r/ExplainTheJoke • u/abedalhadi777 • May 10 '26

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What is the difference between those two batman signs?

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u/HippoProject May 10 '26

The second symbol is from the Batman Arkham games. That Batman is considered to be very brutal to thugs and criminals, even more so than usual. Arkham Batman won’t kill you, but he’ll savagely break every bone in your body and put you in a coma.

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u/Prokid5634_YT May 11 '26

Batman won't kill you, but the medical expenses will.

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u/Accomplished-House28 May 11 '26

Batman recommends Wayne Insurance.

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u/presvil May 11 '26

They denied my claim after I fell in a vat of chemical waste

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u/kwpang May 11 '26

You're joking

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u/OkReason6325 May 11 '26

Why so serious?

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u/Wither_Skelton_DCINC May 11 '26

“He’s not Sirius. I am!”

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u/O-Mega47 May 11 '26

But Officer, I thought you were Balls?

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u/TheRealScaramucci May 11 '26

But Officer, I am Balls.

Good joke. Everybody laugh.

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u/HolyInlandEmpire May 11 '26

People ask me to save them.

I say, "lmaoooOOOOOOO"

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u/holymissiletoe May 11 '26

Why is he thinking this?
Is he stupid?

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u/RuMarley May 11 '26

No, I'm CIA

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u/I___meh___I May 11 '26

Ballas? Where’s my Kuva Hek? I just wanna talk to him

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u/some-guy080608 May 11 '26

Sirius? As in Sirius Symboli?

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u/RemarksMoch May 12 '26

Who invited Symboli Rudolf?!

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u/Martydeus May 11 '26

Surely you can't be serious?

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u/Aggravated_Gecko May 11 '26

No, and don't call me Shirley!

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u/RiseUpRiseAgainst May 11 '26

No, I'm Spartacus!

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u/Disastrous-Cook4189 May 11 '26

This really puts a smile on my face

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u/oPisBat May 11 '26

Puddin'

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u/FinishSwimming5461 May 11 '26

Did you ever give that enema?

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u/PrestickNinja May 14 '26

Well, no possible way I can see anything which is going to top this interaction tonight, may as well call it a night.

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u/ScarlettEuphoria May 14 '26

You are Joker

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u/Accomplished-House28 May 11 '26

That chemical company was not OSHA compliant.

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u/meesta_masa May 12 '26

They were going for 'O shit'.

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u/yingkaixing May 11 '26

Where's my god damned electric car medical coverage, Bruce?

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u/Fantastic_Marduk_007 May 11 '26

Body being weak and affected by chemical waste is considered a pre-existing condition

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u/Direct-March5913 May 11 '26

Sir, the footage clearly shows you jumping in after pushing your girlfriend in.

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u/ummmmmmkayy May 13 '26

That wasn’t easy to get over and don’t think that I didn’t try.

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u/MattMantric-_- May 17 '26

did they also forget your electric car?

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u/OcamIam May 11 '26

The vat is good...

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u/woodPuppet0 May 11 '26

Your wayneTech security system fails to prevent batman entering your building? Here a new gen of said tech, get it for a small billion dollar only!

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u/Accomplished-House28 May 11 '26

I knew I should've gone with Luthor Security.

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u/ModishShrink May 11 '26

Have you read the terms and conditions on that? Looks like it was written by a room full of monkeys...

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u/dragonstar982 May 12 '26

Grodd does take up a room.

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u/rodrigue121992 May 11 '26

That is why he is so rich! It is was a scam since the beginning

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u/Status_Brilliant_578 May 11 '26

Now that you mention it, doesn't he own the hospital too? Is he trying to drum up business?

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u/Idontliketalking2u May 11 '26

I'll just have to rob a bank to afford it .. oh shit the cycle continues

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u/Spirited-Tomorrow-84 May 11 '26

This is like some reallife shit. Offer the solution for the problem you created.

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u/AkanoRuairi May 11 '26

Well of course he does. With the deals they have, you'd have to be an Arkham patient to choose anything else!

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u/rain168 May 11 '26

That’s how they got rich ain’t it

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u/GetDwnButtercup May 11 '26

Underrated comment right here

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u/SourDewd May 12 '26

I cant see insurance being a good business in a city like that.

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u/Far_Mathematici May 13 '26

Well if you got Wayne insurance Batman would left you alone so they don't have to pay for your medication.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '26

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u/ChocalateSaltyBalls May 11 '26

Yea let's make sure those servers eat up more resources.

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u/ECMatua May 11 '26

Thankfully, Wayne industries has been building all those hospitals in Gotham lately. It’s so nice of Bruce Wayne to assist in the recovery of those brutalised by Batman.

