Batman: Arkham Asylum
Video Game • 2009 • Action
ReportBe the Batman. You control Batman as he fights to subdue The Joker and his fellow inmates when they seize control of the Asylum on Arkham Island.
This video game contains 53 potentially triggering events.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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styxpirate
several different rogues have backstories involving abusive parents that are mentioned in the recordings you collect throughout the game or their character cards. amadeus arkham is also implied to have a complicated relationship with his mother in the story written on the tablets you decode.
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Is someone stalked?
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mistersandman
Batman’s every movement is followed by one character or another throughout the game. In Victor Zsasz’s interview tapes, it is heavily implied he stalks a woman before killing her. This is optional content. Optional content in the second game reveals Zsasz was apprehended by Batman before he could hurt the woman.
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mistersandman
Joker off-handedly says that “slapping Harley around” is “his hobby”. The verity of this statement is unknown as he is never shown physically hurting her and nothing Harley says or does suggests he does.
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styxpirate
a lot of the rogues are said to become villains because they were abused when they were young
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SiRenfield
Not on-screen but The Riddler describes his abusive father in one of his patient interviews
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Addiction
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mistersandman
The game centers around the Joker producing a kind of super-steroid called Titan, that turns inmates into gigantic superhumans like Bane.
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Is there addiction?
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BiohazardSalad
Bane with his Titan formula
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Justtohelp2233
Frank Boles does
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Animal
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Is there a dead animal?
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jdpamv
Dead rats in the vents.
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Are there spiders?
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mistersandman
There are cobwebs in a lot of areas like vents and behind breakable walls.
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Are there bugs?
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ARKHAMBRICKS
You see them multiple times throughout the game, via Scarecrow hallucinations, as well as them skittering about the grounds and buildings of the rotting asylum.
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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Pantalones
The Scarecrow drugs Batman with hallucinogenic toxins.
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Is someone held under water?
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styxpirate
after the boss battle with bane, bane is knocked into the gotham harbor and doesnt get out again. when you go down into the sewers to collect spore samples, a character is pulled underwater by killer croc and isnt seen again. during killer croc's boss battle, mistakes result in killer croc pulling batman underwater and a death screen
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Is someone restrained?
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styxpirate
the whole thing takes place in an asylum, so all of the patients are kind of restrained. but also, both batman and joker are shown strapped down completely at various points, bane is hooked up into a machine and trapped, and some inmates wear straight jackets
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Justtohelp2233
Some enemies have knives
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Is there cannibalism?
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ScaredyKitty
None shown, but mentioned by Killer Croc, who is human but has a genetic mutation, who mentions wanting to eat Aaron Cash and Batman. In a game over screen, it's implied he does eat Batman, and there are human sculls around his hideout.
'Lunatic' Enemies do bite at Batman if close enough.
'Lunatic' Enemies do bite at Batman if close enough.
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Is there body horror?
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Pantalones
Inmates injected with the Titan chemical undergo unpleasant transformation. Their bodies bulge and become larger and freakishly muscled. The same thing happens with Bane during that boss fight. He basically takes super steroids and gets swole in the most grotesque way possible.
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Is there amputation?
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ScaredyKitty
Aaron Cash had his hand bitten off by Killer Croc, which is mentioned but never shown. He wears a hook throughout the game.
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Is there a hanging?
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ARKHAMBRICKS
Only ever by the foot, and they are enemies that Batman takes down non-lethally.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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ARKHAMBRICKS
At the end of the game, Joker is shown having missing teeth, where Batman punched him with explosive gel, defeating Joker in his titan form, and apparently, knocking out some teeth.
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Is someone tortured?
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mistersandman
There are multiple hostage situations and mentions of torture, though the torture itself is never shown onscreen. The exception to this is the psychological torture Batman endures during the sequences involving Scarecrow.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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mistersandman
His fate is left ambiguous, but the last seen of Killer Croc in this game is him plummeting a very long way down the sewers.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Justtohelp2233
Some enemies have their eyes permanently opened by metal headgear
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Is there excessive gore?
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styxpirate
when people take titan, their bodies bulge and grow and their bones will push out of their skin, leaving tears that can be really creepy. if you fight them in detective mode, youll only see their skeletons, which can help a lot if youre someone whos upset by gore
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Death
Does a major character die?
