| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:'''[[Characters/{{Arrowverse}} Arrowverse Character Index]]''' \ |
| 2 | [-'''[[Characters/{{Arrow}} Star City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTeamArrow Team Arrow]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseOliverQueen Oliver Queen]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDinahLaurelLance Dinah Laurel Lance]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseTeamArrowFamilyMembers Family Members]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseStarCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseStarCityCriminalGroups Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseMalcolmMerlyn Malcolm Merlyn]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseSladeWilson Slade Wilson]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseSimonMorrison Prometheus]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseStarCityIndependentCriminals Independent Criminals]]\ |
| 3 | '''[[Series/TheFlash2014 Central City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseWestAllenFamily West-Allen Family]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseBarryAllen Barry Allen]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseIrisWestAllen Iris West-Allen]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseTeamFlash Team Flash]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseCaitlinSnowAndKillerFrost Caitlin Snow & (Killer) Frost]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCriminalGroups Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheRogues Rogues]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseCliffordDeVoe Clifford DeVoe]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityIndependentCriminals Independent Criminals]]\ |
| 4 | '''[[Characters/Supergirl2015 National City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCitizens Citizens]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseKaraZorEl Kara Zor-El]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseLuthorFamilyAndAssociates Luthor Family & Associates]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseLenaLuthor Lena Luthor]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCriminals Criminals]]\ |
| 5 | '''[[Characters/BlackLightning2018 Freeland]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowversePierceFamily Pierce Family]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFreelandCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFreelandCriminals Criminals]]\ |
| 6 | '''[[Characters/Batwoman2019 Gotham City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseBatFamily Bat-Family]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCitizens Citizens]] | '''Criminals'''\ |
| 7 | '''[[Characters/SupermanAndLois Smallville & Metropolis]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseSmallvilleCitizens Smallville Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetropolisCitizens Metropolis Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetropolisCriminals Metropolis Criminals]]\ |
| 8 | '''[[Characters/LegendsOfTomorrow The Legends]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Team]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseLegendsCurrentMembers Current Members]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseLegendsFormerMembers Former Members]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory]])\ |
| 9 | '''Organizations:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseUSGovernment U.S. Government]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseUSMilitary U.S. Military]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseARGUSAndTaskForceX A.R.G.U.S.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTheDEO The D.E.O.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseJusticeSocietyOfAmerica The J.S.A.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseLeagueOfAssassins The League of Assassins]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseCriminalGroupsAndOrganizations Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheHIVE H.I.V.E.]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseVandalSavageAndFollowers Savage & His Followers]])\ |
| 10 | '''Time Travel:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeTravelers Time Travelers]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegionOfSuperHeroes The Legion]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDamienDarhk Damien Darhk]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseSavitar Savitar]]) | [[Characters/ArrowversePastCharacters The Past]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFutureCharacters The Future]]\ |
| 11 | '''Miscellaneous''': [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherLocales Other Locales]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetahumans Metahumans]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseFirestorm Firestorm]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseTheHawks The Hawks]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseAliens Aliens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMystics Mystics]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherEntities Other Entities]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSpeedForceAndForcesOfNature The Speed Force & Forces of Nature]]) \ |
| 12 | '''The Multiverse:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths Other Earths]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth2 Earth-2]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseHunterZolomon Hunter Zolomon]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38 Earth-38]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth90 Earth-90]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarthX Earth-X]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseBizarroWorld Bizarro World]]]]-]]] |
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| 14 | %%No spoilers are allowed outside of examples. |
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| 16 | '''BEWARE OF SPOILERS!''' |
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| 19 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 21 | !Criminal Groups |
| 22 | !!The Wonderland Gang |
| 23 | [[folder:Elizabeth "Beth" Kane / Alice]] |
| 24 | !! Elizabeth Marie "Beth" Kane / Alice |
| 25 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alice_97.jpg]] |
| 26 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 27 | !!! '''Played By:''' Creator/RachelSkarsten, Ava Sleeth (young) |
| 28 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E1Pilot Pilot]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x1) |
| 29 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 30 | |
| 31 | An Alice-in-Wonderland-themed supervillainess and leader of the Wonderland Gang, revealed to be Kate's supposedly long-dead twin. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | -> see Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths page to see her Earth-99 and undesignated Earth counterparts |
| 34 | -> see Characters/BirdsOfPrey2002 for Dinah Redmond, the Earth-203 character who bears her physical likeness |
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| 36 | * ThirteenIsUnlucky: On her and Kate's 13th birthday after their Bat Mitzvah, they were caught in the crossfire of a road chase between Batman and the Joker. As a result, Beth lost her mother and ended up in the clutches of a madman, kicking off a series of nightmarish sufferings that turned her into Alice. |
| 37 | * AdaptationalBadass: She's much more capable at fighting than in the comics, and quite a bit hardier. |
| 38 | * AdaptationalExpansion: In the comics, Alice was only a villain for four issues, and did not get involved with Catherine, Bette (Mary's analogue), or Sophie whatsoever. Here, she has more complicated dealings with every main character besides Luke, and has accomplished more as a villain than her comic counterpart ever did. |
| 39 | * AdaptationalSexuality: She was in some sort of romantic relationship with Dodgson, her mole, and lovers with her former trainer, Ocean. In the comics, her proclivities in that area were never mentioned. |
| 40 | * AliceAllusion: Her entire criminal shtick is based on ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' and its adaptations. This was revealed to have come from immersing herself in the book's lore as a form of {{Escapism}} during her disappearance. |
| 41 | * ArchEnemy: |
| 42 | ** She is Kate Kane's most prominent and personal enemy. Jacob even goes so far as to compare the two of them to Batman and the Joker. |
| 43 | ** Initially one-sided with Ryan Wilder, who hates Alice for killing her adoptive mother, which Alice [[ButForMeItWasTuesday doesn't even remember]]. However, it becomes personal on both ends when Ryan leaves Alice to die at the hands of "Circe Sionis" and has her imprisoned in Arkham. Ironically, however, they seem to have a deeper understanding of the others' psyches and motivations than Alice and Kate did. |
| 44 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Alice helps bring a Poison Ivy-infected Mary back to her senses to make up for her role in finalizing Mary's transformation.]] |
| 45 | * AxCrazy: She's [[FreudianExcuse understandably]] not playing with a full deck, and murders people without blinking. |
| 46 | * BadassNormal: She appears to have no powers but is able to hold her own against Batwoman. |
| 47 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: |
| 48 | ** Alice spends the whole first half of Season 1 trying to make Kate give up on redeeming her. When Kate finally does, Alice is disheartened by Kate's newfound antipathy for her, especially when Kate proves that she'd let Alice die to save a version of Beth who never became Alice. |
| 49 | ** At the end of Season 1, Alice refuses to leave Gotham with Mouse even though her retribution is technically completed and poisons him so she can continue to destroy Kate. By Season 3, her schemes have resulted in [[spoiler:the rest of the people who still cared about her being dead (Ocean) or out of the picture (Kate, Jacob). However, she has instead achieved peace with her sister and ''now'' desires to leave the city behind, but is forced to contend with being trapped in Arkham with her mental afflictions, and even hallucinates Mouse as a guilty conscience over throwing away her past opportunities to reform.]] |
| 50 | * BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:In Season 3, she initially allies with Poison Mary for purely self-serving reasons, wanting to escape the Bat-Team's custody so she can finally leave Gotham. However, during the latter half of the season, Alice and Mary begin connecting as they help each other out and Alice eventually decides she wants Mary in her life, to the point that she becomes genuinely concerned for her stepsister's safety.]] |
| 51 | * BeyondRedemption: Kate stops having faith in Alice being redeemable when the latter kills Catherine. |
| 52 | * BigBad: She's the main antagonist of Season 1. |
| 53 | * BigBadDuumvirate: With Mouse, and later Hush. |
| 54 | * BigBadSlippage: She's introduced as the feared leader of the Wonderland Gang terrorizing Gotham until her gang is murdered by Tatiana and Kate imprisons her in Arkham, which leads to her title being usurped by Safiyah and Black Mask. Julia and Black Mask even call her out on how far she's fallen. |
| 55 | * BigSisterInstinct: |
| 56 | ** After learning Kate was mentally reprogrammed to serve as Black Mask's daughter and right-hand, Circe Sionis, Alice fights to bring her sister's true self out in her mind. |
| 57 | ** [[spoiler:She gradually grows protective of Mary when the latter becomes Poison Mary, encouraging her as she comes into her powers and trying to prevent her from becoming Poison Ivy's LivingBattery. Alice even willingly works with the Bat-Team to save Mary and [[TakingTheHeat takes the fall]] for an AccidentalMurder she committed with her powers.]] |
| 58 | * BreakTheHaughty: Her status as the BigBad and {{Chessmaster}} is torn down when she's forced to face how BeingEvilSucks. |
| 59 | ** In Season 2, Safiyah Sohail and Black Mask derail Alice's vengeance against Kate, rendering her planning AllForNothing. She's coerced into doing their bidding at the expense of Kate and Ocean, forcing her to confront her emerging conscience. In the midst of all this, the new Batwoman, Ryan Wilder, has a very [[ItsPersonal personal]] vendetta against Alice and tries to straight up kill her, then leaves her to be killed by "Circe". [[spoiler:While she finally abandons her crusade and helps restore Kate, Ocean is killed, Jacob is arrested, and Kate leaves Gotham while Alice is sent back to Arkham.]] |
| 60 | ** In season 3, the consequences of her crimes catch up to her as she's plagued by hallucinations from her repressed guilt. And with no one left to entertain her mind games, the Bat-Team is content to let Alice rot in Arkham if it means keeping her out of their lives, only giving a damn about her wellbeing for pragmatic reasons. She's eventually made to work with the heroes in their mission but still tries to run away from her problems [[spoiler:until her developing bond with Mary makes her seriously question her goals.]] |
| 61 | * BrightIsNotGood: She has light blonde hair and wears brighter, and generally more colorful, clothing (e.g. a light blue coat and pink shirt), in contrast to Batwoman's DarkIsNotEvil costume. |
| 62 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: She doesn't know who the second Batwoman Ryan is, nor does she recall killing her adoptive mother Cora Lewis (or at least, witnessing the aftermath since her gang did the deed), even when given the exact date. However, she later admits to Ryan she lied about forgetting Cora, listing off details about her appearance to prove it. |
| 63 | * CainAndAbel: She is actually Beth Kane, Kate's sister who was thought to have died in a car accident caused by a Joker attack. |
| 64 | * CharacterTic: She enjoys flipping a butterfly knife while monologuing, "for cadence". |
| 65 | * TheChessmaster: She's very good at pulling off complex plans and outmaneuvering several skilled factions at once. |
| 66 | * ConspicuousTrenchcoat: She often pairs her Alice-themed outfits with a long trench coat (usually blue, pink, or yellow). |
| 67 | * ConsultingAConvictedKiller: In Season 3, she makes a deal with Renee Montoya to get out of Arkham by using her experience and knowledge as Gotham's former most prolific criminal and ArchEnemy of Batwoman to help the Bat-Team retrieve the missing "trophies" of Batman's rogues gallery. |
| 68 | * TheCorrupter: |
| 69 | ** She attempts to be this to Kate, believing she can manipulate her sister into becoming her partner-in-crime to wreak havok on the world over everything "[[PsychologicalProjection they]]" have gone through. Even Kate being Batwoman won't sway her, as Alice repeatedly tries to get Kate to abandon her heroic code and considers her killing Cartwright in the heat of the moment as a success. She abandons this plan in favor of killing Kate as revenge for imprisoning her in Arkham. |
| 70 | ** A more successful one to Mary [[spoiler:after Alice learns about her developing plant powers from Poison Ivy's vines. She personally triggers Mary's final transformation and encourages her stepsister to embrace her new self's dark impulses. However, she soon comes to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret]] this when the OG Poison Ivy comes into the picture.]] |
| 71 | * DaddyIssues: She goes out of her way to make her father suffer out of some deeply pathological hatred for abandoning her due to presuming Beth dead. Even as she's touched when finding out how much he missed her, she soon wants to break Jacob's spirit by manipulating him into killing Kate/Batwoman, or killing her sister herself in front of him. |
| 72 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: |
| 73 | ** A result of EvilCannotComprehendGood below; Alice's whole EvilPlan was partly predicated on her assumption that Kate felt the same way about their family as Alice did. When it became clear that she didn't, Alice was thrown for a loop. |
| 74 | ** Alice's increasingly dramatic and frenzied attempts to make Kate give up on redeeming her [[GoneHorriblyRight work like a charm]]; Kate finally concludes that Alice is irredeemable, but now loathes what her sister has become, much to Alice's shock. |
| 75 | * DirtyCoward: Alice has twice sold out innocent people to try and save her own life, and while dying of cellular breakdown, has the audacity to beg Mary for help. |
| 76 | * {{Doublethink}}: Alice both blames her family for her current state and revels in it as her true self. |
| 77 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: As evidenced in Season 3. No wonder both Ryan and Mary don't want to take a ride with her. |
| 78 | * DyeHard: Her hair used to be brown, but she dyed it light blonde as an homage to ''Alice's Adventures In Wonderland''. [[spoiler:She wears a dark brown wig after making a HeelFaceTurn and planning to go into therapy.]] |
| 79 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:While she still has a long way to go in coming to grips with her past villainous activities, and her family will never be the same again, Alice takes the first steps towards redemption and self-improvement in the SeriesFinale. Everyone who wronged her and her family is dead or imprisoned, she has begun to let go of her inner turmoil and grudges, and parted ways with Batwoman on civil terms after so long of not being EasilyForgiven. Better yet, she forms a stable, loving bond with Mary, giving Alice someone to lean on as she prepares to heal her mental scars at an overseas hospital.]] |
| 80 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: |
| 81 | ** Alice expected Kate to share her joy that Catherine was dead and Jacob framed for it, as revenge for the latter two fabricating evidence of the former's death and calling off the search for her, respectively. What Alice failed to understand was that, no matter how Kate felt about Catherine, she didn't want her stepmother dead because Catherine was still a person and Mary's mother. Kate, while a little bitter about Jacob giving up on finding Beth too soon, also didn't want anything bad to happen to him, not only because Jacob is her father but because he's a good person who didn't do anything wrong. Even Mouse calls Alice out on still believing that Kate will join her after everything she's done. |
| 82 | ** Alice doesn't see Kate being Batwoman as anything but her pretending to be a hero, and assumes that Kate will immediately join her if she's publicly unmasked. |
| 83 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted... at first. |
| 84 | ** Kate captures her boyfriend Dodgson and offers to release him if Alice can avoid killing for 24 hours. Alice reluctantly agrees, only to kill a Crow officer and then show photographic evidence of this to Kate, saying she'll just have to let Dodgson die after all. |
| 85 | ** Her adopted brother Jonathan/Mouse points out that Alice never even visited him during the five years he was incarcerated in Arkham. When Mouse threatens to leave her if she doesn't give up her self-destructive campaign of revenge, Alice poisons him, though it clearly upsets her to do so. In the third season as she struggles with her humanity, Alice makes it clear she regrets what happened with Mouse. |
| 86 | ** Alice's love for her sister is similarly self-centered. She wants Kate to change to be like her instead of vice versa, and failing to see how her efforts to prove they aren't so different only drive them apart. However, the second season shows she really ''does'' care for her sister, and is willing to go to any lengths to rescue her, but she keeps coming up short [[spoiler:until the finale, where she frees Kate from Black Mask and Enigma's control. Afterwards, Alice and Kate seem to have called a truce with each other now that they've stopped trying to change the other and need to find their purpose.]] |
| 87 | ** Her above-mentioned DaddyIssues are complicated as Alice's schemes unravel. When Jacob stops her from committing suicide after exposure to Fear Toxin, she breaks down in his arms and calls him "Daddy" for the first time in years, proving that Beth still loves her father deep down. While she targets Jacob again after being sent to Arkham and Kate is presumed dead, her plans now seem to have less to do with him personally. After she gives up on her vendetta, Alice once again seeks her father's presence and works with him to save Kate. In the third season, she initially hopes Jacob will break her out of Arkham so they can be some sort of family again. |
| 88 | ** Zig-zagged multiple times in regards to Ocean, the man who helped train her on Coryana, whom she eventually fell in love with. They both become devoted to each other, but his adoptive sister Safiyah has Enigma remove their memories of each other after they attempt to leave together with a Desert Rose. Then when they encounter each other in the present day, their time together comes back in flashes and they act on old feelings, until Alice stabs Ocean to get Kate back from Safiyah... except she doesn't have Kate, and the knife she wanted Ocean killed with was laced with the Desert Rose to bring him back when needed, as "proof" that Alice didn't care for him. ''Then'', when he bumps into her again, he almost does her in as she's holding Enigma hostage... until Enigma brings back their memories and they act on their feelings again. '''Then''', things get rocky when he kills Enigma to keep Kate from being freed of her brainwashing, with him claiming that Kate is explicitly toxic for Alice. However, she convinces Ocean to help her have both him and Kate back in her life and is [[spoiler:heartbroken when he's killed by Tatiana, with his memory haunting her in the third season.]] |
| 89 | * EvilIsHammy: Creator/RachelSkarsten is clearly enjoying herself as a villain and devouring every second of her appearances. |
| 90 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Alice is charming and conducts herself very politely, with a lot of eloquent speech and Lewis Carroll quotes, but it doesn't take long for her to show that she's completely off her rocker; she can barely go five minutes without saying something awful or doing something violent. [[spoiler:However, this later becomes subverted as she is shown to be kind to Mouse and deep down loves her family, secretly not wanting them to give up on or leave her. She even starts to bond with her stepsister Mary when the latter becomes Poison Mary]]. |
| 91 | * FirstEpisodeTwist: Her identity is revealed at the end of the pilot. |
| 92 | * FreudianExcuse: The horrors Beth was exposed to and made to participate in while being held captive by Cartwright, on top of the belief that her family gave her up for dead, caused her to snap, turning her into the sociopathic Alice. |
| 93 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Despite everybody (be it Kate, Jacob or Mary) feeling incredibly sorry for her, they all make it abundantly clear that, at some point, Alice cannot keep on blaming her past for everything and that the gravity of her crimes far outweighs any sympathy they might've had for her. This especially gets hammered home in Season 2, where Safiyah and Ryan rub it in that Alice could have chosen to try and overcome the trauma of what happened to her, but instead chose to kill everyone she perceived as wronging her. |
| 94 | * GoodFeelsGood: [[spoiler:While on the run with a Poison Ivy-infected Mary, her mental state stops falling apart as they develop a sincere sisterly relationship. Alice is perhaps the most serene and well-balanced she's ever been (probably since before the fated car crash), feeling glad that she and Mary found each other. This eventually prompts her to be InsaneNoMore by seeking a way to cure her mental instability.]] |
| 95 | * GreenEyedMonster: She sends Dodgson to kill Mary, as Kate is ''her'' sister. Apparently, that goes way back, as Beth never liked to share. |
| 96 | * HarmfulToMinors: |
| 97 | ** A 13-year-old Beth saw her mother being [[OffWithHerHead decapitated]] when their car fell off a bridge into a river, which marked her StartOfDarkness. |
| 98 | ** In August Cartwright's captivity, she witnessed his skin graft experiments using flesh from corpses and was ForcedToWatch him brutally kill her kitten. |
| 99 | * HeelRealization: |
| 100 | ** In "Survived Much Worse", she's made to realize how pointless her endgame is after Safiyah and Ryan both point out that for all that Alice wants to present herself as a victim entitled to revenge, she's really just a PsychopathicWomanchild who has spent so long wrapped up in her rage and pain that she doesn't actually know how to function outside of those feelings. Alice accepts that they're more right than she's willing to admit, enough to choose saving Kate over revenge. |
| 101 | ** She has one in "Meet Your Maker" and "Toxic" [[spoiler:about pushing the reluctant Mary into embracing her powers for Alice's own selfish reasons after witnessing her stepsister losing her former compassionate self to become a supervillain. This kickstarts her path to the closest she's come to a HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 102 | * HoldingTheFloor: No matter how many times she finds herself on the wrong end of a gun, knife, or Bat-gadget, all it takes is a speech to buy her enough time to get clear again. |
| 103 | * IgnoredEpiphany: |
