Terry was born in Gotham City to Warren and Mary McGinnis, a research scientist at Wayne-Powers and an astronomer at Astro-Tech respectively. By his own admission, he was once a bad kid. 
As a former member of a street gang run by youthful racketeer Charlie & Big Time Bigelow, Terry had his fair share of run-ins with the Gotham City Police at age fourteen while his parents were going through a divorce, even serving a three-month stint in juvenile hall.

Twenty years after Batman is last seen, Terry finds himself on the run from the Jokerz, another street gang, who have modeled themselves after the long-dead Gotham City legendary criminal, the Joker. 
Terry flees onto the grounds of Wayne Manor, where an aged Bruce Wayne comes to his defense. 
The strain of the fight places substantial stress on Bruce's weak heart, so Terry helps Bruce into the mansion and gets him his medication; Bruce proceeds to fall asleep afterward. 
Before leaving, Terry notices a bat stuck inside a grandfather clock. As he tries to free it, he stumbles upon the entrance to the Batcave and realizes that the elder man was the city's heroic Dark Knight. He is then forced to leave by an enraged Bruce.

Terry returns home to find his father murdered, ostensibly by Jokerz. 
He later discovers that Derek Powers ordered Warren's death after the latter discovered Powers' plan to mass-produce biological weapons.  
Convinced that there is still a need for a Batman, Bruce hires Terry as his personal assistant and begins secretly training him for his new role as Gotham's New , Future Dark Knight none other known as 
                                                     Batman Beyond. 


Batman Beyond //  T.M
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