Why is he so universally liked?

>>92952291
>funny
>badass
>calls batman out on his shit
>not immune to getting hurt

because he's a sassy bitch

>>92952323
fpbp

He's also really loyal

>puts up with endless bullshit
>deals out the right amount of flak/dickery for it
>an old school english gentleman
>surrogate father to an otherwise alone and damaged man
>treats everyone with love and genuinely cares for the batfam
>can fight like a tiger despite being calm and collected
>kicked injustice supes in the face so hard his shoe exploded

hes just so based

>>92952291
Clever Servant has been a popular archetype forever.

>>92952291
Because he has those classy Englishman sick bantz. Also He isn't a nogunz faggot like Bruce. If you break into the Batcave, your ass is getting pumped full of buckshot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8m8iVxf9fI

>>92952291
He calls everyone out on their shit. He's funny without being an asshole. We admire and kind of pity him for having to deal with all the bullshit around him.

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>>92952291
Because in adaptations he's usually played by the oldest and best actor in the cast, and he doesn't ham it up as much as the rest, which makes Alfred seem like the more normal person in the room.

Before the '60s series the comics found Alfred so unimportant that they killed him off (and replaced him with Aunt Harriet). The TV producers demanded they revive him and ever since then, most versions of Alfred are the sanest person in Gotham.

>>92952291
Everyone else sucks Bruce's dick but Alfred isn't afraid to call him out when he's being an edgy faggot. He's totally unintimidated by Bruce. Also bants pretty good.

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>>92952464
Most versions.

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>>92952421
>Guns don't kill people. Witty butlers do.

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>>92952326

>>92952291
Because things would be different if he was my dad.

>>92952544
AND YOU FIND GEOFFREY!

>>92952291

Because he's universally well written. Even shitty comics manage to make Alfred based.

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Alfred appreciation thread? Don't mind if I do!

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Fact: Alfred has a little TV set up down there so he can watch his soaps.

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Fact: When the GCPD needs help with a case, they call Batman. When the FBI needs help with a case, they call Alfred.

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Fact: It was Alfred that suggested they start keeping trophies in the Batcave.

>>92952499
Yeah but in that version Alfred is just giving a depressed Bruce Wayne an outlet for his fantasies.

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Man do I fucking love Alfred threads.
We don't have enough of them.

He has a dad relationship that I don't think can be fulfilled by an actual dad. He has this intimate and simultaneously servile relationship with Bat Family that allows him to be caring and snarky. It's like a best friend that would do anything for you but gives you shit the entire time.

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FACT: Alfred is Father Christmas.

>>92952291
Suave voice of reason who puts up with more shit than he should. He's practically the father of Batman.

>>92952844
>two seats

Does this mean Batman sometimes watches soaps with him?

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>>92953031
FACT: Alfred gets progressively better with every kid left in his care.

>>92952291
He's not a butler; he's family. Better, he's the family that keeps you grounded, that stands by your side no matter what and makes sure you have a roof over your head and a bed to lay it in. Also, his dry wit helps relieve tension.

>>92953147
I didn't need to see this today... but I kind of wanted to.

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While I'm not a big fan of Gotham I really like Sean Pertwee as Alfred from the few episodes I've seen.

>I'm a man of my word, Strange. You can walk right out as soon as you wake up.
>Wake up...?
>[chins the bitch]

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>>92953147
Not that they appreciate it.

How much pussy has Alfred slain throughout his life do you reckon?

He was a stage performer was he not? Must've gotten plenty of groupies

>>92952647
I don't mind the yelling, but does he have to
ssssppppppiiiiit?

>>92953246
>dropping the can on the floor

FUCK YOU

Are there any old comics where Alfred goes on strike and refuses to clean up the Batfamilies shit?

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>>92953307
>Are there any old comics where Alfred goes on strike and refuses to clean up the Batfamilies shit?

FUCK NO
Alfred would do anything for the family, ANY THING.

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>>92953368

>>92953307
Doubt it. His work ethic is too strong. I mean, he let Bruce go off to fight crime wearing orange atomic skis, after all.

>>92953246

Remember the time Damian beat him up and locked him in a room?

>>92952989
Is he, though?

