Martha Wayne was the wife of Thomas Wayne and mother of Bruce. While she is apprehensive about visiting the theater late at night, Bruce owning pet turtles, and cutting through an alley to get to their car, she seems to do so out of genuine concern, and two of these worries are proven to ultimately lead to her and Thomas' deaths, as shortly after they enter the "shortcut" alley, they are run over by a stolen truck. Luckily, Thomas had shoved Bruce to safety, saving his life as well as those of his turtles.