How did Bruce Wayne get from India (at least that’s where the prison exteriors were shot) to Gotham City with no money to his name? This is known as the loop-hole of the summer, the one thing that left us confused and asking questions.
This scene took a lot of us out of Chris Nolan’s realistic movie and made us think twice. I loved The Dark Knight Rises but most of you know how impossible that scene was.
Here are three ways that could explain the return of Batman, at least one of which we dearly wish had been included;
3. Liar
After climbing out of the pit, Bruce is seen walking off. Let’s just say, despite all of his injuries, he keeps walking. He walks for maybe the rest of the day and stops at the first city he finds. Even though Bruce Wayne has lost all of his money, he still has a famous face, meaning people will definitely know him. Even in India, people will see him and associate him with his wealth. In our world, news travels fast, but maybe the news of his bankruptcy didn’t quite make it to India yet, or maybe it did. But, if it didn’t, then Bruce has the perfect opportunity to lie.
Now, in India, it is very common to see large cargo planes dropping off goods for trade, let’s say that Bruce was there on trade-day. It would have been really easy for him to talk to the pilot (who would recognize him), and offer the man some money. Let’s say Bruce tells the pilot to fly him to Gotham for the pay of one million dollars (once they land in Gotham). Of course, we know that Bruce can’t pay that, but the man doesn’t know that. Someone (such as the pilot) who needs money and knows who Bruce Wayne is, would make the deal in a heartbeat. This transaction part of the story would require a translator, or, because the pilot trades between many cities it is possible for him to speak English. All that’s left is buckling up for the incredibly long ride back to Gotham.
Some of you might say: “He’s Batman, he wouldn’t lie and cheat this innocent man!” The answer to that question is yes, yes he would. What’s more important, one man getting paid, or the lives of thousands?
I know that this story is full of “what if’s” and coincidences, but, if everything worked out as said above, then there is a chance for Bruce Wayne’s return.
P.S. The next two stories require less luck than this one, thus making them more plausible.
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There is one possibility seeing that tells him, on the long run we could prove fraud and you will get everything back. And dont forget he has lots of connections which basicly means he could make that happen by simply calling a favour on a friend.
Those are interesting point…but in the grand scheme of things, I don’t think it has to be all that complicated. The idea that Bruce Wayne being able to get back to Gotham city rather quickly is a plot hole is complete NONSENSE!…and it does not take a genius to figure out how he could have done so. Assuming he has absolutely NO money, (which is ridiculous because they did not remove all of the money he likely had in his hypothetical savings account but just for the sake of argument…) he was a rich person with RICH friends and perhaps even distant relatives. All he would have to do is get to the nearest town contact a rich friend, arrange for his transportation to a city NEAR Gotham and sneak into the city. All of that could be accomplished in three days. The fact that the secret agents were able to get into the city (and were later hanged) indicates that it was possible to enter Gotham undetected. I don’t get why this continues to be viewed as some sort of problem. Christopher Nolan should not have to account for every moment of Bruce Wayne/Batman’s life otherwise the movie would be six months long roughly the period that transpires in the movie. Nolan apparently thought the audience would be smart enough to assume there are practical ways for him to return to Gotham…but I guess he was wrong about that.
None of these ideas are feasible. Wayne enterprises probably had factories or subsidiary near the pit. Also which billionaire doesn’t have cash stashed in a Swiss or Caribbean account. Furthermore in The dark knight Bruce gets smuggled in & out of China, I’m sure he can get smuggled out of Africa/India where ever the pit is. Even Bane managed to get Bruce there then back to Gotham.
Also,it’s a movie which means the suspension of disbelief dictates anything is possible.
Finally, He is BATMAN.
Seriously even without a cent to my name & as poor as I am in this world,
If I was stuck in India, broke with no money, I can think of at least 3-4 good friends that would bail me out of trouble…
C’mon people!!! Really think about it!!
If u were stuck somewhere with need of a loan how many calls would it take to get help from someone u know & love.
If it comes down to it, your Governments embassy would bail u out
Point number 1 is a great point,
but in all honesty not knowing how he did it did not affect the film one single bit in my opinion, i really enjoyed it and one little detail like this didn’t affect it
if penniless illegal immigrants and refugees can cross oceans to get from one country to another, why is it so difficult for people to believe that batman can do the same.
