Robin |
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Portrayed by Logan Lerman |
Statistics |
Full Name |
Timothy Jackson Drake |
Age |
19 |
Height |
5'10" |
Build |
Athletic |
Eyes |
Blue |
Hair |
Black |
Factions |
Bat-family and Titans |
Occupation |
Student |
Alignment |
Hero |
Claim to Fame
Sidekick to Batman, member of the Titans, the third to bear his name.
Reputation
The brighter side of the Batman and Robin coin, serious and mild by turns.
Biography
Tim Drake was born to a wealthy Gotham family. The son of Jack Drake, owner of Drake Industries, Tim had pretty much everything he wanted from an early age and quickly demonstrated himself to be an extremely intelligent boy. When he was only nine years old his parents took him to Haly's Circus, where he saw the Flying Graysons perform. Memories of the performance would come back to him years later when he saw Nightwing perform a daring acrobatic stunt, one that only a few people in the world could do, and Tim made the connection: Nightwing was really Dick Grayson.
This realization, in the wake of the death of the current Robin, led Tim to conclude that Batman was actually Bruce Wayne and, more importantly, that Batman needed a Robin to help him maintain his humanity. He sought out Nightwing to try to convince him to take up the mantle once more, but was rebuffed. Shortly thereafter tragedy struck the Drake family. His parents were kidnapped by criminals for ransom. His mother was killed and his father crippled in the attack. At this point, encouraged by Nightwing and Alfred Pennyworth, Batman agreed to take Tim on as his new protege.
Over the next several years Tim became an experienced and skilled young hero. In addition to working closely with Batman and his Gotham allies, Robin joined the Titans and became friends with several of its members. He has faced faced some of the worst criminals in the world and lived to tell the tale.
Now Tim is in college, working toward his bachelors - majoring in business, but taking a lot of classes in engineering and criminology as well. He still puts on his mask and cape at night and defends the streets of Gotham City to the best of his ability. It's an exhausting life, but somebody's got to do it.
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Character Details
Tim Drake is a charismatic and intelligent young man, capable of both great seriousness and good humor. He's thoughtful, and good-hearted, but knows full well that he's smart and skilled, and sometimes allows this to show in his dealings with others.
Combat |
Tim Drake has been trained in martial arts by some of the greatest fighters in the world — Batman, Nightwing, to name a couple. He is skilled in a lot of fighting styles, from Aikido to Yusul. He is particularly skilled with the bo staff, possibly the best bo fighter in the world. He is capable of fighting off large numbers of villainous henchmen, and holding his own against some of the most skilled fighters on the planet. He's not quite in their league, but he's getting there. Further, Tim is quite skilled with thrown weapons — particularly the R-shaped and bird-shaped shuriken he has developed as counterparts to Batman's batarangs and Nightwing's wingdings. |
Escapology |
Tim has been thoroughly trained in escaping from the sorts of traps that the usual Bat villains are likely to set for him and his allies. He can pick locks on handcuffs and cages (and, for that matter, most other locks), and, in extreme circumstances, knows how to dislocate a bone or two to make it possible to escape a straitjacket or similar bonds. |
Security |
In his work with the Bat-family, Tim has been on both sides of the security game — both protecting buildings against intrusion and finding ways into secured facilities. He's a skilled locksmith, and has successfully broken into both private and government facilities, well aware of the likely locations of security cameras and knowledgable of ways to bypass them. |
Science |
It's little surprise that one of Batman's allies would be highly intelligent, but Tim is distinctly toward the top of the pack. He has excelled in his high school and college science classes, and has displayed advanced skills in biology, engineering, chemistry and physics. |
Detective |
