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to recap all of his appearances in the DC Universe. Now Red Hood is the kind of person
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Batman the Brave and the Bold. We begin with his first appearance, in an alternate universe,
where he became a vigilante called Red Hood to oppose the injustice syndicate,
dressed the exact same as the Joker did before he was transformed. When they found
his hideout at the Ace Chemical Plant, Owlman threw him in a vat of chemicals.
Though the acid disfigured him, unlike his standard counterpart, he didn't go insane
but instead continued the persona to stop the syndicate. When his team was captured,
he used a device called the phase oscillator to send his calling card to a different Earth,
in hopes of finding allies. When Batman responds disguised as Owlman, Red Hood is captured, and
Cyclone interrogates him later. As he then guides Batman to his location, to free him and the other
heroes, they assemble for a final battle against the syndicate, where the heroes emerge victorious.
Whoever he is, I hope my counterpart on your world will have a chance to
repay you. Somehow that seems unlikely. Oh and expect an owl man-shaped package momentarily.
Batman under the Red Hood. Five years after Jason's death,
a new vigilante calling himself Red Hood emerges in Gotham to take over Black
Mask's territory. After he reminds Batman of his first failure, creating the Joker,
Batman and Nightwing chase him to investigate and realize he's well-trained;
where Batman later discovers that Jason's alive because Ra's Al Ghul resurrected him. Elsewhere,
as Red Hood has continuously interfered with his operations, making him desperate, Black
Mask hires the Joker to eliminate him. However, when Joker changes the plan, Red Hood confronts
and kidnaps him. After torturing Joker, as he did with him, he battles Batman in an epic
battle of skills, all leading to his planned endgame with the three of them. He reveals
he's angry because Batman let the Joker live, so he gives him a choice, kill the Joker now,
or he'll kill him, though Batman refuses, so he sets off a bomb and escapes after it explodes.
Black mask it's just a part of the plan. You're becoming a crime Lord. Yes. You can't stop crime;
that's what you never understood. You want to rule them by fear but what do
you do with the ones who aren't afraid. I'm doing what you won't. I'm taking them out
Gotham. Now, Red Hood doesn't appear in the traditional sense, as a gang member brings
a red mask to a robbery, making him seem invincible, and because he was spontaneous,
the media dubs them the red hood gang. As the mask symbolizes the leader and gives confidence,
gang members kill the previous owner for it. The last guy was overconfident, resulting in
the death of the red hood gang. Then in season 3, Butch Gilzean secretly reforms the gang,
who wears customized masks and crashes the penguin's press conference to break his mother's
statue. As Penguin is Butch's boss, before he can uncover the truth, Butch kills the entire
gang to appear as a hero, though, Nygma sets him up to reveal that he's the Red Hood Gang's leader.
It's the hood. It's good luck I'm telling you. I feel like a totally
different person with it on. Sit down will you? We need to go over tomorrow's
score. This sets us apart. It's a piece of cloth, two holes cut out of. It's a symbol
Batman The Killing Joke. In the film adapted from the well-beloved comic,
the flashbacks reveal Red Hood and the origin of the Joker. While struggling to make money as a
comedian to support his wife and unborn child, he agrees to help break into his old workplace,
Ace Chemicals. They reveal he'll wear the red hood mask to ensure he isn't connected to the robbery,
but while his wife dies in an accident, leaving no motivation, they force him to
continue. So, he dresses up in a tux with the red cape and mask,
but when they break in, security spots them, and they run. As he's confronted by Batman,
in fear, he trips on his cape and falls into a vat of chemicals, transforming him. After
emerging and removing the red hood mask, he's driven insane and becomes the Joker.
That's the Red Hood's mask. Smarten up wise guy;
there ain't no red hood. Just a bunch of guys like yourself and a mask. Right,
the most valued member of the crew, he gets to wear it no questions asked.
The Lego Batman movie. Making his Lego debut, he has several cameos as one of
Batman's rogues' gallery. While the Joker already exists, and it's unlikely that he's Jason Todd,
it's assumed that he's a normal person, adopting the identity of the Red Hood gang's
leader. He's usually in the background but is mainly seen helping Joker take over Gotham,
being forced to surrender with the other villains, wearing an orange jumpsuit in Arkham,
helping Batman stop Joker's army from the Phantom Zone, connecting to force
Gotham back together, and celebrating with everyone when they're victorious.
Batman Ninja. In the anime-styled film, Gorilla Grodd activates his quake engine,
transporting everyone at Arkham Asylum to feudal Japan. When Batman arrives two years later,
he learns that the batfamily also made the time jump and that Red Hood is currently doing recon.
