Batman: The Animated Series – Rogues Gallery, Part 3 / Characters

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Arnold Stromwell

Voiced by: Eugene Roche

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

"This is my town! I made it what it is!"

Arnold Stromwell was a prominent mob boss in Gotham City before turning himself in to the authorities. His estranged nephew Tony Zucco was responsible for the murder of the parents of Dick Grayson.

Being Evil Sucks: Being a crime boss also made him a lonely man with no real friends and cost him his marriage. He later finds out how much he indirectly hurt those he loves when he discovers that his son took the drugs his organization was selling and ended in a hospital.
Canon Foreigner: He was created for the series.
A Day in the Limelight: "It's Never Too Late" is almost exclusively about him.
The Don: Rupert Thorne's rival at the start of the series. It's implied that he ran Gotham's underworld for a long time, before Thorne arrived to challenge his power. He's also a Deconstruction, as his episode shows how much his actions have, albeit indirectly, hurt his family and by extension himself. He's currently divorced and later discovers that his son has been hospitalized because he took the drugs that his organization was selling.
Establishing Character Moment: Stromwell is introduced when a child playing in the street outside of his mansion runs away when she notices his initials on the gate. Inside, Stromwell is seen angrily watching a TV report about how he's losing his war against Thorne, while also showing grief and fear when the report mentions his missing son. This establishes him as as a feared and prideful mob boss who is on his way down and hates it, but still loves his family.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His son and his brother. They double as his Morality Pets. Seeing the effects of the drugs his organization produced on his son and talking to his brother convince him to surrender himself to the police and close down his organization.
Even Evil Has Standards: He threw Zucco out of the family due to Zucco giving him unwanted attention from Batman with his murder of the Flying Graysons.
Expy: He bears a great resemblance to Carmine Falcone, and like Falcone, he was one of the most powerful mob bosses during Batman's earlier years.
Heel–Face Turn: At the end of his episode, he agrees to surrender to the police and tell Gordon all he knows about Gotham's criminal world.
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: He's a mobster, but you still feel sorry for him as his personal and professional lives are an utter mess.
Minor Major Character: In spite of his importance in the settings of the series,^note he only appears during one episode (not counting flashbacks) and has a Heel–Face Turn at the end.
My Greatest Failure: He considers himself responsible for the accident during which his brother lost his leg, as the latter was injured while saving him from a train.
Older Than They Look: Father Michael is Stromwell's younger brother and the white-haired Rupert Thorne is described as being youthful compared to Stromwell, but Stromwell could pass for being well over a decade younger than either man.
Papa Wolf: When he thought that Thorne was responsible for the disappearance of his son, he was ready to beat him to a pulp to make him reveal where his son was. Too bad that Thorne wasn't the culprit.
Sibling Yin-Yang: He is a crime boss, his brother is a honest priest.
Tragic Villain: As a poor young boy, he was determined that he should one day be someone, and that the criminals and scum should fear him. Through his underworld career, he got his wish—And also an utterly miserable life to go with it.
Villain Protagonist: The episode "It's Not Too Late" is almost entirely about him, with Batman playing a supporting role.
White Gangbangers: An Anglo-Saxon mafioso would be a rare thing, even in an age when most "ethnic" criminals were white (e.g., Italian-Americans).

"The Boss"

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

The leader of a criminal gang. An attempt by the Gotham police to arrest him goes badly enough that an internal affairs investigation is held, but Batman helps the police catch him in the end. He only appears in the episode “P.O.V.”

Face Framed in Shadow: Is only seen in the shadows.
The Faceless: Due to being concealed by darkness.
Generic Doomsday Villain: Unlike other gangsters on the show, he is given no characterization or backstory. He never speaks, is not named onscreen, and doesn’t appear in any other episode. Even his face is mostly obscured.
High-Class Glass: The only part of his face visible.
No Name Given: His true name is never revealed.

Boxy Bennett

Voiced by: Dick Miller

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A somewhat powerful gangster with a soft spot for Harley Quinn, in spite of the fact she usually disrupts his operations and humiliates him.

Butt-Monkey: He tends to wind up humiliated thanks to Harley.
Expy: His face is similar to how Carmine Falcone's face looks in the comics.

Buzz Bronski

Voiced by: John P. Ryan

Appearances: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

A mobster who became the Phantasm's second victim.

Asshole Victim: Like Chuckie Sol, he was a ruthless gangster who committed many crimes long before he was slain by the Phantasm.
Benevolent Boss: While he was still a mobster, from the way his two men acted, it seems they at least respected him.
Death by Looking Up: The Phantasm killed him when he fell into an open grave by toppling the gravestone statue onto him. From the looks of his men upon seeing the results, it wasn't pretty.
Last Disrespects: Even though he pays a visit to his old partner, Chuckie Sol's, grave, he still tosses the wreath of flowers he brought in a dismissive manner while commenting "You always were a loser".

Carl Beaumont

Voiced by: Stacy Keach

Appearances: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

A man who handled financial matters for the Valestra mob.

All for Nothing: He was able to pay off the mobsters the money he owed them. But they were still unhappy he didn't pay them at the deadline. So they sent the man who would become the Joker to kill him.
Robbing the Mob Bank / Stealing from Thieves: Beaumont embezzled money from the Valestra mob. Things went poorly for him after that.

Carlton Duquesne

Voiced by: Kevin Michael Richardson

Appearances: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

A gangster who works with Penguin and Rupert Thorne in their arms deal to the Kasnians.

All There in the Manual: The movie Novelization goes deeper into his background. He lied to his wife about not being a criminal during their courtship, which put a strain on their relationship after she learned the truth and caused her to ask him to transition into legitimate businesses. When he started coming around to her line of thinking, an underworld enemy took it as a sign of weakness and launched the assassination attempt that left Carlton a widower. This sent him on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge that the cops still remember almost fifteen years later, and left him paranoid about the risks of going straight or showing weakness.
Bald of Evil: He is a gangster with a shaved head.
Bald of Authority: He's bald and is the leader of a gang.
Beard of Evil: Has a goatee and, again, is a gangster.
Being Evil Sucks: It's obvious that he doesn't enjoy his life of crime. It cost him the life of his wife and he has a very strained relationship with his daughter. Rocky even tells Kathy at the end of the film "Maybe he hated his life as much as you hated yours".
Betrayal by Inaction: Subverted as Kathy is hanging from a broken ledge by her cape. Carlton goes away, Kathy's head drops... and then the lifesaver on a rope he'd gone to grab drops down.
Earn Your Happy Ending: More like "Earn Your Bittersweet Ending". He ditches his life of crime and repairs his relationship with Kathy, but he still ends up in jail. Kathy mentions that he's making a deal to testify against Thorne and Penguin, hinting that he might get a reduced sentence.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Even though he's way too overprotective, Carlton does genuinely love his daughter Kathy. When she's outed as one of the Batwomen, Penguin attempts to poison her for information. Carlton tries to stop him, but is brutally pulverized by Bane. These events ultimately convince him to give up on crime.
Helicopter Parents: He keeps Kathy under lock and key most of the time and when she does go out, she must be accompanied by her two "bodyguards". This makes sense, seeing as he has a lot of enemies and already lost his wife in a failed assassination attempt.
Heel–Face Turn: Let's see, his bosses treat him very poorly, they recruit Bane to take his place as their protection, they try to kill Kathy right in front of him, then Bane beats him to a pulp and tries to drown him. Is it any wonder that Carlton made a plea deal to testify against Penguin and Thorne at the end.
Love Redeems: He is unable to stand by while Penguin tortures Kathy, but is stopped by Bane before he can intervene. Thorne and Penguin fire him, then Bane beats him and attempts to drown him. Kathy saves him, then he saves her when the cruiser explodes, and following his arrest, he makes a deal to testify against Penguin and Thorne.
My Greatest Failure: While it isn't explored much (at least from his perspective), the death of his wife is clearly this. She was shot dead in an assassination attempt on him. As a result, he doesn't let Kathy go anywhere without being accompanied by his henchmen. Kathy deeply resents him for it.
Remember the New Guy?: Carlton Duquesne is treated as if he has always been a major underworld player and partner of Rupert Thorne and the Penguin but was never shown earlier in the series.
Scary Black Man: He is a large, intimidating black gangster and works as the "muscle" to Penguin and Rupert Thorne.
Sour Outside, Sad Inside: The final act hints that gruff gangster Carlton Duquesne isn't that happy with what his lifestyle has done to himself and his family.
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Carlton is not the best looking guy, but his late wife, who is only shown in Kathy's paintings, was absolutely stunning. Especially since Kathy is The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter.

