About

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Name: Detective Ellen Yin.
Canon: The Batman (2004-2008 cartoon series)
Age: Unspecified, probably in her late twenties.
Gender: Female.
Appearance: [One] [Two] She's probably of average height, maybe about 5'6"

Personality:

If you needed to sum up Yin's personality in two words, "Lawful Good" would be a useful place to start.

Yin works as a detective for the Gotham City Police Department, and it's a job she takes seriously. She has little patience for joking around in the midst of an investigation, is unwilling to trust a vigilante even after he saves the life of her and her partner, isn't shown to have much of a social life outside of work or to be bothered by said lack, and an episode that shows Gotham City many years in the future mentions she worked her way up to being the Commissioner of Police at some point.

In line with her devotion to her work, Yin takes an authoritarian outlook when dealing with others. She frequently took the lead when investigating with her partner, Ethan Bennett, and outside of a few moments with Bruce Wayne she's usually shown interacting with civilians in a professional context, expecting their respect and cooperation. She in turn respects the authority of others, though she does have her limits.

Yin is basically motivated by a sense of fairness, by the urge to right wrongs, and playing by the rules is how she thinks you should go about this. However, Yin can be pushed to question her actions when it's demonstrated to her that the rules and/or authorities are causing serious harm, and she's not entirely above being swayed by personal feeling.

Her "by-the-book cop" persona is also tarnished by an impulsive streak, as Yin tends to follow her instincts, something that can mesh badly with her occasional losses of temper. She isn't exactly fiery but there's a directness to her character that can make her impatient in situations where it would be better to be prudent.

Finally, while she's devoted to her work, Yin isn't always serious business, all the time. Yin may not like ill-timed humor but she's been known to make the occasional pert remark herself, and she's hinted to have hobbies outside of work. (In the show she's stated to be a "triathlon wiz" and in the tie-in comics it's mentioned she enjoys movies.) She's a career woman thorough and thorough, but she isn't a robot either.