History Characters / BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryOrigins

* [[BombThrowingAnarchists Bomb Throwing Anarkist]]: Has bombs set up at three key locations in Gotham, which Batman must disarm. Taken more literally when in the fight against him, since he spends most of the fight on a balcony lobbing {{Molotov Cocktail}}s at Batman before leaping down to join the fray.

** BadassBeard: Sports a beard beneath his mask.
** BadassGrandpa: He's older than Batman, but he's no less effective in combat.

* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Street Thug Guy]]: See BraggartBoss.

* [[DoNotTauntCthulhu Do Not Taunt Batman]]: Has the balls to do this, with his consequence being a kick to the face. [[spoiler:He later does the same to the Joker and gets kicked out a window for his troubles.]]

* [[YoungerThanTheyLook Younger Than He Looks]]: His file lists him as being only 24 years old. His voice, scars and attitude give him the impression of being at least a decade older.

* KingOfTheHomeless: He's known to be a protector of Gotham's homeless population, and it's mentioned that some of his men were vagrants recruited off the streets.

* VillainHasAPoint: During his CharacterFilibuster, Anarky makes some valid points about the state of Gotham and Batman's relationship with it... at least, until his mood swings kick in and he begins to contridict himself.

* SmallNameBigEgo: A conversation between {{Mooks}} mentions that despite all his posturing, his claim to fame is basically having tasers on his hands. He's about as dangerous as that would indicate.

* MoodSwinger: Especially upon his defeat, where his constant changes in opinion make him seem legitimately borderline.

* LampshadeHanging: Batman himself notes that all the information he has is on the male Copperhead, lampshading that this Copperhead is a new villain.

* [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood You Could Have Used Your Powers for Evil]]: He feels this way about Batman.

* [[OneHitKill One-Hit KO]]: [[spoiler:He jumps into the ring with all the other goons cheering him on, [[SuicidalOverconfidence himself cackling about how he's going to kill Batman with ease]], and bellows "ARE YOU READY?!" to the crowd as the music swells. [[Funny/BatmanArkhamOrigins Take a wild guess what happens.]]

* [[OneHitKill One-Hit KO]]: [[spoiler:He jumps into the ring with all the other goons cheering him on, [[SuicidalOverconfidence himself cackling about how he's going to kill Batman with ease]], and bellows "ARE YOU READY?!" to the crowd as the music swells. [[spoiler:[[Funny/BatmanArkhamOrigins Take a wild guess what happens.]]]]

[[folder:Anarky (Lonnie Machin)]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer

* [[spoiler:TeensAreMonsters: As Batman learns after apprehending him, he's just a teenager, despite all of his rhetoric involving anarchy and bombing tactics.]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Rosa Salazar

[[folder:Deathstroke (Slade Wilson)]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Larry Grimm (''Arkham City Lockdown''), Mark Rolston (''Arkham Origins'')

[[folder:The Electrocutioner (Lester Buchinsky)]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBlum

->''"Just think of me as a bat zapper. Now, come to the light."''

[[folder:Firefly (Garfield Lynns)]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CrispinFreeman

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KellyHu

* AffirmativeActionGirl: Perhaps one of the reasons for the GenderFlip, if Copperhead were to remain male, then Shiva would be the [[SmurfettePrincipal only female]] in the group.

* RedemptionDemotion: While he's hardly redeemed, DLC playable Deathstoke lacks much of his arsenal the boss version has, losing his lethal weapons like his sword and guns. He's still effective without it, and this was likely a balancing issue as combat maps would have been a cakewalk if he could just stab and shoot his way through everyone.

-->'''Voiced by:''' KellyHu

-->'''Voiced by:''' Mark Rolston

* Stripperific: In one of the extortion tapes a thug is shown a picture of her and he remarks that "she's wearin' nothing but ink!"

* [[spoiler:FragileSpeedster: Once her toxin is overcome, Batman's quick to take her out.]]

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* HarmlessVIllain: Compared to the other assassins, he's practically nothing, even with his Shock Gloves. [[spoiler:The fact that he goes down in a grand total of 2 hits in the span of his lifetime(a OneHitKO from Batman and a DestinationDefenestration from Joker) just adds to this.]]

* DoNotAdjustYourSet: How he introduces himself to Batman. He even lampshades this at the end of his announcement, telling the populace that he'll let them get back to their regularly scheduled "propagandist garbage".