Charles "Chuckie" Sol

Charles 'Chuckie' Sol

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Voiced by: Dick Miller
Appearances: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

A mob boss and a former member of the Valestra mob, who has the dubious honor of being the first victim of the Phantasm.

Asshole Victim: A ruthless and callous mob boss isn’t someone easily missed. It seems that even the other members of the Valestra Gang hate him, with Buzz even going to his grave just to call him a loser.
Counterfeit Cash: Was planning to launder a briefcase full of the high-grade variety before Batman interrupted.
Dirty Coward: When Batman goes after him, he immediately abandons his men to Batman’s mercy, and when he runs into the Phantasm and his attempt to kill the vigilante fails, he immediately starts to break down and sob.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His grave possibly suggests this, given that the epitaph states "May He Always Rest in Peace". Unless he paid a funeral director to prepare a tombstone with that epitaph...
Slasher Smile: When he attempts to run over the Phantasm.
Smug Snake: When he’s on the winning side, he’ll act tough and confident, but the second someone bigger and badder than him shows up, he folds like paper. Lampshaded by Buzz Bronski, who calls him a "loser" for this.

Edward "King" Barlowe

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"I had the last laugh after all!"

Voiced by: Allan Rich

Appearances: The New Batman Adventures

A mob boss and despised rival of the Joker, Barlowe nevertheless saw fit to give the Clown Prince of Crime an Unexpected Inheritance of $250 million in cash, gold and jewels... except that he didn’t. Most of it turned out to be fake.

Adaptation Name Change: In the comic that "Joker's Millions" was based on, Barlowe's first name was "William". In the episode, it's changed to "Edward".
Bald of Evil: He only has a few strands of hair left on his head when we see him in his Video Will.
Batman Gambit: The reason his plan went off without a hitch is because he knew the Joker long enough to predict with 100% accuracy how the Clown Prince would act in the situation the fake inheritance put him in.
British Teeth: He’s got some crooked teeth.
Brooklyn Rage: He speaks with a thick Brooklyn accent that you’d expect from a mafioso like himself.
The Chessmaster: We can assume he was such a successful criminal because of his almost superhuman planning abilities, as evidenced by how he managed to completely screw over the Joker from beyond the grave.
Cool Old Guy: You're automatically this if you manage to get away with pranking THE JOKER of all people and leaving him completely unable to get back at you due to that being the very last action you performed in your life before dying of natural causes.
The Don: He was one of the most powerful mob bosses in Gotham, making his nickname of "King" rather appropriate.
Dying Smirk: He dies with a smile on his face knowing full well that he's successfully pulled one over on the Joker and smugly celebrating that the Clown Prince will never be able to get back at him.
Dying Declaration of Hate: In his Video Will, he stated that he always despised Joker so much. The feeling is mutual, more so when Barlowe royally screwed the Joker over.
Dying Moment of Awesome: Knowing that his time on the earth is nearing its end, he uses the last of it to prank his mortal enemy, the Joker, and managing to get away with it due to, y'know, being dead and stuff.
Evil Gloating: His sole appearance in the episode (indeed, the entire series) is a video of him gloating that he completely fooled the Joker and finally got the last laugh over his rival.
Evil Sounds Raspy: He has a low, snarly voice. It's implied he had some sort of respiratory issues.
Fat Bastard: He's noticeably obese.
Incurable Cough of Death: When we see him on his deathbed in his Video Will, he's using an oxygen mask and has a coughing fit at one point. Lung problems seem to be common among Gotham criminals...
Karma Houdini: From what we know of him, he successfully evaded the police and Batman his entire life before dying of natural causes with a huge amount of money to his name. Since he's dead, the Joker can't go after him either. Granted, considering other installments of the DC Animated Universe make it clear that an afterlife and supernatural forces exist in this continuity, it's not out of the question that he went to Hell after his death.
Laughably Evil: Let's put it this way: if you can get away with pulling a huge prank on the Joker, you’ve got to have one wicked sense of humor.
Manipulative Bastard: He successfully tricked the Joker into falling right into his trap by appealing to his short-sighted greed.
Phrase Catcher: He ends his Spiteful Will laying out the fake inheritance prank he played against the Joker with the line "The joke's on you, sucker!".
Posthumous Character: The audience never knows about his existence until shortly after he’s kicked the bucket; we only ever see and hear him in a short Video Will — which goes a long way to establish both his character and the episode itself.
Posthumous Villain Victory: Outside of 10 million dollars, most of the "money" he left to the Joker in his Spiteful Will was fake, getting one over of him from beyond the grave. He even rubs it on Joker's face with two options: go to jail for tax evasion (which he can't do), or admit that he was conned by a dead man and become Gotham's Butt-Monkey (which he won't accept). Bonus points to Barlowe as Joker can't even get his revenge as the former is already dead.
Remember the New Guy?: He's been a long time rival to The Joker but wasn't once mentioned throughout the entire series until "Joker's Millions".
The Rival: Apparently, he and the Joker despised one another, which is why the Joker never expected to inherit $250 million from the old man. It turns out the inheritance was mostly fake, as a final middle finger to King Barlowe’s enemy from beyond the grave.
Sinister Schnoz: He’s got a rather prominent nose.
Thanatos Gambit: King knew he was going to die soon, so he used his impending mortality to get back at the Joker one last time: he claimed to have left him $250 million, but only $10 million of it was actually real — most of the cash, plus all the gold and jewels, were fake. Barlowe anticipated that the Joker would blow through all of the real money immediately and have nothing left over when the Intimidating Revenue Service comes to collect. Joker finds himself faced with a Sadistic Choice between either going to prison for tax evasion or admitting he’s been tricked and becoming the laughingstock of Gotham. Barlowe planned all of this from the start, and it went down like clockwork. Bonus points for using his Video Will to rub it in the Joker’s face about how utterly screwed he is and how he’ll never be able to get back at Barlowe since he’s already dead.
Troll: As it turns out, he's an even bigger troll than the Joker, managing to completely screw him over just for a posthumous laugh at his rival's expense with a fake inheritance. The "bills" he left even have his face on them as an extra "in your face" to Joker. His Video Will cements it.
White Gangbangers: Like Arnold Stromwell, King Barlowe is a rare Anglo-Saxon mafioso.
Xanatos Gambit: He cons Joker in a situation where he wins posthumously either way with his Unexpected Inheritance scam: the clown admits he's been had (and becomes Gotham's butt of jokes) or get jailed for tax evasion. Since Barlowe is long dead, Joker can't go after him either. To try and get out of this seemingly no-win situation, Joker decides he needs to get enough money to pay Uncle Sam his due... illegally, of course.

