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* BruceWayneHeldHostage: Two-Face capture Batman and Robin for his auction and remarks that the punctual Bruce Wayne, invited by Harvey Dent at this very same auction, did not show up. Two-Face conclude that Bruce Wayne must be tied up at this moment, [[spoiler: and confirm the suspicion by unmasking Batman.]]
* BuriedAlive: King Tut attempts to do this on the dynamic duo after capturing them by encasing them in cement.

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* BruceWayneHeldHostage: Two-Face capture captures Batman and Robin for his auction and remarks that the punctual Bruce Wayne, invited by Harvey Dent at to this very same auction, did not show up. Two-Face conclude concludes that Bruce Wayne must be tied up at this moment, [[spoiler: and confirm confirms the suspicion by unmasking Batman.]]
* BuriedAlive: King Tut attempts to do this on to the dynamic duo after capturing them by encasing them in cement.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Commissioner Gordan telling Harvey after his surgery that he's allowed to return to work ... as the ''assistant'' to the Assistant District Attorney, inadvertently triggers his relapse into Two-Face; since Harvey was formerly the DA himself, his pride can't stand the demotion.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Commissioner Gordan Gordon telling Harvey after his surgery that he's allowed to return to work ... as the ''assistant'' to the Assistant District Attorney, inadvertently triggers his relapse into Two-Face; since Harvey was formerly the DA himself, his pride can't stand the demotion.]]
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(( Lee Merriweather provides the voice of the attorney Ms. Diamond; she had previously portrayed Catwoman instead of Julie Newmar in the 1966 film. In the animated film, Diamond is knocked unconscious so Catwoman can switch places with her. When Diamond wakes up, she is wearing Catwoman's costume and realizes she likes it, even purring. This creates the implication that the Catwoman in the movie might actually be a different individual.

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(( ** Lee Merriweather provides the voice of the attorney Ms. Diamond; she had previously portrayed Catwoman instead of Julie Newmar in the 1966 film. In the animated film, Diamond is knocked unconscious so Catwoman can switch places with her. When Diamond wakes up, she is wearing Catwoman's costume and realizes she likes it, even purring. This creates the implication that the Catwoman in the movie might actually be a different individual.

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* ActorAllusion: Lee Merriweather provides the voice of the attorney Ms. Diamond; she had previously portrayed Catwoman instead of Julie Newmar in the 1966 film. In the animated film, Diamond is knocked unconscious so Catwoman can switch places with her. When Diamond wakes up, she is wearing Catwoman's costume and realizes she likes it, even purring. This creates the implication that the Catwoman in the movie might actually be a different individual.

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Lee Merriweather provides the voice of the attorney Ms. Diamond; she had previously portrayed Catwoman instead of Julie Newmar in the 1966 film. In the animated film, Diamond is knocked unconscious so Catwoman can switch places with her. When Diamond wakes up, she is wearing Catwoman's costume and realizes she likes it, even purring. This creates the implication that the Catwoman in the movie might actually be a different individual.

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** The opening features a recreation of the cover of Detective Comics #319 with Two-Face/Harvey Dent replacing the villain ''Dr. No-Face'' who stole the identity of Dr. Paul ''Dent''

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** The opening features a recreation of the cover of Detective Comics #319 with Two-Face/Harvey Dent replacing the villain ''Dr. No-Face'' who stole the identity of Dr. Paul ''Dent''''Dent''.


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** At one point in the opening, Batman and Robin get caught in a huge spotlight, recreating the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/7/7d/Batman_9.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081128133704 famous cover]] to ''Batman'' (vol. 1) #9.
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Hecate was the name of Catwoman's pet cat in the live-action movie, so it didn't originate here.