Tim Drake was a natural detective from day one - it only took a glimpse of Nightwing doing a particularly acrobatic stunt for the boy to piece together that he was Dick Grayson, and from there he made connections that others never would, quickly establishing that Batman was Bruce Wayne and, later, the secret identities of many other heroes and villains, in and out of Gotham. His skills in this area have only improved. He is highly logical and able to apply both deductive and inductive logic as needed, trained in forensics and criminology, and, in particular, highly knowledgeable when it comes to the MOs of the regular villains of Gotham City. |
Disguise |
Batman keeps a stock of personas to move around in different circles without being seen as out of place. Tim has started to take a page from his mentor's book in this way. He's already skilled at disguising himself by changing his hairstyle, shifting his posture subtly, putting on a pair of glasses or a false goatee. As Alvin Draper he blends in with the young street toughs of Gotham as though he belongs there. While Draper is the most developed and recognizable persona he's got, there are others in the works - and they will be just as solid if they are investigated. |
Acrobatics |
Tim will never have the skill of Nightwing, or even Batman, but he has trained with both and is a highly skilled acrobat as a result. He is a skilled young athlete, fast at running, swimming and climbing, and dexterous enough to leap from high rooftops and ledges, bouncing off whatever handholds he can find, and land on the ground without injury - or deliver a kick to a mugger's head. |
Leadership |
On and off the battlefield, Tim is an able leader. He's intelligent and charismatic, able to sway people to his views as necessary while self-aware enough to recognize when other ideas are better than his own. He's a skilled strategist and tactician and has demonstrated his ability to plan for and win fights where the odds seem heavily stacked against him and his allies. |
Computers |
He's no Oracle, but frankly, Tim is probably the second best hacker on Team Bat. He can write his own programs, build his own machines, and has, on more than one occasion, gotten into highly secured networks - he's had the opportunity to drain the Penguin's bank accounts, for example, though he's smart enough to know it would cause far more trouble than it's worth to do it. |
Uniform |
The Robin uniform is fairly simple in appearance, but highly technologically advanced. The uniform itself is armored with flexible, bulletproof panels, keeping the wearer safe from as much harm as can be expected. The cape is fireproof and resistant to puncture. His mask hides his identity, but also contains a variety of lenses that offer thermal, night, infrared, and ultraviolet vision, as well as an optic connection to the Batcomputer. The pouches at his belt contain myriad tools, changing as necessary, but always containing zip-ties for confining enemies, a set of R-shaped shuriken, a miniature set of tools and lockpicks, and his bo staff, collapsed down for ease of concealment. The sigil on his chest is a spare shuriken, detachable in case of emergencies. His gloves are textured to keep his grip on his bo or on surfaces when climbing (or descending) and are capable of delivering a high-voltage charge to an opponent. The soles of his boots are likewise textured for maximum grip on any surface. |
Equipment |
Robin keeps a wide array of tools and weapons on hand, adding them to his inventory as needed. These include:
- R-shaped shuriken: designed by Tim Drake, honed to a razor edge and designed to be thrown quickly and accurately
- Zip-ties: strong enough to bind the wrists of some of Gotham's strongest baddies. Killer Croc and Bane may require tougher stuff.
- Sling/Ammo: While he prefers his shuriken, Robin sometimes carries a sling with a number of heavy, blunt 'stones' for ammunition. He is not as accurate with these as with his shuriken, but that's like saying Mr. Terrific isn't as skilled at genetics as he is at electronics - he's still darn good.
- Tools: Robin carries a miniature toolkit and lockpicks. Lockpicks come in handy in many situations, and you never know when you're going to need a screwdriver. Sonic or not.
