SHOW NOTES:
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Introduction
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Shoutout to Blood & Black Rum (NSFW) – – Ryne & Chris drink beer and talk about (mostly) cult films – (3:34)
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Background (5:54)
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Created by Dennis O’Neil and Bob Brown in Detective Comics #411 (May 1971)
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Daughter of Ra’s al Ghul, introduced as simply Talia – Batman rescues her from the League of Assassins, and she shoots her captor (Dr. Darrk) to save Batman
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Later revealed that a kidnapping was a test by Ra’s to see if Batman would make a good husband for Talia – Bruce rejects the offer, but still loves Talia
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She marries Bruce in 1978 with Ra’s approval
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She becomes pregnant with Bruce’s child, but she realizes she can’t stay with him, so she fakes a miscarriage and annuls the marriage – the boy is dropped off at an orphanage – later grows to become Damian Wayne
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Takes over LexCorp when Lex Luthor becomes President of the US – she sells all the assets to Wayne Foundation, leaving Lex broke
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Gets kidnapped by her half-sister Nyssa and brainwashed to turn against their father – Nyssa kills Ra’s, and both women take over his organization
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After Bruce is apparently killed, she tells Dick Grayson to take Damian under his wing as the new Robin – after Damian is injured, she implants a device in his spine that allows her to control him, and she starts to clone him to create a more obedient son
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Batman Inc – she takes control of an organization called Leviathan to kill Batman – her Damian clone kills the original, and she poisons Batman in a battle, but gets killed by Kathy Kane – Ra’s brings her body to a Lazarus Pit to resurrect her – she awakens with no memory of her former life
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Rebirth – fights Catwoman after finding out she’s engaged to Bruce
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Lies to Deathstroke and tells him that Damian is his son so he attacks Bruce
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Issues (12:02)
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Loyalty torn between her father and Bruce
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After kidnapping by Nyssa, becomes more detached from humanity like her father
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Maternal instincts over Damian vary – usually fiercely loyal to him, but also willing to abandon him when he defies her (28:21)
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Treatment (39:50)
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In universe
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Out of universe
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Skit (54:04)
- Ending
References:
- Chris Hansen – Anthony – 3:30
- Jack Frost – Anthony – 4:08
- Leprechaun in the Hood – Doc – 4:40
- Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood – Doc – 5:04
- Ra’s al Ghul episode – Anthony – 9:04
- Maury Povich – Doc – 11:52
- “Get Down Tonight” by KC & the Sunshine Band – Anthony – 12:20
- Married with Children – Doc – 12:49
- Stockholm Syndrome – 20:48
- Gaslighting – Anthony – 22:54
- A Clockwork Orange – Anthony – 23″08
- Skinner conditioning – Doc – 24:18
- Negan episode – Doc – 27:25
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