<Li> Vicki Vale appears in the 1949 serial Batman and Robin, portrayed by Jane Adams . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Vicki Vale is featured prominently in the 1989 feature film Batman, played by Kim Basinger . Sean Young was originally cast as Vicki before being forced to bow out due to an injury from a horse - riding scene that was ultimately deleted from the film . When the movie begins, Vale has come to Gotham City to do a story on Batman, but she soon becomes romantically involved with Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton), unaware that he and Batman are the same person . She later becomes drawn into the conflict with the Joker (Jack Nicholson) when he becomes obsessed with her . Eventually Vicki does learn Bruce's secret identity and is present during Batman's final confrontation with Joker on top of Gotham City Cathedral . At the end of the film, Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Gough) chauffeurs her to Wayne Manor to await Bruce's return once the night's crime fighting is done . </Li> <Li> In an early script of the 1992 sequel Batman Returns, written by Sam Hamm, Vicki was supposed to return again as Bruce's love interest . However, the script was finally scrapped and Vicki didn't appear in the film, but is mentioned once during a conversation between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle (Michelle Pfeiffer), where Bruce mentions that Vicki ended their relationship because she ultimately could not accept his dual life (which prompts Selina to begin a relationship with Bruce there and then). She is also mentioned flippantly when Bruce reminds Alfred of his letting her into the Batcave in the first film, a reference to the scene's widely negative fan reaction . Vicki was not mentioned in subsequent sequels, which did not star Michael Keaton nor have Tim Burton as director . </Li> <Li> Vicki Vale marks her first animated appearance in the direct - to - video film The Batman vs. Dracula, voiced by Tara Strong . Instead of working for a newspaper, she is portrayed as a television reporter who reports on the "Lost Ones" (the victims of Dracula) and is nearly used by Dracula to resurrect his long - dead bride before Batman interrupts the ritual . Vale is also romantically linked to Bruce Wayne, even going as far as to mention the kind of impact the death of his parents could have on him, hinting that Vicki may know he is Batman . </Li> <Li> Vicki Vale is briefly heard in the animated film Superman / Batman: Apocalypse, voiced by an uncredited Andrea Romano . She is a Gotham News Radio anchor before Kara Zor - El's ship crashes in Gotham Bay . </Li> <Li> Vicki Vale makes a cameo in Batman: Year One, voiced by an uncredited Grey DeLisle . She greets Bruce Wayne at Gotham Airport . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Vicki Vale is featured prominently in the 1989 feature film Batman, played by Kim Basinger . Sean Young was originally cast as Vicki before being forced to bow out due to an injury from a horse - riding scene that was ultimately deleted from the film . When the movie begins, Vale has come to Gotham City to do a story on Batman, but she soon becomes romantically involved with Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton), unaware that he and Batman are the same person . She later becomes drawn into the conflict with the Joker (Jack Nicholson) when he becomes obsessed with her . Eventually Vicki does learn Bruce's secret identity and is present during Batman's final confrontation with Joker on top of Gotham City Cathedral . At the end of the film, Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Gough) chauffeurs her to Wayne Manor to await Bruce's return once the night's crime fighting is done . </Li> <Li> In an early script of the 1992 sequel Batman Returns, written by Sam Hamm, Vicki was supposed to return again as Bruce's love interest . However, the script was finally scrapped and Vicki didn't appear in the film, but is mentioned once during a conversation between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle (Michelle Pfeiffer), where Bruce mentions that Vicki ended their relationship because she ultimately could not accept his dual life (which prompts Selina to begin a relationship with Bruce there and then). She is also mentioned flippantly when Bruce reminds Alfred of his letting her into the Batcave in the first film, a reference to the scene's widely negative fan reaction . Vicki was not mentioned in subsequent sequels, which did not star Michael Keaton nor have Tim Burton as director . </Li>

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