James "Jazzman" Peake

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Voiced by: Brian George

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A gangster with a grudge against Commissioner Gordon for busting a massive smuggling racket Jazzman had created.

It's Personal: Doesn't seem to give a second thought to Batman, but he has an intense grudge against James Gordon, for putting a stop to his smuggling ring. After finding out Gordon isn't dead yet, Jazzman breaks out of prison just to make sure he never gets a chance to get better.
Revenge Before Reason: Willing to throw away his newfound freedom just to kill Gordon. His accomplice even calls him out on this, but Jazzman doesn't care about anything other than making things "square" with the commissioner.
Starter Villain: One of the first villains Batman took down.

Rupert Thorne

Voiced by: John Vernon

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

A criminal overlord with ambitions to conquer the Gotham underworld. For years Harvey Dent has attempted to put him in his place but has never been able to pin anything on him fully.

Adaptational Badass: Thorne is a much more powerful figure than in the comics as he's one of the few mob bosses still around after the "freaks" took over Gotham. See Composite Character.
Art Evolution: Thorne received a relatively minor redesign in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. Aside from losing some weight and being streamlined, the character looked more-or-less the same as his Batman: TAS design.
Big Bad Duumvirate: With the Penguin in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman.
Big Bad Ensemble: While not on the same level as the Joker or Ra's al Ghul in this regard, Thorne is the series' most prominent white collar criminal. Notably, he is directly responsible for Two-Face's creation and he hires Bane in an attempt to have Batman killed, sparking the former's antagonism towards and obsession with the latter. His criminal empire takes a large portion of the series's run to topple.
Boring, but Practical: Unlike the Joker and other supervillains of Gotham City, Thorne being a simple crime boss with no gimmick what so ever, allow him to avoid jail time even with Batman's interference.
Bullying a Dragon: His attempt at blackmailing Harvey Dent, even though he knew that Dent had a violent temper stemming from his mental issues and was a large, strong adult who had barely been able to restrain himself from ripping one of Thorne's goons to pieces.
The Bus Came Back: He was the most recurring non-Arkhamite villain in B:TAS but didn't make the transition into The New Batman Adventures proper. However, by the time of Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, he comes back for one last hurrah.
Composite Character: While Thorne had connections to the mob in the comics, his role here as an untouchable mob boss is more in line with Carmine Falcone or Salvatore Maroni. He also fills the latter's role of causing Dent's disfigurement and transformation into Two-Face.
Deadpan Snarker: He has his moments of sardonic wit, such as when Batman crashes through his greenhouse window:
"You'd better have the money to pay for that."
The Don: The most powerful mobster in Gotham city at the start of the series. His old-school methods provide a contrast to those of Batman's more colorful foes.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: While he didn't make life easy for his brother Matthew, he still genuinely cares for him. It doesn't stop him from stringing him along to keep him as a henchman, but he clearly loves him.
Even Evil Has Standards: When Stromwell's son goes missing and he accuses Thorne of being behind it, Thorne points out that he never goes after a person's family. Thorne is actually planning to kill Stromwell right then, betraying him at a peace summit, but he seems legitimately shocked at the accusation and is (in this case, at least) indeed sincere in his assertion of innocence.
Fat Bastard: Thorne is a big man in both girth and underworld standing.
Faux Affably Evil: He's polite and almost warm in his mannerisms, but Thorne is a manipulative, ruthless man who won't hesitate to sink to new lows to stay on top. Not even his own brother is safe from being used for Thorne's own ends.
Freudian Excuse: It's implied in "Paging the Crime Doctor" that he became a criminal to pay for his brother Matthew to go to medical school, and spiraled into becoming a mob boss over the course of trying to provide for him.
Hidden Depths: Thorne's probably the last person anyone would expect to garden as a hobby, yet he maintains a fair sized nursery next to his penthouse and is seen tending contently to potted flowers in one episode.
Hoist by His Own Petard: In his attempt to bring down Harvey Dent, he created his worst nemesis Two Face - who threatened his businesses, turned his books over to the authorities, and nearly killed him.
Hypocrite: That Even Evil Has Standards moment above would have been more effective if the previously-produced episode before that one hadn't shown him using Harvey Dent's fiancée to get at Two-Face. Possibly via Loophole Abuse, as Grace had only been engaged to Harvey and thus wasn't technically part of Dent's family yet.
Karma Houdini: Whilst defeated by Batman on a regular basis, being arrested doesn't seem to mean that much to him. Even when he's arrested and his empire is destroyed in "Shadow of the Bat", he's still able to come back and reform his organization by the time of "Second Chance".
Kingpin in His Gym: He's shown to be working out hard in the gym punching a bag in "Bane". Though unfortunately for him, it's not enough to keep him competitive in those rare moments he does try to fight Batman.
Mood-Swinger: For all his suave attitude, he loses his temper very easily. A good example of this is towards the end of "The Man Who Killed Batman".
Not Me This Time: "It's Never Too Late" (as far as Stromwell's son is concerned), "Vendetta", and "Second Chance".
Pragmatic Villainy: At times. This is what sets him apart from most of Batman's other regular enemies. At heart, Thorne remains a classic criminal motivated by profit above all. He doesn't indulge in pointless acts of villainy or destruction if it doesn't bring him some kind of profit.
Real Men Wear Pink: He's shown to enjoy botany, lovingly caring for his plants in his greenhouse.
Sequel Non-Entity: He's the most prominent crime boss and recurring non-Arkhanmite villain in B:TAS but once the show gets a retool to become The New Batman Adventures, he's completely left out and it wouldn't be until TNBA ended that Thorne would come back some years later in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman.
Sibling Yin-Yang: Smug, ruthless mobster whose brother is a morally troubled, yet sympathetic, disgraced surgeon.
Smug Snake: Thorne is perpetually smug and self-assured, but while he's competent enough to make it as an ordinary criminal in a city full of supervillains, he's still prone to overestimating himself and misjudging the situation.
Ungrateful Bastard: After Leslie Thompson helps safe his life via surgery, Thorne orders her killed so no one will know he had her kidnapped to perform the operation.
Villain Has a Point: When threatening to share Harvey Dent's psychiatric file with the press, Thorne sarcastically quips that the people have a right to know who they're electing for office. Not that Thorne really cares, and he deliberately made the situation worse, but this is actually a pretty valid concern: Would you vote for someone if you found out they've been desperately trying to sweep their violent dissociative identity under the rug?

Salvatore "Sal" Valestra

Salvatore Valestra

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Voiced by: Abe Vigoda

Appearances: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Salvatore "Sal" Valestra was once the most powerful gangster in Gotham City.

