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'''Julian Day''' became the infamous criminal '''Calendar Man''' and tormented Gotham City every holiday with insane themed schemes that resulted in the loss of much life. After being imprisoned in Arkham City, Calendar Man took over the Solomon Wayne Courthouse. However, Two-Face soon arrived and captured the courthouse for himself, and locked Calendar Man in a cell in the buildings basement.
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'''Julian Day''' became was a man obsessed with dates and their meaning, becaming the infamous criminal '''Calendar Man''' and tormented tormenting Gotham City every holiday with insane themed schemes that resulted in the loss of much life. After being imprisoned in Arkham City, Calendar Man took over the Solomon Wayne Courthouse. However, Two-Face soon arrived and captured the courthouse for himself, and locked Calendar Man in a cell in the buildings basement.
'''Deathstroke''' is one of the most lethal assassins in the world, and one of eight people hired by Black Mask to kill Batman one Christmas Eve.
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'''Sherman Fine''', aka '''The Broker''', runs a lucrative business by finding and selling property to other Gotham villains to serve as their {{Supervillain Lair}}s.
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'''Otis Flannegan''' was a ratcatcher born with the ability to speak with and control rats. He eventually turned to a life of crime using his ability, and the '''Ratcatcher''' was born. After being put in Arkham City, Ratcatcher used his rats to smuggle luxury goods into the prison to sell. The Penguin did not take learning of his competition in the black market trade very well, and had the Ratcatcher dragged screaming to the Iceberg Lounge for punishment.
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'''Jervis Tetch''' was an expert hypnotist and chemist who was obsessed with Literature/AliceInWonderland and came to believe that he was an incarnation of the '''Mad Hatter''' from the story. He became obsessed with finding Alice, and murders several blonde women before being caught by Batman and sent to Arkham Asylum. There, he was taken advantage of by Hugo Strange, who had him create mind control substances to help his domination of [[spoiler:Warden Quincy Sharp and his TYGER guards]]. Once he was done with him, Strange through Mad Hatter into Arkham City, where he gathered a small gang with his mind control devices and sought to add one more member to his gang: Batman.
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'''Selina Kyle''', aka '''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}''', is a master thief with a [[DatingCatwoman complicated]] relationship with Batman. When Arkham City was opened, Catwoman was one of the last two major criminals on the loose, with Two-Face being the other. After Two-Face sold her out and TYGER confiscated all of her stolen goods, she swore revenge on him and vowed to recover her treasures along with all of the other supervillains personal belongings that Hugo Strange was keeping in a vault inside Arkham City.
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'''Jenna Duffy''', aka '''The Carpenter''', is a villain who is really good at... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin carpentering]]. Despite having served her time and going into legitimate business, Hugo Strange had her sent to Arkham City.
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'''Cyrus Gold''' was a merchant in Old Gotham who fled into Slaughter Swamp to escape the law after committing murder, but was killed and left there. However, a storm mixed with the swamp gas [[spoiler:enhanced by the presence of a Lazarus Pit]] reanimated Gold but left him with no memory of who he was, able to only recite the nursery rhyme '''"Solomon Grundy"'''. For more than a century he has been used and experiment on, with the latest criminal to use him being the Penguin as a means of execution in the Iceberg Lounge.
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'''Terry and Tracy Trask''' were low level thugs in Two-Face's gang who were assigned to guard a batch of Titan he had captured. Instead, they used the Titan, slowly building up tolerance levels to it to gain superhuman strength. Under the mentorship of Hugo Strange, they rebelled against Two-Face and attacked a ceremony attended by Mayor Quincy Sharp. They were stopped by Batman, but not before killing themselves with TNT, along with hundreds of civilians, providing the last excuse needed to open Arkham City.
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'''Julian Day''' became the infamous criminal '''Calendar Man''' and tormented Gotham City every holiday with insane themed schemes that resulted in the loss of much life. After being imprisoned in Arkham City, Calendar Man took over the Solomon Wayne Courthouse. However, Two-Face soon arrived and captured the courthouse for himself, and locked Calendar Man in a cell in the buildings basement.
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'''The Abramovici Twins''' were born in Russia conjoined on the side. With their mother dead in childbirth, their grieving father left them with a traveling freakshow. After growing older, the Joker learned of their existence and sent out Harley to bring them to him. After having the twins separated, Joker kept Hammer as one of his henchmen, and sent Sickle to the Penguin as a joke. The two brothers loyalties were then divided by philosophical differences, and the two continued serving different masters as the walls of Arkham City were built.
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'''The Abramovici Twins''' were born in Russia conjoined on the side. With their mother dead in childbirth, their grieving father left them with a traveling freakshow. After growing older, the Joker learned of their existence and sent out Harley to bring them to him. After having the twins separated, Joker kept Hammer '''Hammer''' as one of his henchmen, and sent Sickle '''Sickle''' to the Penguin as a joke. The two brothers loyalties were then divided by philosophical differences, and the two continued serving different masters as the walls of Arkham City were built.
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'''Bane''' grew up in the infamous Santa Priscan prison to serve his dead father's sentence. He was subjected to horrific military experiments involving Venom, which turned him superhumanly strong. Combined with his intellect, this allowed Bane to escape. He set out to Gotham City to forge a criminal empire, and made his name by breaking Batman's back. However, he was eventually defeated by a recovered Batman and imprisoned in Arkham Asylum, where Dr. Penelope Young experimented on him to create the Titan formula. Bane managed to escape and sought revenge, but was defeated by Batman again. After being imprisoned in Arkham City, Bane started a fight club and learned that containers of Titan had been scattered throughout the prison and dedicated himself to destroying them to prevent others from suffering the horrific effects it causes.
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'''The Abramovici Twins''' were born in Russia conjoined on the side. With their mother dead in childbirth, their grieving father left them with a traveling freakshow. After growing older, the Joker learned of their existence and sent out Harley to bring them to him. After having the twins separated, Joker kept Hammer as one of his henchmen, and sent Sickle to the Penguin as a joke. The two brothers loyalties were then divided by philosophical differences, and the two continued serving different masters as the walls of Arkham City were built.
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* {{Determinator}}: He does not give up through the Arkham City despite being the leader of the weakest major gang, [[spoiler:which winds up paying off when he is last gang leader standing at the end]].
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'''Harvey Dent''' was a key ally of Batman as the District Attorney of Gotham City, until a criminal threw acid into his face in the courtroom, melting half his face. The psychological trauma of the incident turned him into the vicious schizophrenic criminal '''Two-Face''' and he became obsessed with duality, using a scarred trick silver dollar to decide upon his victims fate. Upon being imprisoned in Arkham City, Two-Face took over the Solomon Wayne Courthouse and began using campaign tactics to recruit inmates into his army, while also pursing a vendetta against Catwoman.
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** His mooks even discuss this, noting he will not give up ever, with one even stating that he was in the courtroom when Two-Face's face was scarred, and that he never stopped trying to kill his attacker even with his face falling onto the floor.
** His mooks even discuss this, noting he will not give up ever, with one even stating that he was in the courtroom when Two-Face's face was scarred, and that he never stopped trying to kill his attacker even with his face falling onto the floor.
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'''Roman Sionis''' was the heir to the wealthy Sionis family, and took over his parents businesses and fortune after they died in a suspicious fire. He promptly drove the company into the ground, but was bailed out by Bruce Wayne, causing Sionis to hate him out of resentment. After carving a mask out of his father's black coffin, Sionis tried to take revenge on Wayne but was stopped by Batman, with his mask being burnt into his skin. Sionis thus became '''Black Mask''' and turned into one of the most powerful mob bosses in Gotham City. He sought revenge on Batman, and sent eight assassins after him on Christmas Eve during the early years of Batman's career. After being imprisoned in Arkham City, Black Mask was the only prisoner to find a way to escape, although he was quickly caught and subjected to brutal treatment at the hands of TYGER.
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'''Victor Zsasz''' is a SerialKiller who makes a mark on his body for every person he kills. He leaves his victims in various poses that imitate life, believing he is freeing them from a world of hardship. When the Joker took over Arkham Asylum, Zsasz rampaged around the island, killing guards and prisoners alike and posing them. After Arkham City opened, Zsasz picked out his victims by calling random phones across the prison, and killing whoever picked them up.
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'''Deadshot''' is the most lethal marksman in the world, utilizing a wide variety of weapons to kill his targets. He was hired by Hugo Strange to infiltrate Arkham City and eliminate a group of political prisoners and Batman who knew too much about Strange's plans.
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'''Deadshot''' is the most lethal marksman in the world, utilizing a wide variety of weapons to kill his targets. He was hired by Hugo Strange to infiltrate Arkham City and eliminate a group of political prisoners and Batman (and Batman) who knew too much about Strange's plans.
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'''Deadshot''' is the most lethal marksman in the world, utilizing a wide variety of weapons to kill his targets. He was hired by Hugo Strange to infiltrate Arkham City and eliminate a group of political prisoners and Batman who knew too much about Strange's plans.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Only appears in the prequel comics for ''Arkham City'' and ''Arkham Unhinged''.
* BlondesAreEvil
* TheCameo: A poster for her work is seen on a building in ''City''.
* DamselInDistress: Like Vicki Vale, she is kidnapped by [[ObliviouslyEvil the Mad Hatter]] as one of his "Alices" due to her blonde hair.
* DarkActionGirl: When she tries to fight.
* NiceHat: Her workwoman's hat.
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-->Voiced by: FredTatasciore (Hammer) and Creator/SteveBlum (Sickle)
* BadassBoast:
-->You look so strong. You're not so strong. I kill you with ''one hand''.
* BaldOfEvil: Both of them, though Mr. Hammer wears a Joker wig.
* BilingualBonus: Hammer's tattoo says "Joker The Tzar" in Russian.
* {{The Brute}}s
* {{Canon Foreigner}}s: Like Quincy Sharp.
* CainAndAbel: A unique case since both are criminals, but with different political ideologies (Mr. Hammer is a communist, Sickle is a capitalist), working for different super-criminals.
* ConjoinedTwins: They used to be, but were eventually cut in two after Joker decided they would fight better separated (the comics revealing it wasn't by choice either, Joker drugged them before having Hush operate on them). Mr. Hammer stayed with Joker and became one of his lieutenants because he wanted a literal "Right Hand Man", while Harley Quinn left Sickle at Penguin's headquarters as a present after deciding not to dump him into the Gotham bay.
* DropTheHammer[=/=][[SinisterScythe Sinister Sickle]]: The Joker Brother ("Mr. Hammer") uses the hammer and the Penguin Brother ("Sickle") uses the sickle. Attacks from either will blur Batman's vision.
* EliteMooks[=/=]{{Mook Lieutenant}}s
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They love each other.
* EvilLaugh
* {{Guttural Growler}}s
* {{Handicapped Badass}}es
* {{Husky Russkie}}s
* {{Mighty Glacier}}s
* ParentalAbandonment: Their mother died from childbirth and their father, after nearly contemplating throwing them into a river, left them with a traveling circus where they joined the freak show.
* SmashMook: Mr. Hammer
* {{Tattooed Crook}}s
* WeaponOfChoice: Lets see, we have a [[CaptainObvious man name Hammer and another named Sickle]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I will break you, Batman!"'']]
-->Voiced by: FredTatasciore
* BodyHorror: When Batman and Gordon come across him in the first game, Dr. Young had the Venom compound completely drained from his blood, leaving him bone-thin and gasping for breath. Then Joker injects him with an experimental dose of the Titan formula, bulking him up to a far greater degree than his Venom usually allows.
* CarFu: Gets flattened with a remote-controlled Batmobile after the first major battle with him.
* EnemyMine: He forms a temporary alliance with Batman to destroy the caches of Titan stashed all over Arkham City. [[spoiler:But he really just wanted it all for himself. Which Batman knew.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Dr. Young notes that Bane is highly intelligent.
* GratuitousSpanish: Refers to Dr. Young as "the bruja" (meaning "witch"), but otherwise speaks (or rather shouts) English in the rest of his dialogue.
** Subverted in the comic, where [[YouAreAlreadyDead his only spoken line]] is in Spanish, but his thoughts are in English.
** In ''City'', he refers to Joker as "the payaso" (meaning "clown").
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made one in ''City'', planning to go straight and asking for Batman's help in destroying the remaining Titan formula. [[spoiler:He was lying, wanting the stuff all to himself, but Batman anticipated this.]]
* InformedAttribute: In keeping with comic tradition, Bane's bio informs us that he is a master strategist with intense focus. In game, however, his battle tactics consist of charging, throwing large rocks, and screaming half-coherent taunts. In Arkham City, [[spoiler:he even manages to get himself trapped in an elevator, where he remains for the rest of the game]]. To be fair, the Titan formula at least caused him incredible pain and probably also addled his mind significantly.
* MercyKill: Bane ends up having to do this to a Joker henchman laced with the Titan formula who had Bane at his mercy, because the henchman in question was suffering from a cardiac arrest and experiencing a very painful death.
* NoIndoorVoice
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: To an extent, in ''Asylum'': he shows up once to fight Batman and gets taken down immediately, unlike the other villains who all come back at least once. His indirect role in the plot, however, is greater: [[spoiler:Joker plans to use a derivative of the [[PsychoSerum Venom]] formula in his blood to make rampaging monsters out of all of Gotham.]]
* RetCanon: His appearance in the series was initially the basis for Bane's {{New 52}} design (it's since been tweaked to include [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises a vest and cargo pants]]).
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His only appearance in the first game is a brief, yet [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic]] confrontation, but [[spoiler: his Venom serum]] is the catalyst for the game's plot.
* VolcanicVeins
* WellIntentionedExtremist: If the digital graphic novel prequel to Arkham City are anything to go by, Bane might want to destroy the source of Titan by any means necessary.
** [[spoiler:The end of his sidequest reveals he only wanted the Titan for himself, not to destroy it. Batman [[GenreSavvy already knew from the start]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"No one goes up against the Black Mask and lives."'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/NolanNorth
* AscendedExtra: He goes from a brief cameo in ''Arkham City'' to becoming the main antagonist of ''Arkham Origins''.
* AssholeVictim: The brutal crimelord gets beaten up by a couple of TYGER mercs. [[SarcasmMode Your heart bleeds for him]].
* BigBad: Apparently of ''Arkham Origins''.
* TheCameo: The only time you see him in ''Arkham City'' is in the processing center at the beginning as he attacks a couple of TYGER guards with a folding chair before getting tasered and beaten down.
* CarnivalOfKillers: ''Arkham Origins'' will revolve around Black Mask placing a bounty on Batman's head, which eight assassins will seek to collect.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: "Put the chair down."
* ColdBloodedTorture: Previews of ''Arkham Origins'' have shown him brandishing hatchets and pliers around captured police officers...
* ContractualBossImmunity: When you fight him in the Robin DLC, he's immune to all forms of instant knock outs, much like the Joker's boss fight.
* GreatEscape: According to the game's backstory, he's the first and only inmate to ever escape from Arkham City [[spoiler:until Hush]]. He stole some explosives from Penguin, waited for a guard shift change, then blew a hole in the perimeter wall and ran off. He was recaptured soon after. Incidentally, his escape is what led to [[NiceJobFixingItVillain the installation of auto-turrets along the perimeter.]]
* GutturalGrowler
* HotBlooded
* [[SkullForAHead Skull for a Mask]]
* TheWorfEffect: His profile tells of how he's a feared gang leader. TYGER makes swift work of him in the opening of ''Arkham City''.
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[[folder:Calendar Man (Julian Gregory Day)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Thirty days has November. April, June, and September. Of twenty eight is but one. And all the rest are thirty one. Of course leap year comes and slays. Every four years got it right, and twenty eight is twenty nine."'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/MauriceLaMarche
* AffablyEvil: He's very calm and polite when you speak to him. However, hearing about some of his crimes makes you wish you could break the other bones in his body.
* BaldOfEvil
* BadBoss: One of his henchmen ratted him out to Batman, but he wasn't sure which. So on St. Patrick’s Day, he poisoned them all with green snake venom in their green beer.
* EasterEgg: If you visit his cell in Arkham City in certain holidays (or mess with the system clock), he will tell you a story about a crime he committed on that particular day.
* EvilCripple: One of his legs seems to be injured, requiring him to use a leg brace and elevated shoe as well as walk with a limp. It doesn't seem to get in the way of his plots.
* FatBastard: This incarnation of Calendar Man is a lot heftier than past incarnations.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In every single piece of Batman-related media with the exception of ''TheLongHalloween'', Calendar Man is the epitome of HarmlessVillain, a powerless loser with a bunch of ridiculous costumes and a silly date gimmick. In this game, not only are his stories of past crimes utterly horrifying but [[spoiler:if you listen to them all and visit him again, you find his cell empty and a Two-Face thug hanging from the ceiling.]]
* RedRightHand: His right leg is shorter than the other, and he has to wear a custom-made platform shoe to stand.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: His cell at Arkham Asylum and Arkham City.
* SelfMadeOrphan: It's implied that he killed his parents on their respective holidays.
* SoftSpokenSadist: His voice is calm and oddly soothing, and he's quite polite when talking to Batman, even as he describes in detail the brutal murders he committed.
* StalkerWithACrush: Some of his crimes have this angle.
* TalkativeLoon
* ThouShaltNotKill: Inverted, especially in comparison to his comics counterpart: All of his crimes are categorized under murder, murder, and murder alone.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:{{Catwoman}} (Selina Kyle)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This place is dangerous. I like it!"'']]
-->Voiced by: Music/GreyDelisle
* AbsoluteCleavage
** VaporWear: She's obviously not wearing a bra.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Her alternate costumes include [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Animated]] and TheLongHalloween, with an armored version of her normal outfit coming in [[ColonCancer "Batman: Arkham City: Armored Edition"]].
* AntiHero: Type III or IV, at least after choosing to save Batman. At first she's an...
* AntiVillain: Type I.
* BadassNormal
* {{Caltrops}}
* CeilingCling
* ClassyCatBurglar
* CombatStilettos
* DanceBattler
* DarkActionGirl: While she's still not evil, her actions show that her morals aren't that up to par yet. She even comments about when she started getting a conscience and actually hesitated whether to let Batman die or not.
* DeadpanSnarker: You thought Alfred was bad? Her whole dialogue oozes sass as well as her thoughts.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: There are secret doors in Wayne Manor that Catwoman can't use.
* FemmeFatale
* FemmeFatalons: Two-Face will no doubt [[EyeScream vouch for that]].
* FragileSpeedster
* FreudianExcuse: In an interesting conversation found on the interview tapes, Hugo Strange comes to the conclusion that Selina might suffer from this more than even she is aware of. From his analysis, she despises men because her father abandoned her, and this is the reason that she can't come to trust Batman. Still, she loves him and seeks his approval, and the way she goes about this is to get his attention by stealing and dressing seductively.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: It might initially appear to a player that her GogglesDoNothing. But if you look at her face while you have Thief Vision turned on, you'll notice that they've been pulled down from their normal place on her forehead and are now covering her eyes.
* GreenEyes: The game made them particularly striking.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MamaBear: When Strange has her in custody and asks what she'd do if he sent his men after her adopted daughter Holly, Catwoman snarls "Touch her and you're ''dead''." The interview tape ends there. At the beginning of the next one Strange asks Selina if she's calmed down yet. What exactly Selina did to make Strange stop recording and wait a while before talking to her again is open to speculation. It's entirely possible that she tried to tear his throat out right then and there, guards or no guards.
* MoralDilemma <--> FriendOrIdolDecision. While Batman isn't exactly her ''friend'', she does meet this trope twice. The first one, subtly, consisted of helping/saving him when he was confronting the Joker or getting into the vault. It wasn't difficult. The second one was much more grave, and she either had to save Batman from the verge of death or get out of Arkham City with the loot she recently gained. She placed more consideration for this decision.
* MsFanservice
* MurderousThighs
* ParentalSubstitute: To Holly Robinson. In her interview tapes, Hugo Strange draws parallels between her relationship with Holly to Batman's relationship with Robin.
* PungeonMaster
* SensualSpandex
* SheFu
* [[spoiler:SpannerInTheWorks: If you choose to leave Arkham City in her third episode, Batman dies, Joker escapes, and Gotham is doomed. Her intervention is what derails the EvilPlan.]]
* SpyCatsuit
* TakeThatKiss: Before some of her knock-out moves.
