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| 4 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 5 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Part 1 episodes almost invariably end on a cliffhanger in which the Caped Crusaders are stuck in some ridiculous contraption or situation themed after the villain's gimmick or pet project. While these traps are silly, they're almost always lethal, often posing the risk of an especially abnormal, gruesome, or even gory death for the Dynamic Duo. |
| 6 | * CanonCharacterAllAlong: The final story of the main ''ComicBook/Batman66'' series, "Main Title", achieved the impressive feat of retroactively identifying ''the generic criminals in the original show's title sequence'' as established characters from the comics. The three crooks Batman and Robin punch at the start of the intro are revealed to be the Terrible Trio, the man with a sheet over his face is The Shiner, the green villain is identified as King Cobra, the red-haired mad scientist with a beard is identified as Professor Achilles Milo (with one panel where he's knocked over revealing that he's wearing a wig and a fake beard, exposing his traditional black-haired look), the bald, bespectacled man is the Atom-Master, the mustached man in a brown suit holding a gun is Deadshot and the man in a blue shirt and cap is revealed to be this continuity's Signalman. It's particularly noteworthy that unlike the tie-in comic's use of characters that didn't exist until after the TV show ended production like Bane and Killer Croc, these villains actually predated the 1966 television series. |
| 7 | * CanonForeigner: The majority of them (especially the one-shots) were original to the show, as the Batman comics of the time had a much shallower RoguesGallery to draw from. The villains who ''aren't'' are a decidedly small list: Riddler, Penguin, Joker, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, Mad Hatter, the Clock King and False-Face. In recent years they've gotten more references and cameos in "mainstream" Batman media, but none have become outright [[CanonImmigrant Canon Immigrants]] like ComicBook/HarleyQuinn.[[note]]Given all the rights and likeness negotiations with their actors' estates, any adaptation would probably be InNameOnly anyhow.[[/note]] |
| 8 | * CardCarryingVillain: The lot of them ''love'' being bad, and only about one or two have given even semi-serious thought to reforming. |
| 9 | * ComplexityAddiction: Not just in their love of oversized [[DeathTrap deathtraps]], but also in most of their criminal schemes. Do you ''really'' need to dig up a store of gunpowder from the UsefulNotes/AmericanRevolution just to blast your way into the Federal Reserve? Even {{Lampshaded}} by the villains themselves. |
| 10 | -->'''Joker:''' Oh why don't we just heist a bunch of dynamite?\ |
| 11 | '''Catwoman:''' Far too simple, Joker. And not half as much fun as being devilishly clever... after all, we're not common thieves. |
| 12 | * CriminalMindGames: In true Silver Age tradition, many of them love sending taunting clues to Batman and/or the police. Really, on this show ''every'' villain is an honorary Riddler. |
| 13 | * CutLexLuthorACheck: Zany, physics-breaking inventions are practically their stock-in-trade (seriously, the Joker once invented pills that could ''rewind time''), but none of them ever even consider using their intelligence legally (or, indeed, using it for anything meatier than petty extortion and bank robbery). |
| 14 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Almost ''all'' of them are known solely by their supervillain handles (Penguin even ''ran for Mayor'' with nothing but "Penguin" on the ballot). Even the ones who do have real names only get it brought up once or twice.[[note]]The main exception is the Mad Hatter, whose real name and villain handle are used almost interchangeably.[[/note]] |
| 15 | * GangOfHats: How their {{Mooks}} are inevitably tailored (usually with monikers to match). Some of the more iconic ones -- Joker's guys are usually in white berets and red vests, Catwoman's wear cat-eared beanies, and tiger-striped shirts, and Penguin's wear bowler hats and black jumpers. |
| 16 | * GenreBlindness: Every week they trap the Dynamic Duo in what they think is an inescapable death trap, certain they are done for. And then they are completely shocked when they turn up alive. |
| 17 | * PaidHarem: Rare is the arch-villain who doesn't have at least one pretty little moll hanging by at all times (even some of the villainesses got in on it!). Indeed, the '66 Gotham may well be the TropeCodifier, at least where Batman works are concerned. |
| 18 | * RememberTheNewGuy: The series frequently regarded villains as having already been encountered before by the Dynamic Duo, even when it was the villain's debut episode. |
| 19 | * SpecialGuest: 99% of the villains were given a "Special Guest Villain(ess)" or "Extra Special Guest Villain(ess)" credit. The ''lone'' exception to this was Roger C. Carmel's Colonel Gumm -- guest heroes Green Hornet and Kato, got the special guest star credit instead and Carmel was included with the supporting cast in the closing credits. |
| 20 | * VillainTeamUp: Most famously in [[Film/BatmanTheMovie the movie]], where the main four became a full-blown LegionOfDoom. The four would later reunite in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders''; [[spoiler:though, unlike the last time, Catwoman found herself betrayed by her male comrades in crime]]. Subsequent seasons featured several smaller ones: |
| 21 | ** Season 2 had Joker and Penguin, Catwoman and the Sandman, and finally Penguin and Marsha, Queen of Diamonds. |
| 22 | ** Season 3 had Riddler and Siren, Penguin and Lola Lasagne, Egghead and Olga, Queen of the Cossacks, and finally Joker and Catwoman. |
| 23 | ** The digital comic ''really'' picked up the ball and ran with it, since there's no more need to worry about casting budgets. |
| 24 | * WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Batman may be a millionaire, but it's a complete mystery where the villains get funds for their gadgets, deathtraps, furnishings for their lairs, etc. Special mention goes to Penguin in the movie, where he somehow finds the funds to buy war surplus submarines directly from the military. |
| 25 | * WouldHurtAChild: None of these guys (and girls) have any compunction about sticking high-schooler Robin in their deathtraps right alongside Batman (and they're certainly not unaware of his age, since most of them almost exclusively call him "Boy Wonder"). |
| 26 | [[/folder]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | !!Main Villains -- aka "The United Underworld" |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 31 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_1960s_recurring_villains.jpg]] |
| 32 | [[caption-width-right:350:"''Today Gotham City, tomorrow the world!''"]] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | ->''"United Underworld? Ha! We're about as united as the members of the United World Headquarters on Gotham East River."'' |
| 35 | -->-- '''Catwoman''' |
| 36 | |
| 37 | The most recurring adversaries of the Dynamic Duo -- the Riddler, the Penguin, the Joker, and Catwoman. Normally they work independently, but on [[Film/BatmanTheMovie one occasion]] they teamed to take over the world with the help of an instant dehydrator, developed by Big Den Distilleries and designed to be an instant whiskey maker that they decided to put to -- in Riddler's words -- "[[UnusualEuphemism more universal use]]". |
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| 39 | * TheChessmaster: ''All'' of them are prone to coming with plans that begin with odd but legal actions which turn out to be cover for another, larger scheme. Occasionally the plots even involve their own temporary capture at the hands of Batman and Robin. For example, the Joker rigs up a phony vending machine in a local high school, seemingly as a prank, only to later rig the machine to dispense the answers to a nationwide college exam; he then makes sure that the school's basketball team uses the machine and photographs the boys holding the test answers, ensuring that they'll be suspended for cheating, meaning that they won't be able to play in a major game that night--a game where the Joker has placed a huge bet against them. |
| 40 | * DominoMask: Standard issue for both Catwoman and Riddler.[[note]]At least, when he's wearing spandex.[[/note]] The movie also saw Joker and Penguin donning them. |
| 41 | * FalselyReformedVillain: A very common scheme with all of them (unlike the one- or two-shot villains, who are much more likely to be full-on outlaws). Penguin is especially fond of pretending he's "gone straight" for the millionth time. |
| 42 | * FourIsDeath: In the Movie, the one time they team up they rake up a rather disturbing body count thanks to the instant dehydrator (don't worry: ''most'' of the victims get better -- except those poor guinea pigs...). Especially jarring considering the fact that they hardly ever had any kind of count to speak of on the show itself, frequent attempts to murder the Dynamic Duo non-withstanding. |
| 43 | * HamToHamCombat: With four unbalanced criminal psychopaths in close proximity, ham will be sliding down the crooked walls of the slanted lair. |
| 44 | * TakeOverTheWorld: Their goal in the movie. |
| 45 | -->'''Batman:''' They're working together to take over...\ |
| 46 | '''Chief O'Hara:''' Take over ''what'', Batman? Gotham City?\ |
| 47 | '''Batman:''' Any ''two'' of them would try that!\ |
| 48 | '''Commissioner Gordon:''' The whole country?\ |
| 49 | '''Batman:''' If it were three of them I would say yes. But ''four''? Their minimum objective must be... the '''''entire world'''''. |
| 50 | * VillainousFriendship: Clash of egos aside, they get along quite well ... when things are going their way. The minute things turn south they immediately argue and bicker. |
| 51 | * XanatosGambit: Most of their plans involve Batman and Robin "foiling" them in a small way, which turns out to be a part of their larger plots. Luckily, Batman and Robin are skilled at XanatosSpeedChess and inevitably outplay the villains. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:The Riddler]] |
| 55 | !! The Riddler |
| 56 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_riddler_gorshin.jpg]] |
| 57 | [[caption-width-right:300:"''Outwitting Batman is my sole delight, my joy, my heaven on earth, my very paradise.''"]] |
| 58 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see him portrayed by John Astin ]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/john_astin_as_the_riddler_john_astin_39879351_660_662.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 59 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/FrankGorshin (S1, The Movie, S3), Creator/JohnAstin (S2), Creator/WallyWingert (voice in ''Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders'' and ''Batman vs. Two-Face'') |
| 60 | |
| 61 | The very first villain of the show to be introduced. Riddler is a criminal genius who loves riddles and mind-games. |
| 62 | ---- |
| 63 | * ArchEnemy: Notably, in this version Riddler is a far more prominent foe of Batman and holds just as much claim to the title as the Joker, being depicted as Batman's most cunning and (early on) most persistent foe, leading to Riddler becoming the show's BreakoutVillain. |
| 64 | * BadassBoast: In the 1960s episode "A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away" |
| 65 | --> '''Riddler:''' Royalty? You've never met royalty? Just whom do you think stands before you, my cherub? I am the Prince of Puzzlers, the Count of Conundrums, the KING OF CRIME! I hold court here! NO ONE ELSE! |
| 66 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Gorshin hated wearing the spandex and personally designed the Riddler's question-mark suit, which became a trademark of the character. |
| 67 | * BreakoutVillain: Not only was Gorshin's performance responsible for making the character an A-list villain (after previously being only a minor foe in the comics), but he was the rogue with the most appearances in the first season. |
| 68 | * ClassyCane: John Astin's Riddler marked the very first time the character ever carried a cane. |
| 69 | * CloudCuckooLander: He'd often act so weird that even ''the Joker'' thought he was nuts. |
| 70 | -->'''Joker:''' You're [[YoureInsane mad]], Riddler! |
| 71 | * CorruptedCharacterCopy: [[WordOfGod Gorshin said]] he based his Riddler persona off Richard Widmark's iconic portrayal of the psychotic giggling gangster Tommy Udo in the classic noir film, ''Film/KissOfDeath''. This would have been akin to someone today doing a comedic portrayal of [[Film/SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]]. |
| 72 | * DemotedToExtra: After the first season, because Gorshin was holding out for more money. One second-season story was rewritten for a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute called the Puzzler[[note]]Also the name of a minor Superman villain, though it's doubtful the producers knew that[[/note]], and then the producers replaced Gorshin with John Astin for one story. Gorshin came back for one final episode in Season Three. As such, despite his huge prominence in the first season, he ultimately ends up having the fewest appearances of the main four overall. |
| 73 | * EvilLaugh: A famous high-pitched out-of-control giggle. |
| 74 | * EvilerThanThou: Let's put it this way; even ''the Joker'' openly thought this guy was a bit on the extreme side. |
| 75 | -->'''Joker:''' [[YoureInsane You're mad, Riddler! Mad!]] |
| 76 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: The last issue of the digital comic indicates he's become this to the other villains, who refuse to invite him to their big convention because they expect him to leak everything to Batman. [[spoiler:He does it anyway.]] |
| 77 | * GigglingVillain: His hysterical, unhinged giggle as he taunts the dynamic is one of the most famous aspects of this version of the character, to the point Creator/FrankGorshin often talked about it during interviews: |
| 78 | -->'''Frank Gorshin:''' I developed the Riddler’s fiendish laugh at Hollywood parties. I listened to myself laugh and discovered that the funniest jokes brought out the high-pitched giggle I use on the show. With further study I came to realize that it wasn't so much how I laughed as what I laughed at that created a sense of menace. |
| 79 | * GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Astin's version of the Riddler smoked slender cigars, much like Astin's ''other'' [[Series/TheAddamsFamily most famous role]] of the time. |
| 80 | * IGaveMyWord: Astin's version of the Riddler doesn't try to double-cross a scientist who sells him a weapon for three million dollars, and tells his accomplices that he will indeed tell the police how to disarm the weapon if they pay the requested ransom. |
| 81 | * IconicItem: The John Astin version introduced the question-mark cane.[[note]]Though note that it wasn't really codified as a must until ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''Film/BatmanForever''.[[/note]] |
| 82 | * IconicOutfit: The question mark three-piece suit; designed by Gorshin himself since he hated wearing the spandex and wanted an alternate outfit when possible. |
| 83 | * LargeHam: Completely off his rocker, being more clownish and maniacal than ''The Joker'' himself. |
| 84 | * NearVillainVictory: Out of all the villains, Riddler came the closest to defeating Batman. All he had to do was trick Batman into making a false arrest and then proceed to file a wrongful arrest lawsuit, not for the money but because Batman would be forced to reveal his identity in court. The lawsuit was eventually dismissed because Riddler didn't show up to court for [[UncertainDoom personal reasons]], but damn if he didn't come close. And this was all in the first episode. |
| 85 | * OralFixation: Had a habit of chewing on his knuckle or finger when he was nervous or thinking. |
| 86 | * PracticallyJoker: [[WordOfGod Various comic book writers]] have noted that when Batman was retooled circa 1970, the Joker was retooled based on Frank Gorshin's depiction of the Riddler. The constant swings from manic giggling to homicidal seriousness are all Gorshin's Riddler rather than Romero's more prankish and kooky Joker. Thus, the Joker since the 1970s is more accurately "Practically Riddler." |
| 87 | * TheRival: In the Movie, to the Penguin, constantly butting heads with him and is openly contemptuous of his leadership direct in contrast to Joker and Catwoman: |
| 88 | --> "That miserable, waddling mountebank of a bird! He couldn't finish a bag of popcorn!" |
| 89 | * SharpDressedMan: Occasionally dresses in a fairly stylish, if pretty garish suit. |
| 90 | * SymbolMotifClothing: Interestingly, his spandex outfit is relatively light on the question marks; it's his suit that's ''really'' dotted with them. |
| 91 | * TropeCodifier: Gorshin's performance heavily set the tone of the character for decades, including the now-iconic question mark suit. |
| 92 | [[/folder]] |
| 93 | |
| 94 | [[folder:The Penguin]] |
| 95 | !! The Penguin |
| 96 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_penguin_2.png]] |
| 97 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/BurgessMeredith, Creator/WilliamSalyers (voice in ''Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders'' and ''Batman vs. Two-Face'') |
| 98 | -> '''Dubbed by:''' Creator/RogerCarel (French) |
| 99 | |
| 100 | The second villain to be introduced. Penguin is a self-styled "aristocrat of crookery" fixated on umbrellas and birds. |
| 101 | ---- |
| 102 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Taller, better looking, and far less round than the almost balloon-shaped Penguin of the comics. |
| 103 | * AffectionateNickname: Many of Penguin's [[PaidHarem molls]] and admirers call him "Pengy." |
| 104 | * AnimalMotifs: Take a wild guess. |
| 105 | * ArchEnemy: Any of the big four would be a contender for this to Batman, but the Penguin is matched only by the Joker for the most (on-screen) battles with Batman. He's more indisputably this to Batgirl, being her StarterVillain. Later episodes also show that he [[HatesMySecretIdentity holds a grudge]] against Barbara Gordon for "spurning" him. |
| 106 | * BatmanGambit: In his first appearance, Penguin launches a fake crime spree, then spies on Batman and Robin as they debate about what audacious crime they think he's planning next, with Penguin taking his cues from their theorizing. This strategy causes Batman to plan the Penguin's crime for him without even realizing it. |
| 107 | * BigBad: Of the BigDamnMovie, with the EvilPlan mostly, if not entirely, was of his making. |
| 108 | * TheCaptain: An evil variant. In the Movie, the United Underworld are equal partners on land, but in the submarine, Penguin is the one in charge. |
| 109 | --> '''Joker:''' Don't sound so bossy, if you please! |
| 110 | --> '''Penguin:''' My dear sir, as the poet says: "On land, you may command, at sea it is me!" |
| 111 | * CharacterNameAlias: His real name is never mentioned in the series, but in the film, he goes by the alias P.N. Gwynn to avoid detection. [[OnlySaneMan Batman is exasperated that everyone else fell for it as easily as they did.]] |
| 112 | ** He's also gone by the aliases K.G. Byrd (Fine Feathered Finks) and Knott A. Fish (Fine Finny Fiends), monikers Robin has little trouble figuring out. |
| 113 | * CompositeCharacter: He takes Killer Moth's role from the original comics as the first villain faced by Batgirl (while both the comic and television incarnations of Barbara Gordon were developed around the same time and Killer Moth was still depicted as Batgirl's first adversary in seven-minute test footage, the test footage isn't considered canon). |
| 114 | * CoolBoat: In the movie, his pre-atomic submarine is modified to look like a penguin complete with war surplus torpedoes. |
| 115 | * CrazyPrepared: One episode deals with Batman infiltrating Penguin's store as Bruce Wayne to plant a bug to spy on him. Said bug looks like a common spider, but Penguin had his entire store prepped to detect said bugs, spotting it and landing Bruce in trouble. |
| 116 | * EnemyMine: In the tie-in comic story "Caught in the Widow's Web"/"Batman Fights the Penguin's Dread", he does a VillainTeamUp with Black Widow, but later joins forces with Batman and Robin to take her down after Batman points out to him that the Black Widow is likely to kill him once she no longer has any use for their partnership. |
| 117 | * EvilLaugh: His signature squawking, thought up by Meredith to cover up his adverse reaction to smoking cigarettes. |
| 118 | * FatBastard: As usual, he's notably portly. But not nearly as much as he's usually depicted in the comics and other media. |
| 119 | * GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Like his comic-book counterpart, rarely seen without his signature cigarette holder. |
| 120 | * HighClassGlass: He wouldn't be the Penguin without a monocle. |
| 121 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the comic continuation, he creates an entire empire out of an iceberg called "Penguinia," which blocks Gotham Harbor, and won't let any ships pass unless they pay him a fee to get through. He ensures that the GCPD can't destroy the iceberg by having it legally declared as its own country, and hiring Mr. Freeze to keep it together in the summer heat. Unfortunately for him, this bites him twofold, as him using his submarine to move said iceberg results in his declaration being voided (since it's now considered a vehicle), but the money he did get is forgotten since Mr. Freeze had to carry his freeze-ray! |
| 122 | * TheLeader: Of the villains in the Movie, he fit the "leader" archetype the most, providing the henchmen, the hideout, the equipment, and the submarine for a quick getaway -- though Riddler often challenged his leadership. |
| 123 | * LoopholeAbuse: In Season 3, he breaks into a money factory and is arrested almost immediately. He quickly sues the police for wrongful arrest because, surprisingly, he didn't take any of the money. Unfortunately for him, Batman is quick to point out that Penguin [[HoistByHisOwnPetard still could be charged with breaking and entering]], and only agrees to drop the charges if he drops the suit, which he begrudgingly does. However, it doesn't stop his real plan from going forward: [[spoiler:using the deadly toxin of a fruit fly to taint Gotham's supply of money]]. |
| 124 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Well, he certainly does his best to cultivate the image and unlike other incarnations, he does manage to pull it off. |
| 125 | * MasterActor: He mentions that he used to be an actor before taking up crime, and he's put these skills to use in some of his FalselyReformedVillain schemes. |
