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    Bruce Wayne, who witnessed the murder of his billionaire parents as a child, swore to avenge their deaths. He trained extensively to achieve mental and physical perfection, mastering martial arts, detective skills, and criminal psychology. Costumed as a bat to prey on the fears of criminals, and utilizing a high-tech arsenal, he became the legendary Batman.

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    #1  Edited By xBIGjakeX360

    O.k look why did batman name the boy wonder robin why not name him target i mean batman is in all black he is hard to see in the night but now he has a partner in bright colors he isnt robin the boy wonder all i see when i look at him is a jumping TARGET so i say they change his name.

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    #2  Edited By nightwing91

    @xBIGjakeX360: That was the point of Robin, to be a distraction from the true threat Batman. And the colors are a contrast to Batman, Robin is the light that balanced his darkness.

    And Dick named Robin, as shown in Dark Victory. He used a childhood nickname from his mother.

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    #3  Edited By Daveyo520

    It was originally Robin as in Robin Hood, not the bird. Also Dick has said his stupid costume makes the bad guys underestimate him.

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    #4  Edited By BatteredArmor

    That's the point

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    #5  Edited By kidchipotle

    Because target didn't roll off the tongue as well as Robin did. Batman and Target didn't work so they went with Batman and Robin. Target came at a close second though.

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    #6  Edited By nightwing91

    @xBIGjakeX360: @ArturoCalaKayVee:

    On an hilarious unrelated note, Dick eventually uses the name Target for a vigilante persona.

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    #7  Edited By dernman

    @ArturoCalaKayVee said:

    Because target didn't roll off the tongue as well as Robin did. Batman and Target didn't work so they went with Batman and Robin. Target came at a close second though.

    I dunno. I can totally see them naming a character Target.

    They kinda do with The Human Target being listed as an alias of Christopher Chance and Tom McFadden. :p

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    #8  Edited By nightwing91

    @Dernman said:

    @ArturoCalaKayVee said:

    Because target didn't roll off the tongue as well as Robin did. Batman and Target didn't work so they went with Batman and Robin. Target came at a close second though.

    I dunno. I can totally see them naming a character Target.

    They kinda do with The Human Target being listed as an alias of Christopher Chance and Tom McFadden. :p

    Dick Grayson's already had the name Target used, when he couldn't operate as Nightwing. :p

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    #9  Edited By kidchipotle

    @nightwing91 said:

    @Dernman said:

    @ArturoCalaKayVee said:

    Because target didn't roll off the tongue as well as Robin did. Batman and Target didn't work so they went with Batman and Robin. Target came at a close second though.

    I dunno. I can totally see them naming a character Target.

    They kinda do with The Human Target being listed as an alias of Christopher Chance and Tom McFadden. :p

    Dick Grayson's already had the name Target used, when he couldn't operate as Nightwing. :p

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    Why couldn't he operate as Nightwing?

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    #10  Edited By nightwing91

    @ArturoCalaKayVee: Batman told him it best he retire it after he is framed as officer Grayson for the death of a man by several corrupt Bludhaven cops. He then becomes the Target and clears his name.

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    #11  Edited By kidchipotle

    @nightwing91: …It's just SUCH a stupid name! Haha.

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    #12  Edited By Joelislegend

    @xBIGjakeX360 said:

    O.k look why did batman name the boy wonder robin why not name him target i mean batman is in all black he is hard to see in the night but now he has a partner in bright colors he isnt robin the boy wonder all i see when i look at him is a jumping TARGET so i say they change his name.

    I love how people with under 10 posts always start topics complaining.

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    #13  Edited By entropy_aegis

    @nightwing91: It was better than Renegade,that's for sure.

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    #14  Edited By Saren

    LOL

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    #15  Edited By battyfan1

    AHAHAHAHAHAHA......seriously complaining about the robin's name......... oh man........it's kinda cute though....robin..

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    #16  Edited By Superguy0009e

    The whole idea of Robin is to add happiness to Batman's grim attitude.

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    #17  Edited By RedOwl_1

    That's the idea, distract you and make you try to shot the colourful when you got to worry about the big black one

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    #18  Edited By PowerHerc

    Robin is a lame name and his costume is far too colorful for what he does.

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    #19  Edited By superbatprime

    Imagine you're a perp, you're doing a job in Gotham...

    You're nervous enough as it is, then there's a crash and it's raining glass, there's a ball of color bouncing around the room, you can't get a bead on it.

    It's laughing???

    It's talking to the shadows???

    wtf? The shadows are talking back? Growling orders to it?

    Suddenly the shadows are suffocating you, striking you, PAIN!

    Can't get a bead on that blur of color, where's Joey? The blur of color bounces off him, he slumps, the shadows rise up above you ,oh God is that the Bat?

    THE BAT IS REAL!

    WHERE'S JOEY, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT BLUR OF COLOR?! IS IT LAUGHING AT YOU?!

    POW!

    You wake up, all you know is pain and the barrel of a GCPD cop's gun pointing at you.

    That's pretty much how Robins costume works.

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    #20  Edited By r3d_rob1n

    @superbatprime: reading that has been the highlight of my year so far.

    Also, it doesn't matter what you wear or what your name is when you are kicking as much ass as Robin does.

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