Gotham City

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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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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

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Nightwing baseOfOperations Gotham City
Nightwing origin Gotham City
Penguin baseOfOperations Gotham City
Riddler fictionalCity Gotham City
Six Flags Over Georgia hasSection Gotham City
The Joker in The Dark Knight setting Gotham City
subject surface form: The Joker (The Dark Knight)
Elseworlds (Arrowverse) introducesLocation Gotham City
this entity surface form: Gotham City (Arrowverse)