History Characters / GothamTheGalavansOrganization

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Azrael was more of an AntiHero instead of a psychotic SerialKiller.]]
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:He tries to FaceDeathWithDignity, but Oswald's beatings ultimately gets desperate enough to beg for a MercyKill.]]
* AssholeVictim: Halfway through Season 2, [[spoiler:Gordon and Penguin are fed up with his ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections and ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney, and decide on a long and brutal VigilanteExecution -- to the point where he's actually begging to die faster.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:At the end of "Pinewood", thanks to Hugo Strange. As with Mr. Freeze, his dead body was supposed to have been burnt, but Strange just happened to be running a resurrection program and chooses him to be his working prototype.]]

* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:His resurrection as Azrael makes him super-strong and super-fast, and can survive being repeatedly shot at and falling from a roof]].
* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:On the other hand, it does a number on his psyche, which latches onto the Order of St. Dumas' religious teachings rather than his actual identity. Strange uses this to manipulate Galavan into believing he is a 12th century knight]].
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: While he's still a completely new character made specifically for the show, [[spoiler:he eventually becomes the show's version of Azrael in ''Wrath of the Villains'']].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: His first death. He is beaten by Penguin so badly that he begs for a MercyKill. Gordon then shoots him in the guy but that doesn't seem to kill him so Penguin decides to choke him to death by shoving his umbrella down his throat.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:He organized the Arkham breakout, used Jerome and company to cause mass panic throughout the city, killed Jerome to make himself look like a hero so he could run for mayor, and blackmailed Cobblepot to murder his political rivals. He is even smart enough to have Cobblepot to pretend to try to kill him so he wouldn't be suspected of murdering them.]]

* DarthVaderClone: [[spoiler:When he becomes Azrael, he wears heavy black leather, black armor, and speaks in a distorted voice while wielding a blade.]]
* DemotedToDragon: After being the BigBad for the first half of season 2, he is [[spoiler: manipulated into being an EliteMook for Hugo Strange after being brought back in the second half as Azrael. Even when he goes off the rails later he's more of a VillainOfTheWeek rather than a major ArcVillain.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: {{Subverted}}. [[spoiler:His whole evil plan is about avenging his family's honor but he has no personal love for his sister or niece. He also wounds his sister for leaving him at Gordon's mercy.]]

* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:He kidnaps Penguin's mother to force him to do his bidding and then later kills her.]]

** In ''Wrath of the Villains'', he is one to [[spoiler:Jean Paul-Valley, the original Azrael in the comics]].

* FatalFlaw: He usually improvises if a plan goes wrong but doesn't plan ahead in the case that [[spoiler:his sister would betray him for threatening his step-niece.]]

* HiddenAgendaVillain: Unlike the villains of the first season, who wore their motivations on their sleeves, the audience is completely in the dark about what he wants. [[spoiler:It's revealed in "Scarification" that he is a member of the Dumas family, and is seeking revenge for a slight by the Wayne family.]]
* HiddenBadass: While he usually leaves the fighting to his underlings, [[spoiler:he is in fact more than capable in hand-to-hand combat (as Gordon learns the [[CurbStompBattle hard way]] in "The Son of Gotham")]]. This [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] [[spoiler:his return as Azrael]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: He gets arrested because Barbara, the tool he wanted to use to kill Gordon, gives the police vital information against him.]]
** [[spoiler: He stabbed his sister, giving her lover Butch a motive to ally with Penguin to kill him for good.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Wants to [[spoiler:avenge his family against the Waynes]], but has no qualms about [[spoiler:ruining other families (such as when he abducts-and eventually kills-Penguin's mother)]] in the process.
* IronicName: [[spoiler:After his resurrection, he is dubbed Azrael, the ''Redeemed One''.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:According to him, his family built Gotham including the very foundations upon which the city rests but they were cheated out of their credit. Now he's back wanting revenge.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Betrays and murders Jerome, someone who murdered dozens of innocent people, including his own parents.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Penguin and Butch blow him up with an RPG after the former threatens to shove his umbrella in a different part of him this time around.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:According to Bullock, he's supposed to be a pile of ashes, not a supervillainous ninja who had just put Captain Barnes in critical condition. Later in "Unleashed", he actually does meet a fiery end--albeit not in an incinerator, but at the hands of an RPG-wielding mobster.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Nice job killing Penguin's mother to punish him for trying to take matters into his own hands -- despite him only doing so because you refused the pragmatic alternative of simply releasing her and possibly keeping him as an (uneasy) ally! Now not only is he out for your blood, but he also ruins your VillainWithGoodPublicity act in front of Jim and Bullock!]]
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Done subtly in "Mommy's Little Monster" when Penguin tells him he comes from "a long line of cowards". [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him in the ass several times over.]]
* NotEnoughToBury: [[spoiler:The ''second'' time around he gets shot at point blank range with ''a bazooka'' and his body is [[LudicrousGibs completely disintegrated]].]]

** He has this reaction when [[spoiler:Gordon reveals that he knows that he had Penguin's mother killed.]]
** And again when [[spoiler: Penguin shows up at Wayne Manor to save Bruce, Jim and Alfred]].

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Even as the nigh-invulnerable Azrael, he can still be blown to pieces by an RPG, and as Alfred notes in "Anything for You", the mess that ensues ends up being quite the cleanup job for the Wayne family's gardener.]]
* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler:"Scarification" reveals that his family, formerly a ruling family in Gotham, was removed from the records by the Waynes after Caleb Dumas, his ancestor, was accused of raping Celestine Wayne. Centuries later, Theo orders a series of arson attacks on Wayne buildings, and seeks to kill Bruce, who most likely had never heard of the Dumas.]]
* RevengeMyopia: [[spoiler:The Waynes were the ones who destroyed his family two centuries ago, but he sees nothing wrong with unleashing untold suffering upon the people of Gotham who had absolutely nothing to do with the original feud]].
* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:He tends to torture high profile people like senators and Mayor James in person. It bites him the back because James' testimony is what allows Gordon to arrest him.]]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:He has no problem plotting the murder of a child and doesn't even care about his own immediate family, even threatening to kill Tabitha and Silver on different occasions.]]
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:He ends up blown to pieces by Butch's RPG.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: While he's already proven to be quite the badass when he takes down Gordon in a fight, he becomes an even ''bigger'' threat [[spoiler:once he becomes Azrael in Season 2B]].

