The Batman Movie Ending Explained (In Detail)

 The Batman ending leaves Robert Pattinson's Dark Knight in an intriguing place, concluding one part of his story and leaving the door open for further. 

 Warning SPOILERS for The Batman ends. 

 The Batman ending wraps up the first story in Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson's new Batman macrocosm, but the Dark Knight's trip is far from over. The long-awaited movie introduces a new Bruce Wayne/ Batman onto the big screen after firstly being set as a derivation of Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice and Justice League for Ben Affleck. Effects changed in 2017, and The Batman came to the origin of a new, separate macrocosm, but one that is only getting started. 

 Putatively set in the present day, The Batman follows Bruce Wayne in his alternate time of crime-fighting as Gotham City's Caped Crusader. With Alfred Pennyworth as his confidante and supporter, Batman attempts to break the riddle behind The Riddler's murders as well as figure out how it all connects to his parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne. Of course, being fairly new at the job and not having gone up against villains like Riddler, Penguin, and Falcone ahead, Batman is a bit out of his depth. He is still learning, and the overall experience changes him ever. 

 The importance of Batman's ending is devoted to laying the foundation for the idol's future, as well as the future of Gotham's police and the felonious demi world. It's all rather straightforward, with little being left undetermined on a macro position. Still, several lower stories are unfolding in The Batman's ending that could complicate Bruce Wayne's coming adventure as the Dark Knight. 

The Riddler's Real Plan In The Batman 

 One of the biggest twists in The Batman is the reason behind The Riddler's murders. He was putatively going after loose politicians and bobbies, but the logic for them being loose was not revealed until latterly on. The Batman pushes the narrative that Riddler is just like the Dark Knight, but rather than both of them being castigators seeking to do good, they represent two sides of a coin — orphans seeking revenge against Gotham, with each one executing their form of justice. 

 The explanation for The Riddler's plan is unnaturally tied to Thomas Wayne and his thing to rebuild Gotham. As a sprat, Edward Nashton was orphaned and grew up poor, eventually getting an accountant when he came a grown-up. It was because of his job that he discovered what happed with Renewal, the megacity's structure rebuilding plan that was put into place by the Wayne family. After Thomas' death, the plan fell by the wayside, but rather than being dissolved fully, the plutocrat ended up being snared up by Carmine Falcone. The crime lord took advantage of the occasion; he used his knowledge of his rival's medicine business to have Salvatore Maroni arrested, and also used the plutocrat to install poppet governance in Gotham City, propping up everyone who came notorious for Gotham's biggest medicine bust.

 Since Renewal was meant to profit Edward, he took vengeance against the people who wronged him laterally, getting The Riddler to combat injustice. His final victim would've been Bruce Wayne, another orphan whom he allowed entered undeserved attention following Thomas and Martha's deaths. People snappily forgot about the Renewal plan and concentrated entirely on Bruce Wayne, a boy who tragically lost his parents; meanwhile, all the other orphans in the megacity continued to suffer. In Riddler's eyes, Bruce was the catalyst for Renewal's downfall, while Falcone and everyone differently represented the domino effect. The final piece in Riddler's retaliation was destroying Gotham's walls and submerging the megacity, thereby forcing" real change"— washing down the corruption and beginning again; a true renewal. 

 The Riddler Goon's Connection To Batman 

The point of Batman affecting Gotham — whether it be good or bad — comes to consummation in the film's denouement, particularly after Jim Gordon restrains him from killing one of The Riddler's mugs on top of the jumbotron. When the gorilla is unmasked, he looks at Batman and says, "I am revenge."His face may not feel too familiar, but he is the same joe Bruce Wayne encounters at the burial before in the film, the one expressing disgruntlement with Gotham's officers. 

 He's saying he is" revenge" is a combination of Batman's campaign in Gotham, along with a testament to the megacity's villains. At the launch of the movie, Batman fought a zany gang, presumably one inspired by Joker, and now another gangster has latched onto Riddler, the megacity's rearmost supervillain. The thing is, as it becomes clear throughout the rest of the film, Batman hasn't stopped people from getting culprits, because he had not fulfilled anything that would combat the reason they turned to crime in the first place. And in an act of terror against the people of Gotham, the gorilla fought for his revenge, hence him appropriating Batman's words. 

The Joker ( Played By Barry Keoghan) Explained 

 A new Batman macrocosm means a new Joker — it's ineluctable. Thankfully, The Batman introduces Joker but also holds back just enough to keep observers' interests piqued until an effect arrives. In this interpretation, Joker is in Arkham and he formerly has a zany gang, which means he is had his first reign of terror off-screen. In the comics (as well as other mediums), Joker is frequently locked in Arkham following his bouts with Batman, which might be the case in The Batman movie, though it's unclear if Joker and Batman have fought in this macrocosm. Anyhow, The Batman promises further of Joker going forward, potentially in league with The Riddler as well. When the two of them meet, Joker offers his new, fellow to capture a mystery, "The lower of them you have, the further bone is worth."The answer is a friend, therefore intimating at their unborn together as part of Batman's mischief's gallery. 

