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* TheKillerInMe: [[spoiler: Of the Amnesiac Killer variant. The culprit of Nightwing's murder is revealed to be Batman himself, whose body was hijacked by the Joker. He discovers this only in the end.]]
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Controlling {{Franchise/Batman}}, the player navigates their way through the Caped Crusader's investigation of Dick Grayson's ({{ComicBook/Nightwing}}) tragic murder and the disappearance of Tim Drake (ComicBook/{{Robin}}). It has been released for both Playstation VR and on PC (where it utilizes the UsefulNotes/OculusRift and UsefulNotes/HTCVive instead).

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Controlling {{Franchise/Batman}}, the player navigates their way through the Caped Crusader's investigation of Dick Grayson's ({{ComicBook/Nightwing}}) tragic murder and the disappearance of Tim Drake (ComicBook/{{Robin}}). It has been released for both Playstation VR and on PC (where it utilizes the UsefulNotes/OculusRift Platform/OculusRift and UsefulNotes/HTCVive Platform/HTCVive instead).
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Batman: The Animated Series may be the most well-known animated adaptation of Batman, but that doesn't mean it's the only Batman cartoon that exists. There are two cartoons that predate it, in fact: The 1968 Adventures of Batman and the 1970's New Adventures of Batman.


** Joker refers to himself as "Dr. J Reko" in the autopsy report, the same alias he used in the ''Mad Love'' episode of the animated series.

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** Joker refers to himself as "Dr. J Reko" in the autopsy report, the same alias he used in the ''Mad Love'' "Mad Love" episode of the animated series.''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
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''Batman: Arkham VR'' is a Virtual Reality game taking place in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', after the Joker's plot in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', but before the events of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. Playing through the game, however, complicates its relation to the others in the series.

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''Batman: Arkham VR'' is a Virtual Reality game taking place in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', ''Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries'', after the Joker's plot in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', but before the events of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. Playing through the game, however, complicates its relation to the others in the series.
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* TheseHandsHaveKilled: [[spoiler:After the player realizes that ''Batman'' was the murderer, they can look down and see Batman's hand, without gloves and covered in blood]].

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* TheseHandsHaveKilled: [[spoiler:After the player realizes that ''Batman'' was the murderer, they can look down and see Batman's hand, without gloves and [[BloodyHallucinationsOfGuilt covered in blood]].blood]]]].
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* TheseHandsHaveKilled: [[spoiler:After the player realizes that ''Batman'' was the murderer, they can look down and see Batman's hand, without gloves and covered in blood]].
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* NoodleIncident: The Joker's rap sheet lists his many, many crimes, many of which imply a serious story, without giving any context for them. This includes things like several different forms of animal baiting (including "rhino baiting", followed by "failure to adequately restrain a rhino"), "spectacular larceny", "cyberbullying", "enthusiastic manslaughter", "unlicensed cabaret entertainment", "unlicensed dentistry", "cannibalism", "impersonating an airline pilot", and "regicide".
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** [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Queen Industries]] has apparently had a series of murders. [[spoiler:Robin was investigating and its implied Killer Croc was behind them.]]

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** [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Queen Industries]] has apparently had a series of murders. murders, which [[spoiler:Robin was investigating and its implied Killer Croc was behind them.investigating. This is also a CallForward to ''Knight'', as the perpetrator is one of the Joker patients, Christina Bell.]]
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--> '''The Riddler''': I suppose you thought your precious "fourth wall" would protect you.

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--> '''The Riddler''': It was ''you'', wasn't it? Behind every humiliation, the author of EVERY defeat! I suppose you thought your precious "fourth wall" would protect you.

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* ExactWords: While being interrogated, the Penguin tells Batman that the witness to Nightwing's murder said he knew Batman would be coming after him. [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch As in to kill him too]].

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* ExactWords: While being interrogated, the Penguin tells Batman that the witness to Nightwing's murder said he knew Batman would be coming after him. [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch [[spoiler:[[HeKnowsTooMuch As in to kill him too]]. too]].]]


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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The witness to Nightwing's murder lasts only long enough to tell the Penguin that he saw Nightwing killed and that Batman would be coming after him as a result. The reason is because the witness saw '''BATMAN''' kill Nightwing and would be coming to shut him up.]]


