brand called "Tuckers Straw'berry Cream". At the end of the fic, Bruce buys the rights and recipe and puts it back into production as a gift to Clark, but insists on correcting the punctuation. "That apostrophe was a menace to society."
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* BoysLikeCreepyCritters: Young Bruce in "Wayne Manor" has had a succession of pet critters including a toad and a tarantula, and is on first-name terms with the owner of a Gotham pet shop specializing in reptiles and other creepy critters.
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* AnimalMotifs: In "Wayne Manor", Betsy Strazds claims she can look at a person and tell what animal symbolizes their spirit and destiny. In this continuity, that's the origin of [[{{Series/Gotham}} Fish Mooney]]'s nickname. She also tells Alfred that he's a wolf, and that lone wolves don't thrive, foreshadowing that he will align himself with the Wayne family.
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** Tim's chat handle is "[=DreadPirateDrake=]", for another ''Princess Bride'' reference.
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* AbusiveParents: Thomas Wayne's father was physically and emotionally abusive, according to what Thomas lets slip in "Wayne Manor".
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* HippieParents: Jonathan and Martha Kent are a downplayed example.
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* SettingUpdate: Not so much the stories set in the modern day, since superhero comics are always set in the present day, but the backstories, as a result of the series having a firm timeline instead of going by ComicBookTime. It's a bit weird to read about Bruce's grandmother keeping her maiden name when she married, or his mother being qualified in DNA testing.
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* TheTalk: "Christmas in Kansas" mentions the Talk Martha gave Clark when he was a teen. It was apparently horrifyingly thorough, both because Martha had personal reasons for wanting to cover the full range on human possibilities, and because she felt obliged in Clark's case to cover the inhuman possibilities as well. "All I know's the birds and the bees, for all I knew you were an iguana."
* {{Transsexual}}: WordOfGod is that several characters in this version of the DCU are trans, in a proportion appropriate to reality. Two that have appeared in person are Tim Drake (explicitly stated in "Anti-Social", which contrasts how the subject is handled by Bruce and by Tim's father) and Jonathan Kent (heavily implicit in various details of "Christmas in Kansas").
* {{Transsexual}}: WordOfGod is that several characters in this version of the DCU are trans, in a proportion appropriate to reality. Two that have appeared in person are Tim Drake (explicitly stated in "Anti-Social", which contrasts how the subject is handled by Bruce and by Tim's father) and Jonathan Kent (heavily implicit in various details of "Christmas in Kansas").
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* ASimplePlan: The plan -- Tim gets Bruce to give him a lift to Walmart so he can buy a surprise gift for Alfred. The result -- well, put it this way: the title is "Bruce Wayne Banned From Walmart".
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** Matches Malone, the identity Batman assumes to make contacts in the seedier part of Gotham, is basically Bruce doing an impression of Peter Falk as Series/{{Columbo}}, in-universe as well. When he's explaining to Robin how that came about (the short version is that he had to invent a cover story on the spot, and that's what came to mind), he briefly slips into the story-telling mannerisms of the grandfather in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', who is also played by Peter Falk.
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* NoodleIncident: "Volleyball in Cabo, the library at Gotham Academy, the Eggplant Debacle, Joe’s missing sweater, the Iguana Talk." -- Batman's list in "Let's Dance" of reasons why Black Canary, Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, and Zatanna (not necessarily in that order) should think twice before making anything of the fact that Batman knows ballet. The Iguana Talk is a callback to one of Martha Kent's embarrassing stories about Clark's childhood in "Christmas in Kansas"; the rest are pure noodle.
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* NoodleIncident: In "Let's Dance", Batman saves the day with his knowledge of ballet, and cuts his Justice League colleagues off when they start to make fun of him by listing the embarrassing things he knows about ''them'': "Volleyball in Cabo, the library at Gotham Academy, the Eggplant Debacle, Joe’s Joe's missing sweater, the Iguana Talk." -- Batman's list in "Let's Dance" of reasons why Black Canary, Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, and Zatanna (not necessarily in that order) should think twice before making anything of the fact that Batman knows ballet. The Iguana Talk is a callback to one of Martha Kent's embarrassing stories about Clark's childhood in "Christmas in Kansas"; the rest are pure noodle.
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** In "Let's Dance", when it looks like Batman may have to remove his cowl:
-->'''Flash:''' Do we finally get to learn his secret identity?\\
'''Zatanna:''' That's assuming you recognize him.\\
'''Black Canary:''' Yeah, if ''you'' took your mask off [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E8TheGreatBrainRobbery you'd just be some guy, I wouldn't know who you were]].