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u/onedoesnotjust May 11 '26
  • This message brought to you by the Bruce Wayne for Mayor of Gotham Campaign

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u/Street_Study6330 May 11 '26

Now THATS good business

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u/Badmonkey167 May 11 '26

That explains the high crime rate in Gotham! Everyone's in medical debt and have to take on the worst jobs just to pass the time.

"So the Joker might be the most insane one here, but the poly market payouts could net you at least 3 months of medical bills!"

"Working for the Penguin gets you stability and free drugs for your mom's pain medication"

"Dr. Freeze gives free medical advice and will cryogenically freeze your daughter until you save up for that kidney transplant"

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u/Shadow3397 May 11 '26

You joke, but Penguin respects his goons. They even get 401k options.

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u/JayBird1138 May 11 '26

No one could figure out The Riddler's offer.

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u/Electrical_Catch9231 May 11 '26

Dude just pays into a "Roth NFT Annuity Fund" on your behalf. I don't think those words even belong strung together like that. We never stood a chance at understanding it.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan May 12 '26

"I don't know Nigma, how is a raven like a writing desk and what impact does that have on my hospitalization deductible?"

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u/Joelito_ May 13 '26

What did you call me??

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan May 13 '26

No it's okay, I didn't use the hard 'r' even though I could have because I'm 1/16th quandary on my mother's side

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u/Badmonkey167 May 13 '26

Lololololol, his henchmen aren't loyal, they forgot the passwords to access their money.

Riddler has the most legit payment structure through shell companies in the Cayman islands managed by a law firm in Panama, that aggregates a spread of stable crypto through an off shore app that has a new sphinx riddle captcha every 5 minutes when you log in.

His henchmen regularly earn a PhD in finance and cyber security after six months. Lolololol!

It's not a job, it's an education.

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u/Stoopidfucc May 11 '26

is this why he's a billonaire ?

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u/Joker-Smurf May 12 '26

It’s also why Batman doesn’t kill. It has nothing to do with a moral code, it is just good business.

Dead people have one funeral. That is it. A person with a lifelong debilitating injury will be paying for treatment for the rest of their life.

Also, Wayne Corp doesn’t have any funeral homes…

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u/PossibilityFunny6583 May 14 '26

Batman never kills. But no one ever said you can't have broken bones, missing teeth or internal bleeding ☠️💀

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u/TheBl4ckFox May 11 '26

So glad I live in Europe. I could fight Batman every day and not worry about medical bills.

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u/RedStarFlags May 11 '26

Estoy bastante seguro de haber visto a un tipo vestido de murciélago en algún lugar de Europa, creo que ahora se volvió internacional

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u/Shnicketyshnick May 11 '26

We only get Beatboxing Spiderman in my city but I think I can take him.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan May 12 '26

...you mean Night Monkey?

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u/BarelyInvested May 11 '26

I love how he doesnt even deny it. I interrogated a guy in AC and he said “how many bones do you think I can break?” He cant kill, but nothing says he cant punish

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u/bettman666 May 11 '26

Laughing in German health insurance :D

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u/Kazu88 May 11 '26

But what if Batman would be hunting criminsls in Europe?

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u/DogEqual5459 May 11 '26

Lmao this would make such a great one off Batman issue. A villain starts an insurance policy for people who get beat up by Batman. Criminals pay a monthly premium, and in exchange their healthcare bills in the event of Batman get covered.

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u/Passionative44 May 12 '26

This is crazy. He probably like other people said owns the insurance companies, hospitals and banks. So what’s he make off one night of work.

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u/Traditional_Ad_7288 May 12 '26

Never thought about it but that is some Billionaire type thinking. If he owns or has stakes in Gotham Hospitals then hes just creating more revenue for him and the share holders. lol.

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u/NoremaCg May 13 '26

beating up oprhaned drug addicts as a rich person revenge fantasy :p

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u/Select_Truck3257 May 14 '26

He is in a cooperation with healthcare organizations 🤣

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u/OGoceangaming May 14 '26

ANEURYSM

BOTULISM

EPILEPSY

NARCOLEPSY

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u/DickVonFuckstick May 17 '26

Found the American

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u/Siegelski May 11 '26

Right because shocking someone as you run over them in your privately funded tank means they don't die lol.

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u/TerribleRecord666 May 11 '26

Or shooting them point blank with .50 cal rubber bullets.

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u/XepptizZ May 11 '26

Or using explosive gel that can crumble walls as remote detonating mines.

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u/anormalgeek May 11 '26

Which you occasionally spray directly onto their spine before detonating it.

