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| + | |designer= [[w:c:thedarkknighttrilogy:Simon_McGuire|Simon McGuire]] <small>(design illustrations)</small> |
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| − | |designer= Lindy Hemming |
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|type= Body Armor |
|type= Body Armor |
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| − | |appearances= ''[[Batman Begins]]''<br> |
+ | |appearances= ''[[Batman Begins]]''<br>[[The Dark Knight (film)|''The Dark Knight'']] |
| − | |user=[[Batman (Christian Bale)]] |
+ | |user=[[Batman (Christian Bale)|Batman]] ([[Christian Bale]])<br>[[Buster Reeves]] (stunt double) |
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| ⚫ | The '''Batsuit''' was the Nomex costume that [[Batman (Christian Bale)|Batman]] wore to conceal his identity and frighten criminals. Unable to create it by himself, Bruce needed [[Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman)|Lucius Fox]] to provide him some sort of armor. Fox presented him with a prototype armor suit that was rejected by the Army due to cost. After he received the suit, Bruce sprayed it with black rubber and added a bat symbol. |
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| + | ===Nomex survival suit=== |
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| ⚫ | The suit is derived from Lucius Fox's Research and Development program, within Wayne Enterprises' Applied Sciences Division. It is described by Fox as a "Nomex survival suit" originally intended for advanced military use, but, with its $300,000 price tag, was considered to be too expensive for the United States Army and military in general. Based on an advanced infantry armor system constructed from Nomex, the first layer of protection is an undersuit with built-in temperature regulators designed to keep the wearer at a comfortable temperature in almost any condition. The second layer of protection consists of armor built over the chest, calves, thighs, arms, and back. This armor features a kevlar bi-weave that can stop slashing weapons and can also deflect any bullet short of a straight shot impact, and reinforced joints that allow maximum flexibility and mobility. |
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| + | ===Customizations=== |
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| + | The armor was then coated with a black latex material to dampen Bruce's heat signature, making him difficult to detect with night-vision equipment. Made of a graphite material, the cowl acts as a protective helmet. The cowl's Kevlar lining is supposed to be bulletproof. A manufacturing defect in the graphite used in the production of the first shipment of the cowl's components made its outer shell incapable of withstanding blunt trauma (a flaw Alfred demonstrated to Bruce Wayne using a baseball bat). Batman apparently took on Falcone and his henchmen at the docks with the defective helmet. The second shipment was supposed to fix this problem. An advanced eavesdropping device is concealed within the cowl's right ear and enables Batman to listen in on conversations from a distance.[[File:AlfredBegins.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine)|Alfred]] discovers a problem with the graphite]]Batman's cape is made of "[[memory cloth]]," also developed by Lucius Fox. It is essentially flexible in its normal state, but becomes semi-rigid in a fixed form when an electric current is passed through it from the microcircuits in his right glove. Bruce also adds metal gauntlets with angular fin blades on the forearms, a weapon kept from his experience as a pupil of Ra's al Ghul's organization, the [[League of Shadows]]. Mainly used to block against knives or other stabbing weapons, Bruce managed to surprise Ra's by breaking the blade of his ninjaken in multiple places with the gauntlets. |
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| − | ===''Batman Begins'' Suit Design=== |
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| − | Batman's cape is made of "[[memory cloth]]," also developed by Lucius Fox. It is essentially flexible in its normal state, but becomes semi-rigid in a fixed form (Batman's wings in the movie) when an electric current is passed through it from the microcircuits in his right glove. Bruce also adds metal gauntlets with scallops on the forearms, an innovation derived from his experience as a pupil of Ra's al Ghul's organization, the League of Shadows. Mainly used to block against knives or other stabbing weapons, Bruce managed to surprise Ra's by breaking the blade of his ninjaken in multiple places with the gauntlets. |
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| ⚫ | Although supposedly designed for maximum flexibility and movement, the Nomex armor does restrict Batman's movement somewhat, slowing him down in combat. The design of the mask and cape also restricted his neck movement, making it impossible for him to turn his head, and forcing him to rely on peripheral vision. For these reasons, Bruce asked Lucius to design a new suit with faster, freer movement in mind. |
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| − | ===''The Dark Knight'' Suit design=== |
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| − | [[Image:Batman lenses 1024.jpg|thumb|right|Batman's [[Bat-Sonar Lenses]]|250px]]{{Dialogue|Lucius Fox|You want to be able to turn your head.|Bruce Wayne|Sure make backing out of the driveway easier.|Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne|The Dark Knight}} |
