What happened to Bruce Wayne/Batman's knee?
Early in The Dark Knight Rises, Bruce is seen limping with a cane. Some characters allude to an injury sustained from a fight, but we never see this in The Dark Knight. At the conclusion of that film, we see Batman surviving his run-in with Harvey Dent and escaping while running away.
What happened to Bruce Wayne/Batman's knee in between The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises?
Note: we know the injury is real because we see Bruce requiring a knee brace of some kind prior to him suiting up as Batman.
Best Answer
During the hospital check up scene, the doctor reveals via x-ray that Bruce Wayne has absolutely no cartilage left in his knee. I'm no doctor, but I think that would make anyone walk with a limp. Thankfully they fix it with that leg gizmo so he doesn't limp for the rest of the movie ;)
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Answer 2
It's from the Dark Knight and his fall. At the end of that movie he's also limping after he took down Harvey Dent from a few stories up.
Answer 3
According to about.com cartilage can be worn away for different reasons:
If a joint is burdened by improper alignment, excessive weight, excessive activity, overuse, or injury, articular cartilage wears away.
Excessive activity and overuse certainly apply in the case of Bruce Wayne.
I don't think there was one particular incident that caused the cartilage to be worn away but it was just the repeated strain on the body associated with being Batman.
Answer 4
Don't you think that he got injured in the Dark Knight when he tackled Harvey and fell off a (i think 2-3) storey building before he told Gordon to frame him? Because that was a really nasty fall.
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