Why did Batman save Harvey and not Rachel?

Batman gets to the site in time to realize that the Joker lied, but he saves Dent any. Gordon doesn't have a Batman motorcycle, so he arrives too late to save Rachel. The Joker lied because he wanted Dent to live and lose his mind over Rachel's death, and he knew that Batman and Rachel had something going on.
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Who does Batman save Harvey and not Rachel?

With only enough time to save one person, The Joker tells him the locations of both Harvey and Rachel, leaving our hero to depart. Batman chooses to save Rachel, while Commissioner Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) moves to save who he thinks is Harvey.
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Why did Rachel choose Harvey over Bruce?

She explains in the letter that because she loves Harvey and thinks that Bruce will not be able to give up his life as Batman, she is going to marry Harvey (but that she will always love Bruce and will remain his friend).
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Did Batman go after Harvey and Rachel?

I thought Batman decided to save Harvey because he is Gotham's White Knight. I know he told Gordon "Rachel" he was going to save but Batman did lie at the end of the movie, by taking the rap for Dent's killings.
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How did Batman save Rachel from falling?

How did Batman and Rachel survive the fall from the penthouse? Batman is able to deploy his cape partially, just enough to slow the fall and prevent serious injury. Because he is holding Rachel, he breaks her fall, too.
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What If Rachel Lived And Harvey Died? (The Dark Knight Fan Theory In 9 Minutes!)



Was Harvey Dent a good guy?

Before he became Two-Face, Harvey Dent truly was a remarkable hero. He didn't have any superpowers, he wasn't Batman, but he wanted to do good. And his belief in law and justice set the stage for Dent to become Gotham City's youngest District Attorney.
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Why did the Joker go after Harvey Dent?

The Joker gave the Batman switched locations, because he knew that the Batman would go after Rachel (The way you threw yourself after her), so with one move he achieved a strong blow (soon to be proven fatal) to Harvey, and heavy guilt on the Batman who made the choice who to save, and never forgave himself (the guilt ...
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Why didn't Harvey Dent recognize Joker?

Many have explained that, while it's somewhat possible that he could still move his left eye, he wouldn't have been able to see clearly or he would have been blind on that eye, thus justifying that he didn't recognize the Joker – plus, he was sleeping when the Joker moved his bed, which along with the trauma he had ...
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Did the Joker know Harvey was Batman?

Ok, when the Joker threw Rachel out the window at Bruce's party, Batman jumped out the window to save her. In doing this, the Joker figured that Harvey Dent had to be Batman due to them dating. But he later figured out he wasn't, in fact, Harvey.
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Did Rachel know Bruce is Batman?

After being saved from a gang of Arkham's inmates by Batman, Rachel asks who he is. He tells her "it's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me", which is what she had said to Bruce earlier, making her realize that Bruce Wayne is Batman.
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Why was Rachel replaced in The Dark Knight?

Katie Holmes didn't come back for The Dark Knight because of her packed schedule. According to Business Insider, Nolan definitely wanted Holmes to return, and was ultimately quite upset when that didn't pan out.
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Why did Harvey Dent become Two-Face?

Harvey became Two-Face due to a combination of Maroni's scarring, untreated mental illness, marital stress and his own personal choices. But one has to wonder if Batman and Gordon ever lay awake at night haunted by the role they played in Harvey's downfall.
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Who is Bruce Wayne's love interest?

"You and me. The two orphans lost. Who see the weak in one another." Batman's relationship with Selina Kyle, the Catwoman, is the most enduring and iconic of his relationships.
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What happened to Two-Face in The Dark Knight?

After a climactic struggle in the Batcave, Two-Face is betrayed by the Joker, who shoots at Dent, causing him to fall into a chasm, presumably to his death. Batman admits in the aftermath that, even if Two-Face has survived, Harvey Dent is gone forever.
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Was Two-Face the Holiday Killer?

Technically, Two-Face was also a Holiday killer, with Batman noting that Dent had followed the M.O. in Carmine and Field's murders and left his coin on the scene of the latter.
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Why did Batman save the Joker?

In the next movie, Batman saved the Joker because he threw him off. While in this game, it was Bane who blasted the Joker off the building, but Batman was being very suicidal to save Joker's life. (And I wonder why Joker didn't choose to flee but wanted to enjoy as Bane fired a rocket at him.)
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How did Batman survive the knife?

After a while Batman took his bat and flew away to detonate the bomb. Then at the end of the movie he was at the dining table with Selina Kyle. How is it possible for Batman to survive when he was strongly stabbed by Miranda? He is alive because he fixed the auto pilot right before.
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Does the Joker care who Batman is?

Throughout their storied relationship, the Joker has known Batman's true identity and has chosen to ignore it. He simply can't bring himself to care about Bruce Wayne the human. He cares for Batman the immortal, the god-like being who has ratified Joker's sad existence.
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Does Harvey know that Bruce is Batman?

Harvey confronts Batman at the entrance to the Batcave confirming that he does indeed still know Batman and Bruce are one and the same, having watched Bruce grow up into the Caped Crusader and correctly deduce his true identity.
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Is it Joker or Two-Face?

The Batman may conclude with the introduction of its version of the Joker, but the film hints at another famous villain as the star of its sequel: Two-Face. Harvey Dent becomes one of Batman's most iconic villains and has been featured on the big screen in Batman Forever and The Dark Knight.
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Is Two-Face a Joker?

Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face: The Gotham district attorney who is hailed as Gotham's "White-Knight"; Dent's battle with the Joker turns Dent into a murderous, disfigured villain called "Two-Face".
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Is Two-Face the Joker?

Two-Face is considered to be Batman's second arch-nemesis after the Joker.
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Why does Two-Face flip a coin?

As Two-Face, he would flip the coin when making any significant life decisions. If the coin lands on the scarred side, Two-Face will pursue acts of evil. If the coin lands on the unmarked side, he is compelled to commit acts of good.
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Do I really look like a guy with a plan Harvey?

“Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it!
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Why did Batman take the blame in The Dark Knight?

Let Batman voluntarily take the blame. It's a moral compromise: lying to let Dent become a martyr, the public remains supportive of the institution, and Batman becomes the symbol of extreme vigilantism, of which the public would be against.
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