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'''''Batman: Detective No. 27''''' is a one-shot 2003 [[Elseworld]] comic where Bruce Wayne never becomes the [[Batman]], but is instead GCPD Detective No. 27. It is worth noting that the character of Batman first appeared in ''Detective Comics #27''.

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* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: [[Catwoman (comics)|Catwoman]].
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Unsurprisingly, bats are all over the place.
* [[Freud Was Right]]: Actually invoked by name a couple times. Freud himself makes an appearance, and yes he does have a cigar.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Quite a few.
** [[Abraham Lincoln]].
** [[Pinkerton Detective|Allan Pinkerton]].
** John Wilkes Booth.
** [[Charles Darwin]] (Sort of. {{spoiler|It's actually Pinkerton}}).
** Kate Warne.
** [[Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt]].
** Gregor Mendell.
** Babe Ruth.
** Sigmund Freud.
** [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]].
** Fiorello La Guardia.
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: The [[Trope Namer]] makes a cameo.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: Aside from the usual Batman crew, we have [[Superman]], The Crimson Avenger, [[Jekyll and Hyde|Mr. Hyde]], and a detective in the Secret Society of Detectives that looks an awful lot like [[Hercule Poirot]].
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Lots and lots. Babe Ruth calling Bruce "the Bat-Man" being the most obvious. 
** Batman first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #27.
** Joe Miller's Joke Book.
** Bruce mentions how he called Robert Frost "Mr. Freeze" when he was a boy.
** Catwoman dressing up as an old lady and Bruce recognizing her legs.
** When Bruce is under the influence of Datura spores, he hallucinates Jonathan Crane becoming the Scarecrow.
** "As if in answer, a huge bat flies through the open window..."
** Jack Napier from the [[Tim Burton]] films shows up.
** "Do you envision yourself as some noble, dark knight, detective?"
* [[Wham! Line]]: {{spoiler|"Didn't anyone ever teach you not to be so certain about life? And here I always assumed you'd be as bright as me...Son!"}} 
* [[World of Badass]]: Pretty much.

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