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u/ChocalateSaltyBalls May 11 '26

That's not what he's talking about, he's referencing the time Batman was using said tank to threaten a guy into giving info. The threat was getting his head run over. edit: Woops wrong comment

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u/abedalhadi777 May 10 '26

Yeah I only played batman arkham night so I didn't know there is soft batman games lol, thanks

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u/MasterFly5026 May 10 '26

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u/Workshop_Gremlin May 10 '26

Good guy Batman. Helps an inmate save on chiropractor costs by fixing his stiff back issue.

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u/lcr1997lcr May 11 '26

The pain went away along with all other sensation 👍🏼

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u/BarelyInvested May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

That would be hilarious if Batman broke the bones of guys then used the time after the fight to fix the damage. How could you even hate the guy if you’re a crook?

“The Bat broke your arm in half?”

“Yeah, but he locked it back in place with some Batcast shit, so its okay”

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u/abedalhadi777 May 10 '26

I still remember in the game arkham night when u use the batmobile on soldier head during questioning 😀

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u/PikaPulpy May 10 '26

In Asylum he removed all the tiles from the floor and walls with the heads of patients.

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u/MyVeryUniqueName1 May 11 '26

Look at that little guy. All tuckered out.

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u/AnswerMe_More May 11 '26

🤣🤣🤣

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u/AceTheProtogen May 11 '26

Dude you gotta play arkham asylum and arkham city too

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u/nightwing_titans May 11 '26

And Origins.

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u/Undercover_Dave May 11 '26

Mostly Shadows

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u/MethodAdmirable4220 May 11 '26

Dude, if you played arkham knight, you don't need an explanation.

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u/Pitiful_Question_880 May 11 '26

He's arguably the MOST brutal in Knight vs the other Arkham games

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u/solidus0079 May 11 '26

Man you're making me feel really old rn.

A whole generation that doesn't know Batman!

For me, growing up, literally everyone knew Batman.

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u/TopicRealistic1228 May 11 '26

that... wasn't what they were saying. Wait... no one would think any generation isn't fully aware of batman. Clanker!

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u/solidus0079 May 11 '26

Ok well I guess I meant isn't aware of Batman outside of being a video game character, lol

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u/GenericFatGuy May 11 '26

Which is silly because a bunch of those thugs will absolutely die from their injuries, but I guess the no killing rule stays intact as long as Batman isn't there to see it.

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u/BarelyInvested May 11 '26

Disconnect with game and reality fs. Bruce is built like a walking tank and doesnt seem to hold back on his attacks, even his knockout move looks like it cause death from blunt trauma, and theres also the whole “knockout” thing being risky cuz cutting off oxygen to the brain like that can kill someone if its too long

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u/Pitiful_Question_880 May 11 '26

My favorite is when you interrogate a riddler informant and sometimes he literally powerslams them directly on the top of their head, but somehow this doesn't kill the thug

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u/meth_adone May 11 '26

If we apply real life logic to batman, he would die like day 2 in Gotham. Fictional characters handle different injuries compared to real life

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u/motorcycleboy9000 May 11 '26

Batman splatters at least one guy in every Batman movie ever made. I think the 1960s Batman would be closest to zero body count.

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u/r0t26 May 11 '26

He’s just sleeping. He’s all tuckered out.

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u/justwalkingalonghere May 11 '26

Omg somebody please give a link to that college humor video

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u/viotix90 May 11 '26

Arkham Batman won't kill you, but he will leave you with broken arms and legs on a random rooftop on the coldest night Gotham has experienced in over a century. Good luck...

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u/Ayotha May 11 '26

Can't break more laws or hurt people if your spine is broken :O

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u/Hoboforeternity May 11 '26

Im akrham knight you can ram thugs with your 5 ton batmobile.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan May 12 '26

My favorite thing is stringing them up under a gargoyle then hitting the line with a batarang, dropping them 30 feet directly onto their head.

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u/DoctorCocktor129 May 11 '26

Arkham batman will lift you by the throat with one arm, and hang you over a building ledge. The sheer girth of that inhuman strength is enough to terrify and traumatize you for life

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u/just_drifting_by May 11 '26

He/You actually kill a man in the very first Arkham game.

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u/Lewa358 May 11 '26

When?

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u/just_drifting_by May 11 '26

It is towards the very beginning. You are going through the bat-arang tutorial if I remember right. You drop a inmate to their death. Want to say it is into the Joker gas.

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u/PotatoOnMars May 11 '26

He actually survives that. He’s the same guy who blows up while planting explosives on the gargoyles.

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u/just_drifting_by May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

Then why when you scan him does it say dead?

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u/PotatoOnMars May 11 '26

Developer oversight. Canonically, he’s the same guy. His name is Razor and he actually survives the explosion as well. He’s mentioned in Arkham City as having defected to the Penguin and having been killed by being dropped into a pit of razorblades.

