Batman: Arkham Origins

A 2013 game developed by WB Games Montreal and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, featuring Batman. It's a prequel to Batman: Arkham City.

It's just another day for Batman, fighting criminals, no matter how weird they are. It's also Christmas Eve and Black Mask has invaded the Blackgate prison, taking Commissioner Loeb as hostage. Batman breaks in the prison, but can't prevent the mob boss of killing Loeb. Soon after Batman confronts his minion, Killer Croc, and discovers a plan that Black Mask have for the vigilant: contract a bunch of assassins to kill him, promising a great reward for the one who does it until the end of the night. Batman, however, isn't afraid of the danger, and decides to go after Black Mask anyway.

Tropes used in Batman: Arkham Origins include:

• Adaptational Villainy: Believe it or not, Ferris Boyle gets this in the Cold, Cold Heart DLC. While even in his debut in the BTAS series, he was a contemptible villain, he also had a bit of a Villain Has a Point regarding his condemning Fries and terminating his research onto Nora since the latter was technically embezzling from his company behind his back. In the game, however, Boyle not only knew beforehand that Fries was trying to save his wife, but even pretended to help when in reality he was trying to use him in order to find out how to cryogenically freeze people and develop ice weapons, and Fries' embezzlement was in response to Boyle's breaching of his contract.
• An Asskicking Christmas: It's Christmas Eve, and that will not stop any adult in this game of getting in several stressful and potentially lethal situations. The night does wear on into Christmas Morning by the end. Technically also applies to Cold, Cold Heart, since it falls on New Years Eve/New Years Day.
• Decoy Antagonist: Played with. There is a plot to kill Batman by what seems to be the main villain, and while it does play into the overarching plot it's just a sideshow for The Joker, or that was the idea until he and Batman become bigger enemies than either anticipated.
• Dirty Cop: Loeb mentions that he is paying Black Mask and his minions, which makes him surprised at his betrayal or at least, what he THINKS is a betrayal.
• Foregone Conclusion: Since the game is a prequel to Batman: Arkham City, where we see Julian Gregory Day alive and well, it's pretty obvious that he will not be executed.
• Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Batman is an Anti Hero for a reason people. Beating up people or twisting their arms seem to be his favorite method of interrogation.
  • It's also one reason why the (honest) cops don't trust him, he comes off as little better than the hoods he works over.
• Save the Villain: This is the reason why Joker ends up being obsessed with Batman.
• Self-Deprecation: Vicki Vale, a reporter, doesn't seem to have a great belief in journalists, not believing Batman only goes after criminals as the news supposedly say.
• Simple Staff: Deathstroke's Weapon of Choice against Batman, at first.
• Stating the Simple Solution: Alfred offers to Bruce the simple solution of staying in his home while the assassins blindly search for him since they only have one night to do their jobs. Batman refuses, believing he is risking innocent lives by doing something like that.
• Something Only They Would Say: When Batman discovers Bane's hideout and, more importantly, that Bane knows Batman's secret identity, the clip from his blown off interview with Vicky Vale "Baby, you just ran out of time", is heard being played in a loop, strongly implying that at least one of the factors behind Bane deducing Batman's identity was the fact that Batman said to him, in reference to the then-newly arrived police choppers, "You just ran out of time" during their cut short boss battle earlier.