* VillainBall: [[spoiler:When he decides to kill Penguin himself, instead of shooting him on the spot he decides to give him an AnyLastWords moment which allowed Penguin to slash his throat and then escape.]]
** In the Season 2 Fall finale, [[spoiler: after getting apprehended, Gallavan decides to taunt Gordon on the fact that he will most likely get out of jail again quickly. Gordon decides to kill him knowing this fact.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even though he's only recently arrived to Gotham, he is already well regarded enough to stand in for the Mayor in public events. But nobody knows he is secretly a villain. He even stages himself to be a hero, [[spoiler:by "saving" the city in killing Jerome to make him appear to be the hero.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:His ultimate plan is to kill Bruce Wayne and he has absolutely no problem threatening the same to Silver.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Once [[spoiler:Sionis]] rejects his proposal Theo wastes no time ordering Tabitha to kill him in a most gruesome way. The same goes for [[spoiler:Jerome]], whom he killed to make himself look to be a hero.

* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Aside from Barbara, he's the only one of the six inmates that Galavan broke out of Arkham who's not dead.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, she is a good person, but on the show she's a willing accomplice of the Galavans. [[spoiler: She has a change of heart in the Winter Finale.]]

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Seeing Bruce willingly risk his own life to save hers in exchange even after her various emotional manipulations, Silver comes to care for him during the Season 2 winter finale, this time for real.]]

** [[spoiler:Silver might actually be [[DoubleSubversion a sheep in bitch's clothing wearing sheep's clothing over that]], as indicated by her desperate attempt to [[WellDoneSonGuy stay within her uncle's good graces]] (and thus stay alive) throughout "Worse Than a Crime" as well as her subsequent HeelFaceTurn. In the previous episode, she also cries out for Bruce when [[MassiveMultiplayerScam it appears he's about to be executed by a hitman]], which may or may not have been genuine alarm and concern for his well-being.]]

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:She becomes this to Bruce. He reveals that he truly did love her, but after listening to Selina, he learns of her dark side.]]

* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:She never knew that Bruce and Selina were smart enough to trick her into giving them information and uncovering her villainy.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After trying to fake one doesn't get Bruce's trust, she simply tells him the truth, that her uncle will cut her off or kill her if she doesn't get a kiss from him. Bruce plays along when Theo shows up to save her, and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Silver is so touched]] that she interrupts the ceremony to kill Bruce, buying a precious few seconds for the cavalry to show up.]]
* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Discounting her aunt, who [[TheDogBitesBack turns on Theo]] [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal for her]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards own reasons]], Silver is the only known member of the Order of St. Dumas to wash her hands clean of the cult and repent.]]

* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:She tries telling Bruce that he's not capable of enacting such heroics in Gotham, but he coldly tells her that she doesn't know him at all.]]

** [[spoiler:Subverted in "Worse Than a Crime" -- she gradually grows remorseful and ultimately pulls a HeelFaceTurn, making her more of a pragmatist than this.]]
* TeensAreMonsters: She's just as monstrous as her family. [[spoiler:Subverted when she pulls a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: It turns out that she shouldn't have viewed Bruce and Selina as weak because [[spoiler:they kidnap her, submit her to fake torture, and dupe her into confessing information for them]].

* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:He might have been aiming for SuicideByCop by attacking Gordon, but Bullock shoots and kills him just as Creal jumped into the air, causing his body to be blown backwards, sliding across the floor.]]

!!Silver St. Cloud

* CompositeCharacter: Galavan's family history has elements of [[Comicbook/{{Azrael}} Jean-Paul Valley]] (connection to the Order of St Dumas) and Zachary Gate from ''Gates of Gotham'' (vengeful descendant of a forgotten Gotham founding family).

* ArcVillain: For the first half of Season 2.

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->'''Played By:''' Jessica Lucas

Theo's sister and lead enforcer.

