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[[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Batman]]\\

* HiddenDepths: Croc is generally crass and blunt in what he says, but in his {{Internal Monologue}}s he's actually quite eloquent and frequently waxes philosophical about the nature of humanity.

* OmnicidalManiac: On his worse days.

!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Arkham Asylum: Living Hell'' #1 (July 2003)

* AlliterativeName: '''W'''arren '''W'''hite

-> See [[ Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]]

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Historically, his ability to return from death is ascribed to his mastery of yoga.

* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Trounced by Batgirl on her first night of duty, before she even received any combat training.

!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #63 (February 1961)

* GeniusBruiser: DependingOnTheWriter, his genius ''may'' be coupled with some truly massive muscles, enough for him to actually pass as Batman in a dim light. The ''Monster Men'' mini zig-zags this; its Strange is a scrawny little shrimp implicitly doing his experiments to beef himself up, but is also the only one that explicitly trains what little muscle he was born with. He's also portrayed as a fairly skilled martial artist and even a skilled acrobat and gymnast.

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[[Characters/BatmanBane Bane]] | Characters/{{Catwoman}} ([[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Selina Kyle]]) | [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]] | Characters/HarleyQuinn ([[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Harleen Quinzel]]) | [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] | [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] | [[Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]] ([[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]] | [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]]) | [[Characters/BatmanMrFreeze Mr. Freeze]] | [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]] | [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] | [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]] | [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] | [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two Face]] | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart1 A-H]] | '''J-R''' | [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart3 S-Z]]\\

[[folder:Jackanapes]]
!!Jackanapes
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!!!'''Full Name:''' Unknown
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #666 (July, 2007)

Jackanapes is the name of a super-villain gorilla enemy of Batman. He is a gorilla which was adopted and groomed by the Joker into becoming a violent criminal genius, even being capable of speaking English and being a skilled scientist.

* DeadHatShot: Pushed out of a plane, Joker calls to his 'son' to activate his rocket pack, only for Jack to ignore him, having accepted his fate. Joker lands unharmed, searching for Jack, only to find his hat in the river.
* EarlyBirdCameo: His first appearance in ''Batman'' #666 was in Damian's future as the new Batman.
* IntellectualAnimal: Jackanapes is a highly functioning gorilla after being raised and taught everything he knows from the Joker himself. He possess basic communication skills and comprehends the English language, as well as being a weapons expert and inventor.
* JetPack: The Joker equipped him with a rocket pack for their attack on a plane.
* KillerGorilla: Jackanapes is a gorilla in a clown costume that wields a machete and submachine gun.
* MacheteMayhem: Carries a machete as one of his weapons.
* MonsterClown: Jackanapes is a gorilla in a clown costume that wields a machete and submachine gun.
* MoralityPet: He's this for ''the freaking Joker,'' of all people. After "adopting" the young ape from a local zoo, the Clown Prince of Crime actively enjoys raising him to be his new partner-in-crime, almost treating him like his own son. Moreover, when Jackanapes appears to have died when his jetpack fails during a planned escape, Joker is genuinely heartbroken at the loss of his henchman...[[SubvertedTrope if only for a little while.]]

[[folder:James Gordon, Jr.]]
!!James Gordon, Jr.
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #407 (May 1987)
->''"You see, this place is special, Dick. It is a city of nightmares. And I'm yours. I'm the face you see in the glass. A man with no conscience. No empathy."''

The long absent son of Commissioner James Gordon and his first wife, Barbara Gordon, James, Jr. finally made a reappearance in the 2011 arc, "Skeleton Cases". Having shown symptoms of psychopathy in his youth, James seemed to be ready to be a functioning member of society. However, it was instead revealed that he was a serial killer, having murdered several people who bullied him in his youth, and viewed empathy as a weakness. His brutality and sadism are only matched by his cunning, and proves himself to be a dangerous foe to the reluctant new Batman, Dick Grayson.

* AdaptationalHeroism: His New 52 incarnation is still a sociopath, but he's considerably less despicable than his Post-Crisis version and proves helpful in defeating The Batman Who Laughs before killing himself to prevent harming his family due to his sociopathic tendencies.
* AncestralName: Shares a given name with his father, James.
* AntagonisticOffspring: To his father, [[CommissionerGordon James Gordon Sr.]]
* ArchEnemy: To Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon. He couldn't care less about Bruce Wayne.
* AxCrazy: Not exactly a cackling maniac, but considering that he’s a violent sadist with no empathy whatsoever, a knack for deliberately starting grudges with random people so that he can find an excuse to violently murder them later, and his desire to turn the newborns of Gotham into a new generation of violent, sociopathic killers like himself only show that he’s still completely insane and a danger to everyone who either associates with him or is around him ''period.''
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: As a child, he enjoyed mutilating animals as a hobby.
* BigBad: For some of Batgirl's solo adventures and Dick Grayson's time as Batman.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to his sister, Barbara's, Abel.
* CardCarryingVillain: He proudly claims to be a psychopath.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Back and forth, and then explained, James first appeared in ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'' but was not mentioned for many years after that comic, both in and out of universe. The story arc ''Skeleton Cases'' gives very good reasons as to why he was not talked about in-universe. The Gordon family and others try not to talk about James due to his sociopathic behavior being both disturbing and hurtful as well as being a shame on the Gordons.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Really likes doing this.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Unlike the rest of the RoguesGallery, J. J. is just a regular guy with a genius-level intellect doing awful things [[ForTheEvulz for the sake of it]].
* TheCorrupter: His master plan is to destroy the morality of Gotham's children by injecting their food supply with a drug to destroy empathy which he views as a weakness. In short, he wants to create a mass production of [[TheSociopath sociopaths]].
* CreepyBlueEyes: He has blue eyes and is one of the vilest characters of the franchise.
* CreepySouvenir: He had a large collection of house keys. Each one was taken off of a victim during his years as a serial killer.
* EnfantTerrible: Showed signs of psychopathy at a young age and managed to deeply unnerve a [[EvenEvilHasStandards serial child murderer]] to the point where he scared him away.
* EvilCounterpart:
** J. J. in [[TheStoic demeanor, personality]] and [[EvilGenius intellect]] is basically Batman's EvilCounterpart.
** To Barbara. Both are the children of Commissioner Gordon, except while Barbara became Batgirl and later Oracle, James Jr. became a monster. Barbara was able to overcome something as harsh as [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke getting shot, humiliated and paralyzed]]; James became unhinged despite having a fairly stable upbringing.
* EvilGenius: He has a genius-level intellect. He's also a psychopathic killer.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor:
-->'''James, Jr.:''' (''Indicating a stain on his shirt.'') This? It's blood, dad. I killed a waitress while you were talking to Barbara. Her head is stuffed in the toilet of the men's room. (''Pause.'') It's just ketchup, see? I'm sorry.
* EvilIsPetty: He in fact looks to be picked on so that he can satiate and justify his bloodlust.
* EvilMentor: Was this to Charise Carnes
* EvilRedhead: As a member of the Gordon family.
* EyeScream: He had a knife shoved into the outer edge of his eye one time, though it seemed to have missed the eyeball and go into the socket, or he just didn't care.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can put up a pretty good front, since he is composed and polite. Sadly, that's all it is.
* {{Foil}}: To the Joker. While the Joker is flamboyant in [[LargeHam personality]], [[FashionVictimVillain appearance]], and [[LaughablyEvil execution]], James is completely mundane, being stoic, looking unremarkable and committing his acts of villainy in secret.
* ForTheEvulz: The usual motive of J. J.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: So much, it hurts.
* HeelFaceTurn: By his own account, he tried "to be good" by joining the Suicide Squad and by giving his imprisoned father the means to escape from jail, but he eventually just gave up and returned to being a DiabolicalMastermind. At some point, he agreed to start taking an experimental medication that was designed to make pure psychopaths like him neurotypical, and while he only agreed to participate in the medical trial because he saw it as a means to escape from custody and resume killing people, the pills proved to be surprisingly effective, and caused him to experience a VillainousBSOD. He stops taking the medication at the behest of his father and Batman, who need his perspective and insight to help them against the Batman Who Laughs, and as the pills wear off there are several points where Jr. is tempted to go back to villainy, being shown contemplating throwing the medicine away or helping the Grim Knight murder or corrupt his father, but, in the end, he resists the urge and helps to save Gotham. Gordon, who had planned on pulling the plug on the medical trial, decides to let it continue helping Jr.
--> '''Gordon:''' ... James?\\
'''Jr.:''' I'm coming, dad. I just need to change into my oranges. They brought me too big a size, but I can--\\
'''Gordon:''' Just listen. They're... they're not taking you back. I called in and the truth is... I want this to continue. I want you to keep going, where you are already, it's... a good thing.\\
'''Jr.:''' Dad... so you know, [[WhamLine I'm not where I wanted you to think I was]], [[GoodFeelsGood not yet]]. [[MaskOfSanity It was partly a mask]]. I mean, I'm... I'm not there yet.\\
'''Gordon''' (hugging Jr.): Heh. So you know, son, neither am I. But you're trying. And so am I. And so is everyone.
** Unfortunately, something went wrong; when he next appears, Jr. is revealed to have become completely psychotic, developing a split personality (which is not even aware that Barbara is Batgirl) that starts taking Jr.'s suppressed jealousy over his sister out on women who look like Barbara in a twisted attempt at "helping" Jr. This causes Jr. to be DrivenToSuicide.
---> '''Jr.:''' Babs, I've been getting better, but there's a shadow that lives inside of me. And he's getting bigger. I can't control him anymore. Babs... there's only one way to give our family the peace I so desperately want to give it. I know what I need to do. And I'm not afraid anymore. I know you don't believe me... [[DyingDeclarationOfLove but I love you--]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[https://ladygeekgirl.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/2325103-2290380_jamie.png He]] looks very much like [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuG0e8IWYAQumOn.jpg:large Jeffrey Dahmer during his teen years.]]
* NominalHero: Bridges towards this at times in his New 52 incarnation.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: He ''tries'' to rationalize his acts as this, but in reality, everything that was done to him was a petty slight AT BEST and his acts of vengeance are so grossly disproportionate that words cannot even sum up how far overboard he went. He knows this, too; when Barbara tells him that he was just looking for ways to justify committing acts of extreme cruelty, he doesn't even deny it or attempt to argue with her about it.
* PsychoticSmirk: His default expression.
* {{Sadist}}: Easily one of the most horrific examples in the Batman mythos. He ''really'' enjoys killing and torturing.
* SerialKiller: During his many years away from Gotham, he seems to have taken up this as a hobby.
* SoftspokenSadist: Unlike many other of the Batman villains, he never hams it up. He always speaks in an even tone.
* TheSociopath: He appears to be incapable of feeling any kind of positive emotion, is extremely selfish and vindictive, and hides it all behind a facade of kindness.
* TheStoic: Combined with PsychoticSmirk, this is how he usually acts.
** NotSoStoic: Despite hating emotions and empathy, he has his few moments of them.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: When you think about how many other Batman villains have either disfigurements, eye-catching costumes, or some manner of ObviouslyEvil design, Junior looking like a regular person is pretty startlingly creepy all on its own.
* VirtueIsWeakness: States that he views empathy as a weakness.
* WorthyOpponent: Views his sister as this because she's the only person who has managed to dissect his motives and rationale and understand who he truly is.

[[folder:Jane Doe]]
!!Jane Doe
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Arkham Asylum: Living Hell'' #1 (July 2003)
->''"Jane is a cipher. She's incomplete. Her life is empty, so she covets the lives of others. She '''takes''' their lives so she can '''have''' their lives."''

Jane Doe is a serial killer who steals the identities of her victims. Usually for personal gain. Initially introduced for the mini-series ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumLivingHell'' where she played a part in the origin of the Great White Shark.

* ADayInTheLimelight: She's typically used as a side character but was given an entire annual issue with her as the main antagonist in the ''New 52''.
* DepravedBisexual: Jane has expressed interest in both men and women depending on who she's pretending to be at the time.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: When she first appeared Jane looked like a normal woman but subsequent appearances depict her as having no skin at all. Additionally, she originally made lifelike suits that resembled her victims but it was later changed to her wearing their actual skin.
* FlayingAlive: Jane has the appearance of someone without skin and also removes the skin from her victims.
* GenuineHumanHide: As mentioned above, she wears people's skins after killing them.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Implied in her first ''New 52'' appearances where the majority of her victims are mentioned to be accomplished athletes. Her introduction as her states the motivation for taking other people's life is that she find hers hollow and bored, then when she gets bored with the other personality she looks for another target.
* KickTheDog: Makes fun of Aaron Cash for killing his crush, even saying that after months of impersonating her she knows his crush was repulsed by Cash.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: Her feminine features are subdued enough that she can pass for a man.
* LatexPerfection: When not wearing people's skins, this is how she disguises her appearance.
* MasterOfDisguise: A rather disturbing version of this trope. Able to nearly perfectly copy the mannerisms of her victims.
* {{Mukokuseki}}: Before her redesign (See EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference above), Jane Doe was a rare Western and ''deliberate'' use of this trope which sort of makes sense for her. She had a slightly dark-ish skin tone that indicates non-caucasian heritage... or maybe she's just a bit tanned?... and her eyes were vaguely Asian-ish... but not really. She even lacked large breasts (which is surprising for this universe), which allowed her to pass herself off as a dude with relative ease.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: For a time, Jane fought ComicBook/{{Manhunter}} (Kate Spencer) instead of Batman.
* SerialKiller: Kills people and takes over their lives.
* TheSpook: Nothing about Jane Doe's past is known to the reader or the characters in-story.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Jane is so disconnected from whatever her original identity was that she refers to herself in the third person.
* TookALevelInBadass: Jane isn't shown to be much of a fighter when she first appears and is taken down by Batman fairly easily. By the time the ''New 52'' rolls around, she's shown to be exceptionally athletic and able to hold her own in a fight.

[[folder:Joe Chill]]
!!Joe Chill
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Joseph Chilton
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #33 (November 1939)
->''"This is a stickup! I'll take that necklace you're wearin', lady!"''

Joe Chill is the man who shot and killed Thomas and Martha Wayne in front of their son Bruce, traumatizing him and leading to the creation of Batman. Since his debut in ''Detective Comics'' #33 Chill's backstory, motivations and appearance have been subject to multiple {{retcon}}s, which are further changed in adaptations. About the only thing that remains consistent with Chill is that he shot Thomas first as he tried to protect his family, then shot Martha, then ran away.

* AdaptationalSympathy: More sympathetic portrayals of Joe Chill depict him as a desperate, impoverished man forced to crime just to stay alive, one who feels immense guilt over having killed the Waynes. Sometimes, the murder of the Thomas and Martha isn't even intentional, but an unfortunate result of Chill panicking, or because Thomas gets physical with him.
* AdaptationalVillainy: On the other side, in some less charitable interpretations it's clear that Joe Chill killed the Waynes intentionally. In some adaptations, he isn't some desperate crook, but instead a mobster or a hitman paid to kill Thomas and Martha while making it look like a robbery. The 1989 version took this a step further by combining Chill with the Joker to make Jack Napier, who revels in all forms of murder and takes extra pleasure in further traumatizing young Bruce Wayne.
* AntiVillain: When Chill's just a guy who pushed to villainy that the Waynes had the misfortune to run afoul of. This is often used to illustrate to Batman that anyone can be a criminal.
-->'''Batman:''' All he wanted was money. He was sick and guilty over what he did. I was naïve enough to think him the lowest sort of man.
* TheButlerDidIt: Almost. Pre-''Crisis'', Bruce was raised by his Uncle Philip, and Chill was revealed to be the son of Philip's housekeeper.
* CompositeCharacter: Occasionally, his role in killing the Waynes is given to someone else in adaptions, such as the Joker in ''Film/Batman1989'' and Matches Malone in ''Series/{{Gotham}}''.
* CreateYourOwnHero: Accidentally responsible for Gotham City's greatest hero being born, and by extension the rest of the Bat-Family.
* DecompositeCharacter: In regards to the Joker being the one to orphan Bruce Wayne in ''Film/Batman1989'', the pre-Joker's associate in the flashback to when he killed Thomas and Martha Wayne was confirmed to be the Burtonverse incarnation of Joe Chill.
* DependingOnTheWriter: His motivation, personality, and what happened to him after shooting the Waynes changes from story to story.
* TheDragon: In most interpretations he's working for someone else (usually mobster Lew Moxon, who was put behind bars by Thomas Wayne's testimony). In a twist, Bruce usually cares more about catching Chill than Chill's boss, because it was the man holding the gun, not his employer, who scarred Bruce for life.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Those times Joe does figure out Batman's identity he is killed shortly afterward, usually by other criminals who are not happy to find out he was responsible for Bruce becoming Batman.
* KarmaHoudini: Some continuities, such as ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'', establish that he never got caught for orphaning Bruce.
* KilledOffForReal: Most incarnations of him die and are never brought back until a reboot occurs.
** The original Golden Age Chill was killed by criminals once they found out he's the reason Bruce become Batman.
** The Silver Age Joe Chill was killed by some gangsters for reasons not related to Batman.
** Post-Crisis Joe Chill was killed resisting arrest after the murder of the Waynes.
** In ''Batman: Year Two'', Batman dragged Chill to Crime Alley, revealed his true identity and was about to kill Chill when Chill was gunned down by the [[VigilanteMan murderous vigilante]] the Reaper.
** In [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Grant Morrison's run]], in what is likely a hallucination, Chill kills himself once Batman reveals his identity to Chill. He knows Gotham's criminals would do far worse if they found out.
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanThreeJokers'', Chill lived long after the murder of the Waynes. However, he became very sick and after saving Chill from a plot created by the Joker, Batman forgives him and stays by his side as Chill dies.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Some stories have Batman eventually realize that Chill is this compared to the rest of Gotham's organized crime. Part of Bruce Wayne's path to becoming a true hero is the realization that his parent's murderer isn't the monster he's made him out to be in his head - rather, he's just a random, desperate man with a gun, who is ultimately a symptom of the greater systemic corruption inherent in Gotham City. It's this realization that leads Batman to become a force of justice, not just vengeance.
* MultipleChoicePast: Was Joe Chill a lone wolf mugger or did he work for the mob? Did he have a personal vendetta against the Waynes or was he just some two-bit thug with a gun who saw a chance to make a quick buck? Was he a greedy opportunist or a down-on-his-luck guy pushed to desperation? His story changes almost every time it is told.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In most of his appearances, Chill is genuinely remorseful for his part in the death of the Waynes, not least of which is due to him being inadvertently responsible for the creation of Batman.
* NervousWreck: In one story, it turns out that Chill has become this worrying for over twenty years that someday Bruce (note: ''not'' Batman) will track him down and punish him for his crime. To the point that when he accidentally tears off Batman's mask and sees Bruce Wayne's face underneath, he thinks he's finally snapped entirely and accidentally leaps off a roof to his death trying to get away. Ironically, Bruce has no idea who he is in this story.
* PunchClockVillain: Most versions of him have no real enmity against the Wayne family and are just doing a job (which, pending telling, may be why he didn't have the stomach to kill young Bruce). Still others take it one step farther and don't even have him working for anybody, leaving him just a random two-bit thug and mugger with too-quick a trigger finger.
* SecretSecretKeeper: ''ComicBook/BatmanThreeJokers'' reveals that the post-Flashpoint Joe Chill knows that Bruce is Batman. He's never said anything about it and instead has been trying to write a letter of apology to Bruce for years (he's illiterate).
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His only noteworthy role is also his most significant contribution to the mythos. Without his murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, there never would have been a Batman.
* StarterVillain: Sometimes, Joe Chill is (understandably) the first criminal Bruce goes after, and unlike Batman's colorful rogues gallery, he's just a run-of-the mill mugger.
* ThatOneCase: Sometimes Batman never figures out who Joe Chill was, making his never ending quest to clean up Gotham an extension of his quest to find out who murdered his parents.
* TokenMotivationalNemesis: Though his fate, and whether or not he is dead, varies on the telling, he is almost always treated as such whenever he does show up, and in his first named appearance, he was killed off.
* UnknownRival: In some stories, Chill never finds out that the very child he spared in Crime Alley became the city's dark knight that would put him in jail years later.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: A rare villainous version, as the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne would lead to the creation of Batman, who would go on to [[CreateYourOwnVillain create several villains himself]].
* WouldntHurtAChild: It depends on the continuity, but this is one potential reason why he spared a young Bruce Wayne that fateful night in Crime Alley. In other versions, he almost turns his gun on Bruce as well [[LeaveNoWitnesses to prevent any witnesses to his crime,]] but is forced to flee after hearing approaching police sirens.

[[folder:Johnny Witts]]
!!Johnny Witts
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Johnny Witts
!!!'''Known Aliases:''' The Swami
!!!'''First Apppearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #344 (October 1965)
->''"I could have killed you at any time! Look up! You'll see my man on the roof! He could have sliced your batrope at my signal! Always remember, Batman--Johnny Wits is thinking one move ahead of you every step of the way!"''

Johnny Witts is a criminal mastermind, with an incredible power of deduction. Witts sought to prove he could outwit the Batman at every turn, by always being one step ahead of him.

* ComplexityAddiction: Due to his insistence of being CrazyPrepared, Witts's scheme are often far more complicated than they actually need to be.
* CrazyPrepared: His entire schtick.
* DeathTrap: Loves constructing elaborate death traps to dispose of Batman.
* EvilGenius: Self-styled criminal mastermind.
* PhonyPsychic: Witts once disguised himself as a new crime boss, the Swami, who had the power to see when and how Batman would try to capture him.
* {{Pride}}: Witts' FatalFlaw.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Witts likes to think of himself as being in the top tier of Batman's rogues gallery, alongside the likes of the Joker and the Penguin. In truth, most people have never heard of him, and he has had only three appearances in his history, not having anywhere near their longevity.

[[folder:The Joker]]
-> See [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Joker's Daughter]]
-> See Characters/TeenTitansOriginalTeenTitans
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kadaver]]
!!Kadaver
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!!!'''Full Name:''' Mortimer Kadaver
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #588 (July 1988)
->''"For reasons that best remain unspoken, I have from an early age been obsessed by death in all its many forms!"''

Mortimer Kadaver is a murderous criminal possessing a morbid and sadistic obsession with inflicting pain and death. His hideout is filled with a wide variety of means of murder and torture, including an iron maiden, a guillotine, a hangman’s noose, and even a pool of quicklime. Kadaver enjoys feigning his own death by methods such as dressing as a vampire and emerging from a coffin, but he takes even more pleasure in meting out suffering and death to others who cross his path.

* ActuallyNotAVampire: Kadaver frequently poses as a vampire to freak out his underlings.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Kadaver enjoys feigning his own death by methods such as dressing as a vampire and emerging from a coffin to terrify his underlings.
* FakingTheDead: Kadaver once made a deal with ComicBook/ThePenguin to put him in a hypnotic trance-like coma, causing prison doctors to confirm Penguin had died from a heart attack while working out in Blackgate Penitentiary's gym.
* FauxDeath: Kadaver can use hypnosis to place himself or others into a deathlike trance where no life signs can be detected.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Not only is his surname a homophone for 'cadaver' (a synonym for 'corpse'), but his first name Mortimer is often shortened to Mort: Latin for 'death'.
* OneSteveLimit: ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} also has a villain called Kadaver: an Atlantean magician and the best friend of Corum Rath.
* ScarsAreForever: After surviving an attempt to kill him from the Corrosive Man, Kadaver is left with a permanent hand shaped burn across his face.
* SinisterScythe: Kadaver is not a skilled fighter, although sometimes he uses death-associated weapons such as scythes.
* TortureTechnician: Kadaver possesses extensive knowledge of torture and death; he understands many different methods of how to kill slowly or extremely quickly.

[[folder:Karma]]
!!Karma
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Fleet Delmar
!!!'''First Apperance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #983 (August 2018)
-->''" You've dismantled your own creation -- giving it away, piece by piece. Until there's nothing left. The night no longer belongs to you. Because Batman belongs to all of them. Look at yourself. Slapping your precious symbol on people who don't deserve it. Do you even remember what that symbol means anymore?"''

Fleet Delmar was a Markovian terrorist who believed himself to be the country's liberator and savior. He was left blinded and badly scarred following an encounter with Batman. Years later, he made a deal with an ArmsDealer to purchase an alien helmet that gave him the ability to read minds, absorb and redirect energy and see again. He them travelled to Gotham City to seek revenge, beginning by targeting Batman's proteges. After seemingly being mind wiped, he was revived by Ra's al Ghul and recruited into the League of Assassins.

* ArmsDealer: Acquired his alien helmet from the arms dealer Martina Dementieva.
* CombatClairvoyance: The helmet allows Karma to read his foes' minds during combat and react to their moves before they make them.
* CoolHelmet: Not only grants Karma his powers, but is jet black full face helmet with a glowing starburst in the centre.
* DeadlineNews: Karma once hijacked a news studio where he killed everyone except the anchor and then forced her to broadcast a message to Batman before burning her alive.
* EnergyAbsorption: Karma's helmet allows him to absorb and redirect energy.
* HatOfPower: All of his powers derive from his alien helmet.
* {{Ruritania}}: Hails from the tiny European nation of Markovia.
* SupervillainPackingHeat: As the helmet's powers are primarily mental, he still makes extensive use of firearms and explosives against his targets.
* {{Telepathy}}: Karma's helmet allows him to read minds.
* WesternTerrorist: Was originally a terrorist seeking the overthrow the government of Markovia: the {{Ruritania}} that Geo-Force comes from.

[[folder:[=KGBeast=]]]
!![=KGBeast=]
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Anatoli Knyazev
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #417 (March 1988)
->''"Guards now are being dead. You first [=KGBeast=] will be killing... dead by "idiot"... and guards will be killing after! All guards in prison -- plus all to be wanting guards hostage! All being dead -- all being killed by [=KGBeast=]!"''

A cybernetically enhanced assassin trained by a secret cell of the KGB who has mastered numerous Martial Arts and weapons, he is now a freelance operative mercenary.

