History MagnificentBastard / DCVideoGames

** "Year Three": [[Characters/HellblazerJohnConstantine John Constantine]] wants revenge on the [[Characters/InjusticeOneEarthRegime Regime]] for oppressing his daughter, so he joins the Insurgency and enacts a plan to take the Regime down. Constantine first tricks ComicBook/{{Raven}} into calling on [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Superman]] for help so he can trap Superman to exploit his weakness to magic. He uses this to spread false rumours in hell from ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} to convince Trigon that Superman was the one who kidnapped his daughter, which causes Trigon to return to Earth, putting all of reality at risk for Constatine's own ends. Constantine manipulates every single event throughout the issue to get rid of the Regime and Trigon in one shot. He banishes Trigon and Mr. Mxyzptlk to another dimension and severely cripples the Regime, though at the cost of Huntress's death.

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]] was a mercenary and assassin and a major enemy of the [[Franchise/TeenTitans Titans]], whom he tried to kill on many occasions. After the rise of [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Superman]]'s [[Characters/InjusticeOneEarthRegime regime]], Deathstroke lost most of his work. He was brought back into action when Franchise/{{Batman}} contacts him, hiring him to steal a Mother Box from the Regime for Batman's plans. He manages to get to it, but knowing he can't escape, he sends Batman the Mother Box's model so he can copy it before he is captured by the Regime. After being tortured by the Regime, he joins the Insurgency and ends up on a mission with Cyborg; during it, he enacts his own plan. He first takes out Shazam and Flash with creative usage of bombs, then sabotages the Watchtower reactor to blow up, not caring about it putting the Insurgency's plans in jeopardy. He is then sent on another mission by Lex Luthor, in which he sneaks up on and ties up Franchise/WonderWoman, later taking her down by analyzing her fighting style and outsmarting her.

* ''[[VideoGame/TeenTitans2005 Teen Titans]]'' (2005): In the game based on [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans the show]], [[BigBad Brother Blood]] is more [[AdaptationalBadass cunning and dignified]] than his animated counterpart. Creating a clone army based on the Teen Titans in order to TakeOverTheWorld, Brother Blood first sends Gizmo and H.I.V.E. soldiers to attack the Titan Tower, so that Gizmo can steal the Teen Titans' DNA when they fight back to protect their home. Brother Blood then gives Gizmo, Jinx and Mammoth recording devices before sending them wreak havoc in different parts of the city, forcing the Teen Titans to fight them and thus recording their moves in order to improve his clones. When the trio is beaten, Brother Blood send them with H.I.V.E. soldiers attack the Titan Tower again, [[KansasCityShuffle giving him enough time to finish his clone army]] while the Titans defend their home. When he's nonetheless defeated by the Titans, he activates his lair's self-destruct sequence in one last attempt to kill them, never losing his smile even in defeat.

-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Bane}}''', ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''