* AdaptationNameChange: The comics' Tigress was named Paula Brooks with her daughter/successor being named Artemis Crock. Combined with a bit of CanonForeigner given that she doesn't seem to be based on either of the above characters.
* AdaptationalSexuality: The original Tigress was not bisexual.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Gets her right hand chopped off by Nygma.]]
* BiTheWay: She's involved with [[BrotherSisterIncest her brother]] and Barbara. And later Butch.
* BoobsOfSteel: To date, the most well-endowed female character in the show, she's also strong enough to pull down a man twice her size.
* {{Chickification}}: She goes from a dark, sadistic assassin into a loving girlfriend towards Butch. This seems to have been taken further in Season Four with [[spoiler:Selina]] who she has a [[spoiler:very sweet and freindly relationship with]] as of season four.
* DarkActionGirl: She acts as her brother's main enforcer, being skilled with guns, whips and knives.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: She knocks out her brother and gives his parachute to Silver after Theo tries to kill Silver.]]
* {{Dominatrix}}: She uses a whip, has a high pony tail, and wears lots of black leather she's pretty much the embodiment of the trope and that's not even getting into how her relationship with [[spoiler: Butch]] kicked off.
* TheDragon: She does all of Theo's hands-on dirty work.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** She called Barbara "crazy", and did not mean it as a compliment.
** She also doesn't like the way Theo treats their niece Silver, [[spoiler: and finally turns against him when he attempts to kill the poor girl.]]
* EvilMentor: She becomes a role model for Selina Kyle.
* FauxAffablyEvil: She puts on a polite façade all the time. Even when she's planning to kill somebody.
* FreudianExcuse: Before being [[spoiler: stabbed by Theo]] she attempted to reason with him reminding him of their home and of life before he was [[spoiler: taken by the Order of Saint Dumas]], her exact words being [[spoiler: "We were happy once."]] Given that [[spoiler: Hugo Strange confirmed her family members learn to memorize every word of their family's sacred text]] making them sound like more of a {{Cult}} than a family it's not hard to imagine that her upbringing wasn't exactly all sunshine and rainbows. Especially when one considers [[spoiler: Theo's treatment of their niece and the hints of incest between Tabitha and her brother.]] It should be noted however that Tabitha has never once attempted to excuse her behavior or blame her childhood.
* GreenEyedMonster: It seems she's getting jealous of Barbara setting her sights on Theo. Or maybe she was jealous of Theo in that scene. Or both. In any case, she's still fond enough of Barbara to send hit men after Jim for hurting her even though Theo ordered her to do nothing.
* HellBentForLeather: Her outfit of choice is a tight leather outfit and jacket that leaves little to the imagination.
* IceQueen: When she's first introduced she's very cold blooded and still remains so in many respects however she's become something of a DefrostingIceQueen since being with [[spoiler: Butch]] she has revealed somewhat of a kind side and even is [[spoiler: visibly upset by learning of his death. Butch even attempted to kill Barbara on his own with the intent of playing dumb because he claimed Tabitha wouldn't have been able to handle killing Barbara. Ironic considering...]]
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Despite being a good shot, [[spoiler: she failed to shoot Penguin as she missed every shot despite him running in a straight line to a window to escape with his limp. During a MexicanStandoff between Gordon, Bullock, and Penguin, she finally shot Penguin but only hit his shoulder and he got out of the situation alive.]]
* InNameOnly: She shares her comic namesake of Tigress, but leans more towards the future Catwoman, as Tabitha favors the whip and uses her sexuality. [[spoiler:The season three finale hints that she will become Selina's mentor in that regard.]]
* ItsPersonal: Wants Gordon dead for putting her brother and Barbara behind bars. [[spoiler:Now added vengeance when Theo had been killed and she wants revenge. It's unclear if she still feels that way despite him stabbing her for betraying him.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: When she's interacting with anyone who isn't her brother or Barbara she's nothing but a condescending bitch.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite acting like a total bitch and psycho killer in Season 2, [[spoiler: Tabitha had shown some kinder elements to her personality such as when she saved her niece from her brother and objected to his treatment of her, as well as taking in a emotionally broken Barbara after Barbara had been turned away by Jim Gordon.]] Small bits of this continue to be shown in Season 3 [[spoiler: when she's shown saving Butch despite saying he meant nothing to her and later willingly giving up her hand to save him]], she even struggles with her descision to [[spoiler: betray and kill Barbara.]]
* MeaningfulName: Barbara and Butch both refer to her as "Tabby" for short, foreshadowing [[spoiler:her becoming a mentor to Selina]].
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: She turns against Barbara after her boss abused her trust one too many times [[spoiler: and kills the mob queenpin herself.]]
* TheQuietOne: She rarely speaks, allowing to let her actions do the talking. But when she does speak, she is quite affable.
* RaceLift: The various incarnations of the comics character she's based on have all been Caucasian (or in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', Vietnamese), but she's played by a black Canadian actress on the show.
* ShipSinking: She and Barbara break up in the third season finale [[spoiler: before she murders her ex-girlfriend herself.]]
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: She stabs Barbara in the back after losing faith in her and personally kills her.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A DarkActionGirl with a penchant for black leather, killing using an animalistic style, played by a black Canadian woman with a high ponytail? It's like Copperhead returns in all but name.
* ThickerThanWater: [[spoiler: Despite turning on Theo in the midseason finale, she still wants revenge on Penguin for his death. It's unclear if this trope is still true, considering Theo stabbed her for her betrayal; yet it's possible the reason she briefly broke up with Butch was because for his part in Theo's second death by Penguin.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She's the cause of the climactic showdown at Wayne Manor in "Unleashed" as she reminds her brother of his past life.]]
* VillainDecay: She was previously TheDragon to Galavan and a feared assassin in Gotham who posed as a serious threat. In the second half of Season 2, she gets DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest for Butch. Now in Season 4 [[spoiler:she's turned into a loving and sweet mentor for Selina.]] All in all she's not even half the villain she use to be.
* WhipItGood: She uses a bullwhip as her WeaponOfChoice. She later passes it on to Selina, implying that it'll become Catwoman's trademark weapon now.

[[folder:Barbara Kean]]
!!Barbara Kean
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->'''Played By:''' Erin Richards

The ex-fiancée of James Gordon. Throughout the first season, the stress of Gordon's cases gradually reveal her as a selfish hypocrite who is unable to take the strain and breaks up with him. The events of the last several episodes of Season 1 concerning The Ogre finally break her emotionally and mentally, turning her into a murderous psychopath who seeks to kill Leslie and take back Gordon for herself.

