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You left me to rot in that abandoned wing of Arkham... for over a year... with HIM!
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~ Jason blaming Batman for what he has become.
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You always told me, Bruce, focus on what I want to achieve and it'll happen. You want to know what I want now, huh? I want you DEAD!
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~ Jason after revealing his identity to Batman.
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Do I look like Batman to you? Rethink your answer before I fill you up with lead.
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~ Red Hood exclaiming he is lethally different from Batman.
Jason Peter Todd, also known as the Arkham Knight and later the Red Hood, is the titular tertiary antagonist of the 2015 video game Batman: Arkham Knight and the titular main protagonist of its sequel DLC episode Red Hood.
The Arkham Knight dons a militaristic version of the Batsuit meant to mock Batman's appearance. The inside of his helmet gives him a heads up display of his troops throughout Gotham and the ears relay his commands to his troops. By using the Arkham symbol on his chest plate he inflicts psychological warfare on Batman reminding him of the past Arkham events. The chest plate also acts as a countermeasure to the Batclaw.
He was voiced by Troy Baker, who also voiced the Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins and Two-Face in the same series, as well as countless other video game characters.
You're good, Dark Knight, even better than I remember! It's going to be even more satisfying when I kill you! Oh, and don't worry about Barbara- I'll take better care of her than you ever did. Batman's in the control room, show him what happens when he messes with MY city.
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~ The Arkham Knight after shooting Batman.
After being kidnapped by the Joker, Jason retained some defiance against his captors torture and mind games. As well, he held a lot of faith that Batman would come for him but his spirit was soon crushed when Joker revealed he had been "replaced" with the third Robin (Tim Drake). Subsequently, he began to listen to the Clown Prince because of the intense torture he endured; however, he showed some determination and was able to escape the abandoned wing of Arkham despite being shot and wounded. But Jason was not the same person, he hated Batman and wanted him to suffer for leaving him to rot for nearly an entire year, even taking up a mantle to haunt his mentor; the Arkham Knight.
The Knight seems vengeful but patient and calculating as well. He seems to exploit opportunities as they are presented to him, such as discovering the Joker's diary or taking advantage of Batman's presence at Ace Chemicals to instruct his men to avoid aiming at the armored sections of his suit. He also seems psychopathic, displaying no regard for the "weak" Batman protects, contemptuous of the Dark Knight's principles and mercilessly killing those he deems deserving, such as the second Electrocutioner and remaining members of Joker's gang in cold blood. He also had an emotional breakdown towards the confrontation between him and Batman, highlighting his emotional and mental instability, especially towards his feelings with his former mentor.
When Scarecrow asks why he hates Batman to such a degree the Knight coldly responds that no one could understand. He also considers himself Batman's greatest enemy, because he understands Batman more than any of his enemies could've. Despite his cold and apathetic demeanor, the Knight was capable of feeling anger, worse than that, rage towards his enemies. This was specifically the case while revealing his true identity to Batman and literally screaming in rage over his mentor "leaving him to die". In contrast to his ruthless and aggressive behavior towards killing Bruce, the Knight seems to care about his former allies such as Barbara Gordon (Oracle) and Alfred Pennyworth.
With a tendency towards greater violence than his predecessor, Dick Grayson, Jason still believed in Batman's mission and code of justice. Joker's torture, plus disillusionment upon being "replaced," Jason lost any semblance of morality or mercy; he raised an army and volunteered their services to Scarecrow, despite being aware of how cruel and dangerous Crane could be; Jason's obsession on revenge made him willing to join the supervillain's scheme to destroy Batman, regardless of the collateral damage that would be done to the people of Gotham. Though, as noted he acted to avoid endangering old friends Alfred and Barbara; when Barbara is captured, he threatened the escorting soldiers should they cause any harm to her.
The Knight was obedient to Scarecrow's orders, periodically confronting Batman, but obeying Crane's order to not kill him. As the confrontations between the Knight and Batman increased, Jason's rage grew, as did his willingness to disobey Scarecrow's plan. Jason's attempts to destroy Batman end up sabotaging Scarecrow's plans due to Batman being able to destroy the Cloudburst, which was the ultimate tool to spread fear. When he believes Batman is at his mercy, he experiences a deranged sense of pride, gloating about he was about to achieve what no other supervillain could in killing the Batman.
The Knight eventually abandons Scarecrow, caring only about killing Batman. When Jason revealed his face to Batman, the latter was shocked, believing that Joker had killed the second Robin; Batman tries to explain the truth and tries to reason with him, yet Jason refuses to accept his pleas, losing all composure for which the Arkham Militia had known him. Batman refers to him as Jason and then Robin, the second title causing Jason distress from trauma and disgust from association with Batman.