Canon Foreigner: He was created for the series.
Death by Irony: He uses an oxygen mask and tank to assist with breathing. He is found dead from poisoning thanks to Joker Venom: a lethally exaggerated version of nitrous oxide, a gas administered through similar masks and tanks.
The Don: Was once. Now he is an aged shell of his former self.
Evil Old Folks: Well too old to try any evil now.
Expy: He is probably based on Lew Moxon, who also played a role in Batman's mythos.
- He also bears a resemblance to Carmine Falcone, and like Falcone, he was The Don when Bruce was just beginning his vigilante career.
- He's also similar to Carl Grissom, the Joker's former boss in the 1989 movie, whom he also kills.
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: He smokes cigarettes and is most certainly not a good person. In his first flashback appearance, he barges into Carl's office and lights one up. Later, he blows smoke in his face while demanding his money.
Greater-Scope Villain: Of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. He ordering the death of Andrea's father led Andrea to becoming the Phantasm.
Incurable Cough of Death: Is suffering from one in his old age (implied to be the result of heavy smoking in his youth). The Joker kills him first though (though his damaged lungs contributed to his death).
Karmic Death: Murdered by the very psycho he sent to kill Andrea's father.
Loan Shark: Carl Beaumont was in debt to him and Sal gave 24 hours to collect. Carl eventually managed to get the money together but failed to do it within the deadline, so Valestra had him killed.
Too Dumb to Live: Oh, by all means, Sal. You go right ahead and try to guilt trip the homicidal Monster Clown into being your bodyguard - like that won't end badly for you or anything!
Smoking Is Not Cool: Sure those cigarettes made him look tough when he was younger, but they're also implied to be the cause of his Incurable Cough of Death.

Sidney Debris / Sid the Squid

Sidney "Sid the Squid" Debris

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Voiced by: Matt Frewer

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A small-time bumbling crook that seems to have done the impossible: kill the Batman.

Anti-Villain: He is a criminal, but he's not evil by any sense of the word.
Apologises a Lot: "Sorry" is practically his catchphrase: He apologizes when he ruins Thorne's couch, when he trips over Batman, when he explains what happened on the roof, but the most extreme example may be when Joker places him in a Death Trap for ruining Joker's right to kill Batman.
"Will it help if I say I'm sorry? I’m really really really really really really sorry!"
Badass on Paper: He provided the former page image. The guy who killed Batman must be impressive, right?
Big Bad Wannabe: Wants very badly to be "a bigshot" in the criminal underworld.
Born Lucky: It's pretty much the only reason why he manages to survive the events of the episode. Even better, it would also be the reason he survived the events leading up to his debut episode, given how much of a Wretched Hive Gotham City is, along with the fact that Sidney is working with criminals and psychopaths that could be very trigger-happy.
Bumbling Sidekick: Eddie G. set him up as bait for Batman. Sid managed to ruin that plan.
Canon Foreigner: Mostly so, as he was created for the series, but shares the same moniker ("The Squid") as a comics' Rogue.
Cassandra Truth: Zigzagged. After narrating the events that happened in his debut episode to Thorne, the latter believes him. Except he doesn't believe the fact of what happened to Sidney is entirely out of luck and stupidity and accuses the latter of pulling a Scheherezade Gambit on him using Obfuscating Stupidity. To be fair to Thorne, Sidney's narration does sound convoluted even if it was true, and it's eventually revealed that his survival wasn't entirely the result of luck as Batman faked his "death" and spent the episode tailing Sidney from afar to find the source of the drug trade.
Confusion Fu: Played for Laughs. Sidney was clearly trying to avoid fighting Batman, but his Born Lucky and klutzy nature causes him to "kill" Batman purely by accident.
Deconstructed Character Archetype: Sidney deconstructs the Mooks, showing what kind of person would assume the daily risk of working for the Joker or Thorne, or confronting Batman as part of his job; a total loser who can't achieve anything except through dumb luck.
Earn Your Happy Ending: He's in prison, but what he's gone through has earned him the respect of his fellow criminals and fulfilled his dreams.
Sid: A big shot at last.
Evil Minion: Subverted, Sid is useless at battle, so he could be this trope, but he is also useless in anything else he tries. He is just not useful enough to be a minion.
Extreme Doormat: He lacks drive, ambition, or even opinions. Things happen to him and he barely reacts. The only time he protests his fate is when Joker puts him in a Death Trap.
Friendless Background: Nobody likes him. The Mooks think he’s useless, Eddie G. sets him up as bait, and his mother doesn’t talk to him anymore.
From Nobody to Nightmare: His true dream is to be a Big Shot at Gotham’s underworld. This is the kind of perverted dream all those Mooks share to justify their volunteering to the Mook Horror Show. The worst part is that Sid gets his wish in the only place he could be a winner: At Stonegate prison, surrounded by Straw Losers. Achieving his dream destroys Sid's life.
"Like a hungry predator, Sid the squids stretches his tentacles throught the Gotham’s underworld. Yeah, good! I’m on my way, Nothing gonna stop me now."
Harmless Villain: With his small stature, scaredy-cat nature, and lack of any mean bones in his body, he truly has chosen the wrong profession.
Horrible Judge of Character: He sincerely thinks Eddie G. is a true friend, and he asks for help from Rupert Thorne.
I Just Want to Be Special: Sid’s only motivation, he wants to be special… somehow… that doesn’t involve him doing anything.
Invincible Incompetent: Sid seems to be The Fool, but at the end of the story, we discover that he was not completely lucky, and given he ends up in jail, Sid certainly doesn't have Karmic Protection.
Know When to Fold 'Em: Doesn't put up any resistance upon learning that he's under arrest at the end of his episode, and is rather understanding about it.
Line-of-Sight Name: "Sid the… uh… [spots a billboard advertising calamari] Squid!"
Manchild: When the Mooks give him a chance to be on the lookout for a drug shipment, Sid behaves as a Surveillance Station Slacker more interested in making Impossible Shadow Puppets. Furthermore, Sid's motivation for wanting to be a "criminal bigshot" is framed in the sense of wanting to belong somewhere rather than to gain money, glory, or even villainy. And given his nerdy personality, childish tendencies, lack of social skills, and horrible judgment regarding allies and enemies, it's also clear that Sidney's understanding of Gotham City's criminal underbelly is severely lacking.
Minion with an F in Evil: He is certainly not one of the combatants Mooks, but he is such a loser he cannot be called Minion... he doesn't do anything useful (he's set up as bait, but Sid doesn't manage to accomplish even that).
Mistaken for Badass: Played for Drama, even—it nearly gets him killed several times.
Mythology Gag: A pre-Crisis Rogue called the Squid briefly existed, but was pretty much an expy of the Penguin and so very different from Sidney. The comics' Squid remains obscure and insignificant today, but the story featuring him included the debuts of 2 much more significant DC characters: Jason Todd and Killer Croc.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: His mannerisms, voice and look are intended to be like Woody Allen.
No Social Skills: Justified, Sid is a Manchild Straw Loser with a Friendless Background that makes him a Horrible Judge of Character. His only way to interact with others is to put up with the abuse.
The Perils of Being the Best: The Gotham underworld assumes Sid is the toughest man in Gotham when they think he killed Batman. Soon everyone in the underworld from genuine tough guys to psychos to wannabes is gunning for Sid because they want to get the Villain Cred from killing the guy who killed the Bat.
Phrase Catcher: After the explosion at the costume house, everyone salutes him as “the man who killed Batman”.
Punny Name: Sid's last name, Debris, is another word for wreckage or litter. It's pretty appropriate for Sidney and everything that he's put through.
Red Baron: He's nicknamed "Sid the Squid", however, this was initially done to "encourage" him into separating from the other members. The Squid eventually became his moniker after killing the Batman.
The Runt at the End: Subverted. He is the smallest and most pathetic of a gang of crooks but is also the one who always comes out smelling like a rose because of his ridiculously good fortune. Played straight when Bullock asks all the Mooks for information at Gotham's Police Headquarters: From a row full of ugly angry men, only Sid is showing fear. Who do you think Bullock picks for the interrogation?
Seemingly Profound Fool: He has no personality of his own, so every competent person sees him as they want Sid to be: Thorne’s Mooks see him as an evil Idiot Hero even when he claims it was an Accidental Murder. The gang-bangers defy him to fight even when it’s obvious he is hopeless. Joker is so upset by being stolen the chance to kill Batman that he claims Sid had Beginner's Luck, and Thorne, who has informants who rightly told him Sid is a Bumbling Sidekick, suspects Sid of trying to pull a Scheherezade Gambit on him using Obfuscating Stupidity.
Straw Loser: Sid has no talent for anything evil (or anything good either), not any proactivity, he is not good nor evil… to work for Thorne or the Joker is really the only thing left to him.
Surveillance Station Slacker: When the Mooks give him a chance to be on the lookout for a drug shipment, Sid is much more interested in making Impossible Shadow Puppets.
Wishful Projection: Sid has no personality of his own, so every incompetent person (the mooks) sees him as they want Sid to be: The one mook who achieved the From Nobody to Nightmare dream. Even when he is in prison and everyone can see him as the loser he is, all they will prefer to see him as the guy who almost killed the Terror Hero, made a fool of the Bad Boss, and set up The Don, all the guys that make a Mook's life a Mook Horror Show.
Villain Cred: At the end of his episode, the other criminals credit him for almost killing Batman, making a fool of the Joker, and setting Thorne up. This is treated as Sid's happy ending.
Villain Protagonist: The Man Who Killed Batman is told from his perspective.
Villain Respect: He actually seems to like Batman; his opposition to him is due to wanting to be a bigshot in the criminal underworld, but he's relieved when he turns up alive and the two kind of become friends.
Villainous Valor: The one true thing that can be attributed to him is that when confronted with Batman, even if he's about as threatening as a bug facing a windshield, he tries to fight the Dark Knight (though he clearly tries to avoid fighting him at all). The other crooks think he's got guts with what little they can see of the fight... and then all of the drama Sid suffers ensues because they all think that he had the best kind of luck a Gotham criminal could ask for on his side.
We Need a Distraction: The crew Sidney worked with only brought him along so he could distract Batman and he couldn't even do that right.