* AbusiveParents: She claims this [[spoiler: as an excuse for murdering them.]] Like so many things she claims it should probably be taken with a grain of salt. Though, in their first appearance, things seem awkward between them when Barbara came to visit; they seem more concerned about when she would be leaving than about her emotional state.
* AdaptationalSexuality: She was assumed straight in the comics and is now bisexual on the show. Possibly a case of CompositeCharacter, combining her with Katherine Kane, the [[UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks modern]] and lesbian ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} who also had a romance with Renee Montoya.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Barbara Kean isn't ''quite'' as nice as she is in the comics. She willingly cheats on Gordon with Montoya (in the comics it was Gordon who cheated on Barbara, while she was pregnant no less!), and tries to convince Selina that she could use her beauty as a weapon. She also [[spoiler:gets involved with the Ogre, though she didn't realize his serial killer status at first. In the Season 1 finale, it becomes full blown AdaptationalVillainy, as she reveals to Leslie she killed her parents, not the Ogre, and then tries to kill Leslie as well.]]
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: [[spoiler:In "Tonight's The Night", she tries to forcefully marry Jim. She went as far as getting people to "attend" the wedding, getting a priest to perform the ceremony and even bringing Leslie so that she can rub it in her rival's face.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Absolutely nobody mourned for her when she lost her mind and tried to kill her girlfriend Tabitha out of petty villainy, resulting in Tigress electrocuting the mob queenpin to death. Subverted, as in "The Fear Reaper", she's somehow alive again. ]]
* AxCrazy: She turns into a sadistic and psychotic {{Yandere}} after The Ogre gets through with her.
* BadBoss: Treats her own loyal followers Butch and Tabitha with much disdain. [[spoiler: Which ultimately leads to her executing Butch and getting killed herself while trying to murder Tabitha.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: At first she seems like a strong, confident young woman who is willing to stand by Jim thick and thin and even help him out a little. Then she starts making stupid mistake after stupid mistake.
* BerserkButton:
** She hates knowing she's not the one on top when she learns about the Court of Owls controlling Gotham.
** She lost her cool when Butch says she didn't deserve Tabitha.
* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: She ''still'' thinks she's superior to everyone else even as a villain. Gordon frequently points out that Galavan is using her, but she doesn't believe a word he says...as always. Eventually, she gets killed by Tabitha when Barbara thinks she can kill her ex-girlfriend as punishment for betraying her.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The Season 1 finale revealed that she was a psychopath the whole time.]]
* BiTheWay: She has a history with Montoya (like the modern Batwoman) and is involved with Tabitha.
* BreakTheHaughty: After acting like an UngratefulBastard and a total {{Jerkass}} all season, [[spoiler: her time with the Ogre seems to have ''shattered'' her completely when she's tortured by him.]]
* CatFight: [[spoiler: With Leslie in the Season 1 finale. She loses. It happens again in the Season 3 finale, this time with Tabitha, who kills her.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: She ends up killed in the Season 3 finale after Tabitha electrocutes her to death. Subverted as of "The Fear Reaper".]]
* CompositeCharacter: Some elements of her personality seem to be lifted from her son in the comics, James Jr. [[spoiler: Namely, her rocky relationship with her family and her murderous tendencies.]]
* TheConfidant: To Gordon, regarding his frustrations and disgust with Gotham's choking-level of corruption. Not anymore.
* ConvenientComa: After falling from a great height she goes into a coma and is kept in the medical wing of Arkham Asylum.
* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: Gets very physical when trying to kill Leslie in the Season 1 finale, even smacking her around a few times. She also gets into a brutal fight with Tabitha in the Season 3 finale and even gets in a few good hits.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: When Montoya catches her smoking marijuana, she demands to know if Barbara is going back to how they used to be and if Barb is using anything else.
* DemotedToDragon: [[spoiler: She used to be the "queen" of Gotham. Now, as of Season 4, she's Ra's al Ghul's flunky. Her dragon status is even debatable given she simply is given orders and carries them out, all without knowing her boss's plan. It's more likely Barbara's just a mook in Ra's al Ghul’s vast organization.]]
* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: She's fully transitioned to this early in the second season, making out with both Tabitha and Theo.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Tabitha ends up killing Barbara by electrocuting her to death with a lamp entangled to her whip, a move Barbara did not see coming at all thinking Tabitha was just dumb bringing a whip to a gunfight.]]
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: After getting electrocuted to death, the last time we see Barbara's face we get a look at her cold, colorless eyes.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Suggested she killed her own parents because they were "strict"]].
* EvilAllAlong: Many fans have been arguing this for a long time. [[spoiler: The first season finale revealed that this was true.]]
* EvilFeelsGood: [[spoiler: "You're wrong, James. I'm not sick, I'm free."]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: After interacting with the Ogre, she becomes a fully evil villain.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: In the comics, she's Commissioner Jim Gordon's wife and Batgirl's mother and namesake. Hard to see how that will come about in ''this'' continuity when Barbara is a murderous sociopath.
* HasAType: Based on her relationships with Gordon and Montoya, Barbara clearly favored a strong moral compass that doesn't let petty bureaucracy or corruption get in the way of the right thing. Given both of their profession as police officers she probably also had a thing for authority figures. [[spoiler: After she goes crazy, her type becomes murderous psychotics...and James Gordon, who she insists is just as dark as she is.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: She dumps both of her cop lovers and dates a SerialKiller, who clearly demonstrated that there was something ''off'' about him, but she thought he was a good man.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** She tells Gordon that she won't stand for him to keep secrets from her, while in the same conversation keeping her past drug use a secret when telling him about her relationship with Montoya.
** She gets angry when she believes Jim to be cheating on her after a woman (actually Ivy after she and Selena broke in) answers the phone when she calls his apartment...after ''just'' having cheated on Jim with Montoya and telling her "I'm over him." Then she tries to get back with Gordon again.
* IntendedAudienceReaction: Fans and critics alike hate her, citing her hypocrisy, selfishness, brashness, and generally being unsympathetic. [[spoiler:Come the Season 1 finale, it's obvious this was intended; when Barbara admits she killed her parents and then tries to kill Leslie, it seems the writers were intentionally building her up as a repressed AxCrazy killer that just needed the Ogre to set her true self free.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: She does some incredibly stupid things, and then ''complains'' the stress from the fall out of her own actions is causing her problems.
