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3!Arkham Asylum
4[[folder:Dr. Gerry Lang]]
5!!Dr. Gerry Lang
6[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_dick.jpg]]
7->'''Played By:''' Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
8
9The director of Arkham Asylum.
10----
11* BaldOfAuthority: The ultimate authority in Arkham is bald.
12* HateSink: He constantly acts as antagonistic as possible to Gordon and ensures that his time at Arkham is a living hell. Absolutely no tears are shed when he's killed by his own inmates.
13* {{Jerkass}}: He repeatedly blames Gordon for things that are not his fault and that he couldn't have prevented. When a fight breaks out during a play and there are several guards around, Gordon becomes his scapegoat by virtue of being the one to break it up. Subverted in that once confronted with the facts he does help Bullock with the investigation by explaining the risks of electroshock, and points out that someone Gordon thinks is on his staff really isn't...
14* JerkassHasAPoint: He insists the electroshock torture was done by an inmate and not a member of the staff, and the victim was clinically alive, if braindead, and thus no murder had been committed. While he may have done so just to prevent the police from getting involved, he was right.
15* KarmicDeath: Killed by inmates that got out due to his flippant disregard for proper security.
16* ObstructiveBureaucrat: When one of the patients has undergone electroshock therapy that rendered them braindead, he declared that since he was still breathing there was no murder, and so there was no need to call the cops for a simple case of in-house violence.
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18
19[[folder:Warden Reed]]
20[[quoteright:332:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reed.png]]
21->'''Played By:''' Damian Young
22
23Director of Arkham at the start of Season 4. Indifferent and corrupt, he outright ''sells'' Jonathan Crane to the Merton gang, an action for which the Scarecrow makes him pay.
24
25* BadLiar: When Jim and Bullock come to question him about Jonathan's whereabouts, he lies through his teeth as he denies any wrongdoing. Even if the two didn't already know he was lying, his flippant behavior and implausible answers would have given it away.
26* BreakTheHaughty: He goes from a corrupt, negligent JerkAss shamelessly abusing his power over the asylum patients to joining them as his mind is permanently warped into delusional madness courtesy of the Scarecrow.
27* DeadpanSnarker: He mouths off to Jim and Harvey when they question him; they're not amused in the slightest by his attempts at levity, and it takes them informing Reed that the Penguin will kill him if he finds out about his involvement in the Mertons' plan to get him to start taking the matter seriously.
28* HateSink: As all these other tropes show, the viewers are not meant to like this man; a corrupt, dishonest JerkAss who abuses his power over the inmates with reckless abandon, and nary a tear was shed when the Scarecrow -- once a victim of his harmful practices -- corners him and takes his revenge.
29* HoistByHisOwnPetard: If Reed hadn't sold Crane to the Merton gang, they might not have created the fear toxin that the Scarecrow would later use to break the warden's mind.
30* JerkAss: Tortures his patients, colludes with criminals in exchange for bribes, and seemingly unable to speak to anyone without an oily smirk and a condescending tone.
31* MadDoctor: Not only is he not above selling his patients to criminals or lying to the police to cover it up, but the way Scarecrow tells it, Reed has no problem tormenting his patients with ice baths and [[ElectroconvulsiveTherapyIsTorture painful electric shocks]] instead of making any real effort to understand or treat their illnesses.
32* MonsterClown: The Crane fear-toxin makes Reed hallucinate that demonic clowns were everywhere. After Scarecrow's brainwashing, he applied clown makeup to himself and joins Arkham's other lunatics in menacing Jim Gordon.
33* NeverMyFault: Acts like he doesn't know what Gordon and Bullock are talking about when they question him about Jonathan, then ''instantly'' switches to claiming the Merton gang threatened him when he realizes the police have proof the younger Crane was taken by the gang.
34* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: While he couldn't care less about the asylum patients otherwise, he still gets on Harvey's case for calling them "loonies."
35* RevolversAreJustBetter: He keeps a revolver in his desk in case of emergency; he tries to pull it on Scarecrow, but doesn't get a chance to use it before taking a face full of fear toxin; revolver still in hand, Reed goes on a murder spree through the asylum, killing what he thinks are demonic clowns but are actually his own staff.
36* TheShrink: Of the Harmful variety. Reed apparently made no effort to ''cure'' Jonathan of his toxin-induced hallucinations, only to keep his patient "manageable". His methods of doing so consisted of shock treatment, isolation, and exploiting the young man's terror of scarecrow-imagery.
37* SmugSmiler: He seems incapable of saying anything without a phony-looking smirk plastered on his face; Crane's fear toxin proves just the thing to cure him of this ailment.
38* SmugSnake: He has a smarmy, above-it-all demeanor as he barely puts up the pretense of not being corrupt. [[BreakTheHaughty It doesn't last long once the Scarecrow storms the asylum and takes his revenge]].
