History Characters / GothamTheGalavansOrganization

** 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.

* EvilCounterpart: To Selina. Both are young girls with an interest in Bruce Wayne; but while Selina is a LoveableRogue who cares for Bruce, Silver is a BitchInSheepsClothing who manipulates Bruce for her uncle's gain.

* KickTheDog: As if threatening Selina's life wasn't bad enough, she coldly mocks her for the fact that she has no mother and says nobody will care about Selina at all if she were to die.

* MuggingTheMonster: She taunts and threatens Selina, who among other things, is an experienced cat burglar and armed robber, has clawed out a grown man's eyes, and killed at least one person by this point in the series.

* ArchEnemy: She's become a major enemy towards Selina.

->'''Played By:''' Natalie Alyn Lind

* SoleSurvivor: Aside from Barbara, he's the only one of the six inmates that Galavan broke out of Arkham who's not dead. Eventually subverted: Hugo Strange has the resurrected Galavan (now calling himself Azrael) kill him as a test towards the end of the season.

* BrotherSisterIncest: It's strongly implied that he and his sister Tabitha are lovers, with Tabitha referring to him as a "monster in the sack" in "The Last Laugh".

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* UndignifiedDeath: 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.

* AssholeVictim: Halfway through Season 2, 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.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: 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.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: {{Subverted}}. 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.
** A perhaps more straight example could be his greeting Father Creel like an old friend, caring about his words and later dismissing Gordon's claim that the Order of Saint Dumas worked for him, by calling them his family's friends and protectors.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: A very weak and downplayed case, but Theo was visibly and at least on an instinctive level, disgusted by Tabitha tearing Bunderslaw's eye out.
* EvilIsPetty: He kidnaps Penguin's mother to force him to do his bidding and then later kills her.
** The Waynes accused his ancestor of attempted rape 200 years ago and removed the family name from the city records, so the honor of a man his grandfather never met has to be avenged with a lot of murder.

* FalseFriend: He pretends to be a friend and mentor to Bruce, even offering him information on the deaths of his parents' killers, but is planning to have him killed as revenge for a centuries-old slight the whole time.

* LaserGuidedKarma: 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.

** And again when Penguin shows up at Wayne Manor to save Bruce, Jim and Alfred.

* SmugSnake: 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.

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

* 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). His plan to use Penguin to secure a victory for Mayor, is reminiscent of [[Film/BatmanReturns Max Schreck]] - and just like Schreck, ends up backfiring horribly on him.

** 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.

* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe, a big deal is made of his dying twice, to the point where Jerome is visibly upset about being upstaged by Galavan after himself coming back to life.

** 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.

* SmugSnake: She practically brags about how villainous she is.
* TheSociopath: Bruce is nothing but a target for her to trick and she doesn't care what her uncle has planned for the kid.

* TeensAreMonsters: She's just as monstrous as her family. Subverted when she pulls a HeelFaceTurn.

* VillainBall: When alone with Selina, she drops her phony nice girl act and reveals her true colors while nonchalantly threatening her. Because of this, Selina is now fully aware of her intentions for Bruce and is now working to stop her. Subverted when it's revealed that Selina never fell for her act in the first place and knew the type of person she is.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She hasn't been seen since escaping a building with Tabitha.

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

* FatalFlaw: He consistently underestimates Gordon and Penguin, and his first death is caused by his inability to comprehend how far the two will go to bring him down. Likewise, his refusal to see his immediate family - Tabitha and Silver - as anything more than useful tools leads to Tabotha turning on him when he tries to kill Silver.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Always comes across as polite, friendly and charismatic - enough to defer Jim and Bbruce's suspicions for most of his appearances. Yet underneath he's a pyschopathic maniac who cares little for even his real family.

* 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). His plan to use Penguin to secure a victory for Mayor, is reminiscent of [[Film/BatmanReturns Max Schreck.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: A very weak and downplayed case, but Theo was visibly and at least on an instinctive level, disgusted by Tabitha tearing Bunderslaw's eye off.

* FalseFriend: He's pretending to be friends with Bruce Wayne, but obviously hides sinister motives underneath.
* FatalFlaw: He usually improvises if a plan goes wrong but doesn't plan ahead in the case that his sister would betray him for threatening his step-niece.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Speaks in a fairly polite manner, and is unrepentant about the chaos he's planning to cause.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He gets arrested because Barbara, the tool he wanted to use to kill Gordon, gives the police vital information against him.
** He stabbed his sister, giving her lover Butch a motive to ally with Penguin to kill him for good.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Fueling speculation of who he is, whatever he did to Zaardan either involved ''very'' precise chemistry and technology, or was outright magical.

* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Done subtly in "Mommy's Little Monster" when Penguin tells him he comes from "a long line of cowards". This comes back to bite him in the ass several times over.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: An interesting case in that while Theo's plan involving the Maniax did involve murder and chaos, ''no one'' could have had any idea that his actions would indirectly bring about the [[ComicBook/TheJoker worst monster]] that Gotham would ever see.
* VillainBall: 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.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Wants to [[spoiler:avenge his family against the Waynes]], but has no qualms about ruining other families (such as when he abducts-and eventually kills-Penguin's mother) in the process.

* WomanInWhite: She wears a white dress when Bruce first sees her.

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** 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.]]

* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: She's toying with Bruce's feelings under her uncle's orders and clearly doesn't care the least about him.

* BadassGrandpa: This rather scrawny looking old man is a terror in hand-to-hand combat.
* EvilOldFolks: His particular order seems to be something of a ReligionOfEvil.

** And again when Penguin shows up at Wayne Manor to save Bruce, Jim and Alfred]].

* CameBackStrong: His resurrection as Azrael makes him super-strong and super-fast, and can survive being repeatedly shot at and falling from a roof.

* 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). His plan to use Penguin to secure a victory for Mayor, is reminiscent of [[BatmanReturns Max Schreck.]]