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Crows Security

In General

Crows Security

Gotham's primary security firm, led by Jacob Kane.

Badass Crew: The group consists of ex-Navy Seals and Green Berets.
Composite Character: Their name comes from the Murder of Crows, the unofficial team of various special operations personnel Jacob knew in the comics and who trained Kate to become Batwoman. Role-wise, they're a very stripped-down, non-military version of the Colony, a black-ops group led by Jacob in the DC Rebirth era.
Hated by All: It’s hinted at in season 1, but made more clear in season 2, that pretty much all Gotham citizens hate the Crows. This is due to most of the Crows just being corrupt bullies who harass citizens and falsely incriminate them for little to no reason, and those who aren’t corrupt being either too incompetent or willfully naive to stop those who are. It takes almost two full seasons for Sophie and Jacob to realize that the Crows are bad for Gotham and respectively quit and shut them down.
Jurisdiction Friction: GCPD is on the long list of people that hate them.
Law Enforcement, Inc.: They reside in Gotham, but have an international branch, hiring out highly trained operatives as law enforcement throughout the world.
Redshirt Army: Quite a few of them have been killed so far, without even getting names or lines. Any mourning or memorial services their coworkers might have had for their fellow agents have not been shown.

Jacob Kane

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Species: Human

First Appearance: "Pilot" (Batwoman 1x1)

Appearance: Batwoman

Kate Kane's father and leader of the Crows.

Action Dad: Commander of the Crows and father to both Kate and Beth.
Adaptational Backstory Change: In the comics, Jacob rescued Kate from her kidnappers with the rest of his unit, and learned the dead girl in the room with Kate wasn't Beth and kept that knowledge from Kate. In the show, he wasn't involved in the car crash whatsoever except in the search for Beth afterward, and for a time denied Beth was still alive before being convinced Alice was her.
Adaptational Deviation: Jacob created Kate's Batwoman suit and HQ in the comics, as well as organized her training. In the show, he set up training for her to become a Crow, but has no idea she's Batwoman.
Adaptational Job Change: In the comics he's an Army colonel and head of a Batman-inspired military division called the Colony, rather than the head of a private security firm.
By-the-Book Cop: He firmly believes that justice can only come from the law, thus he greatly disapproves of vigilantes like Batman and later Batwoman.
Cartwright Curse: His first wife was killed in a road accident while his second was poisoned.
Celebrity Paradox:
- Dougray Scott played the main villain of Mission: Impossible II; that film series exists in the Arrowverse.
- The Taken films are obviously referenced during the penultimate episode of The Flash Season 3; Dougray Scott played the Big Bad of the third and final film. Interestingly, Scott was The Other Darrin for Xander Berkeley, who played Peter Lockwood in Supergirl.
- The Walking Dead has been mentioned several times in the past; Dougray Scott guest-starred in Fear the Walking Dead during its second season.
Colonel Badass: Jacob was USSOCOM Colonel of the U.S. Army prior to his retirement.
Commanding Coolness: Holds the rank of Commander.
Dad the Veteran: He's a former officer in the U.S. Army Special Forces and father to both Kate and Beth.
Fatal Flaw: He has a very bad habit of coping with his grief by taking easy solutions that allow him peace of mind without actually confronting his issues. He pushes Kate away and strings her along with empty promises as a misguided attempt at protecting her, blames Batman for his wife and daughter's deaths so he doesn't have to face his own guilt over that incident and point blank refuses to even entertain the notion that Alice could really be Beth because it would mean having to face the fact that he gave up on finding his missing daughter. Alice points this out as why she's targeting him. He Gave Up Too Soon and as a result Alice was condemned to a horrific life. This bites him hard in Season 2 when Black Mask has his men inject Jacob with Snakebite. Despite his full awareness of exactly what the substance does he continues to use it because it allows him some solace over losing Beth and Kate. As a result Mary chews him out on his unhealthy coping methods and Black Mask is able to use his drug use and some corrupt cops to get him arrested.
Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Jacob turns out to be this for Kate which is what caused him to put off letting her join the Crows. He lives in perpetual fear that she'll get hurt or killed and Kate is all she has left after losing his first wife and other daughter Beth, not to mention his sister and brother-in-law. He finally relents that he's hurting Kate than protecting her and so offers her an spot with his security team at the end of the pilot.
Frame-Up: At the end of "A Mad Tea-Party", he is framed for murdering Catherine.
Frontline General: Despite being the leader of the Crows, he seems to go into the field with them regularly, even to relatively minor events.
Get Out!: When Catherine confesses that she faked Beth's death, Jacob's response is a furious "Just get away from me."
Good Is Not Nice: He's about as nice as Quentin Lance was at the beginning of Oliver's crusade.
Guilt Complex: Part of why he blames Batman for Gabi and Beth's deaths is because he knows without it, he'd blame himself for giving up the search for Beth, even though that's equally irrational.
Happily Married: To Gabi and later, at least before Alice showed up, Catherine.
Heartbroken Badass: He took losing his wife and daughter very hard.
Inspector Javert: He becomes this to Batwoman.
It's Personal: He quickly develops a burning hatred of Alice for getting into his head, even without believing that she is in fact his daughter. His hatred later extends to Batwoman when he declares war on her.
Jerkass Has a Point: Constantly. He can usually be relied on to call out the other heroes' most reckless and illegal actions, and try to hold them to account or at least put a stop to it. This mostly just makes him come across as an epic party-pooper.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Jacob is a generally dour and grumpy man with many flaws, but he genuinely loves his daughters and is determined to be a force for good in Gotham.
Made of Iron: So far he's been stabbed in the abdomen twice and been perfectly fine within a matter of hours each time.
Mistaken for Murderer: Alice frames him for Catherine's murder.
Never My Fault: In "I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury", he blames Batman for his failure to save his wife and Beth; otherwise he'd blame himself for giving up searching for Beth too soon. At the end of the episode, he admits it to himself and Kate.
Parents as People: He initially acts disapproving and unsupportive towards Kate, even shipping her off, but not out of malice, but because he is scared to lose her too. At the end of the pilot, he finally comes around and even invites her to join the Crows.
Put on a Bus: As a result of Roman Sionis exposing his connection to Alice, he gets arrested and moved to a jail in Metropolis at the end of Season 2.
Superhero Paradox: He blames Batman for what happened to his wife and daughter because, according to him, Batman brought the freaks out in Gotham and if there was no Batman there would be no Joker. This blatantly ignores the fact that his sister and her husband were murdered in Gotham long before Batman showed up. Kate later gets him to admit that this is mostly a result of Jacob projecting his own guilt onto Batman.