| 126 | * ParasolOfPain: Well, he'd hardly be the Penguin without one (or twelve) of these on hand like in "Fine Finny Fiends". |
| 127 | * PurpleIsPowerful: What made this Penguin stand out from other incarnations is rather than wear all black he wears a purple top hat and a matching bowtie. |
| 128 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Befitting his image of a man of wealth and culture, he always talks elaborately. |
| 129 | * SinisterSchnoz: His moniker comes in part from his beak-like nose. |
| 130 | * SocialClimber: A lot of his "gone straight" schemes (especially the "marry into rich/important family" ones) seem baked into this mindset, fitting his snobbish demeanor. |
| 131 | * TropeCodifier: Just like Gorshin, Meredith's Penguin influenced the character for decades -- interpretations of Penguin being a deformed social outcast is a fairly modern idea. |
| 132 | * VerbalTic: His signature "waugh waugh" -- another byproduct of Meredith's reaction to all those cigarettes. |
| 133 | * WickedPretentious: He puts on airs of refinement, but he's a cruel, callous thug through-and-through. |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:The Joker]] |
| 137 | !! The Joker |
| 138 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_joker_cesar_romero.jpg]] |
| 139 | [[caption-width-right:300: "''I'll have it! By all the saints of wicked mirth, I'll have it! The last laugh will still be mine!''"]] |
| 140 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/CesarRomero (1960s series and film), Creator/JeffBergman (voice in ''Return of the Caped Crusaders'' and ''Vs. Two-Face'') |
| 141 | |
| 142 | The third villain to be introduced. A crazy harlequin with a love of demented pranks. |
| 143 | ---- |
| 144 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: While it was covered up by makeup, he ''was'' played by handsome leading man Cesar Romero, who definitely didn't have the freakishly elongated features comic Joker had, and still has. |
| 145 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Unlike modern incarnations, and how he was originally portrayed in the 1940's, this Joker is relatively harmless, with most of his criminal acts being elaborate pranks, very in-line with how he was in the then-current Silver Age comics. |
| 146 | * AlternateSelf: Has counterparts on [[Characters/Titans2018Villains Earth-9]], [[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesTheJoker Earth-89]] and a [[Film/Joker2019 unknown reality]]. |
| 147 | * ArchEnemy: As mentioned above, he's tied with the Penguin for the most (on-screen) battles with Batman. Modern-day continuations like the digital comic and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' take this for granted and go out of their way to make things more [[ItsPersonal personal]] between him and Batman. That being said, this version of the character isn't ''quite'' as malicious or personally involved with Batman as later incarnations and the Penguin, Catwoman, and especially the Riddler hold just as much claim to the title as him. |
| 148 | * AxCrazy: {{Averted}}, this Joker may have a few screws loose but he's not considered criminally insane and as such is sent to Gotham State Penitentiary for 10-20 years whenever he's arrested. [[note]] Arkham Asylum wouldn't be introduced to the comics until 1974, though the tie-in comic for this show would eventually have Batman's enemies incarcerated at the Arkham Institute, Joker included. [[/note]] |
| 149 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Outwardly the goofiest and [[FauxAffablyEvil approachable]] of the big four, but he'll go to some [[http://lauralot89.tumblr.com/post/152114744551/lego-joker-part2of3batman-the-television-series truly horrible lengths]] just to spring his henchmen from jail (a fact that, funnily enough, subverts the character's usual BadBoss reputation). And that's not even getting into how the comic continuation saw him [[spoiler:break into the Batcave, give Alfred a good enough of a scare that he died, and led Batman into ''killing him'']]. |
| 150 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Robin calls him out on not knowing which of his victims could be the true identity of the Red Hood in the tie-in comic story "The Joker Sees Red/Batman Hunts the Dead", the Joker gives the defense that he's tormented so many people that it's hard to narrow it down. |
| 151 | * TheCameo: [[spoiler:His laughter can be heard as the camera passes by Earth-66 during the climax of ''Film/TheFlash2023''.]] |
| 152 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the comic crossover with ''Series/WonderWoman1975'', Joker broke into the Batcave and gave poor Alfred good enough of a scare that he died. Batman was so enraged that the Clown Prince of Crime paid with his life, forcing the Caped Crusader to retire from crimefighting, convinced he could never wear the cowl again.]] |
| 153 | * DecompositeCharacter: The tie-in comic introduces an interpretation of his mainstream counterpart's original identity the Red Hood, but makes him a separate villain from the Joker who turns out to be Professor Overbeck brainwashed from donning his brain regulator helmet after it had been corrupted by the Joker's insanity. |
| 154 | * DirtyCoward: He's perfectly willing to threaten Batman with a pounding he'll never forget...[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pijNEGhhfRY until he realizes they're in the same room]]. |
| 155 | * EvilCounterpart: His solution to beat Batman's insufferable utility belt? Invent his own! It was so effective, it had the Dynamic Duo on the ropes... until Joker got cocky enough to switch a replica of his belt with Batman's as a prank. Cue the Dynamic Duo reverse-engineering to discover its secrets leading to his defeat. |
| 156 | * EvilOldFolks: It's hard to see through the makeup, and his official age is never stated, but Cesar Romero ''was'' pushing sixty during his tenure as Joker. |
| 157 | * TheFagin: "The Joker Goes to School" has him manipulating ''high schoolers'' into joining his gang and even trying to ''[[WouldHurtAChild murder]]'' one of them, when she was no longer useful. |
| 158 | * ForTheEvulz: Most of the villains will have some monetary goal in their schemes, but the Joker is the one who will do evil schemes... just because. Best shown with his counterfeit currency scheme: he goes to the trouble of buying a comic book publishing house so he'll have ready access to ink and printing presses, he builds an elaborate human-like robot to infiltrate Gotham's main bank as a teller so he can pass out counterfeit cash .... that's intentionally left blank on one side. |
| 159 | * GigglingVillain: Practically every moment he isn't talking, he's laughing himself silly. |
| 160 | * GoodAngelBadAngel: [[spoiler:The ''Wonder Woman '77'' crossover has him serve as the shoulder devil to Alfred's shoulder angel when Bruce Wayne in the late 1970s ponders over whether he should come out of retirement. The Joker gloats that the fact Bruce resorted to killing him makes it clear that he's no longer fit to fight against evil.]] |
| 161 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Most of his crimes run on this, be it rigging vending machines to put out money in the apparent belief that anybody this happens to automatically turns to a life of crime, or turning Gotham's water supply into gelatine for a gag. |
| 162 | * KnowsTheRopes: One of his more frequent gadgets is the "trick streamer" -- party confetti that [[InstantKnots instantly knots]] itself around any unfortunate victim. |
| 163 | * LargeAndInCharge: If Batman's Bat-slide from "The Joker Goes to School" is to be believed, he stands a monstrous ''six-foot-six''.[[note]]In RealLife Romero stood six-foot-three; the only member of the cast to approach six-six was Alan Napier (Alfred).[[/note]] |
| 164 | * LargeHam: It's ''The Joker''. He doesn't really go more than a few seconds before finding some scenery to chew on. |
| 165 | * MadScientist: This incarnation of the Joker is a lot more scientific than most, with nearly all of his schemes involving a new invention, from exact duplicates of the Dynamic Duo's utility belts to the ability to mess with time itself. |
| 166 | * MonsterClown: Zig-zagged. While he ''does'' put the Dynamic Duo in the obligatory death trap, this Joker isn't really into mindless killing as part of his schemes (except that one time he tried to murder a high schooler hench girl), preferring elaborate capers based on whatever gimmick takes his fancy. |
| 167 | * OutOfFocus: In the Movie; all of the villains get a chance to shine except Joker, who's just sort of there because he's one of the main four. |
| 168 | * PetTheDog: Joker tells his moll to stay somewhere safe before a fight in "The Joker Trumps An Ace." In the next episode, he dismantles a DeathTrap that he thinks just killed the Caped Crusaders so it won't kill any innocent bystanders nearby. |
| 169 | * PsychopathicManchild: Of course, none of the arch-villains can be accused of being especially mature (or stable), but some of Joker's schemes -- like turning all of Gotham's main water supply into jelly or beating Batman in ''a surfing competition'' -- are just flat-out ''weird''. |
| 170 | * PungeonMaster: He loves to pepper his speeches with jokes (what else?) about clowns and jesters. |
| 171 | * RealMenWearPink: Wears clown makeup and a bright pink suit. |
| 172 | * RulesLawyer: In one episode, it's revealed that he's memorized Gotham's penal code down to the exact wording so he can get away with small schemes without technically breaking any laws. In this example, he avoids a loitering charge by not standing in the same place for two minutes. Batman [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by calling him a "jailhouse lawyer." |
| 173 | * TropeCodifier: Zig-zagged. While no one would dare say that Romero gave a bad performance, his successors in the role (namely: Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/MarkHamill, and the late Creator/HeathLedger) with their more sardonic and darker takes on the character are more entrenched in the public consciousness. |
| 174 | * VillainousFriendship: With Eartha Kitt's Catwoman. The two are on friendly terms and seem to genuinely enjoy each other's company. |
| 175 | [[/folder]] |
| 176 | |
| 177 | [[folder:Catwoman]] |
| 178 | !! Catwoman |
| 179 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7be2472e0c0318f101eed9a6ee7bf33b.jpg]] |
| 180 | [[caption-width-right:300: "'''''Pur'''''-''fect''"]] |
| 181 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see her portrayed by Lee Meriwether]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a2b0a1a191ca0925e64f35aa8dd0048e.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 182 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see her portrayed by Eartha Kitt]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eartha_kitt_catwoman.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 183 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/JulieNewmar (S1 & S2, ''Return of the Caped Crusaders'', ''Batman Vs. Two Face''), Creator/LeeMeriwether (The Movie), Music/EarthaKitt (S3) |
| 184 | |
| 185 | The last of the main four to be introduced. Catwoman is a world-class burglar with an insatiable greed for wealth and riches, and much to her chagrin finds herself hopelessly in love with the Caped Crusader. |
| 186 | ---- |
| 187 | * AdaptationalNameChange: Her comics alter-ego Selina Kyle is never mentioned once in the series. In fact, the movie has her alter-ego being a Russian paparazzi named Kitka. |
| 188 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In contemporary comics, Catwoman was an unrepentant thief and gang-boss but not especially violent or sadistic about it (on several occasions she even saved Batman's life). Here, she's a {{Deathtrap}}-happy arch-criminal with the ''occasional'' humanizing moment, as exemplified by one exchange from "Scat! Darn Catwoman": |
| 189 | -->'''Batman:''' A wife, no matter how beauteous or affectionate, would severely impair my crimefighting!\ |
| 190 | '''Catwoman:''' But I could help you in your work! As a former criminal, I'd be invaluable. I can reform, honestly, I can!\ |
| 191 | '''Batman:''' What about Robin?\ |
| 192 | '''Catwoman:''' ''(Disgusted)'' ROBIN?! ''(Beat; gleefully)'' Oh, I've got it! We'll kill him!\ |
| 193 | '''Batman:''' ...[[{{Understatement}} I see you're not really ready to assume a life in society]]. |
| 194 | * AscendedExtra: Only one appearance in the first season, she was given significantly more stories in the follow-up seasons. |
| 195 | * CatsHaveNineLives: She seemingly died twice, but always managed to come back. |
| 196 | * ChildHater: On two separate occasions (three if you count ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders Return of the Caped Crusaders]]''), she casually proposes killing Robin after tying the knot with Batman. |
| 197 | * ClassyCatBurglar: Sometimes (especially in her debut episode), but more often than not subverted, as this take on the character was a lot more thuggish and never really above straight-up extorting or mugging people. |
| 198 | * ColorblindCasting: African-American actress, Eartha Kitt was brought in to play Catwoman in the last season, the character having been previously played by white actresses. There was no comment on this, but since it was TheSixties, it meant Batman could have no romantic interest in her whatsoever. |
| 199 | ** The digital comic uses the Newmar and Kitt incarnations interchangeably, depending on the writers' whims. |
| 200 | * DeathByMaterialism: Famously in her first appearance, she refused to give up her loot and fell into a chasm inside a cave. |
| 201 | * DrivenToSuicide: In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'', Catwoman, wishing for no more jail time, throws herself down a factory smokestack after Batman turns her offer down to relocate to Europe. |
| 202 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Catwoman is briefly mentioned as a suspect for the bank robbery in "Zelda the Great," ten episodes before her first actual appearance in the show. |
| 203 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: When asked by Batman what would happen to Robin if she became his crime-fighting partner instead (see above), she not only [[MurderTheHypotenuse suggests that he be killed]], but excitedly proposes it to Batman as if she thinks he might enjoy doing the deed ''together''. Batman, predictably, does not take her up on the offer. |
| 204 | * {{Greed}}: Her most defining trait. |
| 205 | --> '''Catwoman:''' [''after double-crossing her sole henchman left after the Dynamic Duo arrested the others''] There's ''never'' enough for two! |
| 206 | * HeelFaceTurn: In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTwoFace''. |
| 207 | * HoneyTrap: In the Movie, she successfully seduces Bruce Wayne in the guise of a Russian reporter, Kitka as part of the United Underworld's scheme to lure Batman into a trap by kidnapping Bruce Wayne. It cuts pretty deep when he unmasks her. |
| 208 | * IconicOutfit: Her SpyCatsuit, made of jet-black SensualSpandex. This was the ''first'' take on the character to wear black, and like the Riddler example above, it was eventually ported into the comics (as well as AlternateCompanyEquivalent [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Black Cat]]). |
| 209 | * LegacyCharacter: Implied in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTwoFace''. [[spoiler:Julie Newmar from the series plays Catwoman in the film who goes through a HeelFaceTurn at the end, while Lee Meriwether (who portrayed the character in the live-action movie) voices a character named Lucilee Diamond. Catwoman swaps clothing with Diamond to escape prison and Diamond is last seen enjoying herself being in Catwoman's outfit, implying that she is the Catwoman in the live-action film.]] |
| 210 | * NeverGoingBackToPrison: She's demonstrated this attitude several times, which often leads to her [[DisneyVillainDeath leaping off tall ledges]] rather than give herself (and her current loot) up to the law. Good thing Batman and company [[NeverFoundTheBody never find the body]] and CatsHaveNineLives... |
| 211 | * NoHonorAmongThieves: In her partnership with Sandman she was fully intending to double-cross Sandman ... and was [[HypocriticalHumor indignant when he beat her to it]]. |
| 212 | * NoNameGiven: The name Selina Kyle is never used once in the series, so her true identity is never revealed and we get no glimpses into her personal life. |
| 213 | * PungeonMaster: Not quite as bad about it as Egghead, but she rarely passes up the chance to cram in a cat pun (or a "purr"). One episode had her running a nightclub where everything on the menu had "cat" somewhere in the name. |
| 214 | * SexyCatPerson: As in every version of Batcanon. |
| 215 | * StatuesqueStunner: Even ''without'' the heels, Newmar stood almost six feet; Yvonne Craig was reportedly terrified of facing her in a fight scene and relieved to face the much-smaller Eartha Kitt. |
| 216 | * TokenFemale: The only main female villain on the show. |
| 217 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Okay, she was never particularly good, but her feelings for Batman did a lot to humanize more than the other villains. But when Eartha Kitt was cast -- the romantic angle between the two was dropped and Catwoman became nastier to the heroes. This was an EnforcedTrope, due to ExecutiveMeddling preventing the romantic angle between the two from returning. |
| 218 | * TragicDropout: In "Catwoman Goes to College" she claims that her life of crime is due to her being a dropout. Not surprisingly, it's quickly made ''very'' clear she doesn't have any genuine plans to turn that around. |
| 219 | * VillainessesWantHeroes: Not that she hasn't ''tried'' dating people on her moral spectrum... it's just that for the most part, they're all {{Gonk}}s: she can't stand Joker's green hair, and Penguin's too... erm, [[DoubleEntendre small]]. Note also that unlike most versions of the character, she's perfectly fine with brainwashing or even ''killing'' Batman if she's not in a pining mood. |
| 220 | * VillainousFriendship: Eartha Kitt's Catwoman seems genuinely friendly with the Joker. |
| 221 | * WhipOfDominance: Fitting her domineering personality, this version of Catwoman occasionally had a Cat O' Nine Tails whip with her, though she mostly used it as a prop. One episode did show she had KnockOutGas inside the whip which she could spray from the handle. |
| 222 | * WomanOfWealthAndTaste: Her lairs are always opulently decorated. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | !!Recurring Villains |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[folder:Dr. Schivel / Mr. Freeze]] |
| 228 | !! Dr. Schivel / Mr. Freeze |
| 229 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_freeze_6.jpg]] |
| 230 | [[caption-width-right:3050: L to R: Sanders, Preminger, Wallach]] |
| 231 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/GeorgeSanders (S1), Creator/OttoPreminger (S2), Creator/EliWallach (S2) |
| 232 | |
| 233 | -> ''"Poor devil, forced to live in an air-conditioned suit that keeps his body temperature down to 50 degrees below zero! No wonder his mind is warped."'' |
| 234 | -->-- '''Batman''' |
| 235 | |
| 236 | A MadScientist forced to live in sub-zero temperatures after Batman accidentally spills cryogenic chemicals on him. He appeared three times and was notably played by a different actor in each appearance. |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | * AdaptationNameChange: At the time, his comics counterpart (who had all of ''one'' story under his belt) was called Mr. Zero. The "Mr. Freeze" moniker stuck and was quickly [[RetCanon back-ported]] to the comics.[[note]] This supposedly led to the writer of his debut episode looking to claim royalties.[[/note]] |
| 239 | ** This also applies to his true identity. In the ''Pre-Crisis'' comics, he had none. Here, he's Dr. Art Schivel, whereas all adaptions since have gone by Dr. Victor Fries thanks to ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. However, the tie-in comic gives his civilian name as Victor Fries in the crossover with ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE''. |
| 240 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: The George Sanders version. |
| 241 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]], as he didn't have much of a backstory in the ''Pre-Crisis'' continuity, simply described as having his physiology altered to the point he was unable to survive outside of sub-zero temperatures. Here, his origin hinged on Batman accidentally spilling freeze fluid on him during an attempt to arrest Freeze during a robbery. The comic continuation, which was published years after ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' gave him his popular origin story that the comics quickly introduced, revealed he was trying to continue his work in cryogenic experiments through illegal means after his funding had been pulled. Batman attempted to stop him but accidentally hit a frozen canister with a Batarang, exposing Freeze to the substance and altering his body. |
| 242 | * AdaptedOut: Since he was created before ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' put him back on the map, this version never had a [[LostLenore Nora Fries]] to call his own, even in the show's official comic-based continuation. |
| 243 | * AffablyEvil: Sanders and Wallach; the Sanders even notes that he really doesn't want to kill the Dynamic Duo, considering them fine people, but feels he has no choice because he needs revenge because of the accident that made him the way is. |
| 244 | ** FauxAffablyEvil: The Preminger version has a thin veneer of politeness, but he's nothing more than a cold, cruel bully. |
| 245 | * BadHumorTruck: He's very fond of using ice-cream trucks (and factories) as bases of operation. The tie-in comic story "Mr. Freeze Breaks the Ice"/"Batman Doesn't Play Nice" even has him posing as an ice cream man to sell the citizens of Gotham his you-cooler devices in order to faciliate his plan to freeze over Gotham. |
| 246 | * BaldOfEvil: Otto Preminger's portrayal is bald, as George Sanders and Eli Wallach's portrayals had full heads of hair. |
| 247 | * CostumeEvolution: The George Sanders version was a handsome middle-aged man forced to wear a special suit. The subsequent incarnations looked inhuman with their ghastly blue skin and freeze collar making him look closer to modern incarnations of the character. |