| 104 | ** In "Take Your Choice", she sees a hallucination of Catherine who denounces her as being evil through-and-through, implying that Alice is aware of her reality but refuses to accept it. Furthermore when Kate chooses to save an AlternateSelf Beth who grew up a kind and decent person, instead of her evil and irredeemable sister, Alice only sees this as another betrayal by her family. She also rejects the suggestion that this other Beth represents a different course she could take with her life. |
| 105 | ** In "O'Mouse", Alice acknowledges that poisoning her only friend Mouse is as big a betrayal as anything she blames her own family for, but refuses to forgo her revenge and run away with him to a better life. |
| 106 | * IJustWantToBeFree: In Season 3, she's no longer interested in plotting against anyone and simply desires to make a new life for herself away from Gotham. However, no one, especially Ryan, will let her off scot-free for her crimes. This takes a toll on Alice's mental state as she resorts to her former underhandedness in her attempts to escape custody during her parole arrangement with Renee and Ryan. [[spoiler:She makes a last-ditch attempt at freedom by colluding with Poison Mary, but [[WhatYouAreInTheDark gives up her opportunity to flee the country in order to help the Bat-Team save Mary from Poison Ivy's influence]].]] |
| 107 | * InsaneNoMore: In the second half of the third season, she longs to be free from the trauma and insanity of her Alice persona [[spoiler:by using the Joker's ElectricJoybuzzer to reverse her mental condition and be Beth again, even though it's not guaranteed to work. She becomes consumed with self-loathing and goes to increasingly desperate lengths, including telling Marquis about the Batcave as part of a deal, to obtain the joy buzzer. However, Mary and Ryan ultimately make her realize that she needs to face her struggles and reclaim her Beth self of her own will through professional help.]] |
| 108 | * IRejectYourReality: Beth [[CopeByPretending convinced herself she was Alice and having a "tea party" with her friend Mouse/Jonathan to deal with her imprisonment by Cartwright and partaking in his research]]. While she broke the illusion after killing Cartwright's mother, her crusade proves she's still not completely tethered to reality, refusing to believe her perception of her twin sister Kate is really skewed or that Alice herself is just an irredeemable, psychopathic killer. When faced with something contradicting her desired scenarios, she [[VillainousBreakdown comes crashing down HARD]]. Alice especially struggles with this in the third season after giving up on her ambitions and no longer having control over her circumstances, nor any allies or family around. |
| 109 | * {{Irony}}: Kate spent the first half of Season 1 trying to help Alice regain her former identity as Beth. In the second half of season 2, [[spoiler:Alice ends up helping Kate reclaim her memories from her [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]] as Circe Sionis. Kate herself lampshades their reversed roles.]] |
| 110 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Alice's whole crusade against Gotham is basically her lashing out at her family for not saving her from Cartwright. She also places no value on innocent life compared to her own, throwing Mary under the bus to save her own neck from a serial killer and when it becomes clear that she and Beth can't coexist on Earth-Prime, Alice's first thought is that ''she'' deserves to live more, and she immediately tries to kill Beth. On top of that, the idea that other people, especially Kate, feel differently than Alice does about certain things is something she has real trouble wrapping her head around. Even the few people she ''does'' value aren't safe from this, as Alice manipulates Kate into becoming a killer just to prove a point and has no problem ignoring any of Mouse's desires when they clash with her own goals. |
| 111 | ** A key part of her CharacterDevelopment in Season 3 is shedding this mentality and putting others before herself. [[spoiler:She's initially loyal to Mary out of self-preservation, but sticks with her after Mary develops powers out of genuine familial care. Alice ultimately sacrifices her best chance at freedom, something she yearned for throughout the season, to pull Mary away from Poison Ivy and even [[TakingTheHeat takes the blame for a hunter Mary killed]]. Also, despite her tense relationship with the Bat-Team, she warns Sophie about Renee using them to find Poison Ivy by hiding the final Bat trophy. This culminates in Alice relinquishing the Joker's joy buzzer for Marquis' sake, accepting that he needs its final curing jolt more than her, and even aiding Ryan in the FinalBattle.]] |
| 112 | * JourneyToFindOneself: [[spoiler:At the end of "We Having Fun Yet?", she decides to leave Gotham for a psychiatric facility in Switzerland to find herself.]] |
| 113 | * LackOfEmpathy: She couldn't care less who she screws over, so long as Kate is dead. This turns out to be [[InvokedTrope deliberate]], as Safiyah had the hypnotist Enigma [[MoreThanMindControl remove all traces of Alice's empathy]] as punishment for helping Ocean to steal a Desert Rose. |
| 114 | ** As she regains her memories, Alice becomes uncharacteristically conflicted about continuing to hurt the people she knows in a bid to get even. After [[spoiler:Ocean's murder]], she even tries apologizing to Ryan for her indirect role in Cora's death, [[spoiler:now understanding how it feels to live with the loss of the one person who loved and understood her]]. While Alice snaps out a vicious retort when the apology is [[RejectedApology rejected]], her effort is still noteworthy. |
| 115 | ** In season 3, Alice's arc is centered on grappling with how she really feels about the pain and death she brought to various people with her actions. [[spoiler:Mary's determination to make amends for the harm she caused as Poison Ivy resonates with Alice, which spurs her to search for a way to regain her empathy and purge her mind of her psychotic impulses.]] |
| 116 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: On Coryana after she and Ocean were caught stealing a Desert Rose, Beth's memories of her time on the island were altered by the hypnotist Enigma so she would forget about her romance with Ocean and the subsequent positive emotions it inspired in her, while retaining her training and dread of Safiyah, which led her to fully embrace her Alice identity. |
| 117 | * LightIsNotGood: [[BigBad Alice's]] bleached-blonde hair and light-colored outfits strongly contrast her against [[DarkIsNotEvil Batwoman]]. |
| 118 | * LoveRedeems: It's a complicated journey but she eventually has a HeelRealization about the futility of her hatred against Kate and Jacob, and resolves to rescue her missing sister instead. Taken further when Mary attempts using her medical expertise to help Alice deal with her visions, causing Alice to become more civil with her. Though this is partly because Mary is all she has left, [[spoiler:with Kate taking a sabbatical from the city and Jacob arrested, they find the sister they always wanted in each other when Mary is possessed by Poison Ivy's vines. It's ensuring her stepsister's wellbeing that causes Alice to work with the Bat Team of her own volition (with ''no'' ulterior motives or betrayals) in getting Mary to abandon her partnership with Pamela Isley.]] Finally, she ends the series by [[spoiler:going on a JourneyToFindOneself with Mary's support to overcome her demons and take back her Beth identity.]] |
| 119 | * LukeIAmYourFather: Or ''sister'', as the end of the series premiere reveals. |
| 120 | * MadeOfIron: She survives the underwater explosion of her transport van without any apparent difficulty; Kate, wearing an armored suit, only survived with emergency defibrillation. |
| 121 | * {{Misblamed}}: While Alice is genuinely guilty of quite a lot of crimes, the one for which Ryan hates her - the murder of her adoptive mother Cora - is not one of them. The murder was carried out by Alice's {{Mooks}}, but not on her order, and Alice herself only turned up after the attack was over. Ryan's justification for this - that it was Alice's fault her gang was willing to do that in the first place - also doesn't hold much water, as there's no indication that she was using any form of brainwashing or conditioning on her men, or indeed did anything at all except hire them from Gotham's already-quite-bloodthirsty underground economy. While it was arguably Alice's fault that they were holed up in that particular empty apartment, thus creating the conditions for the murder, this was pure chance, and she had no reason to expect the occupants to return early. |
| 122 | * MisplacedRetribution: Alice's anger towards Catherine for making Jacob and Kate believe she was dead is understandable and justified. Her anger towards Jacob and Kate for believing a very convincing lie from two different parties who wanted them to think Beth was dead is not. She also hates Mary for "replacing" her as Kate's sister. |
| 123 | * MoralMyopia: To put it mildly, Alice has a real problem with perspective. |
| 124 | ** After realising that between her and Beth, only one can survive, Alice immediately tries to kill the innocent Beth and is outraged that both Mary (whose mother she murdered) and Kate (whom Alice has manipulated and betrayed repeatedly by this point) would rather save an innocent life than hers. |
| 125 | ** After Kate accidentally kills Cartwright in a moment of extreme emotional stress, Alice gleefully believes that the two sisters are now no different, considering her own scores of premeditated murders morally equivalent to Kate's act. |
| 126 | ** Alice spent all of Season 1 manipulating Kate for her own ends, but when Kate manipulates her to lock Alice in Arkham, Alice sees it as an unforgivable betrayal and vows revenge. |
| 127 | ** Alice's RageBreakingPoint was realising that Cartwright was going to use her mother's face as one of his masks. Despite this, Alice has no problem with using Cartwright's false face trick whenever convenient. |
| 128 | ** Alice is very angry at Ryan for abandoning her at the hands of Black Mask during their mission to save their respective {{Love Interest}}s from the False Face Society, especially after Alice saved Ryan. However, she seems to forget that the reason Ryan left is because Alice is a violent murderer who she can't trust and holds responsible for the death of her mother. |
| 129 | ** [[spoiler:Alice calls out Ryan for not reporting a Poison Ivy-influenced Mary to Montoya immediately, but being perfectly fine with locking Alice in Arkham and throwing away the key. Alice is clearly ignoring that she committed her crimes of her own free will while Mary is explicitly being brainwashed. Never mind the fact that Alice is partly responsible for Mary's situation.]] |
| 130 | * MythologyGag: |
| 131 | ** In ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'', Beth was very briefly mentioned to have tailored a suit for Kate. In the show, her advanced sewing skills at even a young age prove useful to Cartwright's attempts to fix Johnny's face. |
| 132 | ** [[spoiler:She agrees to go to the Weiße Kaninchen Sanatorium at Mary's suggestion to work on her mental health at the end of the show. Beth's comic counterpart stayed there between the ''ComicBook/New52'' and ''ComicBook/DCRebirth''.]] |
| 133 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: Before the show, Beth's middle name (if any) was never revealed in the comics. Here, her middle name is Marie. |
| 134 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Easily explains how Kate’s sister is still kicking. |
| 135 | * NeverMyFault: |
| 136 | ** All of the wrong she does is either Kate or Jacob's fault for not saving her as child. |
| 137 | ** [[spoiler:Alice initially brushes off hiding Mary's emerging powers from her and the Bat Team, which allows Mary to become the second Poison Ivy, and places the blame on Ryan and Luke for not paying more attention to her. {{Subverted|Trope}}, however, after Mary is brought back to herself and accuses Alice of taking advantage of her new powers, not doing anything to stop her from killing a hunter. Alice is initially hostile and insists she was there for Mary while they were on the run, but she eventually takes the blame for the man's murder to spare her step-sister.]] |
| 138 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: During the Kanes' fateful accident, their car was briefly affixed to the bridge by Batman, but Beth tried to help her mother instead of immediately following Kate out of the wreckage. As a result, she was left trapped in the car when it went over the edge and fell into a river. |
| 139 | * OtherMeAnnoysMe: She hates alternate Beth, seeing her as how Alice could have been if she was never kidnapped by Cartwright. |
| 140 | * PolarOppositeTwins: When she and her sister were kids, Beth was more cautious, levelheaded, and a GirlyGirl while Kate was more daring, HotBlooded, and a {{Tomboy}}. |
| 141 | * PracticallyJoker: She very much acts like a female version of the real deal. Which is ironic considering that her mother died during a terror attack of the Joker. Although her ''Alice in Wonderland'' motif makes her more akin to the Mad Hatter, she's nevertheless compared to the (supposedly) late Clown Prince of Crime a few times, with her war with Batwoman noted as similar to that of Joker and Batman's own fighting. |
| 142 | * PsychologicalProjection: Alice projects a lot of her own feelings and issues onto Kate, assuming that her twin sister shares her hatred for their father and stepmother, and that Kate would be as happy to see their lives destroyed as Alice is. |
| 143 | * RageBreakingPoint: Finding her mother's head in Cartwright's freezer and knowing what he planned to do with it, Alice well and truly snapped, assuming her deranged persona and incinerating his mother Mabel with a makeshift flamethrower. |
| 144 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She ends up the receiving end of this quite a few times during Season 2, where Safiyah and Ryan Wilder both call out her petty desires to get revenge of Kate rather than trying to overcome the trauma of what happened to her. |
| 145 | * RevengeBeforeReason: After being locked in Arkham, Alice throws out what sense of subtlety or restraint she had left in favor of plotting revenge on Kate for locking her up. She orchestrates a takeover of the Asylum, then completely ruins that set-up when it becomes slightly inconvenient. In the Season 1 finale, Mouse has finally had enough and threatens to abandon her, so she poisons him for making her "choose" between her revenge and a potentially happy life elsewhere with him. |
| 146 | * SanitySlippage: Multiple times. Later on, she alternates between this and SanityStrengthening. |
| 147 | ** Beth's years of captivity under the Cartwrights drove her insane until she adopted the identity of Alice. Additionally, Safiyah had Beth’s memories of Ocean and her empathy removed in retaliation for betraying the former, setting Alice on her rampage in Gotham. |
| 148 | ** Not long after being exposed to Fear Toxin, her worst fear comes true when Kate betrays and leaves her behind in Arkham. Alice’s psyche crumbles further as she aspires to be a "Queen" and is dead set on killing Kate, callously murdering anyone or destroying anything that stands in her way even if it benefits her, including Mouse. |
| 149 | ** In "Rule #1", she hallucinates Kate's younger self and her dead kitten from captivity while struggling with Kate's supposed death [[YankTheDogsChain just after Alice changed her mind about killing her]]. She eventually decides to forget Kate even ''existed'' to cope with her conflicted feelings. However, [[spoiler:Ocean's return and the revelation of Kate being alive and brainwashed give her a new direction.]] |
| 150 | ** In season 3, she begins regularly having delusions in Arkham, first thinking her father is sending her postcards and planning to break her out. Afterwards, the hallucinations worsen to the point that Alice receives visions of her Arkham orderly while struggling with her reality. |
| 151 | ** [[spoiler:She grows increasingly desperate to obtain the Joker's joy buzzer to shock herself back to sanity while hallucinating Ocean and Mouse as reminders of her past sins. After her betrayal of the Bat-Team lands her back in Arkham, she's breaking down and [[SelfHarm electrocuting herself with any object she can find]] to force her crazed persona out of her head while rejecting Mary's offer to send her to a sanatorium to help her.]] [[spoiler:She comes out of this once and for all when Ryan persuades Alice to work through her trauma and let the buzzer be used on Marquis Jet.]] |
| 152 | * SanityStrengthening: Zigzagged and often overlapping with SanitySlippage. |
| 153 | ** Midway through season 2, it's revealed that her romantic relationship with Ocean on Coryana after being conscripted by Safiyah began to help her let go of her violent anger, planning to find happiness in a new life with him. Unfortunately, Safiyah and Enigma’s machinations led her to be consumed by her rage and forget about her newfound love and understanding. |
| 154 | ** In the present, Alice begins to care for her family again during her search for Kate while remembering her experiences in Coryana. However, [[spoiler:after being led to believe Kate and Ocean are both dead, she loses herself once more until learning they're alive.]] Even after [[spoiler:Ocean dies]], she remains determined to see through her goal of [[spoiler:restoring Kate to her former self]] and succeeds, to her genuine joy. |
| 155 | ** Throughout season 3 when not hallucinating, Alice is still unpredictable but has generally shed her over-the-top behavior, being more observant and calculating. [[spoiler:Looking after Poison Mary when they go on the run brings out her hidden caring side and she gets a break from her delusions, acting more mentally sound and grounded. It's to the point that ''Alice'' is the more reasonable of the duo, being rightfully worried about Mary turning into Poison Ivy’s sporeling and accidentally killing an innocent man.]] |
| 156 | * SecretKeeper: She knows Batwoman is Kate, although she doesn't act on this knowledge because she wants her sister at her side. |
| 157 | * SignificantWardrobeShift: [[spoiler:In her last scene in the final episode, she's wearing regular clothing with more subdued colors, [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolising]] the start of her journey to becoming Beth Kane again.]] |
| 158 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Her discovery that [[spoiler:Ryan's birth mother is still alive and divulging this to Ryan]] is what eventually kicks off the Bat-Team's conflict with Jada and Marquis Jet in season 3. |
| 159 | * StarterVillain: She is Batwoman's first opponent in the series and also the BigBad for Season 1. |
| 160 | * TakingTheHeat: [[spoiler:As part of being TheAtoner, she confesses to the death of a hunter accidentally killed by Mary before her stepsister can do so.]] |
| 161 | * TermsOfEndangerment: She is fond of calling people "my dear", often when she's planning to hurt them. She also calls Ryan "Ry-Ry" when trying to manipulate her. |
| 162 | * ThatWomanIsDead: |
| 163 | ** Inverted. For those that ''do'' believe Alice is Beth, she's nothing but a psycho killer to them. The only exception is Kate, who still holds out hope that she can be redeemed until "The Mad Tea-Party". After Alice poisons Catherine, Jacob and Kate consider Beth truly dead. |
| 164 | ** Played straight with Alice, who states to Batwoman that Beth fell down the rabbit hole and she isn't coming back. |
| 165 | ** This is zigzagged and ultimately subverted in Season 3 [[spoiler:as Alice begins regaining her morality and hopes to restore her former self in her mind. In the end, it's acknowledged that Beth isn't gone as Alice is still capable of change.]] |
| 166 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: With Kate. In their childhood, Beth wore lighter, feminine colors with her [[LongHairIsFeminine hair let down]] while Kate wore darker, more tomboyish clothing and kept her hair in a braid. Notably at their Bat Mitzvah, Kate was dressed in a dark purple suit and tie, and Beth in a bright [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] and [[TrueBlueFemininity blue]] floral dress. This dynamic carried over into their adulthood, as Batwoman fights crime in a black combat suit while Alice wears flashy and lacy vintage apparel with many skirts and dresses. Alice gets dolled up a shimmering golden gown when infiltrating a gala while Kate prefers a {{Bifauxnen}} style for formal occasions. |
| 167 | * TragicVillain: Underneath her AxCrazy flamboyance and Creator/LewisCarroll-themed gimmicks, she’s a [[BrokenBird deeply traumatized woman]] who endured years of fear, abuse, isolation, and conditioning until her mind was warped with a psychopathic drive as Alice, and is lashing out over having her life ripped away from her. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in seasons 2 and 3, which make clear that while Alice didn't deserve the suffering she went through, she remains in mental agony because she refuses to handle her trauma in a healthy way. Instead, Alice consistently uses her enmities or other questionable solutions, like memory erasure or the Joker's joy buzzer, as a band-aid even when she wants to make a HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler:It takes Ryan and Mary's urging and belief in her inner strength for her to finally embark on the long road to healing by getting real help.]] |
| 168 | * TraumaButton: |
| 169 | ** Both August and Mabel Cartwright, who she fears as the Caterpillar and Queen of Hearts, respectively. Years later, she actually seeks a psychologist's help on how to confront the NotQuiteDead Cartwright and when dosed with the Fear Toxin, the first thing she sees is Mabel's burned face haunting her. |
| 170 | ** In general, her past ordeal of being locked in a cell away from the world reveals the terrified young girl she still is. When subjected to a Fear Toxin-induced vision of her family abandoning her again in a locked room, she's nearly [[DrivenToSuicide driven to slit her own throat]] and is only stopped thanks to Jacob’s timely intervention. Any time she’s sent to Arkham (mid-Season 1, beginning of Season 3, end of Season 3), she goes further off the deep end and loses any rationality. |
| 171 | * TraumaCongaLine: Which caused her to become the deranged villain she is in the present. |
| 172 | ** As a young teenager, she witnesses her mother die in a car wreck which nearly claims her life as well, then is separated from her remaining family after [[MadDoctor August Cartwright]] abducts and imprisons her. She's subjected to psychological abuse and forced to take part in Cartwright's horrific skin graft experiments to make human faces for his son, with only her friendship with Jonathan as comfort. After learning her beloved father and sister "replaced" her, she suffers dissociation and becomes “Alice”. |
| 173 | ** Then, she's forced to become the caretaker of Cartwright’s cruel mother [[EvilOldFolks Mabel]] and outright suffers severe physical and emotional ''torture''. After a decade of this, Beth finally snaps upon learning Cartwright kept her late mother’s severed head in his possession to give Gabi's face to Mabel. She proceeds to sadistically murder Mabel, embracing her killer instincts. |
| 174 | ** When brought to Coryana, she channels her rage and trauma into becoming a fighter but begins to heal thanks to the companionship of her trainer Ocean, only to suffer LaserGuidedAmnesia and become obsessed with enacting vengeance against her family. |
| 175 | * TraumaInducedAmnesia: The revelation that her father had given up on finding her and remarried to Catherine Hamilton caused Beth to completely block out her past and reimagine herself as Alice to cope with the hopelessness of her situation, making her subservient to Cartwright and Mabel's atrocities instead of resisting as before. Ironically, it took another traumatic reveal, this time triggering anger instead of fear, for Beth's RepressedMemories to reawaken -- seeing Mabel wearing her mother's earrings and locating Gabi's dismembered head in Cartwright's possession. |
| 176 | * TraumaticHaircut: She once had her hair forcibly cut by Mabel in an attempt to tarnish her beauty. |
| 177 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: She was once an innocent, cheerful girl and a loving sister to Kate, until after the car accident where she ended up in captivity by Cartwright, which caused her to snap. |
| 178 | * VillainHasAPoint: |
| 179 | ** While she's clearly [[LackOfEmpathy being callous towards Ryan's tragedy]], Alice is right that she isn't truly to blame for the death of Ryan's adoptive mother, as her goons killed Cora on their own and Alice only showed up after. |
| 180 | ** Zigzagged [[spoiler:with Mary transforming into Poison Mary. [[NeverMyFault While Alice disregards how she kept Mary's powers a secret despite the danger]], she correctly points out that Mary is Ryan and Luke's friend, and they both neglected to pick up on the fact that something was wrong with her for ''weeks''. Alice even previously brought up to Mary how the team only came to her when they needed her expertise.]] |
| 181 | * WeCanRuleTogether: Her ultimate plan is to have Kate join her in ruling Gotham. Kate rejects it, locking her up in Arkham and leading Alice to drop this entirely. |
| 182 | * WickedCultured: Plays a cello for Jacob. Does a very good job of it, too. |
