Bruce Wayne/Batman (Michael Keaton)’s Timeline and Summary

Bruce Wayne/Batman (Michael Keaton)’s Timeline and Summary

  • Batman intimidates some thugs atop a building.
  • Bruce Wayne, out of the batsuit, flirts with Vicki Vale.
  • He has to turn off the charm and turn on Bat mode when Jack Napier gets into a fight with police at Axis Chemical.
  • Batman tries to restrain Napier, but the criminal falls into a vat of acid. Whoops.
  • After a nice date with Vicki Vale, Bruce lies to her because he doesn't want her finding out he's really Batman.
  • When he sees Joker kill a man in public, Bruce realizes that his true identity is Jack Napier.
  • He soon rescues Vicki from Joker and foils Joker's cosmetics plot. Now he'll never be the next Cover Girl.
  • Bruce also learns that Joker, as Jack Napier, killed his parents, which makes him want to stop the clown even more.
  • Batman ruins Joker's plot to gas half of Gotham City, then pursues him to the top of Gotham Cathedral.
  • Batman saves Vicki and fights Joker, a battle that ends when Joker falls off the cathedral to his death below.
  • To keep Gotham safe, Batman makes a charitable donation to the city: the Bat Signal. Justice never sleeps.