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* LadyLand: What Barbara and Tabitha turn their territory into.

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* LadyLand: What After Tabitha is brought back, she angrily tells Barbara that Oswald killed Butch and shot Tabitha turn their in the leg. Angered, Barbara declare men to be the problem of Gotham and decides that her territory into.will be women only and kills the men that tried to pledge allegiance to her.
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* LogoJoke: The end-credit title card shows the aforementioned proto-version of the BatSignal in the background.
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* BestServedCold: After two seasons, Penguin finally gets his revenge on Tabitha for killing his mother: he helped cure Butch and reunite them, and just as they both declare their love for each other for the first time, he shoots Butch dead. Thus taking from Tabitha the one person she loves as she did to Cobblepot. Then he shoots her in the knee for good measure, promising to come back to finish the job when he deems she's suffered as he has.

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* BestServedCold: After two seasons, Penguin finally gets his revenge on Tabitha for killing his mother: he helped cure Butch and reunite them, and just as they both declare their love for each other for the first time, he shoots Butch dead. Thus dead: thus taking from Tabitha the one person she loves loves, as she did to Cobblepot. Then he shoots her in the knee for good measure, promising to come back to finish the job when he deems she's suffered as he has.



** Penguin gives Tabitha a brief moment's reunion with a restored Butch, only to shoot Butch so he dies in her arms. Just like Tabitha did when she killed Oswald's mother.

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** Penguin gives Tabitha a brief moment's reunion with a restored Butch, only to shoot Butch so he dies in her arms. Just arms, just like Tabitha did when she killed Oswald's mother.



** The various Rogues Gallery taking over territory, specifically one of them taking over city hall as a base, after the city's been abandoned will be familiar to anyone whose played the Batman Arkham games.
*** The above, the episode's title, also refer to ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand''.

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** The various Rogues Gallery taking over territory, specifically one of them taking over city hall City Hall as a base, after the city's been abandoned will be familiar to anyone whose played the Batman Arkham games.
*** The above, and the episode's title, also refer to ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand''.
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Directed by Creator/NathanHope

Written by Creator/JohnStephens & Creator/SethBoston
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Though the world may seem dark, there will be light" - ''Jim Gordon'']]

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* TheBusCameBack: Hugo Strange reappears after disappearing for most of the season, to help cure Butch of his Grundy-ness. [[Spoiler: He succeeds.]]

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* TheBusCameBack: Hugo Strange reappears after disappearing for most of the season, to help cure Butch of his Grundy-ness. [[Spoiler: He succeeds.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: While Ra's dies, he and Jeremiah succeed in cutting off Gotham from the rest of the world, allowing the other villains to start carving it up between them and creating a situation where Bruce will have to become a Dark Knight.
* BatSignal: The proto-version, at least. Gordon installs a spotlight on top of the GCPD to give its citizens a sign that the police are still working to protect them.

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* TheBadGuyWins: While Ra's dies, he and Jeremiah succeed in detonating bombs on all of Gotham's bridges, cutting the city off Gotham from the rest of the world, allowing the other villains to start carving it up between them and creating a situation where Bruce will have to become a the Dark Knight.
Knight. Meanwhile, thanks to their machinations, the US government has given up on the city and abandoned it to the villains.
* BatSignal: The proto-version, at least. Gordon installs a spotlight on top of the GCPD to give its Gotham's remaining citizens a sign that the police are still working to protect them.



* BestServedCold: After two seasons, Penguin finally gets his revenge on Tabitha for killing his mother: he helped cure Butch and reunite them just so he could kill him. Thus taking from Tabitha the one person she loves as she did to Cobblepot. Then he shoots her in the knee for good measure.
* TheBusCameBack: Hugo Strange reappears after disappearing for most of the season.
* CallBack: To the first episode of the show. Bruce reminds Jim of what Jim said to him the night of his parents' murder.

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* BestServedCold: After two seasons, Penguin finally gets his revenge on Tabitha for killing his mother: he helped cure Butch and reunite them them, and just so as they both declare their love for each other for the first time, he could kill him.shoots Butch dead. Thus taking from Tabitha the one person she loves as she did to Cobblepot. Then he shoots her in the knee for good measure.
measure, promising to come back to finish the job when he deems she's suffered as he has.
* TheBusCameBack: Hugo Strange reappears after disappearing for most of the season.
season, to help cure Butch of his Grundy-ness. [[Spoiler: He succeeds.]]
* CallBack: To the first episode of the show. Bruce meets Jim on the roof of the GCPD next to the new spotlight, and reminds Jim him of what Jim he said to him the night of his parents' murder.murder, as they look out over a Gotham engulfed in darkness.



