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Baby Doll's minions
Mariam
Mariam
- Voiced by: Tasia ValenzaAppearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Baby Doll's assistant and bodyguard.
- Bespectacled Cutie: She wears Opaque Lenses and is actually quite pretty.
- Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: She seems to act as this towards the unstable Baby Doll.
- Combat Compliment: Robin is genuinely impressed by Mariam's combat skills.
- Evil Redhead: Miriam has red hair and assists Baby Doll in her plans.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: Since Baby Doll has the physical abilities and the temper of a child, she relies a lot on Mariam to do most of the heavy work. At one point Baby Doll admits she would be lost without her.
- Not So Above It All: As straitlaced and subdued as Mariam is she isn't above proudly accepting Robin's compliment with a smile.
- Opaque Lenses: Her eyes cannot be seen through her thick lenses.
- Worthy Opponent: Robin seems to see Mariam as this.
Catwoman's minions
Maven
Maven
- Voiced by: Mary Mc Donald LewisAppearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Catwoman's secretary and confidant, who acts as her version of Alfred.
- Action Survivor: When an assassin comes after her, she throws a glass of water in the man's face and runs for the door, although he still would have killed her if not for Batman.
- Anti-Villain: She's a pleasant woman who's only explicitly shown working with Catwoman during her Just Like Robin Hood period, before her Motive Decay. Batman doesn't even try to arrest her in "The Cat and the Claw."
- Bespectacled Cutie: She wears glasses and is a friendly, not terribly assertive woman.
- Blind Without 'Em: Her vision gets blurry when she loses her glasses.
- Distaff Counterpart: She acts like a female version of Alfred, assisting Selina in both her daily life and costumed activities.
- The Reliable One : She's very loyal to Selina, even when they're going against dangerous people, and helps plan some of her jobs.
- Shipper on Deck: For both sides of Batman's secret identity, no less. She encourages Selina to give her new suitor Bruce Wayne a chance, although she also recognizes her feelings for Batman and tells him about how much Catwoman loves him.
Farmer Brown's minions
Emmylou Brown
Emmylou Brown
Voiced by: Dina Sherman
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Farmer Brown's loyal daughter & primary muscle.
- Amazonian Beauty: Has a muscular, well toned physique with broad shoulders while still being a Bruce Timm-designed knockout.
- Cute Bruiser: A lovely woman able to kick ass.
- Daddy's Girl: A dark, murderous example.
- The Dragon: Her father's right hand henchwoman.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Is totally devoted to her father, willing to do whatever he asks of her, even kill.
- Faux Affably Evil: Presents herself as a friendly, simple country girl, while being completely onboard with her father's depraved genetic experiments & shares his willingness to hurt/kill innocent people.
- Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: As sexy as Farmer Brown is crazy.
- Ms. Fanservice: A flirty young blonde lady wearing short shorts with an exposed, curvy waist.
- No-Sell: When Batgirl attempts to kick her in the abdomen.
- Pet the Dog: Treats the mutant animals kindly and reacts with concern whenever any are harmed.
- Super-Strength: Courtesy of beef steroid injections from dear ol' daddy.
- The Tease: Gives Bullock a playful wink while trying to ditch him.
- Undying Loyalty: Moreso than even Talia was towards Ra's. When push came to shove she couldn't allow her father's apocalyptic plan to succeed. Emmylou? Disconcertingly alright with everything that Farmer Brown does, up to & including attempted genocide.
The Chickens
The Chickens
- Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
A flock of carnivorous, mutant chickens.
- Brutal Bird of Prey: Savage winged monsters who, unlike ordinary chickens, are capable of powered flight, making them all the more terrifying.
- Informed Species: They look more like toothy vulture/dinosaur hybrids than actual chickens. While that can be handwaved by their genetically augmented nature it still makes them noticable outliers amongst Brown's freakish menagerie, since the rest better resemble the animals they're supposed to be.
The Cows
The Cows
- Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Rampaging, mutant bovine.
- Brutish Bulls: Friendly livestock these ain't.
- Dire Beast: Basically giant savage cattle.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Their blood red eyes make them look more menacing.
The Goat
The Goat
- Voiced by: Peter BreckAppearances: Batman: The Animated Series
A mutant goat Brown uses to send Batman & the GCPD a message.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Bright red eyes enhance its creepiness.
- Use Your Head: Rams into Bullock's keister, knocking him off Emmylou's boat.
The Mantises
The Mantises
- Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
A swarm of giant, mutant mantises. The key component in Farmer Brown's endgame: infest Gotham City with these horrifying, colossal arthropods.
- Big Creepy-Crawlies: Massive, killer insects they be indeed.
The Pig
The Pig
- Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
A mutant, killer pig.
- Full-Boar Action: Genetically altered domestic pig, technically, but looks and acts the part.
The Sheep
The Sheep
- Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
A giant, mutant sheep.
- Body Horror: Subverted. Is probably the healthiest looking animal bred by Farmer Brown.
- Shout-Out: An overconfident showman presents a huge, dangerous creature to a gathered audience and said creature breaks out, going on a rampage after being agitated by camera flashes. Sounds very familiar...
Mr. Freeze's minions
Gregory Belson
Dr. Gregory Belson
- Voiced by: George DzundzaAppearances: Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
See here for further info.