* AnArmAndALeg: After Batman traps his arm in a loop of rope, he escapes by cutting his arm off with an axe.
* ArmCannon: Replacing his missing hand, often includes a [[BayonetYa bayonet]].
* ArtifactTitle: He is obviously named after the KGB, who have been defunct since the beginning of the 1990s.
* BayonetYa: Often has a bayonet affixed to his ArmCannon.
* {{BFG}}: A staple of his.
* BoxedCrook: Lock-Up and the Suicide Squad have both put him to work.
* CameBackWrong: He was resurrected as a Black Lantern zombie during the ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' event.
* CaptainErsatz: He was arguably the first in what would be a wave of "psychotic Soviet ex-KGB cyborg killer" villains that hit comics in the aftermath of end of the Cold War. If you like the [=NKVDemon=] or [[Characters/{{Wolverine}} Omega Red]], thank this guy.
* DiplomaticImpunity: In his first appearance, Knyazev is working against the wishes of the Soviet government - which nevertheless has made sure to keep his name on a list of the Soviet embassy's official personnel, making sure that even if he is caught, he can be repatriated, brainwashed, and repurposed without ever spending a day in jail for the hundreds of people he has killed in Gotham City. CIA Agent Ralph Bundy lampshades this fact in an attempt to prod Batman into breaking his "no killing" rule. [[spoiler:Batman [[TakingAThirdOption takes a third option]] and chooses to leave him trapped alone in the sewer.]]
* FormerRegimePersonnel: Worked for the Soviets before they fell, then struck out on his own as a TerroristWithoutACause.
* GodzillaThreshold: A rogue originally created with this specific gimmick in mind. In his first appearance, [=KGBeast=] was said to be a villain so dangerous that [[BatmanGrabsAGun Batman, reluctantly, knew he would be forced to break his "no killing" rule as there would be simply no other way to defeat him]]. [[BadassDecay Since then, however, [=KGBeast=] is usually reduced to being just another background C-lister.]]
* HandicappedBadass: He's still a ''very'' dangerous man after losing his hand, even without his arm cannon.
* HuskyRusskie: Is always drawn as large muscular and bulky and is Russian.
* KillTally: He's stated to have killed at least 200 people.
* LeftForDead: He was left stuck in the sewers at the end of his first story, with no chance of escaping without outside assistance. He made further appearances afterwards, though, so he clearly got out ''somehow''.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: [=KGBeast=] embodies this trope as a Russian villain who's heritage and upbringing has turned into a deadly threat who is said to have killed over 200 people.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Of the 200 people he's killed, 100 of them were killed during ''a single assassination attempt'', not even because they were targets but just because killing them was the best way to take out his one target.
* PsychoForHire: After the fall of the Soviet Union, Anatoli rebranded himself as a mercenary, and when you take his aforementioned bloodlust into account, he's a prime example of this.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His signature costume is black with red lines.
* RenegadeRussian: Since the Soviet Union was still active at the time of his creation, it was made clear that he was working for a renegade sect that was working against the main Soviet government. After the end of the Cold War, this distinction was no longer needed and he embraced this trope fully.
* {{Retcon}}: It was retconned so that he was saved from death offscreen, right after the end of his debut story.
* StupidityInducingAttack: In his later appearances it was postulated that the time he spent locked in a room with no air by Batman gave him mild brain damage, explaining how a guy deadly enough to make ''Batman'' break his no-kill rule was now getting owned by the likes of Robin and Huntress.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He worked for Lock-Up a lot.
* UndignifiedDeath: He was thrown off a building in a YouHaveFailedMe-style punishment. Originally the killer was thought to be Two-Face, which would have accorded the Beast a ''little'' dignity, but as it turned out Harvey was innocent. The Beast's ''real'' killer? '''Tally Man''', a villain so obscure even he himself doesn't know who he is!
* VillainDecay: As mentioned above, in his origin story he was a threat to rival Batman's most dangerous villains, and indeed a lot of the beats for his story would be recycled for the introduction of Bane. He was never so dangerous again, and by the end of his life he had decayed into a D-lister who hung around with the likes of Orca and the Ventriloquist.
* YouNoTakeCandle: His English became pretty bad after his initial appearance, possibly because of overall lowered intelligence due to that brain damage mentioned above.

[[folder:Killer Croc]]
!!Killer Croc
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Waylon Jones
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #523 (February 1983)
->''"I used to run this town 'til the cops and Black Mask and Bane '''hounded''' me to the sewers. And I blame '''nobody''' but myself! But I'm '''Killer Croc''', damn it, and I'm back for what's mine! '''Mine!'''"''
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Born with a rare skin disease that left him with scaly, crocodile-like skin, Waylon Jones was unaccepted by the outside world. His parents couldn't stand him, and they abandoned him in the wilderness, forcing him to become a career criminal to survive. At one point, he used his razor sharp teeth to become a cannibal and eat people. He has clashed with Batman several times over the years, each time becoming more bestial and reptilian due to a mutation of his already strange disease. He possesses superhuman strength and is much larger than the average man.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Often finds himself in one of these.
* AffablyEvil: Croc is violent, cannibalistic, and a bitter misanthrope, but he's generally friendly and cordial towards his friends or anyone who treats him kindly and is one of the few rogues who treats their henchmen well. DependingOnTheWriter, he can verge into FauxAffablyEvil instead.
* AlcoholicParent: His mother died in childbirth, and his father abandoned him. Waylon was raised by his aunt, but her persistent drinking prevented him from growing up in an ideal household.
* AntiVillain: Had shades of this in old continuity, fully embraced in the ''New 52'', where he gets a large amount of {{Morality Pet}}s and PetTheDog moments.
* AxCrazy: When he is portrayed as downright feral.
* BeastAndBeauty: During his stint with the ComicBook/SuicideSquad, he developed a romantic relationship with June Moone, the Enchantress. This was even encouraged by Amanda Waller, figuring that the pairing would make the two of them more manipulable.
* BeastMan: Effectively, although how much so is a case of DependingOnTheArtist; he varies from "human covered in crocodile-like hide and with filed teeth" to "[[FunnyAnimal bipedal crocodile]]".
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: One pre-''New 52'' story involves him murdering a bunch of corrupt SWAT officers in order to avenge their murder of one of the only people who had been nice to him when he was a kid.
* BenevolentBoss: Whenever he's leading an outfit, Croc tends to treat his men well. During his periods as a KingOfTheHomeless, he'll always treat those around him like his family, and when Zsasz kills some of his men during ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' Croc goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* TheBerserker: His fighting style more or less revolves around completely overwhelming the opponent with his sheer speed, strength, and resistance to harm.
* BizarreHumanBiology: Croc is allegedly a human who was born with a very rare skin disease, but many artists have started to make him less and less humanlike and more [[LizardFolk reptilian]] in appearance, [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes]] having a crocodile snout and tail. One writer has {{Hand Wave}}d this as being a mutation in his disease that grants him traits of more primitive animals.
* BlessedWithSuck: Croc's condition gives him the power of a crocodile, but also the monstrous appearance and animalistic impulses of one, which prevents him from ever living a normal life.
* BookDumb: Following the New 52, Croc has shifted from being a DumbMuscle to this. He's uneducated and brutish, but by no means dumb and pretty cunning in his own right.
* TheBrute: In most appearances following the story in which he was introduced. In his first appearance, though, Croc was actually a GeniusBruiser who manipulated Batman's entire RoguesGallery--sort of Bane 0.5.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** Initially, Croc was one of the few inmates in Arkham who was actually sane and was just ObfuscatingInsanity because he knew the staff would underestimate him. Later comics depict him as genuinely insane, and probably one of the few rogues to actually fit the legal definition of insaniy.
** Tying in with DependingOnTheWriter, Croc was initially depicted as a GeniusBruiser and, while a tragic figure, was much more outwardly malicious. He later devolved into being almost feral, though writers tended to alternate on whether he was ObfuscatingStupidity or a genuine DumbMuscle. Following the New 52, he's been consistently portrayed as an intelligent NobleDemon for the most part.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Killer Croc is what Marvel's [[Characters/SpiderManCentralRoguesGallery The Lizard]] would be if you took away the "scientist who changes back and forth into a monster" part. Croc is a scary reptile man beast who has a chip on his shoulder againist humanity like The Lizard, but since he lacks the chance to shift back into a human like Curt does (thanks to Spidey) Croc is much more corrupt and devious.
* DeathByChildbirth: In at least one comic, it's stated that his mother died giving birth to him.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Nobody can decide whether Killer Croc is a big strong guy with a skin condition or a crocodile man anymore. It's 50/50 that he'll be depicted either way.
* DependingOnTheWriter:
** On top of the above, he seems to be one of those villains writers can never really pin down. It's hard to believe that he was an accomplished marksman and the precursor of ''Bane'', because most commonly, he's portrayed as the Bat-Rogues' DumbMuscle. Writers can however justify this by tying his intelligence, skill and personality to how advanced his mutation is - generally the more mutated he is the stronger and tougher he is but he also becomes more stupid and feral.
** Whether he is an actual NobleDemon or just trying to [[NeverMyFault shift the blame away from himself]] is always changing.
* TheDreaded: In the streets he may just be a brute but in Arkham he is the scariest inmate.
* DrivenByEnvy: Of the normal people.
* DumbMuscle: After {{Flanderization}} set in. {{Justified|Trope}} in that his condition is fully atavistic - everything, including his mind, just keeps regressing further and further as time goes on, which explains how he went from a GeniusBruiser who was Bane-lite to a feral, animalistic savage. Following the New 52, he's been generally depicted as much more intelligent and in line with his old interpretation for the most part; definitely BookDumb, but more than cunning enough to make up for it.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: In his earliest appearances there's nothing really superhuman about him besides his tough hide. Otherwise he's just a really strong wrestler with sharp fangs and claws. As his condition evolved, Croc became a reptilian powerhouse with superhuman strength, powerful jaws, and regenerative tissue.
* FangsAreEvil: Bit Cash's hand off with his chomper.
* {{Flanderization}}: He was originally a somewhat intelligent gangster with a medical condition (a ''very severe'' medical condition), whose misanthropy was the result of being tormented by everyone (family included) for his freakish appearance. This was eventually downplayed, with Croc becoming more bestial and less intelligent as time went on (this was typically explained that his condition was worsening, further separating him from humanity). By the time of ''Hush'', Croc could probably pass for a bulkier AlternateCompanyEquivalent of [[Characters/SpiderManCentralRoguesGallery the Lizard]] (explained away by Hush infecting him with a virus that further increased his mutation).
* ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat: These days, Killer Croc is known for being DumbMuscle and a huge comic book villain {{Jobber}} who gets beat up every time by Batman and family, suffers TheWorfEffect against guys like Bane, and isn't taken very seriously. However, in the old days, Killer Croc was a powerhouse who could beat Batman unconscious and was quite intelligent in organizing criminals to his cause. In ''ComicBook/BatmanEternal'', Croc shows signs of his old self again when he defeats Bane in an intelligent and cunning manner befitting a GeniusBruiser.
* FreakOut: In Batman #471 he supposedly died when the sewer he was in flooded and collapsed. In #489 it was revealed that he was nearly drowned, was forced to live on rats, constantly suffered from fevers and was haunted by nightmares. He emerged from the sewers after six months with a radically different personality, diminished mental capacity and permanent hallucinations.
* FreudianExcuse: Between abusive classmates and his godawful aunt, his stint in reform school, and his treatment in the freakshow he was part of, Croc's got a lot of reasons to hate the world.
* FriendToAllChildren: Believe it or not, he has a soft spot for precocious young kids. Dave (from "Requiem for A Killer"), Erin Mckillen, and [[ComicBook/GothamAcademy Olive Silverlock]] can all attest to that. In a few cases they're even more comfortable with Croc around than ''Batman'' himself!
* GeniusBruiser: When he isn't being written like DumbMuscle, Croc can be a cunning and brutal opponent. In his earlier appearances he could be called a prototype Bane with how he matched wits with the Dark Knight. Following the New 52, he moved back into this to a degree. He's not the smartest of the rogues, but he's still cunning and charismatic enough to amass a large following.
* HandWave: Originally he was a man with a very, ''very'' bad skin condition. His appearance has gotten more monstrous over time, which has been explained as his condition worsening.
* HandwrapsOfAwesome: He sometimes wears these (e.g., in ''Batman Hush'' and the concept art for ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'').
* HealingFactor: Can restore missing teeth and limbs.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''ComicBook/TheBatmanOfArkham'', owing to psychiatrist Bruce Wayne's gentle treatment and care. (With a dose of EpiphanyTherapy and SingleIssuePsychology.)
* HiddenDepths: Croc is generally crass and blunt in what he says, but in his {{Internal Monologue}}s he's actually quite eloquent and frequently waxes philosophical about the nature of humanity.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Croc understandably takes this view, and one ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' comic shows he even takes himself into account, viewing his murders and anger issues as a symptom of his human side.
* ImAHumanitarian: DependingOnTheWriter, and in some continuities, like ''ComicBook/{{Joker}}'', he can devour his victims and makes a habit out of it.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: For as much as he tries to isolate himself, what Croc ultimately wants is people who respect and accept him. It occasionally winds up backfiring on him; his issue in ''Joker's Asylum'' has his desire for acceptance result in him being used as a patsy and nearly killed by a pair of mobsters as part of their plan to set up a criminal empire.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Croc's search for a cure has been a fairly consistent part of his characterization.
* ImmuneToBullets: Croc's skin is thick enough to ward off even high caliber bullets.
* ImplacableMan: It's not that he can't be stopped, just that it's extremely difficult to do so.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His occasional homicidal tendencies aside, Croc is otherwise a gentle soul who usually wants to do the right thing. He protects the downtrodden and marginalized of Gotham, is fiercely loyal to his friends, and might even make a good hero if not for his sense of justice clashing with the dark knight's.
* KavorkaMan: Despite his much-loathed deformity, Croc seems to have no trouble with getting entangled with women, including carnally with Orca and June Moon.
* KingOfTheHomeless: In some comics, Croc has been shown associating with communities of homeless people. In one of his earliest stories, he became protector of a homeless community and tried to set up a comfortable place for them in Gotham's underground, only for it to be destroyed when Gotham changed over the sewer system and flooded it. In a ''New 52'' story, he's shown having established an almost cult-like army of homeless people, who act as his eyes, ears and hands above-ground whilst he remains in the underground.
* LightningBruiser: Superhumanly fast to the point of surprising Batman more than once.
* LizardFolk: Killer Croc ''used'' to be just a big strong guy with a skin condition, but he's become more lizard-like over time. He was specifically mutated with a virus by Hush and [[spoiler:the Riddler]] to make him more violent and feral, and less human. By the end of the book it's mentioned he's received the antidote but it ''didn't work.'' After ''War Games'', he's more feral than ever and a scientist reveals (shortly before Croc eats her) that there's no way to undo it.
* ManBitesMan: Croc frequently uses his teeth to bite his opponents during fights.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Croc is atavistic, and when intelligent, has the mindset one would expect of an alligator or similar reptile. As a result his moral agency is seriously questionable, and he's one of the few Batman rogues who legitimately belongs in Arkham. After having suffered massive amounts of abuse growing up and burdened with an increasingly monstrous set of deformities, Croc's mind was ''broken'' even before his condition started to eat away at his sentience.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Croc used to just be a sideshow wrestler, but as his skin mutation made him look increasingly less human, he began to act more like a monster.
* MoralityPet:
** In a rather bizarre decision made regarding the post-''Flashpoint'' Croc, he's revealed to be Roy Harper's sponsor in ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''.
** In the ''New 52'', teenager Olive Silverlock, a student at Gotham Academy, is this to him. He's kind and friendly to her (and it extends to her friends) and is also very protective towards her. Her mother Sybil seemed to be this to him too, as he appreciated her not treating him like a monster and he in turn promised her he'd keep an eye on and care for Olive.
* {{Mutants}}: Possesses an atavistic mindset, coupled with a skin condition not unlike epidermolytic hyperkeratosis, and a metagene. The end result is the crocodilian monster we all know and love.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: This guy's ''definitely'' not someone you'd want to meet in a dark alley, though how croc-like he actually is varies by writer and continuity.
* NobleDemon: Especially following the New 52. Croc is violent, but he's also an insanely loyal friend, surprisingly compassionate, a FriendToAllChildren, and extremely protective of his fellow marginalized outcasts. He's also willing to [[EnemyMine team up with]] Batman on occasion, though the two often come to blows over the fact that Croc is much more willing to dispense brutal vigilante executions on anyone who crosses him or his friends.
* TheNoseKnows: Croc has had an enhanced sense of smell since he was young.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: When he isn't portrayed as a DumbMuscle, Croc will often feign being too stupid or feral to comprehend the world around him for his own ends or simply let people make their own assumptions.
* OmnicidalManiac: On his worse days.
* OnlyFriend: In the New 52, only Officer Hoolagon, a man born without an arm and one of the very few non-corrupt police officers in Gotham, treated him with any sympathy and compassion. When Hoolagon is murdered by {{Dirty Cop}}s, Waylon lured them down into the sewers and personally killed them off one by one.
* ParentalAbandonment: Mom and dad left him with an alcoholic aunt, who could not have cared less about him.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: He ''will'' make a point of gruesomely devouring those especially deserving of it, which almost happens to [[DirtyOldMan the Mad Hatter]] and actually does to three corrupt SWAT officers. This is a huge reason Batman never got along with him.
* RaginCajun: Some incarnations of Croc speak with a Cajun accent, although in the mainline comics he hails from Florida.
* RedRightHand: Croc's bestial outer appearance is indicative of his animalistic inner nature.
* TheResenter: Resents and hates "normal people" and lashes out at them constantly.
* {{Retcon}}: At the end of the ''Hush'' storyline, Batman noted that the effects of the virus used to accelerate Croc's condition could be counteracted quite easily, and that the government (who had captured Croc during the storyline) would administer the cure to him as an incentive for him to join Task Force X. Despite this, all later appearances from Croc featured him still being in his further mutated form.
* ScaryBlackMan: Is technically black, and yeah, he's not someone you want to run into. Ever.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Killed his abusive aunt.
* SuperSenses: Possesses a highly advanced sense of smell.
* SuperSwimmingSkills: Killer Croc is an adept swimmer due to living in the sewers for so long.
* SuperStrength: His strength crosses the line into superhuman, making him very difficult to stop. According to Batman, Waylon can lift a school bus. When fighting against Aquaman who was holding back, Croc's strong enough to bite into a Aquaman's skin (Mostly). He was even strong enough to bite into General Zod's arm when Zod wasn't paying attention.
* SuperToughness: Bullets fling off Killer Croc's skin and an alligator breaks it's fangs on his scales. He can also survive being thrown from the top of a skyscraper.
* TerseTalker: After being mutated even further by Hush, Croc became much quieter and his sentences were often clipped and short.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Waylon has been mistreated his whole life because of his deformities, and while his mutation was already doing a number on his sanity, his treatment [[MaddenIntoMisanthropy didn't exactly help]].
* TookALevelInBadass: In the ''ComicBook/New52'', he's the only member of Batwoman's rogues to not be an original, and magic is used to upgrade him into a more ferocious and powerful multi-eyed form. Later, he's upgraded into a massive multi-headed hydra and rampages through Gotham.
* TragicVillain: He does seem to want to be normal very, very badly. Well, DependingOnTheWriter, but this is a pretty frequently recurring quirk of his.
* VillainDecay: In his earlier appearances, he was so brutally strong he was able to manhandle and beat down Batman at his best in most confrontations. Over time, however, Batman's been able to beat him up more and more easily that Croc can get taken down in just one or two hits even when Croc is trying to [[ConservationOfNinjitsu mob attack Batman with other Arkham rogues]]. And in ''Batman: Europa'', a virus-stricken Batman was still able to put him down in a few hits. Then there's the fact that in modern times, Killer Croc can get hit with TheWorfEffect whenever another really strong villain, usually Bane, comes to town to establish himself.
* VillainousFriendship: He formed one with [[Characters/SwampThing Floronic Man]], who was the only inmate to talk to him while Croc recovered from being temporarily paralyzed by a nerve gas and regaled him with tales of his backstory.
* WasOnceAMan: Was originally an ordinary human with a skin condition that simply made him ''look'' reptilian. Later became AmbiguouslyHuman, then an official metahuman.
* WolverineClaws: Killer Croc's fingers are sharpened and white like bones. He uses them to cut open doors or crush skulls.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Croc is extremely violent and disturbed, but it's almost impossible not to feel sorry for him. He's been subjected to constant abuse throughout his life and been treated like a monster, and most of his genuine attempts to go straight end in disaster for him.
* TheWorfEffect: He is Bane's punching bag in multiple stories. He epically subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' when, after recovering from his initial beating at Bane's hands, he attacks him in the sewers and manages to fight him to a draw before they're both swept away by the current.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He was originally a wrestler, and he still fights like one. Makes sense, since crocodiles already grapple their prey (albeit with their mouths).
* YankTheDogsChain: At the end of ''Gotham City Monsters'' things were starting to look up for Waylon, then ComicBook/TheJokerWar happened and [[StatusQuoIsGod status quo]] sent him back to the sewers.

[[folder:Killer Moth]]
!!Killer Moth
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Drury Walker
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Cameron Van Cleer
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #63 (February 1961)
->''"The Bat watches over straight citizens, He does what cops can't do. What about the crooks? Who do they turn to in order to get the job done for them?"''

When sophisticated and urbane playboy Cameron van Cleer introduced himself to the elite of Gotham's social scene, nobody realized he was secretly a former prison inmate using his stolen earnings to finance a career as "Killer Moth", a Batman-like costumed figure who aided criminals instead of the police. For a price, would-be ne'er-do-wells could hire Cleer's services, and he in turn would help them evade capture and cover their tracks. After several encounters with Batman, the Dark Knight managed to permanently dismantle Moth's organization, and his secret identity and fortune were lost forever.

Killer Moth (now revealed to be small-time criminal Drury Walker) continued to endure, however, committing smaller-scale robberies and picking up jobs as hired muscle. Sick of being perceived as a joke by his fellow rogues, [[ComicBook/UnderworldUnleashed he made a deal with Neron for greater power and became a towering moth/human hybrid]]. The deal has since been [[RetCon written out of history]], though, and Walker has reverted to his previous form.

* AdaptationalBadass: Subverted in the New 52, where he has a much more intimidating appearance and nearly defeated Batman in his first appearance before Green Arrow intervened. However, since that first showing he’s been shown to be even more of a ButtMonkey than ever before.
** He has had more success as a Green Arrow villain than he has as a Batman villain.
* AdaptationalWimp: While his VillainDecay happened more gradually, his Moth-Mobile was retconned in ‘’Batgirl: Year One’’ into TheAllegedCar when pre-crisis it had been a legitimately impressive (if ridiculous-looking) counterpart to the Batmobile which the narration often referred to as a “juggernaut”.
* AnimalMotifs: A decidedly less sinister take on the MacabreMothMotif; in most appearances, he just wears a moth-like outifit and employs an adhesive "cocoon gun" during heists.
* ButtMonkey: The biggest of Batman's RoguesGallery.
* CameBackWrong: During the ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', Walker in his Charaxes incarnation was reanimated by a Black Lantern power ring. Superboy-Prime duly killed him again for his trouble.
* ComplexityAddiction: Despite having a lucrative regular criminal career, he got a taste for the mad pageantry of supervillainy. He once went so far as to lure Batman to a fake hideout in Gotham's woods where he unleashed a horde of vicious bears he had personally trained upon the Caped Crusader.
* DelinquentHair: In the New 52 his hair became a mohawk to fit his criminal behavior.
* DependingOnTheArtist: These days he flips between his classic and New 52 appearances seemingly at random.
* EasyAmnesia: After he discovered Batman’s secret identity, he ended up with a head injury that left him with no memory of the experience, though he was shown later to vaguely remember that there was something more to Bruce Wayne than meets the eye.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He was working with [[PyroManiac Firefly]] for a short while as a mercenary duo before realizing just how dangerously unstable his partner actually was (he believed that he could see visions in the flames, for starters), causing him to cut things off ASAP because he genuinely feared for his life. Interestingly, he would later visit the other side of this trope when allying with two other small-time supervillains to kidnap Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon and Armand Krol. The other two genuinely thought they were going to release the hostages. Walker just dumped all three in a deathtrap and walked away.
* EvilCounterpart: Tries to be to the criminal underworld what Batman is to the police. While he was initially rather successful, his repeated failures made it so gangs were no longer willing to call on him for help.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Killer Moth was once found eating holes in Batman’s old discarded costumes like a real moth.
* GasMaskMooks: In the New 52 he switched to a gas mask from his traditional green moth helmet.
* GeniusDitz: Moth might be an overconfident dork whose constant failure makes him a laughingstock, but he is a genuinely brilliant gadgeteer and his plans, while overly ambitious, often do have some very clever ideas.
* HarmlessVillain: He's considered the weakest supervillain in Gotham and is usually captured pretty easily by Batman and company. Eventually he got tired of being picked on all the time and not taken seriously, so he made a {{deal with|TheDevil}} [[ComicBook/UnderworldUnleashed Neron]] and became Charaxes, a deadly cannibalistic moth creature that spits acid. This version of the character stuck around for ten years before being given a mercy killing, and an unnamed character took up the Killer Moth name until the timeline collapse of ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' and the ''ComicBook/New52''. It wasn't until ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' that Killer Moth was fully restored to his lovable loser incarnation.
* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Trounced by Batgirl on her first night of duty, before she even received any combat training.
* KilledOffForReal: In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it panel by Superboy-Prime during the ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''.
* LegacyCharacter: A second, unnamed Killer Moth began using the name and costume after Walker's death. This version ironically worked with Lock-Up in ''Gotham Underground'' and was used as a pawn by Prometheus during ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice''. He was last seen being pursued by Robin after the events of that story.
* MacabreMothMotif: He wasn't initially dark, wearing a garish costume with striped purple and green spandex, orange cape and a moth-like mask. Later on though, he was redesigned to look more menacing in his demonic Drury Walker / Charaxes incarnation.
* OneWingedAngel: After making a deal with Neron, he was transformed into a half-human half moth monstrosity. However it fell victim to a RetCon and he fell back to a nobody.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He briefly became an enemy of ComicBook/GreenArrow in the New 52 before once again returning as an enemy of the Bat Family in Rebirth.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Wears a lot of orange, green and purple in his original costume.
* ShadowArchetype: The first Batman villain [[InvokedTrope explicitly designed as such]], to the point of working out of a "Moth-Cave" and selling criminals infrared "Moth-Signal" beacons in his first appearance.
* TheSpook: Absolutely nothing has been revealed about who he was before being Killer Moth, even his real name is somewhat ambiguous as Oracle’s files refer to him by a completely different name than Blackgate does, and Sugar and Spike discuss that his real name is unclear.
* StarterVillain: In the New 52 he is Green Arrow's first supervillain opponent.
* SuperZeroes: ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' featured a horde of villains in Killer Moth costumes, implying the identity eventually fell into public domain for {{Mooks}} ala the Rainbow Raiders.
* {{Thememobile}}: The Mothmobile: a custom made, convertible sports car used by Killer Moth. Its color and style were similar to the bright, pastel color scheme used in Killer Moth's costume.
* UnskilledButStrong: As Charaxes. Robin was overwhelmed by him, but the more methodical Lock-Up captured him without too much trouble.
* VillainDecay: [[{{Jobber}} You'd never believe it now]], but this guy used to actually be a credible threat.

[[folder:King Kraken]]
!!King Kraken
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Unknown
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #676 (June, 2008)
->''"Henchmen are for wussies."''

The villain known as King Kraken was once a deep sea diver who became disfigured. Following his disfigurement, he turned pirate. He has had numerous run ins with the hero known as the Wingman, and is a member of the Club of Villains. His weapon of choice is an electric rifle.

* ArchEnemy: The Wingman
* CreepyOldFashionedDivingSuit: His costume deliberately invokes this.
* LightningGun: His weapon of choice is an electric rifle.
* MysteriousPast: The reason of his disfigurement and his animosity with Wigman are unexplored.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: King Kraken's true name has never been revealed.
* SubmarinePirates: His ''modus operandi''.

[[folder:King of Cats]]
!!King of Cats
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Karl Kyle
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #69 (February 1952)
->''"Think of it... the Crime Queen and the Cat King! You and I... together! We could rule the underworld... The King and Queen of Crime! What do you say?"''

ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'s brother. Inspired by his now-reformed sister's infamy, he commits a string of cat-related crimes. Selina is reluctant to turn him in and refuses to help arrest him.

