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[[folder:Rupert Thorne]]
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->'''Voiced By:''' John Vernon (English), Saburo Kamei (Japanese/1st voice), Katsuhisa Houki (Japanese/rest of the series)

* AdaptationalBadass: Thorne is a much more powerful figure than in the comics. See CompositeCharacter.
* BigBad: While not on the same level as the Joker or Ra's al Ghul in this regard, Thorne is the series' most prominent white collar criminal. Notably, he is directly responsible for Two-Face's creation and he hires Bane in an attempt to have Batman killed, sparking the former's antagonism towards and obsession with the latter. His criminal empire takes a large portion of the series's run to topple.
* BullyingADragon: His attempt at blackmailing Harvey Dent, even though he ''knew'' that Dent had a violent temper stemming from his mental issues ''and'' was a large, strong adult who had barely been able to restrain himself from ripping one of Thorne's goons to pieces.
* CompositeCharacter: While Thorne had connections to the mob in the comics, his role here as an untouchable mob boss is more in line with Carmine Falcone or Salvatore Maroni. He also fills the latter's role of causing Dent's disfigurement and transformation into Two-Face.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments, such as when Batman crashes through his greenhouse window:
--> You'd better have the money to pay for that.
* TheDon: The most powerful mobster in Gotham city at the start of the series. His old-school methods provide a contrast to those of Batman's more [[RoguesGallery colorful foes.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His brother.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Stromwell's son goes missing and he accuses Thorne of being behind it, Thorne points out that he never goes after a person's family. Thorne is actually planning to kill Stromwell right then, betraying him at a peace summit, but he is legitimately shocked at the accusation and is completely sincere in his assertion of innocence.
* FatBastard: He's very round.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He likes to make himself appear pleasant, but he has never been shown to harbor good intentions.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In his attempt to bring down Harvey Dent, he created his worse nemesis Two Face, who threatened his businesses, turned his books over to the authorities, and nearly killed him.
* KarmaHoudini: {{Reconstructed}}. Whilst defeated by Batman on a regular basis, being arrested doesn't seem to mean that much to him.
* MoodSwinger: For all his suave attitude, he loses his temper very easily. A good example of this is towards the end of ''The Man Who Killed Batman''.
* MoralityPet: While he didn't make life easy for his brother Matthew, he still genuinely cares for him.
* NotMeThisTime: ''It's Never Too Late'' (as far as Stromwell's son is concerned), ''Vendetta'' and ''Second Chance''.
* PragmaticVillainy: At times.
* SiblingYinYang: Smug, ruthless mobster whose brother is a morally troubled, yet sympathetic, disgraced surgeon.
* VillainHasAPoint: When threatening to share Harvey Dent's psychiatric file with the press, Thorne sarcastically quips that the people have a right to know who they're electing for office. Not that Thorne really cares, and he deliberately made the situation worse, but this is actually a pretty valid concern: Would you vote for someone if you found out they've been desperately trying to sweep their violent dissociative identity under the rug?
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[[folder:Roland Daggett]]
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->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EdwardAsner (English), Jun Hazumi (Japanese)

* AssholeVictim: Almost became this in the hands of Clayface and later Catwoman.
* CanonForeigner: Never seen in the comics yet adapted in ''The Dark Knights Rises'' as "John Daggett".
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Deconstructed; in each of his four appearances, Dagget gradually loses his fortune as legal fees and criminal charges catch up to him.
** [[spoiler: He finally faces jail time after his fourth appearance and is not seen again afterwards.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Bruce Wayne.
* EvilRedhead: Though this one doesn't wear green.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/NormanOsborn, albeit without the Goblin persona. Was also originally slated to be [[Film/BatmanReturns Max Schreck]]
* IcyBlueEyes: Depending on the artist.
* {{Jerkass}}: He doesn't seem to have any qualms with ruining other people's lives just to get what he wants as shown in his first two appearances.
* KarmaHoudini: "Appointment in Crime Alley" -- Batman is able to stop his scheme and capture his mooks, but not pin the dirty deeds on him.
** [[spoiler: Subverted in ''Batgirl Returns'' when by that time, his failed schemes have left him so in the red, he is forced to steal a priceless artifact for money. When that and his attempt to kill the Bat Family fail, he goes to jail.]]
* KickTheDog: His part on turning Matt Hagen into Clayface.
* KillThePoor: His scheme in ''Appointment in Crime Alley''.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Does this in "Batgirl Returns." After capturing ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, This conversation takes place.
-->'''Batgirl:''' So what are you going to do? Leave us hanging over one of these vats with acid burning through the rope?
-->'''Dagget:''' *EvilLaugh* If there's one thing I learned over the years, it's that you crime fighting types are ''very'' resourceful.
* PoisonAndCureGambit: In ''Cat Scratch Fever'', he has stray animals infected with an incredibly virulent new strain of rabies that he plans to sell the cure for.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: It doesn't last.
* WouldHurtAChild: He tries to destroy an inhabited neighborhood in his second appearance which was later shown that some of the residents were children.
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[[folder:Doctor Milo]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Treat Williams in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Armin Shimerman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' (English), Masayuki Omoro (Japanese)

* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim]]: [[spoiler: In ''Justice League'', he has a grudge against Amanda Waller, his employer, and releases ''Doomsday'' to get revenge. Doomsday kindly decides to murder him before completely ignoring Waller to chase after Superman.]]
* [[spoiler: BackForTheDead: His surprise appearance in JLU had him quickly disposed of.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: It always backfires on him... Even when he's the dog.
* EvilGenius: He made a living of it.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Don't get near that Doomsday, you silly!
%%* JerkAss
* MadScientist: Well, an evil scientist for hire.
* PoisonAndCureGambit: Had a key part in Roland Daggett's plan to do this in ''Cat Scratch Fever''.
* PsychoForHire: Always been shown on a payroll. He's essentially the scientist for hire in the Gotham underworld.
* SinisterSchnoz: He's a close second to the Penguin in that department.
%%* SmugSnake
* [[spoiler: TooDumbToLive: That's what you get for releasing Doomsday.]]
** That was only his ''last'' appearance in the DCAU. The last episode he appeared in thn ''B:TAS'' had [[spoiler:him flat out ignore the warnings of Anthony Romulus and denying him the antidote.]]
--->'''Anthony Romulus:''' You fool! There's no telling what the werewolf might do!\\
'''Dr. Milo:''' [[TooDumbToLive Hey, ask me if I care]].
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[[folder:Hugo Strange]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Ray Buktenica (English), Creator/{{Mugihito}} (Japanese)

* AdaptationalWimp: He’s far less menacing and dark compared to his other incarnations.
* BaldOfEvil: Balding.
* BeardOfEvil: To cement his appearance as a Freud stereotype psychologist.
* BigBadWannabe: For the one who discovered Batman's identity, he's outed of the spotlight quickly once the Joker n'co enter the scene. His scheme also falls apart rather quickly when he's manipulated, and the Joker quickly puts him in his place.
* {{Blackmail}}: He ran a clinic for the wealthy and powerful where he had a machine that let him read the minds of his patients, allowing him to dig up their darkest secrets and shames and later force them to pay for his silence. When Bruce checks in undercover he discovers he is Batman, but decides to have an AuctionOfEvil with Penguin, Two-Face and The Joker as the bidders. Adapted from the Pre-Crisis story where Strange first finds out Bruce is Batman, except blackmail had nothing to do with that one.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Turned out that inviting Gotham's worst criminals wasn't such a good idea.
* MentalPictureProjector: His machine, which he uses to blackmail people.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He arguably failed to make an impression due to be surrounded by far more colourful villains, most notably a Joker at his hammiest.
* PsychoPsychologist: A little different from most incarnations. He's still evil, but motivated mostly by greed, using a device to read the minds of his patients and then use the dark secrets he learned to blackmail them.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: A trademark of the character.
* SmugSnake: Turning his facility into a blackmail tool, and then bragging about how brilliant it was, might not have been such a good idea.
* SunglassesAtNight: The coloring of his glasses makes it look like shades.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Didn't last long, though.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: A part of his [[HerrDoktor stereotypical Freud-like persona]].
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[[folder:Red Claw]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Kate Mulgrew (English), Ikuko Tatsu (Japanese)

* AffirmativeActionGirl: And painfully bragging about it.
* AppealToForce: Her schemes revolves holding cities for billion dollar ransoms with the [[WeaponOfMassDestruction WMDs]] that she steals.
* AmazonianBeauty: She has a very strong and muscular body, and it looks gorgeous!
* TheBaroness: A middle ground between the Sexpot and the Rosa Klebb.
* TheBusCameBack: She appeared as a relatively minor villain in "The Cat and the Claw" (which was actually about Catwoman) and then vanished - only to return a couple of years later as the BigBad in "The Lion and the Unicorn."
* CanonForeigner: Never seen outside of the series probably due to a lack of popularity.
* ColorCharacter: Wears red and is named Red.
* DarkActionGirl: Appears to be capable of some form of martial combat, and had fought Batman once or twice.
* EmptyQuiver: "The Lion and the Unicorn" revolves around Red Claw's hijacking of a nuclear missile.
* GenderMisdirection[=/=]SamusIsAGirl: Batman thought "Red Claw" was a man until they met.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: No background, little personality, clearly created to provide the conflict Catwoman couldn't.
* GeniusBruiser: A pretty buff lady but an ambitious criminal mastermind.
* McNinja: More like russian kungfu fighter.
* ThePlague: Planned to use a government created one to hold Gotham hostage.
* RedScare: Strongly implied.
* SkunkStripe: Has a white stripe in her hair.
* StarterVillain: For american viewers anyway.
* TattooedCrook: Sports a red claw tatoo on her shoulder.
* TerroristsWithoutACause: She seems to be OnlyInItForTheMoney.
* TheStrategist: A villainous example.
* WesternTerrorists: Her and the group she led.
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[[folder:The Ninja (Kyodai Ken)]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Robert Ito (English), Masato Sako (Japanese/1st voice), Creator/FumihikoTachiki (Japanese/rest of the series)

