| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Batman}} Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | '''Title Character'''\ |
| 3 | [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Batman]] ([[Characters/BatmanBruceWayne Bruce Wayne]])\ |
| 4 | '''Allies'''\ |
| 5 | [[Characters/BatmanBatFamily The Bat-Family]] (Characters/{{Batgirl}} | Characters/{{Batwoman}} | [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Jason Todd]] | Characters/{{Robin}}) | [[Characters/BatmanSupportingCast Extended Bat-Family & Other Supporting Cast]] (Characters/{{Azrael}} | [[Characters/BatmanHuntress Huntress]])\ |
| 6 | '''[[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery Villains]]'''\ |
| 7 | '''Bane''' | Characters/{{Catwoman}} ([[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Selina Kyle]]) | [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] | Characters/HarleyQuinn ([[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Harleen Quinzel]]) | [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] | [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] | [[Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]] ([[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]] | [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]]) | [[Characters/BatmanMrFreeze Mr. Freeze]] | [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]] | [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] | [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]] | [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] | [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two Face]] | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 A-F]] | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 G-L]] | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart3 M-R]] | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart4 S-Z]]\ |
| 8 | '''Spin-Offs'''\ |
| 9 | ''Characters/Batgirl2000'' | ''Characters/BatmanIncorporated'' | ''Characters/DarkNightsMetal'' ([[Characters/DarkNightsMetalTheBatmanWhoLaughs The Batman Who Laughs]]) | ''Characters/IAmBatman'' | ''Characters/{{Nightwing}}'' ([[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]]) | ''Characters/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}'' | ''Characters/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' | ''Characters/Robin1993'' ([[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]]) | ''Characters/Robin2021'' ([[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian Wayne]])-]]]]] |
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| 11 | !!Bane |
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| 16 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I could kill you... but death would only end your agony -- and silence your shame. So instead, I will simply... '''BREAK YOU!'''"'']] |
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| 21 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' The Man Who Broke the Bat, Ubu |
| 22 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 23 | !!! '''First appearance:''' ''Batman: Vengeance of Bane'' (December 8, 1992) |
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| 25 | ->''" '''DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!''' I am not a ''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker joke]]''. I am not a ''[[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler riddle]]''! I am not a [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 bird]] or a [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} cat]] or a [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin penguin]]! I'm not a [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow scarecrow]] or a [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy plant]] or a [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart3 puppet]]! I am not your [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace broken friend]]! I am not [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul your regretful teacher]]! I am not a [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 child's fairy tale]]! I am not a circus act here to amuse and frighten you! I am not another one of your madmen howling at the moon! And I... I am ''not'' some ''rich boy'' playing dress-up!'' '''I am BANE!'''''"'' |
| 26 | -->-- '''''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing''''' |
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| 28 | [[DarkAndTroubledPast Bane never had it easy.]] He was sentenced to life in the prison Peña Dura before he was even born, due to the corrupt government of his home country, Santa Prisca, [[SinsOfOurFathers punishing him for the crimes of his father]]. From early childhood, he was tormented of visions of a bat in his sleep. He developed his knowledge and skills in prison, learning how to defend himself, gaining a Classical education from a Jesuit priest, and mastering several languages. He slowly climbed up the social ladder of the prison, even committing his first murder at age eight, until becoming "king" of Peña Dura. |
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| 30 | The people in charge noticed this and forced him to be the test subject for an experimental SuperSerum, Venom[[note]][[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant no]], not that [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Venom]][[/note]]. The drug, which had killed every subject before him nearly destroyed him too, but he survived and discovered that the drug also increased his strength vastly at the cost of being highly addictive and dangerous to stop using. |
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| 32 | He eventually escaped the prison with several others and set out for Gotham City because, like Peña Dura, it too was ruled by fear: the fear of The Batman, who Bane is convinced is the demonic bat from his nightmares. |
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| 34 | Bane became one of many of [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery Batman's enemies]], but he was best known for snapping Batman's spine during the events of ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}''. Despite being a relatively recent addition to the Dark Knight's rogues, Bane quickly shot up to the A-List of Gotham's criminals and became one of Batman's most prominent foes ever since. |
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| 36 | Bane was originally created in order to replace Bruce Wayne with a different character in the role of Batman, Characters/{{Azrael}}. This was all in an attempt to make [[NinetiesAntiHero '90s Anti-Heroes]] less popular, and it worked. |
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| 38 | He later weaned himself off the drugs and become something of an AntiHero himself, and was a member of the ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' until their dissolution shortly before the ''ComicBook/New52'' initiative. In the New 52, he seemingly never underwent any of his character development, but ''did'' break Batman's back. |
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| 40 | He has made appearances in many different DC adaptations, including ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (played by Creator/TomHardy), and ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}''. His video game appearances include the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Batman: Arkham]]'' series, ''VideoGame/LegoBatman'' and ''[[VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries Batman: The Enemy Within]]''. |