| 248 | * CutLexLuthorACheck: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Freeze in the comic continuation when he sets his newest evil scheme into motion. When Gotham is gripped by a heatwave, he sells small, personal cooling devices designed to give the user a personal cold shield to keep them from overheating. Selling the devices across all of Gotham, they would have undoubtedly been as helpful in the real world as much as it was in the comic world. Unfortunately, said devices turn out to be little more than [[spoiler:transponders to help him turn Gotham into a blizzard-stricken city, paving the way for jumpstarting the next ice age. In this way he makes a small profit ''and'' gets his revenge]]. |
| 249 | * EnemyMine: He and the other villains work with Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Napoleon Solo, and Illya Kuryakin against Hugo Strange in ''Batman '66 Meets The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', but not without eventually betraying the heroes at the last minute. |
| 250 | * EvilGenius: He's smart enough to be able to create a multitude of devices not only designed to help him survive his environment but has a good grasp of technology and communications devices to be able to broadcast entire cold waves across Gotham. |
| 251 | * FreudianExcuse: He was just a MadScientist, until Batman spilled those chemicals on him. |
| 252 | * HerrDoktor: Sanders and Wallach gave him a German accent. Preminger used his natural Austrian accent. |
| 253 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: The George Sanders version had upscale tastes in suits, liquor, and home decor. |
| 254 | * {{Revenge}}: His primary motivation for what Batman did to him -- even if it was an accident. |
| 255 | -->''"You must pay for what you did to me. For forcing me to live like this. Never again to know the warmth of a summer breeze. Never to feel the heat of burning logs in wintertime. Revenge. That is what I need. Revenge! I will have revenge!"'' |
| 256 | * TragicVillain: Out of all the villains, it's hard not to pity him considering he ''can't'' survive in normal temperatures without his special refrigerator suit or freeze collar. [[SympathyForTheDevil Even Batman pities him]], and in part believes himself responsible for Mr. Freeze's current state. And keep in mind, this is decades before Nora Fries would be introduced and Mr. Freeze's entire backstory was re-written. |
| 257 | * VerbalTic: The Preminger version, for reasons known only to him, often tacked "Wild!" in-between his sentences. |
| 258 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: His only gimmick is his FreezeRay. By his last appearance, the Dynamic Duo has invented special thermal underwear to NoSell it, leaving Mr. Freeze helpless. |
| 259 | * WickedCultured: The George Sanders version definitely enjoyed the finer things in life. When in his lair he would lounge around in a fine dressing gown or a full suit; he even timed how quickly it took his subzero skin to chill different liquors! |
| 260 | * WolverinePublicity: In modern continuations and merchandising the Preminger version is the one that's used, possibly because he's the one more in tune with how the character is modernly portrayed; ironic since Preminger was so rude and unprofessional that the production team brought in somebody else for Mr. Freeze's last appearance. |
| 261 | [[/folder]] |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[folder:Jervis Tetch / The Mad Hatter]] |
| 264 | !! Jervis Tetch / The Mad Hatter |
| 265 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th_1_55.jpg]] |
| 266 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/DavidWayne |
| 267 | |
| 268 | A particularly nasty thief obsessed with hats, who's dedicated his entire career to trying to add Batman's cowl to his collection. |
| 269 | ---- |
| 270 | * AliceAllusion: {{Averted}}. Tetch is obsessed with hats and ''just'' hats, per his characterization in the comics of the time. |
| 271 | * AxCrazy: As bad as Gotham's other arch-villains can be, not ''one'' of them looked forward to ''[[FlayedAlive skinning people alive]]'' and making hats out of the resulting GenuineHumanHide. Subverted as while he ''did'' plan on using the equipment of his hat factory on Batman, he had no plans to actually make a hat out of him, explaining it as a idle daydream. |
| 272 | * CollectorOfTheStrange: Hats. It's a rather unhealthy obsession. |
| 273 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Arguably the least silly villain on the show. David Wayne plays him pretty much completely straight and the scripts don't give him many jokes either. His plans (i.e., skinning people alive to make them into hats) are grislier than the other villains, too. |
| 274 | * {{Determinator}}: He will do ''anything'' to get his hands on Batman's cowl -- he even made it radioactive just to get Batman to take it off; [[DidntThinkThisThrough ignoring the health risks of manhandling a radioactive cowl himself]]. |
| 275 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being obsessed with getting Batman's cowl, even he wouldn't steal from what appears to be a dead man. He even mentions he finds it morbid. |
| 276 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: A rare aversion for this show; he is referred to as "Jervis Tetch" and "Mad Hatter" in about equal measure. |
| 277 | * {{Jerkass}}: The Mad Hatter is one of the meanest and most humorless villains on the show. |
| 278 | * RageAgainstTheLegalSystem: In his first appearance, he kidnapped the members of the jury that convicted him at his last trial. |
| 279 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: The comic continuation reveals he's the brother to the Clock King. |
| 280 | * SharpDressedMan: He always wears a very dapper gray morning suit to go with his top hat. |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder:Prof. William [=McElroy=] / King Tut]] |
| 284 | !! Prof. William [=McElroy=] / King Tut |
| 285 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6102pd_xfpl.jpg]] |
| 286 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/VictorBuono, Creator/WallyWingert (voice in ''Vs. Two-Face'') |
| 287 | |
| 288 | A mild-mannered Egyptology professor who whenever he gets bumped on the head is convinced he's the reincarnation of King Tut and that Gotham is Thebes. The only villain outside of the main four to appear in all three seasons. |
| 289 | ---- |
| 290 | * AdiposeRex: He's quite large and fancies himself the reincarnation of an Egyptian pharaoh. Interestingly, though, in his debut episode, he refused to eat "unclean" food like hot dogs, insisting instead on grapes, figs, and ambrosia fit for a king. |
| 291 | * BerserkButton: Referencing Batman is sure to get him riled up. Interestingly, in his first episode, he also loses his temper if anyone mentions that he's a professor of Egyptology who got bonked on the head and subsequently went mad; when his moll Nefertiti does so, Tut tortures her to the point of utterly breaking her mind. |
| 292 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: While he's one of the goofiest villains in terms of personality, he's ''also'' an utterly ruthless would-be tyrant (once torturing his moll into permanent insanity for daring to bring up his alter-ego), and in some respects [[NearVillainVictory came closest]] to unearthing Batman's secret identity. |
| 293 | * BreakoutCharacter: Within the show itself; while most of the villains created for the show only appeared once or twice, Tut was so popular among both fans and Victor Buono himself that he became the only villain outside of the big four to appear in every season, amassing a total of eleven appearances (counting cameos and two-part episodes). |
| 294 | * CanonForeigner: King Tut was created exclusively for the series, but became popular enough to make appearances in later ''Batman'' media. |
| 295 | * ContrivedCoincidence: No matter how many times he was defeated and returned to sanity, poor Professor [=McElroy=] always managed to be bonked on the head again, turning him back into the crazed King Tut. It was particularly blatant when he revealed that he'd had a reinforced bowler hat specially made to prevent head injuries...and the ''instant'' he took it off for a single moment, a flowerpot fell from a nearby window and knocked his noggin. |
| 296 | * DeadpanSnarker: Not only with his flunkies and Batman but even with Chief O'Hara the time he uses his beetle brew to mesmerize him. |
| 297 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In “Tut’s Case Is Shut,” he outright cries when he has to kill all his scarabs to complete his scheme. |
| 298 | * EvilIsHammy: Tut has to be the most bombastic villain on the show. |
| 299 | * FatBastard: Victor Buono was not a slender fellow, and King Tut was a remorseless villain. Professor [=MacElroy=] averted the "bastard" part, though. |
| 300 | * HoldYourHippogriffs: When frustrated, he tends to swear--but given his obsessions, he invokes the names of Egyptian gods and pharaohs (who were considered deities themselves) to rant. For instance, when Batman and Robin escape one of his traps, Tut lets out a mighty "CURSES OF AMENHOTEP!" |
| 301 | * InsistentTerminology: He's "Your Highness" or "King Tut", ''not'' "boss." Anyone who fails to call him by his royal names gets a DeathGlare. |
| 302 | * JekyllAndHyde: Tut is only a villain when he gets bumped on the head. Another bump and he's back to his mild-mannered self. |
| 303 | * LargeHam: He couldn't be any hammier if he tried, for he is as boastful and loud as any other villain, befitting his grandiose personality and choice of themes. Victor Buono enjoyed the [[ChewingTheScenery feast]] he was presented every time he played the character, saying that it gave him the golden opportunity to do that which actors were carefully trained not to do: overact. |
| 304 | * NearVillainVictory: He figures out that Batman and Bruce Wayne are the same, and is just about to announce it to the world. Unfortunately for him, he pronounces it a little ''too'' loud...[[BatmanGambit just as Batman was counting on]], for a mine support beam falls loose from his screaming and clonks him on the head, reverting him to Professor [=McElroy=] in the nick of time. |
| 305 | * NephariousPharaoh: He presented himself as the reincarnation of King Tut, though he mixes this gimmick with others as necessary. |
| 306 | * PsychopathicManchild: Is up there with The Joker as one of the least mature supervillains in the show, throwing tantrums and calling his opponents childish names regularly. |
| 307 | * SelfHarm: PlayedForLaughs, but in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTwoFace'', he deliberately clubs himself on the head to forcibly revert himself to Professor [=McElroy=] to prevent himself from talking. |
| 308 | * SplitPersonalityTakeover: His Season 3 appearances (perhaps [[FridgeHorror inadvertently]]) hint at this -- the justice system has started treating him as a full-blown criminal, even locking him up in the Arch Criminal Wing alongside the likes of Joker and Penguin. The digital comic makes it even ''worse'', confirming that Tut has, at the very least, learned how to [[HydePlaysJekyll masquerade as his civilian side]]. |
| 309 | * SuddenlyShouting: Tut tended to go from quietly musing about his greatness to outright screaming about Batman. |
| 310 | * TookALevelInBadass: Tut starts out as a NonActionBigBad but is taking part in brawls by season 3. In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' he even manages to take down ''three'' clones of Batman with nothing but his staff![[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:Egghead]] |
| 313 | !! Egghead |
| 314 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/egghead_03_0.jpg]] |
| 315 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/VincentPrice |
| 316 | |
| 317 | An eggceptionally smarmy -- and pun-loving -- EvilGenius who will stop at nothing to prove himself the greatest mind in Gotham (and [[TodayXTomorrowTheWorld the world]]). |
| 318 | ---- |
| 319 | * ArchEnemy: In the comic continuation, he flat out admits in the story "Eggolution" that Batman is the [[Literature/LesMiserables Val Jean to his Javert]]. |
| 320 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: Out of all the villains, Egghead is the only one to realize that Batman would ''have'' to be a millionaire to fund his super-heroics. After a simple process of elimination of Gotham's elite (one is too old, one has a French accent, one is left-handed, etc.) he concludes that Bruce Wayne is the only candidate.[[note]]Note that he's beaten Ra's al Ghul to it by a good five years![[/note]] Though for some reason, when the mind-reading machine he was going to use to check frizzes out, Egghead just drops the whole thing. |
| 321 | ** Batman fools him by focusing on the most shallow and self-absorbed thoughts he can manage when the mind-reading machine is working. Egghead is disgusted by the emptyheaded thoughts and refuses to believe that anyone as intelligent as Batman would be capable of faking that level of tripe. |
| 322 | * BaldOfEvil: He gets his name from his unnaturally large, pale bald head. |
| 323 | * BerserkButton: as the comic's continuation revealed, he hates when anyone questions his methods. He drops the Dynamic Duo and a poor henchman of his out his blimp--the former for questioning how low he would go to capture them (having tricked the heroes into attending a false charity event), and the latter for (rightly) suggesting that they take Batman's utility belt. |
| 324 | * CanonImmigrant: Along with King Tut, Egghead's the only other Rogue created for the series to be brought over (albeit in minor appearances) to the main [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn comics canon]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie other Batman media]] separate from the [[ComicBook/Batman66 series canon]], all happening nearly ''five decades'' since the series. |
| 325 | * DirtyCoward: This could apply to most if not all of the arch-criminals, but Egghead is the only one who flat-out ''admits'' his cowardice -- to Batgirl, no less! |
| 326 | * EnemyMine: He and the other villains work with Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Napoleon Solo, and Illya Kuryakin against Hugo Strange in ''Batman '66 Meets The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', but not without eventually betraying the heroes at the last minute. |
| 327 | * EvilBrit: Downplayed-- Vincent Price plays Egghead with a [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Mid-Atlantic accent]] which has a touch of Britishness. |
| 328 | * EvolutionPowerUp: In the comic's continuation, he creates a device that evolves his body to that of a 40th-century human. While he doesn't physically change (aside from his costume and glowing eyes), he does gain the ability to manipulate matter in any way he pleases, place others under mind control, and forcibly devolve Batman and Robin into cavemen. |
| 329 | * IdiotBall: When he has Batman and Robin held hostage in a comic-continuation story, one of his henchmen suggests they should take off Batman's utility belt, just in case. As demonstrated multiple times, Batman's belt can do just about anything and holds nearly everything he needs to escape death traps. All this does is trigger Egghead's BerserkButton and lead him to drop both the henchman and the Dynamic Duo out of his blimp. Of course, the henchman is right, as Batman calls the Batcopter over and save them from certain doom, allowing them to commandeer Egghead's blimp and send him right back to prison. For a supposed genius, he didn't think that one through. |
| 330 | * InformedAbility: While he does have some occasional very smart moments, all of his schemes are fundamentally flawed. Had the mayor been smart and hired an army of lawyers to read through the Gotham City charter, Egghead's control over the city wouldn't have lasted a day. And he should have known there was no way he was going to hatch a fossilized dinosaur egg. Nor should he have eggnored his henchman's suggestion to get rid of Batman's utility belt. |
| 331 | * InsufferableGenius: One smarmy smart guy. |
| 332 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Played straight in “The Yegg Foes in Gotham”. Egghead succeeds in taking control of Gotham thanks to the charter he stole, but the charter itself also becomes his undoing. As Batman finds out, no criminal has any legal authority to run the city. |
| 333 | * MyBrainIsBig: With a chrome-dome like that, what would you eggspect? |
| 334 | * PungeonMaster: Belts out a truly ''eggcessive'' number of egg puns whenever he gets the chance. The only one to come even close would be ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'''s version of Mr. Freeze with ice puns. |
| 335 | * PyrrhicVictory: In the comic's continuation, his successful evolution into an all-powerful being gives him complete and utter control of Gotham, but [[VictoryIsBoring he finds such petty drivel meaningless]], especially as he reduced the Dynamic Duo into mindless cavemen (or so he thinks). He mentions this trope outright when discussing it with his henchman, and has to eggsplain to one of them what it means. |
| 336 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: The ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' comic crossover reveals him to be the ancestor of the Legion's enemy Universo. |
| 337 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Sometimes, but often uses simpler terms. |
| 338 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: According to Batman, his diet consists eggsclusively of grade triple-A white eggs. |
| 339 | * UnholyMatrimony: With Olga in the third season (though she's always quick to remind him he's only a ''prospective'' consort). This led to some serious BadassDecay for him, though he still had his moments. |
| 340 | [[/folder]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[folder:Marsha, Queen of Diamonds]] |
| 343 | !! Marsha, Queen of Diamonds |
| 344 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c3d94f07f35d96c3d759ed5487b6321d.jpg]] |
| 345 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/CarolynJones |
| 346 | |
| 347 | A world class-thief obsessed with diamonds, usually assisted by her WickedWitch aunt Hilda. Her ultimate goal is to steal the Bat-Diamond that Batman uses to power his Batcomputer. |
| 348 | ---- |
| 349 | * AndIMustScream: One of her defeats in the comic continuation ends this way, when a perpetual slow-motion potion made by Aunt Helga accidentally gets on Marsha, trapping her in a state where she's staring in awe at the Bat-Diamond. |
| 350 | * AndNowYouMustMarryMe: When she uses her love potion on Robin, he falls so madly in love with her, that she forces Batman to marry her--and thus give her legal access to the Bat-Diamond powering his computers--if she is to break the spell on the Boy Wonder. Batman reluctantly goes through with it--[[SubvertedTrope only for Alfred and Aunt Harriet to show up with a fake marriage license claiming that Batman is already married to the latter, forcing her to call it off]]. |
| 351 | * LovesOnlyGold: Nothing but diamonds are good enough for her. |
| 352 | * SerialSpouse: The tie-in comic establishes that she's had no less than 52 husbands. |
| 353 | * TheVamp: She seduces men to do her bidding thanks to love potions brewed by her Aunt Hilda. Batman was barely able to resist it, and only by sheer HeroicWillpower. Robin, however, was not so lucky. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:Shame & Calamity Jan]] |
| 357 | !! Shame & Calamity Jan |
| 358 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cliff_robertson_and_dina_merrill_in_batman_western.jpg]] |
| 359 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/CliffRobertson and Creator/DinaMerrill |
| 360 | |
| 361 | Thick as a brick but always handy with his six-shooters, the modern-day {{Outlaw}} known as Shame loves himself every WildWest cliché in the book... but not as much as he loves some easy loot. |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | * DeadpanSnarker: A lot more prone to this than the other villains, since his default mood is very laid-back and dry. That said, he also ''gets'' snarked a lot, thanks to his slow wit and temper flareups. |
| 364 | * DiscoDan: He's almost as over-the-top with his gimmick as Tut's, but he's sane enough to realize it's not 1866... he just really, really wishes it was. |
| 365 | * TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: He and his fiancée Calamity Jan make a pretty faithful OutlawCouple, and while Jan's mother Frontier Fanny [[ObnoxiousInLaws nags him a lot]], she ''is'' otherwise a fairly obedient and competent member of his gang. |
| 366 | * GirlishPigtails: Jan is normally calm and pleasant-natured despite her criminal temperament and has pigtails tied with bandanas. |
| 367 | * TheGunslinger: Keeping in with their Wild West theme, he and his gang are always armed to the teeth (not that it does them much good against the heroes' PlotArmor). He even keeps a LittleUselessGun in his hat as a last resort. |
| 368 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: His henchman Thunderhawk, whom Shame forces to act like a stereotypical Native American, is quick to turn on his boss when Batman offers him a chance to clear his name (as Daniel Greyhawk, his true identity, was framed for fabricating fission research, something that Batman points out may have been committed by an ex-colleague of Greyhawk's that was recently found to be a foreign spy). |
| 369 | * NobodyCallsMeChicken: A rare villainous example -- in his second appearance, this is how Batman draws him out of hiding. When Batman uses sky-writing to insult Shame and call him out, Shame insists on meeting him for a showdown despite Calamity Jan warning him that it's a trap. |
| 370 | * ObnoxiousInLaws: Downplayed with Calamity Jan's mother, Frontier Fanny. She certainly nags Shane a lot, but she's nevertheless loyal to him. |
| 371 | * PragmaticVillainy: Shame doesn't steal items, at least not ones that he can easily afford to pay for, whenever he has a job coming up and doesn't want to attract the attention of the authorities. |
| 372 | * OutlawCouple: Shame and Calamity Jan are engaged. |
| 373 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: A deliberately childish and silly version in the digital comic story "Showdown with Shame", where he's frustrated that his henchman Thunderhawk keeps slipping out of [[TontoTalk stereotypical broken English]] and into more flowery and erudite language because it's ruining the gang's mystique. (This is also because Thunderhawk happens to be a former Yale physics student, and Shame is not a fan of "book-learnin'" in general.) |
| 374 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Calamity Jan is established as Shame's long-term girlfriend even though, in his previous appearance, he had a different female accomplice and implied lover, who is never mentioned in season 3. |
| 375 | * TheRustler: His debut episode played him as a modern-day version of this, an evil cowboy going around "rustling" cars and car parts. |