| 183 | * WildCard: Throughout Season 2, she is opposed to Safiyah and Black Mask for her own personal reasons, and while she occasionally works alongside the heroes, it's clear she's looking out for nobody but herself. This dynamic more or less continues in season 3, where she becomes a reluctant ally in retrieving the missing Batman trophies, yet attempts to back out of the arrangement and flee multiple times. |
| 184 | [[/folder]] |
| 185 | |
| 186 | [[folder:Chuck Dodgson]] |
| 187 | !! Chuck Dodgson |
| 188 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dodgson.png]] |
| 189 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I want to make sure we stay on point, uproot the city's confidence in the Crows, and let chaos reign."'']] |
| 190 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 191 | !!! '''Played By:''' Brendon Zub |
| 192 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E1Pilot Pilot]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x1) |
| 193 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 194 | |
| 195 | A former Crows Security agent and Alice's lover. |
| 196 | ---- |
| 197 | * BadassNormal: He's able to hold his own fairly well against Batwoman. |
| 198 | * BrokenPedestal: Dodgson claims to have joined the Crows in the interest of helping Gotham, but was disillusioned by what he saw as the Crows' corruption and status as glorified bodyguards for the city's rich and powerful. |
| 199 | * CanonForeigner: He has no apparent counterpart in the comics. |
| 200 | * ConsummateProfessional: He shows concern when Alice lets their personal grudges get in the way of their agenda. |
| 201 | * TheDragon: Alice’s right hand. |
| 202 | * FirstEpisodeTwist: TheReveal in the pilot about him is why most of his page was whited out. |
| 203 | * TheMole: He reports on the Crows' activities for Alice. |
| 204 | * MoralMyopia: After being disillusioned by the Crows' failure to help Gotham, Dodgson threw in with Alice, who is actively trying to bring Gotham to its knees. |
| 205 | * OppositesAttract: He’s TheStoic partner of the AxCrazy Alice, yet they're romantically involved. |
| 206 | * PutOnABus: Once Mouse comes on the scene as TheDragon for Alice, he's no longer necessary plotwise. He gets captured after trying to ambush Jacob and Sophie and is not seen again until TheBusCameBack with him attacking Jacob in prison, almost killing him. |
| 207 | * RedOniBlueOni: The stoic ConsummateProfessional blue to Alice’s AxCrazy red. |
| 208 | * ThemedAliases: Charles Dodson is the real name of Lewis Carrol, and he works for Alice. |
| 209 | * UnholyMatrimony: With Alice. She even sends him to kill Mary for her. However, she is also quick to abandon him. |
| 210 | [[/folder]] |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[folder:Jonathan Cartwright / Mouse]] |
| 213 | !! Jonathan Cartwright / Mouse |
| 214 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jonathan_cartwright.png]] |
| 215 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Are we mad? I'm afraid so."'']] |
| 216 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 217 | !!! '''Played By:''' Sam Littlefield, Nicholas Holmes (young), [[labelnote:Various disguises]]Matthew Graham (as Dean Deveraux), Ava Sleeth (voice; as young Beth Kane), Creator/RubyRose (voice; as Kate Kane), Dougray Scott (as Jacob Kane), Creator/AlexZahara (as Dr. M. Butler)[[/labelnote]] |
| 218 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E5MineIsALongAndASadTale Mine Is a Long And a Sad Tale]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x5) |
| 219 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 220 | |
| 221 | The deformed child of the man who abducted Beth Kane. 15 years later, he has escaped from Arkham Asylum. |
| 222 | |
| 223 | -> see Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths page to see Jane Doe, the Earth-99 character who bears his background |
| 224 | ---- |
| 225 | * AccompliceByInaction: Despite caring for Alice as his OnlyFriend, he never tried to free her from his father's custody nor intervene as Cartwright and Mabel physically and mentally tormented her for years until she was pushed to her [[RageBreakingPoint breaking point]]. Possibly {{Justified|Trope}}, as Jonathan was also mistreated by his family all his life, leaving him too afraid to stand up to them. Alice herself doesn't seem to hold a grudge over his inaction. |
| 226 | * AlasPoorVillain: His death is played entirely for tragedy. |
| 227 | * AntiVillain: While definitely a willing accomplice in Alice's crimes, Mouse isn't as vicious as his surrogate sister, and once their original plan (take revenge on Catherine and Jacob) is complete, he's in favor of just leaving Gotham to live a new life. After they're both incarcerated in Arkham, Mouse shows a willingness to genuinely reform and get help for his mental issues, only resuming a life of crime at Alice's behest. Even then, he's happy to have a calm, peaceful life in Arkham and tries to discourage Alice from seeking revenge on Batwoman. |
| 228 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Beth was possibly the first person to offer him real compassion and kinship despite his disfigured appearance, which is the reason for his UndyingLoyalty to her and why he's easily drawn into her bizarre fantasies and plans. |
| 229 | * BigBadDuumvirate: He and Alice are this for season 1. |
| 230 | * TheChainOfHarm: Considering how [[EvilOldFolks his]] [[EvilMatriarch grandmother]] was, and how [[MadDoctor his]] [[AbusiveParents father]] turned out, it's no wonder his head's not completely on straight. |
| 231 | * ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Although he's implied to be a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] version of Jane Doe, he's never given the name "John Doe". |
| 232 | * CrazyJealousGuy: And ''how''. He wants Alice for himself and even [[KickTheDog kills a hostage]] simply to make a point to her. |
| 233 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: In his childhood, Jonathan's face was somehow burned, causing him to be shunned by his peers and deemed a "monster". His father then kept him in isolation to fix his face, yet treated him abusively. When Beth became a captive in their house, Jonathan quickly grew attached to her because she was kind to him. During this time, he became a guinea pig in his father's skin graft experiments until Beth helped fix his face, and for the next decade, had to contend with his cruel grandmother Mabel living with them. After Alice killed Mabel, she and Jonathan seemingly killed his father, and he eventually ended up in Arkham for unspecified reasons. |
| 234 | * DecompositeCharacter: Of Jane Doe, along with his dad. |
| 235 | * DistressedDude: Gets captured by his father and exposed to Fear Toxin. |
| 236 | * FacialHorror: Half of his face appears to be scarred or burned, and it's been this way since childhood, though whether it's due to some accident or a birth defect is unknown. However, his father's specialty being child burn victims implies the former. |
| 237 | * GenderFlip: Mouse is essentially the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' GenderFlip of Jane Cartwright from ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' who in turn is the adaptation of Jane Doe, the MasterOfDisguise SerialKiller with the ability to perfectly mimic another person's voice in the comics. The name Mouse also comes from a female villain. |
| 238 | * HatesTheirParent: He holds his father in absolute terror and loathing due to everything the man put him and Beth through as adolescents. |
| 239 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: By the end of Season 1, he just wants to leave Gotham and have a peaceful life, and he does his best to get Alice to abandon her plans for revenge. She promptly poisons him for forcing her to choose between him and her revenge. |
| 240 | * HidingBehindYourBangs: As a child, he used his long hair to cover his facial deformity. As an adult, he still does, but to a lesser degree. |
| 241 | * LatexPerfection: He uses lifelike masks together with his innate [[VoiceChangeling vocal chameleon]] abilities to disguise himself as others. |
| 242 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: He's still undoubtedly a bad guy that does plenty of terrible things, but he's just ''far'' less despicable than his father and grandmother by comparison. |
| 243 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: He and Alice regard each other as surrogate siblings due to the bond forged between them under the Cartwrights' abuse. |
| 244 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's unknown ''how'' exactly he has the ability to perfectly mimic the voices of others, though it's implied to be a case of CharlesAtlasSuperpower. |
| 245 | * NeverMyFault: Mouse claims that Kate is not a good sister because she failed to figure out that she was so close in finding Beth when she was in front of the latter's cell door. Never mind that at that same time, he helped his father lie to Jacob and Kate that Beth wasn't there and he just prank-called them by imitating Beth's voice. That's without even mentioning the fact that Beth was held captive there in the first place [[ItsAllAboutMe because he needed a friend]]. |
| 246 | * OnlySaneMan: While sharing much of Alice's insanity, he's often the one to point out the more sensible course when Alice's obsession with Kate or vengeance blinds her. |
| 247 | * SecretKeeper: In "I'll Be the Judge, I'll Be the Jury", he dupes Alice into revealing Batwoman is Kate. |
| 248 | * TwoFaced: The left side of his face is scarred, presumably from a past fire accident. |
| 249 | * VoiceChangeling: He can perfectly mimic the voice of anyone he hears, a talent he has displayed both before reaching puberty and as an adult. As a young boy he uses this ability to trick Jacob into thinking Beth's attempt to get help was a prank call, and as an adult distracts Sophie with the sound of Kate's voice. |
| 250 | * WildHair: As both a child and an adult he has long, messy hair, which just adds to his creepiness. |
| 251 | * WouldHurtAChild: He detonates C-4 under a high school gymnasium during a dance (not knowing the students had been evacuated) and kidnaps two teenage boys to demand Alice's release. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | !! False Face Society |
| 255 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 256 | !! False Face Society |
| 257 | A new emerging gang that distributes the destructive Snakebite drug. |
| 258 | ---- |
| 259 | * FantasticDrug: They distribute Snakebite, which is made of part psychedelic mushroom oil and part Fear toxin. It allows the users to see their greatest regret in life play out differently, making it extremely addictive. However, if the drug is mixed incorrectly, it causes people to become cannibals. |
| 260 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: All of them wear masks and are quite dangerous. |
| 261 | * WouldHurtAChild: They have no qualms with targeting children, even forcing them to work for them. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Roman Sionis / Black Mask]] |
| 265 | !!Roman Sionis / Black Mask |
| 266 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 267 | !!! '''Played By:''' Peter Outerbridge |
| 268 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S2E9Rule1 Rule #1]]" (''Batwoman'' 2x9) |
| 269 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 270 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_mask_1.jpg]] |
| 271 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"It's a symbol of liberation from people like you: people who think they'll never be held accountable as long as they pretend what they do is justice."'']] |
| 272 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roman_sionis.png]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | The leader of the False Face Society, known for wearing a black mask. |
| 275 | |
| 276 | -> see Characters/DCEUGothamUnderworld page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears his name and background |
| 277 | |
| 278 | ---- |
| 279 | * AbledInTheAdaptation: Like many adaptations of Black Mask, he wears a skull mask instead of actually being disfigured. SubvertedTrope, as he later gets facially disfigured. |
| 280 | * AdaptationalBadass: Most iterations of Black Mask usually don't take on the Bat-Family directly, preferring to outsmart them rather than go face-to-face. Here? He fights Batwoman and almost ''wins''. |
| 281 | * AdaptationalIntelligence: In the comics, he was rather inept at running his company, losing it to Wayne Enterprises. Here, his company is going strong and he is at the head of it all, proving a degree of competence in business his comic self lacked. That being said, he does show some of his comic counterpart's lack of savvy elsewhere, when he grabs the VillainBall towards the last two episodes of Season 2, which costs him dearly. |
| 282 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[DownplayedTrope Very downplayed]], as Black Mask is still a psychopathic TortureTechnician and a ruthless mobster, but unlike his depiction in ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', he's a WellIntentionedExtremist with a case of EvenEvilHasLovedOnes. He's also not a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain this time around, as he lacks his comics counterpart's sexist traits. |
| 283 | -->'''Black Mask:''' Oh, ''please'' enlighten me. Who am I?\ |
| 284 | '''Batwoman:''' You're a sadistic drug lord.\ |
| 285 | '''Black Mask:''' ''[Begins to respond, [[{{Beat}} pauses]], looks at man he just killed with a bandsaw]'' [[{{Touche}} Okay, I can see why you might think that.]] |
| 286 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]], as the Batwoman in question he played a hand in creating is a CanonForeigner, but it was his actions in taking out the original Batwoman that led to Ryan taking on the mantle, whereas other iterations (with the exception of the [[Film/BirdsOfPrey2020 DCEU iteration]]) never had a hand in creating a member of the Bat-family. |
| 287 | * BadassInANiceSuit: He is not only a very effective crime boss and a cold-blooded master of torture, but he dresses to the nines in designer suits. |
| 288 | * BadBoss: Any member of the False Face Society that fails him or tries to resign, and he will see to it that their deaths are as painful as possible. |
| 289 | * TheBadGuyWins: He manages to deal a significant amount of damage to the Bat-Family by "Kane, Kate", simply due to the fact that the hypnosis he implanted on Kate wins out and "Circe" takes over in full. He ultimately comes out on top while Ryan is forced on the run and the rest of her allies are locked up thanks to Kate pulling a HydePlaysJekyll. |
| 290 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Alongside Safiyah, who has been working in tandem with him since the beginning of the season. |
| 291 | * BigBadEnsemble: Alongside Safiyah, he serves as the biggest threat in ''Batwoman'' Season 2. |
| 292 | * CensoredChildDeath: His daughter was taken into custody by the Crows and apparently killed by Batwoman, though it's never seen. It's later revealed that she died during the breakout at Arkham Asylum at the end of Season 1. |
| 293 | * ColdBloodedTorture: When he holds Alice hostage, he wedges a knife under her fingernail to force information out of her. |
| 294 | * CoolMask: Like many non comic versions of the character, he wears an intimidating black skull over his face (comics Black Mask never wore a skull mask and his SkullForAHead appearance is his actual head). |
| 295 | * CopKiller: Has his men kill the Police Commissioner after he condemned the use of Snakebite. |
| 296 | * TheCorrupter: He has one of his men get Jacob Kane hooked on Snakebite -- a substance that makes anyone see their biggest regret play out better -- so he can personally drop off the substance (under the guise of having confiscated it from one of his employees) and keep one of his biggest obstacles distracted by his own failures. He succeeds in getting Jacob hooked, to the point he goes into ''cardiac arrest'' after he overdoses. Then it's revealed he has several high ranking GCPD detectives on his payroll. |
| 297 | * CrazyPrepared: He almost beats Batwoman singlehandedly until Sophie intervenes and is prepared to arrest him. He weasels out of it by showing live footage of Angelique being held hostage, threatening to drop her into a vat of toxic chemicals ([[Characters/BatmanTheJoker sound familiar?]]) unless he's allowed to walk free. Both Batwoman and Sophie reluctantly let him walk. |
| 298 | * CreateYourOwnHero: He ended up kidnapping and holding the original Batwoman hostage, but his actions led to another woman taking her place -- Ryan Wilder, who becomes the biggest thorn in his operations. |
| 299 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: In a literal example of this, he has Circe gather the critical components of Batman's foes he kept in the Batcave stolen and brought to him so he can do what they failed to do the first time. One of his first actions is to give [[DirtyCop Agent Tavaroff]] Bane's Venom. |
| 300 | * DaddysLittleVillain: His daughter, Circe, apparently acted as his right hand prior to her death. He then has Enigma brainwash Kate into believing she's Circe so he can have her around again. |
| 301 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: His DCEU iteration was blown to smithereens by Harley Quinn. |
| 302 | * DiabolicalMastermind: He nearly manages to manipulate Gotham City into his grip thanks to his scheming. |
| 303 | * TheDreaded: Even amongst his own crew, he's this thanks to his HairTriggerTemper and his TortureTechnician behavior. If you make a mistake in Black Mask's eyes, he will end you. |
| 304 | * EngineeredHeroics: He plans to launch an attack on Gotham using his goons to create his own version of ''Film/ThePurge'', which will end with Ronan "killing" Black Mask amidst a destroyed Gotham, allowing him to become the hero he thinks the city needs. |
| 305 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loved his daughter Circe very dearly, and has Kate brainwashed into believing she's Circe just so he can have her back. Part of his motivation is that she was apparently killed by Batwoman and the Crows (though it turns out that she died in Arkham). Everything he does now, he does in Circe's name. |
| 306 | * ExactWords: He promises to use his wealth to help the GCPD. He is telling the truth; it's just he's using the money to put them in his pocket as Black Mask. |
| 307 | * FacialHorror: Alice uses the Joker's acid flower to permanently fuse Black Mask's face to his signature mask. |
| 308 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He can sound impeccably polite, right before he murders people on a whim. |
| 309 | * {{Foil}}: To Ryan Wilder, aka Batwoman II. Both of them are skilled fighters, have access to a great deal of resources, have lost close family members (Ryan's adoptive mother to Alice, Black Mask's own daughter to the Crows and (as he claims) Batwoman I), and an intense dislike of the Crows. The key difference is that Black Mask uses his resources to do as he pleases, hooking Gotham on an addictive drug to continue profiting on an endless cycle of substance abuse, and is a massive dick to his underlings, whereas Ryan is a genuinely good person with a chip on her shoulders that uses her resources to help others in need, and treats her allies with respect and compassion. As Season 2 ends, he ends up being arrested for his crimes, while Ryan gets to walk away a free woman. |
| 310 | * FreudianExcuse: His turn to villainy came about as a result of his daughter being taken into custody by the Crows, then apparently being killed at Batwoman's hands. There are questions raised by this given Kate's firm ThouShallNotKill beliefs and that the ''only'' person to die at her hands was Cartwright. It's revealed that Circe died in the breakout at Arkham, throwing further doubt on this claim. |
| 311 | * GeniusBruiser: He's not only a Machiavellian criminal mastermind, but he can throw down with a Bat-Family member and almost win. |
| 312 | * GreaterScopeVillain: He's revealed as the one responsible for kicking off the plot of Season 2 by kidnapping Kate Kane, resulting in Ryan Wilder becoming Batwoman, and leading Tatiana to frame Safiyah as the person responsible for the entire affair, causing Alice to target her in the first place, and land Ryan in the crosshairs as she worked to rescue Kate and stop her sister, little realizing that Kate was in his clutches the whole time. He's also connected with Safiyah in employing the hypnotist Enigma in their employ -- Sionis using her to wipe Kate's mind (and implied to have already done so to Julia while she was investigating the plane crash Kate was involved with), and Safiyah using her to remove all traces of Alice's empathy and memories of Ocean. |
| 313 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: His final scheme falters twice in the same episode thanks to two key factors: |
| 314 | ** The Snakebite he uses to control Tavaroff's Venom ends up being the key towards Kate regaining her memories. |
| 315 | ** The masks he passes around Gotham are used to create makeshift Bat-Signals. |
| 316 | * {{Hypocrite}}: There isn't anything he wouldn't do to protect his family, but he has no problem making other people's families his targets. He also claims he's trying to make Gotham better by getting rid of the corruption caused by Batwoman and the Crows, but he's causing just as much of said corruption by running a criminal enterprise. |
| 317 | * ItsPersonal: He's motivated to get back at Batwoman and the Crows because they played a hand in getting his daughter killed. |
| 318 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Thanks to Alice, the moment his scheme falters, his mask ends up becoming permanently fused to his face. |
| 319 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: He tries pulling this on Ryan. She does acknowledge that he's right in some way -- it's just she didn't use the rage and frustration of losing a loved one and channel it into something so horrific. |
| 320 | * PutOnAPrisonBus: His downfall in Season 2 and his subsequent imprisonment in Arkham Asylum has resulted him not appearing in the show again as of yet. |
| 321 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: During their first confrontation, he goes toe-to-toe with Ryan and actually ''wins'', only being barely restrained with the additional help of Sophie. |
| 322 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: Circe was his girlfriend in the comics, in this adaptation Circe is Roman's daughter. |
| 323 | * ReplacementGoldfish: He uses Enigma to brainwash Kate into thinking that she's his deceased daughter, Circe. |
| 324 | * ResignationsNotAccepted: If anyone dares to try and quit the False Face Society, he'll personally end the offender himself. |
| 325 | * {{Sadist}}: If there's one thing in life he enjoys, it's torturing those who stand in his way or failed him. He intended to have Batwoman and a mook who failed to stop her from finding him killed with a ''buzzsaw''. The mook doesn't last long. |
| 326 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He's managed to get himself out of any trouble simply by buying off a lot of the GCPD. |
| 327 | * ShoutOut: His EngineeredHeroics scheme where he causes chaos then swoops in to save the day is very similar to that of [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1 Syndrome]]. |
| 328 | * SkullForAHead: Thanks to Alice and a little bit of Joker's acid, he ends up this way, much like his comics counterpart. |
| 329 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: His ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' and ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'' counterparts both kicked the bucket in their respective projects. Here, he manages to survive, albeit with a bit of FacialHorror thanks to his mask fusing to his face. |
| 330 | * TortureTechnician: Like his comics-counterpart, he's definitely fond of employing this. |
| 331 | * {{Trumplica}}: Between his obsessive love for his daughter and interest in empowering the GCPD in order to "clean up" Gotham, he vaguely resembles Donald Trump during the period where Trump was intervening in the "Central Park Five" case. |
| 332 | * VillainBall: He grabs this hard in "Kane, Kate" when he finally wins by getting control of Kate Kane in full, taking the Batcave, and making sure that everyone who can possibly oppose him is out of the way... and he doesn't kill them. [[SarcasmMode That wasn't going to bite him back later]]. By the next episode, he's still grasping it hard, leading to his downfall. |
| 333 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: His public persona is Roman Sionis, a wealthy cosmetics magnate who has vowed to use his vast fortune to revitalize the ailing GCPD, even as his False Face Society is one of the biggest contributors to Gotham's gang problem. He then intends to capitalize on this trope by having the False Face Society tear Gotham down, then he'll "kill" Black Mask as Sionis, then rebuild the city. |
| 334 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He sees his organization as a necessity to eliminate both the corrupt Crows and the entire Bat-lineage, finding them to be responsible for a lot of the chaos in Gotham. |
| 335 | * YouHaveFailedMe: If anyone fails to deliver in their task, he will kill them himself, no questions asked. |