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styxpirate
obvious spoilers, but aside from the vague implied deaths of some rogues (scarecrow, killer croc, and bane most notably), doctor young also dies
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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ARKHAMBRICKS
Batman's parents are shown dead in a hallucination.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Dr. Young is kidnapped.
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Fear
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Are there clowns?
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ARKHAMBRICKS
The Joker, as well as Harley Quinn, and their thugs all have the appearance of clowns, but Joker more than any. Joker and the aforementioned characters are seen many times throughout the game, clad in clown attire.
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Is someone possessed?
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styxpirate
spoilers for amadeus arkham's story, but there is a character who believes that he is possessed or the reincarnated spirit of amadeus arkham
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Are there mannequins?
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maximeobesum
there is a mannequin in clayface’s cell
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Is someone eaten?
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styxpirate
its implied that killer croc eats people, but never shown
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Is there audio gore?
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styxpirate
when titan goons change, theres some bone crunching and squelchy noises, and the ivys plants make pretty gross noises when you destroy them, but otherwise i think its just typical fighting noises
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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styxpirate
this whole game is bigtime copaganda. cops are pretty consistently praised and shown to be sympathetic characters, with a few corrupt exceptions
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Is there incarceration?
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SiRenfield
Literally the entire game takes place in an institute for the criminally insane so two for the price of one
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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mistersandman
Not electro-therapy specifically, but electrocutions do occur in multiple areas with electric floors and a scene where a character is strapped to an electric chair.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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CobaltKaiju
One of the villains Scarecrow wears needles on the end of each finger on his hand.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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CobaltKaiju
The game opens up in a mental hospital, and a good majority of the game is spent in it.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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styxpirate
there is an entire long sequence that takes place in a hospital, and it is designed to be extremely creepy
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ScaredyKitty
Victor Zsasz is mentioned and shows up. He is covered in self inflicted tallymark scars.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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SiRenfield
Unfortunately most of the antagonists are mentally ill to some degree or another. Easily the worst offenders are the Lunatic enemies due to being more stereotypical than normal (even if you want to argue that it’s partially due to being experimented on into insanity)
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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SiRenfield
Other forms of ableism maybe, but there are no confirmed autistic characters in the game
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SiRenfield
The Joker half jokingly makes suicidal gestures as he injects himself with Titan
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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SiRenfield
There are three sequences where a villain causes the player to hallucinate, the final one involving a fourth wall break
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Mousestar369
Up to interpretation, Batman is affected multiple times by Scarecrow's fear toxin and his reactions could be considered anxiety attacks
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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mistersandman
Joker makes an insincere remark to this effect before the final boss fight.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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ScaredyKitty
Use of traveling through elevators and air vents throughout the game and hiding under floor grates, though usually in third person.
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mistersandman
No, but there is a scene where Joker makes a comment to the effect of “what’s the point of living” and points a gun-like apparatus under his chin to inject a substance. This is not an actual suicide attempt.
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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Manzana
first scarecrow sequence
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Is there shakey cam?
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mistersandman
When running. The first Scarecrow sequence also involves the camera tilting.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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SiRenfield
PG-13 level swearing
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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SiRenfield
The prelude to the final Scarecrow level makes you believe your console broke and takes you through a reverse of the game. opening, where the Joker shoots you and results in a fake game over
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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mistersandman
Predictably, most of the antagonists and enemies in this game are caricatures and stereotypes of mentally ill people.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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SiRenfield
See “is a mentally ill person violent?”
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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styxpirate
harley is, mostly by joker
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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jdpamv
Suggestive isn’t the same as sexual, there is suggestive content for sure with Harley and Ivy’s designs (the former even references it) but nothing sexual is alluded to.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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styxpirate
amadeus arkham's mother is mentioned to have dementia during his optional storyline
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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mistersandman
The Batmobile is used to knock Bane into the river. Nobody is in the car when this happens.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Bane.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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styxpirate
its implied that several characters might have- see "is someone held underwater"
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Is there blood/gore?
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jdpamv
The Titans might have a bit of blood in their designs and there are splatters of it on floors.
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Is there gun violence?
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mistersandman
Minor enemies will shoot Batman. Batman himself does not have a gun.
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