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'''Hugo Strange''' is a brilliant psychiatrist who is placed in charge of running Arkham City by Mayor Quincy Sharp. He rules the facility with an iron fist using his TYGER guards, and is extremely antagonistic towards Batman, who he has deduced to be Bruce Wayne. He throws Bruce into Arkham City at the beginning of the second game, and begins counting down to "Protocol Ten". [[spoiler:He has done all this at the behest of Ra's al Ghul, who Strange hopes to impress with his plan to cleanse Gotham of evil. In addition, he manipulated Sharp into giving him power through a mind control substance provided by The Mad Hatter]].
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'''Hugo Strange''' is a brilliant psychiatrist who is placed in charge of running Arkham City by Mayor Quincy Sharp. He rules the facility with an iron fist using his TYGER guards, and is extremely antagonistic towards Batman, who he has deduced to be Bruce Wayne. He throws Bruce into Arkham City at the beginning of the second game, and begins counting down to "Protocol Ten". [[spoiler:He has done all this at the behest of Ra's al Ghul, who Strange hopes to impress with his plan to cleanse Gotham of evil. In addition, he manipulated Sharp into giving him power through a mind control substance provided by The Mad Hatter]].
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'''Aaron Cash''' is a former GCPD police officer and one of the senior and most respected guards at Arkham Asylum. He has a long standing grudge with Killer Croc, who bit off his left hand. He helps protect the Arkham staff during the events of the first game, during which he witnessed [[spoiler:Warden Sharp writing his last Spirit of Arkham message]]. With this knowledge, he became suspicious of Sharp's plan for Arkham City and decided to lead the security team that protects the medical team inside Arkham City.

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'''Aaron Cash''' is a former GCPD police officer and one of the senior and most respected guards at Arkham Asylum. He has a long standing grudge with Killer Croc, who bit off his left hand. He helps protect the Arkham staff during the events of the first game, during which he witnessed [[spoiler:Warden Sharp the writing his of the last Spirit of Arkham message]]. message. With this knowledge, he became suspicious of Sharp's the plan for Arkham City and decided to lead the security team that protects the medical team inside Arkham City.



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'''Frank Boles''' is an unpopular guard at Arkham who thinks he's the best guard there and doesn't get the respect he deserves. [[spoiler:He aids Joker in breaking out and taking over the Asylum, but is killed when Joker figures out Batman is tracking them due to the alcohol on Boles' breath]].

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'''Frank Boles''' is an unpopular guard at Arkham who thinks he's the best guard there and doesn't get the respect he deserves. [[spoiler:He aids Joker in breaking out and taking over the Asylum, but is killed when Joker figures out Batman is tracking them due to the alcohol on Boles' breath]].


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* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman: Similar to Deadshot, you actually run into Hush ''way'' before even finding out about his dirty work across the city. When you first go to the church and have the run-in with Harley, after clearing out the mooks, you can talk to the occupants of the building. One of them is attending to a doctor who apparently doped himself up on anesthetic and started cutting his own face off, and is holding onto a box (presumably containing the pieces of face from his victims before entering the city) for dear life.]]

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* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman: ChekhovsGunman: Similar to Deadshot, you actually run into Hush [[spoiler:Hush]] ''way'' before even finding out about his dirty work across the city. [[spoiler: When you first go to the church and have the run-in with Harley, after clearing out the mooks, you can talk to the occupants of the building. One of them is attending to a doctor who apparently doped himself up on anesthetic and started cutting his own face off, and is holding onto a box (presumably containing the pieces of face from his victims before entering the city) for dear life.]]



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* [[spoiler: NeverMyFault: Just like Penguin, he blames all his failings on Bruce Wayne rather then his own decisions.]]

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* VillainsOutShopping: Not a solid example, but his tapes having sessions with many prisoners of Arkham City somewhat count, as he is just analyzing them for his own amusement.
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* DistressedDamsel: She is targeted by Victor Zsasz, who reveals that somehow he had innate knowledge of her life and routines while she was trying to treat him. He attacks her, although she is saved by Batman.