Sophie Moore

See the Arrowverse: Bat-Family page

Tyler

Species: Human

First Appearance: "Pilot" (Batwoman 1x1)

Appearance: Batwoman

A Crows International agent who is married to Sophie.

see the Smallville: Meteor Freaks page for Tobias Rice, the Earth-167 character who bears his physical likeness.

Battle Couple: He and his wife are both Crows agents.
The Beard: He was unknowingly one for Sophie. Tyler realizes she was never in love with him, and Sophie later admits it herself. It seems that she was trying to convince herself of being straight through marrying him (though she does show fondness for Tyler).
Locked Out of the Loop: Sophie never told him about her relationship with Kate, and he later just assumes they were friends at Point Rock. Sophie is in no hurry to tell him otherwise, despite his prodding. When he finds out, he is naturally not amused.
Long-Distance Relationship: With Sophie. It's unknown where exactly Tyler worked before returning to Gotham, but as a Crows International agent, it was likely outside the States and was definitely far enough away to require air travel.
Nice Guy: Good-natured, friendly, and genuinely loves Sophie. His mother-in-law also speaks highly of him, and he sent her flowers for her birthday every year.
Romantic False Lead: He leaves Sophie after her unresolved feelings for Kate put too much stress on their marriage.
Second Love: To Sophie, after she and Kate went their separate ways. However in "Grinning from Ear to Ear", she's come to realize that she was never in love with him.

Chuck Dodgson

See the Arrowverse: Gotham City Criminals page

Miguel Robles

See the Arrowverse: Gotham City Criminals page

Whelan

Species: Human

First Appearance: "I'll Be The Judge, I'll Be The Jury" (Batwoman 1x6)

Appearance: Batwoman

A recurring Crows Security since Season 1.

The Generic Guy: Doesn't display many character traits, aside from being an honest, reliable agent.
Inspector Javert: Arrests Ryan when he finds her with an unconscious cashier, due to her being a known felon. However, he later releases her after reviewing the evidence that she was helping him, not robbing him.
The Reliable One: Always assists Jacob and Sophie in their work, and seems quite competent at it too.

Russell Tavaroff

Species: Human

First Appearance: "Take Your Choice" (Batwoman 1x12)

Appearance: Batwoman

A Crows Security agent who takes over Lead Investigation of hunting down the False Face Society.

Ascended Extra: From a minor, one-note character in Season 1 to Lead investigator in Season 2.
Dirty Cop: He is perfectly willing to use lethal force against civilians driven mad by bad Snakebite and has no compunctions about evidence tampering and flat-out murder to defeat his enemies.
Evil Hero: He's an officer of the law, but he's also a raging violent asshole of the highest order.
Face–Heel Turn: While he was never a good person, he is at least a member of the Crows throughout most of Season 2. After he is fired for setting Luke up and Jacob disbands the Crows, he joins the False Face Society.
Revenge Before Reason: Sophie remarks that he would burn the earth to take down False Face for killing his fellow agents.

Kane Family

Gabrielle Kane

Gabrielle Kane (née Goldstein)

Species: Human

Played By: Michelle Morgan

First Appearance: "Pilot" (Batwoman 1x1)

Appearance: Batwoman

Jacob's first wife and the mother of Kate and Beth. She was killed in a car accident caused by the Joker.

Adaptational Backstory Change: She was an Army intelligence officer who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in the comics, while here she was an Innocent Bystander who died in a random accident caused by the Joker. Her fate still plays a role in her daughters' origin stories in a way.
Adaptational Wimp: She and her husband were members of the 525th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade and worked with NATO in the comics. There's no evidence of Gabi being associated with the Army in the show as in the source.
Adaptation Dye-Job: In the comics, she's blonde. Here, she's brunette.
Alliterative Name: Her maiden name was Gabrielle Goldstein.
Deceased Parents Are the Best: She was a loving mother to her daughters, both of whom remember her fondly.
Desecrating the Dead: Her severed head was unfortunately found by August Cartwright along with Beth and was kept in a freezer so he could carve her face to give to his aging mother.
Named by the Adaptation: In the show, she's given a middle name (Lorna) and a maiden name (Goldstein).
Off with Her Head!: She was decapitated in the car accident when the car hit the water after falling from a bridge.
Plot-Triggering Death: Her demise mentally scarred Beth and caused a wedge between Jacob and Kate.
Posthumous Character: She was killed 15 years before the main story, and is only seen in flashbacks.

Catherine Hamilton-Kane

Species: Human

Played By: Elizabeth Anweis

First Appearance: "Pilot" (Batwoman 1x1)

Appearances: Batwoman

A defense contractor and Jacob Kane's second wife.