-->'''Flash:''' Do we finally get to learn his secret identity?\\
'''Zatanna:''' That's assuming you recognize him.\\
'''Black Canary:''' Yeah, if ''you'' took your mask off [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E8TheGreatBrainRobbery you'd just be some guy, I wouldn't know who you were]].
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* NoodleIncident: "Volleyball in Cabo, the library at Gotham Academy, the Eggplant Debacle, Joe’s missing sweater, the Iguana Talk." -- Batman's list in "Let's Dance" of reasons why Black Canary, Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, and Zatanna (not necessarily in that order) should think twice before making anything of the fact that Batman knows ballet. The Iguana Talk is a callback to one of Martha Kent's embarrassing stories about Clark's childhood in "Christmas in Kansas"; the rest are pure noodle.
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* NoodleIncident: "Volleyball in Cabo, the library at Gotham Academy, the Eggplant Debacle, Joe’s missing sweater, the Iguana Talk." -- Batman's list of reasons why Black Canary, Flash, Green Lantern, Superman, and Zatanna (not necessarily in that order) should think twice before making anything of the fact that Batman knows ballet. The Iguana Talk is a callback to one of Martha Kent's embarrassing stories about Clark's childhood in "Christmas in Kansas"; the rest are pure noodle.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In "Wayne Manor", eight-year-old Bruce starts outlining an enthusiastic vision of his next birthday party, then starts considering likely consequences and concludes that it would probably end with guests seriously injured, the entire Wayne family in jail, "and all the food would be ''ruined''."
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* GilliganCut: In "Wayne Manor", young Bruce's father offers to take him on a special excursion, as long as he keeps it a secret. Bruce confidently announces that he's the ''best'' at keeping secrets. Immediate cut to him telling his mother all about it afterward.
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* BruceWayneHeldHostage: Several stories have throwaway references to That Time Bruce Wayne Was Abducted By The Joker. "Third Wheel" reveals that he resolved the situation by provoking the Joker into throwing him out a window, enabling the old "Batman just happened to be swinging by and caught me" routine.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Clark Kent, under cover of being such an obvious goody-two-shoes that most people write it off as him not having realized how what he just said would sound. Lois is the one person who's certain he's doing it deliberately, and it drives her up a wall.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Clark Kent, under cover of being such an obvious goody-two-shoes that most people write it off as him not having realized how what he just said would sound. Lois is the one person in his regular social circle who's certain he's doing it deliberately, and it drives her up a wall.wall. Bruce also catches on very quickly once they meet.
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* LateToThePunchline: In "AUX", Wonder Woman is bemused when Flash and Green Lantern make a double entendre about balls. Four pages and several changes of topic later, she suddenly announces, "Testicles! They were making a joke about testicles. I always forget about those."
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* ScrapbookStory: "Bad Publicity" is told entirely in [[{{Website/Twitter}} tweets]].
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** "Bad Publicity" is told entirely in [[{{Website/Twitter}}tweets]].tweets]].
** "Gotham's Favorite Son" is told in {{Website/Tumblr}} posts.
** "Bad Publicity" is told entirely in [[{{Website/Twitter}}
** "Gotham's Favorite Son" is told in {{Website/Tumblr}} posts.
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* SwearJar: Martha Kent knows a lot of words you wouldn't expect to hear from Clark Kent's ma. In "Christmas in Kansas", Jonathan recalls that when Clark was little he instituted a swear jar for her -- only instead of putting money in, she had to take out a slip of paper and do whatever task was written on it. (Judging by the reminiscent look they both get at this point, the tasks weren't just things like "Do the washing up" or "Take the trash out".)
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* SwearJar: TheSwearJar: Martha Kent knows a lot of words you wouldn't expect to hear from Clark Kent's ma. In "Christmas in Kansas", Jonathan recalls that when Clark was little he instituted a swear jar for her -- only instead of putting money in, she had to take out a slip of paper and do whatever task was written on it. (Judging by the reminiscent look they both get at this point, the tasks weren't just things like "Do the washing up" or "Take the trash out".)
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: In "Unpaid Intern":
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: In "Unpaid Intern":Internship":
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''Sorrowful and Immaculate Hearts'' is a Franchise/DCUniverse fan fiction series/setting by Unpretty.
It began with stories focusing on the two Marthas -- Franchise/{{Superman}}'s mother Martha Kent and Franchise/{{Batman}}'s mother Martha Wayne -- and later expanded to include stories exploring the personalities of their respective sons and other related characters.