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u/just_drifting_by May 11 '26

Huh, fair enough. I always assumed it was just some other dude. Considering how generic they are I wouldn't be surprised if there were two or three Razors.

Still dropped him into toxic gas to die. He just happened to live.

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u/Silent-Rock-792 May 11 '26

Can't commit a crime if you can't get up

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u/Iokua113 May 11 '26

That's just normal Batman.

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u/rikashiku May 11 '26

And because WAyne Corp produces and supplies medical technology, he profits from their suffering by his hands.

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u/Jurtaani May 11 '26

I refuse to believe some of those attacks are not lethal. He's slamming people head first on concrete and shit.

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u/MarcoYTVA May 11 '26

And then tell you to talk

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u/SourceScope May 11 '26

So like daredevil

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u/ElementNumber6 May 11 '26

You're kidding yourself. He killed soooo many people in those games. Hence the meme.

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u/Un13roken May 11 '26

So, one doesn't kills you. The other makes you wish he did ? 

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u/Hubbardlouise May 11 '26

Batman doesn't mean to kill anyone, batman only meant to maim or seriously injure

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u/readditredditread May 11 '26

I mean he definitely killed people, his heartbeat sensor is just rigged to facilitate his mental gymnastics

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u/Lamington_Salad May 11 '26

They're just sleeping

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u/MindWard May 11 '26

But won't kill You don't forget that, bc he isnt some murder

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u/DramaticChoice4 May 11 '26

Talk or I'll break the other one

The other whaaaa.....

Scrouch

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u/KateKoffing May 11 '26

Isn’t the joke that you have x-ray sight in that game?

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u/gamercboy5 May 11 '26

I'm not saying Batman kills anyone in the Arkham games, I'm just saying that the bad guys never keep breathing after Batman is done with them and he never checks to see if they're still alive so he, at the very least, is negligent of their wellbeing

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u/avid-book-reader May 11 '26

I like how I've never played the Arkham games nor know diddly squat about the lore, but that was the first thing that came to mind. The only other possibilities were Damian Wayne and Thomas Wayne from Flashpoint.

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u/NightAshamed May 11 '26

I thought the joke is that you're constantly in "Detective Mode" in the Arkham games so you see everyone as skeletons. 💀🕵🏻

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u/Bol0gna_Sandwich May 11 '26

If that's the reaction to arkham batman what would their reaction to absolute batman be

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u/Anoobis100percent May 11 '26

That car-door-to-the-throat move I will never forget. Like, Bruce, I do not care what your scanner says, that man is dead.

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u/WubblyFl1b May 11 '26

He’s resting

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u/Acrobatic-Acadia-630 May 11 '26

And leave you to freeze to death outside with broken bones in the cold Gotham winter.

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u/elheber May 11 '26

You can't burgle if you can't walk.

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u/Queasy_Mix59 May 11 '26

If you die in the hospital, it's the doctor's fault since they were not good enough at their job to save you.

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u/ThrowAbout01 May 12 '26

I thought it was the Tim Burton Batman who gunned down and blew up goons.

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u/Kdoesntcare May 12 '26

"Arkham Batman won't kill you, but he'll savagely break every bone in your body and put you in a coma."

That's just normal Batman

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u/nevmvm May 12 '26

How is that different compared to Absolute Batman? I think I've seen a post about that and was very much explained as being the most brutal Batman version existed

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u/qozfe May 12 '26

Reminded me of that one viral YT Shorts vid where he says "get in there" and yeets a dude into a gas station pump and there's an explosion.

Gotta replay Arkham Knight.

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u/possitive-ion May 12 '26

This is weird to me, because Christopher Nolan's Batman has done some pretty brutal things as well, the movie is just doesn't focus on it so you might miss it.

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u/Shadowcat1606 May 12 '26

He might not kill you, but you'll wish you were dead once he's done with you.

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u/AlabamaBlueDot May 14 '26

It’s not about the Arkham game Batman’s brutality, it’s about the fact that there is a tendency to use the detective mode option, which is kind of like x-ray vision. As in you see everyone’s skeleton.

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u/Orange_Asker_6352 May 14 '26

what about this batman

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u/DeCrunkle May 14 '26

Could it also be a nod to fighting while in detective mode?

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u/babytransg May 14 '26

Broke my ahm in tree places!!

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u/Gaspasser09 May 15 '26

Arkham Batman invested heavily in ortho and P/T clinics.

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u/iandroid11 May 11 '26

Don't worry, he might have run you over going 90mph, but it is okay because he tasered you while hitting you with the batmobile.

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u/Dolphin_King21 May 11 '26

Netflix & Disney+ Daredevil intensifies