# Batman suing Batman over Batman
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [November 17, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288 "2008-11-17T08:13:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/1 "2008-11-17T08:13:55Z")
[http://www.variety.com/VR1117995653.html](http://www.variety.com/VR1117995653.html)
> Batman has a new adversary: Batman.
> The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, is suing helmer [Christopher Nolan](javascript:zodInfuser.FillDescriptions(‘Christopher Nolan’)😉 and Warner Bros. for royalties from mega-grosser [“The Dark Knight.”
> Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused “The Dark Knight” producers of using the city’s name without permission.
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> “There is only one Batman in the world,” Kalkan said. “The American producers used the name of our city without informing us.”
> No one from the town of Batman has explained why it took so many years to take legal action. Batman first appeared as a comicbook character in 1939 and the [URL=“javascript:zodInfuser.FillDescriptions(‘“Batman”’);”]“Batman”](javascript:zodInfuser.FillDescriptions(‘“The Dark Knight.”’)😉 TV series started in 1966. [Tim Burton](javascript:zodInfuser.FillDescriptions(‘Tim Burton’);)'s first bigscreen rendition for Warner Bros. came out in 1989. Undoubtedly the fact that “Dark Knight” is about to pass the $1 billion mark at the B.O. played a part in stirring the ire of the Turkish hamlet.
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> The mayor is prepping a series of charges against Nolan and Warner Bros., which owns the right to the Batman character, including placing the blame for a number of unsolved murders and a high female suicide rate on the psychological impact that the film’s success has had on the city’s inhabitants.
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> Former natives of Batman are also said to have encountered obstacles when attempting to register their businesses abroad.
> The mayor is working on gathering evidence he claims will show that the city of Batman predates the 1939 debut of [Bob Kane](http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/565260/Bob%20Kane.html?dataSet=1)’s superhero in DC Comics.
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> “We are only aware of this claim via press reports and have not seen any actual legal action,” a Warner Bros. rep said in a statement. While the town of Batman has suddenly shown great interest in the property, there’s no evidence that the citizenry has ever shown much loyalty to the Caped Crusader – not even on Halloween.
:picard:
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### Author:  [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/2 "2008-11-17T08:15:40Z")
They mentioned this on SNL. I thought they were joking.
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### Author:  [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/3 "2008-11-17T08:17:57Z")
Seriously? I mean it, seriously? Please tell me this is a joke. A character in a comic book living in Gotham City does NOT equal a town name in another country. How is there any ground for any type of trial?
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### Author:  [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/4 "2008-11-17T08:18:43Z")
eeerr body come around when your pockets on swole
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/5 "2008-11-17T08:20:40Z")
Wow. Europe is becoming Americanized.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/6 "2008-11-17T08:20:45Z")
If it weren’t for the fact that they produce oil I’d say on GW’s last day in office he should “accidentally” drop a bomb on Batman the hamlet. But then gas would go up.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/7 "2008-11-17T09:28:19Z")
> [@Paulo](#):
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> Wow. Europe is becoming Americanized.
Is Turkey in Europe?
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/8 "2008-11-17T09:31:25Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> Is Turkey in Europe?
Wow I feel stupid. Turkey is actually in Asia. My bad.
It’s a good thing I never had this conversation with my roommate who is from there. lol
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### Author:  [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/9 "2008-11-17T09:35:11Z")
Meh, there are nicer continents, geographically, but that is pretty bad ass. I want to visit Batman someday.
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### Author:  [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/10 "2008-11-17T09:35:46Z")
> [@MPD47](#):
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> Meh, there are nicer continents, geographically, but that is pretty bad ass. I want to visit Batman someday.
:bigblap:
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### Author:  [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/11 "2008-11-17T10:11:55Z")
> [@MPD47](#):
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> Meh, there are nicer continents, geographically, but that is pretty bad ass. I want to visit Batman someday.
:biglaugh:
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### Author:  [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/12 "2008-11-17T10:21:07Z")
Shouldn’t the title be Batman is suing Warner Bros over Batman?
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### Author:  [@Supraman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Supraman)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/13 "2008-11-17T14:01:36Z")
That is fucking retarded… This shit can’t be serious…
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### Author:  [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/14 "2008-11-17T14:04:08Z")
EW I HATE TURKEY SO MUCH
edit: except on thanksgiving! ZING! i mean thanksgiZING!
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/15 "2008-11-17T14:05:54Z")
RE-TARD-ED
This isn’t actually happening.
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### Author:  [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/16 "2008-11-17T14:18:05Z")
My buddy may be studying abroad right outside of this city. He says it is supposedly a shithole.
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### Author:  [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batman-suing-batman-over-batman/58288/17 "2008-11-17T14:25:23Z")
_placing the blame for a number of unsolved murders and a high female suicide rate on the psychological impact that the film’s success has had on the city’s inhabitants._
…seriously?