# Why always Robin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga\ **Created:** [May 8, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767 "2023-05-08T20:21:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/41 "2023-05-09T14:03:58Z")
The real story: > **[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Batocrat](https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/batocrat)** > > Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Batocrat ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/42 "2023-05-09T19:20:29Z")
_Batman and Woodpecker_ ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/43 "2023-05-09T22:07:04Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > _Batman and Blue-Footed Booby_ has a nice ring to it, while sticking to the avian theme. And, for reasons I can’t quite comprehend, it has a somewhat titillating vibe to it. heh heh, “booby”, heh heh… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/44 "2023-05-09T23:54:43Z")
That wuz cool! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/45 "2023-05-10T00:03:33Z")
There was the Signal and Batwing. I think they’re both gone by now. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/46 "2023-05-10T01:25:26Z")
{ GOLF CLAP } 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/47 "2023-05-10T01:50:37Z")
Well, he can’t call himself “The Sparrow”. That’s Barretta’s partner. No. Don’t do it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HNWhVXcjV8&ab\_channel=SonnieVeldhuis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HNWhVXcjV8&ab_channel=SonnieVeldhuis) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/48 "2023-05-10T05:19:43Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Well, he can’t call himself “The Sparrow”. > That’s Barretta’s partner. But, if he did, Batman could sing “Me and my sparrow, straight up and narrow …” (Wait, I thought Barretta’s partner was a cockatoo.) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/49 "2023-05-28T14:23:34Z")
At least Tim was allowed to have a revamped costume. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/50 "2023-05-28T16:58:23Z")
_Batman and Western Wood Peewee_ ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/51 "2023-05-28T19:01:47Z")
Why no “Batboy” or “Batkid?” ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/52 "2023-05-28T19:08:44Z")
…or “Batshit”. I wouldn’t want to mess with Batman and Batshit. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/53 "2023-05-28T23:11:03Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > …or “Batshit” I wonder what GuanoLad would have to say about tiat ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/54 "2023-05-29T00:19:40Z")
> [@2\_More\_Bits](#): > > Why no “Batboy” or “Batkid?” > **[Batboy](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batboy)** > > Batboy was a young vigilante inspired by Batman, though he was baseball-themed. He was a one time ally of Robin, and like him was a circus performer whose parents were murdered by the mob. The name has also been used to jokingly refer to the Boy... > **[Bat-Mite](https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Bat-Mite)** > > Bat-Mite is a troublesome former member of the Bat Family who is both an ally and adversary to Batman. Bat-Mite is a 5th Dimensional being comparable to a god who is Batman's self-proclaimed, "Biggest Fan". Bat-Mite uses his vast powers to bend... ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/55 "2023-05-29T02:22:37Z")
The was a Batboy: [Inside Jeff Overturf’s Head: “Bat Boy and Rubin!” - Wally Wood - Mad Mondays!](http://jeffoverturf.blogspot.com/2011/07/bat-boy-and-rubin-wally-wood-mad.html) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/56 "2023-05-29T13:56:15Z")
There can be only one Bat Boy: > **[Bat Boy (character)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Boy_(character))** > > Bat Boy is a fictional creature who made numerous appearances in the American supermarket tabloid Weekly World News, beginning with a front page story in 1992. The character became a pop-culture icon. In 1997, the story of Bat Boy was turned into an Off-Broadway musical, Bat Boy: The Musical. > Weekly World News is a tabloid newspaper that publishes patently fabricated stories which were purported to be factual. Within the pages of the paper, Bat Boy is described as a creature who is "half human ... ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/57 "2023-05-29T18:05:36Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Why didn’t Jason, Tim, or Damien say “Sure Bruce, I’ll fight crime with you, but if I’m going to be named after a bird it’s going to be something cool” Hell, in the alternate-universe end-myth future when they encounter each other Carrie directly begins telling Bats her name, catches herself, and corrects to “Robin”. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/58 "2023-05-29T18:33:54Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Robin did change his _nom de héro_ to Nightwing Scene opens on Dick Grayson lounging around Wayne Manor, clearly a bit bored. He catches sight of his costume, and begins to muse to himself: " ‘Robin’, why ‘Robin’? Robins aren’t very badass, they just hop around and eat bugs and crap on cars, they don’t do anything cool…Do they? I don’t actually know much about them." Goes over to the bookcase and pulls down the encyclopedia. “Robin, robin, here we go: ‘the American robin, a migratory thrush widely distributed across North America. Scientific name…’ Wait, what?! _'Turdus migratorius_? _ **TURDUS?** _ Son of a bitch named me after _shit_? Aw, _hell_ naw!” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/59 "2023-05-29T21:10:59Z")
[It’s difficult coming up with the right avian symbol.](https://youtu.be/ds4dv4IS0PM?t=74) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767/60 "2023-05-30T21:07:37Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Just came across this: > > [Robin Revealed: Fun Facts About the Boy (and Girl) Wonder](https://www.dc.com/blog/2021/11/17/robin-revealed-fun-facts-about-the-boy-and-girl-wonder) > > - When Jason Todd became Batman’s partner, he initially considered using a name other than Robin as a sign of respect for Dick Grayson. In [_Batman #368_](http://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/comics/book/batman-1940-368/6b81219f-09f1-4b69-a3ee-62d39bf6b98e/c)[_,_](http://www.dcuniverseinfinite.com/comics/book/batman-1940-368/6b81219f-09f1-4b69-a3ee-62d39bf6b98e/c)his suggested codenames were Flying Ace, **Blue Jay** , Cardinal, Eagle, Domino and Kid Dynamite. Luckily, Dick Grayson gave him his blessing to inherit the Robin mantle because it’s clear that names and branding are _not_ Jason’s strong suit. I for one would not want to mess with a Blue Jay. Those things are _mean!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-always-robin/983767.md?page=4)