* AlliterativeName: '''K'''arl '''K'''yle.
* BrotherSisterIncest: He makes a lot of creepy comments to his sister about being his "queen." Implied to be due to not taking his medication.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether he even exists. In some continuities, Selina is an only child or has a sister but no brother.
* GentlemanThief: Cat themed, like his sister's ClassyCatBurglar.
* GoodHairEvilHair: A classic DastardlyWhiplash thin handlebar mustache.
* MistakenForRomance: Batman and Robin assume Selina is protecting him because they're lovers, and are shocked to learn Selina and Karl are brother and sister.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After he and Batman fall into tiger pens and are rescued by Catwoman, he's remorseful and turns himself in.
* NoMedicationForMe: At the end of his first appearance, he reveals he's been off his medication and promises to take it again. Later issues confirm he is still taking it.
* ReformedCriminal: Fully gives up crime at the end of the issue and never goes back, even at times when Catwoman is an outright villain. He even helps Batman with cases on occasion.

[[folder:King Snake]]
-> See Characters/Robin1993 for more information.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Tut]]
!!King Tut
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Victor Goodman
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman Confidential'' #26 (April, 2009)
->''"Aten is the giver of all things. He gives us life. He is, after all, the sun itself. And when that sun casts its purging light on this dark city, it will stream in here."''

Victor Goodman was an Egyptologist, working for the Gotham Museum of Antiquities, who was known for his radical theory that King Tut was murdered for his belief in Aten (the Egyptian disc of the Sun). Goodman was incensed that the trustee’s of the museum would not bring a King Tut exhibit to Gotham because of its high crime rate and the fact that the Riddler had robbed the museum numerous times. He was removed from a meeting by the head of the Museum’s trustees and in the ensuing struggle he received a head injury. Victor was then fired by the museum. Goodman became unhinged by this incident, believing himself to be the reincarnation of the Pharaoh King Tut, who would bring Aten’s light to purge Gotham’s darkness. As Tut he set out to have his revenge on the trustees, the Riddler and the embodiment of Gotham’s darkness the Batman.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the TV show he was a fat middle-aged man, in the comics, he's ripped.
* AdaptationalNameChange: In the TV show his real name was William [=McElroy=].
* CanonImmigrant: Is the mainstream DCU version of a character who first appeared in the ''Series/Batman1966'' TV series.
* CoolMask: Wears a mask modelled on Tutankhamun's golden burial mask.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Is far more violent than the character from the ''Series/Batman1966'' TV series.
* EpicFlail: King Tut carries a flail that can be used as a blunt weapon and also has a hidden blade in it’s base.
* HooksAndCrooks: King Tut carries a crook that can be used as a blunt weapon and also has a hidden blade in it’s base.
* MythologyGag: Victor Goodman's name is a play on the name of the actor who portrayed King Tut in ''Series/Batman1966'', Victor Buono (which means "good man" in Italian).
* NapoleonDelusion: Believes himself to be the reincarnation of the Pharaoh King Tut.
* NephariousPharaoh: Believes himself to be the reincarnation of the Pharaoh King Tut, who will bring Aten’s light to purge Gotham’s darkness.
* TheRival: Really doesn't like the Riddler.
* SwordCane: Carries a crook and flail. Both weapons have retractable blades hidden in their bases.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Does not wear a shirt as King Tut.

[[folder:Kite Man]]
!!Kite Man
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Charles Brown
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #133 (August 1960)
->''"Hell yeah!"''

The man who can fly anything. A harmless Silver Age villain who does really petty crime using a hang glider, stylized to look like a kite. Debuting, as you probably guessed, in the Silver Age, he would go unused for years. He returned in the modern age, basically unchanged from his Silver Age incarnation.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Is he ridiculous even by Silver Age standards? Yes. Has he managed to make Batman look like a fool while pulling off some cartoonish scheme on more than one occasion? Also yes.
* BreakoutCharacter: His role as a recurring gag character in Tom King's run was so beloved that he became a recurring fixture in the DCU, including a major secondary role in ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn.''
* ButtMonkey: He is ''never'' taken seriously in modern times, and the amount of effort he goes to is more played for laughs than anything.
* CatchPhrase: "Kite Man. Hell yeah." in modern times. [[https://www.cbr.com/batman-writer-breaks-down-secret-origin-kite-man-catchphrase/ Tom King said]] it was a last-minute joke to make the page less silent that both [[PermanentPlaceholder stuck]] and resonated with readers.
* DeathSeeker: Implied to be part of the reason he became a supervillain, since he had nothing left to live for after the death of his son, Charlie Jr. However, he ultimately decides that staying alive would be a better tribute to his son's memory than dying ever would.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Subverted: he was a nobody before, and once he put on his costume, he became...another nobody.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: His modern depictions play this up, especially under Tom King.
* KilledOffForReal: Post-''Crisis'', he was killed by Bruno Mannheim for refusing to join him. He was eventually revived in the Rebirth continuity, with several appearances in Tom King's run on Batman.
* KiteRiding: Does really petty crime using a hang glider, stylized to look like a kite.
* MeaningfulName: There's [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} another Charlie Brown]] who constantly runs into grief with his kites and is probably the only character in American comics who's an even bigger ButtMonkey than Kite-Man himself.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In his first appearance, he drops tear gas from his kite, steals a giant ruby, frees a mobster, almost kills Robin and captures Batman.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He's a far cry from Batman's other villains -- he's ''only'' after money and jewels, and hasn't ever hurt anyone on-panel. He actually refused to join the Secret Society of Super Villains, which got him dropped off Wayne Tower. He later ''also'' refused to aid Bruno Mannheim.
* TragicVillain: His origin as told in Tom King's Batman reveals him to be this. Formerly a mechanic working for the Joker, he got wrapped up in the War of Jokes and Riddles when Riddler forced him to act as an informant for Joker's gang. When he eventually flipped and confessed to Joker, Riddler had his son killed, and so he became a minor supervillain to cope with the grief. His whole kite motif is based on his son's love of kites.

[[folder:Knightfall]]
!!Knightfall
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Charise Carnes
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2011}}'' (Vol 4) #10 (August 2012)
->''" My vision is a golden city. But first, it will be bathed in crimson."''

The daughter of a wealthy (and corrupt) real estate mogul, Charise's entire family was slaughtered by her psychotic boyfriend Trevor. Wanting to learn "the art of madness" Charise allowed herself to take the fall so that she could be sent to Arkham and gain greater insight. After gaining what she needed to know, Charise arranged her release before taking over the family real estate empire while also adopting the alter ego of Knightfall.

* AlliterativeName: '''C'''harise '''C'''arnes.
* AntiVillain: Charise genuinely wants to make Gotham a "golden city". The problem is that she's willing to see it "Bathed in crimson".
* ArchEnemy: Batgirl says that Charise Carnes, a.k.a. Knightfall, is pretty much this for her in #29. After ''ComicBook/{{Gothtopia}}'', they appear to be [[FriendlyEnemy on relatively good terms]], enough to ask for help on occasion if absolutely necessary, but Barbara later decided that there was no way to cooperate with Knightfall. The "Deadline" story arc with #32 to 34 is Barbara and Knightfall's major showdown.
* BestServedCold: After getting out she tracks down her ex boyfriend, abducts him, locks him up naked in a cage, and sews his eyes shut.
* CoolMask: As Knightfall she wears a golden mask that hides her features.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Her public job is running her family's real estate empire.
* EvilCounterpart: To Barbara.
* FreudianExcuse: Seeing her family brutally murdered in front of her by a psychopath she trusted is certainly a lot to deal with.
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Cherise Carnes allowed herself to be sent to Arkham Asylum so that she could [[InvokedTrope "learn the craft of madness."]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: While she does genuinely want to alleviate crime, she's willing to give James Gordon Jr. a pass because he trained her.
* KnightTemplar: Invoked (though in a strange case that would imply WrongGenreSavvy). She legitimately believes her actions will lead to a safer (and strict) Gotham City.
* ReallyGetsAround: At one point is seen in bed with two men.
* RichBitch: An unusual variation. She's NOT a snob, and actually does use her wealth to revitalize Gotham. The problem is that she's a murderous psycho willing to kill a lot of people to achieve her vision.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Her outfit has a lot of purple in it, including her cloak, and she's a prominent villain of Batgirl.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even Alysia (who has a low opinion of rich people) approves of her.
* VillainousBSOD: Is defeated by Batgirl when she sees a photo of her murdered family, with Barbara asking if she thinks they are watching and proud of her actions. The result leaves her breaking down in tears snd willingly giving herself up.
-->'''Knightfall:''' I thought, I thought we would…

[[folder:Lady Firefly]]
!!Lady Firefly
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Bridgit Pike
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #988, (November, 2018)
->''"Urr--That all you got, 'Dark Knight'? Sure you can pack a punch. But nothing's stronger than fire!"''

A female follower of Ted Carson, the second Firefly. She and Carson are hired by Kobra to kill Batman while he investigates a murder.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Of the animal alias variety.
* CanonImmigrant: Bridget Pike was created for the ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' TV series; first appearing in the episode ""Rise of the Villains: Scarification" (October 19, 2015).
* DistaffCounterpart: To Firefly.
* FireBreathingWeapon: There are two gauntlets built into Bridgit's suit. These gauntlets are capable of projecting powerful blasts of thermal energy. The flamethrowers were capable of burning a building down.
* JetPack: Bridgit's suit is equipped with a powerful jetpack. This jetpack allows her to propel herself into the air and hover if the situation requires it.
* {{Pyromaniac}}: Like everyone to adopt the Firefly identity, Bridgit Pike is a pyromaniac.
* TrickedOutGloves: There are two gauntlets built into Bridgit's suit. These gauntlets are capable of projecting powerful blasts of thermal energy. The flamethrowers are capable of burning a building down.

[[folder:Lady Shiva]]
-> See [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]]

[[folder:League of Assassins]]
-> See [[ Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]]

[[folder:Lock-Up]]
!!Lock-Up
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Lyle Bolton
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Robin'' (Vol 2) #24 (January 1996)
->''"Justice is not letting you off on an insanity plea. Justice is seeing you in prison for life. No deals. No privileges. No parole."''
\\\
Once a security guard in Arkham Asylum, he became obsessed with keeping the criminals in the prison at all times. However, due to his abusive behavior towards the inmates he was fired from Arkham, as well as other private prisons and security jobs. He's a CanonImmigrant like Harley but less well known. Uses skills as a security guard to his advantage.

* AntiVillain: His main motivation is to capture other members of Batman's rogues gallery. During ''No Man's Land'', he was even recruited by Batman himself to keep some criminals in check.
* ArchEnemy: This incarnation of Bolton has actually fought Nightwing and Robin more than he's fought Batman.
* CanonImmigrant: He was originally created for ''Batman: The Animated Series'' and later brought into the comics. Fun fact: he actually transitioned ''before'' Harley Quinn.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Subverted, as unlike his BTAS counterpart, Bolton is not brought on as security chief of Arkham Asylum through the Wayne Foundation. Indeed, Bolton in this continuity is just a failed would-be cop who decided to become a VigilanteMan.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:With Cluemaster and a few other C-List villains, he helped orchestrate a plan that would exhaust Batman in the ''Batman Eternal'' special]].
* EscapeArtist: Not a skill he uses very often, but as seen in his debut storyline, he's an expert in locks and restraints who also knows how to defeat them if need be.
* HighHopesZeroTalent: Played with, as Bolton got his StartOfDarkness when he tried joining the GCPD, and at least ''physically'' was the ideal candidate, even boasting about how badly he beat a pair of detectives during their time together training when he was once arrested. But ''mentally'' was another matter, and he was rejected on the grounds of being too much of a BloodKnight.
* TheJailer: Obsessed with keeping all criminals imprisoned for all time.
* KnightTemplar: Is a fairly dangerous person in his own right, and takes more extreme measures than Batman would ever do to fight crime.
* LawmanBaton: Carries a nightstick as one of his primary weapons.
* TheLeader: A minor one, but in story arcs where he's used his take-charge personality usually leads to the other villains following him. This happened when he was hiring to work security for an underground fighting ring (leading to a {{Crossover}} between Batman and Wildcat) and again when ran Blackgate Prison during ''No Man's Land''.
* LightningBruiser: In his first few appearances, he was specifically written as being faster than his large size would indicate (though not as fast as Nightwing). He lost this aspect as his decay set in.
* MeaningfulName: The guy obsessed with locks is named '''Bolt'''on.
* MotiveDecay: Along with his Villain Decay detailed below, he also experienced this, to the point where he eventually stopped trying to imprison super-villains altogether and just started working with them as a generic C-list bad guy in the background.
* OrderIsNotGood: He's definitely on Order's side in the battle of OrderVersusChaos (even telling Batman once that Gotham's chaos will only bend to "terminal order"), but he's also definitely not a protagonist.
* PassionIsEvil: Ironically in light of his stated dedication to order, his actual personality is much more impulsive and chaotic. It was his passion for locking up criminals that led him to get disqualified from being a cop to begin with, and after becoming a vigilante he goes JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope with it.
* PetTheDog: Interestingly had one moment when, after capturing Robin in his disguise as young hood Alvin Draper, he brought back Chinese for his prisoners. It's a small thing, but not something the hyper-sadist BTAS Lock-Up would ever have been caught doing.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: He put [=KGBeast=] to work after the latter's VillainDecay set in, and also recruited the Trigger Twins and a weedy stool pigeon to help him run Blackgate during ''No Man's Land''. Ironically, Batman recruited '''him''' for the post.
* {{Sadist}}: His big first appearance in the comics? Tried to drown many people at once.
* ShouldersOfDoom: A mainstay of his costume.
* VillainDecay: In his debut appearance he was skilled enough to save Robin from Charaxes and later beat the former in a fight and kidnapped him. Later appearances just had him be a big lummox who would charge like a bull at Robin or Nightwing and get effortlessly beaten.
* VillainHasAPoint: At least initially, when his goal was the same as his BTAS counterpart (which was discussed in a talk between Batman and Nightwing). Later he lost this element as he decayed into generic D-list villainy.
* WardensAreEvil: During his time as Blackgate's warden during ''No Man's Land'', he plotted to drown all the inmates rather than let Nightwing set them free. '''Again'''.
* WouldHurtAChild: Or lock them up in his prison at least, given that's exactly what he does to Robin in his Alvin Draper disguise.

[[folder:The Mad Hatter I]]
!!The Mad Hatter I
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Jervis Tetch
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #49 (October 1948)
->''"You are trying to understand madness with logic. This is not unlike searching for darkness with a torch."''
\\\
Jervis Tetch, a man of short stature and large head, went through his life friendless, becoming a scientist and experimenting with technology, specifically that of mind control. His psychosis is a mix of paranoid schizophrenia and manic depression, all of this centering on his fascination with both hats and ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''. Using his technology, Tetch turned to a life of crime as the Mad Hatter, inserting his devices into headgear in order to turn unwitting victims into his slaves. His technology has advanced to a point that where not only can he put his mind-control devices into almost anything (free meal tickets, Walkmans, etc.), but he is now able to miniaturize his technology to a point of simulating telepathic hypnosis/mind control.

The Mad Hatter is possibly one of the strangest Bat-Rogues ever (which is saying something). Throughout his tenure, Tetch has been subject to several redesigns in both appearance and personality; he has gone from average height to quite short to an actual dwarf and has been a goofy thief, a scheming mastermind and a creepy pedophile-esque kidnapper. He's gotten a lot more serious in the comics and has proven to be a formidable and unpredictable opponent.

The [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries animated series]] turned Tetch into a criminal through his obsession for a co-worker (fittingly named Alice), swearing vengeance on Batman when he foiled his plans to be with her (read as "hypnotize her boyfriend and stalk her"). [[MotiveDecay This motivation went away though]] as the Hatter soon became another common thief. Still, he had a good run and several good episodes.

Incidentally, few people remember that his debut comic, ''Batman'' #49, also featured the debut of Vicki Vale.

* AliceAllusion: The Mad Hatter is obsessed with finding "his" Alice, who likely isn't much more than a figment of his insane imaginings. He leads a team of super-criminals themed after the ''Alice'' books called the Wonderland Gang.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: He's prone to putting his gear in his hats, so taking whichever one he's wearing (or his victims are wearing) used to be a surefire way to break his mind control. Nowadays, he's got more variety in his toys, so messing with his hats [[BerserkButton just pisses him off.]]
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' touch his hat.
* BizarreTasteInFood: Puts hats on his food before eating them.
* CargoShip: Played with. While he's not directly attracted to hats, he isn't interested in women if they don't have hats on.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: While he is often visually based on the original illustrations, for a while Tetch was patterned to look like ''Music/TomPetty'', who famously looked close enough that he did a video as the Carroll Mad Hatter.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass:
** He singlehandedly crushed the ComicBook/DoomPatrol in ''ComicBook/SecretSix''.
** During ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', Tetch's mind control tech was pivotal in Darkseid's domination of earth. For comparison, characters like ''[[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]'' were press-ganged into being part of Darkseid's tech team. Hatter was too useful.
* DepravedDwarf: Which is to say, both [[DependingOnTheArtist his height]] and level of insanity [[DependingOnTheWriter vary wildly]]. Gail Simone writes an especially creepy one.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As a young man, Jervis lived in a boarding house owned by Ella Littleton. There he befriended Ella's daughter, Connie Littleton, and her friends in her high school. A few years later, Connie became pregnant. Fearing the reaction of her extremely strict mother, Connie lied to her and claimed she had been raped by someone on her school's baseball team. Ella approached Tetch for help and convinced him that the Gotham Hawks were "bad kids". Tetch agreed to use his mind control technology on a member of the team, making him use a pipe bomb to kill the other players. Although this was Tetch's first known criminal act, his involvement in the locker room bombing would not be discovered until years later.
* EvilBrit: He is obsessed with the writings of British author Creator/LewisCarroll, and has based his identity off of the Hatter character appearing in ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' and the story's sequel ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass''. His depiction in TAS have the Hatter speaking in a posh accent that's not quite British nor American.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He fancies himself as a QuintessentialBritishGentleman, but in reality, he's a cold-hearted criminal.
* GadgeteerGenius: Builds fully-functional mind control devices that fit inside hats.
* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: Uses his mind control devices on himself, to the point he's addicted to his own hats' euphoric options.
* TheGimmick: [[ShapedLikeItself He likes hats, and does hat crimes.]]
* {{Gonk}}: Most current artists depict him as, like the Tenniel illustrations, having [[BritishTeeth a very large and crooked overbite]], with a nose to match.
* HypnoTrinket: All manner of devices really, though the most common would be some form of hat.
* InformedAttribute: According to Joker in ''Batman: Cacophany'', Tetch tried to convince Joker to get it on with him for years whenever they're locked up. However, Mad Hatter in the vast majority of his appearances has never shown much, if any, interest in men and mostly goes after a real woman named Alice, or DependingOnTheWriter, women who he thinks can be his Alice. And seeing how Joker is an UnreliableNarrator, it's not clear if Tetch [[AmbiguouslyBi really is attracted to the Joker, wants to experiment with Joker due to sheer lack of access to any woman he perceives as Alice, or Joker made it up and it's all in his head.]]
* LetsGetDangerous: You'd think that he's completely ineffective in combat. Hoo-boy, would you be wrong.
* TheLeader: Occasionally leads a group called the Wonderland Gang, featuring members like the Tweedles or the Carpenter.
* LivingDollCollector: He sometimes kidnaps blonde girls and uses his mind control technology to force them to play at being Alice.
* TheMadHatter: Oddly enough, ''{{subverted|Trope}}''. He's often depicted as [[IJustWantToBeNormal struggling with his mental illness]], and dislikes having it mentioned.
* MasterOfIllusion: His skill is using his mind control technology to create vivid hallucinations - a likely reference to rumors that Lewis Carroll wrote the ''Alice'' books under the influence of hallucinogenic substances.
* MadScientist: He personally invented all of his mind control technology.
* MeaningfulName: "Tetch" is a variation of "touch", as in "touched in the head".
* MoreThanMindControl: Some of Tetch's schemes have become very elaborate through this trope.
* NeverFoundTheBody: In ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' #526, the Hatter is so spooked by Batman that he runs right into the path of an oncoming train to get away from him. All that Batman can find is his hat, however, and several issues later Tetch showed up hale and hearty, the explanation for his survival being that he jumped onto a nearby truck just in time.
* OddFriendship: DependingOnTheWriter he has this type of relationship with The Penguin. More frequently, with The Scarecrow.
* OffWithHisHead: He actually utters this line in his very first appearance, appropriately holding an axe twice as tall as he is.
* PsychopathicManchild: Given how his whole gimmick is literally a children's book, it's not that surprising that Tetch is not a mature person.
* ReluctantPsycho: As mentioned above, he doesn't enjoy his insanity, he suffers through every second of it.
* RhymesOnADime: In ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'', he starts speaking in rhyme [[MadnessMantra as a coping mechanism]] when he feels threatened.
* SlippingAMickey: Expect the Hatter's tea to always be laced with something.
* SpeaksInShoutOuts: Creator/LewisCarroll quotations, when written by Jeph Loeb.
* StartOfDarkness: As a young man, Jervis lived in a boarding house owned by Ella Littleton. There he befriended Ella's daughter, Connie Littleton, and her friends in her high school. A few years later, Connie became pregnant. Fearing the reaction of her extremely strict mother, Connie lied to her and claimed she had been raped by someone on her school's baseball team. Ella approached Tetch for help and convinced him that the Gotham Hawks were "bad kids". Tetch agreed to use his mind control technology on a member of the team, making him use a pipe bomb to kill the other players. Although this was Tetch's first known criminal act, his involvement in the locker room bombing would not be discovered until years later.
* WouldHurtAChild: DarkerAndEdgier depictions of the Hatter, such as ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'', show the Hatter to be a pedophile (likely a reference to rumors that cropped up about Lewis Carroll being one as well).

[[folder:The Mad Hatter II]]
!!The Mad Hatter II/Hatman
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #230 (April 1956)
->''"Batman! Glad you're using your head for something besides a hatrack..."''

After the original Mad Hatter had been sent to Arkham following his debut, a very different Mad Hatter appeared, who claimed to be Jervis Tetch. Unlike the original, was sane and sported a gaudy mustache. He was primarily a thief, apparently obsessed with completing his private collection of hats from all nations, cultures, and historical periods. This new Mad Hatter, like his predecessor, quickly became an enemy of Batman and Robin. The headgear he wanted most was, of course, Batman's cowl. In numerous attempts, he tried to de-cowl Batman. After many tries, he was successful, after spraying the cowl with a radioactive substance causing Batman to remove it. No sooner did the Mad Hatter put it in his collection than Batman and Robin arrive. They had traced the cowl with their "super sensitive Geiger counter" in the Batplane. When the real Jervis Tetch returned, he claimed to have killed his impostor, but the fake Mad Hatter reappeared alive again. He ended up being beaten by Batman and sent to Arkham.

After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the impostor returned to crime under the name "Hatman" and presided over an underworld auction which was raided by new Batman and Robin. After Flashpoint, a person who looks like the Imposter Mad Hatter, was seen as Arkham inmate.

This Mad Hatter was the one used in the [[Series/Batman1966 sixties show]]. He appeared in only four episodes, all of them making use of his hypnotic machinery and showcasing his desire to add Batman's cowl to his collection of hats.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: Collects rare and valuable hats. Wants to add Batman's cowl to his collection.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Not dead so much as [[ComicBookLimbo missing]], but this redheaded [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] counterpart apparently [[CostumeCopycat stole the original Hatter's identity and M.O. for a time]].
* FireBreathingWeapon: His WeaponizedHeadgear has included a fireman's helmet with a miniature flamethrower built in.
* {{Idiosyncrazy}}: All of his crimes are based around the themes of hats and headgear.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: The second Mad Hatter uses weaponized hats, such as straw boaters with buzzsaw brims, a fireman's helmet that shoots blinding smoke, etc.

[[folder:Madame Zodiac]]
!!Madame Zodiac
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Marissa (last name unknown)
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman Family'' #17 (May 1978)
->''" The tarot symbolizes all aspects of life. The suits serve as representations of our inner truths."''

Madame Zodiac is a witch and fortune teller of uncertain motivations. Sometimes she appears seeking power for herself, and at other times she acts as a 'crime broker' for other criminals. She herself states he "works both sides of the street too often to socialize with either one". Her various schemes have brought into conflict with members of the Bat Family.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Her exact motivations are never clear.
* BlackMagic: Definitely dabbles on the darker side of the occult. She once broke into the Pentagon and used the building's geometrical structure to augment her own mystic powers.
* TheBusCameBack: After appearing to die in ''World's Finest'' #288 (Feb. 1983), Madame Zodiac disappeared for 27 years before returning in ''ComicBook/Trinity2008''.
* EvilSorceress: Not always evil, but certainly self-serving and unconcerned about the effect her magic has on others.
* TheHeartless: A dark entity separated Madame Zodiac's personality in two, one evil and one good. Her evil side allied with the dark entity and the good personality was locked away.
* HotWitch: Even dressing with a NavelDeepNeckline.
* NavelDeepNeckline: Her modern costume sports this look.
* SplitPersonalityMerge: After her personality was split into her good and evil sides, her good side was locked away. Superman and Dr. Zodiac released the good side and forced them to become one again.

[[folder:Man-Bat]]
!!Man-Bat
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Dr. Robert Kirkland Langstrom
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #400 (June 1970)
->''"Dear God. Is this what I have become? More animal than man. When will the surrender be complete?"''