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He's one of the only characters who can pose a real threat to Batman hand-to-hand... and would've killed him if Bats hadn't sort of cheated. He's also a complete lunatic who just likes beating people up.
* CanonForeigner: Originated and died in the series.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Oonemuri aka “eternal sleep”, a [[PressurePoint two-fingered]] [[TouchOfDeath death stab]] he learned from his ex-master's SecretArt.
* FightingFingerprint: Kyodai is able to discover Batman's secret identity by having fought both Bruce Wayne and Batman.
* HandSeals: A frequent user of these.
* KilledOffForReal: Despite Bruce trying to save him, Kyodai is stranded in the middle of lava when Mount Kijiki erupts during their final showdown. All that was left for Kyodai to do was [[GracefulLoser bow to Batman]] in honor of his WorthyOpponent.
* {{Ninja}}: From Japan, even. He tries to make this claim of Batman as well, but Batman identifies more with the honor of the samurai warrior.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Hinted to have been Yoru Sensei's best student. At least was more experienced than Bruce.
%%* ProfessionalKiller
* {{Revenge}}: He blames Bruce for getting him expelled from Yoru Sensei’s dojo when they were younger, even though [[NeverMyFault he tried to steal one of Yoru’s swords and was caught]].
* StockNinjaWeaponry: His [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] and shuriken.
* TattooedCrook: Kyodai has a huge tattoo of a Japanese demon's head on his back.
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[[folder:H.A.R.D.A.C.]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JeffBennett (English), Creator/UnshoIshizuka (Japanese/1st voice), Creator/ToruOkawa (Japanese/rest of the series)

* ArtificialIntelligence
** AIIsACrapshoot: Rebelled against his creator to replace humans by robotic copies.
* CanonForeigner: Has only appeared in the series.
* CyberCyclops: Had a single glowing red lens that flashed in time with his speech.
* GoneHorriblyRight: 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. [[spoiler: The real Batman used it to his advantage to survive.]]
* EvilKnockoff: Was able to create them.
* FunWithAcronyms: "'''H'''olographic '''A'''nalytical '''R'''eciprocating '''D'''igit'''A'''l '''C'''omputer"
* KillAndReplace: The evil computer HARDAC 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.
* KilledOffForReal: Tried to get BackFromTheDead with his Batman duplicate's help and failed.
* MachineMonotone: Well, when you think emotion is bad (for causing suffering)...
* MasterComputer: One who masters robots.
* OmnicidalManiac: Well, a wannabe one.
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[[folder:Mojo (Lloyd Ventrix)]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Michael Gross

* ClothesMakeTheManiac: He was already slightly unbalanced, but the invisibility suit became toxic when it was activated and apparently drove him completely over the edge into complete psychopathy.
* {{Determinator}}: What more can you say about a guy who's willing to pose as his daughter's imaginary friend while stealing gifts for her, just so he can earn her trust?
* DeadlyUpgrade: It's revealed that the plastic he uses for his suit is toxic.
* DisappearedDad: Due to being a convicted felon.
* DramaticDrop: When Kimmy tells him they're moving, he drops her doll in shock.
* ImaginaryFriend: Poses as one.
* {{Invisibility}}: Developed a suit to turn invisible
** InvisibilityCloak: Stole a supply of a plastic that could bend light around it, and made for himself an invisibility suit (and similarly outfitted his car).
** InvisibleJerkass: And jerkass is putting it mildly.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Masqueraded as imaginary for his daughter.
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkassWoobie: Despite his nature, he REALLY just wants to be with his little girl again.
* ToxicPhlebotinum: Drives him even more off the edge then he was before.
* TragicDream: All he did, he did to be with his daughter... but when he reveals himself to her, she rejects him and wants to be with his mother. At the end, she told Batman his mommy will move and his father will never find them again. He could never be with her.
* VillainousBreakdown: When Batman tries to warn him about the suit(and right before he gets defeated), Lloyd replies:
--> "Who cares if it is? With this suit, I can take back my daughter whenever I want! Her mother won't stop me, and neither will you!"
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[[folder:Arkady Duvall]]
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->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MalcolmMcDowell

%%* AristocratsAreEvil
* AxCrazy: Gets into duels, hits women, whips subordinates, kills prisonners (well, tries)... You got the idea.
* BadBoss: He gives The Joker a run for his money.
* BeardOfEvil: Well, friendly muttonchops of evil, anyway.
%%* BlueBlood
* BreakTheHaughty: Deserved considering his nasty temper.
* [[spoiler:TheCaligula: The reason Ra's decided against making him heir to his empire was that he realised Arkady would likely become this.]]
* CanonForeigner: He is somewhat based on Dusan al Ghul, Talia's brother and Ra's son from the comics.
* DirtyCoward: Once at Jonah Hex's mercy, he begged him miserably for his life after failing to bribe him.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: 50 years of hard labour? That'll do it.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: His, dating from his years of fencing at Heidelberg, would actually be a typical good one.
* [[spoiler:InadequateInheritor]]: For Ra's al Ghul.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Unlike Ra's, who's a WellIntentionedExtremist, Duvall only seems to care about gaining an empire for himself.
* LaserGuidedKarma:[[spoiler:Winds up serving 50 years of hard labour under (we can assume) even worse conditions and harsher treatment than the workmen he lorded over.]]
%%* [[spoiler:OverlordJr]]
* [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: By the early 90's, anyhow.]]
* RoyalBrat: He's not royalty [[spoiler:(at least, not on Daddy's side of the family)]], but he definately has the 'tude.
* SmugSnake: Has all of Ra's' ego without his qualities. Best exemplified in his duel with Jonah Hex:
-->'''Duvall''': You cannot defeat me. I am a Heidelberg fencing champion.\\
'''Jonah Hex''': My heart's all aflutter.\\
'''Duvall''': I'll chop you to pieces!\\
'''Jonah Hex''': Talk, talk, talk.
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[[folder:Dr. Gregory Belson]]
->'''Voiced By:''' George Dzundza

An old colleague of Mister Freeze who is kidnapped for his medical expertise when Nora's cryochamber is damaged in the movie ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''.

