Jason realizes he's perverted Batman's beliefs but feels encouraged to turn over a new leaf. He then tells Jason he's strayed from the path Batman wanted him to be but believes there's still hope. But before he's able to pull the trigger, none other than a young Tim Drake whacks Two-Face in the Back of the head. If the coin lands heads, Two-Face chooses to kill Jason, believing he's doing Gotham a favor. RELATED: Batman: 10 Times Two-Face Tried To Reform (& Where He Failed)
This path ends with Jason realizing what a perversion of Batman's believes he's become. He believes letting Jason live is better than killing him, and walks away. He thinks Jason must be hurting pretty bad on the inside if he's strayed so far from batman's beliefs. if fans pick tails, two-Face essentially decides to pull-back on killing Jason. They essentially get to choose whether the double-sided coin lands head or tails. This leads to a memorable Joker death, as the Clown Prince of Crime laughs maniacally before wiping the make-up off his face, and giving one last smile.įans get to pick what happens to Jason (Red Robin), once he's at Two Face's mercy. It's only after Joker tells him his story - which is the joke from the Killing Joke storyline - that Jason reveals he's Robin and sticks a table-knife in Joker's eye. This turns out to be the Joker, gone sane due to a lack of Batman, and it is here that Jason discovers that the person next to him is the man he promised not to go after. RELATED: Batman: 5 Reasons Why Knightfall Has The Most Controversies (& 5 Why A Death In The Family Does)Įventually, Jason goes into a dinner, where he hears one last Batman story, from a man who claims he knew Batman. Jason then seems to be coming to terms with the ordeal, after hearing Batman stories from different members of the Justice League about how a "guy with no powers" was the best of them. He and the rest of the Bat-Family bury Bruce, and Nightwing becomes Batman. If Jason chooses to heal the way Batman wanted him to, not going after the Joker for revenge, he stays in Wayne manor and takes a hiatus from fighting crime. Suprise cameo! But what about the other choices? The "What if"? It is then revealed Bruce has been telling this story to non-other than his pal Clark Kent, Superman, while they're both hanging out in a dinner. Fans get to re-write history via an interactive storyline, where the choices one picks, lead to more choices of consequences. If the fans choose to let Jason die, Bruce Wayne essentially narrates the events of Batman: Under the Red Hood, just as they played out in the movie.
In Batman: Death in the Family, Warner Brothers Animation once again gives fans the chance to pick what happens to Jason Todd.
RELATED: Batman: 5 Ways A Death In The Family Aged Well (& 5 Ways It Did Not) The choice to kill Jason was made by fans, who did not like him as Robin.
It stands out, primarily, because writers killed Jason Todd, the second person to take on the mantle of Robin. The famed Batman story, A Death in the Family, was a fairly controversial storyline that affected the Dark Knight for years to come.