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This article is about Tim Drake, the second Robin. For the first Robin, Dick Grayson, see Nightwing.
Robin
Information
Real name: Timothy Drake
AKA: The Boy Wonder
Species: Human
Hair: Black, White (in his 50's)
Eyes: Black
Relatives: Stephen "Shifty" Drake (deceased father), Unnamed Wife, Unnamed children
Base: Gotham City
Affiliations: Batman, Batgirl, Superman, Static
Abilities: Superb martial artist and acrobat
Weaponry: As Robin, Tim had access to most if not all his mentor's tools and weapons
Voiced by: Matthew Valencia[1]
Eli Marienthal[2]
Shane Sweet[3]
Andrea Romano (Joker Junior)[4]
Dean Stockwell (Middle-aged)[4]

"Hero time."[4]

The second Robin, real name Tim Drake, replaced Dick Grayson.

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[edit] History

[edit] Early Life

Tim Drake was the son of Gotham City criminal Stephen "Shifty" Drake, who was often a thug for the crimelord Two-Face. He had very little respect for his father, and often had to fend for himself. Around the age of 10, Tim began to idolize Gotham City hero Batman and placed newspaper clippings on his wall. After Batman left a batarang behind at a crime scene, Tim found it and began using it himself.

When his father double crossed Two-Face, he left Tim a note and a key to a Gotham City airport locker. This key was discovered by Two-Face's henchmen when they briefly kidnapped young Tim. Two-Face flipped his coin, and decided to execute Tim, but Batman showed up and rescued him.

Soon after, they discovered that Tim's father was killed outside of Gotham. With no place to go, Bruce Wayne adopted Tim and began to put him under his tutelage as the next Robin.[5]

[edit] Adventures As Robin

Almost immediately, Robin began working in the field at age 13. One of his first acts was helping Batman thwart the Joker's attempt to kill Gothamites with his Joker Gas during a New Years Eve celebration.[6]

He looked after Alfred when Batman and Batgirl went after Mr. Freeze.[7]

He once took personal interest in a young girl with amnesia, whom he named Annie. She later proved to be a lost creation of Clayface.[8]

He has teamed up with Superman, guiding him to masquerade as the missing Batman until they could save him from Brainiac's mind controlling nanites.[9]

At some point in his life as Robin, Tim Drake became a member of a superhero group known as the Titans, as mentioned by Batman.[10]

Sometime after Dick Grayson left Gotham for good to establish himself in another city, Robin patrolled alone one night. He thought he was saving a lone woman from thugs but instead, fell into a trap set by the Joker. For days at the old Arkham Asylum, the Joker systematically tortured Tim, learning secrets entrusted to Robin and then molded him into a crude version of himself. The Joker planned on using Drake to kill Batman but Drake turned and killed the Joker instead. A close friend of the Wayne family, Dr. Leslie Thompkins restored Drake to normal. However, Batman, feeling responsible for what happened, forbade Tim from donning the Robin costume ever again. Drake went out on his own and attempted several times to mend things with Batman only to fail.[4]

[edit] Later Years

Later in his life, Tim became a top-notch communications engineer, got married and had kids. He ended up regretting ever being Robin and had less love for the Robin suit than the Joker. Though he has with age became hateful of his other life from his teenage years, he still had a relationship with Bruce Wayne and Barbara Gordon.

Over time, the microchip implanted within him took control, allowing the Joker's personality to emerge and take control of Tim. He went on a crime spree using Tim's communication engineering skills to take control of a satellite with a laser onboard. Ultimately, however, Terry McGinnis, the new Batman, was able to destroy the chip, freeing Tim. Tim was taken to the hospital for his injuries, and was visited by Terry, Barbara, and Bruce Wayne. Barbara, now Commissioner of the Gotham Police Department, covered up Tim's involvement with the Joker's crimes, as he was technically innocent. As Terry took his leave to let the old friends catch up, Tim told Terry that he was more than worthy of being Batman, and Terry said that it meant a lot coming from Tim.[4]

[edit] Background Information

In the comics, Tim Drake was the third person to take the identity of Robin. The, second, Jason Todd, was the previous holder of the title until he was killed by The Joker. The animated Tim Drake seems to mix together certain elements of both Jason and the comic-book Tim. Like Jason, he was an orphan and a former thief living on the streets until he was taken in by Batman and also had a ver rebelius streak that had a tendency to put him in trouble. Jason was also much more prone to be willing to endanger the lives of criminals if provoked and the animated Tim almost killed Clayface after his absorbtion of Annie. It is also worthy to note that like Jason, the animated Tim's career as Robin was brought to an end by The Joker.

However, the animated Tim did share a few qualities with his comic counterpart, in that he showed surprising knowledge and skill for detective work and was very adept at working with computers if need be. Like his comic version, the animated Tim also had somewhat of an early romantic interest in a person from the streets (Annie for the DCAU version, Lynx for the comic version).

[edit] Appearances and References

The New Batman Adventures

The New Superman Adventures

Static Shock

Gotham Girls

Justice League

Justice League Unlimited

[edit] Feature film

[edit] References

  1. ↑ In The New Superman Adventures
  2. ↑ "Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman"
  3. ↑ Static Shock, "Future Shock"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker"
  5. ↑ The New Batman Adventures, "Sins of the Father"
  6. ↑ Idem, "Holiday Knights"
  7. ↑ Idem, "Cold Comfort"
  8. ↑ Idem, "Growing Pains"
  9. ↑ Superman: The Animated Series, "Knight Time"
  10. ↑ Static Shock, "Hard as Nails"

[edit] External links

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