- Smoke pellets
- Bat Shark Repellent: Not really, just making sure you're paying attention
- Grapplers and Swinglines for traveling through Gotham
As a member of the Bat-Family, Robin has access to many more tools and gadgets as needed, but these are the ones he uses most frequently. |
Scion |
Tim is the heir of Jack Drake, head of Drake Industries. The company has been in the family for generations, and the Drakes are extremely wealthy. Tim has access to a vast fortune. He's no Bruce Wayne and has to answer to his father for expenses beyond what the pair of them deem reasonable, but since Batman provides his most expensive equipment, that's rarely an issue. |
Bat-family |
As a member of the Bat-Family, Robin has access to the Batcave, multiple connections to the Batcomputer, and can call upon an array of expensive and powerful equipment - and if Batman doesn't have it already, and Robin needs it, it will soon be in his hands. More to the point, though, he has access to the family itself - Batman, Nightwing, Oracle, and any number of other vigilantes and heroes who call Gotham and Bludhaven home, and who come to the aid of the others whenever they're needed. |
Redbird |
Robin rides a heavily modified Ducati 1199 Panigale S Senna motorcycle, painted bright red and equipped with a voice-activated Batcomputer connection with a dedicated satellite link, high traction "sticky" tires, oil, smoke and caltrops dispensers, and better off-road capacity than one would expect from such a bike. He calls it the Redbird, of course, and, despite himself, feels a great affection for the machine. |
Titans |
As a member of the Titans, Robin has access to the team's base and knows that he can turn to its members for assistance when he needs them - generally when he's operating outside of Gotham City, of course. |
Contacts |
Tim Drake and Robin are both, by and large, approachable, friendly people, and thus have developed contacts with many people in many communities. Robin has close ties to Gotham's police and scientific communities, while as Tim Drake he has contacts in education and business. Robin is also close to many people in the world's heroic community, including the Justice League. |
Bo |
Robin's staff is a collapsible staff of bamboo, about a meter and a half long, with holes drilled through the ends so that it makes a distracting whistle when swung. |
Rogues |
Being associated with Batman comes with a few problems. Primary among these is the collection of villains who make it their task in life to defeat Batman. Some of these are laughable - such characters as the Electrocutioner come to mind. Others are among the most terrifying people one will ever meet, like the Joker or Scarecrow. Robin has come face to face with many of Batman's nemeses, and so far has lived to tell the tale - but it only takes one misstep, one flip of Two-Face's coin, for luck to run out. He has a few enemies of his own, as well - the General, for example - but these are less intimidating than Batman's foes (Electrocutioner notwithstanding). |
Secret Identity |
Tim Drake has a life. Granted, it's a very different life from most of his peers, but he lives with his father, has normal friends, and generally has to work to keep his time as Tim Drake separate from his life as Robin. The problems that would arise if his father or friends discovered is Tim was Robin are not negligible, but nothing compared to those that would come to light should his enemies learn that Robin is Tim Drake. |
Human |
In a world where men run nearly at the speed of light and people can move celestial bodies, barely breaking a sweat, it is something of a disadvantage to be a normal human. Robin is an extremely intelligent and athletic young man, strong and resilient, but he's still human. In Gotham most of his enemies are more or less normal people (much less in the case of the Joker), but he leaves town frequently to face more powerful enemies - people who could kill him without even thinking about it, sometimes. |
Bat-family |
In general, being a member of Batman's exclusive club is a pretty great thing with fantastic perks. But Batman is a taskmaster of the first order, and more than a little nuts himself (Robin keeps quiet about this, but he worries about Bruce Wayne's sanity now and again), and some of the other members of the family are even more worrisome. Take the Red Hood, who wields guns like the rest of the family wield Batarangs. Or Damian Wayne, the other claimant to the name of Robin, a trained assassin who hates Tim with the sort of passion that gets people killed. |
Arrogant |
Tim tries to be a decent guy, really. But he knows well that he's smarter than the majority of those around him. He knows he's more dedicated. He knows he's trained harder to get where he is than just about anybody aside from Batman and the rest of his 'family'. And these things tend to get in the way now and then - people hear him telling them how they should do things, or how he'd do things, and assume he's being arrogant. Is it arrogance if you really are right all the time?! |
Code |
Don't kill. It's that simple. Robin won't kill, period, even if it means his own life, and if he were forced to take a life to save somebody else… well, it might well break him. He's never had to test this. This can get him in trouble, though, because, among other things, the people he battles tend not to have the same sort of ethics - and an awful lot of them are actively trying to kill him. |
Relationships
Image |
Name |
Relation |
Information |
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Alfred Pennyworth |
Bat-Family |
Confidant, medic, all things nurturing, supportive, and good |
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Bruce |
Mentor |
The GD Batman |
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Dick |
Ally |
Predecessor to the costume, ally and friend. |
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Babs |
Ally |
Friend, dancing partner, and occasional pain in the ear. |
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Spoiler |
Ally/More |
It's so complicated, I can't even. |
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Vorpal |
Ally |
Invited Robin to join the Titans, good friend. |
Notes
Character Gallery
Logs
Super Good Advice
April 1st, 2015: Robin and Supergirl meet up in Metropolis and have a nice little chat!