A happily married scientist, Kirk Langstrom decided to experiment with bats to create a serum that would fix his deafness, but ended up turning himself into a human bat monster, a literal Batman. As Man-Bat Dr. Langstrom can be anything from a dangerous animal Batman has to put down, to a unconventional ally in protecting Gotham.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: The Post-Crisis account of Man-Bat's backstory in the 39th issue of ''Secret Origins'' establishes that Kirk Langstrom and Bruce Wayne originally met as children and that Bruce was subconsciously inspired to create the Batcave as his base of operations from hearing Kirk's story of being lost in a cave when he was younger and surviving by hanging with a hidden race of bat-people. The story also establishes that a pre-transformation Kirk Langstrom had lost a bat he experimented on by using wax to block its ears and disable its sonar, implied to be the same bat that crashed through Bruce Wayne's window and inspired him to don the guise of Batman.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Man-Bat is basically DC's version of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan the Lizard]], both characters being scientists who mutated themselves into humanoid animals as a side effect of attempting to cure themselves of a disability.
* AnimalisticAbomination: Man-Bat serum plus SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic plus an EldritchAbomination whispering in his ear results in this in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark''.
* BabiesEverAfter: Across the pre-Crisis era to Rebirth, Langstrom has had two kids. The sliding timescales and retcons changed the oldest to be born before his accident, but his most recent -- Aaron -- was explicitly born with his mutated DNA.
* BadassFamily: The Man-Bat family, at least when directed towards the side of the angels. Since everyone in his family has been exposed to the Man-Bat serum at some point, they all have the potential to shift and lay a beating on anyone who threatens them.
* BatPeople: Following his transformation, he becomes a humanoid bat-monster with misshapen arm-wings.
* DoomMagnet: Not only has Dr. Langstrom been turned into a bat-monster, his wife and son been turned into bat monsters at different times.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Back in the day he was given his own series where he would fight the Ten-Eyed Man. You can see why it ended after only two issues. He would get another three issue mini-series written by Creator/ChuckDixon in 1996.
* {{Flight}}: One of the few advantages he has over his heroic counterpart.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Dr. Langstrom has gotten control of his mutated form several times, becoming an ally of Batman, but tends to end up losing control whenever a writer wants him to be a monster. He spends about as much time as a hero as he does a threat, overall.
* HeroicNeutral: Even when in control of himself, Langstrom is consistently more interested in protecting his family than other people. Can reach KnightInSourArmor levels, if he feels sufficiently forced into helping out.
** Averted in ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark, where he is excited and determined to prove that he has more to offer the world than occasionally losing control, transforming into a bat-monster, and trying to eat Batman. This might be more reassuring if he didn't have a bat-like head at the time (having discovered a formula that balances his human mind with a toned down variation on the benefits of the serum).
* LegacyCharacter: Not exactly, as no one has ever permanently supplanted Langstorm, but a surprising number of people (from his wife, to his daughter, to Ubu to about a third of Gotham's population) have at various times been turned into half-bat monsters using his formula.
* MadScientist: Mostly Averted early on, but flanderization has made him into this [[DependingOnTheWriter on occasion]].
* MagicPants: Whenever Dr. Langstrom transforms it rips his shirt to give room for his wings, but his pants are always fine.
* NotAMask: Batman mistook him for wearing a disguise in their first encounter, to which Kirk responded by running in tears while stating he ''wished'' his mutant bat form was only a disguise.
* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: He's endearingly fascinated by magic when working on Wonder Woman's version of the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark, and despite all the - admittedly understandable - skepticism about giving a man who turned himself into a monstrous Man-Bat access to magic, he proves to be surprisingly adept at it by treating it like a very esoteric science. While he's not casting magic in combat, this methodical approach allows him to break the enchantment on [[ComicBook/DoctorFate Khalid Nassour.]]
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Dr. Langstrom is an ordinary human, Man-Bat can give Batman a decent fight. How evil and out of control he is varies, however. Then there was the magic-influenced serum he dosed up on after a monster whispered in his ear when he was part of the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark...
* TragicMonster: He was just trying to improve his hearing, but ended becoming a monster instead.
* ZombieApocalypse: In one storyline, Kirk's condition became [[TheVirus infectious]].

[[folder:Magpie]]
!!Magpie
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[[caption-width-right:250:New 52]]
!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Margaret Pye
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Man of Steel'' (Vol 1) #3 (November 1986)
->''"Look at all my shiny things. Bits and baubles that twinkle in the moonlight."''

Magpie is a jewel thief who specifically targets jewels named after birds and then replaces them with booby-trapped replicas. Her codename comes from the magpie, which, in folklore, is attracted to bright, shiny objects. Taking a job as a museum curator, she is slowly driven mad surrounded by the beautiful things she so loves but can never own.

* EightiesHair: Has an oh so 80's trihawk/mullet hairdo pre-Flashpoint (Which was actually a wig). Post-Flashpoint her appearance is altered to resemble her much more modern design in ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman''.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Of the Animal Alias' variety; she has no animal powers.
* AlasPoorVillain: Played with in her first appearance. Batman and Superman both feel bad for her after they stop her, but they feel worse for all the people she killed.
** When [[spoiler:she's killed by Thylacine]] during ''Suicide Squad 2019'' both Deadshot and Harley Quinn express sadness at her death.
* BackFromTheDead: Magpie is one of the many villains raised from the dead in Gotham City to join the new Black Lantern Corps as zombies during Blackest Night.
* BadBoss: She rivals the Joker in terms of being willing to randomly kill henchmen.
* BoobyTrap: Magpie leaves behind booby-trapped replicas of the items she steals.
* ButtMonkey: In each continuity and reboot, her function is to regularly get herself killed by the GreaterScopeVillain.
* DefeatByModesty: Inverted in the second appearance. Robin accidentally pulled down her top during a fight which gave Magpie a chance to escape and activate her DeathTrap while he was looking away.
* DemonicPossession: In Arkham Asylum, Magpie joined Poison Ivy during an escape attempt, but they ended up in one of Arkham's cellars, where Ivy accidentally broke a ward that had been drawn to contain the Scarva. In the ensuing chaos, Ivy and Magpie were both possessed by demons and transformed into monstrous versions of themselves.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Magpie is obsessed with antique jewelry and wants to have it all to herself.
* GadgeteerGenius: Capable of creating deadly versions of the artifacts she steals.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Posed as maid to steal a necklace from an event being hosted by Bruce Wayne.
* KillerOutfit: Magpie leaves behind booby-trapped replicas of the items she steals. This has included a choker that [[SlashedThroat slit the throat]] of the woman wearing it.
* MeaningfulName: A woman named Margaret Pye who is obsessed with stealing shiny things.
* PsychopathicWomanChild: Has a tendency to fly into tantrums when her schemes are thwarted.
* RetCanon: Her appearance in the ComicBook/New52 and ComicBook/DCRebirth era is based on her appearance in ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman''.
* StockingFiller: Magpie's costume includes fishnets.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Calls herself Magpie and happens to be named Margaret Pye.
* ThisIsGoingToSuck: During the 2019 ''Suicide Squad'' run, she can't help but point out how out of her depth she is.
* TriangularShades: Her original costume sported a pair of these.
* VillainousBreakdown: Magpie has one of these after being captured in both her major appearances in the '80s.
* WolverineClaws: The ComicBook/New52 and ComicBook/DCRebirth era Magpie could extend her nails into a set of strong sharp claws.

[[folder:March Hare/Harriet]]
!!March Hare/Harriet
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Harriet Pratt
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Harley Quinn'' (Vol 3) #22 (August 2017)
->''"You don't belong here. Don't make mad as a March Hare."''

Harriet Pratt was a British small-time con artist and occasional escort. She was eventually recruited into The Wonderland Gang by Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Following this, she has shown up working with the Mad Hatter.

* AliceAllusion: Is themed after the March Hare in ''Alice in Wonderland''.
* AnimalEaredHeadband: Wears [[WeaponizedHeadgear large hare ears]] which can emit a powerful [[ShockAndAwe electric shock]] to nearby targets.
* BodyguardBabes: Serves in this role to the Mad Hatter.
* BritsLoveTea: Being both British and a partner of the Mad Hatter, Harriet enjoys a tea party.
* CombatStilettos: High-heeled boots are part of her costume.
* ConArtist: Was this before becoming a supervillain.
* EpicFlail: Her ''Webcomic/LilGotham'' counterpart uses a [[GadgetWatch weighted pocket watch]] on a long chain as a flail.
* GadgetWatches: Her ''Webcomic/LilGotham'' counterpart uses a weighted pocket watch on a long chain as an EpicFlail.
* HandCannon: Often totes a ridiculously large handgun.
* PlayboyBunny: Her March Hare costume greatly resembles a Playboy bunny outfit. According to her origin story in ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'', she actually ''did'' get the costume when employed at the mansion of an adult magazine mogul.
* ShockAndAwe: Wears [[WeaponizedHeadgear large hare ears]] which can emit a powerful electric shock to nearby targets.
* {{Stripperific}}: Dresses in a PlayboyBunny outfit.
* StockingFiller: Has worn both fishnets and thigh-highs in different versions of her costume.
* SupervillainPackingHeat: Often carries a HandCannon as a personal weapon.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: Wears large hare ears which can emit a powerful [[ShockAndAwe electric shock]] to nearby targets.

[[folder:Master Bruce]]
!!Master Bruce
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Matthew Warner
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' (Vol 3) #38 (March 2018)
-->''"You don't know anything! When my mommy and daddy died, I never felt pain like it! My parents died for this city! I watched them die! Oh God, Oh God! I will never forget it! Never! I'm Master Bruce, and I will never stop fighting for the light! For Gotham! For mommy and daddy!"''

The son of a board member for Wayne Enterprises, Matthew idolized Bruce Wayne, a habit encouraged by both his father and his butler Mr. Taylor who went so far as to call Matthew "Master Bruce". Matthew realized that the death of Bruce Wayne's parents is what turned him from an IdleRich man to a philanthropist and decided he needed that kind of drive in his life too. Unfortunately, his adoration for Bruce Wayne made him [[MurderIsTheBestSolution take that line of thought to its logical conclusion]] making him an enemy of Batman.

* BattleButler: "Battle" may be an overstatement but considering how he can copy the MO of Victor Zsasz, Taylor must have ''some'' fighting skills and a willingness to use them.
* TheButlerDidIt: Taylor was the one who carried out the murders on his behalf and was willing to take the blame for them, if someone hadn't compared his loyalty to Alfred's Batman would have believed him.
* DramaticIrony: Having convinced himself that he now knows exactly how it feels to be Bruce Wayne, he tells Batman that he can't possibly understand that.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: He killed his parents and several other people in order to become like Bruce Wayne.
* EnfantTerrible: His intentions were good, in a matter of speaking, but the way they turned out, well... read the rest of this entry.
* EvilCounterpart: He and Taylor are this to Bruce Wayne and Alfred.
* FacialHorror: Matthew carved Thomas and Martha's names on his cheeks.
* IronicEcho: When Batman confronts him he responds with things Bruce Wayne told him in an earlier conversation.
* LastDisrespects: He also carved Thomas and Martha's names on his parents' graves.
* LoonyFan: And you thought Hush had an unhealthy fixation with Bruce Wayne.
* SelfMadeOrphan: He just wanted to be like his hero, Bruce Wayne.
* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: Taylor tries to cover the murders by using the MO's of Two-Face and Victor Zsasz, for extra irony the latter's parents were among the victims.
* ShadowArchetype: He's what would happen if Bruce Wayne himself was a Batman villain. [[StartOfDarkness The story he first appears in is called]] [[DoubleMeaningTitle "The Origin of Bruce Wayne".]]
** He's also one to Hush, being the WellIntentionedExtremist KnightTemplar to Hush's Supervillain.
* UndyingLoyalty: Taylor is as loyal to his master as Alfred is to Batman, ironically this is what clues Batman in to the fact that Taylor is taking the fall for Matthew.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: More than even other “Anti-Batmen” such as Bane and Hush, Matthew’s actions and behavior greatly disquiet Bruce, most likely because he sees quite a bit of that same darkness within himself.

[[folder:"Maxie" Zeus]]
!!Maximilian "Maxie" Zeus
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #483 (May 1979)
->''"Who dares mock the mighty father of gods? Who defies the mighty Zeus? Who? Who?"''

This deranged, Greek-descended crime boss believes himself to be the modern incarnation of the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek god]] Zeus. He used to be a mild-mannered history teacher, but lost his wife and his sanity in an undisclosed incident. Amidst all the chaos caused by the other insane Bat-villains, he rose to power as one of Gotham's most colorful and cunning gang leaders. He was not only a foe of Batman alone, but also a prominent enemy of Batman's SuperTeam [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]].

* AncientGrome: DependingOnTheWriter. Maxie believes himself to be ''Zeus'', not Jupiter, but either has a tendency to conflate the two cultures' pantheons and traditions, or angrily correct those around him who do so by mistake.
* BigBad: Was one for ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders''.
* BoringButPractical: In one story, Maxie Zeus hires construction workers to build a copy of Ancient Rome. When one of the workers suggests building traps for the lion pit or using a lion that turns into a velociraptor to make things more interesting, Zeus refuses because he doesn't want his Ancient Rome to have anything the original one didn't. The worker comments that just a normal pit with a lion isn't scary and Zeus reacts by throwing the worker at the pit and daring him not to feel scared once the lion arrives.
* TheChessmaster: With his intelligence, he was able to build his gang among the chaos caused by Gotham's super-villains.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He started to become forgotten by DC's writers after ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' and ''One Year Later'', only coming back in Creator/KevinSmith's ''Cacophony'', where he got PutOnABus at the end of that story.
* DrivenToMadness: He lost his sanity in an [[NoodleIncident undisclosed incident]] where his wife died.
** In ''Cacophony'', he gains sanity after taking medication, but when ComicBook/TheJoker kills his nephew, Aesop, he is shocked back into insanity.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His nephew Aesop, whose death by ComicBook/TheJoker shocks him back into insanity. Also his daughter Madea, whom he once attempted to steal a 'golden fleece' for.
* AGodAmI: In this case, he believes himself to be a specific god, the Greek god Zeus. In ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'', he also develops messianic delusions.
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: In the ''Cacophony'' storyline, where he has taken meds for his insanity, he refers to "Maxie" as his deranged, insane self and "Maximilian" as his saner self.
* NapoleonDelusion: Believes himself to be the god Zeus.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Arkham Asylum's guards initially didn't put him in the maximum-security wing where the other Bat-rogues are because they didn't think he was as dangerous, despite Batman repeatedly telling them to do so. They were proven wrong when his team of metahumans called the "New Olympians" easily broke him out.
* PsychoElectro: In ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'', he becomes addicted to the asylum's electroshock treatment, which makes him even more insane.
* ThePsychoRangers: He "New Olympians" team was one for ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders.
* StaticStunGun: Carries a metal thunderbolt tthat is a disguised taser.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To King Tut from the [[Series/Batman1966 Adam West series]]. Both are former history teachers believing themselves to be godlike figures from history (King Tut and Zeus respectively).
* TookALevelInBadass: When some rogue Gods from ComicBook/WonderWoman's rogues gallery decided to use him as a conduit for [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly prayers]], they rewarded him with a decent amount of divine whoopass in return.
** His sole appearance in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' has him commanding an AirborneAircraftCarrier, the New Olympus, equipped with a truly massive DeathRay. And staffed by an entire army.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He was thought to be dead after he got involved in [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Ares]]' plot to turn Gotham into his capital over the world, but was eventually revealed to be alive and well for no revealed reason.
* UnnaturallyBlueLighting: His electrified cell in ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'' casts him in a cold blue light the entire time.
* VillainDecay: When Maxie Zeus was first introduced, he was presented as on par with the rest of the Bat Rogues. However, as time went on he started to be treated as more and more of a joke.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: For almost all of one storyline, where he tried to pass himself off as a legitimate shipping magnate after gaining sanity from medications. It didn't last because it was revealed to the public that he was selling a diluted version of Joker Venom as a party drug.

[[folder:Merrymaker]]
!!Merrymaker
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Byron Meredith
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' (Vol 2) #16 (March 2013)
->''"I understood the influence Joker has. Something that affects people, on an almost subconscious primal level. For most people--regular people--he inspires fear. For the less stable people--he simply inspires."''

Dr. Byron Merideth was a fanatical doctor at Arkham Asylum who used his own methods, including torture, to rehabilitate his patients. Eventually fired because of his extreme methods, Meredith opened a practice specializing in serving the Joker-obsessed. Eventually his patients became members of the League of Smiles, a gang that perpetrated violence all over Gotham City to honour the Joker by creating chaos. Creating the identity of the Merrymaker, he became the leader of the gang, but in reality he was using the chaos as a diversion so he could kill people he belived had wronged him.

* FakingTheDead: Merideth successfully faked his own death and began to develop his Merrymaker identity. Even his former patients didn't realize that they were being lead by their therapist.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Pretended to be as insane as the rest of the League of Smiles while actually using them as a cover for his real criminal intentions.
* PlagueDoctor: Merrymaker dresses like one.
* PsychoPsychologist: A psychiatrist who believes that torture is an efficient rehabilitation technique and who manipulates his patients into becoming murderers.
* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: Merrymaker used the chaos created by the League of Smiles to murder those he believed had wronged, such as his ex-wife and her lawyer, knowing the murders would be blamed on them.

[[folder:Midnight]]
!!Midnight
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' April Clarkson
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman: Gotham After Midnight'' #1 (July, 2008)
->''"Citizens of Gotham. It is the midnight hour! Prepare to be judged! Prepare to reveal what is hidden your black hearts!"''

Midnight is a serial killer who mostly targets the corrupt, often using drugged super-villains broken out of Arkham Asylum. As April Clarkson, she was a member of the GCPD, coming form a police family with good connections, which made confronting her on irregular paperwork and lying to the press a headache for Commissioner Gordon. She faked her own death at "Midnight"'s hands using the body of Karen Beckett in order to focus on her actions as Midnight.

* AndShowItToYou: The villain goes after people by ripping out their hearts; keeping the hearts in jars.
* DatingCatwoman: April Clarkson was romantically involved with Bruce Wayne.
* FakingTheDead: She faked her own death at "Midnight"'s hands using the body of Karen Beckett in order to focus on her actions as Midnight.
* KillerCop: April Clarkson is a lieutenant of the Gotham PD turned vigilante serial killer.
* OneSteveLimit: Midnight is a name that has been used by several heroes in The DCU.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Midnight targets those she considers to be corrupt.
* SamusIsAGirl: The Midnight costume makes April look like a man.
* SerialKiller: Midnight is a serial killer who mostly targets the corrupt.
* VigilanteMan: Midnight is a serial killer who mostly targets the corrupt.

[[folder:Mime]]
!!Mime
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Camilla Ortin
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #412 (October 1987)

Camilla Ortin is the daughter of a fireworks salesman who grew a disdain of loud noises after the death of her parents in a fireworks factory explosion.
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* DelinquentHair: She arranges her hair in a mohawk.
* ElectiveMute: She can speak, she just doesn't do it often.
* EnemyMime: She's a woman dressed as a mime who's also a criminal.
* OneSteveLimit: The Mime was also the name of one of the major villains in ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock''.
* TheQuietOne: Camilla Ortin seldom speaks, which leads people to think she is mute.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Her costume is colored magenta.

[[folder:Miracle Molly]]
!!Miracle Molly
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Mary Kowalski
!!!'''First Appearance:'''' ''Batman'' (Vol 3) #106 (May 2021)
->''"When the truth is that happiness is always fleeting. If you stop chasing it, that you can enjoy it when it comes."''

Member of the Unsanity Collective and the technician of the group.

* AntiVillain: She might be a criminal and an anarchist, but she's not a killer (intentionally at least), and wants people to escape what she sees are the shackles and confines of society.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Not out of abuse or negligence, but her husband Matsuda simply did not understand the pressure she felt from her family and in-laws, and how much she disliked her SoulCrushingDeskJob at Helios Robotics.
* BoxedCrook: In ''Batman: Urban Legends'' Lady Shiva has her released from prison to aid her in tracking a meta-human.
* CrazySane: Which is why she became a part of Unsanity Collective. She's not exactly insane, but she's far from normal in her new way of thinking.
* {{Cyborg}}: Besides her electronic eye, she appears to have other modifications that allow her to use her eye in full.
* DoNotCallMePaul: She refuses to answer by her previous name of Mary Kowalski.
* ElectronicEye: She replaced her left eye with a bionic eye she designed herself.
* EnemyMine: She and the Unsanity Collective end up having to ally themselves with Batman and his allies against Simon Saint and [[PoliceState The Magistrate]].
* FreudianExcuse: Molly was a robotics designer stuck at a SoulCrushingDeskJob and in an apathetic marriage, and when she tried to assert herself, she was fired and all her work was going to be confiscated. And when she tried to get it back, she snapped and knocked out her sleazy boss. With nowhere to turn to, she joined the Unsanity Collective, erased her memories and became Miracle Molly.
* IJustWantToBeFree: The words of Master Wyze about the constrains and expectations of society and her failure to fit in with everyone else is what made her abandon everything about her past life and embrace being Miracle Molly.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: She voluntarily erased her memory of her life as Mary Kowalski to free herself from all the constrains and expectations she felt society wanted for her.
* ShutUpHannibal: Knocks out an injured Jonathan Crane so he doesn't distract her while she's disarming his fear bomb with his ranting about fear.
* ThatManIsDead: She refuses to answer by her previous name of Mary Kowalski.

[[folder:Mirage]]
!!Mirage
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Kerry Austin
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #511 (February 1982)
->''"Take a good look. I'm the last thing you two will see before you die."''

Mirage uses a gem that causes people to see elaborate illusions. He commits crimes while his victims are occupied fighting against these illusions.
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* CListFodder: Mirage was supposedly KilledOffForReal ([[ImAHumanitarian and then eaten]]) by Bruno Mannheim during ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. However, several other characters killed during ''52'' have turned up alive post-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', so he may be back.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Once used shards of his shattered gem to fashion a pair of illusion-projecting contact lenses which he used to escape from prison.
* InTheHood: He wears a hood with a mask.
* KilledOffForReal: Had his had bashed in Bruno Mannheim during ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', Mannheim the sent his body to the kitchen to be prepared for [[ImAHumanitarian him to eat]].
* MasterOfIllusion: Mirage can create believable illusions in the minds of the people around him by using a gem of unknown origin.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: His costume is two shades of orange.
* SuperWristGadget: Projects illusions from a gem mounted on a wristband.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mirror Man]]
!!Mirror Man
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Floyd Ventris
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #213 (November 1954)
->''"Mirror, mirror, on the wall-- Who's the smartest crook of all?"''

Floyd Ventris was a criminal convicted to seven years at the Gotham State Penitentiary. During his first day, he broke a mirror and he took one of the shards with him, which he used to distract the guards on his escape attempt. Ventris was successful and escaped prison thanks to the mirror shard, which was his motivation to learn everything about mirrors and start a crime wave with mirrors as his main motif.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Ventriss doesn't wear a costume as such, but dresses in a black suit with a red Kentucky tie, and a light blue trenchcoat.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears a light blue trenchcoat as part of his usual attire.
* BaldOfEvil: Mirror Man is one of the few members of Batman's rogues gallery to be completely bald.
* BigOlEyebrows: Atop his ScaryShinyGlasses.
* {{Idiosyncrazy}}: His crimes centre around, and involve the use of, mirrors.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Mirror Man's eyes are concealed behind reflective glasses.
* ScaryTeeth: Mirror Man's crooked uneven teeth are a major part of his distinctive look.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Monarch of Menace]]
!!Monarch of Menace
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Unknown
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #350 (April, 1966)
->''"Ha-ha-ha! Do you really think you are going to catch me, 'peasant'?"''

The Monarch of Menace is a royal-themed crook who has been able to pull off heists and able to keep Batman at bay with his various gadgets. In the earliest days of Batman’s career, the Monarch of Menace represented the Dark Knight’s only failure, being the first criminal ever to defeat Batman and leave Gotham with a fortune in stolen goods. Years later, however, the Monarch's teenage son tries to prove himself using his father's outfit in a crime spree. The young Monarch is defeated by Robin, while his father is lured out of hiding by Batman, who then finally defeats his old nemesis. The original Monarch later returns, but is once again in a scheme to defraud Gotham City when on learning that Batman will be away on an extended mission he teams up with Cluemaster, Bouncer and Spellbinder and claims they have captured Batman and will kill him unless they pay a huge ransom.
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* ArsenalAttire: The Monarch's ermine cape is equipped with a gas ejecting mechanism.
* TheBusCameBack: After last appearing in 1981, the Monarch returned in ''Harley Quinn's Villain of the Year'' #1 in 2020.
* LargeHam: Plays up being a king to the hilt.
* LegacyCharacter: The Monarch's son attempted to turn tthe Monarch of Menace into one, but failed miserably.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The real name of the Monarch of Menace, or that of his son, has never been revealed.
* OverlordJr: Monarch of Menace II was the son of the original who tried to impress his father by taking on his identity and defeating Batman and Robin. He failed miserably due to his clumsiness and lack of preparation.
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: The Monarch's costume includes a crown, an ermine cape and a sceptre, and his hideout usually incorporates a throne.
* StaticStunGun: The Monarch's scepter is an electrified staff he yses to stun opponents.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: The Monarch's crown has hypnotizing jewels mounted on it.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:The Monk]]
!!The Monk
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Niccolai Tepes
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Mad Monk, Richard Rallstone
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #31 (September 1939)
->''"You are misguided in pursuing me, "Bat-Man". You are mistaken to think your appearance frightens me. I have known crusaders such as you for centuries! Foolishly trying to purge what can never be eradicated!"''

The Monk, also known as the Mad Monk, is Batman's second recurring enemy after Dr. Death...and even more obscure.
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* BadHabits: He's generally not depicted as an ''actual'' monk or any other kind of man of the cloth.
* DisneyVillainDeath: At the conclusion of the 2006 ''Batman and the Mad Monk'' miniseries he is preparing for a final rooftop showdown with Batsy when lightning strikes the spear he's carrying, throwing him off the roof.
* FamousNamedForeigner: The Monk shares his names with possibly the two most famous Romanians who have ever lived: Nicolae Ceaușescu (albeit in an alternate Romanization of the first name) and UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler; And at least one of these has very strong connections to vampirism.
* KilledOffForReal: The original Golden Age version of the character was famously killed by Batman shooting him with a silver bullet as he slept in his coffin and never returned.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The Golden Age comic portrays him as an undeniably supernatural being. The ''Mad Monk'' retelling, on the other hand, plays it for deliberate ambiguity, leaving it open as to whether he's the entirely human leader of a blood cult who pretends to be a vampire as part of his image, or a true vampire. Batman thinks he's the former, but there's just enough wiggle room for him to be the latter.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Although he's more reminiscent of a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] than a vampire in some respects, and is heavily associated with them. His Golden Age version is particularly werewolf-like, being killed by a SilverBullet. (At the time, the idea of vampires and werewolves as separate or even rivalling entities hadn't really taken hold, being somewhat NewerThanTheyThink.)
* ThePowerOfBlood: The explanation for his coming to Gotham in ''Batman and the Mad Monk''. Apparently the bloodlines in his native lands are all too thin and weak for him now, so he's in Gotham to find stronger veins.
* Really700YearsOld: His exact age is never stated but a mural depicting his exploits over the centuries implies he's at least as old as Ra's al Ghul and possibly even older.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: He's even got ''a skull and crossbones'' on his mask for anyone who's still not convinced.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: There's no indication that the Golden Age Monk was anything more to Dala than her boss, but the Pre-Crisis Earth-One versions are siblings.
* SiblingsInCrime: When Gerry Conway introduced the Earth-One version of the Monk, he made the Monk's henchwoman Dala his sister.
* StarterVillain: He's canonically one of the earliest supervillains Batman ever fought, predating both the Joker and Catwoman.
* UndeathlyPallor: He's deathly pale under that hood of his.
* VampireHickey: Gives one to Julie Madison so Batman can realize who the mysterious "Niccolai Tepes" is.
* VampiresAreRich: He usurps the fortune of a Gotham dilettante traveling in Europe to establish himself stateside.
* VampiresSleepInCoffins: In both his original appearance and the 2006 retelling.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Strongly implied since he never leaves his castle lair.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Mr. Bloom]]
!!Mr. Bloom
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' (Vol 2) #43 (October 2015)
->''"This city is about to die. Happy Tuesday!"''

