Batman: Under the Red Hood: Difference between revisions

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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]/[[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: The works the film is based on are mostly adapted very well and quite faithfully, but the movie changes a few of the sillier or more complex aspects. From ''A Death in the Family'', the political aspect of the Joker getting diplomatic immunity {{spoiler|for Jason's death}} because he became an ambassador for the Ayatollah was understandably dropped. As was the bit about [[The Joker]] selling a nuke to Arab terrorists. And the search for Jason Todd's mother among an Israeli Mossad agent, Lady Shiva, and a back-alley abortionist working as an aid relief worker. Actually, after taking out the silly parts from ''A Death in the Family'', basically all that was left was {{spoiler|about 5-minutes of [[The Joker]] beating the crap out of Jason Todd with a crowbar}}. The major change from ''Under The Hood'' was using a completely different explanation for {{spoiler|Jason's resurrection, instead of the whole "coming back from the dead via [[Infinite Crisis|Superboy-Prime Punch]]" thing.}}. {{spoiler|[[The Joker]]}} now has a larger role, and Black Mask's characterization has been somewhat changed.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Ra's al Ghul.

* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Pretty much everyone who {{spoiler|works for Red Hood or Black Mask}}.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Nightwing:

'''Nightwing''': So you want me to--? Should I--? Okay... I'll just take care of this. }}

* [[The Cameo]]:

** Riddler makes a nonspeaking appearance in flashback. Bruce Timm is credited as his voice actor, despite the sum total of his lines being [[The Voiceless|grunts as he's being pummeled]].

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]:

** Nightwing. In glorious fashion.

'''Nightwing''': Okay...well...how 'bout I just stick around and watch? }}

** And surprisingly, the Red Hood.

'''Red Hood''': Yeah, like yelling at the guy who's holding the AK-47. }}

** Ms. Li, with an extra emphasis on the ''deadpan'' part.

* [[Determinator]]: Jason in the opening, to an ''enormous'' extent. After the Joker's done beating him (inflicting, or so the Joker supposes, broken ribs and a punctured lung), Jason rolls over, gets up, and walks all the way to the front door, slipping and stumbling the entire way, even mustering the energy to try to shake the door open. What really sells it are the close-ups on his bruised and broken face, free of pain or fear and with completely focused eyes. Even when he's facing the bomb ready to explode in seconds, he never loses that composure.

* [[Dissimile]]

'''[[Deadpan Snarker|Ms. Li]]''': I figured. }}

* [[Dodge the Bullet]]:

** The film sometimes manages the difficult feat of actually making it look convincing for someone to do this (if not plausible). The teenage Jason even comments on it.

* [[Downer Beginning]]

* [[Downer Ending]]: Because, after all is said and done, ''nothing'' changed.

* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Red Hood vs Black Mask.

* [[Eye Beams]]/[[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: Amazo uses them during their fight. Nightwing even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it:

* [[Common Eye Colors|Eye Colors]]:

** [[Blue Eyes]]: Bruce Wayne

* [[Eye Scream]]:

** What Black Mask threatens his newest mook with whist gawking at his unusual appearance:

'''Black Mask''': Don't be nervous, kid. But if you keep staring at me like that... I'm gonna cut your eyes out. }}

** Also, {{spoiler|when Jason is resurrected in the Lazarus Pit, he attacks Ra's men in an insane rage. One of whom, has the unlucky distinction of having Jason gouging his eyes, with his thumbs.}}

* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: All over the place, though because most of it happens just offscreen, Red Hood ''setting a guy on fire'' by shattering a lit Molotov Cocktail in the guy's hand, is unnerving. And {{spoiler|The Joker slitting one of Black Mask's mook's throat with a broken glass}}

* [[Fingore]]: A batarang jammed in the chamber causes Red Hood's gun to backfire, resulting in a bloodied hand.

* [[Flying Brick]]: The Amazo robot has super-strength, flight and laser eye beams.

* [[Gender Flip]]: In the original comic, Ms. Li is a '''Mr.''' Li. As the only female character was cut due to [[Adaptation Distillation]], the gender change was likely to prevent the entire cast from being all-male.

* [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]: Said by Ra's Al Ghul himself to describe how {{spoiler|Jason Todd [[Came Back Wrong]] after the resurrection ceremony.}}

* [[Good Guns, Bad Guns]]: Red Hood has a (heavily modified) AK-47. Talia has a Luger. Both are "bad guy" guns.

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Used quite a bit, such as the camera cutting away whenever someone is shot in the head. Also used in the scene where {{spoiler|the Red Hood tasers one of the Fearsome Hand assassins in the face causing his metallic mask to short-circuit and explode, blowing up half of his head and splattering blood on the wall}}. We are as well never shown the contents of Red Hood's bag of {{spoiler|the heads of all the mob lieutenants}}.