Ambiguously Evil: She not only knew who Alice really is, but she also went out of her way to cover up the secret. She later reveals to Jacob that she only wanted to help him and Kate move on. "The Mad Tea-Party" also has her confess to selling her weapons to criminals, although the fact that said confession was made at bombpoint makes the veracity of this confession a bit suspect. However, the fact that her company designed a weapon specifically designed to pierce the Bat-suit doesn't do her many favours. Nor, for that matter, does the fact that the neurotoxin Alice steals and uses to kill Catherine herself was designed by her company to apparently cause a slow, agonising death (without any antidote even developed as a fail-safe). As the use of biological weapons such as neurotoxins is considered a war crime in most forms of armed conflict, one really does have to wonder what a legitimate defence contractor was making it for.
Death by Adaptation: Her comics counterpart doesn't show up often but is still alive.
Death Faked for You: She paid off Hamilton employees to claim that bone fragments from a deer belonged to Beth, and later tries to cover-up Alice’s identity.
Didn't See That Coming: She badly wanted to give Jacob and Kate closure for Beth's death by faking her remains, but didn't stop to consider that Beth might actually be alive, even though she knew her body hadn't been recovered (thus making Beth an "unknown known" in this scenario).
Died in Your Arms Tonight: She dies in her daughter's arms.
Good Stepmother: She and Kate get along well, at least before her dirty laundry comes out.
Heroic Sacrifice: At the end of "A Mad Tea-Party", she gives the antidote to the poison she drank to the also-poisoned Mary and dies in her arms.
Mama Bear: When Alice poisons her and Mary and only gives them enough antidote to save one, Catherine orders Mary to drink it without a second thought. Before that, she explained to Alice that it was like seeing her own daughter when she saw Kate mourning at Gabi and Beth's funeral, motivating her to help Kate and Jacob move on.
Race Lift: Caucasian in the comics, of East Asian descent here.
Second Love: For Jacob.
Secret Secret-Keeper: "A Mad Tea-Party" reveals she knew about Mary's secret clinic the entire time.
Slave to PR: She does everything to positively influence the public to keep the peace.
So Proud of You: She expresses pride in Mary right before expiring.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: She faked Beth's death in order to help Jacob move on.

Mary Hamilton

See the Arrowverse: Bat-Family page

Wayne Family

Martha Wayne

Martha Wayne (née Kane)

Species: Human

Jacob's late elder sister and the mother of Bruce Wayne. She was killed along with her husband Thomas when Bruce was very young.

see Batman Film Series: Supporting Characters page for the Earth-89/Earth-97 character who bears her name and background

see DCEU: Gotham City page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears her name and background

Iconic Item: Her pearl necklace is of course present in this version. The mugger was originally after it but killed her and Thomas when they resisted. Bruce eventually finds it and placed it in a special container.
Plot-Triggering Death: Her death along with her husband's served as the impetus for Bruce becoming the Dark Knight.
Posthumous Character: She was killed decades before the main story.
Together in Death: She and Thomas were killed around the same time.
Tragic Keepsake: Her aforementioned pearl necklace, for Bruce.

Thomas Wayne

Species: Human

Jacob's late brother-in-law and the father of Bruce Wayne. He was killed along with his wife Martha when Bruce was very young.

see Batman Film Series: Supporting Characters page for the Earth-89/Earth-97 character who bears his name and background

see DCEU: Gotham City page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears his name and background

Plot-Triggering Death: His death along with his wife's served as the impetus for Bruce becoming the Dark Knight.
Posthumous Character: He was killed decades before the main story.
Together in Death: He and Martha were killed around the same time.

Ryan Wilder's family, friends and associates

Cora Lewis

Species: Human

First Appearance: "Whatever Happened to Kate Kane?" (Batwoman 2x1)

Appearance: Batwoman

Ryan's adoptive mom, who got murdered by the Wonderland Gang.

Death by Origin Story: Already over 5 years dead by the time Ryan makes her first appearance.
Died in Your Arms Tonight: In Ryan's, sadly.
Good Parents: By all accounts, she was very supportive of her adopted daughter.

Angelique Martin

Species: Human

Played By: Bevin Bru, Kerensa Cooper (young)

First Appearance: "Fair Skin, Blue Eyes" (Batwoman 2x4)

Appearance: Batwoman

Angelique Martin is a childhood friend and the ex-girlfriend of Ryan Wilder, as well as a chronic criminal. Ryan took the fall for a crime she committed out of love.

Chronic Villainy: As Ryan notes, despite Angelique apologizing for her arrest, she hasn't actually changed her ways, showing that she isn't taking responsibility for it. Angelique also justifies her choice of career by saying that, unlike Ryan, she was never adopted, framing a criminal activity that she admits that she enjoys as a necessity while also refusing any attempt by Ryan to get her out of it.
Damsel in Distress: She gets kidnapped by the False Face Society shortly after being released due to making a deal.
Fall Guy:
- She had Ryan take the fall and go to prison for her.
- Ironically, out of fear for her life from the False Face Society, she later takes the fall for Commissioner Forbes's murder.
One Last Job: She constantly claims that she'll leave her criminal ways behind, only to always fall right back.
Toxic Friend Influence: It's made quite clear that she is a burden to Ryan more often than not.

Susan Stevens

Species: Human

First Appearance: "Whatever Happened to Kate Kane?" (Batwoman 2x1)

Appearance: Batwoman

Ryan's parole officer.

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She can be quite stern, but she genuinely wants to help Ryan find her way back into society.