| 336 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When his Snakebite supply starts to run dry, he forces Angelique and Ocean to make a how-to video for his goons to put the stuff together. Once that's done, he plans to dispose of the two. |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[folder:Candice Long / The Candy Lady]] |
| 340 | !!Candice Long / The Candy Lady |
| 341 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 342 | !!! '''Played By:''' Linda Kash |
| 343 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S2E4FairSkinBlueEyes Fair Skin, Blue Eyes]]" (''Batwoman'' 2x4) |
| 344 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 345 | |
| 346 | A long time child abductor who specifically targets the disenfranchised to forcefully recruit them into the False Face Society. |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | * CanonForeigner: Being a villain specifically made to tie into Ryan's past, she understandably has no comic book basis. |
| 349 | * FauxAffablyEvil: She presents herself as a sweet person who loves children, but what she really wants is to break her prisoners' spirits and sense of self-worth so she can sell them to gangs. |
| 350 | * MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: Exploited. She's well aware that her orphaned, often non-white victims get much less attention from the public. |
| 351 | * LaserGuidedKarma: While it takes a significantly long time, the moment Batwoman gets involved to investigate one of her victims, she ends up being brought down ''hard''. |
| 352 | [[/folder]] |
| 353 | |
| 354 | [[folder:Rudy / Panda]] |
| 355 | !!Rudy / Panda |
| 356 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 357 | !!! '''Played By:''' Aason Nadjiwon |
| 358 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S2E4FairSkinBlueEyes Fair Skin, Blue Eyes]]" (''Batwoman'' 2x4) |
| 359 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 360 | |
| 361 | A member of the False Face Society who wears a Panda mask. |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | * CanonForeigner: Has no comics counterpart. |
| 364 | * TheCorrupter: Tries to manipulate the young recruit Kevin Johnson into killing Jacob Kane and basically ruin his life forever in the process. |
| 365 | * FluffyTheTerrible: "Panda" isn't exactly the most threatening alias for a cold-blooded killer. |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | !!Black Glove Society |
| 369 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 370 | |
| 371 | A secretive underground organization of Gotham's elite built to hide their children's psychotic diagnoses from the public eye while curing them by any means. |
| 372 | ---- |
| 373 | * AdaptationalHeroism: By comparison. The comics version were were a bunch of [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villains]] who delighting in corrupting heroes and perverting virtue. |
| 374 | * AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. They lack the resources and worldwide reach of the comic version with their schemes being pretty small scale, but the members of the comic version were mostly {{Smug Snake}}s who were taken out pretty quickly by the Joker. |
| 375 | * AdaptedOut: Their leader in the comics Dr. Simon Hurt and most of the comic members with the exception of Jada (Jezebel) Jet |
| 376 | * AssholeVictim: Marquis kills most of their membership with one fell swoop, using the same methods they used on their kids. |
| 377 | * InNameOnly: Have very little to do with the comic organization, outside of being a secret society destroyed by a Joker. |
| 378 | * ParentsAsPeople: They truly love their kids, and made an illegal group conducting dangerous experiments on others just because they want them to be well. |
| 379 | * RichBitch: Their members are part of Gotham's elite, and they don't care what they have to do or who they screw over (aside from Jada) if they can fix their kids. |
| 380 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: With their massive wealth, they're easily able to avoid the public eye and use illegal means to try and cure their psychotic kids. |
| 381 | * TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: Most of their members were never part of the Black Glove in the comics. |
| 382 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: They hurt innocent people because they want to save their kids from their own psychosis. |
| 383 | [[/folder]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | [[folder:Marla Elliot]] |
| 386 | !!Marla Elliot |
| 387 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 388 | |
| 389 | The Black Glove Society's founder and mother of Thomas Elliot, who made the group to cure her son's psychosis. |
| 390 | ---- |
| 391 | * PredecessorVillain: Much of Season 3's backstory hinges on her founding Black Glove. |
| 392 | [[/folder]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | [[folder:Barbara Kean]] |
| 395 | !!Barbara Kean |
| 396 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 397 | !!! '''Played By:''' Sarah J. Southey |
| 398 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S3E12WereAllMadHere Were All Mad Here]]" (''Batwoman'' 3x12) |
| 399 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 400 | |
| 401 | |
| 402 | James Gordon's ex-wife and mother to James Gordon Junior. |
| 403 | ---- |
| 404 | * IronicDeath: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Barbara wound up turning her son into a vegetable when she tried using chemical treatments to cure his condition, so Marquis decided to do the same. She winds up surviving anyway. |
| 405 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: When her son tied a poodle to the train tracks, she and Black Glove tried using chemicals to cure his condition. She instead turned him into a vegetable, who's now rotting away in Arkham. |
| 406 | * TruerToTheText: ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' depicted Barbara as an AxCrazy psychopath when Jim Gordon eventually broke off his engagement to her, she was largely out for herself, and was only Barbara Gordon's parent because she and Jim had a one-night stand during the final season. She's much saner in this adaption -- well, mostly sane, as she still joins Black Glove -- and was trying to help her son. |
| 407 | [[/folder]] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | [[folder:Burton Crowne]] |
| 410 | !!Burton Crowne |
| 411 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 412 | !!! '''Played By:''' Eric Ruggieri |
| 413 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S3E12WereAllMadHere Were All Mad Here]]" (''Batwoman'' 3x12) |
| 414 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 415 | |
| 416 | A member of the Black Glove Society. |
| 417 | ---- |
| 418 | * MythologyGag: Crowne hails from ''The New 52'', and was the catalyst for William Cobb failing to get the girl of his dreams in spite of initially supporting him, leading him to join the Court of Owls. |
| 419 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He gets offed by Marquis before much is said of him. |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:Jeremiah Arkham]] |
| 423 | !!Jeremiah Arkham |
| 424 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 425 | !!! '''Played By:''' Glen Ferguson |
| 426 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S3E12WereAllMadHere Were All Mad Here]]" (''Batwoman'' 3x12) |
| 427 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 428 | |
| 429 | A member of the Black Glove Society and the descendant of Arkham Asylum's founders. |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | * DecompositeCharacter: His role as Arkham's warden is given to Dr. Butler. |
| 432 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: One episode into his debut and Marquis kills him. |
| 433 | [[/folder]] |
| 434 | |
| 435 | [[folder:Mario Falcone]] |
| 436 | !!Mario Falcone |
| 437 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 438 | !!! '''Played By:''' Marcio Barauna |
| 439 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S3E12WereAllMadHere Were All Mad Here]]" (''Batwoman'' 3x12) |
| 440 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 441 | |
| 442 | A member of the Black Glove Society and a relative to the Falcone crime family. |
| 443 | ---- |
| 444 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Falcone doesn't make it past one episode before he's killed by Marquis. |
| 445 | [[/folder]] |
| 446 | |
| 447 | [[folder:Jada Jet]] |
| 448 | --> See the Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCitizens page |
| 449 | [[/folder]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | !Batman's RoguesGallery |
| 452 | [[folder:Jack Napier / The Joker]] |
| 453 | !! Jack Napier / The Joker |
| 454 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jack_napier.png]] |
| 455 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 456 | !!! '''Played By:''' Nathan Dashwood |
| 457 | |
| 458 | The most infamous and insane criminal in Gotham City, the Clown Prince of Crime, and Batman's ArchEnemy. |
| 459 | |
| 460 | -> see Characters/Titans2018Villains page to see the Earth-9 character who bears his name and background |
| 461 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page to see the Earth-66 character who bears his name and background |
| 462 | -> see Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesTheJoker page to see the Earth-89 character who bears his name and background |
| 463 | -> see Characters/SupermanFilmSeries page to see the Earth-96 character who bears his name and background |
| 464 | -> see Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths page to see the Earth-99 character who bears his name and background |
| 465 | -> see Characters/BirdsOfPrey2002 for the Earth-203 character who bears his name and background |
| 466 | -> see Characters/DCEUGothamUnderworld page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears his name and background |
| 467 | ---- |
| 468 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: He has a hand in Kate, Beth's, Ryan's, and Marquis' OriginStory whereas he's merely Batman's ArchEnemy in every other story. That being said, the Joker of Earth-89 did play a hand in Batman's origin, and the Joker of his [[Film/Joker2019 his own solo movie]] indirectly caused the death of the Waynes, so it does have precedent. |
| 469 | * AlternateSelf: He has numerous iterations, one on Earth-9, another on Earth-66, another still on Earth-89, another on Earth-96, yet another on Earth-99, another on Earth-203, and at least one more iteration in the DCEU. |
| 470 | * AmbiguousSituation: If Luke is to be believed, he was killed at some point before Bruce disappeared. However, Jacob discovers that Kate was investigating a painting made by Jack Napier, and as Safiyah, the woman whom the painting is allegedly connected with, claims to have not done the deed, he may not be entirely dead. With the revelation that Black Mask is responsible for the series' events, his fate is once again left in question. In the Season 3 finale, Alice mentions that Batman "threw him into Arkham", though whether or not he's still there or even alive is once again not revealed. With the series' cancellation, the answer may never come. [[spoiler:If he is truly dead, then he would have been brought back to life by the Red Mask during ''ComicBook/BatmanChipZdarsky'''s 135th issue, but this hasn't been shown thus far.]] |
| 471 | * ArchEnemy: For Batman, having caused the death of his sidekick Robin, Aunt Gabi and (it was believed) his cousin Beth. Jacob directly compares Batwoman and Alice's enmity to that of Batman and the Joker. |
| 472 | * ContinuitySnarl: If Cisco's Tumblr blog is considered canon, ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' film and Creator/HeathLedger's portrayal of the character also coexist in-universe. |
| 473 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: He may be one himself (if Luke is to be believed), but he has deceased counterparts on Earth-9[[note]]Who was murdered by Bruce Wayne out of revenge for killing Jason Todd[[/note]], Earth-66 (assuming the ''Series/WonderWoman1975'' crossover comic is canon)[[note]]Who broke into the Batcave and gave Alfred a heart attack, causing Bruce to lose control and beat him to a pulp[[/note]], Earth-89 (AmbiguousSituation notwithstanding)[[note]]Who fell to his death when Batman tied a grapple around his leg and a gargoyle, the latter of which fell while he was trying to escape via helicopter[[/note]], and Earth-99[[note]]Where a psychopathic Bruce Wayne did him in[[/note]]. |
| 474 | * TheDreaded: Even after his (supposed) death, the Joker's name continues to be amongst the most infamous of Gotham's super criminals, rightfully feared for the destruction he caused during his reign of terror. The only person who never feared him is Marquis, whose psychosis came about as a result ''of'' his actions. |
| 475 | * ElectricJoybuzzer: He evidently still used his infamous weapon, as Batman had kept it in cold storage. It's later revealed that he used it on Marquis Jet when he hijacked a school bus, which didn't kill him, but caused him to become a sociopath. Doctors working for Marquis' mother believes that another jolt could restore him to normal. |
| 476 | * EvilLaugh: Another traditional staple of the character, his laughter is heard in the flashback scene with him hijacking a bus and corrupting a young Marquis with a joy buzzer that we see towards the end of season 3. |
| 477 | * ForTheEvulz: Strongly implied to be the motive for everything he does, as is typical for the character. |
| 478 | * FoulFlower: His famous lapel flower squirts acid, which Alice uses on Ronan Sionis to permanently fuse his mask to his face. |
| 479 | * TheGhost: Has yet to appear in the flesh, but his name appears on a newspaper clipping and he was in fact causing the car crash that cost Kate her sister and mother. Luke implies that Batman might have killed him, but when it's revealed that Kate had taken an interest in a painting by a certain Jack Napier, and was looking into it before her plane was shot down, it strongly implies that the Clown Prince of Crime may still be around. But it turns out that Black Mask shot down Kate's plane instead, leaving Joker's fate ambiguous once again. We eventually see parts of him [[TheFaceless other than this face]] in a flashback in the penultimate episode of season 3 of ''Batwoman''. |
| 480 | * GreaterScopeVillain: His actions ultimately drive the plot in seasons 1, 2, and 3 of ''Batwoman'' despite him not actually being around. See SmallRoleBigImpact below. |
| 481 | * IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The implied reason that Batman left Gotham, according to Luke, is that he killed the Joker in cold blood -- presumably in retaliation for killing his aunt and (apparently) his cousin. |
| 482 | * MysteriousPast: In spite of everyone knowing who The Joker is, no one knows who he was before his fall to villainy. |
| 483 | * MythologyGag: |
| 484 | ** The Jack Napier name originates from Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}''. He also made a painting out of someone's insides over an existing work, referencing the same film and his vandalizing of an art gallery in a similar manner (though with actual paint instead of human insides). |
| 485 | ** He drives a school-bus in the iconic opening of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' just as he was when he ran the Kanes off the bridge. |
| 486 | ** With the appearance of Marquis Jet and the subsequent revelation of his origins, it seems Joker has created another [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker "Joker Junior"]] to follow in his footsteps -- electric shock and all (though just the one jolt this time, and no genetic remapping)! |
| 487 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: While most versions of the Joker have their identity shrouded in a MultipleChoicePast, this one uses the identity of Jack Napier, much like Tim Burton's film. |
| 488 | * NoodleIncident: The painting that's become a key plot-point in the second season of the show was made by him killing someone and making it ''out of their guts''. It's not explained why he did it or how it happened. |
| 489 | * OffscreenVillainy: He killed Robin offscreen. He was also driving the bus that ran Kate's family off the road, but he didn't appear in that scene, nor was the audience shown the actual hijacking of the bus. The painting he made out of someone's guts is not shown during its creation either. Eventually somewhat {{averted|Trope}} in Season 3, where we see him at least partially. |
| 490 | * PosthumousCharacter: According to Luke, the Joker hasn't attacked Gotham in five years because he is dead. But when Jacob discovers that Kate was investigating a painting by Jack Napier shortly before her plane was shot down, he [[JokerImmunity may not be as dead as it was once thought]]. But it turns out Black Mask was responsible, so whether or not he's still around is left up in the air. |
| 491 | * PredecessorVillain: ''Batwoman'' takes place in the same setting that once served as the battleground between Batman and The Joker. Funny enough, Season 3 completes the circle by giving Batwoman II her own "Joker" in the form of her brother, Marquis Jet. |
| 492 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Even though he is a major Batman villain, his only role in Batwoman's story was killing her mother and apparently her sister, which was a pivotal moment in her life. The fact that the Joker was killed so soon before Batman's disappearance implies that said disappearance may have been a result of the killing, making Batman's absence from the story the Joker's fault as well. He's also connected to the entirety of the plot involving Safiyah, as he randomly painted some poor guy's guts all over a painting that contained a secret map to her island -- a painting of which Kate was investigating before she was kidnapped by Safiyah, only for her plane to be shot down on its way back to Gotham, leading Ryan Wilder to take up the mantle of Batwoman, and leading her to investigate said painting. His earlier actions that resulted in Beth's apparent death also occurred around the same time that Ryan was being held hostage by a kidnapper, which proved to be highly valuable in the future when said kidnapper continued to strike. His lapel flower also ends up being the key to giving Black Mask a serious case of LaserGuidedKarma, when Alice uses it to fuse the mask to his face. And then Season 3 reveals he caused Marcus Jet, Ryan Wilder's brother, to become a sociopath when he zapped the kid with his electric joy buzzer, leading to Gotham's protector to have a Joker all to herself. For a supposedly dead guy, he's influencing the series outcomes by quite a lot. |
| 493 | * VillainOfAnotherStory: The hijacking of the bus that killed Kate's family, the death of Robin, and presumably countless other acts of villainy, all happened off-screen. |
| 494 | * WouldHurtAChild: The night he killed Kate’s mother, he had kidnapped a school-bus full of children. Then it's revealed that he shocked one of those kids with a joy buzzer just for the hell of it. It's also revealed that he killed Batman's KidSidekick Robin, by [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily beating him to death with a crowbar]]. |
| 495 | [[/folder]] |
| 496 | |
| 497 | [[folder:Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze]] |
| 498 | !! Dr. Victor Fries |
| 499 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 500 | |
| 501 | A scientist expert on cryogenic science consulted by Dr. Thomas Snow, who froze his wife in order to save her from a fatal disease. |
| 502 | |
| 503 | -> see Characters/Titans2018Villains page to see the Earth-9 character who bears his name and background |
| 504 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page to see the Earth-66 character who bears his codename and comic book connections |
| 505 | -> see Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesVillains page to see the Earth-97 character who bears his name and background |
| 506 | -> see Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths page to see the Earth-99 character who bears his name and background |
| 507 | ---- |
| 508 | * AmbiguousSituation: Circumstances surrounding his FaceHeelTurn are not elaborated on, nor when or how he died. |
| 509 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: On Earth-99, he was murdered by a psychopathic Bruce Wayne. |
| 510 | * DeathByAdaptation: He's one of the few Freezes, aside from the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond DCAU]], [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkhamverse]], ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn'', and Earth-99 iterations, to have passed on. |
| 511 | * FreezeRay: He's the original owner of the one his wife took after escaping Arkham Asylum. |
| 512 | * TheGhost: He doesn't appear in person, just referred to. {{Justified|Trope}} due to his death. |
| 513 | * KilledOffscreen: According to ''Batwoman'', he died before finding a cure for his wife's condition. |
| 514 | * MadScientist: Eventually, though the circumstances for his FaceHeelTurn and SanitySlippage are yet to be revealed. |
| 515 | * MythologyGag: His goggles are seen in a storage locker in one of his old cryo-facilities. |
| 516 | * OffscreenVillainy: We never get to see his shenanigans on-screen, and given that he's dead, it's unlikely to be seen. |
| 517 | * PunnyName: A scientist expert on cryogenics with a surname that is phonetically similar to "freeze". |
| 518 | * TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: He always insisted on being referred to as "Mister" Freeze in spite of having a doctorate. |
| 519 | [[/folder]] |
| 520 | |
| 521 | [[folder:Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin]] |
| 522 | !! Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin |
| 523 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 524 | |
| 525 | The former Mayor of Gotham and an inmate at Arkham Asylum, noted for his weaponized umbrella. |
| 526 | |
| 527 | -> see Characters/Titans2018Villains page to see the Earth-9 character who bears his name and background |
| 528 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page to see the Earth-66 character who bears his name and background |
| 529 | -> see Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesVillains page to see the Earth-89 character who bears his name and background |
| 530 | -> see Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths page to see the Earth-99 character who bears his name and background |
| 531 | ---- |
| 532 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: {{Implied|Trope}} - usually, Cobblepot is placed in the more standard prison known as Blackgate Penitentiary, on account of not being criminally insane even by the loose definition of comic books. Here, he’s placed in [[BedlamHouse Arkham Asylum]]; on the other hand, Luke Fox states one of Oswald's policies implemented during his time in office as mayor of Gotham was death by firing squad, which could justify the latter. |
| 533 | * AlternateSelf: He has counterparts on Earth-9, Earth-66, Earth-89, and Earth-99. |
| 534 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: His Earth-89 iteration was killed fighting Batman, while his Earth-99 iteration was killed by a murderous Bruce Wayne. |
| 535 | * TheGhost: His name only appears on a door in Arkham Asylum. |
| 536 | * IconicItem: His penguin-shaped umbrella, which Batman kept in the cave for display. It gets loose thanks to Black Mask. |
| 537 | * MayorPain: Luke's words (and the fact that execution by firing squad was a thing under his tenure) imply that Cobblepot wasn't a pleasant leader. |
| 538 | * MythologyGag: |
| 539 | ** Cobblepot famously ran for mayor in past live-action adaptations, like ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}''[[note]]In the episode "Hizzoner The Penguin"[[/note]], ''Film/BatmanReturns'' and ''Series/{{Gotham}}''. |
| 540 | ** He also had ownership of the Iceberg Lounge, as with previous continuities. |
| 541 | * NoodleIncident: He was apparently the mayor of Gotham City at some point before his incarceration. |
| 542 | * OffscreenVillainy: We never get to see his shenanigans on-screen. |
| 543 | [[/folder]] |
| 544 | |
| 545 | [[folder:Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy]] |
| 546 | !! Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy |
| 547 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pamela_4.jpg]] |
| 548 | !!! '''Species:''' Metahuman |
| 549 | !!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BridgetRegan |
| 550 | |
| 551 | A notorious eco-terrorist transformed from a timid college girl into a plant-human hybrid. |
| 552 | |
| 553 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page to see the Earth-66 character who bears her name and background |
| 554 | -> see Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesPoisonIvy page to see the Earth-97 counterpart who bears her name and background |
| 555 | ---- |
| 556 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: She's given a brother in this continuity, which she lacks in her mainstream iteration. |
| 557 | * AdaptationalBadass: Ivy is always a danger to the Bat Family thanks to being a meta, but usually the CrazyPrepared Batman has tactics to deal with her every time she pops up. In this series, Ivy was so dangerous in her reign of terror, Batman had an easier time dealing with The Joker than he ever did with her. She's also far more dangerous to Batwoman than either Alice or Black Mask were. |
