"Barbara Gordon. My dad's the Police Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department, and...well...Gotham's overrun with crazy insano villain-types. And the Batman. I figured...every little bit of spy and espionage knowledge helps if I'm going to live in a city as crazy as that."

Plus there's the fact that I'm Batgirl, and it's clear that Batman's not giving me any cool gadgets anytime soon since Robin became his officially annoying partner.