Stuff People Get WRONG About Batman! 

My favorite batman joke: *jokers blimp explodes* Harley : pudding! Batman : he probably is by now

Misconception: Joker is Batman’s opposite. Reality: Killer Moth is Batman’s opposite.

Misconception: Killer croc once threw a rock at batman. Reality: It was a big rock.

Batman literally cracks jokes in The Dark Knight. Joker says to Rachael "You have a bit of fight in you. I like that" Batman appears and says "Then you'll love me"

Misconception: Joker is the best villain Reality: No. It's Kiteman.

Here is one, "There joker killed Bruce Wayne's parents." That is just the 89 movie folks.

"Batman can't be happy" is the one that hurts. Nowadays everything is about problematic characters and dubious motifs, sometimes the superhero inspirational part is lost.

Tim Drake is in a constant state of "he will be the world's greatest detective someday". Due to the nature of comics Tim will probably never be classified as "the world's greatest", unless it's a story set in the future. However Tim is still one of the greatest detectives in Dc, I would say he is at least above the Question.

Dude, you gotta tell me the storyline where he checks with a chatroom full of sherlocks.

When Batman was thought dead, Tim Drake was declared the World's Greatest Detective. DC wasn't paying much attention to Detective Chimp at the time.

As far as the children thing goes I consider them all his sons adoption or not. Nurture over nature, he's raised them, guided them, and protected the with his life a piece of paper doesn't make them his sons him being a father makes them his sons.

I still can't believe that Batman fans can't accept that he isn't a super being capable of anything. Also the misconception i would like to list is Batman despising Superman. Surprisingly, it is a pretty big misconception.

One thing Whatculture doesn't have? That awesome Batman Bow Tie.

Damian Wayne hates Bruce, that's not true, they have a lot of personal moments with each other.

I'm so happy this exists. The amount of times people who just see the movies tell me "league of shadows training" or "prep time" is infuriating.

The thing that irritates me as far a misconceptions is that his crime fighting is only as Batman and he does nothing else for Gotham to prevent crime.

I like to think of Batman as a jack of all trades, intelligence wise

I agree Batman can’t beat everyone he’s only human and personally that’s what makes him interesting In my opinion

I’m so glad someone addressed the ridiculous abuse of “B-b-but prep time!” Batman isn’t perfect, Batman is human. Batman failing even with prep time makes him a far better character.

*Stuff I Got WRONG in This Video* • Literally the first image I use when talking about Bill Finger, I accidentally used a photo of legendary comic artist, Steve Ditko. That's totally my bad. Bill Finger has so little photos online that I grabbed what I could off of Google and made that mistake. *Stuff I DIDN'T Get Wrong in This Video* (That commenters are upset about) • I do not pronounce Ra's al Ghul's name was "Raish" because his name is Arabic for head of the demon and would be spelled رأس الغول. Yes, other works and even the writers have argued over the two pronunciations for years, but my pronunciation is the way it's pronounced in Arabic and as such, that's what I am using.

The worst one I see constantly is that Batgirl is supposed to be Batman's girlfriend. Of course this has happened before *cough* Bruce Timm *cough* it drives me crazy that people just assume that's always the case without taking into consideration their sizable age difference and that they often have a father/daughter dynamic (of course this is more obvious with Stephanie and Cassandra, but Barbara also treats him similarly to how she treats Jim)

That last point is so true; Batman can't beat everyone! There was a recent CBR article that said that Batman could beat Dark Phoenix and I was just like...come on. Prep time can only take you so far against literal gods.

The biggest Batman Misconception i ever heard was: Batman is Selfish. The Person i heard it from says, he‘s selfish because he always keeps Secrets from other‘s and somehow taught he did it for Personal Benefit.

That picture of the "creator" of Batman was Steve Ditko.