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| 44 | !!Tropes that describe Bane |
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| 46 | [[folder:A-F]] |
| 47 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Due to his prison life earning him NoSocialSkills, he often ends up acting as one to the women he happen to fall in love with: |
| 48 | ** Became on to [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia al Ghul]] during his brief alliance with her father [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]]. They had a brief consensual relationship, but she quickly broke it off after finding him too brutish, cruel, and [[LousyLoversAreLosers a poor lover]]. But Bane remained enamored by her and Ra picked him to be her ChosenConceptionPartner, forcing her to tolerate him for a while, until he fell out of favor with Ra and their engagement was canceled. |
| 49 | ** His next appearance in ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' still had him pinning for Talia, but when he met and fought with ComicBook/BlackCanary he felt LoveAtFirstPunch and seemingly transferred his feelings of Talia to her. But unfortunately to him, Dinah had even less interest in him than Talia did. |
| 50 | -->'''Bane:''' I am not a monster! In time I would ''prove'' my worthiness to you!\ |
| 51 | '''Dinah:''' Bane... when you say things like that... It still turns my stomach!\ |
| 52 | ''[Dinah proceeds to give him a GroinAttack and flees]'' |
| 53 | * AbortedArc: There were hints in his origin that he might have actually been Bruce Wayne's half-brother, as various passing references indicated that his father had been a foreign doctor who had fled the country. While Batman having to deal with the idea of the saintly image he's built up of his father being tarnished might have been interesting, it's pretty understandable why future writers [[ArmedWithCanon declined to follow up on this]]. This was eventually resolved when Bane himself tracked down his father [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Edmund Dorrance]]. Thomas Wayne was floated as a possibility but blood tests disproved it fairly quickly. |
| 54 | * AchillesPowerCord: Not an ''electrical'' power cord, but Bane's venom-tubes are a ''very'' vulnerable point, as they are what pump the SuperSerum Venom into his body and severing them puts a stop to it. In most of his appearances throughout all '' ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' media, expect them to get severed or damaged at some point, most famously his fight with ComicBook/{{Azrael}} after ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' ended when Jean-Paul used his swords to cut the venom pumps. |
| 55 | * AdaptationalBadass: In his ''Rebirth'' incarnation, he skews more towards the "Badass" aspect in that era compared to his Post-Crisis ''Knightfall'' counterpart who defeated and broke Batman only after he freed all the Arkham rogues and completely exhausted Batman in a chase to hunt them all down. In ''The Fall And The Fallen'', Batman again fights most of his rogues but this time beats them all up one after another at Arkham instead of separately throughout multiple tiresome nights. By the time Batman confronts Bane at his mansion, he wasn't in a state of exhaustion and this time, ''Rebirth'' Bane defeats and breaks Batman when he wasn't tired out and still around his rough physical peak. |
| 56 | * AdaptationalDumbass: Many adaptations of Bane portray him as a DumbMuscle instead of the GeniusBruiser he is meant to be. |
| 57 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Many see him as the ComicBook/{{Venom}} to Batman's ComicBook/SpiderMan; A larger, more muscular ShadowArchetype of the hero, GeniusBruiser and [[FreudianExcuse crappy life]] and all, who where TheDreaded in their debut, then suffered [[invoked]]BadassDecay before being redeemed by later writers. They both are obsessed with defeating the hero (though for separate reasons) and both have had lengthy stints as anti-heroes. The fact that Bane's classic mask mildly resembles Venom and that Bane uses a drug called Venom only adds to the comparison. ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' even pitted the two against each other, and as of 2018, they've both been portrayed by Creator/TomHardy. |
| 58 | * AndThenWhat: Bane really had no plans for what he was going to do after he broke Batman. Bird suggested he take over the city's crime families. |
| 59 | * AntiVillain: Varies DependingOnTheWriter, but often times is seen to have some sense of honour or at the very least PragmaticVillainy. |
| 60 | * AppropriatedAppellation: Bane got his name after a warden called him one after he killed while still a child, in prison: |
| 61 | -->"He is a bane to everything holy!" |
| 62 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: |
| 63 | ** How did Bane figure out Batman's identity? He spotted from a chance sighting that Bruce Wayne has the same body language. |
| 64 | ** Bane became a master of several martial arts and sciences simply by reading every book he could get his hands on. After Bane holds his own against world-class MasterSwordsman ComicBook/RasAlGhul, Ra's criticizes his lack of flair and implies that Bane learned sword fighting entirely from reading books on the subject. |
| 65 | * BadassBoast: Bane's a badass and well-aware of it, and he ''loves'' boasting about it. It's practically a staple of his character. He especially likes to remind people of how he "broke the bat" or that "I am Bane". |
| 66 | -->'''Bane:''' Did you forget? You all forgot who I am! I BROKE HIM! I BROKE THE BAT! I WILL BREAK HIM AGAIN, A THOUSAND TIMES!\ |
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| 68 | '''Bane:''' You will know my name one day. And on that day you will beg for mercy. You will scream my name! ''SCREAM IT!''\ |
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| 70 | '''Bane:''' I am Bane -- and I could kill you... but death would only end your agony -- and silence your shame. Instead, I will simply... '''BREAK YOU!'''\ |
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| 72 | '''Bane:''' Only when I'm dead do I intend to rest.\ |
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| 74 | '''Bane:''' There is no power left ... but me. There is no authority left ... but me. There is no hope left ... but me. There is no Batman. There is no Justice League. '''There is only Bane'''. |
| 75 | * BadassBookworm: In prison, he read three books a day and became an expert in a variety of subjects at the same time as he became a physical powerhouse. |
| 76 | * BadassNormal: When he's not using Venom, he's this. Arguably, he's much more dangerous as Venom has mind-altering properties. During his stay in ''ComicBook/SecretSix'', he's stopped using, claiming he wasn't proud of his former dependence on the ultra steroid. |
| 77 | * BastardBastard: Born out of wedlock, abandoned by father before birth, and a terrifying monster to boot. |
| 78 | * BatmanGambit: |
| 79 | ** In ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'', he released every single inmate from Arkham Asylum and allowed them to wear down Batman enough to confront him and [[GameBreakingInjury break his back]]. |