When he locates the Joker and Harley Quinn as farmers who have lost their memories, he
attacks them for what he did to him and believes they're faking it, until Batman intervenes. He was
right to assume the worst, as when their memories return because of a plant, Joker creates a super
mech by merging other ones, while the batfamily fights supervillains. After Red Hood defeats
Deathstroke and Batman defeats Joker, they use the quake engine to return to the present.
You think I'm that stupid? Do you expect me to believe the Joker has taken up farming? Honey.
You two Harley Quinn. Oh my love oh my love I don't know why. I owe you this.
Lego Batman Family Matters. After leaving the cave because Batman treated him unfairly,
instead of Jason dying, he adopts the Red Hood persona many years later and teams up
with Two-Face. He then lures the batfamily and sends them to defuse fake bombs across Gotham,
but later kidnaps them for an endgame with Batman. After revealing he's Jason,
he also reveals that he wanted revenge on Batman for kicking him out and not
caring. However, when he realizes he's wrong about Batman, Two-Face double-crosses him and
uses the artificial intelligence Brother Eye to take over Gotham. While the batfamily attack
his OMAC drones and Batman faces Two-Face, Red Hood focuses on stopping Brother Eye.
He's just as human as you and me. He likes to talk a good game but Bruce is so busy with his
mission that he's forgotten to care for those around him. Heck he just told Alfred to close
his family business with no thought as to what that would mean for the city.
Teen Titans Go. In the rebooted series, 5 seasons into the show, Joker's Red Hood
makes a brief cameo when discussing origin stories. Upon witnessing Billy Batson's
transformation into Shazam, the teen titans, fascinated with his powers,
interrupt him when he battles Mister Mind. Believing that he has a tragic origin story,
Robin asks Shazam how he got his powers and gives examples
of accidents that transformed people. While listing some, he briefly mentions
radiation and Red Hood, who fell into a vat of chemicals, transforming him into the Joker.
You're like a like a Christmas miracle.
It's too good to be true. He probably has a super tragic origin story. How'd you become a
superhero? Radiation, accident at the chemical plant? A mighty wizard gave me superpowers.
Young Justice. Now appearing in the hit animated series, we know that Jason Todd died sometime
before season 2 after seeing his holographic memorial in mount justice and the Watchtower.
However, in season 3, on infinity island, the home of Ra's Al Ghul, he returns from the dead
dressed as a Red Hooded ninja who obeys his every command. When Nightwing and his team invade the
island to extract their team, he engages them in combat until Ra's lets them leave freely.
While his memories gradually return, he came back in season 4, though his character
arc wasn't developed as he had a minor role, appearing whenever Ra's or his follower Sensei
showed up. Maybe we would have had something if the series returned for a fifth season.
Grayson. Ah, your memories' finally returning excellent
Batman death in the family. In the interactive film, viewers can alter the outcome of Robin's
death shown in Under the Red Hood. If viewers select the option that Robin dies, in the
aftermath of the original film, Bruce talks with Clark about what transpired 5 years
after Jason's death. Now if viewers choose the option, Batman saves Robin, Bruce dies instead,
but Jason remains conflicted because he's full of rage and Bruce asked him not to kill. So,
he then adopts the Joker's former identity to get his attention, and after a fight with him,
viewers have to choose whether to spare or kill him. Afterwards, he learns Talia resurrected
Batman, to which viewers choose again, whether to battle Batman for death or life.
I knew there was a joke under that hood but I never saw this punchline coming. You gave
up the gimmicks he gave you and now you're the spitting energy of me. I
took your gimmicks to draw you out and take you down for what you did to me and to him.
Titans. Now ending with his final appearance, scarecrow's anti-fear gas and Jason's past
trauma cause him to die at the hands of the Joker. All according to Scarecrow's plan,
he resurrects Jason with a lazarus pit and manipulates him with a drug. As Jason joins
Crane as his enforcer, he becomes Gotham's new vigilante, Red Hood. However, he begins to kill,
starting with the lieutenants of mob bosses, to convince them to partner with him. Later,
he betrays the Titans, going as far as killing Hank and continually battling
Nightwing. Eventually, Jason comes to his senses and teams up to stop Crane, but later leaves to
run solo. He then briefly returns in season 4, where he trains Tim to be the next Robin
Bruce always told me you were better than me with the toys. Jason? In living
colour. I got a new name now bro. You'll be hearing a lot around here. Red Hood.
Now with the end of his evolution till he makes another appearance,
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