My favorite stories for batman are the ones where he's the therapist for the supervillains he's faced, or at least is actively trying to help them and acknowledges their humanity, even if they may not be ready to acknowledge it themselves. That to me is what Bruce's character is about, a man who goes out into danger to help those that are most destructive to themselves and others.

Here is the thing... I feel at this point, Batman is more myth than character. So what can he do? It depends on the myth... it depends on the legend...

He works alone, except when he works with Alfred, which is all the time! XD Sorry, couldn’t pass up the opportunity for a Dangeresque reference :P

1st thing they get wrong: he can beat superman. Seriously though. It was pointed out in a YT video that the point of Batman is not that he would win against people like Superman. The point is that he would most certainly lose against someone like Superman but he would make every effort that he could to beat him. Knowing that he would lose. I love Batman as much as many others do. But I love him because he is human. He bleeds, he'll lose sometimes, and then he comes back stronger. When Batman wins all the time, against everyone, and has a plan for EVERYTHING, then he becomes boring to me.

You know I can agree prep time doesn't mean Batman will win all the time but I like to think a lot of batman's prep time and contingencies comes from experience.

Hey wouldn’t formally adopting a robin make them direct heirs? Not sure how it went down but it would seem to me that adopting an adult Robin would be important to let them continue there work with any inheritance. Man I kinda want to see a board meeting with all the Robins trying to figure out a complex financial issue as there normal self’s.

Great video, I love the ending where you explain that batman wins because he's the good guy and it's part of the plot not because of prep time. I would also agree that there are smarter people than Batman. I just can't take Lex Luthor seriously as being smarter than Bruce Wayne because Lex can't tell a man wearing glasses is actually his arch nemesis.

It should be noted that in most continuities, it's not that Batman IS a loner, but that he STARTS as a loner... big difference. Also, the "Batman can't be happy" thing is more about the burden he refuses to let go, rather than the happy moments. Even people with depression can have moments of happiness. I feel like some of the things people are saying are simplifications or meant in a specific context (sometimes to a certain time periods in Batman's life). And if you notice, MOST TIMES Batman is noted to be able to do or solve everything, it's in some sort of parody or comedy that isn't meant to be taken seriously.

Cool video, but I have to disagree on one part. In Endgame, he did die in the cave with the joker. They were later reanimated by the dionesium that was spilled all over the cave, but that took quite some time to, not only get to them, but to also heal their bodies. Alfred mentions it to Superman in #43 while showing him Bruce's brain scan and telling him the brain pattern is different, since the dionesium rebuild a new brain but didn't do an exact copy of his old one, hence his memory loss. So yeah it wasn't long, but he technically was dead for at least a few days before being brought back

Everyone: Batman works alone!!! Me: *Looks at Alfred Pennyworth, Lucius Fox, Dick Grayson/Night Wing, Tim Drake/Red Hood, Jason Todd/Red Robin, Damien Wayne/Robin, Barbara Gordon/Batgirl/Oracle, Kate Kane/Batwoman, and Luke Fox/Batwing* Yeah, sounds about right.

Finally someone mentions the batman can beat anyone with prep time misconception, i like the statement he's the main character nice, plot armor is strong with them

That robin isn't is useless and just a target and nothing more Ya to be fair he gets capture in other media. But in comics all the robins are great or may not the best. but they all so much more that a sidekick. Like you said they basic his sons and robin keeps Bruce sane.

Endgame trailer reference on the Batman comic behind you!

The idea that Batman is the best fighter in the DCU always amuses me when there are two proved better fighters in his entourage and even more at large. Cassandra Cain and Connor Hawke. Lady Shiva. Karate Kid (who doesn't need kryptonite or prep time to fight Superboy just saying). Slade Wilson. The Sensei. Arguably Richard Dragon and Ben Turner.

I thought that she was created to replace Batwoman. In my research, Batwoman was a love interest for Batman and because she wasn't good enough for audiences, they scrapped her. So Batgirl came up and replaced her. Then Batwoman's *preference* was changed, along with her appearance. That's just what I researched. I probably missed something but that's what I found.

