Robin's costume

The name "Robin, The Boy Wonder" and the medieval look of the original costume are inspired by the legendary hero Robin Hood (more specifically, the Errol Flynn movie The Adventures of Robin Hood), as well as the red-breasted American Robin, which parallels the "winged" motif of Batman.

Earth-Two: Silver Age version

This version adopts a costume which mimics several elements of Batman's own uniform (including an insignia with an encircled "R" surrounded by two bat wings).

Red Robin (Kingdom Come)

His uniform is closer to Batman's in design, rather than any previous Robin uniform.

Batman: The Animated Series

In the series, [...] Grayson wore a costume much like Tim Drake's original suit.

Batman Forever and Batman & Robin

In Batman Forever, his costume closely resembles the Robin uniform worn by Tim Drake. In the latter film, Robin's costume resembled [...] Grayson's third "Nightwing" costume, but with rubber nipples, a cape and red/crimson coloring instead of blue. This latter outfit has been compared to the "Renegade" outfit [...] Grayson wore in comic books many years after the films. At the end of the film, Robin wears an "arctic" version of the suit, which features blue markings more similar to the comics' Nightwing costume instead of red.

The Batman TV series

Grayson sports a costume much like comic book's Tim Drake first wore, although an early promotional photo showed a suit with a bit more originality.

Jason Todd

Pre-Crisis version

In this incarnation, he was red-haired and unfailingly cheerful, and wore his circus costume to fight crime until [...] Grayson presented him with a Robin suit of his own. At that point, he dyed his hair black.

Tim Drake

Drake's original costume was slightly different from that of his predecessors as supplied by Batman to give him a measure of increased protection. It includes an armored tunic, a cape that is black on the outside though still yellow on the inside, and green leggings. Other details include an armored gorget, jika-tabi style boots, an emergency "R" shuriken on his chest in addition to the traditional batarangs, and a collapsible bo staff as primary weapon. There is also a general change of the theme of the equipment from "Bat" to "Robin".

Following the Infinite Crisis' aftermath, Tim updated his costume to match the Superboy's black and red color scheme as homage to his late friend. These updates include long sleeves, the elimination of the green from the suit, the addition of scallops to his gloves and cape, and inclusion of a utility belt with pockets. The scallops on the cape give an illusion of feathers rather than bat-wings, as seen on the cape of the Batman. The stylized "R" on Robin's chest has been replaced with a more traditional one, though its appearance varies from artist to artist. Robin retains his "R" shurikens, but he now carries them in his belt as opposed to his tunic. This new costume closely resembles the Robin suit worn by the Robin character in The New Batman Adventures.

Tunic

Tim's triple-weave red-breasted tunic is fire-resistant and Kevlar-shielded with the highest ballistics-rating currently available. There is also a steel gorget in the collar.

Cape

This is Nomex (on the outer layers) and Kevlar interwoven to be fire-resistant and bulletproof. Its weighted ends May Be used for offensive purposes. The tips are lead-weighted.

Utility belt

Tim's utility belt includes a storage sheath for his telecoping Bo staff, slingshot, exploding Bang-a-rangs, and various computer hacker tools. There's also a rechargeable oxygen cylinder, a removable buckle that reveals a mouthpiece/purge valve, an emergency rebreather with 15 minutes of breathing time per oxygen cylinder, a gas pellet pouch, and a quick-release hasp with a self-destruct mechanism.

Boots

Unlike the "pixie shoes" of previous Robins, Tim wears split-toe ninja tabi boots for stealth and added traction.

Mask

Starlite lenses, a radio receiver/transceiver and an inertial navigation unit are concealed in the mask.

Stephanie Brown

Stephanie sneaked into the Batcave in a handmade Robin costume, and Batman accepted her request to become the new Robin and put her through several months of intensive training. The fourth Robin patrolled with Batman for a time. Unfortunately, due to her disobeying his orders, Batman stripped her of the costume and told her that she was done being a hero.

See also

  • Robin in other media
  • Batsuit