Koonak
Koonak
- Voiced by: Rahi AziziAppearances: Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
An Inuit boy adopted by Mr. Freeze.
- Happily Adopted: By Freeze, after the death of his parents.
- Likes Older Women: He, understandably, fancies Barbara Gordon.
- Precocious Crush: Develops one towards Barbara, which she attempts exploiting by lightly flirting with him to gain his trust.
- Put on a Bus: In the back up story in Batman Adventures #15, he is shown living in an orphanage and is visited by Nora Fries. He relates to how Victor saved and took care of him, but expresses doubt if there is still any good in him or that he is still alive.
- Token Good Teammate: He looks after Barbara Gordon during her imprisonment and only goes along with Freeze's plan with the assurance that she would not get hurt. Upon learning that the operation would kill her, he defies Freeze and Belson.
Notchka and Shaka
Notchka and Shaka
- Appearances: Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Two polar bears that Mr. Freeze had managed to tame in the Arctic.
- Bears Are Bad News: Being polar bears loyal to Mr. Freeze, they serve as his muscle.
- The Brute: They both subdue Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon at a restaurant, leading to the latter's capture.
- Team Pet: In Freeze's family.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: They are never seen again after the events of the movie. They presumably went on to live their natural lives in the Arctic.
Hugo Strange's minions
Snap and Numbers
Snap and Numbers
- Voiced by: Paul Williams and Mark Hamill
Two goons who assist Hugo Strange's blackmail operation.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Possibly. The first punch Numbers throws at Batman hits Snap instead and inadvertently destroys a valuable blackmail tape (although his Hear Me the Money skills are useful other times). Later, though, he overpowers Bruce without much trouble while knowing his secret identity (although Bruce may have let him do that as a Batman Gambit),
- Hear Me the Money: Numbers can tell how many coins are in a pouch that Joker shakes and can tell that a stack of money thicker than his arm is $20,000 light by thumbing it next to his ear.
- Slasher Smile: Snap often has a smile that embodies pure cruelty and excitement about frightening and extorting people.
- Uncertain Doom: Penguin and Two-Face knock the guns out of their hands and the flash of gunfire is seen from outside for several seconds, but it's unclear if this is the guns being fired into the floor as Snap and Numbers wrestle for them back before being overpowered or if the supervillains kill the two goons.
- Villainous Valor: They unhesitatingly try to hold off three armed super villains as the boss grabs all the money he can and flees.
Joker's minions
Bud & Lou
Bud & Lou
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series/The New Batman Adventures
Joker & Harley's pet hyenas.
- Attack Animal: Serve as this for Joker.
- Heinous Hyena: A subversion if you think about it. Are they ferocious beasts owned by a serial killer? Yes, but, they're no more evil than any other regular animal.
- Morality Pet: Harley dotes heavily on her beloved "babies" and the affection is very much returned.
- Named After Somebody Famous: Comedic duo Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, natch.
- Team Pet: For Joker's crew.
Captain Clown
Captain Clown
You killed Captain Clown. YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN! Just for that...!
A robotic minion of the Joker. He is most notable for being killed by Batman via compaction.
- Alas, Poor Villain: "YOU KILLED CAPTAIN CLOWN!!!"
- Avenging the Villain: Parodied; the Joker swears vengeance on Batman for killing Captain Clown, and the Clown Prince gets back at him by... dumping garbage on top of him.
- Companion Cube: Captain Clown shows no signs of an actual personality, but the Joker still gets mad that Batman "killed" him.
- Cranial Processing Unit: Averted. After Batman finds out that Captain Clown is a robot, he knocks off his head in an attempt to destroy him. But this does nothing to stop him from continuing his attack.
- Evil Redhead: He's got a shaggy mop of red hair.
- Implacable Man: No matter what Batman tried — even after knocking off his head — Captain Clown just kept coming for him. Being compacted into a cube did the trick, though.
- Insane Admiral: He dresses like a typical admiral, complete with ascot and Commissar Cap
- Monster Clown: Being an evil, super-strong robot made to look like a clown, he qualifies.
- Rasputinian Death: He gets crushed into a cube and then dropped in a pool of molten metal. Suffice it to say, he ain't getting back up.
- Robot Buddy: While he was an evil robot, the Joker seemed to consider him a friend. Possibly justified by the Joker being so insane.
- Robotic Reveal: He initially seems to be a super-strong human. Batman breaks his face open to find, to his shock, that Captain Clown is actually a robot.
- Sliding Scale of Robot Intelligence: Brick; Captain Clown obviously has no personal thoughts, just an ability to interpret the Joker's simple orders.
- Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids: He's pretty strong, dexterous, and durable for a guy whose only job was to pilot a barge. It’s justified, of course, since he turns out to be a robot.
- The Speechless: He never speaks a word at any point, and most likely is capable of speech.
- What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Played for Laughs; Batman had to send Captain Clown into a crusher because he was too powerful to be stopped non-lethally and showed no signs of being anything but a mindless automaton, but the Joker seems genuinely upset about the Captain's demise. Of course, the Joker is insane.
