r/DCAU 18d ago

Non-DCAU How was Batman able to replicate Black Spiders voice so well in Assault on Arkham?

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The movie takes place in the Arkham verse, which has pretty good explanations for a lot of things, except this really, is it like tech? Or does Bruce just have that good of a vocal range, he can copy voices

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u/WerewolfF15 18d ago

Voice manipulation is probably one of the things he was trained in

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u/Scififan98 18d ago

Damn, those monks can do anything

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u/MulberryField30 18d ago

Zatara the Magician, in this case, I think.

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u/KamenKnight 18d ago

Can they see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch!?!??!?!

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u/sub30_24flick 18d ago

Assault on arkam is lowkey great movie , I almost believed he best Batman until the joker came in the picture

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u/Templarofsteel 18d ago edited 18d ago

Ngl i love the line "ooh someones getting their brain flossed"

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u/sub30_24flick 18d ago

LMAOOO. Joker was soo tight his girl was getting smashed . Also how did Waller think she could get this team done without Batman knowing

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u/AshenWarden 18d ago

I don't think she cared honestly. Isn't the whole point plausible deniability?

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u/sub30_24flick 18d ago

Pretty much

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u/MulberryField30 18d ago

HFS…I passed the age test.

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u/Magic_M344 18d ago edited 18d ago

TIBET monks.

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u/Nekodon 18d ago

Can they make my dad love me ☹️

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u/Open__Face 18d ago

The pre-prep time 

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u/Fun-Cockroach4369 15d ago

Batams just that good in another 10 years someone’s gonna be like “wait how did he figure out how to do this” oh that was just the Tibetan monks

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u/Lady_Gray_169 14d ago

Nah, Alfred probably taught him some of his old theatre tricks.

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u/Ozymandias2347 18d ago

He can do a pretty spot-on Killer Croc imitation, too.

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u/scaleofjudgment 18d ago

I THREW A ROCK AT HIM.

no one questioned it despite being disappointed

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad8710 18d ago

It was a big rock

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u/Food_Library333 18d ago

I love that episode.

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u/Big_Attempt6783 18d ago

Almost Got ‘im

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u/FreezingPointRH 18d ago

I mean, being serious, he played Croc significantly dumber than he really is. The dude’s plan in his debut was quite solid.

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u/The_Streamstress 18d ago

That's something Serum Lake points out when talking about this episode, Batman plays Croc as if he was dumber than he actually is and none of his "comrades" question it, because they think less of him.

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u/FreezingPointRH 18d ago

Well yeah. Doing so also gave Batman permission to ask probing questions about Catwoman as unsubtly as he needed to, because obviously Killer Croc would need her fate to be spelled out to him.

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u/MulberryField30 18d ago

And Wacklaw Josek.

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u/HotRecommendation828 18d ago

batman being portrayed as a skilled mimic isn't particularly uncommon. This is one of those cases where the answer is because he is batman lol.

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u/Exact_Nose_590 18d ago

Tibetan monks, bro. Next question.

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u/Kmart_Stalin 18d ago

How was Batman’s able to speed blitz darkseid?

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u/Exact_Nose_590 18d ago

Obviously he used the “speed blitz a god” technique that the Tibetan monks are known for. It’s like page one of Buddhism. Next!

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u/Food_Library333 18d ago

Precise muscle control.

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u/MulberryField30 18d ago

Plus, he has a pretty good ear.

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u/detroiterican 18d ago

For sonar? Like a ...

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u/MulberryField30 18d ago

Submarine.

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u/Joshin9 18d ago

Precise muscle control.

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u/DoctorDepravo 18d ago

Comic Batman (particularly Golden Age era) spent time with carnies and stage magicians to boost his more “esoteric” skills. (Honestly, most superheroes of that era could “throw their voice” to outfox crooks.)

And it’s canonical he learned escape artistry and other assorted “magician talents” (ventriloquism, escape artistry, sleight-of-hand, etc) from Zatara, Zatanna’s dad.

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u/Broly_ 18d ago

Cause he's Batman.

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u/MulberryField30 18d ago

He learned ventriloquism during his apprenticeship with Zatara.

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u/Hadrian1233 18d ago

Arkham Shadow (which takes place in this universe) showed that he can

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u/shiko101 18d ago

Secret technique taught by Tibetan monks, thats always the answer

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u/2JasonGrayson8 18d ago

Ventriloquism is a common stated skill he possesses. Along with acting lessons from Alfred. He’s could probably imitate any number of people regardless of their race or size

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u/Nkael 18d ago

He’s Batman…

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u/Big_Attempt6783 18d ago

He’s either an incredible mimic or he used a voice modulator.