Tony Zucco

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Voiced by: Thomas F. Wilson

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

"Insurance, Mr. Haley. Ya know, from... accidents?"

A low-level mobster under his uncle, Arnold Stromwell. In an attempt to start a protection racket over Haley's Circus, Zucco sabotages the "Flying Graysons" trapeze act, killing Dick Grayson's parents.

Adaptational Attractiveness: In Robin's origin story from the comics, Zucco is an older, obese crimelord. In Batman: TAS, he's in his late 20's or early 30's, has an average build, and seems to be somewhat handsome.
Bad Boss: Nearly shoots his own mooks with a Tommy gun because the spray of bullets would kill Batman, too.
Big Bad Wannabe: Clearly has aspirations to get rich and powerful off of his extortion scheme, but is too brash and arrogant.
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Zucco is genuinely baffled why Batman is hunting him down so aggressively upon his return to Gotham. It is, however, justified in that Zucco has no idea that Robin is the son of the Flying Graysons he killed and the child he intended to kill in order to silence him, let alone that Batman is the person who adopted said child.
Zucco: You don't know the Bat. He don't let up. He's a dark angel of death, man, and he wants me!
Henchman: Why you, boss?
Zucco: How should I know?
Decomposite Character: One of Zucco's associates—a rough-faced, chubby guy in a bowler hat—better resembles the comic version of the character.
Dirty Coward: Skips town at any sign of trouble and fights dirty when he has to get violent.
Hated by All: Absolutely no one seems to like him, even his own uncle. His wannabe smooth charisma is easily seen through by the people he tries to charm, and he's openly hostile to everyone else.
Jerkass: He's a loud, rude, and totally remorseless scumbag. He shows no regret in killing the Graysons and orphaning Dick, and when he runs into the poor kid later, he berates him for how inconvenienced he is at Dick being a material witness to the crime.
Make It Look Like an Accident: Zucco frays the ropes used for the Graysons' trapeze act to create an "accident" in retaliation for circus owner Mr. Haley refusing to pay him protection money.
Shame If Something Happened: His M.O. is sabotage for extortion purposes.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: Not from military action, but from being hunted by Batman. In the flashback, he was a stone-cold gangster, but by the present day, he is more or less a wreck who jumps at shadows and goes outright crazy when he thinks Batman is coming to get him.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's a small-time extortionist only appearing in one two-part episode, but his criminal activities resulted in Dick Grayson becoming Robin.
Trigger-Happy: Goes nuts with a Tommy gun throughout the final act of his episode. First he blows a hole in the roof of his hideout to force Batman out of hiding, then turns a nearby amusement park to Swiss cheese trying to fight the Caped Crusader.
Would Hurt a Child: In addition to the unlikelihood that he was ignorant to ten-year-old Dick Grayson being in the trapeze act he sabotaged, Zucco later flat out attempts to kill Dick so the boy won't testify against him.
Villains Want Mercy: Once Robin gets his hands on him, he proceeds to beat the ever living crap out of Zucco. He desperately tries to get away from Robin, only cornering himself at the pier’s end and an enraged Robin about to throw him off. When it looked like Robin was going to drop him to his death, Zucco fearfully begs him not to kill him.
Younger Than They Look: While Zucco was a healthy looking man in his mid to late twenties when he killed Robin's parents, by the time he meets up with the dynamic duo in the present, he looks much much older even though only 8-10 years have passed. His face is gaunt and he has heavy bags under his eyes that suggests he doesn't sleep well. This is almost certainly because he's been fearing that Batman will find him while on the run from Gotham.

Vinnie "The Shark" Starkey

Vincent "Vinnie the Shark" Starkey

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Voiced by: Gregg Berger

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A gangster and drug lord who was once arrested by Harvey Bullock, and still holds a grudge against him for it, leading Bullock to suspect him of carrying out a series of attempts on his life.

Not Me This Time: While he's fully willing to take the opportunity to put a bullet between Bullock's eyes when he catches him in the middle of an operation, it turns out he was not responsible for the attacks on Bullock throughout the episode. It was actually Bullock's landlord, driven insane from having to constantly deal with Bullock.

Mad scientists

Achilles Milo

Doctor Achilles Milo

Voiced by: Treat Williams (Batman: The Animated Series), Armin Shimerman (Justice League)

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | Justice League Unlimited

Milo was an unscrupulous scientist who worked for Daggett, and was also involved with Romulus' case. In the later Justice League series, he eventually joined Cadmus.

Asshole Victim: In Justice League, he has a grudge against Amanda Waller, his employer, and releases Doomsday to get revenge. He only lives a few seconds after that.
Back for the Dead: His surprise appearance in JLU ended very, very badly for him.
Butt-Monkey: Anytime he appears, he's always on the receiving end of some kind of humiliating defeat. Cat Scratch Fever saw him falling into freezing water and getting captured by Batman. He gets badly injured by the werewolf and arrested in Moon of The Wolf. And his final appearance in Justice League Unlimited revealed that he's now a disgruntled toady working under Amanda Waller and finally seeks revenge on her by freeing Doomsday... only for Doomsday to finally end his life.
Death by Adaptation: He's still alive in the comics but in the DCAU, Doomsday kills him for good.
The Dog Bites Back: It always backfires on him... Even when he's the dog.
Evil Genius: He made a living of it.
Evil Is Not a Toy: After being drafted into Cadmus, he tried to wheedle Doomsday into assisting him in destroying the organization from within. Doomsday didn't cooperate.
Harmful Healing: He is a medical doctor, but uses his skills for morally bankrupt ends, such as designing performance-enhancing drugs or tailored diseases. And some of them have harmful side effects, too.
Killed Off for Real: Courtesy of Doomsday.
Mad Scientist: Well, an evil scientist for hire.
Poison and Cure Gambit: It seems he designed the plague that was to be released for Roland Daggett's plan to do this to Gotham in "Cat Scratch Fever".
Psycho for Hire: He is always shown on a payroll. He's essentially the scientist for hire in the Gotham underworld.
Sinister Schnoz: He's a close second to the Penguin in that department.
Three Stooges Shout-Out: He has Moe's signature hairstyle, and his two henchmen in "Cat Scratch Fever" resemble Curly and Larry.
Too Dumb to Live: For such a gifted biochemist, he has a real tendency to ignore basic safety precautions. He was badly injured after deliberately triggering Anthony Romulus' lycanthropy. A few years later, he was foolish enough to convince himself that Doomsday was a useful ally.
Anthony Romulus: You Fool!! There's no telling what the werewolf might do!
Dr. Milo: Hey, ask me if I care.