| 80 | ** [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing''. [[spoiler:At first, he appears to be involved in "only" the minor role of the second and third storylines, "I Am Suicide" and "I Am Bane," and of the two, Batman is actually the aggressor of "I Am Suicide" by coming after Bane first. However, it is later revealed that Bane was orchestrating everything since the beginning of Rebirth in "I Am Gotham," carrying on well beyond his "defeat" in "I Am Bane." Not only had he fully intended for Batman to come after him AND planned it out to manipulate who Batman brought along for the mission, he also successfully planned how JOKER would subtly influence Catwoman's decision to abandon her wedding, despite Joker's tendency towards unpredictability AND without ever having Joker wittingly involved in his plan.]] |
| 81 | * BigBad: |
| 82 | ** He's the mastermind and main antagonist of ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'', kickstarting the events and personally defeating and crippling Batman. |
| 83 | ** He's the ArcVillain of several story arcs in ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'', and near the end it's revealed that he was actually the mastermind of almost everything that happened in the entire run, all in an effort to [[DespairGambit break down]] Batman. |
| 84 | * BlackAndGrayMorality: Had this characterization in ''ComicBook/SecretSix''. Despite being TheAtoner, his morality's incredibly skewed. While his first impulse on finding a GetOutOfJailFreeCard is to destroy it, and frowns on slavery, he's also willing to work with Dwarfstar (though he still makes it clear that he's disgusted by him and is just barely tolerating him), and [[DisproportionateRetribution beat a man's face to pulp for disrespecting a stripper Bane's only just met.]] This comes back to bite him in the ass when the Six briefly visit Hell to retrieve the Card, and he finds out that he's damned for his lifetime of murder and brutality, and he's ''genuinely confused'' that he's slated for damnation. Apparently, he had assumed that following his own code of honor meant that he was fundamentally a good person, not realizing that making up your own moral code is not the same as following an objective morality. |
| 85 | * BloodKnight: Befitting a prison-born brawler, Bane loves a good fight and the opponents that he feel are [[WorthyOpponent worthy of his time]]. |
| 86 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Bane, essentially, has the morality of a prison yard and its weird rules as his guiding principles. He is offended and horrified at the revelation that the universe doesn't consider this ''righteous.'' |
| 87 | * BookDumb: Subverted. He has no formal education due to being raised in prison, but is extremely intelligent and learned everything he could from reading books. |
| 88 | * BoringButPractical: His first plan to break Batman. Bane broke more or less Batman's entire rogues' gallery out, handed them military-grade weaponry and just let them run loose with it. Then he simply waited until Batman ran himself to the point of utter mental and physical exhaustion before attacking himself. It worked. |
| 89 | * BoyfriendBlockingDad: Even though he's [[ParentalSubstitute not actually Scandal's father]], he's quite protective of her, even interviewing her dates. (Technically, this makes him a ''girlfriend-blocking'' dad, since Scandal is a lesbian.) |
| 90 | * BroughtDownToBadass: Even without his Venom, Bane is still extremely strong, a very skilled fighter and highly intelligent. |
| 91 | * CatchPhrase: He tends to give out the phrase, "I WILL BREAK YOU!", quite a bit. |
| 92 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Bane that was originally much more cruel and [[EvilIsPetty petty]] when originally introduced. Though he was arguably portrayed as [[GeniusBruiser smarter]] than he often was afterwards, he also [[DisposableSexWorker murdered prostitutes]] and was out to destroy Batman for little reason other than the "find the toughest guy in the place and beat him up" gambit. Flash forward to years later, after Bane has actually adapted to life outside the hellish prison he grew up in, and he's one of the few villains honorable and articulate enough that Batman will actually ''chat with him'' as they fight. |
| 93 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Even without Venom he is extremely durable and strong. In one story, Robin is amazed by his physical feats and assumes he's on [[SuperSerum venom]], but he wasn't. |
| 94 | * TheChessmaster: |
| 95 | ** Engineered the events in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' to "[[DespairGambit break]]" Batman. It started with him and his henchmen using rocket launchers to blow up Arkham Asylum, releasing ComicBook/TheJoker, ComicBook/TwoFace and at least a dozen other deranged super-criminals to causing chaos in Gotham and thus forcing Batman to have to hunt down all of them at once, thereby ensuring that Batman wasn't running at anything close to 100% when they fought, so Bane could beating down Batman in a brutal CurbStompBattle that ended with Bane delivering a GameBreakingInjury to Batman by breaking his back and leaving him alive but crippled, which made Bane so [[TheDreaded feared]] in Gotham that it allowed him to TakeOverTheCity, just like he planned. |
| 96 | ** He also defeated another expert Chessmaster, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]], in [[SmartPeoplePlayChess chess]] without ever having played it. |
| 97 | ** ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' played up this side of him particularly heavily. His scheme to [[DespairGambit break Batman mentally]] and [[TakeOverTheCity take over Gotham]] required the exact actions of Hugo Strange, Gotham Girl, Psycho Pirate, Holly Robinson, the Ventriloquist, and additional villains to work together without giving away his involvement prematurely. It also required convincing Batman of Bane's own "defeat" multiple times, influencing Batman's own strategies for picking out his "I Am Suicide" team, correctly predicting how disconnected individuals like Joker and Booster Gold would react in the right situations, AND how Scarecrow's [[SupernaturalFearInducer fear toxin]] would need to influence Batman's mind in a controlled way. Not only do the pieces fall into place successfully, but he is also TERRIFYINGLY effective all the while. |
| 98 | * ChosenConceptionPartner: During ''Bane of the Demon'', [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]] picked him to be his HeirInLaw by having Bane marry Ra's daughter, [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia al Ghul]] so that Bane's and Talia's children could one day rule the world on continue Ra's legacy. Bane was pleased with the arrangement, but Talia was ''not'' and viewed him as an AbhorrentAdmirer, much to Bane's distress. When he was defeated by Batman in ''Batman: Legacy'', Ra [[YouHaveFailedMe declared Bane a failure]] and canceled the entire arrangement. |
| 99 | * CombatPragmatist: Given his [[RaisedByOrcs upbringing in a brutal prison]], Bane naturally had to become this just to survive. Additionally, in contrast to the also pragmatic Bat-Family and due to his rather villainous nature he isn't afraid to use lethal force or firearms if the situation warrants it. In fact, given his great strength, he can make use of [[BiggerStick much heavier artillery]] than most of Batman's other foes, who usually stick to handguns. Bane on the other hand has made use of a bazooka to blow Arkham wide open, a [[GatlingGood gatling gun]] to demolish Two-Face's army of goons, and a ''miniature nuke'' to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill destroy some evidence]]. |