Imani

Species: Human

Played By: Samantha Liana Cole

First Appearance: "Time Off for Good Behavior" (Batwoman 2x10)

Appearance: Batwoman

The Director of Tutoring at Sheldon Park Community Center.

Identical Stranger: Samantha Liana Cole also played Enchantress in Legends of Tomorrow.

Jada Jet

Species: Human

First Appearance: "Loose Teeth" (Batwoman 3x2)

Appearance: Batwoman

Ryan's biological mom, CEO of Jeturian Industries.

Adaptation Name Change: Jezebel Jet becomes Jada Jet in this adaptation. The name change was most likely done to avoid the unfortunate implications of the term jezebel when applied to black women.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Subverted, while she does work together with Black Glove Society, it is to find a cure for Marquis, and she is horrified to find out about their criminal activies.
Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Jada abandoned Ryan to protect her from her psychotic brother Marquis.
Doesn't Like Guns: Jada reveals this after Sophie requests one inside her panic room.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While she initially seems like an incredibly unpleasant person (who smears Ryan for diverting funds, among other things), if not an outright villain (due to her association with the Black Glove Society) it is eventually revealed that she does what she does to try and find a cure for Marquis and also to protect Ryan from the latter.
Mama Bear: Does her best to protect Marquis (even from himself, planning to freeze him until a cure for his condition is found), and Ryan, in her own way.
Spotting the Thread: She is very good at spotting when people lie.

Local Government

Law Department

ADA Harvey Dent

Harvey Dent

Species: Human

A well respected Gotham assistant district attorney. Uncle to Duela Dent.

see Titans (2018): Villains page to see his Earth-9 character who bears his name and background

see Batman (1966): Rogues Gallery page to see his Earth-66 character who bears his name and background

see Batman Film Series: Villains page to see his Earth-89/Earth-97 character who bears his name and background

Adaptational Late Appearance: If he's still only an ADA, it's likely he hasn't become Two-Face yet, and thus was never a Batman foe.
Crusading Lawyer: Luke has nothing but praise for him and his profession.
The Ghost: Luke mentions his profession when giving Batwoman exposition on Duela and her family, but not even a photo of him is seen.

ADA Angus Stanton

Species: Human

First Appearance: "I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury" (Batwoman 1x6)

Appearances: Batwoman

A corrupt assistant district attorney who, along with Detective Stu Donnelly and Judge Raymond Calverick, framed and convicted innocent people.

Law Enforcement

Commissioner Forbes

Species: Human

First Appearance: "Pilot" (Batwoman 1x1)

Appearances: Batwoman

The police commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department.

Back for the Dead: Get's gunned down during his first episode back in Season 2.
Da Chief: Of the GCPD, until his death.
Politically Incorrect Hero: Implied to be homophobic, as he initially refused to turn on the Bat-Signal after Batwoman publicly came out as lesbian.

Renee Montoya

Species: Human

First Appearance: "Mad as a Hatter" (Batwoman 3x1)

Appearances: Batwoman

A former GCPD Detective and Leader of the Rogues Unit. She knows about Ryan Wilder's secret identity and forces her to help her collect the "Batman Trophies", highly dangerous objects left behind by Batman's old Rogues Gallery.

see DCEU: Gotham Vigilantes page to see the character from an unidentified Earth who bears her name and background

An Offer You Can't Refuse: Forces Ryan to work together with Alice to get the Batman Trophies back, under the threat of outing Ryan's secret identity.
Dating Catwoman: She was in a relationship with Pamela Isley while the latter was a wanted criminal she was supposed to be hunting down. Eventually, she was forced to desiccate her with a special device and have Batman bury her to keep her from getting back her powers.
Good Is Not Nice: Most of the time, she acts extremely blunt and without sympathy for Ryan's struggles. And with the reveal that she sent Ryan on a Snipe Hunt under false pretenses to free Pamela, the "good" part is also highly in question.
My Greatest Failure: Choosing her duty over Pamela. One she eventually rectifies, by unleashing Poison Ivy on Gotham once more.
Sex for Solace: She and Sophie have a short fling, after they both feel betrayed by Ryan.
Snipe Hunt: She was in possession of Joker's buzzer all along. It was just a pretense until Ryan helped her find Pamela.
Tomboy with a Girly Streak: While she is definitely the Tomboy to Pamela's Girly Girl, she doesn't act overly masculine either.

James Gordon

Species: Human

The retired police commissioner of Gotham City, and a key ally to Batman's war on crime. He's also an old friend of Joe West.

see Titans (2018): Other Characters page to see the Earth-9 character who bears his name and background

see Batman (1966): Heroes page to see the Earth-66 character who bears his name and background

see Batman Film Series: Supporting Characters page to see the Earth-89/Earth-97 character who bears his name and background

see DCEU: Gotham City page to see the character from an unidentified Earth who bears his name and background

Ambiguous Situation: While he has been confirmed to be retired, we don't know when it occurred, why he chose to step down, or if he was forced to. It's also unclear what he's been doing during this time.
Broken Pedestal: It seems Montoya doesn't think too highly of him, as when the trophies of Batman's old rogues surface, she fears Gotham to devolve into the Gotham that Jim Gordon was once in charge of.
The Commissioner Gordon: The Trope Namer, now retired.
Connected All Along: Dialogue on The Flash implies he and Joe West were close friends, whom the latter has contacted a few times for aid.
Dead Alternate Counterpart: His Earth-9 iteration was killed by Mr. Freeze.
The Ghost: He hasn't appeared in this series due to his retirement.
In-Series Nickname: He's called "Jim" by Montoya instead of James, and "Jimmy" by Joe West.
Two First Names: "James" and "Gordon".

