13. The Batwing (Various Batman Movies)
The Batwing, or Batplane if you prefer, has appeared in the Batman movies helmed by Tim Burton, Joel Schumacher and Christopher Nolan. In the movies Batman (Burton) and Batman Forever (Schumacher), the Batwing is used to combat the Joker and the Riddler, respectively. After being used to prevent a deadly Smilex gas attack, the original Batwing was shot down by the Joker towards the end of the first film and was seen to have been rebuilt and upgraded by the events of Forever. In Batman forever, the Batwing has an ejection pod which also doubles as a mini submarine. Both models of the plane (Burton and Schumacher films) are roughly bat-shaped. An entirely new version of the Batwing appears in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy and is referred to simply as the Bat. It is an unconventional, lightweight, almost hovercraft-like vehicle with a ventrally mounted rotor. Developed by Lucius Fox, the Bat was originally intended for close-quarters urban military operations but instead becomes Batman's new primary vehicle. It is used against Bane and Batman ultimately uses it to fly a fusion bomb safely away from Gotham City.