Editing Fist of the North Star (section)

====Bat====
[[Image:Bat.jpg|right|thumb|Many want to punch this kid. Lord knows, Kenshiro actually did a few times. He gets better, though.]]
Called ''Bart'' in the western release ''(free lesson: the Japanese language never uses the  /ɑɹt/ "art" sound; bart in japanese comes out as batto)''. A bratty thief who serves as Kenshiro's de-facto sidekick early on primarily because Kenshiro lacks wheels. He's a resourceful little son of a bitch though, and even manages a few kills (using grenades) within the first 8 episodes. When Ken can't ATATATATATATATA his way out of a situation, Bat's usually the one who saves his ass. Greedy and selfish, Bat initially follows Kenshiro because Ken's an easy way to secure food and water, but becomes a better person through proxy as Kenshiro rubs off on him (and bitch-slaps him for being a cunt in one of the earlier episodes), being willing to throw down by the end of the series, and even having learned some Hokuto Shinken from Ken by the time the second season comes around. 

Bat comes across as really fucking [[Flare|obnoxious and annoying]] early on, [[Eliphas the Inheritor|coming into his own]] as he stops being such a faggot and becomes more [[Manly Marines|manly]], and he throws a fairly humorous moment down later as he pulls a hilarious [[trolling]] move in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8vEyiOYGB8 copying Kenshiro when fighting Amiba's troops].

By the second season, he's in full-blown badass mode and generally is much closer to being [[This Guy]] than he is [[That Guy]], which is a hell of an improvement; he's a full-blown revolutionary, taking on the forces of the Celestial Empire and winning, leaving their forces panicking as the Hokuto Army, under Bat, continues its advance.

He also appears to have stolen his headwear from [[/v/|Dragon Quest 2]].