| 376 | * ShoutOut: His name is a reference to the eponymous hero of the western ''Film/{{Shane}}''. And of course one of his appearances features a kid yelling "Come back Shame!" |
| 377 | * TrainJob: Appropriate to his gimmick, Shame pulled this off twice. First, in the show itself, he stages a robbery of a train full of money being pulled out of circulation. Then, in the [[ComicBook/Batman66 comic continuation]], he robs a vintage train that had been converted to tourist service. They initially think it's AllPartOfTheShow until he subverts this by revealing his bullets are as real as they come. |
| 378 | [[/folder]] |
| 379 | |
| 380 | [[folder:Olga, Queen of the Cossacks]] |
| 381 | !! Olga, Queen of the Cossacks |
| 382 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/olga_queen_of_the_cossacks.jpg]] |
| 383 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/AnneBaxter |
| 384 | ---- |
| 385 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: In the comic's continuation, she decides that Batman shall be her new husband (with Batman [[LampshadedTrope lampshading]] how quickly she moved on from Egghead once he ended up in jail). Naturally, Batman refuses. |
| 386 | * BearsAreBadNews: She employs a pair of trained Ursas in the comic's continuation, but Batman and Robin can sway the bears onto their side. Being the heroes they are, however, they won't use the bears against her. |
| 387 | * EnemyMine: She and the other villains work with Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Napoleon Solo, and Illya Kuryakin against Hugo Strange in ''Batman '66 Meets The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', but not without eventually betraying the heroes at the last minute. |
| 388 | * EvilRedhead: Often obscured by her trademark fur hat, but it's there. |
| 389 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Olga was washing dishes before Egghead convinced her to become a criminal, at which point she is arguably EvilerThanThou toward Egghead. |
| 390 | * FunnyForeigner: Complete with an over-the-top accent[[note]]Baxter even learned how to swear in Russian![[/note]] and cultural quirks that range from the funny ([[ExoticExtendedMarriage "Cossack queen is permitted up to six husbands!"]]) to the horrifying ([[IAmAHumanitarian "wedding borscht made from captured prisoners!"]]). |
| 391 | * SensualSlavs: Played surprisingly straight, given the [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar time period]]. What's more, she doesn't even ''pretend'' to have thoughts of a HighHeelFaceTurn. |
| 392 | * UnholyMatrimony: With Egghead. |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | [[folder:Louie the Lilac]] |
| 396 | !! Louie the Lilac |
| 397 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bntg2nde1mmutyjq2ni00zwvmltlkzdqtntuzodkwzdzhmzu2xkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymtqxmjk0mg_v1.jpg]] |
| 398 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/MiltonBerle |
| 399 | ---- |
| 400 | * BackForTheDead: After a brief cameo in [[ComicBook/Batman66 the comic continuation]], he ends up being killed by Poison Ivy when he appears next. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] near the end of the comic, as Ivy reveals that poison she gave Louie only put him in a [[NotQuiteDead near death state]]. |
| 401 | * CigarChomper: In classic gangster style. |
| 402 | * FoulFlower: [[DownplayedTrope In the form of a nickname]], Louie also makes use of mutant plants (including a carnivorous lilac bush) and gives his henchmen flower-themed names. |
| 403 | * RealMenWearPink: Despite Milton Berle's masculine appearance, Louie centers his whole gimmick around flowers... he makes the Joker look like a regular Creator/JohnWayne. |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | !!Minor Villains |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:Zelda the Great]] |
| 409 | !! Zelda the Great |
| 410 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bmja2ndkwmjy3ov5bml5banbnxkftztgwnzkwmtaxmze_v1.jpg]] |
| 411 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/AnneBaxter |
| 412 | One of Gotham's cleverest magicians -- who also moonlights as the April Fool's Thief, stealing $100,000 every AprilFoolsDay to pay the unscrupulous inventor that comes up with most of her equipment. |
| 413 | ---- |
| 414 | * AdaptationalMotiveChange: In order to keep her as a villain, the Batman 66 comic series changes Zelda's motivation from paying for her magic tricks to trying to prove she is a better escapologist than Batman and Robin. |
| 415 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Zelda is one of the least dangerous and malicious villains in the show, but she figures out Batman's plans to trap her when a valuable jewel is conveniently on display. Instead, she kidnaps Harriett Cooper while Batman and Robin are staking out the jewel store. She also shows up at the jewelry store and uses smoke bombs and trick mirrors to make Batman and Robin charge off in the wrong direction. |
| 416 | * EscapeArtist: Her biggest draw as a performer, though she's also capable of smaller magic tricks. |
| 417 | * ForcedIntoEvil: While there were, perhaps, more ethical ways of solving her predicament, she's not happy about her life of crime and draws the line at killing. |
| 418 | * GenderFlip: Her debut episode was loosely adapted from a comic ("Batman's Inescapable Doom Trap") that featured a male magician named ''Carnado'' the Great. |
| 419 | * HighHeelFaceTurn: The only Special Guest Villain(ess) on the show who promised to reform at the end, and meant it. Note that the digital comic completely ignores this. |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:False Face]] |
| 423 | !! [[spoiler:Basil Karlo]] / False Face / [[spoiler:Clayface]] |
| 424 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bztu1mwnlmgytytixmy00mmm4lwizowetndhintdin2vlnjk1xkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymtqxmjk0mg_v1_3.jpg]] |
| 425 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/MalachiThrone |
| 426 | ---- |
| 427 | * AdaptationalJobChange: [[spoiler:While Basil Karlo is traditionally an actor, False-Face's origin given in the tie-in comic story "The Quagmire of Clayface" establishes that he was a career criminal before drinking the formula that enabled him to change his appearance.]] |
| 428 | * ClothingAppendage: [[spoiler:His first story as Clayface and his appearance in the ''ComicBook/WonderWoman77'' crossover depict portions of his clay-like body forming the impressions of a suit and tie.]] |
| 429 | * CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Already a lesser-known villain from the comics, ''ComicBook/Batman66'' makes him into this continuity's Clayface by revealing that his real name is Basil Karlo and having him consume a potion that turns him into a claylike being with shape-shifting powers.]] |
| 430 | * EarlyBirdCameo: A retroactive example as of the tie-in comics. [[spoiler:The comics have him become this continuity's Clayface, and he appears among the assembled villains in the final issue's story due to it being a deliberate homage to the original show's title sequence, where Clayface was among the villains shown.]] |
| 431 | * FrameUp: He disguises himself as Bruce Wayne in the comic continuation and pawns off fake jewelry, forcing Bruce to don the mantle of Batman a bit longer than he'd planned that day. |
| 432 | * GivenNameReveal: Issue 59 of the digital comic (issue 23 in the print version) gives his true name as [[spoiler:Basil Karlo, in the process making him double as this continuity's Clayface]]. |
| 433 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Disguising himself as Bruce Wayne to pawn off fake jewelry might have worked, had he not bumped into Batman and Robin chasing down the Riddler at the same time. While he doesn't know that Batman and Bruce Wayne are the same, Robin spotting Bruce walking down the street in broad daylight picking up Riddler's stolen loot tips him off that something's wrong, since Bruce is right beside him attempting to fight off Riddler. This helps Bruce piece together that False Face is framing him. |
| 434 | * MasterOfDisguise: Other villains dip into this now and then, but only he makes it his stock-in-trade. |
| 435 | * MonumentalDamage: His first story in the ''ComicBook/Batman66'' tie-in comic, "The Fiend is False", ends with him attempting to blow up Mt. Rushmore. |
| 436 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: [[spoiler:He appears as Clayface in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman77'', where the second Cheetah tries to get him to defeat Wonder Woman and he attempts to get more powerful by absorbing the clay on Paradise Island. The closest the story gets to acknowledging Clayface's history with Batman is Wonder Woman remarking that he's a long way from Gotham City.]] |
| 437 | * ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: In the tie-in comic story "The Fiend is False", he tries to deter Batman from knocking him out by assuming the likeness of Abraham Lincoln. This of course doesn't fool Batman at all. |
| 438 | * ThrowTheDogABone: Despite being an evil scumbag, he does get a little treat in the comic continuation. He makes a gritty [[DarkerAndEdgier and downright gruesome]] Batman TV series, hoping that it would eventually lure the real deal out to the tv studio where it was filmed so he could make the finale about the real Batman's demise. Naturally, Batman escapes, but the episode is so well-received by the public, it wins major awards, especially for False-Face and Batman (though neither are available to claim it). He's very ecstatic. |
| 439 | [[/folder]] |
| 440 | |
| 441 | [[folder:The Bookworm]] |
| 442 | !! The Bookworm |
| 443 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_villains_66_bookworm.jpg]] |
| 444 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/RoddyMcDowall |
| 445 | |
| 446 | A failed author turned super crook. |
| 447 | ---- |
| 448 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: As with Egghead in the show, the comic continuation sees him stake out Batman and analyze everything he does to determine his true identity. He ''almost'' succeeds, but Batman catches on and makes it seem as if [[spoiler:Alfred]] is the Caped Crusader. |
| 449 | * BatmanGambit: He steals a massive check from a crowdfunding effort, knowing that Batman and Robin's attempts to track him down will give him enough clues to deduce Batman's true identity. Unfortunately for him, [[SubvertedTrope Batman figures it out and dupes him]]. |
| 450 | * BerserkButton: ''Don't'' bring up his failed attempts at literary greatness. |
| 451 | * BuffySpeak: At one point, Bookworm refers to his intelligence as "my brain-drenched mind". |
| 452 | * CreativeSterility: The reason behind said failed attempts -- despite being magnificently well-read, he doesn't have an ounce of creativity in his body and is forced to pilfer schemes wholesale from classic literature instead of coming up with new ones. |
| 453 | -->'''Bookworm:''' Books, ''books'' -- that's the secret of my success. Books. Ohh, I read them all... I inherit the wisdom of the ages; every plot, ever devised, is here, inside my head.\ |
| 454 | '''Lydia:''' Oh, Bookworm -- with a mind like yours, I wonder why you don't write your ''own'' best-seller.\ |
| 455 | '''Bookworm:''' ''[Furious]'' SHUT UPPP! Oh, don't you DARE say that to me!\ |
| 456 | '''Lydia:''' B-but Bookworm, I --\ |
| 457 | '''Bookworm:''' NO, you, you, you, you're TAUNTING me, aren't you?!\ |
| 458 | '''Lydia:''' NO, Bookworm!\ |
| 459 | '''Bookworm:''' YES, YESYOUARE, YOU'RE TAUNTING, ''MOCKING'' ME! AND WHY?! Why, because I have no ORIGINALITY, that's why! WHY, BECAUSE I'M ONLY THE MASTER OF ''STOLEN PLOTS!'' |
| 460 | * EliteMooks: The Bookworms minions are surprisingly competent compared to the lackeys of other arch-criminals in the series. Lydia figures out from a few verbal clues that Robin knows who she is and successfully captures him for Bookworm all on her own, then sensibly lets Bookworm known what is going on. The other minions prove equally competent at their activities. Bookworm actually comes close to achieving his plot before end. |
| 461 | * EvilBrit: He ''is'' played by Roddy [=McDowall=] after all. |
| 462 | * AFatherToHisMen: No matter how many tantrums The Bookworm throws, his minions ''adore'' him and BIRG [Bask In Reflected Glory] off his self-confidence and intelligence. At one point, he threatens his cowering moll with an enormous book only to become distracted by its title instead; she immediately forgives and forgets his interrupted attack and goes back to idolizing him. |
| 463 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears some of the biggest specs in the series, and is also one of ''the'' most violently unstable crooks. |
| 464 | * HellBentForLeather: His suit and fedora are made from book leather.[[note]]Although Roddy [=McDowall=] loved appearing on the show, he mentioned later that wearing the costume got "incredibly hot", and given that he spent four films [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes playing a chimpanzee]] under heavy makeup and full hair...[[/note]] |
| 465 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the digital comic, he's eventually [[spoiler:trapped in the same spell book that he tries to use against Batgirl, who knows the incantations better than he does. Whether this proves to be permanent (or even fatal) remains to be seen]]. |
| 466 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: |
| 467 | ** He fancies himself quite the bibliophile, but naturally Batman (and Bruce Wayne) outclasses him. |
| 468 | --->'''Bookworm:''' I'm so much cleverer than all of you, you see. Oh, as the poet says, "They who lose today may win tomorrow".\ |
| 469 | '''Bruce Wayne:''' Wrong, Bookworm. ''Not'' the poet. That line's from Cervantes' ''Literature/DonQuixote''. [[LudicrousPrecision Part One: Book One: Chapter Seven]].\ |
| 470 | '''Bookworm:''' Poof! That devil. This fellow is almost as obnoxious as Batman. |
| 471 | ** In the digital comic, he attempts an Egghead-style AwesomenessByAnalysis (though with different observations) to crack Batman's secret identity. Ultimately, he [[EntertaininglyWrong concludes]] that ''[[spoiler:Alfred]]'' is Batman. |
| 472 | * MoodSwinger: Bookworm flies into a rage twice during his episodes, and he snaps out of it both times in a matter of seconds. |
| 473 | * NewMediaAreEvil: The comic continuation reveals he thinks television rots people's brains. |
| 474 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: Despite his mood swings, Bookworm is one of the most pragmatic villain Batman has faced. When a deathtrap fails, he explodes in a momentary temper tantrum, then calms down and decides that "facts are stubborn things" and so the only thing to do is to shrug and accept the loss. When he encounters a locked glass case with a rare book in it, he glances at the lock, shrugs, and then sensibly smashes the glass to get at the item. A few anger management classes, and he could have become one of Batman's most dangerous foes. |
| 475 | * SuperSpeedReading: Bookworm is capable of reading and memorizing an entire DoorStopper book in seconds. |
| 476 | [[/folder]] |
| 477 | |
| 478 | [[folder:The Archer]] |
| 479 | !! The Archer |
| 480 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/archer_93.jpg]] |
| 481 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/ArtCarney |
| 482 | |
| 483 | Styling himself a modern-day Myth/RobinHood, the Archer is dedicated to [[JustLikeRobinHood stealing from the rich and giving to the poor]]... and, later on, stealing from ''them'' as well. |
| 484 | ---- |
| 485 | * MasterArcher: He is an evil modern-day Robin Hood clone and is an expert shot with the bow and arrow. |
| 486 | * NeverHurtAnInnocent: While his "altruism" definitely isn't selfless, he holds himself to this standard, as his threat to kill Alfred if Batman won't give up his secret identity was just a bluff. |
| 487 | * NoNameGiven: Unlike many of the other villains, we never find out his real name. |
| 488 | * RobinHoodlum: He styles himself as a distorted modern counterpart to the Robin Hood myth. |
| 489 | * TrickArrow: A big part of his arsenal. |
| 490 | [[/folder]] |
| 491 | |
| 492 | [[folder:The Minstrel]] |
| 493 | !! The Minstrel |
| 494 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/il_794xn749763581_k3ja.jpg]] |
| 495 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/VanJohnson |
| 496 | |
| 497 | Rarely seen without his trusty mandolin, this deceptively foppish arch-villain knows everything there is to know about music -- including the exact frequency needed to vibrate a city into dust. |
| 498 | ---- |
| 499 | * {{Blackmail}}: His plan during his only appearance is to force Gotham's stock exchange to pay a large ransom each weak, or he will throw the stock market into chaos. |
| 500 | * DoNotAdjustYourSet: Does this in his first appearance, hijacking Gotham’s television sets to deliver his threat to the city's stock exchange. |
| 501 | * GadgeteerGenius: The Minstrel is an electronic genius, and his inventions make up a large chunk of his arsenal. |
| 502 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: The [[ComicBook/Batman66 comic continuation]] sees him steal Bruce Wayne's Shakespeare bust from his study, hoping Batman and Robin would find it and realize where he is. He intended to use his melodic talents to turn the Batmobile's frequency against it, thereby destroying the car (and the Dynamic Duo along with it) with his special weapon. Unbeknown to him, stealing the bust physically prevented the heroes from getting into the Batcave...right where the Batmobile was parked! |
| 503 | * {{Revenge}}: Is dead set on this in ''ComicBook/Batman66'', as he wishes Batman and Robin destroyed for arresting him. |
| 504 | * WeWillMeetAgain: His episode ends with him vowing to eventually break out of prison to get even with Batman, a promise he wouldn't make good on until the tie-in comic story "To Be or Not to Be". |
| 505 | [[/folder]] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | [[folder:Ma Parker]] |
| 508 | !! Ma Parker |
| 509 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a89be6a77d9f79db29f2e730d9e7d2b4.jpg]] |
| 510 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/ShelleyWinters |
| 511 | |
| 512 | Proud mother -- and manager -- of four infamous bank robbers, Ma Parker has terrorized countless cities across the nation but finds Gotham and its clan of crimefighters a decidedly tougher nut to crack. |
| 513 | ---- |
| 514 | * EvilMatriarch: Evil to the core, but loves her children to [[MyBelovedSmother near-smothering levels]]... as long as they're following orders, that is. |
| 515 | * FemaleMisogynist: Dotes on her sons, but she has nothing but contempt for her daughter; she openly hates girls believing they have no business doing crime. |
| 516 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A pretty blatant parody of Ma Barker, alleged ringmaster of the Barker Gang during Main/TheGreatDepression. All of her children are likewise named after famous gangsters of the era: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Boy_Floyd Pretty Boy]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Gun_Kelly Machine Gun]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Dog_Coll Mad Dog]], and -- [[GenderFlip most interestingly]] -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legs_Diamond Legs]]. |
| 517 | [[/folder]] |
| 518 | |
| 519 | [[folder:The Clock King]] |
| 520 | !! The Clock King |
| 521 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3382fb060d7615b92b7f8ff9202d5b64_batman_tv_show_batman_tv_series.jpg]] |
| 522 | -> '''Played by:''' Walter Slezak |
| 523 | ---- |
| 524 | * AdaptationalNameChange: His name here is Morris Tetch, rather than William Tockman, Tem, or [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Temple Fugate]]. |
| 525 | * ClockKing: Played with. He ''talks'' a big game about planning his crimes down to the second, but in practice, he's just really fond of stealing (and wearing) timepieces. |
| 526 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In the digital comic, he's shown to genuinely care for his brother, who's the Mad Hatter. |
| 527 | * GodCreatedCanonForeigner: His debut story was ''the'' last script penned by Creator/BillFinger, in what was almost certainly the first time poor Finger received ''any'' official credit on a Batman story. |
| 528 | * PragmaticVillainy: When his brother fails to steal the Crown Jewels of England, he points out to his henchman that the only mistake Jervis made was trying to commit the crime of the century, rather than play it safe. |
| 529 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: The digital comic reveals he's Morris Tetch, the Mad Hatter's brother. |
| 530 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: A Green Arrow villain transferred to Batman's rogues. |
| 531 | [[/folder]] |
| 532 | |
| 533 | [[folder:Chandell and Harry]] |
| 534 | !! Chandell |
| 535 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_66___liberace_as_chandell.jpg]] |
| 536 | -> '''Played by:''' Music/{{Liberace}} |
| 537 | |
| 538 | A well-loved celebrity pianist, Chandell hides quite a few dark secrets -- and a less-than-sterling conscience -- behind his talented fingers while helping his brother Harry commit robberies. |
| 539 | ---- |
| 540 | * AdaptationDyeJob: The digital comic [[note]]presumably not wanting to shell out to Liberace's estate[[/note]] portrays Chandell as a blonde. |
| 541 | * AffablyEvil: Chandell's a supervillain with Liberace's legendary charisma and humor. |
| 542 | * {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Harry]] is subjecting Chandell to this, threatening to reveal that the skilled pianist [[spoiler:injured his hand and forced Harry to play for him during a prominent concert]]. |
| 543 | * CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Subverted. While Chandell is being blackmailed by Harry, in the end, they're pretty much equally rotten. It's played straight in the comic continuation, as Chandell makes a genuine attempt to reform.]] |
| 544 | * TheCasanova: Chandell is a well-known lady-killer -- and he puts it to good use by having [[AmazonBrigade a trio of ladies]] as henchmen.[[note]]Yes, standards of the time mean they can't throw a punch, but on the other hand, Batman and Robin WouldntHitAGirl...[[/note]] |
| 545 | * EvilIsHammy: They are supervillains on this show and played by Liberace. "Hammy" doesn't even begin to describe them. |
| 546 | * LargeHam: It's Liberace so naturally both twins are this. |
| 547 | * PetTheDog: The one moment where Harry is more than an AxCrazy {{Jerkass}} is when he ushers Doe, Rae, and Mimi out the exit ahead of him while fleeing from Batman. |