The initial stories are "Wayne Manor", in which Alfred Pennyworth becomes butler to the Wayne family and learns that there's much more to Martha Wayne than meets the eye, and "Empty Graves", in which time-traveling assassins who aim to kill Clark Kent when he's little and defenseless discover that he is in fact ''very'' well defended. Other stories include "Third Wheel", in which Bruce Wayne visits Metropolis for the first time and makes the acquaintance of its two finest newshounds, "Christmas in Kansas", in which Clark Kent invites his friends Bruce and Diana home for Christmas, and "Arm Candy", an exploration of Bruce Wayne and the woman who surround him at parties, along with numerous shorter works.
Rather than being set in any particular version of the DC Universe, the stories are set in a continuity of their own, which draws elements from the comics as well as adaptations such as the Franchise/{{DCAU}}, Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy, ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', and the Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}.
Stories, scene fragments, and author's notes appear first on Unpretty's tumblr blog, with sufficiently story-shaped bits subsequently [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/440926 archived on AO3]].
!!This series contains examples of:
* AccidentalMisnaming: When Alfred first meets Martha Wayne, she calls him "Shillingsweight" and "Pennywork". An invoked instance, because she's not nearly as bubble-brained as she chooses to appear, and once she decides to let him know it, she never gets his name wrong again.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Martha Kent shamelessly telling Bruce and Diana embarrassing stories about Clark's childhood in "Christmas in Kansas".
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: In "Unpaid Intern":
-->'''Flash:''' Do you think if I asked J'onn he'd read Batman's mind to find out where it came from?\\
'''J'onn:''' I would not... Ethical issues aside, exploring Batman's mind is extremely unpleasant. I would prefer to be able to enjoy the rest of my day.
* AnachronicOrder: "Arm Candy". The second chapter is set about a year after the first, but after that each chapter is set earlier than the ones preceding it.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing:
** Batman is his usual bat-themed but not actually bat-powered self.
** This version of Catwoman has some kind of supernatural affinity with cats, in a package deal that includes enhanced night vision and discreet fangs.
* BadassAdorable: Diana is a centuries-old magical warrior who is charmingly conscientious about learning the ins and outs of the world of men and unironically enthusiastic about cute baby animals, emojis and animal-ear hoodies.
* BadassAndBaby: In "Unpaid Intern", Batman saves the world while looking after a toddler.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Bruce and Diana's FirstKiss in "Christmas in Kansas".
* BlasphemousBoast: In "Arm Candy", when one of Bruce's girl friends makes a comment about not wanting to cause unnecessary expense:
-->'''Bruce:''' I have more money than God.\\
'''Tara:''' Does God have a lot of money?\\
'''Bruce:''' No. He's not a capitalist. That's the other guy.\\
'''Tara:''' Do you have more money than the devil?\\
'''Bruce:''' Not yet, but I'm working on it.
* BlatantLies: Everything Bruce tells himself in "Give and Take" about how he absolutely isn't paying special attention to Selina Kyle.
* BrainlessBeauty: Martha Wayne's public persona.
* CallForward: In "Wayne Manor":
-->''"Happy people can't be murderers?"\\
"Only if they're fake happy." Bruce sounded very sure of himself. "Like clowns."''
* TheCasanova: Alfred is implied to have been one in his secret agent days (and possibly to still be one on his own time, judging by a scene in "Arm Candy").
* CleavageWindow: Discussed. During a conversation about costume design in "Christmas in Kansas", Diana jokingly suggests that what Batman's suit is lacking is a bat-shaped cleavage window.
* CollectiveIdentity: In "Christmas in Kansas", Clark writes a report on a thinktank who have come to "the completely plausible, unassailable conclusion" that Batman is really five people collaborating.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: The author's notes on "Wayne Manor" specify that she sees Martha Wayne as played by [[Podcast/TheThrillingAdventureHour Paget Brewster in the same mode as Sadie Doyle]], and Alfred Pennyworth as [[Film/ThePrincessBride late-'80s Cary Elwes]].
* CoolOldLady: Martha Kent.
* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: In "Wayne Manor", when Bruce's parents start getting flirtatious:
-->''Bruce made another face of disgust, sticking out his tongue and scrunching up his nose. Half as a joke, Alfred put a hand in front of Bruce's eyes. He seemed to appreciate it.''
* CrazyPrepared: It's not that Bruce Wayne carries a small camera with a powerful zoom lens around with him, or even that he has a story about birdwatching ready in case he's asked what he needs it for. It's that the camera is loaded with genuine birdwatching photos in case someone calls his bluff.
* DatingCatwoman: Batman and Catwoman.