Granted the setup is that Alfred and a few of his old friends are basically play-acting for Bruce, but it doesn't say anywhere that he _didn't_ do all the stuff the Joker was responsible for in his run.

In fact, I think that, as he's supposed to have been that universe's Joker, the implication is that he did.

>>92953504
Which is why Damien is going to go bye bye in a reboot or two.

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He beat Superman

>>92953668
Stiff upper lip? The man had a stiff upper everything above the soles of his feet.

>>92953265
Aw yeah, theater nerds always get the best bitches.

Naw but seriously, he dropped some French panties back in WW2 according to Pre-Crisis, and recently Julia Pennyworth was re-retconned into existence. So I assume he crushed a lotta puss in his spy work.

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>>92953668
>>92953665
>>92953629

Alfred is the most solid member of the Batfamily on comics and adaptations.

there any universe where HE becomes Batman instead of Bruce, with young Bruce as his Robin?

Hey, what happened to Alfred in the Flashpoint universe?

https://youtu.be/QcdUJEBGdhA

FACT: Joker ain't got SHIT on Alfred.
https://youtu.be/sU8mj9lid0s

>>92953825
I doubt it, it doesnt make much sense either. Alfred never wanted bruce to be batman, he just understood what bruce had to do considering the death of his parents. He wanted bruce to grow up and be normal and have a normal life.

hes too sensible for that shit

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>>92953879
Alfred Pennyworth was a spy working for the Outsider, having infiltrated the Resistance in England. Alfred was captured by the Amazons while still undercover and beheaded.

>>92952788
>52nd
Based Alfred confirmed for a fundamental ingredient of the HYPERCRISIS!!!

>>92953215
Gotham is crap, but if there's one prop I can give it, it's that I like the different approach to Alfred. Gotham's Alfred is a lot more rugged, and in a way dissonant, which makes him less of a sanity anchor for Bruce, but more of a logical one. Instead of a stuffy Brit, he's more of the underground, talk-with-your-fists Englishman, which again shows how Bruce got inspired to do what he does.

Also Sean Pertwee does a good job. His father was my favorite Doctor.

>>92952364
>>kicked injustice supes in the face so hard his shoe exploded
every time i happen to think about that, my day just gets that much better.

>>92953014
>implying a perfect physical specimen like Bruce Wayne would poison his system with caffiene

>>92953403
That Alfred had a different experience with Bruce, though. He saw Bruce finally separate from his war, saw a glimpse of him happy, then saw Bruce re-emerge himself to the point where he did nothing for years but sulk alone in his mansion and wallow in his injuries. Then after all that time, Bruce decides not only to put back on the cowl, but goes up against an enemy that pretty much screamed suicide, and wants to do it like he's 15 years younger.

That Alfred loved Bruce too much to see him slowly kill himself, and like burning the letter, he thought that him leaving could make Bruce quit vigilantism. Unfortunately for him, Bruce had a stubborness and will way beyond measure.

>>92954208
It's the world's most common performance enhancing drug.

>>92954409
plus you know a lot of late nights

>>92954409
>>92954494
It lowers your energy overall and absolutely wrecks your system. Only fools use it.

>>92952544
Hey G, would you make me a sandwich ?

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>>92954002
And here I thought I couldn't hate Flashpoint Wonder Bitch any more than I already did.

>>92953215
>OIM A BUHTLAH
He's been consistently great the whole show.

>>92952464
The only sane character in BvS.

>>92952291
Daddy issues

He gets all the fun of being Batman without having to be Batman. He gets the mansion, the batcave, the gadgets, but he doesn't have to risk his ass fighting crime. Plus he's the jester who gets to point out when the emperor has no clothes. Really, he's in the best position in that universe.

>>92954544
it does almost nothing after a month due to tolerance, also the #1 source of antioxidants for most people and prevents bowel cancer

>>92952291
Loyal characters tend to be liked.

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>>92953665
THE BUTLERING

>>92952291
Batman is the hero Gotham needed.

Alfred is the hero Bruce needed.

>>92952291
He's the most human out of all the characters.

He's also the dad you wish you had.

Has Bruce ever callled him father or something close to that?