[[folder:Black Mask (Roman Sionis)]]
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[[caption-width-right:268:''"Kill him and I'll pay you whatever you want. Make him suffer and I'll double it."'']]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NolanNorth (''Arkham City''), Creator/BrianBloom (''Arkham Origins''), [[spoiler:Creator/TroyBaker (Joker as Black Mask)]]

'''Roman Sionis''' was the heir to the wealthy Sionis family. His parents were extremely negligent, and after they blamed him for their businesses going under and cut him off from their fortune, Roman burnt their mansion down and killed them. The company was still failing, 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 [[spoiler:apparently]] 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.

* AbusiveParents[=/=]ParentalNeglect: From the day he was born, Roman's parents cared nothing for him. They hadn't even left the hospital after his birth before he fell onto the ground and cracked his head open while they chatted away uncaring. After paying off the hospital to cover up the accident, they proceeded to ignore him for his entire life until they needed a scapegoat for Sionis Industries going under. He finally snapped and burned their house down with them in it.
* AdaptationalHeroism: More like Adaptational ''Softness'', as he is implied to have loved his girlfriend and didn't aim his sadism out against his mooks as much, to the point that at least a quarter of them were actually loyal. Black Mask in the comics... well, he disfigures his former fiancee's face for leaving him, and tortured Stephanie Brown brutally before fatally shooting her after she chose to not kill him. He's still a horribly sadistic monster, but appears to be not ''quite'' as bad.
* AscendedExtra: He goes from a brief cameo in ''Arkham City'' to becoming the main antagonist of ''Arkham Origins''. [[spoiler:Even though he actually isn't the BigBad after all, he still gets a lot more focus and screen time in ''Origins'' than he did in previous games.]]
* AssholeVictim: The brutal crimelord gets beaten up by a couple of TYGER mercs in ''City''.
** [[spoiler:Subverted in ''Origins'', as while he is a real jerk, the Joker is far worse, and actually killed many of his men and some cops. By contrast, it is implied that he loves his girlfriends, and that he was nowhere near as brutal as the Joker is.]]
* BadBoss: The reveal trailer for ''Arkham Origins'' shows him kneeling over one of his own men injured in the warehouse explosion and pleading for help, picking up a smouldering board (with nails in it), and smashing his head in. [[spoiler:Actually, downplayed. His men don't seem to have a problem with him - provided they stay loyal. [[IdentityImpersonator The Joker]] on the other hand... And while Sionis is stated to be a brutal and sadistic crime lord, the game heavily emphasizes that the Joker is much worse.]]
* BigBad: Of ''Arkham Origins''. [[spoiler:Subverted; it's really the Joker, who took over his operation.]]
* BonusBoss: He shows up in a challenge map pack in ''Arkham City'', and the player gets to fight him on the Freight Train map. [[spoiler:He also serves this role as a Most Wanted villain in ''Origins''.]]
* ButtMonkey: [[spoiler:Sionis ''really'' gets the short end of the stick in ''Arkham Origins''.]] His entire life has been one bad break after the next, barring his mob activities [[spoiler:for the most part]]. In ''City'' and his prequel story in ''Unhinged'', he seems to be ''really'' trying to get himself back on his feet regarding keeping up with the {{supervillain}}s around him, but spends the entire time either trying to run away from them or being beaten up by TYGER.
* 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'' revolves around Black Mask placing a bounty on Batman's head, which eight assassins are seeking to collect.
* [[spoiler:CastAsAMask]]: [[spoiler:Pun not intended.]]
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: He wields a chair to try and defend himself from Tyger goons at the beginning of ''Arkham City'', but gets tazed before being able to do anything.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He is well-known for employing this for intimidation and because it entertains him.
* 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.
* CoolMask: His black mask was made out of his father's coffin, and gets burned into his skin at some point.
* DemotedToExtra: In-universe, as he's the BigBad of ''Arkham Origins'', which is set several years before Asylum and City. In the former, he was only alluded to and in the latter, he only shows up as part of a background event and in a DLC challenge.
* {{Determinator}}: Even after [[spoiler:having his position usurped by The Joker, and enduring intense physical and emotional torment]], the first thing he does after he's set free is attempt to re-establish himself in Gotham's underworld. Sionis himself even remarks that a nigh-insane amount of perseverance is something both he and Batman seem to have in common.
* [[spoiler:DiscOneFinalBoss]]: [[spoiler:In ''Arkham Origins''.]]
* DoomedByCanon: In ''Arkham Origins'', Black Mask is the undisputed ruler of Gotham's underworld and Roman Sionis is still a free man, his identity hidden behind his mask and with most Gotham criminals under his heel, including a corrupt police force and international assassins on the payroll. Come Arkham City, he's a lone FunnyBackgroundEvent.
* [[BadassInANiceSuit Dressed to Kill]]: Sports a ''damn'' fine suit in ''Arkham Origins''. He's not afraid of doing dirty work while wearing it, either.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: According to ''Origins'', he has several girlfriends, at least one of which he opts to MercyKill when he doesn't really have to give her the courtesy.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: By implication in ''Origins''. [[spoiler:The Joker is so brutal by comparison that almost a quarter of his men try to abandon him, and many others are too scared to do so, meaning that Sionis was nowhere near as bad.]]
* GreatEscape: 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: Courtesy of both Creator/NolanNorth and Creator/BrianBloom.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Surprisingly, ''Origins'' gives him this treatment, though he's also a crime boss. [[spoiler:Sionis is forced to MercyKill his girlfriend, kidnapped, has his identity stolen by the Joker, sees a quarter of his loyal men [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness massacred by the Joker as an example to the rest]], and loses his family's steel mill to become [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity "Joker's Funland"]].]] By the time the game ends, it's hard not to feel at least a little sorry for him.
* ManInWhite: In previews for ''Origins'', he appears in a white pinstripe suit.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: His reaction to the Joker. Over the course of ''Arkham Origins'', we see [[JustifiedTrope there is a very good reason for this]].
* {{Retcon}}: Kind of. We see Sionis' face in ''Origins'', meaning that Black Mask's...well, mask hasn't been burned into his face yet; a bit odd, considering it was established that this happened during his first personal encounter with Batman. And yet, when he meets Batman, no burning. A mystery.
* SelfMadeOrphan: They [[AbusiveParents kind of deserved]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive it though]].
* SkullForAHead: His black mask.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: And insanity. He believed that Joker was "no-one that matters", underestimating his abilities. [[spoiler:This led to him being overthrown and his life ruined.]]
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:In ''Arkham Origins'', after Batman rescues him from the Joker's men and asks him about the Joker's whereabouts, he still tries to get Copperhead to kill Batman. Though Batman ''did'' pull a JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on him.]]
* VillainousFriendship: With Firefly.
* TheWorfEffect: His profile tells of how he's a feared gang leader. TYGER makes swift work of him in the opening of ''Arkham City''.
* WholeCostumeReference[=/=]MythologyGag: His appearance in ''Arkham Origins'' recalls his design on ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''.
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[[folder:Copperhead]]
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[[caption-width-right:343:''"I killed you. And in a few more minutes, your body will realize it."'']]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Rosa Salazar

