Did Barbara Gordon Just Arrive on 'Gotham'? (2024)

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Does Barbara Gordon appear in Gotham? ›

Barbara Gordon appears in the fifth and final season of Gotham, portrayed by Jeté Laurence. She is taken hostage by Jeremiah Valeska to lure her father into a trap, which leads to the debut of Bruce Wayne's new vigilante role.

Gordon was assigned to track down the mysterious "Batman". After James, Jr. was born, Barbara discovered that her husband was having an affair with his partner, Sarah Essen. This and other tensions in their marriage eventually led Barbara to divorce her husband.

After this ordeal, she fell out of a window and was put into a coma. After waking up, she was studied by Hugo Strange and released from Arkham. She later opened The Sirens nightclub with her partner Tabitha Galavan until she was defeated and killed by the latter.

That's Barbara Keane in Gotham. She is the former fiancée of James Gordon, who went crazy after being forced to kill her parents. Barbara Gordon is the adopted daughter of James Gordon, who started out as his niece. (Long story.)

However, Barbara and Jim did have a son named James Gordon, Jr., and fans have pointed out that he shares some similarities with Gotham's villainous portrayal of Barbara Kean.

During the run of the show, the showrunners considered turning Barbara Kean into the iconic Batman villain Harley Quinn, the sidekick and girlfriend of the Joker. This is apparent during the second and third season, when Barbara's personality obviously mirrored the Harley character.

In the aftermath of Batman: The Killing Joke, Barbara Gordon's paralysis has been the subject of debate, with arguments in favor of, and against, restoring her mobility.

Gordon is introduced as a homicide detective and Iraq War veteran of the U.S. Army who has recently been transferred to Gotham City, where he lives with his fiancée, Barbara Kean.

After Joker arrived to Commissioner Gordon's home in order to kidnap him, he shot Barbara in the spine, disabling her, also snapping pictures as she cried in pain. Although her father was saved, she remained disabled. She became the hacker named Oracle, finding other ways to help Batman; even in a wheelchair.

The girl was conceived during Jim Gordon and Barbara Kean's hook-up in the GCPD. It was planned by Barbara to escape Gotham with the help of Edward Nygma and Oswald Cobblepot but she couldn't leave after going into labour.

How did Barbara come back to life in Gotham? ›

As you may have guessed based on Alfred's Season 3 resurrection, Barbara seems to be alive because of the Lazarus Pit. And that means that Ra's al Ghul is responsible for keeping one of Gotham's best characters around.

He has been married twice; first to Barbara Eileen Kean and then to Sarah Essen.

But in Gothem and in The Dark Knight, she's his wife.

She's been able to walk since the start of the New 52. Joker still shot her, but the canon timeline, she only stayed crippled for 3 years. Then some sort of experimental surgery done to her in South Africa, restored her ability to walk. Since regaining the use of her legs, she returned to being Batgirl in Gotham City.

In 1966, Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Gotham's police commissioner, began fighting crime in DC Comics' "Batgirl." Then, in the 1988 graphic novel The Killing Joke, she was shot by The Joker, paralyzing her from the waist down.

Barbara Lee Gordon is a minor character in the fifth and final season of Gotham. She is the daughter of Jim Gordon and Barbara Kean, and a younger version of Batgirl from the comics. Her middle name is taken after Jim's wife Lee Thompkins.

The first clip from season two of Gotham has been released. It's called “Ginger and Gorgeous,” and it features Jerome, who will most likely be the Joker, introducing himself to Barbara Gordon while they are serving time together in Arkham Asylum.

Ecco was specifically created to serve as the Gotham version of Harley Quinn. The two, aside from physical traits, share a number of similarities, including their devotion to their bosses (Jeremiah and the Joker) and usage of terms like "Puddin'".