If there is anything I have learned from Batman's long romantic history, it's that being a dark
and mysterious vigilante usually leads you making bad relationship choices.
Welcome back, nerd squad.
My name is Amanda McKnight.
I'm dressed up as Ruby Roundhouse from Jumanji 2 in honour of Halloweek and I will be your
host for this list where we talk about some of the better relationship choices that Bruce
Wayne has made.
Key word there being some.
Some.
Because honestly, even when it comes to the superhero ones, not even all of them are that
great.
Today we'll be counting down the top 10 superheroes Batman has hooked up with.
So get ready toss those batarangs of love.
And be sure to stick around to the end of this video where I will have some bonus content
coming your way.
Alright, let's get counting.
10 Batgirl
So I really did not want to include Batgirl on this list but Batman seems to have a bit
of an issue when it comes to dating superheroes.
He seems to be more attracted to ladies with a criminal connection, most of them having
one unbeknownst to him.
For a world renowned detective you'd really think he would be better at picking up on
that...
I feel like he and Drake could bond over all the bad choices they may have made when it
comes to their romantic lives.
Speaking of not so great choices, Batgirl and Batman had a thing the animated version
of the Killing Joke and in the Batman Beyond comic universe.
While the whole idea of this relationship really creeps me out for a lot of reasons,
I will say that Batgirl is definitely just an all around great superhero so for that
reason she made the cut.
What happened between Bruce and Barbara?
Well in the animated film the Killing Joke, they sleep together on a roof after having
a fight that gets physical in more ways than one.
Because yeah, apparently that is what the comic book was missing.
In the Batman Beyond comicbook universe, the two sleep together and Bruce gets her pregnant
while Dick Grayson is out of town.
So yeah... relationship?
Not so great.
But Barbara Gordon, herself?
Pretty great.
9 Shondra Kinsolving
Shondra is a metahuman was born Sandra Asplin.
She and her brother were both adopted and grew up abused by their father until one day
they used their powers to accidentally kill him.
She ended up running away from home and grew up to become a psychotherapist.
Her abilities all her to heal or kill those she comes into contact with.
She has been called upon to help heal Bruce a few times, including after his spine was
broken by Bane.
During her time as his healer, and personal physician, Shondra developed feelings for
Bruce and he for her.
She enjoyed how mysterious he was and the two developed a romance.
Shondra would later lose her mind after accidentally killing her brother while in a drug induced
confused child-like state.
Her mentality reverted to that of a child.
Bruce took it upon himself to make sure she was taken care of her, buying a home for her
and staffing it with medical personnel to look after Shondra for the rest of her days.
8 Sasha Bordeaux
Do you remember this movie Bodyguard with Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner?
This is that kind of romance.
Sasha was hired as Bruce Wayne's bodyguard against his wishes.
Despite him trying to avoid her, Sasha was good at her job, making it hard for Bruce
to shake her.
In fact she was so good, she ended up discovering that Bruce Wayne was Batman.
Unable to fire her because of this, Bruce trained with her and eventually she joined
him on his patrols.
She quickly fell in love with him despite the fact that he was busy dating other women.
After he and Sasha are framed with murder of his girlfriend, Vesper Fairchild, they
become closer and have a brief romance.
Unfortunately for Sasha, Batman does not end up always loving her, nor does he even sing
the song "I Will Always Love You" to her.
7 Batwoman
That's right before we the Kate Kane of today, now played by Ruby Rose in the CW series and
one of the most prominent LGBTQ plus characters in the DC universe--I even keep an inspirational
drawing of her at my desk, no joke--we had Kathy Kane.
Oddly enough Kathy Kane and her niece, Betty Kane were actually designed as female version
of the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin and created to be their love interests.
In fact their creation was a result of homophobia and a series had people questioning the sexuality
and relationship of Batman and Robin.
It wasn't until the new 52 that Kathy was reintroduced as Kate Kane, Batman's lesbian
cousin and a vigilante in her own right who also came from a wealthy family and had a
militristic upbringing.
6 Bekka
Bekka was Himon's daughter.
She grew up on Apokolips where Himon plotted to overthrow Darkseid, keeping his daughter
a secret to protect her.
She eventually fell in love with Orion, Darkseid's son.
But during a run in with Batman where she helped to save Superman from Dasaad on the
planet Tartarus, she found herself attracted to the Dark Knight.
Despite their brief romance Bekka decided to go back to Orion and the two parted ways.
5 Phantasm
Andrea Beaumont becomes Phantasm after the death of her father in the animated universe.
Bruce and her have a relationship before she adopts the vigilante mantle however.
