They should have let him actually die, or at least go into a coma. They had a perfect heartfelt yet somewhat dark moment all set up and then they just randomly decided that goofy was wearing a helmet or something.
"I think there's a virus on my computer. It's making circles go everywhere and I don't know what to do!" "Did you type zerg rush into google?" "What's a google? Do I have one?"
First, this is great. Second, Travis is totally going to become batman. His parents were brutally murdered, and he has some kind of special power. All he needs is a butler and some kung-fu skills.