| 100 | * TheComicallySerious: Much like Bats himself, he ended up as this in ''ComicBook/SecretSix'', as a result of being TheStoic. |
| 101 | * CompanionCube: His only real companion while imprisoned as a child was a teddy bear he named "Osito", and in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' at least, he kept it even long after he escaped. |
| 102 | * CrazyJealousGuy: He acted this way towards [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia al Ghul]] during the brief period they were "engaged" (In reality Ra's simply picked Bane as Talia's ChosenConceptionPartner and she just had to bear with it). Bane was very stricken to learn Talia loved Batman (his ArchEnemy) and to add further salt on the wound Batman defeating him during ''Batman: Legacy'' caused Ra to see Bane as unworthy and having his engagement with Talia annulled. Just another reason to break the Bat. |
| 103 | * CruelMercy: Bane pulls this on Batman in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' for why he [[GameBreakingInjury breaks the hero's back]] rather than killing him after he defeats a worn-out Batman in combat. |
| 104 | --->'''Bane:''' Death would only end your agony... and silence your shame. |
| 105 | * CorruptedCharacterCopy: Bane was designed as an EvilCounterpart to Doc Savage, apropos given Batman heavily draws on the Shadow a major sales rival back in the day. |
| 106 | ** Like Doc Bane was raised in an atypical all-male environment that heavily affected his emotional development, was introduced with three talented 'assistants' (Bird, Zombie and Trogg), and is arguably the peak of human mental and physical development. But Savage Doc strove to use non-lethal methods wherever possible even if he was willing 'dirty' his hands now and then. It also would never have occurred to Doc to take over a criminal enterprise as he saw criminals as anathema to social order rather than a reality to be exploited. |
| 107 | * CurbStompBattle: In the ''I Am Bane'' storyline, he rampages through Arkham, crushing nearly every villain there and no-selling anything they throw at him, even defeating those like Solomon Grundy who have superhuman strength and durability of their own. |
| 108 | * DeadlyUpgrade: While using the Venom SuperSerum does give him a significant power boost, it's also something of a PsychoSerum that can often make his mind clouded or impairs his judgment. Sometimes he even becomes TheBerserker. The constant usage also has its drawbacks in the long term, although specifically what and how severe tends to change DependingOnTheWriter. Sometimes it causes him to become mentally unstable or even insane, sometimes it makes him physically weak whenever he's ''not'' on Venom. |
| 109 | * DelinquentHair: DependingOnTheArtist, underneath his mask, Bane styles his hair in a short mohawk. |
| 110 | * DependingOnTheArtist: His CoolMask varies between luchadore and S&M. Also, does it only have eyeholes or have an opening for his mouth and/or nose? If it has an opening, is it zippered? |
| 111 | * DesiresPrisonLife: PlayedWith. As part of his EvilPlan he [[ILetYouWin let himself be defeated by Batman]] and sent to Arkham Asylum, where he [[MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll could control his scheme]] while seemingly not looking like a threat. |
| 112 | * DespairGambit: Knowing Batman is the {{Determinator}}, Bane often tries to break him not only physically, but mentally. Best demonstrated in his elaborate plan as the BigBad in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' |
| 113 | ** In ''Knightfall'' Bane released several of Batman's rogues in Gotham at the same time to cause chaos and mayhem, Batman was physically and emotionally exhausted from his crusade. Only then did Bane confront him, and gave Batman a brutal CurbStompBattle that ended with [[GameBreakingInjury his back being broken]] by Bane, who leaves Bruce alive, but defeated and crippled, and with the fear that he may never walk again, much less be Batman. |
| 114 | ** In ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'', Bane [[TheChessmaster masterminded]] a long and complex scheme to systematically dismantle Bruce's life to break him completely: He [[RelationshipSabotage sabotages Bruce's relationship and impending marriage]] with [[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Selina Kyle]] by manipulating events so that Selina gives up on the marriage, he hires [=KGBeast=] to take down Bruce's oldest partner [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]], he manipulates events to alienate his relationship with Commissioner Gordon, and even gaslights Bruce into believing he may actually be incapable of loving. In the final arc ''City Of Bane'', Bane also teams with Flashpoint Thomas Wayne just to provide Bruce the extra hurt of having to fight an {{Evil|Counterpart}} AlternateSelf version of his father. And near the runs end he [[spoiler:[[ShootTheDog kills Alfred]].]] |
| 115 | %%* DestinationDefenestration: Used hilariously in one of the ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' books. |
| 116 | * {{Determinator}}: This is what makes him so dangerous, rather than Venom. His backstory includes growing up in a HellholePrison right from his birth due to [[SinsOfTheFather crimes his father commited]]. For several years he was held to solitary confinement, which there meant a barred-off pit where all he could eat was rats, and the tides would cause it to flood twice a day. Instead of going insane or dying, it only made him stronger. The warden tried to get rid of Bane by putting him up as a test subject of an [[PsychoSerum experimental drug called Venom]], which had killed all the previous subjects. [[SuperSerum It made him stronger]]. Once Batman manages to put Bane into prison he decides that reliance on Venom has made him soft, and he kills another inmate because he wants to be sent to solitary so he can purge his addiction by going cold turkey and training to build his body back up without distractions. It worked exactly as planned. |
| 117 | * DisappearedDad: His father was Edmund Dorrance, a [[ImpoverishedPatrician disenfranchised British noble]] who became a mercenary known as King Snake, who had worked for the failed revolution and fled the country afterwards, leaving his lover and unborn son to face the wrath of the military government. |
| 118 | * TheDreaded: He isn't called Bane for nothing. He earned his name by murdering another inmate at a young age while growing up within a HellholePrison, and he only became more fearsome after that. During ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'', Batman himself was afraid of Bane, because he knew Bane had put him at a great disadvantage and was indirectly causing more chaos than any other enemy before. Ever since that incident, Batman has known not to take Bane lightly. And by breaking Batman, Bane earned such a reputation that at least most street levelers of DCU are intimidated by him. |
| 119 | * DrugsAreBad: He's been used a couple of times to deliver AnAesop on the dangers of steroid abuse. [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond In the DCAU]], he's reduced to a vegetable who needs venom to stay alive - and still needs machines to breathe for him anyway. In the comics, Bane has once kicked his Venom addiction and relies on his natural strength--still way above average, but no longer [[SuperStrength quasi-superhuman]]. |
