History Characters / GothamCriminalGroups

!The Court of Owls

[[folder: The Court In General]]
!!The Court of Owls

A secret organization that rules Gotham City from the shadows.
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* AdaptationalOriginConnection: In the comics, the Court has very little connection to [[spoiler:the League of Assassins, let alone being led and manipulated by ComicBook/RasAlGhul himself]].
* AncientConspiracy: They are implied to have been around for a long time, and stayed in the shadows during all of it.
* AnimalMotifs: Its members wear owl masks when conducting Court business.
* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler: The Shaman has the Talons kill the rest of the Court.]]
* TheDragon: A Talon serves as this for the Court of Owls. However, like the mythical Hydra, when one Talon dies, another would take its place. Later, during season 3, it's shown they had more than one active Talon.
* TheDreaded: Those who know of their existence are absolutely terrified of crossing them.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They are aware of this, it seems, keeping a list of members' loved ones so that they can be spared from any Court-orchestrated attacks.
* ImmortalitySeeker: They are obsessed with immortality. [[spoiler:The whole reason for Hugo Strange’s experiments is to successfully bring the dead back to life with their memories intact.]]
* KarmicDeath: They ordered the death of the Wayne behind their leader's back. [[spoiler: They all get betrayed by their leader when he has them all stabbed to death in the back.]]
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: The Shaman orders the Court killed while Ra's al Ghul takes control of the EvilPlan.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan:
** They’re the ones pulling [[spoiler:Hugo Strange’s strings and providing him backing and protection.]]
** They also [[spoiler:secretly controlling Wayne Enterprises.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After they create the Tetch weapon, the Shaman has all of them executed.]]
[[/folder]]

!!!Leadership

[[folder: The Shaman]]
!!The Shaman
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->'''Played By:''' Raymond J. Barry

The leader of the mysterious Court of Owls, an organization which controls the city of Gotham.

* ArcVillain: Is the main antagonist of the second half of Season 3 as the man who controls the Court of Owls, [[spoiler:is responsible for [[TheCorrupter corrupting Bruce Wayne]], and the orchestrator of the Alice Tetch virus bomb.]] Although the final three episodes of the season reveal [[spoiler:that he and the Court are merely puppets of Ra's Al-Ghul, the true main antagonist of the series.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Alfred shoots him dead when he saves Bruce from his clutches.]]
* TheDragon: Even though he is the head of the Court of Owls, the Shaman tells Bruce that someone else pulls their strings.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite Thomas Wayne making trouble for the Court he did ''not'' want him to be killed. [[spoiler: He eventually kills the rest of Court as punishment.]]
* EvilMentor: For Bruce Wayne.
* EvilOldFolks: He's an elderly man, and the ruthless ringmaster of the Court of Owls.
* NoNameGiven: He's only credited as "the Shaman" or "Temple Shaman". [[spoiler: Ra's]] calls him "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensei_(DC_Comics) the Sensei]]".
* RedHerring: He was introduced around the same time that [[spoiler:Ra's Al-Ghul]] was announced, so many fans speculated that he's actually [[spoiler:an elderly Ra's, who would eventually find a Lazarus Pit and become younger by the season finale. The ending of "Pretty Hate Machine" confirms that the two are in fact separate people]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:The Shaman orders the Talons working under the Court of Owls leadership to assassinate them once the Tetch virus bombs are completed.]]

[[folder: Kathryn Monroe]]
!!Kathryn Monroe
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->'''Played By:''' Kit Flanagan (Season 2), Leslie Hendrix (Season 3)

A member of The Court of Owls; who acted as their representative.

* ArcVillain: Of the first half of Season 3. [[spoiler:Subverted, as she's merely TheDragon to the Court's real leader, the Shaman]].
* DisappointedInYou: Despite the Gordons being assets, their meddling is troublesome.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is shown to be disgusted by the rampant chaos during Jerome's riots in season 3, to the point of seriously considering stepping in with the Court's troops to stop it.
* EvilOldFolks: Appears to be quite elderly, as well as being the leader of a nefarious organization.
* IGaveMyWord: Except, according to the leader of the Whisper Gang, she doesn't.
* TheFaceless: She is never seen without her owl mask, preventing anyone from getting a good look at her face.
** As of the start of Season 3, she takes off her mask, and we only see her face from now on.
* TheHandler:
** She acts as liaison between the Court and [[spoiler:Hugo Strange, giving him his marching orders.]]
** She also appears to be in charge of [[spoiler:overseeing the Court’s control of Wayne Enterprises.]]
** And she has some sort of deal worked out with [[spoiler: Carmine Falcone, though it appears to be under duress from his end.]]
* HatePlague: [[spoiler:She plans to use Alice Tetch's blood to infect Gotham City.]]
* TheHeavy: While not the leader of the Court, she's their representative and the main member Gordon and allies are up against for the bulk of Season 3.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: [[spoiler: She kidnaps Barnes, and later sends him after Jim when the latter betrays the Court. Barnes later kills her when she gets in the way of his own quest.]]
* IronLady: Is clearly feared and respected among the Court's ranks.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:The woman whose power came from commanding others is murdered by a psychopath she foolishly believed she could control.]]
* MouthOfSauron: The most prominent member of the Court seen, who gives the other agents of the Court their orders. She is also clearly the highest-ranking under the Shaman.
* [[OffWithHisHead Off with Her Head]]: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Barnes when she tries to stop him.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: When Barnes runs in shooting up everyone he sees in sight while assaulting the GCPD, she stupidly runs up to him, calls his beliefs stupid, and demands that he escort her back to her base. Unsurprisingly, she gets killed by the madman she shouted at.]]

!!!Others
[[folder:Frank Gordon]]
!!Frank Gordon
->'''Played By''': Creator/JamesRemar

A member of the Court, and Gordon's uncle.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:He strives to make up for what he did to his brother by destroying the Court from within.]]
* EvilUncle: [[spoiler:Subverted. He's probably the one good egg in the current Court, and Jim looks to be following in his footsteps, to finish what he'd started.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Shoots himself in the head as the perfect excuse Gordon needs to join the Court and enact his plan.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:Despite having done some terrible things for the Court, he comes to regret them and genuinely convinces Gordon to join so they can destroy it from the inside.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: If all these spoiler tags are anything to go by.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Gordon is not particularly happy to know he had ordered Peter Gordon's assassination. He does regret the hit, though]].

[[folder:Talon]]

"Talon" is the name given to a breed of agents and assassins that work for the Court of Owls and are among the deadliest killers in Gotham City.

* LegacyCharacter: Kill one of them? Another one would spring up in their place, continuing right where the last one left off.
* MadeOfIron: While it is possible to defeat a Talon if you are able to match up against their fighting skills and their peak physical conditions, it is damn near impossible to kill them, unless you have heavy firepower or are specially trained like Jim or Alfred are.
[[/folder]]

!The Dollmaker's organization

[[folder:The Dollmaker/Dr. Francis Dulmacher]]
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/ColmFeore

A mysterious figure involved in child trafficking that acts in Gotham through his lackeys Patti and Doug. Later appears as the head of the pirates that abduct Fish Mooney, revealing the full extent of his influence and plans.
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* AbortedArc: He's never brought up again after Season 1.
* AdaptationNameChange: His name is Francis Dulmacher, rather than Anton Schott or Barton Mathis.
* BodyHorror: What he does to people [[YouHaveFailedMe who fail or try to betray him.]] The resulting mismatch of misshapen parts is outright nightmarish, especially since his victim we see is ''[[AndIMustScream still alive]]'' after he works him.
* ChekhovsGunman: An early Season 1 episode vaguely mentioned "The Dollmaker," and he was forgotten until the latter half of the season when he takes center stage in Fish's subplot.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's a sadistic organ thief, and his unfailing politeness is pretty clearly an act.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: His men abduct Fish, and imprisons her to be organ harvested.
* MadDoctor: While he typically uses his harvested organs to supply his seemingly legitimate private practice, he apparently likes to experiment with people who fail him. See BodyHorror for the result...
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He's a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity respected]] surgical miracle worker - able to replace whole body parts with an assortment of seemingly unfitting pieces with full functionality. [[OrganTheft Where he]] ''[[OrganTheft gets]]'' [[OrganTheft those parts and pieces]], however, is where the Morally Ambiguous part comes in...
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: Courtesy of the other prisoners led by Fish during their escape.]]
* OrganTheft: He harvests the organs of people he feels society will not miss, then uses them to run a private surgical practice for the elite.
* SoftspokenSadist: Never loses his mild politeness. It makes the more horrifying aspects of his work that much more unsettling.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: His real name is Dr. Dulmacher, and he is referred to as the Dollmaker by some of his underlings.
* SuperDoc: So long as he has the parts available, he can treat practically anything that's impossible for modern medicine. Including replacing someone's lost eye and having it work.
* TheSociopath: He has people (including children) abducted and harvested for organs so he could sell them to the wealthy, [[BadBoss not to mention what he does to those who fail him.]] He shows no remorse for his crimes and any emotion he actually shows is just an act.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: His regular practice is luxurious and welcoming, and his upper class patients apparently have no idea about his illegal organ harvesting business.
* WouldHurtAChild: Some of his targets are children.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Patti & Doug]]
!!Patti & Doug

->'''Played By:''' Lili Taylor & Creator/FrankWhaley

Two kidnappers and child traffickers working for the Dollmaker and preying on Gotham's homeless children under the guise of the Mayor's Homeless Outreach Program.
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* CoDragons: To the Dollmaker in Gotham.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Their manner of speaking.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Patti.
* FauxAffablyEvil: For all their overtly-polite demeanor they are perfectly willing to injure their victims, and even their collaborators.
* WouldHurtAChild: Was willing to kill Selina Kyle when she rebelled against them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Catcher]]
!!The Catcher

->'''Played By:''' Phillip James Griffith

The leader of a group of mercenaries that guard Dulmacher's island.
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* AxCrazy: He clearly takes a lot of pleasures in his job of killing those who try to escape.
* TheDragon: He's Dulmacher's Dragon in his island
* MookLieutenant: He leads a group of {{Mooks}}.
[[/folder]]

!The Sirens

[[folder:Selina Kyle]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina "Cat" Kyle]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Five minutes on the street, you'll be mincemeat."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Camren Bicondova

A teenage girl with a fondness for theft and cats. The future ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}. She witnessed the murder of the Waynes, and has been keeping an eye on Bruce.
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Killed by Bruce Wayne before he even becomes Batman.]] [[spoiler: However, knowing the show's knack for bringing back dead characters and Ra's immortality in the comics, who knows how long this will last.]]

[[folder: Theo Galavan]]
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* DemotedToDragon: [[spoiler: She used to be the "queen" of Gotham. Now, as of Season 4, she's Ra's al Ghul's flunky. Her dragon status is even debatable given she simply is given orders and carries them out, all without knowing her boss's plan. It's more likely Barbara's just a mook in Ra's al Ghul’s vast organization.]]

* Its Personal: Wants Gordon dead for putting her brother and Barbara behind bars. [[spoiler:Now added vengeance when Theo had been killed and she wants revenge. It's unclear if she still feels that way despite him stabbing her for betraying him.]]

[[folder: Jerome Valeska]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You ain't seen nothing yet!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/CameronMonaghan

A male teenager who lives in the circus and is responsible for his mother's death. He seems innocent, kind, and timid... [[OhCrap until he starts laughing]]. Following a breakout with other inmates by Theo Galavan, Jerome became the leader of The Maniax, was betrayed and killed by Galavan only to return and create more chaos upon the city of Gotham.

* AdvertisedExtra: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Jerome was heavily promoted and made to look like a major character, [[spoiler:meeting his demise in the third episode of Season 2, but he returns BackFromTheDead in Season 3 and becomes the BigBad of the latter half of "Mad City".]]
* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler: As of The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, he's this to Bruce Wayne. Not surprising, considering [[ComicBook/TheJoker whom]] he's based on.]]
* AttentionWhore: He loves gaining Gotham's attention and only holds back on killing Bruce Wayne just because he needs an audience to watch him kill Gotham's innocent son.
* AxCrazy: He even used one during the murder of his mother.
* BackFromTheDead: [[JokerImmunity Perhaps not surprisingly]], [[spoiler:he comes back in Season 3 after being killed at the start of Season 2.]]
* BadBoss: After gaining a cult following him, Jerome doesn't hesitate to casually kill his loyalists for a cheap laugh.
* BaitAndSwitch: His psychosis, mannerism and background indicate he will [[spoiler:become the Joker.]] At the same time, he [[spoiler:dies on-screen in his fourth appearance [[UpToEleven ...and then he]] ''[[JokerImmunity comes back.]]'']]
* BeardOfEvil: Wears one as part of his disguise during "The Last Laugh".
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Upon revival, he's the lead villain in the final episodes of ''Mad City'' in Season 3, replacing the Mad Hatter.]]
* BlackAndBlackMorality: He tells Bruce that there are no such things as heroes in Gotham City and mocks him for trying to act above everyone else. He argues that deep down, everyone's as ugly as he is.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: His face becomes a huge deformity after getting it slashed off by Dwight. Now Jerome has to work hard at making sure his face doesn't fall off.]]
* CombatSadomasochist: He enjoys it a little ''too much'' when Bruce beats him up and prepares to kill him.
-->'''Jerome''': That's it! Let it out!
* CompositeCharacter: He shares traits and elements with different incarnations of the Joker in past media such as Jack Nicholson, Mark Hamill's animated counterpart and Heath Ledger's. The actor Cameron has described the character as a tribute to past Jokers.
* CopKiller: He becomes this as of "Knock, Knock," partaking in [[spoiler: the massacre at GCPD headquarters and killing Essen.]]
* CrocodileTears: He can turn on the waterworks at the drop of a hat. He's very convincing too.
* TheCynic: Behind his wide grin lies a depressed doomsayer.
* DarkMessiah: Downplayed. [[spoiler:According to his father's last vision, he will influence Gotham with evil and madness, eventually creating [[ComicBook/TheJoker the worst curse upon Gotham.]] Played straight in ''Mad City''. He even goes so far as referring to himself as one to his followers.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:It never occurred to him that his boss would dispose of him eventually.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: His mother nagged him to do the dishes. So he killed her.
** It is stated in a more recent episode that Jerome's mother may have been physically abusive, although [[UnreliableNarrator this is very hard to verify]].
** Later he kills a fellow Maniax! member for stepping on his line.
* EvilLaugh: He lets out a demented laugh on several occasions.
* EvilRedhead: He looks almost like an unmasked Rorschach, and shares the same psychotic nature. Jerome is quite evil.
* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:Of the actual Joker.]] Although in-universe, [[spoiler:the actual Joker may actually be this for Jerome... if they aren't the same person.]]
* FacialHorror: After one of his followers, Dwight, fails to [[spoiler:resurrect him from the dead, he decides to slice his face off and ''wear it like a mask'' to morbidly symbolize Jerome's legacy living on through the maniacs he inspired]]. When it turns out that [[spoiler:the resurrection was a success, Jerome not only gets his face back, he ''staples it back on''[[note]]in reference to the ComicBook/New52 Joker, especially during ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''[[/note]]. Needless to say, [[http://cdn2.darkhorizons.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/photo-jeromie-is-alive-in-gotha.jpg the results aren't pretty]]]].
* {{Foil}}: To Bruce Wayne, appropriately. Both were orphaned late into their lives, both were associated with shady organizations, and both are on opposing sides of the law. While Bruce's parents were gunned down by a hired thug, [[CryingLittleKid traumatizing him]], Jerome [[SelfMadeOrphan happily murdered his parents with no ill effect on him]]. Contrasting Bruce's great working relationship with Gordon, Jerome has tried to kill him on several occasions. [[spoiler: Taken to larger levels after Jerome's resurrection, and their eventual confrontation. While Jerome has a vast cult at his beck and call, Bruce only has Alfred and Gordon at that point to rely on. In the funhouse of mirrors, Jerome uses a gun and some underhanded tactics such as a BladeBelowTheShoulder while Bruce uses GoodOldFisticuffs. Before said confrontation, Jerome had given Bruce a rough "[[SadClown sad clown]]" design on his face, while Jerome's face remained ever-grinning due to the way his face was, reflecting their ideologies of order (Bruce) and anarchy (Jerome). After the whole ordeal, Bruce began to adopt his iconic ThouShaltNotKill way of thinking while Jerome presumably remains a murderous psychopath.]]
* ForTheEvulz: While Jerome might claim some [[DisproportionateRetribution petty]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous reasons]] for some of his murders, for the most part he's shown killing people without any needed excuses at all, and cackling mad while doing so.
* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler:Killed off, though admittedly [[JokerImmunity not for real,]] in his fourth appearance.]]
* FreudianExcuse: He certainly claims this. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Now whether it's actually true or not...]]
** Jerome later stated that he endured frequent beatings from his mother and her lover of the day, including on at least one of his birthdays.
* GoOutWithASmile: In "[[MeaningfulName The Last Laugh]]", [[spoiler:Theo stabs him in the neck and Jerome manages to die with a smile on his face. All the while laughing.]]
* GrossUpCloseUp: There are a number of times where we're treated to a grisly close-up of [[spoiler: Jerome's deformed face.]]
* HornedHairdo: It's subtle, but in many of his more violent scenes, the tips of his red hair are sticking up, making him look even more like the devil incarnate.
* InformedAttribute: The idea that he must have been the mastermind behind one of the Arkham breakouts because of how "insane" and elaborate it was doesn't have much basis in the previous canon. While he ''does'' kill a large number of people and enjoys causing mayhem, Jervis Tetch, whose actions were far more dramatic and extreme, was with him.
* IWasQuiteTheLooker: Before [[spoiler: his death and subsequent resurrection]], Jerome was rather boyishly handsome, despite being quite evil. Then [[spoiler: he died, was resurrected, and a cult member removed Jerome's face, which Jerome himself later stapled back on. The results aren't pretty]]. And even worse, this is all ''before'' he presumably falls into a vat of acid and becomes the bleach-skinned, green-haired MonsterClown we all know and dread.
* InterimVillain: Unlike the other [[BigBadEnsemble Big Bads]] found on season 3 Jerome is the only one to not use the Tetch virus for his crime and appears right in the middle of the season after the GCPD finally arrest Jervis Tetch and curing the city of his virus but right before the Court of Owls use said virus from their own nefarious plans.
* JokerImmunity: In this universe, thanks to Hugo Strange, DeathIsCheap. Guess who's back...?
* KubrickStare: Once the jig is up, gone is the timid, innocent look of a sad teenager and in is the cold, bitter stare of a maniac.
* LargeHam: As per the character he's based on, Jerome tends to dominate any scene he's in.
* LaughablyEvil: He cracks jokes ''all the time''.
* LaughingMad: After TheReveal.
* LegacyCharacter: Even after [[spoiler:his death, his horrific actions have still left quite a mark on Gotham City. All the chaos and death that he spread had turned several citizens into laughing homicidal maniacs, who eventually band together to form an entire ''cult'' worshiping their DarkMessiah. Even if he doesn't end up being the Clown Prince of Crime, there's no doubt that he's at least responsible for creating him.]]
-->'''Cicero''': You will be a curse upon Gotham. Children will wake from sleep, screaming at the thought of you. Your legacy will be death and madness.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: At the end of "The Last Laugh" [[spoiler: after Jerome's death, several people across Gotham start to become as maniacal and homicidal as he was. Is his spirit affecting people? Did Cicero actually cast a curse instead of prophesying one? Or did something in these people just snap upon seeing Jerome's horrific acts on television?]] Who knows, but the assumption is that whatever influence Jerome had will eventually create the Joker. [[spoiler: After his resurrection at Dwight's hands, he just might be the Clown Prince of Crime himself.]]
* {{Matricide}}: He casually confesses having murdered his mother at one point.
* MeaningfulName: His name is just a "K" shy of having the word Joker hidden in it. His surname, Valeska, is a couple letters off from [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Valestra]].
* MythologyGag: Tons of jokes he makes reference the Joker:
** After his delivery of "My father," just try not to mentally add [[Film/TheDarkKnight "was a drinker and a fiend."]]
** During the attack on the GCPD, Jerome makes a disturbing video very similar to one the Joker made in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
** The cult of psychos that worship Jerome in Season 3 sport white face paint and red lips, a clear reference to the Joker's iconic look.
** The Season 3 episode "Smile Like You Mean It" opens with Jerome's cult [[spoiler:breaking into a warehouse to retrieve their "savior's" body, killing a security guard (who was playing cards during his shift) in the process. The camera then zooms in on the guard's deck to reveal a Joker card]].
** According to his actor, his whole portrayal is a [[ShoutOut "love letter"]] to the character of ComicBook/TheJoker over the years. While he channels other Joker actors - namely [[Film/{{Batman}} Jack]] [[Creator/JackNicholson Nicholson]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnight Heath]] [[Creator/HeathLedger Ledger]] - Monaghan says he was especially inspired by [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Mark]] [[Creator/MarkHamill Hamill]].
** Jerome inspires a future gang of clown anarchists exactly like the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Jokerz]].
** [[spoiler: Jerome gets his face hacked off and after getting it back he crudely attempts to reattach it while doing all he can to prevent it from falling off entirely,]] exactly like ''ComicBook/TheNew52'' Joker, especially during ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''.
** And a rather odd and subtle one in a completely different direction; Jerome was a young boy in a traveling circus until the death of his parents, after which he was taken in and trained by a wealthy but brooding and shadowy man who has a vision of improving Gotham City... [[ComicBook/{{Robin}}where have we heard this before]]?
* NeverFoundTheBody: A variation. [[spoiler: While Jerome was unquestionably killed, the Indian Hill facility had several deceased people later seen in storage such as Theo Galavan and Fish Mooney. Although you couldn't see the face, one of the bodies looked a great deal like Jerome. And Hugo Strange has managed to bring at least one person (Theo Galavan) back from the dead. By Season Three, a crazed former employee from Indian Hill succeeds in bringing Jerome back...]]
* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: After getting it cut off, Jerome goes to disturbing lengths to reattach his skinned face, resulting in a gruesome appearance.]]
* NightmareFetishist: He loves killing people and laughs whenever it happens.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Especially when he admitted to murdering his mother.
* PredecessorVillain: [[spoiler:If he isn't the Joker, then he definitely had a hand in inspiring him. That said, it's looking more and more likely (considering his seeming case of JokerImmunity mid-way through Season 3) that they're the same person.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: He claimed that his mom kept "pushing" and that he killed her because [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous she told him to do the dishes]].
* RedHerring: Though his character was pretty heavily based on the Joker, it turns out he wasn't "Joker before he was Joker" in keeping with the general theme of the series, rather someone who will later inspire the Joker in-universe. Hilariously for a red herring, [[IncrediblyLamePun he has red hair.]] [[spoiler:A possibly SubvertedTrope, once [[JokerImmunity he got resurrected.]] [[ComicBook/New52 Losing his face]] and [[ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily trying to stick it back on]] further solidifies the possibility.]]
* TheReveal: He was the one who murdered his mother after all.
* SelfMadeOrphan: We meet him after he kills his mother. A ways into season two, he kills his father.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: How he dies. It doesn't last.]]
* SlasherSmile: Jerome's got a nasty one.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Even though he met his demise, his chaotic crimes influence many others to follow in his footsteps. [[spoiler:And then he returns from the dead, still making him a prime candidate for being the Joker after all...]]
* TheSociopath: He shows shades of being one, including no empathy and being a good liar that can emotionally manipulate others.
* StartOfDarkness: He killed his mother. Then his father. Then half the GCPD headquarters... [[spoiler:And now he's come back from the dead and still a serious candidate to turn into ComicBook/TheJoker...]]
* SurpriseCreepy: When he finally reveals his true nature, by God it's disturbing.
* TeensAreMonsters: He's so monstrous that Gordon has no qualms about beating him into unconsciousness.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: A very creepy version. Jerome looked like a normal everyday young man, working the circus with his mother. His confession of his murder of her makes it all the more nightmarish.
** Somewhat subverted by Season Two, where Jerome has visibly embraced his madness, and has wilder hair and paler skin.
** [[spoiler:By Season 3, he most certainly does ''not'' look normal anymore; [[MythologyGag losing your face]] [[ComicBook/New52 then stapling it back on]] will do that to you.]]
* TrailersAlwaysLie: With the mass advertising for the show, you'd think that he was the real Joker. Unfortunately he's not, as evidenced by [[spoiler:his death, but then [[BackFromTheDead he comes back.]] This further supports the idea that [[JokerImmunity he might become the Joker]] after all.]]
* UngratefulBastard: He thanks Dwight for bringing him BackFromTheDead by killing him of course.
* UnreliableNarrator: A very subtle example, but we really have no indication other than his word that his mother was as bad as he claimed. And considering who he may end up turning into, it's very possible that he's lying.
* VillainousLegacy: His actions inspire a number of people to give an EvilLaugh, and some of them even start murdering others. Rather evocative of [[ComicBook/TheJoker a certain clown]], whom it is implied Jerome will inspire [[spoiler: or ''become'']] in the future.
* WalkingSpoiler: Jerome's practically taken care of by Galavan after the third episode of the second season, but it is his lasting repercussions AND [[spoiler:him being resurrected in mid-season 3]] where he becomes this trope.
* WouldHurtAChild: Immediately after coming back from the dead, Jerome's first order of business is to murder Bruce Wayne, mainly because that was his mission given to him by Galavan beforehand, and Jerome wants to see the job done (with his usual theatrical flair).
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: His employer kills him when he's no longer required for his future plans for Gotham. Unlike most deaths, it doesn't stick for more than a year.]]

[[folder:Aaron Helzinger]]
!!Aaron Helzinger
-> '''Played By:''' Stink Fisher

An Arkham patient and former member of the Maniax.

* TheBigGuy: He towers over the other members of the Maniax.
* TheBrute: He's the one who lifts the bodies of the shipyard workers over the ledge to throw them off the roof. He's also able to dish out a savage beating to Gordon without sustaining so much as a scratch.
* DumbMuscle: There's a trend with these tropes... Barbara chooses him to be her "friend" in Arkham because he's easily the biggest guy there and could protect her from harm. He also falls for her charms relatively easily.
* HairTriggerTemper: When he sees Oswald has ice cream and no one else does, he doesn't take it well.
* PsychopathicManchild: Like Amygdala in the comics, he has the mind of a child. He also killed his whole family with his bare hands.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Aside from Barbara, he's the only one of the six inmates that Galavan broke out of Arkham who's not dead.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Silver St. Cloud]]
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!!Silver St. Cloud
->'''Played By:''' Natalie Alyn Lind

Theo Galavan's niece and ward.
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* AbortedArc: He's never brought up against after Season 1.

* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler: As of The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, he's this to Bruce Wayne. Not surprising, considering [[ComicBook/TheJoker who]] he's based on.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: At first, Barbara comes off as more of an AdaptationalJerkass, as she willingly cheats on Gordon with Renee Montoya (in the comics it was Gordon who cheated on Barbara, while she was pregnant no less!), and overall acts much more deceiving than her comic book counterpart. However, after getting involved with the Ogre (who completely shatters her psyche during their time together), she becomes a murderous, psychopathic criminal, and serves as one of the show's recurring antagonists.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Absolutely nobody mourned for her when she lost her mind and tried to kill her girlfriend Tabitha out of petty villainy, resulting in Tigress electrocuting the mob queenpin to death. Subverted, as in "The Fear Reaper", she's somehow alive again. ]]

* BadBoss: Treats her own loyal followers Butch and Tabitha with much disdain. [[spoiler: Which ultimately leads to her executing Butch and getting killed herself while trying to murder Tabitha.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: At first she seems like a strong, confident young woman who is willing to stand by Jim thick and thin and even help him out a little. Then she starts making stupid mistake after stupid mistake.

* CompositeCharacter: Some elements of her personality seem to be lifted from her son in the comics, James Jr. spoiler: Namely, her rocky relationship with her family and her murderous tendencies.

* ConvenientComa: After falling from a great height she goes into a coma and is kept in the medical wing of Arkham Asylum.

* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Tabitha ends up killing Barbara by electrocuting her to death with a lamp entangled to her whip, a move Barbara did not see coming at all thinking Tabitha was just dumb bringing a whip to a gunfight.]]

* EvilFeelsGood: "You're wrong, James. I'm not sick, I'm free."

* IntendedAudienceReaction: Fans and critics alike hate her, citing her hypocrisy, selfishness, brashness, and generally being unsympathetic. Come the Season 1 finale, it's obvious this was intended; when Barbara admits she killed her parents and then tries to kill Leslie, it seems the writers were intentionally building her up as a repressed AxCrazy killer that just needed the Ogre to set her true self free.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She does some incredibly stupid things, and then ''complains'' the stress from the fall out of her own actions is causing her problems.

* KarmaHoudini: spoiler: The most punishment she gets for her killing spree is being put in a coma. After waking up, she is set free, faces no legal repercussions, and is apparently forgiven by everyone except Jim.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: After the season one finale, the show makes no attempt to hide that Barbara's an AxCrazy murderer.