* [[ClassyCatBurglar Selina Kyle]], better known as [[Characters/BatmanCatwoman Catwoman]], is a mischievous cat burglar with a dry wit and one of the few villains in Gotham City to not only outsmart Batman himself, but ally with the Dark Knight on many occasions for the benefit of both. In her [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate first confrontation]] with Batman, Catwoman allows herself to be captured, stages a prison riot at Blackgate, then manipulates Batman into clearing out all obstacles for her so as to break Bane out of the prison as part of a deal, and even though Batman thwarts this initial plan, Catwoman nonetheless appeases her employer through other means and gets what she wants. During the [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]] event, Catwoman infiltrates the supermax prison after TYGER steals her valuables, and, using ComicBook/TwoFace and ComicBook/PoisonIvy to her advantage, retrieves her valuables along with assisting Batman in taking down the prison complex. Though Catwoman is [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight later captured by]] ComicBook/TheRiddler and fitted with a bomb collar, she works with Batman to take down the supervillain, even clearing out all of Riddler's funds for herself and destroying his base of operations to ensure his reign is over for a long time to come.
* [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]] is the "Demon's Head" and leader of the League of Assassins. A [[Really700YearsOld centuries-old]] warlord who got his start buying Gotham City and restructuring it into the criminal-murdering "utopia" Wonder City, Ra's found and used the healing properties of the Lazarus Pit to [[ResurrectiveImmortality sustain his life over the years]], amassing countless resources and soldiers to his League in the process. In the present, Ra's pulls strings to begin his ideas for a mass-genocide of those he deems "unworthy" to live in his planned perfect world, and finds a concrete scheme when approached by the monstrous Hugo Strange. Fully backing Strange's plan to build a super prison called Arkham City that functions as a nightmarish concentration camp to hold thousands of prisoners until they are all wiped out, Ra's continuously tries to convince Batman to join his crusade, even betraying and murdering Strange due to a preference for Batman as his potential heir. If allowed to die in his final appearance, Ra's uses his last words to proclaim how proud he is of Batman for taking steps towards doing what is "necessary", and throughout the franchise holds the [[VillainRespect utmost respect]] for the hero no matter what animosity comes between them.
* [[Characters/BatmanBane Bane]] is a masked mercenary whose cunning and intelligence combined with [[GeniusBruiser his immense Venom-enhanced strength]] make him one of the deadliest foes Batman has ever faced. When ComicBook/TheJoker hires him along with eight other assassins to kill Batman, Bane quickly proves himself a threat by immediately seeing through one of Batman's ambush tactics and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown viciously beating him down]]. When the ensuing fight is interrupted by the police, Bane flees and lures Batman to an empty hideout where it's revealed that he's been analyzing him and has correctly deduced his identity. He goes on to use this knowledge to emotionally torment Batman by invading his home and nearly murdering his loyal butler Alfred, and soon afterwards joins forces with the Joker in taking over Blackgate Prison in an attempt at forcing Batman to break his moral code and take a life. When that fails, Bane transforms himself into a hulking berserker with the flawed, experimental TN-1 formula, but still has enough clarity of mind to react to and adjust to strategies Batman employs against him in their final confrontation.
* [[BodyDouble Basil Karlo]], better known as [[HumanoidAbomination Clayface]], is a [[LargeHam theatrical]] shapeshifter who enjoys manipulating others with his excellent doppelganger skills. Breaking out of Arkham Asylum by tricking a guard into thinking he is an innocent, Clayface then sneaks into the maximum security prison Arkham City, where he makes a deal with the sickly Joker to masquerade as him and keep his troops and enemies under the illusion that Joker is healthy as ever. Clayface [[MasterActor plays the part of Joker near-flawlessly]], fooling everyone including Batman himself into thinking he is the Clown Prince of Crime, and uses his position to orchestrate a variety of takeovers in the city. During his fight with Batman, Clayface gives Batman one of the hardest of his career, forcing the caped crusader into lethal force due to his deadliness. Not reserved solely to Joker, Clayface also shifts into the assassin ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}, gaining ComicBook/ThePenguin's trust and a stash of guns with the disguise.

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]] was a mercenary and assassin and a major enemy of the [[Franchise/TeenTitans Titans]], whom he tried to kill on many occasions. After the rise of [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Superman]]'s [[Characters/InjusticeOneEarthRegime regime]], Deathstroke lost most of his work. He was brought back into action when Franchise/{{Batman}} contacts him, hiring him to steal a Mother Box from the Regime for Batman's plans. He manages to get to it, but knowing he can't escape, he sends Batman the Mother Box's model so he can copy it before he is captured by the Regime. After being tortured by the Regime, he joins the Insurgency and ends up on a mission with ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}; during it, he enacts his own plan. He first takes out Shazam and Flash with creative usage of bombs, then sabotages the Watchtower reactor to blow up, not caring about it putting the Insurgency's plans in jeopardy. He is then sent on another mission by Lex Luthor, in which he sneaks up on and ties up Franchise/WonderWoman, later taking her down by analyzing her fighting style and outsmarting her.