Arkham Asylum

Administration and Staff

Dr. John Deegan

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Species: Human ^note

Played By: Jeremy Davies, Tyler Hoechlin (as "Superman")

First Appearance: "Elseworlds, Part 1" (The Flash 5x9)

Appearances: Elseworlds ^note(The Flash | Arrow | Supergirl)

A doctor who had previously been arrested for illegal experimentation on his patients, he got a job at Arkham Asylum. After a lecture concerning eugenics, the Monitor appeared before him and gave him the Book of Destiny, telling him to "think big."

Adaptational Wimp: His comics counterpart could turn dreams into reality, this version was an ordinary man used as a pawn by the Monitor by giving him a reality warping artifact.
Adaptation Name Change: In the comics, his last name is simply "Dee".
Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-666 who is a paparazzi photographer.
Being Good Sucks: He hated being forced to save the citizens from a falling crane, letting Oliver and Barry escape.
Big Bad Duumvirate: He and Mar Novu are the main antagonists of the Elseworlds crossover.
Celebrity Paradox:
- Lost has been mentioned during the Arrowverse premiere. His actor was a main cast member in its last three seasons.
- Cisco mentions Twister in the Season 3 premiere of The Flash. His actor was a cast member of the film.
Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: He's never once referred to as Doctor Destiny.
Composite Character: He combines aspects of Doctor Destiny, Superboy-Prime, the evil High Councilor Superman from Injustice and Supergirl of all people.
- Decomposite Character: Earth-96!Superman is given Injustice!Superman's backstory with a heavy dose of Adaptational Heroism in the next crossover but he is him in every other manner.
Drunk with Power: Being given the Book of Destiny takes as much a toll on his rationality as can be expected.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Deegan believes that chance is enough to make someone a hero; he compares the Monitor giving him the Book of Destiny to Barry getting struck by lightning. When Barry tells him that heroism is more about overcoming circumstances, Deegan laughs in his face.
Evil Is Hammy: Although fairly sedate in his normal appearance, as Superman, Deegan goes way off the deep end. The image to the right shows just one of many deranged expressions.
Evil Wears Black: After making himself into Superman, Deegan wears a black costume with silver elements. Upon seeing the result, Clark compliments the look.
Facial Horror: After the book is destroyed, he looks heavily deformed, like an outright zombie.
A God Am I: At the climax of Elseworlds, Deegan proclaims himself "master of this world" due to the power of the Book of Destiny.
The Heavy: Even though the Monitor is the Big Bad of the Elseworld crossover, Deegan is the one causing most of the direct trouble.
Heroic Wannabe: He tried to use the Book of Destiny to turn himself into the Flash. This instead causes Barry and Oliver to switch lives and powers. He does it again to turn himself into Superman, since with Superman back on Earth-38 there's no copy around to cause problems.
How Do I Shot Web?: Although the Book of Destiny lets him rewrite reality, he switched Oliver and Barry's lives by accident on his first attempt instead of becoming the Flash as intended. He gets it right on the second try, becoming Superman.
I Just Want to Be Special: He's given the chance to change the world twice, and both times his first order of business is to trade lives with a superhero.
It's All About Me: Deegan's desire to be a hero is more about his desire for fame and adoration than any real desire to do good. Even his subordinates in the second alternate reality recognize that his good works are more about pandering to his ego than any semblance of altruism.
Mad Doctor: He's a doctor who works at Arkham Asylum and is known to experiment on his patients.
One-Steve Limit: He's one of the many Johns in the Arrowverse, which includes John Diggle and John Constantine.
Pragmatic Villainy: He lets Barry and Oliver escape at the beginning of part 3 to rescue a group of children from a falling construction beam in order to maintain his Villain with Good Publicity status.
Psychopathic Manchild: He wants to be a superhero to be adored by the masses, complains that society "didn't understand" his torturous methods of dealing with Arkham's inmates, and angrily throws tantrums when thwarted.
Rewriting Reality: He does this via rewriting the Book of Destiny.
Small Name, Big Ego: Deegan believes that the Monitor gave him the Book of Destiny because the cosmic being recognized his potential for greatness. In reality, Novu only gave him the book to cause chaos to test the heroes of Earth-1.
The Sociopath: He's generally indifferent to other people, has no sense of altruism, and has a constant need for thrills and attention.
With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Already no paragon of mental health, Deegan's sanity starts to crack when he gets the Book of Destiny, and it jumps into overdrive after he turns himself into Superman, descending into a full on god complex, with Evil Is Hammy for good measure.

Dr. M. Butler

Species: Human

Played By: Alex Zahara

First Appearance: "Through the Looking-Glass" (Batwoman 1x16)

Appearances: Batwoman

The Warden of Arkham Asylum.

Kill and Replace: Ends up being on the receiving end by Mouse.
Wardens Are Evil: Well yeah, using electric torture and even Fear Toxin on inmates, no matter how evil they themselves might be, is pretty screwed up.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He seems genuinely interested in treating his patients.

Inmates

See Arrowverse: Gotham City Criminals page

Gotham City Media

Vesper Fairchild

Species: Human

Played By: Rachel Maddow

First Appearance: "Pilot" (Batwoman 1x1, voice)

Appearance: Batwoman

A radio host in Gotham whom Oliver Queen previously slept with.