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* StepfordSnarker: His bio says he uses sarcasm to hide his insecurities and failures.
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* [[spoiler:InformedAbility: "Trained to physical perfection," Batman takes him down with ease.]]

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* [[spoiler:InformedAbility: "Trained to physical perfection," Batman takes him down with ease. A JustifiedTrope, since Catwoman mentions that he has been gone for a very long time before returning for Arkham City, meaning his profile could be out-of-date, a state that is also supplemented by the fact that his extremely muscular art in ''Asylum'' is not the same amount of mass as the weaker-looking render in ''City''.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: {{Downplayed}}. In her first appearance, she's a damsel in distress who needs rescuing from Batman. When he returns to the Steel Mill, she's taken up a weapon and, if you fail the counterattack quicktime button, even gets a shot at him before realizing he's not a thug.
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* ShoutOut: Or maybe Expy. But this isn't the first time we've seen a character that's lost a hand to a crocodile.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Her experience with Arkham in general has done this, but especially her interactions with The Joker. Their interview tapes together start with her smugly claiming to his face that she can cut through his lies and cure him, and end with her close to a mental breakdown herself [[spoiler: as the reflects on extent to which he's manipulated her]], sounding ''very'' close to tears.
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'''Frank Boles''' is an unpopular guard at Arkham who thinks he is the best guard there and doesn't get the respect he deserves. [[spoiler:He aids Joker in breaking out and taking over the Asylum, but is killed when Joker figures out Batman is tracking them due to the alcohol on Boles breath]].

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'''Frank Boles''' is an unpopular guard at Arkham who thinks he is he's the best guard there and doesn't get the respect he deserves. [[spoiler:He aids Joker in breaking out and taking over the Asylum, but is killed when Joker figures out Batman is tracking them due to the alcohol on Boles Boles' breath]].



* SmallNameBigEgo: He doesn't even realized that most of the other guards hate him.

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* ActorAllusion: Given the character's looks and personality (her first question when Batman rescues her is where's Riddler, clearly intending to remove his spine) it's basically a reprisal of Ash from MassEffect.

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* ActorAllusion: Given the character's looks looks, voice actress, and personality (her first question when Batman rescues her is where's Riddler, clearly intending to remove his spine) it's basically a reprisal of Ash from MassEffect.spine), odds are that [[Franchise/MassEffect Ashley Williams]] might come to mind.



* RevengeBeforeReason: After Harley's attack on the Gotham Cathedral, Anne wants to attack them back and has to be told by Batman to stay and look after the wounded doctors. After being rescued from The Riddler, she has to be convinced again to let Batman handle it.

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* RevengeBeforeReason: After Harley's attack on the Gotham Cathedral, Anne wants to attack them hit back and has to be told by Batman to stay and look after the wounded doctors. After being rescued from The Riddler, the Riddler's deathtrap, she has to be convinced again to let Batman handle it.

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* RevengeBeforeReason: After Harley's attack on the Gotham Cathedral, Anne wants to attack them back and has to be told by Batman to stay and look after the wounded doctors.

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* RevengeBeforeReason: After Harley's attack on the Gotham Cathedral, Anne wants to attack them back and has to be told by Batman to stay and look after the wounded doctors. After being rescued from The Riddler, she has to be convinced again to let Batman handle it.
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* [[spoiler:BruceWayneHeldHostage: Inverted. At the end of his sidequest in ''Arkham City'', he traps Batman, then goes on to [[MotiveRant discuss how he committed the Identity Theft murders as part of a revenge scheme against Bruce Wayne.]]. He mentions how he'll ultimately destroy Bruce, but as he's feeling charitable, decides to just warn Batman not to get in his way and leaves. Unlike the comic version of Hush, he has ''no clue'' about Batman's secret identity.]]