** "Year Three": ComicBook/JohnConstantine wants {{revenge}} on the [[Characters/InjusticeOneEarthRegime Regime]] for oppressing his daughter, so he joins the Insurgency and enacts a plan to take the Regime down. Constantine first tricks ComicBook/{{Raven}} into calling on [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Superman]] for help so he can trap Superman to exploit his weakness to magic. He uses this to spread false rumours in hell from Etrigan to convince Trigon that Superman was the one who kidnapped his daughter, which causes Trigon to return to Earth, putting all of reality at risk for Constatine's own ends. Constantine manipulates every single event throughout the issue to get rid of the Regime and Trigon in one shot. He banishes Trigon and Mr. Mxyzptlk to another dimension and severely cripples the Regime, though at the cost of Huntress's death.
** "Year Four": [[Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]] is the [[WarGod God of War]] and an ancient enemy of ComicBook/WonderWoman. After the rise of Superman's Regime, Ares was terrified of the idea of this alliance since it would mean he would be starved of all conflict which he needs to survive, so he allies with ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}. He manipulates the Olympian gods into coming to Earth to reclaim it and [[PlayingBothSides works for both the Insurgency and The Regime]] as a way of pitting the two against each other to create anarchy in the world. His plan fails, and Ares is taken to Darkseid where he manages to escape from captivity and continue assisting the Insurgency in taking down the Regime, eventually playing a major role in its eventual fall.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanDarkTomorrow'': [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]] is the mastermind behind the game's events. Plotting to cause a tsunami that'll wipe out every major city in the world, thus leaving the survivors to rebuild it from scratch, he anticipates Batman's involvement and plans to keep him distracted while he finishes the satellite. For this, he arranges a gang war between Black Mask and Scarface by supplying both of them with weapons, then he hires the Joker to cause a mass Arkham breakout at the same time. By the time Batman stops both scenarios, Ra's has finished the satellite, again anticipating that the Dark Knight would arrive at his base and stop him. Catching his daughter Talia trying to help Batman, he sends his best men after him before fighting him in a sword fight himself. [[MultipleEndings Depending on the ending]], he'll either [[TheBadGuyWins triumph over the Dark Knight and win]], or be mortally wounded and provide Talia and Ubu a means of escape to the Lazarus Pit, being revived to fight another day.

** [[Characters/BatmanCatwoman Catwoman]] is the expert cat burglar who acts as TheDragon to the Penguin's plot to take over Gotham City with an army of machine powered penguins. Responsible for stealing a diamond to power the machine, she and Penguin evade the GCPD and steal the diamond, with Catwoman making her escape upon being cornered. Evading and pursuing Batman and Robin, she then distracts Batman by kissing him, using the moment to toss the Diamond to her cat. Upon being delivered the diamond in jail, she uses it to bribe Penguin and Killer Croc into freeing her, continuing to aid her boss in his scheme. Eventually managing to unleash the penguins, they proceed to fight the Dynamic Duo, with Catwoman doing the physical fighting. Later games would have her successfully break out of Arkham after a failed first attempt, and acting as the TeamMom to the LegionOfDoom, willingly helping Batman fight off the Parademon invasion.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold: The Video Game'' (2010): [[Characters/BatmanCatwoman Catwoman]] is the mastermind behind the game's first "Episode", [[BigBadDuumvirate working together with supervillain Catman]] to turn the city of Gotham into cats so they could rob the city of its riches. Having Catman distract Batman and Robin with a robbery while she sets up the plan, she first makes herself known by swiftly rescuing Catman from the duo with a stun bomb. Being chased by the heroes, she manages to lure them to an abandoned building, using its crumbling interior to her advantage before blowing the building up with Batman and Robin inside it, the two only surviving due to luck. Sending goons to check if the heroes are alive, she and Catman successfully transform the city and take refuge in Wayne Manor, before taking on the Dynamic Duo one last time, only being beaten by the secret entrances scattered around.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'': [[ProfessionalKiller Floyd Lawton]], aka [[Characters/BatmanDeadshot Deadshot]], is a wealthy military contractor seeking vengeance against the Wayne name for his horrific childhood. [[DarkAndTroubledPast Scarred by a past of tragedy]], Lawton witnessed his cherished older brother's murder at the hands of their abusive parents, going on to avenge his sibling by coldly murdering his parents and getting away with it at the age of fourteen. In adulthood, Lawton learns that his parents were enabled and kept out of law enforcement's eyes by Thomas Wayne, and, blaming the long-dead man and his living associates for his brother's death, Lawton becomes the assassin "Deadshot." Beginning to track down and systematically murder all of Wayne's former compatriots, Deadshot confronts and outwits ComicBook/{{Batman}} himself with several traps and decoys, and even kidnaps the man's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, to use as a hostage. Planning to force Batman to either kill him or let the hostage associates of Thomas Wayne die, Deadshot can only express respect and acceptance for Batman when beaten, simply moving on to join a [[ComicBook/SuicideSquad government task force]] for an early release from prison with a smile.