** Taken UpToEleven in the Season 1 finale where [[spoiler: she kills her own parents solely because she believed ''they'' stifled her creativity and never ''understood'' her. Then she tries to kill Leslie because she took Gordon from her]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The most punishment she gets for her killing spree is being put in a coma. After waking up, she is set free, faces no legal repercussions, and is apparently forgiven by everyone except Jim.]]
** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: However, she ends up electrocuted to death by Tabitha when Barbara eventually turns on her. [[SubvertedTrope But then she comes back...]]]]
* LethallyStupid: In Season 1, her incredibly stupid decisions either cause a lot of problems or nearly get herself and Gordon killed. [[spoiler: Even when she becomes a villain, this trait never completely goes away, and it comes back to bite her in the ass big-time when she tries to kill Tabitha in the Season 3 finale.]]
* TheLoad: In Season 1, nearly everything she does just causes problems for others.
* LoveMakesYouStupid: Her devotion to Gordon causes her to make some very unwise decisions, such as [[spoiler: coming back to Gotham without telling him, which means she gets captured by Falcone as a bargaining chip.]]
* ManChild: Nearly all she does in Season 1 is play around her apartment. This trope doesn't become obvious until she starts hanging out with Selina and Ivy.
* MsFanservice: Wears a lot of revealing clothes and provides most of the MaleGaze in the show.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: She tried to murder Leslie, and apparently still plans to so that she can have Jim all to herself again.]]
* NeverMyFault: Never takes any responsibility for the problems caused by her own actions, and often states how any fall out is causing her stress. This becomes pretty clear when she blames their relationship problems on Gordon not telling her anything, despite the fact that the last time he did, she blabbed and caused a ''lot'' of trouble.
** Then in "Under the Knife" [[spoiler: when she is talking to the Ogre her tone makes it sound like she blames Gordon for the breakup]].
** In "Knock Knock", she chews out Gordon on this: "[[SarcasmMode Yeah sure, everything is my fault.]]"
** [[spoiler: After she goes loose, it's implied that she might have a mental block preventing her from taking blame, as whenever she would try to break Gordon, she instead just imprints her issues on him. Unfortunately, Lee seems to be the only one that recognizes this.]]
** [[spoiler: Butch and Tabitha's betrayal, especially Tabitha. Never mind that she constantly abused them. She just mocks Tabitha getting her "feelings hurt".]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Has been the source of a lot of grief for Gordon.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: She lies to Gordon's girlfriend to try to break up their relationship, a tactic used by Renee earlier in the season]].
* OfficialCouple: {{Zigzagged}} with Gordon. First they're engaged, then they temporarily separate, then they get back together. She leaves ''again'' at the end of "The Mask", because she couldn't take the pressure of being targeted by Falcone's and Mooney's people, and apparently has no problem soothing her stress by [[spoiler:cheating on him with her ex-girlfriend, Renee Montoya. But then in "Rogues' Gallery", Montoya realized it was a mistake, which Barbara didn't take very well.]]
* OneHourWorkWeek: She lives in a very expensive apartment, but we never see her work in the gallery she's supposed to own. In fact most of the time she is just seen hanging out in her apartment with Selina and Ivy. It's heavily implied that her parents pay for everything. [[spoiler:By Season 3, as a criminal figurehead, she, Butch, and Tabby own their own club, the Sirens.]]
* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler: She reveals that she was turned into this while trying to kill Leslie.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Butch threw her out for some reason between "Azrael" and "Unleashed". She also spent a part of Season 2 in a coma.]]
* SanitySlippage: The first season very subtly shows this, up until the finale where she becomes a fully-fledged crazy villainess. Arguably it starts when first Butch and then Zsasz hold her hostage in "Penguin's Umbrella". Before then, despite her troubled past, she is unquestionably loyal to Gordon, refuses to have anything to do with her obsessive ex, and acts pretty normal. Post-kidnapping, she can't handle the flashbacks, leaves Gordon because she feels he's not being supportive enough, and from there, it's just one bad decision after another.
* SelfInflictedHell: True, her life goes to hell throughout Season 1, but a huge amount of it is her own fault.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: She killed her own parents.]]
* ShesGotLegs: The camera sure does love to focus on them, and she's never shown in clothes that would cover more than the bare minimum of them. Unless she's wearing [[ZettaiRyouiki Thigh High Boots]], which she does for most of Season 3.
* SymbolMotifClothing: She is always seen wearing clothing that is black and/or white.
* TooDumbToLive: This is almost her defining characteristic. She begs Don Falcone to spare Gordon's life while he is searching for a way to hurt him and took her hostage earlier in the same episode. [[spoiler: Her stupidity finally does lead to her death in the Season 3 finale when Barbara gets the bright idea to kill Tabitha, who is a trained assassin and weapons master, all by herself. This results in her former best friend killing her easily.]]
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Despite being apparently electrocuted to death in the Season 3 finale, she reappears alive and well in "The Fear Reaper". Becomes explained in the next episode courtesy of the Lazarus Pit.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: After being gone for a couple weeks, she returns home to find Ivy and Selina squatting in it. Instead of asking who they are or telling them to get out, she grabs a box of crackers and asks if they have seen Jim. Being drunk probably helped.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: [[spoiler: As much as she wants Gordon to suffer for leaving her, she's still very much obsessed with him. She even tells Lee in 2.03 that he and she are meant to be together, because they both have 'the same darkness' inside them.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: She loses it when she tries to kill Tabitha for abandoning her.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Her reveal as a murderer at the end of Season 1, and continuing role as a villain in Season 2, are massive plot twists.]]
* WildCard: After awaking from her coma and being released from Arkham she's continued to work with criminals like Cobblepot, but she's also helped Jim dig into the Wayne murder and exposed Clayface as a fake Jim. Her allegiances seem whimsical so far.
* WrongGenreSavvy: By "Red Hood", Barbara has managed to convince herself that she is a cunning and cynical FemmeFatale type. Selina quickly calls her on this.
-->'''Barbara:''' Your appearance can be a weapon. As powerful as any knife or gun.
-->'''Selina:''' What good's it done [[BrainlessBeauty you]]?
** Then she assumes that she's TheVamp and plays off another man, assuming that she's manipulating him. [[spoiler: Said man was really a SerialKiller who was intending to kill her. He almost succeeds, but Gordon comes to her rescue once again.]]
** [[spoiler: In the Season 1 finale, she tries to poison Leslie and Gordon's relationship, but unlike when Renee tried it on her, Leslie saw through it. Barbara then tries to go the other route and kill Leslie in her house, but didn't count on Leslie being stronger than she and capable of beating her unconscious.]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:After dropping her MaskOfSanity, Barbara is just as eager to kiss Gordon as she is to see him writhe in agony.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Tells Gordon that they need to take a breather, then promptly sleeps with her ex. (Interestingly, in ''Batman: Year One'', it was the other way around: Gordon and Barbara were married, she was pregnant, and he cheated on her with Det. Sarah Essen.)
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Jerome Valeska]]
See Characters/GothamCriminals
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Aaron Helzinger]]
!!Aaron Helzinger
-> '''Played By:''' Stink Fisher

