of influence in Gotham for hundreds of years. She dates Bruce Wayne and while they have dinner, Bruce shows to her his plans to make Gotham City a better place. After their dinner, Samantha meets Bruce's son, Damian. On the way to another date with Samantha, Bruce is attacked by white owl-masked people and brought before the Court of Owls, who offer Bruce a chance to join them as a member of one of Gotham's wealthiest families. Later, Talon is revealed to be in a relationship with Samantha, who is secretly the Grandmaster of the Court of Owls. Despite their social class divide, Samantha wants to spare Talon from the ritual of being killed and later be revived as an undead assassin, much like the other Talons. Together they plan to have Robin instead, take his place in the ritual to become the Court's new Talon, which is also part of their plan to destroy Batman, while he will stand by Samantha's side leading the Court. When Talon introduces Robin to the Court of Owls and Damian reveals himself to the Grandmaster, Samantha realizes that if Robin is Bruce's son, then Bruce must be Batman. Ordering Talon to kill Damian and promising they will find a replacement for the ritual, Talon instead turns against the Court of Owls, murdering every member, including Samantha. After he kills her, Talon says he was never one of them, and that Samantha would eventually have done the same to him. Barbara Gordon: In the animated adaptation of The Killing Joke, Batgirl has an unrequited crush on Batman that turns physical after a frustrated Batgirl initiates a minor altercation between the two (note that this is a mutually accepted interaction, as Batman reciprocates by kissing her back). It was also confirmed by Barbara herself in Batman Beyond that the two had briefly dated some time after Dick Grayson left Gotham following The New Batman Adventures (her attraction to him is evident in the film Mystery of the Batwoman, which Bruce is uncomfortable about and Alfred and Tim tease him about it), but the relationship ended badly and Barbara began holding a grudge towards him in the future because of this, it is later revealed in Batman Beyond 2.0 comics that Barbara was pregnant with Bruce's unborn child, until she had a miscarriage following a crime fighting related accident and when Dick found out the truth