History Sandbox / MonsterDCVideoGames

* [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]] serves as the BigBad of the series. The ArchEnemy of [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesBatman Batman]], Joker regularly commits crimes solely to torture his nemesis throughout the series. When first [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins establishing himself in Gotham]], Joker hijacked Black Mask's organization, and used his influence to torture and murder innocents, along with bombing multiple buildings across the city. In [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum one notable instance]], Joker staged a breakout at Arkham Asylum, ensuring the slaughter of as many people as possible. Left dying of a TITAN overdose in the wake of this incident, Joker [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity forces Batman to find a cure for his condition]] by poisoning more than two thousand people with his infected blood; he also executes Batman's LoveInterest, Talia al Ghul, right in front of him. Caring nothing for his subordinates, The Joker regularly abuses his "girlfriend," Harley Quinn, and tortures and murders his henchmen, along with threatening their family members, for fun. Even after his death, [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight flashbacks further show his wicked deeds]], such as crippling Barbara Gordon and physically and psychologically torturing Jason Todd for months, then sending Batman videotapes of said torture; this torture resulted in Jason becoming the Arkham Knight. In the digital comic ''Arkham City: End Game'', the Joker rigs fireworks with Joker toxin that kills hundreds. A narcissistic sadist with a pathological need for attention, the Joker is determined to [[FameThroughInfamy make Gotham forever remember him by writing his name in the city with blood]].

* [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]] serves as the BigBad of the series. The ArchEnemy of [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesBatman Batman]], Joker regularly commits crimes solely to torture his nemesis throughout the series. When first [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins establishing himself in Gotham]], Joker hijacked Black Mask's organization, and used his influence to torture and murder innocents, along with bombing multiple buildings across the city. In [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum one notable instance]], Joker staged a breakout at Arkham Asylum, ensuring the slaughter of as many people as possible. Left dying of a TITAN overdose in the wake of this incident, Joker [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity forces Batman to find a cure for his condition]] by poisoning more than two thousand people with his infected blood; he also executes Batman's LoveInterest, Talia al Ghul, right in front of him. Caring nothing for his subordinates, The Joker regularly abuses his "girlfriend," Harley Quinn, and tortures and murders his henchmen, along with threatening their family members, for fun. Even after his death, [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight flashbacks further show his wicked deeds]], such as crippling Barbara Gordon and physically and psychologically torturing Jason Todd for months, then sending Batman videotapes of said torture; this torture resulted in Jason becoming the Arkham Knight. In the digital comic ''Arkham City: End Game'', the Joker rigs fireworks with Joker toxin that kills hundreds. A narcissistic sadist with a pathological need for attention, the Joker is determined to make Gotham forever remember him by writing his name in the city with blood.

* [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]] serves as the BigBad of the series. The ArchEnemy of [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesBatman Batman]], Joker regularly commits crimes solely to torture his nemesis throughout the series. When first [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins establishing himself in Gotham]], Joker hijacked Black Mask's organization, and used his influence to torture and murder innocents, along with bombing multiple buildings across the city. In [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum one notable instance]], Joker staged a breakout at Arkham Asylum, ensuring the slaughter of as many people as possible. Left dying of a TITAN overdose in the wake of this incident, Joker [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity forces Batman to find a cure for his condition]] by poisoning more than two thousand people with his infected blood; he also executes Batman's LoveInterest, Talia al Ghul, right in front of him. Caring nothing for his subordinates, The Joker regularly abuses his "girlfriend," Harley Quinn, and tortures and murders his henchmen, along with threatening their family members, for fun. Even after his death, [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight flashbacks further show his wicked deeds]], such as crippling Barbara Gordon and physically and psychologically torturing Jason Todd for months, then sending Batman videotapes of said torture; this torture resulted in Jason becoming the Arkham Knight. Tie-in material only adds to his list of crimes, with his many crimes including [[WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham trying to blow up Gotham City]]; and, in the digital comic, ''Arkham City: End Game'', rigging fireworks with Joker toxin that kills hundreds. A narcissistic sadist with a pathological need for attention, the Joker is determined to make Gotham forever remember him by writing his name in the city with blood.

* [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]], real name [[BadBoss Oswald Cobblepot]], stands out in this franchise as a calculating and sadistic mob boss, intent on ruling Gotham's criminal underworld through any means necessary. A vicious crime lord who runs illegal gambling rings and fight clubs--where the losers of each are tortured and murdered--Cobblepot engages in [[ArmsDealer weapons trafficking and black arms deals]], supplying Gotham's criminal element with weapons that cause catastrophe all over the city. An absolutely horrendous employer, Cobblepot routinely tortures and murders his own men for failure, feeds them to sharks and hands them off to Solomon Grundy to be ripped to shreds for the most petty of reasons, and leaves an entire gang of them to die in enemy territory to strike a minor blow against his enemy. Cobblepot also sets Wayne Manor aflame during a charity gala, brutally tortures any police officers he gets his hands on in ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]]'', [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate forces dozens of Blackgate guards to fight to the death for their survival]], and bombs an entire building filled with his own men. Cobblepot is a ruthless sociopath masquerading as a "gentleman," with no care or concern for anyone but his own selfish desires.