An Arkham patient and former member of the Maniax.
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* TheBigGuy: He towers over the other members of the Maniax.
* TheBrute: He's the one who lifts the bodies of the shipyard workers over the ledge to throw them off the roof. He's also able to dish out a savage beating to Gordon without sustaining so much as a scratch.
* DumbMuscle: There's a trend with these tropes... Barbara chooses him to be her "friend" in Arkham because he's easily the biggest guy there and could protect her from harm. He also falls for her charms relatively easily.
* HairTriggerTemper: When he sees Oswald has ice cream and no one else does, he doesn't take it well.
* PsychopathicManchild: Like Amygdala in the comics, he has the mind of a child. He also killed his whole family with his bare hands.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Aside from Barbara, he's the only one of the six inmates that Galavan broke out of Arkham who's not dead.]]
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[[folder:Silver St. Cloud]]
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!!Silver St. Cloud
->'''Played By:''' Natalie Alyn Lind

Theo Galavan's niece and ward.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You ain't seen nothing yet!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/CameronMonaghan

A male teenager who lives in the circus and is responsible for his mother's death. He seems innocent, kind, and timid... [[OhCrap until he starts laughing]].

* AdvertisedExtra: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Jerome was heavily promoted and made to look like a major character, [[spoiler:meeting his demise in the third episode of Season 2, but he returns BackFromTheDead in Season 3 and becomes the BigBad of the latter half of "Mad City".]]
* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler: As of The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, he's this to Bruce Wayne. Not surprising, considering [[ComicBook/TheJoker who]] he's based on.]]
* AttentionWhore: He loves gaining Gotham's attention and only holds back on killing Bruce Wayne just because he needs an audience to watch him kill Gotham's innocent son.
* AxCrazy: He even used one during the murder of his mother.
* BackFromTheDead: [[JokerImmunity Perhaps not surprisingly]], [[spoiler:he comes back in Season 3 after being killed at the start of Season 2.]]
* BadBoss: After gaining a cult following him, Jerome doesn't hesitate to casually kill his loyalists for a cheap laugh.
* BaitAndSwitch: His psychosis, mannerism and background indicate he will [[spoiler:become the Joker.]] At the same time, he [[spoiler:dies on-screen in his fourth appearance [[UpToEleven ...and then he]] ''[[JokerImmunity comes back.]]'']]
* BeardOfEvil: Wears one as part of his disguise during "The Last Laugh".
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Upon revival, he's the lead villain in the final episodes of ''Mad City'' in Season 3, replacing the Mad Hatter.]]
* BlackAndBlackMorality: He tells Bruce that there are no such things as heroes in Gotham City and mocks him for trying to act above everyone else. He argues that deep down, everyone's as ugly as he is.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: His face becomes a huge deformity after getting it slashed off by Dwight. Now Jerome has to work hard at making sure his face doesn't fall off.]]
* CombatSadomasochist: He enjoys it a little ''too much'' when Bruce beats him up and prepares to kill him.
-->'''Jerome''': That's it! Let it out!
* CompositeCharacter: He shares traits and elements with different incarnations of the Joker in past media such as Jack Nicholson, Mark Hamill's animated counterpart and Heath Ledger's. The actor Cameron has described the character as a tribute to past Jokers.
* CopKiller: He becomes this as of "Knock, Knock," partaking in [[spoiler: the massacre at GCPD headquarters and killing Essen.]]
* CrocodileTears: He can turn on the waterworks at the drop of a hat. He's very convincing too.
* TheCynic: Behind his wide grin lies a depressed doomsayer.
* DarkMessiah: Downplayed. [[spoiler:According to his father's last vision, he will influence Gotham with evil and madness, eventually creating [[ComicBook/TheJoker the worst curse upon Gotham.]] Played straight in ''Mad City''. He even goes so far as referring to himself as one to his followers.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:It never occurred to him that his boss would dispose of him eventually.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: His mother nagged him to do the dishes. So he killed her.
** It is stated in a more recent episode that Jerome's mother may have been physically abusive, although [[UnreliableNarrator this is very hard to verify]].
** Later he kills a fellow Maniax! member for stepping on his line.
* EvilLaugh: He lets out a demented laugh on several occasions.
* EvilRedhead: He looks almost like an unmasked Rorschach, and shares the same psychotic nature. Jerome is quite evil.
* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:Of the actual Joker.]] Although in-universe, [[spoiler:the actual Joker may actually be this for Jerome... if they aren't the same person.]]
* FacialHorror: After one of his followers, Dwight, fails to [[spoiler:resurrect him from the dead, he decides to slice his face off and ''wear it like a mask'' to morbidly symbolize Jerome's legacy living on through the maniacs he inspired]]. When it turns out that [[spoiler:the resurrection was a success, Jerome not only gets his face back, he ''staples it back on''[[note]]in reference to the ComicBook/New52 Joker, especially during ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''[[/note]]. Needless to say, [[http://cdn2.darkhorizons.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/photo-jeromie-is-alive-in-gotha.jpg the results aren't pretty]]]].
* {{Foil}}: To Bruce Wayne, appropriately. Both were orphaned late into their lives, both were associated with shady organizations, and both are on opposing sides of the law. While Bruce's parents were gunned down by a hired thug, [[CryingLittleKid traumatizing him]], Jerome [[SelfMadeOrphan happily murdered his parents with no ill effect on him]]. Contrasting Bruce's great working relationship with Gordon, Jerome has tried to kill him on several occasions. [[spoiler: Taken to larger levels after Jerome's resurrection, and their eventual confrontation. While Jerome has a vast cult at his beck and call, Bruce only has Alfred and Gordon at that point to rely on. In the funhouse of mirrors, Jerome uses a gun and some underhanded tactics such as a BladeBelowTheShoulder while Bruce uses GoodOldFisticuffs. Before said confrontation, Jerome had given Bruce a rough "[[SadClown sad clown]]" design on his face, while Jerome's face remained ever-grinning due to the way his face was, reflecting their ideologies of order (Bruce) and anarchy (Jerome). After the whole ordeal, Bruce began to adopt his iconic ThouShaltNotKill way of thinking while Jerome presumably remains a murderous psychopath.]]
* ForTheEvulz: While Jerome might claim some [[DisproportionateRetribution petty]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous reasons]] for some of his murders, for the most part he's shown killing people without any needed excuses at all, and cackling mad while doing so.
* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler:Killed off, though admittedly [[JokerImmunity not for real,]] in his fourth appearance.]]
* FreudianExcuse: He certainly claims this. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Now whether it's actually true or not...]]
** Jerome later stated that he endured frequent beatings from his mother and her lover of the day, including on at least one of his birthdays.
* GoOutWithASmile: In "[[MeaningfulName The Last Laugh]]", [[spoiler:Theo stabs him in the neck and Jerome manages to die with a smile on his face. All the while laughing.]]
* GrossUpCloseUp: There are a number of times where we're treated to a grisly close-up of [[spoiler: Jerome's deformed face.]]
* HornedHairdo: It's subtle, but in many of his more violent scenes, the tips of his red hair are sticking up, making him look even more like the devil incarnate.
* IWasQuiteTheLooker: Before [[spoiler: his death and subsequent resurrection]], Jerome was rather boyishly handsome, despite being quite evil. Then [[spoiler: he died, was resurrected, and a cult member removed Jerome's face, which Jerome himself later stapled back on. The results aren't pretty]]. And even worse, this is all ''before'' he presumably falls into a vat of acid and becomes the bleach-skinned, green-haired MonsterClown we all know and dread.
* InterimVillain: Unlike the other [[BigBadEnsemble Big Bads]] found on season 3 Jerome is the only one to not use the Tetch virus for his crime and appears right in the middle of the season after the GCPD finally arrest Jervis Tetch and curing the city of his virus but right before the Court of Owls use said virus from their own nefarious plans.
