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How Does Batman: Under The Red Hood End?

2026-02-12 05:56:01

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Wyatt

'Batman: Under the Red Hood' ends with an intense confrontation between Batman and Red Hood (a.k.a. Jason Todd, the second Robin) that doesn’t get resolved into a neat little package. Here, Jason Todd wants Batman to kill the Joker in revenge for his own death, but Bruce refuses to give in to his anger, even when it hurts the most. The Joker gets to sneer at both of them and taunt them in his typical manner throughout. When all is said and done, Jason Todd escapes, and an angst-ridden and disturbed Bruce Wayne is left to grapple with the brutal realities of his life. He’s forced to confront the aspects of himself that he refuses to acknowledge, and the result is a very realistic and often very disturbing conflict that won’t get resolved in a neat and tidy bow.

2026-02-15

Wesley

Man, ‘Batman: Under the Red Hood’ is one of the best animated films I’ve ever seen. This movie is brutal and downright tragic, and the ending will really get under your skin. The final confrontation between Jason Todd (now known as the Red Hood) and Batman takes place on a dark rooftop, where Jason repeatedly chastises Batman for not killing the Joker after he murdered Jason. He tells him that he failed as a father to him as Robin, and that he’ll always be seeking revenge against him. Eventually, the two of them clash in an epic fight, which ends with Batman refusing to kill Jason in order to avenge his own daughter. Jason is then left to wander the streets alone, and the film ends with a broken Batman holding a dummy of Robin dressed in Jason’s old costume.

This movie is best when it explores the limits of morality in Batman. The central conundrum that Jason Todd poses to Batman is horrifyingly logical: the Joker is a character who kills people and causes chaos and destruction, and if you let him live it’s only a matter of time before he kills again. But he’s also a character that Batman has sworn to protect, and that in order to remain a hero he cannot kill. The ending of the movie doesn’t solve this problem, instead forcing the viewer to grapple with it alongside Bruce. And the post-credits scene of the Joker in Arkham laughing maniacally is just more pain, more sadness. There’s no resolution here, just the acknowledgment that in a world where brutality is rewarded and heroism is punished then in order to remain a hero one has to be willing to sacrifice everything.

2026-02-16

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