| 120 | * DumbMuscle: Far from it in the comics as he is able to go punch-for-punch with Batman at an intellectual level beyond his ability to do so (and more) at a physical level. However other [[AdaptationalDumbass adaptions]] tend to give him such traits (most notably ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''). |
| 121 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: When he's using [[SuperSerum Venom]], the ultra steroid that [[TemporaryBulkChange boosts his muscle mass]], he's [[MusclesAreMeaningful several times stronger]] than a [[SuperStrength normal man]]. But ([[BadassNormal even without it, he's already monstrously powerful]]). |
| 122 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He never had a birth name due to his [[RaisedByOrcs unusual upbringing]] in the HellholePrison he was born, and simply adopted the nickname Bane he gained in prison. His adaptations in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' did [[NamedByTheAdaptation give him a name]] Antonio Diego in ''Batman & Robin'' and Eduardo Durrance in ''Gotham'' (Based on Bane's DisappearedDad Edmund Dorrance). |
| 123 | * EvilCounterpart: In ''Rebirth'', Bane's backstory is depicted as a dark reflection of Bruce's, with the deaths of their mothers being their common connection, before their different upbringings cause them to diverge. |
| 124 | * EvilIsBigger: Typically, he's larger than Batman but once he starts pumping the venom, he can grow to humongous proportions. |
| 125 | * FantasticDrug: One of the foremost "fictional drug" users in comics, as he is almost always shown with his [[SuperSerum Venom super-steroid]]. |
| 126 | ** He does have a replacement "drug" he abuses in the ''I Am Suicide'' storyline, complete with what appears to be an addiction and a more laid-back complacency when using: [[spoiler:Psycho Pirate's mood-altering powers]]. He's so addicted that "withdrawal" leads to him taking up venom again for his RoaringRampageOfRevenge in the following arc, ''I Am Bane''. |
| 127 | * {{Flanderization}}: |
| 128 | ** For a long while after ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'', the writers forgot he was supposed to be a GeniusBruiser and wrote him as a TheBrute or even as a DumbMuscle. This has since been thankfully [[invoked]][[CharacterRerailment fixed]] courtesy of Creator/ChristopherNolan's Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy and Creator/GailSimone's run on ''ComicBook/SecretSix.'' |
| 129 | ** Creator/TomKing writes Bane as almost obsessed with breaking backs, and Batman in turn keeps threatening to break Bane's back to the point where it starts getting unintentionally hilarious. |
| 130 | * {{Foil}}: To Batman himself. He is every bit as brilliant, skilled, strong, manipulative, and strategic as the Bat, but where Bruce Wayne came from privilege and uses his abilities for justice, Bane fought his way to the top from the darkest, most oppressive environment possible, and uses his powers to sow evil. |
| 131 | * ForceAndFinesse: His style of attack and action act in direct opposite to Batman's since he focuses on brutal physical force and vicious assault to get his way. Even lampshaded by Ra's Al Ghul during a sword duel which he used as part of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to describe how despite Bane's strength he lacks the finesse and grace of the Batman. |
| 132 | * FreudianExcuse: He was born and raised in a maximum-security HellholePrison because his mother was arrested for crimes she did not commit, which left him with a pretty dim view of the world. |
| 133 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: He was once just a young boy who was expected to die in prison but he survived to become one of the DC Universe's deadliest threats. |
| 134 | * FullFrontalAssault: He spends the entirety of ''I Am Suicide'' completely naked, and he's still no less terrifying. |
| 135 | [[/folder]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:G-L]] |
| 138 | * GeniusBruiser: Bane might look like DumbMuscle, but he's actually one of Batman's smartest and most cunning villains, mostly takes to his [[PhotographicMemory Eidetic Memory]] and devotion to self-improvement. During his time in prison, he devoured every book in the library while training himself, learning several fighting styles, languages, concepts about the outside world, etc. |
| 139 | * GratuitousSpanish: He grew up in a Caribbean BananaRepublic, so Spanish is his first language and he sometimes says the occasional word or term in English, such as calling his fellow inmates "hermanitos" (brothers). |
| 140 | * HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: He was ''born'' in a HellholePrison with a [[WardensAreEvil less-than-sympathetic warden]]. Growing up in such an environment is what turned him into a criminal in the first place. |
| 141 | * HeroKiller: |
| 142 | ** The climax of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' sees him kill the original ComicBook/{{Judomaster}}. |
| 143 | ** The climax of ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' has him kill [[spoiler:Alfred Pennyworth via a NeckSnap]]. |
| 144 | * HoistHeroOverHead: Bane does this a ''lot'', so much it's his SignatureMove. But never more strikingly than in the "ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}" storyline, when he hoists Batman over his head and slams him down on his knee, ''[[GameBreakingInjury breaking Batman's back]]''. In fact, it happens ''twice'' in the same story, the second time has Bane throw Batman's broken body to the ground in view of Gotham. |
| 145 | * IconicSequelCharacter: Bane was added to the Caped Crusader's Rogue Gallery in the 1990s, over 50 years after Batman's first appearance. But thanks to his significant role in the "Knightfall"-story and various appearances in other media Bane is nowadays considered as one of Batman's most iconic villains, even one of his most personal foes. |
| 146 | * IHaveYouNowMyPretty: In ''Bane of the Demon'', he acts this way towards [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia al Ghul]] after she spurned him, taking over her mansion and having her BoundAndGagged while he leaves to deal with her father before he comes back to have his way with her. Thankfully for her, [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra]] ends up defeating Bane. But unfortunately for her, he was also impressed by Bane and made him his HeirInLaw, thus forcing Talia to be engaged with her would-be-rapist. |
| 147 | * InnocentProdigy: Given his childhood environ it's amazing that he took to reading at all, his achievements since then speak for his native abilities. This is what [[TragicVillain he 'was' however...]] |
| 148 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Twice in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth''. First, ComicBook/{{Batman}} has ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} break his back, then Batman forces Bane to [[RunTheGauntlet run a gauntlet of Arkham inmates]] to exhaust him and take him out, both things that Bane did to Batman in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}''. |
| 149 | * LightningBruiser: Bane is huge and incredibly fast for his size. |
| 150 | * LostInImitation: Since Film/TheDarkKnightRises he's gotten the ready voice of Hardy used for that movie in other adaptions such as Harley Quinn's 2019 series, since then he's gotten that vocal quality more often than not. |
