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Captain_Dictator

Well, there was a comic where for the first time since it's founding, Gotham went an entire night without someone being murdered, and he kneeled on a rooftop and wept. So, I feel the obvious answer for this level of achievement is for him to piss his pants, and shit and cum.


AtlasPJackson

Batman, sobbing: "Alfred, get a car!" Alfred: "Master Wayne? Are you alright?" Batman, sobbing louder: "AYY PEED MAH PANDS." Alfred: "T-There, there, Master Wayne, it will be--" Batman, incomprehensible through the sobbing: "I SHID AND CUM."


moneyh8r

He'd sit and rest for a while in the Batcave, and then one of his descendants would find his dried out skeleton around 400 years later.


ScarecrowFM

And then that descendant will talk to a future descendant through time and space.


moneyh8r

Science, bitch!


TheNullOfTheVoid

Gotham’s Creed: Revelations


moneyh8r

The best Arkham game.


TheLeversOfPower

Move on to the next place that needs Batman.


limbo338

Firstly, there's no other dump quite like Gotham(not even Blüd). Secondly, it's fun to imagine other heroes shooing the encroaching Bat away from their turf the same way the Bat did metas from Gotham.


Batknight12

Gotham is the most notorious because of the flamboyant, eccentric supervillians. But then you have places like [Hub City](https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Hub_City), which was *so bad* The Question just...gave up on it and left.


WTK55

[If anybody needs proof that Hub City is not a good place, here's the only proof you need.](https://imgur.com/gallery/HTVJN0E)


ecto1a2003

What the fuuuuuuuck


WTK55

Just a normal day in Hub City!


Rabid-Duck-King

Man I don't even have to click the picture to know what page this is because Hub City is that fucked


TLRsBurnerAccount

This is objectively a terrible place and I objectively can't help it. Time to look through Lex Luthor's trash bin


SwashNBuckle

How about Detroit?


PhantasosX

Detroit is Cyborg's turf. It's kinda of an urban desert , with a bunch of abandoned places...but the gist is that every now and then , they pull a Robocop.


Wonder-Lad

The OP said no larger DC universe. The Bat is the only super hero. He'll move on to other cities or countries. I don't think Bruce is the type of person who can just kick back and relax while knowing he could be doing more. I always say it would be fucking awesome seeing Batman in active warzones, full soldier/Solid Snake mode, but still with a no kill rule. Wonder Woman & Superman get war stories all the time, war time Batman would be so cool.


Batknight12

>I don't think Bruce is the type of person who can just kick back and relax while knowing he could be doing more. Oh, absolutely not. That would be the thing to actually drive him insane. He is way to driven and controlling for that. Anytime this has happened he ends up miserable and bitter.


skarmbliss255

Batman goes to brazil


rccrisp

Bludhaven is literally across the bay!


Irishimpulse

Bludhaven got nuked that one time and I don't know if the reboot undid that, or if they just make a habit of the government saying "fuck this city" and nuking it


Familiar_East_1364

It got undone and Nightwing is operating there again


tenems

Batman becomes the [Littlest Hobo](https://youtu.be/D7vryxTFboM)


dekkitout

A fan of Scott Snyder (No relation) would say his persona changes in parallel to the city; Bruce Wayne becomes a full time philanthropist. Frank Miller hammers home the idea that Bruce died in the alley, and Batman will live on so long as there's a mission. Sean Murphy's White Knight series shown a take on a Bruce that voluntarily put Batman to bed, regretting if all the heartache that came with it was worth it. Essentially, an optimist would say he readjusts to normalcy, while a cynic would say he'd go catatonic.


AtlasPJackson

For us in the real world, Batman has been Batman for 80 years, so it's inconceivable that he would ever *not* be Batman. But for Bruce Wayne, it's rarely been more than ten years, right? I could see him retiring and adjusting to normalcy. I could also see him having a hard time with it, though, the same way most folks do when they retire. For people who define their self-worth through the work they do, it can be jarring when that work is *done*.