* TheTease
* ThirdPersonSeductress
* ThouShaltNotKill: Just like Batman, she never kills anyone in-game, just like in the comics.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Hides the palm pilot that she had stolen from Two-Face this way.
* WhipItGood
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Most of her moves would fit right into Lucha Libre style matches like her frankensteiner take down.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Clayface (Basil Karlo)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It was the performance of a lifetime!"'']]
-->Voiced by: Rick D. Wasserman (as Clayface), TomKane (as Commissioner Gordon and Quincy Sharp), Duane R. Shepard Sr. (as Aaron Cash), [[spoiler: Creator/MarkHamill (as Joker)]]
* AscendedExtra: Goes from a cameo in the first game where he doesn't actually have his own model to [[spoiler:the FinalBoss of the second.]]
* [[spoiler:AsteroidsMonster]]
* [[spoiler:BodyDouble and TheDragon: To the Joker in the second game.]]
* DoingItForTheArt: [[spoiler:The reason he's working for the Joker in the second game; apparently, impersonating the Clown Prince of Crime was "The Role of a Lifetime!"]]
* ElementalShapeshifter
* FalseInnocenceTrick: In the first game, you can see Clayface in a glass cell. But in fact, he [[ShapeShifting changes his appearance]] each time the camera wanders away from him and tries to trick you into releasing him. Good thing the game doesn't offer you the opportunity to free him, or quite a few people would.
** A rare example of Arkham security working correctly: he's in a unique, hermetically sealed cell with no easy way for one person to open and warning signs clearly explaining the problem with its occupant. But if you can advance the plot (including optional parts) far enough, he'll stop pretending - not the disguise, just pretending he ''is'' that person. And since he can't fake internal organs or a skeleton, he shouldn't be able to fool Batman's detective vision.
* [[spoiler:FinalBoss: For the main story in ''Arkham City''.]]
* [[spoiler:FlunkyBoss: The second round of the fight against Clayface has him [[MookMaker sending parts of himself in humanoid form]] to attack Batman.]]
* ForTheLulz: Given that he didn't seem too disappointed at Batman recognizing him in the first game, coupled with the burst of laughter, it's likely that he was playing for cheap laughs.
** Patient notes on Clayface reveal that he has a habit of transforming into Dr. Young during her attempts to interview him, apparently just for the sake of annoying her.
* [[spoiler:GodzillaThreshold: Aside from Solomon Grundy, he is the only enemy Batman uses lethal force on. He goes really far with Clayface, [[NoKillLikeOverkill slicing him into pieces and ripping him apart from the inside out.]]]]
* GracefulLoser: If Clayface is found out while he's still disguised as Warden Sharp or Aaron Cash, he politely congratulates Batman. As Commissioner Gordon, he only laughs tauntingly.
* GreenLanternRing: With shapeshifting, it's a given.
* HumanoidAbomination
* [[spoiler:LargeHam: Not only does he ham it up in his boss fight, his game over taunts are quite over-the-top.]]
* [[spoiler:LightningBruiser: Despite being the largest character in the series and looking like mobile sludge, he will relentlessly attack and leap across the stage as you attempt to fend off his attacks. Even though the Freeze Blasts come out very quickly, it's difficult to get more than one or two in between his attacks.]]
* [[spoiler:LiterallyShatteredLives: It actually does some damage, relative to everything else.]]
* NighInvulnerable: [[spoiler:Batman has one gadget with enough firepower to dent him: Freeze Blasts. Even then, it takes a truly staggering amount to slow him down, and about double that plus a lot of smacking him in the face with a sword to do any significant harm.]]
* [[spoiler: RollingAttack]]
* SealedEvilInACan: And he stays that way throughout the first game. [[spoiler:Not so in the second game.]]
* ShapeshifterBaggage
* [[spoiler:ShapeShifterWeapon]]
** [[spoiler:AnAxeToGrind]]
** [[spoiler:CarryABigStick]]
** [[spoiler:DropTheHammer]]
** [[spoiler:EverythingsBetterWithSpinning]]
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: He [[AWolfInSheepsClothing tries to impersonate Gordon and Cash]] in the hopes that Batman will let him out of his cell. [[ForegoneConclusion It doesn't work]].
* SizeShifter
* [[spoiler:[[KillItWithIce Slowly Whittle It Down With Ice Grenades]] [[KillItWithFire And Fiery Explosions]]]]
* SpotTheThread: Scanning him with Detective Vision reveals he has no bones, no matter what form he's taken. Also, [[spoiler:if you pay very close attention, "Healthy Joker" is slightly less wacky than the real deal. You can scan "Healthy Joker" with Detective Vision during his boss fight.]]
* [[spoiler:ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Over the course of his boss fight, he gets blown up several times, frozen and chopped into small pieces, ripped apart from the inside out, and then finally thrown into the molten Lazarus Pit.]]
* [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss]]
* [[spoiler:UnexpectedCharacter: We go from Joker's machinations, {{Gambit Pileup}}s, and somewhat humanoid enemies to tossing ice grenades into a full-on massive mud-slinging monster, and then whacking him with a sword.]]
* UpToEleven: [[spoiler:The largest humanoid boss in the series and a candidate for the fastest. Also necessitates the most extensive beatdown.]]
* VoluntaryShapeShifting
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: In ''Arkham City''.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Deadshot (Floyd Lawton)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're next on my list, Batman. Run if you like. Deadshot always hits his target."'']]
-->Voiced by: Chris Cox
* ActorAllusion: Chris Cox as [[{{Hawkeye}} a marksman]] [[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes who "never misses"]].
* [[BeardOfEvil Goatee of Evil]]
* ChekhovsGunman: When playing as Bruce Wayne at the start of the game, Deadshot is seen in the line ahead of you as you enter Arkham City. He even says to Bruce "You're on my list" and mock shoots him with his finger. Unless the player is familiar with Deadshot or has already played the game, through, the player is unlikely to notice that this is Deadshot.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: A staple for the character.
** [[spoiler:Evidenced with the third kill in the his side-quest, where he manages to kill the target by ricocheting the bullet off of a metal shutter before hitting him. This was proven physically impossible by ''Series/MythBusters'', so it's probable that he did it just to prove he's that good.]]
* MarkedBullet: He uses custom rounds with his moniker on them. It's one of several mistakes that eventually lead the Dark Knight straight to him.
* MysteriousMercenaryPursuer: After Batman starts investigating his killings, Deadshot comes after him behind schedule.
* OneHitKill: Unlike other gun-toting enemies, he can kill Batman with one attack (if you listen when he fires, it sounds like 3 or 4 shots very rapidly).
* PornStache
* ProfessionalKiller: He doesn't call himself "the world's best assassin" for nothing.
* TrojanPrisoner: Got into Arkham City disguised as a regular Blackgate transfer, had his weapons smuggled in separately, and then got to work. See ChekhovsGunman.
* [[spoiler:WeWillMeetAgain: After Batman defeats him and traps him in a monorail car.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Deadshot:''' This isn't over, Batman! I swear!]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Deathstroke (Slade Wilson)]]
* AscendedExtra: Makes an appearance as a single short boss opponent in ''Arkham City: Lockdown''. He appears in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' with a more plot heavy role.
* CoolMask
* CoolSword
* MasterSwordsman
* ProfessionalKiller
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Have you ever seen a flower die? Watched something that was once so beautiful, so full of life, collapse and rot from within?"'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/MauriceLaMarche
* AdaptiveArmor: He can reprogram his suit to avoid [[ItOnlyWorksOnce being hurt by the same attacks twice]], e.g., by setting his scanners to constantly watch his back after you attack him from behind, and altering his shields to resist Batman's explosive gel. His adaptations to other attacks are more the result of him just remembering how Batman hurt him and making sure he can't do it again, e.g., after you ambush him from a floor grate he will freeze over every one he comes across to make sure you're not hiding in it.
* AnIcePerson: Via technology.
* AnIceSuit: Needs this to keep himself alive due to his high body temperature. It also acts as a slight Powered Armor, seemingly.
* AntiVillain: He just wants to be reunited with his wife, Nora, like the comics and [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries cartoon]]. However, also like the comics, this does not stop him from trying to put Batman [[WorldOfPun on ice]].
** Judging by Arkham City alone, he barely qualifies as a villain. Unlike others who go on the rampage, he was [[spoiler:kidnapped by Penguin and forced to create a Titan cure by Joker. He even let Batman borrow some of his technology and asks Batman to help his wife.]] Boss battle aside, which was only instigated because PoorCommunicationKills, he never went against Batman in this game.
* BaldOfEvil: For a given value of "evil".
* BeehiveBarrier
* BerserkButton: Smashing one of the sculptures of Nora that are in the room during the boss fight is a good way to piss him off.
* BodyHorror: He can only survive in subzero temperatures, but at the same time it looks like the cold is taking its toll on his body. His fingers and toes are pitch black from frostbite and his ears are nearly ''gone''; only stubs remain.
* CreepyMonotone
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: He will avert BossArenaIdiocy--when you find a way to damage him, he will immediately neutralize it.
** If you jump on him from a railing, he will not only freeze that particular railing, but all the other railings as well.
* FreakLabAccident
* FinalExamBoss: You have to know how to use Batman's gadgets and fighting techniques well as after you hit him with one; [[ItOnlyWorksOnce it won't work a second time]].
* FreezeRay: Though Penguin has it for a portion of ''City''.
* GeniusBruiser: One of about three guys who can give Batman trouble in a straight fight by himself, and also the only one smart enough to come up with the cure for Joker's disease.
* GenreSavvy: He is reluctant to tell Batman how to deactivate his gun [[spoiler:after Penguin steals it]], for obvious reasons. During his boss fight, he [[ItOnlyWorksOnce also adapts to Batman's fighting style]], freezing things over after Batman uses them to damage him. He'll even reprogram his gun so the trick he told Batman [[spoiler:to use on Penguin]] won't work a second time on him.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: He can adapt to any takedown move that Batman uses on him once.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: His love for Nora is what drives ''everything'' he does.
* MightyGlacier: No [[AnIcePerson pun]] intended. He's slow, but attacking him head-on is suicide.
* NeverMyFault: Strange points out that while Mr. Freeze has good intentions, his unwillingness to admit his own flaws has made his life more difficult than it should have been.
** During the boss fight with him, he might accidentally destroy the statues of Nora while shooting at Batman. If this happens, he says that Batman made him do it.
* PoorCommunicationKills: He has a history of this. He didn't tell his employer about Nora's disease, instead diverting company resources to finding a cure; when his work was discovered, he was accused of industrial espionage, Nora was taken from him, and the FreakLabAccident occurred. Later, poor communication is what [[spoiler:causes his fight with Batman]], though that wasn't entirely his fault.
* PoweredArmor
* PuzzleBoss: A unique example in that he has several weaknesses, but each can only be targeted once.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His goggles go red when he's going to freeze things (or people).
* StealthBasedMission: Oracle tells Batman when the fight begins not to take Freeze head-on, since Freeze can easily overpower him. The achievement for defeating him is even called "Hide and Seek".
* TheStoic
* TailorMadePrison: Has a unique prison cell to keep him alive without his suit and its assorted powers.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: His obsession with ice and preservation led him to freeze several of his neighbors' pets, an act that landed him in reform school. Although he ''did'' plan to revive them later.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Harley Quinn (Dr. Harleen Quinzel)]]
-->Voiced by: Arleen Sorkin (Arkham Asylum)[=/=]Creator/TaraStrong (Arkham City)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It'd be a shame to get blood all over my nice new outfit."'']]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Following the end of Arkham City, a psychiatrist says, in his professional opinion, that Harley has been [[SophisticatedAsHell "losing it big time"]] following the Joker's death. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Her own goons agree.]] Her StalkerShrine to him kind of proves them right.]]
* BadBadActing: In contrast with her original origin story, in which she ''did'' sound professional, her interview tapes have her speaking in the same tone of voice as her Harley Quinn persona, whilst trying to maintain her status as an Arkham psychiatrist.
* BatterUp
* BigBad: Of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'''s "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DownloadableContent.
* BlondesAreEvil
** EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: In the DLC "Harley Quinn's Revenge," she actually becomes a lot ''more'' evil than before, and apparently she either let her natural brunette haircolor out, or she dyed it black.
* BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler:Talia found her and took the cure from her before she could get it to Joker. It seems she chose to leave her this way afterwards. If the player finds her, they can have fun gagging and ungagging her and listening to her reactions.]]
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure
* CrocodileTears: In ''Asylum'', after being recaptured, she sits in her cell sobbing pitifully with her face buried in her hands. However, she occasionally looks up to make sure that Batman is still looking at her, and Detective Vision reveals that her heart rate is still registering as 'Calm'.
* CurbStompBattle: Her attempt to fight Batman after all her {{Mooks}} were taken out in Arkham Asylum ended with one move on Batman's part, and her first appearance in Arkham City goes much the same way.
* CutsceneBoss: Less so in "Harley Quinn's Revenge", though, where Robin has to take some effort in order to take her down, akin to Catwoman's battle with Two-Face.
* DarkActionGirl: In the comic, we see her take out Arkham guards with as much skill as the playable characters, and she's able to trade more blows with Robin than her goons could.
* DarkMistress
* [[spoiler:DeathSeeker: Became one after Joker's death in an attempt to [[TogetherInDeath be with him in the afterlife]]. Her plot in "Harley Quinn's Revenge" was an attempt to at least attempt RevengeByProxy to make Batman suffer, at most an attempt to [[TakingYouWithMe take him down with her]].]]
* [[spoiler:DeterminedWidow: A villainous version as of the end of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', even calling herself a widow to one of her new mooks in [[DownloadableContent "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]]. Granted, [[DeathSeeker her]] [[TogetherInDeath goal]] isn't very long-lasting, but she is far more proactive and effective than she was previously.]]
* TheDitz: {{Lampshaded}} by Batman himself in both games: "She never was very bright." in the Arkham Asylum and repeated but with "smart" in Arkham City.
** Even the captured cops get in on it in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge''
-->'''Harley:''' Quiet bozos, I'm trying to think!
-->'''Cops:''' Does it hurt?
* DominoMask: First game only.
* TheDragon: To SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker.
** DragonAscendant: Although Joker is still the leader of the gang, she has to run the gang until he recovers. After [[spoiler:Joker's death]], she becomes the full leader of the gang.
* DumbBlonde
* GirlishPigtails
* {{Goth}}: Her new look in the "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DLC for the second game.
* HandCannon: Sports an absolutely massive one in "Harley's Revenge" that seems to operate like a one-handed GrenadeLauncher. [[spoiler: Batman TakingTheBullet for a cop she's trying to kill with it is how he's knocked out and captured]].
* [[spoiler:HotMom: Except it's implied to not be by "Harley Quinn's Revenge" and the "false positives" note.]]
* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: To the point of a RunningGag. She does this in both games ''and'' in the "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DownloadableContent for the second game. At least in the latter case one of her {{mooks}} has the decency to tell her that she did so.
** DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Usually the result, whether finding it out on her own or being told by a {{mook}}.
* LetsGetDangerous: You thought she was bad in the second game? Wait until you see her in the DLC "Harley Quinn's Revenge," as she gets even ''worse.''
* MadLove: She volunteered to interview Joker because she was fascinated with him, and fell in love with him during their interviews.
** If what one of the mooks in VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity stated is true, apparently the MadLove evolved into UnholyMatrimony. [[spoiler:She even says she is a "widow" in Harley Quinn's Revenge.]]
* MsFanservice: Par for the course for Harley.
* MulticoloredHair: The tips of her pigtails for her Arkham City design are colored black and red, whilst the rest is her traditional blonde.
* NaughtyNurseOutfit: Her outfit in the first game.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Both of her outfits in the series have one, and her character profile in the first game depicts her traditional jester look as having one too.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In Arkham City, Tara Strong's voice acting tends to have her Brooklyn Accent fade in and out.
* PerkyFemaleMinion
* PsychoPsychologist
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
* {{Revenge}}: Her motivation towards Batman after [[spoiler:Joker's death]].
* SexyJester
* [[spoiler:SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Villainous example. By the end of Arkham City, Joker's dead... and Harley has a positive pregnancy test.]]
** [[spoiler:Subverted in Harley Quinn's Revenge. There are many objects used for pregnancy tests in a room with Scarface in a crib painted like Joker. They all show negatives and a box for one of them says that it is possible to get a false positive on the test.]]
** [[spoiler:Although, in her headquarters, you find posters for a Cadmus Labs, known mostly in the DCU for cloning experiments... And you find them near a Joker mannequin.]]
* [[spoiler: TakingYouWithMe: Her ultimate plan for Batman in her DLC. Barring that, she wants him to know the pain of losing a loved one, in this case, Robin.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Comes off as a lot more competent in the second game, since she's managing all of Joker's goons while he's inactive. She's also worlds ahead of her portrayal in the TV Series and comics, with the result that overheard conversations between mooks suggest she frightens them almost as much as the Joker: some claim that she's even crazier than he is, and suggest that one of her roles in both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City involves torturing and/or killing the Joker's [[YouHaveFailedMe less efficient minions]]. She also isn't framed in any sort of (intentional) sympathetic light as she is in the comics and show, here viewed from Batman's perspective as worthy of just as much pity as the Joker himself.
** Oh, and that's not even getting into her DLC in the second game, Harley Quinn's Revenge.
* [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss (or BonusBoss): For the second game, considering the Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC takes place after the story ends.]]
* UnholyMatrimony
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Where she keeps Joker's "party list" in the first game, and [[spoiler:the key to Batman's cage]] in the "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DLC for the second game.
** In fact this seems to be a signature move for her, as both Batman and Robin seem to know exactly where to look for important items.
* VillainousHarlequin
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend
* WomanScorned: She's back in "Harley's Revenge," and she's definitely not fooling around this time around.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: None of the Joker's Mooks are happy that she has taken over. [[spoiler:Once Joker dies, they say she's become [[UpToEleven even crazier than he was]].]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:TheJoker]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/MarkHamill
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Welcome to the madhouse, Batman!"'']]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Almost spoken word for word to Batman [[spoiler:[[FamousLastWords as he kicks the bucket]]]].
* ArchEnemy
* AreWeThereYet: Asks this in the prequel comic to the first game, while handcuffed in the Batmobile. Batman's response is [[OffhandBackhand simple but effective]].
** Yet again in the prequel comic to the ''second'' game, as he's being transferred down the hallway while strapped in a wheelchair. The guard [[DeadpanSnarker takes it in stride]]. [[spoiler:Probably because [[TheDogBitesBack he and the boys were planning to]] [[ColdBloodedTorture slice Joker up]] [[GenocideBackfire for all the guards he killed last time.]]]]
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: In what is probably a ShoutOut to ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', at the end of the first game, Joker is seated on a throne resting on a mound of dismembered manikins.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Enforced at the end of the first game where he [[spoiler:pulls a OneWingedAngel]]. Otherwise, he's more than capable to beat up a room of guards, including Cash and Gordon. Next to Batman, though, he's an {{EliteMook|s}} with ContractualBossImmunity.
* AxCrazy
* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler:After losing his chances at immortality, Joker begs for the cure. Batman tells him that he'll most likely start committing crimes again anyways. Joker, interpreting it as a refusal, then stabs Batman in the shoulder, causing Batman to drop the cure vial, which shatters on the floor and ruins any chances of Joker's survival.]]
** [[spoiler:It gets even worse when Batman says immediately after the vial was broken that he still would have given Joker the cure.]]
* BadassNormal
* BadBoss: Threatens his men with death if they don't succeed at following his orders... and then muses that killing them would probably be fun anyway. Lampshaded, since after these announcements, many of his men can be heard grumbling about how much it sucks working for the Joker.
* BatmanGambit: The events of the first game could've been avoided entirely or drastically changed if someone had put proper handcuffs behind Joker's back, or simply left him in full restraints.
** Another possibility would be when he yells "boo" at the medic, while 4 or 5 guards are pointing rifles. If just one of those guards had [[BoomHeadShot overreacted...]]
** For ''City'' it's [[spoiler: poisoning Batman in the first place. Talia probably wouldn't have gotten involved, meaning Harley would've gotten the cure to him. Also, it's incredibly lucky that Batman started keeling over while underground and not while gliding through the air or dealing with enemies.]]
* BigBad: Of ''Arkham Asylum''.
* [[spoiler:BigBadEnsemble: With Hugo Strange in ''Arkham City''.]]
* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: In ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'', posthumously.]]
* BigNo: Does one after [[spoiler:stabbing Batman in the shoulder ends up causing the vial containing the cure to drop to the floor and shatter]].
* BodyHorror: Big time with this incarnation. In ''Arkham Asylum'', he [[spoiler:takes a huge Titan dose and transforms into a huge, hideous Titan monster with his spine poking out of his back, his ribs protruding from his sides, and a huge claw on each finger]]. And in ''Arkham City'', he's extremely sick, and his face is one large, disgusting rash.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: The tie-in comic Unhinged reveals that Joker inverts this, as Batman finds a diary in Joker's cell that reveals he wrote down the name of everyone he killed through memory.
* CardCarryingVillain
* TheChessmaster: Let's see: he organized the development of a secret Titan project, arranged for the supervillains he needed to be at Arkham during his plan, arranged for Blackgate to be burned down, and planned his own recapture and escape, doing most of this from his own jail cell. After his escape, he manipulated Batman into wandering around Arkham until he was ready for their final confrontation.
* CombatPragmatist
* CreateYourOwnVillain: The only consistent thing in all his back stories is Batman.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DealWithTheDevil: Joker's interview tapes with Hugo Strange reveal that he is willing to work with the guy in exchange for making his last days of his life "more comfortable."
* [[spoiler:DeathByIrony: Although he finds it [[ActuallyPrettyFunny kinda funny]].]]
* [[spoiler:DistressedDude]]: [[spoiler:The aforementioned run-in with the guard and his crew. He's only rescued [[JustInTime at the very last second]] by an [[DressingAsTheEnemy incognito]] Harley Quinn]].
* ElectricJoybuzzer: One of his take downs.
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Insanity Has Standards]]: Shortly after he released the Arkham lunatics, he gives various (serious) messages to his inmates to put down the lunatics if they ever encounter them laced into his (otherwise) {{Troll}}ing messages, and the exchange between Harley and Joker suggests that he only did so as a last resort to stop Batman and not as part of his original plans, which gives the heavy implication that even the Joker, someone who definitely isn't a shining example of sanity, was horrified with the nature of their insanity.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:He just couldn't see that Batman would have given him the cure even after all of the horrible things he's done.]] At first he gloats about how it's a sure thing Batman will do it, but after Batman hesitates while in a HeroicBSOD, he figures that [[spoiler: Batman actually is going to let him die after all, and tries to stab him and take it in desperation.]]
* EvilLaugh: What'd you expect?
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's so damn entertaining, yet at the same time is completely monstrous.
* FightingClown
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He [[spoiler:spoils the ending of ''Arkham City'']] if you choose not to jump out of the church immediately when he activates the bombs.
* ForTheEvulz: He IS the trope image, after all.
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile: Pun aside, The Joker's last words were a weak, amused chuckle and claiming that Batman's statement that despite what he continuously does, he still would have saved Joker had he not attempted to knife Batman in the back, was actually pretty very funny.]]
* GroinAttack: Some of his finishers invoke this trope.
* GrossUpCloseUp: The first time he reveals his mangled face in ''Arkham City''.
* [[spoiler:GrowingMusclesSequence: Has a pretty gross looking one when he injects himself with Titan in ''Arkham Asylum''.]]
* HappilyMarried: One of the Joker's goons will mention that he heard that Joker and Harley Quinn got married, whereas the other mentioned that he heard that he dumped her several months ago. Given the fact that she's present with the Joker, [[spoiler:and Harley may or may not pregnant with what is implied to be Joker's child ]], it's implied that the former part was true, and more or less outright stated in '"Harley Quinn's Revenge" when Harley calls herself [[spoiler:a widow]].
** UnholyMatrimony
* TheHyena
* ISurrenderSuckers: As stated in the TrojanPrisoner section, this is the reason he was able to take over Arkham Asylum in the first game. Also done in the second game, where [[spoiler:Clayface]] Joker seemed to give up easily in three knockdowns and claim that Batman won, only for him to then realize that he meant that Batman should beat him and his goons (including Mr. Hammer and a Titan-powered {{Mook}}).
* JokeCharacter: Not so much in the combat challenges, but in the predator ones, you're gonna have to bring your A-game between not using gargoyles and having to stand still while using the X-ray glasses.
* JokerImmunity: The TropeNamer, [[spoiler:but ultimately ''[[BeyondTheImpossible defied]]''; Joker dies from his Titan poisoning at the end of the second game]].
* JustJokingJustification: In the first game he pulls one as one of his looping taunts after beating challenge mode.
-->'''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker''': While you were fighting I've had everyone you love BRUTALLY MURDERED! [[EvilLaugh hehehe...]] Only joking.
** With [[FauxAffablyEvil the Joker]], you never can tell....
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: He created the Titan formula that made him sick, and his final attack on Batman destroys the last of the cure.]]
* KickTheDog:
-->'''Joker:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext You're making me late for my spa treatment]]! [[spoiler:I mean, it's not like you've got a girl to save anymore, is it?]][[hottip:*:[[spoiler:Shortly before the Clayface fight, he killed Talia]]. ''(laughs)'' Oh, I'm sorry. TooSoon?
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: At the end of the second game. Confirmed several times in "Harley Quinn's Revenge" as well.]]
* LargeHam: A [[{{Foil}} deliberate contrast]] to [[TheStoic Batman]].
* LargeHamAnnouncer: He takes up the role of announcer in ''Asylum''. HilarityEnsues.
-->"Harley tells me [[CoolCar the Batman's car]] is still parked right outside Intensive Treatment. We can't have him up and leave us! Every thug, villain, murderer and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking kindergarten teacher]] that isn't carrying out party orders should head there now and smash it to pieces!"
* LastDayToLive: Thanks to his Titan overdose in ''Arkham Asylum'', by the time ''Arkham City'' starts, Joker has contracted a deadly disease, leaving him with only months to live. [[spoiler:He's dead by the end of the game.]]
* LaughablyEvil
* LaughingMad
* LeanAndMean
* TheMadHatter
* MonsterClown: As well as his normal state, [[spoiler:he becomes a ''literal'' one at the end of the first game, after shooting himself with the Titan formula]]. His appearance in the second game also seems to come close to a literal interpretation of the trope, given his disease-induced deformities.
* MultipleChoicePast: Just like how he is depicted in the comics, the Joker is implied to have told multiple renditions of his childhood, one of which involved {{Retirony}} in regards to his father's cop status.
** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', [[MythologyGag he even quotes the comics]], saying [[AlanMoore someone]] once told him to go for the multiple choice option.
* NotMeThisTime: Batman accuses Joker of being involved in Protocol 10. Joker, upon hearing it, denies any knowledge of it.
** Also, when Batman first finds [[spoiler:Harley bound and gagged]], the player might naturally assume that Joker is back to [[spoiler: his normal abusive relationship with her]]. However, nearing the end of the game, it becomes especially apparent that this time, he wasn't responsible for [[spoiler:Harley's predicament; rather, Talia was, who also was the one truly responsible for retrieving the cure before Joker had a chance to drink it.]]
* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel: At the end of ''Asylum''.]]
* ObsessionSong: A sort of passive/aggressive mix and a disturbing one at that (though considering that the song is from the perspective of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, it's understandable), in CoheedAndCambria's "Deranged" off the Arkham City album.
-->Who will be your pretty, little enemy?
-->When I'm gone your world will prove empty.
-->I promise you will always remember me.
-->The joke's on you, poison me.
-->While you clean the streets of misfortune,
-->I pick the innocent from my dirty teeth.
-->[[NotSoDifferent We're one and the same]]...deranged.
* PerpetualSmiler: [[spoiler:Though this goes away when things don't go his way, most prominently when the last of the Titan cure available is destroyed.]]
* PlayAlongPrisoner: In the first game he only lets Batman capture him so that he can take over Arkham.
* PlayingSick: Subverted: Batman initially guesses that SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker was actually faking his illness after Joker ambushed him by seemingly using a BodyDouble to fake his death, only for the Joker to reveal that he is in fact really sick, even going so far as to reveal his disease-laced sores on his face.
* RealityEnsues: [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Uses this]] against [[spoiler:Talia Al Ghul]] [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim by simply shooting]] [[spoiler:her]] InTheBack instead of trying to fight someone he couldn't take in a fair fight. For added {{irony}}, [[spoiler:Talia]] tried to do something similar to him with [[spoiler:a sword]] earlier, but [[spoiler:she stabbed Clayface instead.]]
** Joker also suffers RealityEnsues himself when [[spoiler:it turns out that poisoning oneself with multiple poisons over years [[AvertedTrope does not]] [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity work out]] [[JokerImmunity the way you'd like]], especially if one injects themselves with a PsychoSerum, in this case, Titan. Joker dies of poisoning at the end of VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity.]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: Joker has a moment which is almost perfectly this trope, but he's an antagonist instead of a protagonist. [[spoiler:Despite all his plans to save himself from dying of Titan poisoning, he comes extremely close to manipulating Batman to bring him the cure. In fact, Batman has the cure and Joker is in the very same room as him when Joker stabs Batman in the shoulder, making him drop the cure and dooming Joker, who would have lived if he could have seen that Batman would never intentionally cause him to die]].
* StraightEdgeEvil: though he's probably the farthest thing from LawfulEvil, he only orders a glass of milk when he goes into the Iceberg Lounge in Arkham City's backstory.
* TakingYouWithMe: Part of a gambit in the second game. [[spoiler: He injects Batman with his diseased blood, also claiming he shipped it to hospital across Gotham. Knowing full well Batman will go looking for a cure. Even if he didn't succeed, he would at least take his hated nemesis down with him.]]
** He also attempted a variation that occurred at least a few weeks after [[spoiler:his death]]. Specifically, he [[spoiler:arranged to have Clayface rig an isolation cell with explosives, and also had a radio tower within Arkham City rigged to release a message that anyone who manages to find his corpse and delivers it to Harley Quinn will be rewarded with a million dollars in order to incite a huge riot by followers, civilians, and cops alike for the expressed purpose of causing Gotham City to tear itself apart as well as the "revelation" that the walls were still wired with explosives that would release several of Arkham City's most dangerous inmates into the rioting streets in order to lure Batman into the isolation cell. He nearly won, but Batman survived]].
* TooSoon: Invoked. See KickTheDog.
* TrojanPrisoner: Batman is convinced the Joker [[AllTooEasy went down too easily]] during his capture at the beginning of the first game. [[ISurrenderSuckers He's right.]]
* VillainousWidowsPeak: Goes beyond "Male-pattern baldness" and into "impossibly exaggerated" territory, especially in ''Arkham City.''
* WildCard: [[spoiler:Strange supplies the Joker with a military arsenal so that the he'll give Strange a very public reason to wipe him and Arkham City off the face of the earth. However, a NonStandardGameOver reveals that without Batman's intervention the plan fails, the Joker survives Protocol 10 and uses the weaponry to overthrow Gotham.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He sees Batman as this.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
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[[folder:Killer Croc (Waylon Jones)]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/SteveBlum
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeJones_1576.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Tick-tock, feed the croc!"'']]
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: His "cell" in Arkham is one of these, located deep underneath the Asylum. Given how ''big'' Croc is, it'd have to be.
* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Aunt]]
* AdvancingBossOfDoom: He'll let out a deep breathing when nearby, drag you into the water if you make too much noise, or just come out and try to grab you with your only defense being activating his shock collar with a Batarang. Where at the last part of his lair chases you and you have to run to escape to [[CrazyPrepared a trap you set up before hand to stop him]].
* BeastMan
* BizarreHumanBiology: His backstories place him at suffering from a form of "regressive atavism", meaning he has inherited traits of pre-human species.
* TheBrute
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler: The death of Becky, a blind girl he befriended,]] in the ''Arkham Unhinged'' comic.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Arkham City''.
** EasterEgg
* EvilSoundsDeep
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Guess what this villain is.
* FangsAreEvil
* GutturalGrowler
* HandwrapsOfAwesome: In the concept art, at least. His in-game model wears a torn prison uniform and broken handcuffs.
* ImAHumanitarian: Croc is explicitly mentioned as having eaten people in the past, and during the game, tries to eat Scarecrow and Batman when they encounter one another in his lair. During his patient interview, Dr. Gretchen Whistler doesn't believe him about this particular aspect... he later proves her wrong when he bites off and swallows Cash's hand right in front of her. Although numerous characters believe that he doesn't qualify as human.
* TheJuggernaut: [[InformedAbility Technically]]. You never actually BEAT him, you either set off a shock-collar that throws his whole nervous system out of whack for a few seconds so he doesn't run you over like a bulldozer and [[IAmAHumanitarian bring you home for dinner]], or blow out a floor to send him hurtling to the stygian depths. After which he can be heard YELLING UP AT YOU for a few seconds. [[spoiler:And depending on the random generator during the ending sequence, you might see his hand burst from the water to grab a surviving case of Titan.]]
* JumpScare: When you try opening the door to his lair in the sewer tunnels. His brief appearance in ''Arkham City'' also involves one.
* LightningBruiser: Despite his size, he can move frighteningly quickly.
* LizardFolk: [[BizarreHumanBiology Sort of.]]
* MonsterSobStory: The ''Arkham Unhinged'' comic "Crocodile Tears".
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile
* TheNoseKnows: As part of his "condition", he seems to have heightened senses. The most frequently mentioned being his sense of smell.
** In Arkham City, he can actually tell that [[spoiler:Batman's dying from the Joker's disease]] just from his scent.
* RestrainingBolt: How he is kept under control during his treatment at the Asylum; he has an electric collar attached round his neck which can be remotely used to give him shocks in order to get him to cooperate. This actually becomes crucial to Batman surviving his encounter with Croc in his lair, as hitting the collar with Batarangs (giving Croc an automatic shock) is the only thing that will stop him from getting overpowered and eaten when Croc charges out of the water.
* ScaryBlackMan: Well, formerly black (and from a certain point of view, formerly a man), but definitely scary.
* SerialKiller: He is responsible for the "disappearance" of hundreds of Gotham vagrants.
* TailorMadePrison: He is kept in the deepest, darkest depths of Arkham, where the guards occasionally drop down some food for him and try to forget he even exists. This is because physically, Croc is the most dangerous inmate, and his [[IAmAHumanitarian feeding habits]] make him even worse.
* VillainsOutShopping: He shows up in the VIP section of the Iceberg Lounge challenge map as a FunnyBackgroundEvent, [[SmokyGentlemensClub drinking a glass of brandy and smoking a cigar]].
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[[folder:Mad Hatter (Jervis Tetch)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're late, Batman. Late, late, late."'']]
-->Voiced by: Peter [=MacNicol=]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: It's hard to find a sentence of Tetch that makes any sense whatsoever, but according to Strange, his work in chemistry is unparalled.
* ChronicVillainy: Going hand-in-hand with ObliviouslyEvil, it actually seems that Tetch is entirely harmless (if insane) when kept away from any persons that fit his "Alice" victim archetype. When he sees one who matches, though...
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: His targeted Alices are, according to him, all blonde.
* EvilGenius: He provided the mind control tech that allowed Strange to come to power.
* EvilRedhead: Hard to tell due to the condition of his entire body, but his hair ''is'' red. Whether or not he can be considered [[ObliviouslyEvil legitimately evil, however]], is another thing altogether.
* FriendlessBackground: If you return to his hideout after beating him, he wonders why you resisted, since had only wanted a friend.
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:Uses a hypnotic suggestion to lure Batman into taking his psychoactive chemicals. The method lures him in with what he most wants. Which at the time, is the cure to the TITAN poisoning]].
* MadScientist
* MindControlDevice: How he controls his minions, and [[spoiler:how he attempts to control Batman.]]
* NiceHat: To the point he suffers a mental breakdown after Batman steps on it.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Doesn't remember the Alices he goes through and doesn't seem to understand how what he does is wrong, and he's just as upset at what he is being "accused" of by [[PsychoPsychologist Hugo Strange]].
* SerialKiller
* ReluctantPsycho: Ironically, since TheMadHatter is characterized by enjoying his own madness.
* SpotOfTea: It's his "[[WorldOfPun special-tea]]".
* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Strange used him and his MindControlDevice to gain control of Quincy Sharp, and later dumped him in Arkham City.]]
* VillainousBSOD: Suffers one when confronted by Strange about his victims.
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[[folder:Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[WelcomeToHell Welcome to hell!]]"'']]
-->Voiced by Creator/NolanNorth
* BadBoss: In the GCPD he lets some of his goons know that Batman is coming for them... and laughs about it. Shortly after, he has all the bridges detonated to slow Batman down, and doesn't give a crap that this puts several of his men at the mercy of the Joker's crew. In addition, one of the mooks says in the Penguin's debut trailer "You think the Joker's bad? Wait until Penguin deals with him! Penguin's an animal", which carries the implication that he's even worse of a boss than even SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, the latter of whom is definitely no saint in terms of being a boss.
** He's such a bad boss that one of his thugs actually calls him a bastard.
* BaldOfEvil
* BiggerBad: [[spoiler:His treatment of Zsasz, detailed in the payphone sidequest, is a key part of Zsasz's downfall into insanity.]]
* BritishAccents: Speaks in a cockney accent.
* BreakTheHaughty
* ColdBloodedTorture: Penguin freezes a cop's hand and smashed it with a hammer while using a P.A. system to let Batman hear the whole thing. It's heavily implied that he does this with the captive Precinct 13 policemen frequently, as well.
* CollectorOfTheStrange
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Suppose the player decides to not knock out Penguin and leave him at the gate. The game has Penguin shout about how he always knew that Bruce was a coward just for that occasion. If the player decides to slide into him instead of uppercutting him, he'll slump onto the ground instead of flying off his feet.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The speech at the booth he has for Zsasz is played more seriously than the others. Whether it's guilt for [[spoiler:cheating him out his money at cards]] or general disgust for Zsasz's actions is unclear.
--> Take a good look into the eyes of a monster. A deeply disturbed killer. A man, responsible for the murder and subsequent mutilation of over 100 men, women, and children. You're looking at Zsasz.
* EvilBrit: Played with. His bio says he ''grew up'' in London, but wasn't necessarily born there. His family has had a multi-generational feud with the Waynes. He's a Gothamite by breeding.
* EyeScream: That monocle is not a monocle. [[GrievousBottleyHarm It's the bottom half of a beer bottle shoved into his eye]]. According to Penguin, he got it in a bar fight, and aside from him liking it (giving him a "unique look"), he also implies that the doctors told him it was impossible to remove without killing him, even if he did try to pay for it.
* FatBastard
* FeudingFamilies: The Cobblepots and the Waynes apparently did not get along very well, and he also seems to blame the Waynes for his family being financially ruined.
* GroinAttack[=/=]FunnyBackgroundEvent: If you look closely when Penguin says to the psychopathic inmates "Come on out, lads! It's initiation time!", you'll notice that while gesturing, he whacks one of his mooks in the family jewels with his umbrella.
* HighClassGlass: Subverted. See EyeScream.
* JabbaTableManners: In the prequel comic.
* {{Jerkass}}: And that's one of the ''nicest'' terms to describe him.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:He killed and stuffed Joker's pet hyenas.]] Also, it's heavily implied in both a story and an interview tape that [[spoiler:he used the raving lunatics from the previous game as live targets for his mooks' weapons.]]
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Inverted: Aside from bios and a few mooks, he's referred to by his real name more often than to his nickname, most likely out of politeness or fear.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Penguin has a collection of people, with [[{{Irony}} separate display cases for Batman and Bruce Wayne]]. When Batman defeated him, Mr. Freeze locked Penguin up in one of his own display stands (more specifically, the Bruce Wayne exhibit), ''after'' adding more pain to his broken hand by stepping on it.]]
* LondonGangster: This Penguin is closer to a RayWinstone-style thug with delusions of grandeur, complete with an East-End accent, than his usual depiction.
* MisterBig
* MuggingTheMonster: This is the reason why Penguin's left hand is in a cast; Penguin, when meeting up with Bruce Wayne, tells him that Bruce's family destroyed his, and puts on brass knuckles, referring to them as "Good, old fashioned revenge" before trying to punch Bruce, only for Bruce to suddenly grab his hand and twist it behind Penguin's back, breaking it.
* TheNapoleon: Strange even [[LampshadeHanging asks him if he's familiar with the term "Napoleon Complex"]].
