- For other uses of "Robin", see Robin (disambiguation).
- "Nice try, but nothing beats the one about the time I helped the Joker beat Robin to death with a crowbar! Holiday family classic."
- —Kiki Roulette[src]
"Robin" was a well-known vigilante of Gotham City who was the sidekick of Batman. In the new universe, he was killed by the Joker and Kiki Roulette with a crowbar.
Biography[]
Original multiverse[]
Batman's sidekick[]
- "The leader of the Alice in Wonderland Gang is in the wind, and Batman was not there. Was there a cowl convention we didn't know about? Was it Robin's high school graduation?"
- —Vesper Fairchild[src]
As of 2018, Robin has become a known ally of Batman in Gotham City. Batman's supposed reappearance and sudden absence in certain events led to Vesper Fairchild joking that Batman wasn't around because he went to Robin's high school graduation.[1]
Anti-Monitor Crisis[]
During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Robin as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, was killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor on December 10, 2019, only to be restored a month later, after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.
New multiverse[]
Death[]
The crowbar that killed Robin.
At some point, Kiki Roulette and the Joker beat Robin to death with a crowbar.[2] Considering Robin was known by the public to be alive on Earth-1,[1] it is possible that Robin's death in Earth-Prime was a change made by the Crisis.[3]
Legacy[]
- "♪ Jingle bells, Batman smells ♪♪ Robin laid an egg ♪"
- —Tommy Elliot singing[src]
Robin's name was included in a parodic version of "Jingle Bells" that Tommy Elliot was singing to himself as he drove the Batmobile.[4]
The crowbar used to kill Robin was kept in the Joker's workshop, possibly by himself.[5] Kiki Roulette seems to enjoy killing Robin and according to her, nothing beats this moment.[2]
Appearances[]
Batwoman[]
Season 1[]
- "The Rabbit Hole" (mentioned)
Season 2[]
- "Whatever Happened to Kate Kane?" (mentioned)
Season 3[]
- "We're All Mad Here" (mentioned)
Trivia[]
A kid in dressed in a Robin costume.
- A kid can be seen dressed as Robin in the Constantine episode "Rage of Caliban", which indicates that Robin was already known in 2014 (the year the episode takes place).
- Interestingly, in one of Kate Kane's letters to Bruce Wayne, she mentions how Batman always worked "all alone".
- This could, however, be due to Kate being unaware of Robin's existence, with her being at military school or elsewhere outside Gotham City during his time in action.
Behind the scenes[]
- In the DC comics, Robin is a hero moniker used by the many sidekicks of Batman; Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Carrie Kelley, Damian Wayne and Matt McGinnis respectively. Dick went on to become Nightwing, Jason went on to become Red Hood, Tim went on to become Red Robin and Stephanie went on to become Spoiler.
- In the Arrowverse, Nightwing is a vigilante and adversary of Guillermo Barrera. It is unknown if they are the same person.
- Stephanie Brown also exists in the Arrowverse, but it is highly unlikely that she was Robin, due to her being a student at MIT during Batman's time in action.
- Robin being beaten to death with a crowbar by the Joker is a reference to Death In The Family, where the Joker beat Jason Todd within an inch of his life with a crowbar, then killed him by blowing him up in a warehouse. Jason was later resurrected by the Lazarus Pit, and became the anti-hero known as Red Hood.
References[]
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