Mr. Bloom is a plant-like abomination that deals with high-tech seeds throughout the city. He antagonizes Jim Gordon during Gordon's brief stint as a police-sponsored Batman.
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* ArchEnemy: Bloom is the BigBad of the ''Superheavy'' arc and therefore, as Commissioner Maggie Sawyer says, Jim Gordon's very first supervillain in his Batman identity.
* ArcVillain: For the ''Superheavy'' storyline.
* ArmsDealer: Mr. Bloom is a superpower dealer, with each of his seeds giving its recipient a superpower when connected to their bloodstream.
* TheBlank: Bloom's mask completely covers his features, giving the impression of a blank face with a flower growing out of it.
* CreepyLongFingers: When using his powers, Bloom's fingers become unnaturally long and pointed; enough that he can impale his victims with their tips.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Bloom comes across as polite even while he murders everyone in the room.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Whoever Mr Bloom was originally, he was found in a pauper's grave. His creator isn't even sure which of the corpses he experimented on is the one where it worked.
* HumanoidAbomination: Formerly a normal human, Mr. Bloom is now a skeletal monstrosity capable of elongating his extremities to become deadly weapons. In the climax, he becomes even more inhuman, an enormous creature with many rootlike tentacles growing out of his body.
* LeanAndMean: Rail thin, dressed all in black and absolutely monstrous.
* LegacyCharacter: He turns out to be the second Mr Bloom, having taken the identity from the ReluctantMadScientist who created him, who intended to be a ''hero'' under that name.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Mr. Bloom has quasi-RubberMan powers that are portrayed in this way, with his extremities becoming elongates to the point where he can impale victims with his fingers.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Wears a blank white mask with a flower symbol emblazoned on it.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: As is usual in the Batman mythos: he's a plant-like drug dealing monster!
* PlayingWithFire: Bloom's superpower-granting seed gives him the ability to shoot fire from his hand.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: He's very difficult to kill and can heal most wounds.
* RubberMan: Mr. Bloom can extend his extremities to great lengths, impaling victims with his elongated fingers; this isn't portrayed as him being "rubbery" as in traditional uses of the superpower, but rather like him extending his ''bones'' under the skin.
* ShockAndAwe: In addition to his elongation powers, Bloom's body can produce lethal amounts of electricity thanks to his electromagnetic seeds.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: When using his powers, Bloom can become large enough to pin Gordon to the ground with his oversized foot, and (in the climax of the arc) become a gigantic monstrosity as tall as a building.
* TheSocialDarwinist: In his climactic MotiveRant, Bloom says that he sees Gotham as a garden, where nature has been tamed into submission, and that his motivation for selling superpowers is to turn Gotham from a garden into a "wild, bloody meadow", with everyone out for themselves.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mr. Freeze]]
-> See [[Characters/BatmanMrFreeze Mr. Freeze]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mr. Toxic]]
!!Mr. Toxic
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Hugh Marder
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' (Vol 2) #6, (April 2012)
->''" For killing thousands? Hundreds of thousands? You won't. I will take full responsibility for any collateral damage that may result from my actions. I need to be repaired at any cost!"''

Mister Toxic appeared as a low level criminal at the Iceberg Casino, but later turned out to be an unstable clone of Hugh Marder, the CEO of Mecha-North Corp., a recent acquisition of Wayne Enterprises, requiring his special suit to keep himself alive.
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* CloneDegeneration: Is an unstable clone of Hugh Marder.
* ContainmentClothing: Requires his special suit to keep himself alive.
* PoisonousPerson: Mister Toxic is capable of releasing a dark red gas at will.
* ShockAndAwe: Mister Toxic is able to generate electricity and shoot it at his target.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mr. Whisper]]
!!Mr. Whisper
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Manfred Wicker
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #6 (April 1990)
->''"As you can see, I've gone to some trouble to prepare a suitably elaborate death for you. I trust you'll appreciate my efforts."''

Mr. Whisper is an unkillable sociopath that appears in "Batman Gothic". He is a fallen monk that made a deal with Lucifer for 300 years of immortality.
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* TheAgeless: Did not age after making his DealWithTheDevil, despite being alive for more than 300 years.
* DealWithTheDevil: His origin story. He tries to weasel out of the deal by arranging a ritual to purge himself of sin, but fails. [[spoiler:When he tries for one last victim to offer to Lucifer to extend the deal, it turns out she's the fallen angel himself.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: A group of mobsters bands together to stop his murders of children. [[spoiler:Lucifer also finds him disgusting.]]
* EvilTeacher: He was the headmaster of a school that Bruce attended as a child. He used this position as an opportunity to murder children.
* FaithHeelTurn: He was once a pious monk who was tempted into depravity.
* FauxAffablyEvil: While he acts like a polite scholar, he is really a sociopath who has murdered countless people.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:The instant Lucifer swings by to collect his due, this guy falls to his knees and begs God for help. Lucifer mocks him for this.]]
* HateSink: He murders children, ran rape camps in monasteries, planned on killing Bruce as a child, and is so vile that even mobsters banded together to stop him. With almost no redeeming traits to be seen, Whisper is so evil that compared to him, Joe Chill of all people comes across as a Saint.
* MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler:The pretty DamselInDistress he tries to kill at the end turns out to be Lucifer, out for his blood.]]
* {{Pride}}: Explicitly referred to as his fatal flaw.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He kills the mobsters that tried to kill him twenty years ago.
* VillainsWantMercy: When he finally fails and Lucifer comes to collect his soul, Wicker immediately starts praying for Christ to come save him, a lowly act [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Lucifer finds disgusting.]]
* WickedCultured: He has a tendency to quote the works of romantic poets before killing someone.
* WouldHurtAChild: He murders children to preserve his life.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Network]]
!!The Network
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman: Family'' #1 (December 2002)
->''"I want to know everything there is to know about the Batman. We cannot let him interfere with our work again."''
-> Athena

A mysterious organization of experienced criminals that came to Gotham shortly after Bruce Wayne was brought back into Wayne Enterprises after the murder frame-up by Lex Luthor. Their M.O. is to infiltrate local companies across the country that are responsible for being the breadbasket for their native towns and cities before plundering them for everything they're worth and leaving the citizens and employees to rot. They were the main antagonists of the eight-issue mini-series Batman: Family (2002). Led by [[TheChessmaster Athena]], they consist of [[TheCracker Bugg]], [[MadScientist Doctor Excess]], [[TheStoic Freeway]], [[PsychoForHire Mister Fun]], [[BloodKnight Suicide King]], [[GadgeteerGenius The Technician]], and [[TheDreaded The Tracker]].
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* AffablyEvil: Freeway and Mister Fun seem like decent fellows to chit-chat with, but they absolutely will kill you if they think it will further their goals.
* AxCrazy: Mister Fun is kind, considerate, and completely, horribly homicidal.
* ConsummateProfessional: What separates them from most of the villains that plague Gotham's streets. While individually its members may flirt with [[BunnyEarsLawyer noticeable quirks]], as a whole the Network is a frighteningly competent organization, dedicated solely to completing its chosen objectives with little interests in causing chaos for its own sake and only engaging in theatrics when it benefits them. In fact, they are ultimately done in by the Bat-Family by getting sloppy and indulging in their own eccentric desires.
* EvilIsHammy: Suicide King mentions how he's enjoying his role as a super-assassin, for which the other members chastise him for his unprofessionalism. It's revealed that the members create new identities for each operation and discard them after they served their purpose. Colorful personas are nothing more than a means to an end.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Despite treating the Technician like a brother, they ultimately silence him when he is apprehended by the Bats.]]
* ItsPersonal: Athena ultimately drops the ball in her scheme by attempting to satisfy a grudge she possessed with one of the major Gotham crime families, the Rossettis. It's what finally gives Batman enough time to stop her plot after a series of humiliating setbacks.
* MysteriousPast: While Athena's origin is greatly explored, the history of the rest of the Network members remain murky beyond [[NoodleIncident select bits and pieces]].
* NoNonsenseNemesis: These aren't Gotham's brand of crazies. No gimmicks. No speeches. No theatre. If they want you dead, you're already buried.
* PsychoForHire: The Network infiltrate Gotham's Underworld by advertising themselves as hitmen and fixers for hire, deliberately hiding their association with one another.
* TortureTechnician: Doctor Excess knows plenty of ways to hurt people. All ForScience, [[{{Sadist}} of course]].
* VillainDecay: After their defeat at the hands of Batman, the Network more or less dissolved with no leadership holding them together. They drifted and ultimately became nothing more than leg-breakers and throat-slitters for Gotham's various bosses and villains come the War Games.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Night Scourge]]
!!The Night Scourge
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Maxwell Cort
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #11 (September 1990)
->''"Time to clean up the streets, babe… and you’re the filth!"''

Max Cort was a Sergeant in the Gotham City Police Department during Bruce Wayne’s first year fighting crime as Batman. Though Cort was honest, he had a zealous hatred of vigilantes, which led to the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat newly elected mayor]] appointing him second-in-command of a special police task force assigned to hunt down and capture Batman. Suspecting ([[ProperlyParanoid rightfully so]]) that Captain Gordon was sabotaging the task force’s efforts, Cort turned to his team's civilian consultant, Professor Hugo Strange, for help. But Strange had a sinister agenda of his own, using hypnosis to slowly destroy Cort’s sanity and transform him into a ruthless killing machine dubbed the Night Scourge.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Naïve enough to think he can singlehandedly defeat Batman and Catwoman.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: A zealous but otherwise honest cop is brainwashed into becoming an AxCrazy VigilanteMan.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Cort had a hatred of Batman's vigilantism and, through manipulations of Hugo Strange, was made second-in-command of the GCPD's anti-vigilante taskforce under the command of then-Captain James Gordon. Strange proceeded to drive Cort insane through hypnosis, resulting in him acting as the brutal vigilante "Night Scourge" as part of an attempt to destroy Batman.
* CowboyCop: Max Cort was a sergeant in the Gotham City Police Department. When Mayor Wilson Klass commanded then Captain James Gordon to man a task force to catch the Batman, Gordon appointed Cort as second in command, which he all to eagerly accepted. Max Cort held a grudge of sorts against the Batman; he was jealous and felt that Batman was "stealing" the criminals of Gotham from him and the other cops.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: In the late 80s, your standard Hollywood action heroes tended to be [[CowboyCop Cowboy Cops]], [[MilitaryMaverick Military Mavericks]], or MightyWhitey [[McNinja American Ninjas]] (sometimes a combination of the three). Doug Moench created Cort to show how unhinged these archetypes would most likely be if played realistically.
* TheDragon: To Professor Strange in ''Prey''. Strange hypnotized Cort into becoming a lethal vigilante.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Wields twin katanas for close-quarter combat.
* McNinja: Wields katanas and shuriken.
* TheResenter: Believed that Batman was “stealing” the criminals of Gotham from the police.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Was manipulated into believing that he could be "better" than Batman, but ultimately Batman always defeated him in a straight fight and his only advantage was the unexpected element of his katanas, which Batman soon managed to compensate for.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Had them on his shoulder pads, gauntlets, and boots.
* SuicideByCop: Chooses to die this way rather than face arrest.
* WouldHitAGirl: Tries to kill Catwoman.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Night-Slayer]]
!!Night-Slayer
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Anton Knight
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #529 (August, 1983)
->''"Go on, Batman--hit me if you think I can be hurt! But know this--ghosts feel nothing! And even if my heart were still alive--the hate it holds--is far more than enough to send you straight to Hell!"''

When crime lord Charles Knight died, his son Anton returned to the family home and met Natalia (also known as Nocturna), Charles Knight's adopted daughter. Anton and Natalia fell in love. When their inheritance money ran out, Anton began his career as the Thief of the Night. When Anton saw Nocturna with another criminal partner, Sturges Hellstrom, he believed they were lovers. Knight killed Hellstrom and confessed to Nocturna what he had done for her out of love. Horrified, Nocturna rejected him. Anton tried to kill himself, but stopped at the last second. He was still drawn to Nocturna. He then saw her with another man, one she really did love: the Batman. Calling himself Night-Slayer, Anton tried to kill the Batman.

-->''For the ComicBook/New52 version of this character, see Characters/{{Batwoman}}.''
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* BlindAndTheBeast: After being shot by Nocturna and escaping through the sewers, Knight was nursed back to health by a blind girl who believed he was the Batman.
* CostumeCopycat: Knight once exchanged his costume with that of an amnesiac Batman. In this disguise Knight carried out a crime wave, turning the press and the police against the real Batman.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: After seeing Nocturna is Batman's arms, all of Night-Slayer's actions have been directed towards killing Nocturna and Batman.
* {{Ninja}}: An expert martial artist who dresses in a featureless black costume.
* NotBloodSiblings: Had a romantic relationship with his step-sister Natalia.
* PsychoKnifeNut: Completely unhinged, and prefers committing his murders with a knife.
* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: Knight was nursed back to health by a blind girl who believed he was the Batman.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nobody I]]
!!Nobody
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Morgan Ducard
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman & Robin'' (Vol 2) #1 (November 2011)
->''"Bruce may have been looking to learn all he could from the best in the world, but he was searching for a surrogate father just the same."''

Morgan Ducard is the son of Henri Ducard, one of Bruce Wayne's trainers from when he was learning the skills to be Batman. Morgan is an assassin, like his father, and took great pride in his skills. He would form a bitter rivalry with Bruce during Bruce's training. Years later, he tracked down Bruce and was determined to "steal" his son, Damian, away from him and convert him into a killer. Using a cloaking device to compliment his already impressive skill set, he is an unrelenting foe with an undying personal grudge against Bruce.

He's also later revealed to have had a daughter, Maya Ducard, who he trained in his family's ways. She accompanied him on his missions and had equipment similar to his.
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* AbusiveParents: He ''was'' one to Maya, regularly beating her.
%%* AmbiguouslyBrown: Henri Ducard was already this, as was Morgan's mother.
* BadassNormal: He can beat ''Bruce'', so yeah.
* EvilMentor: He tries to be this to Damian, encouraging his natural killer tendencies.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Damian defeats him by employing a nerve technique that Morgan taught him.
* InformationBroker: Beyond his regular assassination jobs, he's also an information broker for DC's assassins, with clients including Deathstroke.
* {{Invisibility}}: His only real gadget, which he uses well.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Killed by Damian using the technique Morgan taught him]].
* TheRival: How he sees his relationship with Bruce.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Resented his father for thinking of Bruce as the better of his students.
* WouldHurtAChild: Oh yeah, he has no qualms beating the crap out of Damian.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nocturna]]
!!Nocturna
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Natalia Knight
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #529 (August, 1983)
->''" If the night is made for dreams, you see, I prefer to experience them awake."''

Natalia Knight had a hard childhood. She grew up on the streets as a beggar. She was eventually found and taken in by Charles Knight, who adopted her and provided her with a life of luxury. She has a passion for astronomy and the night and eventually found a job at Gotham City Observatory. While working there one night, she became victim to a radioactive laser, which drained her skin of all pigment. It also rendered her sensitive to light. After Charles Knight was murdered, she discovered that her lifestyle was funded by criminal activity. It was then that she met Charles' son, Anton Knight, who fell in love with her. They both decided to keep the inheritance and took it upon themselves to keep them in their accustomed lifestyle through burglary, since Natalia needed expensive medical equipment to treat her hypopigmentation. Natalia and Anton entered a life of crime together, he as the Thief of Night, and she as Nocturna, Mistress of the Night. Their burglary soon brought them into conflict with Batman.

-->''For the ComicBook/New52 version of this character, see Characters/{{Batwoman}}.''
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* ArsenalAttire: Her jewelry is a vast array of weaponry, from explosive beads to shuriken-like bangles. She has a belt made of crescents, each razor sharp on the underside, that can be used to flay a foe.
* CosmicMotifs: Very devoted to the Night.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: A rough childhood until her adoption, growing up alone in the streets of ‘’Gotham’’.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Her father, her love for Bruce and later for her adoptive son.
* EvilGenius: A professional astrologer and the brains behind many plans.
* FreakLabAccident: As she studied the properties of stellar light in a vacuum, Natalia became exposed to laser radiation. The exposure had an adverse effect on Natasha. The radiation leached her skin of pigmentation leaving her with a chalky white physique and making her sensitive to light.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: Fell in love with Batman and briefly became his crime-fighting partner.
* MakeupWeapon: Nocturna carries a compact filled with knockout powder.
* MamaBear: Legally adopted Jason Todd, initially as part of an attempt to win Bruce - but she would come to genuinely love him as a son, invested in his wellbeing and once immediately entering into a brawl with Cat-Woman for striking him. For his part, Jason would later admit to her being a mom to him as well.
* MayContainEvil: Natasha started manufacturing a perfume/narcotic that she could then sell and make millions.
* MirrorCharacter. In childhood at least. Grew up having to take care of herself in the Gotham streets, until she was taken in and adopted by a very rich man - who later turned out to operate outside the law. Compare and contrast to the childhood of Jason.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Has chalk white skin, jet black hair and is considered very beautiful.
* NotBloodSiblings: Had a romantic relationship with her step-brother Anton.
* SecretKeeper: Nocturna assisted Batman against the Night-Slayer, almost killing him and at that moment, she realized she was attracted to the Dark Knight as much as he was attracted to her. During their brief romantic encounter, Nocturna revealed that she knew about Batman's secret identity, but she promised to keep the secret as long as she could become his partner and adoptive mother of Jason Todd.
* StepfordSuburbia: In ''Order of the World'', she and Doctor Phosphorus escape the containment area of Arkham and decide to live as normal a life as they can... ignoring one of them is a walking radiation hazard and the other is insane enough not to see it as any obstacle to living in a heavily populated area. Because after all, [[TautologicalTemplar normal people live among normal people]].
* TautologicalTemplar: In ''Order of the World'', she and Phosphorus are mad to the point that they think that by behaving as normal suburbanites they will be treated as such. Normally not an issue, but Phosphorus' radiation presents a significant complication.
* TragicVillain: Has a suicidal sort of despair at one point against Anton, only saved by someone else interfering. When she is later ambiguously fatally wounded, it is with a sad tone that Jason puts her into her balloon, in the hope that she escapes the police and is okay. We never know if she is.
* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Her common form of transport is a hot air balloon.
* TheVamp: Uses her allure and sexuality as a weapon.
* WhipSword: She has a belt made of crescents, each razor sharp on the underside, that can be used to flay a foe.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Obeah Man]]
!!Obeah Man
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Makenson Innocente
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #618 (July, 1990)
->''"Land your plane, M. Goossens. You see, I know your '''name'''. I know your '''house'''. I know your '''barber'''. I know what you '''believe!'''''

The Obeah Man was a mighty Haitian criminal and alleged black magician ("obeah" is a voodoo word meaning, approximately, "black magic") who kidnapped the parents of Tim Drake and demanded a ransom from Drake Industries for the couple's safe return.
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* BladeEnthusiast: Obeah Man never uses a firearm, but relies on a sacrificial dagger which he wields with great experience and utilizes in slitting the throats of his victims.
* {{Cult}}: The Obeah Man is the leader of a voodoo cult.
* EvilSorcerer: The Obeah Man is a voodoo expert and black magician.
* HollywoodVoodoo: The Obeah Man is a voodoo expert and black magician.
* HumanSacrifice: Even though Drake Industries paid the ransom in cash, the Obeah Man was still bent on killing Jack and Janet Drake, offering them as sacrifices to the spirits of Baron Samedi and Papa Legba.
* ManipulativeBastard: The Obeah Man is an expert manipulator.
* MasterOfIllusion: Can create magically generated illusions.
* MasterPoisoner: Uses a variety of voodoo based poisons.
%%* ScaryBlackMan: Deliberately cultivates this image.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Wears bone necklaces and carries a walking stick topped with a human skull.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Orca]]
!!The Orca
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Grace Balin
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #579 (July 2000)
->''"How touching. I'll try to demonstrate the same level of concern as I grind your vertebrae with my bare hands."''

Dr. Grace Balin was a dedicated marine biologist and humanitarian until a tragic accident drove her down a path of self-destruction in the quest to heal herself. She managed to cure her affliction, but at the cost of becoming a monstrous anthropomorphic orca hybrid who resorted to a life of crime.

As the Orca, she started her career in villainy as an intended hero to the people, a vigilante against corrupt businesswoman Camille Baden-Smythe and the abuse of the dockworkers under her employ, as well as to stop Camille from her hostile take-over of her aquarium. She didn't quite think things through, leading to Grace being fatally shot by Camille and having to be saved by Batman injecting her with ''more'' of her own serum, fully transforming the new vigilante into monstrous hybrid and costing her humanity.
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* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: As an altruistic but crippled scientist who transforms herself into a BeastMan and is ThrowingOffTheDisability doing it, she's essentially [[Characters/SpiderManCentralRoguesGallery Curt Connors]] in drag.
* BenevolentBoss: She had her own small gang of {{Mooks}}, each of whom was fiercely loyal to her because she'd helped them when they were down and out through her work with the homeless.
* CosmicRetcon: Her half-eaten corpse was found in the sewers halfway through ''Face the Face''… and then come ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'', she's alive and well, possibly because of ''Flashpoint'' resetting and retconning much of the continuity.
* DeviousDolphins: A human-orca hybrid and a criminal, though she's not completely unsympathetic.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Her first major appearance in a nutshell. She wanted to help the people being abused by Camille, and ended up nearly getting killed because she underestimated the millionaire's ruthlessness.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Her plans to help people and her serum's mutations on her body.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Due to self-experimentation with killer whale spinal tissue and a serum she made. It actually progressed since her first appearance, going from a metahuman in a orca-themed costume to this, with a killer whale's head, hide, and ''teeth''.
* HappilyMarried: She seemed to be be in a good marriage before her Pre-Flashpoint demise.
* IAmAMonster: A major difference between her physically more-monstrous self in ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' and her still somewhat-human self in the original continuity. The ''whale-headed'' Grace is more self-conscious and mentally human. She left the Runaways, a group of former Batman villains that moved to Bludhaven, because she felt ashamed of her current state.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Prior to becoming Orca, Dr. Balin was a saint to rival Mother Teresa, and even after getting her rubbery black makeover her crimes are still motivated by altruism.
* {{Irony}}: During ''Gotham City Monsters'', she teams up with Killer Croc to stop Melmoth, the same Croc who partially ate her corpse in a previous timeline.
* JekyllAndHyde: Averted. Unlike many comic book villains of her type, Orca has no SuperpoweredEvilSide, nor do her animal instincts drive her to any kind of FaceMonsterTurn. Ironically, this is something of a weakness for her, as several times she finds herself in situations where having some animal ferocity on her side could have helped her, but mentally she's the same combat rookie she was as Grace Balin.
* LesserOfTwoEvils: In her debut appearance. She was definitely breaking the law, but she doesn't even come close to the evil quotient of her nemesis, RichBitch Camille Baden-Smythe.
* MagicPants: Averted, and the aversion is actually a plot point. Batman finds her destroyed pants in her marina and assumes Orca got her; later Alfred analyzes them and finds that they could have only ripped the way they did by bursting apart.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Her nephew Jonah ends up dying because of Melmoth's spell during ''Gotham City Monsters''. She, Lady Clay and Red Phantom are seen visiting his tomb at the end of the mini-series.]]
* OutOfFocus: The set-up was there for her to be a reoccurring villain, but she's only held minor roles since her debut.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: She has yet to face Batman in the Post-Rebirth continuity, and is instead took a place in Bludhaven against Nightwing.
* SelectiveObliviousness: When she tries to criticise Batman essentially working for the corrupt rich such as Camille Baden-Smythe, she insists that what she did was "right" even when it led to the deaths of her henchmen because she won't accept Batman's protests that he's just defending their rights even if he doesn't approve of their actions and insists that he's willing to get the people she stole from sentenced as well.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: At the end of her debut appearance Batman had to give her an overdose of her transformation serum [[ShapeshiftingHealsWounds to save her life]]. It worked, but at the cost of permanently trapping her in her Orca form.
* TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter: Unlike the Lizard, Orca goes completely in the buff.
* UnscaledMerfolk: She's a humanoid killer whale.
* UnskilledButStrong: She's got strength to rival Killer Croc and maybe even Bane but she's a complete newbie to combat situations and supervillainy in general.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Outsider]]
!!The Outsider
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Alfred Pennyworth
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #334 (December 1964)
->''"Your peril is only beginning, Batman! It will end-- when I take away your most prized possession-- your very life!"''

The Outsider a villainous alter-ego of Alfred Pennyworth. Originally he appeared in the Silver Age of comics as a monstrous alternate personality for the mainstream Alfred.

In Pre-Crisis, Alfred once sacrificed his own life to save Batman and Robin from a trap set by criminals. In his honour they created the "Alfred Foundation" Charity. Following this event a physician named Brandon Crawford found Alfred's body and attempted to revive him with an experimental radiation treatment. The treatment successfully revived the butler caused him to have a white, stone-like body and to be driven by a single minded hatred for those who killed him; Batman and Robin. Eventually Batman found out that the Outsider was Alfred and funded for him to be cured, after which Alfred had no memories of his crimes and took up his old duties in Wayne Manor. After this, from time to time Alfred would relapse into his old Outsider personality and appearance.
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* DrivingUpAWall: In ''Detective Comics'' #340, the Outsider uses his RealityWarper powers to seize control of the Batmobile and use it in an attempt to kill Batman. One of his stunts is to cause it to drive straight up the wall of a skyscraper.
* JekyllAndHyde: Heroic Alfred Pennyworth becomes the villainous Outsider.
* MindOverMatter: Possesses powerful telekinetic abilities.
* RealityWarper: The Outsider could reshape and control matter according to his whim.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The Outsider possesses RealityWarper powers that Alfred, needless to say, does not.
* SuperToughness: He could easily withstand Batman's punches.
%%* {{Telepathy}}:
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Owlman (Alternate Universe)]]
!!Owlman
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Thomas Wayne Jr.
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Justice League of America'' #29 (August 1964)
->''"This Syndicate has become weak, myopic and bitter. A bunch of bored aliens and freaks, looking down on the only human in the room while you play the best game we humans ever created: Crime."''

Batman's evil counterpart from an alternate universe. He is almost as dangerous as the Joker and as skilled as Batman. He is a member of the Crime Syndicate, a team of super-villains paralleling the Justice League. See [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaCrimeSyndicate their page]].
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Owlman (Court of Owls)]]
!!Owlman
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' "Lincoln March"/Thomas Wayne Jr.
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' (Vol 2) #1
->''"You wanted to know if the Court had anything to do with our parents' deaths, Bruce. the answer is no. They didn't. That was all your fault, brother. An I'm going to make you pay. So finish cutting through that net. And lets have this out once and for all...For the City of Gotham. Wayne to Wayne."''

"Lincoln March" is the on-again off-again leader of the Court of Owls and one of Batman's most dangerous enemies. His enhanced biology and power armor give him an advantage every time he gets into a fight with Batman. He also knows Bats' secret identity and believes himself to be his younger brother, Thomas Wayne, Jr. To date, this has not been proven or denied.