* LoveMakesYouStupid: Her devotion to Gordon causes her to make some very unwise decisions, such as [[spoiler: coming back to Gotham without telling him, which means she gets captured by Falcone as a bargaining chip.]]

* MurderTheHypotenuse: She tried to murder Leslie, and apparently still plans to so that she can have Jim all to herself again.

** Then in "Under the Knife" when she is talking to the Ogre her tone makes it sound like she blames Gordon for the breakup.

* OfficialCouple: {{Zigzagged}} with Gordon. First they're engaged, then they temporarily separate, then they get back together. She leaves ''again'' at the end of "The Mask", because she couldn't take the pressure of being targeted by Falcone's and Mooney's people, and apparently has no problem soothing her stress by cheating on him with her ex-girlfriend, Renee Montoya. But then in "Rogues' Gallery", Montoya realized it was a mistake, which Barbara didn't take very well.

* SanitySlippage: The first season very subtly shows this, up until the finale where she becomes a fully-fledged crazy villainess. Arguably it starts when first Butch and then Zsasz hold her hostage in "Penguin's Umbrella". Before then, despite her troubled past, she is unquestionably loyal to Gordon, refuses to have anything to do with her obsessive ex, and acts pretty normal. Post-kidnapping, she can't handle the flashbacks, leaves Gordon because she feels he's not being supportive enough, and from there, it's just one bad decision after another.

* TooDumbToLive: This is almost her defining characteristic. She begs Don Falcone to spare Gordon's life while he is searching for a way to hurt him and took her hostage earlier in the same episode. [[spoiler: Her stupidity finally does lead to her death in the Season 3 finale when Barbara gets the bright idea to kill Tabitha, who is a trained assassin and weapons master, all by herself. This results in her former best friend killing her easily.]]
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Despite being apparently electrocuted to death in the Season 3 finale, she reappears alive and well in "The Fear Reaper". Becomes explained in the next episode courtesy of the Lazarus Pit.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: After being gone for a couple weeks, she returns home to find Ivy and Selina squatting in it. Instead of asking who they are or telling them to get out, she grabs a box of crackers and asks if they have seen Jim. Being drunk probably helped.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: [[spoiler: As much as she wants Gordon to suffer for leaving her, she's still very much obsessed with him. She even tells Lee in 2.03 that he and she are meant to be together, because they both have 'the same darkness' inside them.]]

* WildCard: After awaking from her coma and being released from Arkham she's continued to work with criminals like Cobblepot, but she's also helped Jim dig into the Wayne murder and exposed Clayface as a fake Jim. Her allegiances seem whimsical so far.

** In the Season 1 finale, she tries to poison Leslie and Gordon's relationship, but unlike when Renee tried it on her, Leslie saw through it. Barbara then tries to go the other route and kill Leslie in her house, but didn't count on Leslie being stronger than she and capable of beating her unconscious.

[[folder:Talon]]

"Talon" is the name given to a breed of agents and assassins that work for the Court of Owls and are among the deadliest killers in Gotham City.
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* LegacyCharacter: Kill one of them? Another one would spring up in their place, continuing right where the last one left off.
* MadeOfIron: While it is possible to defeat a Talon if you are able to match up against their fighting skills and their peak physical conditions, it is damn near impossible to kill them, unless you have heavy firepower or are specially trained like Jim or Alfred are.
[[/folder]]

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Gordon is not particularly happy to know he had ordered Peter Gordon's assassination. He does regret the hit, though.]]

[[folder: Ra's Al-Ghul]]
!! ComicBook/RasAlGhul
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Join me. Fulfill your destiny."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/AlexanderSiddig

The leader of the League of Assassins and the enigmatic person behind The Court.
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* AgeLift: Not that it's particularly noticeable, but Ra's is nearly two thousand years old in this continuity; most versions of the character range from 400 to 700 years old.
* ArcVillain: Of the last two episodes of the third season.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: He murdered a child in cold blood and threatened to kill Bruce's family if he let him live. Downplayed in that [[DeathSeeker he]] ''[[DeathSeeker wanted]]'' [[DeathSeeker to die.]]]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: He wants Bruce to kill him. And he does.]]
* BigBad: Of the fourth season. [[spoiler: Or not.]]
* BodyHorror: His reflection shows his true form where he is shown to be decaying.
* TheChessmaster: He's been controlling ''everything'' since the series began, and has been ordering the Shaman to shape Bruce into his heir.
* TheCorrupter: With [[TheDragon the Shaman]] gone, Ra's himself decides to play this role personally to Bruce.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Killed by Bruce Wayne before he even becomes Batman.]] [[spoiler: However, knowing the show's knack for bringing back dead characters and Ra's immortality in the comics, who knows how long this will last.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: After being set up as the BigBad in the final two episodes of Season 3 for the next season, he's killed five episodes in.]]
* EvilLaugh: Alexander Siddig gives him an impressive one in "Heavydirtysoul".
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the entire series, as he is the one who controls the Court Of Owls who in turn were responsible for the deaths of the Waynes. He becomes the BigBad personally for the season three finale.
* HornedHairdo: Like in the comics, the sides of his hair are always pointed upwards like horns.
* HijackedByGanon: In the comics, Ra's has no particular connection to The Court. Here he's TheManBehindTheMan.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: His name is pronounced like "Raysh", not "Rahs". This is lampshaded when one of the GCPD asks how his name is spelled after Gordon tells them to do a file search on him.
* TheManBehindTheMan: He's essentially the underlying motivator for everything going on in the series ''since Season 1'', even (indirectly) the Wayne murders:
** In Season 1, corrupt executives at Wayne Enterprises called a hit on Thomas and Martha Wayne because they were investigating what their company was doing at Indian Hill, a subdivision of Arkham Asylum. The brewing mob war at the start of the series between Falcone and upstart Maroni sparks into all-out conflict over the lucrative Arkham land redevelopment deal, including who controls its Indian Hill subdivision (which is allegedly just a waste dump).
** In Season 2, we find out that Hugo Strange's operation at Indian Hill is a secret factory to experiment on the inmates to produce monsters and super-soldiers. Though we then see that Dr. Strange himself reports to a shadowy conspiracy of people wearing owl masks, the Court of Owls.
** Season 3 explains that the Court of Owls is a secret Illuminati-like conspiracy that has controlled Gotham for generations. Wayne Enterprises, Indian Hill, and (loosely) Falcone's mob empire all answered to them. Wayne Enterprises itself ordered a hit on the Waynes, not them, because they were getting too close to exposing them. The Court was actually upset at this, as it drew more attention to them, and killed the executive responsible as punishment. The Court then enacts a fallback plan to deploy an insanity virus to destroy Gotham - claiming that in order to rebuild it they need to burn it clean first for a fresh restart (and that they've done this a few times throughout history). Ra's al Ghul himself, however, then appears at the end of Season 3. He takes an interest in Bruce Wayne's dogged investigations, and deems that he is a worthy heir to be his right hand, his "knight in the darkness" to help rebuild Gotham after destroying it. It turns out that the Court of Owls is basically a regional, city-level subsidiary answering to the even larger ''world''-spanning Illuminati-like conspiracy of the League of Shadows, run by Ra's al Ghul. In the Season 3 finale, Ra's al Ghul even ''kills off'' the entire Court of Owls, for a combination of their failures and to impress Bruce Wayne into joining him. Thus Ra's al Ghul was the Big Bad behind all the other Big Bads since the beginning.
* MythologyGag: He always refers to Gordon as "Detective", like he does to Batman in the comics.
* RaceLift: Averted as, for the first time in the character's history, the Arabic Ra's is being played by an Arab actor in live action.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Thanks to his Lazarus Pit from the comics. Season 4 includes a flashback specifically showing that he's actually from pre-Islamic Arabia, and was first resurrected by the Lazarus Pit after dying on a battlefield around the year 125 A.D. - which actually makes him one of the oldest incarnations of the character to appear (other versions of Ra's in various Batman comics have put his age anywhere from 400 to 700 years old).
* VillainTakesAnInterest: Ra's is very invested in Bruce's growth as a prophecy has foretold that he will be the one to inherit his power and become the next Ra's. Ra's is practically ecstatic once Bruce is able to break free from his conditioning as he believes that doing so is further proof of Bruce's worthiness.
* WalkingSpoiler: His ties to the Court of Owls are a surprise.
* WeWillMeetAgain: After telling Bruce to use the waters of the Lazarus Pit to revive Alfred, Ra's promises Bruce that the two will meet again some day before disappearing.
* WorthyOpponent: Ra's is absolutely delighted that Bruce is able to break out of his conditioning, as he believes that it is further proof that Bruce is worthy to be his heir.
* XanatosGambit: No matter what the outcome of Bruce's final test is, Ra's would still get what he wants. Either Bruce murders Alfred, in which case the brainwashing is a complete success and Ra's can mould Bruce into his ideal heir, or Bruce breaks free from his conditioning, proving his strength of will and making him perfect to inherit Ra's throne.

!!

* Its Personal: Wants Penguin dead for putting her brother and Barbara behind bars. [[spoiler:Now added vengeance when Theo had been killed and she wants revenge. It's unclear if she still feels that way despite him stabbing her for betraying him.]]

* ItsPersonal: Wants Gordon dead for putting her brother and Barbara behind bars. [[spoiler:Now added vengeance when Theo had been killed and she wants revenge. It's unclear if she still feels that way despite him stabbing her for betraying him.]]

* DarkMessiah: Downplayed. [[spoiler:According to his father's last vision, he will influence Gotham with evil and madness, eventually creating [[TheJoker the worst curse upon Gotham.]] Played straight in ''Mad City''. He even goes so far as referring to himself as one to his followers.]]

* StartOfDarkness: He killed his mother. Then his father. Then half the GCPD headquarters... [[spoiler:And now he's come back from the dead and still a serious candidate to turn into TheJoker...]]

* AdaptationalSexuality: She was assumed straight in the comics and is now bisexual on the show. Possibly a case of CompositeCharacter, combining her with Katherine Kane, the [[TheModernAgeOfComicBooks modern]] and lesbian ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} who also had a romance with Renee Montoya.

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A male teenager who lives in the circus and is responsible for his mother's death. He seems innocent, kind, and timid... [[OhCrap until he starts laughing]].

* BullyingADragon: Taunting someone equipped with a flamethrower was their last mistake.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Barbara Kean isn't ''quite'' as nice as she is in the comics. She willingly cheats on Gordon with Montoya (in the comics it was Gordon who cheated on Barbara, while she was pregnant no less!), and tries to convince Selina that she could use her beauty as a weapon. She also gets involved with the Ogre, though she didn't realize his serial killer status at first. In the Season 1 finale, This trope hits in full force, as she reveals to Leslie she killed her parents, not the Ogre, and then tries to kill Leslie as well.

Theo's sister and lead enforcer.

* FreudianExcuse: Before being [[spoiler: stabbed by Theo]] she attempted to reason with him reminding him of their home and of life before he was [[spoiler: taken by the Order of Saint Dumas]], her exact words being [[spoiler: "We were happy once."]] Given that [[spoiler: Hugo Strange confirmed her family members learn to memorize every word of their family's sacred text]] making them sound like more of a {{Cult}} than a family it's not hard to imagine that her upbringing wasn't exactly all sunshine and rainbows. Especially when one considers [[spoiler: Theo's treatment of their niece and the hints of incest between Tabitha and her brother.]] It should be noted however that Tabitha has never once attempted to excuse her behavior or blame her childhood.

* InNameOnly: She shares her comic namesake of Tigress, but leans more towards the future Catwoman, as Tabitha favors the whip and uses her sexuality. [[spoiler:The season three finale hints that she will become Selina's mentor in that regard.]]

* AbusiveParents: She claims this [[spoiler: as an excuse for murdering them.]] Like so many things she claims it should probably be taken with a grain of salt. Though, in their first appearance, things seem awkward between them when Barbara came to visit; they seem more concerned about when she would be leaving than about her emotional state.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Barbara Kean isn't ''quite'' as nice as she is in the comics. She willingly cheats on Gordon with Montoya (in the comics it was Gordon who cheated on Barbara, while she was pregnant no less!), and tries to convince Selina that she could use her beauty as a weapon. She also [[spoiler:gets involved with the Ogre, though she didn't realize his serial killer status at first. In the Season 1 finale, it becomes full blown AdaptationalVillainy, as she reveals to Leslie she killed her parents, not the Ogre, and then tries to kill Leslie as well.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The Season 1 finale revealed that she was a psychopath the whole time.]]

* CatFight: [[spoiler: With Leslie in the Season 1 finale. She loses. It happens again in the Season 3 finale, this time with Tabitha, who kills her.]]

* CompositeCharacter: Some elements of her personality seem to be lifted from her son in the comics, James Jr. [[spoiler: Namely, her rocky relationship with her family and her murderous tendencies.]]

* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: Gets very physical when trying to kill Leslie in the Season 1 finale, even smacking her around a few times. She also gets into a brutal fight with Tabitha in the Season 3 finale and even gets in a few good hits.]]

* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: She's fully transitioned to this early in the second season, making out with both Tabitha and Theo.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Suggested she killed her own parents because they were "strict"]].
* EvilAllAlong: Many fans have been arguing this for a long time. [[spoiler: The first season finale revealed that this was true.]]
* EvilFeelsGood: [[spoiler: "You're wrong, James. I'm not sick, I'm free."]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: After interacting with the Ogre, she becomes a fully evil villain.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: In the comics, she's Commissioner Jim Gordon's wife and Batgirl's mother and namesake. Hard to see how that will come about in ''this'' continuity when Barbara is a murderous sociopath.
* HasAType: Based on her relationships with Gordon and Montoya, Barbara clearly favored a strong moral compass that doesn't let petty bureaucracy or corruption get in the way of the right thing. Given both of their profession as police officers she probably also had a thing for authority figures. [[spoiler: After she goes crazy, her type becomes murderous psychotics...and James Gordon, who she insists is just as dark as she is.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: She dumps both of her cop lovers and dates a SerialKiller, who clearly demonstrated that there was something ''off'' about him, but she thought he was a good man.]]

* IntendedAudienceReaction: Fans and critics alike hate her, citing her hypocrisy, selfishness, brashness, and generally being unsympathetic. [[spoiler:Come the Season 1 finale, it's obvious this was intended; when Barbara admits she killed her parents and then tries to kill Leslie, it seems the writers were intentionally building her up as a repressed AxCrazy killer that just needed the Ogre to set her true self free.]]

** Taken UpToEleven in the Season 1 finale where [[spoiler: she kills her own parents solely because she believed ''they'' stifled her creativity and never ''understood'' her. Then she tries to kill Leslie because she took Gordon from her]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The most punishment she gets for her killing spree is being put in a coma. After waking up, she is set free, faces no legal repercussions, and is apparently forgiven by everyone except Jim.]]

* LethallyStupid: In Season 1, her incredibly stupid decisions either cause a lot of problems or nearly get herself and Gordon killed. [[spoiler: Even when she becomes a villain, this trait never completely goes away, and it comes back to bite her in the ass big-time when she tries to kill Tabitha in the Season 3 finale.]]

* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: She tried to murder Leslie, and apparently still plans to so that she can have Jim all to herself again.]]

** Then in "Under the Knife" [[spoiler: when she is talking to the Ogre her tone makes it sound like she blames Gordon for the breakup]].

** [[spoiler: After she goes loose, it's implied that she might have a mental block preventing her from taking blame, as whenever she would try to break Gordon, she instead just imprints her issues on him. Unfortunately, Lee seems to be the only one that recognizes this.]]

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: She lies to Gordon's girlfriend to try to break up their relationship, a tactic used by Renee earlier in the season]].
* OfficialCouple: {{Zigzagged}} with Gordon. First they're engaged, then they temporarily separate, then they get back together. She leaves ''again'' at the end of "The Mask", because she couldn't take the pressure of being targeted by Falcone's and Mooney's people, and apparently has no problem soothing her stress by [[spoiler:cheating on him with her ex-girlfriend, Renee Montoya. But then in "Rogues' Gallery", Montoya realized it was a mistake, which Barbara didn't take very well.]]

* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler: She reveals that she was turned into this while trying to kill Leslie.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Butch threw her out for some reason between "Azrael" and "Unleashed". She also spent a part of Season 2 in a coma.]]

* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: She killed her own parents.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Her reveal as a murderer at the end of Season 1, and continuing role as a villain in Season 2, are massive plot twists.]]

** [[spoiler: In the Season 1 finale, she tries to poison Leslie and Gordon's relationship, but unlike when Renee tried it on her, Leslie saw through it. Barbara then tries to go the other route and kill Leslie in her house, but didn't count on Leslie being stronger than she and capable of beating her unconscious.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Azrael was more of an AntiHero instead of a psychotic SerialKiller.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:He tries to FaceDeathWithDignity, but Oswald's beatings ultimately gets desperate enough to beg for a MercyKill.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:At the end of "Pinewood", thanks to Hugo Strange. As with Mr. Freeze, his dead body was supposed to have been burnt, but Strange just happened to be running a resurrection program and chooses him to be his working prototype.]]

* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:His resurrection as Azrael makes him super-strong and super-fast, and can survive being repeatedly shot at and falling from a roof]].
* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:On the other hand, it does a number on his psyche, which latches onto the Order of St. Dumas' religious teachings rather than his actual identity. Strange uses this to manipulate Galavan into believing he is a 12th century knight]].
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: While he's still a completely new character made specifically for the show, [[spoiler:he eventually becomes the show's version of Azrael in ''Wrath of the Villains'']].
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:He organized the Arkham breakout, used Jerome and company to cause mass panic throughout the city, killed Jerome to make himself look like a hero so he could run for mayor, and blackmailed Cobblepot to murder his political rivals. He is even smart enough to have Cobblepot to pretend to try to kill him so he wouldn't be suspected of murdering them.]]

* DarthVaderClone: [[spoiler:When he becomes Azrael, he wears heavy black leather, black armor, and speaks in a distorted voice while wielding a blade.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler:His whole evil plan is about avenging his family's honor but he has no personal love for his sister or niece. He also wounds his sister for leaving him at Gordon's mercy.]]

* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:He kidnaps Penguin's mother to force him to do his bidding and then later kills her.]]

** In ''Wrath of the Villains'', he is one to [[spoiler:Jean Paul-Valley, the original Azrael in the comics]].

* FatalFlaw: He usually improvises if a plan goes wrong but doesn't plan ahead in the case that [[spoiler:his sister would betray him for threatening his step-niece.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Speaks in a fairly polite manner, and is unrepentant about the chaos he's planning to cause.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: Unlike the villains of the first season, who wore their motivations on their sleeves, the audience is completely in the dark about what he wants. [[spoiler:It's revealed in "Scarification" that he is a member of the Dumas family, and is seeking revenge for a slight by the Wayne family.]]
* HiddenBadass: While he usually leaves the fighting to his underlings, [[spoiler:he is in fact more than capable in hand-to-hand combat (as Gordon learns the [[CurbStompBattle hard way]] in "The Son of Gotham")]]. This [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] [[spoiler:his return as Azrael]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: He gets arrested because Barbara, the tool he wanted to use to kill Gordon, gives the police vital information against him.]]
** [[spoiler: He stabbed his sister, giving her lover Butch a motive to ally with Penguin to kill him for good.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Wants to [[spoiler:avenge his family against the Waynes]], but has no qualms about [[spoiler:ruining other families (such as when he abducts-and eventually kills-Penguin's mother)]] in the process.
* IronicName: [[spoiler:After his resurrection, he is dubbed Azrael, the ''Redeemed One''.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:According to him, his family built Gotham including the very foundations upon which the city rests but they were cheated out of their credit. Now he's back wanting revenge.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Penguin and Butch blow him up with an RPG after the former threatens to shove his umbrella in a different part of him this time around.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:According to Bullock, he's supposed to be a pile of ashes, not a supervillainous ninja who had just put Captain Barnes in critical condition. Later in "Unleashed", he actually does meet a fiery end--albeit not in an incinerator, but at the hands of an RPG-wielding mobster.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Nice job killing Penguin's mother to punish him for trying to take matters into his own hands -- despite him only doing so because you refused the pragmatic alternative of simply releasing her and possibly keeping him as an (uneasy) ally! Now not only is he out for your blood, but he also ruins your VillainWithGoodPublicity act in front of Jim and Bullock!]]
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Done subtly in "Mommy's Little Monster" when Penguin tells him he comes from "a long line of cowards". [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him in the ass several times over.]]
* NotEnoughToBury: [[spoiler:The ''second'' time around he gets shot at point blank range with ''a bazooka'' and his body is [[LudicrousGibs completely disintegrated]].]]

** He has this reaction when [[spoiler:Gordon reveals that he knows that he had Penguin's mother killed.]]
** And again when [[spoiler: Penguin shows up at Wayne Manor to save Bruce, Jim and Alfred]].

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Even as the nigh-invulnerable Azrael, he can still be blown to pieces by an RPG, and as Alfred notes in "Anything for You", the mess that ensues ends up being quite the cleanup job for the Wayne family's gardener.]]
* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler:"Scarification" reveals that his family, formerly a ruling family in Gotham, was removed from the records by the Waynes after Caleb Dumas, his ancestor, was accused of raping Celestine Wayne. Centuries later, Theo orders a series of arson attacks on Wayne buildings, and seeks to kill Bruce, who most likely had never heard of the Dumas.]]
* RevengeMyopia: [[spoiler:The Waynes were the ones who destroyed his family two centuries ago, but he sees nothing wrong with unleashing untold suffering upon the people of Gotham who had absolutely nothing to do with the original feud]].
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:He tends to torture high profile people like senators and Mayor James in person. It bites him the back because James' testimony is what allows Gordon to arrest him.]]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:He has no problem plotting the murder of a child and doesn't even care about his own immediate family, even threatening to kill Tabitha and Silver on different occasions.]]
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:He ends up blown to pieces by Butch's RPG.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: While he's already proven to be quite the badass when he takes down Gordon in a fight, he becomes an even ''bigger'' threat [[spoiler:once he becomes Azrael in Season 2B]].

* VillainBall: [[spoiler:When he decides to kill Penguin himself, instead of shooting him on the spot he decides to give him an AnyLastWords moment which allowed Penguin to slash his throat and then escape.]]
** In the Season 2 Fall finale, [[spoiler: after getting apprehended, Gallavan decides to taunt Gordon on the fact that he will most likely get out of jail again quickly. Gordon decides to kill him knowing this fact.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even though he's only recently arrived to Gotham, he is already well regarded enough to stand in for the Mayor in public events. But nobody knows he is secretly a villain. He even stages himself to be a hero, [[spoiler:by "saving" the city in killing Jerome to make him appear to be the hero.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:His ultimate plan is to kill Bruce Wayne and he has absolutely no problem threatening the same to Silver.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Once [[spoiler:Sionis]] rejects his proposal Theo wastes no time ordering Tabitha to kill him in a most gruesome way. The same goes for [[spoiler:Jerome]], whom he killed to make himself look to be a hero.

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[[In General]]

!The Court

[[folder:The Court in general]]

!Indian Hill Creations
[[folder:Karen Jennings]]

A product of the original Indian Hill project, she was freed by Thomas Wayne and hidden away.

* AbusiveParents: Her father was a drunk and beat her for her deformity.
* AccidentalMurder: She ended up in Blackgate when she threw her father down the stairs, inadvertently killing him.
* LikeASonToMe: Inverted. She felt like Thomas Wayne was her father due to his treatment of her.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: How Freeze kills her.
* RecruitedFromTheGutter: She went to Indian Hill willingly after they promised to fix her crippled arm.
* RedRightHand: Her stay in Indian Hill left her with a reptilian claw in place of one hand.

[[folder:Basil]]

An Indian Hill patient capable of changing his features to impersonate others.

* AdaptationalWimp: Naturally. [[StoryBreakerPower Clayface]] at full power would make short work of anything else in this series.
* BaldOfEvil: He can't shapeshift hair, so he does this to make wigs easier.
* IdentityAmnesia: As part of Strange's experiments. By his second appearance, the good doctor's ministrations have erased any unease over this.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Unlike his comic counterpart, he can't just morph his features and has to manually resculpt his features until they look how he wants. As a result, hitting him does to his disguise what it would do to a clump of soft clay.
* RubberMan: His power works because his flesh is extremely malleable, allowing him to sculpt it at will.
* VoicesAreMental: Justified. His power only lets him change his appearance, not his internal structures. He has to rely on old fashioned listen-and-repeat just to get in the ballpark of the voice he should be using.

[[folder:Marv]]

A member of Fish's gang capable of accelerating aging through touch.

* TheGlovesComeOff: Literally. If he removes his gloves, someone's about to die.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He doesn't express any regret for the murders he commits.
* KarmaHoudini: Is one of the few villains in Fish's gang to escape completely unpunished for his crimes.
* TouchOfDeath: It only takes a few seconds of skin contact to age someone to the point where their organs fail.