The two fall in love and he even considers up giving up his work as Batman to be with
her and find happiness.
Bruce proposes, and Andrea accepts but her father pulls her away from Bruce and into
hiding with him when his mob ties become treacherous.
Despite their efforts, Carl Beaumont, Andrea's father is found and killed and Andrea seeks
to avenge his death, becoming Phantasm.
Her and Bruce don't end up staying together despite discovering that they are both vigilante's.
They both follow different moral code which leads to them parting ways.
4 Black Canary
Back in the Silver Age of comics Batman and Black Canary share a few romantic moments
and even almost had a full relationship.
But ultimately she ended up choosing Oliver Queen, Green Arrow over him.
In fact the two even had a dalliance while she was with Oliver Queen!
I'm surprised she didn't end up leaving Green Arrow actually, he was also spent a lot of
time bossing her around and telling her what to do but then again that was often the struggle
of most superheroines in the Silver Age.
This weird love triangle has been revisited a few times in modern comics as well with
Batman and Black Canary sharing even more racy kisses and embraces but this time on
rooftops instead of in the JLA space satellite.
3 Zatanna Zatarra
Bruce and Zatanna were childhood friends who came to truly care for one another.
Bruce even refers to Zatanna affectionately as Zee.
Although the two have had their ups and downs like when Zatanna altered Batman's memories,
they are always there for one another when the other calls upon them.
After saving Zatanna from the Joker, the two spend the night together and Zatanna asks
why they aren't a thing.
Bruce confesses that although he has feelings for her and would like to have a relationship
with her, he cannot do so as does not want to expose her to the darkness of his world.
Such a Batman answer.
C'mon Bruce, I'm pretty such the magical Zatanna could handle it.
She could even bring some light into that darkness.
2 Wonder Woman
While this romance is mostly based off of fan shipping and in comic flirting, there
have been a few moments where fans were left questioning what was really going on between
these two.
Both Batman and Wonder Woman or Wonderbat as some call them often end up deciding they
are better as friends whenever attempting to come to terms with their true feelings
for one another.
Still this hasn't stopped them from stealing a few kisses every now and then.
In some cases we've also seen them in cliffhanger situations where we are forced to wonder what
truly happened in the time they have spent together outside of the panels.
Though it has never been confirmed that they have dated or slept together.
Still if you want to count kissing and whatever could be happening off panel as a hook up
than this would definitely be high up on the list.
Batman and Wonder Woman definitely care very much for each other and would make one heck
of a power couple.
1 Catwoman
Kind of the ultimate match for Batman.
Amiright?
Sure, you may say but Amanda, Catwoman is not a hero, she's a criminal.
But the truth is she really rides the line.
She may be a thief but she often steals for the benefit of others.
She may work alongside villains but she usually ends up double crossing them, often to help
Batman.
Remember when she joined the Gotham City Sirens just to spy on them for Bruce.
Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayne even almost made it to the altar.
In fact it was Selina's love of Bruce that prevent the two from wedding, fearing that
their marriage would lead him to become truly happy and thereby destroy who he was, believing
that Bruce needed his misery in order to be who he was.
At least that's what she tells Bruce.
Although the two didn't end up tying the knot in the end they have still managed an on-again
off-again love affair for over 80 years in the comics.
Which remains impressive, to say the least.
Thank you so much for watching, nerd squad.
I hope you enjoyed this list.
Who is your favourite superhero or even supervillian that Batman has dated?
Would you like us to create a list about the criminals that Batman has dated?
Spoiler alert.
There's a lot.
Like seriously, he really needs to start doing background checks on some of these ladies.
Let us know your thoughts and feels in the comments below and if you think there is a
superhero we may have missed.
Speaking of comments, it's time for that bonus content as we turn to some comments from one
of my latest videos Top 10 Superhero Couples Who Went Too Far Part 3.
Kari7 comments, "Has Talia and Jason Todd been done yet?
Because... eww."
I don't believe we've mentioned them yet, surprisingly.
But their relationship coming out of pure spite for Batman is pretty gross.
Also what is the age difference there?
Maybe we'll see that one a part 4.
Drew Sutton writes, "Good list!
I'd tease you about one of your word pronunciations but we don't know each other.
Without that context, teasing is just trolling."
I like that saying, Drew.
And you're right without that context teasing can easily percieved as trolling.
I think I know the word you mean though.
Was it banished?
Or banish-ed as I said?
That was a Shakespeare reference as the relationship I was talking about between Gambit and Bella
Donna is an obvious nod to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Fun fact it is sometimes pronounced banish-ed in Shakespeare to order to maintain the iambic
pentameter.
Sorry, theatre and literature nerd over here.
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