Characters in Batman: the Dark Knight

This is a list of characters in Batman: the Dark Knight .

Bruce Wayne/the Batman
Voiced by: Tom Welling

Bruce Wayne is a multibillionaire philanthropist and businessman, and as the Batman, a crimefighting vigilante. He is also the main character of the series.

The origin of Batman is a well known one: as a child, Bruce Wayne's parents were gunned down right in front of him by a gunman whose face was hidden in the shadows. Determined to seek vengeance on crime because of this, Bruce spent the next fifteen years of his life training his mind and body to their peak. Upon returning to Gotham City after a five year absence, Bruce decided to use a disguise based on a small black bat that flew into his study, as well as both a costume his father wore at a costume party, and an incident where he fell into a bat cave, which later served as the Batcave. Using materials he found at Wayne Enterprises, and constructing a high tech utility belt, Bruce began his crusade as Batman.

This version of Batman incorporates several elements of different versions from previous incarnations: Bruce also mentions in this version that he has a foundness for the classic anime series, Big O (no surprise, as many have compared it to Batman), and the popular series, Code Geass. In fact, due to the series being done by the people who did Code Geass, Bruce resembles the anti-heroic main character from that series, Lelouch Lamprouge. he remains oblivious to Vicki's feelings for him.
 * Black and gray costume from the classic comics
 * Body armor type costume from the Dark Knight
 * Glider Cape from Batman Begins and the Dark Knight
 * Various weaponry from Batman: the Brave and the Bold
 * Uses a Batmobile similar to the one seen the sixties Batman series, but with a roof on top
 * Black and yellow bat-logo from the pre-two thousands comics

Alfred Pennyworth
Voiced by John Cleese

Alfred Pennyworth is Bruce Wayne's butler, and father figure of sorts. Having been around since Bruce was a child, Alfred knows how his employer thinks, and is the moral anchor for which to hang on; without Alfred to be there, Batman would become the very thing he fights, and would have no one to guide him from that path. He is also a skilled surgeon, and an expert cook.

This version of Alfred is also more active than in most versions, as he usually protects Wayne Manor from intruders using superior combat skills, and is also experienced in the use of firearms.

Victoria "Vicki" Vale
Voiced by: Kari Wahlgren

Vicki Vale is a reporter for the Gotham Press, a blogger, and the love intrest of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne. She resembles Shirley from Code Geass.

In this version, Vicki is madly in love with Bruce, but often embrasses herself in front of him and can never find the right way to express her love to him. She also suspects that he is really Batman, but never says it to his face.

This version is much like Ichigo from the original Tokyo Mew Mew, as she overreacts to certain things, and can be easily frightened.

Selina Kyle/Catwoman
Voiced by: Collen Clinkenbred

Born and raised in the slums of Gotham City, Selina Kyle and her younger sister Maggie were orphaned as children when their abusive father accidentally killed their mother, and finally himself. Seperated from Maggie, Selina escaped the orphanage she was sent to, and made a living as a theif, using her natural agility and reflexes. As an adult, she got the idea to become a professional theif by the name of Catwoman after hearing of Batman's exploits. More of a netrual character, Catwoman only works for the sides of good and evil as long as she benefits from them. She also seems to have growing feelings for her on again/off again nemesis, and vice versa, so much so, that the Dark Knight allows her to escape from time to time.

This version incorporates the look of the 1960's Batman TV series Catwoman, with added white gloves and boots, and the Modern Age Catwoman in orgin.

Joker
Voiced by: Quinton Flynn

Homicidal. Psychotic. Flamboyant. These words are the three that best describe Batman's archnemesis. A former career criminal called Red Hood, a nameless nobody became the Clown Prince of Crime while fleeing from the police and Batman, and was forced to escape thru a sewer pipe in the chemical plant he attempted to rob. Once he reached land, he discovered that the chemicals in the pipe had bleached his skin a grotesque shade of white, stained his lips red, and dyed his hair green. Driven insane from all that had happened on one bad day, the Red Hood became the Joker, the most insane villain in all of Batman history.

This Joker derives his origin from the Alan Moore Batman graphic novel, the Killing Joke , and his facial design is borrowed from the late Heath Ledger's take on the character from the Dark Knight minus the scars. This version also has bloodshot eyes, which show just how insane he is.