| 548 | * ReformedCriminal: The [[ComicBook/Batman66 comics continuation]] reveals that Chandell has been putting on charity concerts to help pay for his crimes. He even helps Batman when [[spoiler:the Siren]] attacks the concert and is freed from [[spoiler:her control]], upset this might hurt his efforts to reform. |
| 549 | * TemporaryLoveInterest: Chandell to Aunt Harriet. |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | [[folder:The Puzzler]] |
| 553 | !! The Puzzler |
| 554 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/puzzler.jpg]] |
| 555 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/MauriceEvans |
| 556 | ---- |
| 557 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Stealing plans for a prototype plane? Acceptable. Selling it to a foreign government? ''Unthinkable''! |
| 558 | -->''"Have you taken leave of your senses?! I may be an arch-villain, but I'm a naturalized ''American'' arch-villain."'' |
| 559 | * EvilBrit: He speaks with a British accent, though he mentions being a naturalized US citizen. |
| 560 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For the Riddler, due to Gorshin sitting out Season Two due to a contract dispute. |
| 561 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: A Superman villain transferred to Batman's rogues, fitting since the Superman villain was originally an imitation of The Riddler in the first place! |
| 562 | * VillainRespect: When Puzzler, an endless font of Shakespeare quotes, is corrected on the placement of a line from ''Hamlet'' by Batman, he gives his nemesis an earnest salute. |
| 563 | * WickedCultured: Has a propensity for dropping [[TheBardOnBoard Shakespeare]] quotes, a nod to his actor's classically trained background. |
| 564 | [[/folder]] |
| 565 | |
| 566 | [[folder:The Sandman]] |
| 567 | !! The Sandman |
| 568 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sandman_26.jpg]] |
| 569 | -> '''Played by:''' Michael Rennie |
| 570 | |
| 571 | A master thief from Europe, the Sandman can put just about anyone down for forty winks with one pinch of his chemically treated sand -- and in the process, turn them into sleepwalking SlaveMooks. |
| 572 | ---- |
| 573 | * BeardOfEvil: He is depicted with a goatee in the tie-in comic. |
| 574 | * EnemyMine: He and the other villains work with Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Napoleon Solo, and Illya Kuryakin against Hugo Strange in ''Batman '66 Meets The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', but not without eventually betraying the heroes at the last minute. |
| 575 | * GoldDigger: His EvilPlan was seducing noodle queen, Pauline J. Spaghetti posing as a doctor to cure her of [[TheInsomniac insomnia]] so he could get his hands on her vast fortune. |
| 576 | * NoHonorAmongThieves: He teamed up with Catwoman but had no intention of sharing the loot with her, but on the flipside, Catwoman was intending to do the same. |
| 577 | * SecretIdentityApathy: In the tie-in comic story "The Sandman Says Goodnight", his underling Aurora questions why he isn't taking the opportunity to unmask Batman after using his sand to put him to sleep. The Sandman responds that he has no desire to find out Batman's secret identity and prefers to think of his enemy as the disguise rather than the man who is wearing it. |
| 578 | [[/folder]] |
| 579 | |
| 580 | [[folder:Colonel Gumm]] |
| 581 | ! Colonel Gumm |
| 582 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1f9717a41154cc51d3b63560aa58c082.jpg]] |
| 583 | -> '''Played by:''' Roger C. Carmel |
| 584 | |
| 585 | The crooked foreman of the Pink Chips Stamp Factory. |
| 586 | ---- |
| 587 | * AdaptationNameChange: Downplayed -- in ''Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet'', he gives himself a "battlefield promotion" to General. |
| 588 | * BadJobWorseUniform: His work uniform is bright pink because his employer, Pinky Pinkston is a girly girl who demands it. |
| 589 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: Gumm's return in ''Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet'' features his face and hands covered in a thick white epoxy of flexible but irremovable Gumm Glue, the result of a lab accident after getting out of prison. [[note]]All of which is a tidy but very contrived way to say that DC and Dynamite either didn't have or didn't want to pay for, the rights to Carmel the actor's likeness.[[/note]] |
| 590 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: His entire EvilPlan revolves around the manufacture and circulation of ... counterfeit rare postage stamps. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes really]]. |
| 591 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Since his story was the crossover with Radio/TheGreenHornet, Gumm has the dubious distinction of being the only villain ''not'' to be given a "special guest villain credit". |
| 592 | * PragmaticVillainy: Unlike many of the villains Gumm didn't try to trick or outwit Batman ''directly'' but was operating in secret. It was only the arrival of the Green Hornet that alerted Batman to him. |
| 593 | * RealMenWearPink: In ''Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet'', he wears a pink army uniform. |
| 594 | * ShoutOut: The idea of a villain having his face permanently disfigured by a super-strong adhesive [[HoistByHisOwnPetard of their own making]] is also shared by ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' villain Baron Zemo. |
| 595 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Alphabet soup. He goes so far as to add extra letters. |
| 596 | --> "This alphabet soup needs more consonants in it." |
| 597 | * VillainTeamUp: He conspires with the Joker in ''Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet''. |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder:Black Widow]] |
| 601 | !! Black Widow |
| 602 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cskbq5bwcaisqfy.jpg]] |
| 603 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/TallulahBankhead |
| 604 | ---- |
| 605 | * AgeLift: In the comic continuation, she looks noticeably younger.[[note]]Presumably so the creators didn't have to pay Tallulah Bankhead's estate.[[/note]] |
| 606 | * AmbiguousSituation: The comic continuation sees her purposely ''slip spiders into a scientist's brain'' shortly after he manages to create a formula that would render fossil fuels obsolete. She tells him that she had well-paying clients that hired her and her partner, the Penguin, to ensure that things stayed the same, but it's never made clear who exactly paid her. |
| 607 | * BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Black Widow and her henchmen end up getting a taste of their own medicine when Batman uses a mind control device disguised as a hair dryer to alter her personality into a good person. |
| 608 | * DeadpanSnarker: She is, after all, played by Creator/TallulahBankhead! |
| 609 | * FateWorseThanDeath: A scientist creates a revolutionary new formula that would replace fossil fuels. She's paid to take him out, but rather than kill him, she effectively lobotomizes him by having spiders ''lay eggs in his brain''. Though Batman notes that the doctor will live and that his mind could be retrained to function again, it's very unlikely he'll ever be able to recreate the formula. |
| 610 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: Batman and Robin used her own mind control device on her, allowing to comply with the police without complaint. |
| 611 | * IWorkAlone: Robin notes in the comic's continuation that it's unusual for her to team up with other villains like The Penguin, finding it against her style. Batman agrees and can [[spoiler:use this information to convince Penguin to help them]]. |
| 612 | * PestController: Sometimes employs live spiders to help finish off her victims. The digital comic shows she eventually managed to breed [[GiantSpider one]] the size of a ''tank''. |
| 613 | * MeaningfulName: Batman deliberately invokes this on the Penguin in the [[ComicBook/Batman66 comic continuation]] when the slippery fiend teams up with her. He notes that, sooner or later, she will eventually tire of and dispose of the Penguin, much like her namesake. [[spoiler:This gets Penguin scared enough to set the Dynamic Duo free.]] |
| 614 | * MsFanservice: Despite being a heavy drinker and smoker in her late 60s by the time she appeared in the series, Creator/TallulahBankhead is still TheVamp as this episode shows. The comic continuation plays this up even further, showcasing her as looking a lot younger. |
| 615 | * WickedCultured: Again, she is, after all, played by Creator/TallulahBankhead! |
| 616 | [[/folder]] |
| 617 | |
| 618 | [[folder:Lorelei Circe / The Siren]] |
| 619 | !! Lorelei Circe / The Siren |
| 620 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f7ecca7c98f7ab64b3e23c4ea543595a.jpg]] |
| 621 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/JoanCollins |
| 622 | ---- |
| 623 | * CompellingVoice: Her voice can hypnotize people, but it only works on men. |
| 624 | * EnemyMine: She and the other villains work with Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Napoleon Solo, and Illya Kuryakin against Hugo Strange in ''Batman '66 Meets The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', but not without eventually betraying the heroes at the last minute. |
| 625 | * EvilDiva: Chanteuse by day, mind-controlling supervillainess by night. |
| 626 | * GodivaHair: In the tie-in comic story "Chandell's Chanteuse", she exposes Batman to a hallucinogen that causes him to see her as a topless mermaid whose breasts are obscured by her long hair. |
| 627 | * LightIsNotGood: Almost exclusively wears silver-white dresses; in her case, it's ''definitely'' a warning sign. |
| 628 | * LogicalWeakness: Her powers are practically useless if she can't sing properly. That's why, when she appears in the comic continuation, Kathy Kane can shut her up with a good splash of water. Well, that and Chandell knocking her out when he breaks loose from her mind control. |
| 629 | * MakingASplash: In the comic's continuation, she appears as a [[SirensAreMermaids mermaid]] before Batman, when she uses her new hallucination-based powers to try and take him down. It only lasts for a few panels before she appears as a devil. |
| 630 | * MeaningfulName: She's named after the [[Myth/{{Lorelei}} mythical Lorelei]], whose singing was said to entrance sailors. Circe was also a character from Greek myth known for enchanting men. |
| 631 | * MsFanservice: She spends most of her scenes in a very skimpy silver outfit. |
| 632 | * SquishyWizard: The one genuine metahuman among Gotham's criminals, but useless in direct combat (so it's a good thing our heroes WouldntHitAGirl...). |
| 633 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 634 | ** In her comic continuation appearance, she gains a new set of abilities to induce hallucinations like a real siren, courtesy of [[spoiler:the Sandman]]. |
| 635 | ** Siren is a NonActionBigBad in her episode of the show but in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'', she's shown exchanging punches with an evil Batman clone in the background in addition to using her CompellingVoice and is one of the last Rogues to be subdued. |
| 636 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Played straight, then averted. When she returns in the comic's continuation, she attempts to use her siren song on Batman, but he had specifically prepared for her return by listening to short bursts of her mind-control frequency for some time, rendering him immune to her powers. However, she is still able to place other men under her control and reveals she can now generate hallucinations to drive Batman insane. Though she still can't control women with her voice. |
| 637 | [[/folder]] |
| 638 | |
| 639 | [[folder:Drury Walker / Killer Moth]] |
| 640 | !! Drury Walker / Killer Moth |
| 641 | !!! '''Played by:''' Tim Herbert |
| 642 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/Batman1966'' (test footage only) | ''ComicBook/Batman66'' |
| 643 | ---- |
| 644 | * DecompositeCharacter: Because the test footage ultimately never aired and he wasn't officially integrated into the canon of the 1966 show until the ''ComicBook/Batman66'' tie-in comic, the Penguin takes his role as the first villain faced by Batgirl. |
| 645 | * UnseenNoMore: In the tie-in comic, he is first mentioned by the Joker during his stand-up routine at Arkham Institute in "The Joker's Big Show"/"Gotham Goes Ho Ho Ho"/"The Dynamic Duo & Batgirl Say Hello", but doesn't physically appear until Ma Parker breaks him out of prison along with Killer Croc and Solomon Grundy in the comic's antepenultimate story "Parker Breaks Out". |
| 646 | [[/folder]] |
| 647 | |
| 648 | [[folder:Lulu Schultz / Lola Lasagne]] |
| 649 | !! Lulu Schultz / Lola Lasagne |
| 650 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_66_villains_lola.jpg]] |
| 651 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/EthelMerman |
| 652 | ---- |
| 653 | * GoldDigger: Her main -- if not ''only'' -- ''modus operandi'' as a solo crook. People getting wise to this was what forced her to team up with Penguin. |
| 654 | * OldFriend: To Penguin; they were childhood playmates. |
| 655 | * SatelliteCharacter: Penguin is pretty much the only character she ever interacts with; she doesn't even get to stick the Dynamic Duo in a deathtrap! |
| 656 | [[/folder]] |
| 657 | |
| 658 | [[folder:Lord Marmaduke Ffogg & Lady Penelope Peasoup]] |
| 659 | !! Lord Marmaduke Ffogg & Lady Penelope Peasoup |
| 660 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/il_570xn1264886621_9i6w.jpg]] |
| 661 | -> '''Played by:''' Rudy Vallée and Creator/GlynisJohns |
| 662 | |
| 663 | A pair of aristocratic siblings from across UsefulNotes/ThePond. Rather high-handed and snobbish on the surface, but deep down... they're much, much worse. |
| 664 | ---- |
| 665 | * AffablyEvil: Mostly in Lady Peasoup, who affects the mannerisms of a kindly old aunt or grandmother, but it's only a very well disguised veneer that covers the worst evils of aristocracy incarnate. |
| 666 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Complete with their BigFancyHouse ("Ffogg Place"), cricket pavilion, and servants that double as {{Mooks}}. |
| 667 | * BeeAfraid: They keep African killer bees on the property to kill any intruders. Robin ends up tripping the wire and gets stung by one, but fortunately, he had the anti-venom for such a sting on hand. |
| 668 | * EvilBrit: And how! |
| 669 | * TheFagin: Apart from direct burglaries, they also run a [[AcademyOfEvil "finishing school"]] teaching young girls how to steal and rob. |
| 670 | * ObfuscatingDisability: In his "civilian" guise, Lord Ffogg usually keeps his leg in a cast, claiming to be suffering from gout. |
| 671 | * SiblingsInCrime: Why they have different last names is never commented on. |
| 672 | * SmokeOut: Lord Ffogg's primary gimmick, produced by chemicals in his DistinguishedGentlemansPipe. |
| 673 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Up until the Terrific Trio nabbed them, they were considered some of Her Majesty's noblest subjects, with reputations beyond reproach. |
| 674 | [[/folder]] |
| 675 | |
| 676 | [[folder:Nora Clavicle]] |
| 677 | !! Nora Clavicle |
| 678 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nora_0.jpg]] |
| 679 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/BarbaraRush |
| 680 | |
| 681 | ---- |
| 682 | * EekAMouse: She invokes this trope for her gain. After successfully manipulating Gotham's mayor into ditching all the male members of its police department and replacing them with women, she sends out an army of robots mice armed with ''bombs'' to travel across the city while she robs it blind, as the female police officers will be too scared to deal with them. Justified as she had Mrs. Linseed choose stereotypical women who would be scared of the mice. |
| 683 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Her scheme involved getting Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara retired so she can take over the GCPD. It ends with both men using the power of citizens arrest on her, ensuring they get their jobs back. |
| 684 | * ManipulativeBitch: She's able to successfully force the mayor of Gotham to forcibly retire Commissioner Gordon by using her very ideology. The mayor's wife (who is a big fan of Clavicle) refuses to do anything for her husband until he removes Gordon and makes Clavicle his replacement; she then proceeds to purge the police department of all-male officers, allowing her to staff it with all-female officers she can scare with robotic mice armed with bombs. |
| 685 | * PunnyName: Her name is a pun on that of feminist activist Gloria Steinem (Steinem -> Sternum -> Clavicle). |
| 686 | * StrawFeminist: Her main gimmick. Interestingly, despite the militancy of her demands, she's a lot more level-headed (and good-looking) than you'd expect from the '60s take on this trope. It's implied that while she ''does'' believe women are superior to men, she just using this [[OnlyInItForTheMoney as a way to get rich]]. |
| 687 | [[/folder]] |
| 688 | |
| 689 | [[folder:Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft & Cabala]] |
| 690 | !! Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft & Cabala |
| 691 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ida_lupino.jpg]] |
| 692 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/IdaLupino and Howard Duff |
| 693 | |
| 694 | An evil alchemist and her soppy husband. |
| 695 | ---- |
| 696 | * AlchemyIsMagic: Cassandra is an alchemist and her work blurs the two. |
| 697 | * FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: Villainous example -- Dr. Spellcraft drives ''and'' plans all their schemes, while Cabala mostly stands around, takes orders, and makes wisecracks. |
| 698 | * OutlawCouple: A somewhat bumpier one than Shame and Calamity Jan. |
| 699 | * TotallyRadical: For some reason, their dialogue is peppered with {{Beatnik}} slang. |
| 700 | [[/folder]] |
| 701 | |
| 702 | [[folder:Minerva]] |
| 703 | !! Minerva |
| 704 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bytfkmjazodutzgeyzi00mdi5lwjjndktoduzztiwzjexmty3xkeyxkfqcgdeqxvymtqxmjk0mg_v1.jpg]] |
| 705 | -> '''Played by:''' Creator/ZsaZsaGabor |
| 706 | * VerbalTic: She habitually calls people "dahling" as her actress was famous for doing so in real life. |
| 707 | [[/folder]] |
| 708 | |
| 709 | !!Continuation and Spin-Off Villains |
| 710 | |
| 711 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 712 | * CanonImmigrant: They're all prominent Batman rogues who were never in the original show because a) they simply didn't exist yet (Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, and Bane) or b) they did exist but weren't used for a variety of reasons (the Two-Face script was rejected for being too gruesome, Hugo Strange and Scarecrow wouldn't become prominent until after the show ended, Poison Ivy was just created when the show was airing, etc). |
| 713 | * KnightOfCerebus: Given the nature of their characters, they are a lot darker than the majority of the previous members of the rogues' gallery. |
| 714 | [[/folder]] |
| 715 | |
| 716 | [[folder:Dr. Holly Quinn / The Harlequin]] |
| 717 | !! Dr. Holly Quinn / The Harlequin |
| 718 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_66_vol_1_25_textless.jpg]] |
| 719 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Sirena Irwin |
| 720 | |
| 721 | ---- |
| 722 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse and the comics have gone back and forth on it over the years, but most of them agree that pre-villain Harley wasn't an especially nice or moral person, and mostly went to Arkham hoping to cash in on the inmates' fame. ''This'' version seems genuinely dedicated to helping her charges and only becomes evil after a HeroicSacrifice to stop the Joker from driving the ''rest'' of Gotham insane. |
| 723 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Most versions of the character depict her as having been manipulated into becoming the Joker's girlfriend, and she ends up being poorly abused in the process. Here, Joker certainly dupes her, but he never actually goes so far as to physically abuse her, and while it's implied she does have a mild crush on him (at least before her accident), she never acts on it in the comic continuation. [[spoiler:TheStinger of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTwoFace'', however...]] |
| 724 | * AdaptationNameChange: A downplayed example, but her pre-accident name in the comic is Holly Quinn, rather than Harleen Quinzel. ''Batman vs. Two-Face'', however, retains "Quinzel" as her surname (we never learn her first name). |
| 725 | * BangFlagGun: Her spotlight story in the tie-in comic at one point shows her robbing someone at gunpoint with a gun that extends a "BANG" flag from the barrel. |
| 726 | * MattressTagGag: Her crime spree includes tearing the tags off couch cushions. |
| 727 | * PunnyName: Somewhat downplayed. Her civilian name in the comic continuation is much more mundane than "Harleen Quinzel", as is her villain handle. |
| 728 | * RollerbladeGood: Her villain costume is UsefulNotes/RollerDerby-themed, much like the ''ComicBook/New52'' take at the time. |
| 729 | * VillainousHarlequin: Even after going evil, she's a lot softer and sweeter than your average supervillain. |
| 730 | [[/folder]] |
| 731 | |
| 732 | [[folder:Harvey Dent / Two-Face]] |
| 733 | !! Harvey Dent / Two-Face |
| 734 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/951c4e_f569b24aeada412982036bff2881717bmv2.png]] |
| 735 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/WilliamShatner |
| 736 | |
| 737 | Once Gotham's crusading District Attorney, Harvey Dent fell prey to his evil SplitPersonality when the left half of his face was horrifically disfigured. Now, he stalks the streets of Gotham as one of its most unpredictable -- and deadly -- villains, staking his every moral judgment on the flip of a coin.\ |
| 738 | |
| 739 | Note that there are essentially two mutually exclusive versions of Harvey in the '66 continuity -- one from the ''Lost Episode'' comic[[note]]adapted from an unproduced Creator/HarlanEllison treatment[[/note]] and one from the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTwoFace'' animated film. While comparable in some respects, they have decidedly different origins and ultimate fates. |
| 740 | ---- |
| 741 | * ActorAllusion: Given Creator/WilliamShatner's connection to [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries another famous tv show running the same as the original Batman show]], his role as Two-Face is similar to that of [[Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin "The Enemy Within"]], in which Captain Kirk was split into two separate beings--a purely good and noble half that's kindhearted but spineless, and a violent and vicious evil half who's nothing but an immoral monster. It helps that Harvey is effectively helpless against his evil side ''and'' that InkSuitActor makes Harvey look like Shatner did during ''TOS''. |
