# Is there a canon justification for Robin?

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**Created:** [January 17, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-canon-justification-for-robin/827925 "2019-01-17T13:08:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-canon-justification-for-robin/827925/41 "2019-01-18T07:31:21Z")

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> [@JB99](#):
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> Sherlock Holmes routinely used a network of street urchins to gather information.

And Robin’s very first assignment was to take on a role as a newsboy to gather information on a protection racket. It’s probably the smartest thing in a pretty dumb origin story. I always assumed (or perhaps hoped) that it was an homage to the Baker Street Irregulars.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-canon-justification-for-robin/827925/42 "2019-01-18T12:24:34Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> Maybe Robin the character can be justified, but there is no justification for the ridiculous costume he was forced to endure. You’d have to be a special kind of kid to willingly dress like that.

Being the child of circus artists helps with dressing up as one.

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