Batcave

The Batcave is the subterranean headquarters of the superhero Batman, located beneath Wayne Manor in Gotham City. It serves as his primary base of operations, workshop, and retreat where he studies crime scenes, analyzes data, and maintains equipment and vehicles used in his vigilante activities.

The Batcave combines a laboratory, archives, and training space with the storage bays for the Batmobile and other gear. Key features typically include the Batcomputer, an advanced information network used for tracking criminals and processing forensic data, along with a crime lab, a trophy room, and a combat-training area. The cave's setting often includes a pool or expansive cavern, and a retractable entrance from the manor.

Access and layout vary across adaptations. In most depictions, an inconspicuous entrance in Wayne Manor provides access to a secret elevator or passage; in others, a waterfall or hidden tunnel serves as the entry. Security often includes alarms, surveillance, and protective barriers.

Role in fiction: The Batcave is both a command center and a symbol of Batman's solitary vigil and resourcefulness. Across comics, television, and film, the cave has been reimagined with differing degrees of high technology, grandeur, and symbolism, reflecting the tone of each incarnation.