History Characters / BatmanBeyondMainCharacters

* {{Hypocrite}}: In "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS2E14Eyewitness Eyewitness]]." Remember Barbara's fear of what her father would do to Bruce with her death in "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE12OverTheEdge Over the Edge]]"? [[spoiler:Well, she ended up doing ''exactly'' what ''he'' was doing towards Terry.]]

->'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish)''': Astrid Fernandez

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the comics, he became part of the Bat Family when Bruce was in in his prime. With this series being set in the future of the DCAU, he doesn't join Bruce's side until he's an old man.

* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the comics, he became part of the Bat Family when Bruce was in in his prime. With this series being set in the future of the DCAU, he doesn't Bruce's side until he's an old man.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While she fell for Spellbinder's illusion of [[spoiler: Batman killing Mad Stan]] hook, line and sinker, which he points out, she does apologize and, most of the time, is willing to go with Terry's hunches.

* MsFanservice: Best shown when she wears a black dress.

>-'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish)''': Astrid Fernandez

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Gentle Girl to Terry's Brooding Boy. He's ashamed of his delinquent pass, father's death, and [[spoiler:how he views being Batman as a curse]], and she gives him nothing but comfort and empathy.

* DogsAreDumb: Subverted, being a trained attack dog for the Goddamn Batman, the Bat-Dog is extraordinarily smart. He was shown to be this even before he met Bruce, as he escaped capture without needing to hurt anyone from the GCPD when they busted his owner at the time.

* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Eventually becomes this, as revealed in "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue Epilogue]]."]] It is revealed how when Terry shouts for her to get down when [[spoiler: The Joker King i.e. her brother attempted to kill her]].

* SuperNaturalFearInducer: The comics reveal that, even 40 years later, she still suffers aftereffects from when [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE12OverTheEdge the Scarecrow injected her with a high dosage of his fear toxin and made her hallucinate her father turning against Batman]]. Every four years, the residual toxin still inside her causes her to suffer extreme fear and paranoia the longer she stays awake, requiring her to sleep in a safe spot for several days until the effect wears off.

%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Black hair and black eyes.

* OfficialCouple: Terry's girlfriend for the duration of the show.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She starts out with a character beyond Satellite Love Interest, as she was the most well-rounded of Terry's high school classmates in the first season, but as her [[OutOfFocus screentime]] [[DemotedToExtra shrinks]] in later seasons, her characterization dwindles to just being TheObstructiveLoveInterest.

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: It's implied that Terry and Dana have been dating since they were at least 14, since she knows who "Big Time" is, so... [[spoiler:By the time of "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue Epilogue]]", she wishes to be with Terry despite his worries that she might get hurt. Terry plans to propose to her, and she likely accepted.]]

* BareYourMidriff: When she gets put into her Cobra queen outfit.

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: It's implied that Terry and Dana have been dating since they were at least 14, since she knows who "Big Time" is, so...[[spoiler:By the time in "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue Epilogue]]", she wishes to be with Terry despite his worries that she might get hurt. Terry plans to propose to her, and she likely accepted.]]

* CoolPet: Whenever Terry's in trouble, Ace doesn't hesitate to save him, even when he's completely outmatched. Add to his aggressive design and personality and he's a dog that every kid wishes they had.

* PlayingGertrude: Her second voice actress, Angie Harmon of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' and ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' fame, wasn't even 30 when she took over from Stockard Channing. In fact, Harmon is only almost a year older than Creator/TaraStrong, who voiced Barbara as Batgirl.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Well, not red. Her hair is dyed pink so it is a style choice.

* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Eventually becomes this, as revealed in "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E13Epilogue Epilogue]]."]] It is revealed how when Terry shouts for her to get down when [[spoiler: The Joker King i.e. her brother attempted to kill her.]]
* ShesGotLegs: And her dress shows them nicely.

* RecklessSidekick: Not an official sidekick, but fills this role on occasion for Terry's Batman. Used most egregiously in "Final Cut", where her recklessness almost gets her killed by Curare.
** On the flipside, she saves Terry's life twice in the show's run.

* TeenGenius: She's at the very top of her class (nailing perfect scores on school tests), breezes through examinations of all sorts without trying, and is a very good hacker. She also created a computer program to discover the secret identities of those living double-lives at school and it ''actually worked'', albeit with some bugs. She originally made the program to discover Batman's true identity, narrowing down that he was a young person who likely attended the school and a new person taking up the mantle.
** The follow-up comics have her using her hacking skills against '''Brainiac'''.

* BerserkButton: As you'd probably expect, he goes ''ballistic'' when he spots his abusive former owner in a crowd.

* EvilDetectingDog: He can be quite aggressive towards the bad guys. In ''ROTJ'', he attacks the Joker.

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* DerailingLoveInterests: Subjected to this in the 2016 run of the comics. She goes from defending Batman's importance to Gotham and encouraging Terry to answer the Bat-signal instead of spending time with him mere hours after finding out he's Batman to threatening to break up with him if he doesn't stop being Batman. The shift in opinion [[SarcasmMode strangely]] coincides with [[DatingCatwoman Melanie's]] reapparance as a potential girlfriend and sidekick.

* MsFanservice: She is a very beautiful teenage girl after all. She was also this in the white dress from the episode "Rats." She seems aware of it too because when she invites Terry out for a date, she calls and says "Meet me at Rhino's. I'll be wearing that dress you like." Cue Terry's shocked expression and "Whoa."
** She always borders on MsFanservice with her sky blue dress, which is only about an inch low enough to avoid trouble with the censors, as well as being ''very'' form-fitting.
* NeutralFemale: Averted. She keeps away from the action most of the time, but when it comes to her, she fights back.

* DarkSkinnedRedHead: Well, not red. Her hair is dyed pink so it is a style choice.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Just like his owner. Ace had a horribly abusive past involving dogfights, before he was taken in by Bruce.

* AdaptationalLateApperance: In the comics, he became part of the Bat Family when Bruce was in in his prime. With this series being set in the future of the DCAU, he doesn't Bruce's side until he's an old man.

* LovableNerd: A very sexy computer whiz.

* TheNotLoveInterest: She's the only person Terry's age who knows his SecretIdentity and they share a lot of emotional moments, but these are always strictly platonic and more [[LikeBrotherAndSister sibling-like]]. Terry's love interest is firmly Dana.

* UptownGirl: Dana comes from affluent family while her boyfriend[[spoiler:/eventual fiance]] is from a middle-class background.

-->'''Terry''': (''after Ace chases off a hyena HalfHumanHybrid'') Good Bat-dog.

* FreudianExcuse: She's become jaded with vigilantism because of her past experiences with Batman [[spoiler: especially after seeing what it did to poor Tim in the long run]].
* FriendOnTheForce: Eventually becomes this to Terry, although she's not nearly as chummy with him as her father was with Bruce.

[-'''Main Characters''' ([[Characters/DCAUTerryMcGinnis Terry McGinnis]], [[Characters/DCAUBatman Bruce Wayne]]) | [[Characters/BatmanBeyondMcGinnisFamily [=McGinnis=] Family]] | [[Characters/BatmanBeyondVillains Villains]] ([[Characters/DCAUJoker The Joker]]) | [[Characters/BatmanBeyondRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]] | [[Characters/BatmanBeyondJusticeLeagueUnlimited Justice League Unlimited]] ([[Characters/DCAUSuperman Superman]]) | [[Characters/BatmanBeyondComicOnlyCharacters Comic-Only Characters]]-]]]]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has pink hair. Given the setting, it is likely dyed.