Owlman has a crazy fixation on Bruce, wants to be the one to take Batman down and just might be a great deal of trouble for Bruce, the Bat Family and Gotham City. Unlike previous version of Owlman he is from the same universe as Batman (in this case, Prime Earth).
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* AmbiguouslyRelated: He believes himself to Bruce Wayne's brother, but this has yet to be proven or disproven.
* AndIMustScream: At the end of ''ComicBook/BatmanEternal'', the Court find him and lock him up in a tomb, suggesting they ''might'' let him back out eventually. In about fifty years or so. [[spoiler:They ultimately let him out a lot earlier, in time for ''ComicBook/RobinWar'']].
* AntiVillain: In the odd let-Gotham-burn way.
* AxCrazy: He's a raving lunatic, especially when fighting.
* TheDeterminator: "Lincoln" has taken some truly amazing punishment, but his hatred for Bruce will always push him forward.
* TheDragon[=/=]TheStarscream: He acts as the Dragon to the Court of Owls, worming his way into Gotham's political system. However, he's got plans of his own, and soon leads them.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: He's killed by [[spoiler:Raptor]] in [[spoiler:''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' in its debut issue]].
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: He's badass on his own, but he's got an amazing HealingFactor as well.
* EvilCounterpart: While the owl motif is pure coincidence, according to him he's a Wayne who never got over his parents' deaths. But instead of using this drive to help people, he uses it to kill and conspire.
* FreudianExcuse: Born with a birth defect, shunned by society and only visited by his mother, his parents dying and nobody knowing he's a Wayne, his inheritance given to a brother he never knew and being used as a weapon by the Court of Owls. Well, [[UnreliableNarrator maybe]].
* HealingFactor: He can basically recover from most mortal wounds, so long as cold isn't involved anyway.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:In ''Batman: Eternal''. The overall plan may be Cluemaster's, but it's Lincoln giving him the means to carry it all out. When Cluemaster decides to try and kill Batman, Lincoln intervenes.]]
* TheResenter: Very obviously resents Bruce for being the Wayne who inherited everything while he was stuck in a children's home.
* {{Tykebomb}}: "March" was trained by the Court of Owls since early childhood.
* UnreliableNarrator: His speech to Batman about his history as Bruce Wayne's brother sounds at least possible, but Bruce can come up with alternative explanations for all of the 'evidence' Lincoln uses to justify his belief that he is Thomas Wayne Jr., although Bruce admits that there's no way to be sure about what's true or not without a DNA test.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: He sports the mask of the Court of Owls, but in his Owl Suit, he also has glowing yellow eyes, adding to the effect.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pagan]]
!!Pagan
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Marian Mercer
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #479 (June 1992)
->''"My name is Pagan. And your kind can show me nothing at all."''

When her 17-year-old sister Sondra committed suicide shortly after being assaulted by a pair of men, Marian Mercer vowed revenge on the men involved and the patriarchal society that left them unpunished. Taking the name Pagan, she trained her self to physical perfection and practiced martial arts. She began prowling the streets of Gotham City during the night time, fighting all kinds of crime, but specializing in hunting down - and often slaughtering - sexual predators. Pagan's bloodthirsty actions have made her clash with the Batman on a number of occasions, although she shaped up, and he did eventually grow to respect her abilities.
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* AlliterativeName: '''M'''arian '''M'''ercer
* AmazonianBeauty: Marian Mercer is a gorgeous woman, at once very curvaceous and well-muscled – with strong shoulders and a fine waist. She is a good enough enough martial artist to go one on one against Batman, and is not above using her beauty to lure her targets into a trap.
* BloodKnight: Lives to inflict punishment upon men.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Pagan views her mission as protecting the women of Gotham from men. All the criminals she takes down are men.
* DrivenToSuicide: Her sister Sondra committed suicide after being raped. This is what drove Marian to become a [[VigilanteMan vigilante]].
* MistakenForProstitute: The sort of person she hunts will often assume from her costume that she’s a prostitute.
* RapeAndRevenge: Became a vigilante after her sister was DrivenToSuicide after being raped. The first men she attacked, and nearly killed, were the perpetrators of her sister's rape.
* ShowSomeLeg: Uses her revealing costume to distract the men she targets.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Anytime Batman and Pagan are forced to work together.
* VigilanteMan: While Batman is not opposed to Pagan's mission, he is opposed to the brutal methods she uses.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Batman acknowledges that her goals are noble, but her methods less so.
* WifeBasherBasher: Specifically targets men abusing women, beating them up to teach them a lesson.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Peacekeeper - 01]]
!!Peacekeeper - 01
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!!!'''Alter Ego:'''Sean Mahoney
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Future State: The Next Batman'' #1 (March 2021)
-> ''"When I was a kid I didn't have to worry about being firebombed by a loser in a clown mask. '''You did that.''' You opened the door to all of this. The people of Gotham City deserve some peace. They deserve some order. They deserve better than you."''

A major authoritarian villain who debuted in ''ComicBook/DCFutureState'', Sean Mahoney aspired from an early age to continue his family's lineage in law enforcement as an officer of the Gotham City Police Department. But after his old man was busted for taking bribes, Commissioner Gordon turned down Sean's applications and stonewalled any of his attempts to join the force. Feeling embittered, Sean became a Night Guard in Arkham Asylum where he took out his frustrations on the patients, earning him a reputation among Arkham's staff as an insecure sadist.

After the events of ComicBook/TheJokerWar, Sean was one of the few survivors of the terrorist attack on Arkham Asylum where he was crippled while trying to evacuate two nurses who were trapped inside the building. Hailed as a hero by Mayor Christopher Nakano for his valor and self-sacrifice, Sean was recruited by corporate mogul Simon Saint to be the first official operative of his Magistrate Program, a privatized law enforcement initiative designed to combat Gotham City's rampant supervillain community where the GCPD couldn't. Rechristened as Peacekeeper-01, Sean now strives to eliminate Batman and his allies to establish Saint's vision of order in Gotham.
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* AbusiveParents: His father was an abusive DirtyCop who once took Sean to witness him and another cop beat up a GCPD whistleblower (and ended up killing him) and later beat Sean for [[BlamingTheVictim not being able to fight back]] when Mad Hatter mind-controlled him into committing a robbery during a school field trip. When Sean was crippled during the Arkham Asylum explosion, he pointedly refused to take care of him due to the cost to his business and even berated him for "running back in there for a bunch of criminals and deviants".
* CallingTheOldManOut: While it doesn't make him a better person, he calls out his abusive father for never taking responsibility for his actions and blaming all his hardships on someone else.
* {{Cyborg}}: Courtesy of Saint Industries, Sean has been enhanced with cutting edge cybernetics that significantly increases his strength and durability.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Tired of Scarecrow and Saint manipulating him, he shoots Crane in the back while he's ranting to Batman and Molly, proclaiming he's going to usurp Saint and make The Magistrate his own.]]
* EvilRedhead: Has red hair and is a brute who wants to impose his own vision of Gotham.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Sean lambasts Batman as an impotent crimefighter who's continued presence in Gotham is the direct cause for the chaos and suffering plaguing the city via it's costumed criminal element. He also calls Batman out on allying himself with those very same criminals like Catwoman and Harley Quinn, who have directly contributed to the city's growing pains. And Sean does this, all while he himself is actively working with Simon Saint to terrorize the city. He even helped Saint ''bomb'' City Hall!
* {{Irony}}: Despite his hatred for the "masks", Sean himself wears a mask and even embraces the identity as Peacekeeper-01, all while being far more destructive than any of the vigilantes he preaches against.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: He's an ultra-authoritarian brute who wears a ballistic mask that makes him come off as more menacing than the costumed criminals he's supposed to be apprehending on behalf of the law.
* MightyGlacier: While he's nowhere near as agile as Batman, Sean has the Dark Knight beat on brute force. In fact, the Peacekeeper spends most of their first confrontation throwing Bruce around like a ragdoll while tanking direct hits from him like it's nothing.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Tired of Saint and Crane using him as a pawn, he shoots Crane in the back and proclaims he's going to kill Saint and take The Magistrate for himself.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:When Scarecrow doses him on Fear Toxin and drives him into madness, he becomes the threat within the system that Scarecrow wants to truly throw Gotham into fear, initiating his ComicBook/FearState.]]
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Unsurprisingly given his KnightTemplar tendencies, Peacekeeper-01 is a firm believer in this. It doesn't matter if he's committing {{false flag operation}}s, [[MaliciousSlander spreading disinformation]], or engaging in PoliceBrutality, Sean Mahoney will do whatever he deems necessary to bring true order to Gotham.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Since most of his personal files were destroyed during the A-Day Incident, the Saint Industries PR Team has fabricated a new backstory for him that's been deliberately designed to appeal to the general public.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Penguin]]
-> See [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Penny Plunderer]]
!!Penny Plunderer
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Joseph Coyne
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''World's Finest'' #30 (September 1947)
->''" When I get out, I'll get back at coppers and pennies! I'll fight coppers-- with pennies! Every job I pull will involve pennies! My crime symbol will be pennies!"''

As a lowly newspaper salesman, Joe Coyne was often caught stealing pennies from the office. After getting fired and botching a heist, he became a coin-obsessed criminal. His main claim to fame is being the original owner of the enormous penny often seen as a trophy in the Batcave (though later retellings would claim it belonged to Two-Face).
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* BadassInANiceSuit: His costume is simply a green pinstripe suit.
* ButtMonkey: In his rare Modern Age cameo appearances, he seems to suffer nothing but misfortune. He's been seemingly killed off by Two-Face, then last seen still rotting on death row in jail.
* DeathByIrony:
** The end of his debut has Coyne improvise a plan to ambush Batman by telling his henchmen he would lure him into close-quarters and then phone them so they could gang up on the vigilant by surprise. However, he notices that he doesn't have any nickels to pay for the dial of the pay phone in the room he locked himself in, only pennies. This means that, when Batman and Robin crashed in, he couldn't call his crooks and was arrested, being sentenced to death for murder.
** In his second appearance, he is smashed to death by the giant coin he just tried to use as a cover from Batman.
* DisproportionateRetribution: As a testament to the baffling legal system in the DC Universe, he was actually given the ''death penalty'' after his arrest in his debut story, even though his crimes were relatively inoffensive and bigger baddies in Gotham have gotten away with far worse. Poor sod can't catch a break.
** His crimes did include murdering one of his henchmen who tried to betray him.
* FlatCharacter: Even by obscure Golden Age Bat-Rogue standards, his character and motivations are pitifully weak. Is it any wonder he's been effectively retconned out of Batman's Rogues Gallery?
* ImprobableWeaponUser: He famously tried to kill Batman and Robin by rolling gigantic pennies over them. At least one was kept as a souvenir by Batman, 'cause why not. He also used sacks of coins to punch Batman, and even managed to knock him out.
* MeaningfulName: Joe '''Coyne''', penny-themed petty thief.
* RareMoney: In his first appearance, Coyne traps Batman and Robin in a DeathTrap. As he leaves he contemptuously flings two pennies at Batman as "coins for the eyes of a dead man". One was a normal copper penny and the other was a zinc-coated steel penny issued during WWII to save copper. This combination allows Batman to make a makeshift battery that he uses to escape the DeathTrap. (ItMakesSenseInContext).
* {{Retcon}}: Gallingly, his only claim to fame, being the maker of the giant coin exhibited in the Batcave, was taken away from him and given to Two-Face. For an added dose of irony, ''Two-Face: Year One'' saw Joe fall victim to Dent's giant coin as collateral damage!
* YouHaveFailedMe: He shoots one of his henchman for having been captured by the police as a warning.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pierrot Lunaire]]
!!Pierrot Lunaire
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Unknown
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #676 (June, 2008)

The supercriminal called Pierrot Lunaire is a French criminal and foe of the Musketeer. When the Club of Heroes reunited, Lunaire's name was throw around as a possible member of the Club of Villains. When the actual Club of Villains was put together by Dr. Hurt, Lunaire was one of the members.
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%%* ArchEnemy: To the Musketeer.
* CombatParkour: An expert martial artist, Lunaire uses astonishing acrobatics while fighting Robin atop his motorcycle.
* ElectiveMute: Owing to the tradition of Mimes, he never speaks.
* EnemyMime: A criminal who dresses as the Commedia dell'arte character Pierrot. Owing to the tradition of Mimes, he never speaks.
* TheSpeechless: Owing to the tradition of Mimes, he never speaks.
* VillainousHarlequin: A criminal who dresses as the Commedia dell'arte character Pierrot.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pix]]
!!Pix
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Ariadne Pinxit
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' #34 (December 2002)
->''"I was a blank canvas before you dragged me into that alley...But now I'm filled."''

Ariadne Pinxit was an ''avant-garde'' artist who used nanobots in paints to program them to form what she wanted. After being beaten and raped by a gang of street thugs, Pinxit disguised herself as a tattoo shop worker, designing lethal tattoos that she brings to "life" via computer in order to kill all the gang members. After being stopped by Batman, Pinxit injected a vast dose of nanite ink into her skull, giving her the ability to create creatures and weapons to combat him: the weapons and creatures forming as tattoos on her skin before coming to life.
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* AnimatedTattoo: Thanks to nanite ink in her skull, she has the ability to create creatures and weapons which manifest as tattoos on her skin before coming to life.
* ArtAttacker: Uses nanobot-infused ink to create {{Animated Tattoo}}s to attack her foes. She originally used this ink to kill her targets by tattooing a design on them, and then activating the tattoo. For example, a gang banger who had a sword tattooed on his chest suddenly found himself with a very real sword sticking ''through'' his chest.
* {{Nanomachines}}: Gains her powers from an overdose of nanobot-infused ink.
* RapeAndRevenge: Pix turned to crime to extract revenge on the street gang who beat and raped her.
* StephenUlyssesPerhero: 'Pix' is a shortening of her actual surname Pinxit.
* TattooedCrook: Acquired tattoos all over her body as part of her cover when she became a tattoo artist to hunt down her attackers. Now uses her {{Animated Tattoo}}s as [[ArtAttacker weapons]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Poison Ivy]]
-> See [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Planet Master]]
!!Planet Master
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Irving Norbet (I), Edward Burke (II)
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #296 (October 1961)
->''"Faster than a speeding bullet, Superman...But not faster than I expected! Having trouble? Hard to fly against the gravity of Jupiter. Must've been like hitting a wall."''

Irving Norbet was a mild mannered scientist who was exposed to the gases of a meteor and gained a Mr. Hyde-type second personality. This personality became the criminal known as Planet Master and he created costumes and weapons based on the planets of the solar system. As Planet Master, he managed to outwit Batman and Robin, but once the gas wore off, he forgot about his misadventures.

Edward Burke was a laboratory assistant to Irving Norbet, the first Planet Master. When he learned that Norbet suffered from a temporary personality disorder, Burke tried to use the Planet Master equipment created by Norbet for his personal gain, but he was promptly stopped by Batman and Robin.
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* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Irving Norbet had no memories of the crimes he committed as Planet-Master.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Planet Master has eight costumes, each with a different capability which resembled one of the planets in the Solar System.
** Mercury gives SuperSpeed, Mars gives [[PlayingWithFire heat]], Jupiter for SuperStrength, Pluto for [[AnIcePerson cold]] and so on.
* CostumeCopycat: Burke used Norbert's costumes to commit crimes, intending for Norbet to take the fall for them.
* HiredGuns: The second Planet Master served as field leader for Strike Force Kobra.
* LegacyCharacter: After Irving Norbet was cured of his criminal split personality, his assistant Edward Burke took the costumes and moniker of Planet Master for himself.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The original Planet-Master hyphenated his name. The second Planet Master did not.
* SplitPersonality: Exposure to the gases of a meteor turned mild-mannered scientist Irving Norbet into the criminal Planet Master. After the effects of the gas wore off, he forgot everything about his misadventures.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Polka Dot Man]]
!!Polka Dot Man[=/=]Mr. Polka Dot
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Abner Krill
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #300 (February 1962)
->''"But look at me--I went toe-to-toe with the Batman. That's who I am."''

Abner Krill launched a crime wave based on spots and dots in Gotham City, where he inevitably came into conflict with Gotham guardians, Batman and Robin. His suit is covered in spots that can be peeled off and turned into different objects to be used for a variety of purposes. The dots enlarge and transform into dangerous weapons or even bizarre vehicles, such as flying saucers.
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* BackFromTheDead: Was killed in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisisAftermath: Run'', but turns up alive post-Flashpoint via CosmicRetcon.
%%* BaldOfEvil: Has a shaven head.
* BatterUp: During a brief period when he abandoned his gadgets, Krill took to using a baseball bat as a weapon.
* BlindedByTheLight: His weapons include blinding flare dots.
* ConnectTheDeaths: In his first appearance, his crimes mark out a stick figure on the map. Batman deduces that the next crime will be at the point that marks the head.
* DeadlyDisc: The dots on his costume include buzzsaw dots which transform into flying buzzsaw blades when removed from his costume.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Krill is either an eccentric genius or a delusional lunatic.
* ExpandingThrownWeapon: His suit is covered in spots that can be peeled off and turned into different objects to be used for a variety of purposes. The dots enlarge and transform into dangerous weapons, like spinning buzzsaws, or even bizarre vehicles, such as flying saucers.
* FlyingSaucer: Uses a miniature flying saucer as transport.
* {{Idiosyncrazy}}: Commits crimes based on spots and dots.
* SymbolMotifClothing: Wears a costume covered in polka dots.
* {{Teleportation}}: Some of his dots are teleportation devices.
* UndignifiedDeath: Died in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisisAftermath: Run!'' #4 by having a manhole cover fall on his head from the sky, crushing his head down to his shoulders.
* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: It is never explained where Krill gets his gadgetry from. If he invented it, it becomes a serious case of CutLexLuthorACheck, as the miniaturization technology is completely revolutionary and would be worth a fortune to almost every sector of industry, but he uses it to rob map companies.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Milo]]
!!Professor Achilles Milo
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #247 (September 1957)
->''"You don't need-need your gall bladder, do you? Because, I could really use the space."''

Professor Achilles Milo was renowned chemist who turned to the dark side and embarked upon a life of crime. A genius in the field of biochemistry, his schemes usually involved exposing Batman to some kind of gas or drug. Later in his career, he specialized in creating superpowers in others. Post-''Flashpoint'', he reappeared as the chemistry teacher at ComicBook/GothamAcademy.
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* ButtMonkey: Normally, being part of Batman's rogue gallery grants you JokerImmunity, but not for Professor Milo, who has the dubious distinction of having been KilledOffForReal not once, but ''twice'' in truly gruesome deaths in two different animated series:
** In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' episode "The Doomsday Sanction", Professor Milo is killed [[EvilIsNotAToy after awakening Doomsday]]. He thought he could convince Doomsday to kill Amanda Waller, whom he wanted revenge on, but he was gravely mistaken.
** In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Gorillas in Our Midst!" ComicBook/TheSpectre converts him into cheese [[DeathByIrony and lets some of Milo's mutant rats feed on him]].
** If we consider that in the novel ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'', Milo is [[FateWorseThanDeath secluded in Arkham]] [[GuiltByAssociationGag while he insists]] [[GoAmongMadPeople he is perfectly sane]], that makes him the ButtMonkey of the [[RoguesGallery Batman villains]].
* ChemicallyInducedInsanity: Milo's schemes have included subjecting Batman to a drug that made him afraid of anything bat-shaped, and gassing Batman with a compound that made him lose his will to live.
* ClandestineChemist: Often hires out his chemical expertise to other members of the rogues gallery.
* CleanFoodPoisonedFork: When he was director of Arkham Asylum, Milo served a cup of tea to a disguised Batman. Although Batman did not drink it, it turned out Milo had coated the cup handle with a contact poison.
* EvilTeacher: A supervillain who works a chemistry teacher at Gotham Academy.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: In later appearances, Milo was shown with an interest in imbuing people with animal attributes. He was responsible for transforming athlete Anthony Lupus into a werewolf.
* GoAmongMadPeople: In ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'', Milo has recovered from the temporary insanity caused by his gas (see HoistByHisOwnPetard below), but cannot convince anyone that he is sane.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Following a near fatal attack by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard a werewolf he created]], Milo was usually depicted with a wicked set of parallel scars from the werewolf's claws down one cheek.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In one story, Milo became director of Arkham Asylum. He attempted to drive Batman insane with small doses of a gas that induced temporary insanity. He was defeated when he was attacked the inmates of the asylum, who cracked his breathing mask and exposed him to a massive dose of his gas; driving him mad.
* LongBusTrip: Milo made two appearances in 1957, and then did not appear again until 1974, when he became a semi-regular member of Batman's rogues gallery.
* MadDoctor: Although originally a chemist, Milo knows enough medicine to be employed as General Immortus' personal physician. He is also an accomplished enough surgeon to operate on Immortus' underlings and tamper with their pain receptors.
* MadScientist: A mad chemist to be precise. In recent years, Milo has been a regular presence at any gathering of Franchise/TheDCU's mad scientists.
* MasterPoisoner: Milo's expertise in chemistry has allowed him to develop toxins for a wide range of effects. These have included a dust that caused Batman to develop a fear of bats, and a gas that drove him into a suicidal depression.
* ObfuscatingDisability: In ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', Milo appeared to have had his legs cut off and be confined to a wheelchair. however, this was ruse on his part and he was actually using the wheelchair to conceal the Silver Wheel of Nyorlath.
* PlayingWithSyringes: It is a rare story where Milo is not shown threatening someone with a hypodermic.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: One of Milo's early schemes involved exposing Batman to gas that drove him into a suicidal depression.
* PsychoPsychologist: For a time, Milo was director of Arkham Asylum, although it is never explained how he obtained this position.
* ScarsAreForever: Milo was badly clawed when he lost control of the werewolf Anthony Lupus. Almost all subsequent appearances have given him prominent scars on his cheek from the attack.
* SuperEmpowering: Milo often creates superpowered minions for other criminals, such as General Immortus.
* TortureTechnician: Milo's knowledge of chemistry and medicine make him a highly effective torturer. While working for General Immortus, he developed techniques that allowed him to remotely manipulate the pain receptors of Immortus' underlings.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: DependingOnTheWriter, Milo has been shown as being very partial to tea.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Pyg]]
!!Professor Pyg
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Lazlo Valentin
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman & Robin'' #1 (August 2009)
->''"Terror, decay, dollies and the smell of searing flesh make the most joyous combination, wouldn't you say? It's why I've dedicated my whole life to this art..."''

A psychotic surgeon/artist who dresses in a pig mask, a former low-level crime boss driven completely insane by overuse of hard narcotics. In pursuit of "art", he physically and mentally mutilates victims with power tools and chemicals to create zombie-slaves he calls his "Dollotrons".
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* AxCrazy: Physically and mentally disfiguring innocent people to turn them into mindless husks should speak for itself.
* BreakoutVillain: Introduced as just another of the unique rogues done to represent Dick's stint with the cowl in Grant Morrison's run. His delightfully unsettling and nightmarish demeanor however would promote him to a recurring villain for the Batfamily.
* CircusOfFear: Pyg is the leader of the Circus of Strange, a criminal circus troupe whose members all resemble sideshow freaks, including a grossly overweight bearded lady in a tutu and a human flame act who can burn others but not himself.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: An extremely horrifying case of this. Unlike the other Rogues in Gotham, Pyg is one of the few who seems to be ''genuinely'' insane rather than merely quirky.
* CombatSadomasochist: After being taken down by Damian, Pyg asks to be hit. Damian doesn't give him the satisfaction.
* DependingOnTheWriter: How lucid he is and how {{word salad|Horror}} he talks varies from writer. Of course, from an in-universe perspective, it's possible that it just depends on how much drugs he's had access to recently.
* EarlyBirdCameo: His first appearance in Batman #666 was in Damian's future as the new Batman. Pyg had already been killed when he first appeared, and his first appearance was without the surgical outfit or pig mask, but in a checkered suit like a college professor.
* TheFaceless: During his debut stories in ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', his face was always obscured by either the pig mask or shadow[[note]]except for his EarlyInstallmentWeirdness EarlyBirdCameo in Batman #666, where we see the face of his corpse [[/note]]. Later appearances would avert this.
* FatBastard: In keeping with the pig theme, he is quite overweight, sometimes seeming even obese.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was originally a low level crime boss before he got into hard narcotics and went nuts.
* GenreRefugee: He far more resembles the villain of a SlasherMovie or TorturePorn than he does a typical Batman villain. One character even name-drops the latter genre when reacting to him.
* GratuitousDiscoSequence: When giving Damian his supposed MotiveRant, he dances around to "sexy hot disco music" for seemingly no reason.
* HappyPlace: His idea for containing the Arkham escapees in ''Order of the World'' boils down to tricking them into their personal Happy Places. Mad Hatter is led to believe that a bunch of televisions showing static are trying to display messages from Wonderland. Doctor Double X, who is insanely paranoid of losing his soul (due to his astral form leaving him) is given a mirror, so he never separated from himself. Ten-Eyed Man is left alone in a cubbyhole so he can practice his rituals in peace. Of course, none of this actually ''helps'' his patients, but he could not care any less about ''that''.
* LargeHam: Pyg is very much a showman, as befits his circus background, and is given to espousing his dialogue in a most grandiloquent fashion. Bonus points for wearing a pig mask.
* LivingDollCollector: Pyg turns people into androgynous, puppet-like servants named Dollotrons, who wear doll-like dresses and have doll-like masks fused to their faces.
* MadDoctor: He is an accomplished scientist and chemist who uses his skills to disfigure his victims. He also has the habit of using power tools to aid in his ghastly surgeries.
* MadArtist: Pyg uses surgery and chemicals to turn his victims into mind-controlled slaves with doll masks glued to their faces, all in the pursuit of "art".
-->''"I'm an artist! I can't be expected to work on antipsychotics!"''
* MalevolentMaskedMan: He wears a horrifying pig mask and is one of the most depraved of all of Batman's rogues.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: While it is common to say that most Batman villains are insane, and most are thrown into Arkham Asylum, Professor Pyg is designed to be completely, genuinely unhinged and disturbed, jumping from topic to topic, being a dark {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, and engaging in random behavior such as WordSaladHorror with little rhyme or reason. As such, he could very easily genuinely qualify for an insanity defense.
* MindRape: His specialty. He brainwashes his victims into being mindlessly compliant Dollotrons.
* MommyIssues: He has these, if his drug-based rants are anything to go by.
* MotiveRant: He ostensibly starts to give one to Damian, about a boy going to a dance with pig's trotters for feet, but it doesn't really seem to connect with anything and soon just devolves into nonsensical rambling
* MythologyGag: At one point, he rides in a parade float, intending to infect the citizens of Gotham with a mind-altering gas, just like the Joker in ''Film/Batman1989''.
* NightmareFace: In ''Damian: Son of Batman'', Pyg's face has been surgically altered to actually look like a pig's complete with BlackEyesOfEvil. He actually looked like that way back in Batman #666, but it wasn't as frightening or apparent as in the aforementioned miniseries, which is set in the years leading to up to the BadFuture shown in #666.
* NumberOfTheBeast: The issue wherein he first appeared was Batman #666.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Dollotrons, Professor Pyg's mutilated victims, are zombie-like mind-controlled creatures that are obedient to the Professor. They wear doll-like dresses and have doll-like masks that cannot be removed surgically (or rather, can ''only'' be removed surgically, and there's [[FacialHorror not enough face left underneath them]] to make the effort worthwhile). Their creation is implied to involve brain surgery, genital mutilation, and mind-altering drugs.
* PigMan: It's just a mask, but he fits the bill. However, in ''Damian: Son of Batman'', he looks like a pig without the mask.
* PygmalionPlot: The basis of Professor Pyg's crimes and theme is based on a perversion of the Pygmalion play. He mutilates his victims both physically and mentally into Dollotrons based on his warped sense of belief of what a perfect human being should look like.
* RepulsiveRingmaster: He sometimes plays the hype-man for the Circus of Strange, and talks like a ringmaster or carnival barker during some of his attacks on Gotham.
* SinisterSwine: [[MeaningfulName As his codename would suggest]], he is an ominous, AxCrazy surgeon who regularly wears a pig mask, and even has at least some resemblance to a pig in most versions of his character.
* WordSaladHorror: He's a somewhat more realistic depiction of insanity than most of Batman's foes in that most of what he says is complete gibberish.
-->'''Professor Pyg:''' On Mondays it's Tiamat ''this'' and Tiamat ''that.'' Tohu va Bohu and ''boo-hoo-hoo.'' On Tuesdays the Gorgon Queen comes to visit, a thousand writhing ''snakes'' for hair. That's what it's like to grow upside down in a world where a ''hug'' is a ''crucifixion''...
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Radium]]
!!Professor Radium
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Henry Ross
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' (Vol 1) #8 (January 1942)
->''"Bah! I'll show him what a true scientist is!...A man who is willing to experiment on himself to prove to the world he is right!"''

