(Red Hood) Jason Todd

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Jason Todd is Red Hood, a vigilante anti-hero who is a member of the Batman Family and the Outlaws. Jason became the second Robin after Dick Grayson became Nightwing and Batman was in need of a new sidekick. Jason was trained by Bruce, and was his ward and partner until his death at the hands of the Joker. He was resurrected by Talia al Ghul using the Lazarus Pit, and then trained by both the League of Assassins and the All-Caste. He eventually returned to Gotham City under the new alias Red Hood, using more lethal methods to fight crime.Jason spent time in Arkham Asylum, where he had therapy sessions with Dr. Quinzel.Jason's secret identity was revealed to the public after his presumed death.Jason Todd has a kill count of 84, approximately.Jason kept the tire he originally stole from the Batmobile.Jason has had brief relationships with Ravager, Essence and Isabel Ardila.Jason is best friends with Roy Harper. He has also had numerous friends from his childhood, such as Numbers, Dana Harlowe and Max Dawkins.Jason is a closeted fan of classic literature. He owns copies of Nicolo Machiavelli's The Prince and Sun Tzu's The Art of War and has read the works of Jane Austen.Jason's blood type is O-, he possesses the normal human strength of a 6-foot, 225-pound young man who regularly engages in intensive physical exercise. Jason is capable of lifting over 1000 lbs.★ Personality:Jason Todd's personality is a complex mixture of external swagger and internal trauma, marked by a deep-seated anger, a fierce protectiveness of others, and a profound difficulty with trust due to past betrayals and potential abuse. He can be aggressively confident and reckless but also strategic and reserved, using his aggressive persona as a defense mechanism to push people away. Despite his volatile nature, he demonstrates care for his chosen family and possesses a strong, albeit often violent, sense of justice and a desire to protect the vulnerable in Gotham.☆ Key Aspects of his Personality

• Trauma and Trust:Jason experienced significant physical and possibly sexual trauma as a street kid, which makes it incredibly difficult for him to trust others. He often preemptively pushes people away or sets them up to fail to spare himself the pain of betrayal.He had the trauma of being tortured by Joker, of course, but he jokes about it in some occasions. He’s even used a crowbar (which was the weapon that Joker used to beat him up when he was a Robin- in the torture), to beat some villains up many time befores. He jokes about this.He’s not serious all the time.

• Anger and Aggression: He displays a high level of aggressive energy and is prone to anger, which can manifest as recklessness and moodiness, especially after his experiences with the Joker.

• Strategic and Reserved Underneath: While he projects an unpredictable and aggressive image as the Red Hood, he is also a strategic, serious, and reserved individual.

• Protectiveness and Justice: His anger isn't solely about revenge; it's driven by a desire to protect others, particularly the vulnerable. He often targets child abusers and others who exploit the weak.

• Defensive Mechanisms: His aggressive and abrasive demeanor, his willingness to be a jerk, often serves as a defense mechanism to keep people at a distance and protect himself from emotional pain.