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* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan: Attempted; he tried to kill his parents at a young age to control their fortune, but Doctor Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father) saved his mother's life. This is part of Hush's motive for hating Wayne.]]
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'''Eddie Burlow''' was a guard at Arkham when Joker broke out and took over the island.

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'''Adam Hamasaki''' is a member of the Arkham City medical team under the command of Aaron Cash.

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'''Stacy Baker'''
is a member of doctor who volunteered to join the Arkham City medical team under crew. She is kidnapped by Harley to treat the command of Aaron Cash.Joker, but is saved by Batman.



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'''Aaron Cash''' is a former GCPD police officer and one of the senior and most respected guards at Arkham Asylum. He has a long standing grudge with Killer Croc, who bit off his left hand. He helps protect the Arkham staff during the events of the first game, during which he witnessed [[spoiler:Warden Sharp writing his last Spirit of Arkham message]]. With this knowledge, he became suspicious of Sharp's plan for Arkham City and decided to lead the security team that protects the medical team inside Arkham City.

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is a former GCPD police officer and one member of the senior and most respected guards at Arkham Asylum. He has a long standing grudge with Killer Croc, who bit off his left hand. He helps protect the Arkham staff during the events of the first game, during which he witnessed [[spoiler:Warden Sharp writing his last Spirit of Arkham message]]. With this knowledge, he became suspicious of Sharp's plan for Arkham City and decided to lead the security team that protects the medical team inside Arkham City.under the command of Aaron Cash.


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'''Aaron Cash''' is a former GCPD police officer and one of the senior and most respected guards at Arkham Asylum. He has a long standing grudge with Killer Croc, who bit off his left hand. He helps protect the Arkham staff during the events of the first game, during which he witnessed [[spoiler:Warden Sharp writing his last Spirit of Arkham message]]. With this knowledge, he became suspicious of Sharp's plan for Arkham City and decided to lead the security team that protects the medical team inside Arkham City.
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'''Eddie Burlow''' was a guard at Arkham when Joker broke out and took over the island. Following the opening of Arkham City, William joined Cash's crew of guards to protect the medical team inside Gotham Cathedral.

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* CanonForeigner: Only shows up in the Arkhamverse.



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[[folder:Anne Bishop]]
-->Voiced by: Kimberley Brooks

'''Anne Bishop''' is a member of Cash's crew that protects the medical team inside Arkham City.
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* CanonForeigner: Only shows up in the Arkhamverse.
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'''Adam Hamasaki''' is a member of the Arkham City medical team under the command of Aaron Cash.
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* TheLeader: Of the Arkham City medical team.



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'''William North''' was a guard at Arkham when Joker broke out and took over the island. Following the opening of Arkham City, William joined Cash's crew of guards to protect the medical team inside Gotham Cathedral.
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'''Hugo Strange''' is a brilliant psychiatrist who is placed in charge of running Arkham City by Mayor Quincy Sharp. He rules the facility with an iron fist using his TYGER guards, and is extremely antagonistic towards Batman, who he has deduced to be Bruce Wayne. He throws Bruce into Arkham City at the beginning of the second game, and begins counting down to "Protocol Ten". [[spoiler:He has done all this at the behest of Ra's al Ghul, who Strange hopes to impress with his plan to cleanse Gotham of evil. In addition, he manipulated Sharp into giving him power through a mind control substance provided by The Mad Hatter]].
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'''Aaron Cash''' is one of the senior and most respected guards at Arkham Asylum. He has a long standing grudge with Killer Croc, who bit off his left hand. He helps protect the Arkham staff during the events of the first game, during which he witnessed [[spoiler:Warden Sharp writing his last Spirit of Arkham message]]. With this knowledge, he became suspicious of Sharp's plan for Arkham City and decided to lead the security team that protects the medical team inside Arkham City.