Professor Henry Ross was a scientist who was accidentally transformed into "a human radium ray". In need of an expensive antidote, Ross used his newfound powers to commit crimes in Gotham City, anxious not to hurt anyone, but accidentally killing various people in the process. Going insane, Professor Radium found himself battling Batman and Robin. After a long chase and struggle, he is apparently killed. Ross returned some time later and he joined a subgroup of the villainous Society known as the Nuclear Legion.
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* AccidentalMurder: Accidentally killed his lab assistant and his girlfriend with his radiation.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Ross's radium serum has turned his skin a luminous green.
* BaldOfEvil: Radium poisoning causes his hair to fall out (although he maintains his BeardOfEvil).
* BeardOfEvil: Professor Radium has a goatee, which he manages to keep even after [[BaldOfEvil the rest of his hair falls out]].
* TheBusCameBack: After first appearing in 1942, Professor Radium next appeared in 2006.
* ContainmentClothing: Wears a containment suit to control his radioactivity.
* HandBlast: Can project radioactive energy from his hands.
* NeverFoundTheBody: At the end of his first appearance, Professor Radium falls off a bridge and is seemingly drowned, but his body is never found. Sixty-four years later, he turned up alive.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Professor Henry Ross was a scientist that was working on a project that would give immortality through a radium serum. Convinced he had a break through, Ross experimented on himself by committing suicide and then being injected with the serum.
* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: Professor Radium may be the earliest supervillain to gain his superpowers through radioactivity.
* SicklyGreenGlow: Professor Radium's condition causes him to glow with a sickly green light.
* WalkingWasteland: Ross's body constantly produces lethal levels of radiation unless he suppresses it with the drug Volitell. He accidentally kills his one of his colleagues and his girlfriend.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Punchline]]
!!Punchline
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Alexis Kaye
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' (Vol 3) #89 (April 2020)
->''"All of this has just been setup. Everything he's done in Gotham, all these years. Every twisted, depraved move has been in service of a grander vision. But you won't get it until you hear the punchline."''

A young college student who became psychotically obsessed with the Joker after narrowly surviving a hostage crisis perpetrated by the Clown Prince of Crime. Alexis Kaye started her descent into madness by running a TrueCrime podcast dedicated to analyzing the Joker's supervillain career. But after producing a slew of episodes, Alexis finally snapped and began poisoning random people across Gotham in an attempt to recreate the Joker Toxin. This inevitably attracted her idol's attention, who decided to take the insane fangirl under his wing as his replacement for Harley Quinn.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Punchline's creator James Tynion IV revealed her last name was "Kaye" in an IGN interview before it was officially confirmed within a series.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: On a meta-level, Punchline serves the same role as [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Carnage]]: an irredeemable villain meant to replace an extremely popular villain whom the company has changed to being more of an anti-hero to capitalize on their runaway success.
* AnarchyIsChaos: This mixed with BombThrowingAnarchist. She just wants to burn civilization down and tap-dance on the cinders and thinks the Joker wants the same, with only his obsession with Batman holding him back. Unfortunately for Punchline, she doesn't know that the only one who truly knows what motivates the Joker is the Joker and she's just projecting her values onto him.
* ArchEnemy: She has earned Harper Row's total animosity for corrupting her brother Cullen with her anarchic ideas, and Punchline is more than happy to become Bluebird's nemesis.
* AxCrazy: She may be more restrained, but you cannot be a willing associate of the Joker without being homicadally insane yourself.
* ClandestineChemist: Alexis boasts a disturbing affinity for chemistry, which led to her reverse engineering and ''improving'' upon the lethality of the Joker Toxin formula through simple trial and error. In her solo series ''Punchline: The Gotham Game'', she also created a new designer drug called "XO", which is intentionally synthesized from raw untraceable materials that can't be outlawed due to their universal use in everyday items like diapers and sealants for shipping crates.
* CrocodileTears: Even the Joker can tell her video apology and how she was only a victim during the aftermath of ''Joker War'' is pure manipulation to elicit sympathy and to spread the message of chaos and anarchy. Indeed, during the events of her one-shot, many people seem to believe that Alexis is innocent because she's a victimized girl.
* CurbStompBattle: On the receiving end, making the mistake of pissing off Orca, who proceeds to slam her against a mirror, drop on top of her when she climbs on her back and knocks her out using a bathroom sink.
* DarkActionGirl: Has proven to be more than a match for other female crime-fighters.
* DesignPreservationVillain: She takes Harley's role as the Joker's obsessed female {{Sidekick}} after Harley defected from him.
* TheDragon: To the Joker.
* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Exploited and Deconstructed. She was able to pass herself off as a manipulated victim of the Joker because she was an attractive young woman, which led to her getting a reduced sentence and walking free as an unrepentant monster to walk free.
* {{Foil}}: Deliberately made one for Harley Quinn. Whereas Harley is blonde whose hair is in pigtails, Punchline is dark-haired and has a ponytail, she fights using knives rather than a mallet and prefers deadpan humor to Joker's and Harley's more wacky humor. And apparently, Joker genuinely likes her unlike how he treated Harley. To make the parallels more clearer, she heard the tapes of Joker's sessions from ''Mad Love''.
** Additionally, both of them have contrasting views of the Joker. Harley believed on some level she could sort of "redeem" Joker or at the least pictured that they would be together when they finished off Batman. Punchline meanwhile believes that killing Batman would allow Joker to fully cause chaos and destruction. Both ladies project (or Harley used to anyway) their own views onto the Joker: For Harley, being the butt of jokes and pushed to madness by tragedy. For Punchline, an anarchist who sees society as a joke and wishes to tear it down.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: She was just a regular college student who ended up as a hostage of the Joker. This started her obsession with understanding and spreading the Joker's message until he agreed to let her become his sidekick. By the time ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis'' rolls around, Punchline rose to become a full-fledged member of the ''LegionOfDoom''.
* HartmanHips: Fairly consistent depending on who's drawing her, but she's got some huge hips. Often puts them to work when serving as TheVamp.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Harley calls her Punchy, Punch-face and other nicknames to show her dislike for her.
* MasterPoisoner: Not only she was able to make Joker Venom simply by following his instructions online, she even created her own distilled version that makes Batman hallucinate about Alfred.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Leslie Thompkins testifies during her trial that she most likely has an undiagnosed mental illness, but that it's not enough to consider her insane and unable to face trial. The backup stories suggest that she would have been some sort of problem as she had a strange fixation against other people.
* MerchandisingTheMonster: Back in college, she got in trouble for wearing a Joker t-shirt for "Dress Like Your Hero Day". Not only did the writer remember that supervillain merchandise in-universe would be like a shirt with Jeffrey Dahmer's face on it ''at best'', the college put this day together in the first place in response to one of Joker's attacks.
* MonsterFangirl: This is how she began, getting to know the Joker through the internet, who taught her how to make Joker Venom, which she used on the dean of her college, completing her transformation into an actual villain.
* MostCommonSuperpower: More often than not, she's drawn as Harley's worthy successor in mammary size as well.
* MsFanservice: While her costume is nowhere near as {{Stripperiffic}} as Harley's, it still compliments her voluptuous figure, especially around the chest area.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: As much as she likes to call herself superior to Harley as Joker's partner, Harley herself believes Punchline is falling on the same trap she did, thinking she really understands Mr. J.
* PsychoKnifeNut: In contrast to Harley using a mallet or a baseball bat, Punchline fights mostly using knives and is a deranged anarchist obsessed with the Joker.
* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Punchline fills the role of "Joker's girlfriend" now that Harley Quinn has gone from super-villain to an AntiHero.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: During her trial, she doesn't go after any member of the Bat-Family, instead she antagonizes Leslie Thompkins and indirectly Harper Row/Bluebird.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Much like the Joker, Punchline prefers to dress in purple with some green highlights.
* SexyJester: Like her predecessor, she's clown/jester-themed and is just as easy on the eyes.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Punchline's kidnapping and ColdBloodedTorture of Lucius Fox [[HeroicBSOD broke the man]] so throughouly that he became a [[TheParanoiac paranoid wreck]] so desperate to protect his family and the people of Gotham that he sided with ''Simon Saint''. This provided the Magistrate with Fox's cutting-edge technology, which would act as a major catalyst for both the BadFuture of ''[[ComicBook/DCFutureState Future State]]'' and the [[BatFamilyCrossover canonical events]] of ''ComicBook/FearState''. Punchline's actions also indirectly contributed to both [[CreateYourOwnHero Jace Fox becoming the next Batman]] and the [[FaceHeelTurn radicalization]] of Harper Row's brother Cullen.
* StrawNihilist: She's a violent and homicidal anarchist that hates society and only wants to sow chaos and destruction.
* SuperiorSuccessor: She believes herself this compared to Harley Quinn as she believes the Joker genuinely loves her compared to Harley's misguided feelings. Harley thinks otherwise as she knows the only thing Joker cares about more than anything else is Batman.
* TheVamp: Punchline knows [[MostCommonSuperpower exactly]] [[HartmanHips how]] [[RavenHairIvorySkin attractive]] [[SexyJester she]] [[PerkyGoth is]] and is more than willing to exploit it for all its worth. Her looks are a major contributer to why she was able to amass such a [[BadInfluencer devoted following]] that helped her get released from prison and do her dirty work as {{Mooks}} afterwards. Punchy also ends up recruiting Rex and Regina Quintain into her next big racket after selling herself to them as a somebody who could help [[TheMistress shake things up in their bedroom]].
* VilerNewVillain: While Harley was never ''that'' vile of a villain to begin with, she still started out as the Joker's girl and committed a lot of crimes with him. But over the years, as Harley received more character development, she's softened up into more of an AntiHero. By contrast, Punchline has come to fill the same niche as Harley once did, being the Joker's henchgirl but this time she isn't shown to have many redeeming qualities, doesn't want to "change" the Joker like Harley did, and truly believes in the Joker's ideology of chaos and destruction.
* VillainousBreakdown: In ''ComicBook/PunchlineTheGothamGame'' #4, [[spoiler:it turns out that Black Mask and his associates, including Tiger Shark and the Ventriloquist, had taken advantage of her attack on Catwoman and her turf to invade Punchline's own turf to take it over. When she tries to get him to join her, he declines and revealed what he did, causing her to flip out]].
* YouthfulFreckles: Has them and not only indicate she's the newest partner of the Joker, but it also makes her look more innocent, which she takes full advantage of during her trial.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Quakemaster]]
!!Quakemaster
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Robert Coleman
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''DC Special'' #28 (July 1977)
->''"I'll show them that none of the buildings in Gotham can withstand the destruction of an earthquake...Especially one produced by the Quakemaster!"''

Robert Coleman was a Gotham City architect whose reputation was ruined when an apartment complex that he designed and built was destroyed by the hurricane. As a form of revenge, Coleman created the identity of Quakemaster and used his super-charged jackhammer to create earthquakes in the city. He was captured by Batman and, in an added irony, learned that the only buildings damaged in his rampage had been ones he had designed. Following this event, Quakemaster has appeared as a minor villain the DCU: often showing up when there is a gathering of supervillains.
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* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Has a large 'Q' on his chest and another on his belt buckle. (What appears to be a 'T' on his cowl is actually a stylized jackhammer.)
* ButtMonkey: Quakemaster gets no respect from his fellow supervillains.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Exactly why Coleman did not patent his super jackhammer and make a fortune is unclear.
* EarthquakeMachine: Wields a jackhammer capable of producing earthquakes.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The only buildings damaged in his rampage had been ones he had designed.
* PileBunker: Wields a specially constructed jackhammer based on his own design. It can project pulsing waves of electromagnetic energy strong enough to shatter concrete. When targeting a human victim, the Jackhammer's energy discharge is capable of smashing bone into dust.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: His costume is primarily green and purple.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Raptor]]
!! Raptor
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Richard (last name unknown)
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Nightwing: Rebirth'' #1 (September 2016)
->''"There's still hope for the Raptor-Nightwing team. You can still be the guy I know is beneath all of those added layers. You just need more mentoring. A little tough love. You have to suffer more, Dick. You need someone to take everything away from you."''

A Romani thief and friend of Mary Grayson's, Raptor was exiled from his home once it was found he had leprosy. He befriended Mary Grayson and worked in Haley's Circus for a time as its clown, and has been watching Dick Grayson since he was a boy. Once Dick returns to his Nightwing role, Raptor takes a more hands-on approach in mentoring. He believes that Bruce Wayne corrupted Dick, and that he and he alone can make Dick into the hero his mother would've been proud of, and make him embrace his heritage.

Raptor utilizes Suyolak, a gauntlet which gives him whatever he needs to solve a situation. He targets the rich, and fancies himself a modern Robin Hood.
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* TheCasanova: Is shown to be quite the charmer.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman:
** His gauntlet Suyolak is his best tool. It will literally give him whatever he needs to win.
** He also very briefly wore Deathstroke's Ikon Suit, which creates a type of force field powerful enough to shrug off a punch from Superman and is powered by kinetic energy. However, because he lacks Deathstroke's enhancements, he can't power the suit as well, and he's forced to abandon it once it becomes irradiated.
* CoolPlane: Buteo, a sort of hover-copter.
* TheDragon: Acted as this to the Parliament of Owls, after offing Lincoln March.
** DragonWithAnAgenda: He was ''actually'' working to destroy the Owls.
* EvilCounterpart: To Dick and Bruce. Like Dick, he's a playful acrobat, charming and likes improvising his plans. Like Bruce, he mentors Dick, works in the shadows and uses fear as his weapon, and utilizes very long-term plans. He even compares himself to Batman. Oh, he also hates rich people and is willing to kill.
* EvilMentor: Played this role to Dick at first. He tried to make Dick come into his own, outside of Batman, but did so by having Dick make more and more morally questionable decisions.
* {{Expy}}: He's ComicBook/{{Midnighter}} if he focused exclusively on the 1%. He's a violent partner to Dick Grayson, is a darker type of Batman, and has something that allows him to very easily win fights.
* FeelNoPain: Because of his leprosy, he has dead nerve endings and can't feel pain.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has leprosy, and has scarred hands to prove it.
* JustLikeRobinHood: He and Mary were this in their younger days, and he still partakes in these types of activities sometimes.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's drawn like a man in his thirties, but he has to be at least in his mid-forties.
* SecretSecretKeeper: He's known that Bruce Wayne is Batman and Dick is Robin/Nightwing/Batman for a long time (and later discovered that Barbara Gordon is Batgirl), but he hasn't told anyone. He's not averse to threatening to, however, once they find out he ''does'' know. Eventually, Spyral removes the knowledge from his mind.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: They're gold, but yeah.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ra's al Ghul]]
-> See [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ratcatcher]]
!!Ratcatcher
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Otis Flannegan
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #585 (April 1988)
->''"If I've learned anything from my little friends it's about survival. A rat will do anything to survive...anything to be...FREE!"''

An extremist former exterminator, Otis Flannegan is atoning for his past sins against the rats by attempting to lead them into a bright future as Earth's new dominant species, with him as their king.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Where Ratcatcher is usually based.
* AnimalEspionage: Uses his trained rats as spies and messengers.
* TheAtoner: He feels bad for every rat he killed as an exterminator, and plans to avenge them by using rats to take over the world, with him standing as the Rat King.
* TheBeastmaster: Commands a legion of highly trained sewer rats to do his bidding.
* CosmicRetcon: How he's still alive in the New 52.
* DeadlyGas: Carries cyanide gas grenades.
* GasMaskLongcoat: Given he lives in Gotham's [[AbsurdlySpaciousSewer Absurdly-Spacious Sewers]], this combo makes sense, but it also gives him a very creepy look.
* TheJailer: In his first appearance, Flannegan was keeping the men he blamed for his imprisonment as captives in the sewers.
* KilledOffForReal: One of the casualties in Infinite Crisis, and would not return until the New 52 reboot.
* PestController: Ratcatcher has the ability to control and communicate with rats.
* RatKing: How Flannegan views himself.
* RodentCellmates: While incarcerated in Blackgate Penitentiary, he his uses his furry friends to smuggle contraband and run messages throughout the prison.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He fought Nightwing in the New 52 instead of Batman, and one of his more well-known appearances was in a three-part storyline in a Catwoman comic.
* SwarmOfRats: Certainly can use his rats this way.
* UncattyResemblance: Flannegan has a distinctly rodent-like appearance, making him look a lot like his beloved rats.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Reaper]]
!!The Reaper
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Benjamin Gruener (I), Judson Caspian (II), Joseph Chilton Jr. (III), Unknown (IV)
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #237 (December 1971)
->''"Tell the world that the Reaper has returned… and will save this city -- with its consent, or without."''

Prior to ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', the Reaper was Dr. Benjamin Gruener, a German immigrant whose parents [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust died in a concentration camp]] when he was a child. When Gruener discovered that the men responsible were not only still alive, but had managed to escape justice up to that point, he assumed the mantle of a GrimReaper themed armoured vigilante and went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. His murderous methods brought him into conflict with Batman, leading to a tense fight atop a municipal dam which resulted in Gruener plummeting to his death.

Post-''Crisis'', his identity was changed to Judson Caspian, a wealthy Gotham City socialite whose wife was murdered by a street thief. Driven mad with grief, Caspian became a vigilante: creating an armoured costume and adopting the identity of 'the Reaper'. He stalked the streets of Gotham, targeting and summarily executing criminals: primarily juvenile delinquents. Eventually, the Reaper was driven out of Gotham by [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Alan Scott]] and Caspian moved to Europe: living many years in retirement. He eventually returned to Gotham City: his return coinciding with Batman's first year fighting crime. The two vigilantes clash, ending in Caspian's death.

The third man to take up the mantle of the Reaper was Joe Chilton, Jr.; the son of Joe Chill, the man who murdered Bruce Wayne's parents. Chilton witnessed his father's death at the hands of the Reaper, and became obsessed with obtaining vengeance against Batman. With the help of his sister, he adopts the Reaper in a plot to drive Batman insane.

The changes brought about by ''[[ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime Zero Hour]]'' and ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' seemingly erase Chilton from continuity, but the encounters with Gruener and Caspian still occurred, albeit in BroadStrokes. It is eventually revealed that after Gruener perished fighting Batman, his body was recovered by Mr. Freeze and placed in cryogenic suspension. Freeze ultimately gives Gruener's cryogenically preserved body to the Ministry of Science (a [[VillainTeamUp collaboration]] between Hugo Strange and the Black Mask) who resurrect him, with some upgrades, and deploy him against Batman and Robin.

Post-ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}, a fourth vigilante called the Reaper has been seen as an inmate of Blackgate Prison. He was one of the criminals sprung by Bane to form an army to take back Gotham City from the inmates of Arkham Asylum who had been freed by the Crime Syndicate. It is not known what, if any, connection this Reaper has to Gruener, Caspian, or Chilton.
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* AdaptationalWimp: The early incarnations of the Reaper were tough opponents for Batman and fought him to the bitter end. Once the Reapers reappear in the ''Rebirth'' era, they don't give Batman anywhere near as tough of a fight, go down quicker, and prefer escape or suicide bombing to capture.
* AllCrimesAreEqual: Caspian would kill all criminals he encountered, regardless of what their actual crimes were.
* ArmoredVillainsUnarmoredHeroes: The Reaper wears a suit of boiled leather armour that was far more protective than the costume Batman wore during his first year of operation.
* ArsenalAttire: The knees and fists of the red leather armor are tipped with spikes that add more power to blows.
* AvengingTheVillain: Chilton adopted the identity of the Reaper to take revenge against Batman for the death of his father: Joe Chill, the man who murdered Bruce Wayne's parents.
** Post-''Rebirth'', we are introduced to Judson Caspian's son Julian, who seeks to avenge his father's death. Julian hasn't donned his father's costume (as of yet), but he has sent mercenaries and a KillerRobot after the Dark Knight.
* BackFromTheDead: Gruener was resurrected by Mr. Freeze and Hugo Strange.
* BodyHorror: After Gruener is resurrected, the decay that had set in ''before'' Mr. Freeze preserved him could not be reversed, so the skin on his face was essentially rotting to the bone. And it looked just as creepy as it sounds.
* CloakOfDefense: The Reaper wears a large hooded black cloak lined with armour.
* ContinuitySnarl: It's not entirely clear whether Chilton still exists post-''Zero Hour''. Likewise, it is unclear if Ben Gruener still exists post-Flashpoint.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Gruener and Caspian both died this way after being bested in battle with Batman. Caspian stayed dead, but Gruener later CameBackWrong.
* DomesticAbuse: Chilton's childhood was turbulent, as his father was abusive towards his mother. Despite this, he idolized his father.
* DualWielding: All versions of the Reaper have wielded a pair of scythe-like blades.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Chilton idolized his father and adopted the Reaper identity in order to avenge him.
* EvilCounterpart: The Reaper is what Batman would be if he used guns and was willing to kill.
-->'''Reaper:''' There are many here who need to be brought to swift and merciless justice. Children of Gotham, fear no more... for I will purge your city of the animals that seek to destroy you... those who will grind you up like rotted meat. The sadists will never be allowed to have the last laugh. This I swear to you.
* TheGrimReaper: The Reaper costume is designed to invoke the imagery of the Grim Reaper.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Gruener and Caspian were hit VERY hard with this.
-->'''Reaper:''' You all stand between me and my crusade! For the greater good you must be sacrificed!
* LegacyCharacter: Four different men have worn the Reaper armour.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The Reaper costume is predominantly red and black, with a [[SkullForAHead white skull mask]], and is intended to make the wearer look like the GrimReaper. Gruener wore black armour with a red cloak. Caspian inverted this color scheme, and subsequent Reapers followed suit.
* SinisterScythe: The Reaper wields dual scythe-like blades which contain within their hafts concealed firearms and smoke pellets.
* SkullForAHead: The face plate on the Reaper's armour looks like a human skull.
** After [[CameBackWrong coming back wrong]], Gruener looks like this ''without'' a mask.
* SmokeOut: The Reaper's scythes have smokes pellets concealed in their hafts, allowing the Reaper to vanish in a cloud of smoke.
* SupervillainPackingHeat: The Reaper's {{Sinister Scythe}}s have guns concealed in their handles.
* VigilanteMan: The first and third Reapers are murderous vigilantes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Riddler]]
-> See [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Roxy Rocket]]
!!Roxy Rocket
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Roxanne Sutton
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #822 (October 2006)
->''"Oooh, fast car! So, what are you after, handsome? Something you want, eh? Okay, okay! Here's something!"''

Roxanne Sutton was a stunt woman in Hollywood, often acting as a stunt double for famous actresses (and sometimes actors). She eventually lost her job when she tried to make her stunts so dangerous that no company would insure her. Still hungry for thrills, she moved to Gotham City where she became stealing jewels for the Penguin. When Batman took equally great risks in attempting to capture her, Roxy believed she had found a kindred spirit who enjoyed the thrill of living dangerously as much as did and developed a crush on him. She eventually realized her crush was unrequited when Batman had her arrested.
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* AcePilot: Rides a one-woman rocket like it is a motorcycle.
* AdventurerOutfit: Dresses in a sexy version of the classic aviator outfit.
* AffablyEvil: To a certain extent. She's a thief, but is cheerful to those she robs and avoids hurting people when it isn't necessary.
* AlliterativeName: '''R'''oxy '''R'''ocket
* CanonImmigrant: Twice--she first appeared in ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'' Annual #1, then in ''The New Batman Adventures'' (along with ''Superman: TAS''), then in the main DCU.
* FieryRedhead: Moved to crime mostly for the kicks.
* InHarmsWay: She's in it at least as much for the thrills as for the loot.
* MsFanservice: She has a nice figure and wears a form-fitting out that provides a lot of cleavage.
* RocketRide: Rides a long, jet powered craft that can be ridden like a horse.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Went on to become a recurring foe of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}.
* SpeedDemon: She's addicted to going as fast possible.
* ThrillSeeker: She's a villainous adrenaline junkie.
* VillainousCrush: A mild one for Batman, believing that they are BirdsOfAFeather.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rupert Thorne]]
!!Rupert Thorne
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #469 (May 1977)
->''"You think Batman is hiding somewhere in Gotham City--plotting our exposure and your impeachment? If he is, my dear Hamilton, then he must be dealt with."''

Rupert Thorne is a Gotham mobster who managed to appear more than once in Batman comics pre-''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', making him one of Batman's few "normal" recurring foes. Thorne used his influence to try and outlaw Batman's vigilantism and got Jim Gordon temporarily fired. He also kidnapped Dr. Hugo Strange when Strange had figured out Batman's identity and beat him for the information, but Strange faked his own death, pretended to be a ghost, and haunted Thorne until Thorne confessed to his crimes and was arrested. Thorne hasn't been used much since ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', but is still around without anything to indicate his past stories have been erased from continuity. Gets used in adaptations when Batman needs a mafioso to fight.
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* CantCatchUp: Poor bastard wants to run a criminal organization against the likes of The Penguin or the Joker.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: His appearance is based on Carroll O'Connor.
* CompositeCharacter: Often takes the role of mob boss Sal Maroni in wounding Harvey Dent in adaptations of ComicBook/TwoFace's origin story, such as ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', often combined with Don Falcone as the city's resident untouchable mob boss, as opposed to the city councilor with mob connections.
* CorruptPolitician: His first appearance is as a corrupt city councilor being {{blackmail}}ed into turning the city against Batman, then runs for mayor when his blackmailer is defeated. He later has the similarly corrupt Hamilton Hill installed as mayor.
* TheDon: Most depictions have him as the reigning boss of Gotham, contrasting his old school methods with Batman's other, more colorful supervillains.
* LastOfHisKind: Assuming his history is in line with ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', then Thorne is one of the few mob bosses to hold out through Batman's purge of Gotham's criminal underworld and survive the rise of Gotham's far crazier underworld.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ruth Redford]]
!!Ruth Redford
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman: Curse of the White Knight'' #1 (September 2019)
Ruth is a villainess who makes her debut in ''Batman: Curse of the White Knight''. She’s a Gotham City councilor who seeks to… "redirect" Batman.
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* AlliterativeName: '''R'''uth '''R'''edford.
%%* {{Blackmail}}: Attempts this on Bruce Wayne.
* BreakingSpeech: gives [[https://www.cbr.com/batman-curse-of-the-white-knight-destroyed-bruce-wayne-future/ a truly epic speech]] on why Batman has made more trouble to Gotham than good.
* CanonForeigner: Only has appeared in the Elseworld ''White Knight'' timeline.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Works for the rich people of Gotham.
* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler:After Jean-Paul Valley catches and interrogates her, the following issue sees Gotham PD investigators find her charred corpse.]]
* EvilPlan: As the creator of the Batman Devastation Fund, she has accumulated considerable amounts of blackmail material on Bruce Wayne, and directs him to keep fighting low-level crime, while leaving white collar criminals unmolested. When that doesn't work, she switches to hiring a replacement Batman, Jean-Paul Valley. Unfortunately, he turns to be a crazy zealot, so she has to hire Bane to kill him. That doesn't work either and ends with Bane's death and a very pissed Valley tying her up and threatening to light her like a Roman candle unless she gives him the names of her bosses.
* HeroKiller: Works on character assassination to Batman.
%%* ScaryShinyGlasses: Comes with the territory of being a bureaucratic villain.
%%* VillainHasAPoint: Her speech.
[[/folder]]

!!The Joker
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Some men just want to watch the world burn."'']]
!!!'''Real Name:''' Unknown
!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Joseph Kerr, Jack Napier, Eric Border
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #1 (April 1940)
->''"A lion doesn't pass judgement on a gazelle. Cancer doesn't pass judgement on a brain. I've been saying this all along. Evil doesn't exist. There are only actions. We got to the same place--the top of the food chain--just on different paths. Mine was more fun."''