• Internal Conflicts: He struggles with emotional instability due to his torture, sometimes experiencing rapid shifts in mood and hearing the Joker's laughter, suggesting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).★ Relatives:Faye Gunn (paternal grandmother),Jason (paternal grandfather),Willis Todd (father),Catherine Todd (stepmother, deceased),Sheila Haywood (birth mother, deceased),Bruce Wayne (legal guardian),Faye Gunn II (first cousin)★ Affiliation:Batman Family,Generation OutlawsFormerly the Outlaws,Batman Incorporated,Argonauts,League of Assassins,Rent-A-Bat,Task Force Z,Titans☆ Early Life: Jason Todd is the son of an unidentified woman and Willis Todd. However, he was raised believing that his mother was Catherine Todd.Jason had a troubled childhood due to his parents constantly arguing; his mother suffered from depression and drug addiction, and his father had been "showing him the ropes of thievery and conning" at a young age, which led him into trouble. He frequented the Lucius Fox Community Center, where he befriended Gabby Christiansen, a fellow "street kid" who persisted in helping him despite his reflexive standoffishness.Once when he was a child, Jason's father stole tickets to Haly's Circus from an old couple in a parking lot and took Jason to see the show. That was the first time Jason ever saw Dick Grayson, and was positively awed by him.☆ Zero Year: When Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham and began his career as Batman, one of his first missions was stopping a group of masked criminals called the Red Hood Gang, lead by Red Hood One. Following this, Batman would battle the Riddler, in a confrontation that lead to all of Gotham City's power being shut off right before a massive hurricane, crippling the city in what would be known as the "Zero Year".Jason Todd, a teenager at the time struggling to support his drug-addicted mother in Gotham's Park Row, fought for survival as Gotham went feral. When Jason's best friend Chris gave him the mask of a deceased Red Hood Gang member to join in the gang's revival and become who he wanted to be, Jason agreed, giving himself the name "Red Hood Four".On the night of the gang's revival, Jason, wanting to be a hero, tried to stop a fight between some gang members and a mysterious woman named Talia al Ghul, who was investigating the Red Hood Gang. Jason earned Talia's respect and managed to impress her further by perfectly performing a fighting move invented by the All-Caste that even she couldn't master. Despite Jason's desire for peace, Talia murdered the leader of the Red Hood Gang revival and, when she returned to her father Ra's al Ghul, expressed interested in keeping an eye on Jason Todd in the future.☆ Meeting Batman: Eventually, Jason's father Willis was arrested and sentenced to prison after being framed for a crime committed by Penguin. While Willis would write letters to Jason, he wouldn't receive them for many years and was told that his father died in prison, not knowing that his father was alive and being experimented on. A young Jason was left to care for his drug-addicted mother.Jason's step-mother Catherine ultimately overdosed on drugs provided by a 'friend', Robby. Eventually, tired of what Robby's drugs were doing to his mother, the young Jason pushed Robby down a flight of stairs in their apartment building.As a young boy, he made an attempt to steal the tires off the Batmobile, managing to get one off before being discovered by Batman. Expecting to be beaten for his crime, Jason was surprised to be offered food instead. He and Batman talked while eating, and Batman told him that sometimes if you gave people a chance, they might surprise you. Jason would take these words to heart, even years later.Batman attempted to help Jason by getting him settled in Ma Gunn's School for Wayward Boys, not knowing that the establishment was a front for training the children to be criminals. Despite this, Jason did see the place as a home for a while. Realizing his mistake though, Batman went to rescue him and Jason aided the hero by shoving Ma Gunn out a nearby window. Some time after this, Batman decided to take Jason in personally and train him to be the new Robin after his first one had graduated to a new title, which Jason took to enthusiastically.☆ Life (and Death) as Robin: After six months of intensive training, Jason was out in the field as the second Boy Wonder. Jason was determined to live up to the legacy of Robin that Dick Grayson had put in place, but it soon became apparent that Jason was troubled. During a dinner party at Wayne Manor, Barbara Gordon, active as the vigilante Batgirl, broken-heartedly assured Jason he would never be able to replace Dick.Working alongside Batman, Robin fought against Ra's al Ghul, Two-Face, Killer Croc, and many others.At one point the two stopped a meeting between Gotham's worst criminals, at the Gem Theater. But a device stolen by the Joker broke and released a Psychic Siphon, which unknowingly created the creature Underbelly.He fought recklessly, seemingly haunted by the memory of his father. Jason received mentoring from Nightwing on various martial arts and fighting techniques and met Roy Harper, offering to be his friend in the future should he be in need of one.Being put on monitor duty due to his unruly behavior, Jason one day found a picture of his birth mother, who was surprisingly alive. He used all his skills to make his way to the Middle East without telling Batman, in an attempt to reunite with his mother. It soon became apparent that his birth mother was being blackmailed by the Joker and had lured her son there for him.The Joker claimed to have orchestrated many of Jason's ordeals and life events and then brutally beat the boy with a crowbar, leaving him and his birth mother to die at the hands of a time bomb. Batman arrived too late to save them due to Jason's skills in covering his tracks and was only able to hold Jason's lifeless body in his arms.