[[folder:Nancy]]

An Indian Hill escapee and member of Fish's gang.
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* BondageIsBad: Her costume has some BDSM influences to it.
* CharacterDeath: She's killed by Penguin's mob.
* FauxActionGirl: When assaulted by a mob, she goes down pretty easily despite appearing to be Fish's top enforcer.
* InformedAttribute: As an Indian Hill patient she had some power, but we never see it before her death.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sid]]

An Indian Hill escapee and member of Fish's gang.
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* AxeCrazy: He takes the time to execute two unconscious police officers for no real reason.
* {{Bishonen}}: Appears to be a good looking, slightly feminine boy.
* CharacterDeath: He's beaten to death by Penguin's mob.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Admittedly, it's very easy to mistake him for a female.
* FlashStep: His preferred method of attack.
* SuperSpeed: His power.
* SquishyWizard: He has amazing super speed, but he can't take a physical beatdown.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tweaker]]

An Indian Hill escapee and member of Fish's gang.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Batman's future rogue, the Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom).
* FemmeFatalons: A rare male example.
* WingedHumanoid: He has a pair of bat wings, functional ones if his attempted escape out a window is any indicator.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alice Tetch]]

An Indian Hill patient who had her powers before experimentation.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Jervis puts "thoughts a brother should never have" into her head ''as a game''. It's why she wants to kill him.
* KillItWithFire: If she gets so much as a paper cut she'll burn the place to the ground to prevent any possible contamination.
* HatePlague: Exposure to her blood induces short term incapacitation, followed by murderous rage. According to her the effect transfers to the blood of anyone infected as well.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: How she dies.]]
* NonMaliciousMonster: She even tries to stop a man attacking her from getting exposed to her blood.
* OutsideContextProblem: Unlike the other escapees from Indian Hill, she already had her powers before Strange got to her.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite being [[spoiler:killed off after two episodes]], her poisonous blood has a ''huge'' impact on the rest of Season 3. Nicknamed the "Tetch Virus", it's thoroughly responsible for [[spoiler:Barnes's]], [[spoiler:Mario's ]], and eventually [[spoiler:Lee's]] SanitySlippage. It also becomes the driving force of the season finale's conflict, as it's [[spoiler:weaponized into a bomb by the Court of Owls and used upon the ''entire city'', plunging it into chaos and turning its citizens into complete monsters]].
* TyphoidMary: She does her best to stop anyone else from getting infected. Unfortunately, this involves some murder and quite a bit of arson.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:514A]]

An Indian Hill escapee who looks almost identical to Bruce Wayne.
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* CloningBlues: As close as you can get without actually being a clone (probably). He knows he's not Bruce Wayne, but he doesn't know who ''he's'' supposed to be.
* CoveredInScars: Due to Strange's experiments, but the Court of Owls fixes this problem in-order to make him perfectly identical to Bruce Wayne.
* FeelNoPain: He burns his arm and takes a punch to the face without feeling a thing.
* IdentityAmnesia: Like most Indian Hill patients, he as no knowledge of his life before.
* NoNameGiven: While he matches with the exact appearance of Bruce Wayne, the clone himself doesn't have a name outside of designation of 514A.
* {{Tykebomb}}: He easily matches Alfred in boxing and thrashes two criminals.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:After Alfred has figured him out and then Selina attempts to kill him, 514A departs and is not seen again in any following dealings with either the Court of Owls or the League of Assassins. Considering his health condition, perhaps it doesn't matter anyway.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:514A pushes Selina out of a window, nearly killing her, after she threatens to tell Alfred with the truth of him not being Bruce and Bruce himself being kidnapped by the Court of Owls.]]
* YouSeeImDying: [[spoiler:Because of the flaws in his creation, 514A is now slowly dying with DeadlyNosebleed being a factor.]]
[[/folder]]

!Other Criminal Gangs

[[folder: The Red Hood]]

A gang of small-time robbers who hit banks, but only steal from the registers instead of the vault so they can get out in time before the cops arrive. A Red Hood, which ends up becoming the symbol of the gang, is passed among them.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: Whoever wears the hood is compelled to follow the example of the original owner -- hammy, addresses the people, throws money at them, stands on desk to command the robbery, etc. However, it also marks them for death in the imminent future.
* IconicOutfit: The red hood becomes a symbol of the gang.
* InTheHood: The red hood itself.
* LegacyCharacter: The first person to wear the hood is killed by the leader of the gang for trying to take over, and he takes it in turn only to be killed and have it taken by another member. As Gordon notes, anyone could put the hood on to become the Red Hood, it doesn't have to be the same person. [[spoiler:By the end of the episode the gang is all dead, but another person finds the hood, implying its legacy will continue.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Though the hood is ostensibly just a piece of red cloth with holes cut in it, it ''does'' seem to have a curious power over those who wear it -- such as the fact everyone who wears it gets shot. It's left ambiguous if it's just a combination of [[MagicFeather psychological power]] and coincidence, or something more.
* ShadowArchetype: To Batman, as a cloaked figure that the people end up championing. However, Batman is a billionaire trying to stop criminals, the Red Hood is a guy who steals from rich banks and gives some back to the people. The original wearer proclaiming the hood is a symbol is particularly striking.
* StartOfDarkness: Given how ComicBook/{{the Joker}} started out as the Red Hood in the comics, the random kid who picks the hood up after the gang is wiped out is another candidate for the role.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Pike Brothers]]
->'''Played By:''' Leo Fitzpatrick (Joe), Ari [=McKay=] Wilford (Cale), Noah Robbins (Evan)

Bridgit Pike's abusive stepbrothers, a group of arsonists loyal to Fish Mooney.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: They were all pyromaniacs who ended up killed by their own foolishness.]]
* BigBrotherBully: They relentlessly abuse Bridgit.
* BullyingADragon: Taunting someone equipped with a flamethrower was their last mistake.
* DysfunctionalFamily: Force Bridgit to join them after [[spoiler:Evan dies]], threatening to expel her otherwise
* {{Jerkass}}: Their treatment of Bridgit firmly cements them as this. [[spoiler: Even in his dying moment, Joe calls Bridgit a "bitch" despite her not being in the room.]]
** Joe just scoffed at Selina when she gives him a DeathGlare for the way he treated Bridgit in front of her.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Evan gets blown up when he gets in a firefight with Barnes and Gordon while carrying C4. Joe and Cale get barbecued by Bridgit.]]
* MythologyGag: These boys are sometimes collectively referred to as "firebugs" by Harvey Bullock. Firebug is the name of another Batman arsonist.
* TooDumbToLive:
** [[spoiler:Engaging two trained cops with guns while carrying explosives was not one of Evan's brighter ideas.]]
** [[spoiler: Joe and Cale see a deranged Bridget coming at them with her full arsenal of pyrotechnics, and they...mock her. Unsurprisingly, she kills them both.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Merton Gang]]
Bank robbers from "the sticks" who appear in Season 4, intending to operate in Gotham without one of Penguin's licenses. They abscond with Jonathan Crane to force him to weaponize his father's fear serum, but their abuse of Crane and defiance of the Penguin come back to bite them ''hard''.
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* AssholeVictim: All of them suffer serious comeuppances by the end of their debut.
* BigBadWannabe: They seeks to take over Gotham's criminal underworld despite not being as threatening as they think they are.
* {{Fingore}}: Merton gets one of his fingers shot off by Victor Zsasz for holding up a wedding without a license.
* GasMaskMooks: How they dress for the bank robbery. Justified because they're deploying the Crane fear-toxin with gas-sprayers.
* KickTheDog: They frequently torment Jonathan Crane by mocking his fear of the scarecrow, but they really go too far when they lock the kid inside a closet with a grotesque scarecrow to torture him ForTheEvulz.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: The gang leader manages to infect Penguin with fear toxin. Grady, his second-in-command, becomes the S.O.B. target of this trope when he confronts Jonathan - now Scarecrow - at the end.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: They accidentally turn Jonathan Crane from this weak, timid boy into the master of fear thanks to their abusive behavior towards him.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The gang leader looks vaguely similar to Christopher Walken in his [[Film/BatmanReturns Max Shreck]] look.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: They're pretty much filler villains, but they accidentally cause Crane to become the Scarecrow.
* StupidEvil: They come to Gotham to grow as the most powerful gang, but they do so by challenging [[TheDon The Penguin]], a well-known mob boss who owns the town and makes it clear that his forces are unstoppable.
* TooDumbToLive: After torturing Crane for days, one of the {{mooks}} tries to force him to make more fear toxin to help bust his buddies out of prison. [[spoiler: However, when he sees that Crane has gone off the deep end now donning a deformed scarecrow costume, the thug just stares at the villain completely dumbstruck before Scarecrow infects him with fear toxin instead of getting away from the obviously deranged psychopath.]]
[[/folder]]

!Future Members of Batman's Rogues' Gallery

[[folder:Ivy Pepper]]
!!Ivy Pepper
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->'''Played By:''' Clare Foley (Seasons 1-3), Maggie Geha (Season 3)

The daughter of Mario Pepper, a small-time crook who was framed by the mob as the Waynes' killer. The future Comicbook/PoisonIvy
.

* AbusiveParents: Her father was physically abusive to her mother, and possibly her too. Though she still hates the cops for gunning him down.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Poison Ivy is typically a redhead. While Clare Foley's Ivy is sort of red, Maggie Geha and Peyton List are brunette.
* AdaptationNameChange: From Pamela Isley in the comics to Ivy Pepper on the show. However, a [[http://gothamchronicle.com/post/106575104731/teen-runaway-spotted-at-the-flea-ivy-pepper Gotham Chronicle article]] states her adoptive family calls her Pamela.
* [[AdaptationalNiceGuy Adaptational Nice Girl]]: This Ivy is ''much'' [[AffablyEvil friendler]] and less [[MisanthropeSupreme misanthropic]] than most versions of the character.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Most versions of Ivy are an eco-terrorist who wants to do all she can to [[WellIntentionedExtremist save the Earth's plant life]] and sometimes displayed an almost [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds sympathetic side]] at times. This version is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who's mainly looking out for herself by seeking financial gain while her love for plants is downplayed.
* AdaptationalDumbass: This incarnation of Ivy is a lot dumber than most versions of the character, who've had scientific backgrounds and a mastery of botany. The show's version of Ivy makes foolish decisions all the time according to Selina.
* AdvertisedExtra: For all her appearances in promo material, she remains little more than a recurring minor character, unlike Nygma.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Despite of being a villain, she seems to be much less evil than the Penguin's enemies.
* AffablyEvil: She is a Genki girl who helps the Penguin.
* AgeLift: Thanks to her [[spoiler:PlotRelevantAgeUp in Season 3, she's now about 10 years older than Bruce and Selina]].
* BerserkButton:
** When Bruce mentions who he is to her in "Lovecraft", her tone gets harsher and she starts asking him if he killed her father or made her mother cut her wrists.
** As demonstrated in "Burn the Witch", ''never'' mistreat or throw away plant life in front of her, [[spoiler:or she ''will'' concuss you.]]
* BrainlessBeauty: [[spoiler: After she ages up to an adult she becomes beautiful, but still has the mindset of a naïve child.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Appears in "Mad Grey Dawn" after not showing up for most of Season 2; she's working for a gang that sells magic mushrooms.
* CloudCuckoolander: A really creepy version of one.
* CreepyChild: Hardly ever blinks and speaks in a monotone whisper. Selina, Ivy's friend, even admits she's creepy behind her back.
* TheDragon: Becomes the new one for the Penguin after saving his life and helping him build an army of supervillains.
* DumbassNoMore: After her PlotRelevantAgeUp she somehow becomes considerably smarter and gains a great deal of botanical knowledge, enough to create a mind control perfume.
* EarlyBirdCameo: While heavily advertised along with the main cast, and appearing in the premiere, she is not seen or mentioned again until the mid-season finale, ten episodes later. She then gets a scene with Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. The writers have said that she actually is meant to be an important recurring character, it's just that the first story arc needed time to set up the primary cast in the Gotham police department first.
* EvilRedhead: Even discounting her future supervillain status, Selina is already scared of her. And this is [[LittleMissBadass Selina]] [[CombatPragmatist Kyle]] we are talking about.
* FatalFlaw: Ivy's no. 1 shortcoming is her impulsiveness, not only when it comes to thievery, but in how she underestimates other people and sticks to these judgements.
* FilleFatale: [[spoiler: Technically, she's still a child, but has the body of an adult temptress while seducing unsuspecting adult men.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: To Selina apparently.
* GeniusDitz: She has an incredible knowledge of botany and chemistry (enough to create a mind control perfume) but is otherwise pretty airheaded.
* GoldDigger: [[spoiler: After aging into an adult woman, she instantly begins using her charms to seduce men into buying her things.]]
* GreenThumb: A strong affinity for plants, which should surprise no one, given who she's meant to become...
* JailBait: [[spoiler: Played with. While she aged up to an adult woman thanks to Marv trying to kill her with RapidAging, she still has the mindset of a naïve child and uses her looks to manipulate men into giving her things.]]
* KindnessButton: Calling her pretty or offering her money is a good way to get on her nice side.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Despite her genki and childish personality, she really managed to create a mind-control perfume.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her dad is killed in the pilot, and later we learn that her mother slit her wrists.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Becomes a super cheerful child after befriending the Penguin and becoming his new confidant.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: [[spoiler: Despite aging up to a grown woman, she still has her childish mindset.]]
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: [[spoiler:When Ivy encounters Fish's gang of superpowered freaks from Indian Hill, one of the goons, Marv (who harnesses the power to [[RapidAging rapidly age]] people just by touching them) grabs her in an attempt to age her to death, but she manages to escape his grasp just in time. However, he held onto her just long enough to age her from a young teenager to an older woman (now played by Maggie Geha)]].[[note]][[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, the decision to age Ivy up was made in order to allow the character to use her seductive charms like in the comics. For obvious reasons, this could not be done with the young Clare Foley, so an older actress was introduced]].[[/note]]
* PrecisionFStrike: In the pilot, she has a rather choice word for the police who killed her father.
-->'''Ivy''': Bastards...
* RapidAging: [[spoiler:She gets aged from a child into an adult by Marv.]]
* RedheadInGreen: Always dresses in shades of green.
* {{Rewrite}}: In the comics, Poison Ivy wasn't connected to the Wayne murders at all. In the show, both her parents end up dead as a result of the fallout and she finds herself living in the streets.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Well, she's a future supervillain...
* SlippingAMickey: Slips magic mushrooms into Sonny Gilzean's gang's lunches, knocking them all out.
* StartOfDarkness: Once she [[spoiler:grows up in "Burn the Witch", she realizes that something dark is developing inside her, but eventually, she decides to embrace it head on. This is further solidified when she knocks out and robs a man (who was actually ''helping'' her) for throwing away a plant]].
* StupidEvil: [[spoiler: She stole a valuable jewel from a wealthy man she tried seducing thinking that nobody would ever come back to attack her for it.]]
* TheNotLoveInterest: Some of her interactions with the Penguin seem classic of a DarkMistress or an IgnoredEnamoredUnderling, but they are only friends.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly girl to Selina's tomboy.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: She becomes much more happy after growing into an adult with plant powers.
* TookALevelInJerkass: After [[spoiler: being aged by Marv. When she next sees Selina, who has been her only friend for months, she doesn't tell Selina who she is and instead derides her for being short and pickpocketing for survival]].
* {{Troll}}: The very first time she is seen actually having fun is when she's messing with Barbara's head for no good reason (except maybe to get back at Gordon).
** This trait returns in Season 3, when her first encounter with [[spoiler: Selina, after Ivy was aged by Marv]], sees her not telling her friend [[spoiler: who she is]], and instead treating her with notable scorn.
* TwoFirstNames: Per the Creator/DCComics norm.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She happens to be squatting in Gordon's apartment when a badly spiraling Barbara calls, and, for kicks, pretends to be a woman Gordon is cheating on her with. Turns out it was for the best (unfortunately it's likely Barbara believes it was Leslie).
* VillainousFriendship: With the Penguin.

[[folder:Edward Nygma/The Riddler]]
!!Edward Nygma
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nygma_edward_6547.jpg]][[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see him as the Riddler.]][[quoteright:230:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/636283275385409052_gotham_317_scn11_jm0267_f.jpg]]]]
[[/labelnote]]
->'''Played By:''' Cory Michael Smith

A crime scene analyst who works for the Gotham City Police Department and often presents his information in riddles.

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:His second kill, Kristen.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: [[spoiler:Though the Batman or someone else is always able to solve his riddles eventually, here he's able to defeat Gordon not by stumping him, but by making ''him'' the solution to his riddle.]]
* AdaptationalHeroism: He has NoSocialSkills and is often smug and annoying with his riddles, but in this incarnation, he's a competent and effective police forensic scientist who often provides Gordon and Bullock with critical information. However, given he's going to become The Riddler at some point, it remains to be seen what becomes of him in the future. [[spoiler: Killing Tom was his StartOfDarkness]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: After his [[spoiler:{{Face Heel Turn}}.]] In the comics, he was only an evil mastermind with a quirk for riddles. He was one of Batman's friendliest enemies and even became a rival detective of Batman's for a time. In the show, [[spoiler:he becomes an {{Ax Crazy}} serial killer, murdering several people in an attempt to cover up his tracks. He then frames Gordon for the murder of a fellow officer, sending him to Blackgate. He is shown to have little remorse in retrospect for the murders he commits, saying that they free him.]]
* AdjustingYourGlasses: By the bridge as he [[spoiler:descends into Strange's experimentation facility]].
* AdmiringTheAbomination: His reaction to several people collapsing as their bones turn to dust inside them is an awestruck "Fascinating!" He later shows an interest in crimes beyond the forensics.
* {{Adorkable}}: Nerdy glasses, obsession with riddles, interest and profession in science? He definitely qualifies as this.
* AgeLift: Riddler is now apparently around Gordon's age, while usually he is around Batman's age.
* AmbiguousDisorder: He ''has'' to speak in riddles, is visibly annoyed and disappointed when not taken up on them, and he has a textbook case of NoSocialSkills, which line up on the Asperger's spectrum. He also has signs of SuperOCD, carefully picking onions out of his lunch and reorganizing the station's archives to what he finds a superior structure. This could be a case of ShownTheirWork on the part of the writers, trying to ground character behavior in real-life disorders; "If the Joker is a sociopath, and Two-Face is bipolar, what real-life mental conditions would make someone act like the Riddler of the comics?"
* AttentionWhore: Extremely needy for appreciation. He has a driving need to be seen as the smartest man in the room or to point out interesting, trivial details to other people - apparently in the hope that this will impress them with how intelligent he is. Every time his colleagues fail to appropriately praise him for his discoveries or aid, he looks frustrated.[[spoiler: This comes back to bite him in the ass later on as he realized he compulsively put a clue in the note "from" Tom to Kristen that it was really him who wrote it. At first he was pretty impressed with himself but then when Kristen confronted him, he begins to break down, realizing that she might actually catch on that he murdered Tom.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: After suffering a serious SanitySlippage, Nygma begins killing people left and right while trying to hide his ex-girlfriend's corpse. To the point where he fully embraces the idea of killing others because [[EvilFeelsGood it provides a sense of power to him.]]]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: In "Mad Grey Dawn."]]
* BadassInANiceSuit: [[spoiler: Clips from Season 3 show that he's on his way to wearing his trademark green suit and instigating his terrorist spree.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Pulls off a spectacular one on Gordon in "Mad Grey Dawn" to disgrace him.]]
* BerserkButton:
** Do not call him crazy, [[spoiler: as Miss Kringle found out the hard way]], or stupid. In fact, don't call him anything disparaging, period. [[SuppressedRage "I don't like being called names, Detective."]]
** He absolutely flips if he even ''thinks'' you're catching on to his crimes.
*** First, [[spoiler:after he admits to killing Tom to Kristen, she makes the aforementioned mistake ''and'' threatens to report him. This results in her strangulation]].
*** Later, [[spoiler:when he thinks Jim is getting close to discovering he killed Kristen, he first frames him for Officer Pinkney's murder, and then ultimately, when he catches on to ''that'', tries to murder ''him'', too]].
** He really didn't like when Lee slapped him in "Anything for You" (which satisfyingly wiped that smile off his face), and tells her she shouldn't have done it. Lee tells him he can't do anything about it, right-hand man of Penguin or not, since she'll be marrying Mario Falcone, which [[TemptingFate might be a mistake]].
** He hates it when people keep getting Isabella's name wrong.
** After becoming the Riddler, being called by his original name qualifies.
* BigNo: [[spoiler:After realizing that he killed Kristen.]]
* BondVillainStupidity: His compulsion with riddles, [[spoiler:which ended up working to his advantage in "Mad Grey Dawn"]], ends up being his downfall when [[spoiler:a riddle about death buys the GCPD enough time to close in on him]].
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: He commits his first murder on Miss Kringle's [[BastardBoyfriend Abusive Boyfriend]], triggering his StartOfDarkness.]]
* ButtMonkey: [[spoiler:During the final quarter of the second season, after he had been busted. Not only is he shipped off to Arkham, he also has a foiled escape attempt which results in his being briefly locked up with one of Arkham's most rabid inmates, and then in the season finale he gets used and betrayed by both Strange and Gordon.]]
* CartwrightCurse: Be it by his own hand or just plain bad luck, Nygma can never seem to have a steady girlfriend survive a relationship with him.
* TheCorrupter: Believe it or not, but [[spoiler: he manages to convince the Penguin to ''enjoy'' the fact that his mother is dead because now she can no longer hold him back. Helping make the Penguin ''worse'' than he was before.]]
* CrazyPrepared: As shown in "Into the Woods", [[spoiler:he keeps a chair in his apartment secretly wired to his building's electricity, apparently just on the off chance that he'll ever need to knock out somebody who happens to be sitting there]].
* CreepyCute: InUniverse and out. He's very {{Adorkable}} and not bad-looking in a nerdy way, but even before his SanitySlippage his cheerful scientific curiosity about horrific crimes and awkward expressions of affection toward Miss Kringle can go beyond normal social awkwardness and endearing quirkiness into disturbing territory.
-->'''Miss Kringle''': I think you left this on my desk.
-->'''Edward''': It's a riddle.
-->'''Miss Kringle''': It's a cupcake with a live bullet in it.
-->'''Edward''': It's a riddle.
-->'''Miss Kringle''': It's ''weird'' and ''menacing'' and ''inedible''.
* CurseOfTheAncients: Just before [[spoiler:he's arrested for murder and obstruction and perversion of justice]]: "Aw, crud." In fact, during the final quarter of the second season [[spoiler:he shows a tendency to resort to this when things go to hell]].
* DeadpanSnarker: His split personality has a tendency to snark towards him. For example, in "Damned If You Do", when he appears in a mirror and Nygma accuses him of copying him:
-->'''Split!Nygma''': Dude. It's a mirror, it's how they work.
* DelightingInRiddles: His signature style, which really annoys his colleagues.
* TheDogBitesBack:
** After the ME gets him suspended, Nygma does a little digging. Turns out the ME likes to steal body parts. (Or Nygma planted them to frame him.) One anonymous tip off later...
** [[spoiler: When Nygma discovers that Kristen Kringle's boyfriend Tom is abusing her, he confronts Tom who just blows him off. Later that night, Nygma waits outside Kringle's house when Tom comes around drunk and stumbling. Nygma confronts him again. Tom gut punches Nygma. Nygma retaliates by [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill stabbing Tom AT LEAST a dozen times]]. Afterwards, he has quite the breakdown, simultaneously laughing and freaking out.]]
* DoubleAgent: [[spoiler:He's a murderer who's working for the GCPD's forensics division.]]
* DudeWheresMyRespect: The rest of the police often take his brilliant forensics work for granted, and in particular because they think he's annoying, they often shoo him away as soon as possible or ignore him. WordOfGod is that this is the primary reason he will become the Riddler down the road -- he wants his genius to be appreciated and commits crimes to rub it in the face of the police that he can so easily outsmart them. Gordon starts to subvert this in later episodes, recognizing Nygma's talents and asking him for help more often, but he still has limited patience for the riddles.
* EvilFeelsGood: [[spoiler: After killing Kristen, his split personality tells him that getting away with crime feels good. After tracking down her corpse and disposing of it, he begins embracing this idea.]]
* EvilGenius: [[spoiler: Perfectly orchestrates the arrest of Jim Gordon by playing him at every turn.]]
* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: His SplitPersonality seems to be a combination of both the Frank Gorshin and Jim Carrey Riddler personalities.]]
* EvilIsHammy: [[spoiler: Once he goes bad, he starts acting much more theatrical than usual (in a creepy sort of way)]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: After murdering the girl who he loved, Nygma begins to fully embrace his lust for evil, on his way towards becoming the villain he's destined to become.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The license plate on his car says "RIDL LVR". While it's short for "Riddle Lover", it's also a mere letter away from "RIDDLER".
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He still wears glasses after pulling his FaceHeelTurn.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: [[spoiler:Especially as far as Mayor Cobblepot's staff is concerned, among the GCPD. Barnes even makes it clear that he only tolerates his presence at the station as the mayor's Chief of Staff because he likes his own job tons more than he likes Nygma. Not just that, but Fox is the only one at the GCPD who shows any real willingness to cooperate with him on the Red Hood case, and he too despises Nygma.]]
* HarmlessFreezing: Played with. Being frozen for several months by Mr. Freeze causes muscle atrophy which he recovers from in a few days, but it also causes some sort of brain damage, as he is unable to come up with any good riddles.
* HumanPopsicle: [[spoiler:At the end of "Heavydirtysoul", Penguin has Mr. Freeze turn Nygma into one, which he plans to use as the centerpiece of his new club, the Iceberg Lounge.]]
** That is, until [[spoiler:his LoonyFan Myrtle Jenkins thaws him out in "They Who Hide Behind Masks".]]
* IconicOutfit: In Season 3, he starts wearing dark green suit jackets akin to the Riddler's iconic look. In "How the Riddler Got His Name", [[spoiler:he finally dons his classic bright green suit and bowler hat]].
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: All he wants is respect from his coworkers and to be seen as good guy. Which makes his [[DoomedByCanon inevitable fall from grace]] all the more harsher.
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: [[spoiler:Regarding Gordon figuring out about his being responsible for the frameup.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While Edward can be an obnoxious know it all who comes off as really creepy at times, he's actually very kind and friendly to those he considers friends like Jim, Sarah, Ms. Kringle, Harvey, etc. Most of his jerkass behavior is directed towards terrible people (Arnold Flass, the medical examiner) or just a side effect of his anti-social disorder.
* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** [[spoiler: Killing Miss Kringle's [[BastardBoyfriend Abusive Boyfriend]].]]
** Shooting [[spoiler: the Penguin]] and dumping his body in the bay for killing his [[spoiler: new girlfriend]] and depriving him a life of happiness.
* LackOfEmpathy: Not overtly malicious, but part of his obsessive behavior, combined with his profession as a forensic investigator - which means that he sees horrific murders as exciting puzzles to solve, not really focusing on the death of another human being. Most of these are within the realm of professional detachment, but in "Viper", Nygma is practically giddy when describing what he has learned about the advanced new super-drug hitting the streets - including how it invariably kills users within a day by destroying the calcium in their bones. A hooker strung-out on the drug then horrifically dies in front of him, her brittle bones snapping under her own weight. Instead of being repulsed by her death, he simply beams "fascinating!" - like a child who just found a really interesting crossword puzzle. [[spoiler: After his FaceHeelTurn, he fully embraces how good it is to make other suffer in order to give himself a sense of power over them.]]
* LeanAndMean: After completing his FaceHeelTurn, he begins his transformation into the Riddler, who was always a NonActionBigBad on account of his lack of muscle mass.
* LoveMakesYouEvil[=/=]LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler: He killed [[AssholeVictim Tom]] to protect Miss Kringle, but it led to his StartOfDarkness. Then, it gets even worse when he accidentally kills Miss Kringle himself when she rejects him after learning the truth.]]
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: He tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this by performing an autopsy in "The Mask", and goes through the process just fine until the actual medical examiner comes in and tells him off.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** [[spoiler: After he kills Tom, he realizes that he won't be coming back to normal anytime soon.]]
** [[spoiler: He accidentally strangles Miss Kringle in a fit of panic, but realizes too late that he killed her.]]
* MythologyGag:
** Nygma is briefly seen holding a coffee mug with the Riddler's trademark question mark on the side.
** He also might be a big walking one to the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' version of the Riddler, given that ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Arkham Origins]]'' revealed that prior to becoming the Riddler or even the pre-Riddler alias of "Enigma", he was a member of the GCPD.
** The [[spoiler:[[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zFdX0yZ2Vp8/maxresdefault.jpg bright green suit and black bowler hat]] that he sports as the Riddler]] is very much a modernized, updated version of [[http://d1xgwawrm1fpry.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/25082737/riddler.jpg Frank Gorshin's suit]] from the [[Series/{{Batman}} 1960's TV series]].
* NoSocialSkills:
** He's blissfully unaware of how weird he comes across, and is convinced everyone at the station is his buddy. He also doesn't notice basic social cues, often standing around smiling after people have stopped speaking to him, not realizing that they non-verbally want him to leave.
** His attempts to flirt with a co-worker Miss Kringle come off as incredibly creepy and make him seem like a stalker.
** He thinks he knows how to do other people's jobs better than they do, leading him to butt in their work without permission - genuinely believing that they will be grateful to him. Exacerbating matters is that he actually ''is'' smarter than other people at many tasks, reinforcing his belief that they'll appreciate his "help", not realizing that this will only annoy them. He rearranges the police archives without Ms. Kringle's permission, and performs an autopsy without permission from the head medical examiner (granted, he is also a forensic analyst in the department so this isn't that weird in context). He genuinely can't understand why other people think it's annoying to tell them how to do their own jobs, even if his points are entirely valid.
* NotSoDifferent:
** [[spoiler:No matter how much he hates Tom for abusing Kris, he himself ends up violently manhandling and accidentally killing her.]]
** He later also compares himself to [[spoiler: the Penguin. Informing Cobblepot that they are both evil men who should embrace their true murderous intentions now that the people most important to them can no longer hold them back.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Gordon is desperately trying to get in touch with Leslie Thompkins because he believes the Ogre is after her, he demands to know where she is. Nygma pauses for a second and simply and straightforwardly tells Gordon what he knows.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler: He shoots Penguin and dumps his body in the bay for killing his beloved Isabella, despite the mob boss begging for forgiveness.]]
* RealityEnsues: His attempts at performing the duties of the medical examiner eventually get him suspended when said medical examiner goes to Captain Essen in "The Fearsome Dr. Crane" and threatens to go over her head over the issue. Fortunately, he ends up coming back when the ME's own medical improprieties are revealed.
* SanitySlippage: In the final episode of Season One he realises that he unconsciously left a clue pointing at himself [[spoiler:after killing Tom]], and begins to break at the seams, having fits of paranoia and hearing voices. Come season two he's headed right into Gollum-esque arguments with his own evil urges via a mirror. [[spoiler: Then he accidentally murders his girlfriend Kristen in a fit of blind panic. In Season 2, he deteriorates to the point where he's become an AxCrazy psychopath.]]
* SaveTheVillain: He treats the Penguin after finding him wounded in the forest.
* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler: After transitioning into a villain he starts smirking evilly after embracing his inner darkness.]]
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Speaks in riddles, is a forensic scientist, and wears big browline glasses.
* SmugSnake: Rubs his freedom and position of power in the faces of Lee and Barnes.
* SplitPersonality: He seems to be hallucinating a dark reflection of himself urging him to perform evil by giving in to his inner hate.
* SplitPersonalityMerge: At the end of "Mommy's Little Monster."
* StalkerWithACrush: He comes across this way with Kristen Kringle, since given his NoSocialSkills and love for riddles, it comes off as creepy.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:After figuring out that Penguin had put a hit on Isabella.]]
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: Killing Tom was this. Cemented further by his killing Kris when she freaks out over his revealing this.]].
* SuppressedRage: In response to [[BerserkButton being called names (yet again)]] by Bullock, he crushes the cryogenically frozen rose he was holding in one hand. It's the slow sound of the rose cracking apart that really sells it.
* TakingTheBullet: During the [[spoiler:police massacre in "Knock, Knock", he manages to save Kringle this way]]. Fortunately, [[spoiler:it wasn't a fatal shot.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:Lampshaded in "Anything for You". When he, as Mayor Cobblepot's Chief of Staff, pulls rank on Captain Barnes, Barnes reminds him how lucky he is to be in his current position after everything in eight simple words.]]
-->'''Barnes''': Every dog has his day, Nygma. ''Enjoy yours.''
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: After he pulls his FaceHeelTurn.]]
* TragicVillain: This version of Nygma is the most sympathetic portrayal of the villain in live action.
* TraitorShot: He gets plenty [[spoiler:after his FaceHeelTurn, including several in "Mad Grey Dawn", one of which takes place when Gordon's arrested]].
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Inverted. He's actually ''overestimating'' badassery when he assumes that Jim Gordon [[spoiler: has caught on to his murders and seeks to eliminate him in order to cover his tracks despite Gordon literally knowing nothing about Nygma's FaceHeelTurn.]]
* TheUnfettered: [[spoiler:Now that Ms. Kringle is dead. He passes along this philosophy to the Penguin as well, convincing him that the Galavans' murder of his (Penguin's) mother has removed his only weakness]].
* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler: Suffers a serious meltdown upon realizing that he accidentally murdered his girlfriend Kristen.]]
* VillainousFriendship: [[spoiler:With the Penguin, beginning midway through Season 2. Even when it looks like he betrayed the Penguin, it's soon revealed that whatever it was he did, it was to further the Penguin's cause. It's one such revelation that gets him named the Penguin's Chief of Staff upon his election as Mayor of Gotham.]]
* WifeBasherBasher: [[spoiler: Well it's more like "Wife Basher Slasher," when he knifes [[AssholeVictim Tom]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch to death]] [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill over and over and over again.]]]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: He's implied to be deliberately trying to position himself as the PluckyComicRelief of the cops with his line "Everyone needs some humor in their lives." See all the above for how well it works.

