List of Gotham (TV series) characters

''Gotham'' is an American crime television series developed by Bruno Heller, based on characters (primarily James "Jim" Gordon and Bruce Wayne / Batman) appearing in DC Comics' Batman franchise.

The series stars Ben McKenzie as a young Gordon and was produced by Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon. The series premiered in the United States on September 22, 2014 on the Fox television network and concluded on April 25, 2019 after five seasons. Heller and Cannon also developed ''Pennyworth'', a spin-off prequel series to ''Gotham'', which starred Jack Bannon as a younger incarnation of ''Gotham''s Alfred Pennyworth. ''Pennyworth'' aired for two seasons on Epix from July 28, 2019 to April 11, 2021. A third season, also loosely adapting ''V for Vendetta'', began airing on HBO Max from October 6, 2022.

As originally conceived, ''Gotham'' would have served as a straightforward story of Gordon's early days on the Gotham City Police Department. The idea eventually evolved to not only include Wayne's "transformation" into Batman but also to explore the origin stories of several of his villains such as Penguin, Riddler, and Catwoman. ''Pennyworth'' similarly explores Pennyworth's early life during the British Civil War, as he and Americans Thomas Wayne and Martha Kane seek to prevent the fascist Raven Society from overtaking the British government.

In addition to directly adapted characters from DC Comics, many other characters in the show are based on, inspired by, or otherwise references to preexisting characters (though they may not be identical to these original sources).

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