Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. They have since become a staple of Batman's arsenal, appearing in every major Batman television and film adaptation to date.
Recent interpretations of the Dark Knight find additi… The name "batarang" is a portmanteau of "bat" and "boomerang," a similar throwing device. Though they are named after boomerangs, batarangs are mostly used like shuriken or ninja stars. Batman Beyond,[8] another animated series, which takes place 50 years in Gotham City's future, has a young high school student donning a high tech version of the batsuit to become the new Batman. In the movie adaptations of Batman, the batarangs shown roughly match the adapted bat logo of the respective movie franchise. There are also the remote controlled Batarangs.
Lego Batman: The Video Game features batarangs[9] (each with a color), which can be used by four characters; Batman (black and yellow), Robin (red and green), Batgirl (black and yellow), and Nightwing (red and green). The same weapons are used by The Batman's interpretation of Robin. Batman threw the first batarang at the Monk and missed, but later in the story, the batarang helped him knock over a chandelier and escape from the villain's trap.[2]. Recent interpretations of the Dark Knight find additional motivation to use the batarang as a ranged attack (alternative to firearms, which he rejects outright due to the circumstances of his parents' murder, except for certain circumstances) and is used primarily to knock guns out of an assailant's hand.[1]. Though they are named after boomerangs, batarangs have become more and more like shuriken with time. Kate used the batarangs in the television series Batwoman. Tim Drake, the third Robin, also possesses his own 'R'-shaped shuriken. Following the backlash against the camp Batman television series, the franchise has avoided falling into the perceived overuse of the bat- prefix, for which the 1960s series was criticized. [11] The Batarang appears in the sequel, Batman: Arkham City, introducing a new variation, a reverse Batarang which can loop behind an enemy and attack from behind. Variations of batarangs include those which are able to be opened and closed (presumably so they can fit into Batman's utility belt), those which can be explosively charged and those which are electrified. In combat, Batman could chain them into his combos following an upgrade. [1] In an issue of Teen Titans (Vol. The current version of Batwoman, who was introduced in the 52 continuity, uses a miniature batarang.
The name is a portmanteau of bat and boomerang, and was originally spelled baterang. Robin also uses circular Batarang type weapons in the TV series Young Justice. Along with a basic batarang Batman can also use a remote-controlled variant and a sonic batarang used for distracting hostiles. A Batarang prop from the 1997 film Batman & Robin has been donated to the Smithsonian Institution, and is in the National Museum of American History's entertainment collection.