

The near-lethal force he uses when under Scarecrow's influence proves just how much he does hold back against your average criminal. But still, the fact that Batman could so easily have killed them without even knowing what he was doing is Fridge Horror in and of itself. Not necessarily the ones you can check after the toxin wears off are still breathing.However, this also means, since they fall apart and shatter, Batman may have accidentally killed them.And the reason they get KO'd so quickly? Batman is less concerned about avoiding lethal force when fighting skeletons, so he's not holding back. Joker's thugs wouldn't be so frightened to engage a drugged, hallucinating Batman. The skeletons are also noticeably more aggressive than the regular enemies, but also go down much more quickly.After fighting skeletons in Scarecrow's nightmare world, you might realise that thanks to detective mode, you've seen just everybody you've fought so far as a skeleton.The posters that describe Sharp as the Voice Of Arkham fit with this as well.A truly wonderful piece of this is realized when if you go back to the transfer areas of Intensive Treatment, you will see posters bearing Quincy Sharp's image with the text "Quincy Sharp's Arkham." This is supposed to show possession, but that can also be taken to mean "Quincy Sharp IS Arkham." Which he turns out to be, in spirit anyway.

As he put it when he used not-so-straightforward methods to beat Prometheus in hand-to-hand combat: "Not cheating.