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* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[spoiler:When the witness of Nightwing's murder makes it to the Iceberg Lounge before he can get to him, Bat-Joker blows the whole place up to make sure he and anyone he could have told all died. Unfortunately, at least one person did survive: The Penguin, who then tells Batman about it the next day when the Bat investigates Nightwing's disappearance.]]
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* ExactWords: While being interrogated, the Penguin tells Batman that the witness to Nightwing's murder said he knew Batman would be coming after him. [[spoiler:[[HeKnowsTooMuch As in to kill him too]].

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* ExactWords: While being interrogated, the Penguin tells Batman that the witness to Nightwing's murder said he knew Batman would be coming after him. [[spoiler:[[HeKnowsTooMuch [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch As in to kill him too]].
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* ExactWords: While being interrogated, the Penguin tells Batman that the witness to Nightwing's murder said he knew Batman would be coming after him. [[spoiler:[[HeKnowsTooMuch As in to kill him too]].
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* Irony: [[spoiler:The game ends almost the exact same way Arkham Knight does, but in reverse. But considering how Arkham Knight ends and how this game happens before it. It seems like Batman deliberately put Joker into his cell as payback for the nightmare he put him through.]]

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* Irony: {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:The game ends almost the exact same way Arkham Knight does, but in reverse. But considering how Arkham Knight ends and how this game happens before it. It seems like Batman deliberately put Joker into his cell as payback for the nightmare he put him through.]]



--> '''The Riddler''': Is now really an appropriate time to be searching for trinkets? Have some respect!

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--> '''The Riddler''': Is now really an appropriate time to be searching for trinkets? Have some respect!respect!
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''Batman: Arkham VR'' is a Virtual Reality game taking place in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', after the Joker's plot in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', but before the events of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. Playing through the game, however, complicates its relation to the others in the series. [[spoiler:That's because the game is a nightmare Bruce is having.]]

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''Batman: Arkham VR'' is a Virtual Reality game taking place in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', after the Joker's plot in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', but before the events of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. Playing through the game, however, complicates its relation to the others in the series. [[spoiler:That's because the game is a nightmare Bruce is having.]]
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''Batman: Arkham VR'' is a Virtual Reality game taking place in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', after the Joker's plot in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', but before the events of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. Playing through the game, however, complicates its relation to the others in the series.

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''Batman: Arkham VR'' is a Virtual Reality game taking place in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', after the Joker's plot in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', but before the events of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. Playing through the game, however, complicates its relation to the others in the series.
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* AlternateUniverse: It is pretty much stated by Riddler to be this, especially given that Nightwing is alive during the events of ''Arkham Knight''.

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* AlternateUniverse: It is pretty much stated by Riddler to be this, especially given that Nightwing is alive during the events of ''Arkham Knight''. [[spoiler:That's because this game is actually just a nightmare Bruce is having.]]



* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Batman's revealed to be the murderer, having his mind been taken control of by the Joker]].

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Batman's revealed to be the murderer, having his mind been taken control of by the Joker]].Joker. Somewhat mitigated by the fact that this is just a nightmare Batman is suffering through]].


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* Irony: [[spoiler:The game ends almost the exact same way Arkham Knight does, but in reverse. But considering how Arkham Knight ends and how this game happens before it. It seems like Batman deliberately put Joker into his cell as payback for the nightmare he put him through.]]
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* MindScrew: Batman opens the window to Joe Chill's cell to find the Joker inside. Joker tells him to come closer, before laughing, since now it turns out [[spoiler:Baman's the one in the cell. Batman sees a mirror, and suddenly the bodies of Robin and Nightwing appear as Batman realizes he was the one who killed them, then turns to the mirror to see the Joker looking back with blood covered hands.]]