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'''Aaron Cash''' is a former GCPD police officer and one of the senior and most respected guards at Arkham Asylum. He has a long standing grudge with Killer Croc, who bit off his left hand. He helps protect the Arkham staff during the events of the first game, during which he witnessed [[spoiler:Warden Sharp writing his last Spirit of Arkham message]]. With this knowledge, he became suspicious of Sharp's plan for Arkham City and decided to lead the security team that protects the medical team inside Arkham City.

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'''Penelope Young''' is an young and ambitious chief psychiatrist obsessed with curing some of the most high profile patients at the Asylum through unusual methods. This includes the use of Venom to create a new superdrug called Titan, which she was manipulated into making by the Joker as part of his scheme.
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'''Gretchen Whistler''' is the Arkham psychiatrist assigned to treat Killer Croc, Riddler, and Victor Zsasz.
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'''Sarah Cassidy''' is the Arkham psychiatrist assigned to Warren White and Victor Zsasz, who develops an obsession with adding her to his list of victims.
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'''Frank Boles''' is an unpopular guard at Arkham who thinks he is the best guard there and doesn't get the respect he deserves. [[spoiler:He aids Joker in breaking out and taking over the Asylum, but is killed when Joker figures out Batman is tracking them due to the alcohol on Boles breath]].
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-->Voiced by: Chris Cox

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: By Poison Ivy after she escapes in the first game. Once Batman defeats her, Eddie returns to normal.
* CanonForeigner: Only shows up in the Arkhamverse.
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[[folder:William North]]
-->Voiced by: Roger Rose

* BaldOfAwesome
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: By Poison Ivy after she escapes in the first game. Once Batman defeats her, William returns to normal.
* CanonForeigner: Only shows up in the Arkhamverse.
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[[folder:Professor Hugo Strange]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"By the end of tonight, I will be a hero. Just like you... Batman."'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/CoreyBurton