Mo, Lar & Cur
Mo, Lar & Cur
Voiced by: Billy West
Appearances: The New Batman Adventures
Three muscular goons obviously homaging a certain, famous comedy trio. They serve as Joker's primary muscle in TNA.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Don't let their ridiculous motif and voices fool you. They're still vicious thugs willing to kill.
- Butt-Monkey: The Creeper has a helluva time playing with them.
- Dumb Muscle: Their main job.
- Named After Somebody Famous: Imagine if a couple Stooges imitators beefed up and became a psychotic crime boss clown's henchmen. That's these guys.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Aside from the Three Stooges motif, they bear a strong resemblance to Knuckles, Vinnie and Kowalski, a trio of henchmen the Joker had during the show's Adventures of Batman and Robin era.
Murphy
Murphy
Voiced by: Maurice LaMarche
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
A thug who worked with Joker during the time when Sidney Debris was thought to have killed Batman.
- The Chew Toy: Literally.
- Too Dumb to Live: He asks Joker a stupid question, which results in Joker throwing him to the hyenas. He survives and confirms later that he's learned to keep his mouth shut.
Rocco and Henshaw
Rocco and Henshaw
Rocco voiced by: Robert Costanzo (Batman: The Animated Series) and Townsend Coleman (The New Batman Adventures)
Henshaw voiced by: Neil Ross
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures
Two thugs who went on multiple jobs with the Joker.
- Butt-Monkey: Their appearances always end with them being beaten by Batman, his sidekicks, or other villains that Joker is opposing (such as Harley and Ivy, when Harley leaves Joker for a while and Joker tries to get her back).
Karl Rossum's minions
H.A.R.D.A.C.
H.A.R.D.A.C.
Voiced by: Jeff Bennett
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
H.A.R.D.A.C. was a supercomputer created by Karl Rossum that has gone rogue.
- Artificial Intelligence: It has this due to being a supercomputer.
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Executed Rossum's plan to replace humans in leading positions in society by robotic copies, using their influence to bring about a utopia. Rossum later repented of this idea, but H.A.R.D.A.C. was already programmed to further it by any means necessary—and so turned against its creator when he sought to halt the program, adding him to the list of those to be replaced.
- Canon Foreigner: Created for the series (while also inspired from a Mythology Gag, below).
- Copied the Morals, Too: This is what undoes his attempt to have the Batman duplicate recreate H.A.R.D.A.C. and restart the plan to replace humanity in "His Silicone Soul". The robot duplicate was such a perfect copy of Batman that it also had at least some of his morals, most prominently Thou Shall Not Kill.Batman: [After seeing his robot duplicate pass up numerous chances to kill him] You can't do it. H.A.R.D.A.C. built you well. Perhaps even better than he could have imagined.
- Cyber Cyclops: Had a single glowing red lens that flashed in time with his speech.
- Evil Knockoff: Was able to create them.
- Fun with Acronyms: "Holographic Analytical Reciprocating Digital Algorithmic Computer"
- Gone Horribly Right: In the case of Batman's H.A.R.D.A.C. clone. While it was meant to copy Batman in appearance and persona upon killing the real Batman, it couldn't handle taking a life and kills itself. The real Batman used this to his advantage to survive.
- Kill and Replace: The evil computer H.A.R.D.A.C. decided that humans were too dangerous due to their imperfections and began replacing them. While it was planning on killing its victims once it had extracted all the information it could, they are ultimately rescued before it can do so.
- Killed Off for Real: Tried to get Back from the Dead with his Batman duplicate's help and failed.
- Machine Monotone: Well, when you think emotion is bad (for causing suffering)...
- Master Computer: One who masters robots.
- Mythology Gag: To a Filmation Studios Batman cartoon episode, "The Crime Computer".
- Omnicidal Maniac: Well, a wannabe one.
- They Look Like Us Now: The Reveal of the androids, whereas previously, all robotic minions had been clearly recognizable as such.
- Turned Against Their Masters: Originally, its master plan had its builder Rossum's approval. When he attempted to pull the plug on the mad scheme he had once authorized, but long since rejected, the computer replaced him, too, with an android and carried on with the program.
- Utopia Justifies the Means: It pursues Rossum's original utopian objectives and still sees its work as one carried out in the service of humanity, the aim being to create a safe and peaceful world for humans to live in – but since humans can't be trusted with power, computers must rule them to make this possible. Also, individual humans (even quite large numbers of them) are eminently expendable in the pursuit of the greater good.
Killer Croc's minions
Joey and Spider
Joey "the Snail" Martin and Spider Conway
- Voiced by: Aron Kincaid (Spider)Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Two minions of Killer Croc who informed on him to the police. Croc broke them out of jail and stashed them in his lair as part of a complicated plan to frame Bullock.
- The Stool Pigeon: Both Joey and Spider testified against Croc, and Spider was going to testify against Rupert Thorne as well.
Maxie Zeus's minions
Alex
Alex
- Voiced by: Nicholas SavalasAppearances: Batman: The Animated Series
One of Zeus's thugs. He played along with Zeus's delusions, only to learn too late how mad his boss really was.
- Bald of Evil: He's completely bald and he helps Zeus do horrible things.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Alex kidnaps Clio and chases Stavros The Stool Pigeon in a menacing way, but he is shocked when Max electrocutes his partner and tries to stop Max from shooting at police blimps.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Alex is last seen fleeing Max's penthouse rather than stay to fight Batman or getting killed by his failure-intolerant boss.