* NeverMyFault: His interview tapes with Strange reveal that Penguin constantly blames the Waynes and Batman for the failures caused by the poor decisions of his ancestors and himself.
* PeopleZoo: He has a museum featuring several of Gotham's finest criminals, although most of them are either dead or have broken out by the time Batman gets there.
* SinisterSchnoz
* SlaveToPR: Like in previous incarnations, he's always trying to play himself up as a gentleman socialite even though he clearly isn't. This is also the reason he and Joker went to war; Joker attacked one of his waitresses with acid in the Iceberg Lounge, which spoiled Penguin's reputation. When Joker later tried to bury the hatchet, Penguin refused to make amends.
* SmugSnake
* StockBritishPhrases: His East End accent allows him free usage of a few of these terms, including calling Bats "wanker".
* TookALevelInBadass: For many Batman fans, this was the game that finally made them take Oswald seriously.
* PlayingAgainstType: Can you actually believe that's NolanNorth?
* WaxMuseumMorgue: Has this in his museum. He has a member of the League of Assassins, Mr. Freeze and Scarface on display, bodies of cops and members of Joker's and Two Face's gangs, and exhibits ready for Bruce Wayne and Batman. Some of them, such as police fed to sharks and Harley's hyenas killed and stuffed, show how utterly sadistic he is.
* WickedCultured: Subverted, since he's just as crude and nasty as his thugs, but he'd tell you otherwise.
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[[folder:Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley)]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Arkham_Poison_Ivy_9844.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You will pay, Batman. For hurting my babies."'']]
-->Voiced by: Tasia Valenza
* AbsoluteCleavage
* DisproportionateRetribution: She tries to kill Catwoman for ''forgetting to water some plants she was looking after.'' Though this is Ivy we're talking about here. To her, all plants' lives are as precious, if not more than, a person's. From her perspective, Catwoman allowed some of her children to starve to death. [[MamaBear It's natural she'd be a wee bit peeved]].
** If you visit her as Catwoman after completing the game, Catwoman blames Strange for the death of the last plant (which Catwoman actually killed to get back at Ivy). Ivy swears vengeance on all of humanity.
* DoesNotLikeShoes
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She didn't support Joker's rebellion, and also [[spoiler:initially]] requested for Batman to stop Joker and his plans because of the negative affects on her plants.
* EvilRedhead
* GaiasVengeance
* GreenThumb
* HeelFaceTurn: Attempted one by opening up a flower shop. However, as she continued to see humanity destroying the environment, she couldn't take it anymore and killed a customer who came into her shop to buy flowers for his wife after having cheated on her.
* MamaBear: She doesn't appreciate her plants being harmed.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Identifying with plants more than animals, she despises humans.
* SignificantGreeneyedRedhead: Her eyes even seem to ''glow'' green for this incarnation.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her "patient uniform" consists of nothing but a single red shirt, held together at cleavage level by only two buttons, and panties ''made of leaves''.
* StationaryBoss: Having merged with a giant mutated plant while under the influence of the Titan formula.
* TheVamp
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Unfortunately, her intentions in stopping the Joker's plans failed when she realized her plants were growing stronger as a result of the Titan formula.
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[[folder:Ra's al Ghul]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You disappoint me, Detective."'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/DeeBradleyBaker
* AffablyEvil
* AffectionateNickname: Always refers to Batman as "Detective" as a sign of respect. Just like he did in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
* BackFromTheDead: Between ''Arkham Asylum'' and ''Arkham City'', and at least once beforehand, judging from Batman's comments.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBeard
** BadassGrandpa
** BadassInCharge
* BeardOfEvil
* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: He's the one pulling Strange's strings to see if he's a worthy successor.]]
* BodyHorror: Before using the Lazarus Pit, Ra's appears withered, decayed and corpse-like, only returning to health by bathing in the Pit.
* DeathIsCheap: In ''Arkham Asylum'', Ra's was a corpse, but was quite alive (if in poor condition, at first) in ''Arkham City''. Earlier, Batman stated to Talia that if Ra's was "dead again", he needed her to "wake him up", indicating that this is not Ra's' first time rising from the dead in this continuity. [[spoiler: Later, after Ra's is killed, Batman is unconcerned, simply saying that Ra's was going to need another trip to a Lazarus Pit. Sure enough, in the PlayableEpilogue, Ra's' body is gone, hinting at another possible resurrection.]]
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Wishes for either Hugo Strange or Batman to take his place as the Head of the Demon, and seems almost frightened of the idea of living longer. When Batman repeatedly refuses to kill him, Ra's goes so far as to put a knife to Talia's throat and ''demand'' that Batman kill him.]]
--> '''Ra's''': [[spoiler: I have used the Lazarus Pit too many times. My mind and body cannot take much more. Every time I enter the Pit, I am frightened of what will come out.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath[=/=]TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Batman tackles Ra's Al Ghul out of the tower before it explodes. Ra's attempts to kill Batman by stabbing himself when Batman grabs him and is on his back as the two of them are falling. The sword goes clean through him and almost through Batman as well, but Batman's able to evade it at the last second, letting Ra's continue to fall with the sword still impaled into him.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo. In Asylum, you can find his corpse. If you go check again after beating the game, [[SequelHook it's gone.]]
* EngagementChallenge: He actively ''wants'' Bruce with his daughter if it would mean he joins the League of Assassins.
* EvilOldFolks
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Though only after [[spoiler: bathing in the Lazarus Pit]].
* GreenEyes
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Batman even says as much to Ra's' face.
--> '''Batman''': You're wrong, Ra's. You've become what you've always fought against, and I ''will'' stop you.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Hugo Strange, either as a way to [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeem himself]] or [[TheDogBitesBack to exact revenge on Ra's for executing him]], activates [[TakingYouWithMe Protocol 11]], which was the self destruction of the primary tower of Arkham City. Ra's Al Ghul then tries to kill Batman by stabbing himself in the gut, but Batman evades the blade at the last second and lets him fall.]]
* HeirClubForMen
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Twice during the Wonder Tower climax. First by his own hand while trying to kill Batman. And shortly after landing on a gate structure. Ouch.]]
* KnightTemplar
* LastDayToLive: Due to his usage of the Lazarus Pits for centuries, he's now withering away.
** SanitySlippage: It's also implied that he has also near-completely lost his sanity as a result.
* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: Turns out to be the one who was pulling Hugo Strange's strings. It's also implied that he and his League of Assassins were also responsible for funding Sharp's campaign as part of his plot.]]
* MasterSwordsman
* MisanthropeSupreme
* PowerTattoo
** PowerGlows
* Really700YearsOld
* SinisterScimitar
* SkunkStripe
* VoiceOfTheLegion: During the Demon Trials and his fight with Batman.
* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: We don't get to see it, but it happens in ''Asylum''; when you first visit the morgue, one of the bodies stored there is that of Ra's Al Ghul (which you can find out by investigating). Knowing who Ra's is, when you come back later, he's long gone from the morgue.
* [[WeCanRuleTogether We Can Save the World Together]]: Consistently offers Batman a chance to join the League, viewing him as a possible successor.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He thinks he is this. Whether or not he is could easily be up for discussion.
* [[spoiler:YouHaveFailedMe: He ends up stabbing Hugo Strange InTheBack when he failed to defeat Batman, even stating the trope word for word.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ratcatcher (Otis Flannegan)]]
* TheBeastmaster: Well, rat master at least.
* CListFodder
* TheGhost: In the ''Arkham Asylum'', Batman can find some of his equipment hidden in the ventilation ducts. In ''Arkham City'' he is killed before the events of the game by the Penguin. He does show up in one issue of ''Arkham Unhinged'' as a member of the supervillain jury Two-Face puts together to try the Joker.
* KilledOffScreen: By the Penguin, according to {{Mook}} chatter. First Penguin tried to [[DeathByIrony feed him to rats]], but after they ignored him for several days he tossed Ratcatcher to his shark Tiny.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Riddler (Edward Nigma)]]
-->Voiced by: WallyWingert
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Explore! Find my challenges! And when you fail to solve them and lie blubbering like an ignorant child on the floor, you will know, that the Riddler is better than you!"'']]
* AbusiveParents
* AlwaysSecondBest: To Batman. His attempts to prove himself the intellectual superior through his riddles and deathtraps only serve to disprove this notion when Batman constantly defeats him. In fact during one of his DeathTrap scenarios when Edward attempts to cheat, in order to "outwit" the Dark Knight, it fails because Batman is also ''better at cheating''.
* ArcVillain: of Arkham Asylum's sidequests
* AttentionWhore: His character bio mentions that he has a compulsive need for attention.
* BadBoss: In the second game, he replaces Joker as the commentator during the Predator and Combat side missions. He's just as abusive to the {{Mooks}} as Joker was in the first game.
* BerserkButton: He ''does not'' appreciate [[TheResenter Batman being called a hero]], or anyone besting him intellectually. (Particularly [[ArchEnemy Batman]].)
** Also does not like to be called insane, as it implies he has a mental illness or deficiency.
* BreakTheHaughty: Gets hit by this in both games.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: It's likely unintentional, but in ''Arkham City'', he bears an uncanny resemblance to StephenMerchant.
** Also, he sounds a lot like Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.
* TheCracker: Playing the AlternateRealityGame reveals that he's the one who compromised Arkham's security, paving the way for Joker's takeover, and he hacks into Batman's headset in both games. He slides into PlayfulHacker territory when he calls Hugo just to talk.
* DeathTrap: In Arkham City, he kidnaps people and puts them in these for Batman to attempt to rescue by solving riddles and puzzles.
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: In Arkham City, whenever talking to anyone remotely, his transmissions are constantly distorting and stuttering, in a distinctly [[VideoGame/SystemShock SHODAN-like]] manner.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: His reason for believing that Batman is just like any other criminal? "No one's that selfless". He even firmly believes the only way he could afford all of his gadgets is a theory that Batman robs the criminals he captures and pays off Gordon to look the other way.
* EvilGenius
* FingerlessGloves: To go along with his rougher look in this incarnation.
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* FlatWhat: When Hugo Strange reveals that he knows who Batman is, something which the Riddler still hasn't figured out.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Once Batman solves all riddles, the Riddler puts bombs on hostages, which blow up if they stop moving at all, and forces them to walk around the room endlessly. After saving those hostages and subduing the Riddler, Batman puts the bombs on the Riddler and force him to walk around the room instead. Even though Batman and others know that the bombs are deactivated, they just let the Riddler suffer. It's immensely satisfying.]]
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: His most driving motive in his rivalry with Batman, particularly as he feels the compulsive need to prove himself superior to everybody else. Virtually very time he talks to Batman or to his henchmen, he often likes to take a moment to remind them that he is, [[TemptingFate in fact]], intellectually superior.
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Most people, in his [[SarcasmMode humble]] opinion.
* InsufferableGenius: With the emphasis on "insufferable." In VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum, even Dr. Young — who expressed a hopelessly naïve belief that she could cure the Joker — confesses that she finds him nearly intolerable to be around.
* ItsAllAboutMe
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the first game, as you get near to collecting all his riddles, he will accuse you of looking the answers up on the internet.
* MoodSwinger: Dr. Young claims that his "tantrums" have compromised numerous therapy sessions, and based on what we can hear, she's right.
* {{Narcissist}}
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: When not outright insulting others, he'll often engage in this as a form of criticism.
* {{Pride}}
* PsychopathicManchild: He wants to turn Arkham City into his personal [[DeathTrap playground]]. His "The Riddler is better than you" attitude is also pretty childish.
* RiddleOfTheSphinx: Referenced in a gruesome fashion in ''Asylum'': he claims the answer is "a baby", because it walks around on four limbs, ''but it walks on only two if you cut off its legs and three if you give it a crutch.'' When asked how he could make such a sick joke, the Riddler calmly responds "It's not ''my'' baby."
* SocialDarwinist: Or so he claims.
* SoreLoser: When Batman gets on a winning streak, he's quick to accuse him of cheating.
* SmugSmiler
* SmugSnake
* VillainousBreakdown: In the first game, he gets more and more unhinged as Batman slowly solves all of his riddles. In the second game, it happens [[spoiler:as Batman locates and rescues more hostages]].
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: For the first game; he makes a physical appearance in Arkham City.
* YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive: Sometimes does several times in the same sentence.
--> Do you know of anyone else in your twisted little penitentiary who is ''ingenious'' enough to arrange this little chat?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scarecrow (Dr. Jonathan Crane)]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Is your mind playing tricks on you... or am I?"'']]
-->Voiced by: Dino Andrade
* BadassBookworm
* BreakThemByTalking: His patient interviews constitute a extended one on fear, and how it drives the human condition.
** [[spoiler: His final tape ends with him getting one from Batman]].
* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: Although this line is never said, its typical follow-up line is used by Scarecrow if Batman is seen by the good doctor's hypodermic-needle-gloved Freddy Krueger-esque monster self in his fear-gas-induced visions of DEATH. Batman must avoid him by hiding in the shadows, but if he's seen, the follow-up line is spoken:
--->"Oh, '''there''' you are...(SLASH)"
* CompositeCharacter: His costume from the torso to legs is based upon the general Scarecrow look, but the noose is from his ''New Batman Adventures'' incarnation, and he also wears a gas mask akin to the one from the Nolan films.
* DeadlyDoctor
* EvilGloating: Subjects Batman to constant mockery during the latter's fear gas hallucinations.
* EvilGenius
* EvilLaugh
* GigglingVillain: He boasts a rather impressive chortle.
* HesJustHiding: In-universe, several of the inmates speculate that Scarecrow was killed by Killer Croc during the events of the first game, but there was evidence (such as TheStinger in the first game, as well as his gas mask being found near hay as part of a riddle by the Riddler in the second game) that he actually survived.
** [[spoiler:Batman can find a boat in the Arkham City harbor full of fear toxin, documents in Crane's name, and a near-catatonic inmate tied to a chair. Scarecrow definitely set up shop at some point. The numbers stations you can listen to via the cryptographic sequencer also hint at his return.]]
* IconicItem: His hypodermic syringe enhanced gloves
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When Batman gets over a large dose of his Toxin, Crane wisely makes a break for it.
* LeanAndMean
* LevelInBossClothing
* MadScientist
* ManipulativeBastard: In a rather impressive move, he managed to charm Dr. Young into thinking that he was both sane and innocent, and that he might qualify for a job as a researcher in the Titan Progam. It's also implied that he was able to persuade Carmine Falcone into helping him with his plot (there's a note implying that Falcone is arranging for Mr. Fine aka the Broker to arrange a more permanent base.)
* MindRape
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* PlayingWithSyringes
* PsychoPsychologist
* {{Scary Scarecrow|s}}
* [[spoiler:SequelHook: "FEAR WILL TEAR GOTHAM CITY TO SHREDS!"]]
* SinisterScythe: Holds one in his profile.
* WolverineClaws: And they're made of ''syringes''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scarface]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/MarkHamill
* TheCameo: In both games.
* DemonicDummy
* TalkingToHimself: Both Scarface and the Joker share the same voice actor. There's a good reason for that, as [[spoiler:Joker used Scarface in a Ventriloquist Dummy act very late in Arkham Asylum when expressing irritation at Batman not being stopped.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Solomon Grundy]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Solomon Grundy... born on a Monday..."'']]
-->Voiced by: FredTatasciore
* BodyHorror
* TheDragon: To the Penguin.
* FeedItWithFire: In addition to Penguin giving him a boost with the generator, if you try shooting him with your electrical charge, it'll restore some of his health.
* FrankensteinsMonster: Appears to have traits of this.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* HulkSpeak
* ImplacableMan
* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* RevivingEnemy: Twice even. Justified, as he's a zombie.
* ShockAndAwe: Like FrankensteinsMonster, he's brought to life by electric charges, and can channel them through his body and into his ball and chains.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Grundy's body is eventually set on fire and burned by the electric currents powering him during the course of his boss fight. Then, Batman finishes Grundy by punching his heart out.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:T & T (Terry and Tracy Trask)]]
* AllThereInTheManual: They only appear in the prequel comic, which explains how their actions sent gave Quincy Sharp the crises he needed to get Arkham City approved.
* {{Canon Foreigner}}s: They only appear in the Arkhamverse.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from being two low level thugs working for Two-Face to causing Gotham to enter a state of martial law.
* SiblingsInCrime
* TakingYouWithMe: When Batman starts to take them down, Hugo Strange orders them to detonate the T & T strapped to them. Batman manages to escape, but they kill hundreds and wound many more.
* {{Unwitting Pawn}}s: To Hugo Strange.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Talia al Ghul]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You must show you are willing to take a life to save the world."'']]
-->Voiced by: Stana Katic
* ActionGirl
* BareYourMidriff
* CombatPragmatist: Tries this against [[spoiler:the Joker. Unfortunately for her, she only stabbed the BodyDouble.]]
* DaddysLittleVillain
* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: Batman is willing to put off saving a thousand people [[LoveMakesYouCrazy to rescue this woman]].]]
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* [[spoiler:DisneyDeath: Possibly implied, as Talia's corpse is nowhere to be seen after her death. Her personal guard was still in the city, and her corpse wasn't exactly a great distance from the Lazarus Pit.]]
* FauxActionGirl: In her description, it says she's headstrong and well-trained in swordfighting. However, we rarely get to see that, and she even ends up being a damsel in distress to her father [[spoiler:and the Joker.]] Though to be fair, there's no way she could've seen her ''dad'' suddenly hold a knife to her throat and the deal with [[spoiler:Joker]] was a ruse to get close enough to try and take [[spoiler:him]] down. Although she can fight, she often is more manipulative like her father. It shows in her [[FemmeFatale trying to seduce]] Batman into breaking [[ThouShaltNotKill his one rule]] during ''Arkham City''.
* HellBentForLeather
* InkSuitActor: She bears a great physical resemblance to her voice actress, Stana Katic, only having darker skin.
* [[spoiler:InTheBack]]
* KnightTemplar: Talia shares her father's beliefs regarding humanity, and [[spoiler: was likely complicit in Ra's and Strange's plot to destroy Arkham City and slaughter thousands of criminals]]. She also had no problem [[spoiler: killing the Joker ([[BodyDouble or thinking she did]]) in a situation where it would have been easy to non-lethally overpower him]].
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter
* MaleGaze: While she and Batman walk down the Chamber of the Demon, the camera has a pretty good view of her butt while walking down the stairs.
* MisanthropeSupreme
* MsFanservice
* NoodleIncident: She mentions a "night in Metropolis" between herself and Batman, and teases him that after that, he "could have just called."
* SinisterScimitar: Subverted in personality. She's actually rather benevolent to Batman, though she's far more willing to kill than he is.
* SlapSlapKiss: Textbook example. First thing she does upon seeing Batman? Slap him. Second thing? Flirt and try and kiss him.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:The last act would have gone down very differently had she not stolen back the cure.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: She adamantly wants Bruce Wayne by her side, but only if he joins the League's crusade against humanity.
--> '''Talia''': [''to Batman''] Just imagine it: You... me... [''whispers as she leans in to kiss him''] ''A better world''...
* WomanScorned: She takes Bruce's refusals to join the League personally, as if he does not love her at all.
** Though this might have more to do with the fact that he lied to her face. She initially doubts his commitment to going evil and seems a little taken back by the idea of Bruce actually killing someone. When you realize she was operating from the idea that he was fully invested in turning assassin, her anger makes sense, as does her return when he needs help.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Two-Face (Harvey Dent)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[SplitPersonality The only way to get by in this place is to get ourselves some respect... Fear! That's how we get respect! Show them all how we do things!]]"'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/TroyBaker
* ActorAllusion: TroyBaker voices [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist another hero-turned-villain who has the left half of his body burned.]]
* BenevolentBoss: It's hinted that he legitimately cares for his troops, as he intended to bolster the morale of his troops after becoming leader.
** Likewise, when listening to the recruiters at the beginning. Two-Face's way of testing the recruits is simply having them fight each other until only some are left standing. Those who stand are in, those who aren't can come back later and try again. Joker and Penguin berate their own men harshly over the radio, have pretty brutal recruitment standards, and Joker in particular kills new recruits at random ForTheEvulz.
** Not only that, but even his henchmen seem to have much better attitudes with him as their boss. At the very beginning of the game if you listen to the mooks messing with Jack Ryder, they'll mention how lucky he is he ran into them, since Penguin or Joker's thugs would have probably tortured him to death, or worse, brought him before their boss. They just want to pick on the weak guy, which as far as normal prison behavior goes and compared to the sadistic behavior of the criminals under the other two super villains employ, isn't all that bad.
