You Have To Reduce the Batfamily to Only 8 Characters, Who Do You Keep?

Bruce Wayne (Batman)

Alfred (The Butler)

Damian Wayne (Robin)

Dick Grayson (Nightwing)

Barbara Gordon(Oracle)

Leslie Tompkins

Jim Gordon

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  1. Batman
  2. Alfred
  3. Cassandra Cain
  4. Stephanie Brown
  5. Damian Wayne
  6. Kate Kane
  7. Barbara Gordon
  8. Jim Gordon
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Damian Wayne
Selina Kyle
Bruce
Dick
Jason
Tim
Cassandra
Barbara

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  1. Bruce - even though I loathe him, without him there isnā€™t a Batfamily
  2. Barbara Gordon
  3. Dick Grayson
  4. Alfred
  5. Tim Drake
  6. Spoiler
  7. Jason Todd (simply for @TheWifeOfJasonTodd sake)
  8. Catwoman
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Tough. With a very strict definition of bat-fam (Gordon doesnā€™t count):

  1. Batman
  2. Alfred
  3. Dick
  4. Barbara (Oracle)
  5. Tim (Robin)
  6. Jason
  7. Cassandra (Batgirl)
  8. ā€¦ Iā€™m actually good with leaving it thereā€¦ Ummā€¦ Catwoman? Earth-2 Huntress?

Justification for not including some:

Steph is Timā€™s girlfriend. I know thatā€™s not the case anymore but Iā€™m my head they still are. As such sheā€™s a friend of family with potential to become literal family but not yet.

Kathy and Harold are dead.

Bette and Kate are like those distant relatives you see every other Thanksgiving but canā€™t remember the names of most of the year.

Azrael, Lucius, Leslie, and Bluebird arenā€™t bat family. Either missing family or bat or both.

Pets donā€™t count.

Duke is cut because I think he should be his own thing.

Damian is growing on me but isnā€™t there yet. He kind of feels like filler. To get rid of himā€¦ Hm
ā€¦ Iā€™ll go with return to League. Probably not evil but still not part of family anymore.

Bat mite is not family, heā€™s that friend who thinks they are like family but isnā€™t actually quite as close as they think.

Luke is his own thing.

Feel free to ask about anyone Iā€™m forgetting.

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  1. Batman
  2. Nightwing
  3. Batgirl
  4. Batwoman
  5. Steph
  6. Alfred
  7. Catwoman
    8, Cass
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  1. Batman
  2. Nightwing
  3. Robin (Damian)
  4. Tim drake
  5. Babs
  6. Spoiler
  7. Cassandra
  8. Red hood
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How does that work! itā€™s the BAT-Family. Guess itā€™s the robin family or Alfred family now. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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  1. Batman
  2. Dick
  3. Jason
  4. Tim
  5. Damion
  6. Alfred
  7. Babs
  8. Helena
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Gotta keep the ogs

Bruce, Dick, Selina, Alfred.

I have a soft spot for Helena and Stephanie so they get to stay.

And for my final twoā€¦, weā€™re gonna go with Jason and Damian!

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Welcome to the community @malt!

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Bruce and Dick are gone. It takes three pairs of Batman and Robin to take their place, each doing it their own wayā€¦

  1. Batman (Luke Fox)
  2. Robin (Tam Fox)
  3. Batman (Jean-Paul Valley)
  4. Robin (Damian Wayne)
  5. Batman (Cassandra Cain)
  6. Robin (Stephanie Brown)

Oracle (Barbara Gordon) provides support to all 3 teams, while Red Hood (Jason Todd) works independently to reform the criminal underworld from the inside.

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Welcome to the community @malt! :batparrot: Please feel free to let the moderator team know if you need anything.

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The amount I would pay to see that scares me.

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Oooh I would have to make it mostly 2009 era with a few exceptions
Iā€™m keeping

  • Dick
    *Damian
    *Tim
    *Cass
    *Steph
    *Babs (as Oracle)
    Iā€™m adding in
    *Duke
    *Helena

And then Jason would be kinda of an outsider type character and not really a member of the batfam.
I would remove Bruce and Alfred because I think theyā€™ve had all of the interesting stories with them really, and if they were dead and gone and we see the others picking up the pieces for a while, it would be really fun.

I do have to say that after a while I would like to have it whittled down to Damian, Steph, Duke, and Helena as the main heroes in Gotham. Tim can be retired and Babs can have moved on to be part of teams outside of Gotham. Cass can move back to Bludhaven like she did for while and then Dick can stay there as well.

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I would keep

Alfred Penny Worth
James Gordon
Dick Grayson
Jason Todd
Tim Drake ( before the sexual orientation change and hints of such )
Barbra Gordon

Everyone else, I would just move to their own Earths or just have the condiment king make a really weird return and kills them all, an then have the Joker kill condiment king for who knows what reason.

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We could just have Deathstroke kill them all or somethign

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Heck yes this is the one.

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Soā€¦ I assume Bruce is non-negotiable. That means I can choose eight outside of him?

Iā€™d want the team to be a hammer.

  1. Cassandra Cain
  2. Jean-Paul Valley
  3. Kate Kane
  4. Basil Karlo
  5. ā€¦

ā€¦ wait a tick. Iā€™m just making Tynionā€™s team. Never mind.

I like what @HubCityQuestion said.

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Batman, robin, nightwing, red hood, batgirl, alfred, red robin, catwoman

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