Probably my favorite Batman joke comes from The Batman, in the episode where Joker tries to become Batman. He injects Bruce with a Joker Toxin that basically starts turning him into Joker (like Batman Who Laughs but tame), and Bruce barely beats it. He fights Joker one more time, and at the end of the episode, he says to Joker: A man walks into a bar. He says: (Batman punches Joker) Ouch.

The main misconception with Batman that I've noticed lately that annoys me, but this might just be me and might not actually be a thing is his relationship with Superman. I've personally noticed lot of people lately seem to think that Batman and Superman hate each other.

How about one for superman or even aquaman since his movie is around the corner.

One misconception that bothers me is when people say Batman/ Bruce Wayne takes advantage of the capitalist system to only beat poor/ mentally ill, desperate people who only engage in criminal activity to make ends meet instead of fighting crime and disparity at it's source. Like, have you read a comic in the last 10 years?

I like the moments where Batman admits that he isn't perfect. The moments he says that some people are better detectives or better fighters than he is. It really humanizes him.

Misconception: Batman doesn't design his own tech and gadgets. _Lucius_ is the one who does that. Reality: Batman is more than capable enough to design his own tech and gadgets, but he asks Lucius for help for two main reasons: 1) To save time, and 2) To have an outside opinion on his design choices.

I agree with your last point with modification. I have always hated that people say that Batman is reliant on prep time which isn't true he's a strategist who knows himself that his plans won't always workand can come up with a plan in the moment if necessary. It's sometimes a Scooby doo trope, plan Don't work so come up with something else. I liked this video i find your videos very informative and interesting especially coming from an animation and comic research background with little comic book interaction.

I always think that Batman is the "broken unhappy loner" for like the first 3 years of his tenure. It's when he's the youngest, most aggressive, and most green at the vigilante gig. This all changes and by extension his emotional state changes, when Dick Grayson becomes Robin. He has his ups and downs (Dick leaving, Jason arriving, Jason dying) but it mostly gets better especially after Tim Drake. It's only after he retires that it can go one of three ways - that being the DKR/BvS gruff loner, Batman Beyond gruff old timer, or the Dark Knight Rises happily retired with Catwoman.

The storyline of dead of the family It”s Batman having partners and the joker wanting him to be lonely

I agree with most of these. That said, it's really only dependent on the writer. For instance, in "Babel", I think it is suggested that Batman can beat anyone with prep time. In other runs, he's just a skilled guy that occasionally loses. Sometimes Batman will never use guns. Other times, he will sometimes use guns. Depends on the headcanon of the writer. And we make our own headcanon of what runs we think of as "true".

Honestly I love batman but I always feel like I love a different character than others. Batman is kind, humorous, and most importantly just a man. I don't see someone who is driven soley by grief but someone who used it to dedicate himself to helping others. I don't see a loner out of the guy who 98% of the time is working either in a group or with someone else. He is a man who's skills put him to where he can keep up with literal gods, but so for all the Robins, Green Arrow, Ted Kord and so many others. He has friends, he has family, he is happy at times, and he can fail.

Definely the legend created by the tower of babel storyline that Batman has plans for every member of the Justice League to defeat them easily. I can't tell you how many times that is bought up. If any member of the league seriously goes at batman, he's done. And not clouded by joker toxin like Endgame.