Emile Dorian

Dr. Emile Dorian

Voiced by: Joseph Maher

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series, The Batman Adventures

A brilliant scientist who once mentored Kirk Langstrom and who eventually created a Half-Human Hybrid named Tygrus. When Tygrus got lonely, Dorian set his sights on turning Catwoman into another such monster.

Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: A brilliant scientist who has no qualms about abducting innocent people and turning them into monsters.

Enoch Brown / Farmer Brown

Enoch Brown

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Voiced by: Peter Breck

Appearances: The New Batman Adventures

A microbiologist who tries to genetically engineer larger animals in order to address world hunger. After his animals went on a rampage and the government shut down his research, he became a villain seeking revenge on society.

Cut Lex Luthor a Check: One of the few villains who actually tried this. When he first made his gigantic animals, he tried to market them commercially in order to feed the hungry. It was only after the government shut down his research that he started using his animals to attack Gotham and extort money from the government.
Didn't Think This Through: He didn't realize that it might not be a good idea to unveil one of his gigantic animals in a populated city. Even the judge who ordered him to cease his experiments because of the damage, told Brown he should have thought of that before.
Disproportionate Retribution: He has his gigantic animals attack Gotham for ransom as revenge for ruining him.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Even though he's a ruthless criminal, he still loves his daughter, and vice versa.
Farmer's Daughter: His daughter, Emmylou, serves as his minion. Eventually it's revealed that he's done some scientific work on her as well to make her stronger.
Faux Affably Evil: He comes off as a genial simple country farmer, but he's really a dangerous Mad Scientist and terrorist willing to kill anyone who gets in his way, including murder all of Gotham with killer bugs if he doesn't get his ransom money.
Genius Bruiser: An incredibly skilled microbiologist and skilled enough with an energy-blasting pitchfork of his own design that he could take down Batman and Robin easily.
I Will Show You X!: "Monsters? I will show them monsters."
Maker of Monsters: He uses his experimental growth hormones to turn farm animals and common mantises into monstrous beasts, which he then uses to attack Gotham.
Southern-Fried Genius: A clear example of the trope, being a skilled bioengineer and scientist while acting like an Old Mac Donald expy.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He originally just wanted to solve world hunger, but his approach of making gigantic, monstrous animals didn't work. After the government shut him down, though, he abandoned his good intentions and began using his monstrous creatures to extort money from the government.

Gregory Belson

Dr. Gregory Belson

Voiced by: George Dzundza

Appearances: Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero

An old colleague of Mister Freeze who is kidnapped for his medical expertise when Nora's cryochamber is damaged in the movie Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero.

Asshole Victim: He tried to murder someone for her organs, so nobody was too upset when he himself died.
Canon Foreigner: He was created exclusively for the film.
Icy Blue Eyes: Contrasting Mr. Freeze's red goggles.
Even Evil Has Standards: Subverted. He'd never murder an innocent woman… unless you pay him enough.
Dirty Coward: Abandons everyone to die on the oil rig while he steals an escape boat.
The Dragon: Not a true example, but close enough.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: Or a landing deck. Not much time is spent on his death aside from a brief shot of him screaming.
Fat Bastard: Well, chubby.
Hate Sink: As Mr. Freeze has more sympathetic motives, Belson is greedy and has no scruples.
Jerkass: He's hardly a villain but he would surely sell his mother.
Muggle Best Friend: Mr. Freeze is a mutant super-scientist who wields high-tech ice weaponry. His colleague Belson is an unremarkable shmuck who's dragged into Victor's plans. This goes sideways when Gregory royally screws up and Freeze proves too demanding a boss.
Kidnapped Scientist: Although unlike most examples, he isn't afraid to go along with whatever his captor says.
Only in It for the Money: Its established that he's rather desperately in debt by the time Victor finds him.
Punch-Clock Villain: Belson isn't a villain by choice, just extremely desperate and put into a tough corner by Freeze. That said, the heinous crimes he's willing to pull make him a far less sympathetic type.
Pragmatic Villainy: Encourages Victor to stop throwing temper tantrums and shooting at Barbara in case they accidentally damage the organ(s) they need.
Villain Has a Point: He abandons Freeze as the rig goes ablaze. However, prior to that Freeze was ordering him to perform a delicate medical operation in the middle of ''a flaming wreck about to collapse'' and refused to heed his pleas to jump ship. What was he supposed to do in that situation?

Hugo Strange

Voiced by: Ray Buktenica

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series | Justice League Unlimited

Hugo Strange was a corrupt scientist who discovered Batman's secret identity.

Adaptational Dumbass: He's far less clever as a manipulator or as an inventor than his comic book counterpart who is Psycho Psychologist and Mad Scientist.
Adaptational Wimp: He's far less menacing and dark compared to his other incarnations.
Bald of Evil: He is an balding evil scientist.
Beard of Evil: To cement his appearance as a Freud stereotype psychologist.
Big Bad Wannabe: For the one who discovered Batman's identity, he's outed of the spotlight quickly once the Joker and co. enter the scene. His scheme also falls apart rather quickly when he's manipulated, and the Joker quickly puts him in his place.
Blackmail: He ran a clinic for the wealthy and powerful where he had a machine that let him read the minds of his patients, allowing him to dig up their darkest secrets and shames and later force them to pay for his silence. When Bruce checks in undercover he discovers he is Batman, but decides to have an Auction of Evil with Penguin, Two-Face and The Joker as the bidders. Adapted from the Pre-Crisis story where Strange first finds out Bruce is Batman, except blackmail had nothing to do with that one.
The Bus Came Back: He briefly returned as part of Cadmus in JLU and is likely the guy who gave Amanda Waller Batman's secret identity.
Cassandra Truth: When Joker, Penguin and Two-Face turn on him, he tries to save his skin by telling them Batman's identity for free. They're all...skeptical to say the least.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: The final arc of the show's tie-in comic The Batman Adventures (volume one, specifically) reveals that he had a son named David who was fatally shot by one of Rupert Thorne's goons, which led to Strange conducting memory experiments to try and divest himself of the painful memory of his son's death. Unfortunately, the process later causes him to hallucinate everyone as either his son or his son's killer, leading to him going on a rampage trying to kill everyone he sees as his son's killer to try and avenge his son.
Evil Is Not a Toy: It turned out that inviting Gotham's worst criminals wasn't such a good idea.
Flat Character: Ultimately Strange is little more than a greedy jerk motivated purely by money, with none of the sick obsessiveness other incarnations possess.
Herr Doktor: He is a psychologist, has a (vaguely) German accent, and his Germanic first name also hints at a German origin. His last name is then presumably Anglicized.
Mental Picture Projector: His machine, which he uses to blackmail people.
Overshadowed by Awesome: He arguably failed to make an impression due to be surrounded by far more colourful villains, most notably a Joker at his hammiest.
Psycho Psychologist: A little different from most incarnations. He's still evil, but motivated mostly by greed, using a device to read the minds of his patients and then use the dark secrets he learned to blackmail them.
Scary Shiny Glasses: A trademark of the character.
Smug Snake: Turning his facility into a blackmail tool, and then bragging about how brilliant it was, might not have been such a good idea.
Sunglasses at Night: The coloring of his glasses makes it look like shades.
Villain with Good Publicity: He is introduced as a legitimate celebrity psychologist who treats the rich and famous. However, his good reputation is destroyed after Bruce Wayne and Batman expose his criminal activities.
Villainous Breakdown: Strange brags on his arrest that he knows Batman is Bruce Wayne, then Bruce Wayne (Dick in disguise) shows up, turning his smugness into absolute shock and disbelief.
What the Hell Is That Accent?: A part of his stereotypical Freud-like persona.