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| − | The Batsuit is changed in the next film ''The Dark Knight''. In this new design, the bodysuit is made of hardened kevlar plates on a titanium-dipped fiber and is broken into multiple pieces of armor over a more flexible bodysuit for greater mobility. The cowl of the Batsuit, which in previous film incarnations has been attached to the shoulder and neck, is now a separate component inspired by the design of motorcycle helmets, allowing the wearer to freely swivel and move his neck without moving the rest of his upper torso as was characteristic in all the previous cinematic versions of the Batsuit. Also, a strong electric current runs through it that prevents anyone except Bruce Wayne from removing it, further protecting his identity. But in The Dark Knight Rises, Batman's cowl is shattered by Bane. |
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| − | In this Batsuit, the iconic blades on the sides of Batman's gauntlets are now retractable and are capable of firing outwards as projectiles. The bat emblem is smaller than the one in ''Batman Begins'' and it is more similar to the Batman logo used in the posters. |
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| − | Furthermore, unlike the Batsuit in ''Batman Begins'', this suit does not have an external 'memory cloth' cape, but, rather, a concealed cape in compartments behind the shoulder blades, which eject, connecting to the suits limbs to provide a hang-glider-like functionality with a bat-motif design. |
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| − | The Batsuit also has "sonar-vision", where signals emitted by mobile phones are converted into images in a similar way to sonar. In order to view the-said images, white lenses fold down from Batman's cowl to cover his eyes. Aesthetically, this gives Batman, for the first time in a live action film, the "white-eyed" appearance he is always depicted with in the comic-books and animated series. Fox ran the machine to enable the "sonar-vision", but since it went against Fox's morals to spy on 30 million people, Batman built a self-destruct mechanism to allow Lucius to destroy the machine, so it is most likely the "white eyes" will never appear again. The suit also is used in ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]'', where Bruce is shown to have multiple copies of the suit. |
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| − | ====Drawbacks==== |
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| − | As a trade-off, the flexible armor leaves Batman more vulnerable to injury from bullets or knives in favor of increased flexibility and lighter weight. |
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| ⚫ | Although supposedly designed for maximum flexibility and movement, the Nomex armor does restrict Batman's movement somewhat, slowing him down in combat. The design of the mask and cape also restricted his neck movement, making it impossible for him to turn his head, and forcing him to rely on peripheral vision. For these reasons, Bruce asked Lucius to design a new suit with faster, freer movement in mind. |
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==Equipment== |
==Equipment== |
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===Utility Belt=== |
===Utility Belt=== |
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| − | The Utility Belt is a specialized belt Batman wears to equip his crime-fighting gear. The utility belt is a modified climbing harness, with magnetized impact-resistant pouches, and canisters attached to the belt at ergonomic points for ease of reach. It carries a magnetic gas-powered grapple gun, an encrypted cell phone, Batarangs, a medical kit, smoke bombs, mini explosives, periscope, remote control for the [[ |
+ | The Utility Belt is a specialized belt Batman wears to equip his crime-fighting gear. The utility belt is a modified climbing harness, with magnetized impact-resistant pouches, and canisters attached to the belt at ergonomic points for ease of reach. It carries a magnetic gas-powered grapple gun, an encrypted cell phone, Batarangs, a medical kit, smoke bombs, mini explosives, periscope, remote control for the [[Tumbler]], mini-cam, money, and other unspecified equipment. Batman removed the belt's shoulder and chest straps because they constricted his movements. |
===Batarang=== |
===Batarang=== |
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+ | [[File:Batarang2.jpg|thumb|230px|right|Small unfoldable variant of the Batarang]] |
| + | These are Batman's signature shuriken cut in the shape of his symbol. There is the standard larger version that can folded in half, but it seems these were almost never used. The small variants were used to shatter lightbulbs and windows early in his crusade. Later this seemed to evolve into an even smaller tranquilizer dart similar in shape and material. |
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| − | A Batarang is a roughly bat-shaped throwing weapon used by Batman. The name is a portmanteau of bat and boomerang. Although Batarangs are named after boomerangs, they are more similar to shurikens, fitting with Batman's training as a ninja. |
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| − | ===Grapple Gun=== |
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| + | ===[[Grapple Gun (Nolan Films)|Grapple Gun]]=== |
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| ⚫ | Similar to a grappling hook |
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| − | It is propelled with compressed air, and works with a magnetic grappling iron. The thin climbing cable was tested on a load-carrying capacity of 350 lbs. |
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| ⚫ | Similar to a grappling hook, the line launching gun uses a strong clamp attached to a high-tensil wire for scaling surfaces and/or traversing gaps. It can be recovered by releasing the clamp and rewinding the cable. It was based from one that is designed as compact climbing gear for commando units. It is propelled with compressed air, and works with a magnetic grappling iron. The thin climbing cable was tested on a load-carrying capacity of 350 lbs. The line can be attached to a reel in the buckle in the utility harness, but this was only used to escape after being defeated by the [[Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy)|Scarecow]] in [[The Narrows]]. |