** This is all rather in keeping with his character. He has a split personality, and makes major decisions via coin flips. It figures he'd be relatively benign half the time, which is certainly more than you'd expect from Penguin or Joker.
* BigBad: Of Catwoman's story, anyway.
** BigBadWannabe: He is the first villain Batman "fights" (not counting Bruce Wayne's brief run-in with the Penguin) and his gang spends the aftermath on the backfoot against Penguin and Joker's goons. They only rise to prominence because Batman is forced to prioritize the other two villains first, so while Two-Face [[spoiler:wins the gang war and becomes the most powerful inmate in Arkham City by the end of the game]], it's only because he wasn't that big a threat in the first place.
* EvilIsHammy: His evil half is a lot less subdued than his good half.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Two-Face (or rather, his good half) is reluctant to kill Catwoman immediately, as they are in a courtroom, which is a place of justice. He also appears to be the nicest of the three super-criminal gang bosses.
* GutturalGrowler: His evil half has a distinctive growling voice.
* JokerJury: He subjects Catwoman to one at the start of the second game... With her tied up and hanging over a tank of acid. Ironically, he chose this because the good side of the coin went up.
* NobleDemon
* NumerologicalMotif: As one would expect, he's obsessed with the concept of duality and the number two.
* RedOniBlueOni: His evil half is the red to his good half's blue.
* RedemptionRejection: Hugo Strange, of all people, [[SadisticChoice offers to do whatever he can to cure Two-Face if he simply refuses to catch his coin when Strange flips it into the air, or tell him where Catwoman is and what she is doing if he does catch it]]. Two-Face sounds torn over what to do, but ultimately catches the coin. Strange is rather disappointed by the choice.
* SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains: Type I.
* SplitPersonality
* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: Although it's a subtle and non-depressing variation. Two-Face was the underdog of the game at the start, but by the end of the story, he's more or less seized control of at least Park Row and the Bowery. He's in hiding after Catwoman's story is finished, but that's better than Penguin and Joker are doing.]]
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Two guns, bitch!"
** Really, 50% of his dialogue towards Catwoman invokes this.
* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: His good and evil halves debate whether they should execute Catwoman immediately or hold a trial for her (the evil and good halves supporting the respective actions.)
* TwoFaced
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Victor Zsasz]]
-->Voiced by: Danny Jacobs
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* AxCrazy
* BadLiar: Although he hypes himself up as a deliverer of lost souls, there are several times during his phone calls where he expresses regret at not being a better gambler or anger at the Penguin for cheating him out of his money. [[spoiler:His breakdown about the mark being "the only thing (he) has left"]] further proves this.
* BaldOfEvil
* CoveredWithScars: That he made himself.
* DetachedSleeves: Despite not even wearing a shirt.
* DirtyCoward: His behavior during the story of the first game definitely has shades of this, as he absolutely refuses to confront Batman physically on his own, opting to take a hostage during both of their encounters. Given that he seems capable of killing guards with relative ease, though, it's more likely that [[KnowWhenToFoldEm he's aware of his limitations]].
* EvilPhone: His SideQuest involves a number of them, through which he delivers his sick {{Motive Rant}}s.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Just like his comics counterpart, he has a collection of tally scorings, that ''he carved into his own skin'', that cover almost his ''entire body''. His design in the game seems to be intended to show this off as much as possible.
* KnifeNut
* PsychopathicManchild: Dr. Young's notes state that Zsasz has an I.Q. of 78, and it's implied that the Riddler is providing him technical assistance to carry out his phone murder scheme in ''Arkham City''.
* PsychoticSmirk: Has a tendency to do this.
* SerialKiller: Of the "Power/Control" type, according to Dr. Young's notes.
* ShadowArchetype: He claims his life reached a turning point when his wealthy parents died, leaving him rich but lost and alone in the world, and a desire to find some purpose to live for. Just like Bruce Wayne back then, except that Bruce didn't find his purpose in killing people.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Has shades of this in his interview tapes in the first game; [[BreakThemByTalking his therapist, Doctor Cassidy, is outright terrified when he describes her home and daily routine in great detail]]. When Cassidy take an (understandable) leave of absence, he tells Doctor Whistler that he is depressed about "the one that got away", and how he needed to kill her.
* SoftSpokenSadist
* TattooedCrook: Slightly more noticeable in the concept art.
* WalkingShirtlessScene
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Abramovici Twins]]
-->Voiced by: FredTatasciore (Hammer) and Creator/SteveBlum (Sickle)
* BadassBoast:
-->You look so strong. You're not so strong. I kill you with ''one hand''.
* BaldOfEvil: Both of them, though Mr. Hammer wears a Joker wig.
* BilingualBonus: Hammer's tattoo says "Joker The Tzar" in Russian.
* {{The Brute}}s
* {{Canon Foreigner}}s: Like Quincy Sharp.
* CainAndAbel: A unique case since both are criminals, but with different political ideologies (Mr. Hammer is a communist, Sickle is a capitalist), working for different super-criminals.
* ConjoinedTwins: They used to be, but were eventually cut in two after Joker decided they would fight better separated (the comics revealing it wasn't by choice either, Joker drugged them before having Hush operate on them). Mr. Hammer stayed with Joker and became one of his lieutenants because he wanted a literal "Right Hand Man", while Harley Quinn left Sickle at Penguin's headquarters as a present after deciding not to dump him into the Gotham bay.
* DropTheHammer[=/=][[SinisterScythe Sinister Sickle]]: The Joker Brother ("Mr. Hammer") uses the hammer and the Penguin Brother ("Sickle") uses the sickle. Attacks from either will blur Batman's vision.
* EliteMooks[=/=]{{Mook Lieutenant}}s
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: They love each other.
* EvilLaugh
* {{Guttural Growler}}s
* {{Handicapped Badass}}es
* {{Husky Russkie}}s
* {{Mighty Glacier}}s
* ParentalAbandonment: Their mother died from childbirth and their father, after nearly contemplating throwing them into a river, left them with a traveling circus where they joined the freak show.
* SmashMook: Mr. Hammer
* {{Tattooed Crook}}s
* WeaponOfChoice: Lets see, we have a [[CaptainObvious man name Hammer and another named Sickle]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bane]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I will break you, Batman!"'']]
-->Voiced by: FredTatasciore
* BodyHorror: When Batman and Gordon come across him in the first game, Dr. Young had the Venom compound completely drained from his blood, leaving him bone-thin and gasping for breath. Then Joker injects him with an experimental dose of the Titan formula, bulking him up to a far greater degree than his Venom usually allows.
* CarFu: Gets flattened with a remote-controlled Batmobile after the first major battle with him.
* EnemyMine: He forms a temporary alliance with Batman to destroy the caches of Titan stashed all over Arkham City. [[spoiler:But he really just wanted it all for himself. Which Batman knew.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Dr. Young notes that Bane is highly intelligent.
* GratuitousSpanish: Refers to Dr. Young as "the bruja" (meaning "witch"), but otherwise speaks (or rather shouts) English in the rest of his dialogue.
** Subverted in the comic, where [[YouAreAlreadyDead his only spoken line]] is in Spanish, but his thoughts are in English.
** In ''City'', he refers to Joker as "the payaso" (meaning "clown").
* HeelFaceTurn: He claims to have made one in ''City'', planning to go straight and asking for Batman's help in destroying the remaining Titan formula. [[spoiler:He was lying, wanting the stuff all to himself, but Batman anticipated this.]]
* InformedAttribute: In keeping with comic tradition, Bane's bio informs us that he is a master strategist with intense focus. In game, however, his battle tactics consist of charging, throwing large rocks, and screaming half-coherent taunts. In Arkham City, [[spoiler:he even manages to get himself trapped in an elevator, where he remains for the rest of the game]]. To be fair, the Titan formula at least caused him incredible pain and probably also addled his mind significantly.
* MercyKill: Bane ends up having to do this to a Joker henchman laced with the Titan formula who had Bane at his mercy, because the henchman in question was suffering from a cardiac arrest and experiencing a very painful death.
* NoIndoorVoice
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: To an extent, in ''Asylum'': he shows up once to fight Batman and gets taken down immediately, unlike the other villains who all come back at least once. His indirect role in the plot, however, is greater: [[spoiler:Joker plans to use a derivative of the [[PsychoSerum Venom]] formula in his blood to make rampaging monsters out of all of Gotham.]]
* RetCanon: His appearance in the series was initially the basis for Bane's {{New 52}} design (it's since been tweaked to include [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises a vest and cargo pants]]).
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His only appearance in the first game is a brief, yet [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic]] confrontation, but [[spoiler: his Venom serum]] is the catalyst for the game's plot.
* VolcanicVeins
* WellIntentionedExtremist: If the digital graphic novel prequel to Arkham City are anything to go by, Bane might want to destroy the source of Titan by any means necessary.
** [[spoiler:The end of his sidequest reveals he only wanted the Titan for himself, not to destroy it. Batman [[GenreSavvy already knew from the start]].]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Black Mask (Roman Sionis)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"No one goes up against the Black Mask and lives."'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/NolanNorth
* AscendedExtra: He goes from a brief cameo in ''Arkham City'' to becoming the main antagonist of ''Arkham Origins''.
* AssholeVictim: The brutal crimelord gets beaten up by a couple of TYGER mercs. [[SarcasmMode Your heart bleeds for him]].
* BigBad: Apparently of ''Arkham Origins''.
* TheCameo: The only time you see him in ''Arkham City'' is in the processing center at the beginning as he attacks a couple of TYGER guards with a folding chair before getting tasered and beaten down.
* CarnivalOfKillers: ''Arkham Origins'' will revolve around Black Mask placing a bounty on Batman's head, which eight assassins will seek to collect.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: "Put the chair down."
* ColdBloodedTorture: Previews of ''Arkham Origins'' have shown him brandishing hatchets and pliers around captured police officers...
* ContractualBossImmunity: When you fight him in the Robin DLC, he's immune to all forms of instant knock outs, much like the Joker's boss fight.
* GreatEscape: According to the game's backstory, he's the first and only inmate to ever escape from Arkham City [[spoiler:until Hush]]. He stole some explosives from Penguin, waited for a guard shift change, then blew a hole in the perimeter wall and ran off. He was recaptured soon after. Incidentally, his escape is what led to [[NiceJobFixingItVillain the installation of auto-turrets along the perimeter.]]
* GutturalGrowler
* HotBlooded
* [[SkullForAHead Skull for a Mask]]
* TheWorfEffect: His profile tells of how he's a feared gang leader. TYGER makes swift work of him in the opening of ''Arkham City''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Calendar Man (Julian Gregory Day)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Thirty days has November. April, June, and September. Of twenty eight is but one. And all the rest are thirty one. Of course leap year comes and slays. Every four years got it right, and twenty eight is twenty nine."'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/MauriceLaMarche
* AffablyEvil: He's very calm and polite when you speak to him. However, hearing about some of his crimes makes you wish you could break the other bones in his body.
* BaldOfEvil
* BadBoss: One of his henchmen ratted him out to Batman, but he wasn't sure which. So on St. Patrick’s Day, he poisoned them all with green snake venom in their green beer.
* EasterEgg: If you visit his cell in Arkham City in certain holidays (or mess with the system clock), he will tell you a story about a crime he committed on that particular day.
* EvilCripple: One of his legs seems to be injured, requiring him to use a leg brace and elevated shoe as well as walk with a limp. It doesn't seem to get in the way of his plots.
* FatBastard: This incarnation of Calendar Man is a lot heftier than past incarnations.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In every single piece of Batman-related media with the exception of ''TheLongHalloween'', Calendar Man is the epitome of HarmlessVillain, a powerless loser with a bunch of ridiculous costumes and a silly date gimmick. In this game, not only are his stories of past crimes utterly horrifying but [[spoiler:if you listen to them all and visit him again, you find his cell empty and a Two-Face thug hanging from the ceiling.]]
* RedRightHand: His right leg is shorter than the other, and he has to wear a custom-made platform shoe to stand.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: His cell at Arkham Asylum and Arkham City.
* SelfMadeOrphan: It's implied that he killed his parents on their respective holidays.
* SoftSpokenSadist: His voice is calm and oddly soothing, and he's quite polite when talking to Batman, even as he describes in detail the brutal murders he committed.
* StalkerWithACrush: Some of his crimes have this angle.
* TalkativeLoon
* ThouShaltNotKill: Inverted, especially in comparison to his comics counterpart: All of his crimes are categorized under murder, murder, and murder alone.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:{{Catwoman}} (Selina Kyle)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This place is dangerous. I like it!"'']]
-->Voiced by: Music/GreyDelisle
* AbsoluteCleavage
** VaporWear: She's obviously not wearing a bra.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Her alternate costumes include [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Animated]] and TheLongHalloween, with an armored version of her normal outfit coming in [[ColonCancer "Batman: Arkham City: Armored Edition"]].
* AntiHero: Type III or IV, at least after choosing to save Batman. At first she's an...
* AntiVillain: Type I.
* BadassNormal
* {{Caltrops}}
* CeilingCling
* ClassyCatBurglar
* CombatStilettos
* DanceBattler
* DarkActionGirl: While she's still not evil, her actions show that her morals aren't that up to par yet. She even comments about when she started getting a conscience and actually hesitated whether to let Batman die or not.
* DeadpanSnarker: You thought Alfred was bad? Her whole dialogue oozes sass as well as her thoughts.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: There are secret doors in Wayne Manor that Catwoman can't use.
* FemmeFatale
* FemmeFatalons: Two-Face will no doubt [[EyeScream vouch for that]].
* FragileSpeedster
* FreudianExcuse: In an interesting conversation found on the interview tapes, Hugo Strange comes to the conclusion that Selina might suffer from this more than even she is aware of. From his analysis, she despises men because her father abandoned her, and this is the reason that she can't come to trust Batman. Still, she loves him and seeks his approval, and the way she goes about this is to get his attention by stealing and dressing seductively.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: It might initially appear to a player that her GogglesDoNothing. But if you look at her face while you have Thief Vision turned on, you'll notice that they've been pulled down from their normal place on her forehead and are now covering her eyes.
* GreenEyes: The game made them particularly striking.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MamaBear: When Strange has her in custody and asks what she'd do if he sent his men after her adopted daughter Holly, Catwoman snarls "Touch her and you're ''dead''." The interview tape ends there. At the beginning of the next one Strange asks Selina if she's calmed down yet. What exactly Selina did to make Strange stop recording and wait a while before talking to her again is open to speculation. It's entirely possible that she tried to tear his throat out right then and there, guards or no guards.
* MoralDilemma <--> FriendOrIdolDecision. While Batman isn't exactly her ''friend'', she does meet this trope twice. The first one, subtly, consisted of helping/saving him when he was confronting the Joker or getting into the vault. It wasn't difficult. The second one was much more grave, and she either had to save Batman from the verge of death or get out of Arkham City with the loot she recently gained. She placed more consideration for this decision.
* MsFanservice
* MurderousThighs
* ParentalSubstitute: To Holly Robinson. In her interview tapes, Hugo Strange draws parallels between her relationship with Holly to Batman's relationship with Robin.
* PungeonMaster
* SensualSpandex
* SheFu
* [[spoiler:SpannerInTheWorks: If you choose to leave Arkham City in her third episode, Batman dies, Joker escapes, and Gotham is doomed. Her intervention is what derails the EvilPlan.]]
* SpyCatsuit
* TakeThatKiss: Before some of her knock-out moves.
* TheTease
* ThirdPersonSeductress
* ThouShaltNotKill: Just like Batman, she never kills anyone in-game, just like in the comics.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Hides the palm pilot that she had stolen from Two-Face this way.
* WhipItGood
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Most of her moves would fit right into Lucha Libre style matches like her frankensteiner take down.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Clayface (Basil Karlo)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It was the performance of a lifetime!"'']]
-->Voiced by: Rick D. Wasserman (as Clayface), TomKane (as Commissioner Gordon and Quincy Sharp), Duane R. Shepard Sr. (as Aaron Cash), [[spoiler: Creator/MarkHamill (as Joker)]]
* AscendedExtra: Goes from a cameo in the first game where he doesn't actually have his own model to [[spoiler:the FinalBoss of the second.]]
* [[spoiler:AsteroidsMonster]]
* [[spoiler:BodyDouble and TheDragon: To the Joker in the second game.]]
* DoingItForTheArt: [[spoiler:The reason he's working for the Joker in the second game; apparently, impersonating the Clown Prince of Crime was "The Role of a Lifetime!"]]
* ElementalShapeshifter
* FalseInnocenceTrick: In the first game, you can see Clayface in a glass cell. But in fact, he [[ShapeShifting changes his appearance]] each time the camera wanders away from him and tries to trick you into releasing him. Good thing the game doesn't offer you the opportunity to free him, or quite a few people would.
** A rare example of Arkham security working correctly: he's in a unique, hermetically sealed cell with no easy way for one person to open and warning signs clearly explaining the problem with its occupant. But if you can advance the plot (including optional parts) far enough, he'll stop pretending - not the disguise, just pretending he ''is'' that person. And since he can't fake internal organs or a skeleton, he shouldn't be able to fool Batman's detective vision.
* [[spoiler:FinalBoss: For the main story in ''Arkham City''.]]
* [[spoiler:FlunkyBoss: The second round of the fight against Clayface has him [[MookMaker sending parts of himself in humanoid form]] to attack Batman.]]
* ForTheLulz: Given that he didn't seem too disappointed at Batman recognizing him in the first game, coupled with the burst of laughter, it's likely that he was playing for cheap laughs.
** Patient notes on Clayface reveal that he has a habit of transforming into Dr. Young during her attempts to interview him, apparently just for the sake of annoying her.
* [[spoiler:GodzillaThreshold: Aside from Solomon Grundy, he is the only enemy Batman uses lethal force on. He goes really far with Clayface, [[NoKillLikeOverkill slicing him into pieces and ripping him apart from the inside out.]]]]
* GracefulLoser: If Clayface is found out while he's still disguised as Warden Sharp or Aaron Cash, he politely congratulates Batman. As Commissioner Gordon, he only laughs tauntingly.
* GreenLanternRing: With shapeshifting, it's a given.
* HumanoidAbomination
* [[spoiler:LargeHam: Not only does he ham it up in his boss fight, his game over taunts are quite over-the-top.]]
* [[spoiler:LightningBruiser: Despite being the largest character in the series and looking like mobile sludge, he will relentlessly attack and leap across the stage as you attempt to fend off his attacks. Even though the Freeze Blasts come out very quickly, it's difficult to get more than one or two in between his attacks.]]
* [[spoiler:LiterallyShatteredLives: It actually does some damage, relative to everything else.]]
* NighInvulnerable: [[spoiler:Batman has one gadget with enough firepower to dent him: Freeze Blasts. Even then, it takes a truly staggering amount to slow him down, and about double that plus a lot of smacking him in the face with a sword to do any significant harm.]]
* [[spoiler: RollingAttack]]
* SealedEvilInACan: And he stays that way throughout the first game. [[spoiler:Not so in the second game.]]
* ShapeshifterBaggage
* [[spoiler:ShapeShifterWeapon]]
** [[spoiler:AnAxeToGrind]]
** [[spoiler:CarryABigStick]]
** [[spoiler:DropTheHammer]]
** [[spoiler:EverythingsBetterWithSpinning]]
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: He [[AWolfInSheepsClothing tries to impersonate Gordon and Cash]] in the hopes that Batman will let him out of his cell. [[ForegoneConclusion It doesn't work]].
* SizeShifter
* [[spoiler:[[KillItWithIce Slowly Whittle It Down With Ice Grenades]] [[KillItWithFire And Fiery Explosions]]]]
* SpotTheThread: Scanning him with Detective Vision reveals he has no bones, no matter what form he's taken. Also, [[spoiler:if you pay very close attention, "Healthy Joker" is slightly less wacky than the real deal. You can scan "Healthy Joker" with Detective Vision during his boss fight.]]
* [[spoiler:ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Over the course of his boss fight, he gets blown up several times, frozen and chopped into small pieces, ripped apart from the inside out, and then finally thrown into the molten Lazarus Pit.]]