 In The Batman, Joker is played by Barry Keoghan, an actor whom numerous observers will fete from his recent stint as a Medicine in Marvel's Eternals. He is also appeared in The Green Knight, The Payoff of a Sacred Deer, and Dunkirk, among other flicks and shows. While his face is generally concealed in the scene, observers see bits of Joker's scars, which offer regard at the Joker look The Batman's macrocosm is going for. Likewise, Joker's laugh is lower than a bray or chuckle and does not have a top to it; rather, it's a hyena-suchlike laugh that remains harmonious throughout. Combining these colorful pieces of information, a cult can see conclude what Joker will be like when he appears in full, maybe in The Batman 2. 

 The Penguin Takes Over From Falcone ( Setting Up His Show) 

 One of Batman's forthcoming derivation shows on HBO Max will be centered on The Penguin. Although his history with Carmine Falcone and Salvatore Maroni is not detailed in the film, it's not necessary to the plot or this burgeoning Gotham macrocosm. So rather than being a prequel, it seems the derivation series will be set in the fate of The Batman and Gotham's flooding. The Batman's ending heavily implies, through Penguin's conduct as well as the mayor's voiceover, that the villain will come to a new crime lord and fill the power vacuum left by Falcone. The crime must live in Gotham for there to be a Batman, after all. 

 Presumably, Penguin's series will take alleviation from the ridiculous story Batman No Man's Land, in which Gotham suffers from a cataclysmic earthquake that leaves the megacity in shambles. To restore order and rebuild, the utmost of the citizens are vacated and the megacity is left empty — getting a no man's land. Of course, Batman's fiercest villains seize the occasion to take over the corridor of Gotham and establish new homes, thereby leading to an each-out war between the Dark Knight and his mischief's gallery. Part of that story can be acclimated into Penguin's derivation with Colin Farrell, showing what becomes of Gotham's felonious demi world in the fate of Falcone's death and the walls breaking down. 

Gotham Is Flooded & Crime-Ridden ( Setting Up The GCPD Show) 

 The structure of The Penguin's show, as well as crime potentially getting more rampant, is the Gotham PD series. HBO Max began developing the show back in 2020 and early details have indicated that the series will be set during the first time of Batman's crime-fighting career, with it being a police procedural. That can work, of course, but since Jim Gordon is shocked by how loose Gotham PD is in The Batman, it does not fit within the environment of the overarching narrative. Rather, it makes sense for the GCPD show to make upon the mayor's pledge at the end of The Batman — to rebuild Gotham and make it better. 

 With Gotham PD's corruption substantially purified now, the police will have their work cut out for them abridging a new surge of lawlessness. Going down this route will allow both the Penguin and GCPD series to explore the two sides of Gotham, showing the megacity's reconstruction without demanding Batman there in the van. Also by the time The Batman 2 happens, Gotham will formerly be over-and-handling. Indeed if the GCPD series does end up being a prequel to The Batman rather than a follow-up, it can use the occasion to lay the root for the Court of Owls so that the association does not come out of left field in the effect (or third film). 

 Catwoman Leaves For Bludhaven (Nightwing's City) 

 Analogous to The Dark Knight Rises in which Catwoman asks Batman to come down with her and he refuses (though ultimately retiring with her), Catwoman heads off in her direction in The Batman ending after asking Batman to leave Gotham before. Her departure is not the most interesting part of the scene, because she can always come back in The Batman 2 should the story bear her. Rather, it's the fact that she namedrops Bludhaven as the megacity she's going to. In the comics, Bludhaven is where Dick Grayson goes when he strikes out on his own and becomes Nightwing, leaving his identity as Robin and Batman's apprentice before. 

 It's doubtful Nightwing exists yet because he'd need to be Robin first, and Bruce Wayne has only been Batman two times. Considering the film ends on a hopeful note, with Batman opening himself up to the people of Gotham and stepping into the light, not to mention Bruce Wayne coming to terms with Alfred Pennyworth and his family, it's possible The Batman 2 could introduce a youthful Dick Grayson. The seeds have been planted for the story to be. Catwoman mentioning Bludhaven was simply an easy way to get that plot at the front of suckers' minds because it's not like Bludhaven can not live without Nightwing. 

Of course, the question is, what if, in this Batman macrocosm, Nightwing formerly exists independently from Batman? The Batman included several bits of information that changed the Batman mythos (Catwoman being Falcone's son, for one), so it wouldn't be far- brought for Nightwing to have a new origin as well. After all, if the Court of Owls story does be in The Batman 2, Nightwing should be a part of it, given his ties to that group in the comics. 