%%* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]
* IcyBlueEyes: Contrasting Mr. Freeze's red goggles.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted. He'd never murder an innocent woman...unless you pay him enough.
* DirtyCoward: Abandons everyone to die on the oil rig while he steals an escape boat.
%%* DrJerk
* TheDragon: Not a true example, but close enough.
* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: Or a landing deck. Not much time is spent on his death aside from a brief shot of him screaming.]]
* FatBastard: Well, chubby.
* HateSink: As Mr. Freeze has more sympathetic motives, Belson is greedy and has no scruples.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's hardly a villain but he would surely sell his mother.
* KidnappedScientist: Although unlike most examples, he isn't afraid to go along with whatever his captor says.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Its established that he's rather desperately in debt by the time Victor finds him.
* PragmaticVillainy: Encourages Victor to stop throwing temper tantrums and shooting at Barbara in case they accidentally damage the organ(s) they need.
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[[folder: Grant Walker]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Daniel O'Herlihy

A billionaire park owner who kidnaps Mr. Freeze from Arkham in the episode "Deep Freeze" in the hope of becoming immortal like him.

* AffablyEvil: He's very warm and welcoming... for a guy who wants to kill the world to create his own utopia.
* AndIMustScream [[spoiler:Walker was immortal and trapped under the ocean in a block of ice,]] although it's eventually reversed by the show's tie-in comics.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Wants a world without anyone he doesn't approve of, where everyone has to obey him.
* EvilCounterpart: As pointed out by [[http://worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/episodes/deepfreeze/ a reviewer for the episode Deep Freeze]], Walker and Freeze stood in deliberate contrast to each other. Freeze [[TinMan claims to be dead to emotions, but his compassion betrays him several times during the episode]]: he at first refuses to subject Walker to the same confinement as Freeze himself, and Batman eventually convinces him to help stop the deaths of innocent people. By contrast, Walker is an outwardly warm, paternalistic figure, but he is as dead to emotions as Freeze claims to be, coldly planning mass murder just to create his own fantasy of a perfect world. His transformation into "the second Mr. Freeze" is more appropriate to his inner self than Freeze's ever was. He is a rare example of a evil counterpart to a villain.
* TheEvilsOfFreewill:
-->'''Walker:''' My world will have no crime, violence, or pain.\\
'''Robin:''' You can add free will to that list, too!\\
'''Walker:''' A small price to pay for order.\\
'''Batman:''' ''Your'' order. For ''your'' select few!\\
'''Walker:''' Excuse me, but I fail to see the problem with that.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Wants to live forever to see his vision for the world carried out.
* KnightTemplar: He plans to make a crime-free utopia and freeze Gotham thinking it's too corrupt to survive. Granted, [[CrapsackWorld he may have a point there]].
* MrAltDisney: Not only a park owner with dreams of utopia, but also ties into the urban legend that Disney was cryonically preserved with his transformation at Freeze's hands.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He could be described as "Evil Walt Disney".
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Seems to believe that [[spoiler: freezing everyone on the planet except for his chosen few]] will help to create a better world.
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[[folder: Ferris Boyle]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Hamill

The CEO of Gothcorp, and the man responsible for the accident that turned Victor Fries into Mister Freeze.
* AssholeVictim: From causing the accident that made Mr. Freeze, to [[spoiler: apparently]] killing Nora, to sweeping all of those things under the table. Can you really blame Mr. Freeze for taking vengeance? Batman does save him, but angrily leaves him frozen.
* CanonForeigner
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He refers to his scientists as "wage slaves". And that's the most harmless thing he does in the episode.
* DirtyCoward: Notice he assaults Victor Fries, after he got Fries to willingly lower his gun on him.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's a corrupt douchebag who is responsible Mr. Freeze is who he is now, but actually tried to kill both him and his wife for money. To make it worse, He has kept some kind of good guy facade to hide his true nature in years, and has lied about every thing he did.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He claims to be apart of "the people company". However, as it's discovered, it was all an act so that he could get money, and doesn't care about anyone other than himself.
* JerkassHasAPoint: See VillainHasAPoint below.
* LackOfEmpathy: To him, money means more than the lives of his employees or their dying spouses.
* VillainHasAPoint: His actions clearly become criminal when he assaults Victor despite Fries having already backed down, and his command to pull the plug on Nora is nothing short of heartless, but his complaint is valid. Victor was using equipment that didn't belong to him, and essentially stealing money not just from Boyle, but from the whole company. The project was completely unauthorized, and that's not even going into the legal ethics of using a human subject in a secret experiment.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: As the head of the "People Company", he almost receives a Humanitarian Award. When he is exposed, it's gone completely.
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[[folder:Lock-Up (Lyle Bolton)]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Bruce Weitz

A former security guard at Arkham. Fired for his brutal methods, he decides to take the law in his own hands.