Casting Gag: Rachel Maddow wrote the foreword to the first collected edition of Batwoman: Elegy.
Deadpan Snarker: Her broadcasts are at least 50% pure snark.
Fair-Weather Friend: She constantly shifts between demeaning and supporting Batwoman.
The Gadfly: She even calls herself that.
The Ghost: Word of God states that her character will not appear onscreen, only through audio.
Greek Chorus: Her radio snippets provide snarky in-universe commentary on the actions of Batwoman and the Crows, criminal activity, and so forth.
Spared by the Adaptation: In the comics, after being absent for Batman: No Man's Land and its immediate aftermath, Vesper came Back for the Dead for Bruce Wayne: Fugitive, years before Kate debuted. Here, she's still around.
The Voice: She only makes appearances via her radio show.

Dana Dewitt

Species: Human

Played By: Allison Riley

First Appearance: "I'll Be The Judge, I'll Be The Jury" (Batwoman 1x6)

Appearance: Batwoman

An anchorwoman of Gotham City News.

Intrepid Reporter: Always the first to report on ongoing investigations and crimes and to question official statements.

Horten Spence

Species: Human

Played By: Jaime M Callica

First Appearance: "Time Off for Good Behavior" (Batwoman 2x10)

Appearances: Batwoman

A journalist for the Gotham City Gazette.

Intrepid Reporter: He even get's compared to Lois Lane.
Red Herring: He is initially hinted to be Kilovolt, given his suspicious proximity and warning about the attack, but he in fact had already picked up on the pattern and was trying to obliquely warn them of what was coming.

Other Citizens

Reagan

Species: Human

Played By: Brianne Howey

First Appearance: "Down Down Down" (Batwoman 1x3)

Appearances: Batwoman

A bartender who Kate ends up dating.

Amicable Exes: While sad, her breakup with Kate is fairly graceful, with no hard feelings from either.
Face–Heel Turn: After reuniting and sleeping with Kate, Reagan betrays her by stealing Lucius's book and handing it to Magpie, who in turn hands it to Alice.
In Love with the Mark: After Magpie has to throw away the journal to get Batwoman off her back, she has her sister seduce Kate and steal it back, greatly upsetting Reagan as she'd developed genuine feelings for her. As a result Reagan refuses to work with her sister any more.
Lipstick Lesbian: She's attracted to other women and very feminine, especially compared to Kate.
Long Hair Is Feminine: She wears her blond hair down to near her shoulders.
Love Interest: She serves as one for Kate for two episodes, before dumping her as a result of Kate's dishonesty regarding her actions as Batwoman.
Masculine–Feminine Gay Couple: The feminine to Kate's masculine.
Pink Means Feminine: She's seen wearing a bright pink dress.
Romantic False Lead: Her fling with Kate doesn't last long and the latter clearly still has feelings for Sophie.
Sherlock Scan: She's incredibly good at reading people, in part due to interacting with lots of them at her job.
Sibling Team: In her role as a bartender for The Beautiful Elite Reagan gathers intelligence and cases future targets for her sister, the burglar known as Magpie.

Dr. Ethan Campbell

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Species: Human

Played By: Sebastian Roché

First Appearance: "A Mad Tea-Party" (Batwoman 1x8)

Appearances: Batwoman

A well known plastic surgeon and philanthropist.

Arbitrary Skepticism: Despite how crazy the Arrowverse has gotten, he still dismisses the trope of Latex Perfection as nothing more than science-fiction ^note It's all an act since he's actually August Cartwright disguised using the very technology he's claiming to be fictional, originally invented for his son.
Canon Foreigner: He has no apparent comic book inspiration. There are some obscure minor characters with the same surname, but nothing that suggests he's any of them.
Posthumous Character: The real Dr. Campbell is heavily implied to have been murdered by Cartwright.
The Reveal: He's actually August Cartwright in disguise.
Walking Spoiler: His importance to the story can't be discussed without revealing that he's really August Cartwright in disguise.

Mabel Cartwright

Species: Human

Played By: Debra Mooney

First Appearance: "Off With Her Head" (Batwoman 1x15)

Appearances: Batwoman

August Cartwright's mother, who is just as cruel as her son.

Abusive Parents: While she isn't Alice's mother, her physical and emotional abuse of her over the years they lived together still counts. It's implied that she was like this towards August too. Jonathan is also clearly scared at the prospect of his grandmother moving in with them and considering how she's pleased at his face being fixed, she likely mistreated him in the past due to his burned appearance.
All Take and No Give: Her relationships with Alice and everyone in her family.
Asshole Victim: No one is the least bit sorry about her gruesome death, as it was richly deserved. Even August doesn't mind scapegoating her post-mortem for his own crimes.
Awful Wedded Life: She claims her husband never loved her and "took too long to die".
Control Freak: Everything has to be exactly the way she says, lest she go off the rails.
Dark Lord on Life Support: She is introduced as being dependent to an oxygen tank.
Disproportionate Retribution: She would routinely beat Alice, cut her hair, or burn her hands if she made Mabel's tea too sweet, too hot, or didn't get her what she wanted to eat.
The Dreaded: To Alice, who remains haunted by everything Mabel put her through long after the old crone's death to the point of referring to her as the "Queen of Hearts". She even hallucinated Mabel when dosed with Fear Toxin.
Entitled Bitch: The fact that she had Alice address her as "your majesty" says it all.
Evil Old Folks: Good lord, is she ever!
Evil Matriarch: Of the Cartwrights. In fact, Mabel was likely responsible for her son, and in turn her grandson, growing up into such twisted, murderous individuals.
Eviler than Thou: She somehow manages to be even more deplorable than August with her horrific treatment of Alice, which damaged the latter's mental and emotional state further. It's telling that even August is afraid of angering his mother.
Faux Affably Evil: During her first scenes, she seems rather decent. This gets quickly turned on its head.
Greater-Scope Villain:
- It's implied her selfish, domineering nature is why August became a psychopathic doctor and Abusive Dad to Jonathan.
- Her cruelty turned Beth into a traumatized, submissive Nervous Wreck for a decade until Mabel's desire to steal Gabi Kane's face finally drove her over the edge in becoming Alice, making Mabel her first kill.
Green-Eyed Monster: She hated Alice for blossoming into a beautiful young woman while Mabel was withering away.
Hair-Trigger Temper: Even the most minuscule of transgressions causes her to lash out violently.
Hate Sink: A savagely abusive and utterly despicable scum of a person who hurts anyone for the most senseless of reasons and only sees others, including her own family, as her slaves or tools to get what she wants.
I Just Want to Be Beautiful: Deconstructed and Played for Horror. She is so obsessed with regaining her beauty that she wants a dead woman's face to be transplanted onto hers, convinced this will make her young again.
I Was Quite a Looker: Mabel often boasts of how attractive she used to be, and is bitter about her youth being "wasted" in an unloving marriage and how she's aged to the point of needing an oxygen tank.
Narcissist: She's completely fixated on her vanity to the point of wanting to take on the late Gabi Kane's looks to become as beautiful as she thinks she deserves forever.
Karmic Death: She's burned alive by Alice, her caretaker and most frequent victim, with her own oxygen tank.
Kill It with Fire: How she meets her end. Beth burns Mabel alive using her oxygen tank as a makeshift flamethrower after finding out that she planned on stealing her mother's face.
The Sociopath: Completely self-absorbed, narcissistic, expects everyone to bend over backwards to please her, engages in sadistic punishments when denied anything, wantonly rageful and cruel, and devoid of empathy for anyone, even her family.
Would Hurt a Child: Aside from the emotional abuse, she also hit Alice and poured hot tea over her hands several times.