39* WardensAreEvil: "Evil" is a strong word here (if only because of all the villains in this show who are even worse), but Arkham Asylum's reputation as a BedlamHouse is well in hand under his watch.
40[[/folder]]
41
42!People of Gotham
43
44[[folder:Leslie "Lee" Thompkins]]
45[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20201016_224542.png]]
46->'''Played By:''' Creator/MorenaBaccarin
47
48Initially one of the medical staffers at Arkham Asylum, after the medical examiner at the GCPD is fired, she takes his spot in the office. She served as medical examiner for three seasons before leaving the position at the end of Season 3 after a major falling out with Jim after [[ItMakesSenseInContext he killed her fiance]]. Returns to become the de facto ruler of the Narrows, Gotham's slums in season 4 via a shaky alliance with the Riddler before reconciling with Jim in season 5 [[spoiler:and marrying him]].
49----
50* AbhorrentAdmirer: Attracts her own in season 4 in the shape of the Riddler, who becomes obsessed with getting her to unleash her inner darkness once more.
51* ActionSurvivor: Has survived Barbara trying to kill her numerous times, Jerome taking her hostage and [[spoiler:Eduardo having his men try to execute her]], but she's a lot tougher than she appears and always manages to fight her way out.
52* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics, Leslie is an older, matronly mentor figure to Bruce. In this series, it's Morena [[Series/{{Firefly}} "Inara"]] Baccarin!
53* AgeLift: Inverted; unlike other characters, she goes in the opposite direction, being younger than Alfred, whereas their comic counterparts are around the same age. Her comics counterpart is also around Thomas Wayne's age, whereas Baccarin is quite a bit younger than Grayson [=McCouch=], who plays Thomas Wayne.
54* AgentMulder: Season 1 shows she's a bit more willing to believe in supernatural theories than Jim.
55* ArchEnemy:
56** She and Barbara are this for the first few seasons due to Barbara's [[InsaneTrollLogic belief she stole Jim from her]] - even after her being cured from the Tetch virus the first thing she does when she sees a resurrected Barbara is punch her in the face. [[spoiler:Cools off in season 5; the two reconcile during the birth of Barbara's daughter, enough that the younger Barbara is given the middle name Lee as a reminder of who's watching her back in Gotham]].
57** In season 4 she regards [[spoiler:Sofia Falcone as this after she smashes Lee's hand to get at Gordon.]]
58* AscendedExtra: Once a recurring character in Season 1, now a main character in the following seasons.
59* TheAtoner: Becomes this as of season 4, in light of her actions while under the influence of the Tetch Virus in season 3. Since she stopped Jim from preventing the virus' release, she has returned to Gotham to help out in the Narrows, the slums of Gotham, which were hit the hardest by the outbreak.
60* AllForNothing: Throughout season 4 she tries to make life better for the people of the Narrows by any means necessary - [[spoiler:killing Sofia Falcone, robbing banks and allying with the Riddler]] to keep them all safe. In season 5 the Narrows have gone to the dogs after Jeremiah blew the bridges, and she says this word for word when viewing the Narrows gangs running riot.
61* BackAlleyDoctor: [[spoiler: "The Blade's Path" reveals that she became this after returning to Gotham.]]
62* BerserkButton: As of "Anything For You", just Nygma's presence is this. She despises him for what he had done to her and Jim, and especially for Kristen's death, but they're in a bizarre Catch-22 position where she can't do anything serious to him (bar [[GoodOldFisticuffs a good right cross]]) due to his position as Mayor Cobblepot's Chief-of-Staff, nor he to her due to her marrying the son of Carmine Falcone.
63* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: After making the mistake of being near Mario when Jim catches him in full "IfICantHaveYou" mode.
64* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Through first her exposure to the Tetch virus, and later [[spoiler:Hugo Strange putting a mind-control chip in her head for Nyssa al Ghul]].
65* ButNowIMustGo: After being cured, Lee decides to take a proper leave from Gotham but promises to come back once Gordon makes Gotham better for everyone, including both of them. She does, but it takes another season before [[spoiler:reconciling with Jim, then marrying him]].
66* CatFight: With Barbara in the Season 1 finale.
67* ClingyJealousGirl: Shows shades of this whenever Barbara's around, or Jim has to go to her for help. More justified than most examples given her [[AxCrazy long history]] with Barbara.
68* CommutingOnABus: She's absent for the latter half of season two and a good chunk of early season 3 due to Baccarin's real life pregnancy. She also misses the first half of season 5 due to the actress's other commitments.
69* CompositeCharacter: She's obviously got the medical background and caring nature of the comics version of Leslie, but she also shares many traits with comic!Sarah Essen from ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', being she's a close ally of Gordon and has an affair with him. [[spoiler: She also eventually marries Jim, like Sarah.]]
70* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: [[spoiler:Come season 4, she returns to Gotham to help the victims of the virus.]]
71* DeadpanSnarker: Most notably in season 3 and 4, where she's gotten way more jaded.
72-->'''Lee:''' Theo Galavan's dead.
73-->'''Jerome:''' No! Who beat me to it?
74-->'''Lee:''' [[DeathIsCheap ...which time?]]
75* DespairEventHorizon: After a gruelling road, Lee crosses the line in "All Will be Judged;" lost in her hatred of Gordon and deciding that there is no justice or hope to be found in Gotham, she injects herself with the Alice Tetch virus.
76* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:She and Ed stab each other to death at the end of season 4. They're both back on their feet in season 5, thanks to Hugo Strange]].
77* EvilCostumeSwitch: She's fond of wearing all-black outfits, including black eyeliner, once she injects herself with the Tetch virus.
78* {{Flanderisation}}: Her season 5 portrayal is much closer to the compassionate but strong-willed doctor she was in season 1 than the morally dubious gang boss of season 4 - likely to make her reconciliation with Jim more plausible.
79* HazyFeelTurn: Her portrayal in season 4 is interesting: she's trying to do good by ensuring the people to the Narrows are cared for and protected from the [[spoiler:Penguin/Falcone gang war]] and still helps Jim find Jeremiah's bombs (even strong-arming Riddler into helping), but she's willing to both use dirty tactics (like poisoning a rival gang boss and ransoming the cure for the Narrows' safety) and later ally with the Riddler to rob banks to give them enough money to buy food for themselves.
80* HonorBeforeReason: She will never abandon her patient no matter what. [[spoiler:Even if it's a pregnant Barbara]].
81* HospitalHottie: She wears some outfits that are probably quite inappropriate for a doctor in a maximum security psychiatric hospital.
82* TheILoveYouStigma: She exploits Ed's feelings for her, saving the life of one of the contestants in his lethal gameshow by giving him a riddle where the obvious answer is "I love you". Due to his attraction to her (and aversion to positive feelings in general) he CannotSpitItOut, and she wins.
83* IdiotBall: Grabs it firmly with both hands in season 3. OK, so her being furious at Jim for gunning down her husband is reasonable, as she doesn't know the full story. But even after she sees the depths to which the Tetch virus can reduce someone to (in Barnes), she persists in being basically making everything about Jim's life harder. Among other things, she threatens to expose that his uncle Frank killed himself (which would almost certainly lead to the Court killing him), almost gets Bruce killed when her sniping about Gordon killing Mario almost makes her fail to bring up Jerome's mentioning Bruce in time, and finally decides to inject herself and Jim with the virus when burying him underground, ''then'' actually stops him stopping the Court's virus bomb, leading to hundreds of deaths and riots throughout Gotham. Really, it's a minor miracle she's not in jail by season 4.
84* ImprovisedWeapon: Shattered her bathroom mirror and used one of the shards to defend herself against a knife-swinging Barbara.
85* InSeriesNickname: Most of the characters refer refer to her as "Lee", something notably not present in the comics.
86* KarmaHoudini: She willingly steals and injects herself with the Tetch virus, assaults and infects Jim too, screws up his attempts to stop a gas bomb that directly caused dozens or hundreds more to be infected - ''and never gets punished''. Jim [[spoiler:even ends up marrying her a few seasons later]].
87** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In a matter of speaking. The law couldn't get to her, but the weight of her conscience did, so she returned to Gotham to help the victims. She does end up getting some karmic retribution later on in Season 4 when Sofia seizes control of the Narrows from her and brutally mutilates her hand with a hammer.
88* TheLostLenore: Regards Mario as this after his death in season 3 - very, very inaccurately.
89* ManipulativeBitch: She can't match his intelligence, but takes advantage of Riddler's prior attraction to her, emotionally playing him like a fiddle throughout season 4.
90* MirrorCharacter: Barbara, interestingly - once their lives go sideways in seasons 1 and 3 respectively both display an utterly irrational hatred of/obsession with Jim, both are unwilling to admit their roles in their own downfalls, both end up becoming gang leaders in their own right - and both [[spoiler:end up redeemed, even sharing the name of Barbara's daughter]].
91* MsFanservice: She's always wearing short skirts and fancy dresses in most of her appearances.
92* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She speaks to a Tetch-inflicted Barnes, and has a big one of these when she realises how insane the virus has made him - and that she's had Falcone put out a hit on Jim for his killing Mario for something he was probably right about.