During the final fight between Jason and his former mentor, he rants at Batman for failing and forsaking him, which Batman counters with reality, pleas for peace and asks him to return home. Batman defeats Jason, leaving him emotionally broken. Despite how far Jason had fallen, there was still something that cared for Bruce, too, and after his hysteria, he was able to accept Bruce's compassion. Despite Jason's earlier frenzy to kill Batman, upon realising the truth and being accepted by him, even after all he had done, he used his rifle to disarm Scarecrow, and free Batman from his restraints, thus leading to the defeat of Scarecrow.
Powers and Abilities[]
Immense Human Physical & Mental Attributes/Naturally Enhanced Physiology: Due to his training with Batman and further training after his supposed death, Jason achieved a physical and mental condition that was nigh-superhuman. Through special dieting plans, rigorous training, meditation techniques & intense exercise regimes, he had developed that strength, speed, metabolism, stamina, longevity, reflexes & agility that are at the near the limits of a super-soldier's inhuman capabilities. Due to Jason's physiology being naturally augmented since his youth without the need of any special drugs, radiation or genetic engineering; his strength, speed, stamina, reflexes, agility, durability, senses, intelligence, and healing time are greatly heightened as much as possible for a normal human being. By matching his former mentor in combat, he has proven that he is physically far superior to Olympic athletes, just as Batman is. Years later, Jason's rigorously retrained physique was immensely stronger than before. He is described as Batman's physical and mental equal.
Immense Human Strength: Jason was extremely strong; having been rigorously trained by Batman then further training from himself and Deathstroke he has the strength of a dozen men and is comparable to Batman, though he is a microscopic inch stronger. He could easily pin Batman down with one leg with no effort, punch him hard enough to send him rolling a few meters across an entire room, and even broke free of his stranglehold when Batman ambushed him near the militia's long-range missile launcher; feats that cannot be accomplished by an ordinary man. With one kick, he could break a locked high-strength steel door open and carried Barbara Gordon across his shoulder with absolutely no strain. Jason's strength and using highly effective muscle control can easily tear metal structures, lift a full-grown man over his head with one hand and throw him several meters just like Batman and Nightwing. He was able to casually lift Black Mask with one hand and kick him out of a window with absolute no effort and exertion.
Immense Human Speed: Jason is immensely fast, can run and move at exceptional speeds, comparable to the finest human athletes. With his speed he could catch-up or outrun moving vehicles, likely to always be first in running-races and have great reactions. He was known to be slightly faster than Batman himself, likely due to Batman's immensely bulked up physique. Jason was shown to be fast enough to grapple zip away from the Batmobile's riot suppressor rounds which move as fast as a bullet, and easily keep up with Batman in combat speed. His running speed is superior to Batman, but not enough to match Nightwing.
Immense Human Durability: Jason’s muscles and bones are much harder and vastly denser than normal humans due to his training as the second Robin, extended beatings from the Joker for a year, and his immense training after his "death". His rigorously trained body is at the very peak of human durability, meaning he could take getting beaten by a thick ironwood baseball bat and it would break with little to no injury, regularly falling a couple of stories, getting shot in non-fatal areas of the physical body. Jason can possibly survive an entire building collapse and easily withstand dangerously powerful/supernatural impacts. He has shown feats of bodily resistance to the point that he casually took Batman's full unrestrained attacks and showed minor discomfort when the Joker beat him in the face with a metal crowbar.
Immense Human Agility: Jason's trained to be extremely agile he can perfectly coordinate his body with flawless balance, flexibility, and dexterity allowing him to walk on a small tightrope effortlessly and perform amazing gymnastic and acrobatic prowess, performing feats that would be extremely difficult for a normal human. Jason also has top-notch leaping and climbing agility able to use freerunning and parkour to outmaneuver several enemies at once. In his training as Robin, he had been taught acrobatics and gymnastics routines. He has shown an extremely high level of physical capabilities in Parkour and military obstacle training as shown when he could maintain perfect balance on a high tree, climb and freely move about the complex environment of Gotham City. He retrained himself to be an even better gymnast and acrobat than Batman, but not enough to match Nightwing.
Immense Human Stamina: Jason's highly trained and developed body musculature generates considerably less fatigue toxins and is highly resistant to the build-up of fatigue toxins compared to an ordinary human, allowing him to be physically active for considerably long periods of time without rest. He could exert himself at peak capacity for several hours without slowing down or showing any sign of fatigue. This allows him to run for dozens of miles and fight for extremely long periods. Additionally, he can hold his breath underwater for several minutes and will not lose breath or get exhausted due to his stamina extending to his lung capacity.