* CanonImmigrant: He was developed for the show and was eventually introduced to the main DCU.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: He was formerly a guard at Arkham Asylum who got his position due to endorsement and support from Wayne Enterprises. When he goes insane and begins kidnapping the people he blames for the city's problems (the police, bureaucrats and reporters that he says ''cause'' the criminals), Robin snarkily comments "[[Creator/{{PBS}} Another fine villain brought to you by the Wayne Foundation]]." The look Batman shoots him is ''not'' happy.
* InformedAbility: Apparently, Lock-Up is such a horrific guard that he has driven even the already-insane inmates of Arkham insane, paralyzing the Scarecrow, "The God of Fear," with fear. When his offenses against the patients are actually given, however, it is debatable as to whether they are extreme or standard asylum fare, apart from his mental abuse of the Ventriloquist, possibly because the show [[NeverSayDie could not portray anything worse.]]
* TheJailer: He likes to lock the objects of his ire into cells.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Goes from wanting to lock up Gotham's criminals to wanting to lock up Gotham's authority figures for not being extreme enough(such as the people like Gordon who actually capture the criminals to begin with).
* KnightTemplar: He may be one of the purest examples of this, being a former head of security at Arkham who was fired for brutalizing the inmates, who comes back as a villain trying to imprison forever the "scum" that he feels represent the people that allowed Gotham to get this way (including the head doctor at Arkham, Commisioner Gordon, Mayor Hill, and Summer Gleeson). In true KnightTemplar fashion, he has no idea that he's gone too far (he views Batman as a potential partner, much to the other's disgust).
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: A [[Flanderization/WesternAnimation fairly obvious]] [[StrawmanPolitical GOP pundit]] parody. He constantly says that the "liberal media," "coddling doctors," and "gutless police" are responsible for supercrime in Gotham. He believes that the criminals at Arkham don't deserve privileges or even the most basic humane treatment. Obviously, he's [[UpToEleven hyperbolized,]] but it's still pretty severe for a [[ParentalBonus kids' show.]]
* RabidCop: Though technically not a cop.
* {{Sadist}}: Thinks that criminals deserve to be tortured and clearly enjoys doing it- and when stopped, expands his definition of "criminals" to those who got him fired or condemned his actions, as well as Gordon, the Mayor and Batman because he thinks they are too "soft" on criminals. He is so scary the other Bat-rogues tried to escape Arkham solely to get away from him.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: A security-themed vigilante named ''Bolt''on?
* StrawCharacter[=/=]StrawmanPolitical: He even disparages the "liberal media."
* VillainHasAPoint: His methods are extreme and inhumane, but Arkham ''is'' a CardboardPrison, especially for the more dangerous criminals like Joker.
** He is meant to be seen as a hard-headed conservative nutcase with his rant about the inefficient politicians and the "liberal media" being the cause of the superpowered psychos. While "cause" might be a stretch, he's quite right about them being part of the problem. The police routinely fail to combat the maniacs, leaving a vigilante to do 90% of the work, the people running Arkham keep it a barely-functional revolving door, and the politicians for the most part do nothing at all to improve Arkham or Gotham itself. Hell, we even see the news treating Poison Ivy as a media darling instead of a murderous eco-terrorist! If they all did their jobs more efficiently and professionally, maybe there wouldn't be so many costumed freaks terrorizing the city.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He... well [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin locks up]] who he thinks is the ''real'' source of the problems in Gotham, the lax Police Force (Gordon), the pushover Doctors (Dr. Bartholomew), mindless Bureaucrats (Mayor Hill), and the media (Summer Gleeson) that "glorifies" the Bat-villains. Ironically, he is probably right.
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Actually says, "If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem." (Throughout the episode, he also blamed the "liberal media," as well as "gutless police, mindless bureaucrats, and coddling doctors" for society's problems, so he's really more of an outright parody of conservative argumentation.)
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[[folder:Anthony "Tony" Romulus]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Harry Hamlin and Creator/FrankWelker (in werewolf form)

* TheAce[=/=]BadassNormal: Started out as a successful pentathlete and philanthropist.
** BrokenAce: But the [[AttentionWhore fame]] and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money]] made him [[CompetitionFreak intolerant of any losses at all]]. His desperation led to him hiring [[MadScientist Dr. Milo]] to make the drug that turned in into a werewolf.
* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, his surname is Lupus.
* BigOlUnibrow: Sports a thick, black unibrow. In real mythology, it's a telltale sign of a werewolf.
* BioAugmentation: Thanks to Milo's formula.
* EvilIsNotAToy: The only call which could have been less smart than hiring a shady scientist to make you stronger would have been to throw him out once he wasn't needed anymore. Surprisingly, said scientist isn't exactly in a forgiving mood when he actually turns out to be needed once more.
* HeroicBuild: He is an Olympian athlete.
* MeaningfulName: Romulus is the name of one of the brothers of Roman lore that was raised by a wolf.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The werewolf, as can be expected.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Anthony Lupus in the Batman comics.
* TragicMonster: Has no control over his animal form and clearly resents it.
* TheUnfettered: Did whatever it took to win and it cost him everything.
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[[folder:Vertigo]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Michael York