Parker Torres

Species: Human

Played By: Malia Pyles

First Appearance: "How Queer Everything Is Today!" (Batwoman 1x10)

Appearances: Batwoman

A student hacker who stages a train accident and later extorts all of Gotham under the threat of doxxing.

Anti-Villain: She's a lesbian who was outed by a spurned ex-girlfriend to her heteronormative parents. The train incident was an attempt to garner sympathy from her parents, and when that failed, she wanted to use the extortion money to skip town.
Easily Forgiven: For putting hundreds of civilians' lives at risk, attempting to extort Gotham, and doxxing the mayor, she accepts Kate's deal to scrub graffiti off the walls of the city, return all the extortion money she received, and stop hacking. The alternative if she hadn't taken that offer would've been getting turned in.
Heel–Face Turn: She enters community service as atonement for her cyberattack, in addition to agreeing to stop hacking and returning all the extortion money she received.
Secret-Keeper: Alice forces Batwoman to unmask herself in front of her. She recognizes Kate, but vows to take her secret to the grave.

Percy Odell

See the Arrowverse: U.S. Government page

Sophie Moore's mother

Diane Moore

Species: Human

Played By: Jeryl Prescott

First Appearance: "Grinning From Ear to Ear" (Batwoman 1x14)

Appearances: Batwoman

Sophie Moore's mother.

see Swamp Thing (2019) for Nimue Inwudu, the post-Crisis Earth-19 character who bears her physical likeness

Adaptation Expansion: In the comics, Sophie's parents were only ever referred to once, without being seen, named, or characterized in any way apart from an apparent friendliness with Kate.
Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome: A homophobic housewife on Earth-Prime, a powerful blind seer on Earth-19.
Celebrity Paradox: The Walking Dead has been mentioned several times in the past; Jeryl Prescott was a recurring cast member during its inaugural season.
Disappointed in You: Her reaction when learning her daughter had a relationship with another woman in the past.
Heteronormative Crusader: The woman clearly dislikes Batwoman for coming out as a lesbian and believes all homosexuals are "degenerate sinners". Sophie coming out to her also makes her quite unhappy, saying her daughter's "choice" will simply make things harder for her.
Hypocrite: The woman sees Batwoman as "a criminal who gets away with it", while having no problem with Batman, who apparently represents values she actually believes in. Sophie quickly zeroes in on the fact that her mother's problem with Batwoman is just homophobia.
I Have No Daughter!: She disowns Sophie for her homosexuality.
No Name Given: She's never named in her sole appearance.

Jordan Moore

Species: Human

Played By: Keeya King

First Appearance: "Rule #1" (Batwoman 2x9)

Appearances: Batwoman

Sophie Moore's younger sister, and an activist and tagger in Gotham.

Canon Foreigner: By all indications, Sophie Moore is an only child in the comics.
The Matchmaker: She offers to be Sophie's wingwoman and suggests that she hook up with Ryan.
Sibling Yin-Yang: Sophie is the second-in-command of Crows Security, while Jordan is an anti-police activist.

Bobby Reeves

Species: Human

Played By: Viv Leacock

First Appearance: "Grinning From Ear to Ear" (Batwoman 1x14)

Appearances: Batwoman

Reggie Harris' lawyer.

Crusading Lawyer: Vows to bring justice to Lucius Fox's true killer even after his client is murdered.
What You Are in the Dark: Get's targeted by the Detonator (II) and almost gives into the temptation of killing innocent people to save his own skin.

George Adler Jr.

Species: Human

Played By: Blair Penner

First Appearance: "A Narrow Escape" (Batwoman 1x17)

Appearances: Batwoman

Son of the late George Adler Sr., the first Detonator.

Red Herring: Was first hinted to be the Detonator himself.
Secret-Keeper: Knew of his fathers murderous activities, but kept quiet because he thought he suffered from PTSD.
You Look Familiar: The actor previously portrayed Sgt. Rock who was killed by Vandal Savage in Legends of Tomorrow and a member of Savitar's cult in The Flash. However both those characters existed on Earth-1 and an in-universe explanation could be that the cult member is George's pre-Crisis counterpart while Rock is his ancestor.

