James Gordon is voiced by Black actor Eric Morgan Stuart and Barbara Gordon by Black actress Krystal Joy Brown, while Penguin appears as female Oswalda Cobblepot voiced by Minnie Driver. These alterations to canon figures appear in Season 2 episodes involving the Thorne trial, Gordon family dynamics, and related GCPD plots.

The narrative remains traditional Batman storytelling centered on dismantling Rupert Thorne's empire, with classic rogues including Eddie Nygma/The Riddler, Scarecrow, Joker, Mad Monk, and an alliance with Harley Quinn. Episodes feature standard detective work, prison undercover operations as Matches Malone, and team-ups with Carrie Kelley as the Crime Smasher, without introducing identity politics, systemic oppression lectures, or activist framing as central drivers. Creator statements and reception show no emphasis on social justice messaging, keeping the ideological elements incidental to the core premise of crime-fighting and villain confrontations.