Batman Utility Belt
Lots of comic book heroes have utility belts. Batman is the only one who has deus ex machina holding his pants up.
Just The Facts
- For every situation, Batman has something in his utility belt that saves the day.
- When Robin becomes a pain in the ass, Batman has a compartment for him too.
- Batman is so badass that he carries a kryptonite ring given to him by Superman in case Superman becomes brainwashed and Batman needs to kill him.
The belt makes the man
Everyone knows Batman doesn't have real superpowers, but this doesn't stop him from kicking more collective ass than any other comic book hero ever. No matter what villain he may come across or what apocalyptic scenario he must thwart, Batman is prepared. Unlike MacGyver, Batman simply brings everything he could ever need with him at all times, every gadget branded with his moniker:
That's right. Everything.
Batman has often been ridiculed by other DC characters for his insistence on taking the boy scout motto to extremes. He can also apparently break the laws of physics and store matter within other matter in that nifty belt of his. And if you think he's anal about organization judging by his belt, wait till you see his desk.
If you think the Batman Utility Belt is implausible...check out Nightwing.
ReplyDick Grayson, as Nightwing, doesn't wear a utility belt but seemingly carries just as much stuff as Batman. And he keeps them all in HIDDEN POCKETS ON HIS GAUNTLETS
Oh, all right, you win. Stupid former Robin III...
True. He has somehow managed to beat Batman in sheer WTF-ery.
Actually, here's a fun thought: In Batman Beyond, the only plausible part of the suit is how he's able to carry his equipment. The batarangs unfold and are carried in small compartments in his wrist, and he never uses more than about four or five per episode. The grapple gun is replaced with leg-mounted rockets and fold-out stabilizer wings, his binoculars are part of the mask and most info is digital and can be downloaded into the suit.
One thing about the belt I've wondered about, with all that crap, wouldn't it weigh him down??
ReplyI've always wondered that as well... maybe most of it's made out of a lightweight material?
Perhaps not as much as a triple ply kevlar cape would.
Wait batman begins does explain how it works and the firing bomb-gun was attached in two separate pieces to his back on the dark knight, pretty awesome article tough
ReplyJudge Dread kicked his ass many a time :p
Reply Hide All See All 6 RepliesBitch, please.
is Judge Dredd as awesome and indestructible and undying as Batman? Please only God is more powerful than Batman
Judge Dredd has died, had his eyes ripped out, and fought a zombie version of himself. So yeah, Old Stoneyface beats the mopey orphan.
only stallone can kill dredd. For only being embarrassed can kill him.
At least 50% of Batman movies are good (More depending on your definition of good). 100% of Judge Dread movies suck.
@Vader_the_White It's forty percent. Batman Forever is awful. Just awful.
for anyone who didnt LOL at the shark repellant: in the 1969 batman, batman gets attacked by a shark while hanging out of a plane, does he go for his belt? No. he reaches into his pants and pulls out the shark repellant. Batman is good at hiding things.
ReplyYou don't remember that scene at all, do you? Batman's on a ladder under the Bat-Copter, the shark bites his leg, and Robin climbs down the ladder to give him the spray.
Batman....condoms. This intrigues me....
ReplyThose would be the condoms Chuck Norris used if he didn't use a live rattlesnake
some of the things were retractable. i mean, there's no disputing most of the stuff couldn't be seriously explained to fit in a belt, but I remember certain SFX which clued me in.
Replylol at the picture
Replyso batman has been literally pulling things out of his ass this whole time?
My absolute favourite thing about the shark repellent is that when he needs it, he calls it the "Bat-shark-repellent". Could he get any more ambiguous? Wtf is a bat-shark?!
ReplyOn that note, what would he use if he actually came across a bat-shark? Bat-bat-shark-repellent?
Batman has the highest variable strength of any Superhero. Whenever he is with the Justice League or in a crossover he's capable of going toe to toe with interdimensional entities and standing on close to even footing with Superman (I won't argue which is better, let's just say it'd be close.) But if you just go check out a lot of Batman only comics he'll be given trouble by mob bosses and psychopaths with novelty weapons. The one thing I've never figured out is why Bats uses gadgets instead of power suits. He's gotta be at least as good an inventor as Marvel equivalent Iron Man yet Tony is blasting people in the face with repulsors while Batman is throwing boomerangs and punching people. I think that's the problem I have with Batman when he's in crossovers, it seems silly he'd still be running around in just the batsuit and utility belt, while you can definitely believe it when he's just taking out thugs and lunatics around Gotham.
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesBecause Batman doesn't need a powersuit to kick ass.
Because if he did, the comics would pretty much go like this:
Panel 1: Criminal appears
Panel 2: Batman has a short inner monologue
Panel 3: Batman blasts the s**t out of the robber
Because if you spend years freezing your ass off on a mountain learning how to be a ninja, you DON'T go back to your hometown and put on a heavy clunking suit of armor that any bozo with vague motor skills could drive.
Also, Tony Stark is a genius inventor who specialized in weapons. Bruce Wayne is a rich guy who has a company that makes stuff. Out of all companies in the DC Universe, Waynetech is not known for making powersuits, and Batman would NOT be very likely to have one. Lexcorp, the company run by Lex Luthor, IS known for making suits of that nature, as well as the much lesser-known Ironworks company. It should be noted that Ironworks is run by John Henry Irons, a brilliant inventor who designed a flying powersuit that gives him immense strength and durability, as well as a fairly heavy armament (similar to Iron Man). His superhero moniker is Steel (another rip-off of Iron Man, as steel is purified iron) and he is an honorary member of the Superman family.
So yes, when a genius inventor of powersuits in the DC universe decided to fight crime, he went the Iron Man route. But Batman is not a genius inventor of powersuits, and the only people who DO fit that description know Batman through Superman.
Utility belt of holding. That's the same universe, right?
ReplyIts simple, I actually have other utility belts inside the one you see around my waist. This way, I always have extra pockets when I need to store more stuff.
ReplyThe only time Batman has used a utility that was not bat-branded:
Reply"I knew what you were up to Penguin so I gently coated my stomach with buttermilk." - Batman
Bat... milk..
great!
ReplyWell, I always thought he stored a wormhole or something like that in that belt, so he pulled all his gadgets out of another dimension. My other theory is that he has one superpower that he has kept hidden for everyone: the ability to predict exactly which gadgets he was going to need every time he went out and he just took those few with him.
Replyk...where can i find bat-condoms
ReplyThat ones expired. ...
first
ReplyNope.
you have to be flash to be first. didnt you see last weeks photoshop contest?
Batman and Robin? Can't believe you went there. I thought the unspoken agreement was nothing from BaR could ever be considered canon, and that it would only be referenced as an example of how NOT to make a superhero (especially Batman) movie.
ReplyUh, did you even do any research? Batman clearly did not carry his bat-shark repellent in his utility belt. Robin had to pass it down from the batcopter. This article is sloppy and I'm afraid I have to doubt the validity of any of the points contained here.
ReplySeriously. Unless you're gonna cite at least 5 PUBLISHED sources, you shouldn't even be talking about Batman.
Good article. I did find one glaring error though. Superman is susceptible to "kryptonite" not krypton. Krypton is the planet he comes from, and also an earth-borne element found in the atmosphere. He'd be rather easy to defeat on earth if he was immobilized by something that's used in flash photography "It's a bird, it's a plane! *click* Oh. I guess it's neither as it's plummeting to the earth"
ReplyThanks for the heads up, that was a misspelling on my part... I really should know better.