* DeadpanSnarker: Clark Kent, under cover of being such an obvious goody-two-shoes that most people write it off as him not having realized how what he just said would sound. Lois is the one person who's certain he's doing it deliberately, and it drives her up a wall.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Bruce is a lowkey example, gently but firmly deflecting anyone who asks if he's okay. He never shouts at anyone, because getting worked up about it would be a sign that he wasn't okay, and he is okay. Of course he's okay. He's a rich white single male, what reason could he possibly have for not being okay? Everything is ''fine''.
* DorkKnight: Thomas Wayne.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Arm Candy" is obviously about the young women who hang off Bruce Wayne's arms at parties, and has a less obvious meaning that doesn't become apparent until the last chapter.
* DumbIsGood: Discussed in "Wayne Manor". Martha describes Thomas as "straightforward", given to doing the Right Thing without stopping to worry about whether it might have unfortunate consequences. She admires him for it, and also considers it a good thing that he has more complicated people like herself watching his back.
* FamilyThemeNaming: In-universe, Dick names a litter of puppies Harley, Selina, and Kay (short for "Kryptonite"), and then has to come up with alternate explanations for the names suitable for sharing with people who don't know his secret identity.
* FowlMouthedParrot: Diana's anecdote in "Christmas in Kansas".
-->'''Diana:''' When I was young, I had a bird -- some kind of parrot, I think. I doted on it at first, but as other things caught my interest I paid it less attention. Which is why I think it was revenge that it began repeating all the words I didn't want my mother to know I'd been saying. You might be interested to know that 'I'm not mad, just disappointed' is a phrase that exists on Themyscira as well.
* FullNameUltimatum: A half-joking use in "Arm Candy":
-->''"Coretta Lee, you are being ''very'' melodramatic today."\\
"''Oooooh''," Anita said with a wince. "You got full-named."''
* {{Futureshadowing}}: Several times in "Arm Candy", which is told in AnachronicOrder. Most dramatically, the chronologically-final scene (which appears early in the story) has a character remark on another's new tattoo, which memorializes something that happened years earlier (in the last scene of the story).
* GenderBlenderName: In "Arm Candy", Dick insists on calling the dog they've rescued Steve. When Bruce points out that the dog is female, Dick amends it to "Stevette -- Steve for short". And Steve she remains.
* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: In "Christmas in Kansas", Martha Kent gives everyone tacky Christmas-themed sweaters she found on sale. Diana loves hers; Bruce hates his, but grudgingly accepts it when she cheerfully guilt-trips him about how difficult it is to find a sweater that will fit a man his size.
* HometownNickname: Lois calls Clark "Smallville".
* LoveFloats: During Bruce and Diana's Big Damn Kiss in "Christmas in Kansas", Diana is so caught up in the moment that she levitates them both.
* MythologyGag:
** Martha Wayne's comment to Alfred about [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue leaving his genetic material all over the place]].
** Martha Wayne's comment, while planning an elaborately candlelit dinner party, that the fire marshal is convinced that it's only a matter of time before [[Film/BatmanBegins Wayne Manor burns down during one of her parties]].
** Martha Wayne's preferred source for flowers is [[ComicBook/SwampThing Alec Holland]].
** One of eight-year-old Bruce's friends is [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Andrea Beaumont]].
** In contrast to her partial inspiration Sadie Doyle, Martha Wayne can't hold her liquor and prefers not to drink alcohol if she can avoid it.
** In the ScrapbookStory "Bad Publicity", a photograph identified in-universe as "the mansion from that made-for-tv movie [about the Wayne family]" is Wikipedia's photo of the mansion that represented Wayne Manor in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
** In "Christmas in Kansas", there's a scene where Bruce reflects on the way re-enactments of his parents' murder have settled on a standard narrative that is actually inaccurate in several important respects; as described, it's the version established by Creator/FrankMiller and copied by most subsequent retellings, complete with the evocative detail of Martha's necklace breaking.
** In "Arm Candy", Clark goes gooey over one of Dick's puppies, and Dick decides they should name the puppy Kryptonite -- or maybe shorten it a bit...
* NonIndicativeName: In "Christmas in Kansas", Jonathan tells an anecdote about a guy who was called One-Eyed Danny even though he had both eyes. "Ought to have called him No-Legs Danny, but there's no accounting for nicknames."
* NotAMorningPerson: Bruce, on account of all the late nights he pulls.
-->'''Amy:''' You don't look dead. Just grumpy.\\
'''Bruce:''' That's because no one should be taking selfies this early.\\
'''Amy:''' It's 10:30.\\
'''Bruce:''' Yes.
* NotMyDriver: Discussed in "Third Wheel". When Bruce Wayne picks Lois up for their interview/date, she comments on the fact that he's driving himself instead of being chauffeured, and he explains that because he's a big kidnap target he never lets himself get driven by anyone he doesn't know personally.