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]] was a mercenary and assassin and a major enemy of the [[Franchise/TeenTitans Titans]], whom he tried to kill on many occasions. After the rise of [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Superman]]'s [[Characters/InjusticeOneEarthRegime regime]], Deathstroke lost most of his work. He was brought back into action when [[Characters/InjusticeBatman Batman]] contacts him, hiring him to steal a Mother Box from the Regime for Batman's plans. He manages to get to it, but knowing he can't escape, he sends Batman the Mother Box's model so he can copy it before he is captured by the Regime. After being tortured by the Regime, he joins the Insurgency and ends up on a mission with ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}; during it, he enacts his own plan. He first takes out Shazam and Flash with creative usage of bombs, then sabotages the Watchtower reactor to blow up, not caring about it putting the Insurgency's plans in jeopardy. He is then sent on another mission by Lex Luthor, in which he sneaks up on and ties up Franchise/WonderWoman, later taking her down by analyzing her fighting style and outsmarting her.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'': [[ProfessionalKiller Floyd Lawton]], aka [[Characters/BatmanDeadshot Deadshot]], is a wealthy military contractor seeking vengeance against the Wayne name for his horrific childhood. [[DarkAndTroubledPast Scarred by a past of tragedy]], Lawton witnessed his cherished older brother's murder at the hands of their abusive parents, going on to avenge his sibling by coldly murdering his parents and getting away with it at the age of fourteen. In adulthood, Lawton learns that his parents were enabled and kept out of law enforcement's eyes by Thomas Wayne, and, blaming the long-dead man and his living associates for his brother's death, Lawton becomes the assassin "Deadshot." Beginning to track down and systematically murder all of Wayne's former compatriots, Deadshot confronts and outwits ComicBook/{{Batman}} himself with several traps and decoys, and even kidnaps the man's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, to use as a hostage. Planning to force Batman to either kill him or let the hostage associates of Thomas Wayne die, Deadshot can only express respect and acceptance for Batman when beaten, simply moving on to join a [[ComicBook/SuicideSquad government task force]] for an early release from prison with a smile.

* [[ClassyCatBurglar Selina Kyle]], better known as ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, is a mischievous cat burglar with a dry wit and one of the few villains in Gotham City to not only outsmart Batman himself, but ally with the Dark Knight on many occasions for the benefit of both. In her [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate first confrontation]] with Batman, Catwoman allows herself to be captured, stages a prison riot at Blackgate, then manipulates Batman into clearing out all obstacles for her so as to break Bane out of the prison as part of a deal, and even though Batman thwarts this initial plan, Catwoman nonetheless appeases her employer through other means and gets what she wants. During the [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]] event, Catwoman infiltrates the supermax prison after TYGER steals her valuables, and, using ComicBook/TwoFace and ComicBook/PoisonIvy to her advantage, retrieves her valuables along with assisting Batman in taking down the prison complex. Though Catwoman is [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight later captured by]] ComicBook/TheRiddler and fitted with a bomb collar, she works with Batman to take down the supervillain, even clearing out all of Riddler's funds for herself and destroying his base of operations to ensure his reign is over for a long time to come.
* ComicBook/RasAlGhul is the "Demon's Head" and leader of the League of Assassins. A [[Really700YearsOld centuries-old]] warlord who got his start buying Gotham City and restructuring it into the criminal-murdering "utopia" Wonder City, Ra's found and used the healing properties of the Lazarus Pit to [[ResurrectiveImmortality sustain his life over the years]], amassing countless resources and soldiers to his League in the process. In the present, Ra's pulls strings to begin his ideas for a mass-genocide of those he deems "unworthy" to live in his planned perfect world, and finds a concrete scheme when approached by the monstrous Hugo Strange. Fully backing Strange's plan to build a super prison called Arkham City that functions as a nightmarish concentration camp to hold thousands of prisoners until they are all wiped out, Ra's continuously tries to convince Batman to join his crusade, even betraying and murdering Strange due to a preference for Batman as his potential heir. If allowed to die in his final appearance, Ra's uses his last words to proclaim how proud he is of Batman for taking steps towards doing what is "necessary", and throughout the franchise holds the [[VillainRespect utmost respect]] for the hero no matter what animosity comes between them.
* ComicBook/{{Bane}} is a masked mercenary whose cunning and intelligence combined with [[GeniusBruiser his immense Venom-enhanced strength]] make him one of the deadliest foes Batman has ever faced. When ComicBook/TheJoker hires him along with eight other assassins to kill Batman, Bane quickly proves himself a threat by immediately seeing through one of Batman's ambush tactics and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown viciously beating him down]]. When the ensuing fight is interrupted by the police, Bane flees and lures Batman to an empty hideout where it's revealed that he's been analyzing him and has correctly deduced his identity. He goes on to use this knowledge to emotionally torment Batman by invading his home and nearly murdering his loyal butler Alfred, and soon afterwards joins forces with the Joker in taking over Blackgate Prison in an attempt at forcing Batman to break his moral code and take a life. When that fails, Bane transforms himself into a hulking berserker with the flawed, experimental TN-1 formula, but still has enough clarity of mind to react to and adjust to strategies Batman employs against him in their final confrontation.

