"I'm Batman."
— Batman
Being one of the longest running and most popular superheroes of all time, it should come as no surprise that the goddamned Batman has led to his fair share of bat memes over the years.
Please add entries in the following format:
- The meme.Explanation
- Further mutations and successor memes, if any.
Works with their own meme pages.
The Comics
- Amazons Attack!: "Bees. My god."Explanation
- "I'm the goddamn Batman." - courtesy of Frank Miller's take: All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder.
- Dick Grayson, age 12.Explanation
- Crazy Steve. (Linkara's nickname for Miller's In Name Only Batman in All-Star)
- "That is totally queer." "Shut up. >:("
- Ain't nothin' queer about it, love chunks.
- Atop the Fourth Wall and its ASBAR review also gives us this gem: Bruce Wayne, agent of NAMBLA. (From Batman in-name-only looking forward to what he’s going to put Dick Grayson, Age 12 through and having had an eye on him long BEFORE the death of the Flying Graysons. So phrased due to an Amalgam Universenote title called Bruce Wayne, Agent of SHIELD.)
- He's Batman, and he can breathe in space.
- "Hey, Batman, what are your parents getting you for Christ- *SLAP*"
- MY PARENTS ARE DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAD!!!!
- Parodied in a filler strip from PvP.
- Another vector for this meme is an image of Batman slapping Robin while shouting "MY PARENTS ARE DEEAAAAAAAD!!!"◊ For the record: This is an actual image from an actual Batman What If? story, though edited; the original context is completely different.
- That panel itself has been subjected to many, many variations, with Batman and Robin's words constantly being swapped out.
- And in song.
- And in Toronto.
- "No, no, stay with me! Don't leave me!"Explanation
- Sexy Bat-hat is sexy, you must touch it.Explanation
- Chortle at the Joker's boner, will you?!◊
- For those wondering how the hell something like that ever appeared in a comic book back then, keep in mind that terminology can undergo changes (i.e. "gay" going from "happy" to "homosexual"). In this case, "boner" went from a gaffe to... well, you know.
- To clarify, this wasn't just one panel- the entire story revolved around the Joker's boners or Batman and Robin's boners. There are nearly forty uses of the word and the story is less than ten pages long.
- Boner. Boner boner. Boner boning of boner. Boner boner. Erect penis.
- The classic Batman origin story has three: the bat flying through the window, "Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot" and "I shall become a bat!"
- Taking Batman panels out of context and adding the caption "Batman Hates X". One example being Batman kicking a guy for eating ice cream. "Batman Hates Ice Cream."◊Explanation
- The sentence "Batman would win if he was given a week in advance to prepare" or something similar to it is bound to pop up in almost any "Who would win, Batman or X?" conversation.
- Stephanie Brown's costume isn't purple, it's eggplant!
- Jason Todd loves bread.Explanation
- Dick Grayson's ass. Artists have an infamous tendency to draw Dick Grayson with a really noticeable ass, made even more obvious by his skintight Nightwing costume. This has gotten to the point that characters acknowledge it in-universe.
- "Kite Man. Hell yeah.''Explanation
- Batman: Damned #1 will now and forever be known as the comic that showed us what Bruce Wayne’s penis looks like.
- Barbara is Futaba Sakura. Explanation
- Amy Rose can beat Batman.Explanation
- "Batman, there's no laws against the Pokémon, Batman!"Explanation (NSFW)
- "Perhaps you relied on my master's vow against using lethal force. Let me assure you I subscribe to no such niceties." Explanation
- POV: you X in Gotham Explanation
- "Red Hood fans hate good writing."Explanation
- Fans from Reddit have started to describe Jason as the family jobber, on account of how Jason's skills have been severely diminished since The New 52.
The Movies
- The Dark Knight Trilogy has its own page.
- Batman: The Movie
- Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb!
- Shark-repellent Bat Spray! note
- Batman (1989)
- "I'm not going to kill you, but I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me."
- "What are you!?"
- "I'm Batman."
- "Never rub another man's rhubarb!"
- "Have you ever danced with the devil by the pale moonlight?"
- "Well...Wait till they get a load of me."
- "This town needs an enema!"
- "Where does he get all those wonderful memes?"
- YOU WANNA GET NUTS? C'MON, LET'S GET NUTS!
- Think about the future!
- Mirror... MIRROR!
- You... are my number-one... g-guy!
- Love that Joker!
- He don't look happy. He's been using Brand Eckssssss!
- "I'm not going to kill you, but I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me."
- Batman Returns
- "Elections are normally in early November; is this not late December?" "Don't worry about it."
- Corn dog!
- Tragic irony or poetic justice? You tell me.
- HELL HERE.
- It could be worse. My nose could be gushing blood....
- I believe the word you're looking for is AAAAAAHHH!!!
- A little tape and a lot of patience makes all the difference!
- I'm an animal! Cold blooded! Crank the AC!
- Which is, in of itself, a meme, referring to David Lynch's The Elephant Man.
- Things change.
- Meow.
- Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it....
- But a kiss can be even deadlier... if you mean it.
- Hey, just relax. I'll take care of the squealing, wretched, pinheaded puppets of Gotham!
- I didn't say that.
- Peace on earth, good will toward men... and women.
- Bruce, shame on you.