* [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss]]
* [[spoiler:UnexpectedCharacter: We go from Joker's machinations, {{Gambit Pileup}}s, and somewhat humanoid enemies to tossing ice grenades into a full-on massive mud-slinging monster, and then whacking him with a sword.]]
* UpToEleven: [[spoiler:The largest humanoid boss in the series and a candidate for the fastest. Also necessitates the most extensive beatdown.]]
* VoluntaryShapeShifting
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: In ''Arkham City''.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Deadshot (Floyd Lawton)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're next on my list, Batman. Run if you like. Deadshot always hits his target."'']]
-->Voiced by: Chris Cox
* ActorAllusion: Chris Cox as [[{{Hawkeye}} a marksman]] [[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes who "never misses"]].
* [[BeardOfEvil Goatee of Evil]]
* ChekhovsGunman: When playing as Bruce Wayne at the start of the game, Deadshot is seen in the line ahead of you as you enter Arkham City. He even says to Bruce "You're on my list" and mock shoots him with his finger. Unless the player is familiar with Deadshot or has already played the game, through, the player is unlikely to notice that this is Deadshot.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: A staple for the character.
** [[spoiler:Evidenced with the third kill in the his side-quest, where he manages to kill the target by ricocheting the bullet off of a metal shutter before hitting him. This was proven physically impossible by ''Series/MythBusters'', so it's probable that he did it just to prove he's that good.]]
* MarkedBullet: He uses custom rounds with his moniker on them. It's one of several mistakes that eventually lead the Dark Knight straight to him.
* MysteriousMercenaryPursuer: After Batman starts investigating his killings, Deadshot comes after him behind schedule.
* OneHitKill: Unlike other gun-toting enemies, he can kill Batman with one attack (if you listen when he fires, it sounds like 3 or 4 shots very rapidly).
* PornStache
* ProfessionalKiller: He doesn't call himself "the world's best assassin" for nothing.
* TrojanPrisoner: Got into Arkham City disguised as a regular Blackgate transfer, had his weapons smuggled in separately, and then got to work. See ChekhovsGunman.
* [[spoiler:WeWillMeetAgain: After Batman defeats him and traps him in a monorail car.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Deadshot:''' This isn't over, Batman! I swear!]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Deathstroke (Slade Wilson)]]
* AscendedExtra: Makes an appearance as a single short boss opponent in ''Arkham City: Lockdown''. He appears in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' with a more plot heavy role.
* CoolMask
* CoolSword
* MasterSwordsman
* ProfessionalKiller
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Have you ever seen a flower die? Watched something that was once so beautiful, so full of life, collapse and rot from within?"'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/MauriceLaMarche
* AdaptiveArmor: He can reprogram his suit to avoid [[ItOnlyWorksOnce being hurt by the same attacks twice]], e.g., by setting his scanners to constantly watch his back after you attack him from behind, and altering his shields to resist Batman's explosive gel. His adaptations to other attacks are more the result of him just remembering how Batman hurt him and making sure he can't do it again, e.g., after you ambush him from a floor grate he will freeze over every one he comes across to make sure you're not hiding in it.
* AnIcePerson: Via technology.
* AnIceSuit: Needs this to keep himself alive due to his high body temperature. It also acts as a slight Powered Armor, seemingly.
* AntiVillain: He just wants to be reunited with his wife, Nora, like the comics and [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries cartoon]]. However, also like the comics, this does not stop him from trying to put Batman [[WorldOfPun on ice]].
** Judging by Arkham City alone, he barely qualifies as a villain. Unlike others who go on the rampage, he was [[spoiler:kidnapped by Penguin and forced to create a Titan cure by Joker. He even let Batman borrow some of his technology and asks Batman to help his wife.]] Boss battle aside, which was only instigated because PoorCommunicationKills, he never went against Batman in this game.
* BaldOfEvil: For a given value of "evil".
* BeehiveBarrier
* BerserkButton: Smashing one of the sculptures of Nora that are in the room during the boss fight is a good way to piss him off.
* BodyHorror: He can only survive in subzero temperatures, but at the same time it looks like the cold is taking its toll on his body. His fingers and toes are pitch black from frostbite and his ears are nearly ''gone''; only stubs remain.
* CreepyMonotone
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: He will avert BossArenaIdiocy--when you find a way to damage him, he will immediately neutralize it.
** If you jump on him from a railing, he will not only freeze that particular railing, but all the other railings as well.
* FreakLabAccident
* FinalExamBoss: You have to know how to use Batman's gadgets and fighting techniques well as after you hit him with one; [[ItOnlyWorksOnce it won't work a second time]].
* FreezeRay: Though Penguin has it for a portion of ''City''.
* GeniusBruiser: One of about three guys who can give Batman trouble in a straight fight by himself, and also the only one smart enough to come up with the cure for Joker's disease.
* GenreSavvy: He is reluctant to tell Batman how to deactivate his gun [[spoiler:after Penguin steals it]], for obvious reasons. During his boss fight, he [[ItOnlyWorksOnce also adapts to Batman's fighting style]], freezing things over after Batman uses them to damage him. He'll even reprogram his gun so the trick he told Batman [[spoiler:to use on Penguin]] won't work a second time on him.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: He can adapt to any takedown move that Batman uses on him once.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: His love for Nora is what drives ''everything'' he does.
* MightyGlacier: No [[AnIcePerson pun]] intended. He's slow, but attacking him head-on is suicide.
* NeverMyFault: Strange points out that while Mr. Freeze has good intentions, his unwillingness to admit his own flaws has made his life more difficult than it should have been.
** During the boss fight with him, he might accidentally destroy the statues of Nora while shooting at Batman. If this happens, he says that Batman made him do it.
* PoorCommunicationKills: He has a history of this. He didn't tell his employer about Nora's disease, instead diverting company resources to finding a cure; when his work was discovered, he was accused of industrial espionage, Nora was taken from him, and the FreakLabAccident occurred. Later, poor communication is what [[spoiler:causes his fight with Batman]], though that wasn't entirely his fault.
* PoweredArmor
* PuzzleBoss: A unique example in that he has several weaknesses, but each can only be targeted once.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His goggles go red when he's going to freeze things (or people).
* StealthBasedMission: Oracle tells Batman when the fight begins not to take Freeze head-on, since Freeze can easily overpower him. The achievement for defeating him is even called "Hide and Seek".
* TheStoic
* TailorMadePrison: Has a unique prison cell to keep him alive without his suit and its assorted powers.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: His obsession with ice and preservation led him to freeze several of his neighbors' pets, an act that landed him in reform school. Although he ''did'' plan to revive them later.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Harley Quinn (Dr. Harleen Quinzel)]]
-->Voiced by: Arleen Sorkin (Arkham Asylum)[=/=]Creator/TaraStrong (Arkham City)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It'd be a shame to get blood all over my nice new outfit."'']]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Following the end of Arkham City, a psychiatrist says, in his professional opinion, that Harley has been [[SophisticatedAsHell "losing it big time"]] following the Joker's death. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Her own goons agree.]] Her StalkerShrine to him kind of proves them right.]]
* BadBadActing: In contrast with her original origin story, in which she ''did'' sound professional, her interview tapes have her speaking in the same tone of voice as her Harley Quinn persona, whilst trying to maintain her status as an Arkham psychiatrist.
* BatterUp
* BigBad: Of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'''s "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DownloadableContent.
* BlondesAreEvil
** EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: In the DLC "Harley Quinn's Revenge," she actually becomes a lot ''more'' evil than before, and apparently she either let her natural brunette haircolor out, or she dyed it black.
* BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler:Talia found her and took the cure from her before she could get it to Joker. It seems she chose to leave her this way afterwards. If the player finds her, they can have fun gagging and ungagging her and listening to her reactions.]]
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure
* CrocodileTears: In ''Asylum'', after being recaptured, she sits in her cell sobbing pitifully with her face buried in her hands. However, she occasionally looks up to make sure that Batman is still looking at her, and Detective Vision reveals that her heart rate is still registering as 'Calm'.
* CurbStompBattle: Her attempt to fight Batman after all her {{Mooks}} were taken out in Arkham Asylum ended with one move on Batman's part, and her first appearance in Arkham City goes much the same way.
* CutsceneBoss: Less so in "Harley Quinn's Revenge", though, where Robin has to take some effort in order to take her down, akin to Catwoman's battle with Two-Face.
* DarkActionGirl: In the comic, we see her take out Arkham guards with as much skill as the playable characters, and she's able to trade more blows with Robin than her goons could.
* DarkMistress
* [[spoiler:DeathSeeker: Became one after Joker's death in an attempt to [[TogetherInDeath be with him in the afterlife]]. Her plot in "Harley Quinn's Revenge" was an attempt to at least attempt RevengeByProxy to make Batman suffer, at most an attempt to [[TakingYouWithMe take him down with her]].]]
* [[spoiler:DeterminedWidow: A villainous version as of the end of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', even calling herself a widow to one of her new mooks in [[DownloadableContent "Harley Quinn's Revenge"]]. Granted, [[DeathSeeker her]] [[TogetherInDeath goal]] isn't very long-lasting, but she is far more proactive and effective than she was previously.]]
* TheDitz: {{Lampshaded}} by Batman himself in both games: "She never was very bright." in the Arkham Asylum and repeated but with "smart" in Arkham City.
** Even the captured cops get in on it in ''Harley Quinn's Revenge''
-->'''Harley:''' Quiet bozos, I'm trying to think!
-->'''Cops:''' Does it hurt?
* DominoMask: First game only.
* TheDragon: To SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker.
** DragonAscendant: Although Joker is still the leader of the gang, she has to run the gang until he recovers. After [[spoiler:Joker's death]], she becomes the full leader of the gang.
* DumbBlonde
* GirlishPigtails
* {{Goth}}: Her new look in the "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DLC for the second game.
* HandCannon: Sports an absolutely massive one in "Harley's Revenge" that seems to operate like a one-handed GrenadeLauncher. [[spoiler: Batman TakingTheBullet for a cop she's trying to kill with it is how he's knocked out and captured]].
* [[spoiler:HotMom: Except it's implied to not be by "Harley Quinn's Revenge" and the "false positives" note.]]
* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: To the point of a RunningGag. She does this in both games ''and'' in the "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DownloadableContent for the second game. At least in the latter case one of her {{mooks}} has the decency to tell her that she did so.
** DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Usually the result, whether finding it out on her own or being told by a {{mook}}.
* LetsGetDangerous: You thought she was bad in the second game? Wait until you see her in the DLC "Harley Quinn's Revenge," as she gets even ''worse.''
* MadLove: She volunteered to interview Joker because she was fascinated with him, and fell in love with him during their interviews.
** If what one of the mooks in VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity stated is true, apparently the MadLove evolved into UnholyMatrimony. [[spoiler:She even says she is a "widow" in Harley Quinn's Revenge.]]
* MsFanservice: Par for the course for Harley.
* MulticoloredHair: The tips of her pigtails for her Arkham City design are colored black and red, whilst the rest is her traditional blonde.
* NaughtyNurseOutfit: Her outfit in the first game.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Both of her outfits in the series have one, and her character profile in the first game depicts her traditional jester look as having one too.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In Arkham City, Tara Strong's voice acting tends to have her Brooklyn Accent fade in and out.
* PerkyFemaleMinion
* PsychoPsychologist
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
* {{Revenge}}: Her motivation towards Batman after [[spoiler:Joker's death]].
* SexyJester
* [[spoiler:SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Villainous example. By the end of Arkham City, Joker's dead... and Harley has a positive pregnancy test.]]
** [[spoiler:Subverted in Harley Quinn's Revenge. There are many objects used for pregnancy tests in a room with Scarface in a crib painted like Joker. They all show negatives and a box for one of them says that it is possible to get a false positive on the test.]]
** [[spoiler:Although, in her headquarters, you find posters for a Cadmus Labs, known mostly in the DCU for cloning experiments... And you find them near a Joker mannequin.]]
* [[spoiler: TakingYouWithMe: Her ultimate plan for Batman in her DLC. Barring that, she wants him to know the pain of losing a loved one, in this case, Robin.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Comes off as a lot more competent in the second game, since she's managing all of Joker's goons while he's inactive. She's also worlds ahead of her portrayal in the TV Series and comics, with the result that overheard conversations between mooks suggest she frightens them almost as much as the Joker: some claim that she's even crazier than he is, and suggest that one of her roles in both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City involves torturing and/or killing the Joker's [[YouHaveFailedMe less efficient minions]]. She also isn't framed in any sort of (intentional) sympathetic light as she is in the comics and show, here viewed from Batman's perspective as worthy of just as much pity as the Joker himself.
** Oh, and that's not even getting into her DLC in the second game, Harley Quinn's Revenge.
* [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss (or BonusBoss): For the second game, considering the Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC takes place after the story ends.]]
* UnholyMatrimony
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Where she keeps Joker's "party list" in the first game, and [[spoiler:the key to Batman's cage]] in the "Harley Quinn's Revenge" DLC for the second game.
** In fact this seems to be a signature move for her, as both Batman and Robin seem to know exactly where to look for important items.
* VillainousHarlequin
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend
* WomanScorned: She's back in "Harley's Revenge," and she's definitely not fooling around this time around.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: None of the Joker's Mooks are happy that she has taken over. [[spoiler:Once Joker dies, they say she's become [[UpToEleven even crazier than he was]].]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:TheJoker]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/MarkHamill
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Welcome to the madhouse, Batman!"'']]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Almost spoken word for word to Batman [[spoiler:[[FamousLastWords as he kicks the bucket]]]].
* ArchEnemy
* AreWeThereYet: Asks this in the prequel comic to the first game, while handcuffed in the Batmobile. Batman's response is [[OffhandBackhand simple but effective]].
** Yet again in the prequel comic to the ''second'' game, as he's being transferred down the hallway while strapped in a wheelchair. The guard [[DeadpanSnarker takes it in stride]]. [[spoiler:Probably because [[TheDogBitesBack he and the boys were planning to]] [[ColdBloodedTorture slice Joker up]] [[GenocideBackfire for all the guards he killed last time.]]]]
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: In what is probably a ShoutOut to ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', at the end of the first game, Joker is seated on a throne resting on a mound of dismembered manikins.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Enforced at the end of the first game where he [[spoiler:pulls a OneWingedAngel]]. Otherwise, he's more than capable to beat up a room of guards, including Cash and Gordon. Next to Batman, though, he's an {{EliteMook|s}} with ContractualBossImmunity.
* AxCrazy
* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler:After losing his chances at immortality, Joker begs for the cure. Batman tells him that he'll most likely start committing crimes again anyways. Joker, interpreting it as a refusal, then stabs Batman in the shoulder, causing Batman to drop the cure vial, which shatters on the floor and ruins any chances of Joker's survival.]]
** [[spoiler:It gets even worse when Batman says immediately after the vial was broken that he still would have given Joker the cure.]]
* BadassNormal
* BadBoss: Threatens his men with death if they don't succeed at following his orders... and then muses that killing them would probably be fun anyway. Lampshaded, since after these announcements, many of his men can be heard grumbling about how much it sucks working for the Joker.
* BatmanGambit: The events of the first game could've been avoided entirely or drastically changed if someone had put proper handcuffs behind Joker's back, or simply left him in full restraints.
** Another possibility would be when he yells "boo" at the medic, while 4 or 5 guards are pointing rifles. If just one of those guards had [[BoomHeadShot overreacted...]]
** For ''City'' it's [[spoiler: poisoning Batman in the first place. Talia probably wouldn't have gotten involved, meaning Harley would've gotten the cure to him. Also, it's incredibly lucky that Batman started keeling over while underground and not while gliding through the air or dealing with enemies.]]
* BigBad: Of ''Arkham Asylum''.
* [[spoiler:BigBadEnsemble: With Hugo Strange in ''Arkham City''.]]
* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: In ''Harley Quinn's Revenge'', posthumously.]]
* BigNo: Does one after [[spoiler:stabbing Batman in the shoulder ends up causing the vial containing the cure to drop to the floor and shatter]].
* BodyHorror: Big time with this incarnation. In ''Arkham Asylum'', he [[spoiler:takes a huge Titan dose and transforms into a huge, hideous Titan monster with his spine poking out of his back, his ribs protruding from his sides, and a huge claw on each finger]]. And in ''Arkham City'', he's extremely sick, and his face is one large, disgusting rash.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: The tie-in comic Unhinged reveals that Joker inverts this, as Batman finds a diary in Joker's cell that reveals he wrote down the name of everyone he killed through memory.
* CardCarryingVillain
* TheChessmaster: Let's see: he organized the development of a secret Titan project, arranged for the supervillains he needed to be at Arkham during his plan, arranged for Blackgate to be burned down, and planned his own recapture and escape, doing most of this from his own jail cell. After his escape, he manipulated Batman into wandering around Arkham until he was ready for their final confrontation.
* CombatPragmatist
* CreateYourOwnVillain: The only consistent thing in all his back stories is Batman.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DealWithTheDevil: Joker's interview tapes with Hugo Strange reveal that he is willing to work with the guy in exchange for making his last days of his life "more comfortable."
* [[spoiler:DeathByIrony: Although he finds it [[ActuallyPrettyFunny kinda funny]].]]
* [[spoiler:DistressedDude]]: [[spoiler:The aforementioned run-in with the guard and his crew. He's only rescued [[JustInTime at the very last second]] by an [[DressingAsTheEnemy incognito]] Harley Quinn]].
* ElectricJoybuzzer: One of his take downs.
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Insanity Has Standards]]: Shortly after he released the Arkham lunatics, he gives various (serious) messages to his inmates to put down the lunatics if they ever encounter them laced into his (otherwise) {{Troll}}ing messages, and the exchange between Harley and Joker suggests that he only did so as a last resort to stop Batman and not as part of his original plans, which gives the heavy implication that even the Joker, someone who definitely isn't a shining example of sanity, was horrified with the nature of their insanity.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:He just couldn't see that Batman would have given him the cure even after all of the horrible things he's done.]] At first he gloats about how it's a sure thing Batman will do it, but after Batman hesitates while in a HeroicBSOD, he figures that [[spoiler: Batman actually is going to let him die after all, and tries to stab him and take it in desperation.]]
* EvilLaugh: What'd you expect?
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's so damn entertaining, yet at the same time is completely monstrous.
* FightingClown
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He [[spoiler:spoils the ending of ''Arkham City'']] if you choose not to jump out of the church immediately when he activates the bombs.
* ForTheEvulz: He IS the trope image, after all.
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile: Pun aside, The Joker's last words were a weak, amused chuckle and claiming that Batman's statement that despite what he continuously does, he still would have saved Joker had he not attempted to knife Batman in the back, was actually pretty very funny.]]
* GroinAttack: Some of his finishers invoke this trope.
* GrossUpCloseUp: The first time he reveals his mangled face in ''Arkham City''.
* [[spoiler:GrowingMusclesSequence: Has a pretty gross looking one when he injects himself with Titan in ''Arkham Asylum''.]]
* HappilyMarried: One of the Joker's goons will mention that he heard that Joker and Harley Quinn got married, whereas the other mentioned that he heard that he dumped her several months ago. Given the fact that she's present with the Joker, [[spoiler:and Harley may or may not pregnant with what is implied to be Joker's child ]], it's implied that the former part was true, and more or less outright stated in '"Harley Quinn's Revenge" when Harley calls herself [[spoiler:a widow]].
** UnholyMatrimony
* TheHyena
* ISurrenderSuckers: As stated in the TrojanPrisoner section, this is the reason he was able to take over Arkham Asylum in the first game. Also done in the second game, where [[spoiler:Clayface]] Joker seemed to give up easily in three knockdowns and claim that Batman won, only for him to then realize that he meant that Batman should beat him and his goons (including Mr. Hammer and a Titan-powered {{Mook}}).
* JokeCharacter: Not so much in the combat challenges, but in the predator ones, you're gonna have to bring your A-game between not using gargoyles and having to stand still while using the X-ray glasses.
* JokerImmunity: The TropeNamer, [[spoiler:but ultimately ''[[BeyondTheImpossible defied]]''; Joker dies from his Titan poisoning at the end of the second game]].
* JustJokingJustification: In the first game he pulls one as one of his looping taunts after beating challenge mode.
-->'''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker''': While you were fighting I've had everyone you love BRUTALLY MURDERED! [[EvilLaugh hehehe...]] Only joking.