| 558 | * AdaptationalModesty: Her ''Arkham'' inspired outfit covers up a far greater area than the {{Stripperiffic}} suit did in the games. |
| 559 | * AdaptationalOriginConnection: She used to date Renee Montoya, which her comics counterpart never did. |
| 560 | * AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: She has a much better relationship with her family than her comics iteration, as their sufferings provide the backbone of her FreudianExcuse. |
| 561 | * AdaptationalSympathy: Ivy's comics iteration was mutated by Dr. Jason Woodrue, aka the Floronic Man, with her backstory implicating her parents were neglectful or abusive, depending on the iteration. She's still mutated in college, but she has a FreudianExcuse that her brother was poisoned by toxic waste in the water, and her family's inability to afford health insurance and being forced to use herbal remedies instead led to his death, causing her to develop her environmental crusade against the worst of Gotham. |
| 562 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Ivy's various counterparts have [[EvenEvilHasStandards some standards]] in their villainous acts, usually in regards to who they hurt, and a few of them are willing to have other people in their lives (i.e. Catwoman and Harley Quinn) to help them out. This Ivy has no qualms about who gets hurt in her desire to protect Mother Nature, with her relationship with Montoya being toxic ''at best''. |
| 563 | * AdaptedOut: Her relationship with Harley Quinn is not present in this series (due to Harley being barred from ''Arrow'' thanks to the DCEU), so Renee winds up taking the Clown Princess of Crime's place as Ivy's flame. |
| 564 | * AlternateSelf: She has one on Earth-66 and Earth-89. |
| 565 | * AndIMustScream: Her initial fate. Renee drugs her with a special chemical that saps the water and sunlight from her body, putting her in an induced coma. The only way to wake her up is to expose her to either element, so Batman stuffed her in the darkest part of the Batcave he could think of, but even then it's implied that she has enough strength through nature that she can go about business as usual (albeit just barley). |
| 566 | * BigDamPlot: How she plans on destroying Gotham, by breaking a damn open and flooding the city. Renee stopped her the first time before she could implement it, but once she's revived a decade later, she decides to go right back to it. |
| 567 | * CleavageWindow: Her outfit has a prominent one, as is typical of Ivy. |
| 568 | * CompositeCharacter: She blends her comics counterpart's origin with her more humanistic appearance, motivation, and personality from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and a more modest version of her ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' outfit. |
| 569 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Compared to Alice and Black Mask, Ivy is far more dangerous. Alice and Sionis are {{Badass Normal}}s that rely on their wits and sadism to enact their plans (with the former being AxCrazy and the latter being a ManipulativeBastard), but Ivy is a full-fledged metahuman. Moreover, while Alice is obsessed with getting {{Revenge}} and hit with IgnoredEpiphany after IgnoredEpiphany, and Sionis is obsessed with being seen as Gotham's true hero, Ivy wants to wipe the city off the face of the Earth for the sake of Mother Nature, and has the ability to do so anytime she wants. |
| 570 | * TheCorrupter: It's because of her that Mary pulls a FaceHeelTurn and becomes the second iteration of Ivy. And she was ''in a coma'' when she did that. |
| 571 | * DatingCatwoman: She dated Renee Montoya back when the two of them were younger, but they developed very different worldviews that set them apart. This motivates Renee to find her in later years, out of guilt for having left her to rot in a sewer for so long. |
| 572 | * DestructiveRomance: It didn't use to be this way, but the moment Ivy was transformed, any moments of nicety she had gave way to a woman who would destroy everything in her path to ensure nature would reign. Montoya is tragically the abused one in the relationship, and though she's well aware of Ivy's faults, she's trying to hunker it out in the hopes that Ivy will change. |
| 573 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Whatever feelings Ivy had for Renee were second only to her crusade, even when Renee revives her over a decade later. |
| 574 | * FateWorseThanDeath: According to Montoya, Ivy was dumped in the sewers by Batman, leaving her with little to no sunlight or water. And this was done at Montoya's own request. |
| 575 | * FieryRedhead: She's a very passionate environmentalist with a very luscious head of red hair. |
| 576 | * FreudianExcuse: In this version, Pam's obsession with plant-based eco-terrorism stems from her family being poisoned by industrial waste in their drinking water, which killed her brother when he was barely 13. Her interest in botany started because her mother turned to herbal remedies to treat her brother's illness since they didn't have health insurance. |
| 577 | * FriendOrIdolDecision: When she goes off to blow up a damn, Renee gives her a choice between continuing her crusade or continuing to be with her. To Renee's regret, she chooses the former. Renee drugs her up and has Batman dump her in a sewer to keep her from doing anything again. |
| 578 | * TheGhost: Her name only appears on a door in Arkham Asylum. Season 3 reveals that Batman dumped her into a sewer at Montoya's request, keeping her in a place lacking sunlight and water so she can't threaten Gotham again. As such, she starts to influence the actions of others around her. But then, partway through Season 3, she's woken up... |
| 579 | * GodzillaThreshold: Her reign of terror evidently got so bad that Montoya asked Batman to stuff her in the darkest corner of the sewer so she couldn't get access to light or water. Said act was her planning on blowing up a damn, which would have flooded the city and killed thousands in the process. |
| 580 | * HiddenDepths: Before she was mutated, Isley was a very big baseball fan. |
| 581 | * HighSchoolSweethearts: More like College Sweethearts, but Ivy and Montoya met and fell in love while attending university. |
| 582 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Courtesy of her vines, many of Ivy's victims end up this way. |
| 583 | * {{Irony}}: Nearly all of her iterations spend ages trying to get Harley to leave The Joker because he was being abusive to her, but it took her years to listen because she was so madly in love with him. This version is being the abusive one, and Montoya won't leave her because she's so madly in love with the person she used to be. |
| 584 | * InsaneTrollLogic: After her mutation, she started fighting her crusade because she believed plants couldn't fight for themselves. |
| 585 | * InterspeciesRomance: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but Ivy is a mutated plant-metahuman hybrid in a toxic relationship with the human Renee Montoya. |
| 586 | * ItIsBeyondSaving: She views Gotham as irredeemable, and part of her plan to destroy it via a BigDamPlot is so it can be purged of those harming nature. |
| 587 | * KarmaHoudini: After her plans are stopped, Renee works out a deal for herself and Pamela with Sophie, allowing the two lovers to go into exile on Coryana. |
| 588 | * MsFanservice: True to form, Ivy has a very flattering figure highlighted by skintight clothing. |
| 589 | * MythologyGag: |
| 590 | ** Ivy's outfit is a more modest version of her outfit from ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', as noted by the red jacket. The rest of the area that was exposed in that game is covered by a green, leather outfit, though she has fake vines on there to further homage the design. |
| 591 | ** When she's placed in suspended animation, her skin turns a pale green, like some of her iterations are colored. |
| 592 | * OffscreenVillainy: We never get to see her shenanigans on-screen prior to Season 3 of ''Batwoman''. |
| 593 | * OutsideContextProblem: She is one of the few surviving members of Batman's rogues gallery who has real, honest-to-God superpowers, and even he struggled to come up with a way to stop her. This also makes her far more dangerous to Batwoman than Alice and Black Mask ever did, as they're actually dealing with a metahuman rather than a BadassNormal. |
| 594 | * PlantPerson: Though unseen for most of the series prior to Season 3, a conversation between Alice and Safiyah confirms that Ivy has control over powerful (and dangerously fast-growing) plants. The ending of Season 2 shows her plants escaping from a capsule and growing widely out of control, hinting at her return, and Season 3 shows her influencing Mary Hamilton into becoming her successor. Conversations with Montoya also confirm she follows her comic counterpart's origin into being mutated into this trope. Then she actually shows up in the flesh, and demonstrates this power to its full extent. |
| 595 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Her debut episode features a great deal of lillies -- the symbol of forgiveness. |
| 596 | * TruerToTheText: Compared to her last TV appearance on ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', she's depicted closer to her comics counterpart's origin of an eco-terrorist mutated by a mad scientist into a PlantPerson rather than being a little girl subjected to a PlotRelevantAgeUp. |
| 597 | * UnseenNoMore: After a few mentions throughout the show, she finally shows up in the flesh in the middle of Season 3. |
| 598 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: She was actually a nice person before she was mutated into Ivy. |
| 599 | * VillainHasAPoint: She isn't wrong that the environment is being trashed; she is wrong in her way about going around trying to fix it. |
| 600 | * VineTentacles: Can use her vines as whips. |
| 601 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She wants a better environment for plant life to flourish in, and will go to any lengths necessary to achieve it. |
| 602 | * TheWorfEffect: Subjects Team Batwoman to this compared to their other rogues. Alice was a dangerous psychopath, and Black Mask was a ManipulativeBastard, but neither of them had powers; she's nowhere near her enemies, and yet comes dangerously close to killing them several times while they're trying to hunt her down. The only reason she doesn't kill them is because [[WorfHadTheFlu she's not up to full strength]]. |
| 603 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Her actress is 39 years old, but she appears to be in her mid 20s. {{Justified|Trope}} to an extent, as she was placed in suspended animation by Montoya for at least 11 years. |
| 604 | [[/folder]] |
| 605 | |
| 606 | [[folder:Basil Karlo / Clayface]] |
| 607 | !! Basil Karlo / Clayface |
| 608 | !!! '''Species:''' Metahuman |
| 609 | |
| 610 | An inmate at Arkham Asylum. |
| 611 | |
| 612 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page for False Face, the Earth-66 character who bears his name and comic book connections. |
| 613 | -> see Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths page to see the Earth-99 character who bears his codename and background |
| 614 | -> see Characters/BirdsOfPrey2002 page to see the Earth-203 character who bears his codename and background |
| 615 | ---- |
| 616 | * AlternateSelf: He has one on Earth-66, Earth-99, and Earth-203. |
| 617 | * TheGhost: His name only appears on a door in Arkham Aslym. |
| 618 | * OffscreenVillainy: We never get to see his shenanigans on-screen. |
| 619 | * PragmaticAdaptation: He will appear in a tie-in comic to the series, ''Earth Prime'', and not the show itself, presumably due to the expense of depicting his powers in live action. |
| 620 | [[/folder]] |
| 621 | |
| 622 | [[folder:Edward Nygma / The Riddler]] |
| 623 | !! Edward Nygma / The Riddler |
| 624 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 625 | |
| 626 | An inmate at Arkham Asylum, who's obsessed with riddles and puzzles. |
| 627 | |
| 628 | -> see Characters/Titans2018Villains page to see the Earth-9 character who bears his name and background |
| 629 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page to see the Earth-66 character who bears his name and background |
| 630 | -> see Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesVillains page to see the Earth-97 character who bears his name and background |
| 631 | -> see Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths page to see the Earth-99 character who bears his name and background |
| 632 | -> see Characters/DCEUGothamUnderworld page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears his name and background |
| 633 | ---- |
| 634 | * AlternateSelf: On Earth-9, Earth-66, Earth-89, Earth-99, and in the DCEU. |
| 635 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: His Earth-99 counterpart was killed by a murderous Bruce Wayne. |
| 636 | * ExpyCoexistence: Arthur Brown, alias Cluemaster, acts in a very similar manner to him, right down to his gimmicks, yet both parties exist in the series (with Riddler being TheGhost as of now). |
| 637 | * GreenEyedMonster: Cluemaster claims Riddler is this of him (though it's implied it's the other way around). |
| 638 | * TheGhost: His name only appears on a door in Arkham Aslym, along with the mention that Enigma is his daughter. |
| 639 | * MythologyGag: It's thanks to him that Tommy Elliot learns that Bruce Wayne and Batman are one and the same, as with the original story. |
| 640 | * OffscreenVillainy: We never get to see his shenanigans on-screen. One such action was discovering Bruce Wayne was Batman for Tommy Elliot. |
| 641 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Enigma, who is his daughter, was killed by Ocean, while every mention of and allusion to the Riddler suggests he's alive. |
| 642 | * OneSteveLimit: He's the third Edward in the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'', after Edward "Eddie" Thawne and Edward Clarriss. |
| 643 | * RiddleMeThis: Nygma's whole gimmick is his obsession with riddles, and a compulsion to leave them for the police and vigilantes. Right outside his cell in Arkham "What's Black and Blue and Red all over?" is written on the wall. |
| 644 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He hasn't even appeared, but it's thanks to him that Tommy Elliot knows Bruce Wayne is Batman, which influences and fuels his crimes. Being the father of Enigma also gave Black Mask a key ally in his efforts to take over Gotham. |
| 645 | [[/folder]] |
| 646 | |
| 647 | [[folder:Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow]] |
| 648 | !! Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow |
| 649 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 650 | |
| 651 | An inmate at Arkham Asylum, notorious for his use of fear toxin. |
| 652 | -> see Characters/Titans2018Villains page to see the Earth-9 character who bears his name and background |
| 653 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page to see the Earth-66 character who bears his name and background |
| 654 | -> see Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesSupportingCharacters page to see the Earth-97 character who bears his name |
| 655 | ---- |
| 656 | * AlternateSelf: He has one on Earth-9 and Earth-66. |
| 657 | * TheGhost: His name only appears on some vials of fear toxin, and it's mentioned he was a colleague of August Cartwright. His fear toxin does play a role in the second season, being used to make the drug Snakebite, but he hasn't shown up thus far. |
| 658 | * MythologyGag: Him doing something to the city's trains references ''Film/BatmanBegins'', where he used his fear gas to cause enough chaos that would distract the city from Ra's Al Ghul's plans to use the train lines to transport and detonate a bomb that would take out the city. |
| 659 | * OffscreenVillainy: We never get to see his shenanigans on-screen, though apparently he tried something involving the Gotham trains that prompted them to switch to a supposedly-unhackable analog system. |
| 660 | * SupernaturalFearInducer: His infamous fear toxin is a ''biochemical'' fear inducer. It appears before he does, including as part of a drug called "Snakebite" that the False Face Society is distributing. However, unlike his version of the drug, which makes people see their worst fears, it's been modified to make people live out their greatest regrets, only being changed to where it plays out in a much more positive way. Mix it up incorrectly, and it turns people into [[ImAHumanitarian cannibals]]. It can also be used to control the rage induced by Venom, or, as Mary finds out, restore missing memories. |
| 661 | [[/folder]] |
| 662 | |
| 663 | [[folder:Waylon Jones / Killer Croc]] |
| 664 | !! Waylon Jones / Killer Croc |
| 665 | !!! '''Species:''' Metahuman |
| 666 | |
| 667 | A former wrestler turned into a reptilian behemoth by a disease, and part of Batman's Rogues' Gallery. |
| 668 | |
| 669 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page to see the Earth-66 character who bears his name and background |
| 670 | -> see Characters/DCEUTaskForceXOriginalTeam page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears his name and background |
| 671 | ---- |
| 672 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: The comic-book version of Croc was born with scales, but this version used to have a more human appearance before contracting a disease that changed him. |
| 673 | * AdaptationalSympathy: From what little is spoken of him, his condition drove him into becoming a monster, leading Batman to take pity on him and try to find a cure. Most other Crocs usually have this aspect to their characterization, but some are perfectly fine with being a monster and seek no cure, while others were stuck with this mutation since childbirth. |
| 674 | * AlternateSelf: He has a counterpart on Earth-66 and in the DCEU. |
| 675 | * BitByBitTransformation: His mutation occurred over several weeks, slowly taking the human side of him away. |
| 676 | * DeathByAdaptation: He's one of the few Crocs who wind up dead, unlike other iterations who've held on as long as Batman himself. |
| 677 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: According to Luke, he was killed when the GCPD blew up a tunnel around him. |
| 678 | * TheGhost: Kate humorously namedrops him while discussing Batwoman in bed with Reagan. |
| 679 | * ScaryTeeth: One of his dangerously sharp teeth were kept in cold storage in the Batcave. |
| 680 | * WasOnceAMan: This version of Waylon actually looked human once, before a disease gave him scales, claws, and jaws. |
| 681 | [[/folder]] |
| 682 | |
| 683 | [[folder:Maxie Zeus]] |
| 684 | !! Maxie Zeus |
| 685 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 686 | |
| 687 | An inmate at Arkham Asylum. |
| 688 | ---- |
| 689 | * TheGhost: His name only appears on a newspaper clipping in the Batcave about his capture. |
| 690 | * OffscreenVillainy: We never get to see his shenanigans on-screen. |
| 691 | [[/folder]] |
| 692 | |
| 693 | [[folder:The Penny Plunderer]] |
| 694 | !! The Penny Plunderer |
| 695 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 696 | |
| 697 | An inmate at Arkham Asylum. |
| 698 | ---- |
| 699 | * TheGhost: His name only appears on a newspaper clipping in the Batcave about his capture. |
| 700 | * OffscreenVillainy: We never get to see his shenanigans on-screen. |
| 701 | [[/folder]] |
| 702 | |
| 703 | [[folder:Nora Fries]] |
| 704 | !!Nora Fries |
| 705 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 706 | !!! '''Played By:''' Cassandra Jean Amell |
| 707 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/ArrowS7E9ElseworldsHourTwo Elseworlds, Part 2]]" (''Arrow'' 7x9) |
| 708 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Elseworlds|2018}}'' [[note]](''Series/{{Arrow}}'')[[/note]] |
| 709 | |
| 710 | Victor Fries's wife, who escaped during a mass release of prisoners in Arkham Asylum. She needs to stay exposed to extreme cold or she'll die. |
| 711 | -> see Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCitizens page for the post-Crisis Earth-Prime character who bears her name and background |
| 712 | -> see Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesSupportingCharacters page to see the Earth-97 character who bears her name and background |
| 713 | ---- |
| 714 | * AbledInTheAdaptation: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Nora Fries is [[DependingOnTheWriter bedridden/in a coma]] and is dependent on life-support in the comic books and in several adaptations. Here, she can still live like normal as long as she's exposed to extreme cold. |
| 715 | * AdaptationalBadass: An ImpliedTrope. In the comic books, she's extremely ill. Here, she's seen imprisoned along with many of the infamous members of Batman's RoguesGallery. However, she did have extremely powerful metahuman abilities as Lazara. |
| 716 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics, Nora's powers as Lazara are fire-based, in contrast to her husband's ice-themed abilities. Here, she seems to have the same condition as he, and needs to be in extreme cold. (This became RetCanon when ''ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain'' reinvented her as "Mrs Freeze".) |
| 717 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Nora Fries is usually a good woman whose condition became her husband's reason for his StartOfDarkness. Here, she follows the storyline in the ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'' story arc ''[[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Destruction's Daughter]]'', in which she did became a supervillain. |
| 718 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Blonde in the comics, depicted as brunette here. |
| 719 | * DistaffCounterpart: It's obvious she's meant to be a female stand-in for the classic Mr. Freeze. |
| 720 | * FreezeRay: She takes her husband's after escaping Arkham Asylum. It's packs enough of a punch to send Killer Frost flying. |
| 721 | * AnIcePerson: She needs to be exposed to extreme cold or she'll die; she makes off with her husband's ice gun during the Elseworlds crossover. |
| 722 | * OneSteveLimit: She's the fourth Nora in the Series/{{Arrowverse}} after Nora Allen, Nora Darhk, and Nora West-Allen. |
| 723 | * RetGone: This version of Nora seems to have been erased from reality during the Crisis, as a different, older Nora has since appeared on ''Batwoman''. |
| 724 | [[/folder]] |
| 725 | |
| 726 | [[folder:Bane]] |
| 727 | !!Bane |
| 728 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 729 | |
| 730 | An old foe of Batman's, who uses a super-steroid substance. |
| 731 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page to see the Earth-66 character who bears his name and background |
| 732 | -> see Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesVillains page to see the Earth-97 character who bears his name and background |
| 733 | ---- |
| 734 | * AlternateSelf: He has counterparts on Earth-66 and Earth-89. |
| 735 | * FantasticDrug: His Venom, which he uses to increase his strength. His feeding tubes are seen on display in the Batcave. |
| 736 | * TheGhost: He hasn't appeared in the flesh as of yet. |
| 737 | * MythologyGag: During the ''Elseworlds'' crossover event, a mask based on his iteration from ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' is seen in the Arkham evidence room. |
| 738 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Not him so much as his Venom, which turns out to be the key to saving Kate Kane from being brainwashed. |
| 739 | * UnstoppableRage: His Venom can trigger this in its users, which requires Snakebite to keep it under control. |
| 740 | [[/folder]] |
| 741 | |
| 742 | [[folder:Jervis Tetch / Mad Hatter]] |
| 743 | !!Mad Hatter |
| 744 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 745 | |
| 746 | An former neuroscientist who used mind-controls hats to make people do whatever he wanted. |
| 747 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page to see the Earth-66 character who bears his name and background |
| 748 | -> see Characters/DCEUGothamUnderworld page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears his name and background |
| 749 | ---- |
| 750 | * AlternateSelf: Other versions of him exist on Earth-66 and in the DCEU. |
| 751 | * DeathByAdaptation: An article in the ''Gotham Gazette" revealed he passed in 2021, in contrast to other Hatters who are still operating. |
| 752 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: He turned to crime because he felt the world wasn't listening to him. |
| 753 | * TheGhost: Has yet to appear in the show proper. It's later revealed that he died in 2021. |
| 754 | * TheMadHatter: The TropeNamer, as evidenced by his hat. |
| 755 | * MindControl: His modus operandi, which he implemented courtesy of his hat. |
| 756 | [[/folder]] |
| 757 | |
| 758 | [[folder:Condiment King]] |
| 759 | !!Condiment King |
| 760 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 761 | One of Batman's old foes, who used condiments as a weapon. |
| 762 | ---- |
| 763 | * AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if he's operating at the time, or if this Condiment King was either Mitchell Mayo or Buddy Standler. |
| 764 | * CanonImmigrant: From ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', who had made the jump to comics prior to this series. |
| 765 | * TheGhost: He hasn't shown up yet. |
| 766 | * HarmlessVillain: You wouldn't exactly be the most dangerous threat to Gotham if you used a condiment gun, though it was dangerous enough that Batman had it confiscated. |