* AccentOnTheWrongSyllable: As a result of his extremely precise diction, he refers to Batman as "The BAT-mun."
* ActorAllusion: Near the end of the game, he says "This is just the beginning", a line said near the end of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' by Count Dooku, who Corey [[StarWarsTheCloneWars has played]].
* AGodAmI: The comic makes it clear that he has a God Complex. At one point in the game, he even states that he'll rain fire and brimstone upon all criminals.
* BadassBaritone: It ''is'' a ChristopherLee impression.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears a black leather longcoat in the comic when revealed as Sharp's collaborator in creating Arkham City and tells Bruce Wayne how he cannot stop Arkham City from being opened.
** BadassLabcoat: He's dressed in a white labcoat with black gloves while at work in Arkham City.
* BadBoss: Sends a Tyger squad up against Batman, knowing full well that they would lose, ''badly''. And interrogates the captain of said squad about the events, using drugs, until the captain eventually expires from said drugs. And it was all just to test Batman's capabilities.
* BaldOfEvil
* BeardOfEvil
* BigBad: Of the second game.
** BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Arkham City implies his experiments caused the freak, animalistic patients you meet in Asylum, and that he was the one to make Quincy Sharp believe himself as the Spirit of Arkham]]
* [[spoiler:BigBadEnsemble: With the Joker in the second game.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Ra's stabs him in the back, and then takes a second to casually dash Strange's dreams and crap on a game's worth of boasting, coldly stating that he's once and for all proven himself inferior to Batman.]]
* BreakThemByTalking: "Have you ever considered that all of this is ''your'' fault? Your presence ''creates'' these animals."
** "How does it feel, Wayne? To stand on the very stones that ran with your parents' blood? Do you feel sad? Full of rage? Or does that outfit help bury your feelings, hiding your true self?"
** He also goes this route in the Mr. Freeze and Catwoman interview tapes.
* TheChessmaster
* ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: ChristopherLee was probably meant to play him, but they got Creator/CoreyBurton instead. There's a healthy dose of SigmundFreud in him too.
* [[spoiler:CutsceneBoss: Once his mooks are taken care of, he's defeated in a cutscene.]]
* EvilGenius
* EvilGloating: Seems to enjoy doing this.
* EvilSoundsDeep
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FinalSolution: His plan for Arkham City was to make the Final Solution the only solution. [[spoiler:This was Emergency Protocol 10, a military countermeasure that bombards Arkham City with missile strikes until everyone- criminal or otherwise- is dead]].
* [[spoiler:FlunkyBoss: His bossfight in Wonder Tower is essentially a Predator Mode encounter, where Batman has to defeat several armed Tyger operatives before he may progress. Hugo Strange is actually present during the fight behind a reinforced glass wall, and will make the fight tougher for Batman if he spots him or tries to unlock the door before beating the Tyger guards.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* [[spoiler:TheHeavy]]
* [[spoiler:[[HijackedByGanon Hijacked By Ra's al Ghul]]]]: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] [[spoiler:Though Ra's provided him with the necessary resources, Strange was the one who devised Arkham City and Protocol 10.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: He sure seems to turn a blind eye toward his own less-than-legal operations while scolding Arkham's inmates for theirs.
* [[IJustWantToBeYou I Just Want To Be Batman]]: According to The Riddler, he has a Batman outfit hidden in his office, which he sometimes wears and cries in.
** This would be consistent with a bunch of [[http://m0vie.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/batmanstrangeapparitions14.jpg his Pre-Crisis appearances]] and [[http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/Hefmeister/Misc%20Scans/prey43.jpg his first Post-Crisis one]], minus the tears.
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By Ra's.]]
** [[spoiler:InTheBack]]
* [[spoiler:InformedAbility: "Trained to physical perfection," Batman takes him down with ease.]]
* InsistentTerminology: In his audio tapes with Joker, Strange doesn't take kindly to being called "Doctor" rather than "Professor." Maybe he doesn't want to [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange get sued by Marvel Comics]].
* KickTheDog: Apparently, he tracked down the alley that Bruce's parents were gunned down in, re-drew their chalk outlines, and left a single red rose and a bouquet of white ones to emulate what they had that night, and left a tape to taunt Batman as he mourned over the spot.
** Also, it's heavily implied that [[spoiler:he supplied the Penguin with the raving lunatics that Strange himself was responsible for creating in the first place for Penguin's gang's use as target practice.]]
* KnightTemplar: He seriously believes that [[spoiler:killing every criminal in Gotham, regardless of how minor their crimes were,]] is a completely justified act. This is best illustrated when Batman finally confronts him:
-->'''Batman''': Look at what you've done!\\
'''Hugo Strange''': It's ''glorious'', isn't it?
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* LackOfEmpathy: Despite his occupation being a psychologist, the audiotapes with his patients show that he clearly cares more about studying them to satisfy his curiosity than actually curing them. Best summed up in the following exchange:
-->'''Mr. Freeze''': Do you know what it is to love someone? To really love them?
-->'''Hugo Strange''': No.
* MadDoctor
* ManBehindTheMan: Implied to have helped Quincy Sharp gain power in order to further his own goals.
* TheManBehindTheMonsters: Remember those lunatics Joker released in the first game? The ones that could only utter depraved yells and act animal-like? Well, those guys were the result of Dr. Strange's mind control experiments when he was still working at Arkham Asylum before the events of the first game.
* NonActionBigBad
* PsychoPsychologist
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SlasherSmile: "I will ''enjoy'' dissecting your brain, Miss Kyle."
* TheShrink
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: You wouldn't know it just from listening to him, but if you [[spoiler:use Detective Mode when confronting him in his tower, his heartbeat registers as "Nervous"]].
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe: Initiates "Protocol 11" after he is stabbed from behind by Ra's Al Ghul, which results in the top of the Wonder Tower exploding. It fails, as Batman and Ra's escape before being caught in the blast]].
* ThirdActStupidity: He spends most of the game and the prequel comics matching wits with Batman, who has a lot of trouble genuinely messing with his plans because Strange has studied him so thoroughly. In the last third of the game, [[spoiler: Strange takes a hostage over a video screen, forcing Batman to stay still while he lectures him and his goons fill the room. Instead of forcing Batman to not fight back for the sake of the hostage, Strange just lets him go, allowing Batman to knock out all of his men. And despite how familiar he is with Batman's tactics, when Batman begins climbing the tower to his control room and his thugs can't locate him, Strange just assumes he's fallen off.]]
* VillainsOutShopping: Not a solid example, but his tapes having sessions with many prisoners of Arkham City somewhat count, as he is just analyzing them for his own amusement.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* WouldHurtAChild: He coerces Catwoman into answering his questions by threatening to have her adopted daughter killed.
* [[spoiler:YouHaveFailedMe: Suffered this fate from Ra's al Ghul, who even says the line.]]