[[folder: Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow]]
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->'''Played By:''' Charlie Tahan

The future Scarecrow. Forced to go along with his father's fear experiments as a teen, he later submits to and adopts the identity of his personal bogeyman: a NightmareFuel scarecrow-demon conjured up by his own fear toxin-addled imagination.

* AdaptationalBadass: Most incarnations of Crane had him be portrayed a scrawny nerd who was bullied all throughout his childhood, but here he's not only already preparing his fear toxins but he also becomes the Scarecrow while still in his teenage years.
* AgeLift: Jonathan Crane looks to be about five years older than Bruce Wayne.
* AloneWithThePsycho: He ends up locked inside a closet [[spoiler: with a scarecrow who he believes is his boogeyman. This results in him going mad and believing that the scarecrow demon he's hallucinated is possessing him.]]
* AndIMustScream: Screaming incoherently is all he can do after [[spoiler: his father overdoses him on adrenalin and everywhere he looks he sees a monstrous scarecrow]]. By his return, it appears his incarceration in a mental hospital has taken a toll on him, and [[spoiler: being locked up overnight with an actual scarecrow by a bunch of brutal crooks]] pushes him over the edge completely.
* AscendedExtra: Was just a very minor character who played second fiddle to his father in his debut, but by Season 4 he's grown into a major ArcVillain.
* AvengingTheVillain: He attempts to kill Gordon at Arkham Asylum to avenge the death of his serial killer father.
* BadassLongcoat: His Scarecrow costume has a large coat holding his weapons.
* BullyingADragon: Some out-of-town thugs retrieve Jonathan from Arkham via bribery, then terrorize him into producing his father's fear gas for use in their own crimes. You just ''know'' it's not going to go well when [[spoiler: they leave him locked up alone with an actual scarecrow that Jonathan perceives as a nightmarish "bogeyman": a product of his damaged mind which more or less ''possesses'' young Crane, subduing and invading his original persona, then turns the gas on his captor.]]
* TheBusCameBack: He was last seen in a coma in the first season, but returns as the Scarecrow in Season 4.
* DarkIsEvil: In contrast with Bruce’s DarkIsNotEvil.
* DemonicPossession: Played with. [[spoiler: Jonathan ''thinks'' that the Scarecrow demon from his hallucinations is possessing him, driving him to become one of Gotham's greatest villains.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Bruce. Both kids have witnessed their parents killed horribly and were mentally scarred for life as a result, but they vowed to avenge the deaths of their family members by punishing their killer and growing into a force to be feared in Gotham. However, Bruce desires to grow into the hero Gotham deserves and bring peace, but Jonathan craves power and wants to be feared by those lower than him. Both also tend to use stealth-based attacks and theatrics in their fighting, but Bruce has been trained by the seasoned Alfred while Jonathan uses his scythe in a comparatively amateur way, able to be disarmed by Gordon.
* FaceYourFears: Inverted; having surrendered to his "bogeyman" himself, Crane uses fear-toxin and persuasion to convince Arkham's warden to likewise embrace and ''become'' his personal phobia. When Gordon successfully plays this trope straight, fighting off the fear-gas's effect by overcoming fear, Scarecrow outright claims it's impossible.
* ForcedIntoEvil: For a short time in Season 4, as Jonathan is forced to re-create his father's fear serum by a bunch of bank robbers who terrorize the hallucination-hounded young man with an actual scarecrow.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Goes from a total pushover being forced to serve other criminals into Gotham's great master of fear.
* InsaneEqualsViolent: He's gone off the deep end, which in Gotham City also means that he's a violent psychopath.
* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Upon becoming the Scarecrow, the first victim he uses his fear gas on is one of the {{mooks}} who tormented him and locked him up inside a closet with his "boogeyman."
** He also poisons the corrupt warden at Arkham as revenge for being sold off to abusive gangsters.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: His father was trying to find a cure for fear. As the Scarecrow, Jonathan will someday be trying to cause as much fear as possible.
* MissingMom: His mother's death in a house fire is what drove Jonathan's dad to research fear, because Gerald couldn't work up the courage to dash through the flames to save her.
* OutOfFocus: His father is the main antagonist of his debut episode, while Jonathan really plays no important part in it himself. [[TheBusCameBack That is until Season 4]] where Crane returns and becomes the Scarecrow.
* OverlordJr: Jonathan acts as a willing accomplice to all his father's crimes, although intimidation does seem to play a part.
* PunchClockVillain: When he first debuts in ''Gotham,'' Jonathan isn't a kid who's malicious at heart. For all the horrible things Jonathan helps his dad do, fear is his father's obsession, not his own. He goes along with what Gerald does out of familial loyalty and a desire to be rid of the fear he believes makes his father ashamed of him.
** Once he becomes the Scarecrow, he embraces that his father was a genius trying to rid the world of fear; he's just "improving" the process by not only having people embrace their fears, but ''become'' them just like he did.
* ScaryScarecrows: His new costume has the raggedy, demonic scarecrow look to intimidate his targets.
* SinisterScythe: He starts wielding a scythe as a weapon in case of physical confrontations.
* StartOfDarkness: Unless ''Gotham'' is your very first exposure to the Batman franchise, you've probably already guessed that this isn't the last we'll be seeing of Jonathan.
* ThatManIsDead: ''"Jonathan Crane isn't here anymore..."''
* ThisCannotBe: He's in utter shock that [[spoiler: Gordon was able to overcome his fear toxin.]]
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Injected with his father's own formulas, Jonathan's hallucinations of his scarecrow-like personal "bogeyman" are ''terrifying''.
* TookALevelInBadass: Was first introduced as a young accomplice serving his father, but by Season 4 he's evolved into the Scarecrow, one of Gotham's most dangerous villains.
* WeakSauceWeakness: In [[Recap/GothamS4E2TheFearReaper The Fear Reaper]], Gordon figures out that people under the influence of Jonathan's toxin can be cured with a splash of cold water in the face. Justified, as the fear toxin dispenser this time around seems to be the equivalent of a high-tech spritzer, leaving traces of the toxin in their faces.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After his debut episode in Season One, he's never seen or mentioned for the next two seasons, even after Arkham Asylum re-opened. We don't learn what became of him until Season 4, when he becomes the first ArcVillain of the season, the Scarecrow.
* WhosLaughingNow: His assault against the Arkham warden that sold him off as a slave carries shades of this as he's dragging his scythe close to his former handler. He begins recalling the events of his abuse at the hospital before infecting the corrupt jerk with his toxins, then literally turns the warden into a [[MonsterClown clown]] to demean him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Was forced to be a PunchClockVillain for his father, [[spoiler:ended up losing both said father and his own sanity, and then kept enduring KickThemWhileTheyAreDown from a system that was supposed to treat him instead]]. After all that, you really can't blame him for finally going on a warpath.
* YouKilledMyFather: He has this attitude towards Gordon thanks to his father getting gunned down by the police. This causes him to try and kill the officer to avenge his lost father.

[[folder: Victor Fries/Mister Freeze]]
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->'''Played By:''' Nathan Darrow

A young cryogenics engineer-turned-criminal who first appears at the end of the Season 2 midseason finale. Armed with a powerful gun that can freeze people solid, he goes through tremendous lengths to save and protect his ill wife, Nora.

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: After Nora dies]], he becomes a full-fledged AxCrazy PsychoForHire working under Hugo Strange and taking ''joy'' in killing people for him as opposed to the emotionally scarred TragicVillain who wants no hand in evil whatsoever.
* AffablyEvil: Enough, apparently, to convince some bystanders to help him load one of his victims into his van. He's also considerate enough to shoo them away when the police are about to show up.
* AnIcePerson: His freeze gun lets him freeze people solid. [[spoiler:His suicide attempt alters his physiology so that he can only survive in cold temperatures.]]
* AntiVillain: Like in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and the comics before the 2011 relaunch, he's trying to help his wife, no matter who else gets hurt in the process. [[spoiler: At least until she dies.]]
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: The reason for his below-mentioned BungledSuicide; he'd soaked up enough trace elements of his formula that it turned him into the classic Mr. Freeze, only able to survive in sub-zero temperatures, rather than killing him.
* BaldOfEvil: ''Averted'' in this case. While Mr. Freeze is traditionally bald in the comics, here, he has a full head of snow-white hair post-transformation.
* BungledSuicide: Tries to use a faulty batch of cryo-formula to kill himself [[spoiler:just like Nora did, so he can join her in the afterlife]]. But really, were you expecting Victor Fries to die from an accident with his serum at this point?
* CoDragons: Both him and Firefly are this to [[spoiler:Oswald Cobblepot]] in Season 3. Neither of them are happy about it but they make due of it by killing anyone who tries to kill their boss with precision.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Averted. He is called Mr. Freeze by the newspapers (despite that his last name actually isn't pronounced that way this time).
* CostumeEvolution: The Mr. Freeze suit starts off as a thick hooded jacket with simple, makeshift armor plating (shown above). In "A Dead Man Feels No Cold", he ditches this getup for [[http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/y6tb18/picture63153892/ALTERNATES/FREE_640/Gotham-ep213_scn26_5307_f_hires2 a more spaceman-like suit]], and eventually, it evolves into [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/05/16/30E6071E00000578-0-image-m-41_1454690844384.jpg the iconic armored suit (and red goggles) from the comics]].
* ColdHam: {{Pun}} aside, this is appropriately how Fries acts throughout his episodes in his attempts to save his wife, even holding TranquilFury as part of his repertoire.
* DeathFakedForYou: Ostensibly, his dead body was burned after a stay at the city morgue. In fact, he'd been transformed into a human popsicle by his BungledSuicide and became one of Hugo Strange's enforcers.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After failing to save Nora]]. Needless to say, he fails to kill himself, and of course, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger...
* ForegoneConclusion: Victor's plan to reverse his condition and become normal is unlikely to ever happen due to Mr. Freeze being around during Batman's crime fighting career.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: While the appearance of Victor Fries was already announced for Season 2, viewers were still surprised to see the logo for the show freeze over, and were immediately greeted by this character's appearance.
* {{Foil}}: To Firefly, appropriately. Both are villains themed after elements, both wear bodily-concealing suits and goggles, and both use guns that fire ammunition deriving from said elements. While Freeze goes out of his way to save his wife and ''not'' cause too much collateral damage [[spoiler: until his ultimate tranformation and FaceHeelTurn]], Firefly had already murdered her brothers who were abusive to her. [[spoiler: Both wind up at Indian Hill not soon after their supervillain debuts, and while Firefly is temporarily locked up in the basement, Freeze is out and about as Hugo Strange's errand boy. The two counterparts meet soon enough, and participate in ElementalRockPaperScissors with their guns until Strange is hurt.]]
* HiredGun: What Fries does as a side job. He's really good in what he does.
* HumanPopsicle: What he becomes by the end of his second episode.
* InTheHood: His suit has some resemblance to Firefly's (goggles, gunmetal grey suit, power supply attached to WeaponOfChoice), and features this in place of the familiar dome.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: This series decided to go with a different pun on his last name. Instead of making it sound identical to "freeze", it's instead pronounced like "ice".
* LightIsNotGood: Started off with white armor, but becomes a villain later.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: His hair turns completely white after his resurrection.
* MythologyGag: In "A Dead Man Feels No Cold", while holding a man hostage, Fries creates what appear to be ice grenades with the ability to shoot out icicles similar to a nail bomb, for use in saving his wife from Arkham. These are clearly the Freeze Grenades that debuted in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', except much deadlier and for murderous intent instead of simple stunning.
** His alliance with [[spoiler: Hugo Strange]] is also taken from the game, though the alliance is mutually beneficial and seems to be more friendly, [[spoiler: with Hugo assisting Fries and distracting the police in exchange for a sample of Victor's cryonic formula]]. However, thanks to Victor's BungledSuicide, he receives his own specialized cell in Arkham and will be acting as a mercenary.
** The astronaut-like suit that he wears "A Dead Man Feels No Cold" looks almost exactly like [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RngpqpM59QU/VP97-KTRS1I/AAAAAAAAFdg/qRK0IlLREYQ/s1600/batman%2B7.jpg one of the suits that he wore in the]] [[Series/{{Batman}} Adam West series]].
* PoweredArmor: As mentioned in CostumeEvolution, he ditches his chainmail jacket for a spaceman-like suit. Of course, his first usage of it combined with his ice gun makes him an example of ClothesMakeTheSuperman, but once he becomes AnIcePerson after his BungledSuicide, [[spoiler: Hugo Strange]] has some modifications made to his suit to fit his HumanPopsicle biology.
* PsychoForHire: Becomes a villain for hire working in the Penguin's new army.
* SlasherSmile: He looks like he's enjoying freezing [[spoiler: Karen Jennings to death]] a little too much.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The last we see of Victor is him [[spoiler: providing covering fire for Strange as he tries to escape, only for their beam lock to hit Strange in round 2. He (along with Gordon, Lucius, Selina, and Bruce) survey the damage before the bomb under Arkham goes off.]]
** [[spoiler: Ends up returning for the second half of season 3 along with Firefly and are recruited by Oswald Cobblepot.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Ends up with white hair after being frozen and later unfrozen and is obviously going to end up a member of Batman’s Rogues Gallery.

[[folder: Bridgit Pike/Firefly]]
->'''Played By:''' Michelle Veintimilla (Season 2) / Camila Perez (Season 3-)
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The youngest member of a family of arsonists, who is forced into it by her stepbrothers.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Firefly's previous action incarnation on ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' wasn't as horribly burnt like how Firefly is in the comics (who supposedly has his ''entire'' body covered in burns). This incarnation follows suit as Bridgit isn't as horribly burnt. Granted, she is still covered up in a protected suit that covers her body but not her face. Her face, like Arrow's (which had a two-faced appearance), is not as bad as the comics or the [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries the Arkham games]].
* AdaptationalBadass: Compared to Firefly's last live action incarnation on ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', who was a [[SanitySlippage mentally crippled]] TragicVillain who utilized a lighter and a tank of gasoline.
* AdaptationNameChange: Is named Bridgit Pike instead of Garfield Lynns or Ted Carson.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Combined with AdaptationalHeroism. In the comics, Firefly developed a taste for setting fires by himself, while this version is bullied into committing crimes for her brothers before growing into a supervillain. Firefly is also simply a pyro. Bridgit, after becoming Firefly, leans toward PayEvilUntoEvil. Even her attacks on the cops are both more due to blind panic than anything else. However, there are also strong hints that she has developed a liking to the act of burning people alive and choosing [[AssholeVictim asshole victims]] solely because she can.
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Due to Strange creating a new persona for her to adapt to, Firefly now believes she is a "Goddess of Fire." By the time Oswald and Ivy find her again in Season 3, the "Goddess of Fire" alter ego went away.]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: She seems to harbor a strong relationship with Selina Kyle. However, it's unknown whether it's a crush or if they're just close friends.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: After she suffers serious burns, the police assume she's dead and she is taken to Indian Hill for experimentation. The worst part is that she's ''still alive'' and in serious pain already from her burns.]]
* AntiVillain: Is forced into crime by her abusive brothers, and her only victims are either accidental or of the [[AssholeVictim Asshole]] variety [[spoiler:{such as the aforementioned brothers)]].
* ArmorIsUseless: Played with; she builds herself an outfit from "flame-proof" cloth to prevent getting burned after her first night leaves her with fire on her leg. But during her final fight with the cops, her fuel line soaks her suit, catching her on fire... only for it to turn out that the cloth didn't burn, ''[[BodyHorror but fused to her body.]]''
* AxCrazy: After her brainwashing, she just wants to watch the world burn.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Her brothers and Hugo Strange relentlessly abused her to the point of insanity.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:After her fuel line soaks her flame-proof cloth suit and she is set aflame, the suit fuses to her body, cementing her as Firefly for good.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Thanks to Hugo Strange's treatment on her. It goes away.]]
* BreakTheCutie: The abuse from her brothers and corruption from Selina's influence turn her from a shy, timid young girl into one of Gotham's deadliest arsonists.
* TheBusCameBack: She returns some episodes after her seeming death, now donning her identity as Firefly.
* ButtMonkey: She's abused by her family, seriously burned, has no friends , [[spoiler: and suffers a FateWorseThanDeath after she's mistaken for dead.]]
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: In "By Fire", Barnes and Bullock both call her a firefly, but that's just a MythologyGag. She never actually calls herself Firefly, nor does anyone use the word in the context of a name. [[spoiler: Averted after her return in "Unleashed", where she insists that Firefly is her name, refusing to answer to Bridgit.]]
* CopKiller: Accidentally, after her flamethrower malfunctions.
* CostumeEvolution: Her first suit is a crudely-crafted hoodie and mask made out of fireproof fabric, along with a pair of black goggles that resemble an insect's eyes. After she's [[spoiler:taken into Indian Hill for experimentation]], she sports a [[http://utbgeek.com/home/bradu25/public_html/utbgeek/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/G3-1.jpg darker, sleeker suit]] with a flamethrower that appears to represent her "Firefly wings", as well as a new pair of goggles that look strikingly similar to her ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Arkham]]'' counterpart's.
* DarkIsEvil: She dons a gray fire-resistant suit upon becoming Firefly.
* DarthVaderClone: After she becomes Firefly, she now has serious burns, metallic armor that keeps her alive, and speaks in a distorted voice.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: In "By Fire", she kills the Pike brothers by, well... by fire.]]
* DrivenToVillainy: Her brothers and Hugo Strange push her to the point of insanity with their relentless torture; resulting in her becoming the arsonist Firefly.
* DysfunctionalFamily: The Pike brothers force her into becoming an arsonist, calling it "family business", and threaten to expel her if they decide that she is not family.
* EvilFeelsGood: After her first night, she realizes that she enjoyed setting fires.
* EvilIsHammy: After accepting her villainous side, she goes way over the top with her desire to torch everything.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: She was a pretty, innocent girl before suffering from serious burns during her arson crimes.
* FireBreathingWeapon: Progresses to using a flamethrower at the end of "Scarification".
* {{Foil}}: Appropriately enough, to Mr. Freeze. Both are villains themed after elements, both wear bodily-concealing suits and goggles, and both use guns that fire ammunition deriving from said elements. However, while Freeze is trying to rescue the one he loves and ''not'' cause massive collateral damage, Bridgit sets her abusive family ablaze (though it wasn't [[ButtMonkey without reason]]) and goes on a subsequent rampage. [[spoiler: They both end up at Indian Hill and don't see each other until Hugo Strange attempts to activate a bomb to level Arkham. While Freeze stays loyal to the professor, Bridgit (now truly Firefly) immediately dejects Strange's imploring to kill Selina. The two end up in ElementalRockPaperScissors and are evenly matched, only stopping when Strnge gets in the crossfire.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: She was just an abused, shy girl before becoming one of the city's most dangerous arsonists.
* GenderFlip: Firefly is traditionally portrayed as male.
* LossOfIdentity: After her time in Indian Hill.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Bridgit ends up burnt alive by her malfunctioning flamethrower and is thought to be dead. However, her body is taken to Indian Hill for experimentation, while she's ''still alive'' and [[AndIMustScream completely aware]] to what's going on.]]
* NotSoDifferent: After becoming evil, she's now no longer different from her equally {{jerkass}}, abusive {{pyromaniac}} brothers and their desire to torch others for fun.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Barbecues her brothers, who have abused her since childhood, and a pimp auctioning sex slaves.]]
* PsychoForHire: Much like her original counterpart, she becomes a villain for hire recruited as the Penguin's new muscle.
* PutOnABusToHell: After receiving serious burns that the police assumed she dies from, she's sent to Indian Hill [[spoiler: where Hugo Strange commits horrific experiments on her.]]
* {{Pyromaniac}}: Well, she is a villain who bases her gadgets off of flame-inducing technology.
* ShrinkingViolet: Before her StartOfDarkness, Bridgit was a timid girl who was afraid of interacting with people due to her constant abuse.
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[spoiler: After Strange convinces her to act as a fire goddess, she becomes quite full of herself and only spares Selina's life in order to make her a servant.]]
* ReligionOfEvil: [[spoiler: Her Fire Goddess persona desires the burning of the entire world.]]
* ReligiousBruiser: [[spoiler: She truly believes that fire is a religion for her to spread.]]
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: She and Selina were very close and knew each other on a personal level. However, their friendship has officially severed upon Bridgit's transformation into Firefly.
* ThatManIsDead: When she sees Selena again after Selena sneaks into Indian Hill she maintains that Bridgit is dead and that her name is Firefly.
* TookALevelInJerkass: After she becomes a fully evil villain, she embraces her AxCrazy side.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: She and Selina used to be good friends before she became Firefly and tried to kill her former friend.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Firefly's last appearance had her [[spoiler: in a beam lock with her flamethrower against Freeze's ice gun. Their feud ends up wounding Strange, and she surveys the damage with her counterpart. She comes back, along with Freeze, to help Oswald in his fight against Edward.]]

[[folder: Jervis Tetch]]

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[[caption-width-right:314:''"Look into my eyes..."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Benedict Samuel

A talented hypnotist who comes to Gotham looking for his younger sister, Alice.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The youngest, most attractive portrayal of the character, as played by Benedict Samuel.
* ArchEnemy: To Jim Gordon. Jervis blames Gordon for [[spoiler: Alice's death]], and in turn [[spoiler: turns both of his [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] against him.]]
* AxCrazy: Has no compunctions about harming innocent people.
* BeardOfEvil: A natty goatee.
* BerserkButton: His sister Alice. Or rather, the possibility of losing control over her. Telling him his sister left him out of fear and hatred of him for ''loving'' her is also surefire to get Jervis ready to murder you.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Whenever he uses his hypnosis, Jervis's irises turn an eerie black, and what makes it scarier is that they're not even reflective once they become that way.
* BigBad: Served as this for Mad City.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Alice claims that Tetch tried to implant thoughts "a brother should never have" into her head in the past.
* CatchPhrase: "Look into my eyes."
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: In spite of the ''Alice in Wonderland'' motifs that accompany him, he has yet to be called the Mad Hatter in-show.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Most depictions of Jervis in the comics imply him to be a sexual predator who kidnaps girls and tries to transform them into "Alice". ''Gotham'' takes this one step further and adds BrotherSisterIncest to this by making the original Alice of his obsessions his own sister. He did however kidnap an unknown girl and dress her up, only to slit her throat afterwards.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: The GCPD and Jim were able to stop Jervis and [[spoiler:his plan to unleash the virus,]] but there are still three episodes left of Mad City allowing the vacant spot of BigBad being filled by [[spoiler: Jerome Valeska.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Horrifically, disturbingly deconstructed. His ''love'' for his sister is very sick and twisted; he [[BrotherSisterIncest abuses]] and terrifies her and calls it love.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Jim gets him to reveal who he has infected with Alice's blood by turning his RhymesOnADime tendency back on him.]]
* TheImmune: [[spoiler:He is immune to Alice's virus, and his blood is necessary to create a cure.]]
* {{Irony}}: Jervis loves watching people fall into madness from Alice's blood as a twisted way of being close to her, but [[spoiler:''his'' blood is the key ingredient of the antidote]].
* MindManipulation: He's a hypnotist.
* NeverMyFault: After [[spoiler:Alice's death]], Jervis blames Jim Gordon for turning her against him, even though she hated Jervis because of his [[BrotherSisterIncest own]] [[{{Yandere}} actions]].
* NiceHat: Though not given much focus, he just wouldn't be ''the'' Mad Hatter without a snazzy topper.[[spoiler:Even after he winds up in Arkham, he makes a cartoonish one out of newspaper.]]
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: He's not actually psychic, but he uses his hypnosis to do something similar.
* RhymesOnADime: Tends to speak in this when he's hypnotizing people. It slips into his regular speech the further off the deep end he goes. This is an [[ShownTheirWork actual symptom of schizophrenia]] called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clanging Clanging]].
* SanitySlippage: He's clearly got some screws loose in his introductory episode, but finding out that Alice wants nothing to do with him, and later [[spoiler:witnessing her death]] doesn't help.
* SoftSpokenSadist: He has a very calm, low voice, even while he's commanding people to kill themselves.
* {{Yandere}}: Tetch is hunting Alice down even though he terrifies her and she wants nothing to do with him.

[[folder:Butch Gilzean]]
!!Butch Gilzean[=/=]Cyrus Gold[=/=]Solomon Grundy
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->'''Played By:''' Drew Powell

An experienced member of the Gotham City underworld crime system, Butch was a former underling of Fish Mooney and later, he came to be second-in-command under Oswald Cobblepot before spitting off from him and tries to become the King of Gotham with the help from his girlfriend, Tabitha Galavan, and Barbara Kean, Tabby's ex-lover and former business partner.