| 767 | * OffscreenVillainy: The audience has yet to [[{{Pun}} ketchup]] on whatever Condiment King was doing prior to the start of the series. |
| 768 | [[/folder]] |
| 769 | |
| 770 | [[folder:Phantasm]] |
| 771 | !!Phantasm |
| 772 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 773 | One of Batman's old foes, who wore a frightening mask. |
| 774 | ---- |
| 775 | * AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if this Andrea Beaumont, someone else in the mask, or if the character is even operating at the time. |
| 776 | * CanonImmigrant: From ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'', although the character had appeared in Tom King's run in the comics prior to this series. |
| 777 | * TheGhost: We haven't seen the Phantasm in action. |
| 778 | * MythologyGag: The trophy Batman has of this particular foe is the ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Mask of]]'' ''[[{{Pun}} the Phantasm]]''. |
| 779 | * OffscreenVillainy: Whatever crimes Phantasm has committed have yet to come to light. |
| 780 | [[/folder]] |
| 781 | |
| 782 | [[folder:Selina Kyle / Catwoman]] |
| 783 | !!Catwoman |
| 784 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 785 | |
| 786 | A notorious cat-burglar and former flame of Batman's. |
| 787 | -> see Characters/Titans2018Villains page to see her Earth-9 character who bears her name and background |
| 788 | -> see Characters/Batman1966RoguesGallery page to see the Earth-66 character who bears her name and background |
| 789 | -> see Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesVillains page to see the Earth-89 character who bears her name and background |
| 790 | -> see Characters/BirdsOfPrey2002 for the Earth-203 character who bears her name and background |
| 791 | ---- |
| 792 | * ClassyCatBurglar: It wouldn't be Catwoman otherwise. |
| 793 | * DatingCatwoman: [[TropeNamer True to form]], she and Batman had a fling. |
| 794 | * TheGhost: Hasn't shown up as of yet. |
| 795 | * NotMeThisTime: When a male stripper is found tied up in a garage with multiple whips, Catwoman is the first suspect. Alice is able to deduce that's not the case, pointing to The Flamingo as the true culprit. |
| 796 | * TakeThat: When discussing Batman and Catwoman's relationship, Alice has some naughty thoughts of what they were doing together, remarking "Heroes don't do that". This mocks DC executives preventing the writing team of ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn'' from allowing a scene where Batman preforms cunnilingus on Catwoman -- the quote in question coming from their reasoning as to why they wouldn't allow said scene. |
| 797 | [[/folder]] |
| 798 | |
| 799 | [[folder:The Whip]] |
| 800 | !!The Whip |
| 801 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 802 | |
| 803 | A small-time criminal who uses whips. |
| 804 | ---- |
| 805 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Most Whips are good guys (aside from the assassin version), whereas this one is a criminal. |
| 806 | * AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear which of the Whips (Don Fernando Suarez, Johnny Lash, Rodrigo Gaynor, Shelly Gaynor, or the unknown assassin) this iteration is. |
| 807 | * TheGhost: Hasn't been seen as of yet. |
| 808 | * NotMeThisTime: Is the suspect in the death of a male stripper, but Alice rules Whip out. |
| 809 | [[/folder]] |
| 810 | |
| 811 | [[folder:Flamingo]] |
| 812 | !!Flamingo |
| 813 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 814 | |
| 815 | A small-time criminal. |
| 816 | ---- |
| 817 | * TheGhost: He hasn't popped up on screen yet. |
| 818 | * NoodleIncident: He randomly kills a male stripper, but it's not clear as to why he did it. |
| 819 | [[/folder]] |
| 820 | |
| 821 | |
| 822 | !Independent Criminals |
| 823 | [[folder:Marc Guggenheim]] |
| 824 | !! Marc Guggenheim |
| 825 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 826 | ---- |
| 827 | * TheGhost: His name only appears on a door in Arkham Asylum. |
| 828 | * OffscreenVillainy: We never get to see his shenanigans on-screen. |
| 829 | * TakeThat: A criminal named after the comic book writer and former ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' showrunner. He did write the third part of ''Elseworlds'', though, so it may have been more of a friendly rib. |
| 830 | * {{Tuckerization}}: As mentioned above, he's directly named after the comic writer and former ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' showrunner, who also wrote the third hour of ''Elseworlds'', coincidentally. |
| 831 | [[/folder]] |
| 832 | |
| 833 | [[folder:Roger Hayden / The Psycho-Pirate]] |
| 834 | !! Roger Hayden / The Psycho-Pirate |
| 835 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elseworlds_psycho_pirate.jpg]] |
| 836 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 837 | !!! '''Played By:''' Bob Frazer |
| 838 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/ArrowS7E9ElseworldsHourTwo Elseworlds, Part 2]]" (''Arrow'' 7x9) |
| 839 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Elseworlds|2018}}'' [[note]](''Series/{{Arrow}}'' | ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'')[[/note]] |
| 840 | ->''"Don't worry, Doctor. Everything is as it should be. The stage is set. Worlds will live. Worlds will die. And the universe will never be the same."'' |
| 841 | |
| 842 | An Arkham inmate, who has some connection with the Monitor. |
| 843 | ---- |
| 844 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: His mask doesn't appear to do anything, as opposed to the comics, where the Medusa Mask can make anyone who sees it feel any emotion. When the mask later pops up on ''Series/TheFlash2014'', it's later revealed to be a PsychologicalTormentZone that traps its victims into a horrific mind-scape while it feeds off of them. |
| 845 | * AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, his Medusa Mask can make anyone feel any emotion, including fear. In the show, even after he puts on the mask, he doesn't seem to have any powers. But the final minutes of ''Elseworlds'' heavily imply there is far more to him than meets the eye. |
| 846 | * DemotedToExtra: Sits out the ''Crisis'' event despite being an integral character in the original version. His mask, however, plays a small role in the seventh season of ''Series/TheFlash2014''. |
| 847 | * MythologyGag: He is used to tease the crossover for ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' as he was a very significant character in the comic arc. Yet he had [[AdaptedOut no part]] in the Arrowverse crossover special. |
| 848 | [[/folder]] |
| 849 | |
| 850 | [[folder:Tommy Elliot / Hush]] |
| 851 | !!Tommy Elliot / Hush |
| 852 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tommy_elliot.png]] |
| 853 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hush_2_6.jpg]] |
| 854 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Hush..."'']] |
| 855 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him with his new face on]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tommy_elliot_as_bruce_wayne_2.jpg]][[/labelnote]] |
| 856 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 857 | !!! '''Played By:''' Creator/GabrielMann, Warren Christie |
| 858 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E3DownDownDown Down Down Down]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x3) |
| 859 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 860 | |
| 861 | Bruce Wayne's childhood friend turned real estate magnate. |
| 862 | ---- |
| 863 | * AdaptationalDumbass: Comics Hush was a skilled surgeon, as well as a capable [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] and master manipulator who can give Batman a run for his money. This one has no medical training (making him unable to change his own appearance and dependent on Alice to get a new face after he lets her remove his), and only ''thinks'' he's an intellectual equal of Batman. |
| 864 | * AdaptationalJobChange: From surgeon to real estate developer. |
| 865 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the comics and their adaptations, Hush is usually a BitchInSheepsClothing in his public persona and a dangerous KnightOfCerebus in his villainous alter ego. Here he's just an all around {{Jerkass}}. |
| 866 | * AdaptationalWimp: In addition to the above, Hush was an ArcVillain and TheChessmaster in his debut story arc. Here he's just a VillainOfTheWeek that's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is. Even after [[TookALevelInBadass upping his villain cred]] later in the season, he's not much more than a glorified attack dog for Alice and Mouse, doing their dirty work rather than acting out any plans of his own. Then, once Ryan gets the drop on him, he's taken down in a few seconds flat. |
| 867 | * AxCrazy: As Hush, he coldly guns down random people just for the hell of it. |
| 868 | * BandagedFace: After becoming Hush, though unlike his comics' counterpart, this one actually needs the bandages; they cover his skinned face in lieu of the new one Alice promised. |
| 869 | * ChekhovsGunman: Initially portrayed as a VillainOfTheWeek in the third episode, he returns late in the first season and has a far more pivotal role in the StoryArc, including even in the backstory as it ultimately turns out. |
| 870 | * ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: He does not take on the Hush persona. Yet. He finally gets it at "A Secret Kept from All the Rest". |
| 871 | * CompensatingForSomething: He gives [[Characters/SaturdayNightLive Guy Who Just Bought a Boat]] a run for his money for world's tiniest package. |
| 872 | * ConnectedAllAlong: In Season 3, Sophie learns that Gotham's elite founded a secret underground organization to treat their children for psychological conditions away from the public eye in order to avoid a PR disaster, and that Elliot was the catalyst for it. |
| 873 | * CurbStompCushion: He gives a surprisingly good fight to Kate, indicating he’s somewhat of a BadassNormal. Still no match for Batwoman of course. And when Ryan takes up the mantle, he gets knocked down flat to the point his ''face falls off''. |
| 874 | * DecompositeCharacter: He's not a surgeon like in the comics and thus can't perform MagicPlasticSurgery himself, but that trope ''is'' still in play in the series thanks to Alice, who herself learned it from August Cartwright. |
| 875 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: As Hush, he works with Alice, but he doesn't care about her plans and only helps her because he expects to get something out of it. |
| 876 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Averted. He ''hates'' his mother, and Batman having saved her life is part of his main reason for turning to villainy. |
| 877 | * EvilFormerFriend: To [[TheGhost Bruce]], though it’s implied Tommy has always been like this. |
| 878 | * EvilIsPetty: He takes glee in one-upping Bruce in petty ways such as building a bigger building than him. |
| 879 | * FalseFriend: It's heavily hinted that Tommy was never a genuine friend to Bruce. |
| 880 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: His entire motivation revolves around proving he's better than Bruce Wayne. |
| 881 | * {{Jerkass}}: A monumental one; Tommy is elitist, sexist, self-aggrandizing, smarmy, rude, and insufferable, and that's ''without'' taking his criminal behavior into account. Exactly no one has shown a willingness to put up with the guy any longer than they have to. |
| 882 | * KryptoniteRing: Tommy steals a Batsuit-piercing rail gun from Wayne Tech and still fails to take Kate down. |
| 883 | * MagicPlasticSurgery: Alice changes his face to resemble Bruce Wayne's. |
| 884 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: His BandagedFace appearance, while necessary to cover up his lack of an actual face, definitely gives off this vibe. |
| 885 | * MythologyGag: In his first in-person appearance, he shushes (or rather ''hushes'') Kate. |
| 886 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He's misogynist and classist, making sexist remarks towards Kate and dismissing the lives of working class people. |
| 887 | * PutOnAPrisonBus: At the start of Season 2, his entire plan to pose as Bruce Wayne and take over Gotham falls apart when Ryan puts on the suit for the first time and flattens him outright. Not only does his face get smacked off, he's carted away to Arkham, and hasn't been heard from since. |
| 888 | * SelfMadeOrphan: He arranged the "accident" that killed his father and would have killed his mother (if it weren't for that meddling Batman). |
| 889 | * ShadyRealEstateAgent: Even from his TV ad alone it's [[ObviouslyEvil easy to tell]] this guy is a scumbag. |
| 890 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Tommy claims that he taught Bruce everything he knows, such as his multiple languages, but the fact that this version of Tommy needs Alice to coordinate his efforts to be any kind of threat to Batwoman says it all about his actual ability. |
| 891 | * SmugSnake: Even being carted away to Arkham, he still acts supremely arrogant. |
| 892 | * TheSociopath: He has zero empathy, a grandiose self-image, and can only fake human decency. |
| 893 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: After some time in Arkham, Tommy's fixation on Bruce goes from hatred to a delusional belief that the two of them are best friends. |
| 894 | * StarterVillain: What he ends up being for Season 2, with Ryan taking him down relatively easily despite her minimal experience in the suit. |
| 895 | * TookALevelInBadass: As Hush, Tommy is a lot more dangerous, doing all of his own (and Alice's) legwork, although he still has a ways to go before he poses a serious threat to the likes of Batwoman in a fight. |
| 896 | * UnknownRival: He fancies himself an ArchEnemy and EvilCounterpart to both Bruce and Batman. Odds are Bruce has no idea that his old pal Tommy is now a villain. |
| 897 | * UpperClassTwit: He’s wealthy and frequently makes an ass of himself. |
| 898 | [[/folder]] |
| 899 | |
| 900 | [[folder:August Cartwright]] |
| 901 | !! August Cartwright |
| 902 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/august_cartwright.png]] |
| 903 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 904 | !!! '''Played By:''' John Emmet Tracy, Creator/SebastianRoche (as Dr. Ethan Campbell) |
| 905 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E5MineIsALongAndASadTale Mine Is a Long And a Sad Tale]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x5) |
| 906 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 907 | |
| 908 | The man who abducted Beth Kane. He collects human faces in an attempt to repair his son Johnny's deformed face. |
| 909 | ---- |
| 910 | * AbusiveParents: He was controlling and emotionally abusive towards his son. When they meet again years later, Mouse explicitly describes his father as his abuser. |
| 911 | * AssholeVictim: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Kate accidentally kills him in a fit of rage, but while Jacob and Alice point out that he was a horrible man that deserved no sympathy, this fact doesn't absolve Kate of her guilt. |
| 912 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He kills a kitten with his ''bare hands'', despite Jonathan and Beth's pleas for him to simply let it go. |
| 913 | * BigBadEnsemble: He's this to season one of ''Batwoman'' alongside the BigBadDuumvirate of his son and Alice, both of whom he [[CreateYourownVillain made evil]] in the first place. However, he [[DiscOneFinalBoss bites it in Episode 15]]. |
| 914 | * DecompositeCharacter: While his son is strongly implied right from the get-go to be the ''Arrowverse'' equivalent of Batman enemy Jane Doe, it eventually becomes clear that Cartwright is ''also'' a take on the character, particularly given the character's traditional KillAndReplace M.O. |
| 915 | * EntitledBastard: Cartwright believes with all of his heart that he deserves nothing but praise and prestige despite his horrific actions, which is why he stole Ethan Campbell's identity. Even when at the mercy of two people who have more reason than any to want him dead, Cartwright's idea of a fair deal is one where he's not only spared, but allowed to go free. |
| 916 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His crimes are committed out of a twisted desire to heal his son's face. He also loved his mother. |
| 917 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Even he seemed to be somewhat disturbed by his mother's cruelty. |
| 918 | * ExtremeDoormat: To his mother, Mabel. Despite her less than stellar parenting, he always tried to cave to her demands and never spoke out against her, especially after she moved in and targeted Alice. |
| 919 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He can appear kind and mild-mannered, but is actually cold to anyone but his son, and fully willing to kill if necessary. |
| 920 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: He is usually seen wearing a menacing pair of specs, befitting of him being a MadDoctor. Interestingly, while he still wears glasses in the present day while assuming the false identity of Ethan Campbell, when he reveals his true face he appears to no longer wear them. |
| 921 | * HateSink: Everything about this man is absolutely despicable. As if kidnapping an innocent girl and holding her captive for years wasn't enough, he even kills Beth's pet kitten right in front of her. It’s little wonder poor Beth became so crazy, turning into Alice. |
| 922 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: He appears to have gotten his sociopathy from his mother. |
| 923 | * KillAndReplace: It's heavily implied that Cartwright murdered the real Ethan Campbell in order to steal his life and get the praise and laurels he thinks he deserves. |
| 924 | * KnightOfCerebus: While other villains in the show are often portrayed in a whimsical or flamboyant manner, August has no such attributes and instantly darkens any scene he appears in due to his no-nonsense demeanor and seemingly boundless cruelty. |
| 925 | * MommyIssues: PlayedForHorror. As shown in flashbacks in "Off With Your Head", his mother Mabel was a real piece of work who mistreated her son and constantly demanded things from him. Despite this, Cartwright tried to please her to avoid invoking her wrath, even insisting (albeit feebly) to an abused Alice that his mother doesn't hate her and striking her when she insulted the woman. He also couldn't outright refuse giving Gabi Kane's face to Mabel to help her regain her youth despite knowing it wouldn't work. However, it's implied that he also secretly resented his mother, since he doesn't seem too bothered by her murder and tries blaming Alice's entire SanitySlippage on her. |
| 926 | * MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: His full name, including title, is given as '''Dr.''' August Cartwright, and he's obviously up to no good. It's somewhat implied the doctorate is related to the medical field, given his experiments on human skin. |
| 927 | * NeverMyFault: He blames Alice for Mouse turning on him, disregarding his own horrific actions. He also blames Alice's condition solely on his mother, once again ignoring his own horrific actions. |
| 928 | * NoodleIncident: Apparently at one point in his life, he was colleagues with ''The Scarecrow''. |
| 929 | * PredecessorVillain: It's strongly implied his horrific actions in the past are what molded both his son and Beth into the violent criminals they are today, even if they seemed to be born out of a twisted kind of love for Jonathan to begin with. Also overlaps with VillainousLegacy. This is eventually {{subverted|Trope}} when it's revealed he's also alive and well in the present day, and is the BigBadEnsemble of season 1 alongside Alice and Mouse. |
| 930 | * TheSociopath: Cartwright has no empathy, not even for his own son, whom he claims to love. He also has no problem kidnapping, abusing, or manipulating children, and believes that he deserves nothing but praise and prestige for his horrible deeds. |
| 931 | * VoiceChangeling: He's capable of this just like his son, implying the ability is genetic. However, he doesn't make use of it nearly as often. |
| 932 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He was active 15 years ago, but his whereabouts in the present day haven't been revealed. It turns out he had previously [[FakingTheDead faked his death]] and had lived under the assumed identity of Ethan Campbell, using a [[LatexPerfection lifelike mask]] he had made. |
| 933 | * WouldHurtAChild: What makes him so despicable is the depths of physical and psychological trauma he inflicts on poor Beth, and to a somewhat lesser extent his own son. He also threatens to kill the young Kate (along with Jacob) when the two come searching his house for Beth. |
| 934 | [[/folder]] |
| 935 | |
| 936 | [[folder:Margot / Magpie]] |
| 937 | !! Margot / Magpie |
| 938 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magpie__batwoman.jpg]] |
| 939 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/margaret_2.png]] |
| 940 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 941 | !!! '''Played By:''' Rachel Matthews |
| 942 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E4WhoAreYou Who Are You?]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x4) |
| 943 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 944 | |
| 945 | A photographer hired by Gotham City's museum, Margot's obsession with valuables slowly turns her into a jewel thief. |
| 946 | ---- |
| 947 | * BoobyTrap: Margot rigs her secret workspace with a bomb if the room temperature is above a certain threshold. |
| 948 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Shiny, shiny." |
| 949 | * CelebrityParadox: ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'' jokes often come up when Killer Frost appears. Margot's actress is part of ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'''s voice cast. |
| 950 | * ClassyCatBurglar: Played with - she has a bird motif rather than a cat. |
| 951 | * FemmeFatalons: She has ''extremely'' long nails to simulate bird claws. |
| 952 | * MadBomber: Like her comics counterpart, Margot uses explosives disguised as fake jewelry via 3D printer; she even crafts magpie figures as bombs for weapons. She ends up in Arkham Asylum rather than a regular prison, implying that she does have mental issues. |
| 953 | * MeaningfulName: According to Eurasian folklore, the "magpie" bird is attracted to bright, shiny objects. |
| 954 | * KnightTemplar: She justifies thievery is for the greater good, regardless of lives she might maim or kill, when it's about [[TheSocialDarwinist survival of the fittest]]. |
| 955 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: Magpie made her debut in ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'', where Superman meets Batman for the first time in Gotham City post-ComicBook/{{Crisis|OnInfiniteEarths}}, as part of Batman's RoguesGallery. |
| 956 | * SiblingTeam: [[spoiler:It's later revealed that Reagan is her sister, scouting the places Margot intends to rob.]] |
| 957 | * SymbolMotifClothing: She wears a black outfit with feathers and long claws, and uses magpie-shaped grenades. When she tries stealing a Fabergé egg, Batwoman tells her she's taking the bird theme too far. |
| 958 | [[/folder]] |
| 959 | |
| 960 | [[folder:Stanley Dover]] |
| 961 | --> See the Characters/ArrowverseStarCityIndependentCriminals page |
| 962 | [[/folder]] |
| 963 | |
| 964 | [[folder:Bertrand Eldon / The Executioner]] |
| 965 | !! Bertrand Eldon / The Executioner |
| 966 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/executioner_2.png]] |
| 967 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bertrand_eldon.png]] |
| 968 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 969 | !!! '''Played By:''' Jim Pirri |
| 970 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E6IllBeTheJudgeIllBeTheJury I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x6) |
| 971 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 972 | |
| 973 | A former executioner from Blackgate Penitentiary turned vigilante, who begins killing off Gotham City citizens serving the justice system. |
| 974 | ---- |
| 975 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The comic version of the Executioner broke criminals out of prison and then killed them to claim a reward, while the version seen in ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' was a BrainwashedAndCrazy ex-police captain who killed criminals out of frustration with the broken justice system he was supposed to serve. While still a murderer, this version is only targeting corrupt law enforcement officials who condemned innocent people to death. |
| 976 | * AdaptationNameChange: His name in the comics was Willy Hooker. Here, he's named Bertrand Eldon. |
| 977 | * BoobyTrap: Used twice in his appearance - the first is a jury-rigged set of rifles arranged in a line to mimic a firing squad triggered after opening a door, the second is filling up a locked courtroom with hydrogen cyanide upon his heart rate hitting zero. |
| 978 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: The Executioner uses allegories for the [[HighVoltageDeath electric chair]], [[ShotAtDawn firing squad]] and GasChamber to kill his victims. |
| 979 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: His FreudianExcuse for killing a prosecutor and a police detective - they, along with a presiding judge, framed innocent men to take the fall for murders they didn't commit. He would execute them at Blackgate not knowing they were innocent until he dug into their histories. |
