Jason Todd's Memorial is a display-case in the Batcave which tributes the fallen Robin, Jason Todd. It contains the late-hero's costume with no visible body, sometimes shown to be held up by wires. It features a plaque reading, "Jason Todd, a Good Soldier".
It was erected in the Batcave following Jason's death at the hands of the Joker and has since become a staple of the Batcave; even staying up following Jason's resurrection and transformation into the criminal Red Hood.
It first appeared in Frank Miller's 1986 Dark Knight series. The display case has since been established into multiple other continuities.
History[]
Earth-686[]
Jason Todd was the second Robin, taken in after Batman fired the original Robin for, "Incompetence". Jason would go on to become Batman's prodigy only to one day hear Bruce say that he didn't believe he was fit to become Batman.
In an effort to prove himself, Jason hunted down the lair of the Joker only to be beaten to death by Joker's henchmen. In memoriam, Bruce put Jason's uniform on display in the batcave.
Years later in 1986, an elderly Bruce Wayne would take a young girl named Carrie Kelley to the batcave after she assisted him. Carrie would come face-to-face with the memorial as Bruce and Alfred argued over letting her be Robin.
New Earth[]
Jason Todd was Batman's second Robin, albeit a much more violent and reckless one than his predecessor. This lead to Jason having been lured out of Gotham by the Joker and subsequently beaten to a pulp with a crowbar. Following this, Jason was killed in an explosion rigged by the Joker.
As a tribute to his fallen apprentice, Batman put Jason's uniform on display in the batcave as a memorial.
Prime Earth[]
Appearances in Other Media[]
Tim Drake's Robin suit from the DCAU
- DCAU: An adaptation of the memorial is featured in The New Batman Adventures. As Jason Todd never appeared in either it or Batman: The Animated Series, it is inferred to have been a suit belonging to Dick Grayson before he left the Bat-Family. However, the suit itself doesn't resemble any suit to have been worn by Dick and led to speculation that it belonged to Jason Todd, who had appeared off-screen before the series. This would later be explored in the DCAU tie-in comic series Batman: The Adventures Continue, which was set between The New Batman Adventures and Justice League.
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1: The suit appears in the animated adaptation of the comic from which the memorial originated.
- Batman: Under the Red Hood: The memorial is featured in this film. At the end of the film, Alfred suggests taking down the display at the revelation that Jason was resurrected changing things. Batman responds that it changes nothing and leaves up the suit, holding onto the memories of the young Jason.
Dick Grayson's Robin suit from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: This film features the display-case featuring the costume of Dick Grayson. Unlike most takes, this suit has yellow spray-paint on it reading, "Hahaha joke's on you, Batman". In the film Suicide Squad, text shows that the Robin was killed by both Joker and Harley Quinn.