| 742 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: The incarnation in the animated film eschews his traditional origin of being disfigured by Sal Maroni throwing acid in his face and is instead birthed (albeit by accident) by Hugo Strange and Harleen Quinzel, having made an evil extractor device that was supposed to suck the evil out of Joker, Riddler, Penguin, Mr. Freeze, and Egghead. Said villains overload the machine, causing the accident that leads to his creation, meaning no less than ''seven'' villains played a direct role in his StartOfDarkness. |
| 743 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: While the comic version goes with the standard origin of Harvey Dent becoming a criminal after being disfigured by Sal Maroni throwing acid in his face, his counterpart in the animated film ''Batman vs. Two-Face'' instead has an evil-extracting machine created by Professor Hugo Strange and Dr. Harleen Quinzel overload from trying to suck out the evil of Joker, Riddler, Penguin, Mr. Freeze and Egghead, the explosion resulting in Harvey Dent being mutated into a partially deformed supervillain. |
| 744 | * AdaptedOut: Any mental issues that Harvey typically is struggling with before his transformation are removed in favor of a science experiment gone wrong, unleashing his evil side. |
| 745 | * AsYouKnow: The comic version has Batman remind Robin of Two-Face's origin for the benefit of the reader. |
| 746 | * BeautyToBeast: He's quite a looker until his accident, and even then, [[DownplayedTrope he's not nearly as ugly as other Two-Faces have been]]. |
| 747 | * CompanionCube: His coin, per usual, which came from his first case as DA. |
| 748 | * CompositeCharacter: His animated iteration is heavily based on the version of the character from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', being Gotham's district attorney who was very good friends with Bruce Wayne before his transformation, but also has elements of his comics version and his iteration from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', being Batman's ally in the war on crime. |
| 749 | * CrusadingLawyer: As Gotham's district attorney, he holds a perfect track record on getting criminals locked away where they belong, allowing them to repay their debt to society and get the help they need. |
| 750 | * DealWithTheDevil: Or rather, [[spoiler:the devil within. Harvey makes a reluctant agreement with his evil side to restore his damaged reputation, by allowing Two-Face to frame various super-criminals that Batman and Robin would capture, and in turn, allow Harvey to prosecute them]]. |
| 751 | * DiabolicalMastermind: A rather cunning and resourceful foe, Two-Face proves himself a fearsome fiend by cleverly framing other criminals for his crimes. |
| 752 | * DiceRollDeath: If his coin lands on the scarred side, chances are you won't make it out alive. |
| 753 | * DualityMotif: In true Two-Face fashion, everything he does is obsessed with duality and the number two. This allows Batman and Robin to piece together that he's back in action. |
| 754 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The animated version is one of the ''only'' incarnations of Two-Face who can conquer his inner demons and resume civilian life.]] |
| 755 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being one of the vilest foes Batman ever faced, he doesn't argue against doing the right thing when the coin lands on the good side. |
| 756 | * EvilFormerFriend: His transformation into Two-Face left Batman without one of his closest allies in the war on crime, and Bruce Wayne without his oldest friend. [[spoiler:Fortunately, his unwavering faith in Harvey allows him to [[SubvertedTrope return to the side of good]] in the animated film.]] |
| 757 | * FaceMonsterTurn: Harvey is not an evil man by any means, but his evil side forces him to do such horrendous things that he has no choice but to comply. [[spoiler:As said evil side gets stronger, it saps him enough to the point he's even more powerless to stop it.]] |
| 758 | * FairPlayVillain: His coin decides what he's going to do. If it lands good side up, he'll do the right thing. If it lands scarred-side up, he won't hesitate to do the wrong thing. |
| 759 | * FallenHero: One whose fall this [[TheCape particularly idealistic]] version of Batman never stops lamenting. [[spoiler:In the animated film, said idealism is ultimately rewarded.]] |
| 760 | * FashionableAsymmetry: His Harvey Dent side wears a brown suit, while his Two-Face side uses a bright purple and green for his half of the suit. |
| 761 | * FatalFlaw: His {{Pride}} is what ultimately sets the plot of the film in motion. After Two-Face is caught and surgically healed, the GCPD informs Harvey that all is forgiven and he can have his old job back--[[BaitAndSwitch as the assistant to the assistant District Attorney]]. Though he understands the need to rebuild the public's trust in him, a brief moment of anger appears on his face, which is implied to cause [[spoiler:Two-Face to reemerge inside his body, framing other criminals for various robberies so Harvey can prosecute them]]. |
| 762 | * GreenAndMean: He's a villain and both his incarnations in the "Lost Episode" comic book one-shot and the ''Batman vs. Two-Face'' animated film depict the disfigured portion of his face as being colored green. |
| 763 | * GunsAkimbo: His preferred method of dealing with his enemies. |
| 764 | * HeadsOrTails: Any serious action he undertakes--good or bad--is determined by the flip of his coin. |
| 765 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With his oldest friend Bruce Wayne, whose unwavering faith in him allows Harvey to redeem himself. |
| 766 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:When Harvey's evil side completely takes over his body, "One-Face" almost kills Batman before the hero points out that any execution has to be decided by the flip of a coin. One-Face grumbles that the hero is right, but finds his coin replaced with a blank. In this confused state, Harvey manages to reclaim his body.]] |
| 767 | * HonorBeforeReason: |
| 768 | ** When he has Batman and Robin pinned under some rubble, his goons try to get him to bump off the heroes. One flip of a coin later, and the fact it lands on the unscarred side leads him to spare the two. The goons beg him to do the Dynamic Duo in, arguing he has an obligation to every criminal in Gotham. Two-Face responds by telling them he'll use the coin to decide their fate if they argue with him further. |
| 769 | ** [[spoiler:As One-Face, he's about to kill Batman when the Bright Knight [[InvokedTrope invokes this trope]], pointing out that no decision can be made without the coin. One-Face begrudgingly concedes but finds the coin he's using is a blank, allowing Harvey to bury him for good (at least for now).]] |
| 770 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:When the evil side of Two-Face takes over completely, Batman gets Harvey to retake his body with this trope.]] |
| 771 | * InkSuitActor: He is drawn to look like Shatner during his [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Captain Kirk]] days. |
| 772 | * InvoluntaryShapeshifting: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but Harvey's [[spoiler:evil side can manifest itself at will, and even take control of his entire body, without Harvey's consent]]. |
| 773 | * JekyllAndHyde: Harvey's good-natured and lawful side is the Jekyll to Two-Face's violent and evil Hyde. One of the books he swipes from Gotham Library happens to be ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', which helps Batman and Robin deduce his return. |
| 774 | * NumerologicalMotif: The number two. |
| 775 | * ReluctantPsycho: Harvey does not want to be a criminal. [[spoiler:Two-Face doesn't give him much choice.]] |
| 776 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Harlan Ellison's treatment, and the "Lost Episode" comic one-shot adapting said treatment, establishes Two-Face as an adversary Batman and Robin had already clashed with in previous off-screen encounters. |
| 777 | * SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Because of Two-Face, Harvey learns Batman and Robin's identities. After defeating his evil side, the trauma he experiences causes him to suppress this knowledge.]] |
| 778 | * SplitPersonality: Like with all iterations of the character, his good half represents the honorable, good-natured Harvey Dent, while the bad half represents the evil and twisted side of him. At one point, [[spoiler:the bad half takes over completely, creating "One-Face" until Batman can get Harvey to break out of this]]. |
| 779 | * TragicVillain: Two-Face is an absolute scum of a bad guy, arguably the darkest of the rogues on Earth-66 that Batman ever fought. Yet beneath it all, Harvey Dent is little more than an innocent victim, caught between his desire to do good in the world, and the evil side that won't have any of it. It's especially worse that, unlike other previous iterations, [[spoiler:this Harvey is powerless against his evil side, and has to watch as Two-Face turns the city into his playground]]. |
| 780 | * TwoFaced: Well, [[TropeNamers duh]]. The digital comic opts for the classic acid-in-the-courtroom origin, while the animated movie goes the more fantastical route of [[spoiler:him getting scarred by a machine that just extracted the evil from five of Gotham's worst supervillains]]. |
| 781 | * TwoHeadedCoin: Per usual, his lucky coin has two heads; one side scarred, and the other unscarred. Whichever side it lands on determines what he'll do next. |
| 782 | * UndyingLoyalty: Both he and Bruce hold unwavering faith in their friendship. It's why Bruce doubts that Harvey has returned to his old ways, as he [[Film/TheDarkKnight believes in Harvey Dent]]. |
| 783 | * VillainHasAPoint: Well, [[spoiler:Unknown Villain]] has a point, but when Harvey puts Batman on the witness stand at King Tut's trial (as Tut [[spoiler:had been explicitly framed by Two-Face for the point of helping Harvey to regain his reputation]]), he asks Batman if he believes that Tut's actions (not that of his usual persona as William [=McElroy=]) require proper rehabilitation. Batman does agree, but before he can word it differently, Harvey hammers this point home to the jury, and when he effectively points out that [=McElroy=]'s knowledge of Egyptology is what allows Tut to commit his crimes, Batman does not attempt to push a counterargument. |
| 784 | [[/folder]] |
| 785 | |
| 786 | [[folder:Lord Death Man]] |
| 787 | !! Lord Death Man |
| 788 | ---- |
| 789 | * DisneyVillainDeath: His story has him fall to his death, but ends with [[NotQuiteDead evil laughter being heard near his grave]]. |
| 790 | * UnseenNoMore: He is first mentioned in "The Tail of the Tiger Topaz", but doesn't physically appear until "The Garden of Death". |
| 791 | [[/folder]] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | [[folder:Solomon Grundy]] |
| 794 | !! Cyrus Gold / Solomon Grundy |
| 795 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rco067_1467151925.jpg]] |
| 796 | -> '''Played by:''' Mickey Morton |
| 797 | ---- |
| 798 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: In this continuity, Cyrus Gold is a former fling of Marsha, Queen of Diamonds, who died and was resurrected by her aunt. Since Marsha was a CanonForeigner to the 1966 series, and never appeared in the comics, she never played a role in Grundy's creation until now, as most stories depicted him as being resurrected in the swamps of Gotham without her help. |
| 799 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: His entire deal, beyond being a zombie. When he lived, he was hypnotized by Marsha, Queen of Diamonds, who told him to wait for him outside and forgot about him -- in the winter. As Grundy, he was resurrected, but forced to want nothing but to kill Batman. |
| 800 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: In life, this version of Cyrus Gold was an Olympic wrestling champion. This accounts for much of his strength, though it's unclear whether or not becoming a zombie made him even more powerful. |
| 801 | * ContinuitySnarl: Grundy's appearance in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman77'' is contradictory towards his introductory story in the ''Batman '66'' comic, considering that the later crossover between the two comics would retroactively establish that the shows they're based on are in a SharedUniverse. The ''Wonder Woman '77'' story establishes Solomon Grundy as a decades-old legend who turns out to be RealAfterAll in order to defend a female descendant from domestic abuse, which doesn't mesh at all with Grundy's story in ''Batman '66'' giving him the origin of Cyrus Gold being a former husband of Marsha, Queen of Diamonds who ended up freezing to death when Marsha told him to wait outside the house during winter and was subsequently revived as a zombie by Marsha's Aunt Hilda. |
| 802 | * LiminalBeing: Since Grundy is neither alive nor dead, Batman manages to defeat him by hooking him up to the Batmobile's atomic battery and partially reviving him. |
| 803 | -->'''Robin:''' Gosh... you electrocuted him!\ |
| 804 | '''Batman:''' No, I jumpstarted his body, Robin -- using the atomic batteries of the Batmobile as a defibrillator! I reasoned kicking his body into having a living person's heart rate and metabolism would conflict with his undead chemistry. |
| 805 | * PerpetualMotionMonster: Grundy gloats that, while Batman and Robin are slowed down by human limits such as fatigue, Grundy is TheNeedless by his undead nature and thus will never stop coming. |
| 806 | -->'''Grundy:''' Run, Bat Man, run! Will do you no good! You have to stop sometime... rest. Eat. ''Sleep.'' But Grundy keeps coming, searching. Can't escape... ''Dead Man Walking.'' |
| 807 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: He makes an appearance in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman77'', with the story making no acknowledgment whatsoever of his history with Batman. |
| 808 | * VoodooZombie: Of the "reanimated to serve the whims of a sorceress" variety. |
| 809 | * WifeBasherBasher: His story in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman77'' has him showing up to protect a female descendant by attacking her abusive boyfriend. |
| 810 | [[/folder]] |
| 811 | |
| 812 | [[folder:Dr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy]] |
| 813 | !! Dr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy |
| 814 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_66_vol_1_26_textless_1.jpg]] |
| 815 | |
| 816 | ---- |
| 817 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: Ivy is established here as being a former underling of Louie the Lilac. |
| 818 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: ''Post-Crisis'' Ivy was never particularly close to her parents, and her ''New 52'' iteration had a particularly [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] who killed her mother and buried her in the backyard. Here, this Ivy loved her father deeply and was motivated to get revenge on the university for not helping him after he died. |
| 819 | * AdaptationalNameChange: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]], but the comics version these days is known as Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley, with this version using this identity. Her ''Pre-Crisis'' version, which was created around the same time as the original series, was Dr. Lillian Rose. |
| 820 | * AffablyEvil: Very charming, [[TheTease playfully flirty]] lady who'll nonetheless drop you into the jaws of her ManEatingPlant. |
| 821 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: She knew Bruce Wayne as a child and there seemed to be some level of attraction between them. |
| 822 | * EnemyMine: She and the other villains work with Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Napoleon Solo, and Illya Kuryakin against Hugo Strange in ''Batman '66 Meets The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', but not without eventually betraying the heroes at the last minute. |
| 823 | * GenkiGirl: Unlike most versions of the character, this Ivy is extremely lively -- perky, even -- and mostly spends her first night as a supervillain running around the city having as much fun as she can. She's even [[GracefulLoser excitable upon defeat.]] |
| 824 | * GracefulLoser: Takes losing to Batman during their first encounter in stride, even sharing [[BigDamnKiss a deep, smoldering kiss]] with him without any of [[KissOfDeath the strings]] you'd typically expect from someone named Poison Ivy. |
| 825 | * EvilRedhead: With a pretty big mane, to boot. |
| 826 | * ForcefulKiss: Unhesitatingly steals Batman's lips for a big, romantic smooch. |
| 827 | * MsFanservice: True to form, Ivy is a very well-endowed and curvaceous woman, dressed in a low-cut outfit that highlights her figure. |
| 828 | * SouthernFriedGenius: This version grew up in the South -- complete with FunetikAksent, sugah. |
| 829 | * TheTease: An unapologetic flirt who loves to sweettalk to those she's taken a fancy to. |
| 830 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: What little we see of her as a child -- growing a flower to give to a young Bruce -- implies she was very kind. |
| 831 | * VillainessesWantHeroes: Like her comic!counterpart, she has a fondness for Batman. |
| 832 | [[/folder]] |
| 833 | |
| 834 | [[folder:Bane]] |
| 835 | !! Bane |
| 836 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_66_vol_1_27_textless.jpg]] |
| 837 | |
| 838 | |
| 839 | Ruling a small Mexican village with an iron fist, the man known only as Bane has never been bested in combat, thanks to the strange green serum his most loyal lieutenants brew in the [[PyramidPower mysterious pyramids]] just outside his homeland. But eventually, inevitably, his ambitions turn to a certain city abroad... and to breaking its precious protector. |
| 840 | |
| 841 | ---- |
| 842 | * AdaptedOut: Bane doesn't use his Venom tank to distribute the substance; rather, he drinks it outright. |
| 843 | * CarpetOfVirility: He's got quite the hairy chest. |
| 844 | * DoingInTheScientist: Played with; Venom has a slightly more supernatural connection here, being a holdover from ancient Aztec rituals with a crystal skull needed to brew it properly, and Bane's henchman Zombie is shown reading a book by Albert Desmond, A.K.A. Doctor Alchemy, as it's made -- but, like other examples of FantasticScience in the series, the elixir itself is still just a chemical. |
| 845 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:After depriving Bane of Venom, Batman fights him as a distraction until Batgirl can handcuff Riddler, then leaves him to his fate of being pummeled and subdued by a tag-team of assembled ''Lucha'' legends (El Santo, Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras) who were there to challenge his cruel reign.]] |
| 846 | * LogicalWeakness: As he drinks the Venom this time around, all it takes to stop him is to keep him from being able to consume it. That's why Batman [[spoiler:uses a device that clamps Bane's mouth shut during their rematch]]. |
| 847 | * MaskedLuchador: [[TropeCodifier Per usual]]. His lieutenants Bird, Trogg, and Zombie are all shown in similar gear, though they never fight on his behalf. |
| 848 | * MythologyGag: [[spoiler:Bane's clamping gag invokes his ''Dark Knight Rises'' counterpart, but serves as a hindrance rather than a life-support device.]] |
| 849 | * NotHisSled: {{Downplayed|Trope}} -- Bane uses the famous [[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} Bat-Breaker]] on Batman's spine, only this time, [[spoiler:it doesn't break his back, as Batman had placed a Batarang there to keep Bane from being able to break it]]. |
| 850 | * ShoutOut: The source of his powers in this series is called [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull the crystal skull]]. |
| 851 | [[/folder]] |
| 852 | |
| 853 | [[folder:Prof. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow]] |
| 854 | !! Prof. Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow |
| 855 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rco019_w_1570676627.jpg]] |
| 856 | |
| 857 | An orphan abandoned and raised in hillbilly country, his constant subjugation to bullying led him to turn his vengeance on Gotham by exposing them to their greatest fears, becoming The Scarecrow. |
| 858 | ---- |
| 859 | * BigBrotherBully: His adoptive older brother relished in terrifying him. Batman ultimately took him down by convincing him his brother had returned to torment him some more. |
| 860 | * DoorstopBaby: When he was a baby, his parents left him in a potato sack hanging on a fencepost near the Crane farm. |
| 861 | * EnemyMine: He and the other villains work with Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Napoleon Solo, and Illya Kuryakin against Hugo Strange in ''Batman '66 Meets The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', but not without eventually betraying the heroes at the last minute. |
| 862 | * EvilGenius: He's certainly intelligent, at least enough to create a hallucinogenic toxin that brings people's worst fears to life. |
| 863 | * FreudianExcuse: He was abandoned by his parents and bullied by his adoptive brother throughout their youth, which may explain why he became evil. |
| 864 | * HillbillyHorrors: Crane himself is not a hillbilly, being very genteel and intelligent, but he grew up dirt-poor in a rural area, and his family and neighbors certainly fit several redneck stereotypes. It was his traumatic childhood here that triggered his transformation into a fear-based villain. |
| 865 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Batman and Robin defeat Scarecrow by using his worst fears against him just like he tried to do to them. |
| 866 | * NightmareWeaver: Scarecrow's Fear Gas causes people to hallucinate that their worst fears are coming to life. |
| 867 | * NooseNecktie: Like other versions of the character, he wears a noose around his neck, but in a clever twist, his noose is tied up like a bowtie. |
| 868 | * OminousOperaCape: He wears a brown opera cape that makes him look quite threatening. |
| 869 | * ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents abandoned him and left him in the care of Miss Crane and her son. |
| 870 | * ScaryScarecrows: He was terrified of scarecrows as a child, and his older brother would use this fact to torment him to no end. As an adult, he has taken on the image of the Scarecrow to symbolize that he will now spread fear to others. |
| 871 | * SouthernFriedGenius: He grew up in the rural South, and is an EvilGenius. |
| 872 | * WaistcoatOfStyle: He wears a waistcoat made from a patchwork of autumnal colors. |
| 873 | [[/folder]] |
| 874 | |