** "Hecate" was the name of Catwoman's cat in the comics during the Silver Age.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: While the ''ComicBook/Batman66'' comic book tie-in went with Two-Face's traditional origin of being disfigured from acid being thrown in his face in the "Lost Episode" one-shot, this animated film instead goes with Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face when an evil-extracting machine Professor Hugo Strange and Dr. Harleen Quinzel used to try and suck out the evil from the Joker, the Penguin, Mr. Freeze, the Riddler and Egghead ended up overloading, the explosion causing Harvey Dent to mutate into a partially deformed supervillain.
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* BruceWayneHeldHostage: Two-Face capture Batman and Robin for his auction and remarks that the punctual Bruce Wayne, invited by Harvey Dent at this very same auction, did not show up. Two-Face conclude that Bruce Wayne must be tied up at this moment, [[spoiler: and confirm the suspicion by unmasking Batman.]]
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* VocalDissonance: While Two-Face was modeled on William Shatner when he was in his mid-thirties, eighty-six-year old William Shatner sounds different than he did in his Captain Kirk days.

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* VocalDissonance: While Two-Face was modeled on William Shatner when he was in his mid-thirties, eighty-six-year old William Shatner sounds different than he did in his Captain Kirk days. That being said Shatner actually does a pretty effective job at sounding like a significantly younger man, it's just different sounding than his naturally was at that age.

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* AscendedExtra: King Tut and the Bookworm get more involvement with the plot, compared to the last film, where they only made voiceless appearances.



* FaceHeelTurn: Dr. Hugo Strange, left embittered by his disgrace from the Evil Extractor's failure[[spoiler: joins Two-Face and helps him create the Evil Extract Formula.]]



** The opening features a recreation of the cover of Detective Comics #319 with Two-Face/Harvey Dent replacing the villain ''Dr. No-Face'' who stole the identity of Dr. Paul ''Dent''



** Two-Face ties Batman and Robin to a giant coin as he did in Batman #81's ''Two-Face Strikes Again!''



** Batman's identity gets auctioned off to a group of villains who pool their money to make a wining bid with Hugo Strange involved in the background and Joker, Penguin, and Two-Face playing prominent roles. [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE37TheStrangeSecretOfBruceWayne The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne]] anyone?



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Bruce telling Harvey after his surgery that he's allowed to return to work ... as the ''assistant'' to the Assistant District Attorney, inadvertently triggers his relapse into Two-Face; since Harvey was formerly the DA himself, his pride can't stand the demotion.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Bruce Commissioner Gordan telling Harvey after his surgery that he's allowed to return to work ... as the ''assistant'' to the Assistant District Attorney, inadvertently triggers his relapse into Two-Face; since Harvey was formerly the DA himself, his pride can't stand the demotion.]]



* PoliceAreUseless: So useless that when called to testify at the stand and asked some very basic questions, all Chief O'Hara can say is "you'll have to ask Batman".
* PoliceBrutality: Played for laughs with the attempt to interrogate [[SplitPersonality Professor McElroy/King Tut]]. Chief O'Hara, trying to get the Tut personality to surface, lightly hits [=McElroy=] on the head with his baton, causing Tut to emerge. Tut, trying to keep from being interrogated, insults the Chief, grabs the baton, and hits ''himself'' on the head to revert back to [=McElroy=]. The poor professor is left wondering why his head hurts.

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* PoliceAreUseless: So useless that when called to testify at the stand and asked some very basic questions, all Chief O'Hara can say is "you'll have to ask Batman".
Batman". Gordan himself admits this when discussing the King Tut case with O'Hara.
* PoliceBrutality: Played for laughs with the attempt to interrogate [[SplitPersonality Professor McElroy/King Tut]]. Chief O'Hara, trying to get the Tut personality to surface, lightly hits [=McElroy=] on the head with his baton, causing Tut to emerge. Tut, trying to keep from being interrogated, insults the Chief, grabs the baton, and hits ''himself'' on the head to revert back to [=McElroy=]. The poor professor is left wondering why his head hurts.


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** Hugo Strange vanishes after the auction scene.