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* MindScrew: Batman opens the window to Joe Chill's cell to find the Joker inside. Joker tells him to come closer, before laughing, since now it turns out [[spoiler:Baman's [[spoiler:Batman's the one in the cell. Batman sees a mirror, and suddenly the bodies of Robin and Nightwing appear as Batman realizes he was the one who killed them, then turns to the mirror to see the Joker looking back with blood covered hands.]]
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** When you conduct a HighAltitudeInterrogation on the Penguin, he screams [[spoiler:"WAKE UP YOU IDIOT!"]]; while one might think this is directed at [[spoiler:the {{Mook}}s Batman knocked out]], the fact that he uses the singular rather than the plural suggests he's yelling at Batman himself.
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Controlling {{Franchise/Batman}}, the player navigates their way through the Caped Crusader's investigation of Dick Grayson's ({{ComicBook/Nightwing}}) tragic murder and the disappearance of Tim Drake (ComicBook/{{Robin}}). It has been released for both Playstation VR and on PC (where it utilizes the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive instead).

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Controlling {{Franchise/Batman}}, the player navigates their way through the Caped Crusader's investigation of Dick Grayson's ({{ComicBook/Nightwing}}) tragic murder and the disappearance of Tim Drake (ComicBook/{{Robin}}). It has been released for both Playstation VR and on PC (where it utilizes the Oculus Rift UsefulNotes/OculusRift and HTC Vive UsefulNotes/HTCVive instead).
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* CurbStompBattle: Nightwing didn't land a single hit on his murderer in their scuffle, who manages to break Dick's arm, leg and back before finishing the fight with a neck snap.

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* CurbStompBattle: Nightwing didn't land a single hit on his murderer in their scuffle, who manages to break Dick's arm, leg jaw, arm and back ribs before finishing the fight with a neck snap.
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** The song [[spoiler:"Rock-a-Bye Baby"]] appears as a RecurringRiff, including the piano sheet music, Martha's music box, on the local news radio station, and during the coroner's reports.

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** The song [[spoiler:"Rock-a-Bye Baby"]] appears as a RecurringRiff, including the piano sheet music, Martha's music box, on the local news radio station, and during the coroner's reports.reports, [[spoiler: as well as Joker singing a twisted version of it during the ending if you achieve OneHundredPercentCompletion]].
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''Batman: Arkham VR'' is a PlayStation VR exclusive game taking place in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', after the Joker's plot in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', but before the events of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. Playing through the game, however, complicates its relation to the others in the series.

Controlling {{Franchise/Batman}}, the player navigates their way through the Caped Crusader's investigation of Dick Grayson's ({{ComicBook/Nightwing}}) tragic murder and the disappearance of Tim Drake (ComicBook/{{Robin}}).

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''Batman: Arkham VR'' is a PlayStation VR exclusive Virtual Reality game taking place in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'', after the Joker's plot in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', but before the events of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. Playing through the game, however, complicates its relation to the others in the series.

Controlling {{Franchise/Batman}}, the player navigates their way through the Caped Crusader's investigation of Dick Grayson's ({{ComicBook/Nightwing}}) tragic murder and the disappearance of Tim Drake (ComicBook/{{Robin}}).
(ComicBook/{{Robin}}). It has been released for both Playstation VR and on PC (where it utilizes the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive instead).
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* AlternateReality: It is pretty much stated by Riddler to be this, especially given that Nightwing is alive during the events of ''Arkham Knight''.

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* AlternateReality: AlternateUniverse: It is pretty much stated by Riddler to be this, especially given that Nightwing is alive during the events of ''Arkham Knight''.
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* {{Interquel}}: Seems to take place between ''Arkham City'' and ''Arkham Knight'', and might be a nightmare Bruce is having about the Joker's infection.

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* {{Interquel}}: Seems to take place between ''Arkham City'' and ''Arkham Knight'', and [[spoiler:and might be a nightmare Bruce is having about the Joker's infection.]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Batman]] was Nightwing's murderer all along, which he realizes as he looks in the mirror of Joe Chill's cell.

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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Batman]] was Nightwing's murderer all along, which he realizes as he looks in the mirror of Joe Chill's cell.cell [[spoiler: and sees the Joker]].
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: Subverted, despite [[spoiler: the fact that you can watch Jason's death tape in the batcave. In Knight, many felt that the hallucinations made the Knight's identity too obvious, but some who have not played ''Knight'' might not connect the dots. In short, Rocksteady managed to add in ''Knight's'' TheReveal without spoiling the game.]]

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