8 Iconic Superheroes Who Made Incredibly Dumb Decisions
4. Batman Being Batman Creates The Joker & Other Villains/Criminals(Batman/The Dark Knight)
Batman really needs to take some responsibility for his actions. Without meaning to sound too picky, the very moment he decided to become Batman and make a life for himself as a crime-fighting vigilante, he signed Gotham up for a hell of a load more pain than it probably would have got otherwise.
Nolans version of the Joker makes this very clear in The Dark Knight. It cant be denied that people often react strongly to extremes, so its hardly surprising that criminals started to respond to something in kind when a madman dressed as a bat began foiling all their plans. Batmans legion of copycats hardly helped the situation, either. The Joker likes to rub this point in throughout the film, pointing out look how crazy Batmans made Gotham! Unfortunately, this psycho has a point.
Batman also inadvertently creates a villain of Jack Napier in 1989s Batman. Fair enough, he didnt know that Jack would be knocked into the vat of chemicals when the bullet bounced back off his gauntlet, but we can say this is once again a side effect of Bruces vigilantism.
However we look at it, though, it doesnt matter to the Joker that this was an accident, saying things like You made me. Remember? You dropped me into that vat of chemicals and I have given a name to my pain, and it is Batman. Even if Jack had instead encountered the police in this scene and theyd similarly injured him, its unlikely that he would have held on to this level of resentment to inspire his malice and crimes.
Unfortunately, crazy begets crazy, and Batman likes to lead by example. I cant help but think it would have been better for everyone if Bruce Wayne had simply invested in and led a crime prevention drive instead - he could certainly have afforded it.