Robin (Chris O'Donnell)

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Robin
Real name:	Richard Grayson
Aliases:	Dick Grayson
Alignment:	Good
Relatives/friends:	Bruce Wayne/Batman (Friend and mentor) Alfred Pennyworth (Friend) Barbara Wilson/Batgirl (Friend) Mr. Grayson (Deceased father) Mrs. Grayson (Deceased mother) Mitchell Grayson {Deceased older brother) Teen Girl (lover)
Characteristics:	Gender - Male Hair - Brown Eyes - Brown
Portrayed by:	Chris O'Donnell
Appearances:	Batman Forever Batman & Robin

Robin was the alias of Batman's sidekick, Dick Grayson.

[edit] Becoming Robin

After Dick's family was murdered by Two-Face, Bruce Wayne took him in. Though Dick did not want to stay (for long, at least). After discovering the Batcave, he decided to go for a joyride in the Batmobile. He saved a teenage girl from a street gang, who had him outnumbered until Batman arrived. He wants Batman to help him find Two-Face so he can kill him, but Batman refused, not wanting him to end up like him, a loner. But Dick insisted on being involved. However, when Bruce decided to give up being Batman, Dick ran away before Chase Meridian was kidnapped by both Two-Face and the Riddler, taking his circus costume and one of Batman's suits with him.

When Batman is on his way to rescue Chase and stop Two-Face and Riddler, Dick returns and became Batman's sidekick, "Robin", to save her. Though he didn't get the chance to kill Two-Face himself, he just stared at him as he fell to his death, and his family's death were avenged.

[edit] Strained partnership and friendship

Robin was a little more independent and used rash methods which caused Batman not to trust Robin as much. Robin almost got himself killed by Mr. Freeze and turned by Poison Ivy, which also made Batman a bit frustrated.

Dick Grayson became romantically entangled with Alfred Pennyworth's neice Barbara Wilson, who would join the crime fighting team under the alias Batgirl.

In the end Robin did stay in Batman's team, becoming family.

[edit] Behind the scenes

• This version of Robin is very similar to Jason Todd in the comics.
• His Robin costume in Batman & Robin bears similarities to the comics' Nightwing costume. Dick Grayson even considered "Nightwing" as one of his possible "sidekick name" in Batman Forever.
• Producers of the first film considered using Robin and had even cast an actor, but they eventually dropped the character.
• Robin appeared in various scripts of Batman Returns, but was removed due to too many characters in the film. However, despite his exclusion from the movie, an action figure of Robin was still made.
  • An unproduced script featured Robin as a homeless boy vigilante, who becomes an ally to Batman. He was the leader of a juvenile gang, beating people up, and he eventually has a "hard-edged" relationship with Batman, who takes him in as his sidekick.
  • Robin was later changed to an intelligent African-American teenager who's also a garage mechanic working in an autoshop garage. He was to supposedly fix the Batmobile after the Penguin wrecks it. According to screenplay writer Daniel Waters, he wears an old-fashioned garage mechanic uniform with an 'R' on it. There was a scene where he drives the Batmobile, which was used in the third film. He even helps Batman out of a jam. Marlon Wayans was cast, and signed for a sequel. Wayans had attended costume tests, but it was decided to save this character for the third film.

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