93* NeverMyFault: Blames Gordon for everything that goes wrong in her life in season 3, ignoring that she completely blanked Jim's warnings that Mario was infected with the Tetch virus, and Mario's own increasingly sketchy behavior towards her. Tellingly, despite Jim, Harvey, Barnes and even Carmine Falcone all pointing out to her that a. Jim saved her life and b. she obviously still has feelings towards him, she ignores all of them and ends up injecting both herself and Gordon with the virus.
94* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Moves from Arkham to the GCPD as the new coroner almost as soon as Jim is reinstated there.
95* NiceGirl: {{Jerkass}} moments aside, Lee is overall a kind, caring and compassionate woman. Gets thrown out the window in season 3 and 4, but comes back in season 5.
96* OfficialCouple: While they have their fair share of snags along the way, eventually becomes this with Jim - [[spoiler:getting married late in season 5]].
97* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: When Eduardo orders his men to [[spoiler:kill her out of sight of Jim, by the time Gordon fights off Eduardo to get to her, she's dispatched her would-be executioner with two pistol rounds.]]
98* OnlySaneMan: Frequently, most notably when pointing out the flaws in Jim's alliance with Penguin to take down Galavan.
99-->'''Lee:''' You're on the run from the law, you want to attack the mayor with the help of a depraved sociopath, that's not crazy?!
100-->'''Penguin:''' [[ImStandingRightHere I can hear you.]]
101-->'''Lee:''' Shh! Don't speak!
102* ParentalSubstitute: She's not shown interacting with Bruce all that often, but [[spoiler:Jeremiah Valeska regards her as this enough to target her in season 5]].
103* PetTheDog: She strongly implies she came to have real feelings for Ed in season 4 [[spoiler:when she stabs him]], but that Ed's psychosis would never let her be the Lee Ed wanted.
104* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the comics, Leslie has occasionally been a potential love interest for Alfred, and has rarely, if ever, interacted directly with Gordon or the Gotham Police Department. Here, she's working for them, and is forming a very close bond with Gordon himself.
105* RealLifeWritesThePlot: As of mid-Season 2, Leslie Thompkins was pregnant with Gordon's baby. In real life, Creator/MorenaBaccarin had her partner Creator/BenMcKenzie's baby around this time. Interestingly, subverted in practice - [[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/03/10/exclusive-morena-baccarin-ben-mckenzie-welcome-baby-girl/81623128/ interviews indicated]] that the writers had always planned on doing a pregnancy storyline anyway, and real events simply tied into that.
106* RelatedInTheAdaptation: The comic version of Lee was not married to [[spoiler:James Gordon.]]
107* {{Revenge}}: Is determined to gain this on [[spoiler:Sofia Falcone]] after she's forced out of the Narrows, even going so far as to work with Penguin and Riddler to get rid of her. She ends up [[spoiler:shooting her in the head while she's distracted trying to kill Jim]], and crushes the hand of [[spoiler:Sofia's]] underboss Samson as symbolic retribution.
108* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Does this several times, leaving Gotham after Jim chooses his crusade against Galavan over her and their unborn child in season 2, then again in season 3 after the anarchy caused by the Tetch virus unleashes her own dark side (though it turns out she never left, just cut all contact with the rest of the main cast members).
109* SuperDoc: Is apparently qualified to do everything from provide trauma counselling to obstetrics.
110* SurgeonsCanDoAutopsiesIfTheyWant: Leslie is first seen as a physician at Arkham Asylum. A few weeks afterwards, she takes up the post of medical examiner. Two very different specialties are involved here.
111* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:She becomes a lot tougher and more self-confident in Season 4 when she takes over the Narrows. She's far more physically capable too, as shown when she takes down Firefly by destroying her fuel tank.]]
112* TookALevelInJerkass: Hugely in season 3 when Jim kills her husband Mario (unbeknownst to her, infected with the Tetch Virus) to save her life. She constantly blames and berates him, even after she discovers the truth of Mario's affliction. It ends up with her taking the Tetch virus, then forcing it on Jim too.
113* TookALevelInKindness:
114** After Gordon cures her in the Season 3 finale, she decides to leave Gotham after all the trauma she's experienced, although she does leave him an uplifting goodbye letter saying that she believes he can save Gotham and that when he does, she'll come back to him, implying that she's finally forgiven him for Mario's death.
115** She's a lot nicer in season 5 than the prior season, eventually [[spoiler:marrying Gordon]].
116* UngratefulBitch: She hates Jim after he kills Mario who was seconds away from stabbing her. Even after medical examination confirms Jim's claim that he was infected with the Tetch virus, she still treats him with open disdain and later it's shown she STILL refuses to believe Mario was infected and trying to kill her.
117* UnscrupulousHero: She gets Dwight's informant to talk simply by injecting him with truth serum, in stark contrast to Bullock's JackBauerInterrogationTechnique. And that's not even getting into the laundry-list of offences she commits as Queen of the Narrows...
118* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
119** She innocently asks Jim to look into Kringle's disappearance, which leads to a paranoid Nygma framing Gordon for killing a fellow officer, which kicks off the whole Mario subplot of Season 3 behind the scenes, which ultimately destroys Gordon's truce with Falcone, not to mention his relationship with her.
120** Also, while talking with a resurrected Jerome, she confirms for him that Bruce Wayne is still alive, leading Jerome to go after Bruce Wayne to try to finish him off.
121* WhatTheHellHero: Gives Jim a LOT of these in the first two seasons, the kicker being when Jim chooses to go after Theo Galavan with Penguin instead of coming with her and their unborn child. Noticeably more so, but with far less justification in season 3 after everyone at the GCPD - Jim, Harvey, Barnes - all get fed up with her constantly blaming Jim for Mario's death.
122* {{Yandere}}: Unsurprisingly, Alice's blood turns Lee into one for Gordon. She takes after Barnes's example, seeing the virus as a blessing rather than a curse, and wants Gordon to inject himself too so they can be psychopaths together, so much that she's willing to bury him alive to force it.
123* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:After Cherry's death, Lee finds herself in control of the Narrows, as she was one of the most well-respected members of the community.]]
124[[/folder]]
125
126
127[[folder:Gertrud Kapelput]]
128!!Gertrud Kapelput
129[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carolkanegotham2.jpg]]
130->'''Played By:''' Creator/CarolKane
131
132Oswald Cobblepot's mother.
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134* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, Oswald's mother was Miranda Cobblepot. As course, his family in the comics has always been upper-class American or possibly even possessing some British ancestry (certain adaptations do depict him being raised in Britain at the very least), whereas here she hails from Soviet-era Hungary.
135* BrokenPedestal: Maroni tells her the truth about the Penguin's criminal doings to get back at him. She's devastated at the thought, but insists she'll always stand by Oswald even if he breaks her heart by telling her it's true. Being the Penguin, he lies to her yet again.
136* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Dies in Oswald's arms.
137* DisproportionateRetribution: Selling out someone to the secret police because you have a beef with his daughter certainly qualifies.
138* DreadfulMusician: Well, singer, actually. She doesn't have a good singing voice, but Oswald doesn't seem to care because she's his mother. When one of Oswald's patrons starts badmouthing Gertrud, Oswald decides to "talk" with him, killing the patron as his mother sang in the background.
139* EveryoneHasStandards: It's one thing to get a classmate's father arrested, but her son being a murderer devastated her. She also tries to no avail to convince Oswald against striking her captors, but Oswald assures her he's simply giving them what's coming. Too bad Butch had been released from his control...
140* FemaleMisogynist: Implied since she's repeatedly told Oswald that women are nothing but trouble and will only break his heart.
141* GoodParents: Creepy as she is, she clearly loves Oswald very much, and likewise.
142* ImpoverishedPatrician: Set Decorator Andrew Baseman stated that "We think she's a Middle Eastern descendant of great wealth that fell on hard times."
143* LikeParentLikeChild: Informing to the police on your enemies to get them out of the way seems to be a proud Kapelput / Cobblepot family tradition.
144* LivingEmotionalCrutch: She is very much this to her son. Out of all the characters in the show, she is the only one that Oswald genuinely loves (outside of perhaps Edward Nygma), and she provides for him some much needed comfort and affection after a long, violent day in the criminal underworld. Once she is kidnapped (and eventually killed) by the Galavans, Oswald becomes a complete emotional wreck, with Ed eventually convincing him this event can let him become TheUnfettered.
145* MyBelovedSmother: Anytime she doesn't see Oswald for more than a day, she believes he's been seduced by some painted hussy and insists that he can trust no one but her... while bathing him.
146* RevengeByProxy: On both ends throughout the series. She had a problem with a classmate at school, so she got the girl’s father in trouble. This, of course, makes Maroni getting back at Penguin just as indirectly, by trying to shatter her good impression of her son seem like karma.
147* {{Ruritania}}: Her accent shows that she comes from some nondescript Eastern-European country not explicitly said until well after her death.
148* TheStoolPigeon: Of the Petty Patty variety, back in [[TheOldCountry the "Old Country"]].
149* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Her accent is an undefined Eastern European one. It takes until long after her death, but "The Blade's Path" reveals that Gertrude was Hungarian.
150[[/folder]]
151
152[[folder:Paul Cicero]]
153!!Paul Cicero
154[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paul_cicero.png]]
155->'''Played By:''' Creator/MarkMargolis
156
157A blind fortune teller in a circus that visits Gotham, as well as father to Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska.
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159* BlindSeer: In addition to actually being blind, serves as the fortune teller for Haley's Circus. It's left ambiguous as to whether his powers are real or not.
