Bruce Wayne & Dick Grayson

Gen Relationship
Relationship:	Bruce Wayne & Dick Grayson
Alternative name(s):	Batman & Robin, Dynamic Duo
Fandom:	Batman, DC Animated Universe
Type:	Friendship, crimefighting partnership, brotherly relationship, parent-child relationship
Canonical?:	Yes
Prevalence:	Extremely popular
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See also:	Batfamily
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Bruce Wayne & Dick Grayson refers to the friendship, crimefighting partnership, brotherly relationship, and parent-child relationship between Bruce Wayne (Batman) and Dick Grayson (originally Robin, later Nightwing).

Background

Teen Titans (2003 animated series)

It's never explained why Robin left Batman. While it's implied they had a falling out, "The Apprentice" shows (albeit indirectly) that Robin still has a lot of respect for Batman and considers him his father.

Fan community

Comments

I also think Dick and Bruce have an odd relationship purely because of their ages when Bruce took him in. Bruce was anywhere from his early to late twenties and Dick was nine. That makes the age gap too big to be “normal” brothers/equals but too small to be “normal” parent-child. Bruce is Dick’s brother-dad to me, in a way he isn’t with any of his other children. Their relationship occupies a weird spot.

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(I also think, with the way the ages line up and what happened with Bruce “dying,” that Damian and Dick also have that odd brother-dad relationship that Dick has with Bruce. Which is fun to think about.)

Dick once confided in Barbara that he never knew where he stood with Bruce—too old and independent to be his son, too young and subordinate to be his brother, too close to be nothing more than a protegee. She had reassured him that a relationship didn’t need to fit a narrow definition to be meaningful, and valiantly didn’t tell him that Bruce had an adoption petition locked in his desk, waiting for the day he was brave enough to ask for Dick’s signature.

[Author's note] I don't think Bruce disapproving of Dick's relationship with Starfire was ever canon, but it used to be a common joke back in the day (like, when fandom was on LiveJournal), and it always amused me.

Fan works

Fan art

• Bat Sweet Night by LittleZion
• Cold night in gotham by Hybryda
• Bathugs by FlyingRoibins
• Dick Grayson’s Puppy Dog Eye, ^{Archived version} comic by reebmiester
• Trick or treat with Battinson and Dick, ^{Archived version} by vanillabean-97

Fanfiction

• Watch This by snackbaskets
• Batman is a Dad, Man by Browniesarethebest
• Beam Me Up (I don't want to be alone anymore) by laydowntoearth

Fanvids

• Night Changes by uravity

External links

Fan communities and archives

• FanFiction.Net (FFN): [ stories] and [ crossovers] featuring
• DeviantArt (DA):
• on Archive of Our Own (AO3)
• Dynamic Duo Deposit on Tumblr

Resources

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