* {{Cliffhanger}}: A pretty damn big one. Gotham is left in isolation after Ra's and Jeremiah blow up the bridges, allowing the city's evergrowing RoguesGallery to split the place up into factions. Meanwhile, Jeremiah has escaped, and Selina is facing permanent damage after being shot. Will she recover? Only time will tell...

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: A pretty damn big one. one - the biggest yet. Gotham is left in complete isolation after Ra's and Jeremiah blow up the bridges, allowing the city's evergrowing RoguesGallery to split the place up into factions. Meanwhile, Jeremiah has escaped, and Selina is facing permanent damage paralysis after being shot. Will she recover? Only time will tell...



* MutualKill: Lee and Riddler stab each other, though whether or not their wounds were fatal is unclear. Even so, Penguin has them sent to Strange to be "fixed".

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* MutualKill: Lee and stabs Riddler stab each other, though whether before he can do it to her, but he grabs her knife and returns the favour. Whether or not their wounds were are fatal is unclear. Even so, Penguin has them sent to Strange to be "fixed".



** In the final scene, we get a nice shot of a coat-wearing Gordon standing by the future Bat Signal; this is an iconic image that's usually associated with the character.

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** In the final scene, we get a nice shot of a trench coat-wearing Gordon standing by the future Bat Signal; this is an iconic image that's usually associated with the character.



** Selina is mentioned to have spinal damage that may or may not be permanent, which brings to mind what happened to Batgirl/Oracle in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''.
** Riddler attempt to kill Jim, by applying weight to his torso to crash his ribs in, is similar to how Abattoir killed Graham Etchinson in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}''.
** Jeremiah takes out the bridges, isolating Gotham to its island alone, similar to what Bane did in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.

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** Selina is mentioned to have spinal damage that may or may not be permanent, which brings to mind what happened to Batgirl/Oracle Batgirl/Oracle/Barbara Gordon in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''.
** Riddler Riddler's attempt to kill Jim, by applying weight to his torso to crash crush his ribs in, is similar to how Abattoir killed Graham Etchinson in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}''.
** Jeremiah takes out blows up all of the city's bridges, isolating Gotham to its island alone, similar to what Bane did in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After all of Gotham's bridges and its infrastructure are all blown to hell, the government abandons the city.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After all of Gotham's bridges and its infrastructure are all blown to hell, the US government abandons the city.



* UndyingLoyalty: When the military tries to arrest Gordon for trying to halt the evacuation (having realized that the bridges are targets), the entire GCPD pulls guns on them.
* VillainTeamUp: Jeremiah and Ra's work together to fulfill their mutual goal of transforming Bruce. Penguin, Barbara, and Tabitha in turn team up to go after Jeremiah and Ra's.
* WhamEpisode: Ra's is killed again, but not before he and Jeremiah bomb all the city's bridges and infrastructure, causing the government to abandon it and the other villains to start carving it up. Riddler and Lee stab each other, but Penguin has them sent to Strange to be "fixed", with Strange hinting at plans for Riddler. Gordon, Bruce, Bullock and Fox stay in the city to protect it. Penguin restores, then murders, Butch to punish Tabitha for killing his mother.

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* UndyingLoyalty: When the military Major Harlan tries to arrest Gordon a second time for trying to halt the evacuation (having realized that the bridges are targets), Bullock pulls a gun on him. When the Major then tries to have Bullock arrested too, the entire GCPD pulls guns on them.
him.
* VillainTeamUp: Jeremiah and Ra's work together to fulfill fulfil their mutual goal of transforming Gotham, and through it, Bruce. Penguin, Barbara, and Tabitha in turn team up to go after Jeremiah and Ra's.
* WhamEpisode: Ra's is killed again, but not before he and Jeremiah bomb all the city's bridges and infrastructure, completely isolating it from the mainland, causing the government to abandon it and the other villains to start carving it up. Riddler and Lee stab each other, but Penguin has them sent to Strange to be "fixed", with Strange hinting at plans for Riddler. Gordon, Bruce, Bullock and Fox stay in the city to protect it. Penguin restores, then murders, Butch to punish Tabitha for killing his mother. Bruce makes a choice to take on responsibility for Gotham's future.
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* CharacterDeath: Ra's again, after after Barbara and Bruce successfully kill him with the Balahasi Blade. Butch also meets his demise once again, this time at the Penguin's hands.

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* CharacterDeath: Ra's again, after after Barbara and Bruce successfully kill him with the Balahasi Blade. Butch also meets his demise once again, this time at the Penguin's hands.

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