-->'''Bruce:''' I take limos in Gotham, where I know the limo service, and I know the chauffeur. If I start visiting Metropolis more often, I might vet a driver. For now, it's easier to drive. Even if it looks like I'm overcompensating.
* OneSteveLimit: In "Christmas in Kansas", everyone is careful to address Clark's mother as "Mrs. Kent" instead of "Martha"; the in-story reason is that nobody wants to ruin Bruce's holiday by repeatedly reminding him of his mother, but it also helps avoid confusion for the reader.
* PresentPeeking: In "Christmas in Kansas":
-->'''Clark:''' Did you put lead foil around these boxes?\\
'''Bruce:''' The fact that you can tell means I was justified.
* RaceLift: Part of Selina Kyle's outsider status is that she has mixed (part-Latina) ancestry.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Diana is centuries old, but everyone has trouble remembering it because she doesn't look her age, nor act it (her enthusiasm about discovering new things they didn't have on Themiscyra makes her seem a lot younger).
* RippleEffectProofMemory: "Empty Graves" has a downplayed example where, once Martha has taken steps to prevent a BadFuture coming about, she no longer consciously remembers the old timeline but it still leaves unconscious traces (so that, for instance, she remembers having decided that Clark needs to learn to dissemble even though she no longer recalls that she decided this after catching a glimpse of a future in which he never had a secret identity).
* RightBehindMe: In "Third Wheel", Lois is venting to Clark about how she thinks her time is wasted on an assignment to write about Bruce Wayne's visit to Gotham:
-->'''Lois:''' I'll shake his hand, I'll ask him some questions, I'll extrapolate into an article about how he's well-meaning but naive, or a shallow manwhore, or a spoiled prettyboy, or--\\
''[realizes Clark is very carefully not looking at something behind her]''\\
'''Lois:''' --a really nice, kind, ''forgiving'' person who's really very interesting--\\
'''Bruce:''' I liked the other ones better.
* RubberBandHistory: In "Empty Graves", the efforts of the various time travelers result in the familiar timeline in which Clark Kent grows up to be Superman.
* RuleOfPool: "Arm Candy" opens with a party taking place around a pool. In the fourth paragraph, someone gets pushed into the pool fully-clothed after making an egocentric remark.
* RunningGag: In "Christmas in Kansas", Clark's parents considering Diana one of the youngsters and her reminding them she's actually older than they are.
* ScrapbookStory: "Bad Publicity" is told entirely in [[{{Website/Twitter}} tweets]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Bruce Wayne is not averse to throwing his weight around to help his friends out.
-->'''Bruce:''' I hate to do this -- Actually, that's a lie. I love doing this, it's one of the best parts of being me. Do you have any idea who I am?
* ShoutOut:
** "Wayne Manor" contains several shout-outs to ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' in the scenes where Alfred is teaching Bruce to fence.
** Catwoman stories have a tendency to include Franchise/IndianaJones shout-outs, what with the whip and the recurring topic of things that belong in museums.
** Clark's chat handle is "[[Music/DavidBowie MajorTom]]".
** Dick's chat handle is "[[Creator/LaurelAndHardy FineMess]]"; the scene that reveals this also has him making a shout-out to Creator/AbbottAndCostello.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Diana.
* SpottingTheThread: How Martha Wayne knows that Alfred is not really a butler.
* StealthHiBye: In "Wayne Manor", eight-year-old Bruce is already good enough at this to catch out Alfred despite the latter's background as a secret agent.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: In "Arm Candy", Dick names a varicolored puppy "Harley" after Harley Quinn; when one of his muggle friends asks if he named it after the motorcycle, he agrees that that's exactly what he did.
* SwearJar: Martha Kent knows a lot of words you wouldn't expect to hear from Clark Kent's ma. In "Christmas in Kansas", Jonathan recalls that when Clark was little he instituted a swear jar for her -- only instead of putting money in, she had to take out a slip of paper and do whatever task was written on it. (Judging by the reminiscent look they both get at this point, the tasks weren't just things like "Do the washing up" or "Take the trash out".)
* UnderTheMistletoe: Diana and Bruce in "Christmas in Kansas". Bruce points out that carrying the mistletoe in your pocket and bringing it out at an appropriate moment is cheating, but he kisses her anyway.
* WhipItGood: Catwoman.
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It began with stories focusing on the two Marthas -- Franchise/{{Superman}}'s mother Martha Kent and Franchise/{{Batman}}'s mother Martha Wayne -- and later expanded to include stories exploring the personalities of their respective sons and other related characters.