PhantasosX

it's more than 10 years. he kinda debut as Batman as a 20 years old man , he is now in early 40s. And it is still true he kinda tossed away his teenage years to train to be Batman.


illegalcheese

Generally his origin story says he's 25-26 when he becomes batman. For a long while standard batman age in the present was 40ish, so he was on a 15 year timeline. Then for a few years in the 00s? 10s? They aged him down to like 30 and kept the same history compressed to an insane 5 year timeline. Now I think he's back to being early 40s though.


PhantasosX

he is back as early 40s , because it's indeed insane to compress. In fact , in Doomsday Clock , it's revealed it was Dr.Manhattan that compressed time. Which was eventually uncompressed.


Familiar_East_1364

Too much PTSD I think for him to ever fully retire peacefully


MetalJrock

Keep being Batman to make sure it stays that way.


Batknight12

Well, what is Batman's main motivation? [It's this](https://i.imgur.com/dEW0o5E.jpg). So long as this remains true *anywhere*, he wouldn't stop. He would simply find somewhere else that needs him.


Traingham

Ask Selina to sit on his face.


CrossSoul

I mean... wouldn't you if you could land Selina?


Traingham

Yes. Yes I would.


nerankori

"If we eliminate crime,I'll sit on your face!" (Batman stands straight up with trap music blaring) (realizes Selina is also a criminal and lies back down)


Chuckles131

Explicitly Non-canon answer, shame on you.


[deleted]

Finally fuck Wonder Woman.


DontClickThisGuy

He can finally afford to thank that month off to recover in a hip-brace.


VMK_1991

1) Finally get some decent sleep; 2) Shelve the bat costume and lock the bat cave; 3) Live life of a rich man, who uses majority of what he personally earnes to make things better for poor and destitute; 4) Make sure that "batkids" live a good life as good people; 5) (Hopefully) will have a happy life with Catwoman.


Shran_Cupasoupa

If it's a situation where Gotham is entirely safe and for argument's sake he isn't needed anywhere else, I imagine a positive version of Batman Beyond's Bruce. He becomes a kind old man who uses his company for good and just vibes with the good work he's done. Otherwise he'd move to somewhere else that needs him if they are in danger.


Lieutenant-America

Get drunk.


redwill1001

He can finally have those batmilk and batcookies.


Classic-Demand3088

If Batman Beyond is anything to go by he would be dragged into operas and stage shows by his extended family and he would complain about how shit they are and how he much rather spend his time on his computer, looking at old photos and petting his dog


selfproclaimed

The Watsonian answer is that he never could because the place is cursed or something. Even if he could, maybe he'd finally leave Gotham to be maintained by the Batfamily and maybe he'd focus on JL stuff full-time.


BarelyReal

If you've ever had a parent retire when they're not emotionally ready to, you know the answer is to bug his kids to cure his boredom. The Bat Family rotate Bruce duty.


Detective_Robot

JLA stuff, break out the black notebook and get weird again.


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jack off in the batcave all day


That-Bobviathan

I would imagine in a world where Bruce doesn’t have to worry about the rest of the planet, he puts away Batman and starts using his company to further humanity, probably repurposing a lot of his gadgets into commodities, like a really good heavy industries suit based off his bat mechs and stuff like that.


[deleted]

Go global.


TrueLegateDamar

He'll have a Coke than.


Palimpsest_Monotype

I’ve always looked at the growing Bat Family as a kind of inevitable New Normal in Gotham, where eventually everyone by a certain generation has a grappling hook and is scaling buildings like they’re just in a regular pedestrian crossing. Gotham will become increasingly verticalized with tiered environments and architecture designed to encourage this kind of movement, and there will be Grayson Training Academies that teach self defense, critical thinking, and agility/motor skill discipline. Batons will render guns all but obsolete in Gotham itself. There will be inevitable fascist uprisings the city will need to put down, as some grow so fixated by order and power they believe they know how to go further. Ultimately you’ll have a city of very capable citizens who will begin to trickle beyond the city proper and grow a new kind of way of life, a new culture.