** With [[FauxAffablyEvil the Joker]], you never can tell....
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: He created the Titan formula that made him sick, and his final attack on Batman destroys the last of the cure.]]
* KickTheDog:
-->'''Joker:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext You're making me late for my spa treatment]]! [[spoiler:I mean, it's not like you've got a girl to save anymore, is it?]][[hottip:*:[[spoiler:Shortly before the Clayface fight, he killed Talia]]. ''(laughs)'' Oh, I'm sorry. TooSoon?
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: At the end of the second game. Confirmed several times in "Harley Quinn's Revenge" as well.]]
* LargeHam: A [[{{Foil}} deliberate contrast]] to [[TheStoic Batman]].
* LargeHamAnnouncer: He takes up the role of announcer in ''Asylum''. HilarityEnsues.
-->"Harley tells me [[CoolCar the Batman's car]] is still parked right outside Intensive Treatment. We can't have him up and leave us! Every thug, villain, murderer and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking kindergarten teacher]] that isn't carrying out party orders should head there now and smash it to pieces!"
* LastDayToLive: Thanks to his Titan overdose in ''Arkham Asylum'', by the time ''Arkham City'' starts, Joker has contracted a deadly disease, leaving him with only months to live. [[spoiler:He's dead by the end of the game.]]
* LaughablyEvil
* LaughingMad
* LeanAndMean
* TheMadHatter
* MonsterClown: As well as his normal state, [[spoiler:he becomes a ''literal'' one at the end of the first game, after shooting himself with the Titan formula]]. His appearance in the second game also seems to come close to a literal interpretation of the trope, given his disease-induced deformities.
* MultipleChoicePast: Just like how he is depicted in the comics, the Joker is implied to have told multiple renditions of his childhood, one of which involved {{Retirony}} in regards to his father's cop status.
** In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', [[MythologyGag he even quotes the comics]], saying [[AlanMoore someone]] once told him to go for the multiple choice option.
* NotMeThisTime: Batman accuses Joker of being involved in Protocol 10. Joker, upon hearing it, denies any knowledge of it.
** Also, when Batman first finds [[spoiler:Harley bound and gagged]], the player might naturally assume that Joker is back to [[spoiler: his normal abusive relationship with her]]. However, nearing the end of the game, it becomes especially apparent that this time, he wasn't responsible for [[spoiler:Harley's predicament; rather, Talia was, who also was the one truly responsible for retrieving the cure before Joker had a chance to drink it.]]
* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel: At the end of ''Asylum''.]]
* ObsessionSong: A sort of passive/aggressive mix and a disturbing one at that (though considering that the song is from the perspective of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, it's understandable), in CoheedAndCambria's "Deranged" off the Arkham City album.
-->Who will be your pretty, little enemy?
-->When I'm gone your world will prove empty.
-->I promise you will always remember me.
-->The joke's on you, poison me.
-->While you clean the streets of misfortune,
-->I pick the innocent from my dirty teeth.
-->[[NotSoDifferent We're one and the same]]...deranged.
* PerpetualSmiler: [[spoiler:Though this goes away when things don't go his way, most prominently when the last of the Titan cure available is destroyed.]]
* PlayAlongPrisoner: In the first game he only lets Batman capture him so that he can take over Arkham.
* PlayingSick: Subverted: Batman initially guesses that SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker was actually faking his illness after Joker ambushed him by seemingly using a BodyDouble to fake his death, only for the Joker to reveal that he is in fact really sick, even going so far as to reveal his disease-laced sores on his face.
* RealityEnsues: [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Uses this]] against [[spoiler:Talia Al Ghul]] [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim by simply shooting]] [[spoiler:her]] InTheBack instead of trying to fight someone he couldn't take in a fair fight. For added {{irony}}, [[spoiler:Talia]] tried to do something similar to him with [[spoiler:a sword]] earlier, but [[spoiler:she stabbed Clayface instead.]]
** Joker also suffers RealityEnsues himself when [[spoiler:it turns out that poisoning oneself with multiple poisons over years [[AvertedTrope does not]] [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity work out]] [[JokerImmunity the way you'd like]], especially if one injects themselves with a PsychoSerum, in this case, Titan. Joker dies of poisoning at the end of VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity.]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: Joker has a moment which is almost perfectly this trope, but he's an antagonist instead of a protagonist. [[spoiler:Despite all his plans to save himself from dying of Titan poisoning, he comes extremely close to manipulating Batman to bring him the cure. In fact, Batman has the cure and Joker is in the very same room as him when Joker stabs Batman in the shoulder, making him drop the cure and dooming Joker, who would have lived if he could have seen that Batman would never intentionally cause him to die]].
* StraightEdgeEvil: though he's probably the farthest thing from LawfulEvil, he only orders a glass of milk when he goes into the Iceberg Lounge in Arkham City's backstory.
* TakingYouWithMe: Part of a gambit in the second game. [[spoiler: He injects Batman with his diseased blood, also claiming he shipped it to hospital across Gotham. Knowing full well Batman will go looking for a cure. Even if he didn't succeed, he would at least take his hated nemesis down with him.]]
** He also attempted a variation that occurred at least a few weeks after [[spoiler:his death]]. Specifically, he [[spoiler:arranged to have Clayface rig an isolation cell with explosives, and also had a radio tower within Arkham City rigged to release a message that anyone who manages to find his corpse and delivers it to Harley Quinn will be rewarded with a million dollars in order to incite a huge riot by followers, civilians, and cops alike for the expressed purpose of causing Gotham City to tear itself apart as well as the "revelation" that the walls were still wired with explosives that would release several of Arkham City's most dangerous inmates into the rioting streets in order to lure Batman into the isolation cell. He nearly won, but Batman survived]].
* TooSoon: Invoked. See KickTheDog.
* TrojanPrisoner: Batman is convinced the Joker [[AllTooEasy went down too easily]] during his capture at the beginning of the first game. [[ISurrenderSuckers He's right.]]
* VillainousWidowsPeak: Goes beyond "Male-pattern baldness" and into "impossibly exaggerated" territory, especially in ''Arkham City.''
* WildCard: [[spoiler:Strange supplies the Joker with a military arsenal so that the he'll give Strange a very public reason to wipe him and Arkham City off the face of the earth. However, a NonStandardGameOver reveals that without Batman's intervention the plan fails, the Joker survives Protocol 10 and uses the weaponry to overthrow Gotham.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He sees Batman as this.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
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[[folder:Killer Croc (Waylon Jones)]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/SteveBlum
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeJones_1576.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Tick-tock, feed the croc!"'']]
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: His "cell" in Arkham is one of these, located deep underneath the Asylum. Given how ''big'' Croc is, it'd have to be.
* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Aunt]]
* AdvancingBossOfDoom: He'll let out a deep breathing when nearby, drag you into the water if you make too much noise, or just come out and try to grab you with your only defense being activating his shock collar with a Batarang. Where at the last part of his lair chases you and you have to run to escape to [[CrazyPrepared a trap you set up before hand to stop him]].
* BeastMan
* BizarreHumanBiology: His backstories place him at suffering from a form of "regressive atavism", meaning he has inherited traits of pre-human species.
* TheBrute
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler: The death of Becky, a blind girl he befriended,]] in the ''Arkham Unhinged'' comic.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Arkham City''.
** EasterEgg
* EvilSoundsDeep
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Guess what this villain is.
* FangsAreEvil
* GutturalGrowler
* HandwrapsOfAwesome: In the concept art, at least. His in-game model wears a torn prison uniform and broken handcuffs.
* ImAHumanitarian: Croc is explicitly mentioned as having eaten people in the past, and during the game, tries to eat Scarecrow and Batman when they encounter one another in his lair. During his patient interview, Dr. Gretchen Whistler doesn't believe him about this particular aspect... he later proves her wrong when he bites off and swallows Cash's hand right in front of her. Although numerous characters believe that he doesn't qualify as human.
* TheJuggernaut: [[InformedAbility Technically]]. You never actually BEAT him, you either set off a shock-collar that throws his whole nervous system out of whack for a few seconds so he doesn't run you over like a bulldozer and [[IAmAHumanitarian bring you home for dinner]], or blow out a floor to send him hurtling to the stygian depths. After which he can be heard YELLING UP AT YOU for a few seconds. [[spoiler:And depending on the random generator during the ending sequence, you might see his hand burst from the water to grab a surviving case of Titan.]]
* JumpScare: When you try opening the door to his lair in the sewer tunnels. His brief appearance in ''Arkham City'' also involves one.
* LightningBruiser: Despite his size, he can move frighteningly quickly.
* LizardFolk: [[BizarreHumanBiology Sort of.]]
* MonsterSobStory: The ''Arkham Unhinged'' comic "Crocodile Tears".
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile
* TheNoseKnows: As part of his "condition", he seems to have heightened senses. The most frequently mentioned being his sense of smell.
** In Arkham City, he can actually tell that [[spoiler:Batman's dying from the Joker's disease]] just from his scent.
* RestrainingBolt: How he is kept under control during his treatment at the Asylum; he has an electric collar attached round his neck which can be remotely used to give him shocks in order to get him to cooperate. This actually becomes crucial to Batman surviving his encounter with Croc in his lair, as hitting the collar with Batarangs (giving Croc an automatic shock) is the only thing that will stop him from getting overpowered and eaten when Croc charges out of the water.
* ScaryBlackMan: Well, formerly black (and from a certain point of view, formerly a man), but definitely scary.
* SerialKiller: He is responsible for the "disappearance" of hundreds of Gotham vagrants.
* TailorMadePrison: He is kept in the deepest, darkest depths of Arkham, where the guards occasionally drop down some food for him and try to forget he even exists. This is because physically, Croc is the most dangerous inmate, and his [[IAmAHumanitarian feeding habits]] make him even worse.
* VillainsOutShopping: He shows up in the VIP section of the Iceberg Lounge challenge map as a FunnyBackgroundEvent, [[SmokyGentlemensClub drinking a glass of brandy and smoking a cigar]].
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[[folder:Mad Hatter (Jervis Tetch)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're late, Batman. Late, late, late."'']]
-->Voiced by: Peter [=MacNicol=]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: It's hard to find a sentence of Tetch that makes any sense whatsoever, but according to Strange, his work in chemistry is unparalled.
* ChronicVillainy: Going hand-in-hand with ObliviouslyEvil, it actually seems that Tetch is entirely harmless (if insane) when kept away from any persons that fit his "Alice" victim archetype. When he sees one who matches, though...
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: His targeted Alices are, according to him, all blonde.
* EvilGenius: He provided the mind control tech that allowed Strange to come to power.
* EvilRedhead: Hard to tell due to the condition of his entire body, but his hair ''is'' red. Whether or not he can be considered [[ObliviouslyEvil legitimately evil, however]], is another thing altogether.
* FriendlessBackground: If you return to his hideout after beating him, he wonders why you resisted, since had only wanted a friend.
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:Uses a hypnotic suggestion to lure Batman into taking his psychoactive chemicals. The method lures him in with what he most wants. Which at the time, is the cure to the TITAN poisoning]].
* MadScientist
* MindControlDevice: How he controls his minions, and [[spoiler:how he attempts to control Batman.]]
* NiceHat: To the point he suffers a mental breakdown after Batman steps on it.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Doesn't remember the Alices he goes through and doesn't seem to understand how what he does is wrong, and he's just as upset at what he is being "accused" of by [[PsychoPsychologist Hugo Strange]].
* SerialKiller
* ReluctantPsycho: Ironically, since TheMadHatter is characterized by enjoying his own madness.
* SpotOfTea: It's his "[[WorldOfPun special-tea]]".
* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Strange used him and his MindControlDevice to gain control of Quincy Sharp, and later dumped him in Arkham City.]]
* VillainousBSOD: Suffers one when confronted by Strange about his victims.
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[[folder:Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[WelcomeToHell Welcome to hell!]]"'']]
-->Voiced by Creator/NolanNorth
* BadBoss: In the GCPD he lets some of his goons know that Batman is coming for them... and laughs about it. Shortly after, he has all the bridges detonated to slow Batman down, and doesn't give a crap that this puts several of his men at the mercy of the Joker's crew. In addition, one of the mooks says in the Penguin's debut trailer "You think the Joker's bad? Wait until Penguin deals with him! Penguin's an animal", which carries the implication that he's even worse of a boss than even SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, the latter of whom is definitely no saint in terms of being a boss.
** He's such a bad boss that one of his thugs actually calls him a bastard.
* BaldOfEvil
* BiggerBad: [[spoiler:His treatment of Zsasz, detailed in the payphone sidequest, is a key part of Zsasz's downfall into insanity.]]
* BritishAccents: Speaks in a cockney accent.
* BreakTheHaughty
* ColdBloodedTorture: Penguin freezes a cop's hand and smashed it with a hammer while using a P.A. system to let Batman hear the whole thing. It's heavily implied that he does this with the captive Precinct 13 policemen frequently, as well.
* CollectorOfTheStrange
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Suppose the player decides to not knock out Penguin and leave him at the gate. The game has Penguin shout about how he always knew that Bruce was a coward just for that occasion. If the player decides to slide into him instead of uppercutting him, he'll slump onto the ground instead of flying off his feet.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The speech at the booth he has for Zsasz is played more seriously than the others. Whether it's guilt for [[spoiler:cheating him out his money at cards]] or general disgust for Zsasz's actions is unclear.
--> Take a good look into the eyes of a monster. A deeply disturbed killer. A man, responsible for the murder and subsequent mutilation of over 100 men, women, and children. You're looking at Zsasz.
* EvilBrit: Played with. His bio says he ''grew up'' in London, but wasn't necessarily born there. His family has had a multi-generational feud with the Waynes. He's a Gothamite by breeding.
* EyeScream: That monocle is not a monocle. [[GrievousBottleyHarm It's the bottom half of a beer bottle shoved into his eye]]. According to Penguin, he got it in a bar fight, and aside from him liking it (giving him a "unique look"), he also implies that the doctors told him it was impossible to remove without killing him, even if he did try to pay for it.
* FatBastard
* FeudingFamilies: The Cobblepots and the Waynes apparently did not get along very well, and he also seems to blame the Waynes for his family being financially ruined.
* GroinAttack[=/=]FunnyBackgroundEvent: If you look closely when Penguin says to the psychopathic inmates "Come on out, lads! It's initiation time!", you'll notice that while gesturing, he whacks one of his mooks in the family jewels with his umbrella.
* HighClassGlass: Subverted. See EyeScream.
* JabbaTableManners: In the prequel comic.
* {{Jerkass}}: And that's one of the ''nicest'' terms to describe him.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:He killed and stuffed Joker's pet hyenas.]] Also, it's heavily implied in both a story and an interview tape that [[spoiler:he used the raving lunatics from the previous game as live targets for his mooks' weapons.]]
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Inverted: Aside from bios and a few mooks, he's referred to by his real name more often than to his nickname, most likely out of politeness or fear.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Penguin has a collection of people, with [[{{Irony}} separate display cases for Batman and Bruce Wayne]]. When Batman defeated him, Mr. Freeze locked Penguin up in one of his own display stands (more specifically, the Bruce Wayne exhibit), ''after'' adding more pain to his broken hand by stepping on it.]]
* LondonGangster: This Penguin is closer to a RayWinstone-style thug with delusions of grandeur, complete with an East-End accent, than his usual depiction.
* MisterBig
* MuggingTheMonster: This is the reason why Penguin's left hand is in a cast; Penguin, when meeting up with Bruce Wayne, tells him that Bruce's family destroyed his, and puts on brass knuckles, referring to them as "Good, old fashioned revenge" before trying to punch Bruce, only for Bruce to suddenly grab his hand and twist it behind Penguin's back, breaking it.
* TheNapoleon: Strange even [[LampshadeHanging asks him if he's familiar with the term "Napoleon Complex"]].
* NeverMyFault: His interview tapes with Strange reveal that Penguin constantly blames the Waynes and Batman for the failures caused by the poor decisions of his ancestors and himself.
* PeopleZoo: He has a museum featuring several of Gotham's finest criminals, although most of them are either dead or have broken out by the time Batman gets there.
* SinisterSchnoz
* SlaveToPR: Like in previous incarnations, he's always trying to play himself up as a gentleman socialite even though he clearly isn't. This is also the reason he and Joker went to war; Joker attacked one of his waitresses with acid in the Iceberg Lounge, which spoiled Penguin's reputation. When Joker later tried to bury the hatchet, Penguin refused to make amends.
* SmugSnake
* StockBritishPhrases: His East End accent allows him free usage of a few of these terms, including calling Bats "wanker".
* TookALevelInBadass: For many Batman fans, this was the game that finally made them take Oswald seriously.
* PlayingAgainstType: Can you actually believe that's NolanNorth?
* WaxMuseumMorgue: Has this in his museum. He has a member of the League of Assassins, Mr. Freeze and Scarface on display, bodies of cops and members of Joker's and Two Face's gangs, and exhibits ready for Bruce Wayne and Batman. Some of them, such as police fed to sharks and Harley's hyenas killed and stuffed, show how utterly sadistic he is.
* WickedCultured: Subverted, since he's just as crude and nasty as his thugs, but he'd tell you otherwise.
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[[folder:Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley)]]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Arkham_Poison_Ivy_9844.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You will pay, Batman. For hurting my babies."'']]
-->Voiced by: Tasia Valenza
* AbsoluteCleavage
* DisproportionateRetribution: She tries to kill Catwoman for ''forgetting to water some plants she was looking after.'' Though this is Ivy we're talking about here. To her, all plants' lives are as precious, if not more than, a person's. From her perspective, Catwoman allowed some of her children to starve to death. [[MamaBear It's natural she'd be a wee bit peeved]].
** If you visit her as Catwoman after completing the game, Catwoman blames Strange for the death of the last plant (which Catwoman actually killed to get back at Ivy). Ivy swears vengeance on all of humanity.
* DoesNotLikeShoes
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She didn't support Joker's rebellion, and also [[spoiler:initially]] requested for Batman to stop Joker and his plans because of the negative affects on her plants.
* EvilRedhead
* GaiasVengeance
* GreenThumb
* HeelFaceTurn: Attempted one by opening up a flower shop. However, as she continued to see humanity destroying the environment, she couldn't take it anymore and killed a customer who came into her shop to buy flowers for his wife after having cheated on her.
* MamaBear: She doesn't appreciate her plants being harmed.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Identifying with plants more than animals, she despises humans.
* SignificantGreeneyedRedhead: Her eyes even seem to ''glow'' green for this incarnation.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her "patient uniform" consists of nothing but a single red shirt, held together at cleavage level by only two buttons, and panties ''made of leaves''.
* StationaryBoss: Having merged with a giant mutated plant while under the influence of the Titan formula.
* TheVamp
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Unfortunately, her intentions in stopping the Joker's plans failed when she realized her plants were growing stronger as a result of the Titan formula.
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[[folder:Ra's al Ghul]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You disappoint me, Detective."'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/DeeBradleyBaker
* AffablyEvil
* AffectionateNickname: Always refers to Batman as "Detective" as a sign of respect. Just like he did in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
* BackFromTheDead: Between ''Arkham Asylum'' and ''Arkham City'', and at least once beforehand, judging from Batman's comments.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBeard
** BadassGrandpa
** BadassInCharge
* BeardOfEvil
* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: He's the one pulling Strange's strings to see if he's a worthy successor.]]
* BodyHorror: Before using the Lazarus Pit, Ra's appears withered, decayed and corpse-like, only returning to health by bathing in the Pit.
* DeathIsCheap: In ''Arkham Asylum'', Ra's was a corpse, but was quite alive (if in poor condition, at first) in ''Arkham City''. Earlier, Batman stated to Talia that if Ra's was "dead again", he needed her to "wake him up", indicating that this is not Ra's' first time rising from the dead in this continuity. [[spoiler: Later, after Ra's is killed, Batman is unconcerned, simply saying that Ra's was going to need another trip to a Lazarus Pit. Sure enough, in the PlayableEpilogue, Ra's' body is gone, hinting at another possible resurrection.]]
* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Wishes for either Hugo Strange or Batman to take his place as the Head of the Demon, and seems almost frightened of the idea of living longer. When Batman repeatedly refuses to kill him, Ra's goes so far as to put a knife to Talia's throat and ''demand'' that Batman kill him.]]