| 980 | * InTheBack: How he meets his end, courtesy of Jacob. |
| 981 | * ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for flipping the switch on innocent victims who were framed by a cabal of corrupt law enforcement officers, openly calling himself a murderer. |
| 982 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Jacob points this out between him and Kate. |
| 983 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His goal is to kill the corrupt men who duped him into executing innocent people. |
| 984 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He appears in one episode, in which he's killed. But since his victims were corrupt city officials, their deaths result in their professional records being scrutinized. Part of that involves a cover-up of Lucius Fox's death, which is a major piece of the second half of season 1. |
| 985 | * VillainHasAPoint: Kate acknowledges that he does have a point about the corrupt justice system and racial profiling. |
| 986 | [[/folder]] |
| 987 | |
| 988 | [[folder:The Rifle]] |
| 989 | !! The Rifle |
| 990 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rifle.jpg]] |
| 991 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 992 | !!! '''Played By:''' Garfield Wilson |
| 993 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E7TellMeTheTruth Tell Me the Truth]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x7) |
| 994 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 995 | |
| 996 | * AceCustom: Wields a heavily customized rifle as his weapon that apparently shoots either unique, hand-crafted or personalized ammunition. |
| 997 | * AdaptationalExpansion: Pretty much by default, since his comic counterpart appeared for literally only one panel and a brief caption box. |
| 998 | * BaldOfEvil: He's a ruthless killer with a shiny pate. |
| 999 | * ColdSniper: Take a wild guess at how he got his name. |
| 1000 | * GenderFlip: A woman in the comics, a man on the show. |
| 1001 | * ProfessionalKiller: How he earns his keep. |
| 1002 | * RaceLift: An Iranian woman in the comics, a black man on the show. |
| 1003 | [[/folder]] |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | [[folder:Reggie Harris]] |
| 1006 | !! Reggie Harris |
| 1007 | [[quoteright:313:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reggie_4.jpg]] |
| 1008 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1009 | !!! '''Played By:''' Seth Whittaker |
| 1010 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E10HowQueerEverythingIsToday How Queer Everything Is Today!]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x10) |
| 1011 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1012 | |
| 1013 | An inmate of Blackgate Penitentiary, who was convicted of shooting Lucius Fox years ago. |
| 1014 | ---- |
| 1015 | * BigDamnHeroes: Saves Jacob from being killed by Dodgson. |
| 1016 | * FallGuy: He's framed for Lucius Fox's murder. |
| 1017 | * FalseConfession: What he was apparently coerced to by corrupt Crow agents. |
| 1018 | * ScaryBlackMan: Has a very imposing stature and isn't afraid to try and pick a fight with Jacob. |
| 1019 | * ShaggyDogStory: After just getting released, he is shot by an assassin, possible due to knowing too much about the true circumstances of Lucius Fox's murder. |
| 1020 | * WildCard: While he does save Jacob, he doesn't do it out of altruistic reasons, as evidenced by his hostile behaviour towards him earlier, he rather just expects him to repay the favour later. |
| 1021 | * YankTheDogsChain: After spending four years rotting in Blackgate for a crime he didn't commit, he is finally granted a retrial and released from prison on his own recognizance. He doesn't even get to enjoy his freedom for a full day before he is murdered by an assassin paid off by Lucius' real killer. |
| 1022 | [[/folder]] |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | [[folder:Natalia Knight / Nocturna]] |
| 1025 | !! Natalia Knight / Nocturna |
| 1026 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1027 | !!! '''Played By:''' Creator/KaylaEwell |
| 1028 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E13DrinkMe Drink Me]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x13) |
| 1029 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1030 | |
| 1031 | A woman with Porphyria who adopts a vampiric persona to drain people of blood to help mitigate her illness. |
| 1032 | ---- |
| 1033 | * AdaptationalMundanity: She's an actual supernatural vampire in the Batwoman comics, but in the show suffers from porphyria. She wears fang implants that she uses to inject victims with ketamine to sedate them. |
| 1034 | * AdaptationalWimp: Her comic version was able to control Kate with hypnotism and emotional manipulation, but here she has no special powers and Kate firmly rejects her advances. |
| 1035 | * AdaptationNameChange: Natalia Knight actually is Nocturna's name in Pre-Crisis comics, but that's not the version that ever interacted with Batwoman, who was named Natalie Mitternacht. |
| 1036 | * AmbiguouslyBi: She preys on both men and women, but it's not clear if she has any interest in them other than as sources of blood. |
| 1037 | * CastingGag: This isn't the first time Kayla Ewell has played a vampire on [[Series/TheVampireDiaries a CW show produced by Caroline Dries]]. |
| 1038 | * FangThpeak: While wearing her dental implants. |
| 1039 | * FoeRomanceSubtext: Nocturna is so obviously turned on fighting Batwoman that Kate tells her YoureNotMyType, and makes it clear she doesn't find killing people sexy. That doesn't stop Kate from playing up the [[KissOfTheVampire eroticism of being bitten by her]] to troll Luke. |
| 1040 | * HandicappedBadass: She's still quite a capable fighter despite her illness. |
| 1041 | * TheResenter: She hates the fact that healthy people ruin their bodies with booze and drugs while she suffers from painful health problems, driving her to murder people to keep herself alive. |
| 1042 | * SerialKiller: She drains people dry of blood to transfuse into herself. |
| 1043 | [[/folder]] |
| 1044 | |
| 1045 | [[folder:Duela Dent]] |
| 1046 | !! Duela Dent |
| 1047 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1048 | !!! '''Played By:''' Creator/AlessandraTorresani |
| 1049 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E14GrinningFromEarToEar Grinning From Ear to Ear]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x14) |
| 1050 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1051 | |
| 1052 | A mentally disturbed woman who mutilated her own face and later goes on a rampage, targeting everybody who she felt wronged by. |
| 1053 | ---- |
| 1054 | * AlliterativeName: '''D'''uella '''D'''ent. |
| 1055 | * AxCrazy: A PsychoKnifeNut who loves mutilating peoples faces (including her own). |
| 1056 | * CompositeCharacter: While her name and general appearance come from Joker's Daughter, her motive of wanting to hunt down the plastic surgeon who fixed her face is similar to the motive of Pretty, one of the rogues from ''ComicBook/MotherPanic'', and much like Pretty, her thirst for revenge is finally sated when her face is removed. |
| 1057 | * FacialHorror: Her GlasgowGrin alone, however she later even has her entire face cut off by Alice... and ''willingly''! |
| 1058 | * GlasgowGrin: How her self-inflicted face wounds look. And she also carves them into her victims. |
| 1059 | * MythologyGag: Her facial scars recall those of Creator/HeathLedger's [[Film/TheDarkKnight Joker]], while her having her face removed recalls the New 52 Joker. |
| 1060 | [[/folder]] |
| 1061 | |
| 1062 | [[folder:George Adler Sr. / The Detonator I]] |
| 1063 | !! George Adler Sr. / The Detonator I |
| 1064 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1065 | |
| 1066 | A former soldier in the United States Army who got dishonorably discharged and turned contractor. Later he became a terrorist bomber under the alias of the Detonator. |
| 1067 | ---- |
| 1068 | * FromCamouflageToCriminal: Member of the U.S. Army prior to his criminal career. |
| 1069 | * MadBomber: Blew up several buildings in Gotham. |
| 1070 | * PosthumousCharacter: Passed away in 2013. |
| 1071 | * SadisticChoice: He targeted various public figures deemed as heroes with bombing attacks in order to prove they weren't that heroic by placing them in front of them a choice to either save their own life or that of some strangers. |
| 1072 | * ShellShockedVeteran: The reason for him going nuts. |
| 1073 | * ThatOneCase: Batman and the GCPD never caught him. |
| 1074 | [[/folder]] |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | [[folder:Miguel Robles / The Detonator II]] |
| 1077 | !! Miguel Robles / The Detonator II |
| 1078 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1079 | !!! '''Played By:''' Nathan Witte |
| 1080 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E11AnUnBirthdayPresent An Un-Birthday Present]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x11) |
| 1081 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1082 | |
| 1083 | A corrupt former agent of Crows Security (former head of the Crows Homicide Division) turned GCPD officer, and the true killer of Lucius Fox. |
| 1084 | ---- |
| 1085 | * AccidentalMurder: He claims that he didn't want to kill Lucius. His plan was merely to rough the man up (on Tommy Elliot's behalf) for his journal, and when Lucius wouldn't break, Robles threatened Luke to make him cooperate. Instead, Lucius went full PapaWolf and Robles shot him on reflex. |
| 1086 | * AffirmativeActionLegacy: Afro-Latino and successor to the Caucasian George Adler, Sr. |
| 1087 | * ForcedToWatch: He puts all the bombs his victims have to detonate to save themselves in their hearing range. |
| 1088 | * KillerCop: A cop and a murderous bomber. |
| 1089 | * LegacyCharacter: Took up the mantle of the Detonator. |
| 1090 | * MadBomber: Just like his predecessor. |
| 1091 | * SadisticChoice: His MO is the same one his predecessor used. |
| 1092 | * SerialKillingsSpecificTarget: Robles apes the Detonator's MO to make people think the original has returned, but in fact he's trying to destroy buildings which contain evidence of his crimes. He's caught because it's too suspicious that the Detonator would just happen to target locations of specific importance to him. |
| 1093 | * YouKilledMyFather: He is the true killer of Lucius Fox and Luke almost kills him in return. |
| 1094 | [[/folder]] |
| 1095 | |
| 1096 | [[folder:Johnny Sabatino]] |
| 1097 | !!Johnny Sabatino |
| 1098 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1099 | !!! '''Played By:''' Creator/CarmineGiovinazzo |
| 1100 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S1E18IfYouBelieveInMeIllBelieveInYou If You Believe In Me, I'll Believe In You]]" (''Batwoman'' 1x18) |
| 1101 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1102 | |
| 1103 | A well known mobster in Gotham City and the former money launder of Tommy Elliot, for whom he managed the Lookout. |
| 1104 | ---- |
| 1105 | * CelebrityParadox: The ''Series/CSIVerse'' is mentioned to exist in the Series/{{Arrowverse}} during ''Series/TheFlash2014'' Season 3. His actor was a main cast member of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' in the entirety of its run. |
| 1106 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: He served as Tommy Elliot's right-hand man but ditches him after finding out he could make more money than him. |
| 1107 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: His main goal in life is to get his wallet and bank accounts really, really fat. |
| 1108 | * SecretIdentityApathy: He has Batwoman BoundAndGagged to be sold at an AuctionOfEvil, but never bothers to look under her mask himself. |
| 1109 | [[/folder]] |
| 1110 | |
| 1111 | [[folder:Victor Zsasz]] |
| 1112 | !!Victor Zsasz |
| 1113 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1114 | !!! '''Played By:''' Creator/AlexMorf |
| 1115 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S2E3BatGirlMagic Bat Girl Magic!]]" (''Batwoman'' 2x3) |
| 1116 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1117 | [[quoteright:329:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/averse_zsaz.png]] |
| 1118 | |
| 1119 | One of Gotham's most notorious hitmen, who tallies marks into his skin with each kill he obtains. |
| 1120 | |
| 1121 | -> see Characters/DCEUMinorVillainsAndCriminals page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears his name and background |
| 1122 | ---- |
| 1123 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: His comics counterpart is either really ugly or monstrously inhuman DependingOnTheArtist, but here he's played by Alex Morf, who is quite the handsome fellow; even having a GoateeOfEvil too, where Zsaz is usually portrayed with no facial hair at all. |
| 1124 | * AdaptationalComicRelief: While he has a reputation for being a badass, he takes after his ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' counterpart and is also quite a bit sassier and more prone to making jokes than the comic book Zsasz ever was. |
| 1125 | * AdaptationalJobChange: From a SerialKiller to a mob hitman for hire. |
| 1126 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: A very borderline example. This incarnation of Zsasz is more of an AffablyEvil mercenary who's only crazy and sadistic when he has a job. Otherwise, he doesn't really display as much deep insanity and extreme bloodlust as most of his counterparts, who're usually so Ax-Crazy that he can't do anything but think about killing. In fact, when Ryan confronts him in a bar, he's quite jovial and polite, never raising his voice, and turns down the deal without making a ruckus. |
| 1127 | * AffablyEvil: He's a pretty friendly guy for someone who spends his days killing people for hire. If he's not been tasked to kill you, harm you, or otherwise ruin your life, he's actually a decent guy. |
| 1128 | * AxCrazy: Downplayed compared to his comics counterpart, but he's still a murderous psychopath who gets kicks out of killing and torturing, even referencing his gimmick for spilling blood and cutting himself after chasing Mary. |
| 1129 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Sports a classy, black suit. |
| 1130 | * BaldOfEvil: He lacks any hair on his head and displays the athletic skills that he has in the comics. |
| 1131 | * CodeOfHonor: He doesn't rat out his clients, and he always makes sure to finish his contracts, even if things go wrong for him. |
| 1132 | * CompositeCharacter: He is an affable and notorious hitman instead of just a SerialKiller, like in ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', but he follows along his ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'' and comics counterpart with inflicting scars on himself. |
| 1133 | * CoveredWithScars: Per usual, his whole body is covered in self-inflicted tally marks. In fact, he runs out of room, so he starts marking his head. |
| 1134 | * CrazyPrepared: Batwoman bursts into his apartment looking for information. He gives her a few minutes of his time, then busts out a ''rocket launcher'' at her. |
| 1135 | * FauxAffablyEvil: When he's on the clock he turns into this, he'll snark all he wants, but he will kill you if you let him. |
| 1136 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: He has an amazing capability to kill anyone ''except'' those who have a contract out on them. He misses Batwoman when he shot '''an RPG''' in close quarters in his apartment, and missed a knife throw when chasing Mary out of her clinic. |
| 1137 | * LaughablyEvil: Whenever he's the focus, Zsasz will most likely have you laughing by the end of the scene. He’s a notorious and cold blooded Hitman, with a reputation of being TheDreaded in prisons the world over, and yet he barely drops his chipper attitude or AffablyEvil nature while on or off the job. |
| 1138 | * MythologyGag: His character quirks of being AffablyEvil towards everyone, including his targets, and playing with his food by constantly cracking wise, are directly taken from his ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' incarnation. His being bald with a brunet goatee is also similar to his appearance in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. |
| 1139 | * NoodleIncident: He apparently fought Batman once. Ryan's not interested in hearing it, so he decides to save it for another time. Then there's also all those other scars he's got, meaning he has plenty of other kills under his belt. |
| 1140 | * ProfessionalKiller: He hires himself out as a contract killer, instead of just doing it for the sake of killing. |
| 1141 | * PunchClockVillain: He's a surprisingly affable guy when he's not working a job to assassinate targets. For example, when meeting with Ryan in a cafe so the latter can grab information from him, he's nothing but smiles and sunshine. |
| 1142 | * AScarToRemember: For each kill he racks up, he does this to himself. |
| 1143 | * SelfHarm: All of his scars are self-inflicted; once he kills someone, he adds a tally on himself. |
| 1144 | * VillainHasAPoint: He mocks Ryan for wearing the Batwoman costume, claiming that she's not comfortable with it. He's absolutely on point, and Ryan modifies it to better suit her. He's actually impressed that she did so. |
| 1145 | [[/folder]] |
| 1146 | |
| 1147 | [[folder:Evan Blake / Wolf Spider]] |
| 1148 | !!Evan Blake |
| 1149 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1150 | !!! '''Played By:''' Lincoln Clauss |
| 1151 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S2E5GoreOnCanvas Gore on Canvas]]" (''Batwoman'' 2x5) |
| 1152 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1153 | |
| 1154 | A gymnastic art thief and hacktivist, and old friend of Kate's. |
| 1155 | ---- |
| 1156 | * AdaptationDeviation: Evan is a cisgender man in the comics, while in the show they're genderfluid (using both he/him and they/them pronouns). |
| 1157 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Evan is selfish and willing to kill if necessary, and is only connected to Kate by happenstance. Here, they are actively helping the search for Kate, and greed isn't the motive for their thievery. |
| 1158 | * AdaptationalKarma: The comic version of Wolf Spider was never captured, and though his plans ended up collapsing, he never received any comeuppance for his crimes beyond getting beaten up once. This version, despite their AdaptationalHeroism, ends up severely injured after getting hit by an SUV. |
| 1159 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: They want to help find Kate, because Kate helped them come out back in high school. |
| 1160 | * TheBusCameBack: They pop up in "Armed and Dangerous", where they [[spoiler:inject the Desert Rose serum into a mortally wounded Luke]]. |
| 1161 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: Downplayed. Evan is blond and of an athletic build in the comics, but is slender and has dark hair on the show. The Wolf Spider costume, on the other hand, looks like it was pulled directly off the page. |
| 1162 | [[/folder]] |
| 1163 | |
| 1164 | [[folder:Aaron Helzinger / Amygdala]] |
| 1165 | !!Aaron Helzinger |
| 1166 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1167 | !!! '''Played By:''' RJ Fetherstonhaugh |
| 1168 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S2E6DoNotResuscitate Do Not Rescucitate]]" (''Batwoman'' 2x6) |
| 1169 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1170 | |
| 1171 | A severely disturbed man working as muscle for a group with connections to Hamilton Dynamics. |
| 1172 | ---- |
| 1173 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: His comic-book counterpart is usually portrayed as an ugly, bald giant. This version looks more like a normal guy, except with a scar running down one of his temples. |
| 1174 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: In the comics, his origins involved a doctor at Arkham Asylum removing his amygdala in a failed attempt to cure his psychotic episodes. In this series, Hamilton Dynamics performed experiments on him, blasting his brain with UV radiation to cure his mental illness. The treatments worked, but the radiation caused a tumor to develop near his amygdala, causing him to revert to unpredictable violence again, and thus he has a personal beef with Mary Hamilton. |
| 1175 | * DumbMuscle: Whatever operation he's working for, he's obviously not the mastermind. |
| 1176 | * HairTriggerTemper: According to him, even something as harmless as the sight of a puppy can set him off. |
| 1177 | [[/folder]] |
| 1178 | |
| 1179 | [[folder:Evelyn Rhyme / Enigma]] |
| 1180 | !!Evelyn Rhyme |
| 1181 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1182 | !!! '''Played By:''' Creator/LauraMennell |
| 1183 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S2E9Rule1 Rule #1]]" (''Batwoman'' 2x9) |
| 1184 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1185 | |
| 1186 | A skilled hypnotist employed by both Safiyah and Black Mask, and the daughter of the Riddler. |
| 1187 | ---- |
| 1188 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: Initially PlayedStraight, then {{subverted|Trope}}. Her comics counterpart is the daughter of the Riddler, and while she does employ his trademark pose with a cane and wears a nifty shade of green like him, it was unclear whether or not she's related to the Prince of Puzzles. She is later revealed to be his daughter, but this is only ''after'' she died. |
| 1189 | * AreYouSureYouWantToDoThat: When Alice learns Kate is still alive and has been brainwashed into believing she's Black Mask's daughter, she forces Enigma to try and come up with a reversal for the hypnosis. Though Enigma is willing to help, she explicitly warns that what she did to Kate was more extensive than what she did to Alice and Ocean; any efforts to remove the brainwashing could return Kate to normal, but it would make her far more aggressive and hostile towards Alice. Alice doesn't care and wishes to proceed -- only for Ocean to snap Enigma's neck. |
| 1190 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Apparently did this to Beth/Alice by removing all memories of her lover Ocean ''and'' any traces of empathy that she might have once had, transforming her into the monster she is today. Though Safiyah and Ryan are quick to tell Alice that [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech she never bothered to change even with this revelation]]. She later does this to Julia to make her want to transfer to Berlin when she gets too close into the circumstances behind Kate's plane crash, then does this to Kate to make her believe that she's really Black Mask's deceased daughter. |
| 1191 | * CharacterDeath: Ocean snaps her neck to ensure she can't return Kate to normal, convinced that she's too toxic for Alice. |
| 1192 | * CrazyPrepared: She's fully prepared to deal with anyone that tries to confront her. Case in point? Her cane's handle can be removed and its tip used as a syringe with her hypnosis drug. She can also undo her brainwashing on a whim. |
| 1193 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: When Alice holds her hostage, Enigma is quite horrified by how monstrous that her captor can be, especially to how far she'll go to remove any last traces of Kate from her mind. |
| 1194 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: She wipes Ocean and Beth/Alice's minds of their memories of one another, and is prepared to do the same to Kate. Alice is apparently seeking out her services yet again to wipe her mind of her memories of Kate. |
| 1195 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: In the original comics, she doesn't have a real name, but here, she goes by the civilian name Evelyn Rhyme. |
| 1196 | * NeckSnap: Is killed off this way by Ocean. |
| 1197 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Despite having a calm demeanor, she's terrified out of her mind when Alice gets a little testy with her. |
| 1198 | * PsychoPsychologist: She's actually very good at her job, and does offer genuinely helpful advice; it's just she's also a supervillain who has no qualms about messing with people's minds. |
| 1199 | [[/folder]] |
| 1200 | |
| 1201 | [[folder:Arthur Brown / Cluemaster]] |
| 1202 | !!Arthur Brown |
| 1203 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1204 | !!! '''Played By:''' Rick Miller |
| 1205 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S2E13IllGiveYouAClue I'll Give You a Clue]] (''Batwoman'' 2x13) |
| 1206 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1207 | |
| 1208 | A former game-show host that went on a killing spree many years ago, who breaks out of prison to get revenge on Sophie for catching him. |
| 1209 | ---- |
| 1210 | * AbusiveParents: He poisons his own daughter, writes entire cryptograms all over her, and locks her in a cage if it means he can get revenge on Sophie. |
| 1211 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: He looks more like his comics counterpart than his first media depiction in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', which showcased him as an overweight slob. |
| 1212 | %% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: It's implied that he hates being compared to the Riddler. He also hates being outsmarted. |
| 1213 | * DaddysLittleVillain: He wanted his daughter to follow in his footsteps. [[SubvertedTrope She refuses to do so.]] |
| 1214 | * DoubleMeaning: A lot of his clues have a hidden meaning behind something so seemingly obvious. For example, when he gives Ryan and Mary extra time for solving Gotham City villain-themed trivia, one question is about an ice-themed villain who cut and run when it came to money. Sophie thinks the answer is Mr. Freeze, but Ryan correctly guesses it's The Penguin, who runs the Iceberg Lounge as an underground casino. |