* JokerImmunity: In this universe, thanks to Hugo Strange, DeathIsCheap. Guess who's back...?
* KubrickStare: Once the jig is up, gone is the timid, innocent look of a sad teenager and in is the cold, bitter stare of a maniac.
* LargeHam: As per the character he's based on, Jerome tends to dominate any scene he's in.
* LaughablyEvil: He cracks jokes ''all the time''.
* LaughingMad: After TheReveal.
* LegacyCharacter: Even after [[spoiler:his death, his horrific actions have still left quite a mark on Gotham City. All the chaos and death that he spread had turned several citizens into laughing homicidal maniacs, who eventually band together to form an entire ''cult'' worshiping their DarkMessiah. Even if he doesn't end up being the Clown Prince of Crime, there's no doubt that he's at least responsible for creating him.]]
-->'''Cicero''': You will be a curse upon Gotham. Children will wake from sleep, screaming at the thought of you. Your legacy will be death and madness.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: At the end of "The Last Laugh" [[spoiler: after Jerome's death, several people across Gotham start to become as maniacal and homicidal as he was. Is his spirit affecting people? Did Cicero actually cast a curse instead of prophesying one? Or did something in these people just snap upon seeing Jerome's horrific acts on television?]] Who knows, but the assumption is that whatever influence Jerome had will eventually create the Joker. [[spoiler: After his resurrection at Dwight's hands, he just might be the Clown Prince of Crime himself.]]
* {{Matricide}}: He casually confesses having murdered his mother at one point.
* MeaningfulName: His name is just a "K" shy of having the word Joker hidden in it. His surname, Valeska, is a couple letters off from [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Valestra]].
* MythologyGag: Tons of jokes he makes reference the Joker:
** After his delivery of "My father," just try not to mentally add [[Film/TheDarkKnight "was a drinker and a fiend."]]
** During the attack on the GCPD, Jerome makes a disturbing video very similar to one the Joker made in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
** The cult of psychos that worship Jerome in Season 3 sport white face paint and red lips, a clear reference to the Joker's iconic look.
** The Season 3 episode "Smile Like You Mean It" opens with Jerome's cult [[spoiler:breaking into a warehouse to retrieve their "savior's" body, killing a security guard (who was playing cards during his shift) in the process. The camera then zooms in on the guard's deck to reveal a Joker card]].
** According to his actor, his whole portrayal is a [[ShoutOut "love letter"]] to the character of ComicBook/TheJoker over the years. While he channels other Joker actors - namely [[Film/{{Batman}} Jack]] [[Creator/JackNicholson Nicholson]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnight Heath]] [[Creator/HeathLedger Ledger]] - Monaghan says he was especially inspired by [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Mark]] [[Creator/MarkHamill Hamill]].
** Jerome inspires a future gang of clown anarchists exactly like the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Jokerz]].
** [[spoiler: Jerome gets his face hacked off and after getting it back he crudely attempts to reattach it while doing all he can to prevent it from falling off entirely,]] exactly like ''ComicBook/TheNew52'' Joker, especially during ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''.
** And a rather odd and subtle one in a completely different direction; Jerome was a young boy in a traveling circus until the death of his parents, after which he was taken in and trained by a wealthy but brooding and shadowy man who has a vision of improving Gotham City... [[ComicBook/{{Robin}}where have we heard this before]]?
* NeverFoundTheBody: A variation. [[spoiler: While Jerome was unquestionably killed, the Indian Hill facility had several deceased people later seen in storage such as Theo Galavan and Fish Mooney. Although you couldn't see the face, one of the bodies looked a great deal like Jerome. And Hugo Strange has managed to bring at least one person (Theo Galavan) back from the dead. By Season Three, a crazed former employee from Indian Hill succeeds in bringing Jerome back...]]
* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: After getting it cut off, Jerome goes to disturbing lengths to reattach his skinned face, resulting in a gruesome appearance.]]
* NightmareFetishist: He loves killing people and laughs whenever it happens.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Especially when he admitted to murdering his mother.
* PredecessorVillain: [[spoiler:If he isn't the Joker, then he definitely had a hand in inspiring him. That said, it's looking more and more likely (considering his seeming case of JokerImmunity mid-way through Season 3) that they're the same person.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: He claimed that his mom kept "pushing" and that he killed her because [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous she told him to do the dishes]].
* RedHerring: Though his character was pretty heavily based on the Joker, it turns out he wasn't "Joker before he was Joker" in keeping with the general theme of the series, rather someone who will later inspire the Joker in-universe. Hilariously for a red herring, [[IncrediblyLamePun he has red hair.]] [[spoiler:A possibly SubvertedTrope, once [[JokerImmunity he got resurrected.]] [[ComicBook/New52 Losing his face]] and [[ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily trying to stick it back on]] further solidifies the possibility.]]
* TheReveal: He was the one who murdered his mother after all.
* SelfMadeOrphan: We meet him after he kills his mother. A ways into season two, he kills his father.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: How he dies. It doesn't last.]]
* SlasherSmile: Jerome's got a nasty one.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Even though he met his demise, his chaotic crimes influence many others to follow in his footsteps. [[spoiler:And then he returns from the dead, still making him a prime candidate for being the Joker after all...]]
* TheSociopath: He shows shades of being one, including no empathy and being a good liar that can emotionally manipulate others.
* StartOfDarkness: He killed his mother. Then his father. Then half the GCPD headquarters... [[spoiler:And now he's come back from the dead and still a serious candidate to turn into ComicBook/TheJoker...]]
* SurpriseCreepy: When he finally reveals his true nature, by God it's disturbing.
* TeensAreMonsters: He's so monstrous that Gordon has no qualms about beating him into unconsciousness.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: A very creepy version. Jerome looked like a normal everyday young man, working the circus with his mother. His confession of his murder of her makes it all the more nightmarish.
** Somewhat subverted by Season Two, where Jerome has visibly embraced his madness, and has wilder hair and paler skin.
** [[spoiler:By Season 3, he most certainly does ''not'' look normal anymore; [[MythologyGag losing your face]] [[ComicBook/New52 then stapling it back on]] will do that to you.]]
* TrailersAlwaysLie: With the mass advertising for the show, you'd think that he was the real Joker. Unfortunately he's not, as evidenced by [[spoiler:his death, but then [[BackFromTheDead he comes back.]] This further supports the idea that [[JokerImmunity he might become the Joker]] after all.]]
* UngratefulBastard: He thanks Dwight for bringing him BackFromTheDead by killing him of course.
* UnreliableNarrator: A very subtle example, but we really have no indication other than his word that his mother was as bad as he claimed. And considering who he may end up turning into, it's very possible that he's lying.
* VillainousLegacy: His actions inspire a number of people to give an EvilLaugh, and some of them even start murdering others. Rather evocative of [[ComicBook/TheJoker a certain clown]], whom it is implied Jerome will inspire [[spoiler: or ''become'']] in the future.
* WalkingSpoiler: Jerome's practically taken care of by Galavan after the third episode of the second season, but it is his lasting repercussions AND [[spoiler:him being resurrected in mid-season 3]] where he becomes this trope.
* WouldHurtAChild: Immediately after coming back from the dead, Jerome's first order of business is to murder Bruce Wayne, mainly because that was his mission given to him by Galavan beforehand, and Jerome wants to see the job done (with his usual theatrical flair).
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: His employer kills him when he's no longer required for his future plans for Gotham. Unlike most deaths, it doesn't stick for more than a year.]]