| 151 | * LousyLoversAreLosers: In the “Bane of the Demon” miniseries, he ends up joining forces with the [[Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]] and instantly becomes attracted to [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]] after she [[LoveAtFirstPunch defeated him in battle]]. She's not that into him, but humors him and they end up sleeping together. But in the post-sex scene, Talia pointedly mocks his lovemaking skills, claiming he's clumsy "like a child", and wants nothing more to do with him, much to Bane's ire and humiliation. Bane becomes especially angry when he finds out the man she's truly in love with is his hated rival Batman, and he develops an EntitledToHaveYou attitude towards Talia, who starts to regard him as an AbhorrentAdmirer. |
| 152 | ** Averted in ''ComicBook/SecretSix,'' in which Bane is surprisingly compassionate and sensitive towards his would-be lover Spencer. After they spend their first night together, she’s even moved to tears by how gentle he was towards her. |
| 153 | * LoveAtFirstPunch: His attraction to [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia al Ghul]] and ComicBook/BlackCanary began when they took him by surprise and defeat him in their first encounter. He apparently has a thing for "passionate women" who are able to fight. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:M-R]] |
| 157 | * MachoLatino: Tall, muscular, intelligent, Hispanic- yep, Bane fits this trope down to a T. |
| 158 | * ManipulativeBastard: DependingOnTheWriter, despite his NoSocialSkills, he's fairly good at manipulating his opponents. The best example being in ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'', where he pulls a long and massive BatmanGambit that depends on knowing how to manipulate people into doing what he wants, especially Batman and Catwoman. He even managed to [[RelationshipSabotage sabotage Batman's marriage]] by manipulating Holly Robinson into manipulating Selina! |
| 159 | * MaskedLuchador: His design partly luchador-inspired, especially with his mask. Though whether or not his fighting moves invoke the WrestlerInAllOfUs is [[DependingOnTheWriter up to the writer]]. He also hails from a fictional Caribbean BananaRepublic rather than Mexico. Some adaptations, such as ''ComicBook/Batman66'' and ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' play up this side of him more. |
| 160 | * MoralityPet: Scandal becomes one of these to Bane in ''ComicBook/SecretSix''. He, essentially, adopts her despite her being a woman in her late-twenties to mid-thirties. Also qualifies as an OddFriendship given this comes out of nowhere. |
| 161 | * MoralMyopia: His attempt at being TheAtoner in ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' has a lot of this, since he believes that following his own moral code is the same as being good. He's ''[[ObliviouslyEvil wrong]]''. |
| 162 | * MotiveDecay: Bane wanted to overcome his [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes fear of bats]] by defeating Batman and [[TakeOverTheCity taking over his city]], which he did. After that, there was really no reason for Bane to want to go after Batman since it wasn't even Bruce Wayne who defeated him. Thus, the writers have often had to come up with rather oddball reasons for Bane to want to go after Batman since the former doesn't really have anything against the latter anymore. |
| 163 | * MrFanservice: Usually played straight, with the [[WalkingShirtlessScene wide-open shirt]] and [[{{Hunk}} copious muscle]], although sometimes subverted with emphasized green VolcanicVeins from his [[SuperSerum Venom]]. |
| 164 | * MusclesAreMeaningful: Using the ultra steroid [[SuperSerum Venom]] usually [[GrowingMusclesSequence makes his muscle mass grow considerably]], giving him a TemporaryBulkChange to illustrate how much stronger he's become. |
| 165 | * MusicalThemeNaming: Bane's three henchmen -- Bird, Trogg and [[Music/TheZombies Zombie]] -- are all named after British bands from the sixties. |
| 166 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nothing good comes from a man who calls himself "Bane". |
| 167 | * NoIndoorVoice: DependingOnTheWriter, he talks like this while under the effect of [[SuperSerum Venom]]. Or at least it's implied to, via his [[CapsLock all-in-capslock]] speech balloons. Some adaptations also portray him under Venom like this. |
| 168 | * NoNameGiven: It has never been revealed what Bane's real name is. |
| 169 | * NoSocialSkills: As a result of [[RaisedByOrcs his prison upbringing]], being raised by thugs, rapists and murderers in the worst HellholePrison in South America, he has little understanding of how social interaction outside prison works. |
| 170 | * ObliviouslyEvil: In ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' he is absolutely shocked when he discovers that he is damned to Hell, because he believes himself to be "a righteous man". [[MoralMyopia He just assumed that avoiding certain KINDS of evils was the same as not being evil at all]]. |
| 171 | * OffTheWagon: When he first appears in ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' he has weaned himself off Venom. Then Batman invades his home and Catwoman breaks his back. He immediately has a VillainousBreakdown and screams for Venom. |
| 172 | * {{Omniglot}}: With the help of his PhotographicMemory and the books he read while in prison, he became fluent in many languages, such as English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dhari, Cantonese and Latin. |
| 173 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Bane dislikes the possibility of the Joker-Scarecrow alliance defeating Batman, as the hero is his to break. Besides, [[SecretKeeper he keeps Bruce's identity a secret]] because he likes to have that trump card for his own use only. He beat the Joker to a pulp during the ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' arc for possibly ruining his chance to confront Batman. |
| 174 | * OnlyOneName: Unlike many others in Batman's RoguesGallery, Bane's real name has never come up. The best his backstory can muster is his father's name, Edmund Dorrance, so it's safe to assume Bane shares the same surname. But as far as he's concerned, he is only just Bane. |
| 175 | * OutsideContextProblem: He functions this way in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'', as a villain who has been cut off from the outside world for almost his entire life, his existence is at best an urban legend to most Gotham City natives. When he murders six prostitutes and [[FrameUp carves images of bats into their flesh]], the Gotham police naturally blame Batman. Even after he and his gang launch rockets at Arkham Asylum, enabling the world's most dangerous criminals to escape and wreak havoc on the city, most Gothamites are too preoccupied with trying to stop ComicBook/TheJoker, ComicBook/TwoFace, ComicBook/PoisonIvy, and all the rest that they remain ignorant of Bane's ultimate plan for the city: to permanently cripple Batman, seize control from Gotham's mob bosses, and rule over the city as its "king." |
| 176 | * PapaWolf: Becomes this to Scandal as well as a [[ParentalSubstitute substitute father figure]]. Which is, given their ages, rather strange. |
| 177 | * {{Patricide}}: When he finally tracked down his father in ''ComicBook/Robin1993'', he threw him down a mountain as payback for the ParentalAbandonment. |