* AscendedExtra: He's just Fish's head mook in Season 1, but by "Wrath of the Villains", [[spoiler:he survived through the reigns of both Fish and the Penguin to become 'King of Gotham' on top of the underworld.]]
* AffablyEvil: Butch is a likable guy. When he first meets Gordon, he's nothing but jovial and friendly. Later, he even gives some Maroni men the opportunity to choose whether they get shot or beaten up to send a message to their boss.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Penguin hacks off his hand when he asks him to perform a special infiltration mission against Galavan. He then gains a prosthetic replacement. And his hand is later regained, after he emerged out of Slaughter Swamp.]]
* BackFromTheDead: After a pair of lazy paramedics dump his body in Slaughter Swamp, [[spoiler: some dumped chemicals from Indian Hill bring him back to life.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: It was revealed that Zsasz did this to him as punishment for his betrayal, so that he would follow Penguin's commands without question. [[spoiler:This becomes problematic during Penguin and Fish's fight where his loyalty to both plays havoc on his mind and he ends up shooting them both. However, Tabitha helps break him of his brainwashing in exchange for his help.]]
* CameBackStrong: After [[spoiler: coming back to life as Solomon Grundy]], he's gained SuperStrength.
* CameBackWrong: He has no memory of his past life as a human.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: He initially appeared to be a CanonForeigner along with Fish, but the Season 3 finale reveals that his real name is [[spoiler: Cyrus Gold, the true identity of Solomon Grundy in the comics]].
* TheChainsOfCommanding: [[spoiler:He becomes the King of Gotham after Penguin is brought to Arkham. He is effective at first, killing people loyal to Penguin. But when Tabitha becomes his mistress, then Butch becomes lazy and like a dad from a sitcom. He is seen laying around in his robes. This is despite the fact that his nephew who is selling mushrooms is incompetent. Penguin says in Season 2 Episode 20 that he has become "soft" and "sentimental". ]]
* ConflictingLoyalty: [[spoiler:He couldn't decide if he was loyal to Fish or Penguin so he [[KneeCapping kneecapped]] both. However, Penguin still wins.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Helps Theo kill Penguin after being freed from his mind control.]]
* TheDragon: For Fish. [[spoiler:And eventually for Penguin, too.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Fish orders that the captive Gordon and Bullock be tortured to death and literally carved to pieces in a meat-packing warehouse, to send a warning to the police. Gilzean earnestly apologizes to Gordon and Bullock that if it were up to him, he'd simply shoot them each in the head execution-style and be done with it - but it's not up to him.
** In "Better to Reign in Hell...", he tells Selina that she's too young to be hanging around in a nightclub.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Has no issue threatening Barbara or Gordon, or using a whole procession of nuns as a roadblock.
* HonorAmongThieves: He makes sure to confess to his old friend Saviano about how when they were teens who had stolen 40 pounds of meat, he had screwed him out of the better cuts, and asks for forgiveness. Saviano does this, [[spoiler:and then Butch shoots him]]
* IronButtmonkey: He has suffered a great deal as a result of being TheDragon to a number of sadistic criminals. [[ColdBloodedTorture Tortured]], [[MindRape brainwashed]], [[AnArmAndALeg lost a hand]], tortured some more...
* LargeHam:
** Although nowhere near the levels of his boss, anyone who uses a dozen kidnapped nuns to hijack a truck definitively qualifies.
** Has a phone rigged to detonate a bomb to kill some loose ends. With "Final Countdown" as the ringtone.
* LonelyAtTheTop: After temporarily becoming TheDon of Gotham, he immediately gets bored with his high position and gets more action with Tabitha dating him.
* MeaningfulName: Called "Butch" and appears to work as a butcher.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: In "Anything For You", he's fed up with the way Penguin treated him, even before Nygma came along.
* PervertedSniffing: To Barbara Kean.
* PunchClockVillain: For the most part. Butch seems to take pleasure in doing his job well - his job just happens to be as a mob enforcer. He can have an almost perfunctory tone about doing routine mob work, though. Yes he tied up some nuns to use as a roadblock but he didn't expect them to be actually killed (the point was to make the truck stop). He then goes through the polite, almost boring routine of explaining to the drivers that he needs to send a message to Maroni, so they can choose between a thorough beating or a quick bullet to the leg. His tone is that of a mechanic calmly discussing payment options with a customer. The drivers, also matter-of-factly, ask why he even needs to send a "message" by hurting them, they could just ''tell'' Maroni that he was willing to beat them up. Butch gets mildly annoyed that this would subvert the entire "message", so he casually whips out his gun and shoots them both in the legs. Even his threats against Barbara Kean are more perfunctory, calculated intimidation than they are ForTheEvulz.
* TheReveal: "Heavydirtysoul" reveals, after [[spoiler: Barbara kills him]], that [[spoiler: his original name was "Cyrus Gold", as in ''Solomon Grundy''.]]
* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Penguin employs him in an infiltration mission against Galavan, but when Galavan offers him a chance to break free of his brainwashing, Butch immediately switches sides and betrays Penguin.]]
* {{Scapegoat}}: [[spoiler:After he betrays Penguin with the whole Red Hood affair, he becomes the easiest person to blame for any underworld dealings with Penguin's involvement, not necessarily at Penguin's initial suggestion, among them Isabella's car accident.]]
* SwissArmyAppendage: Deconstructed when Galavan attempts to set him up with some, but most prove AwesomeButImpractical. Later reconstructed when he's able to pick his own, slightly more practical, attachments, like a mallet attachment for "negotiations".
* UndyingLoyalty: To Fish, big time. [[spoiler:When a childhood friend of his (a boss with seniority to Fish, and better claim to the empire should Falcone be removed) offers him a chance for a much better position within the mob in exchange for killing Fish (namely her territory as his equal partner), he instead kills said childhood friend without a second thought in his usual AffablyEvil manner.]] Exactly ''why'' he has such loyalty to Fish above all else has yet to be revealed. [[spoiler:Though this didn't do him any good at the end of "What the Little Bird Told Him". He personally rescues her from being tortured in the next episode, and sacrifices himself to help her escape.]]
** He proves just as loyal to [[spoiler:Penguin]], even sincerely renouncing Fish. This comes to a head when he has to choose between them. However, [[spoiler:Galavan breaks him out of his brainwashing and he betrays Penguin.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: Briefly with Tabitha in the second half of Season 2, but they break up when she gains interest in [[BiTheWay Barbara.]]
* VillainDecay: Goes from the cunning FauxAffablyEvil NobleDemon he was at the start of the series into the resident StupidEvil IronButtMonkey routinely abused by everyone.
* VillainousCrush: He has one on the more villainous Tabitha Galavan.
* VillainousValor: Sneaky, smart, brave, and strong enough to [[spoiler:escape the van in which he was being transported to an incineration facility, kill his captors, track down and free Mooney, and then help her escape when Zsasz shows up, even willingly staying behind to cover her escape. He even managed to kill one of Zsasz's henchgirls, which surprises them.]]
* VillainsDoTheDirtyWork: Technically speaking. Gordon was more than willing to murder Galavan [[spoiler:again]], but wasn't having much success. Then Penguin and Butch showed up and Butch shot him with a rocket launcher.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Until Season 1 Episode 16, it was unknown what happened to him after he stayed behind to let Fish escape Zsasz's gang. It turned out he was 'conditioned' to be a personal assistant for Cobblepot.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Subverted when he comes back as Solomon Grundy as he’s more of a dimwitted monster defending himself. However, its a ForegoneConclusion that he’ll become a supervillain.

[[folder: Lazlo Valentin/Professor Pyg]]
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->'''Played by:''' Michael Cerveris

A deranged serial killer who sports a pig mask. His primary targets are the corrupt cops of Gotham, although he seems to have taken a liking for Jim Gordon...

* AdaptationalBadass: Most versions of Pyg, excepting [[WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman Beware The Batman]], are schizophrenics and murderous psychopaths and have very little planning skills. This version is perfectly capable of executing an almost [[LiveActionFilm/TheDarkKnight Joker-like]] scheme such as when he [[spoiler: massacres the GCPD in the abandoned court house.]]
* AdaptationalHeroism: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. This version of the character is a vigilante who murders corrupt cops, which is considerably less depraved than his M.O. in the comics. However, it's clear that this Pyg is still a severely disturbed psychopath, and that his mission against Gotham's corruption is more or less an excuse he uses to indulge his sick desires.
* ArcVillain: He seeems to be serving as the primary villain for an indeterminate amount of time in Season 4.
* AffablyEvil: He acts very polite towards Jim, since he believes that they're on the same side.
* AnimalMotifs: He models himself after pigs, and places a pig mask on every cop that he kills.
* BaddieFlattery: He apparently sees Gordon as a celebrity of sorts, and is somewhat starstruck when the two meet face-to-face.
* BaldOfEvil: This version of Pyg is bald behind the mask.
* BerserkButton: The only thing so far that breaks Pyg's hammy disposition is Gordon saying that his killing spree is just a madman's game and not some crusade for the greater good.
* CopKiller: The DirtyCops on Penguin's payroll are his main targets.
* DramaticUnmask: We finally see his true face when he [[spoiler:removes his Fisoli disguise at the end of "A Day in the Narrows"]].
* EvilIsHammy: No pun intended; he's ''very'' theatrical for a psychopathic killer. Fittingly enough, he's played by Broadway veteran Michael Cerveris.
* MasterOfDisguise: He's a ''dangerously'' good actor, as demonstrated when he disguises himself as [[spoiler:one of his victims in an effort to trick Gordon and the GCPD]].
* MythologyGag: At one point, he sings along to opera while carving out another pig mask. This should seem ''very'' familiar for fans of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''. He even throws a butcher knife at Jim in "Let Them Eat Pie", just like in his boss battle.
* NotSoDifferent: He expresses interest in Jim because he believes that they share a common goal: to wipe out the corruption within the GCPD.
-->'''Professor Pyg:''' You and I know that Gotham cannot survive unless the cancer is cut out. We both share the same mission, only I do it with a little bit more ''flair''.
* PragmaticAdaptation: His pig mask in the comics is usually depicted as a cheap plastic mask and reminiscent of [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Porky Pig]]. Here, it appears to be an ''actual pig's face'' that's been sliced into a mask.
* IronicNurseryRhyme: At the end of "Hog Day Afternoon", he recites "Two Mother Pigs" to a pen of piglets before slaughtering them to make pig masks.
-->'''Professor Pyg:''' ''Two mother pigs lived in a pen.\\
They each had four piglets, and that made ten.\\
All the piglets loved to play,\\
and they rolled and they rolled in the mud all day.\\
At night, when their mothers curled up in a heap,\\
they squealed and they squealed until they went to sleep.''\\
And sleep well, for tomorrow, the axe shall fall...

!The Dollmaker's organization

[[folder:The Dollmaker/Dr. Francis Dulmacher]]
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/ColmFeore

A mysterious figure involved in child trafficking that acts in Gotham through his lackeys Patti and Doug. Later appears as the head of the pirates that abduct Fish Mooney, revealing the full extent of his influence and plans.

* AbortedArc: He's never brought up against after Season 1.
* AdaptationNameChange: His name is Francis Dulmacher, rather than Anton Schott or Barton Mathis.
* BodyHorror: What he does to people [[YouHaveFailedMe who fail or try to betray him.]] The resulting mismatch of misshapen parts is outright nightmarish, especially since his victim we see is ''[[AndIMustScream still alive]]'' after he works him.
* ChekhovsGunman: An early Season 1 episode vaguely mentioned "The Dollmaker," and he was forgotten until the latter half of the season when he takes center stage in Fish's subplot.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's a sadistic organ thief, and his unfailing politeness is pretty clearly an act.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: His men abduct Fish, and imprisons her to be organ harvested.
* MadDoctor: While he typically uses his harvested organs to supply his seemingly legitimate private practice, he apparently likes to experiment with people who fail him. See BodyHorror for the result...
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He's a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity respected]] surgical miracle worker - able to replace whole body parts with an assortment of seemingly unfitting pieces with full functionality. [[OrganTheft Where he]] ''[[OrganTheft gets]]'' [[OrganTheft those parts and pieces]], however, is where the Morally Ambiguous part comes in...
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: Courtesy of the other prisoners led by Fish during their escape.]]
* OrganTheft: He harvests the organs of people he feels society will not miss, then uses them to run a private surgical practice for the elite.
* SoftspokenSadist: Never loses his mild politeness. It makes the more horrifying aspects of his work that much more unsettling.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: His real name is Dr. Dulmacher, and he is referred to as the Dollmaker by some of his underlings.
* SuperDoc: So long as he has the parts available, he can treat practically anything that's impossible for modern medicine. Including replacing someone's lost eye and having it work.
* TheSociopath: He has people (including children) abducted and harvested for organs so he could sell them to the wealthy, [[BadBoss not to mention what he does to those who fail him.]] He shows no remorse for his crimes and any emotion he actually shows is just an act.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: His regular practice is luxurious and welcoming, and his upper class patients apparently have no idea about his illegal organ harvesting business.
* WouldHurtAChild: Some of his targets are children.

[[folder:Patti & Doug]]
!!Patti & Doug

->'''Played By:''' Lili Taylor & Creator/FrankWhaley

Two kidnappers and child traffickers working for the Dollmaker and preying on Gotham's homeless children under the guise of the Mayor's Homeless Outreach Program.

* CoDragons: To the Dollmaker in Gotham.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Their manner of speaking.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Patti.
* FauxAffablyEvil: For all their overtly-polite demeanor they are perfectly willing to injure their victims, and even their collaborators.
* WouldHurtAChild: Was willing to kill Selina Kyle when she rebelled against them.

[[folder:The Catcher]]
!!The Catcher

->'''Played By:''' Phillip James Griffith

The leader of a group of mercenaries that guard Dulmacher's island.

* AxCrazy: He clearly takes a lot of pleasures in his job of killing those who try to escape.
* TheDragon: He's Dulmacher's Dragon in his island
* MookLieutenant: He leads a group of {{Mooks}}.

!Serial Killers

[[folder: Jason Lennon[=/=]Jason Skolimski[=/=]The Ogre]]
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/MiloVentimiglia

A young SerialKiller that seduces lone, pretty women, kidnaps them at his apartment and forces them to play the submissive housewife of TheFifties until he grows weary of them and kills them. He also kills the loved ones of cops that investigate his case.

* AdaptationNameChange: His real name in the comics was Michael Adams.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics he only killed the members of a secret government organization who performed inhuman experiments on him and others. In the end, ''Batman even lets him walk away!''
* ArcVillain: The Ogre is practically the last [[MonsterOfTheWeek villain of the week]] before the season finale, and his role becomes a huge threat for Gordon and the GCPD. He also lasts three episodes, longer than any other villain of Season 1 outside the Maroni-Falcone plotline.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's a SerialKiller who poses as a nice, compassionate guy so he can lure in women and kill them.
* BondageIsBad: He keeps a dungeon stocked full of bondage equipment that he uses to imprison and torture his victims in order to compel them into becoming his lover.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Gordon shoots him right in the head, just as the Ogre was about to kill Barbara.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: He does this to his victims ''before'' killing them.
* ControlFreak: His entire modus operandi is wrapped up in this; he wants "unconditional love", which he equates to a woman who ''literally'' has no thought or life outside of pleasing his every whim and doing everything he wants. When his latest "bride" can't live up to his insane demands for perfectionism and devotion, he kills them and goes looking for a replacement.
* TheCorrupter: Eventually this to [[spoiler:Barbara.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: His latest victim was killed for ''overcooking his dinner and babbling apologies over it''.
* TheDreaded: To the GCPD, he will kill the family of any cop who investigates him, and he always succeeds. As such the GCPD spent years to afraid to investigate or even reveal his existence to the public.
* {{Expy}}: [[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey A handsome millionaire with control issues, and a private dungeon stocked full of bondage equipment]]. Also, [[Literature/RedDragon a rampaging psychopath who received extensive plastic surgery to cover up childhood deformities, was abused in his youth, starts targeting a main character when news about him is leaked to the press, becomes obsessed with a blond woman who doesn't realize his true nature until the climax,]] [[spoiler: and is taken out by BoomHeadshot at the end of a hostage situation.]]
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Post-surgery. He's a devilishly handsome man, who is also a deranged SerialKiller.
* FacialHorror: Pre-surgery. See TwoFaced below.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Is suave, charming, sophisticated and witty; he will also murder you for simply overcooking his dinner.
* FreudianExcuse: The woman he thought was his mother cruelly rejected him for his disfigurement and told him he would never be loved.
* KnifeNut: His private dungeon is filled with all kinds of bladed weapons, from full-fledged swords to countless daggers and knives.
* AManOfWealthAndTaste: Fancy bars, nice clothing, and a large selection of wines.
* MrFanservice: He appears as a very attractive guy, but he's a ''very'' sick person.
* NotSoDifferent: He claims he's this to [[spoiler: Barbara. He's right.]]
* SerialKiller: He's murdered ''dozens'' of women.
* TemptingFate: He calls Gordon and pretty much brags about how he'll never get caught, how Gordon's gonna get his loved ones killed and that Gordon is just a fool. Not only is his identity and his victims revealed to the general public after that stunt, but soon after ''his entire origin is revealed thanks to some amateur sleuthing''.
* TwoFaced: Prior to his surgery, half his face was horribly disfigured.

[[folder:The Goat/Dr. Marks]]
->'''Played By:''' Susan Misner

A therapist for the wealthy elite of Gotham, she takes it upon herself to enforce extreme therapy on her clients to rid them of their apathy for the downtrodden by using hypnotism to compel victims to become the 'Spirit of the Goat', a masked menace who kills the firstborn children of the rich.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The two men who she hypnotized to actually carry out the murders.
* TheManBehindTheMan: She was the one creating the killers who believed themselves possessed by the Spirit of the Goat.
* MoreThanMindControl: Dr. Marks is quick to state that she couldn't have forced her pawns to gruesomely kill people if, on some level, they didn't already want to do it.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Like the Balloonman and Potolsky, Marks wants to battle the corruption and decadence by murdering those who she feels are responsible for the current state of the city.
* WouldHurtAChild: Uses her victims to murder children.

[[folder:Dr. Gerald Crane]]
->'''Played By:''' Julian Sands

A killer who terrifies his victims before killing them, he specifically targets those with phobias. He commits his crimes to harvest the adrenaline glands of his victims, trying to isolate the hormones they produce that cause fear. He works alongside his son, Jonathan.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the New Earth comics continuity, he only left his girlfriend Karen Keeny and their unborn son (who is later named Jonathan). Here he scares his victims and kills them to harvest their adrenal gland. AvertedTrope for his New 52 counterpart, who is if anything even worse, as he experimented on his son for no reason.
* BadassBoast: "You think I'm afraid of you? Afraid of your ''guns''? I have no fear!"
* ForScience: He tells his son he was doing it for mankind.
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler: His insane theory actually ''works'', completely desensitizing his brain to the specific hormonal cocktail that correlates to "fear". The thing is, without fear, his ability to accurately gauge the danger of his surroundings or actions is hopelessly compromised, leading to a suicidal attack on Gordon and Bullock.]]
* MoralityPet: He apparently genuinely loves his wife and son.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He's a doctor of biology and uses his knowledge to perform crimes.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:He failed to save his wife when their house burned down due to being terrified of the fire, setting him on his quest to destroy fear completely.]]
* NightmareFuel: He actually creates a substance InUniverse that can be literally considered NightmareFuel. His modus operandi is specifically targeting his victims' fears, terrorizing them to the highest point possible so that he can harvest their adrenal gland when it's flooded with its most potent cocktail of hormones. He then distills this biochemical soup in order to create what can only be called "liquid fear", a mixture that induces intense terror in anyone exposed to it. Why? [[spoiler: To create a cure for fear, under the thesis that by carefully inoculating himself with this liquid fear at regular intervals, his body will eventually adjust to the hormone spike, making it impossible for him to feel fear on his own again.]]
* PredecessorVillain: To the Scarecrow. While he never uses the identity or costume, many of his methods and an aerosolized version of his fear serum will be used by his son Jonathan when he becomes a supervillain.
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: Utter fearlessness + armed cops demanding you drop your weapon = SuicideByCop. Glad that anti-fear serum worked out so well for you, Gerald!]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Transforms into this after losing his fear. Turns out Gordon was right. Fear does tell you where the edge is.]]
* TragicVillain: He became bad due to the guilt he felt over his wife's unfortunate death. The more so in that [[spoiler: all he really accomplishes is to leave his son deprived of either parent, fear-hounded, locked up and fated to become a ''creator'' of fear.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He murders and terrifies people in order to [[spoiler: create a "cure" for fear, which he blames for causing a host of flaws in human nature.]]

!Mercenaries and Assassins

[[folder:The Wayne Killer]]
!!The Wayne Killer / Patrick "Matches" Malone
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->'''Played By:''' Danny Schoch (first appearance), Creator/MichaelBowen

Unknown masked man who shot and killed Thomas and Martha Wayne in front of their son Bruce, as they were walking through Crime Alley. In ''Gotham'', he is not the same person as "Joe Chill" from the comics.

* AdaptationNameChange: The orginal name of the Wayne Killer is Joe Chill.
* AdultFear: Two parents and their son walking down the street at night in the city, and get surprised by a (seemingly) random street mugger pointing a gun at them. They don't try anything. He brutally shoots them both dead anyway, right in front of their son, then disappears into the night from whence he came.
* AgeLift: While Matches Malone's age was never specified, he was young enough for Batman to pull a DeadPersonImpersonation and use his identity to spy on criminals. Here, he's already an adult.
* AlliterativeName: Well, alliterative nickname, anyway.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He's killed so many people, he can't even remember all of them. [[spoiler:It takes a surprise visit from Bruce Wayne for him to remember two of his victims.]]
* CompositeCharacter: Matches Malone takes over Joe Chill's role as the killer of Bruce's parents.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Guilt from having killed Thomas and Martha Wayne, and being denied death by their son's hands, drove him to kill himself just as Gordon was about to show up.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He won't kill babies for any amount of money.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:When faced with death by Bruce's gun, he just takes it in stride and actually ''encourages'' him to pull the trigger. Bruce catches on quickly and refuses, and when he alerts Gordon to his location, he simply takes the gun Bruce left behind and shoots himself.]]
* TheGhost: As Bullock summed it up, it was just one out of ten thousand street muggings that just happened to go bad, and the odds are astronomically low that they will ever find him. There are no repeat muggings, and his face is never seen. This makes him become more of a ''concept'' for Bruce than a solid human being, as if he's just a personification of "random street crime" that appeared one night, then evaporated.
** As well as the people who hired him to kill Bruce's parents.
* TheHeavy: He isn't the main villain, but his actions are what help the dark secrets of Gotham start to unravel, as well as changing Bruce's life forever.
* HonorAmongThieves: [[spoiler:Claims a "killer's code" isn't much, but he won't say anything about who hired him.]]
* ImpossiblyMundaneExplanation: Zigzagged back and forth and up and down with ArkhamsRazor. It just doesn't sit right with Gordon that one of the wealthiest couples in the city would be shot dead in a random street mugging, and thinks it must have been some kind of assassination...or was it? The local mafia set up a fall guy (shot while resisting arrest), but Don Falcone explains that this ''was not'' to cover up a hit made on the Waynes, it was simply done to bring a quick end to the police sweep so their organized crime could continue without interference. Gordon isn't satisfied with this explanation, or at least doesn't think he should take Falcone at his word for it. Pretty much the only things that stand out about the guy are that he was wearing unusually expensive, shiny shoes for a random street mugger, and forensics revealed that the bullets he shot the Waynes with were unusually expensive bullets of above-average quality ($6 each round). But maybe he just ''stole'' those shoes, maybe he just ''stole'' expensive bullets, or a dozen other mundane explanations.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He's gotten away with lots of murders in his lifetime and suffered no retribution for it. [[spoiler: When Bruce finally catches up to Patrick Malone and makes him remember the Waynes, he reveals that he's actually tired of being a KarmaHoudini and encourages Bruce to pull the trigger on him. When Bruce chooses not to, Malone pulls the trigger on himself]].
* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler:Bruce leaves behind the gun he brought to kill him and Malone uses it to commit suicide.]]
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The Waynes gave him their money, but he killed them anyway, suggesting it was a hired hit made to look like random street crime.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Wears a ski mask, so Bruce never got a good look at him. He could be anyone. The only physical details of note were that he was relatively tall, and that he wore somewhat expensive shiny shoes. Selina provides a description of him for the GCPD sketch artist, but the result is generic enough to be any heavyset man with a five o'clock shadow.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The show gives him the first name Patrick.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe, he's been known by the name "Matches" ever since that one hit where he burned someone to death.
* NotWorthKilling: [[spoiler: Bruce chose not to kill him as he's "just a man".]]
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:In Bruce's words: "I wish you were a monster, but you're just a man."]]
* TeensAreMonsters: He made his first kill at 15.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Played with. After shooting Bruce's parents, he aims his gun at the boy...silently hesitates for a few seconds, then quietly puts his gun down and walks away. [[spoiler:It later turns out he ''does'' kill kids if hired to do so; he simply charges triple the normal rate for the hit. Also, he does ''not'' kill babies.]]

[[folder:Richard Gladwell]]
!!Richard Gladwell
->'''Played By:''' Hakeem Kae-Kazim

A quietly effective assassin targeting politicians aligned with both the Falcone and Maroni families. His actions threaten to lead to civil war between the mobs. The true intentions of his client haven't been revealed.

* ApologeticAttacker: After killing one councilman, he ruefully explains that he did actually vote for him.
* BadassBureaucrat: Spends his days working in an employment agency. His nights go to other pursuits.
* EyeScream: One of his victims is impaled through the eye.
* IHaveManyNames: "Richard Gladwell" is just an identity he's appropriated to maintain his cover.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: His signature weapon is some kind of hollow baton with a lethally sharp spike shooting out of it.
* KillItWithFire: He charbroils one councilman in an oil barrel by pouring gasoline all over it and setting it alight.
* ScaryBlackMan: Downplayed. His manner is soft-spoken, almost passive. Only when in action does he really seem dangerous.
* SuicideByCop: When he makes a move on the mayor while both Gordon and Bullock have their guns aimed at him, there can really be only one result.

[[folder:Copperhead]]
->'''Played By:''' Lesley-Ann Brandt

An assassin hired by an unknown party to kill Selina Kyle and eliminate the witness to the Wayne murders.

* AffablyEvil: She's polite and honest, and only kills people she's been hired to kill.
* HellBentForLeather: Wears a skin-tight leather suit.
* PunchClockVillain: She only kills people she's been contracted for -- she has a chance to shoot several characters, but lets them go or only knocks them unconscious.
* RaceLift: Is based on the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Arkham Origins]]'' re-imagining, and thus is an African American woman instead of a Caucasian man like Copperhead usually is. In fact, she's this twice over as the ''Origins'' Cooperhead was Latina.
* WeAreEverywhere: Whatever party it is that hired her has intense connections, because she knows Selina is at the Wayne manor when ''no one'' outside Gordon, Alfred and Bruce were ever told. She also finds Selina easily when she's on the run.
* WouldHurtAChild: But only if a contract has been put out on the child.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Plays helpless to get inside the Wayne manor.

[[folder: Reginald Payne]]
->'''Played By:''' David O'Hara

A former comrade of Alfred from his days in the military.

* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: He's only working for the Board because he needs the money, and even then he tries to convince them not to harm Bruce any further.]]
* TheAlcoholic: He outright admits that drink ruined him.
* ApologeticAttacker: He apologizes to Alfred right before [[spoiler: stabbing him]].
* BeardOfSorrow: It turns out it's BeardOfEvil [[spoiler: after he stabs Alfred.]] And even more once we find out [[spoiler: he was hired to do it by the board of directors of Wayne Enterprises.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Tells Bruce to fight with everything he can find in his environment instead of just boxing.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Selina pushes him out of a window to prevent him from reporting back to his employers.]]
* DrivenToVillainy: After leaving the army, his life became a mess, so he had to [[spoiler: work as a mook for Wayne Enterprises just to survive]].
* EvilFormerFriend: Towards Alfred.
* ShellShockedVeteran: He's haunted by his past actions, claiming that he sees the faces of those he's killed.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Turns out that turning your back on children you've threatened while over a window was not a good idea.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Thinks little of Bruce and Selina and says that they'll never be strong enough to survive in Gotham. [[spoiler: He is dead wrong when Selina kills him.]]

[[folder: Eduardo Flamingo]]
->'''Played By:''' Raúl Castillo

An assassin with a taste for human flesh.

* AxCrazy: He enjoys killing people ForTheEvulz.
* BadassMustache: It goes well with his SlasherSmile.
* ChainPain: His WeaponOfChoice.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He's subjecting some poor victim to this before being recruited back in the assassins guild for a special mission.
* CombatSadomasochist: Starts ''laughing'' when Gordon is beating the crap out of him.
* CopKiller: [[spoiler: Murders Officer Parks.]]
* TheDreaded: He's feared by [[EvenEvilHasStandards every other assassin in Gotham.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: Eats parts of his victims.
* LargeHam: He's not very subtle.
* ManBitesMan: How he kills [[spoiler:Officer Parks.]]
* NoIndoorVoice: Shouts about half his lines.
* ProfessionalKiller: Gotham's most feared assassin.
* {{Sadist}}: He loves the suffering of his prey.
* SlasherSmile: Has one big murderous grin plastered across his face all the time.
* SkunkStripe: His black hair and beard both have a brilliant pink streak.

[[folder: The Lady]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichelleGomez

A mysterious lady who runs an organization of assassins.

* CarnivalOfKillers: Her organization's rules include sending more killers after a target if the first one fails.
* DenOfIniquity: She runs a gambling den where her assassins hang out.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Possibly. Prior to "A Bitter Pill to Swallow", she had fired Flamingo due to his cannibalism, although she re-hires him in the episode when she has no other assassins to turn to.
* MurderInc: She runs it.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her real name has yet to be spoken in the show.
* ShoutOut: Bears a resemblance to one of Michelle Gomez's other recent roles, [[Characters/DoctorWhoMasters Missy]].

[[folder: Tom the Knife]]
->'''Played By''': Tommy Flanagan

A criminal who kidnaps Bruce and Silver, demanding information about what Theo Galavan knows about the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne. Revealed to have been hired by Bruce and Selina to get the truth out of Silver.

* BadassBeard: A goatee coupled with a BadassMoustache.
* ChewingTheScenery: Tommy Flanagan is clearly having fun in the role.
* EvilBrit: Has a Scottish accent. [[spoiler: Subverted when it's revealed that he's working for Bruce and Selina.]]
* {{Fingore}}: Likes to cut off fingers and tells Bruce and Silver that unless they like wearing mittens, they should start spilling the beans.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a few, mostly at the mouth. They also belong to his actor.
* KnifeNut: Tom likes to use knives. It's in the name.
* RedBaron: Tom "the Knife".
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Almost starts cutting off Silver's fingers before she screams "Malone!".]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Willing to kidnap Bruce and Silver and almost starts cutting off [[spoiler: Silver's fingers before she gives up Malone.]] At one point, he asks Bruce if he thinks Tom won't hurt him because he's a kid, or because he's Bruce Wayne. He ''does'' slap Bruce around.

!The Sirens

[[folder:Selina Kyle]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina "Cat" Kyle]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Five minutes on the street, you'll be mincemeat."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Camren Bicondova

A teenage girl with a fondness for theft and cats. The future ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}. She witnessed the murder of the Waynes, and has been keeping an eye on Bruce.