| 875 | [[folder:Waylon Jones / Killer Croc]] |
| 876 | !! Waylon Jones / Killer Croc |
| 877 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rco058_1570676627.jpg]] |
| 878 | |
| 879 | Once a mere {{Mook|s}} for King Tut, Waylon Jones greedily drank a magic potion during a time-travel caper to AncientEgypt -- and in doing so, turned himself into a super-strong human-crocodile hybrid. |
| 880 | ---- |
| 881 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: Here, he's established as one of King Tut's henchmen before becoming Killer Croc. It's because of Tut traveling through time to Ancient Egypt (long story) that Waylon gulps down a potion meant to endow the user with increased strength, which triggers his transformation. |
| 882 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the original comics and some other media, Croc hates his monstrous form because it's caused people to single him out as a freak, and [[IJustWantToBeNormal he wishes to become a normal human]]. Not so here; Batman offers to conduct scientific experiments into turning this Croc human again, but he rejects the offer, reveling in his new form because of how much power it gives him. |
| 883 | * DrunkOnTheDarkSide: He loves the strength and durability his new form gives him so much that he doesn't want to be a human again. |
| 884 | * DumbMuscle: He's too powerful for Batman to beat in a head-to-head fight, so the Caped Crusader defeats him by outthinking him. |
| 885 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: From a disposable goon in King Tut's gang to a dangerous villain all on his own. |
| 886 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: He's a humanoid crocodile and a dangerous villain. |
| 887 | * ScaledUp: Notably, while other versions of the character were born looking like human-shaped crocodiles, this version of Croc was a human who became a crocodile-man after drinking an ancient Egyptian potion. |
| 888 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Like many other incarnations of the character, Croc takes what he wants, and for a chemically transformed reptile-man, his wants aren't particularly ambitious; ''Batman '66 Meets Wonder Woman '77'' shows that by the 1970s, he's taken up rackets as mundane as smuggling contraband beer into Gotham City. |
| 889 | * SuperStrength: His transformation has left him exceptionally strong. |
| 890 | * SuperToughness: While he's not invincible, his thick scales leave him ImmuneToBullets and other forms of harm. |
| 891 | * UnskilledButStrong: He doesn't have much in the way of strategy or combat tactics, so he tries to compensate with brute strength. |
| 892 | [[/folder]] |
| 893 | |
| 894 | [[folder:Prof. Hugo Strange]] |
| 895 | !! Prof. Hugo Strange |
| 896 | [[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hugo_strange_batman_1966_tv_series_001.jpg]] |
| 897 | |
| 898 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimWard |
| 899 | |
| 900 | An unassuming, learned gentleman that runs the Arkham Institute, devoting himself to containing and reforming Gotham's countless arch-villains. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Or so he'd have you think.]] In truth, the man who styles himself "Professor Hugo" is one of Europe's most wanted criminal masterminds, who seeks nothing less than [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]]. To this end, he's allied himself with several of the aforementioned arch-villains ''and'' [[Series/TheManFromUNCLE an international terrorist syndicate]]... but still, he hungers for more... |
| 901 | ---- |
| 902 | * AdaptationalHairstyleChange: His depiction in the tie-in comic has a full head of hair and is clean-shaven, in contrast to Hugo Strange traditionally being bald and bearded (which was the case for his depiction in the ''Batman vs. Two-Face'' direct-to-DVD film). |
| 903 | * AdaptationalOriginConnection: In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTwoFace'' he is indirectly to blame for turning Harvey Dent into Two-Face. |
| 904 | * BigBad: He turns out to be the central antagonist in the comic crossover with ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE''. |
| 905 | * DeathBySecretIdentity: A non-fatal variant in ''Batman '66 Meets The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''. [[spoiler:Not long after discovering Batman's secret identity, he's left an insane, babbling wreck who thinks ''he's'' Batman.]] |
| 906 | * MythologyGag: The aforementioned fate is what happened to the Riddler in ''Film/BatmanForever''. |
| 907 | * PsychoPsychologist: True to the source material. While it's not clear if he ever abused Arkham's patients this way, once he's captured Batman, Robin, and Batgirl (as well as Solo and Kuryakin) for THRUSH he takes his time peeling apart all of their motivations and psychological makeup. |
| 908 | [[/folder]] |
| 909 | |
| 910 | [[folder:Ra's Al Ghul]] |
| 911 | !!Ra's Al Ghul |
| 912 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/algul66_4.jpg]] |
| 913 | |
| 914 | The primary antagonist of a crossover comic with ''Series/WonderWoman1975'', he serves as the immortal head of the ancient organization known as the League of Shadows. |
| 915 | ---- |
| 916 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He uses the Lazarus Pits to restore his youth. Unfortunately for him, his desire to keep his youth backfires when [[spoiler:he uses it a little too soon, causing him to regress into a 10-year-old]]. Robin uses this phrase almost verbatim to describe what had happened. |
| 917 | * FountainOfYouth: Per usual, he restores his youth by bathing in the waters of the Lazarus Pits every so often. [[spoiler:It's what ultimately does him in since bathing in it too soon causes him to regress into a 10-year-old.]] |
| 918 | * HiredGuns: Due to his tendencies to let others do his work for him, he's hired a multitude of Batman and Wonder Woman's foes for his purposes. |
| 919 | * OlderThanTheyLook: He's centuries-old, despite appearing to be middle-aged. |
| 920 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: He usually hires other criminals to do his dirty work, mostly so he can claim the power of the Lazarus Pits soley for himself. |
| 921 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]], as he's still Batman's foe in this continuity, but he also ends up facing Wonder Woman and the entire Amazon population. |
| 922 | [[/folder]] |
| 923 | |
| 924 | !!Legion of Doom |
| 925 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 926 | A villainous team that appears in the ''Legends of the Superheroes'' specials. |
| 927 | ---- |
| 928 | * AdaptedOut: All but Giganta, Sinestro, Solomon Grundy and the Riddler are absent in this version of the team. |
| 929 | [[/folder]] |
| 930 | |
| 931 | [[folder:Doctor Sivana]] |
| 932 | !!Thaddeus Sivana |
| 933 | -> '''Played by:''' Howard Morris |
| 934 | |
| 935 | The arch enemy to Captain Marvel and genius scientist. |
| 936 | ---- |
| 937 | * TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: At the time Sivana and Captain Marvel existed on Earth-S separate from the other DC heroes, and neither appeared in the ''Super Friends'' cartoon. |
| 938 | [[/folder]] |
| 939 | |
| 940 | [[folder:Sinestro]] |
| 941 | !!Thaal Sinestro |
| 942 | -> '''Played by:''' Charlie Callas |
| 943 | |
| 944 | The archenemy to Green Lantern who uses the power of fear instead of will. |
| 945 | ---- |
| 946 | * CoconutSuperpowers: Because of the limitations special effects had in 1970s live-action media, Sinestro is never shown using his ring to create constructs and only uses it to fire energy blasts and turn invisible/teleport. |
| 947 | [[/folder]] |
| 948 | |
| 949 | [[folder:Giganta]] |
| 950 | !!Doris Zuel |
| 951 | -> '''Played by:''' Aleshia Brevard |
| 952 | ---- |
| 953 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: This version is [[PromotedToLoveInterest getting married]] to the Atom, while in the comics the two are enemies. |
| 954 | * DatingCatwoman: Is the "Catwoman" in her relationship with the superhero Atom. |
| 955 | * SecretRelationship: Was in one with Atom until they decide to go public. |
| 956 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}, as the interview keeps bringing up that having kids naturally would likely kill the Atom, with neither him or Giganta truly understanding what she is getting at. |
| 957 | [[/folder]] |
| 958 | |
| 959 | [[folder:Weather Wizard]] |
| 960 | !!Mark Mardon |
| 961 | -> '''Played by:''' Jeff Altman |
| 962 | |
| 963 | One of the Flash's enemies with the power to control the weather. |
| 964 | ---- |
| 965 | [[/folder]] |
| 966 | |
| 967 | [[folder:Mordru]] |
| 968 | !!Mordru the Merciless |
| 969 | -> '''Played by:''' Gabriel Dell |
| 970 | ---- |
| 971 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: He is depicted as the leader of the Justice League's enemies the Legion of Doom, when in the comics he was a ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' villain. |
| 972 | * VillainSong: "The Roast" has him sing a parody of "That's Entertainment" by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, the lyrics changed to have him describe the kinds of havoc and disaster he enjoys causing with his magic. |
| 973 | [[/folder]] |
| 974 | |
| 975 | !! Notable [[PaidHarem Molls]], [[TheMole Moles]], {{Mooks}}, and Other Secondary Criminals |
| 976 | |
| 977 | [[folder:Molly]] |
| 978 | !!Molly |
| 979 | --> '''Played by:''' Jill St. John |
| 980 | ---- |
| 981 | * EvilRedhead: She has red hair and actively assists Riddler in his plans against the heroes. |
| 982 | * KilledOffForReal: She falls to her death while running away from Batman. |
| 983 | * SweetPollyOliver: Molly disguises herself as Robin in one scene, using his costume and a LatexPerfection mask. |
| 984 | [[/folder]] |
| 985 | |
| 986 | [[folder:Queenie]] |
| 987 | !!Queenie |
| 988 | ->'''Played by:''' Nancy Kovak |
| 989 | The Joker's original girlfriend and assistant. |
| 990 | ---- |
| 991 | * AffablyEvil: She is friendly enough and enjoys performing a mock game show to taunt Batman, but she is an active helper in the Joker's criminal schemes and has been for some time, as she mentions being present for at least one of his previous run-ins with Batman. |
| 992 | * DumbBlonde: She has blonde hair and thinks the Joker is being literal when he compares a weapon to a magic lamp. |
| 993 | * KnockOutGas: She uses knockout gas on a TV studio employee, and later on Batman and Robin. |
| 994 | [[/folder]] |
| 995 | |
| 996 | [[folder:Eivol Ekdal]] |
| 997 | !!Eivol Ekdal |
| 998 | --> '''Played by:''' Jack Kruschen |
| 999 | A Hungarian designer of {{Death Trap}}s who supplies Zelda the Great's magic acts, and who conspires with her to commit robberies so she can afford his services. |
| 1000 | ---- |
| 1001 | * AlliterativeName: ''E''ioval ''E''kdal. |
| 1002 | * MadArtist: He's a little too cheery about one of his traps being poised to kill Batman and Robin. |
| 1003 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: He acts friendly to Zelda, but he's the one egging her into increasingly illegal schemes. |
| 1004 | [[/folder]] |
| 1005 | |
| 1006 | [[folder:The River Rat Gang]] |
| 1007 | !!Whitey, Whiskers, and Fangs |
| 1008 | --> '''Played by:''' Roy Jenson, Tim Herbert, and Marc Cavell |
| 1009 | A group of sewer-dwelling crooks who work for Riddler. |
| 1010 | ---- |
| 1011 | * AnimalMotifs: To rats, unsurprisingly. They love eating cheese, have animal names, and live underground. |
| 1012 | * ChromaticArrangement: They wear red, blue, and green outfits. |
| 1013 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Befitting their motif, they're often seen munching on cheese. |
| 1014 | [[/folder]] |
| 1015 | |
| 1016 | [[folder:Lisa]] |
| 1017 | !!Lisa |
| 1018 | ---> '''Played by:''' Diane [=McBain=] |
| 1019 | Mad Hatter's first female accomplice. She works at a women's fashion shop and acts as a spy for him in his plans to kidnap a customer and mislead Batman and Robin with a fake clue. |
| 1020 | ---- |
| 1021 | * FauxAffablyEvil: She acts very polite and helpful to people but might be the cruelest [[PaidHarem moll]] in the series, given her NightmareFetishist tendencies. |
| 1022 | * NightmareFetishist: She is positively thrilled as Mad Hatter describes how he plans to have a death trap horribly dismember the Caped Crusaders. |
| 1023 | [[/folder]] |
| 1024 | |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | [[folder:Blaze]] |
| 1027 | !!Blaze |
| 1028 | --> '''Played by:''' Creator/MyrnaFahey |
| 1029 | False-Face's assistant. |
| 1030 | ---- |
| 1031 | * HyperCompetentSidekick: She's just as skilled in disguise as False-Face and is also more resourceful than him. |
| 1032 | * KaleidoscopeHair: She has a different color of wig or hair dye (red, blonde, green, purple, etc.) in each scene she's in. |
| 1033 | * WorthyOpponent: She respects Batman and Robin as impressive enemies, which leads to her saving them from a DeathTrap. |
| 1034 | [[/folder]] |
| 1035 | |
| 1036 | [[folder:Burns, Brinks, and Pinkerton]] |
| 1037 | !!Burns, Brinks, and Pinkerton |
| 1038 | --> '''Played by''': Billy Curtis, Joe Brooks, and Chuck Fox |
| 1039 | |
| 1040 | Falseface's {{Mooks}}, who are named after security companies and detective agencies. |
| 1041 | ---- |
| 1042 | * CaperCrew: They act as one in the climax, with Burns crawling under a laser alarm system and Brinks blowing open a cage with dynamite. Batman foils the robbery before it's revealed whether Pinkerton has a special skill. |
| 1043 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Burns has dwarfism but takes part in multiple fist fights and is evenly matched with Chief O'Hara for almost a minute when they struggle in the aftermath of a failed robbery. |
| 1044 | [[/folder]] |
| 1045 | |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 | [[folder:Felix and Leo]] |
| 1048 | !!Felix and Leo |
| 1049 | --> '''Played by''': Ralph Manza and Jock Mahoney |
| 1050 | |
| 1051 | Catwoman's first two goons. |
| 1052 | ---- |
| 1053 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: Felix is almost two heads shorter than Leo and is rarely seen without him, although he's also a bit of a PintSizedPowerhouse in a fight. |
| 1054 | * DemolitionsExpert: Leo is capable of mining a road to try and take out the Batmobile. |
| 1055 | * FakeFaint: After being knocked down in a fight, Leo lies down with his eyes closed like he's out cold but carefully moves his arm to grab the door knob, then yanks the door open and flees through it. |
| 1056 | * KarmaHoudini: Leo apparently recovers from being knocked out and escapes before Batman and Robin return to where Catwoman left him. |
| 1057 | * MatchstickWeapon: Felix tries to hit Robin with a torch during a fight. |
| 1058 | * NoHonorAmongThieves: Leo isn't upset when Felix is captured because it means one less way to split the loot. He then ends up being betrayed and knocked unconscious by Catwoman so she can have it all. |
| 1059 | [[/folder]] |
| 1060 | |
| 1061 | [[folder:Nefertiti]] |
| 1062 | !!Nefertiti |
| 1063 | --> '''Played by:''' Ziva Rodann |
| 1064 | King Tut's "Queen" during his first appearance. |
| 1065 | ---- |
| 1066 | * EmptyShell: Her sanity is at least temporarily destroyed when King Tut subjects her to pebble torture after she reminds him that he isn't the real King Tut. |
| 1067 | * MouthOfSauron: She records the tapes that announce Tut's next crimes and dare the police to stop him. |
| 1068 | [[/folder]] |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | [[folder:The Grand Vizier and the Scrivener]] |
| 1071 | !!The Grand Vizier and the Scrivener |
| 1072 | --> '''Played by:''' Don "Red" Barry and Frank Christi. |
| 1073 | Tut's main thugs during his first appearance. |
| 1074 | ---- |
| 1075 | * BanteringBaddieBuddies: The two are close friends who share a lot of humorous dialogue, some of which pertains to how whacky Tut's cult is. |
| 1076 | * NoNameGiven: Their real names are never mentioned. |
| 1077 | * NotSoAboveItAll: They quietly deride the gang's Egyptian trappings, but they take one ominous tarot card seriously enough to whack a seemingly unconscious Bruce Wayne over the head. |
| 1078 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: They don't buy into Tut's mindset and mainly follow him because his plans promise monetary rewards. |
| 1079 | [[/folder]] |
| 1080 | |
| 1081 | [[folder:Lydia Limpet]] |
| 1082 | !!Lydia Limpet |
| 1083 | --> '''Played by:''' Creator/FrancineYork |
| 1084 | A member of the Bookworm's gang. |
| 1085 | ---- |
| 1086 | * AlliterativeName: ''L''ydia ''L''impet. |
| 1087 | * BrainyBrunette: She's dark-haired and is quite observant and crafty. |
| 1088 | * DecoyDamsel: She poses as a kidnapping victim to feed the Dynamic Duo false information. They see through her deception, but she figures out that they've seen though her and adapts the plan to counter to this. |
| 1089 | * SexySweaterGirl: Lydia's shirt wardrobe seems to consist solely of tight sweaters that make it apparent that she isn't wearing a bra. |
| 1090 | [[/folder]] |
| 1091 | |
| 1092 | |
| 1093 | [[folder:Riddler's one-time employer (SPOILERS)]] |
| 1094 | !!Mr. Van Jones |
| 1095 | --> '''Played by:''' Francis X. Bushman |
| 1096 | A collector of silent films who is seemingly a victim of Riddler, but is really employing the villain to make a silent film of himself fighting Batman. |
| 1097 | ---- |
| 1098 | * AntiVillain: He endangers the heroes' lives by hiring Riddler, but he just wants to make another silent movie, doesn't seem to think that the heroes are truly in danger, and happily congratulates and pays Riddler after nostalgically watching the finished film. |
| 1099 | * CastingGag: Bushman, himself one of the top stars of early Hollywood, plays an elderly silent film aficionado. |
| 1100 | * EvilIsNotAToy: He hires a super villain to produce a piece of entertainment for him and ends up being robbed for real at the end of the episode. |
| 1101 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Whether Batman figures out that Van Jones hired Riddler is unclear, and his fate is unknown. |
| 1102 | [[/folder]] |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | |
| 1105 | [[folder:Pauline]] |
| 1106 | !!Pauline |
| 1107 | --> '''Played by''': Sherry Jackson |
| 1108 | A failed actress who acts as the Riddler's main assistant during his movie-making caper. |
| 1109 | ---- |
| 1110 | * DecoyDamsel: She wears a Little Bo Peep costume and runs up to Robin, talking about how her brother has been kidnapped. Then, once Robin drops his guard, she gasses him into unconsciousness. |
| 1111 | * DefiantCaptive: After being captured, she refuses to tell Batman anything that might help him catch Riddler or rescue a captive Robin. Batman has to use a form of truth serum on her to get any information. |
| 1112 | * LegFocus: One of her costumes bares her legs, something the camera pays attention to. |
| 1113 | [[/folder]] |
| 1114 | |
| 1115 | |
| 1116 | [[folder:Finella]] |
| 1117 | !!Finella |
| 1118 | --> '''Played by:''' Creator/JulieGregg |
| 1119 | One of the Penguin's many molls, who appears in the first season finale. |
| 1120 | ---- |
| 1121 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After helping Penguin rob a charity fundraiser, Finella is overcome with guilt and tries to help Batman when he shows up to capture the criminals and retrieve the money. |
| 1122 | * ProudBeauty: She's proud of her looks and is mainly interested in helping with Penguin's scheme because it means she'll get to infiltrate a beauty pageant. |
| 1123 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: During a fistfight, she ignores what's going on to keep practicing her pageant walk. |
| 1124 | * WalkingSwimsuitScene: Finella spends almost all of her screen time modeling swimsuits. |
| 1125 | [[/folder]] |
| 1126 | |
| 1127 | [[folder:Bluebeard]] |
| 1128 | !!Bluebeard |
| 1129 | --> '''Played by:''' Gil Perkins |
| 1130 | A pirate thug from TheMovie. |
| 1131 | ---- |
| 1132 | * DressedToPlunder: He's a modern-day pirate with a SeadogBeard and a wardrobe that includes a bandana and a vest. |
| 1133 | * MookLieutenant: He has more screen time and authority than the other United Underworld goons. |
| 1134 | [[/folder]] |
| 1135 | |
| 1136 | [[folder:The last member of The Archer's gang (SPOILERS)]] |
| 1137 | !!Alan A. Dale |
| 1138 | --> '''Played by:''' Robert O. Cornthwaite |
| 1139 | An officious Wayne Foundation employee who is secretly in league with the Archer. |
| 1140 | ---- |
| 1141 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Dale is introduced smugly urging Bruce Wayne not to donate some money to charity, but claiming that this is because he's concerned the Archer will steal it in transit. Dale is in league with the Archer and is happy to help rob both the rich and the poor. |
| 1142 | * ShoutOut: Like the rest of the Archer's gang, his name is inspired by a Robin Hood character, specifically Alan-a-Dale. This foreshadows his true nature to anyone familiar with Robin Hood's supporting cast. |
| 1143 | [[/folder]] |
| 1144 | |
| 1145 | [[folder:A secret Catwoman ally (SPOILERS)]] |
| 1146 | !!Jack O'Shea |
| 1147 | --> '''Played by:''' Jack Kelly |
| 1148 | A gossip columnist helping Catwoman steal two valuable violins. |
| 1149 | ---- |
| 1150 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's nationally famous and the Caped Crusaders ask for his help on a case, but he's working for Catwoman. |
| 1151 | [[/folder]] |
| 1152 | |
| 1153 | [[folder:King Tut's second moll (SPOILERS)]] |
| 1154 | !!Cleo Patrick |
| 1155 | --> '''Played by:''' Creator/MariannaHill |
| 1156 | |
| 1157 | A temp filling in for Gordon's secretary. It turns out that she's working for King Tut. |
| 1158 | ---- |
| 1159 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She acts dutiful and caring while bringing Commissioner Gordon his daily medications, but it turns out that she's helping Tut with a nefarious plan and got the temp job to slip Gordon a mind-control pill. |
| 1160 | * MeaningfulName: Her full name sounds like [[UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII Cleopatra]], and she turns out to be part of an Egypt-themed cult. |
| 1161 | * SexySecretary: She wears form-fitting tops and bends over while bringing Gordon his medication tray. |
| 1162 | [[/folder]] |
| 1163 | |
| 1164 | [[folder:The Parker Siblings]] |
| 1165 | !!Pretty Boy, Machine Gun, Mad Dog, and Legs Parker |
| 1166 | ---> '''Played by''': Robert Belleller, Peter Brooks, Michael Vanderver, and Tisha Starling |
| 1167 | |
| 1168 | Ma Parker's accomplices, her four grown children. |
| 1169 | ---- |
| 1170 | * BadassLongcoat: They wear long gangster overcast while robbing banks and firing machine guns in one or two scenes. |
| 1171 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The four care deeply about their mother (although she's a criminal too) and get her flowers for Mother's Day. |