On thing Whatcultute doesn’t have is 6:05 Drake doing a Batman voice and miserably failing

In all honesty, as much fun as it is to say Batman can win any fight, he can’t. That’s what makes him interesting. He’s not the best fighter, or the most intelligent. What makes him interesting is that he’s a mix of all of these things. What makes him awesome is the fact that he’ll go against literal gods, knowing full well they could eradicate him off the face of the Earth. Like Kevin Conroy’s Batman said when told he didn’t have any special powers, “oh I have one. I never give up.” What some people fail to realize when Batman fights Superman is this: he knows he can’t win head on. Like he says in the Hush storyline, “If Clark wanted to, he could use his superspeed and squish me into the cement.” He knew that even though he was under Poison Ivy’s control, Clark was holding back. That fight is more Batman and Superman vs Ivy’s control than anything else. Another fight that people like to point to is the Dark Knight Returns. The same thing applies here. Superman is severely hindered in this fight. He is already weak from a nuclear exploding right on top of him, he hasn’t been powered by the suns rays in days, and is trying very hard not to kill his old friend. Bruce, on the other hand, has spent years waiting for this moment. He already had synthetic Kryptonite on standby. He set up missiles in Crime Alley, where they had scheduled to fight, and has multiple weapons ready for use. And yet, he still knows he can’t win a head-on assault against Superman. Even with all of that, Superman would still annihilate him. His goal isn’t to beat him in a fight. His goal is to stall until the pill he took stops his heart, thus faking his death and escaping the government. Bruce starts the fight by hitting Clark with missiles. Then, he hits him with the Batmobile/Bat-tank. When Clark takes that out, Bruce pulls out sonic gun that actually makes Superman bleed. Then he frys his brain with the entirety of Gotham’s City’s power supply, also powering his battle suit. He hits him with a solid punch in that iconic panel. Then, immediately after that, Superman catches his next punch, grabs Bruce’s mask, and shoves him, tearing his mask off. The two start bashing each other. Superman could easily blow a hole in Batman’s exposed head, but he doesn’t. Bruce knows he won’t. Clark’s fighting to incapacitate him, not kill him. Even so, he crushes Bruce’s wrist and breaks three of his ribs. However, Bruce notices that Clark did actually break a sweat. But Bruce still isn’t done. He throws some acid in Clark’s face, and tosses an explosive. He then says that he’s finally gotten Clark angry, and that it’s now or never. That’s when the rest of his plan comes into play. All of the fight was a stall to get Oliver Queen into position to shoot Superman with the Kryptonite arrow. Note that Superman still manages to catch the arrow. Then the Kryptonite affects him. Bruce bashes him around a little, says his line about being the one man who beat him, then fakes his heart attack. What makes this fight great isn’t Batman beating up Superman. He still nearly lost the fight. What makes it great is the emotion behind he fight. The two of them were friends, but they went separate ways when the government decided that Superheroes needed to either go away or serve the government. Batman knew he couldn’t really beat Clark in a fistfight. Superman wasn’t even at full strength here, and he still could’ve crushed Batman if he really wanted to. But Batman knows that Clark doesn’t want to, and he uses that to his advantage. That’s what makes Batman a great hero. He doesn’t always win, but he never gives in.

Yes! Louder for the people in the back! Batman can be happy...that last fact is blasphemous though! (XD lol)

I love Batman more than any other fictional character. He means a lot to me, importantly because he rose above his pain to protect others from suffering the same thing. But it pains me a lot of people these days love Batman because of his name, not because of who he is, and I have some misconceptions about him. 1. Batman has to be a a brutal killer. No, if you make Batman a bully, he will be no different from the criminals he fights. He isn't. He stands for justice, not for revenge. 2. In order to be a Batman fan, you have to make fun of Superman. Maybe I'm not a fan of Superman, but I have always held a deep, sincere respect for him. 3. Batman is insane. The worst misconception ever. He suffered a big trauma, yes, but he controlled his pain and used it to strike fear into the hearts of criminals and help others in the guise of a bat.