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} was a mercenary and assassin and a major enemy of the [[Franchise/TeenTitans Titans]], whom he tried to kill on many occasions. After the rise of [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Superman]]'s [[Characters/InjusticeOneEarthRegime regime]], Deathstroke lost most of his work. He was brought back into action when [[Characters/InjusticeBatman Batman]] contacts him, hiring him to steal a Mother Box from the Regime for Batman's plans. He manages to get to it, but knowing he can't escape, he sends Batman the Mother Box's model so he can copy it before he is captured by the Regime. After being tortured by the Regime, he joins the Insurgency and ends up on a mission with ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}; during it, he enacts his own plan. He first takes out Shazam and Flash with creative usage of bombs, then sabotages the Watchtower reactor to blow up, not caring about it putting the Insurgency's plans in jeopardy. He is then sent on another mission by Lex Luthor, in which he sneaks up on and ties up Franchise/WonderWoman, later taking her down by analyzing her fighting style and outsmarting her.

** "Year Four": {{ComicBook/Ares|DC}} is the [[WarGod God of War]] and an ancient enemy of ComicBook/WonderWoman. After the rise of Superman's Regime, Ares was terrified of the idea of this alliance since it would mean he would be starved of all conflict which he needs to survive, so he allies with ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}. He manipulates the Olympian gods into coming to Earth to reclaim it and [[PlayingBothSides works for both the Insurgency and The Regime]] as a way of pitting the two against each other to create anarchy in the world. His plan fails, and Ares is taken to Darkseid where he manages to escape from captivity and continue assisting the Insurgency in taking down the Regime, eventually playing a major role in its eventual fall.

** ComicBook/TheJoker is the zany but brilliant ArchEnemy of Batman. An expert schemer, the Joker regularly threatens Gotham City with his various crimes, from kidnapping Commissioner Gordon to gassing all of Gotham, often assisting his allies himself and accepting any help that he's offered. Teaming up with Lex Luthor in the second game, he uses his chemical skills to fabricate Kryptonite, using it to track down the Batcave and steal the real Kryptonite stashed there and uses his laughing gas to hypnotize the citizens into voting for Lex, the duo then putting up a prolonged fight with the Justice League. Later playing a big role in the LegionOfDoom breaking into the Watchtower, he happily assists the heroes in saving the world from Brainiac, even after forcibly becoming more affectionate in the process. During ''DC Super Villains'', he joins the Legion in fighting the Crime Syndicate, with him and Harley Quinn volunteering to recruit Black Adam, fighting off Shazam and Superwoman in the process. Eventually, after trashing Apokalypse upon arrival, he once again gleefully joins forces with the heroes to take out Darkseid.
** ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} is the expert cat burglar who acts as TheDragon to the Penguin's plot to take over Gotham City with an army of machine powered penguins. Responsible for stealing a diamond to power the machine, she and Penguin evade the GCPD and steal the diamond, with Catwoman making her escape upon being cornered. Evading and pursuing Batman and Robin, she then distracts Batman by kissing him, using the moment to toss the Diamond to her cat. Upon being delivered the diamond in jail, she uses it to bribe Penguin and Killer Croc into freeing her, continuing to aid her boss in his scheme. Eventually managing to unleash the penguins, they proceed to fight the Dynamic Duo, with Catwoman doing the physical fighting. Later games would have her successfully break out of Arkham after a failed first attempt, and acting as the TeamMom to the LegionOfDoom, willingly helping Batman fight off the Parademon invasion.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold: The Video Game'' (2010): ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} is the mastermind behind the game's first "Episode", [[BigBadDuumvirate working together with supervillain Catman]] to turn the city of Gotham into cats so they could rob the city of its riches. Having Catman distract Batman and Robin with a robbery while she sets up the plan, she first makes herself known by swiftly rescuing Catman from the duo with a stun bomb. Being chased by the heroes, she manages to lure them to an abandoned building, using its crumbling interior to her advantage before blowing the building up with Batman and Robin inside it, the two only surviving due to luck. Sending goons to check if the heroes are alive, she and Catman successfully transform the city and take refuge in Wayne Manor, before taking on the Dynamic Duo one last time, only being beaten by the secret entrances scattered around.
* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'': [[ProfessionalKiller Floyd Lawton]], aka ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}, is a wealthy military contractor seeking vengeance against the Wayne name for his horrific childhood. [[DarkAndTroubledPast Scarred by a past of tragedy]], Lawton witnessed his cherished older brother's murder at the hands of their abusive parents, going on to avenge his sibling by coldly murdering his parents and getting away with it at the age of fourteen. In adulthood, Lawton learns that his parents were enabled and kept out of law enforcement's eyes by Thomas Wayne, and, blaming the long-dead man and his living associates for his brother's death, Lawton becomes the assassin "Deadshot." Beginning to track down and systematically murder all of Wayne's former compatriots, Deadshot confronts and outwits ComicBook/{{Batman}} himself with several traps and decoys, and even kidnaps the man's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, to use as a hostage. Planning to force Batman to either kill him or let the hostage associates of Thomas Wayne die, Deadshot can only express respect and acceptance for Batman when beaten, simply moving on to join a [[ComicBook/SuicideSquad government task force]] for an early release from prison with a smile.