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| − | ===[[Memory cloth cape|Memoryweave Cloth Cape]]=== |
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| ⚫ | The Memory cloth is a piece of equipment that Bruce is shown by Lucius Fox at Applied Sciences. The item itself is normally soft and light, but when an electric current is passed through it the cape takes a rigid shape. Bruce |
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| + | [[File:Batmanbegins.jpg|thumb|230px|Lucius Showing Bruce the memory cloth sleeping tent]] |
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| − | *A HF Transponder that Batman uses to summon bats. Equipped in the left heel of his boot, when used at a lower frequency the sound can cause people to have incapacitating headaches. |
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| ⚫ | The Memory cloth is a piece of equipment that Bruce is shown by Lucius Fox at Applied Sciences. The item itself is normally soft and light, but when an electric current is passed through it the cape takes a rigid shape. Bruce took it, and the gloves then customized the skeleton and cut into bat wing shape scalloped cape and somehow made it a functional paraglider contraption. |
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| − | *Pnuematic Mangler |
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| − | *Sticky Bomb Gun |
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| − | *EMP Rifle |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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+ | *[[Nomex Batsuit/Gallery]] |
==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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| + | [[file:000pqk65.jpg|250px|thumb|Bale still unable to turn his head at the beginning of the second film wearing the original costume]] |
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| − | ==Legacy and Cameo-appearances== |
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| + | *[[Christian Bale]] found the original Batsuit to be very uncomfortable and restrictive, as it was still very much derived from the standard WB batsuits of the past first established by [[Michael Keaton]], with little improvement. The "bat suit wrangler", [[w:c:batmananthology:Day_Murch|Day Murch]] from the 90's films was brought on to assist Bale and stuntmen like [[Buster Reeves]]. From [[Christopher Nolan]]'s point of view, he was dissatisfied with the appearance of the foam rubber cowl, within the fiction it supposed to be made of a solid graphite material. For these reasons, Bruce's desire for a new costume in the movies was put into the story. |
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| − | *Bruce Wayne’s updated 2010 Batsuit, first shown in the Batman Incorporated storyline, was concepted by artist David Finch as an amalgam from the Batsuits in Tim Burton's and Christopher Nolan's Batman films. |
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| + | *The particular incarnation of the Batsuit in ''Begins'' has the most in-depth description of its make and function ever seen in a Batman film. |
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| − | [[Category:Objects|Batsuit 3 (Nolan Films)]] |
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| + | [[file:BeginsBatarangUsage.jpg|290px|thumb|Threatening Ra's with two batarangs between fingers before throwing them into a window]] |
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| + | *''Begins'' is also the only film to show Batman using multiple razor-sharp Batarangs held between the fingers, first established in the [[Frank Miller]] stories of the 80's like [[Batman: Year One|''Year One'']], which is cited as a direct influence on the movie. Batarang props are seen on display in both sequels but are never used. |
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| + | *[[Cillian Murphy]] and Bale auditioned in the [[Sonar Batsuit]], which features very similar sculpted torso section. |
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[[Category:Costumes]] |
[[Category:Costumes]] |
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Revision as of 14:00, 2 September 2019
- Bruce Wayne: “I want to borrow it. For spelunking. You know, cave-diving.”
- Lucius Fox: “You get a lot of gunfire down in those caves?”
- ―Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox after Fox has shown him the nomex survival suit[src]
The Batsuit was the Nomex costume that Batman wore to conceal his identity and frighten criminals. Unable to create it by himself, Bruce needed Lucius Fox to provide him some sort of armor. Fox presented him with a prototype armor suit that was rejected by the Army due to cost. After he received the suit, Bruce sprayed it with black rubber and added a bat symbol.
Original Batsuit
Nomex survival suit
The suit is derived from Lucius Fox's Research and Development program, within Wayne Enterprises' Applied Sciences Division. It is described by Fox as a "Nomex survival suit" originally intended for advanced military use, but, with its $300,000 price tag, was considered to be too expensive for the United States Army and military in general. Based on an advanced infantry armor system constructed from Nomex, the first layer of protection is an undersuit with built-in temperature regulators designed to keep the wearer at a comfortable temperature in almost any condition. The second layer of protection consists of armor built over the chest, calves, thighs, arms, and back. This armor features a kevlar bi-weave that can stop slashing weapons and can also deflect any bullet short of a straight shot impact, and reinforced joints that allow maximum flexibility and mobility.