160* CanonForeigner: He's the father of the man who will eventually become The Joker - except it eventually turns out it isn't [[RedHerring Jerome]], but his other son, Jerome's twin brother Jeremiah. Whilst The Joker ''has'' alluded to his father in other media before, the man has never made a personal appearance, and [[MultipleChoicePast its never been clear how much of what Joker says about him is true]].
161* DyingCurse: His final prophecy, which he delivers to Jerome.
162-->'''Paul Cicero''': You will be a curse upon Gotham. Children will wake from sleep, screaming at the thought of you! Your legacy will be death and madness!
163* EyeScream: How Jerome kills him.
164* FrameUp: Was intended to be Jerome's fall guy for the Arkham breakout.
165* LukeIAmYourFather: Confirms Jim’s suspicions that he is Jerome’s father, something Jerome hadn’t known before.
166* PsychicPowers: Toyed with. While most of his prophecies in his debut episode turn out to be lies to cover Jerome's tracks, his final prophecy turns out to be right on the money.
167* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[{{Understatement}} And then some]]. [[DirtyOldMan Cicero's inability to keep it in his pants]] led to the birth of one of the greatest monsters in the DC universe.
168[[/folder]]
169
170[[folder:Nora Fries]]
171!!Nora Fries
172[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nora_fries_in_gotham.png]]
173->'''Played By:''' Creator/KristenHager
174
175The wife of Victor Fries, whose desperation to cure her terminal illness causes him to become the villain Mr. Freeze.
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177* AscendedExtra: She's typically already frozen and simply serves as Mr. Freeze's motivation, with this show being one of the rare times she gets to be a character in her own right.
178* BloodFromTheMouth: Without her medication she starts hemorrhaging a frightening amount.
179* DeathByAdaptation: While typically she's still alive and frozen, and Victor's villainous actions are attempts to save her, here she kills herself in remorse for what she drove him to become and her failure to stop him, and he becomes Mr. Freeze by trying to kill himself with his formula afterwards.
180* FaceDeathWithDignity: Once she decides to sabotage the cartridge, she holds herself together and says all the loving things she can to her husband without giving away what she did. Then she allows him to freeze her, knowing she will die.
181* FriendToAllLivingThings: She was quite regretful of all the "mice" being killed so she could live. When she found out what was actually going on, well...
182* HeroicBSOD: Victor told her he was using mice in his freezing experiments, and upon discovering he was actually using people, she simply sits and stares until the cops coincidentally arrive.
183* LivingMacGuffin: The entire motivation for Victor to become a supervillain.
184* PronouncingMyNameForYou: Confirms to Harvey and Jim that her last name rhymes with "ice."
185* UndyingLoyalty: Even though she's horrified by what Victor has done, she refuses to betray him since she knows he did it all for her.
186[[/folder]]
187
188[[folder:Valerie Vale]]
189!!Valerie Vale
190[[quoteright:312:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/valerie_vale.png]]
191->'''Played By:''' Creator/JamieChung
192
193A newly arrived reporter who quickly latches onto Gordon as her best source on the fight against the monsters infesting Gotham.
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195* AlliterativeName
196* CoolAunt: The aunt of Bronze Age Batman love interest Vicki Vale.
197* GoodIsNotNice: She's a {{Jerkass}}, practically manipulating Gordon, but she is morally superior to most of the rest of the cast.
198* IntrepidReporter: She'll stop at nothing to get the scoop on Gotham's underbelly; clearly where her niece will learn it.
199* LegFocus: She is mostly wearing shorts and miniskirts that show off her legs, and even manages to seduce Gordon with them.
200* PutOnABus: Leaves before the ''Mad City'' arc finishes after Mad Hatter tries to kill her and Lee, but also seeing that Jim loved Lee more.
201* RaceLift: Vicki Vale is typically portrayed as white, while her aunt is played by an actress of Korean descent.
202[[/folder]]
203
204[[folder:Isabella]]
205!!Isabella
206[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabella_3.png]]
207->'''Played By:''' Chelsea Spack
208
209Ed's librarian love interest who bears more than a passing resemblance to Kristen Kringle.
210----
211* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: Her face looks exactly like Kristen Kringle's.
212* DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[spoiler: She was hit by a train and killed]].
213* EroticAsphyxiation: She, ahem, ''really'' enjoyed helping Ed get past his fear of choking her to death.
214* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: She really seems to believe that Ed is some kind of tragic hero.
215* IdenticalStranger: She's played by the same actress as Kristen, making her this, even more so when she changes her hair and wears glasses to look identical to Kristen.
216* TheLostLenore: Isabella learns very quickly of Ed's past relationship and subsequent murder of Kristen, as well as her own resemblance to the dead woman and Ed's reaction to her. As of "Blood Rush", she deliberately invokes this trope, coloring her hair and wearing glasses to resemble Miss Kringle, much to Ed's initial panic.