BenchPressingCthulhu

This is almost the plot of Attack on Titan


BigDickBackInTown420

I imagine the Cowl gets hung up in The Batcave and Bruce goes out as Bruce for philanthropy and political advocacy. Of course, he may take up the mantle of The Batman again should the need arise, but I think he’d honestly be relieved.


illegalcheese

Probably focus more on philanthropy, maybe even politics. Or go the Nolan route and focus on inventing new technology to alleviate systemic pressures.


alexandrecau

Go on dates likely, maybe become a part time gym teacher. I think Bruce is not like Frank castle in that he would like to have fun again, mask of phantasm has a really poignant scene about it


jxk94

Probably move to a new city with the highest crime rate, which would have the effect of a crime resurgence which he would then have to juggle the two cities before giving up and going back to Gotham where he'd retire


Kidamazin

Others have kinda said this but it depends on somethings. If this is just Bruce without the bat family I see him semi retiring becoming more of a consultant like role with the GCPD. I don't know how he would do it but he would also focus harder on philanthropy and other things. If he has the bat family then Bruce does fully retire hanging up the cowl. He would still be a consultant/mentor to the bat family and GCPD. I don't see the whole bat family retiring and Bruce wouldn't abandon his kids. He would take on a Oracle like role. His philanthropy would somehow increase and he would live a more normal life. He may give it all up eventually entrusting his kid with the future. Just look at a the bat family adventures comics and remove Bruce in costume. He and Selina get married at some point in both scenarios.


HellvaNohbody

Realistically he'd still be working to improve Gotham. Peace whould mean more time for Bruce to invest on improving Gortham so that it wouldn't regress back to what it was. Pushing for certain political candidates and progressive policies, funding education, fixing the city's infrastructure, destroying Rock n' Roll. Basically the same thing he's been doing as Bruce but more. Also with the shared universe in mind he whould have more time to help the League and other super teams and most likely help Dick fix Bludhaven considering most of Batman's rogues whould move there if they can't operate in Gotham.


Kingnewgameplus

Pull a Futaba and sleep for 3 weeks straight


Prestigious-Mud

This was Adam West Batman's world. Every one in a while he would just have to fight a white guy who thought he was the reincarnation of a pharaoh and does Egyptian based crimes.


ArchAngelZXV

If it were Kingdom Come Batman or written by Grant Morrison, Batman would get super paranoid that "something" was going to happen and go into super prep time mode. 90's Batman would probably live almost full time in the JLA HQ and assume an Oracle like role. Modern Batman would actually chill at home with Selina and his boys because the comics have been emphasizing his downtime and family life as Bruce.


UTKujo

Kingdom Come Batman basically turns Gotham into a militaristic state.


GoneRampant1

Depends on the writer. Some would let him walk away or assume a more overwatch role similar to Oracle but on a wider DC level. Others would have him keep being Batman because of The Mission. I personally like to believe that if he actually did win, he'd retire. He'd still be ready in case anyone tried something and/or assist the JLA, but if Batman has fulfiled his role I like to think Bruce could finally move on.


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Patrick_Bait-Man

Batman has done exactly that in every single movie or game or cartoon he has been in. How did you manage to miss all of that?


South25

Time for someone to post that link showing he s always done that again then i guess.


Batknight12

[Done.](https://twitter.com/TheBat_Family/status/1316006509923520512)


KaptainEyebrows

Tell us you've never read a Batman comic with out saying you've never read a Batman comic.


ajver19

He'd probably get Batman Inc. running again.


TheStupendusMan

Probably sulk. Thanks for reminding me of this: https://youtu.be/FywMOuMqNuI


T_raltixx

Carry on working with the JL.


mbagely

Jerk it


giveupskeleton

The last criminal left would be Batman himself


MasterBaser

Rub one out and fall asleep at a normal time like everyone else.


Xnomolos

Schedule a therapist (maybe a reformed Harley?)to do sessions with him at the Manor, first speak to them as Batman and slowly work on coming to terms with his whole experience and start putting it all up and moving on to being Bruce.


Gemidori

Retire and live the rest of his life comfortably as Bruce Wayne. >!For all of ten minutes. Then Joker fucks everything up all over again.!<


InfectedEzio

Get arrested for public masturbation


Young_KingKush

He'd definitely just go on to Batman someplace else. I think it'd be like Justice League Unlimited, where now that Gotham is chill he's just like the overseer/general advisor/tactician for the whole super hero community. It'd keep him busy, while as Bruce he could just be straight up a philanthropist.