>>92952499
Wait, what's that from?

>>92955955
whatever happened to the caped crusader. morrison run.

>>92955930
He did in a video message he left for him after his "death" in Final Crisis.

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>>92955930
>>92956000

>>92952477
It's hard to be intimidated by someone whose diapers you've changed.

>>92955992
**Gaiman
It was immediately preceded by Morrison's run but RIP had concluded and B&R hadn't started up yet.

>>92956115
that's right. thanks for the clarification.

So he was a spy, an actor, a soldier and or Black Hawk, a butler, a field medic
Am I missing any jobs he had...

>>92956194
Father.

so now that /co/'s agreed Alfred si always perfect, how long tilll some shitty edgy too big for his shoes "writer" comes along and tries to do a new alternate, edgy take on him?


One that fucks with his characetr and development, and is iterated on millions of times until the charatcer is shit?

>>92956313
Oh yeah of course, how could I forget.

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>>92956010
>MFW "Goodbye, dad."
>MFW this powerful moment was for nothing since Bruce would come back later on.

>MFW comic book deaths in general.

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For shit like this.

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Because Alfred is Bane!

>>92953665
>curbstomps Superman so hard his shoe explodes
I know he was superpowered in this comic but thats still pretty badass

>>92956516
That's the thing I hate the most about Cap and Batman dying. There were a lot of good stories and it barely lasted.

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>>92953144
They watch Gray Ghost together.

>>92956010
What did he need Alfred to do?

>>92956872
And Alfred rolls his eyes every time Bruce fanboys over Gray Ghost.

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>>92953665
>>92953668
>>92955789

>>92952291
>father figure
>who isn't his father at all
Also, I don't know why filmmakers of Lego Batman movie had to insert homosexual metaphor by saying "two dads line"
If anything Alfred is a Grandfather or a wise Uncle
and Bruce would be his son/brother

>>92957555
There's no reason why you can't have two dads and make it not gay. My dad was a shitty father and my grandpa was so much more of a father figure that I'm scared to tell him that.

>>92957555
>two dads line
Jim and Alfred?

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>>92957555
Except in the comics sometimes Bruce and Alfred are one of their dads
Or Alfred being their mom

Hell Dick has a third dad with Clark

>>92952291
He's loyal and sassy.

>>92957814
Ohhhhhhhh, sorry I forgot that it was Batman and Bruce Wayne that the orphan was talking about. Sorry

>>92957555
The two dads line was about Bruce Wayne AND Batman being his dads. Robin doesn't find out they're the same until after Batman unmasks.

He's loyal and is genuine.

>>92956010
Gah, it always gets me right in the feels.

>>92956516
Deaths in comics are only worthless because you keep reading them. You'd be happier if you picked an issue you liked and said "this was a good ending", and either stopped reading, or considered every run its own canon.

>>92957979
can I get some context?

>>92953989
I could see it perfectly well, but only if he was also present for the Waynes death. Then he'd feel responsible, but he'd make sure that he and Bruce don't follow a suicidal path.

>We shall practice fighting stances today. Now, young master Bruce, this is what is called in professional martial arts "kick to the groin"
>OOF

>>92954208
>take issue with caffiene
>completely fine with him guzzling listerine

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>>92952464
I always thought it was interesting how they brought him back. Turns out he was a supernatural supervillian who had been orchestrating attacks on Batman for a few years from the shadows.

>>92956010
>So if you decide to accept this responsibility on top of your duties with the boy, please place your hand on the scanner within the next five minutes
>places hand on scanner immediately
BASED

>>92952364
>kicked injustice supes in the face so hard his shoe exploded
I was in the original Butlering thread. I have read the page several times since that. But each time somebody reminds me, it just oesn't get less hilarious.
I vote the Butlering as the best thing that has happened in capes in the last... at least eight years.

>>92956788
This shit is great

>>92956788
>You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become he villain

>>92967449
the*
FML I had one job

he is the dad /co/ never had

>>92952788
52nd st. The hypercrisis is real...

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>>92954120
>>92968912

>>92956421
Already happening. Snyder has made Alfred betray Bruce already once, and I have the strong feeling the whole 'First Ally' is a continuation of the same bullshit.

