- "We are live just outside of Arkham City in the Heart of Gotham."
- —Vicki Vale[src]
Investigative reporter Vicki Vale got her start at the Gotham City Gazette, where she quickly rose to fame for her unwavering commitment to rooting out the ugly truths behind Gotham's corruption and poverty.
Focusing more and more on Batman's feats, Vicki has recently turned her attention to the opening of Arkham City.
She'll risk life and limb to portray the danger this prison city poses to the public, perhaps overly confident that Batman will be there to catch her when she falls.
Incident Reports
Arkham Origins Incident
Vicki Vale is seen along her team in Blackgate Prison when Black Mask invades it. She is imprisioned by some of his mobsters in a cell, until Batman arrives and beats them down. Eventually, she is released from her cell, and is seen reporting on the events at the Gotham Royal Hotel via helicopter. Due to an explosion caused by the Joker, Batman ends up clinging to the side of her helicopter. He eventually lets go and fights Bane and his mercenaries, while Vicki films the whole thing until the camera breaks and they leave.
Cold, Cold Heart Incident
Vicki was present at Bruce Wayne's New Year's Eve party at Wayne Manor, where Ferris Boyle accepted the Humanitarian of the Year Award. However, Mister Freeze arrived with Penguin's thugs and crashed the party, while demanding Ferris Boyle. She was later saved by Batman from the thugs, who declined giving her an exclusive. At the end, she reported the incident at GothCorp, and personally thanked Batman for saving her and Gotham.
After Arkham Asylum Incident
Vale interviews Quincy Sharp
Just days after the events at Arkham Asylum, Vicki interviewed Quincy Sharp and she felt something was wrong. After the interview, Sharp then made an apperance on the Gotham Nightliner which Vicki co-hosts. Convinced that Sharp was not the hero he made himself out to be, Vale pressed him for answers and he became confused, struggling with the facts. As she moved in for the journalist kill, she was shocked when Sharp regained his composure, answering all of her questions with authority, like he was suddenly speaking with someone else's voice. Whatever was going on, Vale was determined to uncover the truth.
Arkham City Incident
Vale reports on Wayne's press conference
Vicki is assigned to cover a press conference hosted by Bruce Wayne about Arkham City and witnesses him being taken prisoner by TYGER security. She managed to escape and later reports on the rumors that Batman is in Arkham City, where she becomes the victim of Joker's belief that Batman has double crossed him.
Lured to enter Arkham City airspace, her helicopter is shot down and Batman is forced to protect her from Joker's snipers. Upon getting her to safety, Batman tells her to stay out of sight. Joker interrupts the conversation stating that he shot down the news helicopter so that Harley Quinn would have enough time to get the cure for the poison back to Joker.
She is left at the Gotham Casino, and stating that she wanted to question both Quincy Sharp and Hugo Strange about the city. Around the end of the game, Vicki is seen in the Gotham Cathedral, interviewing Quincy Sharp following his own incarceration in the city.
Harley Quinn's Revenge
Robin listens to Vale interviewing Commissioner Gordon.
Vicki is not seen in Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC, but she reports on the situation in Arkham City on Gotham FM which can be heard on the radio in the Manager's Office and the Dry Dock at the Steel Mill. She can also be heard over a police radio trying to interview Commissioner Gordon about his conversation with Batman at the start of the mission.
Arkham Knight Incident
Gameplay
Although Vicki is not present in Arkham Asylum, she is however in Arkham City. Vicki is first seen during the opening cutscene at Bruce Wayne's press conference outside Arkham City and during "Rescuing Vicki Vale" mission. After completing the game, Vale will be located at the Church, interviewing Quincy Sharp about Arkham City.
Psychological Profile
Vicki Vale
Real Name: Victoria Vale
Batman's Datebase Profile
Victoria
Dr. Hugo Strange
Vicki Vale real name Victoria Vale
Attributes
- Hard-nosed reporting skills
- Gotham's most trusted name in news
Quotes
- "Any truth to the rumors Joker has poisoned Gotham? What about this place? Do you approve of Professor Strange? C'mon, Batman. Give this girl a break."
- "Do you think the Joker made the call to the network? It must have been him. He got us just where he wanted us."
- "C'mon, Batman. There's more going on than meets the eye, right?"
- "Thanks for the help back there. Are you sure you have no comment?"
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Trivia
- While Batman uses the Grapple Gun to carry off every other character he rescues in the game, he uses the Line Launcher when rescuing Vicki Vale from the Joker's henchmen following the helicopter crash. This is likely a reference to Batman (1989) where he uses his gauntlet-mounted zipline (a predecessor to the Line Launcher) to carry her away from the Joker's reach.
- Much like in Batman (1989), Vicki is blonde in the game, rather than having her usual red hair.
- Apparently, Jack Ryder views her as a rival journalist, remarking "No way is that Vale bitch taking over my show."
- Her investigations become more and more focused around Batman and Bruce Wayne. Unbeknownst to her, they are the same person.
- Up until the Blackgate prison breakout,Vicki Vale and the press thought Batman was a urban legend rumors started by GCPD