I think it would be funny if in Gotham thereâs a inside joke whatâs basically just âthe bat ears are actually cat earsâ because in Bruceâs earlier years as Batman, the cowl wasnât like a hard mask and was just fabric attached to the cape. Gotham is very windy and the cowl ears are just some fabric, meaning whenever the wind is facing him⌠the ears fly backwards and look like cat aeroplane ears
Obviously when he got the more mask like cowl that issue stopped happening, but people never fail to bring it up constantly
The legends about the bat ears got to the point where anyone saved by Batman and who can get close to him that way, touches the ears just to feel them.
Or try to at least, because it isn't easy.
Unless you're a kid. Kiddies are allowed to chew on the ears if they please, and Batman will stare at you unbothered, daring you to say something mocking.
His Robins are allowed to touch the ears too. There were two instances where Gordon saw original Robin and his successor riding Batman's shoulders while pretending to steer him by the ears and making mech noises.
To this day it remains one of the cutest things Jim has ever seen.