* AnimalMotif: She may not have taken the mantle of Catwoman up yet, but young Selina is seen moving like a cat as she prowls through Gotham. And feeding a cat. In one scene, she's seen playing with her locket as a cat would. And she's nicknamed "Cat" for obvious reasons.
* {{Archenemy}}: She's developed an intense hatred towards Silver after realizing she wants to harm Bruce.
* BadassAdorable:
** She's able to escape from a human trafficking ring using her size and stealth.
** She's able to pick a pair of police handcuffs with a ''pen'' (that she swiped from Bullock).
** As [[spoiler: TheDragon of Fish Mooney]], she [[spoiler: recaptures Gordon, Bullock, and Falcone]] with a shotgun and {{Mooks}} in tow.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler:Kills Reggie to keep Bruce's hands clean.]]
* BerserkButton: She hates being compared to her mom.
* BigSisterInstinct: She looks out for younger kids who are in need of comfort or help.
** When she gets sent to juvie in the second episode, she notices the kid sitting next to her on the bus is crying. She gives him hints on how to survive.
** As she observes Bruce's training, she points out it would all be useless on Gotham's streets as to survive you'd have to be ruthless and mean, something Bruce isn't....yet.
** She tells Bruce that there was really nothing he could've done to save his parents, and that he really needs to stop obsessing over his parents' murder and get over it because bad stuff happens all the time.
** She's also the only friend Ivy Pepper has.
** Selina joins Bruce in his search for Reggie, the man who stabbed Alfred. He makes some threats towards Bruce. She helps set him up so that Bruce could push him out of the window. [[TheCowl Bruce couldn't make himself do that.]] [[spoiler: So she pushed Reggie instead.]]
** The trait is present once more upon her association with Bridget Pike, for whom she is willing to fight both the other Pikes and call on Gordon for help.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Alfred finds her a handful, and at first wants her gone.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: She tells Bruce she never saw his parents' killer, it was just a lie to save herself from juvie, because she knows any association with Bruce will ultimately endanger them both.
* BrutalHonesty: Isn't afraid to speak her mind, as Bruce figures out.
* ButNowIMustGo: Selina leaves Wayne Manor on her own accord once she realizes that the danger she's in is too much for Bruce, a rich kid who doesn't know much about the city, to handle at his age.
* ByronicHero: Much like her original counterpart.
* CassandraTruth: Selina figures out [[HoneyTrap Silver]] is manipulating Bruce, but he doesn't believe in her. [[spoiler: At least until he finally sees that she was right all along after they trick Silver into revealing her true colors.]]
* CivvieSpandex: Selina doesn't wear a costume yet, but does sport a black jacket and a pair of goggles.
* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: She knows full well that the cops are corrupt, and she won't take any of their bullcrap.
* CombatPragmatist: Knows to go for [[spoiler: the eyes]] first in a fighting situation.
* CompositeCharacter: She replaces Harley Quinn as Poison Ivy's best friend.
* {{Delinquents}}: She's been in and out of juvie quite a lot. And she does ''not'' want to go back. She'd rather stay on the streets.
* TheDragon:
** [[spoiler: To Fish Mooney in the Season 1 Finale.]]
** [[spoiler: She's later one to Penguin as well.]]
** She also gets coerced into becoming one for Firefly.
* DueToTheDead: She removes her hood during Thomas and Martha's funeral.
* EscapeArtist: She's able to pick a pair of police cuffs with a ''pen''. After that Gordon realizes the chances of getting her to stay in police custody are next to nil.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first few minutes of the pilot show how skilled and bold a pickpocket she is, and her connection with cats.
** She's a hardened street kid, yet even she gets creeped out by Ivy Pepper.
* EyeScream: Her method of combat involves clawing out an opponent's eyes.
* FauxPaw: Bats around a locket with her hand curled up like a cat.
* FiveFingerDiscount: Pickpockets people with frequency and aplomb.
* GoForTheEye: Her preferred way of attacking people. [[spoiler: She can do some major damage.]]
* GogglesDoNothing: Selina is usually seen with a pair of green goggles on top of her hood, perhaps as a nod to more modern versions of Catwoman who wears goggles as part of her costume.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: She saw the Waynes' assassin before he covered up his head. [[spoiler: Because of that, whoever hired the hitman wants her dead.]]
* HellholePrison: The juvenile hall upstate she was sent to upstate is this, apparently. She does ''not'' want to go back.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo:
** [[spoiler: How she justifies killing Reggie.]]
** [[spoiler: "It's called surviving."]]
* ImprobableHairstyle: Her hairdo seems a little high maintenance for someone living on the street. Towards the end of season 2, she somehow manages to not only straighten it, but also dye it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In Bruce's words, she's a good person but she's "not nice". She doesn't appreciate the observation.
%%* JerkassHasAPoint
* KarmaHoudini: Much like her character, [[spoiler: she escapes the finale without facing any punishment.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:She shows great Chessmaster tendencies when tricking what is believed to be the name of the Wayne killer out of Silver by means of cold-blooded torture at the hands of someone who appears to be an associate of hers. Bruce, who was also subjected to it, played along with Selina's plan, and his role in her torture gambit is only revealed after the name is.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: [[CaptainObvious Duh.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: Selina's {{jerkass}} tendencies finally catch up to her, when she loses all of her friends because of her attitude. Gordon severs his ties with her after she leaves him for dead, Bridgit separates from Selina after arguing over a difference in morals, and Bruce pushes her away in favor of Silver because she actually treats him nicer than Selina ever did. Selina is now alone like she always wanted to be, and she realizes that it wasn't the way she liked it anymore.
* LeParkour: Gotham is one big jungle gym to her.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light to Silver's dark, ironically, considering whose side Silver is on.
* LittleMissBadass: Selina may be a child, but she manages to survive in the very hard streets of Gotham and has escaped from criminals and the police several times.
* LittleMissSnarker: Selina does her future counterpart proud with how much sass she exudes. Considering her status as a street kid, she likely uses it to cope with her harsh life, as well as [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold to conceal her feelings and vulnerabilities]]. She snarks at everyone, but [[ServileSnarker Alfred]] in particular seems to [[SnarkToSnarkCombat bring it out of her]] (of course, this could be because [[WouldHitAGirl he punched her in the face]] - she's not happy with him about that).
--> '''Bruce:''' What do you have against the front door?
--> '''Selina:''' Nothing. It's the ape who opens it I could live without.
* LoveableRogue: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment shows her as this: She takes out a switchblade, but only uses it to slash open a grocery bag and steal a jug of milk, which it turns out was not for her, but for a stray cat. The only other thing she steals is a little cash from a passerby. Throughout the scene, she avoids inflicting a single physical injury on anyone.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Starts playing as one to Bruce, once she moves to Wayne Manor. She questions his odd behavior and decisions, and manages to do in a couple of days what Alfred has been trying to do for weeks without success: get Bruce to act like a kid and have some fun.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The tough street fighter Masculine Girl to Bruce's sensitive, domestic Feminine Boy while they're living together.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]InSeriesNickname: Her name on the streets is Cat, which is what she prefers to be called.
* MissingMom: The police think her mom is dead. Selina insists that she's alive somewhere.
* MythologyGag:
** Bicondova looks very much like a young Creator/MichellePfeiffer, who was Catwoman in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', right down to a similar hairstyle.
** Selina doesn't go by Catwoman yet, but she calls herself Cat. In her very first comic book appearance, Catwoman was just called the Cat.
** She flirts with Bruce non-stop. Flirterer!
** Selina shares the same fate as Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman from ''Film/BatmanReturns'' when she is [[spoiler: pushed out of a window and killed, only to be resurrected by alley cats]].
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: For all her talk about being ruthless and mean, Selina seems to have a strict policy about not harming anyone who hasn't tried to harm her first. Even when stealing from people (as in her EstablishingCharacterMoment), she avoids hurting them.
* OddFriendship: With Bruce, and later [[spoiler: Fish.]]
* PetTheDog[=/=]KindheartedCatLover: Steals a jug of milk to feed a stray cat.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite being only 13 and half the height of most adults, she can easily take down larger opponents in physical combat.
* PuppyLove: She may act mainly as TheTease towards Bruce, but over the course of "Harvey Dent" and "Lovecraft" it's clear she has genuine feelings for him.
** By the end of "The Ball of Mud and Meanness", he's moved in with her.
* RealWomenDontWearDresses: She hates dressing girly, but does so for an undercover mission with Bruce.
* RefugeInAudacity: Averted. She once attempted to rob a fancy department store in broad daylight, and got caught by the cops for her troubles.
* SarcasticDevotee: She points out that Bruce's behavior is either crazy or suicidal, and yet she still helps him in spite of herself.
* SatisfiedStreetRat: Selina uses Gordon to stay out of juvie, but has no interest in him finding her a better life, and seems quite happy in her career as a pickpocket.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Whenever she gets arrested, she immediately asks to see Gordon, hoping to evoke this.
* SheCleansUpNicely: For the Wayne Enterprises Charity Ball in "Under the Knife".
* SlapSlapKiss: The PuppyLove edition. Bruce and Selina alternate between trying to shove one another way and running to help when the other is in danger.
* StalkerWithACrush: After she sees the Wayne murders, she seems to be taken by Bruce, possibly because he's an orphan, and begins stalking him at a distance throughout the pilot. A later episode shows her breaking into Wayne Manor and watching him sleep.
** The crush part is emphasized at the end of "Lovecraft": after two episodes of challenging him to kiss her, ''she'' steals a kiss from ''him''.
* StealthHiBye: She pulls one on Bruce in "Lovecraft": He's balancing on a banister in the mansion, clearly by himself, and then Selina just appears there with him. It's quite a feat, considering [[Franchise/{{Batman}} who she pulled it on.]]
* StreetUrchin: This version of Selina Kyle is already a roof-hopping KindHeartedCatLover stealing milk for a stray.
* TheTease: Downplayed since she's a teenager, but acts this way to Bruce, enticing him to try and earn a kiss from her. Hilariously, Bruce seems to have her pegged as an (age appropriate) FemmeFatale already, and is suspicious of her offer of letting him kiss her!
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Ivy's girly girl. In "Under the Knife," she goes on about how she hates wearing dresses and heels.
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Goes from morally ambiguous street urchin, to willing flunkie of Fish and later Penguin who was willing to sell out Gordon to be murdered by the former without so much as a shred of regret.]]
* TricksterMentor: To Bruce. She teaches him about keeping his balance and roof jumping, as well as fighting dirty - Gotham's thugs usually don't wear boxing gloves.
* TwoFirstNames: Per the Creator/DCComics norm.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Bruce.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: While their relationship is...[[DatingCatwoman complicated]] and still [[ToyShip relatively innocent,]] Selina does show this towards Bruce. [[spoiler: As both Reggie and Bruce found out when she shoved the former out of a window after the latter hesitated.]]
** [[spoiler: Later she submits Silver to fake ColdBloodedTorture in order to get Bruce to see her dark side and help him gain information out of her.]]
* TheVoiceless: She doesn't speak at all in the pilot. However, she does speak in the subsequent episodes.
* WhatTheHellHero: Receives this from Gordon and Bruce all the time. [[spoiler: Especially when she joins Fish and doesn't immediately help them escape.]]
* WhipItGood: She finally gets her hands on a whip (Catwoman's weapon of choice) by the end of Season 3, courtesy of Tabitha.
* WorthyOpponent: She calls [[HoneyTrap Silver]] this after being impressed by how good she is at her innocent act.

[[folder: Tabitha Galavan]]
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->'''Played By:''' Jessica Lucas

Theo's sister and lead enforcer.
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* AdaptationNameChange: The comics' Tigress was named Paula Brooks with her daughter/successor being named Artemis Crock. Combined with a bit of CanonForeigner given that she doesn't seem to be based on either of the above characters.
* AdaptationalSexuality: The original Tigress was not bisexual.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Gets her right hand chopped off by Nygma.]]
* BiTheWay: She's involved with [[BrotherSisterIncest her brother]] and Barbara. And later Butch.
* BoobsOfSteel: To date, the most well-endowed female character in the show, she's also strong enough to pull down a man twice her size.
* {{Chickification}}: She goes from a dark, sadistic assassin into a loving girlfriend towards Butch. This seems to have been taken further in Season Four with [[spoiler:Selina]] who she has a [[spoiler:very sweet and freindly relationship with]] as of season four.
* DarkActionGirl: She acts as her brother's main enforcer, being skilled with guns, whips and knives.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: She knocks out her brother and gives his parachute to Silver after Theo tries to kill Silver.]]
* {{Dominatrix}}: She uses a whip, has a high pony tail, and wears lots of black leather she's pretty much the embodiment of the trope and that's not even getting into how her relationship with [[spoiler: Butch]] kicked off.
* TheDragon: She does all of Theo's hands-on dirty work.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** She called Barbara "crazy", and did not mean it as a compliment.
** She also doesn't like the way Theo treats their niece Silver, [[spoiler: and finally turns against him when he attempts to kill the poor girl.]]
* EvilMentor: She becomes a role model for Selina Kyle.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She puts on a polite façade all the time. Even when she's planning to kill somebody.
* FreudianExcuse: Before being [[spoiler: stabbed by Theo]] she attempted to reason with him reminding him of their home and of life before he was [[spoiler: taken by the Order of Saint Dumas]], her exact words being [[spoiler: "We were happy once."]] Given that [[spoiler: Hugo Strange confirmed her family members learn to memorize every word of their family's sacred text]] making them sound like more of a {{Cult}} than a family it's not hard to imagine that her upbringing wasn't exactly all sunshine and rainbows. Especially when one considers [[spoiler: Theo's treatment of their niece and the hints of incest between Tabitha and her brother.]] It should be noted however that Tabitha has never once attempted to excuse her behavior or blame her childhood.
* GreenEyedMonster: It seems she's getting jealous of Barbara setting her sights on Theo. Or maybe she was jealous of Theo in that scene. Or both. In any case, she's still fond enough of Barbara to send hit men after Jim for hurting her even though Theo ordered her to do nothing.
* HellBentForLeather: Her outfit of choice is a tight leather outfit and jacket that leaves little to the imagination.
* IceQueen: When she's first introduced she's very cold blooded and still remains so in many respects however she's become something of a DefrostingIceQueen since being with [[spoiler: Butch]] she has revealed somewhat of a kind side and even is [[spoiler: visibly upset by learning of his death. Butch even attempted to kill Barbara on his own with the intent of playing dumb because he claimed Tabitha wouldn't have been able to handle killing Barbara. Ironic considering...]]
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Despite being a good shot, [[spoiler: she failed to shoot Penguin as she missed every shot despite him running in a straight line to a window to escape with his limp. During a MexicanStandoff between Gordon, Bullock, and Penguin, she finally shot Penguin but only hit his shoulder and he got out of the situation alive.]]
* InNameOnly: She shares her comic namesake of Tigress, but leans more towards the future Catwoman, as Tabitha favors the whip and uses her sexuality. [[spoiler:The season three finale hints that she will become Selina's mentor in that regard.]]
* ItsPersonal: Wants Gordon dead for putting her brother and Barbara behind bars. [[spoiler:Now added vengeance when Theo had been killed and she wants revenge. It's unclear if she still feels that way despite him stabbing her for betraying him.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: When she's interacting with anyone who isn't her brother or Barbara she's nothing but a condescending bitch.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite acting like a total bitch and psycho killer in Season 2, [[spoiler: Tabitha had shown some kinder elements to her personality such as when she saved her niece from her brother and objected to his treatment of her, as well as taking in a emotionally broken Barbara after Barbara had been turned away by Jim Gordon.]] Small bits of this continue to be shown in Season 3 [[spoiler: when she's shown saving Butch despite saying he meant nothing to her and later willingly giving up her hand to save him]], she even struggles with her descision to [[spoiler: betray and kill Barbara.]]
* MeaningfulName: Barbara and Butch both refer to her as "Tabby" for short, foreshadowing [[spoiler:her becoming a mentor to Selina]].
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: She turns against Barbara after her boss abused her trust one too many times [[spoiler: and kills the mob queenpin herself.]]
* TheQuietOne: She rarely speaks, allowing to let her actions do the talking. But when she does speak, she is quite affable.
* RaceLift: The various incarnations of the comics character she's based on have all been Caucasian (or in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', Vietnamese), but she's played by a black Canadian actress on the show.
* ShipSinking: She and Barbara break up in the third season finale [[spoiler: before she murders her ex-girlfriend herself.]]
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: She stabs Barbara in the back after losing faith in her and personally kills her.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A DarkActionGirl with a penchant for black leather, killing using an animalistic style, played by a black Canadian woman with a high ponytail? It's like Copperhead returns in all but name.
* ThickerThanWater: [[spoiler: Despite turning on Theo in the midseason finale, she still wants revenge on Penguin for his death. It's unclear if this trope is still true, considering Theo stabbed her for her betrayal; yet it's possible the reason she briefly broke up with Butch was because for his part in Theo's second death by Penguin.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She's the cause of the climactic showdown at Wayne Manor in "Unleashed" as she reminds her brother of his past life.]]
* VillainDecay: She was previously TheDragon to Galavan and a feared assassin in Gotham who posed as a serious threat. In the second half of Season 2, she gets DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest for Butch. Now in Season 4 [[spoiler:she's turned into a loving and sweet mentor for Selina.]] All in all she's not even half the villain she use to be.
* WhipItGood: She uses a bullwhip as her WeaponOfChoice. She later passes it on to Selina, implying that it'll become Catwoman's trademark weapon now.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Barbara Kean]]
!!Barbara Kean
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->'''Played By:''' Erin Richards

The ex-fiancée of James Gordon. Throughout the first season, the stress of Gordon's cases gradually reveal her as a selfish hypocrite who is unable to take the strain and breaks up with him. The events of the last several episodes of Season 1 concerning The Ogre finally break her emotionally and mentally, turning her into a murderous psychopath who seeks to kill Leslie and take back Gordon for herself.
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* AbusiveParents: She claims this [[spoiler: as an excuse for murdering them.]] Like so many things she claims it should probably be taken with a grain of salt. Though, in their first appearance, things seem awkward between them when Barbara came to visit; they seem more concerned about when she would be leaving than about her emotional state.
* AdaptationalSexuality: She was assumed straight in the comics and is now bisexual on the show. Possibly a case of CompositeCharacter, combining her with Katherine Kane, the [[TheModernAgeOfComicBooks modern]] and lesbian ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} who also had a romance with Renee Montoya.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Barbara Kean isn't ''quite'' as nice as she is in the comics. She willingly cheats on Gordon with Montoya (in the comics it was Gordon who cheated on Barbara, while she was pregnant no less!), and tries to convince Selina that she could use her beauty as a weapon. She also [[spoiler:gets involved with the Ogre, though she didn't realize his serial killer status at first. In the Season 1 finale, it becomes full blown AdaptationalVillainy, as she reveals to Leslie she killed her parents, not the Ogre, and then tries to kill Leslie as well.]]
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: [[spoiler:In "Tonight's The Night", she tries to forcefully marry Jim. She went as far as getting people to "attend" the wedding, getting a priest to perform the ceremony and even bringing Leslie so that she can rub it in her rival's face.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Absolutely nobody mourned for her when she lost her mind and tried to kill her girlfriend Tabitha out of petty villainy, resulting in Tigress electrocuting the mob queenpin to death. Subverted, as in "The Fear Reaper", she's somehow alive again. ]]
* AxCrazy: She turns into a sadistic and psychotic {{Yandere}} after The Ogre gets through with her.
* BadBoss: Treats her own loyal followers Butch and Tabitha with much disdain. [[spoiler: Which ultimately leads to her executing Butch and getting killed herself while trying to murder Tabitha.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: At first she seems like a strong, confident young woman who is willing to stand by Jim thick and thin and even help him out a little. Then she starts making stupid mistake after stupid mistake.
* BerserkButton:
** She hates knowing she's not the one on top when she learns about the Court of Owls controlling Gotham.
** She lost her cool when Butch says she didn't deserve Tabitha.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: She ''still'' thinks she's superior to everyone else even as a villain. Gordon frequently points out that Galavan is using her, but she doesn't believe a word he says...as always. Eventually, she gets killed by Tabitha when Barbara thinks she can kill her ex-girlfriend as punishment for betraying her.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The Season 1 finale revealed that she was a psychopath the whole time.]]
* BiTheWay: She has a history with Montoya (like the modern Batwoman) and is involved with Tabitha.
* BreakTheHaughty: After acting like an UngratefulBastard and a total {{Jerkass}} all season, [[spoiler: her time with the Ogre seems to have ''shattered'' her completely when she's tortured by him.]]
* CatFight: [[spoiler: With Leslie in the Season 1 finale. She loses. It happens again in the Season 3 finale, this time with Tabitha, who kills her.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: She ends up killed in the Season 3 finale after Tabitha electrocutes her to death. Subverted as of "The Fear Reaper".]]
* CompositeCharacter: Some elements of her personality seem to be lifted from her son in the comics, James Jr. [[spoiler: Namely, her rocky relationship with her family and her murderous tendencies.]]
* TheConfidant: To Gordon, regarding his frustrations and disgust with Gotham's choking-level of corruption. Not anymore.
* ConvenientComa: After falling from a great height she goes into a coma and is kept in the medical wing of Arkham Asylum.
* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: Gets very physical when trying to kill Leslie in the Season 1 finale, even smacking her around a few times. She also gets into a brutal fight with Tabitha in the Season 3 finale and even gets in a few good hits.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: When Montoya catches her smoking marijuana, she demands to know if Barbara is going back to how they used to be and if Barb is using anything else.
* DemotedToDragon: [[spoiler: She used to be the "queen" of Gotham. Now, as of Season 4, she's Ra's al Ghul's flunky. Her dragon status is even debatable given she simply is given orders and carries them out, all without knowing her boss's plan. It's more likely Barbara's just a mook in Ra's al Ghul’s vast organization.]]
* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: She's fully transitioned to this early in the second season, making out with both Tabitha and Theo.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Tabitha ends up killing Barbara by electrocuting her to death with a lamp entangled to her whip, a move Barbara did not see coming at all thinking Tabitha was just dumb bringing a whip to a gunfight.]]
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: After getting electrocuted to death, the last time we see Barbara's face we get a look at her cold, colorless eyes.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Suggested she killed her own parents because they were "strict"]].
* EvilAllAlong: Many fans have been arguing this for a long time. [[spoiler: The first season finale revealed that this was true.]]
* EvilFeelsGood: [[spoiler: "You're wrong, James. I'm not sick, I'm free."]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: After interacting with the Ogre, she becomes a fully evil villain.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: In the comics, she's Commissioner Jim Gordon's wife and Batgirl's mother and namesake. Hard to see how that will come about in ''this'' continuity when Barbara is a murderous sociopath.
* HasAType: Based on her relationships with Gordon and Montoya, Barbara clearly favored a strong moral compass that doesn't let petty bureaucracy or corruption get in the way of the right thing. Given both of their profession as police officers she probably also had a thing for authority figures. [[spoiler: After she goes crazy, her type becomes murderous psychotics...and James Gordon, who she insists is just as dark as she is.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: She dumps both of her cop lovers and dates a SerialKiller, who clearly demonstrated that there was something ''off'' about him, but she thought he was a good man.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** She tells Gordon that she won't stand for him to keep secrets from her, while in the same conversation keeping her past drug use a secret when telling him about her relationship with Montoya.
** She gets angry when she believes Jim to be cheating on her after a woman (actually Ivy after she and Selena broke in) answers the phone when she calls his apartment...after ''just'' having cheated on Jim with Montoya and telling her "I'm over him." Then she tries to get back with Gordon again.
* IntendedAudienceReaction: Fans and critics alike hate her, citing her hypocrisy, selfishness, brashness, and generally being unsympathetic. [[spoiler:Come the Season 1 finale, it's obvious this was intended; when Barbara admits she killed her parents and then tries to kill Leslie, it seems the writers were intentionally building her up as a repressed AxCrazy killer that just needed the Ogre to set her true self free.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: She does some incredibly stupid things, and then ''complains'' the stress from the fall out of her own actions is causing her problems.
** Taken UpToEleven in the Season 1 finale where [[spoiler: she kills her own parents solely because she believed ''they'' stifled her creativity and never ''understood'' her. Then she tries to kill Leslie because she took Gordon from her]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The most punishment she gets for her killing spree is being put in a coma. After waking up, she is set free, faces no legal repercussions, and is apparently forgiven by everyone except Jim.]]
** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: However, she ends up electrocuted to death by Tabitha when Barbara eventually turns on her. [[SubvertedTrope But then she comes back...]]]]
* LethallyStupid: In Season 1, her incredibly stupid decisions either cause a lot of problems or nearly get herself and Gordon killed. [[spoiler: Even when she becomes a villain, this trait never completely goes away, and it comes back to bite her in the ass big-time when she tries to kill Tabitha in the Season 3 finale.]]
* TheLoad: In Season 1, nearly everything she does just causes problems for others.
* LoveMakesYouStupid: Her devotion to Gordon causes her to make some very unwise decisions, such as [[spoiler: coming back to Gotham without telling him, which means she gets captured by Falcone as a bargaining chip.]]
* ManChild: Nearly all she does in Season 1 is play around her apartment. This trope doesn't become obvious until she starts hanging out with Selina and Ivy.
* MsFanservice: Wears a lot of revealing clothes and provides most of the MaleGaze in the show.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: She tried to murder Leslie, and apparently still plans to so that she can have Jim all to herself again.]]
* NeverMyFault: Never takes any responsibility for the problems caused by her own actions, and often states how any fall out is causing her stress. This becomes pretty clear when she blames their relationship problems on Gordon not telling her anything, despite the fact that the last time he did, she blabbed and caused a ''lot'' of trouble.
** Then in "Under the Knife" [[spoiler: when she is talking to the Ogre her tone makes it sound like she blames Gordon for the breakup]].
** In "Knock Knock", she chews out Gordon on this: "[[SarcasmMode Yeah sure, everything is my fault.]]"
** [[spoiler: After she goes loose, it's implied that she might have a mental block preventing her from taking blame, as whenever she would try to break Gordon, she instead just imprints her issues on him. Unfortunately, Lee seems to be the only one that recognizes this.]]
** [[spoiler: Butch and Tabitha's betrayal, especially Tabitha. Never mind that she constantly abused them. She just mocks Tabitha getting her "feelings hurt".]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Has been the source of a lot of grief for Gordon.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: She lies to Gordon's girlfriend to try to break up their relationship, a tactic used by Renee earlier in the season]].
* OfficialCouple: {{Zigzagged}} with Gordon. First they're engaged, then they temporarily separate, then they get back together. She leaves ''again'' at the end of "The Mask", because she couldn't take the pressure of being targeted by Falcone's and Mooney's people, and apparently has no problem soothing her stress by [[spoiler:cheating on him with her ex-girlfriend, Renee Montoya. But then in "Rogues' Gallery", Montoya realized it was a mistake, which Barbara didn't take very well.]]
* OneHourWorkWeek: She lives in a very expensive apartment, but we never see her work in the gallery she's supposed to own. In fact most of the time she is just seen hanging out in her apartment with Selina and Ivy. It's heavily implied that her parents pay for everything. [[spoiler:By Season 3, as a criminal figurehead, she, Butch, and Tabby own their own club, the Sirens.]]
* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler: She reveals that she was turned into this while trying to kill Leslie.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Butch threw her out for some reason between "Azrael" and "Unleashed". She also spent a part of Season 2 in a coma.]]
* SanitySlippage: The first season very subtly shows this, up until the finale where she becomes a fully-fledged crazy villainess. Arguably it starts when first Butch and then Zsasz hold her hostage in "Penguin's Umbrella". Before then, despite her troubled past, she is unquestionably loyal to Gordon, refuses to have anything to do with her obsessive ex, and acts pretty normal. Post-kidnapping, she can't handle the flashbacks, leaves Gordon because she feels he's not being supportive enough, and from there, it's just one bad decision after another.
* SelfInflictedHell: True, her life goes to hell throughout Season 1, but a huge amount of it is her own fault.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: She killed her own parents.]]
* ShesGotLegs: The camera sure does love to focus on them, and she's never shown in clothes that would cover more than the bare minimum of them. Unless she's wearing [[ZettaiRyouiki Thigh High Boots]], which she does for most of Season 3.
* SymbolMotifClothing: She is always seen wearing clothing that is black and/or white.
* TooDumbToLive: This is almost her defining characteristic. She begs Don Falcone to spare Gordon's life while he is searching for a way to hurt him and took her hostage earlier in the same episode. [[spoiler: Her stupidity finally does lead to her death in the Season 3 finale when Barbara gets the bright idea to kill Tabitha, who is a trained assassin and weapons master, all by herself. This results in her former best friend killing her easily.]]
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Despite being apparently electrocuted to death in the Season 3 finale, she reappears alive and well in "The Fear Reaper". Becomes explained in the next episode courtesy of the Lazarus Pit.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: After being gone for a couple weeks, she returns home to find Ivy and Selina squatting in it. Instead of asking who they are or telling them to get out, she grabs a box of crackers and asks if they have seen Jim. Being drunk probably helped.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: [[spoiler: As much as she wants Gordon to suffer for leaving her, she's still very much obsessed with him. She even tells Lee in 2.03 that he and she are meant to be together, because they both have 'the same darkness' inside them.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: She loses it when she tries to kill Tabitha for abandoning her.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Her reveal as a murderer at the end of Season 1, and continuing role as a villain in Season 2, are massive plot twists.]]
* WildCard: After awaking from her coma and being released from Arkham she's continued to work with criminals like Cobblepot, but she's also helped Jim dig into the Wayne murder and exposed Clayface as a fake Jim. Her allegiances seem whimsical so far.
* WrongGenreSavvy: By "Red Hood", Barbara has managed to convince herself that she is a cunning and cynical FemmeFatale type. Selina quickly calls her on this.
-->'''Barbara:''' Your appearance can be a weapon. As powerful as any knife or gun.
-->'''Selina:''' What good's it done [[BrainlessBeauty you]]?
** Then she assumes that she's TheVamp and plays off another man, assuming that she's manipulating him. [[spoiler: Said man was really a SerialKiller who was intending to kill her. He almost succeeds, but Gordon comes to her rescue once again.]]
** [[spoiler: In the Season 1 finale, she tries to poison Leslie and Gordon's relationship, but unlike when Renee tried it on her, Leslie saw through it. Barbara then tries to go the other route and kill Leslie in her house, but didn't count on Leslie being stronger than she and capable of beating her unconscious.]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:After dropping her MaskOfSanity, Barbara is just as eager to kiss Gordon as she is to see him writhe in agony.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Tells Gordon that they need to take a breather, then promptly sleeps with her ex. (Interestingly, in ''Batman: Year One'', it was the other way around: Gordon and Barbara were married, she was pregnant, and he cheated on her with Det. Sarah Essen.)
[[/folder]]