'''Copperhead''' is an internationally known assassin suspected to operate out of Guatemala whose identity is shrouded in mystery. Reports of both male and female Copperheads have surfaced, leading to the authorities believing that it is either a group operating under a single name or a floating moniker. What all the reports agree on is that Copperhead is deadly and skilled, leaving a trail of victims dead by asphyxiation, [[NeckSnap broken necks]], and exotic poisons. Early in Batman's career, a female Copperhead was one of eight assassins who accepted a 50 million dollar bounty offered by Black Mask to kill the vigilante on Christmas Eve.
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[[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

'''ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}''' is the most lethal marksman in the world, utilizing a wide variety of weapons to kill his targets. He was one of the eight assassins hired by Black Mask to assassinate Batman on Christmas Eve. Later on, he was also 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.

* ArmCannon: He has a pair of silenced wrist-mounted 9mm cannons.
* BadBoss: In his battle in ''Origins'', he threatens his minions constantly by aiming his guns at them and telling them to not slack off. It serves the purpose of keeping them alert and making him somewhat unpredictable, as he can possibly spot Batman as he's doing so.
* BerserkButton: Causing him to miss his target.
** [[spoiler:He angrily destroys the spotlights during the fight against him in ''Blackgate'' as they throw off his aim. Batman needs to use this distraction to get close to him.]]
* BonusBoss: In both ''City'' and ''Origins'', Deadshot is dealt with in a sidequest storyline rather than in the main story.
* 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's unlikely to notice that it's Deadshot.
* CrosshairAware: Used during the first stage of the fight against him in ''Arkham Origins Blackgate''.
* DeathSeeker: His profile notes that he hates himself as much as he does his targets, with psychologists having diagnosed with "suicidal tendencies". In ''Origins'', upon his defeat and Batman's proclamation that his time of harming innocents is over, he translates that to him being about to kill him and shrugs it off, saying [[TheFatalist if that's how it's gonna be, that's how it's gonna be]].
* [[BeardOfEvil Goatee of Evil]]: He sports a classic "bad guy" beard.
* 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.]]
** And in ''Arkham Origins'', [[spoiler:he ricochets another shot to ''shoot through a SWAT sniper before taking out a helicopter's tail rotor'' and causing it to crash]]. Also in ''Origins'', not only does his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment single-shot murder of several cops at the same time]] cause even ''[[ServileSnarker Alfred]]'' to have a SarcasmFailure, but his LaserSight deflects off of corners in gameplay to hit Batman.
* MarkedBullet: He uses custom rounds with his moniker on them. It's one of several mistakes that eventually leads 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) in ''Arkham City''.
* PornStache: As part of his BeardOfEvil.
* ProfessionalKiller: He doesn't call himself "the world's best assassin" for nothing.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His look in ''Origins''.
* 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!]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:Played with. Deadshot is employed by Hugo Strange to tie up loose ends regarding Protocol 10. One of the targets on his list, right after Batman, is Bruce Wayne. Since Strange knows that Batman and Wayne are the same person, it is very likely that he sent Deadshot on a wild-goose chase to keep him inside Arkham City long enough for Protocol 10 to start [[spoiler:hoping that the killer would die during the bombing. It doesn't work.]]
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[[folder:Deathstroke (Slade Wilson)]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Mark Rolston