* BastardUnderstudy: For Ra's al Ghul
* CompositeCharacter: A composite of Ebeneezer Darrk and the Comicbook/GreenArrow foe Count Vertigo. His name, powers, and Eastern European heritage come from Count Vertigo, while his status as a pupil of Ra's al Ghul and a turncoat member of the League of Assassins comes from Darrk.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Falls from a clock tower into a river.
* EyepatchOfPower: That power is to disorientate his victims, making them lose their balance.
* LongRangeFighter: Never lets Batman or Talia get but so close to him in battle.
* ThisIsADrill: Stole a rifle-sized drill from Wayne Enterprises that uses sonic vibration to dig. Uses it against Batman and Talia al Ghul.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Maximillian "Maxie" Zeus]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Steve Susskind

* AGodAmI: [[NapoleonDelusion Thought he was the Greek God Zeus]] after having a nervous breakdown from the stress of doing business with the mob.
* AncientGrome: Maxie sometimes slips into ancient Roman references, but then again, he’s crazy.
%%* BeardOfEvil
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Before he went nuts.
* HopeSpot: At the climax of the episode. For a brief moment, it looks as if Maxie is finally coming to his senses... only for the Zeus personality to take over and order Clio to be tied to the electron cannon.
* MadeOfIron: Zeus is electrocuted, falls down a story onto concrete, landing on his head, and survives.
* TheMuse: Called “Clio” Droukas, his girlfriend and assistant, though she just sees the title as another sad sign of Maxie’s declining sanity.
* NapoleonDelusion: Under the impression he was the Greek god
* PsychoElectro: With his metal thunderbolt and the LightningGun he stole from the government.
* SplitPersonality: One personality is Maxie, the other is Zeus.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Calendar Girl (Page Monroe)]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Sela Ward

A former supermodel who began to lose work as she aged. Obsessed with maintaining her youthful appearance, she underwent cosmetic surgery after cosmetic surgery, and developed a psychosis where she perceived herself as ugly, leading her to don a [[WhiteMaskOfDoom white mask]] to hide her features. She hatches a scheme to kill various figures in the fashion industry as revenge, but meets resistance from Batman and Batgirl.

* BeautifulAllAlong: After her CoolMask was removed but she can't see how beautiful she is anymore.
* CanonForeigner: A GenderFlip of Calendar Man from the comics, but with a different and a less obsessive motive.
* DontLookAtMe: Calendar Girl covered her face with a mask at all times, at the risk of her BerserkButton.
* {{Expy}}[=/=]GenderFlip: Is based on Calendar Man.
* TheFashionista Has a costumes for all four seasons.
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: She's intent on killing the people who had led to her downfall, wearing full-body covering and a featureless mask to hide what she's become since her fame ran out. TheReveal shows that she looks to be in her 30s and is still beautiful, but she "can only see the flaws".
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: To cover up her supposedly hideous face.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She was a former model for calendars, but constantly failed attempts at rectifying her "hideous appearance" left her with nothing else than a desire of vengeance against the people she perceived took away her beauty. She is later revealed to actually be gorgeous, although she still firmly believes her appearance is repulsive despite this.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Mad Bomber [[spoiler:(Ted Dymer)]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' [[spoiler: Bruce Timm]]

The villain of the episode "Beware the Grey Ghost", a bomber extorting money from the city in a style modeled after an episode of the in-universe show, ''The Grey Ghost''.

* BeneathSuspicion: When Simon Trent had his EurekaMoment, he cannot believe it:
-->'''Simon Trent''': But I'm not the Mad Bomber, Batman. I'm not. I sold my Gray Ghost cars months ago to pay for my... ''No, it can't be him.''
* CrackIsCheaper: [[spoiler: In-universe. He turned to crime to fund his toy obsession.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Toyman, sans mask.
* InkSuitActor: Designed after his voice actor.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: [[spoiler: He has the appearance of a harmless toy collector.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Interrogator (Josiah Wormwood)]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Burt Cort (English), Katsunosuke Hori (Japanese)

The villain of "The Cape and the Cowl Conspiracy", a mercenary who lures key people into death traps, offering a way out if they give up their secrets.

* DeathTrap: His standard method of "interrogating" someone.
* {{Expy}}: Of the Riddler, sending Batman rhyming clues, making death traps that require great ingenuity to solve, and having a similar physique and facial construction.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: This seems to be his only real motive besides sadistically interrogating his victims.
* OutGambitted: Batman pulls the rug out on him by disguising himself as his client, Wacklaw Joserk, who Wormwood was trying to steal Batman's cowl for in the first place.
* SmugSnake: Boasts a great deal about the flawlessness of his traps and getting one over Batman...only to find out the detective was one step ahead of him the entire time.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Only appeared in one episode and was never heard from again.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Sidney "Sid the Squid" Debris]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Matt Frewer

A small time bumbling crook that seems to have done the impossible: to kill the Batman.

