80 Facts about Jason Todd that you need to know:
I decided to make this post because there are so many misinformation flying around in tumblr about Jason that needed to be corrected.
1) Pre-crisis Jason’s parents were Joseph Todd and Trina Todd, Post-crisis Jason’s parents were Wills Todd, Catherine Todd (step-mother) and Shelia Woods (biological mother) and N52 (and Arkhamverse) Jason’s parents were Wills Todd and Catherine Todd (biological mother this time). 2) Jason was also legally adopted by Bruce Wayne (Pre-crisis, PC and N52) and Natalia Knight (Pre-crisis). 3) Joseph and Trina Todd (who worked in the circus and were called the flying Todds) were murdered by the Killer Croc and Jason saw their dead bodies lying at the lake which really traumatized him. 4) Pre-crisis Jason was blonde, not red headed. And Jason in Post-crisis and N52 (and Arkhamverse) has a black hair. 5) Wills Todd was a petty criminal who got himself involved with two face which eventually what got him killed. 7) N52 Wills had a big and poor family with many brothers and sisters, but Jason never got the chance to meet his uncles and aunts. 6) N52 Wills was alcoholic and abusive towards Jason and his mother. 7) Post-crisis Jason (kind of) liked his father and was upset over his death while N52 Jason hated him. 8) Catherine Todd was a drug addicted who dead due to overdose. 9) N52 Catherine Todd (who was the daughter of a really rich family) met Wills a bad boy who used to hung out around her school and got pregnant with Jason. The two eventually got married before Jason was born (which wasn’t a happy marriage) and like PC Catherine, she become a drug addicted and died because of it. 10) Jason (PC and N52) really loved Catherine and was (and still is) deeply affected by her death. He also blamed himself for her death. 11) Jason used to be the one who take care of his parents instead of the other way around and never got the chance to have a normal childhood. 12) Arkhamverse Todds were really bad parents who tried to sell Jason (when he was just born!) to crime lord to buy off their debts, but the criminal wasn’t amused by this and beat up Wills. 13) When he grow older (and before meeting Batman), Jason sold out his parents to the same crime lord in exchange of him staying out of his territory. 14) Jason was a very smart student with bright future ahead of him (stop writing him as freaking stupid who fail at school in fanfics! Cause he was canonically an A’s student!). 15) Jason really, really loves reading and learning. 16) Jason read different kinds of books like science, politics, educational, languages…etc, but it’s noted that his favorite type of books is literature. 17) Jason and Alfred used to have their own book club where they discuss and read Shakespeare. 18) Jason is fluent in many languages like Germany, Russian…etc and can read lips too. 20) Jason is fast learner and has some good computer skills. 21) Jason is very harsh against criminals who hurt children and Women. 22) Jason has a short temper and some serious anger issues, but he can also be pretty chill at times. 23) Jason is anti-hero which means he did some really good stuff and some really bad stuff which he wasn’t (isn’t) proud of. 24) Jason was the shortest Robin before he died and he’s currently the tallest one. 25) PC Jason was younger than Dick by seven years and older than Tim by two. 26) N52 and Rebirth Jason’s canon age is between 18-20 years old (yes, he’s actually underage). 27) PC Jason was Robin for three years. He met Batman when he was twelve and died when he was fifteen. 28) N52 Jason was Robin for only one year like Dick and Tim (yeah, the n52 time line is seriously messed up and it’s better to ignore it). He met Batman when he was sixteen and died when he was seventeen. 29) Jason smoked when he was a kid, but he never smoked when he returned. 30) Jason and Dick were never close, not in Pre-crisis, PC nor N52 (because he was fighting with Batman at that time and also because he was jealous of Jason for being adopted by Bruce first while he was just a ward) which was something Dick deeply regretted after Jason died and made him try his best to there for Tim and Damian. 31) N52 Jason has a childhood friend called Gabby who comforted him when he get upset and he protected her from bullies. 32) Jason used to respect and really admire (and kinda jealous of) Dick when he was Robin, but not anymore. 33) The two used to have a rocky relationship when Jason returned as Red Hood in PC and at the beginning of N52, but they currently have a friendly relationship with each other and Dick sees him as a brother while Jason veryyyyyyyy deep down consider him a family. 34) Jason was really admired by PC Tim. And N52 Tim decided to not call himself Robin and instead call himself Red Robin from the beginning to honor Jason’s memory. 35) Jason love cars. 36) Jason and Tim weren’t close at all in PC, but they are pretty close in N52 and Tim consider Jason the closest thing to a brother he ever had. They also worked together a lot. 37) Jason and Damian are not close, but they have begrudged respect toward each other. 38) In Batman and Robin convergence (which is canon to PC time line), Damian was pretty jealous of how friendly Batman acted with Jason and decided to randomly attack him to prove himself and Jason wasn’t amused.They eventually made up and Damian actually called him by his first name instead of Todd. 39) Jason and Damian worked together as Wingman and Flamebird in Batman Inc. 40) Jason, Dick, Tim and Damian are all legally Bruce’s children in PC (Cass was actually never legally adopted). In N52, only Jason and Damian are acknowledged as Bruce’s sons while Dick is considered to be the younger brother to Bruce and Tim as the protege (because his parents are alive and well). 