"Clio" Droukas
"Clio" Droukas
- Voiced by: Bess ArmstrongAppearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Maxie Zeus's assistant and girlfriend. Their relationship grew rocky when Zeus's delusions grew to the point where he began identifying Droukas as Clio, a Greek muse.
- Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: She desperately tried to be this for Zeus, but he grew too insane for her to handle.
Yanni Stavros
Yanni Stavros
- Voiced by: Nicholas SavalasAppearances: Batman: The Animated Series
An employee at Zeus's shipping company who also sold shipping information to pirates. He tried to cut a deal with the police by ratting out Zeus's theft of a major weapon, but Zeus derailed his plans.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Stavros seems like a minor crook who is merely injured to introduce a one-episode villain, but in Justice League, he's mentioned as being one of Luthor's co-conspirators in an arms smuggling scheme that leads to Luthor's first fall from grace and arrest.
- The Stool Pigeon: Yanni tried to be this, but Zeus got him first.
Nostramos's minions
Lucas
Lucas
- Voiced by: Aron KincaidAppearances: Batman: The Animated Series
An aide to Nostramos. He made sure Nostramos's prophecies of doom came true.
- The Fixer: He works as this for Nostrums, making sure that his boss's predicted disasters actually happen.
Penguin's minions
Arnold Rundle
Arnold Rundle
- Voiced by: Steve FrankenAppearances: Batman: The Animated Series
An auto parts distributor.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: Despite his pathetic appearance, he was able to work out the identity of Batman's mechanic simply by reading the papers, observing damage that the Batmobile took, and noting which parts had been ordered that could theoretically repair such damage. When one particular mechanic was always ordering the parts that Batman seemed to need, Rundle learned that mechanic was helping Batman.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Penguin drowns him after he tells Penguin about the Coopers.
Eagleton, Sheldrake, and Falcone
Eagleton, Sheldrake, and Falcone
- Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Three goons who help Penguin try to sabotage the Batmobile in one episode and steal a military helicopter to hold the city for ransom in another.
- Badass Driver: Eagleton is the chauffeur of Penguin's limo and loses Batman after a tense chase by driving off a bridge and into a garbage scow. That being said, Penguin isn't happy about how badly damaged the car is after the chase. He also acts as the pilot for the stolen chopper they terrorize Gotham with.
- Dumb Muscle: Falcone and Eagleton are musclemen and gunmen. They aren't complete idiots, but they're not too imaginative and steal the wrong kind of stamps during a heist.
- The Generic Guy: Sheldrake has less distinct moments and characteristics than Eagleton and Falcone.
- Kick the Dog:
- Falcone engages in some Evil Gloating when he thinks sabotaging the Batmobile killed the Dynamic Duo.
- They laugh about making people scatter "like pigeons" while shooting off a few rounds from their stolen helicopter's weapons.
- Odd Friendship: Dumb Muscle Falcone is friends with a nebbish auto parts distributor, although not enough to intervene when Penguin decides You Have Outlived Your Usefulness and sends the poor guy down a whirlpool.
- The Smart Guy: Eagleton is a skilled mechanic who can tell how the Batmobile security system works.
Jay, Lark, and Raven (female)
Jay, Lark, and Raven
Appearances: The New Batman Adventures, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Waitresses in Penguin's club who also helped with his criminal businesses.
- Adaptation Name Change: Jay and Raven are called Anna and Freida in the Novelization of Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman.
- Ambiguously Brown: Raven's skin is darker than that of anyone she ever shares a scene with, but it's hard to tell if she's supposed to be African-American, Hispanic, or Asian.
- Battle Butler: The three waitresses occasionally demonstrate some martial arts skills and firearms proficiency when defending Penguin from attackers.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Jay is blonde, the Ambiguously Brown Raven has black hair, and Lark sometimes has red hair (other times, she's blonde too).
- Blood Knight: In their movie appearance, Raven and Jay have excited grins while attacking Batwoman.
- Bodyguard Babes: They are attractive women and waitresses, who double as henchwomen.
- Chekhov's Gunman: In their first episode they seem like innocent waitresses, but in later appearances they establish themselves as Penguin's Co-Dragons.
- Combat Stilettos: Jay and Raven are cocktail waitresses who get into a martial arts duel with Batwoman (and have the upper hand for most of it) while wearing spiky high heels.
- Dance Battler: Jay and Raven do a lot of fighting in a synchronized way that feels reminiscent of ballet.
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: They get into gunfights and martial arts fights while wearing their cocktail waitress costumes (tuxedo corsets, long stockings, high-heeled shoes, and bowler hats).
- One-Steve Limit: Jay and Raven are the names of Penguin's first pair of goons as well as two of the waitresses.
- Stocking Filler: Their outfits expose all of their stocking clad legs.
- Theme Naming: Unsurprisingly given the Penguin's own particular idiosyncrasies, all of them are named after birds, just like his earlier accomplices.
- The Worf Effect:
- When the Penguin sends them to murder Roxy Rocket, the latter dispatches them quite easily.
- Raven and Lark are defeated offscreen and left Bound and Gagged by the Judge, to show how dangerous the villain of the episode is.