| 178 | * PhotographicMemory: A big factor on why Bane is a GeniusBruiser is that he has an eidetic memory that borders on absolute total recall, and thus is able to remember every detail from every book he has ever read. [[BadassBookworm And he's read a lot of books during his time in prison]]. |
| 179 | * PhlebotinumRebel: A prison inmate used as a test subject for a SuperSerum. Turned out the serum is good enough for him to break out. |
| 180 | * PoirotSpeak: While Bane often drops Spanish words into his speech in the various adaptations he appears in, he's almost always written with perfect English in the comics. If you only know him from there and don't know his origin, you might not even realize that he's supposed to be Latin-American. There is one instance in the original ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' storyline which can, due to the afore-mentioned confusion, stick out like a sore thumb: "'''[[SuddenlyShouting ANIMALÉ!]]'''" |
| 181 | * PoisonIsEvil: Combining this Trope with DrugsAreBad, Bane uses a highly addictive steroidal compound on himself which is also called Venom which, if taken too much, might as well be poison. (This was emphasized in the adaptation ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', where years of taking the stuff reduced Bane to a helpless invalid on life support.) |
| 182 | * PragmaticVillainy: Bane's first plan to take down Batman was simple, brutal and effective: He arranged a mass breakout from Arkham Asylum, allowed Batman to run himself ragged taking down one dangerous psychopath after another, and came to deliver the finishing blow himself to a physically and mentally drained Batman. |
| 183 | * PrisonsAreGymnasiums: |
| 184 | ** [[RaisedByOrcs Born and raised]] in a HellholePrison, Bane took advantage of his PhotographicMemory and used the opportunity and time to develop himself both physically and mentally, becoming a GeniusBruiser. Then he ended up hooked on the super-steroids [[SuperSerum Venom]] and used it to [[PhlebotinumRebel bust out of prison]]. |
| 185 | ** When Bane decides to get himself clean of Venom, he deliberately got himself placed in solitary confinement in Blackgate prison so he could kick his drug habit. He spent his time exercising and emerged with natural strength equal to what his drug-fueled strength used to be. |
| 186 | * PrisonEscapeArtist: Having been born and raised in Peña Dura, one of the biggest HellholePrison on the planet, Bane is intimately familiar with how prisons work. After he managed to escape Peña Dura, pretty much no prison on earth can keep him locked up for long. |
| 187 | * PsychoSerum: The Venom SuperSerum that he uses often has [[DeadlyUpgrade debilitating effects]] on his sanity, although [[DependingOnTheWriter how severe it is can vary]]. Sometimes it just makes him angrier and impairs his judgment, sometimes it [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity makes him insane]] or turns him into TheBerserker. |
| 188 | * RaisedByOrcs: Bane was born and raised in Peño Duro, the worst HellholePrison in Santa Prisca, a [[BananaRepublic small South American country mostly known for its drug trade]]. His father was Edmund Dorrance, AKA King Snake, a British mercenary who fled the country after a failed revolution, with the government sentencing his unborn son to serve his sentence. As a result of being raised and trained by the worst murderers, rapists and monsters South America had to offer, Bane grew up into an extremely dangerous and competent criminal, [[{{Omniglot}} fluent in several languages]] thanks to the mixed nationality of the prison population, and highly intelligent both due to a [[PhotographicMemory natural gift]], the dedication to learn and the education he received from the prisoners and a local Jesuit priest. |
| 189 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: He's a villain who wears a black costume and his CoolMask is often drawn with red eyepieces. |
| 190 | * RedBaron: After ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' he's often referred to as "The Man Who Broke the Bat." |
| 191 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: His CoolMask is often drawn with red eyepieces that give him a sinister appearance. |
| 192 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The "I am Bane" arc of ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing''. After Batman invades his island, Bane returns to Gotham City, beats and lynches [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]], [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Jason Todd]], and [[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian Wayne]] in the Bat-Cave, abducts and tortures a number of Batman's other allies, and completely tears through every other member of Batman's RoguesGallery in Arkham Asylum before finally facing Batman in a brutal brawl that leaves both men near death. |
| 193 | [[/folder]] |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[folder:S-Z]] |
| 196 | * SecretKeeper: One of the few villains to know Batman's SecretIdentity and even the location of the Bat-Cave. Although he keeps it to himself in order to toy with Batman. |
| 197 | * SelfMadeOrphan: A major goal of his. The only time he wasn't interested in it was when he thought he was Thomas Wayne's illegitimate son. Bane gave a DisneyVillainDeath to his father, who turned out to be Edmund Dorrance AKA King Snake. This actually [[KilledOffForReal appeared to have stuck]] until the ComicBook/New52 reboot. |
| 198 | * ShadowArchetype: When he first appeared, the impression was given that he was comparable to Batman in terms of intellect and physical prowess; essentially, Batman if he had grown up hated, abused, and imprisoned rather than loved, privileged, and free. |
| 199 | * ShamelessFanserviceGuy: In the HellholePrison of Peña Duro where he spent most of his young life in, his clothes didn't survive for long, meaning he grew up not having much care for modesty and doesn't care about being seen naked, although he still wears clothes if can, for practical heroes, but sometimes it's been hinted he's a HomeNudist. In ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' it's revealed he also SleepsInTheNude. In the ''I Am Suicide'' arc of ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'', Bane is completely naked for the entire story, even when [[FullFrontalAssault he's fighting]]. And he's just as terrifying and effective as when he's in costume. |
| 200 | * SignatureMove: His [[WrestlerInAllOfUs wrestling move]] that has him HoistHeroOverHead, followed by cracking over the knee. He tried it on ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in a crossover once, but was taken out by a [[BoomerangComeback boomeranging shield]]. |
| 201 | -->'''Captain America:''' Now, no more back talk from you! |
| 202 | * SinisterShiv: Kept one inside his childhood teddy bear. Being born and raised in prison can do that to a kid. |
| 203 | * SinsOfTheFather: His backstory uses the 'hereditary prison' variant. The child of a foreigner who aided a failed revolution in a South American country, the as-yet-unborn Bane was sentenced to life in prison for his father's crimes, with his mother ended up locked away while pregnant. He was born and raised in [[TheAlcatraz the inescapable]] HellholePrison. Bane would get the chance to meet his father, who was revealed to be King Snake, and finally [[{{Patricide}} pay him back years down the line]]. |
| 204 | * SociopathicHero: At his best. Unlike Batman, he has no problem with committing murder. |