217* ReplacementGoldfish: Initially, despite her face resembling Kristen's, Ed seems genuinely interested in her love of riddles as well. After she remakes herself to look like Kristen Kringle, Ed tells her to leave her glasses on, hinting at the start of this.
218* StarCrossedLovers: Her favorite stories all invoke this - from Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet to Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra, she seems drawn to tales of tragic love. Considering her rather extreme enthusiasm for Ed, despite or perhaps ''because of'' his past tragic love story with Kristen Kringle, one wonders if she plans to invoke this for herself and Ed.
219* WrongGenreSavvy: She imagines her relationship with Ed as the classic tragic-style love story, with Ed being some kind of tragic hero.
220[[/folder]]
221
222[[folder:Barbara Lee Gordon]]
223!![[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Lee Gordon]]
224[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20201016_225102.jpg]]
225->'''Played By:''' Jeté Lawrence
226
227The daughter of Jim Gordon and Barbara Kean, who was conceived after a one night stand and born during Gotham's separation from the mainland. We see her as a young girl in the TimeSkip, where she lives happily with her father Jim and stepmother Lee.
228----
229* AdaptationalDyeJob: She's a brunette instead of a redhead in this continuity. Ironically, her mother (who herself became blonde for the show) dyes her hair red during the time jump.
230* DamselInDistress: She's kidnapped by Jeremiah and left dangling above an Ace Chemicals vat. She's eventually saved by both her father and Batman.
231* LittleMissBadass: She saves her mother by chucking a small lamp at Ecco, freeing Barbara from her clutches. This should be expected from the little girl who would grow up to become Batgirl.
232* MythologyGag: The colors she wears in the time skip (purple and yellow) is a homage to the color scheme of her original Batgirl outfit.
233* NamedByTheAdaptation: Is given the middle name Lee, after her stepmother Lee Thompkins.
234[[/folder]]
235
236!The Van Dahl Family
237
238[[folder:Elijah Van Dahl]]
239!!Elijah Van Dahl
240[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elijah_van_dahl.png]]
241->'''Played By:''' Creator/PaulReubens
242
243Oswald Cobblepot's biological father.
244----
245* AdaptationalHeroism: He previously appeared in Film/BatmanReturns (Creator/PaulReubens also previously played him in that movie), where he and his wife abandon Oswald by dumping him in the sewers. That is not the case here, where he genuinely loves Oswald.
246* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, his name is Tucker Cobblepot.
247* CastingGag: Not the first time Paul Reubens played the Penguin's father.
248* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Dies in Oswald's arms, much like Gertrud did.
249* GoodParents: He really bonded with Oswald, during the short time they knew each other.
250* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Seems oblivious that his wife only married him for his money. ZigZagged with Oswald, whom he understands that he just wants to be loved but still seems a bit too willing to overlook that his son was a violence-prone sociopath.
251* ItRunsInTheFamily: He admits to Oswald that all of the males in the family suffer from violent tendencies and urges his son not to give in to his demons.
252* LukeIAmYourFather: Realizes that Oswald's his son when they meet.
253* MoralityChain: Oswald's re-connection with his father actually starts to bring out a genuine sense of happiness and compassion out of the former crime lord. Following Elijah's death, Oswald almost immediately relapses into his violent temperaments.
254* NiceGuy: Doesn't hold Oswald's criminal past against him, in fact he's actually impressed that his son was a famous crime boss.
255* TheTeetotaler: His health prevents him from drinking. Tragically, he breaks this once to celebrate and ends up downing a glass of poison meant for his son.
256* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: He's probably one of the very few compassionate people Penguin's encountered in his life and tragically dies completely by accident.
257[[/folder]]
258
259[[folder:Grace Van Dahl]]
260!!Grace Van Dahl
261[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eff39b9b0bc0d50f4f68cd91272198d7.jpg]]
262 ->'''Played By:''' Creator/MelindaClarke
263
264Oswald Cobblepot's stepmother.
265----
266* ArcVillain: She's pretty much a filler villain for the Penguin's story arc.
267* AssholeVictim: You'll probably ''cheer'' upon seeing her death.
268* BeehiveHairdo
269* BullyingADragon: Precisely how she thought it would be a good idea to abuse and functionally enslave someone she knows has been an extremely dangerous gang boss and murderer is beyond comprehension.
270* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Penguin turns her head into a trophy.
271* FamilialCannibalismSurprise: Is horrified when Oswald reveals to her that the dinner she was eating was made from none other than her own children, whom Oswald killed in revenge.
272* GoldDigger: Is clearly after Elijah's wealth.
273* JerkAss: Is extremely unpleasant to Oswald.
274* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: Penguin leaves her corpse literally at the dinner table for a couple of weeks.
275* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Her StupidEvil decisions accidentally trigger Oswald's memories, bringing the Penguin back.
276* OffWithHisHead: Penguin decides to decapitate her and make her head into a trophy to keep in his mansion.
277* OhCrap: She's quite shocked to discover that the Penguin fed her Sasha and Charles before learning that she's next on his kill list.
278* RichBitch: She's wealthy and a total bitch.
279* SlashedThroat: How she dies, courtesy of Oswald.
280* StupidEvil: Kept the poisoned sherry instead of disposing of it. Oswald even calls her on it.
281* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Discreetly withholds Elijah's medication, giving him mints instead, to worsen his condition so she can inherit his money faster. She also poisons a bottle of sherry in hopes of killing Oswald, which Elijah ingested by mistake.
282* TooDumbToLive: Apparently she thought that it was a good idea to keep an emotionally unstable criminal psychopath as an abused servant under her control. Unsurprisingly, she ends up pushing him too far and he strikes back. To boot, she leaves the poisoned sherry wine in a cupboard where Oswald, as her servant, could find it, which he even mocks her for before he kills her.
283* WickedStepmother: A textbook case.
284
285[[/folder]]
286
287[[folder:Sasha Van Dahl]]
288!!Sasha Van Dahl
289[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_988.jpg]]
290->'''Played By:''' Kaley Ronayne
291
292Grace's daughter, and Oswald's stepsister.
293----
294* AssholeVictim: You'd probably be more disappointed that you didn't see her death before Penguin confirms it.
295* AttemptedRape: Tries to force herself on Oswald.
296* CoDragons: She and her brother are this for their mother.
297* HoneyTrap: She attempts this on Oswald, but since they're step-siblings he doesn't bite.
298* JerkAss: To Oswald, much like her mother.
299* KilledOffscreen: Oswald kills her and Charles, then feeds their processed carcasses to Grace.
300* RichBitch: She's wealthy and a total bitch.
301* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: Oswald kills her and processes her into food for her mother. According to Oswald, she was more tender than her brother.
302
303[[/folder]]
304
305[[folder:Charles Van Dahl]]
306!!Charles Van Dahl
307[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charles_van_dahl.png]]
308 ->'''Played By:''' Justin Mark
309
310Grace's son, and Oswald's stepbrother.
311----
312* AmbiguouslyGay: Offers to try to seduce Oswald when Sasha's efforts fail. It's not clear whether this means he's actually homo/bisexual or just willing to attempt the HoneyTrap. Or he might have just been mocking his sister.
313* AssholeVictim: You'd probably be more disappointed that you didn't see his death before Penguin confirms it.
314* CoDragons: He and his sister are this for their mother.
315* JerkAss: To Oswald, much like his mother.
316* KilledOffscreen: Oswald kills him and Sasha, then feeds them to Grace.
317* PetTheDog: There were a few ''small'' scenes where he genuinely tried to compliment Oswald.
318* RichJerk: He's wealthy and a total jerk.
319* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: Oswald kills him and processes him into food for his mother.
320
321[[/folder]]
322
323!Historical Figures
324
325[[folder:Celestine Wayne]]
326!!Celestine Wayne
327[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_06_14_at_85640_pm.png]]
328->'''Played By:''' Sophie Lee Morris
329
330A member of the Wayne Family who lived two hundred years ago.
331----
332* FalseRapeAccusation: When the Wayne men found her in bed with Caleb Dumas she claimed that he had forced himself on her.
333* OldMaid: According to Edwige, she never married and died alone. It might be karma for her false accusation.
334* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Her beauty was such that she was known as the "crown jewel of Gotham".
335[[/folder]]
336
337[[folder:Johnathan Wayne]]
338!!Johnathan Wayne
339->'''Played By:''' TBD
340
341Celestine Wayne’s brother who lived two hundred years ago.
342----
343* DisproportionateRetribution: Cutting off the arm of the man who you believe raped your sister is one thing… running his entire family out of town, stripping them of all their property and wiping their very memory from Gotham’s history is a bit much.
344* KnightTemplarBigBrother: He cut off half of Caleb Dumas’ arm when he thought he had raped his sister.
345[[/folder]]
346
347[[folder:Caleb Dumas]]
348!! Caleb Dumas
349[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_05_08_at_81334_pm.png]]
350 ->'''Played By:''' Bryan Howard Conner
351
352The Galavans’ ancestor who was exiled from Gotham along with the rest of his family.
353----
354* AnArmAndALeg: Johnathan Wayne cut off his right arm halfway up the forearm.
355* TheExile: While his family was utterly destroyed, he was forced into exile overseas.
356* StarCrossedLovers: What he claimed Celestine and him were. She had other ideas.

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