The initial stories are "Wayne Manor", in which Alfred Pennyworth becomes butler to the Wayne family and learns that there's much more to Martha Wayne than meets the eye, and "Empty Graves", in which time-traveling assassins who aim to kill Clark Kent when he's little and defenseless discover that he is in fact ''very'' well defended. Other stories include "Third Wheel", in which Bruce Wayne visits Metropolis for the first time and makes the acquaintance of its two finest newshounds, "Christmas in Kansas", in which Clark Kent invites his friends Bruce and Diana home for Christmas, and "Arm Candy", an exploration of Bruce Wayne and the woman who surround him at parties, along with numerous shorter works.
Rather than being set in any particular version of the DC Universe, the stories are set in a continuity of their own, which draws elements from the comics as well as adaptations such as the Franchise/{{DCAU}}, Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy, ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', and the Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}.
Stories, scene fragments, and author's notes appear first on Unpretty's tumblr blog, with sufficiently story-shaped bits subsequently [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/440926 archived on AO3]].
!!This series contains examples of:
* AccidentalMisnaming: When Alfred first meets Martha Wayne, she calls him "Shillingsweight" and "Pennywork". An invoked instance, because she's not nearly as bubble-brained as she chooses to appear, and once she decides to let him know it, she never gets his name wrong again.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Martha Kent shamelessly telling Bruce and Diana embarrassing stories about Clark's childhood in "Christmas in Kansas".
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: In "Unpaid Intern":
-->'''Flash:''' Do you think if I asked J'onn he'd read Batman's mind to find out where it came from?\\
'''J'onn:''' I would not... Ethical issues aside, exploring Batman's mind is extremely unpleasant. I would prefer to be able to enjoy the rest of my day.
* AnachronicOrder: "Arm Candy". The second chapter is set about a year after the first, but after that each chapter is set earlier than the ones preceding it.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing:
** Batman is his usual bat-themed but not actually bat-powered self.
** This version of Catwoman has some kind of supernatural affinity with cats, in a package deal that includes enhanced night vision and discreet fangs.
* BadassAdorable: Diana is a centuries-old magical warrior who is charmingly conscientious about learning the ins and outs of the world of men and unironically enthusiastic about cute baby animals, emojis and animal-ear hoodies.
* BadassAndBaby: In "Unpaid Intern", Batman saves the world while looking after a toddler.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Bruce and Diana's FirstKiss in "Christmas in Kansas".
* BlasphemousBoast: In "Arm Candy", when one of Bruce's girl friends makes a comment about not wanting to cause unnecessary expense:
-->'''Bruce:''' I have more money than God.\\
'''Tara:''' Does God have a lot of money?\\
'''Bruce:''' No. He's not a capitalist. That's the other guy.\\
'''Tara:''' Do you have more money than the devil?\\
'''Bruce:''' Not yet, but I'm working on it.
* BlatantLies: Everything Bruce tells himself in "Give and Take" about how he absolutely isn't paying special attention to Selina Kyle.
* BrainlessBeauty: Martha Wayne's public persona.
* CallForward: In "Wayne Manor":
-->''"Happy people can't be murderers?"\\
"Only if they're fake happy." Bruce sounded very sure of himself. "Like clowns."''
* TheCasanova: Alfred is implied to have been one in his secret agent days (and possibly to still be one on his own time, judging by a scene in "Arm Candy").
* CleavageWindow: Discussed. During a conversation about costume design in "Christmas in Kansas", Diana jokingly suggests that what Batman's suit is lacking is a bat-shaped cleavage window.
* CollectiveIdentity: In "Christmas in Kansas", Clark writes a report on a thinktank who have come to "the completely plausible, unassailable conclusion" that Batman is really five people collaborating.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: The author's notes on "Wayne Manor" specify that she sees Martha Wayne as played by [[Podcast/TheThrillingAdventureHour Paget Brewster in the same mode as Sadie Doyle]], and Alfred Pennyworth as [[Film/ThePrincessBride late-'80s Cary Elwes]].
* CoolOldLady: Martha Kent.
* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: In "Wayne Manor", when Bruce's parents start getting flirtatious:
-->''Bruce made another face of disgust, sticking out his tongue and scrunching up his nose. Half as a joke, Alfred put a hand in front of Bruce's eyes. He seemed to appreciate it.''
* CrazyPrepared: It's not that Bruce Wayne carries a small camera with a powerful zoom lens around with him, or even that he has a story about birdwatching ready in case he's asked what he needs it for. It's that the camera is loaded with genuine birdwatching photos in case someone calls his bluff.
