What would it take for Batman to give up?

Alfred telling him that hes grounded for a whole month. Enough with the nigth outs.

Originally posted by Entity
What would have to happen for the dark knight to quit or to break his spirit. Just how horrible would things have to be in order for The Batman to finally throw in the towel and just give up.

Can anything do it, and if so what?

For you to shut up.

if batman accidentally caused the death of a large sum of people while in a fight with a villian (ie. the joker). also the more gruesome the harsher the effect. like a fire.

i think he'd hang up the ol mask and cape for good after that.

Originally posted by geshien
if batman accidentally caused the death of a large sum of people while in a fight with a villian (ie. the joker). also the more gruesome the harsher the effect. like a fire.

i think he'd hang up the ol mask and cape for good after that.

Good one didn't think of that.

Or if Bats caused the death of a friend, or friends

I think they hit this question pretty well with the first episode of Batman Beyond. Batman had gotten older, Dick and Barbara had quit, he didn't allow Tim to be Robin, it was a pretty sure bet that Alfred had died by that point, Bruce was officially alone. His body finally reached that point when it started to give out on him when he needed it most, and it took him raising a gun just to defend himself. I'd say that's reason enough for him to hang up the cowl.

i agree i think old age would be the cause!