Gotham City

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Gotham City is the home of Batman and its also his base of crime fighting.It's located on the northeast coast of the United States.^[1]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Gotham City In the Future 2 Points of Interest 3 Local Superheroes 4 Politicians 5 Background 5.1 Gotham is New York City 6 Sightings 6.1 Batman: The Animated Series 6.1.1 Feature Films 6.2 The New Batman Adventures 6.3 Superman: The Animated Series 6.4 Batman Beyond 6.5 The Zeta Project 6.6 Static Shock 6.7 Gotham Girls 6.8 Justice League 6.9 Justice League Unlimited 7 Footnotes 8 External links

[edit] History

It had been a city since the late 17th Century.^[2] It was located in the state of New York.^[3] Because of its industrial and commercial growth, it had become a home to Wayne Enterprises. A dark city, Gotham was preyed on by organized crime, unscrupulous businesses, and corrupt officials. Gotham was home to the legendary Batman and his crime-fighting allies, as well as a wealth of other costumed heroes and villains both Human and Metahuman.

[edit] Gotham City In the Future

In Terry McGinnis' time, Gotham is very much changed.^[4] But while much has changed, many things remain the same, including crime, poverty, broken families, and corruption. A massive street gang known as the Jokerz prowl the streets, while the mayor was someone of questionable scruples.^[5]

[edit] Points of Interest

• Arkham Asylum
• Batcave
• Gotham Estates
• Gotham Tombs
• Hamilton Hill High School
• Iceberg Lounge
• Park Row
• Statue of Justice
• Stonegate Penitentiary
• Wayne Enterprises
• Wayne Manor

[edit] Local Superheroes

• Batman
• Nightwing
• Zatanna
• Batgirl
• Robin
• Etrigan
• The Creeper
• Batwoman
• The second Batman

[edit] Politicians

• Mayor - Hamilton Hill
• Councilman:
  • J. Carroll Corcoran
  • Arthur Reeves
• District Attorney:
  • Harvey Dent
  • Janet Van Dorn
  • Sam Young
• Commissioner of the GCPD:
  • James Gordon
  • Barbara Gordon
• Deputy Commissioner of the GCPD - Gil Mason

[edit] Background

[edit] Gotham is New York City

Throughout the Batman mythos, Gotham has been assumed to be based on New York City, and in early comics, Batman's adventures actually took place in New York. It wasn't until approximately two years after Batman's comics debut that the name Gotham was used. Since the naming of Gotham City, DC has published comics taking place in New York City. In order to keep the two cities separate, in DC comics current continuity, Gotham is in New Jersey, north of Atlantic City.

In the DCAU, however, Gotham City and New York City originally seemed to be one in the same. Note in this screenshot from "Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero" that Barbara Gordon's Gotham address is listed as being in New York State with a New York City zip code and area code. However, later episodes obscure the matter. "Gotham Estates" is placed in New York State,^[3] but Gotham itself is once placed in the fictitious Gotham State.^[6] The Statue of Liberty can be seen in Gotham once, ^[7] but the DCAU's finale episode "Destroyer", clearly identifies New York and Gotham as two individual cities close to each other.^[8]

[edit] Sightings

Batman: The Animated Series

[edit] Feature Films

• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
• Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
• Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

The New Batman Adventures

Superman: The Animated Series

• "World's Finest, Part I"
• "Knight Time"

Batman Beyond

The Zeta Project

Static Shock

• "Future Shock"

Gotham Girls

Justice League

• "Secret Origins, Part I"
• "Fury"
• "Secret Society Part 2"
• "A Better World, Part II"
• "Starcrossed, Part II"
• "Starcrossed, Part III"

Justice League Unlimited

• "This Little Piggy"
• "The Once and Future Thing Part One: Weird Western Tales"
• "The Once and Future Thing Part Two: Time, Warped"
• "Epilogue"
• "Shadow of the Hawk"
• "Grudge Match"

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Gotham City at Wikipedia
• Gotham City at the DC Database Project