* DatingCatwoman: Batman and Catwoman.
* DeadpanSnarker: Clark Kent, under cover of being such an obvious goody-two-shoes that most people write it off as him not having realized how what he just said would sound. Lois is the one person who's certain he's doing it deliberately, and it drives her up a wall.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Bruce is a lowkey example, gently but firmly deflecting anyone who asks if he's okay. He never shouts at anyone, because getting worked up about it would be a sign that he wasn't okay, and he is okay. Of course he's okay. He's a rich white single male, what reason could he possibly have for not being okay? Everything is ''fine''.
* DorkKnight: Thomas Wayne.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Arm Candy" is obviously about the young women who hang off Bruce Wayne's arms at parties, and has a less obvious meaning that doesn't become apparent until the last chapter.
* DumbIsGood: Discussed in "Wayne Manor". Martha describes Thomas as "straightforward", given to doing the Right Thing without stopping to worry about whether it might have unfortunate consequences. She admires him for it, and also considers it a good thing that he has more complicated people like herself watching his back.
* FamilyThemeNaming: In-universe, Dick names a litter of puppies Harley, Selina, and Kay (short for "Kryptonite"), and then has to come up with alternate explanations for the names suitable for sharing with people who don't know his secret identity.
* FowlMouthedParrot: Diana's anecdote in "Christmas in Kansas".
-->'''Diana:''' When I was young, I had a bird -- some kind of parrot, I think. I doted on it at first, but as other things caught my interest I paid it less attention. Which is why I think it was revenge that it began repeating all the words I didn't want my mother to know I'd been saying. You might be interested to know that 'I'm not mad, just disappointed' is a phrase that exists on Themyscira as well.
* FullNameUltimatum: A half-joking use in "Arm Candy":
-->''"Coretta Lee, you are being ''very'' melodramatic today."\\
"''Oooooh''," Anita said with a wince. "You got full-named."''
* {{Futureshadowing}}: Several times in "Arm Candy", which is told in AnachronicOrder. Most dramatically, the chronologically-final scene (which appears early in the story) has a character remark on another's new tattoo, which memorializes something that happened years earlier (in the last scene of the story).
* GenderBlenderName: In "Arm Candy", Dick insists on calling the dog they've rescued Steve. When Bruce points out that the dog is female, Dick amends it to "Stevette -- Steve for short". And Steve she remains.
* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: In "Christmas in Kansas", Martha Kent gives everyone tacky Christmas-themed sweaters she found on sale. Diana loves hers; Bruce hates his, but grudgingly accepts it when she cheerfully guilt-trips him about how difficult it is to find a sweater that will fit a man his size.
* HometownNickname: Lois calls Clark "Smallville".
* LoveFloats: During Bruce and Diana's Big Damn Kiss in "Christmas in Kansas", Diana is so caught up in the moment that she levitates them both.
* MythologyGag:
** Martha Wayne's comment to Alfred about [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue leaving his genetic material all over the place]].
** Martha Wayne's comment, while planning an elaborately candlelit dinner party, that the fire marshal is convinced that it's only a matter of time before [[Film/BatmanBegins Wayne Manor burns down during one of her parties]].
** Martha Wayne's preferred source for flowers is [[ComicBook/SwampThing Alec Holland]].
** One of eight-year-old Bruce's friends is [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Andrea Beaumont]].
** In contrast to her partial inspiration Sadie Doyle, Martha Wayne can't hold her liquor and prefers not to drink alcohol if she can avoid it.
** In the ScrapbookStory "Bad Publicity", a photograph identified in-universe as "the mansion from that made-for-tv movie [about the Wayne family]" is Wikipedia's photo of the mansion that represented Wayne Manor in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
** In "Christmas in Kansas", there's a scene where Bruce reflects on the way re-enactments of his parents' murder have settled on a standard narrative that is actually inaccurate in several important respects; as described, it's the version established by Creator/FrankMiller and copied by most subsequent retellings, complete with the evocative detail of Martha's necklace breaking.
** In "Arm Candy", Clark goes gooey over one of Dick's puppies, and Dick decides they should name the puppy Kryptonite -- or maybe shorten it a bit...
* NonIndicativeName: In "Christmas in Kansas", Jonathan tells an anecdote about a guy who was called One-Eyed Danny even though he had both eyes. "Ought to have called him No-Legs Danny, but there's no accounting for nicknames."
* NotAMorningPerson: Bruce, on account of all the late nights he pulls.
-->'''Amy:''' You don't look dead. Just grumpy.\\
'''Bruce:''' That's because no one should be taking selfies this early.\\
'''Amy:''' It's 10:30.\\
'''Bruce:''' Yes.
