Riddler's Revenge



"Do you have a photographic memory, Dark Knight? Well, I do. I can summon your sneering features at will, that is when they don't burst unbidden into my brain. I have perfect recall as well. I can recall...every time you've hurt me. Sometimes I wake up, Dark Knight, to the feel of your hands around my neck - your carbon-fibre coated fist smashing into my solar plexus. How dare you brutalize me. Me! Your intellectual superior, your better!?"

- Riddler

Riddler's Revenge is a Most Wanted Mission in Batman: Arkham Knight. The mission marked the return of the Riddler.

Post-Arkham City Incident
After being given his freedom and compensation for surviving Protocol 10, Riddler began plotting a new way to get back at Batman. Founding Enigmatic Holdings Inc, he began buying disused underground sewers. Scarecrow contacted him, as well as Two-Face, Penguin, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. Crane appealed to the ego Nygma didn't believe he had, suggesting he implement his own plan on Halloween along with the rest of the other criminals to wear down and kill Batman.

To accomplish this, Riddler pretended to hire Catwoman to steal a power core from Wayne Enterprises to power his Riddlerbots. With her guard down, Riddler's robots capture her, and Riddler has the robots and one of his thugs take her to the abandoned Cyrus Pinkney Orphanage. There, she is fastened to an electric chair and blindfolded before being outfitted with a special explosive collar requiring nine keys to remove safely.

Arkham Knight Incident
After Batman delivered Poison Ivy to the GCPD Lockup, Aaron Cash informed Batman that Riddler was seen sneaking around a nearby trainyard. If Batman follows this lead, he finds a secret elevator at the location large enough to fit the Batmobile. As Batman descends, Riddler projects himself to the walls of the shaft. Finally, reaching the bottom, Riddler challenged Batman to race three laps on a track he designed. Batman successfully completed every lap, and depending on when the mission was attempted, either: However, Riddler kept his real plan a secret until later on the storyline.
 * Returned to ground level, while Riddler sarcastically claimed that he had been defeated once again or
 * Helped Catwoman identify the correct key from several lookalikes.

After Batman hacked the Mercy bridge controls to bring Batmobile to the island, Riddler finally revealed his master plan: the aforementioned kidnapping of Catwoman. He then tasked Batman to come see her in the abandoned orphanage on Miagani Island. Batman complied, and upon arrival, freed Catwoman. Riddler then introduced his new assistants, the Riddlerbots, which Batman and Catwoman proceed to demolish. Riddler then tells Batman that Catwoman's collar required 9 keys to unlock. If Batman had already completed the first challenge, he was sent to a challenge beneath Chinatown.

The challenge Nigma had prepared required Batman to navigate the Batmobile to a ledge above the starting point to charge the equipment required to help Catwoman. Before leaving, Batman helped Catwoman locate the right key. If the first challenge was beaten before meeting Nigma, he would lower the digit on her collar with two numbers, as a reward for Batman's earlier success. (And to prevent the mission from being unbeatable). Nigma summoned Batman to the orphanage, and made Batman and Catwoman memorize and tell each other a sequence of numbers to pass the challenge. Riddler rewarded them with more robots, and later, another key.

Riddler then told Batman about the next challenge, located under the Elliot Memorial Hospital. Underground waited another race challenge, titled "Crushonator", with conditions similar to the first racing challenge. To prevent Batman from winning, Nigma had installed pistons on the ceiling of the track, which could crush the Batmobile if Batman was not careful. Riddler snidely referred to the amount of pressure the pistons created as "deadbats of pressure". After completing the challenge, Batman again helped Catwoman find a key.

The Riddler stopped his battle with Batman and Catwoman and ordered his foe to solve all 243 of his riddles in Gotham City. Soon after leaving the building and having a brief chat, Catwoman departed from the area. Batman solved all of Nigma's riddles, and returned to the orphanage. As he promised, Riddler "allowed" Batman to fight him. During the battle, he turned most of the robots red, thus making Batman unable to even touch them while Riddler shot lasers at Batman. Much to Nigma's annoyance, Catwoman, who had been hiding in the orphanage, jumped in to help Batman. Together, they defeated Nigma.

Outside the orphanage, Batman revealed to Selina that they would not see each other again. After a brief speech, the two kissed for the final time, and Batman drove Riddler to the GCPD lockup.