Ethan Rogers

Species: Human

Played By: Milo Shandel

First Appearance: "Do Not Resuscitate" (Batwoman 2x6)

Appearances: Batwoman

A former research scientist at Garnick Industries contracted with Hamilton Dynamics.

Bald of Evil: Not a hair on his head and quite ruthless.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: After his debut episode presented him as a possible member of a Big Bad Ensemble, he and everyone else involved in trying to replicate the Desert Rose dies offscreen, courtesy of the Many Arms of Death.
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Willing to continue human experiments even when attempts to transfer the Desert Rose serum keep killing the patients. Then, he sends an unhinged patient (whom he himself made unstable by experimenting on him to deal with his emotional problems) to threaten Mary and Jacob in order to find out where the serum came from.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He wants the Desert Rose to cure horrible diseases, and he doesn't care how many lives he has to go through to get it, even threatening Sophie at gunpoint to secure a map to Coryana.

Mason

Species: Human

Played by: Alistair Abell

First Appearance: "Loose Teeth" (Batwoman 3x2)

Appearances: Batwoman

The father of Steven, the second Killer Croc.

Identical Stranger: His actor portrayed an ER doctor in The Flash (2014) and Charles Eked in Series/Arrow.
Papa Wolf: He's desperate to protect his son from being captured and experimented on for his condition. All it gets him is a horrible death when his mutated son mauls him.
Shock and Awe: Uses an electric cattle prod to stun Batwoman so she can't capture his son. Alice steals it to destroy her ankle bracelet, then uses it in her fight against Batwing.

Nora Fries

Species: Human

Played by: Jennifer Higgin

First Appearance: "Freeze" (Batwoman 3x3)

Appearances: Batwoman

The widow of the notorious Mr. Freeze, now released from cryogenic suspension.

see Arrowverse: Gotham City Criminals page for the pre-Crisis Earth-1 character who bears her name and background

see Batman Film Series: Supporting Characters page to see the Earth-89 character who bears her name and background

Death Seeker: Her husband is dead (and she knows that he never moved on from her), her only surviving relative is her aging sister, and the cryogenic treatment she underwent is destroying her health. She's not actively suicidal, but she's very tired of people trying to prolong her life.
Truer to the Text: Unlike her pre-Crisis incarnation who was given Adaptational Villainy, this version is closer to the usual depiction of the character who is a good person and Freeze's Morality Pet.
Younger Than They Look: Even accounting for the two decades she spent in cryo, she's only in her fifties, but has been aging more rapidly since being released.

Dee Smithy

Species: Human

Played by: June B. Wilde

First Appearance: "Freeze" (Batwoman 3x3)

Appearances: Batwoman

Nora Fries's sister.

Mythology Gag: She is likely named after Dee Hartford, who played Mr. Freeze's would-be wife, Miss Iceland in the 60's show.

Characters / Arrowverse: Gotham City Citizens

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Gotham City Citizens

Crows Security

Crows Security

Jacob Kane

Species: Human

Played By: Dougray Scott

First Appearance: "Pilot" (Batwoman 1x1)

Appearance: Batwoman

Tyler

Species: Human

Played By: Greyston Holt

First Appearance: "Pilot" (Batwoman 1x1)

Appearance: Batwoman

Whelan

Species: Human

Played By: Sean Kuling

First Appearance: "I'll Be The Judge, I'll Be The Jury" (Batwoman 1x6)

Appearance: Batwoman

Russell Tavaroff

Species: Human

Played By: Jesse Hutch

First Appearance: "Take Your Choice" (Batwoman 1x12)

Appearance: Batwoman

Kane Family

Gabrielle Kane (née Goldstein)

Species: Human

Played By: Michelle Morgan

First Appearance: "Pilot" (Batwoman 1x1)

Appearance: Batwoman

Catherine Hamilton-Kane

Species: Human

Played By: Elizabeth Anweis

First Appearance: "Pilot" (Batwoman 1x1)

Appearances: Batwoman

Wayne Family

Martha Wayne (née Kane)

Species: Human

Thomas Wayne

Species: Human

Ryan Wilder's family, friends and associates

Cora Lewis

Species: Human

Played By: Shakura S Aida

First Appearance: "Whatever Happened to Kate Kane?" (Batwoman 2x1)

Appearance: Batwoman

Angelique Martin

Species: Human

Played By: Bevin Bru, Kerensa Cooper (young)

First Appearance: "Fair Skin, Blue Eyes" (Batwoman 2x4)

Appearance: Batwoman

Susan Stevens

Species: Human

Played By: Rebecca Davis

First Appearance: "Whatever Happened to Kate Kane?" (Batwoman 2x1)

Appearance: Batwoman

Imani

Species: Human

Played By: Samantha Liana Cole

First Appearance: "Time Off for Good Behavior" (Batwoman 2x10)

Appearance: Batwoman

Jada Jet

Species: Human

Played By: Robin Givens

First Appearance: "Loose Teeth" (Batwoman 3x2)

Appearance: Batwoman

Local Government

Law Department

Harvey Dent

Species: Human

ADA Angus Stanton

Species: Human

Played By: Mark Gibbon

First Appearance: "I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury" (Batwoman 1x6)

Appearances: Batwoman

Law Enforcement

Commissioner Forbes

Species: Human

Played By: Cameron McDonald

Species: Human ^note

Appearances: Elseworlds ^note(The Flash | Arrow | Supergirl)