!The Order of St. Dumas
[[folder: Theo Galavan]]
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->'''Played By:''' James Frain

A billionaire newly arrived at Gotham City. He has plans for the city that will cause the rise of several villains.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Azrael was more of an AntiHero instead of a psychotic SerialKiller.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:He tries to FaceDeathWithDignity, but Oswald's beatings ultimately gets desperate enough to beg for a MercyKill.]]
* ArcVillain: For the first half of Season 2.
* AssholeVictim: Halfway through Season 2, [[spoiler:Gordon and Penguin are fed up with his ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections and ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, and decide on a long and brutal VigilanteExecution -- to the point where he's actually begging to die faster.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:At the end of "Pinewood", thanks to Hugo Strange. As with Mr. Freeze, his dead body was supposed to have been burnt, but Strange just happened to be running a resurrection program and chooses him to be his working prototype.]]
* BrotherSisterIncest: It's strongly implied that he and his sister Tabitha are lovers, with Tabitha referring to him as a "monster in the sack" in "The Last Laugh".
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:His resurrection as Azrael makes him super-strong and super-fast, and can survive being repeatedly shot at and falling from a roof]].
* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:On the other hand, it does a number on his psyche, which latches onto the Order of St. Dumas' religious teachings rather than his actual identity. Strange uses this to manipulate Galavan into believing he is a 12th century knight]].
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: While he's still a completely new character made specifically for the show, [[spoiler:he eventually becomes the show's version of Azrael in ''Wrath of the Villains'']].
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:He organized the Arkham breakout, used Jerome and company to cause mass panic throughout the city, killed Jerome to make himself look like a hero so he could run for mayor, and blackmailed Cobblepot to murder his political rivals. He is even smart enough to have Cobblepot to pretend to try to kill him so he wouldn't be suspected of murdering them.]]
* CompositeCharacter: Galavan's family history has elements of [[Comicbook/{{Azrael}} Jean-Paul Valley]] (connection to the Order of St Dumas) and Zachary Gate from ''Gates of Gotham'' (vengeful descendant of a forgotten Gotham founding family).
* DarthVaderClone: [[spoiler:When he becomes Azrael, he wears heavy black leather, black armor, and speaks in a distorted voice while wielding a blade.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler:His whole evil plan is about avenging his family's honor but he has no personal love for his sister or niece. He also wounds his sister for leaving him at Gordon's mercy.]]
** A perhaps more straight example could be his greeting Father Creel like an old friend, caring about his words and later dismissing Gordon's claim that the Order of Saint Dumas worked for him, by calling them his family's friends and protectors.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: A very weak and downplayed case, but Theo was visibly and at least on an instinctive level, disgusted by Tabitha tearing Bunderslaw's eye off.
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:He kidnaps Penguin's mother to force him to do his bidding and then later kills her.]]
** The Waynes accused his ancestor of attempted rape 200 years ago and removed the family name from the city records, so the honor of a man his grandfather never met has to be avenged with a lot of murder.
* {{Expy}}:
** To the ''Film/BatmanReturns'' version of Penguin. An outcast from a wealthy family who suddenly returns to Gotham and plans to take it over by [[VillainWithGoodPublicity attracting enough good publicity to run for Mayor of Gotham]], hires a bunch of freaks to do his dirty work, accelerates his plans at top speed after his "hero" facade shatters... ironically, he and this continuity's Penguin are sworn enemies thanks to [[RelativeButton a rather personal issue]].
** In ''Wrath of the Villains'', he is one to [[spoiler:Jean Paul-Valley, the original Azrael in the comics]].
* FalseFriend: He's pretending to be friends with Bruce Wayne, but obviously hides sinister motives underneath.
* FatalFlaw: He usually improvises if a plan goes wrong but doesn't plan ahead in the case that [[spoiler:his sister would betray him for threatening his step-niece.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Speaks in a fairly polite manner, and is unrepentant about the chaos he's planning to cause.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: Unlike the villains of the first season, who wore their motivations on their sleeves, the audience is completely in the dark about what he wants. [[spoiler:It's revealed in "Scarification" that he is a member of the Dumas family, and is seeking revenge for a slight by the Wayne family.]]
* HiddenBadass: While he usually leaves the fighting to his underlings, [[spoiler:he is in fact more than capable in hand-to-hand combat (as Gordon learns the [[CurbStompBattle hard way]] in "The Son of Gotham")]]. This [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] [[spoiler:his return as Azrael]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: He gets arrested because Barbara, the tool he wanted to use to kill Gordon, gives the police vital information against him.]]
** [[spoiler: He stabbed his sister, giving her lover Butch a motive to ally with Penguin to kill him for good.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Wants to [[spoiler:avenge his family against the Waynes]], but has no qualms about [[spoiler:ruining other families (such as when he abducts-and eventually kills-Penguin's mother)]] in the process.
* IronicName: [[spoiler:After his resurrection, he is dubbed Azrael, the ''Redeemed One''.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:According to him, his family built Gotham including the very foundations upon which the city rests but they were cheated out of their credit. Now he's back wanting revenge.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Penguin and Butch blow him up with an RPG after the former threatens to shove his umbrella in a different part of him this time around.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:According to Bullock, he's supposed to be a pile of ashes, not a supervillainous ninja who had just put Captain Barnes in critical condition. Later in "Unleashed", he actually does meet a fiery end--albeit not in an incinerator, but at the hands of an RPG-wielding mobster.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Fueling speculation of who he is, whatever he did to Zaardan either involved ''very'' precise chemistry and technology, or was outright magical.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Nice job killing Penguin's mother to punish him for trying to take matters into his own hands -- despite him only doing so because you refused the pragmatic alternative of simply releasing her and possibly keeping him as an (uneasy) ally! Now not only is he out for your blood, but he also ruins your VillainWithGoodPublicity act in front of Jim and Bullock!]]
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Done subtly in "Mommy's Little Monster" when Penguin tells him he comes from "a long line of cowards". [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him in the ass several times over.]]
* NotEnoughToBury: [[spoiler:The ''second'' time around he gets shot at point blank range with ''a bazooka'' and his body is [[LudicrousGibs completely disintegrated]].]]
* ObviouslyEvil: He's such a SmugSnake and his good reputation is built entirely on events that would be ContrivedCoincidence even if we didn't already know he staged them.
* OhCrap:
** He has this reaction when [[spoiler:Gordon reveals that he knows that he had Penguin's mother killed.]]
** And again when [[spoiler: Penguin shows up at Wayne Manor to save Bruce, Jim and Alfred]].
--> '''Galavan''': Ooooh.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Before his sister ices Sionis, after the latter had just asked Barbara to accompany him: "She doesn't want to go where you're going."
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Even as the nigh-invulnerable Azrael, he can still be blown to pieces by an RPG, and as Alfred notes in "Anything for You", the mess that ensues ends up being quite the cleanup job for the Wayne family's gardener.]]
* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler:"Scarification" reveals that his family, formerly a ruling family in Gotham, was removed from the records by the Waynes after Caleb Dumas, his ancestor, was accused of raping Celestine Wayne. Centuries later, Theo orders a series of arson attacks on Wayne buildings, and seeks to kill Bruce, who most likely had never heard of the Dumas.]]
* RevengeMyopia: [[spoiler:The Waynes were the ones who destroyed his family two centuries ago, but he sees nothing wrong with unleashing untold suffering upon the people of Gotham who had absolutely nothing to do with the original feud]].
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:He tends to torture high profile people like senators and Mayor James in person. It bites him the back because James' testimony is what allows Gordon to arrest him.]]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:He has no problem plotting the murder of a child and doesn't even care about his own immediate family, even threatening to kill Tabitha and Silver on different occasions.]]
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:He ends up blown to pieces by Butch's RPG.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: While he's already proven to be quite the badass when he takes down Gordon in a fight, he becomes an even ''bigger'' threat [[spoiler:once he becomes Azrael in Season 2B]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An interesting case in that while Theo's plan involving the Maniax did involve murder and chaos, ''no one'' could have had any idea that his actions would indirectly bring about the [[ComicBook/TheJoker worst monster]] that Gotham would ever see.
* VillainBall: [[spoiler:When he decides to kill Penguin himself, instead of shooting him on the spot he decides to give him an AnyLastWords moment which allowed Penguin to slash his throat and then escape.]]
** In the Season 2 Fall finale, [[spoiler: after getting apprehended, Gallavan decides to taunt Gordon on the fact that he will most likely get out of jail again quickly. Gordon decides to kill him knowing this fact.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even though he's only recently arrived to Gotham, he is already well regarded enough to stand in for the Mayor in public events. But nobody knows he is secretly a villain. He even stages himself to be a hero, [[spoiler:by "saving" the city in killing Jerome to make him appear to be the hero.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:His ultimate plan is to kill Bruce Wayne and he has absolutely no problem threatening the same to Silver.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Once [[spoiler:Sionis]] rejects his proposal Theo wastes no time ordering Tabitha to kill him in a most gruesome way. The same goes for [[spoiler:Jerome]], whom he killed to make himself look to be a hero.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Jerome Valeska]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You ain't seen nothing yet!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/CameronMonaghan

A male teenager who lives in the circus and is responsible for his mother's death. He seems innocent, kind, and timid... [[OhCrap until he starts laughing]].
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* AdvertisedExtra: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Jerome was heavily promoted and made to look like a major character, [[spoiler:meeting his demise in the third episode of Season 2, but he returns BackFromTheDead in Season 3 and becomes the BigBad of the latter half of "Mad City".]]
* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler: As of The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, he's this to Bruce Wayne. Not surprising, considering [[ComicBook/TheJoker who]] he's based on.]]
* AttentionWhore: He loves gaining Gotham's attention and only holds back on killing Bruce Wayne just because he needs an audience to watch him kill Gotham's innocent son.
* AxCrazy: He even used one during the murder of his mother.
* BackFromTheDead: [[JokerImmunity Perhaps not surprisingly]], [[spoiler:he comes back in Season 3 after being killed at the start of Season 2.]]
* BadBoss: After gaining a cult following him, Jerome doesn't hesitate to casually kill his loyalists for a cheap laugh.
* BaitAndSwitch: His psychosis, mannerism and background indicate he will [[spoiler:become the Joker.]] At the same time, he [[spoiler:dies on-screen in his fourth appearance [[UpToEleven ...and then he]] ''[[JokerImmunity comes back.]]'']]
* BeardOfEvil: Wears one as part of his disguise during "The Last Laugh".
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Upon revival, he's the lead villain in the final episodes of ''Mad City'' in Season 3, replacing the Mad Hatter.]]
* BlackAndBlackMorality: He tells Bruce that there are no such things as heroes in Gotham City and mocks him for trying to act above everyone else. He argues that deep down, everyone's as ugly as he is.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: His face becomes a huge deformity after getting it slashed off by Dwight. Now Jerome has to work hard at making sure his face doesn't fall off.]]
* CombatSadomasochist: He enjoys it a little ''too much'' when Bruce beats him up and prepares to kill him.
-->'''Jerome''': That's it! Let it out!
* CompositeCharacter: He shares traits and elements with different incarnations of the Joker in past media such as Jack Nicholson, Mark Hamill's animated counterpart and Heath Ledger's. The actor Cameron has described the character as a tribute to past Jokers.
* CopKiller: He becomes this as of "Knock, Knock," partaking in [[spoiler: the massacre at GCPD headquarters and killing Essen.]]
* CrocodileTears: He can turn on the waterworks at the drop of a hat. He's very convincing too.
* TheCynic: Behind his wide grin lies a depressed doomsayer.
* DarkMessiah: Downplayed. [[spoiler:According to his father's last vision, he will influence Gotham with evil and madness, eventually creating [[TheJoker the worst curse upon Gotham.]] Played straight in ''Mad City''. He even goes so far as referring to himself as one to his followers.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:It never occurred to him that his boss would dispose of him eventually.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: His mother nagged him to do the dishes. So he killed her.
** It is stated in a more recent episode that Jerome's mother may have been physically abusive, although [[UnreliableNarrator this is very hard to verify]].
** Later he kills a fellow Maniax! member for stepping on his line.
* EvilLaugh: He lets out a demented laugh on several occasions.
* EvilRedhead: He looks almost like an unmasked Rorschach, and shares the same psychotic nature. Jerome is quite evil.
* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:Of the actual Joker.]] Although in-universe, [[spoiler:the actual Joker may actually be this for Jerome... if they aren't the same person.]]
* FacialHorror: After one of his followers, Dwight, fails to [[spoiler:resurrect him from the dead, he decides to slice his face off and ''wear it like a mask'' to morbidly symbolize Jerome's legacy living on through the maniacs he inspired]]. When it turns out that [[spoiler:the resurrection was a success, Jerome not only gets his face back, he ''staples it back on''[[note]]in reference to the ComicBook/New52 Joker, especially during ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''[[/note]]. Needless to say, [[http://cdn2.darkhorizons.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/photo-jeromie-is-alive-in-gotha.jpg the results aren't pretty]]]].
* {{Foil}}: To Bruce Wayne, appropriately. Both were orphaned late into their lives, both were associated with shady organizations, and both are on opposing sides of the law. While Bruce's parents were gunned down by a hired thug, [[CryingLittleKid traumatizing him]], Jerome [[SelfMadeOrphan happily murdered his parents with no ill effect on him]]. Contrasting Bruce's great working relationship with Gordon, Jerome has tried to kill him on several occasions. [[spoiler: Taken to larger levels after Jerome's resurrection, and their eventual confrontation. While Jerome has a vast cult at his beck and call, Bruce only has Alfred and Gordon at that point to rely on. In the funhouse of mirrors, Jerome uses a gun and some underhanded tactics such as a BladeBelowTheShoulder while Bruce uses GoodOldFisticuffs. Before said confrontation, Jerome had given Bruce a rough "[[SadClown sad clown]]" design on his face, while Jerome's face remained ever-grinning due to the way his face was, reflecting their ideologies of order (Bruce) and anarchy (Jerome). After the whole ordeal, Bruce began to adopt his iconic ThouShaltNotKill way of thinking while Jerome presumably remains a murderous psychopath.]]
* ForTheEvulz: While Jerome might claim some [[DisproportionateRetribution petty]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous reasons]] for some of his murders, for the most part he's shown killing people without any needed excuses at all, and cackling mad while doing so.
* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler:Killed off, though admittedly [[JokerImmunity not for real,]] in his fourth appearance.]]
* FreudianExcuse: He certainly claims this. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Now whether it's actually true or not...]]
** Jerome later stated that he endured frequent beatings from his mother and her lover of the day, including on at least one of his birthdays.
* GoOutWithASmile: In "[[MeaningfulName The Last Laugh]]", [[spoiler:Theo stabs him in the neck and Jerome manages to die with a smile on his face. All the while laughing.]]
* GrossUpCloseUp: There are a number of times where we're treated to a grisly close-up of [[spoiler: Jerome's deformed face.]]
* HornedHairdo: It's subtle, but in many of his more violent scenes, the tips of his red hair are sticking up, making him look even more like the devil incarnate.
* IWasQuiteTheLooker: Before [[spoiler: his death and subsequent resurrection]], Jerome was rather boyishly handsome, despite being quite evil. Then [[spoiler: he died, was resurrected, and a cult member removed Jerome's face, which Jerome himself later stapled back on. The results aren't pretty]]. And even worse, this is all ''before'' he presumably falls into a vat of acid and becomes the bleach-skinned, green-haired MonsterClown we all know and dread.
* InterimVillain: Unlike the other [[BigBadEnsemble Big Bads]] found on season 3 Jerome is the only one to not use the Tetch virus for his crime and appears right in the middle of the season after the GCPD finally arrest Jervis Tetch and curing the city of his virus but right before the Court of Owls use said virus from their own nefarious plans.
* JokerImmunity: In this universe, thanks to Hugo Strange, DeathIsCheap. Guess who's back...?
* KubrickStare: Once the jig is up, gone is the timid, innocent look of a sad teenager and in is the cold, bitter stare of a maniac.
* LargeHam: As per the character he's based on, Jerome tends to dominate any scene he's in.
* LaughablyEvil: He cracks jokes ''all the time''.
* LaughingMad: After TheReveal.
* LegacyCharacter: Even after [[spoiler:his death, his horrific actions have still left quite a mark on Gotham City. All the chaos and death that he spread had turned several citizens into laughing homicidal maniacs, who eventually band together to form an entire ''cult'' worshiping their DarkMessiah. Even if he doesn't end up being the Clown Prince of Crime, there's no doubt that he's at least responsible for creating him.]]
-->'''Cicero''': You will be a curse upon Gotham. Children will wake from sleep, screaming at the thought of you. Your legacy will be death and madness.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: At the end of "The Last Laugh" [[spoiler: after Jerome's death, several people across Gotham start to become as maniacal and homicidal as he was. Is his spirit affecting people? Did Cicero actually cast a curse instead of prophesying one? Or did something in these people just snap upon seeing Jerome's horrific acts on television?]] Who knows, but the assumption is that whatever influence Jerome had will eventually create the Joker. [[spoiler: After his resurrection at Dwight's hands, he just might be the Clown Prince of Crime himself.]]
* {{Matricide}}: He casually confesses having murdered his mother at one point.
* MeaningfulName: His name is just a "K" shy of having the word Joker hidden in it. His surname, Valeska, is a couple letters off from [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Valestra]].
* MythologyGag: Tons of jokes he makes reference the Joker:
** After his delivery of "My father," just try not to mentally add [[Film/TheDarkKnight "was a drinker and a fiend."]]
** During the attack on the GCPD, Jerome makes a disturbing video very similar to one the Joker made in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
** The cult of psychos that worship Jerome in Season 3 sport white face paint and red lips, a clear reference to the Joker's iconic look.
** The Season 3 episode "Smile Like You Mean It" opens with Jerome's cult [[spoiler:breaking into a warehouse to retrieve their "savior's" body, killing a security guard (who was playing cards during his shift) in the process. The camera then zooms in on the guard's deck to reveal a Joker card]].
** According to his actor, his whole portrayal is a [[ShoutOut "love letter"]] to the character of ComicBook/TheJoker over the years. While he channels other Joker actors - namely [[Film/{{Batman}} Jack]] [[Creator/JackNicholson Nicholson]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnight Heath]] [[Creator/HeathLedger Ledger]] - Monaghan says he was especially inspired by [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Mark]] [[Creator/MarkHamill Hamill]].
** Jerome inspires a future gang of clown anarchists exactly like the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Jokerz]].
** [[spoiler: Jerome gets his face hacked off and after getting it back he crudely attempts to reattach it while doing all he can to prevent it from falling off entirely,]] exactly like ''ComicBook/TheNew52'' Joker, especially during ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''.
** And a rather odd and subtle one in a completely different direction; Jerome was a young boy in a traveling circus until the death of his parents, after which he was taken in and trained by a wealthy but brooding and shadowy man who has a vision of improving Gotham City... [[ComicBook/{{Robin}}where have we heard this before]]?
* NeverFoundTheBody: A variation. [[spoiler: While Jerome was unquestionably killed, the Indian Hill facility had several deceased people later seen in storage such as Theo Galavan and Fish Mooney. Although you couldn't see the face, one of the bodies looked a great deal like Jerome. And Hugo Strange has managed to bring at least one person (Theo Galavan) back from the dead. By Season Three, a crazed former employee from Indian Hill succeeds in bringing Jerome back...]]
* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: After getting it cut off, Jerome goes to disturbing lengths to reattach his skinned face, resulting in a gruesome appearance.]]
* NightmareFetishist: He loves killing people and laughs whenever it happens.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Especially when he admitted to murdering his mother.
* PredecessorVillain: [[spoiler:If he isn't the Joker, then he definitely had a hand in inspiring him. That said, it's looking more and more likely (considering his seeming case of JokerImmunity mid-way through Season 3) that they're the same person.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: He claimed that his mom kept "pushing" and that he killed her because [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous she told him to do the dishes]].
* RedHerring: Though his character was pretty heavily based on the Joker, it turns out he wasn't "Joker before he was Joker" in keeping with the general theme of the series, rather someone who will later inspire the Joker in-universe. Hilariously for a red herring, [[IncrediblyLamePun he has red hair.]] [[spoiler:A possibly SubvertedTrope, once [[JokerImmunity he got resurrected.]] [[ComicBook/New52 Losing his face]] and [[ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily trying to stick it back on]] further solidifies the possibility.]]
* TheReveal: He was the one who murdered his mother after all.
* SelfMadeOrphan: We meet him after he kills his mother. A ways into season two, he kills his father.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: How he dies. It doesn't last.]]
* SlasherSmile: Jerome's got a nasty one.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Even though he met his demise, his chaotic crimes influence many others to follow in his footsteps. [[spoiler:And then he returns from the dead, still making him a prime candidate for being the Joker after all...]]
* TheSociopath: He shows shades of being one, including no empathy and being a good liar that can emotionally manipulate others.
* StartOfDarkness: He killed his mother. Then his father. Then half the GCPD headquarters... [[spoiler:And now he's come back from the dead and still a serious candidate to turn into TheJoker...]]
* SurpriseCreepy: When he finally reveals his true nature, by God it's disturbing.
* TeensAreMonsters: He's so monstrous that Gordon has no qualms about beating him into unconsciousness.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: A very creepy version. Jerome looked like a normal everyday young man, working the circus with his mother. His confession of his murder of her makes it all the more nightmarish.
** Somewhat subverted by Season Two, where Jerome has visibly embraced his madness, and has wilder hair and paler skin.
** [[spoiler:By Season 3, he most certainly does ''not'' look normal anymore; [[MythologyGag losing your face]] [[ComicBook/New52 then stapling it back on]] will do that to you.]]
* TrailersAlwaysLie: With the mass advertising for the show, you'd think that he was the real Joker. Unfortunately he's not, as evidenced by [[spoiler:his death, but then [[BackFromTheDead he comes back.]] This further supports the idea that [[JokerImmunity he might become the Joker]] after all.]]
* UngratefulBastard: He thanks Dwight for bringing him BackFromTheDead by killing him of course.
* UnreliableNarrator: A very subtle example, but we really have no indication other than his word that his mother was as bad as he claimed. And considering who he may end up turning into, it's very possible that he's lying.
* VillainousLegacy: His actions inspire a number of people to give an EvilLaugh, and some of them even start murdering others. Rather evocative of [[ComicBook/TheJoker a certain clown]], whom it is implied Jerome will inspire [[spoiler: or ''become'']] in the future.
* WalkingSpoiler: Jerome's practically taken care of by Galavan after the third episode of the second season, but it is his lasting repercussions AND [[spoiler:him being resurrected in mid-season 3]] where he becomes this trope.
* WouldHurtAChild: Immediately after coming back from the dead, Jerome's first order of business is to murder Bruce Wayne, mainly because that was his mission given to him by Galavan beforehand, and Jerome wants to see the job done (with his usual theatrical flair).
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: His employer kills him when he's no longer required for his future plans for Gotham. Unlike most deaths, it doesn't stick for more than a year.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Aaron Helzinger]]
!!Aaron Helzinger
-> '''Played By:''' Stink Fisher

An Arkham patient and former member of the Maniax.
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* TheBigGuy: He towers over the other members of the Maniax.
* TheBrute: He's the one who lifts the bodies of the shipyard workers over the ledge to throw them off the roof. He's also able to dish out a savage beating to Gordon without sustaining so much as a scratch.
* DumbMuscle: There's a trend with these tropes... Barbara chooses him to be her "friend" in Arkham because he's easily the biggest guy there and could protect her from harm. He also falls for her charms relatively easily.
* HairTriggerTemper: When he sees Oswald has ice cream and no one else does, he doesn't take it well.
* PsychopathicManchild: Like Amygdala in the comics, he has the mind of a child. He also killed his whole family with his bare hands.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Aside from Barbara, he's the only one of the six inmates that Galavan broke out of Arkham who's not dead.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Silver St. Cloud]]
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!!Silver St. Cloud
->'''Played By:''' Natalie Alyn Lind

Theo Galavan's niece and ward.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, she is a good person, but on the show she's a willing accomplice of the Galavans. [[spoiler: She has a change of heart in the Winter Finale.]]
* ArchEnemy: She's become a major enemy towards Selina.
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Seeing Bruce willingly risk his own life to save hers in exchange even after her various emotional manipulations, Silver comes to care for him during the Season 2 winter finale, this time for real.]]
* BigBadWannabe: She thinks that she's a chessmaster like her uncle, but Selina proves that she's not as capable at being a villain as she thinks she is.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Invoked by Galavan. Silver is a {{socialite}} in the making who comes from a wealthy, high-class family like Bruce, and both have yet to acclimate to Anders Preps for similar reasons (he's been predominantly {{homeschooled|Kids}}, she was studying abroad in Geneva for two years). A good impression in their first few meetings and [[PuppyLove Bruce is]] [[LoveAtFirstSight instantly hooked]].
-->'''Silver''' (''on being the new kid at school''): [[YouAreNotAlone "Then we shall brave it together."]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems like a convincing NiceGirl around Bruce, but alone with her aunt and uncle or with Selina, she shows her true colors.
** [[spoiler:Silver might actually be [[DoubleSubversion a sheep in bitch's clothing wearing sheep's clothing over that]], as indicated by her desperate attempt to [[WellDoneSonGuy stay within her uncle's good graces]] (and thus stay alive) throughout "Worse Than a Crime" as well as her subsequent HeelFaceTurn. In the previous episode, she also cries out for Bruce when [[MassiveMultiplayerScam it appears he's about to be executed by a hitman]], which may or may not have been genuine alarm and concern for his well-being.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Selina hires a fake hitman to submit her to torture in order to get information out her that would help Bruce. After realizing she's been outsmarted by Bruce and Selina, they point out how pathetic of a villain she was. She breaks down crying out Bruce's name after he severs his ties with her for good.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:She becomes this to Bruce. He reveals that he truly did love her, but after listening to Selina, he learns of her dark side.]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She was last seen escaping a building with Tabitha, then never again afterwards.
* DarkChick: A secondary one within Galavan's inner circle, she's nonetheless an instrumental tool in his plans to wrestle control of Wayne Enterprises away from Bruce and the current board members as part of his greater scheme to take over Gotham.
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:She never knew that Bruce and Selina were smart enough to trick her into giving them information and uncovering her villainy.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Selina. Both are young girls with an interest in Bruce Wayne; but while Selina is a LoveableRogue who cares for Bruce, Silver is a BitchInSheepsClothing who manipulates Bruce for her uncle's gain.
* FalseFriend: She's acting as a friendly girl with a crush on Bruce, but is really toying with his emotions.
* FauxAffablyEvil: As we see in her "girl talk" with Selina, she nonchalantly threatens to kill her if she interferes in her plans for Bruce.
* FilleFatale: She's sent by her uncle to seduce Bruce.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After trying to fake one doesn't get Bruce's trust, she simply tells him the truth, that her uncle will cut her off or kill her if she doesn't get a kiss from him. Bruce plays along when Theo shows up to save her, and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Silver is so touched]] that she interrupts the ceremony to kill Bruce, buying a precious few seconds for the cavalry to show up.]]
* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Discounting her aunt, who [[TheDogBitesBack turns on Theo]] [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal for her]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards own reasons]], Silver is the only known member of the Order of St. Dumas to wash her hands clean of the cult and repent.]]
* HoneyTrap: Her role in her uncle's plan is to serve as [[FilleFatale a kid-friendly version]] for Bruce. She's quite proud of her success.
-->'''Silver:''' "See this finger?" (''raises her left little finger'') "I have little Bruce wrapped tight around it."
* KickTheDog: As if threatening Selina's life wasn't bad enough, she coldly mocks her for the fact that she has no mother and says nobody will care about Selina at all if she were to die.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Selina's light, ironically, considering whose side she's on.
* LightIsNotGood: Usually dresses in light colors when not in school uniform and is a BitchInSheepsClothing.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: {{Invoked}} in-universe, as she is introduced dancing barefoot on a restaurant’s fountain, and from them on is all quirky and beautiful and friendly towards Bruce, but it's later shown to all be an act.
* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: She's toying with Bruce's feelings under her uncle's orders and clearly doesn't care the least about him.
* MuggingTheMonster: She taunts and threatens Selina, who among other things, is an experienced cat burglar and armed robber, has clawed out a grown man's eyes, and killed at least one person by this point in the series.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Her comic counterpart has no connections whatsoever to the Order of St. Dumas, much less being a relative of one of his descendants.
* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:She tries telling Bruce that he's not capable of enacting such heroics in Gotham, but he coldly tells her that she doesn't know him at all.]]
* SmugSnake: She practically brags about how villainous she is.
* TheSociopath: Bruce is nothing but a target for her to trick and she doesn't care what her uncle has planned for the kid.
** [[spoiler:Subverted in "Worse Than a Crime" -- she gradually grows remorseful and ultimately pulls a HeelFaceTurn, making her more of a pragmatist than this.]]
* TeensAreMonsters: She's just as monstrous as her family. [[spoiler:Subverted when she pulls a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: It turns out that she shouldn't have viewed Bruce and Selina as weak because [[spoiler:they kidnap her, submit her to fake torture, and dupe her into confessing information for them]].
* VillainBall: When alone with Selina, she drops her phony nice girl act and reveals her true colors while nonchalantly threatening her. Because of this, Selina is now fully aware of her intentions for Bruce and is now working to stop her. Subverted when it's revealed that Selina never fell for her act in the first place and knew the type of person she is.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She hasn't been seen since escaping a building with Tabitha.
* WomanInWhite: She wears a white dress when Bruce first sees her.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Following the above VillainBall moment, Selina tries to out Silver, but between her lack of evidence and Silver's ability to [[CrocodileTears cry at the drop of a dime]], Bruce's trust in Selina is damaged, allowing Silver to better wedge herself between them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Father Creal]]
!!Father Creal
->'''Played By:''' Ron Rifkin