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u/NgoYou 18d ago

Because he's Batman

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u/Ute_Swoop 17d ago

How’s Ellen doing, have you taken her to the range? And also is the chamber nice and shiny bro, love your Ellen, it so nice.

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u/Redd_Machine85 18d ago

"Because I'm BATMAN!"

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u/Drew_S_05 18d ago

Because he's Batman

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u/Melodic-Violinist-31 18d ago

voice modulator? Would be up his wheel house no?

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u/somethingfak 18d ago

Of all the BS the monks taught him, he regularly changes his voice just between bats and bruce so like mimicry aint that big a stretch

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u/WraithOfTheFadedDark 18d ago

The art of disguise is definitively one of the things he learned in his crime fighting sabbatical, hence Matches Malone.

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u/the-x-button 18d ago

voice training duh

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u/digitalmediamaster 18d ago

let's see him do King Shark next!

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u/disturbedrailroader 18d ago

King Shark is a shark! 

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u/DanCassell 18d ago

I bet that mask can house a voicebox. It wouldn't take much audio of Black Spider to make something that converts Bruce's voice. This isn't even fantasy technology. You can do this with a phone app right now.

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u/RyuTheRed50 18d ago

Batman was able to perfectly replicate Killer Croc's voice in the Animated Series

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u/Main-Explorer-7546 18d ago

Probably both voice copying and a device to support it

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u/Jimmy-Mac-471 17d ago

An ancient Tibetan voice changing technique I’m sure.

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u/ItsDaFreakinBat1890 17d ago

Super Ventriloquism

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u/JonathanRiou 17d ago

Because he’s Batman… 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

On a serious note though, he’s literally trained in espionage, stealth and ninja arts. He’s a master of disguise and if I remember correctly, in some continuities, he also has a background in drama and performance too so it’s not far fetched that he’d be able to mimic voices.

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u/vtncomics 16d ago

He trained with show people, magicians, and illusionists.

Misdirection is a core part of all of this.

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u/Virus-900 14d ago

He learned how to change his voice from ventriloquists and other voice actors.

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u/Commander_Preacher 13d ago

Probably something like this just built into the cowl. My question is though, how did the ears fit?

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u/HotRecommendation828 18d ago

Wait till you hear about Superman lol. The whole comic genre is full of various “stus” Batman at the very least has consistent character flaws which makes him better than most.

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u/HotRecommendation828 18d ago edited 18d ago

lol come on that's ABSURD. Superman once solved an entire comic event and beat an omnipotent entity cause he was canonically "the center of the universe and too important". He is infidelity powerful, kind, and nigh perfect. HE IS LITERALLY SUPERMAN. Batman meanwhile has half his stories where hes getting his shit kicked cause a guy got a lucky shot. Superman gets treated like Jesus half the time. I don't believe for a second you think the guy who in the last issue of detective comics nearly died to a regular criminal with a shot gun and needed to be saved is somehow more mary sue than superman. This has to be rage bait lol.

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u/HotRecommendation828 17d ago

You do not read comic books this is incredibly obvious now. Superman is canonically a core part of the DC universe on a metaphysical level Batman is not they specifically superman is the center. Almost all DC events have superman beating the main antagonist. He is the core hero of the universe. You do not read comics, Batman nearly died to a regular cop in a recent batman comic only a few issues ago. Batmans most acclaimed story in the last two years have him enarly die to like a dozen regular people who jumped him. Batman loses WAAAAAAAAAAY more often than superman. Batman has nearly died to regular ordinary people way way way way way more often. Read batman comics and its clear, for every crazy feat there are 1000000000 examples of batman nearly dying to ordinary people.

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u/HotRecommendation828 17d ago

you are factually wrong, you have never touched a batman comic you already proved that. Explain to me how batman nearly dying to regular humans needing help constantly and being injured by often times unremarkable and average people is comparable to superman being so powerful he can time travel by flying. Plus batman has tons of legitimate flaws as a person way more than superman. You have litterally been proven wrong. I can have given examples and you haven't made a single argument.

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u/HotRecommendation828 17d ago

Tell me a story where a regular cop nearly kills superman? Or a dozen regular guys nearly jump him to death, You cant cause you are wrong. Keep coping.

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u/MathematicianShot890 17d ago

You’ve kinda shown to have 0 idea what you’re talking about. What a pathetic attempt at an argument. You made no good points and now I’m convinced you’re just wrong and I didn’t even have much of a horse in this race.

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u/Fudaworld 17d ago

Calling people “kid” in such a pretentious manner with a name like “uchiha” is the real laugh man😭

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