41) Alfred (in N52) told Jason that he is as much as a son to him as he’s to Bruce. 42) Rena was Jason’s first girlfriend and he was pretty crazy about her. 43) Jason used to have a crush on Donna and Barbara. 44) Jason dated Rose Willson, Essence and Isabel. 45) Jason and Kori were really close friends before she left the Outlaws. 46) Jason and Kara (supergirl) kind of have a friendly relationship in N52. 47) Jason has so many mothers and mother figures. Catherine, Trina, Sheila, Natalia, Talia (well, until she wasn’t…), Ducra, Kate and Renee. 48) Natalia was a villain in Batman Pre-crisis who took Jason from Bruce in nasty custody battle just to get close to him and actually win and became Jason’s adopted mother. She eventually started to see and love Jason as a son and even sacrificed her own life to save him. Jason was deeply affected by her death. 49) Ducra was Jason’s teacher in N52 who Jason really respected and admired. She died at beginning of RHATO and her death also affected Jason a lot. 50) Jason is called “pup” by Ducra. 51) In alt-universe, Jason got adopted by Kate (batwomen) and Renee who both truly loved and cherished him. Jason died (of course…) later on in Kate’s arms which affected her and Renee a lot. 52) Shelia Woods was Jason’s biological mother who abandoned him as infant and betrayed him as teenager to the joker. 53) Despite what she did, the last thing Jason did before he died was protecting her. 54) Sheila last words to Batman before she died was about Jason deserving more than her and how he truned out fine and become a hero without her involvement. 55) Jason is considered to be the best and strongest fighter out of all Robins. 56) Jason is the last and the chosen warrior of All Caste. 57) Jason has magic swords that can only work on magic beings (but some writers forget about this condition or simply ignore it…). 58) Jason is the Joker’s favorite Robin and not only because he killed him, but also because he really liked his attitude. 59) Jason’s death considered by the joker as his greatest victory and his death anniversary was the only date joker actually bothered to remember. 60) Jason’s face was burned by the joker who wasn’t happy that he returned to live. 61) In Arkham Knight, the joker kidnapped and tortured Jason for a year and considers messing up with Jason’s mind to be the happiest moments in his life in a very long time. The joker also considers Jason as his, not Batman’s. 62) Pre-crisis Jason and Bullock are buddies who solve crimes together sometimes. 63) Jason has two proteges, Sasha (Scarlet) and Duela (Joker’s daughter). He succeeded with the former and failed with the later. 64) The militia in Arkham knight really respect and loyal to Jason. 65) Deathstroke was Jason’s right hand in AK. 66) Slade and Jason meet again in N52 where they battled against each other and eventually teamed up and saved each other lives. 67) Ra’s Al ghoul really hates Jason. 68) Roy was (is?) Jason’s best friend and the person he trusted the most. 69) Jason and Roy lived with each other for a while, had a joined bank account and even started their own business which was called Red-Arse (yeah, I know). 70) Jason and Roy actually met each other back in the 80′s NTT and shared a really nice moment. 70) Jason was NEVER an official member of the teen titans. He only helped them up when Donna asked for his help when he was a Robin. 71) Jason was supposed to have a little sister in RHATO, but the plan was scratched after Lobdell left the book. 72) Didio admitted in one of his interview that DC got so many demands for Jason to have his own series and it was the most requests they got for a series ever. 73) Jason was part of a team called the challengers with Donna, Kyle and “Bob”. He liked Donna, hated Kyle and didn’t trust “Bob”. 74) Neil’s admitted in one of his interview that the vote which decided Jason’s death wasn’t legit and it was just one person who made the different. 75) Jason is semi-confirmed to exist in the DCEU. 76) Bruce Timm confirmed that Tim in the Batman animated series was supposed to be Jason (which is why he was given Jason’s personality and origin) because he liked how different he was from Dick, but he couldn’t call him Jason because he was dead and Tim was the current Robin at that time. 77) Jason was born in August, met Bruce in February, died in April and was revived in October. 78) Jason was Robin, Red Hood, Red Robin, Wingman, Arkham Knight, Batman and maybe Red X (he was also nightwing at some point, but we don’t talk about this…). 79) Jason was brain damaged for a year when he was revived before Talia found him and shoved him in the pit which both healed and drove him mad at the same time. In N52, Rebirth and UtRH movie, it was the pit that brought him back. 80) Jason currently is teaming up with Artemis (not the one from the YJ show) and Bizarro and they called DC’s Dark Trinity in the new Red Hood and the Outlaws series (which I strongly recommend).
Well, that’s it. I don’t know if you guys noticed, but there’s actually no facts related to Bruce and Jason’s relationship because there are so many and felt they deserved their own post which hopefully will be released tomorrow :)
Note: If you guys have any question related to this post, you are welcome to ask me in my blog and I will do my best to answer you.