(log: 20150401-super-good-advice | tags: robin supergirl | posted: 02 Apr 2015 18:21)
Bounty Hunting
March 18th, 2015: A group of heroes face down some Bounty Hunters!
(log: 20150316-bounty-hunting | tags: booster_gold columbia jl:a ozymandias power_girl robin supergirl | posted: 24 Mar 2015 23:09)
Goat Occult
March 15, 2015: Occultists in a cemetary in Gotham. The Titans and Kane are there, Supergirl turns up and things happen….
(log: 20150315-goatoccultist | tags: changeling fox gotham robin supergirl titans vorpal zatanna | posted: 16 Mar 2015 11:53)
Superfriends
March 11th, 2015: Robin and Arsenal are about to take down the Top Hat Gang when Supergirl swoops in and spoils their fun. The trio all meet for the first time and snap some selfies.
(log: 20150311-superfriends | tags: arsenal gotham robin supergirl | posted: 12 Mar 2015 20:19)
Death Tide
March 03 2015: Fenris calls for help in dealing with an incipient disaster. Heroes arrive, just where they're needed. And Deadpool
(log: 20150303-death-tide | tags: deadpool fenris gotham oracle robin supergirl | posted: 04 Mar 2015 11:38)
Shop Talk Gotham Nights
March 01, 2015: Robin and Misfit talk after some Gotham style Chaos
(log: 20150301-shoptalk | tags: misfit robin | posted: 04 Mar 2015 04:52)
Watching the Doctor
** February 21, 2015:** Robin stakes out a hospital, Spoiler comes by
(log: 20150221-watching-the-doctor | tags: robin spoiler | posted: 22 Feb 2015 07:56)
Fox, Robin, Bluebird - Magic
February 19, 2015: Zee's checking the leyline situation in Gotham… along comes a Fox, a Robin and a Bluebird
(log: 20150219-robinbluebird | tags: bluebird fox gotham robin zatanna | posted: 17 Mar 2015 04:26)
Birdwatching May
February 15, 2015: Oracle and May catchup once May has 'evaluated' Robin.
(log: 20150215-birdwatchingmay | tags: gotham oracle robin the_cavalry | posted: 19 Feb 2015 05:56)
V-Day
14 February, 2015: Tim, Jay and Vorp have a social moment at the Titans' Castle.
(log: 20150214-v-day | tags: jay_donohue robin titans vorpal | posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:39)
Getting a Clue
February 06, 2015
RETCONNED: Robin encounters a new vigilante in Gotham.
(log: 20150206-getting-a-clue | tags: cluemaster gotham robin spoiler | posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:38)
Oracles Team Meeting
February 4, 2015: Oracle organises for Robin to meet up with the Titans and the Fox… and it doesn't go quite as well as she would hope.
(log: 20150204-oracleteammeeting | tags: changeling gotham kane misfit oracle robin vorpal | posted: 05 Feb 2015 08:33)
Welcome Back Robin
1 February, 2014: Robin returns to active duty
(log: 20150201-welcomebackrobin | tags: gotham nightwing oracle robin | posted: 02 Feb 2015 10:47)
A Glowing Elk In Gotham
December 29, 2014: A glowing elk, a druid, 5 heroes all appear in Gotham.
(log: 20141229-aglowingelkingotham | tags: changeling fox gotham nightwing oracle robin the_cavalry vorpal | posted: 30 Dec 2014 21:50)
Spreading The Joke
December 24, 2014: Tim calls in Nightwing to discuss what happened with The Joker
(log: 20141224-spreadingthejoke | tags: gotham misfit nightwing oracle robin rowan | posted: 26 Dec 2014 23:06)
The Thorn Bird
December 22, 2014: Kate brings news, the Titans decide what to do about Damian.
(log: 20141223-the-thorn-bird | tags: changeling hawkeye_ii misfit raven robin titans vorpal zatanna | posted: 23 Dec 2014 20:13)
The Jokes On Babs
December 22, 2014: The Joker is in Gotham and crosses Bab's path… what transpires….