Immense Human Reflexes: Jason's possesses advanced reactions that were honed to the highest human limit and seemingly superhuman; far better than normal humans. He could dodge fast-paced offensive attacks, and perform amazing physically defensive feats. He could even evade strikes from beings with super speed and dodge multiple gunfire at point-blank range with ease. His immense reflexes can also be used to attack and counter instead of just defensive purposes, allowing him to instantaneously react with devastating counters when fighting extraordinary quick opponents. He could easily match Batman's own reflexes during their short fight, and even dodge bullets fired at him from Black Mask at point-blank range, while still reacting to simultaneous attacks. Because he is faster than Batman his reflexes and reaction time is highly likely to be superior to Batman.
Immense Human Senses: Jason's natural five senses were at the highest caliber of human potential; making his sense of sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste extremely precise and accurate by human standard. He can concentrate his senses to see accurately from moderately far distances, acutely touching ink on a page, hear and distinguish small sounds, have smell capabilities like a primate, and tasting more accurately than normal humans. This makes him extremely alert to danger and highly aware of the surroundings around him.
Immense Human Healing/Metabolism: Jason could heal much more rapidly than a normal human athlete, which enables him to heal broken bones, torn muscles, several gunshot & knife wounds and other severe injuries within several days and most lesser injuries like cuts, scrapes and burns within hours. This is due to his extraordinary accelerated metabolism, which was further enhanced through his intense training and nutritionally-strict diet. He healed from a year of continuous torture from the Joker within a relatively short amount of time, with his "J" scar being the only trace of injury. He also ages much slower than normal humans, though not to a 'superhuman' degree.
Master Strategist & Tactician: Having trained under Deathstroke, Jason possesses immense skills in military grade tactics, strategies and protocols. He has the disciplined mind of a true military commander with the strategic mind of Deathstroke. His tactical skills are equal to that of Batman, and has outsmarted him on multiple occasions.
Leadership: Jason learned how to lead an army with extreme charisma, intimidating techniques, and the power of suggestion. He was also skilled enough to help his army adapt to Batman's tactics and fighting styles.
Master Martial Artist: He has been rigorously trained by Batman in almost every form of hand-to-hand combat, swordsmanship and other Ninjutsu-based abilities. His primary form of combat is a harmonious mixture of Aikido, Silat, Boxing, Kung Fu, Capoeira, Ninjutsu, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, and Krav Maga; though he has mastered other styles as well. After his "death" Jason was trained by Deathstroke, he later gave himself an even more rigorous training than Batman himself to become Batman's equal and possibly surpass the Dark Knight. Batman calls him a master of martial arts. Jason Todd is a highly skilled combatant trained by Batman. Although he was always more of a brawler as Robin, following his presumed death he gained more training from himself and Deathstroke and demonstrated himself to be far more skilled than before.
Genius-Level Intelligence: Despite Jason being born and raised in the slums of Gotham, he is naturally gifted mentally. After being adopted by Bruce Jason received excellent education and rigorous mental training from both private tutors and Bruce, thus has deep knowledge in many subjects including Science, Math, Medicine, Geography, Criminology, World History and English. Due to being heavily tutored by Bruce his mind has been greatly enhanced through years of mental training. Like Batman he has perfect recall, accelerated learning aptitude, eidetic/photographic memory.
Master Marksman: He has shown a remarkable proficiency with firearms as well as other military-grade technologies and weaponry. He also has a unique pair of pistols which turn into a powerful sniper rifle. He is also a deadly in the art of marksmanship which enhanced his ability not only with firearms, but throwable weapons too; such as knives, shuriken, and batarangs. His accuracy was at the peak of human perfection and potential his precision mastery was high enough to allow him to shoot a target as small as handcuffs without harming Bruce and shoot Scarecrow's pistol out of his hand without harming him also. Jason's marksmanship is superior to Batman's and may be on par with Deadshot's, he too can hit single/multiple targets in timely fashion and almost never misses.
Master of Stealth: Jason is a master of espionage, assassination, stealth, escape arts, infiltration, sabotage, guerrilla warfare and unconventional methods. Since his presumed death, he lived in complete anonymity that most of the people who knew him thought he was dead. As the Arkham Knight, he could freely move about Gotham City while remaining undetected by the highly vigilant Batman, and even managed to spy on the latter without Batman noticing. He was able to infiltrate the high security facility of Gotham city Central Holding and secretly assassinated Tweedle cousins, he was able to personally lay a successful ambush on Batman with ease a feat that not even the most intelligent of Gotham City's criminals could accomplish. Jason was originally skilled in stealth when he was trained by Batman to take the mantle of the second Robin. However, he has further increased his Ninjutsu skills exponentially after his presumed death to the point where he could sneak up on Batman multiple times.