Leader of the Order of St. Dumas and an associate of Theo Galavan.
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* AllMonksKnowKungFu: His and the other brothers' fighting style owes a lot to the East.
* BadassGrandpa: This rather scrawny looking old man is a terror in hand-to-hand combat.
* EvilOldFolks: His particular order seems to be something of a ReligionOfEvil.
* SinisterMinister: Evil monk, to be specific.
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:He might have been aiming for SuicideByCop by attacking Gordon, but Bullock shoots and kills him just as Creal jumped into the air, causing his body to be blown backwards, sliding across the floor.]]
[[/folder]]

!Indian Hill Creations
[[folder:Karen Jennings]]

A product of the original Indian Hill project, she was freed by Thomas Wayne and hidden away.
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* AbusiveParents: Her father was a drunk and beat her for her deformity.
* AccidentalMurder: She ended up in Blackgate when she threw her father down the stairs, inadvertently killing him.
* LikeASonToMe: Inverted. She felt like Thomas Wayne was her father due to his treatment of her.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: How Freeze kills her.
* RecruitedFromTheGutter: She went to Indian Hill willingly after they promised to fix her crippled arm.
* RedRightHand: Her stay in Indian Hill left her with a reptilian claw in place of one hand.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Basil]]

An Indian Hill patient capable of changing his features to impersonate others.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Naturally. [[StoryBreakerPower Clayface]] at full power would make short work of anything else in this series.
* BaldOfEvil: He can't shapeshift hair, so he does this to make wigs easier.
* IdentityAmnesia: As part of Strange's experiments. By his second appearance, the good doctor's ministrations have erased any unease over this.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Unlike his comic counterpart, he can't just morph his features and has to manually resculpt his features until they look how he wants. As a result, hitting him does to his disguise what it would do to a clump of soft clay.
* RubberMan: His power works because his flesh is extremely malleable, allowing him to sculpt it at will.
* VoicesAreMental: Justified. His power only lets him change his appearance, not his internal structures. He has to rely on old fashioned listen-and-repeat just to get in the ballpark of the voice he should be using.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Marv]]

A member of Fish's gang capable of accelerating aging through touch.
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* TheGlovesComeOff: Literally. If he removes his gloves, someone's about to die.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He doesn't express any regret for the murders he commits.
* KarmaHoudini: Is one of the few villains in Fish's gang to escape completely unpunished for his crimes.
* TouchOfDeath: It only takes a few seconds of skin contact to age someone to the point where their organs fail.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nancy]]

An Indian Hill escapee and member of Fish's gang.
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* BondageIsBad: Her costume has some BDSM influences to it.
* CharacterDeath: She's killed by Penguin's mob.
* FauxActionGirl: When assaulted by a mob, she goes down pretty easily despite appearing to be Fish's top enforcer.
* InformedAttribute: As an Indian Hill patient she had some power, but we never see it before her death.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sid]]

An Indian Hill escapee and member of Fish's gang.
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* AxeCrazy: He takes the time to execute two unconscious police officers for no real reason.
* {{Bishonen}}: Appears to be a good looking, slightly feminine boy.
* CharacterDeath: He's beaten to death by Penguin's mob.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Admittedly, it's very easy to mistake him for a female.
* FlashStep: His preferred method of attack.
* SuperSpeed: His power.
* SquishyWizard: He has amazing super speed, but he can't take a physical beatdown.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tweaker]]

An Indian Hill escapee and member of Fish's gang.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Batman's future rogue, the Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom).
* FemmeFatalons: A rare male example.
* WingedHumanoid: He has a pair of bat wings, functional ones if his attempted escape out a window is any indicator.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alice Tetch]]

An Indian Hill patient who had her powers before experimentation.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Jervis puts "thoughts a brother should never have" into her head ''as a game''. It's why she wants to kill him.
* KillItWithFire: If she gets so much as a paper cut she'll burn the place to the ground to prevent any possible contamination.
* HatePlague: Exposure to her blood induces short term incapacitation, followed by murderous rage. According to her the effect transfers to the blood of anyone infected as well.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: How she dies.]]
* NonMaliciousMonster: She even tries to stop a man attacking her from getting exposed to her blood.
* OutsideContextProblem: Unlike the other escapees from Indian Hill, she already had her powers before Strange got to her.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite being [[spoiler:killed off after two episodes]], her poisonous blood has a ''huge'' impact on the rest of Season 3. Nicknamed the "Tetch Virus", it's thoroughly responsible for [[spoiler:Barnes's]], [[spoiler:Mario's ]], and eventually [[spoiler:Lee's]] SanitySlippage. It also becomes the driving force of the season finale's conflict, as it's [[spoiler:weaponized into a bomb by the Court of Owls and used upon the ''entire city'', plunging it into chaos and turning its citizens into complete monsters]].
* TyphoidMary: She does her best to stop anyone else from getting infected. Unfortunately, this involves some murder and quite a bit of arson.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:514A]]

An Indian Hill escapee who looks almost identical to Bruce Wayne.
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* CloningBlues: As close as you can get without actually being a clone (probably). He knows he's not Bruce Wayne, but he doesn't know who ''he's'' supposed to be.
* CoveredInScars: Due to Strange's experiments, but the Court of Owls fixes this problem in-order to make him perfectly identical to Bruce Wayne.
* FeelNoPain: He burns his arm and takes a punch to the face without feeling a thing.
* IdentityAmnesia: Like most Indian Hill patients, he as no knowledge of his life before.
* NoNameGiven: While he matches with the exact appearance of Bruce Wayne, the clone himself doesn't have a name outside of designation of 514A.
* {{Tykebomb}}: He easily matches Alfred in boxing and thrashes two criminals.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:After Alfred has figured him out and then Selina attempts to kill him, 514A departs and is not seen again in any following dealings with either the Court of Owls or the League of Assassins. Considering his health condition, perhaps it doesn't matter anyway.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:514A pushes Selina out of a window, nearly killing her, after she threatens to tell Alfred with the truth of him not being Bruce and Bruce himself being kidnapped by the Court of Owls.]]
* YouSeeImDying: [[spoiler:Because of the flaws in his creation, 514A is now slowly dying with DeadlyNosebleed being a factor.]]
[[/folder]]

!Other Criminals

[[folder:Jack Gruber]]
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->'''Played By:''' Christopher Heyerdahl

An Arkham inmate on the lam, who uses electric shocks to the brain to condition patients, using them as guinea pigs to perfect the process -- with the right amounts, they become his obedient minions that do whatever he says. Is the Gothamverse version of the Electrocutioner.
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* ArcVillain: For Gordon's brief assignment at Arkham.
* AxCrazy: Downplayed but present, he has absolutely no problems casually killing anyone in his way. When he electrocutes [[spoiler:the entire GCPD]], he expresses dismay it "only" knocked them unconscious.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler:While he initially seemed like to be a new character using an established villain identity liked [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Temple Fugate]] or [[Series/LoisAndClark Kyle Griffin]], "Jack Gruber" is is ultimately revealed to be an alias and his real name is Jack Buchinsky", which means he's either the original Electrocutioner undergoing NamedByTheAdaptation[[note]]as the original's first name was never revealed[[/note]] or the third undergoing AdaptationNameChange[[note]]the third was the brother of the original and his first name was Lester[[/note]].]]
* ColdHam: When he's on-stage he's a shouting rip-roaring ham, but off-stage he's quiet and unassuming.
* CompositeCharacter: The use of electricity on criminals is reminiscent of the Electrocutiner, while also bearing similarities with Maxie Zeus in ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'' by Creator/GrantMorrison as well as the Earth-One Dr. Hugo Strange, who not only wears glasses but also escaped Arkham with inmates he uses as test subjects.
* EvilIsBigger: He's even taller than his brainwashed muscle (whose heights given as 6ft4). He looks practically gigantic, espically when standing next to Gordon (Christopher Heyerdahl is Six foot Five after all).
* EvilVersusEvil: Once he escapes Arkham, his targets are other criminals who betrayed him and got him locked up. He just doesn't care about the innocents that get in the way of his pursuit, making him a villainous KnightTemplar.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's pretty friendly and polite, even when congratulating one of his victims on snapping a guard's neck as ordered. He also leaves Gordon an eloquent goodbye letter telling him what he's done and that he's going to keep doing it.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: A glasses-wearing rapist and murderer.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Surprising after Gordon foils his entire scheme, his response is to more or less accept it. He doesn't even look that upset when posing for the pictures after being caught]].
* MadScientist: He really loves exploring electricity's more dangerous applications from using behavioural modification shocks to practice brainwashing, to murdering people. His own partner, even kept all his kit serviceable for years, cause he knew how important his "experiments" were to him.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: His entire psychological profile [[spoiler: is based on a persona he made up to be admitted to Arkham so that he could experiment on patients and lay low waiting for vengeance on his compatriots. Although it appears it wasn't that far off, see The Sociopath]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: On top of being a sadistic murderer, he is mentioned to also be a rapist.
* ShockAndAwe: He certainly has a way with electricity. He manages to rig a trap that [[spoiler:electrocutes and incapacitates the entire GCPD.]]
* ShoutOut: Possibly to Videogames/BatmanArkhamOrigins which also saw [[spoiler: the Electrocutioner being defeated very easily, although the characters themselves are very different.]]
* TheSociopath: Directly identified as one in his Arkham file. He ''definitely'' meets the ConsummateLiar and LackOfEmpathy requirements so far.
* SoftSpokenSadist: He's very calm and even-toned always.
* SpannerInTheWorks: He throws a wrench into the Falcone-Maroni war when he [[spoiler:electrocutes Cobblepot, and in a fit of shock he lets slip to Maroni he was going to meet Falcone.]]
* WeaksauceWeakness: He's foiled and captured by [[spoiler:a cup of water; Gordon uses it to short out his equipment and render him helpless.]]
* WickedCultured: Is introduced performing in a classic play[[note]]''The Tempest'' by Shakespeare[[/note]], which is revealed to be of his own choosing.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mario Pepper]]
->'''Played by:''' Daniel Stewart Sherman

A small-time crook blamed for the Wayne murders. Father of Ivy Pepper.
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* AbusiveParents: Ivy is not happy in her home.
* DomesticAbuser: Neither is her mother.
* FallGuy: Gordon finds evidence fingering him as the Wayne killer at his house, but the evidence was planted by Falcone to shut the case down. And then Bullock shoots him dead when he attacks Gordon.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Balloonman]]
!!The Balloonman
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->'''Played By:''' Dan Bakkedahl

A masked killer vigilante who gains the sympathy of the Gotham public. Named after his method of cuffing his victims to weather balloons and letting them float up until it pops.
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* AntiVillain: A murderer with noble intentions.
* AssholeVictim: His prey are more or less notorious for their misdeeds: a CorruptCorporateExecutive, a DirtyCop and a PedophilePriest.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: His method of killing.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: He tries to make a DirtyCop his second victim, apparently not having considered that a trained law enforcement officer armed with a gun would be a harder target than a CorruptCorporateExecutive. If not for the cop getting distracted, the Balloonman probably would have gotten shot for his trouble.
* FolkHero: Very quickly becomes one to Gotham. After he's arrested, a reporter even says: "Now that the Balloonman is gone, who will defend the people of Gotham?" Bruce, who is watching the news, [[{{Foreshadowing}} ponders...]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: As Bruce notes, [[ThouShallNotKill by murdering lawbreakers,]] the Balloonman himself became a criminal.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When Gordon and Bullock come to arrest him, Bullock cuffs him to his own balloon during a scuffle and he floats off. Bullock invokes the actual phrase. But Gordon grabs onto him, and Bullock is forced to shoot the balloon down before they get too far away. The Balloonman survives, however.
* ItHasOnlyJustBegun: As he's taken into custody, he says to Gordon that [[{{Foreshadowing}} other vigilantes will follow his lead.]]
* MythologyGag: In his first appearance, he wears a toy pig mask, reminiscent of Batman villain Professor Pyg. But it's only part of his disguise as a vendor of party favors, complete with a toy balloon cart.
* RedHerring: Thought to be an employee of a weather balloon factory who stole some balloons (which are expensive), but it turns out that guy sold them on the black market and the real Balloonman acquired them.
* ShoutOut: A reference to ''Radio/TheShadow'', one of the inspirations for Batman. [[spoiler:The DirtyCop the Balloonman confronts is named Cranston, and his real name is Lamond. The Shadow's real name is Lamont Cranston.]] Plus, he also wears a similar getup to the Shadow in that scene: a fedora, a scarf to hide his face, and a long coat.
* VigilanteMan: Who in fact helps inspire Bruce to become you know who.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Balloon_Man_(Earth-One) Balloon Man]] in the comics is a pre-crisis enemy of the ComicBook/MetalMen with the abilities of flight, size-changing, and expelling clouds of smoke. He was also a literal living gasbag. This show's Balloonman is a mundane VigilanteMan who murders corrupt authority figures by strapping them to weather balloons.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Believes the cops are too corrupt to clean up Gotham, despite the rare honest one like Gordon, so he becomes a vigilante.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Stan Potolsky]]
!!Stan Potolsky
->'''Played By:''' Daniel London

A former employee for Wellzyn, a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises that deals in biogenics research. After a falling out with Wellzyn over the research Stan is doing for them, he took to the streets to distribute a dangerous drug, Viper, to strangers. His ear is scarred as a result of self-mutilation done at the lab.
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* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:He's trying to raise public awareness of the amoral research being done at Wellzyn, namely the fatal side-effects and human experimentation.]]
* CallForward: It's mentioned in passing that Viper was just an early prototype formula, but the labs are already working on an improved version without the fatal side-effects, code-named "Venom" - the super-serum that Bane will eventually use.
* EvilGenius: He's a brilliant chemist who can manufacture weapons-grade biochemical weapons in a personal lab he's put together.
* {{Expy}}: A criminal who kills people with a green toxin, spreads it to the people of Gotham with seeming no goal except to cause chaos, and was disfigured in a biogenics lab? Sounds a lot like ComicBook/TheJoker doesn't he? [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out he's not all that evil after all.]]
* NotAfraidToDie: He just wants Gotham to hear his message: when Gordon corners him and holds him at gunpoint, he shows no fear because his work is done.
* PowerDegeneration: Viper gives you incredible strength and endurance, but will eventually kill you, no more than one day after you take it.
* SuperSerum: The Viper he created was intended to be one, but had unfortunate fatal side-effects.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He was spreading Viper to the public to try and bring light to the amoral research Wellzyn was doing, and resorts to increasingly drastic acts when his initial efforts fail.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Richard Sionis]]
->'''Played By:''' Todd Stashwick

A businessman wearing a black ''[[{{youkai}} oni]]'' mask who makes people fight to the death for a job at his investments firm.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, his name is ''Roman'' not Richard. Then again, it's possible, given his age, that he is comic!Black Mask's father or relative.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Being a criminal and all he really did deserve to die.]]
* BackForTheDead[=/=] SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: His first episode back in Season 2 has him killed off for real.]]
* BadBoss: He forces his employees to fight to the death for a job in his company. This trait follows him again when he's locked up in Arkham. [[spoiler: It leads to his former "team mates" immediately joining the new BigBad.]]
* BigBadWannabe: He assumes that he is the prison kingpin while locked up in Arkham Asylum. [[spoiler: However, once outside prison he's killed quickly for upsetting a ''real'' criminal leader.]]
* CoolMask: Collects several of them and wears one when staging fights.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Makes prospecting employees fight to the death.
* DeadlyGame: The fights are transmitted in closed-circuit TV for the amusement of his employees.
* DirtyOldMan: While in Arkham, he comes onto Barbara, intending to make her his prison wife.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:His manner of death was him being stabbed multiple times in the face, with the effects not shown.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: He's stabbed to death multiple times through his ''face''.]]
* ItAmusedMe: Primary did his underground deathmatches just for his own personal amusement.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a very horrible man.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Wields a katana when he attacks Gordon.
* MythologyGag: This isn't the first time Sionis [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries was unceremoniously deposed to establish a new villain as the new threat.]]]]
* NoodleIncident: Mentions an amusing one that happened while he was in college, involving his varsity polo team and a group of ponies.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:In the Season 2 premiere, Theo Galavan offers him and some of the other Arkham inmates a chance to join in on the fun. Sionis declines, [[BackForTheDead and is killed]] to make an example out of him.]]
* TheSociopath: Slick and charming, he cares nothing for anybody, and enjoys watching his employee's fight to the death to work for him. He never shows any remorse, or motivation other than sadism.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: When at the mercy of a criminal leader who's offering him a chance to join an elite team of criminals, demonstrating his influence earlier by breaching a prison and leading an army of elite soldiers, Sionis obnoxiously blows his captor off, refuses his offer, and even insults him. Needless to say, he's brutally dispatched for his troubles.]]
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Wears one during his entire appearance.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ian Hargrove]]
->'''Played By:''' Leslie Odom, Jr.

A bomb specialist who was convicted for bombing twelve buildings in Gotham. He's broken out of prison by the late Nikolai's surviving men to make bombs for them as part of Fish's moves against Falcone.
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* AntiVillain: He only bombs munitions plants and never meant to actually kill anyone. Hargrove has a mental illness and was convinced he was making a heroic protest by blowing up weapons used to hurt other people. He always bombed at night when no one was supposed to be in the factories. When his last bombing accidentally got two janitors killed, his brother claims he was guilt-stricken and practically turned himself in, and readily plead guilty. While officially not guilty by reason of mental illness, he wasn't put in a mental institution to get help due to Gotham's lack of funding, and was simply shoved into the general population at Blackgate prison. [[spoiler:He also betrays his employers with his BatmanGambit.]]
* BaldOfEvil: Is entirely bald, subverted as he's not really evil.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:He plants a nameplate from the factory he's kept in among the shrapnel in his bomb, banking on the cops retrieving it and finding him.]]
* CanonForeigner: Is ''not'' based on a character from the comics.
* InsaneEqualsViolent: Subverted as it turns out. He may have a mental illness and he did kill people, but only by accident. He makes bombs for shady people because they threatened his brother and is only too happy when the police come to stop him.
* MadBomber: He's not fully ''insane'', but clearly has mental problems. He was just blowing up empty buildings, though, as a protest. He never wanted to harm anyone.
* EvilGenius: Invoked when the guard describes him as a "genius bomber". Apparently, one of his explosives was made with nothing more than match-heads and apple cider vinegar. Subverted in that he really isn't very "evil".
* ScaryBlackMan: He's tall, muscular, and African American. [[spoiler:Subverted when he turns out to be a tortured and sympathetic AntiVillain.]]
* ThouShaltNotKill: He took care to never kill people in his bombings. When he eventually took victims by accident, he was horrified by what he'd done.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dick Lovecraft]]
->'''Played By:''' Al Sapienza

A billionaire and entrepreneur, who had a longstanding feud with Thomas Wayne about Gotham City.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He was a corrupt CEO and billionaire, and Harvey Dent had been trying to get charges against to no avail.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: According to him, he knew vital information regarding the Waynes murder.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: He is choked out by Copperhead, but is later killed with [[spoiler:Gordon's pistol]], making it look like he was killed by the cop.
* RedHerring: He is set up as the main [=POI=] to the Waynes murder with a connection to Thomas Wayne, only to be killed by Copperhead.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Mayor makes him seem like an upstanding citizen who cracked under the pressure from an "over-zealous" officer (Gordon) and then killed himself.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Mace]]

->'''Played By:''' Babs Olusanmokun

A prisoner in Dullmacher's facility. Rules over the other prisoners.
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: He's literally shivved in the neck by Fish.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: He drops his guard when Fish flirts with him and pays the price [[spoiler: when she kills him.]]
* KnifeNut: Carries a knife.
* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: He's unmistakably the absolute ruler of the prisoners. [[spoiler: At least until Fish shivs him.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Fish clearly warned him not to call her 'baby', [[spoiler: and dies for his stubbornness.]] There's also him at least not bothering to have his henchman armed, as he's the only one with a weapon. [[spoiler: This easily allowed Fish to kill him and assume rulership.]]
* UnholyMatrimony: Attempts this with [[spoiler: Fish, but she clearly had other plans.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Red Hood]]

A gang of small-time robbers who hit banks, but only steal from the registers instead of the vault so they can get out in time before the cops arrive. A Red Hood, which ends up becoming the symbol of the gang, is passed among them.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: Whoever wears the hood is compelled to follow the example of the original owner -- hammy, addresses the people, throws money at them, stands on desk to command the robbery, etc. However, it also marks them for death in the imminent future.
* IconicOutfit: The red hood becomes a symbol of the gang.
* InTheHood: The red hood itself.
* LegacyCharacter: The first person to wear the hood is killed by the leader of the gang for trying to take over, and he takes it in turn only to be killed and have it taken by another member. As Gordon notes, anyone could put the hood on to become the Red Hood, it doesn't have to be the same person. [[spoiler:By the end of the episode the gang is all dead, but another person finds the hood, implying its legacy will continue.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Though the hood is ostensibly just a piece of red cloth with holes cut in it, it ''does'' seem to have a curious power over those who wear it -- such as the fact everyone who wears it gets shot. It's left ambiguous if it's just a combination of [[MagicFeather psychological power]] and coincidence, or something more.
* ShadowArchetype: To Batman, as a cloaked figure that the people end up championing. However, Batman is a billionaire trying to stop criminals, the Red Hood is a guy who steals from rich banks and gives some back to the people. The original wearer proclaiming the hood is a symbol is particularly striking.
* StartOfDarkness: Given how ComicBook/{{the Joker}} started out as the Red Hood in the comics, the random kid who picks the hood up after the gang is wiped out is another candidate for the role.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Miriam Loeb]]
->'''Played By:''' Nicholle Tom

Loeb's daughter.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Spends her time in the attic dancing, singing, and playing with teacups.
* MadwomanInTheAttic[=/=]SealedEvilInACan: Loeb keeps her in a farm owned by Falcone and cared for by a couple of elderly underlings of his to keep her from being sent to [[BedlamHouse Arkham]].
* {{Matricide}}: She hits her mother over the head with a candlestick for singing when Miriam wanted to sing.
* PsychopathicWomanchild: In spades. [[spoiler: She habitually kills birds to make jewelry out of their bones.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Pike Brothers]]
->'''Played By:''' Leo Fitzpatrick (Joe), Ari [=McKay=] Wilford (Cale), Noah Robbins (Evan)

Bridgit Pike's abusive stepbrothers, a group of arsonists loyal to Fish Mooney.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: They were all pyromaniacs who ended up killed by their own foolishness.]]
* BigBrotherBully: They relentlessly abuse Bridgit.
* BullyingADragon: Taunting someone equipped with a flamethrower was their last mistake.
* DysfunctionalFamily: Force Bridgit to join them after [[spoiler:Evan dies]], threatening to expel her otherwise
* {{Jerkass}}: Their treatment of Bridgit firmly cements them as this. [[spoiler: Even in his dying moment, Joe calls Bridgit a "bitch" despite her not being in the room.]]
** Joe just scoffed at Selina when she gives him a DeathGlare for the way he treated Bridgit in front of her.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Evan gets blown up when he gets in a firefight with Barnes and Gordon while carrying C4. Joe and Cale get barbecued by Bridgit.]]
* MythologyGag: These boys are sometimes collectively referred to as "firebugs" by Harvey Bullock. Firebug is the name of another Batman arsonist.
* TooDumbToLive:
** [[spoiler:Engaging two trained cops with guns while carrying explosives was not one of Evan's brighter ideas.]]
** [[spoiler: Joe and Cale see a deranged Bridget coming at them with her full arsenal of pyrotechnics, and they...mock her. Unsurprisingly, she kills them both.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jeri]]
->'''Played By:''' Lori Petty

A rock musician to Gotham's criminal underground, and another contender for the future Joker.
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* LargeHam: As befits who she might become.
* MonsterClown: Her stage makeup is the main clue that she's a possible Joker.
* MythologyGag: When asked for the location of someone while in police custody, she replies that [[Film/TheDarkKnight it would depend on what time it is.]]
** Also her outfit seems inspired by modern depictions of Comic/{{Harley Quinn}} Specifically the Arkhamverse version.
* NightmareFetishist: Her act involves heavy use of videos of Jerome after his death, while wearing a bondage outfit.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dwight Pollard]]
->'''Played By:''' David Dastmalchian

Dwight Pollard is a former Indian Hill employee and part of a movement who are fanatic followers of Jerome Valeska.
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* AssholeVictim: He gets killed by Jerome.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted Jerome back and he succeeded. Too bad he gets killed by him soon after their first meeting.
* BigBadWannabe: He tries to fill in Jerome's shoes by leading his followers, but as Gordon points out he doesn't have the strong presence as the old maniac did.
* {{Cult}}: Dwight leads one filled with clownish figures who pattern after Jerome Valeska.
* DrJerk: He's a doctor at Indian Hill and a total lunatic.
* JackTheRipoff: His cult and himself all pattern after Jerome.
* KarmicDeath: Gets killed by his own hero after resurrecting him.
* KillItWithFire: Jerome blows him up with a bomb.
* LargeHam: While he can be hammy, Dwight doesn't have the right amount pizzazz that Jerome had once he [[spoiler:starts wearing Jerome's face.]]
* ReplacementScrappy: InUniverse. Jerome sees him as a poser.
* RoleReprisal: Like with Paul Reubens, being cast as the Penguin's father, David Dastmalchian has played a follower of the Joker's before, in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', as Arkham patient Thomas Schiff, who took part in the Joker's attempted assassination of the mayor; [[spoiler: and apparent death of James Gordon.]]; and was also part of the plot which signaled that the Joker was targeting Rachel Dawes, Harvey Dent and Bruce Wayne's love interest, which led to her eventual death and Harvey's scarring into Two-Face.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Merton Gang]]
Bank robbers from "the sticks" who appear in Season 4, intending to operate in Gotham without one of Penguin's licenses. They abscond with Jonathan Crane to force him to weaponize his father's fear serum, but their abuse of Crane and defiance of the Penguin come back to bite them ''hard''.
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* AssholeVictim: All of them suffer serious comeuppances by the end of their debut.
* BigBadWannabe: They seeks to take over Gotham's criminal underworld despite not being as threatening as they think they are.
* {{Fingore}}: Merton gets one of his fingers shot off by Victor Zsasz for holding up a wedding without a license.
* GasMaskMooks: How they dress for the bank robbery. Justified because they're deploying the Crane fear-toxin with gas-sprayers.
* KickTheDog: They frequently torment Jonathan Crane by mocking his fear of the scarecrow, but they really go too far when they lock the kid inside a closet with a grotesque scarecrow to torture him ForTheEvulz.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: The gang leader manages to infect Penguin with fear toxin. Grady, his second-in-command, becomes the S.O.B. target of this trope when he confronts Jonathan - now Scarecrow - at the end.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: They accidentally turn Jonathan Crane from this weak, timid boy into the master of fear thanks to their abusive behavior towards him.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The gang leader looks vaguely similar to Christopher Walken in his [[Film/BatmanReturns Max Shreck]] look.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: They're pretty much filler villains, but they accidentally cause Crane to become the Scarecrow.
* StupidEvil: They come to Gotham to grow as the most powerful gang, but they do so by challenging [[TheDon The Penguin]], a well-known mob boss who owns the town and makes it clear that his forces are unstoppable.
* TooDumbToLive: After torturing Crane for days, one of the {{mooks}} tries to force him to make more fear toxin to help bust his buddies out of prison. [[spoiler: However, when he sees that Crane has gone off the deep end now donning a deformed scarecrow costume, the thug just stares at the villain completely dumbstruck before Scarecrow infects him with fear toxin instead of getting away from the obviously deranged psychopath.]]
[[/folder]]