| Harvey Dent | |
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| Alias(es) | Two-Face |
| Appeared in | Batman Batman Forever |
| Status | Deceased |
| Actor | Billy Dee Williams Tommy Lee Jones |
- "One man is born a hero, his brother a coward. Babies starve, politicians grow fat. Holy men are martyred, and junkies grow legion. Why? Why, why, why, why, why? Luck! Blind, stupid, simple, DOO-DAH, clueless luck!"
- ―Two-Face to Hawkins[src]
Harvey Dent was a district attorney and politician who later became the criminal Two-Face. He vowed revenge on Batman for failing to save him when 'Boss' Moroni scarred him.
Biography[]
Batman[]
Harvey Dent had recently been elected and vowed to bring the wave of crime to a halt by getting "Boss" Carl Grissom in court and convicted. However, these plans where overshadowed when a criminal known as the Joker threatened Gotham City with his Smylex products. Dent was later present with Mayor Borg and Commissioner Gordon when Joker hijacked their postponing of Gotham's 200th anniversary festival. After the vigilante "Batman" had defeated Joker, Harvey read a letter from him at a press conference.
Batman Forever[]
Harvey Dent became the deranged criminal Two-Face when trying to get 'Boss' Moroni convicted. Moroni threw acid at Dent's face. Dent held up his file to block the acid, only managing to cover half of his face, the other half becoming hideously disfigured. He was later captured by Batman and sent to Arkham Asylum.
2 years later, Two-Face broke out of Arkham and attempted to rob the Second Bank of Gotham with his henchmen. They had taken a security guard, named Hawkins hostage and used him as bate to lure in Batman, which worked. Though to Two-Face's disappointment, Batman quickly escaped the trap and went after him. However, he was able to escape.
At his lair, which is split in half (just like his personality), he had two henchwomen named Sugar and Spice, who worked for him, Spice favoring his 'dark', scarred side and Sugar favoring his 'good' side. Two-Face's next move was to travel to the circus looking for Batman and threatening to blow the place up. When the "Flying Graysons" tried to stop him, Two-Face killed them all except for Dick, the youngest Grayson who went on to become Batman's sidekick, Robin.
Two-Face joined forces with the Riddler and the two gathered knowledge through the box which led them to discover Batman's true identity, following this they traveled to Wayne Manor and kidnapped Dr. Chase Meridian as well as destroying the Batcave. Two-Face had wanted to kill Bruce there and then but Riddler intervened, wanting a challenge, so they left with their hostage.
Batman and Robin track Riddler and Two-Face to Claw Island but got separated once there. Robin had the opportunity to kill Two-Face but didn't want to be like him. Two-Face used this opportunity to capture Robin. He and the Riddler then tried to make Batman choose between Chase and Robin, not expecting him to be able to save both. When Batman succeeded in saving both, Two-Face pursued him into the pit and flipped his coin to decide whether he would shoot Batman, but as he flipped, Batman tossed a handful of identical coins into the air. Two-Face panicked, desperate to find his own coin, he stumbled and fell into a watery bed of spikes. His coin then fell into his open palm.
Abilities[]
To be added
Relationships[]
- Bruce Wayne/Batman - Ally turned archenemy.
- James Gordon - Ally turned Enemy.
- Mayor Borg - Former ally
- The Riddler - Ally.
- Joker - Enemy; deceased.
- Carl Grissom - Enemy; deceased.
- 'Boss' Moroni - Enemy.
Appearances/Actors[]
- Burtonverse (2 films)
- Batman (First appearance) - Billy Dee Williams
- Batman Forever - Tommy Lee Jones
- Batman & Robin (Costume only)
- Burtonverse (2 comics)
Trivia[]
- The character was portrayed by two actors, first Billy Dee Williams as the pre-transfigured version, and Tommy Lee Jones as the post-transfigured version. Interestingly, Williams is African American and Jones isn't, that created a major inconsistency in the franchise.
- Before Billy Dee Williams was cast Harvey Dent in Batman, Ray Liotta was offered the role but turned the part down to do Goodfellas, Don Johnson, Dale Midkiff, Clint Eastwood, Martin Sheen and William Petersen were considered for Harvey Dent.
- In the earlier drafts of the script, Harvey Dent was set to appear in Batman Returns, played by Billy Dee Williams. He was going to be in a scene where he gets into an accident caused by The Red Triangle Circus Gang during the Gotham City mayhem, and at the end of the film where he's in his hospital bed, flipping his coin, but Tim Burton wants nothing to do with the first Batman film whatsoever.
- Tommy Lee Jones was the first and only choice for Harvey Dent/Two-Face in Batman Forever. And he accepted the role, because the character of Two-Face was his son's favorite character.
- In Batman & Robin, when Bane breaks into Arkham Asylum's storage room to get Mr. Freeze's cryogenic suit, both Two-Face and Riddler's costumes are visible in the background.
- In the comics, whatever Two-Face's coin landed on that would be final, in the movie, Two-Face continued to flip the coin until obtaining his desired result.
- Unlike his mainstream counterpart in the comics, Two-Face does not have the bulged eyeball.
Gallery[]
Batman[]
Batman Forever[]
See Also[]
- Two-Face
- Harvey Dent (Earth-789)