- Inverted when Jay and Raven fight Batwoman in a martial arts battle. They take a lot of hits, but they're actually winning against their previously undefeated opponent before Penguin gets impatient and breaks up the fight by firing a heat-seeking missile that makes Batwoman flee. Of course, since Batwoman is a Collective Identity, the person they were fighting isn't the same person from all of the earlier fights.
Jay and Raven (male)
Jay and Raven
- Voiced by: Rob Paulsen (Raven) and uncredited (Jay)
Two goons who help Penguin with museum robberies in two episodes.
- Bumbling Henchman Duo: They always appear together and never fare well against Batman on their own, something Penguin lampshades.
- Penguin: If it weren't for Scrap, you two would be feathering your nest at Stonegate Penitentiary!
- Evil Redhead: Raven has orange hair and helps commit robberies and attack Batman.
- One-Steve Limit: Jay and Raven are the names of Penguin's first pair of goons as well as two of the waitresses.
- The Quiet One: Jay doesn't have enough dialogue to be in the credits.
Poison Ivy's minions
Aloicious
Aloicious
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Poison Ivy's giant, mutant killer flytrap from her debut episode "Pretty Poison".
- Alien Blood: Bleeds chlorophyll.
- Breakout Character: A minor example, but yes. Has gone on to reappear in several video games (usually as a co-boss alongside Ivy), comic books (cameos) & served as the basis for merchandise, such as the snapping flytrap weapon Poison Ivy's original Kenner toy possessed. Then, of course, there's the sheer amount of Ivy fan art featuring it.
- Forceful Kiss: Facilitates this for it's mistress. After completing her Motive Rant on why she targeted Harvey Dent, Ivy applies her special lipstick before slinking towards a restrained Batman, intending to "seal his fate" as well. Aloicious immediately rotates him and, when Batman begins defiantly thrashing about, it moves two tendrils in, tightly wrapping them around his head, holding Bats in place, making it easier for Ivy to lock lips with him.
- It Can Think: To an extent anyway. Despite lacking (visible) ears or eyes Aloicious responds accordingly to whatever Poison Ivy wants it to do, even going the extra mile of restraining Batman's head so she can kiss him, seemingly in synch with her "sealed with a kiss" line. And, after he ambushes her with a kick to the face, all it takes is an angry nod from her to understand that it's finally dinnertime, instantly pulling Bats in to devour him. Too bad it didn't think to coil his legs in place.
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family: Boasts a vertical maw filled with large, shark like chompers.
- No Name Given: Though left unnamed within the final episode, the script lists it as "Aloicious." Presumably it wasn't stated for sounding too silly.
- Noodle Incident: This line:"What has my sweet little flytrap caught this time?" alludes to it having devoured other people prior to it's attempt on Batman.
- Stock Sound Effects: It's tendrils sound like timber wolves and the main body roars like a lion. It also utters a few elephant noises after Batman wounds it with his knife.
- Tentacle Rope: How it ensnares Batman, coiling several around his wrists and abdomen.
- Tentacled Terror: Most definitely. Batman's Oh, Crap! face as it drags him towards it's fanged maw really hammers in the dread.
- Vagina Dentata: Not originally planned to be though. Bruce Timm initially drew it resembling Audrey II before opting instead to use a snow pea pod as a design basis. Halfway through sketching Timm realized what it was shaping up to look like, but kept it as he felt it made a great metaphor for Poison Ivy's nature. Obviously, it went unregistered by the censors.
- Vine Tentacles: Long, fast moving ones with python grade strength & snapping, fanged flowery ends.
Cactus Creature
Cactus Creature
Voiced by: Jim Cummings
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
The result of Poison Ivy splicing human & plant DNA. This violent, prickly bruiser served as her main goon in "House & Garden."
- Body Horror: Dissolves into a steaming puddle of green goop upon the end of his lifecycle.
- Cactus Person: Duh.
- Death Glare: Gives Batman a vicious one after he'd sliced off his pointy digits.
- The Dragon: Fulfills this role for a time.
- Dumb Muscle: Has little to no agency of his own and exists purely to function as a big, intimidating thug for Ivy.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Doesn't take much to set this guy off. A quilled backhand is inevitable whenever he's around.
- No Name Given: Although, presumably it's either Steven, Chris or Kelly.
- Poisonous Person: His quills are highly toxic.
- Sadist: A trait shared with his creator. Takes a moment to give a mocking goodbye to Bruce Wayne after believing he'd drowned.
- Stealthy Colossus: Despite his tremendous stature he was able to sneak into Bruce's car unnoticed to relay ransom demands & then vanish as if he was never there to begin with.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Weed killer.
Michael Vreeland
Michael Vreeland
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Voiced by: Tim Matheson
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Veronica Vreeland's latest beau, who isn't as friendly as he seems...
- Asshole Victim: Nary a tear is shed when Robin dissolves him.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Presents himself as a good natured, devoted husband, but is actually the furthest thing from a loving, caring partner.
- Body Horror: Is gruesomely dissolved by weed killer.
- Prior to that we're treated to the sight of Ivy ripping off his human skin.
- The Dragon: Poison Ivy's right hand goon during the climax of "Chemistry."
- Extendable Arms: Which he uses to attempt tossing two passengers overboard.