It isn’t difficult to believe because everybody’s too busy bashing the film to actually use their brains and work it out,
People who are complaining go watch Avengers, a kids movie that is just action and explosions, with lame “kiddy dumb” jokes, 2d characters and a cliched story and plot that has been done before, a perfect film for the dumb people who have no brains to work out a few things by themself
The guy traveled the world for about 5-7 years, penniless, and that was BEFORE he became a goddamn master ninja.
i think its cool that nolan let the audince fill in the blanks at some points… gives us more time to waste theorising! in the dark knight harvey dent asks bruce if wayne manor is even in gotham city limits wich it may well not be (the acual house used as wayne manor is about 2o mins drive from where i grew up in the south english countryside but thats besides the point…) and in the comics wayne manor is usually described as outside gotham city limits. bane never attacks wayne moanor(strange as talia knew about it) but mabye bruce got back to gotham just throu blags n stuff and throu being bruce wayne as mentioned above,returned to wayne manor then got back into gotham via the bat cave. i think this makes pretty good sense cos he would have had to get the bat suit for the final showdown with bane. for me this makes the most sense
hmm,one thing i don’t understand… where in the movie do they say explicitly that the pit was in india? they say that it was in some ancient part of the world or something like that, that could be anywhere! just because the scenes were shot in india, it doesn’t have to mean that batman actually was in india! or have i missed something? because this disscussion about how batman got back to gotham from india is kind of stupid, since they don’t say that he was in india? also the movie was 2h45 minutes, just think how much longer the film would’ve been if there were scenes to show how batman got back to gotham and did this and that…i mean if they have to show everything batman does the would have to make 2 movies
also batman has managed to travel all over the world without money etc before also, watch batman begins…before watching TDKR people should really watch batman begins and TDK so that they understand what batman is capable of and what he can’t do etc, in that way you will understand TDKR much better, otherwise people will just get stuck on things like how did batman manage to get back to gotham etc,
Why does it have to be explained? Why can’t people just think ‘wow’ he got there fast. Well, he is batman’ It’s called imagination. This thing that has seemingly disapeared amongst people who watched this film. Every little detail that is in a film is in there for a reason, just as every little detail left out of a film is left out for a reason. Mr. Nolan had this idea that Bruce would escape the pit and then suddenly he would be back in Gotham and instead of explaining how he got there he would leave it up to the audiences imagination, in the same way he left it to to the imagination as to how he survived the bomb explosion at the end. Unfortunately for Nolan though imagination seems to be dead. You have to remember that this is a SUPERHERO movie afterall. There are always unanswered questions in this film and other films, you just have to use your imagination and come up with your own answer, because you can bet your life that’s exactly why it was left unanswered in the first place. Like how does bane eat with his mask on for example? How is Gordon so stupid that he’s the last person to find out Wane is Batman? All these questions are best unanswered.
Idk if anyone has taken note of the fact, that before the movie came out, the released a map of gotham, part of the viral campaign, and..well, Wayne manor isn’t on the island of gotham, it is on the mainland..and I’m sure he found a way back into gotham. Its batman afterall…just a thought
Bruce Wayne is a smart man (to put it mildly) and always has an ace or three up his sleeve. He hiked it to the nearest town, cajoled or beat down as many people as needed to get to a phone, where he called … the bank.
Not Bruce Wayne’s bank, for sure (Bruce was obviously in nearly broke) but whatever bank he used to set up bolt-holes, false identities and hidden investments. Bruce Wayne keeps his bases covered. He probably had a couple of billion stashed away, complete with fake identification and whatever else he might need. Just in case. Because Batman ALWAYS has a plan.
Of course he had access to money, to a private jet and almost certainly to fake passports and whatever else he could possible have needed to get back into Gotham. As far as getting into Gotham proper, he just flew in the Bat. Bruce had time time and money (even during his eight year sabbatical) to set up plans for every contingency.
These “trust funds” are also what he used to fund his “retirement” with Selina, and to fund the next Dark Knight, Robin Blake, in his new career. I would imagine that when Blake finished “rising” on the elevator he found two messages from Bruce: Lucius Fox’s phone number and the account info for the “Batman Incorporated” slush fund.