Gotham City

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fictional city fictional location metropolis

Gotham City is the dark, crime-ridden fictional metropolis that serves as Batman’s primary setting and symbolizes urban corruption and decay in the DC Comics universe.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Gotham City canonical 102
Gotham City underworld 2
Gotham (nickname for New York City) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional city ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
metropolis ⓘ
appearsIn Batman comics ⓘ
Batman: The Animated Series ⓘ
DC Extended Universe ⓘ
surface form: DC Extended Universe films

Detective Comics ⓘ
Gotham ⓘ
surface form: Gotham (TV series)

The Dark Knight trilogy ⓘ
surface form: The Dark Knight Trilogy
associatedWithCharacter Alfred Pennyworth ⓘ
Bane ⓘ
Batgirl ⓘ
Batman ⓘ
Bruce Wayne ⓘ
Selina Kyle ⓘ
surface form: Catwoman

James Gordon ⓘ
surface form: Commissioner James Gordon

Harley Quinn ⓘ
Poison Ivy ⓘ
Ra's al Ghul ⓘ
Robin ⓘ
Scarecrow ⓘ
The Joker ⓘ
The Penguin ⓘ
The Riddler ⓘ
Two-Face ⓘ
countryAnalog United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstAppearance Detective Comics ⓘ
surface form: Detective Comics #27
firstAppearanceYear 1939 ⓘ
genre superhero fiction ⓘ
hasGovernmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
inspiredBy City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

New York City ⓘ
knownFor high crime rate ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
supervillain activity ⓘ
notableLocation Ace Chemicals ⓘ
Arkham Asylum ⓘ
Batcave ⓘ
Blackgate Penitentiary ⓘ
Crime Alley ⓘ
Gotham City Hall ⓘ
Gotham City Police Department ⓘ
Gotham Harbor ⓘ
Wayne Manor ⓘ
primarySettingFor Batman ⓘ
publisher DC Comics ⓘ
symbolizes crime ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
urban corruption ⓘ
urban decay ⓘ
universe DC Comics ⓘ

Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Dark Knight → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
The Dark Knight Rises → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
Six Flags America → hasSection → Gotham City ⓘ
Joker → setting → Gotham City ⓘ
subject surface form: Joker (2019 film)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice → setting → Gotham City ⓘ
Batman Begins → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
The Dark Knight trilogy → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
Batman (1989 film) → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
Phillip Stryver in The Dark Knight Rises → setting → Gotham City ⓘ
subject surface form: Phillip Stryver
Batman Returns → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
R. Kelly → notableWork → Gotham City ⓘ
Batman → placeOfActivity → Gotham City ⓘ
Six Flags Great Adventure → hasArea → Gotham City ⓘ
DC Universe → hasFictionalLocation → Gotham City ⓘ
Detective Comics → setting → Gotham City ⓘ
Alfred Pennyworth → home → Gotham City ⓘ
Batman Forever → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
Batman Forever → notableFeature → Gotham City ⓘ
this entity surface form: stylized neon-lit Gotham City
Batman & Robin → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
Harvey Dent → employer → Gotham City ⓘ
Harvey Dent → placeOfResidence → Gotham City ⓘ
Harvey Dent → memberOf → Gotham City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gotham City legal system
Harvey Dent → associatedWith → Gotham City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gotham City underworld
Rachel Dawes → fictionalCity → Gotham City ⓘ
Rachel Dawes → basedIn → Gotham City ⓘ
Selina Kyle → basedIn → Gotham City ⓘ
Batman (1960s TV series) → setting → Gotham City ⓘ
Lucius Fox → basedInFictionalCity → Gotham City ⓘ
Bill Finger → coCreatorOf → Gotham City ⓘ
James Gordon → placeOfWork → Gotham City ⓘ
James Gordon → residence → Gotham City ⓘ
James Gordon → fictionalCity → Gotham City ⓘ
Gotham Award → namedAfter → Gotham City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gotham (nickname for New York City)
Gotham → setting → Gotham City ⓘ
Harley Quinn (TV series) → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
Joker's Jinx → parkSection → Gotham City ⓘ
Batwing → parkSection → Gotham City ⓘ
Birds of Prey → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
Harley Quinn → placeOfActivity → Gotham City ⓘ
Metropolis → contrastedWithCity → Gotham City ⓘ
Sophie Dumond → residesIn → Gotham City ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gotham City (Joker film)
Justice League cameo in The Flash (DCEU) → setting → Gotham City ⓘ
Scarecrow → baseOfOperations → Gotham City ⓘ
League of Shadows → enemy → Gotham City ⓘ
League of Shadows → baseOfOperations → Gotham City ⓘ
Arrowverse → featuresLocation → Gotham City ⓘ
Arthur Fleck → residence → Gotham City ⓘ
Arthur Fleck → setIn → Gotham City ⓘ
Thomas Wayne → residence → Gotham City ⓘ
Thomas Wayne → placeOfDeath → Gotham City ⓘ