'''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}''' is one of the most lethal assassins in the world, and one of eight people hired by Black Mask to kill Batman on Christmas Eve.
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* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGun: The Shock Gloves, once Batman obtains them from his corpse. Not only do they manage to function as a defibrillator to save Alfred's life after Bane attacks the Batcave, but they're also used to stop Bane's heart temporarily to prevent Joker from killing himself and Gordon in a deathtrap. And Batman restarts Bane's heart again afterwards.]]
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman]]: [[spoiler:The funniest, hammiest, and easiest assassin to beat is the sole reason Batman triumphs in the final boss fight. See ChekhovsGun above.]]
* [[spoiler:DestinationDefenestration: The Joker throws him through the window of the penthouse of The Royal Hotel.]]

* [[spoiler:DidntThinkThisThrough]]: Taunting Batman? Sure. [[spoiler:Only a kick induced injury for that]]. [[spoiler:Standing up to the Joker because he interrupted your ''Asteroids'' game? '''That's a horrendously stupid idea.''']]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Dies when Joker pushes him out of a window at the Gotham Royal Hotel.]]

* [[spoiler:NotSoSmallRole]]: [[spoiler:Much like Bane was in the first ''Arkham Asylum'' game, he gets only a few moments to shine during the story. Play through the game twice and you realize his Shock Gloves give him a '''huge''' impact on the plot.]]
* [[spoiler:[[OneHitKill One-Hit KO]]]]: He jumps into the ring with all the other goons cheering him on, [[SuicidalOverconfidence himself cackling about how he's going to kill Batman with ease]], and bellows "ARE YOU READY?!" to the crowd as the music swells. [[spoiler:[[Funny/BatmanArkhamOrigins Take a wild guess what happens.]]]]

* [[spoiler:PlotDeviceAllAlong]]: [[spoiler: The Shock Gloves. GameBreaker when fighting {{Mooks}}, ChekhovsGun while fighting Bane.]]
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb: He's killed by the Joker via pushed out of a window mid-way through the story.]]

* [[spoiler:SpannerInTheWorks: His bragging, see MagicalDefibrillator, came in awfully handy against Bane.]]

* [[spoiler:ZeroEffortBoss]]: [[spoiler:Run up and attack. [[Funny/BatmanArkhamOrigins Cue laughter.]]]]

Members of Comicbook/{{Batman}}'s RoguesGallery who, in the ''Batman: Arkham'' video game series continuity, first appeared in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''.

* [[spoiler:AdaptationalHeroism: More like Adaptational ''Softness'', as the ''real'' Black Mask is implied to have loved his girlfriend and didn't aim his sadism out against his mooks as much, to the point that at least a quarter of them were actually loyal. Black Mask in the comics... well, he disfigures his former fiancee's face for leaving him, and tortured Stephanie Brown brutally before fatally shooting her after she chose to not kill him. He's still a horribly sadistic monster, but appears to be not ''quite'' as bad.]]

* [[spoiler:UngratefulBastard: In ''Arkham Origins'', after Batman rescues him from the Joker's men and asks him about the Joker's whereabouts, he still tries to get Copperhead to kill Batman. Though Batman ''did'' pull a JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on him.]]

* [[spoiler:SmallRoleBigImpact]]: He's [[JustForPun pushed out]] [[spoiler:([[KilledOffForReal through a window, no less]])]] of the story pretty early. [[spoiler:His Shock Gloves are the catalyst for the finale, and reviving Bane after temporarily killing him.]]

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