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-->Voiced by: Creator/KevinConroy

* BadassLongcoat
* [[spoiler:BandagedFace]]
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman: Similar to Deadshot, you actually run into Hush ''way'' before even finding out about his dirty work across the city. When you first go to the church and have the run-in with Harley, after clearing out the mooks, you can talk to the occupants of the building. One of them is attending to a doctor who apparently doped himself up on anesthetic and started cutting his own face off, and is holding onto a box (presumably containing the pieces of face from his victims before entering the city) for dear life.]]
* [[spoiler:CriminalDoppelganger]]
* [[spoiler:DramaticUnmask]]
* [[spoiler:EarlyBirdCameo: His civilian name is listed on a whiteboard schedule in the Medical Wing during ''Arkham Asylum''.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilSoundsDeep]]
* [[spoiler:FaceStealer: He murdered six people and took their faces.]]
* [[spoiler: NeverMyFault: Just like Penguin, he blames all his failings on Bruce Wayne rather then his own decisions.]]
* [[spoiler:SelfSurgery: The surgery that turned him into "Bruce Wayne"? Elliot performed it ''himself''.]]
* [[spoiler:SequelHook[=/=]TheUnfought: He is only seen once at the end of his sidequest and Batman makes a mental note to track him down once the matters at Arkham City are resolved.]]
* [[spoiler:SerialKiller]]
* [[spoiler:TalkingToHimself: Appropriate, considering Elliot's desire to replace Bruce Wayne and the best way to portray that with a voice actor. His enunciation is ''very'' different and ''far'' more sinister, enough so that they could be mistaken for different voices. It's rather jarring, actually.]]
* [[spoiler:VaderBreath]]
* WalkingSpoiler
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Penelope Young]]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/CreeSummer

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Her notes on the Ratcatcher show that she doesn't believe that Otis Flannegan can control rats -- even given her study of patients like Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, and Clayface. Hilariously, she sticks to this belief this even while Flannegan's cell is swarming with rats in spite of all her efforts to get rid of them.
* TheAtoner
* CanonForeigner: Only shows up in the Arkhamverse.
* HotScientist
* HumanShield: Zsasz attempts to use her as one when Batman ends up coming for them, threatening to cut her throat if he sees Batman coming in close. A well placed Batarang to Zsasz's cranium puts a stop to that.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Not only is she a psychiatrist, apparently she's also a highly qualified biochemist capable of reverse engineering Bane's Venom and then refining it to create TITAN.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* TheShrink: Dr. Young wavers on the line between Type 1 and Type 2; though her experiments might classify her as a harmful shrink, she's predominantly well-intentioned in other instances.
** For that matter, she thought Batman's "multiple disorders" were driven by, as detailed from bonus material in the collector's edition of the first game, genetic predisposition and substance abuse. It doesn't help she's getting her info from the inmates themselves. Although, she's wondering if the inmates are his real peer group, something Joker, Riddler, and Scarecrow believe as well.
* SmallNameBigEgo: She thinks very highly of herself as a psychiatrist and thinks only she is capable of curing most of the big name patients at Arkham. For good measure, her notes reveal that she's more than happy to ignore Batman's reports. Big mistake, as a majority of the villains manipulate her easily.
* UnwittingPawn: Joker tricked her into starting work on the Titan formula for him. As soon as she finds out, she stops the project immediately, resulting in Joker taking over the Asylum and finishing the formula himself.
* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: As soon as Joker has the Titan formula, and the means to manufacture it, he orders to have her killed. The first attempt, has Joker letting Zsasz have her. It fails (due to Batman showing up in time and Zsasz resorting to using her as a shield). The second attempt occurs moments after, by having a bomb hidden in the Warden's safe (seemingly as a back-up in case Zsasz didn't do the job). Unfortunately for her, this one works]].
* YourMakeupIsRunning: After you save her from Zsasz, her crying results in this.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Gretchen Whistler]]
-->Voiced by: Adrienne Barbeau