- Yawn.
- Batman Forever
- Chicks dig the car.
- I'll get drive-thru.
- You like strong women. I've done my homework. Or do I need skin-tight vinyl and a whip?
- Batman & Robin
- Bat Credit Card
- A BAT CREDIT CARD?! *BANG* *BANG* I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU! *BANG* *BANG*
- Later: RAPE MY CHILDHOOD, WILL YOU?!
- Basically, everything Mr. Freeze says, thanks to his actor being a Large Ham spouting a hurricane of bad ice-related puns:
- What killed the dinosaurs? DA ICE AGE!
- Cool party!
- Revenge is a dish best served cold
- Stay cool, Bird Boy.
- All right, everyone, chill!
- Allow me to break the ice.
- Freeze well!
- You're not sending me to DA COOLAH!
- Let's kick some ice!
- Tonight's forecast: a freeze is coming!
- YOU LIE!!
- This is why Superman works alone.
- Rubber lips are immune to your charms.
- Bat Credit Card
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (see also Memes.DC Extended Universe)
- Sad Batman.
- "Tell me, do you bleed? YOU WILL!"
- X is Jason Todd. note
- "Martha..." "WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!" note
- Man. note
The TV Show And Cartoons
- Holy flexible catchphrases, Batman!
- QUICK! TO THE TROPE-MOBILE!
- *bat-logo in a swirly background*
- Riddle me this! Riddle me that!
- Re-memed thanks to Jim Carrey in Batman Forever.
- BAM!! POW!!
- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NANA — BATMAAAAAAAN!!! Explanation
- "Tune in tomorrow, same bat-time, same bat-channel!" Explanation
- Quite an index, eh, old chum?
- Ualuealuealeuale!!! Explanation
- Thanks to the 1966 show, Bruce Wayne's home is frequently described as "Stately Wayne Manor" in other media.
- It's become a meme to take .gif files and have Mad Stan from Batman Beyond pop his head out somewhere, followed by everything exploding.
- "Get back in the kitchen!"
- McGinnis! Get out of there!
- "Who are you?" "You killed my father." "Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?"
- OUTRAGEOUS! note
- Truly, truly Outrageous!
- That's right, old chum!
- THE MUSIC MEEEEEIIIIISSSSTTTTERR!!!! note
- "It's a good thing we've got Arkham, 'cause he really DRIVES US BATS!" note
- As we travel through the villi, the CP4 barium soundwave will indicate any monoclinic phylosilicates in our vicinity.
- English, man! English!
- *sighs* The little doo-hickey *beeps* when the cooties are near.
- Ah, I... cooties, yes. note
- "They're replicating!" "Yeah, and it's making more of itself too!"
- "I'll name him Platelet!" "Except that's a lymphocyte." "Platelet it is!"
- Are you seeing what I'm seeing? Because I'm seeing gorillas riding pterodactyls with harpoon guns stealing a boat.
- Batman's rich history allows him to be interpreted in a multitude of ways. To be sure, this is a lighter incarnation, but it's certainly no less valid and true to the character's roots as the tortured avenger crying out for Mommy and Daddy. And besides, those Easter Bunnies looked really scary, right?!
- Meh.
- You're flirting, aren't you? You are flirting! FLIRTERERS! note
- Whoa, I just saved Batman. I JUST SAVED BATMAN!!
- Tear duct? But... surely Batman never cries...
- "Imposing, but too Dracula." "Too dashing." "Too campy..." "Too icky..." "Too confusing!" "Too psycho..." Observe
- BATMAN DOES NOT EAT NACHOS! note
- ... *munch*
- *snarls*
- Batman does naughty nutshows!
- "I'm as patriotic as Benedict Arnold!"
- Darling, I don't have to answer to you - I'm Batman! note
- Did he just call you darling?
- The hammer of justice is unisex.
- Truly, truly Outrageous!
- "I am vengeance. I am the night! I! Am! BATMAN!" Cartoon Network helped by turning it into an Ad of Win.
- YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN! note
- That episode will likely also give you a craving for a GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH!
- Killer Croc and his obsession with rocks.
- It was a big rock...
- BAT-GLARE.
- Harley makes Batman laugh.
- "Come on, puddin'! Don'tcha wanna rev up your Harley? Vroom, vroom!"Explanation
- The Joker's indifference to them, since he's busy obsessing over Batman, are almost as famous as the advances themselves.
- "I'm crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? ''No-o-o, thank you!"Explanation
- Joker: "Hello, [business name]? I'd like to buy [the "opposite" of a product], please." Explanation
- YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN! note
- Justice League Unlimited
- There's nothing Batman can't do.
- Batman's are bigger.
- Batman: The only person to avoid Darkseid's Omega Beams.
- Even though Superman dodged them before. But what is continuity to the Batman?
- The Batman
- "Watch out, Batman! Marilyn Manson is trying to kill you!" Explanation
- Batman Punches Old Lady In The Face.
- Harley Quinn (2019):
- "Heroes don't do that."Explanation
Fan Works
- Batman Eats a Hotdog.
- #Only in Gotham Explanation
- I am going to drink ocean waternote
- I forced a bot to watch 1,000 hours of Batman movies and then asked it to write a Batman movie of its own.Explanation
- The Butts MatchExplanation