[[folder:Aaron Helzinger]]
!!Aaron Helzinger
-> '''Played By:''' Stink Fisher

An Arkham patient and former member of the Maniax.

* TheBigGuy: He towers over the other members of the Maniax.
* TheBrute: He's the one who lifts the bodies of the shipyard workers over the ledge to throw them off the roof. He's also able to dish out a savage beating to Gordon without sustaining so much as a scratch.
* DumbMuscle: There's a trend with these tropes... Barbara chooses him to be her "friend" in Arkham because he's easily the biggest guy there and could protect her from harm. He also falls for her charms relatively easily.
* HairTriggerTemper: When he sees Oswald has ice cream and no one else does, he doesn't take it well.
* PsychopathicManchild: Like Amygdala in the comics, he has the mind of a child. He also killed his whole family with his bare hands.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Aside from Barbara, he's the only one of the six inmates that Galavan broke out of Arkham who's not dead.]]
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[[folder:Silver St. Cloud]]
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!!Silver St. Cloud
->'''Played By:''' Natalie Alyn Lind

Theo Galavan's niece and ward.
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* DarkMessiah: Downplayed. [[spoiler:According to his father's last vision, he will influence Gotham with evil and madness, eventually creating [[TheJoker the worst curse upon Gotham.]] Played straight in ''Mad City''. He even goes so far as referring to himself as one to his followers.]]

* StartOfDarkness: He killed his mother. Then his father. Then half the GCPD headquarters... [[spoiler:And now he's come back from the dead and still a serious candidate to turn into TheJoker...]]

* AdaptationalSexuality: She was assumed straight in the comics and is now bisexual on the show. Possibly a case of CompositeCharacter, combining her with Katherine Kane, the [[TheModernAgeOfComicBooks modern]] and lesbian ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} who also had a romance with Renee Montoya.

* WouldHurtAChild: Immediately after coming back from the dead, Jerome's first order of business is to murder Bruce Wayne.

* ItsPersonal: Wants Gordon dead for putting her brother and Barbara behind bars. [[spoiler:Now added vengeance when Theo had been killed and she wants revenge.]]

* {{JerkWithAHeartOfGold}}: Despite acting like a total bitch and psycho killer in Season 2, [[spoiler: Tabitha had shown some kinder elements to her personality such as when she saved her niece from her brother and objected to his treatment of her, as well as taking in a emotionally broken Barbara after Barbara had been turned away by Jim Gordon.]] Small bits of this continue to be shown in Season 3 [[spoiler: when she's shown saving Butch despite saying he meant nothing to her and later willingly giving up her hand to save him]], she even struggles with her descision to [[spoiler: betray and kill Barbara.]]

* BerserkButton: She hates knowing she's not the one on top when she learns about the Court of Owls controlling Gotham.

* TheConfidant: To Gordon, regarding his frustrations and disgust with Gotham's choking-level of corruption.

** [[spoiler: Tabitha's betrayal. She just mocks her for getting her "feelings hurt".]]

* DemotedToDragon: [[spoiler: She used to be the "queen" of Gotham now as of Season 4 she's Ra's al Ghul's flunky. Her dragon status is even debatable given she simply is given orders and carries then out all without knowing her boss's plan. It's more likely Barbara's just a mook in Ra's vast organization.]]

* {{Demoted to Dragon}}: [[spoiler: She used to be the "queen" of Gotham now as of Season 4 she's Ra's al Ghul's flunky. Her dragon status is even debatable given she simply is given orders and carries then out all without knowing her boss's plan. It's more likely Barbar's just a mook in Ra's vast organization.]]

* {{Demoted to Dragon}}: [[spoiler: She used to be the "queen" of Gotham now as of Season 4 she's Ra's al Ghul flunky.]]

* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Despite being apparently electrocuted to death in the Season 3 finale, she reappears alive and well in "The Fear Reaper".]]

* ThickerThanWater: [[spoiler: Despite turning on Theo in the midseason finale, she still wants revenge on Penguin for his death. It's unclear if this trope is still true, considering Theo stabbed her for her betrayal; yet it's possible the reason she briefly broke up with Butch was because for his part is Theo's second death by Penguin.]]

** [[spoiler: Jerome gets his face hacked off and after getting it back he crudely attempts to reattach it while doing all he can to prevent it from falling off entirely,]] exactly like ''ComicBook/TheNew52'' Joker.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Absolutely nobody mourned for her when she lost her mind and tried to kill her girlfriend Tabitha out of petty villainy, resulting in Tigress electrocuting the mob queenpin to death.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: She ends up killed in the Season 3 finale after Tabitha electrocutes her to death.]]

** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: However, she ends up electrocuted to death by Tabitha when Barbara eventually turns on her.]]

* ThickerThanWater: [[spoiler: Despite turning on Theo in the midseason finale, she still wants revenge on Oswald Cobblepot for his death. It's unclear if this trope is still true, considering Theo stabbed her for her betrayal; yet it's possible the reason she briefly broke up with Butch was because for his part is Theo's second death by Penguin.]]

* ThickerThanWater: [[spoiler: Despite turning on Theo in the midseason finale, she still wants revenge on Gordon for his death. It's unclear if this trope is still true, considering Theo stabbed her for her betrayal; yet it's possible the reason she briefly broke up with Butch was because for his part is Theo's second death by Penguin.]]

* VillainDecay: She was previously TheDragon to Galavan and a feared assassin in Gotham who posed as a serious threat. In the second half of Season 2, she gets DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest for Butch.

* {{Chickification}}: She goes from a dark, sadistic assassin into a loving girlfriend towards Butch.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite acting like a total bitch and psycho killer in Season 2, [[spoiler: Tabitha had shown some kinder elements to her personality such as when she saved her niece from her brother and objected to his treatment of her, as well as taking in a emotionally broken Barbara after Barbara had been turned away by Jim Gordon.]] Small bits of this continue to be shown in Season 3 [[spoiler: when she's shown saving Butch despite saying he meant nothing to her and later willingly giving up her hand to save him]], she even struggles with her descision to [[spoiler: betray and kill Barbara.]]

* CompositeCharacter: he shares traits and elements with different incarnations of the Joker in past media such as Jack Nicholson, Mark Hamill's animated counterpart and Heath Ledger's. The actor Cameron has described the character as a tribute to past Jokers.

* BigBadWannabe: For all his intents and purposes, [[spoiler:the Joker he is not (seemingly). Which is why Theo kills him. Although his return in ''Mad City'' subverts this and he may actually be the Joker after all.]]

* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: She ''still'' thinks she's superior to everyone else even as a villain. Gordon frequently points out that Galavan is using her, but she doesn't believe a word he says...as always. Eventually, she gets killed by Tabitha when Barbara thinks she can kill her ex-girlfriend as punishment for betraying her.]]