John Blake is a young police officer whose instincts lead him to believe that there is trouble on the horizon. Seeing something of himself in Blake, Commissioner Gordon promotes him to special duty.[27] Blake represents the idealism that Gordon and Bruce Wayne once held, but soon lost in their battle against crime in the city.[15] He is portrayed as being intelligent enough to deduce Batman's identity, and is disgusted by the cover-up of the circumstances surrounding Harvey Dent's death and Commissioner Gordon's role in it. The film reveals his legal name is Robin John Blake.