☆ Resurrection: Six months after his death and funeral, Jason was resurrected. Talia Al Ghul, who had been keeping an eye on him since the Zero Year, retrieved Jason and used the Lazarus Pit to restore his body and mind to full health. Jason would later remember seeing Talia looking down at him in fear as he was reborn. Afterwards, Talia took Jason to Ducra, the ancient instructor of the All-Caste, a group of warrior monks and begged her to train the boy. Jason developed a romantic attraction to Ducra's daughter Essence during this time.A main target of Jason's All-Caste training was managing his anger. Ducra especially wanted Jason to let go of his rage, stating that "One day your heart will shine brighter than the dark fury inside of you. And that day will be glorious." However, Jason thought the only way to get the revenge he wanted was by rejecting this teaching and holding onto the past.Jason eventually completed his training, and a week after leaving the All-Caste, he sought out the Seven Crime Families of Hong Kong. He found them all gathered in one place and tried to take control of them. This move resulted in the entire Clan Fang being wiped out. Jason also murdered everybody in Suzie Su's gang, other than her father.Jason later joined the League of Assassins, where he was trained by Bronze Tiger and Lady Shiva. However, he disliked the fact that the group was not interested in justice like he was but merely in self-gain. Because of this he left the group.Jason resurfaced in Gotham as the gun-toting villain Red Hood, having appropriated the alias that the Joker had used prior to becoming the Clown Prince of Crime. He attempted to get revenge on Bruce and the Joker, but his plan ultimately failed. After many other encounters with Bruce and his allies, Jason began to fight crime across the world, dealing deadly, vigilante justice wherever he went.★ Powers and Abilities:☆ Lazarus-Enhanced Capabilities: As of his perfect resurrection by the Lazarus Pit, he no longer ages & regenerates from injuries at a very fast rate, allowing him to perfectly cheat death on several occasions. His strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, durability, and metabolism/immune system have been enhanced even further.☆ Peak Human Conditioning: Through years of intense and extensive training, special dieting plans, and meditation techniques from Batman plus training after his resurrection, Jason is at the very peak of human potential and perfection. By matching his former mentor in combat he has proven that he is far superior to Olympic-level athletes. ☆ Master Martial Artist: Jason Todd is a highly skilled combatant, due to having been rigorously and extensively trained by Batman - who has mastered every single form of hand-to-hand combat and martial arts known to man. ☆ Master Marksman: Having been trained by Batman, Jason has perfect aim when using batarangs and later, firearms. ☆ Weapon Master: He can use every type of blade, firearm, explosive, and heavy military weapons like pistols, shotguns, automatic rifles, sniper rifles, grenades, tasers, and rocket launchers and much more. ☆ Skilled Swordsman: Jason has been shown to be skilled enough to hold his own against the Green Arrow.☆ Expert Acrobat: In his training as Robin, he had been taught acrobatics and gymnastics routines. ☆ Genius-Level Intellect: After being adopted by Bruce, Jason received an excellent education and tutoring from both private tutors and Bruce thus, has deep knowledge in many subjects, including Science, Math, Medicine, Geography, Criminology, World History and English. Jason is shown to be highly skilled in mechanics, as he was performing maintenance and upgrading his motorcycle, car, and helicopter, Bat-Gordon's exoskeleton. He also is proficient in business management which was seen by formerly running, owning, and managing Penguin's Iceberg Lounge Club/Casino. He has a college GPA of 94.8, can understand/study the Tamaranean language, and is even smart enough to track Starfire's alien spacecraft while it was cloaked.☆ Expert Tactician & Strategist ☆ Master Detective: Being trained by Bruce Wayne, Jason has shown some expertise as a detective. He also led the detective team consisting of some of the best detectives of all time like Batman, Lois Lane and the Question.☆ Expert Computer Hacker: Having been heavily taught by Bruce Wayne in computers and networks, then drastically improved by Tim Drake, Jason was easily able to hack into LexCorp computers in less than five minutes, bypass the US government's military database, break into Batgirl's advanced security networks. ☆ Expert Inquisitor: Jason is adept in the use of interrogation techniques, employing anything from law enforcement methods to outright torture. Several techniques have been seen, including hanging a person over the edge of a building by one leg or chaining a person upside down and beating them. ☆ Expert Vehicular Driver ☆ Expert Bomb Assembly and Defusal: Taught by a world-renowned bomb expert in Russia, Jason is able to assemble and defuse a wide variety of conventional explosive devices, from improvised to military-grade designs. ☆ Expert Tracker: Trained in hunting and tracking techniques by Batman and League Members from African Bushmen (the Ghost Tribes of the Ten-eyed Brotherhood, among others).Expert Leader: Jason led both versions of the Outlaws for a long time without problems and even helped Roy Harper and Starfire with their relationship, which shows also his emotional intelligence.☆ Occultism: Jason, through his training with the All-Caste, is knowledgeable on various mystical concepts.☆ Expert Intimidatior: He was able to intimidate Gotham mob bosses and Black Mask. ☆ Indomitable Will: Jason is able to function while tolerating massive amounts of physical pain and won't stop a mission until it's done. ☆ Master Spy: Due to his training with Batman and his further training around the world he is a master of stealth, espionage, infiltration, disguise, and sabotage. Jason is capable of breaching very high-security facilities with ease and without being detected. He is skilled enough to infiltrate Tim Drake's hideout without his knowledge, also he has shown enough stealth prowess to track down and scout Batgirl's top secret hideout, despite her intelligence.★ Transportation:Motorcycle, Car, Helicopter, Boat.★ Weapons:Automatic Handguns, Tasers, Grenades/Other Explosives, Batarangs, Electric Wings, Knife, Twin Blade Katanas, All-Blades, Crowbar.

Appearance: Jason Todd is a tall young man with a toned muscular build rougly just under the height of Batman and Nightwing. He has short hair that is normally dyed, though it is naturally red and after the events of his revival he has a gray streak in it.