* AntiVillain: He is a criminal, but he's not evil by any sense of the word.
* ApologisesALot: “Sorry” is practically his catch phrase: He apologizes when he ruins Thorne’s couch, when he trips over Batman, when he explains what happened at the roof, but the most extreme example may be when Joker placed him in a Death Trap for ruining Joker’s right to kill Batman.
--> "Will it help if I say I’m sorry? I’m really really really ''really really really'' sorry!"
* BadassOnPaper: He provided the former page image. The guy that killed Batman ''must'' be impressive, right?
* BumblingSidekick: Eddie G. set him up as bait for Batman. Sid managed to ruin that plan.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Sidney deconstructs the Mooks, showing what kind of person would assume the daily risk of working for the Joker or Thorne, or confronting Batman as part of his job.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: He's in prison, but what he's gone through has earned him the respect of his fellow criminals and fulfilled his dreams.
-->'''Sid:''' ''A big shot at last''.
* EvilMinion: Subverted, Sid is useless at battle, so he could be this trope, but he is also useless in anything else he tries. He is just not useful enough to be a minion.
* ExtremeDoormat: He lacks drive, ambition or even opinions. Things happen to him and he barely reacts. The only time he protests his fate is when Joker puts him in a DeathTrap.
* FriendlessBackground: Nobody likes him. The Mooks thinks he’s useless, Eddie G. set him up as bait, his mother doesn’t talk to him anymore.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: His true dream is to be a Big Shot at Gotham’s underworld. This is the kind of perverted dream all those Mooks share to justify their volunteering to the MookHorrorShow. The worst part is that Sid gets his wish in the only place he could be a winner: At Stonegate prison, surrounded by StrawLosers. Achieving his dream destroys Sid's life.
-->"Like a hungry predator, Sid the squids stretches his tentacles throught the Gotham’s underworld. Yeah, good! I’m on my way, Nothing gonna stop me now."
* HarmlessVillain: With his small statue and his scaredy-cat nature, he truly has chosen the wrong profession.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He sincerely thinks Eddie G. is a true friend, and he asks for help from ''Rupert Thorne''.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Sid’s only motivation, he wants to be special… somehow… that doesn’t involve him doing anything.
* InvincibleIncompetent: Sid seems to be TheFool, but at the end of the story, we discover that he was not being completely lucky, and given he ends in jail, Sid certainly doesn't have KarmicProtection.
* ManChild: When the Mooks gave him a chance to be the look out of a drug shipment, Sid behaves as a SurveillanceStationSlacker more interested in making ImpossibleShadowPuppets.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: The fact that he apologizes profusely for everything should tip you off.
* NoSocialSkills: Justified, Sid is a ManChild StrawLoser with a FriendlessBackground that makes him a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter. His only way to interact with others is putting up with the abuse.
* StrawLoser: Sid has no talent for anything evil (or anything good either), not any proactivity, he is not good nor evil… to work for Thorne or the Joker is really the only thing left to him.
* PhraseCatcher: After the explosion at the costumes house, everyone salutes him as “The man who killed Batman”.
* RedBaron: “The man who killed Batman”.
* SeeminglyProfoundFool: He has no personality of his own, so every competent person sees him as they want Sid to be: Thorne’s Mooks see him as an evil Idiot Hero even when he claims it was an AccidentalMurder. The gang-bangers defy him to fight even when it’s obvious he is hopeless. Joker is so upset by being stolen the chance to kill Batman that he claims Sid had BeginnersLuck, and Thorne, who has informants who rightly told him Sid is a BumblingSidekick, suspects Sid of trying to pull a ScheherezadeGambit on him using ObfuscatingStupidity.
* ShadowArchetype: Sid has no personality of his own, so every incompetent person (the mooks) sees him as they want Sid to be: One mook who achieved the FromNobodyToNightmare dream. Even when he is in prison and everyone can see him as the StrawLoser he is, all they will prefer to see him as the guy who almost killed the TerrorHero, made a fool of the BadBoss, and set up TheDon, all the guys that make a Mook's life a MookHorrorShow.
* SurveillanceStationSlacker: When the Mooks gave him a chance to be the look out of a drug shipment, Sid is much more interested in making ImpossibleShadowPuppets.
* VillainCred: At the end of his episode, the other criminals credit him for almost killing Batman, making a fool of the Joker, and setting Thorne up. This is treated as Sid's happy ending.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Salvatore Valestra]]
-> '''Voiced By:''' Abe Vigoda

%%* AssholeVictim
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Possibly the ultimate mob boss name.
* BiggerBad: Of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm''. [[spoiler:Ordering the death of Andrea's father led Andrea to becoming the Phantasm.]] He could also qualify for the series as a whole since his actions [[spoiler: forced Andrea to leave Bruce, the lack of companionship allowed him to become Batman.]] And the hit man he hired to [[spoiler: kill Andrea's father would become TheJoker.]]
* CanonForeigner: Possibly based on Lew Moxon, who also played a role in Batman's mythos.
* TheDon: Was once. Now he is an aged shell of his former self.
* EvilOldFolks: Well too old to try any evil now.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Is suffering from one in his old age (implied to be the result of heavy smoking in his youth). [[spoiler: The Joker kills him first though.]]
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath]]: [[spoiler: Murdered by the very psycho he sent to kill Andrea's father]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sewer King]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Michael Pataki (English), Creator/KenjiUtsumi (Japanese)

* AdaptationDyeJob: The Sewer King's hair was black in his original appearance, but red during his appearance in the comics.
* CanonImmigrant: He made an appearance during 52, where he is killed by Bruno Mannheim for refusing to join Intergang.
* TheFagin: He had legions of orphaned children forced to steal for him.
* KingOfTheHomeless
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Arnold Stromwell]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arnoldstromwell.png]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Eugene Roche (English)