What The Batman's Final Shot Means 

 What stops Batman from leaving with Catwoman is him seeing the Bat-signal up in the sky. It may not have been the ultimate deciding factor, but it represented an acknowledgment of his campaign, which Catwoman completely understood. It's why they part ways once they leave the cemetery, and Batman looks back at her through his bike's side glass. She helped changed him without knowing it. She was incompletely responsible for opening him up and helping him see the error of his ways. At this point in the story, he is no longer" revenge"; he is commodity further, commodity better, and she was one of the numerous people who nudged him in that direction. But in the veritably coming moment — in the final shot of The Batman-he completely dedicates himself to be a new Batman to Gotham City. Rather than looking at Riddler's conduct as an abecedarian failure on his part, he sees it simply as a consequence that needs to be remedied. The final scene in which he sees Catwoman vanish into the mist and also looks forward is evocative of The Dark Knight's ending, in which Batman disappears into the night on a bike. Still, rather than fading several times as Christian Bale's Batman did, Robert Pattinson's Batman prepares himself to continue his trip. The scene is a pledge of further to come, akin to Batman Begins' ending when Batman flies off the GCPD roof. 

 

 Who Killed Batman's Parents? 

Thomas and Martha Wayne's murders have always been a focal point of Batman's origin story, but Batman takes a different approach. The film does not dwell on the fact that their deaths inspired him to come to a nemesis, nor does it show their deaths outright. Rather, the riddle behind who killed them (and who ordered their murders) becomes action as The Riddler's mystification unfolds. Generally, Joe Chill is the person who kills Bruce Wayne's parents in the comics and utmost stories, like in Batman Begins. But in The Batman, the Wayne murders can be attributed to two people Carmine Falcone and Salvatore Maroni. 

 

 Both men were Gotham's biggest crime heads, but Falcone had a near relationship with Thomas Wayne. So when Thomas came to Falcone and asked him to take care of a journalist, Falcone had the journalist boggled and presumably would have used that information to blackmail Thomas. Depending on the perspective, Maroni may have Thomas Wayne (and Martha) killed to help Falcone from controlling the Waynes; still, because Thomas hovered to go to the police, it's also possible that Falcone had Bruce's parents boggled so that he could avoid implicit jail time. Eventually, the riddle goes undetermined in the film, but it stands to reason that Falcone had the Waynes killed; the fact that he plotted to control Gotham's elites after taking Maroni out of the equation shows that he is someone with the power and know-how to make it work — and he is not hysterical to get his own hands dirty from time to time. 

The Riddler'sPost-Credits Message Explained 

 The Batman eschews a traditional post-credits scene in favor of a final communication from The Riddler. At the very end of The Batman credits, a communication appears on-screen telling cult"Goodbye," but before the screen goes black, an image flashes for a brief moment. It may be tough to catch what the communication says, but it's Riddler's website from earlier in the film Rata Alada. It's a fun tie-in website that allows observers to try their hands at three mysteries, with a price being given if all the mysteries are answered rightly. The mysteries and prices have changed many times formerly, so it's possible they could change again. Interestingly, this is not the first time that a Batman design has done a commodity like this. Back in 1966, a Los Angeles radio station worked with 20th Century Fox to run a creation that awarded someone with lunch on the plant's lot with Batman and Robin themselves if the person rightly guessed the Batphone's number. 

 

 The Batman's Real Meaning Explained 

Throughout The Batman, Bruce Wayne seeks vengeance for his parents' murders as well as for the general corruption of Gotham City, but the story flips it on him. Batman has rules — he does not use ordnance and he does not kill — but overall, that is all that separates him from The Riddler, who also fancies himself a nemesis seeking retaliation. Like Bruce, Edward Nashton was an orphan, but whereas he was forced to live in an underfunded orphanage in which babies failed every downtime, Bruce Wayne grew up rich in Wayne Tower. And to eclipse it off, Bruce did nothing to help the megacity, which Gotham's new mayor accuses him of relatively directly. For the utmost of the film, the beginning theme is revenge, because both Batman and Riddler pursue vengeance against the megacity that wronged them — but they were wronged in different ways. 

 

 For Bruce, Gotham and its loose politicians, bobbies, and culprits demanded to pay for his parents' murders — and whether it was his true intention or not, Bruce sought to fulfill his father's heritage because Thomas could not — while Riddler wanted the same people to pay for failing him, tête-à-tête, after he was made an orphan — not ahead, as was the case for Bruce. That grim sense of futility that both of them felt as orphans drove them to come who they were in The Batman. But because of Riddler's conduct and allegations against Bruce Wayne as a person, Batman turns from revenge to a stopgap. It's why he physically and directly reaches out to Gotham's mayor inside the arena — not only to save and cover her, but also to be a guiding light to the people of Gotham, a true lamp of a stopgap. 

At the launch of the movie, the Bat-signal inseminated fear in culprits, and while that is still the case by the end, it's now also had an impact on everyone differently. Batman truly did affect the megacity, one that his parents could be proud of. And by the time the credits roll, there is a profound acceptance of renewal. Bruce Wayne is converted from isolated hiding behind a mask — his true face — to someone who can come to the man his father wanted him to be (and someone who would no longer avoid the people closest to him), and Batman is converted from a symbol of fear and revenge to a symbol of faith and stopgap. Eventually, it all boils down to renewal, for Gotham, Bruce Wayne, and Batman.