| 1172 | * TheHyena: They're prone to sinister laughter, often for the purpose of taunting Batman as they prepare to kill him. |
| 1173 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Legs sneaks out the nearest door as soon as the Caped Crusaders defeat her brothers. Unfortunately for her, the building is already locked down and dialogue in the final scene of the episode implies the whole Parker family is in custody. |
| 1174 | * SlouchOfVillainy: They're gangsters, and Pretty Boy and Mad Dog have noticeable stoops. |
| 1175 | * TheUnfavorite: Legs is the only girl of the four and her mother is a FemaleMisogynist (or perhaps just is engaging in failed ShooTheDog efforts) who thinks that girls have no place in crime and constantly says so. |
| 1176 | [[/folder]] |
| 1177 | |
| 1178 | [[folder:Ms. Bacon]] |
| 1179 | !!Ms. Bacon |
| 1180 | --> '''Played by:''' Creator/GailHire |
| 1181 | Egghead's secretary, who is helping him write an autobiography about what an EvilGenius he is. |
| 1182 | ---- |
| 1183 | * CovertPervert: Flirtations with Egghead aside, she seems prim and professional for the most part. However, when talking about what she plans to do with her share of the gang's loot, Ms. Bacon announces her intent to purchase the services of a Buckingham Palace guard who "doesn't blink when you tickle [him]." |
| 1184 | * TheUnapologetic: After the gang is arrested, she's neither frightened nor remorseful when Batman confronts her about helping Egghead. |
| 1185 | [[/folder]] |
| 1186 | |
| 1187 | [[folder:Benedict and Foo Yung]] |
| 1188 | !!Benedict and Foo Yung |
| 1189 | --> '''Played by:''' Gene Dynarski and Ben Welden |
| 1190 | Two thugs who work for Egghead. |
| 1191 | ---- |
| 1192 | * BadassInANiceSuit: They're good fist-fighters who wear fancy suits. |
| 1193 | * BaldOfEvil: Both men are bald thugs who help Egghead try to turn Gotham City into a crime-ridden hellhole. |
| 1194 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Benedict thinks that "dames" have no place in crime. |
| 1195 | * ThemeNaming: They have egg-based names and work for a guy named Egghead. |
| 1196 | [[/folder]] |
| 1197 | |
| 1198 | [[folder:Eenie]] |
| 1199 | !!Eenie |
| 1200 | --> '''Played by:''' Sharyn Winters |
| 1201 | A member of a band that Catwoman forms while pretending to be reformed. |
| 1202 | ---- |
| 1203 | * CommanderContrarian: Most of Eenie's dialogue is questioning Catwoman's plans. |
| 1204 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She flees during the climactic fight rather than stick around to watch it. |
| 1205 | [[/folder]] |
| 1206 | |
| 1207 | [[folder:Doe, Rae, and Mimi]] |
| 1208 | !!Doe, Rae, and Mimi |
| 1209 | --> '''Played by:''' Marilyn Hanold, Edy Williams, and Sivi Aberg |
| 1210 | Three women who commit several robberies on behalf of Chandell and Harry. |
| 1211 | ---- |
| 1212 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Doe is a redhead, Rae is a brunette, and Mimi is blonde. |
| 1213 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: The three women flinch and two of them cover their ears when they think they hear Batman and Robin screaming from Harry's ConveyorBeltODoom. |
| 1214 | * EvilRedhead: Doe, the redhead, is the most assertive and ruthless of the three. |
| 1215 | * FairWeatherFriend: They act sympathetic toward Chandell as he's blackmailed by his brother for most of their two-parter. However, as soon as they think Chandell is "going straight" and might leave them behind to marry Aunt Harriet, they drug him and switch their allegiance to Harry. They only side with Harry out of convenience, though, and their facial expressions as they listen to the prison concert in the final scene hint that they might regret betraying Chandell. |
| 1216 | * GoThroughMe: A variant occurs when the three women leap between the Caped Crusades and various {{Mooks}} during a fight, gambling on being able to exploit how the crime fighters WouldNotHitAGirl. |
| 1217 | * PunnyName: They work for a pianist, and their names sound similar to musical notes. |
| 1218 | [[/folder]] |
| 1219 | |
| 1220 | |
| 1221 | [[folder:Cornelia]] |
| 1222 | !!Cornelia |
| 1223 | --> '''Played by:''' Kathy Kersh |
| 1224 | A vain woman who assists Joker in his plot [[BizarroEpisode to stop the flow of time to make committing crimes easier.]] |
| 1225 | ---- |
| 1226 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She's fine with helping stick Batman and Robin in a DeathTrap, but she doesn't want to stick around and watch it kill them. |
| 1227 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: She seems like a non-malicious ditz right up until she pulls a lever to drop Batman and Robin into a DeathTrap. |
| 1228 | * ProudBeauty: Cornelia's favorite activity is admiring herself in the mirror. |
| 1229 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the climax of her two-part episode, Cornelia ducks out an exit and escapes as Batman and Robin start fighting her male associates. |
| 1230 | * SpyCatsuit: Cornelia wears a shiny, purple, and very tight catsuit (albeit one lacking sleeves for her arms) while accompanying the Joker on his crime spree. |
| 1231 | [[/folder]] |
| 1232 | |
| 1233 | [[folder:Latch and Bolt]] |
| 1234 | !!Latch and Bolt |
| 1235 | '''Played by''': Louis Quinn and Larry Anthony Paul |
| 1236 | |
| 1237 | Two goons who accompany the Joker and Cornelia during the Joker's ZanyScheme to control time. |
| 1238 | ---- |
| 1239 | * BanteringBaddieBuddies: They’re close friends capable of having a long conversation without including their boss in it while they set up a DeathTrap. |
| 1240 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: Bolt is much taller than Latch. |
| 1241 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Latch feels that Joker's particularly bloody DeathTrap "don't strike me as being too funny." |
| 1242 | * UndyingLoyalty: They follow the Joker even when they disagree with him due to how he once saved them from a prison term by kidnapping, and in one case possibly killing, the court officials at their trial. |
| 1243 | [[/folder]] |
| 1244 | |
| 1245 | [[folder:Aunt Hilda]] |
| 1246 | !!Aunt Hilda |
| 1247 | --> '''Played by:''' Estelle Windwood |
| 1248 | Marsha's elderly aunt and accomplice, a former chemistry teacher who is convinced that she has the power of witchcraft. |
| 1249 | ---- |
| 1250 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Hilda is ineffectual and silly for the most part, but her final episode has her firing tank shells for the fun of it when the villains flee in a tank. |
| 1251 | [[/folder]] |
| 1252 | |
| 1253 | |
| 1254 | [[folder:Okie Annie]] |
| 1255 | !!Okie Annie |
| 1256 | --> '''Played by:''' Creator/JoanStaley |
| 1257 | Shame's original love interest and lieutenant. |
| 1258 | ---- |
| 1259 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She approaches Bruce and Dick while they're buying woman's underwear for Harriet and pleasantly offers them some advice and help. However, she's trying to lure them into a trap to steal their car. |
| 1260 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She isn't seen or mentioned during Shame's second appearance. |
| 1261 | * CombatPragmatist: Annie helps Shame defeat Batman and Robin but does so by shooting the rope holding up a chandelier (they're standing under it) rather than fighting them directly. |
| 1262 | * PerkyFemaleMinion: Annie is an efficient criminal, but is more upbeat than Shame. Her wardrobe includes a red cowboy hat and polka-dot patterned clothing. |
| 1263 | * ShoutOut: Her name is a reference to the Wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley. |
| 1264 | * TomboyishPonytail: Okie Annie is a female gunfighter who has a ponytail tied back with a pink ribbon. |
| 1265 | * VillainsOutShopping: Annie spends a while goofing off and pretending to play a self-playing piano while Shame's gang is laying low in a ghost town. |
| 1266 | [[/folder]] |
| 1267 | |
| 1268 | [[folder:Chickadee]] |
| 1269 | !!Chickadee |
| 1270 | --> '''Played by:''' Creator/GraceGaynor |
| 1271 | The ex-convict cigarette girl at a nightclub Penguin opens as part of a GetIntoJailFree scheme. |
| 1272 | ---- |
| 1273 | * CombatPragmatist: The only thing that keeps her from shooting Batman and Robin during a round of GoodOldFisticuffs is that they're too close to her partners for her to aim at them. To make them give up, she settles for taking Chief O'Hara hostage when he wanders in. |
| 1274 | * CuteButCacophonic: Chickadee is a [[PaidHarem moll]] whose voice can come across as a bit jarring. |
| 1275 | * OfCorsetsSexy: Chickadee's outfit is a corset with sleeves for her arms, and the {{Fanservice}} is played straight. |
| 1276 | * StockingFiller: Her outfit shows off all of her stockinged legs. |
| 1277 | * TapOnTheHead: Chickadee has the dubious honor of being the only female villain to be knocked unconscious in the series (by Aunt Harriet), but is shown to be fine in the next scene. |
| 1278 | [[/folder]] |
| 1279 | |
| 1280 | |
| 1281 | [[folder:Blimpy]] |
| 1282 | !!Blimpy |
| 1283 | |
| 1284 | The most prominent of the three aviation-themed thugs working for the Puzzler. |
| 1285 | |
| 1286 | * StoutStrength: He’s quite plump (and sensitive about it), but is a decent brawler. Blimpy also takes advantage of his girth by sitting on Robin after knocking him down. |
| 1287 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: During the climax, he is the first villain to notice that the heroes have arrived and resignedly points at them without saying a word, while sporting an unhappy expression. |
| 1288 | [[/folder]] |
| 1289 | |
| 1290 | [[folder:Polly]] |
| 1291 | !!Polly |
| 1292 | --> '''Played by:''' Jean Hale |
| 1293 | A hat-check girl working for the Mad Hatter. |
| 1294 | ---- |
| 1295 | * MinionWithAnFInEvil: Polly is sad and guilty when it seems as if her boss has succeeded in killing Batman, and she shows genuine concern for both parties as they fight on top of a water tower, rather than fleeing the area. |
| 1296 | [[/folder]] |
| 1297 | |
| 1298 | [[folder:Pussycat]] |
| 1299 | !!Pussycat |
| 1300 | --> '''Played by:''' Music/LesleyGore |
| 1301 | An aspiring singer who is recruited for one of Catwoman's gangs. |
| 1302 | ---- |
| 1303 | * TheApprentice: Catwoman hires her because she wants a younger sidekick to mentor like Batman does with Robin. |
| 1304 | * CatGirl: Catwoman has her wear a headband with imitation cat ears. |
| 1305 | * ExtremeDoormat: She never does much as Catwoman belittles her or drags her into criminal activity she has little interest in. |
| 1306 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: She's a former singer at a go-go joint and despite her MinionWithAnFInEvil status, she helps Catwoman turn Robin evil with a chemical agent, causing Batman quite a bit of difficulty. |
| 1307 | * MinionWithAnFInEvil: She goes along with Catwoman's schemes, but occasionally makes it clear that she was happy in her old, honest life. That being said, she does refuse to give the police any information on the rest of the gang when they arrest her and is intrigued when Catwoman puts Batman in a DeathTrap. |
| 1308 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Most of her clothing and accessories are pink, and she's one of the girlier female Catwoman accomplices. |
| 1309 | * VillainsOutShopping: Pussycat prefers singing for her friends to helping out with Catwoman's schemes. |
| 1310 | [[/folder]] |
| 1311 | |
| 1312 | [[folder:Professor Charm]] |
| 1313 | !!Professor Charm |
| 1314 | --> '''Played by:''' Creator/MartinKosleck |
| 1315 | An inventor who sells Riddler a dangerous weapon. |
| 1316 | ---- |
| 1317 | * KarmicJackpot: After Charm's conscience makes him return stolen charity funds that Riddler paid for his invention, Bruce promises to help him achieve his dream of scientific recognition by getting the local institution to lower its educational standards and let him in despite his lack of a diploma. |
| 1318 | * TragicDropout: Charm is a brilliant scientist, but his career has been stalled for decades because he never finished high school. |
| 1319 | [[/folder]] |
| 1320 | |
| 1321 | [[folder:Ana Gram]] |
| 1322 | !!Ana Gram |
| 1323 | ---> '''Played by''' Deanna Lund |
| 1324 | |
| 1325 | A woman who assists the Riddler in his sole season 2 appearance. She wears a costume with a puzzle pattern. |
| 1326 | ---- |
| 1327 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She acts nice and has a good enough reputation for the city officials to make her a prominent part of a big ceremony. Nonetheless, she helps Riddler with his plans to steal from charity and extort the city with a bomb threat. |
| 1328 | * CowardlyLion: She watches her boss fight the heroes without lifting a finger to help and tries to run the moment he loses, but also puts up a fierce struggle when she's seized by the arriving police. |
| 1329 | * MeaningfulName: Her name is Ana Gram, or anagram (a word that can spell another word if the letters are rearranged), and she works for a man who loves riddles and wordplay. This also counts as FiveSecondForeshadowing since she spends most of her first scene acting like an innocent citizen. |
| 1330 | [[/folder]] |
| 1331 | |
| 1332 | |
| 1333 | [[folder:Josie Miller]] |
| 1334 | !!Josie Miller |
| 1335 | '''Played by'''' Phyllis Douglas |
| 1336 | |
| 1337 | A woman who helps Joker and several robots in a plan to take over the city's banks. |
| 1338 | ---- |
| 1339 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She acts meek and innocent, but is excited about watching Robin get put in a DeathTrap, orders the robots to attack the heroes, and has been in trouble with the law since long before falling in with her boss. |
| 1340 | * PetTheDog: After being arrested for a plot that involves trying to force Bruce Wayne to marry her so Joker can gain control of his fortune, she asks Batman to tell Bruce it would have been fun if the two had been married. |
| 1341 | [[/folder]] |
| 1342 | |
| 1343 | [[folder:Freddy "The Fence" Touché]] |
| 1344 | !!Freddy the Fence |
| 1345 | --> '''Played by:''' Jacques Bergerac |
| 1346 | A [[DoubleMeaning fencing instructor who also fences stolen goods.]] |
| 1347 | ---- |
| 1348 | * AffablyEvil: He maintains a charming demeanor even as he's fighting the heroes or trying to back lopsided deals to dispose of stolen goods. |
| 1349 | * BackForTheFinale: He's the only minor villain to show up working for two separate villains. The first is Catwoman in season 2. The second is Minerva in the series finale. |
| 1350 | [[/folder]] |
| 1351 | |
| 1352 | [[folder:Neila]] |
| 1353 | !!Neila |
| 1354 | --> '''played by:''' Grace Lee Whitney |
| 1355 | One of King Tut's handmaidens and accomplices. |
| 1356 | ---- |
| 1357 | * HazyFeelTurn: She tries to help Tut's kidnapping victim escape, but mainly does this to remove a romantic rival. |
| 1358 | * IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: She's open about loving Tut in spite of his flaws, and he's equally open about not returning her feelings. |
| 1359 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She asks what will happen to her after the defeat of Tut's gang and the rescue of her prisoner. Robin tells her not to worry, but doesn't answer her question. |
| 1360 | [[/folder]] |
| 1361 | |
| 1362 | [[folder:Royal Jester and Lord Chancellor]] |
| 1363 | !!Royal Jester and Lord Chancellor |
| 1364 | --> '''Played by:''' Tim O'Kelly and Lloyd Haynes |
| 1365 | Two amnesiac Yale students who join King Tut's gang. |
| 1366 | ---- |
| 1367 | * AmbiguousSituation: They seemingly suffer the same delusions as King Tut after the three of them are hit on the head by falling flowerpots. However, their advice to Tut seems greedy and clear-headed rather than delusional and subservient, raising the question of whether they're faking it. |
| 1368 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: If they really were amnesiac, they aren't brought back to normal at the end of their two-parter, leaving their fate unclear. |
| 1369 | [[/folder]] |
| 1370 | |
| 1371 | [[folder:Glacia Glaze]] |
| 1372 | !!Emma Strunk/Glacia Glaze |
| 1373 | '''Played by''': Leslie Parrish |
| 1374 | |
| 1375 | A famous figure skater who is in love with Mr. Freeze and assists him in his final appearance. |
| 1376 | ---- |
| 1377 | * DoNotCallMePaul: She loathes being called her birth name, Emma Strunk. |
| 1378 | * PrettyInMink: She's a glamorous [[PaidHarem moll]] who spends several scenes in fur coats. |
| 1379 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Her AffablyEvil demeanor and status as a glamorous celebrity athlete make it hard for anyone besides the Dynamic Duo to see her in a bad light. |
| 1380 | [[/folder]] |
| 1381 | [[folder:Shirley]] |
| 1382 | !!Shirley |
| 1383 | --> '''Played by:''''''Played by:''' Creator/PattiGilbert |
| 1384 | One of King Tut's [[PaidHarem molls]], and not the brightest of the bunch. |
| 1385 | ---- |
| 1386 | * BrainlessBeauty: Shirley might be one of Tut's prettier [[PaidHarem molls]], but she's not the brightest of them and is prone to making silly comments. She ''does'' have a NotSoHarmlessVillain moment and is smart enough to realize that Bruce Wayne is Batman without any prompting when a tracking device shows the Batmobile going to Wayne Manor, but there's no indication that she's ObfuscatingStupidity the rest of the time. When Tut says he'll need to see Batman and Bruce Wayne simultaneously before he'll believe they aren't the same person, Shirley adds "Or at the same time. Whichever comes first." Tut even lampshades her ditziness a couple of times. |
| 1387 | --> '''King Tut:''' ''(to Batgirl)'' [[WeCanRuleTogether I could always use a smart girl in my line of work]]. The ones I've had lately are rather inferior. |
| 1388 | * CuteButCacophonic: Her voice is less attractive than the rest of her. |
| 1389 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: She seems like TheLoad and TheDitz at first, after Batgirl defeats Tut's male goons, Shirley she sneaks up behind her after she defeats Tut's male goons and whacks her over the head with a vase. |
| 1390 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She sneaks off as Tut and his gang fight with all three heroes. She doesn't get far though, as she's seen handcuffed in Commissioner Gordon's office in the next scene. |
| 1391 | [[/folder]] |
| 1392 | |
| 1393 | [[folder:A hidden ally of Olga, Queen of the Cossacks (SPOILERS)]] |
| 1394 | !!Omar Orloff |
| 1395 | --> '''Played by''': Alfred Dennis |
| 1396 | A foreign ambassador who seemingly works with the heroes to thwart the evil schemes of Olga and Egghead but secretly views Olga as his legitimate queen and is helping her. |
| 1397 | ---- |
| 1398 | * AlliterativeName: O is the first letter of both of his names. |
| 1399 | * TheMole: He acts like a flustered diplomat who wants to help the heroes, when he’s really spying on them and luring them into a trap. |
| 1400 | [[/folder]] |
| 1401 | |
| 1402 | [[folder:Undine]] |
| 1403 | !!Undine |
| 1404 | --> '''Played by:''' Sivi Aberg |
| 1405 | A woman who helps Joker with his plan to corrupt the youth of Gotham by becoming a surfing champion. |
| 1406 | ---- |
| 1407 | * LightIsNotGood: She's a pale, blonde woman with a white swimsuit, but she's one of Joker's more ruthless [[PaidHarem molls]]. |
| 1408 | * ShoePhone: She contacts Joker by using a phone disguised as a hot dog. Deconstructed when Batman and Robin pick up on this after a scene or two. |
| 1409 | * WalkingSwimsuitScene: She spends all of her screen time in a two-piece bikini, although she ''does'' work at the beach. |
| 1410 | [[/folder]] |
| 1411 | |
| 1412 | [[folder:A disloyal associate of Lord Ffogg (SPOILERS)]] |
| 1413 | !!Lady Prudence Ffogg |
| 1414 | --> '''Played by:''' Creator/LynPeters |
| 1415 | Lord Ffogg's ambitious daughter. |
| 1416 | ---- |
| 1417 | * FauxActionGirl: The school she attends teaches judo, but Lady Prudence never uses it against anyone. |
| 1418 | * InsistentTerminology: Her father and aunt always call her Lady Prudence instead of just Prudence. |
| 1419 | * ManipulativeBitch: She pretends to be an innocent teenager who dislikes her father and aunt's criminal actions, but she's really just trying to get her relatives arrested so their wealth and lands will pass to her. |
| 1420 | * VillainessesWantHeroes: While she's using Robin, she does seem to show some genuine affection for him during her arrest. |
| 1421 | [[/folder]] |
| 1422 | |
| 1423 | [[folder:Basil]] |
| 1424 | !!Basil |
| 1425 | --> '''Played by:''' Monte Landis |
| 1426 | Lord Ffogg's butler and enforcer. |
| 1427 | ---- |
| 1428 | * BattleButler: Basil is Ffogg's butler and is also a thug who repeatedly clashes with Batman. |
| 1429 | * ExactEavesdropping: He's constantly eavesdropping (or at least attempting to eavesdrop) on friends and enemies alike. |
| 1430 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: Basil's first reaction to hearing that Batman is visiting the family mansion is to suggest having the chauffeur and footman dig a grave out back. |
| 1431 | * PerpetualFrowner: Scowls and sneers are the only facial expressions Basil seems to know. |
| 1432 | [[/folder]] |
| 1433 | |
| 1434 | [[folder:Fred]] |
| 1435 | !!Fernando Ricardo Enrique Dominguez aka Fred |
| 1436 | --> '''Played by:''' Creator/BarryDennen |
| 1437 | One of Shame's henchmen, a well-spoken snarker. |
| 1438 | ---- |
| 1439 | * SarcasticDevotee: Fred follows Shame loyally, but constantly uses big words to dryly insult his plans and intelligence. |
| 1440 | [[/folder]] |
| 1441 | |
| 1442 | [[folder:Suleiman the Great]] |
| 1443 | !!Suleiman the Great |
| 1444 | --> '''Played by:''' Joe E. Tata |
| 1445 | A member of Tut's final gang. |
| 1446 | ---- |
| 1447 | * CoolShades: He's a flashy thug who wears very dark glasses. |
| 1448 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: He and Tut's [[PaidHarem moll]] Florence get into a competition trying to come up with more flowery honorifics to shower upon King Tut. Suleiman comes out on top with "Don Juan of Aswan." |
| 1449 | [[/folder]] |
| 1450 | |
| 1451 | [[folder:Florence of Arabia]] |
| 1452 | !!Florence of Arabia |
| 1453 | --> '''Played by:''' Victoria Vetri |
| 1454 | A belly dancer who works for Tut in his last episode. |
| 1455 | ---- |
| 1456 | * GrewASpine: After Tut's gang discovers Batman and Robin's secret identities, Florence cowers during the fight but then cockily says the heroes will have to kill her to keep their secret. [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome They just spray her with amnesia gas instead.]] |
| 1457 | * PaidHarem: Even more openly than most female accomplices in the show. She doesn't do much to help Tut's schemes, but he makes a quip about her "assets outnumbering your liabilities." |
| 1458 | [[/folder]] |
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