* [[Groin Attack]]: In the flashback, kid Jason kicks The Riddler in the cojones. {{spoiler|Later, as an adult, he threatens the Joker with a gun}}:

* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Red Hood is very fond of this trick.

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: The entire theme of the film.

* [[Ironic Echo]]: At the beginning of the film when the Joker is [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|having a one-sided discussion with Jason]], he asks him if the beatings hurt. {{spoiler|After the Joker has been captured by the Hood, he gets asked the same question. Both questions are followed by crowbar related violence.}}

* [[Joker Immunity]]: Obviously, since the Joker is around. {{spoiler|Jason's [[Face Heel Turn]] is mostly motivated by the fact that he's furious that Batman didn't avenge him by killing the Joker.}}

** The trope is given a serious [[Lampshade Hanging]] from {{spoiler|Jason}}.

* [[Knight Templar]]: Red Hood attempts to restrict the drug market by controlling it, specifically telling the dealers never to sell to kids. His methods at enforcing his will on the Gotham underworld often includes murder.

* [[Large Ham]]: The Joker, of course, but special mention goes to Black Mask, who stands out by far as the hammiest, screamiest, most hilariously skewed character in the movie - and somehow he manages to be even hammier in the comic the movie is based off of.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Ra's Al Ghul does this twice in the movie and for different reasons each time.

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Batman believes Jason's death to be this. {{spoiler|It still is to him by the end of the film.}}

* [[Never Found the Body]]:

** {{spoiler|The news didn't say that the Red Hood was found after the end of the battle... and Batman didn't find him...}}

** Black Mask saying "Oh, hell," as his reaction to {{spoiler|seeing the Red Hood aim a rocket launcher at him.}}

** We also get a nice "Oh crap"-look from the Joker after the Red Hood captures him and the Joker sees him take out [[Ironic Echo|a crowbar]].

'''Joker:''' "Or maybe I'll just go with truth." }}

** Similarly, Red Hood's "crap" in the final fight, when Batman attacks him with explosive pellets.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Red Hood plays this trope HARD. In the beginning, he even went as far as to deliver the heads of mob leaders' highest lieutenants to said mob leaders in a duffel bag to prove a point.

* [[Pensieve Flashback]]: A couple happen to Batman, including his first meeting with Jason Todd thanks to Jason stealing the wheels from the batmobile and later him, in the Batcave, arguing with Jason as Robin.

* [[Powered Armor]]: The Fearsome Hand of Four.

* [[Psycho for Hire]]: The Joker, in spades. And, once again, he proves that hiring him or doing business with him in general is a ''[[Omnicidal Maniac|very]]'' [[Bound and Gagged|bad]] [[Family-Unfriendly Death|idea]].

* [[R-Rated Opening]]: Weird, because the film itself as a whole is rated PG-13.

* [[Sexy Secretary]]: Ms. Li.

* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: Nightwing is injured and taken home before Bruce [[Wham! Line|discovers just what Red Hood said]] as the train passed.

* [[Sidekick Graduations Stick]]: Dick changing from Robin to Nightwing. Also, {{spoiler|one could say this for Jason too in a darker version.}}

** Also Black Mask murders pretty much all of his remaining lieutenants in an unsuccessful attempt to make a deal with the Hood in the comics.

* [[Start of Darkness]]: For the Red Hood, it was finding out {{spoiler|that Batman hadn't avenged his murder.}}

** {{spoiler|And the reason he didn't was because Batman is afraid that killing the Joker would become this for him.}}

{{spoiler|'''Batman''': No! ''God'' almighty!... No. It'd be too damned '''easy'''. All I have ''ever'' wanted to do is kill him. A day doesn't go by I don't think about subjecting him to every horrendous torture he's dealt out to others and then... ''end'' him. [...] But if I do that, if I allow myself to go down into that place... I'll never come back. }} }}

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: It wouldn't be a Batman film without it.

* [[Technicolor Ninjas]]: The Fearsome Hand of Four wear green powered armor. Doesn't stop them from sneaking up on Red Hood or giving him a fight for his life.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: This hilarious exchange in the beginning:

''Batman immediately lands on the hood of their getaway truck'' }}

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: What sounds an awful lot like the distinctive drum beat of "Molossus" from ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]'' plays during the flashback where Batman and Robin pursue the Joker in Sarajevo.

** Earlier in a flashback Batman gives one to Jason when he breaks the collarbone of a thug that he was going to interrogate. Jason doesn't apologize for it, but he does apologize for screwing up their mission.

* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]:

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Red Hood, given his [[Anti-Hero]] status, doesn't recognize genders in a fight as he had no problem fighting the katana-wielding female assassin. Same goes for Batman as well.

* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Despite Ms. Li being all snarky at the Black Mask, he never really hits her. He goes directly for the guy beside her.

 

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