>>92968912
>>92954120
Can I have a quick rundown about that "hypercrysis"?

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>>92969236
Only th' ultra-sane can kin whit hypercrisis is, mah mukker.

>>92956788
Also remember Batman had to do zero detective work to find out who Bane was, as Alfred already coneniently knew every detail about him.

>>92956788
>forgetting to remove the name
Nice samefagging, Brother.

>>92952291
because Alfredo Chicken was always best girl

>>92956939

Rape the Joker

>>92952464
I had a black and white collection of sixties Batman comics growing up. When they killed off Alfred I was confused out of my mind because I didn't own the second volume and had no clue how he came back to life, or who the Outsider was.

>>92953307
Alfred leaves Bruce after Knightfall for becoming Batman again.

>>92969969
>>92953368
Based King

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>>92953215
is he going to slap the League brainwashing out of Bruce?

>>92953294
What's a woman?

>>92952291

>>92956010
The whole "Death of Bruce" thing was stupid because it was obviously not going to last, but this really was a great moment. It felt completely Iin tune with the Batman mythos as it has been built over the decades.

>Bruce has a backup plan ready to go for if he dies, already knowing the cause outlives him
>Alfred's immediate placing of his palm on the screen without hesitation
>"Goodbye, dad."
>That single tear on his cheek while still keeping his composure
>Bruce immediately goes back to business, putting the mission completely over his own personal emotions

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Hypothetically speaking: Would Alfred be Worthy?

It would be the most epic butlering of all time.

>>92974941
No, at the end of the day Alfred is not a warrior, based as he is.

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>>92975189
Bullshit! Nigga shot a predator!

>>92975358
>>92956647
>>92953668
we get it already

>>92975189

Isn't he literally a soldier in a lot of the universes?

>>92953147
Wow. Didn't know I was reading a feels thread ;_;

>>92953246
Goddamn Cass...what a fucking slob.

>>92978338
I don't like when J'onn's head is like that.

>>92975189
>Combat Medic in the SAS
>"not a warrior"

>>92974941
No. Alfred wouldn't be able to lift it for similar reason to Cap not being able i.e he has no love of battle or desire for glory.

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Goddamn it I still love this scene to this day
>Alfred be careful, the Joker's an arch-criminal!
>I know Madame but a very poor fencer

>>92981287
where is that from?

Because for some reason I'm imagining Alfred kicked Joker's ass with a fencing Epee and jabbed Joker in the same nipple eight or twelve times leaving him on the ground demanding to know what the hell is wrong with Alfred.

>>92981287
Fuck, forgot the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU8mj9lid0s

>>92981364
Here
>>92981365

>>92981365
god damn, that was amazing.

>>92981365
This is incredible.

>>92981365
Why do we even need batman when we have Alfred?

>>92981365
Bump for this.

>>92952291
He shot Predator with a fucking musket

>>92953825
There was one where he (as Robin), Batman, and Catwoman fought nazis in WW2 Europe

>>92983845
Is it an actually accurate cover or just blatant lies as usual?

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>>92983938
Alfred had things well in hand.

>>92983522
Looked more like a blunderbuss.

A FUCKING blunderbuss!

>>92984088
>He cuffed him before beating him
Oh Alfred, you and your sadistic streak.

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>>92984184
You would do the same if you had to keep dealing with that shit.

>>92953668
I have 1 and 3 if this series

>no one posted the Etrigan injustice shoop
disappointed

>>92953504
THAT LITTLE CUNT DID WHAT?!

>>92984951
What happens?

>>92984962
Have you not his introduction arc?

Imagine there's a Lantern Corps that runs on Loyalty.
Alfred is wearing one of those. Who can beat him?

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>>92984951
>>92985124
Damn, I need to organize my folders sometime. I can't find it.
It was a brilliant idea too, I think Taylor should have gone with it.

>>92953014
Are those supplements found in the common banana?

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>>92984951
I've got it.

>>92986597
Fucking godlike

>>92953368
After Knightfall and taking care for a time of Nowalking Bruce Wayne, he quits, then Bruce get's the Batman mantle back and Alfred returns after some time.

>>92956010
This got me.