--> '''Ra's''': [[spoiler: I have used the Lazarus Pit too many times. My mind and body cannot take much more. Every time I enter the Pit, I am frightened of what will come out.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath[=/=]TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Batman tackles Ra's Al Ghul out of the tower before it explodes. Ra's attempts to kill Batman by stabbing himself when Batman grabs him and is on his back as the two of them are falling. The sword goes clean through him and almost through Batman as well, but Batman's able to evade it at the last second, letting Ra's continue to fall with the sword still impaled into him.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo. In Asylum, you can find his corpse. If you go check again after beating the game, [[SequelHook it's gone.]]
* EngagementChallenge: He actively ''wants'' Bruce with his daughter if it would mean he joins the League of Assassins.
* EvilOldFolks
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Though only after [[spoiler: bathing in the Lazarus Pit]].
* GreenEyes
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Batman even says as much to Ra's' face.
--> '''Batman''': You're wrong, Ra's. You've become what you've always fought against, and I ''will'' stop you.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Hugo Strange, either as a way to [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeem himself]] or [[TheDogBitesBack to exact revenge on Ra's for executing him]], activates [[TakingYouWithMe Protocol 11]], which was the self destruction of the primary tower of Arkham City. Ra's Al Ghul then tries to kill Batman by stabbing himself in the gut, but Batman evades the blade at the last second and lets him fall.]]
* HeirClubForMen
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Twice during the Wonder Tower climax. First by his own hand while trying to kill Batman. And shortly after landing on a gate structure. Ouch.]]
* KnightTemplar
* LastDayToLive: Due to his usage of the Lazarus Pits for centuries, he's now withering away.
** SanitySlippage: It's also implied that he has also near-completely lost his sanity as a result.
* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: Turns out to be the one who was pulling Hugo Strange's strings. It's also implied that he and his League of Assassins were also responsible for funding Sharp's campaign as part of his plot.]]
* MasterSwordsman
* MisanthropeSupreme
* PowerTattoo
** PowerGlows
* Really700YearsOld
* SinisterScimitar
* SkunkStripe
* VoiceOfTheLegion: During the Demon Trials and his fight with Batman.
* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: We don't get to see it, but it happens in ''Asylum''; when you first visit the morgue, one of the bodies stored there is that of Ra's Al Ghul (which you can find out by investigating). Knowing who Ra's is, when you come back later, he's long gone from the morgue.
* [[WeCanRuleTogether We Can Save the World Together]]: Consistently offers Batman a chance to join the League, viewing him as a possible successor.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He thinks he is this. Whether or not he is could easily be up for discussion.
* [[spoiler:YouHaveFailedMe: He ends up stabbing Hugo Strange InTheBack when he failed to defeat Batman, even stating the trope word for word.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ratcatcher (Otis Flannegan)]]
* TheBeastmaster: Well, rat master at least.
* CListFodder
* TheGhost: In the ''Arkham Asylum'', Batman can find some of his equipment hidden in the ventilation ducts. In ''Arkham City'' he is killed before the events of the game by the Penguin. He does show up in one issue of ''Arkham Unhinged'' as a member of the supervillain jury Two-Face puts together to try the Joker.
* KilledOffScreen: By the Penguin, according to {{Mook}} chatter. First Penguin tried to [[DeathByIrony feed him to rats]], but after they ignored him for several days he tossed Ratcatcher to his shark Tiny.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Riddler (Edward Nigma)]]
-->Voiced by: WallyWingert
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Explore! Find my challenges! And when you fail to solve them and lie blubbering like an ignorant child on the floor, you will know, that the Riddler is better than you!"'']]
* AbusiveParents
* AlwaysSecondBest: To Batman. His attempts to prove himself the intellectual superior through his riddles and deathtraps only serve to disprove this notion when Batman constantly defeats him. In fact during one of his DeathTrap scenarios when Edward attempts to cheat, in order to "outwit" the Dark Knight, it fails because Batman is also ''better at cheating''.
* ArcVillain: of Arkham Asylum's sidequests
* AttentionWhore: His character bio mentions that he has a compulsive need for attention.
* BadBoss: In the second game, he replaces Joker as the commentator during the Predator and Combat side missions. He's just as abusive to the {{Mooks}} as Joker was in the first game.
* BerserkButton: He ''does not'' appreciate [[TheResenter Batman being called a hero]], or anyone besting him intellectually. (Particularly [[ArchEnemy Batman]].)
** Also does not like to be called insane, as it implies he has a mental illness or deficiency.
* BreakTheHaughty: Gets hit by this in both games.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: It's likely unintentional, but in ''Arkham City'', he bears an uncanny resemblance to StephenMerchant.
** Also, he sounds a lot like Creator/NeilPatrickHarris.
* TheCracker: Playing the AlternateRealityGame reveals that he's the one who compromised Arkham's security, paving the way for Joker's takeover, and he hacks into Batman's headset in both games. He slides into PlayfulHacker territory when he calls Hugo just to talk.
* DeathTrap: In Arkham City, he kidnaps people and puts them in these for Batman to attempt to rescue by solving riddles and puzzles.
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: In Arkham City, whenever talking to anyone remotely, his transmissions are constantly distorting and stuttering, in a distinctly [[VideoGame/SystemShock SHODAN-like]] manner.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: His reason for believing that Batman is just like any other criminal? "No one's that selfless". He even firmly believes the only way he could afford all of his gadgets is a theory that Batman robs the criminals he captures and pays off Gordon to look the other way.
* EvilGenius
* FingerlessGloves: To go along with his rougher look in this incarnation.
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* FlatWhat: When Hugo Strange reveals that he knows who Batman is, something which the Riddler still hasn't figured out.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Once Batman solves all riddles, the Riddler puts bombs on hostages, which blow up if they stop moving at all, and forces them to walk around the room endlessly. After saving those hostages and subduing the Riddler, Batman puts the bombs on the Riddler and force him to walk around the room instead. Even though Batman and others know that the bombs are deactivated, they just let the Riddler suffer. It's immensely satisfying.]]
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: His most driving motive in his rivalry with Batman, particularly as he feels the compulsive need to prove himself superior to everybody else. Virtually very time he talks to Batman or to his henchmen, he often likes to take a moment to remind them that he is, [[TemptingFate in fact]], intellectually superior.
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Most people, in his [[SarcasmMode humble]] opinion.
* InsufferableGenius: With the emphasis on "insufferable." In VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum, even Dr. Young — who expressed a hopelessly naïve belief that she could cure the Joker — confesses that she finds him nearly intolerable to be around.
* ItsAllAboutMe
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the first game, as you get near to collecting all his riddles, he will accuse you of looking the answers up on the internet.
* MoodSwinger: Dr. Young claims that his "tantrums" have compromised numerous therapy sessions, and based on what we can hear, she's right.
* {{Narcissist}}
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: When not outright insulting others, he'll often engage in this as a form of criticism.
* {{Pride}}
* PsychopathicManchild: He wants to turn Arkham City into his personal [[DeathTrap playground]]. His "The Riddler is better than you" attitude is also pretty childish.
* RiddleOfTheSphinx: Referenced in a gruesome fashion in ''Asylum'': he claims the answer is "a baby", because it walks around on four limbs, ''but it walks on only two if you cut off its legs and three if you give it a crutch.'' When asked how he could make such a sick joke, the Riddler calmly responds "It's not ''my'' baby."
* SocialDarwinist: Or so he claims.
* SoreLoser: When Batman gets on a winning streak, he's quick to accuse him of cheating.
* SmugSmiler
* SmugSnake
* VillainousBreakdown: In the first game, he gets more and more unhinged as Batman slowly solves all of his riddles. In the second game, it happens [[spoiler:as Batman locates and rescues more hostages]].
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: For the first game; he makes a physical appearance in Arkham City.
* YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive: Sometimes does several times in the same sentence.
--> Do you know of anyone else in your twisted little penitentiary who is ''ingenious'' enough to arrange this little chat?
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[[folder:Scarecrow (Dr. Jonathan Crane)]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Is your mind playing tricks on you... or am I?"'']]
-->Voiced by: Dino Andrade
* BadassBookworm
* BreakThemByTalking: His patient interviews constitute a extended one on fear, and how it drives the human condition.
** [[spoiler: His final tape ends with him getting one from Batman]].
* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: Although this line is never said, its typical follow-up line is used by Scarecrow if Batman is seen by the good doctor's hypodermic-needle-gloved Freddy Krueger-esque monster self in his fear-gas-induced visions of DEATH. Batman must avoid him by hiding in the shadows, but if he's seen, the follow-up line is spoken:
--->"Oh, '''there''' you are...(SLASH)"
* CompositeCharacter: His costume from the torso to legs is based upon the general Scarecrow look, but the noose is from his ''New Batman Adventures'' incarnation, and he also wears a gas mask akin to the one from the Nolan films.
* DeadlyDoctor
* EvilGloating: Subjects Batman to constant mockery during the latter's fear gas hallucinations.
* EvilGenius
* EvilLaugh
* GigglingVillain: He boasts a rather impressive chortle.
* HesJustHiding: In-universe, several of the inmates speculate that Scarecrow was killed by Killer Croc during the events of the first game, but there was evidence (such as TheStinger in the first game, as well as his gas mask being found near hay as part of a riddle by the Riddler in the second game) that he actually survived.
** [[spoiler:Batman can find a boat in the Arkham City harbor full of fear toxin, documents in Crane's name, and a near-catatonic inmate tied to a chair. Scarecrow definitely set up shop at some point. The numbers stations you can listen to via the cryptographic sequencer also hint at his return.]]
* IconicItem: His hypodermic syringe enhanced gloves
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When Batman gets over a large dose of his Toxin, Crane wisely makes a break for it.
* LeanAndMean
* LevelInBossClothing
* MadScientist
* ManipulativeBastard: In a rather impressive move, he managed to charm Dr. Young into thinking that he was both sane and innocent, and that he might qualify for a job as a researcher in the Titan Progam. It's also implied that he was able to persuade Carmine Falcone into helping him with his plot (there's a note implying that Falcone is arranging for Mr. Fine aka the Broker to arrange a more permanent base.)
* MindRape
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* PlayingWithSyringes
* PsychoPsychologist
* {{Scary Scarecrow|s}}
* [[spoiler:SequelHook: "FEAR WILL TEAR GOTHAM CITY TO SHREDS!"]]
* SinisterScythe: Holds one in his profile.
* WolverineClaws: And they're made of ''syringes''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Scarface]]
-->Voiced by: Creator/MarkHamill
* TheCameo: In both games.
* DemonicDummy
* TalkingToHimself: Both Scarface and the Joker share the same voice actor. There's a good reason for that, as [[spoiler:Joker used Scarface in a Ventriloquist Dummy act very late in Arkham Asylum when expressing irritation at Batman not being stopped.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Solomon Grundy]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Solomon Grundy... born on a Monday..."'']]
-->Voiced by: FredTatasciore
* BodyHorror
* TheDragon: To the Penguin.
* FeedItWithFire: In addition to Penguin giving him a boost with the generator, if you try shooting him with your electrical charge, it'll restore some of his health.
* FrankensteinsMonster: Appears to have traits of this.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* HulkSpeak
* ImplacableMan
* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* RevivingEnemy: Twice even. Justified, as he's a zombie.
* ShockAndAwe: Like FrankensteinsMonster, he's brought to life by electric charges, and can channel them through his body and into his ball and chains.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Grundy's body is eventually set on fire and burned by the electric currents powering him during the course of his boss fight. Then, Batman finishes Grundy by punching his heart out.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:T & T (Terry and Tracy Trask)]]
* AllThereInTheManual: They only appear in the prequel comic, which explains how their actions sent gave Quincy Sharp the crises he needed to get Arkham City approved.
* {{Canon Foreigner}}s: They only appear in the Arkhamverse.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from being two low level thugs working for Two-Face to causing Gotham to enter a state of martial law.
* SiblingsInCrime
* TakingYouWithMe: When Batman starts to take them down, Hugo Strange orders them to detonate the T & T strapped to them. Batman manages to escape, but they kill hundreds and wound many more.
* {{Unwitting Pawn}}s: To Hugo Strange.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Talia al Ghul]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You must show you are willing to take a life to save the world."'']]
-->Voiced by: Stana Katic
* ActionGirl
* BareYourMidriff
* CombatPragmatist: Tries this against [[spoiler:the Joker. Unfortunately for her, she only stabbed the BodyDouble.]]
* DaddysLittleVillain
* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: Batman is willing to put off saving a thousand people [[LoveMakesYouCrazy to rescue this woman]].]]
* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight]]
* [[spoiler:DisneyDeath: Possibly implied, as Talia's corpse is nowhere to be seen after her death. Her personal guard was still in the city, and her corpse wasn't exactly a great distance from the Lazarus Pit.]]
* FauxActionGirl: In her description, it says she's headstrong and well-trained in swordfighting. However, we rarely get to see that, and she even ends up being a damsel in distress to her father [[spoiler:and the Joker.]] Though to be fair, there's no way she could've seen her ''dad'' suddenly hold a knife to her throat and the deal with [[spoiler:Joker]] was a ruse to get close enough to try and take [[spoiler:him]] down. Although she can fight, she often is more manipulative like her father. It shows in her [[FemmeFatale trying to seduce]] Batman into breaking [[ThouShaltNotKill his one rule]] during ''Arkham City''.
* HellBentForLeather
* InkSuitActor: She bears a great physical resemblance to her voice actress, Stana Katic, only having darker skin.
* [[spoiler:InTheBack]]
* KnightTemplar: Talia shares her father's beliefs regarding humanity, and [[spoiler: was likely complicit in Ra's and Strange's plot to destroy Arkham City and slaughter thousands of criminals]]. She also had no problem [[spoiler: killing the Joker ([[BodyDouble or thinking she did]]) in a situation where it would have been easy to non-lethally overpower him]].
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter
* MaleGaze: While she and Batman walk down the Chamber of the Demon, the camera has a pretty good view of her butt while walking down the stairs.
* MisanthropeSupreme
* MsFanservice
* NoodleIncident: She mentions a "night in Metropolis" between herself and Batman, and teases him that after that, he "could have just called."
* SinisterScimitar: Subverted in personality. She's actually rather benevolent to Batman, though she's far more willing to kill than he is.
* SlapSlapKiss: Textbook example. First thing she does upon seeing Batman? Slap him. Second thing? Flirt and try and kiss him.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:The last act would have gone down very differently had she not stolen back the cure.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: She adamantly wants Bruce Wayne by her side, but only if he joins the League's crusade against humanity.
--> '''Talia''': [''to Batman''] Just imagine it: You... me... [''whispers as she leans in to kiss him''] ''A better world''...
* WomanScorned: She takes Bruce's refusals to join the League personally, as if he does not love her at all.
** Though this might have more to do with the fact that he lied to her face. She initially doubts his commitment to going evil and seems a little taken back by the idea of Bruce actually killing someone. When you realize she was operating from the idea that he was fully invested in turning assassin, her anger makes sense, as does her return when he needs help.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Two-Face (Harvey Dent)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[SplitPersonality The only way to get by in this place is to get ourselves some respect... Fear! That's how we get respect! Show them all how we do things!]]"'']]
-->Voiced by: Creator/TroyBaker
* ActorAllusion: TroyBaker voices [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist another hero-turned-villain who has the left half of his body burned.]]
* BenevolentBoss: It's hinted that he legitimately cares for his troops, as he intended to bolster the morale of his troops after becoming leader.
** Likewise, when listening to the recruiters at the beginning. Two-Face's way of testing the recruits is simply having them fight each other until only some are left standing. Those who stand are in, those who aren't can come back later and try again. Joker and Penguin berate their own men harshly over the radio, have pretty brutal recruitment standards, and Joker in particular kills new recruits at random ForTheEvulz.
** Not only that, but even his henchmen seem to have much better attitudes with him as their boss. At the very beginning of the game if you listen to the mooks messing with Jack Ryder, they'll mention how lucky he is he ran into them, since Penguin or Joker's thugs would have probably tortured him to death, or worse, brought him before their boss. They just want to pick on the weak guy, which as far as normal prison behavior goes and compared to the sadistic behavior of the criminals under the other two super villains employ, isn't all that bad.
** This is all rather in keeping with his character. He has a split personality, and makes major decisions via coin flips. It figures he'd be relatively benign half the time, which is certainly more than you'd expect from Penguin or Joker.
* BigBad: Of Catwoman's story, anyway.
** BigBadWannabe: He is the first villain Batman "fights" (not counting Bruce Wayne's brief run-in with the Penguin) and his gang spends the aftermath on the backfoot against Penguin and Joker's goons. They only rise to prominence because Batman is forced to prioritize the other two villains first, so while Two-Face [[spoiler:wins the gang war and becomes the most powerful inmate in Arkham City by the end of the game]], it's only because he wasn't that big a threat in the first place.
* EvilIsHammy: His evil half is a lot less subdued than his good half.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Two-Face (or rather, his good half) is reluctant to kill Catwoman immediately, as they are in a courtroom, which is a place of justice. He also appears to be the nicest of the three super-criminal gang bosses.
* GutturalGrowler: His evil half has a distinctive growling voice.
* JokerJury: He subjects Catwoman to one at the start of the second game... With her tied up and hanging over a tank of acid. Ironically, he chose this because the good side of the coin went up.
* NobleDemon
* NumerologicalMotif: As one would expect, he's obsessed with the concept of duality and the number two.
* RedOniBlueOni: His evil half is the red to his good half's blue.
* RedemptionRejection: Hugo Strange, of all people, [[SadisticChoice offers to do whatever he can to cure Two-Face if he simply refuses to catch his coin when Strange flips it into the air, or tell him where Catwoman is and what she is doing if he does catch it]]. Two-Face sounds torn over what to do, but ultimately catches the coin. Strange is rather disappointed by the choice.
* SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains: Type I.
* SplitPersonality
* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: Although it's a subtle and non-depressing variation. Two-Face was the underdog of the game at the start, but by the end of the story, he's more or less seized control of at least Park Row and the Bowery. He's in hiding after Catwoman's story is finished, but that's better than Penguin and Joker are doing.]]
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Two guns, bitch!"
** Really, 50% of his dialogue towards Catwoman invokes this.
* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: His good and evil halves debate whether they should execute Catwoman immediately or hold a trial for her (the evil and good halves supporting the respective actions.)
* TwoFaced
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Victor Zsasz]]
-->Voiced by: Danny Jacobs
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Arkham_Victor_Zsasz_8836.jpg]]
* AxCrazy
* BadLiar: Although he hypes himself up as a deliverer of lost souls, there are several times during his phone calls where he expresses regret at not being a better gambler or anger at the Penguin for cheating him out of his money. [[spoiler:His breakdown about the mark being "the only thing (he) has left"]] further proves this.
* BaldOfEvil
* CoveredWithScars: That he made himself.
* DetachedSleeves: Despite not even wearing a shirt.
* DirtyCoward: His behavior during the story of the first game definitely has shades of this, as he absolutely refuses to confront Batman physically on his own, opting to take a hostage during both of their encounters. Given that he seems capable of killing guards with relative ease, though, it's more likely that [[KnowWhenToFoldEm he's aware of his limitations]].
* EvilPhone: His SideQuest involves a number of them, through which he delivers his sick {{Motive Rant}}s.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Just like his comics counterpart, he has a collection of tally scorings, that ''he carved into his own skin'', that cover almost his ''entire body''. His design in the game seems to be intended to show this off as much as possible.
* KnifeNut
* PsychopathicManchild: Dr. Young's notes state that Zsasz has an I.Q. of 78, and it's implied that the Riddler is providing him technical assistance to carry out his phone murder scheme in ''Arkham City''.
* PsychoticSmirk: Has a tendency to do this.
* SerialKiller: Of the "Power/Control" type, according to Dr. Young's notes.
* ShadowArchetype: He claims his life reached a turning point when his wealthy parents died, leaving him rich but lost and alone in the world, and a desire to find some purpose to live for. Just like Bruce Wayne back then, except that Bruce didn't find his purpose in killing people.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Has shades of this in his interview tapes in the first game; [[BreakThemByTalking his therapist, Doctor Cassidy, is outright terrified when he describes her home and daily routine in great detail]]. When Cassidy take an (understandable) leave of absence, he tells Doctor Whistler that he is depressed about "the one that got away", and how he needed to kill her.
* SoftSpokenSadist
* TattooedCrook: Slightly more noticeable in the concept art.
* WalkingShirtlessScene
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