My personal take on how Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian are counted as Bruce's sons: they all are. Damian is by blood and the only one that can't really be questioned too much, Jason and Tim are by law/adoption, and Dick is in spirit and maybe also by law. I'm not sure how exactly I want it to fall with Bruce adopting Dick since I haven't read the comics. I've read many different fanfictions with good explanations for why Bruce did or didn't adopt him in the story. I like the idea that Bruce isn't trying to replace Dick's father which is often why Dick isn't adopted, but some will also have them talking about it after Jason is adopted (I think they have it happen before Jason's death or else Jason doesn't die in it) and have Bruce ask about if Dick wants to be fully adopted. To me, it would depend on how it's written, if it's respectful with how/why Bruce goes with adoption then I'm good, but if it's not going to be respectful, then I think stick to Dick as Bruce's ward. Even if Dick, Jason, and Tim are adopted, it doesn't have to mean that they gave up their last names. Yes, most people probably do have their names changed with adoption, but the boys seem to be old enough that they might choose to keep their last names. This is just based off the picture you used while saying that it's unclear what standing the boys have since even if Dick and Tim were adopted, they could be going by their birth names still, so that's how they were recognized.

The because Batman people piss me off lol

It’s the League of Assassins not the League of Shadows That’s honestly my biggest pet peeve with Batman fans, that and people saying Heath Ledger is the best Joker. He’s tied with Nicholson, but they’re both under Monaghan and Hamill

I do take one issue with that whole prep time thing. Yes it is very much so true a lot of main characters go through the loop of losing gathering themselves, preparing and then winning however Batman is very different his character embodies the idea of being prepared more so than any other. The concept of Batman preparing and superman preparing are very different. He almost never wins fights on pure brute force there is ALWAYS some underlying level of strategy, trickery or skill involved. No character does it quite the same.

Love this video! The short and sweet live sketches were incredibly funny. I love your videos Drake and I also love watching them change, improve, or just get spiced up. Keep up the awesome work man!

Thank you. The Batman can't be happy thing is freaking ridiculous and I'd even argue that the Batman Beyond future where Bruce is "alone" was less about him actually being alone and more him having a falling out with the Bat Family and just retreating away from all of his friends. In the Justice League future episode, Superman immediately hears him through Terry's coms and lets him know that its good to see him back at the job. Its obvious from that scene that yeah Clark missed him, but respected his pain enough not to try forcing the issue. I can imagine that being the case for most of Bruce's friends. They know him and know that he has to work through things in his own time.

What about this? PUDDIN' At this point he probably is.

Comic drake: Batman can't beat anyone with prep time Batman fanboys: so you have chosen death

*batman freefalling* "I need air support since I can't fly- _at all_ "

Some solid points on the prep time, Drake.

10/10 in these points. Well done. You could've used more ammunition for most of your points, but essentially you said what needed to be said.

Love the concept for this video! Would love to see you tackle other things people get wrong about other heroes :D

The prep time thing makes sense especially when like a solid 70% of the time he just identifies which one or group of his buddies can completely negate the problem. The other 30% is him dramatically unveiling some new vehicle or gadget. I'm here for it though friendship really was the prep time all along.

From which comic is the image of lex meeting my Bae death? Timestamp 9:30

As far as I have read and seen so far, Lex and Batman are pretty much on par when it comes to intelligence. When Batman was allegedly dead he was about to say that he is currently the most intelligent human there is. But first he asked a JL member to make sure Batman was dead since Batman could kinda be more intelligent. But again that always depends on the writer and to be fair both characters have probably not fully used all their potential so it's hard to say. Batman outsmarted Lex very often and Lex outsmarted Batman as well. Pretty much the same level I'd say.

Let us also remember his compassion. He may be grim and brutal so many times, but it's not beneath him to know someone he knows needs help. So many of his rogues are deep down just people. He will try to help them however he can. He may look stern, but deep inside he will grieve alongside someone hurting.

The Batman 2022 actually nails batman's sense of humor accurately. While yes being stoic and somewhat emotionally stunted, he still finds levity. About the happiness thing, it isn't that he's unable to be happy, it's that people who suffer from serious PTSD as Batman evidently does, can retroactively erase the idea of happiness, it feels all consuming and it felt like the idea of happiness never really happened. It comes in episodes and waves

Year 2 is a nonsensical story. It's remembered just because is the base for Mask of the phantom.