Karl Rossum

Voiced by: William Sanderson

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A brilliant engineer who went mad with grief over the death of his daughter. He built a computer program called H.A.R.D.A.C. to create a perfect world, but when he realized the inherent dangers of the program and tried to end it, the machine rebelled. He also briefly worked with Grant Walker.

Ambiguously Evil: While netural at worst by the time of the episode, Karl apparently had some very sinister plans to innovate humanity through the use of artificial intelligence. While H.A.R.D.A.C. confirms that its current plan to Kill and Replace all of humanity is more extreme than Karl's had been, it's unclear as to how much more extreme it was. However, by the fact that Karl decries his plan as "the babblings of a broken heart", it's clear he wants nothing more to do with it when H.A.R.D.A.C. starts executing it.
Anti-Villain: So anti, in fact, that the only reason he's on the list at all is that he briefly DID initiate an Evil Scheme before snapping out of his funk. By the time of the episode, he's had no idea that H.A.R.D.A.C. was still following his original orders, having believed the project long since cancelled. When he finds out H.A.R.D.A.C. has been going behind his back, he tries to stop the plan.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Even Bruce Wayne chuckles at the sheer audacity of Karl's Mundane Utility when combining gadgets. His pet projects include a lamp that makes cappuchino, a footstool that gives massages, and a washing machine that doubles as a jacuzzi.
Call to Agriculture: After the events of "Heart of Steel", Karl leaves behind robotics entirely to become a farmer, though he still has some machines to help him out.
Despair Event Horizon: Most of the problems he causes stem back to him having been overwhelmed with despair after his daughter's death.
Gadgeteer Genius: He's the top expert in robotics and artificial intelligence within Gotham. Bruce casually mentions that he learned everything he knows about robotics from Karl. And since Batman is no slouch himself...
Gone Horribly Right: Karl created H.A.R.D.A.C. and the human replacement plan during his darkest hour, cancelling the project once he'd hand the chance to recover. Unfortunately, H.A.R.D.A.C. saw no problems with the idea, and took it further than Karl had ever intended.
Meaningful Name: A robotics expert who's surname references the play Rossum's Universal Robots, a play credited for coining the word "robot".
My God, What Have I Done?: A downplayed and more subdued example. Upon learning that H.A.R.D.A.C. was acting against his instructions, Karl sadly reflects that his creation has too much power and too little empathy. He might've reacted more strongly had he realized that H.A.R.D.A.C. could and would defend itself against reprogramming.
Outliving One's Offspring: It's heavily implied that his daughter was killed in an accident.
Shout-Out: A robotics expert who's surname references the play Rossum's Universal Robots, a play credited for coining the word "robot".

Businessmen

Cameron Kaiser

Voiced by: Harry Hamlin

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A wealthy businessmen who has inexplicably decided to base his new casino around The Joker.

Blatant Lies: Kaiser claims that his casino is a tribute to the Joker included in the standard deck of cards. The entire casino is very clearly based on the criminal, not the card, as not only are the Joker decorations wearing his iconic purple suits and slicked hair, so do all the male employees, while the female ones are dressed like the Joker's infamous henchwoman Harley Quinn. Even one of Jokers belongings, the Joker Mobile, is put on display.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: He's in way over his head building his new casino to the point of being bankrupt. He plans to solve his money problems by getting the Joker to blow up the casino and collecting a huge insurance payout.
Didn't Think This Through: He deliberately tried to rile up the Joker to set the lunatic upon his new casino, which is ridiculously underwater in debt, as a form of insurance fraud. In the end, getting Joker involved:
- A) Got Batman involved, leading the Caped Crusader directly to the smoking gun of Kaiser's financial improprieties.
- B) Got Joker involved, to the point where he decided he didn't want to destroy the Joker-themed casino that was meant to be a giant middle finger to him — instead, he liked the place and was willing to kill Kaiser to take it over.
Insurance Fraud: He plans to manipulate Joker into blowing up his casino, letting him cash in on the insurance policy (which he needs because he bankrupted himself with his original concept for the casino, which was based on Arthurian Legend.)
Near-Villain Victory: Actually got very close to pulling off his scheme, as Joker reacted exactly the way Kaiser had expected. He only failed because Joker took the time to put Batman in a deathtrap and giving him a chance to explain the scheme.
Riches to Rags: He's already bankrupted himself with his new casino. When his fraud attempt is exposed and he's arrested, Summer Gleason even describes him as an "ex-billionaire". He's probably also facing massive lawsuits from his creditors and all the casino patrons he endangered by trying to manipulate the Joker.
Smug Snake: He thinks he can outsmart his creditors, his insurance companies, the Joker and Batman. Not only does he fail, but he's facing so many financial and legal troubles that his net worth will probably equal what Bruce Wayne's would be if it were negative.
Trumplica: He's an arrogant Jerkass casino tycoon who's bankrupted himself with his latest venture.

Daniel Mockridge

Voiced by: Gary Frank

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

The owner of the game company called Competitron. Mockridge designed a popular game based on the work of Edward Nygma, then fired Nygma after Nygma sued him for royalties. Unfortunately for him, Nygma eventually came looking for revenge under the guise of The Riddler.

Asshole Victim: Is such an unlikable Jerkass, that Batman and Robin have nothing but contempt for him even if they save him from the Riddler's scheme.
Create Your Own Villain: Screwed Nygma out of credit and royalties for his work, fired him for suing him over it, and then mocked him for it.
Hoarding the Profits: He cheated Nygma out of the royalties for his work via a legal loophole.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Mockridge uses Nygma's work to build an amusement park, and then is trapped in that amusement park by Nygma.
Jerkass Has a Point: Mockridge is completely correct that Nygma signed a contract with Competitron that meant he wouldn't get royalties for his work, which is pretty common, and no sane employer would let an employee stay onboard when they're suing the company. Arguably, Mockridge's biggest mistake was mocking Nygma's intelligence, which was probably what sent him over the edge, considering his ego.
Karma Houdini: Subverted. It seems like he'll become this as Riddler failed in his revenge and Mockridge will never face legal consequences, continuing to make millions off his stolen work. But the ending shows his paranoia means he can't enjoy his freedom or his money.
Meaningful Name: Mockridge mocks Edward Nygma’s misfortune.
Pyrrhic Victory: Batman and Robin saves Mockridge from The Riddler, Competitron's deal with Wayne Industries goes ahead, and Mockridge winds up a millionaire overnight... a rich man who will now spend the rest of his life in constant terror of the Riddler finding him again. The ending of the episode shows him creeping through his own home, clutching a shotgun and jumping at shadows, before getting into bed for what is implied to be yet another sleepless night...
Batman: How much is a good nights sleep worth? Now there's a riddle for you...

