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Dick Grayson was the original Robin, later becoming Nightwing and protecting the city of Bludhaven, and now he is Batman watching over Gotham City with the original Batman.
Background
Dick Grayson was created in April, 1940; first appearing in Detective Comics #38 he was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. Dick was a trapeze artist along with his parents and together were known as "The Flying Grayson's, he became robin after his parents were murdered by Tony Zucco who murdered his parents. He was then adopted by Bruce Wayne and became his sidekick Robin, The Boy Wonder. The Boy Wonder matured though and was fired by Batman from the role. He would become Nightwing and move to the neighboring city of Bludhaven. He was succeeded in the role of Robin by Jason Todd.Major Plots
The Batman Serials
In the 1943 film serial, Dick Grayson was portrayed by Douglas Croft. This version of the character matched exactly how he was portrayed in the comics at the time. The 1943 serial was followed with a sequel in 1949, starring Robert Lowery as Batman and Johnny Duncan as Dick Grayson. Because Duncan was 29 at the time of filming he had to wear tights to cover up his hairy legs, something Robin in the comics wouldn't wear until Tim Drake became Robin in the 1990's.Batman (1966 TV Series)
In the now classic Batman television series Dick Grayson was portrayed by Burt Ward. The show was a success in it's first two seasons but ratings dropped in it's third season which led to its cancellation. Ward's robin is still well remembered by fans and he is often considered to be the best live-action Robin.SuperFriends (1973-1985)
Dick was shown to be Robin in every one of the SuperFriends TV shows. He was once again shown to be Batman's loyal sidekick.Batman: The Animated Series & The New Batman Adventures (1992-1995)
In the landmark animated TV show, Batman: The Animated Series, Dick Grayson was shown as Robin and for the first time his origins were recounted in the Emmy award winning two-part episode "Robin's Reckoning". Dick was shown in several episodes of the first season of the show, most notably in the episode Christmas with The Joker. However it wasn't until the show's second season, when it was renamed "The Adventures of Batman and Robin" would he be featured regularly. This version showed a college age Dick Grayson as Robin with a costume resembling Tim Drake's first costume in the comics. Like the comics his parents were killed by gangster Tony Zucco. In The New Batman Adventures Dick is now shown to be Nightwing and works primarily on his own but does team up with Batman, Robin, and Batgirl on several occasions.Tim Burton/ Joel Schumacher Batman Films
In Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever Dick was shown to be college age when his parents were killed by Two-Face. When Dick discovers Bruce is Batman he becomes his sidekick calling himself "Robin" in order to kill Two-Face in revenge for his murder. He was played by Chris O'Donnell.In Joel Shumacher's sequel to Batman Forever Chris O'Donnell returns as Robin. In the film Dick and Batman split up their partnership while being influenced by Poison Ivy's pheromone gas, leaving Bruce to deal with Mr. Freeze. Soon after Alfred's niece, Barbara arrives and she finds that he's dying. The two go up against Poison Ivy and are exposed to her pheromones again. The pheromones exposed Dick's resentment towards being called a sidekick and how he wanted it to be Robin and Batman instead of Batman and Robin. However once the pheromones wore off he went to Poison Ivy pretending that he wanted to run away with her, she kisses him thinking that he'll die momentarily due to her lips being full of venom.
Robin's new suit in Batman & Robin.
They travel to the Gotham Observatory and while attempting to rescue several scientists who are hanging to a telescope; the telescope falls but Batman saves the two scientists while Robin and Batgirl are falling. Bruce catches up to them and together they grapple back up to the observatory, take down Freeze, defrost Gotham city, and return with an antidote to cure Alfred's disease.
The Batman(2006-2008)
Dick Grayson was introduced in the episode "A Matter of Family" in season 4 of The Batman. This Dick Grayson is around 13 years old when he is introduced. His origin remained the same as it is the comics, he and his family were trapeze artists until they were killed by Tony Zucco.Teen Titans(2003-2006)
The version of Robin shown on Teen Titans was never confirmed to be Dick Grayson but in the episode "How Long is Forever" Robin is shown to be Nightwing in the future so it is wise to assume that this version of Robin is Dick Grayson.Batman: The Brave and The Bold
Batman: Under The Red Hood
In Under The Red Hood Dick is shown to be Nightwing, while Jason Todd is the Red Hodd and Batman has no robin. Dick appears early on in the film but disappears after that. His voice was provided by Neil Patrick Harris.Young Justice
In the show Young Justice Dick is depicted as a 13 year old teenager and is the youngest member of the team, Young Justice. He is shown to be particularly good friends with Kid Flash and Aqualad, whom he looks up to.
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