| 1215 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Gets fired from hosting ''Quiz Bowl'' and tries to bomb the place. |
| 1216 | * DrivenToSuicide: When he learns that his own daughter was the one who outsmarted him all those years ago, he locks himself and her in a car and launches a stream of poison gas in the air to kill them both. [[SubvertedTrope It fails thanks to Luke.]] |
| 1217 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from a simple game show host to a notorious serial-killer. |
| 1218 | * GreenEyedMonster: He claims Riddler is this of him. |
| 1219 | * InsufferableGenius: The reason he got fired from hosting ''Quiz Bowl'' is because he thought the network was dumbing down the answers to appeal to a wider demographic, when he wanted to make them mind-challengingly difficult. |
| 1220 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After breaking out of jail and learning his own daughter got him locked up, Luke stops his murder-suicide attempt. Stephanie points out that he did so because he didn't want to live in a world where his own kin was smarter than him, so Luke retorts that he will now have to live with that truth. |
| 1221 | * LongerThanLifeSentence: He gets sentenced to 13 life sentences. |
| 1222 | * {{Revenge}}: He wants this on Sophie for catching him and locking him up. She describes his motivation for his earlier spree as revenge as well, since he was fired from his hosting duties. |
| 1223 | * SelfDisposingVillain: Like the Riddler, his tendencies to leave clues behind to his crimes are what gets him caught. Sophie even [[LampshadedTrope lampshades]] this to him when she catches him. |
| 1224 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He started killing people because he believed himself to be the ultimate intellectual superior on the planet. |
| 1225 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: With his penchant for leaving clues to his crimes behind, his InsufferableGenius tendencies, and his obsession with finding out how he was outsmarted by hyper-focusing on the supposed perpetrator, he's basically the Riddler (though he claims Riddler is jealous of ''him''). Also counts as ExpyCoexistence, since Riddler does exist in this continuity. |
| 1226 | * TakingYouWithMe: Upon being driven to suicide, he tries taking Stephanie with him. [[SubvertedTrope Luke ensures that doesn't happen.]] |
| 1227 | * VillainousBreakdown: He gets ''pissed'' when he learns that his own daughter, and not Sophie, solved his riddle, so he tries poisoning her again. |
| 1228 | [[/folder]] |
| 1229 | |
| 1230 | [[folder:Liam Crandle / Mad Hatter II]] |
| 1231 | !!Liam Crandle |
| 1232 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1233 | !!! '''Played By:''' Amitai Marmorstein |
| 1234 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S3E1MadAsAHatter Mad as a Hatter]]" (''Batwoman'' 3x1) |
| 1235 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1236 | |
| 1237 | An obsessive Alice fanboy who managed to acquire Jervis Tetch's old hat. He crashes Mary's commencement ceremony and tries to force her to kill her professor, as he'd played a role in Alice being committed to Arkham. |
| 1238 | |
| 1239 | ---- |
| 1240 | |
| 1241 | * BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:He finally gets to meet Alice... and she stabs him in the gut. He is understandably disillusioned afterwards.]] |
| 1242 | * CanonForeigner: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. His true name is exclusive to the show, but he does borrow elements from the imposter Mad Hatter from the comics. |
| 1243 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: He was just a pathetic dork until he happened to buy Mad Hatter's old hat online. Afterwards, he wasted no time in abusing his new powers. |
| 1244 | * LoonyFan: He is obsessed with Alice and convinced that she's an innocent victim. |
| 1245 | * StarterVillain. For ''Batwoman'' Season 3. |
| 1246 | * StupidEvil: He has only a faint idea of how the hat actually works, and his ideas for what to do with it are utterly juvenile. |
| 1247 | [[/folder]] |
| 1248 | |
| 1249 | [[folder:Steven / Killer Croc II]] |
| 1250 | !! Steven |
| 1251 | !!! '''Species:''' Human Mutate |
| 1252 | !!! '''Played By:''' Unknown (as a human), Heidi Ben (as Croc) |
| 1253 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S3E2LooseTeeth Loose Teeth]]" (''Batwoman'' 3x2) |
| 1254 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1255 | |
| 1256 | A young man from Gotham City, whom, on a fishing trip with his father before heading off to college, finds the tooth of the late Killer Croc and cuts himself on it, transforming him into a monster. |
| 1257 | ---- |
| 1258 | * BitByBitTransformation: His father shows that Steven's mutation occurred over several weeks. |
| 1259 | * CanonForeigner: Was made for the show. |
| 1260 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Tragically {{subverted|Trope}}. While his father is willing to harm Batwoman herself to keep his son from being locked in a cage, the mindless beast that was once Steven shows no qualms about killing his own parent. |
| 1261 | * ImAHumanitarian: He targets whoever he can get his claws on and eats them. |
| 1262 | * NoNameGiven: His last name is never revealed. |
| 1263 | * TragicMonster: He had no control over being turned into Killer Croc and losing his mind in the process. |
| 1264 | * WasOnceAMan: Like his predecessor, he's turned from a human into a mindless reptile. |
| 1265 | * WouldHurtAChild: One of his victims is a poor, scared little girl. |
| 1266 | [[/folder]] |
| 1267 | |
| 1268 | [[folder:Lazlo Valentine / Professor Pyg]] |
| 1269 | !!Professor Pyg |
| 1270 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1271 | !!! '''Played By:''' Creator/RobNagle |
| 1272 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S3E5ALessonFromProfessorPyg A Lesson From Professor Pyg]]" (''Batwoman'' 3x5) |
| 1273 | !!! '''Appearance:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1274 | |
| 1275 | A former chef of Jada Jet's, who was fired and wound up seeking revenge by returning to his criminal ways. |
| 1276 | ---- |
| 1277 | * AdaptationalSympathy: Each iteration of Pyg is unquestionably a villain, either a [[WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman an environmental activist]], [[Series/{{Gotham}} an actor-for-hire]], or just a plain crazy serial killer. This version of the character actually went straight until he was fired from his job, and when things went to pot, he decided to get revenge. |
| 1278 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: On the receiving end of this trope. Jada doesn't remember who Lazlo is, or why she fired him. |
| 1279 | * DeathByAdaptation: Like his ''Gotham'' counterpart, he winds up biting it, lasting far less longer than that iteration. |
| 1280 | * DisproportionateRetribution: On both the giving and receiving end of this trope. He was fired for petty reasons (it's assumed he dished out a meal not to Jada's liking), and then turns it around by killing Jada and her entire family. |
| 1281 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] between this and FaceHeelTurn. He started out as a criminal, but reformed and became a family man. Then when he got fired and his wife left him, he went right back to being a criminal. |
| 1282 | * PaperThinDisguise: He barely makes an effort to hide his identity, using only a fake mustache. {{Justified|Trope}} since he knew Jada wouldn't remember him. |
| 1283 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Given Jada's behavior in the series up to his debut episode, including hiring the Black Glove Society to get Mr. Freeze's formula to put her son on ice, you would think he was doing this when he tries to kill her. However, it turns out that Jada, though willingly to stretch her morality, has a damn good reason to act the way she did: her son is the next iteration of ''THE JOKER''. |
| 1284 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: He's made one of Batwoman's foes rather than Batman's. |
| 1285 | [[/folder]] |
| 1286 | |
| 1287 | [[folder:Mary Hamilton / Poison Ivy II]] |
| 1288 | --> See the Characters/ArrowverseBatFamily page |
| 1289 | [[/folder]] |
| 1290 | |
| 1291 | [[folder:Marquis Jet / Joker II]] |
| 1292 | !!Marquis Jet |
| 1293 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1294 | !!! '''Played By:''' Creator/NickCreegan |
| 1295 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S3E3Freeze Freeze]]" (''Batwoman'' 3x3) |
| 1296 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1297 | |
| 1298 | The son of industrialist Jada Jet and the brother to Ryan Wilder, Marquis Jet's seemingly charming personality is really a front to a violent and sociopathic man who takes after the most horrific villain Gotham has ever seen -- the Joker. |
| 1299 | ---- |
| 1300 | |
| 1301 | * AffirmativeActionLegacy: He's the first successor to the Joker in live-action to be played by an African-American. |
| 1302 | * ArchEnemy: He claims he is this to his sister, becoming the Joker to her Batwoman. |
| 1303 | * AttentionWhore: True to any Joker, he wants the world at his fingertips, and is planning on making a name for himself. |
| 1304 | * AxCrazy: Befitting of his character and his idol, he's as insane and murderous as they come. |
| 1305 | * BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro: When he first appears, he seems like a NiceGuy who wants a relationship with the sister he never knew, and is willing to go against his CorruptCorporateExecutive boss and mother to make it happen. However, the show reveals she's really the innocent one, and that he's a twisted man who takes after the Joker. |
| 1306 | * TheBadGuyWins: He walks away from the midseason-3 finale the biggest winner, as he takes control of Wayne Enterprises, while the cure he swapped Ryan for it winds up being destroyed by Mary when she embraces her inner villain. |
| 1307 | * BigBrotherBully: He delights in how much his actions screw up Ryan's life. |
| 1308 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: All his charming and kind words are just an act to hide the fact he's really a dangerous sociopath. TruthInTelevision comes into play here, as most sociopaths are shown to act in the same way towards people they want to manipulate. |
| 1309 | * BlackComedy: A lot of his gags are sick and twisted, but executed (sometimes literally) for his own personal amusement. |
| 1310 | * CanonForeigner: Given that his sister was made for this show, he too follows suit. It's a double whammy considering he's the first live-action version of a successor to the Joker. |
| 1311 | * TheChessmaster: Like with his idol, his unpredictable nature gives him an edge against his foes. He's able to escape being put on ice, and manages to force Ryan to hand control of Wayne Enterprises over to him in exchange for the Poison Ivy cure for Mary. |
| 1312 | * TheChosenOne: He thinks that Joker zapped him on the school bus that day to continue his work. |
| 1313 | * ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Unlike Mad Hatter II, Killer Croc II, and Poison Ivy II, he has yet to be called Joker II in the show itself, though [[https://www.thewrap.com/batwoman-season-3-episode-8-nick-creegan-interview-joker/ in this interview]], his actor explicitly refers to his character as The Joker. |
| 1314 | * CompositeCharacter: Per Creegan's own description, his fashion choices were inspired by Creator/JaredLeto's Joker from the DCEU[[note]]Who Creegan had consulted with for his depiction[[/note]], while his more maniacal tendencies are borrowed from Creator/HeathLedger and Creator/JoaquinPhoenix's iterations. He also borrows a few traits from James Gordon, Jr.(a psychopathic killer who's related to a Bat-family member), Tim Drake's DCAU iteration (having been turned into The Joker and carrying on his legacy, only to be defeated via an electric joy buzzer), and Punchline (a LoonyFan obsessed with the Clown Prince of Crime). |
| 1315 | * ConnectedAllAlong: It's revealed that the school bus he was riding in when the Joker hijacked it was the same one used to ram the Kane family car off the road. |
| 1316 | * ConvenientComa: Overlapping with DeathBySecretIdentity, Ryan jabs him with a cure meant for Mary, causing him to be dehydrated and knocked into a coma, just minutes after he learns who Batwoman really is. This gets {{subverted|Trope}} when he wakes up after Ivy damages the dam enough to expose him to water. |
| 1317 | * DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: A rare instance where ''he's'' the reason for said abandonment. It turns out that Jada willingly gave up Ryan for adoption and had the doctors fake her death so her daughter would never come looking for her was because she was trying to keep Ryan from being targeted by the sociopathic Marquis. |
| 1318 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Up until the Joker hijacked a school bus he was riding in, everything about his life was normal. Then the Clown Prince of Crime gave him a zap of the old joy buzzer, and he suddenly became a horrific person, hellbent on causing chaos for his own amusement. |
| 1319 | * DeathBySecretIdentity: Mary tells him Ryan and Luke's identities so she can spite the two into leaving her alone. By the time he enacts it, Ryan knocks him out with the intended cure for Ivy's infection, putting him into a coma they don't intent to let him out of until he's cured. [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately, it only lasts for two episodes before he wakes up.]] |
| 1320 | * DrivenToMadness[=/=]DrivenToVillainy: His sociopathic nature is the result of a brain injury given to him by The Joker's joy buzzer. Jada tells Ryan that he wasn't like this until that fateful day his school bus was hijacked. |
| 1321 | * ExpyCoexistence: He has some similarities to James Gordon, Jr., who was confirmed to exist in this continuity later in Season 3. |
| 1322 | * EvilLaugh: No Joker is complete without it. |
| 1323 | * {{Fanboy}}: Of the Joker. He admits to Ryan that he admires the man for being the only person in Gotham to actually laugh and have fun with himself. |
| 1324 | * {{Foil}}: To his sister, Ryan. Both of them lived very different lives -- he was born in a wealthy lifestyle before the Joker zapped him on the head and turned him into a sociopath, while she was forced into poverty because of him and was a troubled kid from the get-go until she found a loving foster mother who helped her until she was murdered by Alice. Both are also the successors to the roles of Joker and Batman/Batwoman that have embraced these roles wholeheartedly, but while Marquis has taken to Joker's legacy whole hog, Ryan is still struggling to balance out her duties as Batwoman with her responsibilities to her friends and allies. |
| 1325 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: A hint to his true nature is laid out in "A Lesson from Professor Pyg" when he angrily confronts his would-be-assailant in spite of being paralyzed by a toxin. |
| 1326 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: He intends to {{invoke|dTrope}} this trope, rising from the nameless son of a wealthy industrialist to the CEO of Wayne Enterprises -- and the bringer of absolute chaos. |
| 1327 | * HeelFaceTurn: At the end of Season 3, Ryan is able to use the buzzer to zap Marquis back to sanity. |
| 1328 | * HesBack: In "Toxic", Ivy's damaging of the damn winds up waking him up. |
| 1329 | * HumanPincushion: A favorite tactic of his. Professor Pyg found this out the hard way. |
| 1330 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: He refuses all and any attempts to treat his condition, viewing it as a "liberation" from sanity and allowing him to rise up and make a name for himself. |
| 1331 | * ItsAllAboutMe: As far as Jokers go, Creegan's take on the character is very much "The Showman". Everything he's doing is to make himself the center of attention, with a flair of theatricality that makes certain no one will forget his actions. |
| 1332 | * KickTheDog: He shoots Kiki before she can scrounge up a new joy buzzer for Alice to help cure her psychosis for no reason other than he felt like it. |
| 1333 | * LargeHam: As is typical of Jokers, Marquis delivers most of his lines with a gusto. |
| 1334 | * LegacyCharacter: To the Joker, being the first live-action successor to the Clown Prince of Crime. |
| 1335 | * ManipulativeBastard: He was playing Ryan the entire time, all so he could get her in just the right position to take over Wayne Enterprises. |
| 1336 | * MythologyGag: |
| 1337 | ** When he first unveils himself as being a sociopath, he paints his mouth with blood, calling to mind Creator/HeathLedger's scars from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', as well as Creator/JoaquinPhoenix's famous moment from ''Film/Joker2019''. |
| 1338 | ** Like with Ledger's Joker, he's fond of using knives. |
| 1339 | ** His hair is dyed purple, like his idol's suit color. |
| 1340 | ** His takeover of Wayne Enterprises calls to mind ''ComicBook/TheJokerWar'' and how Joker was able to swipe Bruce Wayne's fortune. |
| 1341 | ** At one point, he wears a blood-red suit that calls to mind Arthur Fleck's suit from the climax of the ''Joker'' movie. |
| 1342 | ** His final plan for Jokerizing Gotham City -- luring everyone out and then killing them all -- is almost exactly like what Creator/JackNicholson's Joker did in ''Film/Batman1989''. Bonus points for both iterations being named Jack Napier. |
| 1343 | * NiceGuy: {{Subverted|Trope}}. He acts like he's this, but it's a ploy to lure his victims. |
| 1344 | * ObviouslyEvil: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Luke when Marquis returns from his temporary coma. The fact he's dressed like The Joker and has purple hair should have been a warning to the press, yet they completely ignore it. |
| 1345 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: He kidnaps all the parents who were a part of the Black Glove Society -- a group that went to any lengths to hide their psychotic children's diagnosis and cure them using illicit means -- by subjecting them to the same treatments they put their kids through. Burton Crowne, Jeremiah Arkham and Mario Falcone all bite it, but Barbara Kean and his own mother just barley survive. |
| 1346 | * PracticallyJoker: Uses knives? Check. A dangerously unhinged sociopath? Check. A skilled manipulator? Check. Has his hair dyed? Check. Gets kicks out of hurting or killing people? Check. Had a blonde psychologist girlfriend that winds up dying and gets forgotten about? Check. Although in this instance, the Joker was responsible for his sociopathy, and he's more of a fanboy of him, so it's {{justified|Trope}} -- plus the added wrinkle that he's the next iteration of the character in the series. |
| 1347 | * RichBastard: He's one of Gotham's numerous wealthy socialites, and is a sadistic sociopath who follows in the footsteps of The Joker. Though to be fair, it's not entirely his fault. |
| 1348 | * SelfMadeOrphan: Implied, as one of the videos Jada gives Ryan shows that Marquis deliberately snuck peanut butter into his father's hamburger during a family picnic. Given that his father was allergic to peanuts, he laughs sadistically as his old man starts to have an allergic reaction -- and his epipen is conveniently missing. |
| 1349 | * SharpDressedMan: His entire style consists of designer suits. |
| 1350 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: |
| 1351 | ** To James Gordon Junior, a sibling of one of the Bat Family who wound up becoming a sociopath in their later years. Funny enough, when he kidnaps the members of the Black Glove Society, he subjects Barbara Kean (aka James Gordon's ex-wife) to the same chemical treatments she used on her son as "payback", and it's mentioned that the real Gordon is currently rotting in Arkham. |
| 1352 | ** To the DCAU version of Tim Drake, who was subjected to a horrific electric shock that molded him into a new Joker (albeit that Marquis only had the one dose, and no genetic rewriting was involved). For an added bonus, he is defeated when he's zapped with the joy buzzer, much like how Terry was able to get the original out of Tim Drake's body. |
| 1353 | ** To Alexis Kaye, aka Punchline, who was a Joker fan that wound up following in his footsteps. |
| 1354 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: According to Jada, Marquis was a sweet little boy. But then when he got on the bus for school one day, the Joker hopped onboard to hijack it (in what's implied to be the same incident that led to the series taking place to begin with), and zapped him with his joy buzzer for a quick laugh. Marquis survived, but he wound up being transformed by the incident into a dangerous psycho that takes after the man who did this to him. |
| 1355 | * WhatTheHellHero: He gives Ryan an earful or two for trying to push him away, but this turns out to be {{invoked|Trope}} on his part, as he's trying to manipulate her to his side. |
| 1356 | [[/folder]] |
| 1357 | |
| 1358 | [[folder:Two-Face]] |
| 1359 | !!Two-Face |
| 1360 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1361 | |
| 1362 | An enemy of Batwoman's from the [[BadFuture Reverse Flashpoint]] timeline created by Eobard Thawne. |
| 1363 | ---- |
| 1364 | * AmbiguousSituation: Harvey Dent has been confirmed to existence in the series back when Season 1 premiered, but at the moment, nothing has been mentioned of him or whether or not he's become his villainous alter-ego before or after Crisis took place. As such, it's not clear if Harvey became Two-Face at some point in the future (or, given how the timeline was erased, if he ever will), or if someone else (i.e. Paul Sloane) took the moniker. |
| 1365 | * BadFuture: He hails from one, courtesy of the Reverse Flash screwing with history so he can spite Barry Allen for becoming faster than him. Becomes {{subverted|Trope}} when Barry undoes the damage. |
| 1366 | * TheGhost: He was never seen in 2031, and there hasn't been any confirmation yet as to whether or not he'll actually appear in the series. |
| 1367 | * RetGone: He is erased from existence when Barry travels back in time to undo Thawne's changes to history... at least for now. |
| 1368 | * TwoFaced: [[TropeNamer If the name wasn't obvious enough]]. |
| 1369 | [[/folder]] |
| 1370 | |
| 1371 | [[folder:Kiki Roulette]] |
| 1372 | !!Kiki Roulette |
| 1373 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 1374 | !!! '''Played By:''' Creator/JudyReyes |
| 1375 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Batwoman2019S3E11BrokenToys Broken Toys]]" (''Batwoman'' 3x11) |
| 1376 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Batwoman|2019}}'' |
| 1377 | |
| 1378 | An insane toymaker who employs her services to Marquis, acting as the Harley Quinn to his Joker. |
| 1379 | ---- |
| 1380 | * CanonForeigner: Like with Ryan and Marquis, she's a new creation to this series. |
| 1381 | * CompositeCharacter: She blends Harley Quinn's insane characterization and being Joker's sidekick with a lesser-known Batman villain known as The Toymaker by being responsible for making Joker's equipment. |
| 1382 | * ConnectedAllAlong: Harley Quinn was her personal psychiatrist. And she helped Joker [[ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily kill Robin by beating him to death with a crowbar.]] |
| 1383 | * DroppedABridgeOnHer: Marquis kills her before she can make a new joy buzzer. |
| 1384 | * MaskOfSanity: She's able to fool a lot of people by pretending to be sane, but Alice sees right through it. |
| 1385 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Harley Quinn, who's appearances in the DCEU barred her from being included in the Arrowverse beyond a single cameo. Adding further to this, Harley was her psychiatrist, and Marquis disposes of her without care. |
| 1386 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: She only lasts two episodes before Marquis adds her to his body count. |
| 1387 | [[/folder]] |
| 1388 | |
| 1389 | [[folder:James Gordon, Jr.]] |
| 1390 | !!James Gordon, Jr. |
| 1391 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1392 | |
| 1393 | The psychotic son of Commissioner Gordon and Barbara Kean, now a full-time resident of Arkham. |
| 1394 | ---- |
| 1395 | * AbusiveParents: Inadvertently. While his father didn't likely treat him poorly, his mother tried curing his psychosis by drugging him up with untested chemicals. Because of that, he's now a permanent resident of Arkham. |
| 1396 | * AndIMustScream: Those experimental treatments his mother gave him turned him into a vegetable, and is now rotting away in Arkham because of it. |
| 1397 | * ChainedToARailway: Of the rare dog variety, he did this to some poor pooch at ''15 years old''. |
| 1398 | * DecompositeCharacter: A lot of his traits from the comics are given to Marquis Jet, aka Joker II. |
| 1399 | * EnfantTerrible: It's mentioned he kept body parts in his closet, and the inciting incident that led his mom to join Black Glove was him tying a dog to the train tracks. |
| 1400 | * TruerToTheText: The last time James Gordon, Jr. was featured on screens was in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', which never delved into the character's psychosis (if he had any). From what little is mentioned of him, this iteration hews closer to the psychopath from the comics. |
| 1401 | [[/folder]] |
| 1402 |
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