- Plant Person: He looks like a mannequin carved out of broccoli.
- Sadist: Enjoyed tormenting Veronica, freaking her out as he walked through her laser grid security system and slowly advanced on her, taunting Vreeland about her imminent death.
- Transflormation: More extensively so than Susan's.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Weed killer.
Shrubby
Shrubby
Appearances: Batman and Harley Quinn
Poison Ivy's old henchman from Batman and Harley Quinn.
- Affably Evil: Pretty chill and jovial for an eco-terrorist vamp's hired goon.
- Genki Guy: The big grin he gives before Quinn performs "Hanging On The Telephone" says everything.
- Meaningful Name: Sports a green dyed afro resembling a shrub. Hence his goon alias.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Comes across as mildly misogynistic in the tie in comic, insultingly calling Harley "a skirt" at one point.
- The Voiceless: Never utters a single word in the movie.
Susan Maguire
Susan Maguire
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Voiced by: Linda Hamilton
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
A pleasant, mysterious woman Bruce falls for & marries, only to learn she's too good to be true in the episode "Chemistry".
- Asshole Victim: We feel zero sympathy for her as she perishes trapped aboard a sinking vessel.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Pretends to be a sweet, understanding woman willing to stick by her man no matter what. In reality she's a cold-blooded seductress prepared to kill her "sweetheart" at a moment's notice.
- Gold Digger: Her objective is securing Bruce's life insurance. Couldn't care less about the guy himself.
- Plant Person: One of Ivy's more successful attempts. Unlike the cactus monsters from "House & Garden" Susan is smarter, displaying far more independent thought. While she does end up "reverting" there's no indication she'll rot away like the cactus monsters did.
- Transflormation: Begins her metamorphosis halfway into the honeymoon cruise, her face developing moist green lines, then sprouting tendrils from underneath her wedding dress.
- Villain Has a Point: Although stated to mock Wayne, she's nonetheless correct that relationships are never meant to be easy.
Violet and Lily
Violet and Lily
Violet voiced by: Lynne Marie Stewart
Lily voiced by: Julie Brown
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Pamela Isley's trusty henchwomen, first seen in the episode "Eternal Youth".
- Ambiguous Situation: It's unclear if they're deranged environmentalists like Poison Ivy herself, she pays super well, they're just sadists aching to see others suffer or some combination of the aforementioned.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: In "Eternal Youth" they present themselves as high spirited spa employees, acting as the friendly faces of it's VHS marketing, while secretly helping the owner transform the guests into trees.
- Bodyguard Babes: Their main job whenever working for Ivy.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Violet's the brunette, Lily's the blonde & their boss is the redhead.
- Deadpan Snarker: When Batman remarks that Poison Ivy was careless in using Demeter as an alias given its clear connections to flora, one of them enters the scene by calling him "a high school graduate".
- Mysterious Past: Just like the woman they serve, nothing is ever divulged about their pre-show lives. Not even how they first met Poison Ivy.
- Smug Smiler: A trait they share with Ivy.
- Theme Naming: Violet and Lily happen to share the names of flowers, which is fitting for henchwomen of a plant-themed villainess.
- You Don't Look Like You: Their cameo appearance in Adventures In The DC Universe #3 (tie-in comic) sees them both as brunettes wearing green outfits, rather than their usual brunette & blonde in blue/black outfits.
Red Claw's minions
Stern
Stern
- Voiced by: Herb Edelman
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
The official chairman of Multigon, a front group for Red Claw's terrorist forces.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: A glasses-wearing villain who has no problem with causing a major terrorist attack.
- Mouth of Sauron: He is the front man for Red Claw, acts as her representative during meetings and deals with people who think they are dealing with legitimate businesses and not a terrorist.
Red Claw's Lieutenant
Red Claw's Lieutenant
Voiced by: Unknown extra
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series and Batman and Harley Quinn
He is a prominent yet unnamed member of Red Claw's terrorist group who recurs throughout her two-part debut.
- Badass Driver: He drives a hijacked truck for several blocks while his companions trade gunshots with the police. Later, he nearly runs a car containing Bruce and Selina off the road.
- Cool Shades: He is a formidable terrorist who is always wearing a pair of fancy sunglasses.
- Mauve Shirt: He is an unnamed Mook who nonetheless escapes being defeated and captured on multiple occasions and undertakes several important jobs for Red Claw.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After Batman thwarts his efforts to hijack a truckload of weapons, the goon scrambles out of the wrecked truck's cab and escapes down a manhole (leaving behind his two incapacitated accomplices) as the police arrive.
Roland Daggett's minions
Crocker and Nitro
Crocker and Nitro
Crocker voiced by: Jeffrey Tambor
Nitro voiced by: David Lander
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Crocker was an employee of Roland Daggett. When Daggett wanted to destroy Crime Alley so he could build some real estate, Crocker hired the arsonist Nitro. The two of them attempted to burn down the alley, but Batman managed to stop them.
- Dirty Coward: Both men panic and put up no resistance when Batman catches them in the act of arson. Nitro also pathetically begs Batman not to tell Daggett that they cracked under his interrogation.