Customizations
The armor was then coated with a black latex material to dampen Bruce's heat signature, making him difficult to detect with night-vision equipment. Made of a graphite material, the cowl acts as a protective helmet. The cowl's Kevlar lining is supposed to be bulletproof. A manufacturing defect in the graphite used in the production of the first shipment of the cowl's components made its outer shell incapable of withstanding blunt trauma (a flaw Alfred demonstrated to Bruce Wayne using a baseball bat). Batman apparently took on Falcone and his henchmen at the docks with the defective helmet. The second shipment was supposed to fix this problem. An advanced eavesdropping device is concealed within the cowl's right ear and enables Batman to listen in on conversations from a distance.
Alfred discovers a problem with the graphite
Batman's cape is made of "memory cloth," also developed by Lucius Fox. It is essentially flexible in its normal state, but becomes semi-rigid in a fixed form when an electric current is passed through it from the microcircuits in his right glove. Bruce also adds metal gauntlets with angular fin blades on the forearms, a weapon kept from his experience as a pupil of Ra's al Ghul's organization, the League of Shadows. Mainly used to block against knives or other stabbing weapons, Bruce managed to surprise Ra's by breaking the blade of his ninjaken in multiple places with the gauntlets.
Drawbacks
Although supposedly designed for maximum flexibility and movement, the Nomex armor does restrict Batman's movement somewhat, slowing him down in combat. The design of the mask and cape also restricted his neck movement, making it impossible for him to turn his head, and forcing him to rely on peripheral vision. For these reasons, Bruce asked Lucius to design a new suit with faster, freer movement in mind.
Equipment
Utility Belt
customized Utility Harness
The Utility Belt is a specialized belt Batman wears to equip his crime-fighting gear. The utility belt is a modified climbing harness, with magnetized impact-resistant pouches, and canisters attached to the belt at ergonomic points for ease of reach. It carries a magnetic gas-powered grapple gun, an encrypted cell phone, Batarangs, a medical kit, smoke bombs, mini explosives, periscope, remote control for the Tumbler, mini-cam, money, and other unspecified equipment. Batman removed the belt's shoulder and chest straps because they constricted his movements.
Batarang
Small unfoldable variant of the Batarang
These are Batman's signature shuriken cut in the shape of his symbol. There is the standard larger version that can folded in half, but it seems these were almost never used. The small variants were used to shatter lightbulbs and windows early in his crusade. Later this seemed to evolve into an even smaller tranquilizer dart similar in shape and material.
Grapple Gun
Grapple Gun
The grapple gun is a tool item Batman uses to scale up or rappel down several stories, or swing between Gotham City skyscrapers on successive lines. It could even be used to incapacitate, restrain, or ensnare opponents.
Similar to a grappling hook, the line launching gun uses a strong clamp attached to a high-tensil wire for scaling surfaces and/or traversing gaps. It can be recovered by releasing the clamp and rewinding the cable. It was based from one that is designed as compact climbing gear for commando units. It is propelled with compressed air, and works with a magnetic grappling iron. The thin climbing cable was tested on a load-carrying capacity of 350 lbs. The line can be attached to a reel in the buckle in the utility harness, but this was only used to escape after being defeated by the Scarecow in The Narrows.
Memory cloth cape
Lucius Showing Bruce the memory cloth sleeping tent
The Memory cloth is a piece of equipment that Bruce is shown by Lucius Fox at Applied Sciences. The item itself is normally soft and light, but when an electric current is passed through it the cape takes a rigid shape. Bruce took it, and the gloves then customized the skeleton and cut into bat wing shape scalloped cape and somehow made it a functional paraglider contraption.
Gallery
Trivia
Bale still unable to turn his head at the beginning of the second film wearing the original costume
- Christian Bale found the original Batsuit to be very uncomfortable and restrictive, as it was still very much derived from the standard WB batsuits of the past first established by Michael Keaton, with little improvement. The "bat suit wrangler", Day Murch from the 90's films was brought on to assist Bale and stuntmen like Buster Reeves. From Christopher Nolan's point of view, he was dissatisfied with the appearance of the foam rubber cowl, within the fiction it supposed to be made of a solid graphite material. For these reasons, Bruce's desire for a new costume in the movies was put into the story.
- The particular incarnation of the Batsuit in Begins has the most in-depth description of its make and function ever seen in a Batman film.
Threatening Ra's with two batarangs between fingers before throwing them into a window
- Begins is also the only film to show Batman using multiple razor-sharp Batarangs held between the fingers, first established in the Frank Miller stories of the 80's like Year One, which is cited as a direct influence on the movie. Batarang props are seen on display in both sequels but are never used.
- Cillian Murphy and Bale auditioned in the Sonar Batsuit, which features very similar sculpted torso section.