Once in the DCAU, Batman sent a criminal he'd had arrested a care package consisting of a letter written in rhyming couplets and an extra cape and and cowl just to freak him out

All I can imagine when I hear batman having a gun is this interaction my brain thought up Joke: hello batma- Batman: *pulls out revolver* where's the hostage. And it's the funniest thing to me

I can agree with everything you said about this video

This might just be my little cousins but whenever they see Batman glide, they say he’s flying and when I correct them they get really adamant that he can indeed fly

I just realized the symbolism (Whether intentional or not) in Batman not being able to die. Batman symbolizes hope, we all know that, but the fact that Batman cannot die also means that hope cannot die. That's really cool.

He's not some traumatized little kid who turned into a raging lunatic who murks people every chance he gets. He's a man who used his childhood trauma to grow and become what he thought was a better person, he became a polymath (look it up it's interesting). That is what makes him unique, his strength comes from his wide array of knowledge and skills, and his motive is to protect other from the same trauma he experienced.

Yay tim drake robin

Thank you for putting that Justice League clip of Batman falling. I totally forgot about that scene and I remember cracking up when I first saw it. That delivery of that line 🤣🤣🤣🤣!

batman and superman are like best buds but everyone seems to think they hate eachother

When people say: “Eww Batman is so lame he’s just a rich dude” Or When people say: “Superman would win against Batman because Superman’s actually super and Batman’s just human” That just boils my blood.

Whenever anyone says Batman can’t be happy to be effective I want to personally read them A Lonely Place Of Dying myself. The whole point of that story line is that if Bruce doesn’t have that light that a Robin brings, he could easily lose himself to the darkness. He’s what we like to call complex. Bruce doesn’t have to be all smiles, but he can’t be your edgy Dark Knight either. Bruce Wayne is about finding the balance between dark and light and utilizing it.

That actually *was* a pretty good Kevin Conroy Batman voice

10:11 I remember the comic from this panel but can’t find it online. Can somebody help me out?

Misconception: Batman kills people Reality: Batman refuses to kill people,the killing part is only in live action movies

Why doesn't Batman kill The Joker? Sometimes you have to kill the villain and that one villain should've died along time ago and he also should've stayed dead. The Joker is a great character, but I think we can make good Batman stories without the Joker. I have read some good stories that don't include The Joker, like Batman Dead White.

How do you read the older comics? Like what is the source? I'd like to read the older ones that were by bob kane and bill finger.

7:27 where is this from ? Ive been tryinna find this for so long 😂

Batman is in my top five favorite heroes but his media has a tendency to elicit groans of exasperation from me. Beceause he's a great character whos fan boys have a horrible habit of utterly ruining him when they get a chance to write for him.

In the case of Zack Synder and Tom King: EVERYTHING

I have found the Batman does kill, and does use guns , but refuses to kill with a gun. Seeing that action as cowardly to do for some one who doesn't need to. That's his rule. Great video, have an amazing day and God bless

I think Batman is one of the most powerful heroes not because of "prep time" or "intellect"... At least not simply that, it's competence, the ability to always choose the most reasonable option even if it's not obvious and always have the skill that would be needed, I would fully expect him to pull out a musical number he never thought he'd need to use just because he made sure he was prepared.

tbh, some of these misconceptions aren't misconceptions, like Batman not using guns, under most conditions Batman does tend to avoid using a gun, a lot of the animated shows tend to overemphasizes this fact but from from what I can recall he doesn't like using a gun since at least the silver age of comics. And that's just one example.

I just want to see Cassandra Cain acknowledged for her time as Batgirl and as his adopted daughter.

In our group we went with Bats always loses his first fight, but he learns and thus he always wins the second fight.

7:13 can anyone tell me what comic is this please, I've been looking for it ever since I was in a primary school 🙏

5:50-5:55 is hilarious of how dark the joke is

Drake's first Batman voice actually sounded good.