Bruce Wayne/Batman (Michael Keaton)’s Timeline and Summary
- Batman intimidates some thugs atop a building.
- Bruce Wayne, out of the batsuit, flirts with Vicki Vale.
- He has to turn off the charm and turn on Bat mode when Jack Napier gets into a fight with police at Axis Chemical.
- Batman tries to restrain Napier, but the criminal falls into a vat of acid. Whoops.
- After a nice date with Vicki Vale, Bruce lies to her because he doesn't want her finding out he's really Batman.
- When he sees Joker kill a man in public, Bruce realizes that his true identity is Jack Napier.
- He soon rescues Vicki from Joker and foils Joker's cosmetics plot. Now he'll never be the next Cover Girl.
- Bruce also learns that Joker, as Jack Napier, killed his parents, which makes him want to stop the clown even more.
- Batman ruins Joker's plot to gas half of Gotham City, then pursues him to the top of Gotham Cathedral.
- Batman saves Vicki and fights Joker, a battle that ends when Joker falls off the cathedral to his death below.
- To keep Gotham safe, Batman makes a charitable donation to the city: the Bat Signal. Justice never sleeps.