- Faux Affably Evil: Crocker asks Leslie to tell him if he's tying her up too tight...while he's in the process of leaving her tied up in a building that's rigged to explode. He's completely indifferent to Leslie's protests that innocent people will die in the bombing and makes this clear in a sinisterly jovial way.
- Crocker: Hey, we told them to leave. They stand in the way of redevelopment, they get bulldozed. Nothing personal. Just business.
- Kill It with Fire: They attempt to destroy Crime Alley in an enormous explosion.
- Mad Bomber: Nitro is hired to blow up a city block through its gas line and has already been arrested for arson at lest once.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Nitro comments that his name is only a nickname due to his Mad Bomber job, but neither he nor Batman ever use his real name.
Germs
Germs
Voiced by: Ed Begley Jr.
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
One of Daggett's minions who tried to kill Lucius Fox and Matt Hagen.
- Agent Peacock: Germs is germaphobic and a Sharp-Dressed Man, but he holds his own in a brawl against Batman and nearly crushes him against some mechanical gears.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Germs is a brutal enforcer, but when he realizes that Daggett is about to send him on another assassination job, his face shows some brief dismay and weariness (although this could just be Pragmatic Villainy).
- Terrified of Germs: This is what he gets his name from. He is absolutely petrified by the thought of getting infected with germs, a fact which Batman exploits.
Paunch and Jessy
Paunch and Jessy
- Voiced by: Denny Dillon (Jessy)
Two thugs who kidnap animals for Milo and Roland to use as plague carriers.
- Diabolical Dog Catcher: They catch stray cats and dogs which will be subjected to horrific experiments.
- Evil Redhead: Jessy is extremely cruel and has red hair.
- Fat and Skinny: Paunch is a Fat Bastard, Jessy is Lean and Mean, and the two share several scenes.
- Perpetual Frowner: Jessy spends most of her time scowling.
Raymond Bell
Raymond Bell
Voiced by: Scott Valentine
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Another of Daggett's minions who tried to kill Lucius Fox and Matt Hagen.
- Headphones Equal Isolation: Bell's headphones cause him to ignore an important series of questions Daggett asks him.
- Karma Houdini: Debatable. While Batman terrifies him and he's arrested, it's never said whether his role in Daggett's scheme was exposed, nor if Clayface decided to take revenge on him.
- Too Clever by Half: He is always listening to the police band waves so that he can be aware of any attempts to arrest him. Batman issues a fake notice calling for Bell's arrest, then ambushes Bell as he flees town.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: It's him who gets the bright idea to drown Hagen in Renuyu instead of shooting him. Needless to say, Hagen wasn't as dead as they thought.
Rupert Thorne's minions
Candice
Candice
Voiced by: Diane Michelle
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Rupert Thorne's assistant. She uncovers the truth of Harvey Dent's instability and gives it to her boss. Later, she's put in charge of hiring Bane, although she quickly decides she'd rather work for Bane than for Thorne.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Her briefly pretending to be a policewoman sympathetic to Grace's plight in order to manipulate the latter into helping her boss track down Two-Face.
- Femme Fatale: A beautiful woman who manipulates men to get what she wants, such as when she tries to flirt with Bane so he'll usurp Thorne.
- Impersonating an Officer: Candice disguises herself as a cop to get information from Harvey's fiancée.
- Karma Houdini: If you count the tie-in comics as canon, then in the 12th issue of The Batman and Robin Adventures where it takes place after the events of Bane, Rupert doesn't do anything with her and punishes Bane instead. After that, Rupert even payed Candice to sit next to him while he enjoys the Opera, which means that Candice never got any retribution for trying to overthrow her boss.
- Ms. Fanservice: A gorgeous, raven haired lady prone to wearing outfits which flaunt her legs.
- Oh, Crap!: She gives off an epic version of this when Batman reveals she conspired with Bane to get rid of Rupert Thorne. Her freaking out is juxtaposed with Thorne calmly and silently turning towards her, before we hear him angrily screaming her name.
- Sexy Secretary: Fulfills this role for Rupert Thorne.
- Smug Smiler: Her default facial expression. It's rare to not see her smirking.
- The Starscream: She urges Bane to overthrow Thorne and rule in his place. It doesn't end well, as Batman exposes Candice's plans, leaving her with a pissed-off-looking Thorne.
- Uncertain Doom: We never see her after Thorne found out she tried to have him killed.
- Unholy Matrimony: With Bane in his debut episode.
Frankie
Frankie
- Voiced by: Matt LandersAppearances: Batman: The Animated Series
A hot-headed Mook Lieutenant for Rupert Thorne.
- The Bus Came Back: He's arrested at the end of the two part "Two-Face" episode, but returns 70 episodes later in "Second Chance" and tries to kill Batman for Thorne.
- Defiant Captive: After being arrested in his first scene, he interrupts Harvey Dent making a speech nearby by saying that Harvey can't beat Thorne. He follows this up by kicking mud at Harvey.
- Malevolent Masked Man: In his first scene, he's wearing a ski mask and is eager to fire a bazooka at a bunch of cops.
- Villains Out Shopping: In "Second Chance", he comments that he enjoyed fishing in the river (where he's about to throw a tied-up Robin) before it got polluted.
