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]
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[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
[edit] Politicians
- Mayor - Hamilton Hill
- Councilman:
- District Attorney:
- Commissioner of the GCPD:
- 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
Batman Beyond
The Zeta Project
Static 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
- ↑ In Batman: The Animated Series, "The Demon's Quest"
- ↑ In The New Batman Adventures, "Cold Comfort"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Idem, "Joker's Favor"
- ↑ The cause of the transition in landscape in a relatively short number of years is grounds for speculation. It is possible that a version of the events of the DC comics story No Man's Land may have occurred in the DCAU. This is purely conjecture, however. No canonical explanation has been given to the apparent mass rebuilding of Gotham City in a space of a few decades.
- ↑ In Batman Beyond "Babel"
- ↑ Batman: The Animated Series, "The Mechanic"
- ↑ Id., "Off Balance"
- ↑ Justice League Unlimited, "Destroyer"
[edit] External links
- Gotham City at Wikipedia
- Gotham City at the DC Database Project