-> ''"I am in your house, [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce]]... Come home. Say your goodbyes. Once you've had time to turn grief into anger, then you'll be ready to face me. I have left enough life in him for some final words...if you hurry."''

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* ComicBook/{{Bane}} is a masked mercenary whose cunning and intelligence combined with [[GeniusBruiser his immense Venom-enhanced strength]] make him one of the deadliest foes Batman has ever faced. When the Joker hires him along with eight other assassins to kill Batman, Bane quickly proves himself a threat by immediately seeing through one of Batman's ambush tactics and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown viciously beating him down]]. When the ensuing fight is interrupted by the police, Bane flees and lures Batman to an empty hideout where it's revealed that he's been analyzing him and has correctly deduced his identity. He goes on to use this knowledge to emotionally torment Batman by invading his home and nearly murdering his loyal butler Alfred, and soon afterwards joins forces with ComicBook/TheJoker in taking over Blackgate Prison in an attempt at forcing Batman to break his moral code and take a life. When that fails, Bane transforms himself into a hulking berserker with the flawed, experimental TN-1 formula, but still has enough clarity of mind to react to and adjust to strategies Batman employs against him in their final confrontation.

* ComicBook/{{Bane}} is a masked mercenary whose cunning and intelligence combined with [[GeniusBruiser his immense Venom-enhanced strength]] make him one of the deadliest foes Batman has ever faced. When the Joker hires him along with eight other assassins to kill Batman, Bane quickly proves himself a threat by immediately seeing through one of Batman's ambush tactics and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown viciously beating him down]]. When the ensuing fight is interrupted by the police, Bane flees and lures Batman to an empty hideout where it's revealed that he's been analyzing him and has correctly deduced his identity. He goes on to use this knowledge to emotionally torment Batman by invading his home and nearly murdering his loyal butler Alfred, and soon afterwards joins forces with the Joker in taking over Blackgate Prison in an attempt at forcing Batman to break his moral code and take a life. When that fails, Bane transforms himself into a hulking berserker with the flawed, experimental TN-1 formula, but still has enough clarity of mind to react to and adjust to strategies Batman employs against him in their final confrontation.
* Basil Karlo, better known as Clayface, is a [[LargeHam theatrical]] shapeshifter who enjoys manipulating others with his excellent doppelganger skills. Breaking out of Arkham Asylum by tricking a guard into thinking he is an innocent, Clayface then sneaks into the maximum security prison Arkham City, where he makes a deal with the sickly [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] to masquerade as him and keep his troops and enemies under the illusion that Joker is healthy as ever. Clayface [[MasterActor plays the part of Joker near-flawlessly]], fooling everyone including Batman himself into thinking he is the Clown Prince of Crime, and uses his position to orchestrate a variety of takeovers in the city. During his fight with Batman, Clayface gives Batman one of the hardest of his career, forcing the caped crusader into lethal force due to his deadliness. Not reserved solely to Joker, Clayface also shifts into the assassin ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}, gaining ComicBook/ThePenguin's trust and a stash of guns with the disguise.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'': Floyd Lawton, aka ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}, is a wealthy military contractor seeking vengeance against the Wayne name for his horrific childhood. [[DarkAndTroubledPast Scarred by a past of tragedy]], Lawton witnessed his cherished older brother's murder at the hands of their abusive parents, going on to avenge his sibling by coldly murdering his parents and getting away with it at the age of fourteen. In adulthood, Lawton learns that his parents were enabled and kept out of law enforcement's eyes by Thomas Wayne, and, blaming the long-dead man and his living associates for his brother's death, Lawton becomes the assassin "Deadshot." Beginning to track down and systematically murder all of Wayne's former compatriots, Deadshot confronts and outwits ComicBook/{{Batman}} himself with several traps and decoys, and even kidnaps the man's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, to use as a hostage. Planning to force Batman to either kill him or let the hostage associates of Thomas Wayne die, Deadshot can only express respect and acceptance for Batman when beaten, simply moving on to join a government task force for an early release from prison with a smile.