* NotMyDriver: Discussed in "Third Wheel". When Bruce Wayne picks Lois up for their interview/date, she comments on the fact that he's driving himself instead of being chauffeured, and he explains that because he's a big kidnap target he never lets himself get driven by anyone he doesn't know personally.
-->'''Bruce:''' I take limos in Gotham, where I know the limo service, and I know the chauffeur. If I start visiting Metropolis more often, I might vet a driver. For now, it's easier to drive. Even if it looks like I'm overcompensating.
* OneSteveLimit: In "Christmas in Kansas", everyone is careful to address Clark's mother as "Mrs. Kent" instead of "Martha"; the in-story reason is that nobody wants to ruin Bruce's holiday by repeatedly reminding him of his mother, but it also helps avoid confusion for the reader.
* PresentPeeking: In "Christmas in Kansas":
-->'''Clark:''' Did you put lead foil around these boxes?\\
'''Bruce:''' The fact that you can tell means I was justified.
* RaceLift: Part of Selina Kyle's outsider status is that she has mixed (part-Latina) ancestry.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Diana is centuries old, but everyone has trouble remembering it because she doesn't look her age, nor act it (her enthusiasm about discovering new things they didn't have on Themiscyra makes her seem a lot younger).
* RippleEffectProofMemory: "Empty Graves" has a downplayed example where, once Martha has taken steps to prevent a BadFuture coming about, she no longer consciously remembers the old timeline but it still leaves unconscious traces (so that, for instance, she remembers having decided that Clark needs to learn to dissemble even though she no longer recalls that she decided this after catching a glimpse of a future in which he never had a secret identity).
* RightBehindMe: In "Third Wheel", Lois is venting to Clark about how she thinks her time is wasted on an assignment to write about Bruce Wayne's visit to Gotham:
-->'''Lois:''' I'll shake his hand, I'll ask him some questions, I'll extrapolate into an article about how he's well-meaning but naive, or a shallow manwhore, or a spoiled prettyboy, or--\\
''[realizes Clark is very carefully not looking at something behind her]''\\
'''Lois:''' --a really nice, kind, ''forgiving'' person who's really very interesting--\\
'''Bruce:''' I liked the other ones better.
* RubberBandHistory: In "Empty Graves", the efforts of the various time travelers result in the familiar timeline in which Clark Kent grows up to be Superman.
* RuleOfPool: "Arm Candy" opens with a party taking place around a pool. In the fourth paragraph, someone gets pushed into the pool fully-clothed after making an egocentric remark.
* RunningGag: In "Christmas in Kansas", Clark's parents considering Diana one of the youngsters and her reminding them she's actually older than they are.
* ScrapbookStory: "Bad Publicity" is told entirely in [[{{Website/Twitter}} tweets]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Bruce Wayne is not averse to throwing his weight around to help his friends out.
-->'''Bruce:''' I hate to do this -- Actually, that's a lie. I love doing this, it's one of the best parts of being me. Do you have any idea who I am?
* ShoutOut:
** "Wayne Manor" contains several shout-outs to ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' in the scenes where Alfred is teaching Bruce to fence.
** Catwoman stories have a tendency to include Franchise/IndianaJones shout-outs, what with the whip and the recurring topic of things that belong in museums.
** Clark's chat handle is "[[Music/DavidBowie MajorTom]]".
** Dick's chat handle is "[[Creator/LaurelAndHardy FineMess]]"; the scene that reveals this also has him making a shout-out to Creator/AbbottAndCostello.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Diana.
* SpottingTheThread: How Martha Wayne knows that Alfred is not really a butler.
* StealthHiBye: In "Wayne Manor", eight-year-old Bruce is already good enough at this to catch out Alfred despite the latter's background as a secret agent.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: In "Arm Candy", Dick names a varicolored puppy "Harley" after Harley Quinn; when one of his muggle friends asks if he named it after the motorcycle, he agrees that that's exactly what he did.
* SwearJar: Martha Kent knows a lot of words you wouldn't expect to hear from Clark Kent's ma. In "Christmas in Kansas", Jonathan recalls that when Clark was little he instituted a swear jar for her -- only instead of putting money in, she had to take out a slip of paper and do whatever task was written on it. (Judging by the reminiscent look they both get at this point, the tasks weren't just things like "Do the washing up" or "Take the trash out".)
* UnderTheMistletoe: Diana and Bruce in "Christmas in Kansas". Bruce points out that carrying the mistletoe in your pocket and bringing it out at an appropriate moment is cheating, but he kisses her anyway.
* WhipItGood: Catwoman.
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