Robin’s catchphrase gets the perfect origin, linked in the deep Dark Knight lore

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Robin’s catchphrase gets the perfect origin, linked in the deep Dark Knight lore

Warning: Spoilers for Absolute Batman #1Damian Wayne Robin Has a number of distinguishing qualities that set him apart from the rest Batmans Sidekicks, the most notable being his catchphrase. His trademark “tt” is the fastest way to distinguish him in a crowd of robins, and the origin of Boy Wonder’s new vocal tic is revealed. Robin’s catchphrase has newfound roots in Batman lore, forever redefining Damian’s place in the Wayne family.

Absolute Batman #1 – written by Scott Snyder, with art by Nick Dragotta – gives Bruce Wayne a creative overhaul as his origin story is rewritten for the new Absolute Universe. In this subversive take on Batman’s continuity, it is revealed that Martha Wayne is still alive. On top of that, when Bruce meets her in front of their apartment, she makes a sound that is usually only made by Damian Wayne.


Comic Book Panels: Martha Wayne waits for Bruce and comments on how he kept her waiting, but she forgives him when he says he broke in at the zoo. He asks if she's okay after the shooting at city hall. She makes a comment about how the criminals got involved right when she won the audience with her speech.

The implication here is that Absolutely Damian Wayne’s tic originated from MarthaWhich means it was secretly a trait he inherited from Batman’s family all along.

Absolute Batman #1 – Written by Scott Snyder; Art by Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin & Clayton Cowles


Damian Wayne (left) and the Bat-Family (right).

In the eighteen years since its introduction, Robin’s signature tongue click has become one of its most notable features. It’s a relatively common sound in a broad sense, but Damian’s repeated use of it makes it an undeniable staple of his character, as iconic to him as his father. “I’m Batman” catchphrase. The “tt” Well is meant to indicate annoyance or judgment, which suits Damian’s personality well as a no-nonsense Robin who wants to get right down to business. Now, however, another member of the Wayne family has made the sound her own.

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It’s likely that Robin got his catchphrase from Martha Wayne, Batman’s mother. The change to DC lore settles how Robin fits into the Wayne family after he has difficulty navigating the paternal half of his lineage. Because Bruce’s parents died when he was young, Damian never had the privilege of meeting Thomas and Martha Wayne, and he therefore had a disconnect from Batman’s side of the family. This demonstrates that Although Robin has not met his grandparents, they are still a part of himJust like the relatives he met from his mother.

The main DC Continuity version of Robin was raised by his mother – the absolute universe changes that

Absolute Batman #1 – Available now from DC Comics

The side of his family that Robin is most familiar with is his mother, Talia Al Ghul. As the grandson of Ra’s al Ghul, the Demon King, Damian was raised alongside the League of Assassins and learned to fight with intent to kill from a young age. For the first ten years of his life, the Al Ghuls were the only family Damian ever knew – one of the paradigms that Absolute Batman Will seemingly seek to upset, as one of his many gamechanging alterations of Caped Crusader lore.

Tally’s love, and Ra’s influence, permeates Damian’s story in the mainstream DC Universe. in The Boy Wonder #4 – by Juni Ba, Chris O’Halloran and Aditya Bidikar – It is shown that Talia decided that she did not want her son to lead the life her father wanted for him and made the heartbreaking choice to give him to Batman. The sacrifice led Damian to become Robin and navigate a part of his family he hadn’t known before in the familiar continuity — but as the new origin for his catchphrase shows, nothing is ordinary about the Absolutely Universe.

Absolute Batman is an opportunity to explore an entirely new Batman-Robin dynamic

The revised origin for “TT” is the first step

Batman didn’t start off on the best of terms with Damian when Talia first left their son in his care Batman #656 by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert. Robin’s initial hostility to his father drove a wedge between them, and despite Batman’s best efforts to bond with his son, they couldn’t quite see eye-to-eye on anything. Over the years, however, the two have bonded by fighting crime together as Batman and Robin. They are now a dynamic duo in their own right, with Bruce stepping up to be the father Damian has always needed, and His recent connection to Batman’s family solidifies this.

Just like the Batman and Robin dynamic will play out in the Absolutely universe remains to be determined, Martha Wayne’s use of “tt“In Absolute Batman #1 makes it clear that the series has the opportunity to do a drastically different take on their partnership. The reinvention of Damian’s classic catchphrase, and the lore change to make it originate from his paternal grandmother, entrenches him in Batman Pedigree and proof that Robin is a true member of both halves of his family tree.

Absolute Batman #1 is available now from DC Comics.

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