Indomitable Will: Having survived a year of continuous and brutal torture at the hands of the Joker and ultimately surviving a gunshot in an extremely weakened state, Jason possessed a strong will, body, and mind. During his brutal ordeal with Joker, he learned to withstand relentless torture, and in turn, attained a massive amount of tolerance towards pain, physical or otherwise. Even after six months of continuous torture he firmly held an unwavering faith of Batman’s arrival until his sanity broke.
Master Acrobat: Jason is a superior master of parkour, free-running, acrobatics, and gymnastics; combined with his immensely trained physical strength, speed, endurance, flexibility, dexterity and reflexes, Jason can jump wide distances and tall heights, flit through rooftops, run on high walls, climb the tallest structures and vault through various types of obstacles. He can casually perform flawless gymnastic and acrobatic abilities such as springs, rolls, twists, and flips with ease and can scale the most complex terrains and free-fall from immense heights safely completely unharmed.
Master Interrogator & Intimidator: Batman has trained him in ways of interrogation and intimidation to become the second Robin. However, due to his yearlong torture at the hands of the Joker he knows nearly infinite ways to interrogate criminals, even commenting to his troops that he could really show them true pain. This is further enhanced by the fact that he is willing to kill unlike Batman.
Expert Detective & Tracker: Though not his strong area of abilities, he is skilled enough in investigation, criminology, and tracking to become the second Robin. This is evident when he killed numerous crime families and mafia gangs, and easily tracked down Two-Face's and Black Mask’s men to their gun deal.
Resources: It was stated by Aaron Cash and many other characters, that the Arkham Knight had an almost limitless amount of funding and resources as well as a huge arsenal of militaristic weaponry, militaristic vehicles, high-tech drones, militaristic combat gadgetry and many other advanced technology.
Arsenal[]
Dual Pistols: The Arkham Knight's signature weapons were two duel handguns powerful enough to shoot straight through Batman's armour. These are also the Red Hood's signature weapons.
Sniper Riffle: The Arkham Knight's pistols are able to combine into a large sniper riffle that can fire bullets strong enough to destroy the shackles around Batman's arms.
Throwing Weapons: The Arkham Knight only threw throwing knives, shuriken, and batarangs to stab Batman during his boss fight.
Quotes[]
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Time to die old man. This ends tonight.
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~ The Arkham Knight's first words after destroying the bridge to ACE Chemicals.
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Arkham Knight: I had him in my sights! I could have ended it right there! Scarecrow: We have not broken him yet. It will come. Arkham Knight: No, I've waited long enough. Batman dies. Tonight. Scarecrow: Why do you hate him so much? Arkham Knight: You could never understand. Scarecrow: Your revenge is at hand. This is his last night. Arkham Knight: I'll make sure of it.
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~ The radio traffic picked up by Oracle as Batman scanned for the ACE Chemicals workers.
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The gate's open, get ready. You got a billion dollar tank heading straight for you.
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~ The Arkham Knight to his soldiers when the Batmobile entered ACE Chemicals.
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He's searching for hostages. Keep non-essential radio chatter to a minimum. He'll be listening. You are listening, aren't you Batman? Then listen to this. To all embedded units in Gotham; Operation Saviour has begun. Each one of you has a role. You KNOW your role. So move into this damn city and lock it down. I want our hands wrapped tight around Gotham's throat within the hour.
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~ The Arkham Knight after the Drone force in ACE Chemicals was destroyed.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Keep your guns trained on him. If he even looks like he's planning to leave that room, open fire. Oh, and avoid the bat symbol. That's a... a little trick. It's where his armour's the strongest. Aim at the weak-spots at the shoulders then coordinate fire at the points where the plates meet. Always defending the weak and the helpless. That's what I like about you. Predictable and that's why we are going to win. We know your moves before you do. We know how you think!
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~ The Arkham Knight when meeting Batman for the first time.
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Batman likes to play the hero, Barbara, and he's pretty good at it. But it's an act. Batman's not about saving the innocent, oh no, he's about punishing the guilty. Now don't get me wrong. He'll look for you, or... he'll try. But when it comes down to it, when he has to make a choice between you and the mission. He'll choose the mission. Every. Time.
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~ Arkham Knight to Barbara Gordon.
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*wheezing sarcastic laugh* Of course. You're thinking "who the hell is this guy?" Just so we're both on the same page here, I fully, fully intend to kill you. But first, I'm going to make you suffer. We have the target. Just say the word and I'll end this now. Gotham will be ours.
