Legacy
The rhyme has led to Gotham becoming a nickname for New York City. The name first emerged after, reminded of the foolish ingenuity of Gotham's residents, Washington Irving gave the name "Gotham" to New York in his Salmagundi Papers (1807). The most notable use of the name came in Bob Kane's pastiche New Jersey home of Batman, Gotham City. The existence of Gotham, Nottinghamshire in the DC Universe was recently acknowledged in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #206 (and again in 52 #27), although the connection between two names within the DCU has not been fully explained. In a story titled 'Cityscape' in Batman Chronicles #6 it is revealed that Gotham was initially built for the purpose of housing the criminally insane "I even have a name for it. We could call it 'Gotham' after a village in England - where, according to common belief, all are bereft of their wits."
In DC Comics' "The Batman of Arkham" the Joker recites this rhyme specifically.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)