Often recognized as Batman's ArchEnemy, the Joker is a dangerous madman who dresses like a clown and commits violent crimes. His crimes require no motivation other than [[StrawNihilist his sadistic desire to show people the meaninglessness of life through pain and death]], and the narcissism to see the world remade in his own image.
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For a full listing of the tropes surrounding this most iconic of supervillains, [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker see his dedicated tropes page]]. If you want to see them read in his own voice, see [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker here.]]

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Killer Croc is what Marvel's [[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGallery The Lizard]] would be if you took away the "scientist who changes back and forth into a monster" part. Croc is a scary reptile man beast who has a chip on his shoulder againist humanity like The Lizard, but since he lacks the chance to shift back into a human like Curt does (thanks to Spidey) Croc is much more corrupt and devious.

!!Mr. Freeze
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Dr. Victor Fries
!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Mr. Zero
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #121 (February 1959)
->''"Think of it, Batman. To never again walk on a summer's day with the hot wind in your face and a warm hand to hold. Oh, yes…I’d kill for that.”''
\\\
Victor Fries was once a great scientist, who was accidentally exposed to some chemicals and was forever changed. While this sort of thing had been beneficial to ComicBook/TheFlash, it ruined Fries' body physiology and he cannot survive for very long in high temperatures (even being in room temperature would eventually kill him). Being forced to create a suit to keep him cool, Fries eventually turned to crime, becoming the sinister Mr. Freeze.

That was all there was to the original Mr. Freeze (who actually debuted as Mr. Zero). He was just the gimmicky cold themed villain to fight and was eventually sent to Comic Book Limbo (where ComicBook/AnimalMan actually met him!). Then ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' gave him a tragic backstory and personality, turning him into an AntiVillain.

Nora Fries, wife of Victor, contracted a rare disease, of which there was no cure. Victor, wanting to save his wife, put her in cryo-stasis. Unfortunately, Fries' boss, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ferris Boyle]] tried to pull the plug on Nora and knocks Victor into some chemicals and... yeah. Later, when '''Mr. Freeze''' tried to get revenge on Boyle, he was foiled by Batman and Nora's capsule was destroyed, killing her. Swearing revenge on Batman, he escapes. Although, like the Penguin, he is not truly insane, whenever Freeze is captured and taken into custody, he is always taken to Arkham Asylum, as it is the only place where he won't die due to the temperature while in custody (his room being essentially a remodeled meat locker).

In recent history, Freeze managed to revive his wife with one of Ra's Al Ghul's Lazarus Pits in exchange for building a machine to capture [[Characters/{{Batgirl}} Cassandra Cain]]. However, due to Nora being dead for so long, she gains superpowers from the pit. She is pissed off at her husband and left him becoming the villain Lazara. [[TheWoobie Poor, poor Victor]].

The ''ComicBook/New52'' reboot made a major alteration to Freeze's backstory. After the changes to the timeline, Victor is no longer married. Although he still seeks to awaken and cure Nora, he's actually totally deluded; Nora was cryogenically preserved long before Fries was even born. As Batman rather pointedly deconstructs, Freeze doesn't really care about Nora as a person, she just makes a perfect figurehead for his obsession with ice and cold.

''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', specifically ''All-Star Batman'', undid the changes the New 52 made to Fries backstory, with Nora once more being his wife.
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For more on Mr. Freeze, see his character page [[Characters/BatmanMrFreeze here]].

!!The Penguin
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Oswald Cobblepot
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #58 (December 1941)
->''"I embraced their hatred. I embraced their mockery, too. I would take it from them. Own it myself. Penguins can't fly. They are awkward on land. Slow moving. Uncoordinated. So they adapt. Make do with what they have. Play to their strengths. Of all birds, they swim the fastest. Dive the deepest. When they are provoked to fight, their attacks are swift and decisive ... and I vowed that someday, so too would be mine."''
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The scion of a once prestigious family that was driven to financial ruin, Oswald Cobblepot dealt with mockery of his stature from an early age. Dedicating himself to inspiring respect and fear through his exploits, he turned to crime, adopting the alias "Penguin" due to his deformed appearance. Gradually working his way up in the Gotham underworld, he eventually became a Fixer for the mob, using his [[BadGuyBar Iceberg Lounge]] club to shield his illicit dealings from the law. One of Batman's most intelligent adversaries, he represents a sort of middle ground between the "freak" style supervillains and the old style gangsters.
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See his own page [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin here]].

!!Poison Ivy
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Dr. Pamela Isley
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #181 (April 1966)
->''"My name is Poison Ivy. Welcome to the dusk of man. The age of flora has dawned."''
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One of the few metahumans in Batman's rogues gallery, Pamela Isley was once a botanist, but a laboratory accident transformed her into a humanoid/plant hybrid. Possessing a poisonous touch, enhanced physical abilities, and a supernatural control over plant life, she began to use her newfound powers to commit ecoterrorism.
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See her own page [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy here]].

[[folder:Ra's Al Ghul]]
!!Ra's al Ghul
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Unknown
!!!'''Known Aliases:''' The Demon, Terry Gene Kase
!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' League of Assassins
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman'' #232 (June 1971)
->''"You are but seconds in my life! Only I know humanity for what it truly is! Only I can see the grand movements of generations! Only I, undying, can live within this world and protect it from itself!"''

The leader of the League of Assassins. The true identity of Ra's al Ghul has been lost in the sands of time. He has lived [[Really700YearsOld for over 600 years]], using the mysterious Lazarus Pits to prolong his life. Unique among Batman's rogues, Ra's has little interest in the various battles for control of Gotham's criminal underworld. He sees current society as corrupt and decadent, and seeks to purge 90% of the planet's population so mankind can start anew under his vision. With the rejuvenating effects of the Lazarus Pits dwindling, he begins to see Batman as a potential heir to his empire. However, given his genocidal agenda, it was essentially preordained that the Dark Knight and his Justice League teammates would oppose him.
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See his own page [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul here]].

!!The Riddler
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Edward Nashton
!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Eddie Nygma
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #140 (October 1948)
->''" I can wait! I'll destroy you when you're at you're best! I won't be satisfied with anything less!"''

An eccentric mastermind with a tendency toward leaving cryptic clues about whatever he is plotting at the current moment. The Riddler is one of Batman's most intelligent adversaries, but his obsession with proving his intellectual superiority over the Dark Knight occasionally hinders him. The Riddler is the first of Batman's primary rogues to be depicted with a mental disorder: Joker, Scarecrow, Two-Face, and Mad Hatter were not established as criminally insane until TheSeventies, but the Riddler's OCD was alluded to as early as TheSixties.
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See his own character page [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler here]].

[[#RupertThorne]]

!!The Joker's Daughter
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Duela Dent
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Batman Family'' #6 (August, 1976)
->''" No! I need this -- I'm the Joker's Daughter. Hit me like one of your super villains, Batman! "''

A woman who finds the Joker's cut off face and claims to be his daughter.
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See Characters/TeenTitansOriginalTeenTitans

!!King Snake
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Sir Edmund Dorrance
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Robin'' #1 (January, 1991)
->''"I am Sir Edmund Dorrance. The King Snake. I may be blind, but my strikes are deadlier than anything you've ever known."''

See Characters/Robin1993 for more information.

!!ComicBook/LadyShiva
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!!!'''Real Name:''' Sandra Wu-San
!!!'''Team Affiliations:''' League of Assassins, Birds of Prey
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Richard Dragon: Kung-Fu Fighter'' #5 (January 1976)
->''"Any brute can kill. The skills needed to employ a club or gun are easily obtained. I am a true master of the lethal arts!"''

One of the premier martial artists in the DCU, Shiva is a mercenary with her own sense of honor and duty, but who really lives for the thrill of life and death combat. She has trained Batman as well as several of his allies, but that doesn't stop her from fighting them if she feels the urge to. She sometimes acts in a quasi-heroic capacity, occasionally working with the ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey, but it's a nervous time for those allies.
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See Characters/BatmanLadyShiva for her character page.

[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/loaemblem.png]]
[[caption-width-right:200:The emblem of the League]]
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Detective Comics'' #405 (November 1970)
An ancient order of assassins created by Ra's al Ghul to serve as "the fang that protects the head." Many of the DCU's most powerful assassins, mercenaries, and martial artists, be they villains who have taken jobs for them or heroes who were trained by them only to rebel later, have had some connection to the League. Occasionally other villains have usurped control of the organization from Ra's, but he always manages to get it back.
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See Characters/BatmanLeagueOfAssassins for their character page.

[[WMG:[[center:[-''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Batman}} Main Character Index]]'''\\

* PlayboyBunny: Her March Hare costume greatly resembles a Playboy bunny outfit. According to her origin story in ''Comicbook/BatgirlRebirth'', she actually ''did'' get the costume when employed at the mansion of an adult magazine mogul.

* UnexplainedRecovery: He was thought to be dead after he got involved in [[Franchise/WonderWoman Ares]]' plot to turn Gotham into his capital over the world, but was eventually revealed to be alive and well for no revealed reason.

** In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Gorillas in Our Midst!" Comicbook/TheSpectre converts him into cheese [[DeathByIrony and lets some of Milo's mutant rats feed on him]].

%%* LamarckWasRight:

* SamusIsAgirl: The Midnight costume makes April look like a man.

* CosmicRetcon: Her half-eaten corpse was found in the sewers halfway through ''Face the Face''… and then come ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'', she's alive and well, possibly because of Flashpoint resetting and retconning much of the continuity.

->''"This Syndicate has become weak, myopic and bitter. A bunch of bored aliens and freaks, looking down of the only human in the room while you play the best game we humans ever created: Crime."''

* AmbiguouslyRelated: He believes himself to Batman's brother but this has yet to be proven or disproven.

* UnreliableNarrator: His speech to Batman about his history as Bruce Wayne's brother sounds at least possible, but Bruce can come up with alternative explanations for all of the 'evidence' Lincoln uses to justify his belief that he is Thomas Wayne Jr., although he admits that there's no way to be sure about what's true or not without a DNA test.

!!Appearances in Media
[[AC:Comic Books]]
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''

[[AC:Film]]
* ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' - Played by Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

[[AC:Live-Action Television]]
* ''Series/Batman1966'' - Played by [[invoked]][[TheOtherDarrin three actors]]: Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/OttoPreminger and Creator/EliWallach.
* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' - Played by Creator/NathanDarrow.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/BatmanVengeance''
* ''VideoGame/LegoBatman''
* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' - Voiced by Creator/MauriceLaMarche.
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''
* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' - Voiced by Creator/MatthewMercer
* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline''
* ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' - Voiced by Jim Pirri

[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfBatman''
* ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'' - Voiced by Creator/MichaelAnsara.
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' - Voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' - Voiced by Creator/JohnDiMaggio
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' - Voiced by Creator/KeithSzarabajka
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' - Voiced by Creator/PeterStormare
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'' - Voiced by David Burrows
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnlimitedMechsVsMutants'' - Voiced by Creator/OdedFehr
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' - Voiced by Creator/AlfredMolina

!!''Mr. Freeze'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AbusiveParents: The ''Mr. Freeze'' graphic novel by Paul Dini shows an origin in which Victor's father was a violent control freak.
* AdaptationalBadass: In ''Batman & Robin'', he is more physically fit instead of slim.
* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: He is traditionally depicted as bald, but his incarnations in the New 52 and the 2019 ''Harley Quinn'' cartoon depict him with a mohawk and he retains a full head of hair in George Sanders and Eli Wallach's portrayals of the character in the 1966 ''Batman'' TV series as well as the live-action television series ''Gotham''.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In ''Batman The Animated Series'', ''Arkham Knight'' and a few more portrayals, he is a jaded man trying to save his wife, but has no morals for it, instead of being a stereotypical MadScientist like in ''Batman and Robin'' (though he still wished to save his wife in it), and the Adam West series.
* AdaptationalNationality: Mr. Freeze's national origin is rarely consistent from one portrayal to the next; Michael Ansara, Maurice [=LaMarche=], and Nathan Darrow used generic American dialects for their versions of the character; George Sanders, Eli Wallach, Matthew Mercer, and Jim Pirri affected German accents in their portrayals, Otto Preminger and Arnold Schwarzenegger used their natural Austrian accents, Oded Fehr and Peter Stormare also used their natural accents (Israeli and Swedish, respectively), and Alfred Molina used a Russian accent.
* AdaptationalSympathy:
** The most famous example of this trope, Freeze was rewritten from a man with no backstory and an ice-themed gimmick to a TragicVillain who became the way he was because he was trying to save his dying wife. All he got from it was being trapped in a refrigerator suit, left to believe Nora was taken from him, while the man responsible initially got off scott-free.
** Ironically, his 1966 iteration beat the ''BTAS'' version to the punch; because the Freeze in the comics at the time had no origin, the show gave him one on how Batman accidentally spilled freeze fluid on him during a robbery, causing him to be unable to survive outside temperatures 50 degrees below zero. All because of a genuine accident, Batman is harbored with guilt at how Freeze will stop at nothing to make the world suffer for his misfortunes.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The New 52 version of Freeze is far less sympathetic than most other incarnations of him post-BTAS, being a deluded stalker who was never even married to Nora, to begin with - as Batman points out, he's merely projecting his own twisted desire for love and obsession with the cold onto her. This version of the character has since been retconned out of history after a vocal backlash from fans of the character's more sympathetic interpretation.
* AdaptedOut: Ferris Boyle is the man responsible for the modern Mr. Freeze's StartOfDarkness in the animated series and the Post-Crisis era. However, come the New 52 era, he's no longer included and it's Bruce Wayne this time who's the stand-in for Ferris when he confronts Victor in the lab incident that led to his transformation.
* ADayInTheLimelight: An issue of ''Legends Of The Dark Knight'' has him narrating a retelling of his own origin.
* AffablyEvil: The Creator/GeorgeSanders version in the 60s series is very affable. He admits that he doesn't actually hate Batman that much--killing him is just a matter of principle seeing as how [[NiceJobBreakingItHero he's responsible for the accident that made him Mr. Freeze]]. [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine He even makes Batman and Robin dinner.]]
* AlienBlood: As a result of his accident, he is now literally cold-blooded, which would be downright bizarre for any mammal let alone human.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Freeze is frequently drawn with blue skin, DependingOnTheArtist. However, it's unclear whether his blue skin was caused by his FreakLabAccident, simply a reflection of his helmet, or both.
* AnIcePerson: Unlike most examples, his powers don't come naturally. Instead, he has to use his gun (which may or may not be linked to his sub-zero body temperature) to achieve this. And although his condition would kill him in a room-temperature environment, he can walk around openly and quite comfortably in the frigid polar regions, as depicted in the DCAU.
* AntiVillain: DependingOnTheWriter sometimes, but he's one of the greatest examples of a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II]] of all times.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: His helmet is more fragile than the rest of his suit, and he needs it to survive.
* BaldOfEvil: The transformation process apparently caused all his hair to fall out.
* BigBad: There are some examples where Mr. Freeze takes the spotlight.
** He is the main antagonist of the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' expansion ''Cold, Cold Heart''.
** He is one of the main villains of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
** He is the main villain of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''.
* BlueMeansCold: Fitting for his association with ice, Victor is always seen depicted with a bluish-frosty-white color scheme.
* BreakoutCharacter: One of the most standout examples among Batman's Rogues Gallery. Originally he was nothing more than an unremarkable villain with an ice gimmick until ''Batman: The Animated Series'' reimagined him as a TragicVillain to wide acclaim. Since then he's gradually grown in popularity and now sits alongside Two-Face, the Riddler, and the Joker as one of Batman's most iconic enemies.
* CreateYourOwnVillain:
** In the New 52, the executive who shut down Victor's research and unwittingly exposed him to the chemicals that made him dependent on sub-zero temperatures... was Bruce Wayne.
** In 60's series as well--he was an ordinary criminal who got frozen by Batman in a bank robbery gone wrong. Batman even expresses guilt over the incident although the others are quick to point out he was just doing his job. A similar origin was used for ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''.
* ColdHam: only natural that he makes a fine example of this in most incarnations, with one foot in pompous madman and the other in tortured antivillain, and a love for grim humor to round things out.
* CursedWithAwesome: Freeze's condition means that room temperatures will kill him. However, he can survive without his suit in bitterly cold regions that would kill ordinary humans. Arguably more BlessedWithSuck, since super-cold environments are comparatively rare/temporarily limited and usually very barren, whereas the world where all the people live is out to kill him.
** One of the ''Batman vs. Predator'' minis had a very interesting spin on this: because of his complete lack of body heat, he can hide from the Predators' thermal vision with absolutely no effort.
* {{Cyborg}}: Maybe. [[AmbiguousRobots It's hard]] [[AmbiguouslyHuman to tell.]] He definitely was a normal human before the lab accident (which note did not involve robotics in any way), but various depictions since then have shown him surviving being decapitated or blown up, even when explicitly reduced to [[LosingYourHead just a (still-talking) head]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Rivals Batman on this front in his more sedate moments, often at the expense of any other villains he's teamed up with at the moment
* DownerEnding: Every instance where he finally gains the means to revive and cure Nora ends badly for him, and only rarely goes well for Nora, if even that. [[KickTheDog He's just never allowed to catch a break.]]
** The DCAU sees Nora successfully cured, but she moves on without her husband, who instead decides to take his pain out on the world when he loses [[spoiler:his entire body]]. He survives into the future of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', but the cure for his condition turns out to be only temporary, and in his final rampage, [[spoiler:he lets the building he's in collapse, convinced no one but Batman cares about what happens to him.]]
** In the ''Arkham'' series, [[spoiler:both turn out to be at death's door, and decide to spend what little time they have left together.]]
** His ''Arrowverse'' counterpart died before he could find a cure for Nora's condition. Even when she was revived, Victor's stasis chamber altered her body chemistry enough that she [[RapidAging aged faster than she actually was]], meaning Victor wound up cutting her lifespan down severely.
** Even in ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'', a {{Deconstruction}} of the villain genre, he's not allowed to see Nora live on. Thanks to Harley mistaking Freeze for a creep, Nora's freed too early. Ivy is able to find a cure, but at the expense of Victor [[spoiler:being forced to take on a blood type not his own to give a transfusion to Nora, even though it kills him. He does it in spite of the risk, valuing Nora's life over his own.]]
** As for his comic's iteration? If he does find a cure, it usually turns Nora into a supervillain, and one who's crazier than Joker on his worst days.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He earned a doctorate, dammit, no one should be calling him ''Mister'' Freeze.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Possibly one of the most famous examples of this in comic history - Victor and Nora truly loved one another, and he will do anything and everything he can to save her in the present. He's the current trope page image for a very good reason.
* FreakLabAccident: Something that ''every'' version of him has in common.
* FreezeRay: The exact size and shape of Freeze's Freeze Gun has varied wildly over the years; when it first debuted, it looked more like a teakettle than anything. Since then, it's been portrayed as everything from the standard futuristic pistol design to a massive two-handed cannon connected to a backpack to a tiny, unassuming-looking device mounted on the wrist of his armor.
* GeniusBruiser: He's an absolute genius, and his suit enhances his strength to superhuman levels.
* HappilyMarried: He and Nora are typically portrayed as both best friends and deeply in love, at least before her disease struck.
* HarmlessFreezing: Sometimes, in more kid friendly versions. Most of the time, he ''does'' kill whoever he freezes.
* HealthcareMotivation: His main motivator to villainy is his desire to preserve and eventually revive his wife Nora, who he was forced to place in cryogenic suspension to stop her dying from a terminal illness.
* HumanPopsicle: Did this to his wife, pre New 52 -- afterwards, he fell in love with Nora specifically ''because'' she is on. He's kind of a walking, talking, killing one himself.
* HurricaneOfPuns: In ''Series/{{Batman}}'' and ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', he makes a blizzard of puns.
* {{Hypocrite}}: After years worth of stories based on the tragic Nora-centric DCAU blueprint created for him, Freeze has inevitably turned into this. He hates Ferris Boyle for ruining his life and pulling the plug on Nora but in both the Post-Crisis and New 52/Rebirth eras, Freeze himself has gone to ruin lives on a scale his former employer can't compete with anymore, including killing, kidnapping, and/or experimenting on women who share similarities with Nora.
* IcyBlueEyes: A literal example. ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' even brings it further with ice-like lenses.
** RedEyesTakeWarning: Other times he sports these, even without his trademark red goggles, DependingOnTheArtist.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Obviously not [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Victor himself]], but a somewhat recurring element is people attracted to Freeze's condition for the sake of immortality. It ''never'' goes well for them.
** A Pre-Crisis story has Freeze experimenting on aging citizens as a way to grant his new lover the same icy life he has. The process inevitably fails, [[FateWorseThanDeath leaving the unlucky subjects]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent as brain-dead "ice zombies"]]. Even worse, his lover is actually plotting to betray and murder Victor once she's acquired his un-aging form.
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[DependingOnTheWriter On his worst days]] he falls headlong into this, either robbing people blind to fund his research/planning to use them as test subjects because the recovery of his wife justifies anything he does to achieve it, or destroying people's lives and making them miserable because if ''he'' can't be happy, ''no one'' can be happy.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: He invokes this trope with objects just as much as with people.
* LongLived: Due to his body being frozen, he ages much slower.
* LostInImitation: With the exception of the one in [[Series/Batman1966 the Adam West show]] and ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' version (which uses his original characterization, though references his later look), every version of Freeze draws from the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse one. This is partially because the ''comics themselves'' [[CanonImmigrant adopted the DCAU version as his official backstory.]]
* TheLostLenore: Nora is perhaps one of the best examples in comic books.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Especially when the one you loved is dead and even before that, he was mistreated and assaulted for even trying to save his life. In short, Victor wants to get back at the world, let alone Gotham City, if he cannot be reunited with his wife.
* MadScientist: He's a master of cryogenics and cybernetics, creating his mechanized life-support suit and his trademark FreezeRay himself, but he uses his genius to help in his crimes.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Sometimes depicted as such to further emphasize his cold and venomous perspective on life. Given his wife's sudden illness and his being denied, mistreated, and attacked for trying to save her, only to nearly come to death's door himself, its little wonder Victor became hateful of humanity as a whole.
* MovesetClone: For ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', he is a Premier Skin to Captain Cold. He shares the exact same moveset.
* {{Necromantic}}: Not at first, since his wife was ''technically'' still alive, but after her death, he still did everything he does out of his love for her.
* OnlySaneMan: [[DependingOnTheWriter Usually]] shares this role with Penguin. He goes to Arkham not because he's insane, but because they're the only place that can accommodate him.
** A notable exception is his appearance in City of Crime, in which he is a delusional psychotic. Penguin even remarks that he hates working with crazy "freaks" like Mr. Freeze.
** Another exception is the New 52 incarnation, who is delusional and obsessive.
* PaletteSwap: For ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', he is a Premier Skin to Captain Cold.
* PlayingWithFire: In one storyline he attempts to use the Lazarus Pit to restore his wife. She came back with powers. [[PlayingWithFire Guess what they are.]] Did we mention his life ''sucks''?
* PoweredArmor: Most of the time, he'll be wearing a suit of robotic armor that not only channels his ice powers and stabilizes his temperature but also grants him super strength to take on Batman.
* PsychoForHire: Often shows up as a mercenary in stories not centered around his personal goals, hired by a crime lord to do some damage and/or attack Batman. Freeze is known to be difficult to work with- the exact mix varies DependingOnTheWriter, but generally, a hazy mix of PunchClockVillain who might [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere quit]] when a gig has become more trouble than he's getting paid to deal with, a ConsummateProfessional easily offended by incompetence or attempts to deceive him, and an [[TheUnfettered Unfettered]] nihilist who might kill everyone involved if it was the simplest way to accomplish the given task.
* PungeonMaster: A hail of ice and winter-related puns frost his appearances.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His red goggles give him this appearance. In ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', his eyes actually are red.
* RetCanon: After the animated episode won an Emmy, DC Comics hastily adapted Freeze's new origin into the comics as well. The New 52 made another retcanon to invalidate his DCAU origin, itself undone in Rebirth, much to the relief of fans of the tragic origin and motivations.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: On Boyle at first. His later career is supposedly one targeted towards Batman, and to a lesser extent, the rest of Gotham.
* SeeksAnothersResurrection: The core of most of Victor's modern iterations, but even his most sympathetic portrayals frequently note an element of selfish delusion to the situation- a belief that by reviving her, all of his actions will have been justified and his suffering will end.
* SelfMadeOrphan: In the New 52 version. He became obsessed with the ice after his mother fell through thin ice and nearly died from the cold. The following winter, he led her back to the same spot and pushed her through deliberately. This time, she didn't survive.
* SinisterShades: He's usually seen with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red goggles]].
* StrawNihilist: On his worst days. In Mr. Freeze's perspective, if Nora can't be saved, then life is meaningless and the world can be damned for all that matters.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Victor is one of the most sympathetic members of Batman's rogues gallery and while the two have fought countless times, the Caped Crusader never harbors any ill will towards him and makes it clear that Mr. Freeze is just as much of a victim to Gotham's corruption and strife as he himself is.. Of course, Batman has tried to help Victor on a few occasions, though those never tend to last.
* TragicIceCharacter: Often characterized as an AntiVillain who was mutated into AnIcePerson by a FreakLabAccident, and is motivated to villainy by his desire to preserve and revive his wife Nora, whom he was forced to place into cryogenic suspension to prevent her from dying from an incurable disease.
* TragicVillain: A depressed scientist desperate to save his wife's life before it's too late, and is forced to live in coldness, never getting attached to warmth due to the incident by one specific person. He also holds the page image.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sure Freeze is fine with freezing Gotham City and killing innocent people, sub-zero suit and all, but his ultimate end goal (and top priority) is to both save and reunite with his beloved wife Nora and find a cure for his disease.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The version of him created from the DCAU and which became his main comics persona prior to (and following) the New 52. Freeze was made into a person biologically incompatible with human warmth, and all he wants is to restore his wife to full health, which is what he was trying to do before he was transformed. Even if he succeeds, he'll never be able to hold her again, as the temperature difference would kill them both.