| 205 | * TheStoic: DependingOnTheWriter, he acts extremely stoic. Mostly because he actually has NoSocialSkills and doesn't really know how to interact with normal people. |
| 206 | * StrongAndSkilled: He exemplifies this trope best out of all Batmans's RoguesGallery. Already very strong thanks to [[PrisonsAreGymnasiums growing up in a prison]], Bane also took advantage of his PhotographicMemory and trained his mind studying books in his cell and became a GeniusBruiser in the process, while also taughting himself several martial arts and fighting techniques. If that wasn't enough Bane frequently injects [[SuperSerum Venom]] into his bloodstream giving him SuperStrength to the extent where he can fight several metahumans and give Batman a [[HoistHeroOverhead very hard time]]. |
| 207 | * SuperIntelligence: Of the super learning and PhotographicMemory kind. However, he doesn't boast on his intellect. [[InformedAbility Or apply the knowledge he has learned to practical use]], except strategic skills. [[{{Determinator}} Willpower and discipline]] are his more defining attributes anyway. |
| 208 | * SuperSerum: The Venom he uses to [[SuperStrength boost his strength to titanic levels]] is a synthetic high-grade ultra steroid created by the military in order to make {{super soldier}}s. The military ended up testing on Santa Prisca and eventually the criminal government of Santa Prisca acquired samples of the drug, which led to testing on convicted criminals. When they tested it on Bane, he took advantage of the enhanced strength and used it to escape from prison. Venom has been a part of his arsenal ever since, although how he gets a steady supply of it is a case of DependingOnTheWriter. |
| 209 | * SuperStrength: When juiced up on [[SuperSerum Venom]], Bane's strength is beyond human, making him one of the most dangerous of Batman's opponents in hand to hand. DependingOnTheArtist, his change in strength may actually be depicted by a TemporaryBulkChange as he [[GrowingMusclesSequence grows]] to be [[MusclesAreMeaningful much more muscular]]. |
| 210 | * SuperToughness: In his original appearance, part of the SuperSoldier project he underwent was implanting subcutaneous armor implants -- or, in layman's terms, peeling him open and inserting slabs of bullet-proof plastic into his flesh over his vital spots. This made him extremely resistant to damage, as most attacks would penetrate the skin and then be absorbed by the armor plating. |
| 211 | * TemporaryBulkChange: How much using [[SuperSerum Venom]] affects [[GrowingMusclesSequence his muscle growth]] varies DependingOnTheWriter. Sometimes he stays pretty much the same size and gets somewhat veiny, sometimes [[MusclesAreMeaningful his muscles bulk up considerably]] and he gets green VolcanicVeins and sometimes he becomes a hulking TopHeavyGuy of inhuman size with borderline BodyHorror proportions. |
| 212 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: A skewed example in ''ComicBook/SecretSix''. After finding out in Hell that his "personal code of honor" didn't make him a good person and he's damned for his crimes in life, he decides that if he's damned anyway, he might as well go all out back on Earth, [[ObliviouslyEvil not realizing that he's been evil the entire time]], he [[MoralMyopia just assumed that avoiding certain KINDS of evils was the same as not being evil at all]]. |
| 213 | * ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: Bane's was created as ''Literature/DocSavage'' {{Expy}} except [-EVIL AND ON STEROIDS!-] |
| 214 | * TopHeavyGuy: DependingOnTheArtist, his torso can look much bigger and bulkier than the rest of his body, especially if he's using [[SuperSerum Venom]]. |
| 215 | * TragicVillain: Born in a prison, [[SinsOfTheFather serve out his father's sentence]] in a maximum-security prison for adults. Later volunteered, or was forced, to become a test subject for a dangerously potent steroid that, in some alternate futures, will eventually leave him too sick and weak to care for himself. Despite all this he's arguably flourished, if one considers being an internationally infamous supervillain flourishing. But part of the fundamental tragedy of his character is the ''maybe'' of what he could have achieved if her were raised anywhere else. This goes back to Dixion's design philosophy that while now he is a "big evil bastard" it is "not his fault" and at the "heart of it" he's an Innocent. |
| 216 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: He was once an innocent child trapped in a hellish prison for a crime his father committed. |
| 217 | * VictoryByEndurance: This was how Bane defeated ComicBook/{{Batman}} in the ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' story arc: waiting until Batman had a normally inconvenient bout of the flu, Bane unleashed a mob of super-criminals from Arkham Asylum and waited for Batman to tire himself out trying to put them all back behind bars in the space of a few days with no sleep. Having already deduced Batman's SecretIdentity, Bane shows up at Wayne Manor after Bruce Wayne has practically collapsed in exhaustion and then breaks his spine. |
| 218 | * YouKillItYouBoughtIt: During ''Bane of the Demon'', he kills Ubu while attempting to take over the [[Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]] from [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]]. Ra defeats him, but still allows him to join the League, and Bane briefly becomes [[LegacyCharacter the new Ubu]]. |
| 219 | * VolcanicVeins: DependingOnTheArtist, he is depicted as having glowing green pulsing veins when he injects the [[SuperSerum Venom]] that gives him his SuperStrength, especially when it also causes him to have a TemporaryBulkChange. |
| 220 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Bane had three very close friends in ''Knightfall'' who also acted as his lieutenants: Bird, Zombie and Trogg, who have hardly ever appeared for ''years''. [[TheBusCameBack They finally return]] in ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' arc "I Am Bane". |
| 221 | * WeightTaller: DependingOnTheWriter, when he uses [[SuperSerum Venom]] to increase his strength, he also gets taller and more muscular, although it's a TemporaryBulkChange. |
| 222 | * WorthyOpponent: |
| 223 | ** Bane considers Batman to be this. Batman zig-zags on this in reverse since Bane is a monster but has a crude form of honor. |
| 224 | ** [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]] proclaimed Bane as the second most dangerous man in the world after his BatmanGambit to outwit Ra's to the point he declared Bane the only suitable mate for [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia]] besides Batman himself. |
| 225 | * WouldHarmASenior: At the end of ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' Bane kills the old Alfred Pennyworth via a NeckSnap. |
| 226 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Despite his MaskedLuchador design, how much of a wrestler he is [[DependingOnTheWriter can vary]], which some writers depict as more of a brawler than a wrestler, especially when he's using [[SuperSerum Venom]]. But without Venom he often resorts to using wrestling moves on the caped crusader, such as a modified camel clutch, and even a bridging fisherman's suplex. Most famously his SignatureMove, even with Venom, the [[HoistHeroOverHead Bat-Breaker]] is indeed a wrestling move. |
| 227 | [[/folder]] |
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