Jake, Beechum, and Chubb
Jake Hoffman, Beechum, and Tony/Chubb
Voiced by: Rodger Bumpass, George Dzunda, and Gary Kroeger
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Three goons who steal medical supplies for their boss's Back-Alley Doctor brother and later kidnap Dr. Thompkins.
- Beard of Barbarism: Jake, the meanest of the three, has a thick, bushy beard.
- Emergency Impersonation: The three men rob an armored car after pulling up next to it in a phony ambulance.
- Giant Mook: Jake towers over Batman and manages to throw him off a bridge in a fair fight.
- Villainous Friendship: Beechum is concerned and angry when he finds Chubb knocked unconscious.
- Would Hit a Girl: Jake and Chubb are quick to want to shoot Leslie.
The Orderly
The Orderly
The surgical assistant of Back-Alley Doctor Matthew Thorne.
- Improv Fu: He fights Batman with his fists, a surgical gurney, scalpels, and a surgical laser.
- Servile Snarker: He is loyal to Rupert Thorne, but makes a sarcastic quip about how Thorne thinks Batman can't be killed.
- No Name Given: His real name is unknown.
- Slasher Smile: He sports a harsh grin while trying to kill Batman.
Scarecrow's minions
Nigel and Anthony
Nigel and Anthony
- Voiced by: Richard Moll (Anthony) and uncredited actor (Nigel)Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series
Two thugs whom Scarecrow hires for his vendetta against the college that fired him.
- Audience Surrogate: They ask Scarecrow why he hates the university and he explains it to them during a Motive Rant.
- Claustrophobia: Nigel has a phobia of walls closing in, especially walls with prison bars.
- Dumb Muscle: They work as thugs and Nigel is confused by big words while Anthony talks in a slow manner and says he hated his time in school.
- Fat and Skinny: Nigel is lean and Anthony is husky.
- Pet the Dog: Anthony is seen helping Nigel put a band-aid on his nose after their first fight with Batman.
- Serendipitous Survival: They both fall out of Scarecrow's blimp but survive due to the blimp passing over a rooftop garden and an awning at just the right moments to break their falls.
Two Face's minions
Min and Max
Min and Max
Voiced by: Micky Dolenz (Batman: The Animated Series) and Rob Paulsen (Batman and Harley Quinn)
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series and Batman and Harley Quinn
Twin brothers who serve as Two-Face's first minions.
- Always Identical Twins: They are identical twins.
- The Cameo: They show up singing a duet in Batman and Harley Quinn.
- Evil Redhead: They are redheads who help Two-Face implement various robberies and revenge schemes.
- Fire-Forged Friends: Min and Max are prosecuted by Harvey before he becomes Two-Face, but are loyal to him in the present, following his orders and trying to cheer him up when he's downcast.
- Hidden Depths: These lads sure can carry a tune!
Ventriloquist's minions
Mugsy and Rhino
Mugsy and Rhino
Mugsy voiced by: Joe Piscopo (Batman: The Animated Series) and Townsend Coleman (The New Batman Adventures)
Rhino voiced by: Earl Boen
Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures
Two thugs who worked for Arnold Wesker and his dummy/split personality Scarface.
- Always a Bigger Fish: Rhino may be a big guy who could probably shrug off a bullet and a tank, but he's always terrified of Scarface, most prominently during "Double Talk", where Scarface tries to off him and Mugsy for waking him up from hiatus too early.
- Rhino: Mr. Ventriloquist, stop him.
Ventriloquist: Mr. Scarface!
- The Brute: Rhino acts as the muscle for Scarface's operations.
- Charles Atlas Superpower: Rhino is treated like a regular Dumb Muscle goon, but can hold one metal platinum bar with no problem, push hundreds of them at once, and break through various stuff such as fences and doors.
- Dragon Ascendant: After Wesker reforms, Rhino tries to take control of things for long enough to force the Scarface personality back to the forefront. It doesn't end well, although Batman at least manages to save Rhino and Mugsy before Scarface executes them for getting out of line.
- Made of Iron: He could take Batman's punches and still keep going against him. 2 Gotham PD Officers lampshade his strength.
- Gotham PD Officer 1: Phew. Guy like that, I'm not so sure a bullet would stop him.
Gotham PD Officer 2: Hey, I'm not so sure a tank would stop him.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Mugsy's reaction after he accidentally shoots Scarface instead of Batman during "Read My Lips".
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Rhino and Mugsy Gaslighting Wester's Scarface personality allows the former Ventriloquist to finally reform for good by killing Scarface while foiling the dummy's plan of resurfacing when he wanted to.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Averted. Rhino's full name is Charles Daly.
- Pet the Dog: Mugsy sticks up for Ratso after he talks to the Ventriloquist instead of Scarface.
- Mugsy: Sorry, boss. He's new. He don't know the score.
Scarface: Yeah, well, he better get with the program pretty quick. I don't stand for no lack of respect.
- There Was a Door: In one of their first scenes, Mugsy nimbly climbs over a fence while fleeing a heist but Rhino just smashes through it with his broad shoulders, exposing his tattoo, which allows Batman to identify him.
- Villainous Valor: Rhino is able to take a bunch of punches from Batman, and in a series where many criminals are scared of the Caped Crusader, never gets intimidated by him.
- Wall Crawl: In their first episode, the two men climb down the faces of buildings using spiked gloves.