{{Novelization}}s can be found [[Monster/DCLiterature here]].

Given [[Monster/TheDCU the source material]], it comes as no surprise that [[VideoGame/DCVideoGames video games]] (and related comics) based on Franchise/TheDCU feature [[CompleteMonster heinous villains]].

* ''VideoGame/BatmanBegins'': [[PsychoPsychologist Dr. Jonathan Crane]], aka [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow the Scarecrow]], helps [[Characters/TheDarkKnightTrilogyLeagueOfShadows Ra's al Ghul]] by developing the gas needed for his plan, then tests it out on innocent people, having them driven insane and using them as attack dogs. Scarecrow [[BadBoss shows no concern when many of his men are infected by the gas and holds the brother of one of his men hostage]]. When [[Characters/TheDarkKnightTrilogyBruceWayne Batman]] reaches his lair, Scarecrow tries to leave his patients to burn to death. When Ra's starts his plan to release the gas into Gotham, Scarecrow tries to lower the bridge to allow the first few people to be infected into the city to start tearing it apart.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanBegins'': [[PsychoPsychologist Dr. Jonathan Crane]], aka [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow the Scarecrow]], is [[AdaptationalVillainy even worse than his film counterpart]]. Helping [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]] by developing the gas needed for his plan, Scarecrow tests it out on innocent people, having them driven insane and using them as attack dogs. Scarecrow [[BadBoss shows no concern when many of his men are infected by the gas and holds the brother of one of his men hostage]]. When Batman reaches his lair, Scarecrow tries to leave his patients to burn to death. When Ra's starts his plan to release the gas into Gotham, Scarecrow tries to lower the bridge to allow the first few people to be infected into the city to start tearing it apart.

->''"Young Jaden here didn't even exist a week ago. Now here he is in all his newborn glory. His mother must be worried sick...fail to follow my request, bring any of your 'partners' with you, and the baby dies."''

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->''"Do [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesBatman you]] know what happens now, Mr. Wayne? I'm not going to kill you...I'm going to set you free...Free to see the city you swore to defend tear itself apart. Free to see everyone you love hunted down and killed. Every scream, every death, vengeance for all that Batman has done."''
-->--'''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]]''', ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''

* The sadistic [[{{Pyromaniac}} Firefly]], real name [[AxCrazy Garfield Lynns]], stands out among Batman's lesser foes. [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins When Joker puts out a $50 million bounty on Batman]], Firefly goes an entirely different route than his fellow assassins, leading an attack on the Gotham Pioneer Bridge and endangering hundreds of people. Taking nearly a dozen people hostage, Firefly uses them as bait to lure in Batman and various squads of the GCPD, planning to blow up the bridge once they are all gathered so as to kill them all. Even when Batman informs Firefly that the bounty is called off, the assassin continues his attempted mass murder [[ForTheEvulz just for fun]]. [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight A decade later]], Firefly returns to mass murder by trying to burn alive over a dozen firefighters, leaving them to be tortured and killed by gangs after that fails, and then plans to set Gotham aflame one building at a time until all that is left are ashes of building and citizen alike.

* [[ThemeSerialKiller The Calendar Man]], real name [[MeaningfulName Julian Gregory Day]], is a [[SoftSpokenSadist soft-spoken psychopath]] who commits crimes during and based on holidays. In ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]]'', he boasts about a sizeable rap sheet over the years, from murdering his parents and potential lovers to laying siege to maternity wards and poisoning entire gangs working for him. Day kicks off his next spree in the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'' tie-in comic by murdering dozens of people in stores across Gotham on holidays. Later capturing Batman, Day forces him to fight monsters continuously for an entire week while using an infant as a hostage, before revealing he has poisoned over 300 people in Gotham—-many of whom are children and toddlers--hoping for Batman to tire himself into exhaustion and allow Day to strike the killing blow. Day ultimately flings the hostage infant off a ledge to enable his own escape, successfully evading capture and ending his current spree solely to bask in Batman's coming defeat at the hands of Scarecrow.

* [[ThemeSerialKiller The Calendar Man]], real name [[MeaningfulName Julian Gregory Day]], is a [[SoftSpokenSadist soft-spoken psychopath]] who commits crimes during and based on holidays. In ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]]'', he boasts about a sizeable rap sheet over the years, from murdering his parents and potential lovers to laying siege to maternity wards and poisoning entire gangs working for him, Day kicks off his next spree in the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'' tie-in comic by murdering dozens of people in stores across Gotham on holidays. Later capturing Batman, Day forces him to fight monsters continuously for an entire week while using an infant as a hostage, before revealing he has poisoned over 300 people in Gotham—-many of whom are children and toddlers--hoping for Batman to tire himself into exhaustion and allow Day to strike the killing blow. Day ultimately flings the hostage infant off a ledge to enable his own escape, successfully evading capture and ending his current spree solely to bask in Batman's coming defeat at the hands of Scarecrow.

* [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheRiddler The Riddler]]