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At a Batfamily meeting…

Steph: Maybe we should talk about deets for the case. Plan our next move. Grab some chow.

Bruce: No need. I brought these. Nutrition bricks. I have original no flavor, and whole wheat no flavor.

At a Batfamily reunion in Wayne Manor…

Bruce: Hello, party people. Dick told me to say that.

Dick: Yeah, I did. Ain’t no party like a Bruce Wayne party because a Bruce Wayne party is a total surprise to everyone.

Jason: Fine! Here’re my guns and knives. *slides them across the Batcomputer*

Bruce: I don’t need those. You’re not suspended yet. You’re on administrative leave.

Jason: You never let me do anything cool!

After Red Hood accidentally falls off a roof while in pursuit of a suspect and screams “Dad!” at Batman…

Bruce: Do you see me as a father figure, Red Hood?

Jason: No. If anything, I see you as a bother figure, because you’re always bothering me.

Dick: Hey! Show Batdad some respect.

Jason: I didn’t call him “dad”.

Bruce: No, no. Nightwing, I take it as a compliment.

Tim: It’s not a big deal. I called Spoiler “mom” once and she’s my girlfriend.

Jason: Guys, jump on that. Red Robin has psycho-sexual issues.

Danian: Old news. But you calling Father “daddy”.

Jason: Hey, “daddy” is not on the table here.

Suspect: *in handcuffs* Well, you did call him “dad”, dude.

Jason: You shut up! You’ve done nothing but lie since you got here.

Suspect: Okay, I was lying about the hold-up, but the “daddy” thing, that happened.

Jason: Aha! He admitted the alibi was a lie. All part of my crazy, devious plan.

Bruce: I believed you –

Jason: Thank you.

Bruce: – son.

Bruce: You want to talk about it later over patrol?

Jason: I’d like that.

The thing about The LEGO Batman Movie (2017) is that it really is a satire of its comic book counterpart. It simplifies (and humorously so) a lot of deep canon concepts in the Batman universe that fans who intimately know the Batfamily can relate to and those who aren’t yet can appreciate nonetheless.

I mean, even this little scene right here? Robin being put on “time out” for disobeying Batman’s orders? And Dick being an enthusiastic Boy Wonder who’s grateful to Bruce for being a friend/father figure regardless of the drama that surrounds them? I think it playfully sums up much of their dynamic.