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* PoliceBrutality: played for laughs with the attempt to interrogate [[SplitPersonality Professor McElroy/King Tut]]. Chief O'Hara, trying to get the Tut personality to surface, lightly hits [=McElroy=] on the head with his baton, causing Tut to emerge. Tut, trying to keep from being interrogated, insults the Chief, grabs the baton, and hits ''himself'' on the head to revert back to [=McElroy=]. The poor professor is left wondering why his head hurts.

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* PoliceBrutality: played Played for laughs with the attempt to interrogate [[SplitPersonality Professor McElroy/King Tut]]. Chief O'Hara, trying to get the Tut personality to surface, lightly hits [=McElroy=] on the head with his baton, causing Tut to emerge. Tut, trying to keep from being interrogated, insults the Chief, grabs the baton, and hits ''himself'' on the head to revert back to [=McElroy=]. The poor professor is left wondering why his head hurts.


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* PutOnAPrisonBus: King Tut and Bookworm aren't seen again after being arrested and (in King Tut's case) sent to prison despite his mental condition. Although, assuming ArtisticLicenseLaw isn't at play, Tut's conviction might be overturned due to to how the man prosecuting him [[spoiler:was involved in his crime and was still suffering from mental instability as Two-Face.]]
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* VocalDissonance: While Two-Face was modeled on William Shatner when he was in his mid-thirties, eighty-six-year old William Shatner sounds different than he did in his Captain Kirk days.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Bruce telling Harvey after his surgery that he's allowed to return to work ... as the ''assistant'' to the Assistant District Attorney inadvertently triggers his relapse into Two-Face; since Harvey was formerly the DA himself his pride can't stand the demotion.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Bruce telling Harvey after his surgery that he's allowed to return to work ... as the ''assistant'' to the Assistant District Attorney Attorney, inadvertently triggers his relapse into Two-Face; since Harvey was formerly the DA himself himself, his pride can't stand the demotion.]]
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''Batman vs. Two-Face'' is a 2017 DirectToVideo animated movie in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line. It is a sequel to 2016's ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'', and pays homage to the [[TheSixties 1960s]] ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' series once again, with some of its cast returning. Creator/AdamWest voices Franchise/{{Batman}}, Creator/BurtWard voices ComicBook/{{Robin}}, Julie Newmar voices ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, and Creator/WilliamShatner voices ComicBook/TwoFace. It is the last time Adam West portrayed Batman in any media; he completed his voiceover work prior to his passing on June 9th 2017.

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''Batman vs. Two-Face'' is a 2017 DirectToVideo animated movie in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line. It is a sequel to 2016's ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'', and pays homage to the [[TheSixties 1960s]] ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' series once again, with some of its cast returning. Creator/AdamWest voices Franchise/{{Batman}}, Creator/BurtWard voices ComicBook/{{Robin}}, Julie Newmar Creator/JulieNewmar voices ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, and Creator/WilliamShatner voices ComicBook/TwoFace. It is the last time Adam West portrayed Batman in any media; he completed his voiceover work prior to his passing on June 9th 2017.

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** The Joker winks at [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Dr. Quinzel]], who winks back shortly afterward.

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** The Joker winks at [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Dr. Quinzel]], who winks back shortly afterward. This escalates in the Blu-Ray version of the movie, where [[spoiler: Quinzel, now Harley Quinn, breaks Joker out of prison, recreating the scene from ''Mad Love'']].



* TheStinger: The Blu-Ray version of the movie has a bonus after-credits scene where [[spoiler: Dr. Quinzel, now dressed as Harley Quinn, breaks The Joker out of prison.]]



** Harleen only appears in the intro, and isn't seen after the explosion. She was originally intended to reappear, but Adam West's death led to her being replaced with a dance-scene tribute.

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** Harleen only appears in the intro, and isn't seen after the explosion. She was originally intended to reappear, but Adam West's death led to her being replaced with a dance-scene tribute.explosion in the regular version of the movie.
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** Batman [[Film/TheDarkKnight believes in Harvey Dent]].