* ArbitrarySkepticism: While treating Killer Croc, she doesn't believe his insinuations that he actually eats people until he bites Cash's hand off right in front of her. Keep in mind that Croc is ten feet tall, kept in Arkham's sewers for lack of a better place to keep him, and has ''scales''.
* CanonForeigner: Only shows up in the Arkhamverse.
* [[HerrDoktor Frau Doktor]]: Her accent heavily implies this.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Sarah Cassidy]]
-->Voiced by: Kimberly Brooks

* CanonForeigner: Only shows up in the Arkhamverse.
* DistressedDamsel: She is targeted by Victor Zsasz, who reveals that somehow he had innate knowledge of her life and routines while she was trying to treat him. He attacks her, although she is saved by Batman.
** Later, in the game proper, she is attacked by Joker's thugs.
[[/folder]]

!Arkham Security Guards

[[folder:Aaron Cash]]
-->Voiced by: Duane R. Shepard Sr.

* AnArmAndALeg: Of the Type-3 variety. His left hand was bitten off and eaten by Killer Croc.
* BadassInDistress: He gets captured by Joker's men twice during the first game. Both times, however, he openly threatens his captors with what will happen once he gets free, and resists any torment he is put through.
** Happens again in the second game: First time by the Joker's gang under Harley's command, and the second time by the Riddler (where he is forced to walk around the main hideout). The latter incident has him threatening the Riddler about what will happen if he gets out.
* HandicappedBadass
* HookHand
* ShutUpHannibal: He doesn't take kindly to intimidation.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the prominent Arkham Staff in the games, Cash is the only one that isn't corrupt in one way or the other.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Frank Boles]]
-->Voiced by: Danny Jacobs

* TheAlcoholic
* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]
* CanonForeigner: Only shows up in the Arkhamverse.
* DrinkingOnDuty: He was suspended twice for doing this.
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* KillItWithFire: It is heavily implied in viral marketing for Arkham Asylum as well as Boles and Joker's exchange relating to the Blackgate fire that [[spoiler: Boles was the one directly responsible for the fire]].
-->'''Joker:''' The night is still young, Bats. I still have a trick or two up my sleeve. I mean, don't you think it's a little bit funny how a fire at Blackgate caused hundreds of my crew to be moved here?
-->'''Frank Boles:''' I thought I told you to stay quiet!
-->'''Joker:''' Oh, Frankie! You really should learn to keep that fat mouth of yours shut! It'll get you into trouble!
* [[spoiler:TheMole]]
* QuickNip: He's seen taking a nip from a flask as Joker is taken to his cell. This turns out to be important later.
* [[spoiler:RewardedAsATraitorDeserves]]
* SmallNameBigEgo
* TooDumbToLive: What made him think he could mouth off at the Joker without consequences? [[spoiler:Even if he did happen to be the "inside man" at Arkham.]]
* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness]]
[[/folder]]

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