Gothamite

Gothamite is a demonym which refers to natives and/or residents of the fictional location known as Gotham City, which is found in the Batman multimedia franchise. All media which relates to Batman involves Gothamites to some extent or another.

Classic representations of Gothamites, depicted them as generic stock characters, who could be representative of any large American city. Over the years, as the flavor of Gotham City continued to evolve, so too did the cultural identity of its people. In modern contexts, Gotham is presented as a dark, Gothic metropolitan city, consumed by greed, corruption and mania. Gothamites may be presented in all manner of personality archetypes ranging from despondent public officials and wealthy socialites to a perpetually growing tide of the criminal underclass.