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** Batman [[ComicBook/TheLongHalloween believes in]] [[Film/TheDarkKnight believes in Harvey Dent]].
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* StarterVillain: King Tut, which spends the first 20 min of the movie opposing Batman before Two-Face shows up.

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* StarterVillain: King Tut, which who spends the first 20 min of the movie opposing Batman before Two-Face shows up.
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** Harleen only appears in the intro, and isn't seen after the explosion.

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** Harleen only appears in the intro, and isn't seen after the explosion. She was originally intended to reappear, but Adam West's death led to her being replaced with a dance-scene tribute.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Lampshaded by Catwoman in the climax. She has accepted the fact that Batman’s first first love will always be crime-fighting, a statement made true in the original show, the comics and other Batman media.

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* StarCrossedLovers: Lampshaded by Catwoman in the climax. She has accepted the fact that Batman’s first first love will always be crime-fighting, a statement made true in the original show, the comics and other Batman media.
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* StarCrossedLove: Lampshaded by Catwoman in the climax. She has accepted the fact that Batman’s first first love will always be crime-fighting, a statement made true in the original show, the comics and other Batman media.

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* StarCrossedLove: StarCrossedLovers: Lampshaded by Catwoman in the climax. She has accepted the fact that Batman’s first first love will always be crime-fighting, a statement made true in the original show, the comics and other Batman media.
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* StarCrossedLove: Lampshaded by Catwoman in the climax. She has accepted the fact that Batman’s first first love will always be crime-fighting, a statement made true in the original show, the comics and other Batman media.
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** A StealhPun -- [[spoiler: Dent couldn't take being the number two man in Gotham law.]]

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** A StealhPun StealthPun -- [[spoiler: Dent couldn't take being the number two man in Gotham law.]]
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* ColdHam: The West-era Batman may be a WorldOfHam, but Two-Face is legitimately cruel and evil compared to the other villains.
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** Also averted. [[spoiler: Batman is wrong about the new Two-Face being an impostor. Robin even calls him out on how obvious this is, and Batman sends Robin to his room in retaliation.]]


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** A StealhPun -- [[spoiler: Dent couldn't take being the number two man in Gotham law.]]


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* SeriousBusiness: Batman gets so angry with Robin that he sends Robin to his room.

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* AdaptationOriginConnection: In the comics, Hugo Strange has no role in creating Two-Face; traditionally Dent is disfigured by some mobster he seeks to bring to justice.

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** Shatner's portayal of Dent/Two-Face isn't the first time he played good and evil sides of the same character, a faintly similar incident occurring in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' with Kirk. Seemingly underscoring the point, Dent is an AdaptationalWimp, virtually spineless after the split, much like Kirk's good half.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: In the comics, Hugo Strange has no role in creating Two-Face; traditionally Dent is disfigured by some mobster he seeks to bring to justice. Similarly, Harley has nothing to do with Two-Face.


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** Also a case of OOCIsSeriousBusiness -- the fights with Two-Face have no such flashes, and we see each attack land.


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** The mystery of Two-Face's return is a two-fer. Batman refers to this new Two-Face as an impostor, when a classic comic story had a fake Two-Face eventually called [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The Impostor.]] The second? [[spoiler: The Impostor's signature difference from Two-Face is that his opposite side appeared scarred. If the viewer knows this, it's a big clue that Robin's correct about Dent being Two-Face again.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast: A rare case of this being an object, rather than a person: Hugo Strange's cerebral defibrillator is a bad, bad idea.


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** Harleen only appears in the intro, and isn't seen after the explosion.
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* FacePalm: Bookworm smacks his forehead in exasperation as he watches Batman and Robin mop the floor with his henchmen.
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-->'''Two-Face Robin:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext I got your antidote right here!]]
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* TwoFaced: Two-Face, [[CaptainObvious naturally]].

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* TwoFaced: Two-Face, [[CaptainObvious naturally]].naturally.
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