** "Year Three": ComicBook/JohnConstantine wants {{revenge}} on the [[Characters/InjusticeOneEarthRegime Regime]] for pressing his daughter, so he joins the Insurgency and enacts a plan to take the Regime down. Constantine first tricks ComicBook/{{Raven}} into calling on [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Superman]] for help so he can trap Superman to exploit his weakness to magic. He uses this to spread false rumours in hell from Etrigan to convince Trigon that Superman was the one who kidnapped his daughter, which causes Trigon to return to Earth, putting all of reality at risk for Constatine's own ends. Constantine manipulates every single event throughout the issue to get rid of the Regime and Trigon in one shot. He banishes Trigon and Mr. Mxyzptlk to another dimension and severely cripples the Regime, though at the cost of Huntress's death.

** "Year Four": {{ComicBook/Ares|DC}} is the [[WarGod God of War]] and an ancient enemy of ComicBook/WonderWoman. After the rise of Superman's Regime, Ares was terrified of the idea of this alliance since it would mean he would be starved of all conflict which he needs to survive, so he allies with ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}. He manipulates the Olympian gods into coming to Earth to reclaim it and [[PlayingBothSides works for both the Insurgency and The Regime]] as a way of pitting the two against each other to create anarchy in the world. His plan fails, and ares is taken to Darkseid where he manages to escape from captivity and continue assisting the Insurgency in taking down the Regime, eventually playing a major role in its eventual fall.

** "Year Three": John Constantine (Ordeaux)
** "Year Four": Ares (Ordeaux)

Considering the [[MagnificentBastard/DCUniverse source material]], it's no surprise that [[VideoGame/DCVideoGames Video Games]] (and related comics) based on the Franchise/TheDCU have some [[MagnificentBastard brilliant planners and masterminds]].

[[VideoGame/DCVideoGames Video Games]] (and related comics) based on the Franchise/TheDCU have some [[MagnificentBastard brilliant planners and masterminds]].

* [[ClassyCatBurglar Selina Kyle]], better known as ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, is a mischievous cat burglar with a dry wit and one of the few villains in Gotham City to not only outsmart Batman himself, but ally with the Dark Knight on many occasions for the benefit of both. In her [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate first confrontation]] with Batman, Catwoman allows herself to be captured, stages a prison riot at Blackgate, then manipulates Batman into clearing out all obstacles for her so as to break Bane out of the prison as part of a deal, and even though Batman thwarts this initial plan, Catwoman nonetheless appeases her employer through other means and gets what she wants. During the [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]] event, Catwoman infiltrates the supermax prison after TYGER steals her valuables, and, using Two-Face and Poison Ivy to her advantage, retrieves her valuables along with assisting Batman in taking down the prison complex. Though Catwoman is [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight later captured by Riddler]] and fitted with a bomb collar, she works with Batman to take down the supervillain, even clearing out all of Riddler's funds for herself and destroying his base of operations to ensure his reign is over for a long time to come.

** "Year Three": John Constantine
** "Year Four": Ares