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~ The Arkham Knight when Batman asked if he knew what the Dark Knight was thinking.
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You haven't won. Tonight, you pay... FOR EVERYTHING!!!
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~ The Arkham Knight after his personal aerial drone-chopper is destroyed.
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I want you to imagine a city. A city broken, and crushed under our feet. Take that picture, hold on to it. Go make it happen.
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~ The Arkham Knight.
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I CAN FIX IT!!! I know now what to do. I take all this pain, all this blackness, and I put it all in a bullet, and I put it right between Bruce's eyes.
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~ The Arkham Knight to Barbara Gordon, after she suggests that he should allow the "Batfamily" to help him emotionally recover.
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No way out! I did it. Cornered you. Done what no-one else could! All these years, all your enemies. But none of them understands you like I do. You think Crane found Oracle on his own? I'm the one who told him about Barbara. Me! I told you I knew everything about you, didn't I? But don't worry, Bruce, I kept some secrets to myself.
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~ The Arkham Knight to Batman, revealing he knows his secret identity.
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You always told me Bruce... focus on what I want to achieve... and it'll happen. Well you want to know what I want now, huh? I want you... DEAD.
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~ The Arkham Knight to Batman.
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You can't hide from me! I will hunt you down!!!
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~ The Arkham Knight to Batman.
Game Over Lines[]
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You failed Oracle, Batman. And I'll make sure she knows it.
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~ Arkham Knight to Batman about Oracle.
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You're finished. And Gotham's finished too.
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~ Arkham Knight
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I own the sky now.
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~ Arkham Knight
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You never stood a chance, Batman. Not against my army, and not against me.
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~ Arkham Knight to Batman.
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I didn't want it to end like this, Batman. I kinda hoped you'd put up more of a fight.
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~ Arkham Knight to Batman.
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It's over, hero. Goodbye.
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~ Arkham Knight
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You're old, you're predictable, and you never stood a chance.
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~ Arkham Knight
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Look at me while you die, Batman. Look. At. Me.
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~ Arkham Knight
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That's what happens when you take on my men. You lose.
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~ Arkham Knight
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Ivy should've known better than to count on you.
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~ Arkham Knight to Batman about Poison Ivy.
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This makes us even, Bruce.
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~ Arkham Knight to Batman (final boss only).
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This is justice. This is what you deserve.
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~ Arkham Knight (final boss only).
Trivia[]
There is another Arkham Knight that dressed similarly to Jason Todd and took the role as a villain in the comics.
This version of Jason rather than being killed was instead tortured to insanity by Joker for over a year at an abandoned wing in Arkham Asylum. This was an idea taken from Tim Drake's tragic story in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker who was also tortured by Joker in an abandoned Arkham to insanity though unlike Jason, he was only tortured for three weeks and managed to kill Joker shortly after his brainwashing.
Jason Todd usually returns, angry at Batman for not killing Joker, and using the Red Hood persona to lure the Clown Prince of Crime; however, since the Arkham Joker had died in Arkham City, Jason was instead furious at Batman for seeming to betray him with a replacement, and instead models his new persona on Arkham, so to torment Batman with memories of his failures and endless enemies.
Notice that up close on the Arkham Knight's visors, there are holographic numbers. There also seems to be a map of Gotham City on the visor as well. His suit is also equipped with many of Batman's gadgets, including the Batclaw and possibly some sort of jammer.
The Knight is the first villain in the Arkhamverse to be the eponymous villain in one of the games.
Other Antagonists Quincy Sharp | Victor Zsasz | Frank Boles | Razor | Dr. Penelope Young | Catwoman | Mister Hammer | Sickle | Solomon Grundy | Talia al Ghul | Azrael | Deadshot | Hush | Mad Hatter | Calendar Man | Electrocutioner | Copperhead | Lady Shiva | Commissioner Loeb | Howard Branden | Ricky "Loose Lips" LeBlanc | Tracey Buxton | Candy | Alberto Falcone | Anarky | Bird | Henry Adams | Christina Bell | Johnny Charisma | Albert King | Professor Pyg | Man-Bat | Deacon Blackfire | JT Wicker | Warden Ranken | Nyssa Raatko
Groups and Gangs Joker's Gang | Thugs | Lunatic Inmates | TYGER | League of Assassins | Penguin's Gang | Two-Face's Gang | Riddler Thugs | Harley's Gang | Black Mask's Gang | Falcone Crime Family | Bane's Militia | Anarky's Gang | Arkham Knight's Militia
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