* ADayInTheLimelight: ''It's Not Too Late''.
* BeingEvilSucks: Being a crime boss also made him [[LonelyAtTheTop a lonely man with no real friends]] and cost him his marriage. He later finds out how much he indirectly hurt those he loves when he discovers that [[spoiler:his son took the drugs his organization was selling and ended in a hospital]].
* TheDon: Rupert Thorne's rival at the start of the series. It's implied that he ran Gotham's underground during a long time, before Thorne arrived to challenge his power. He's also a {{Deconstruction}}, as his episode shows how much his actions have, albeit indirectly, hurt his family and by extension himself. He's currently divorced and later discovers that [[spoiler:his son has been hospitalized because he took the drugs that his organization was selling]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His son and his brother. They double as his [[MoralityPet Morality Pets]]. [[spoiler:Seeing the effects of the drugs his organization produced on his son and talking to his brother convince him to surrender himself to the police and close down his organization.]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: At the end of his episode, he agrees to [[spoiler:surrender to the police and tell Gordon all he knows about Gotham's criminal world]].
* MinorMajorCharacter: In spite of his importance in the settings of the series[[note]]as he is Thorne's biggest rival for the control of Gotham's underworld and is implied to have been one of the most powerful mobsters of the town for a long time[[/note]], he only appears during one episode (not counting flashbacks) and [[spoiler:has a HeelFaceTurn at the end]].
* MyGreatestFailure: He considers himself responsible for [[spoiler:the accident during which his brother lost his leg, as the latter was injured while saving him from a train]].
* PapaWolf: When he thought that Thorne was responsible for the disappearance of his son, he was ready to beat him to a pulp to make him reveal where his son was. [[spoiler:Too bad that Thorne wasn't the culprit.]]
* SiblingYinYang: He is a crime boss, his brother is a honest priest.
[[/folder]]

* NotMeThisTime: ''Vendetta'' and ''Second Chance''.

* [[HeelFaceTurn]]: At the end of his episode, he agrees to [[spoiler:surrender to the police and tell Gordon all he knows about Gotham's criminal world]].

->'''Voiced By:''' John Vernon

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EdwardAsner

->'''Voiced By:''' Treat Williams in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Armin Shimerman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''

->'''Voiced By:''' Ray Buktenica

->'''Voiced By:''' Kate Mulgrew

->'''Voiced By:''' Robert Ito

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JeffBennett

->'''Voiced by:''' Burt Cort

->'''Voiced By:''' Michael Pataki

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Desides to just shoot Batgirl and Catwoman rather than leave them dangling over a pit of acid.

* {{Expy}}: He could be described as "Evil Walt Disney".

* BadassOnPaper: Current Trope Illustrator for that page! The guy that killed Batman ''must'' be impressive, right?

--> '''Voiced By:''' Ray Buktenica

--> '''Voiced By:''' John Vernon

--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/EdwardAsner

--> '''Voiced By:''' Treat Williams in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Armin Shimerman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''

--> '''Voiced By:''' Kate Mulgrew

--> '''Voiced By:''' Robert Ito

--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/JeffBennett

--> '''Voiced By:''' Michael Gross

--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/MalcolmMcDowell

--->'''Duvall''': You cannot defeat me. I am a Heidelberg fencing champion.
--->'''Jonah Hex''': My heart's all aflutter.
--->'''Duvall''': I'll chop you to pieces!
--->'''Jonah Hex''': Talk, talk, talk.

--> '''Voiced By:''' George Dzundza

--> '''Voiced By:''' Daniel O'Herlihy

--> '''Voiced By:''' Mark Hamill

--> '''Voiced By:''' Bruce Weitz

--> '''Voiced By:''' Harry Hamlin and Creator/FrankWelker (in werewolf form)

--> '''Voiced By:''' Michael York

--> '''Voiced By:''' Steve Susskind

--> '''Voiced By:''' Sela Ward

--> '''Voiced by:''' [[spoiler: Bruce Timm]]

--> '''Simon Trent''': ''But I'm not the Mad Bomber, Batman. I'm not. I sold my Gray Ghost cars months ago to pay for my...'' '''No, it can't be him.'''

-->'''Voiced by:''' Burt Cort

--> '''Voiced by:''' Matt Frewer

--> '''Voiced By:''' Abe Vigoda

--> '''Voiced By:''' Michael Pataki

* [[spoiler:AndIMustScream:]] This is how the episode ends, [[spoiler:with Walker immortal and trapped under the ocean in a block of ice,]] although it's eventually reversed by the show's tie-in comics.

** He also could sort of be considered an EvilCounterpart to Creator/WaltDisney.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans / DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: A variation:
-->'''Walker:''' My world will have no crime, violence, or pain.
-->'''Robin:''' You can add free will to that list, too!
-->'''Walker:''' A small price to pay for order.
-->'''Batman:''' ''Your'' order. For ''your'' select few!
-->'''Walker:''' Excuse me, but I fail to see the problem with that.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Seems to believe that [[spoiler: freezing everyone on the planet except for his chosen few]] will help to create a better world.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He claims to be apart of "the people company". However, as it's discovered, it was all an act so that he could get money. Plus, he had no problem with killing one of his colleages and his wife who he tried to save, ''for money''.

* {{Jerkass}}: He's a corrupt douchebag who is responsible Mr. Freeze is who he is now, but actually tried to kill both him and his wife for money. To make it worse, He has kept some kind of good guy facade to hide his true nature in years.