(log: 20141222-thejokesonbabs | tags: david_ironheart gotham joker oracle robin | posted: 23 Dec 2014 05:37)
Titans Holiday Party
December 21, 2014: The Titans and allies have their little get-together before the holidays hit
(log: 20141221-titans-holiday-party | tags: booster_gold changeling hawkeye_ii iceman misfit robin titans vorpal x-men zatanna | posted: 23 Dec 2014 19:58)
Fitting In is For the Birds
December 15, 2014: Misfit hits the streets, Robin returns to duty (looking a little different), and Nightwing oversees it all.
(log: 20141216-fitting-in-is-for-the-birds | tags: gotham misfit nightwing robin | posted: 16 Dec 2014 12:30)
Batarangs
December 16, 2014: Nightwing visits Oracle to discuss Batarangs and Misfit. Tim visits as well.
(log: 20141216-batarangs | tags: gotham nightwing oracle robin | posted: 17 Dec 2014 11:28)
What Family Does
November 26, 2014: Dick and Babs visit a damaged Tim.
(log: 20141126-what-family-does | tags: nightwing oracle robin | posted: 26 Nov 2014 13:43)
Checking In On Robin
November 25, 2014: Babs gets to see Tim at the Batcave and check his recovery.
(log: 20141125-checkinginonrobin | tags: gotham oracle robin | posted: 25 Nov 2014 05:49)
Getting Robin To The Batcave
November 18, 2014: After Robins extraction from The Jokers beating, Oracle arranges to get him into the Bat Families care.
(log: 20141118-robintothebatcave | tags: iceman oracle robin | posted: 19 Nov 2014 07:54)
Punchline
November 17 2014: Tim encounters the Joker. It goes very, very badly.
(log: 20141117-punchline | tags: joker oracle robin the_cavalry | posted: 18 Nov 2014 07:59)
Trafficking Redux
November 16 2014: Returning to the scene of an incident with Iceman, Sunspot and Cypher become acquainted with Robin and Oracle
(log: 20141116-trafficking-redux | tags: batfam cypher gotham iceman oracle robin sunspot x-men | posted: 20 Nov 2014 12:14)
Mask Stays On
November 16, 2014: Batwing gets to meet Oracle and Robin….
(log: 20141116-maskstayson | tags: batwing gotham oracle robin | posted: 17 Nov 2014 03:36)
Intervention
November 15, 2014: The Titans try an Intervention on the Boy Wonder… unsuccessfully
(log: 20141115-intervention | tags: bunker changeling oracle robin titans vorpal | posted: 16 Nov 2014 09:31)
Of Birds and Messages
November 10, 2014: Robin takes a beating and is told to deliver another message to Batman… Oracle and Nightwing try to talk sense into him.
(log: 20141110-birdsandmessages | tags: nightwing oracle robin vorpal zola | posted: 10 Nov 2014 23:54)
Tom The Demon
November 6, 2014: Klarion, The Witchboy summons a demon to Midtown and lets it run rampant, thinking it most fun. Heroes appear, and the fun really begins.
(log: 20141106-tom-the-demon | tags: booster_gold gotham metal oracle robin rowan vorpal witchboy | posted: 08 Nov 2014 19:16)
All the Bat's Puppies
Novembre 4, 2014: They may be loyal, but even the puppies are bats.
(log: 20141104-all-the-puppies | tags: nightwing robin | posted: 05 Nov 2014 04:48)
The Battered Bird
November 2, 2014: With Oracle's help, May meets up with Robin, mostly to assess his injuries but also to offer him backup if he needs it against the metahuman traffickers that are starting to plague Gotham.
(log: 20141102-the-battered-bird | tags: oracle robin the_cavalry | posted: 04 Jan 2015 23:52)
Rocket Red Landing
November 2, 2014: Robin visits Oracle with the device provided by Agent May and Rocket Red 'drops' in.
(log: 20141102-rocket-red-landing | tags: oracle robin rocket_red_iv | posted: 03 Nov 2014 19:54)
The One Where Tim Wins
November 1, 2014: Tim wins; Spoiler alert: it's not remotely satisfying and neither Steph nor Tim are happy about it.
(log: 20141101-the-one-where-tim-wins | tags: gotham robin spoiler | posted: 02 Nov 2014 03:33)
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