Ferris Boyle

Voiced by: Mark Hamill

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

The CEO of Gothcorp, and the man responsible for the accident that turned Victor Fries into Mister Freeze.

Asshole Victim: From causing the accident that made Mr. Freeze, to apparently killing Nora, to sweeping all of those things under the table. Can you really blame Mr. Freeze for taking vengeance? Batman does save him, but angrily leaves him frozen.
Bad Boss: "That 'people company' line is good PR, but when the wage slaves start acting like they own the place, it's time to pull the plug." A phrase here meaning bring large goons along to smash their stuff and possibly kill them.
Beauty Is Bad: He is a handsome and distinguished looking man, and a vile and self-absorbed narcissist underneath his public face of being a kind-hearted humanitarian.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Claims Gothcorp is "the people company", and that if Freeze has a problem with them, he'd be willing to talk about it. During his meeting with Bruce, he reveals his true greedy colors and calls "the people company" good PR, but he reveals this to Bruce while still acting friendly and cordial towards him, possibly thinking Bruce is a fellow Corrupt Corporate Executive, oblivious to the fact Bruce is a Honest Corporate Executive who is actually subtly disgusted with Boyle's true colors, to the point he declares "I feel ill" (both figuratively and literally, as Bruce was suffering from a cold following his initial encounter with Mr. Freeze) before politely excusing himself due to his cold.
Canon Immigrant: Though there had been similar characters in the comics, Boyle himself was created for the series. That said, when the comics imported the revised version of Mr. Freeze's origin, he came, too.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: He refers to his scientists as "wage slaves". And that's the most harmless thing he does in the episode.
Dirty Coward: Notice he assaults Victor Fries, after he got Fries to willingly lower his gun on him.
Hate Sink: He's a corrupt dirtbag who not only made Mr. Freeze who he is now, but actually tried to kill both him and his wife for money. To make it worse, he has kept some kind of good guy facade to hide his true nature for years, and has lied about everything he did. Additionally, while most other Batman villains have sympathetic qualities, and even Evil Is Cool elements, Ferris has neither, making him a completely unlikable and despicable character.
Icy Blue Eyes: He has bright blue eyes that signify both his connection to Mr. Freeze and his cold, ruthless demeanor.
Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He claims to be a part of "the people company". However, as it's discovered, it's all an act so that he could get money and he doesn't care about anyone other than himself.
Jerkass Has a Point: See Villain Has a Point below.
Lack of Empathy: To him, money means more than the lives of his employees or their dying spouses.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Mark Hamill modeled his voice on Phil Hartman.
Meaningful Name / Punny Name: His name is homophonous with "boil", fitting for the nemesis of a Mr. Fries/Freeze.
Slime Ball. He is greedy, corrupt, and cold-hearted, so he definitely counts as this.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's only in one episode and presumably gets put away for life when his crimes are uncovered. It doesn't change the fact that his actions created Mr. Freeze, who went on to become one of Batman's most prominent enemies, all the way to the distant future. Also, on a meta-example, this role was the very first voice-over role in the DCAU for Mark Hamill, whose performance would lead him to the voice-over role that made him famous, aside from Luke Skywalker, The Joker, which in turn lead him to take up more voice-over jobs up to today.
The Sociopath: He has a complete lack of empathy for the lives of others, to the point where he doesn't even care if they die, and he's very crooked and underhanded.
Villain Has a Point: His actions clearly become criminal when he assaults Victor despite Fries having already backed down and his command to pull the plug on Nora is nothing short of heartless, but his complaint is valid. Victor was using equipment that didn't belong to him and essentially stealing money not just from Boyle, but from the whole company. The project was completely unauthorized, and that's not even going into the legal ethics of using a human subject in a secret experiment, even if the human subject was Fries’s terminally ill wife whom Fries was desperately trying to save.
Villain with Good Publicity: As the head of the "People Company", he almost receives a Humanitarian Award. When he is exposed, it's gone completely.
What Happened to the Mouse?: He's never seen again after his one appearance. As he's still half frozen, it's unclear if he eventually froze to death or if he was freed in time (but was still put into jail given Batman provided a tape with damning evidence)

Grant Walker

Voiced by: Dan O'Herlihy

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A billionaire park owner who kidnaps Mr. Freeze from Arkham in the episode "Deep Freeze" in the hope of becoming immortal like him.

Actor Allusion: Given his Utopia Justifies the Means opinion and being a Corrupt Corporate Executive, Walker could be summed up as "What if the head of OCP wanted to become like Mr. Freeze?" Alternatively, given said means involve mass murder for something he believes in, he could also be summed up as "What if Conal Cochran wanted to be Mr. Freeze?"
And I Must Scream: Walker was immortal and trapped under the ocean in a block of ice, although it's eventually reversed by the show's tie-in comics.
Ascended Fanboy: He claims to be a huge admirer of Freeze, and modeled much of his technology off of Victor's work. It soon reaches the point where he transforms himself into another cold-dwelling being.
Canon Foreigner: He was created exclusively for the series.
Captain Nemo Copy: A gifted and outwardly-charming but unquestionably deranged madman, who creates a technological marvel as his base of operations in the middle of the ocean far away from conventional civilization, and who intends to make it the cradle of his own new society whilst swearing off and destroying the rest of humanity's world. The main difference is that Captain Nemo is actually a fairly likable guy who eventually redeems himself, while Grant Walker is not.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Wants a world without anyone he doesn't approve of, where everyone has to obey him.
Decomposite Character: Interestingly, in some respects, Walker represents what Mr. Freeze was prior to the show's efforts to revamp him into a more tragic, sympathetic character. If only because, like Mister Zero (Silver Age Mr. Freeze), he too is an absolute villain with no redeeming qualities, aside from perhaps his stated desire for a better world, but even that rings hollow since Walker is a delusional, power mad Control Freak.
Evil Counterpart: As pointed out by a reviewer for the episode Deep Freeze, Walker and Freeze stood in deliberate contrast to each other. Freeze claims to be dead to emotions, but his compassion betrays him several times during the episode: he at first refuses to subject Walker to the same confinement as Freeze himself, and Batman eventually convinces him to help stop the deaths of innocent people. By contrast, Walker is an outwardly warm, paternalistic figure, but he is as dead to emotions as Freeze claims to be, coldly planning mass murder just to create his own fantasy of a perfect world. His transformation into "the second Mr. Freeze" is more appropriate to his inner self than Freeze's ever was. He is a rare example of a evil counterpart to a villain.
The Evils of Free Will:
Walker: My world will have no crime, violence, or pain.
Robin: You can add free will to that list, too!
Walker: A small price to pay for order.
Batman: Your order. For your select few!
Walker: Excuse me, but I fail to see the problem with that.
Expy: He bears more than a passing resemblance to not one but two James Bond villains: Karl Stromberg from The Spy Who Loved Me and Hugo Drax from Moonraker.
- Like Stromberg, Grant Walker is a wealthy industrialist who plans to destroy human civilization from the safety of his high-tech underwater headquarters from which he plans to build a new utopian society at the bottom of the ocean. However, while Stromberg is perfectly willing to allow the survivors of his attacks to take refuge in his new world after he destroys human civilization, Walker created his utopia exclusively for the benefit of his privileged few, and he doesn't intend there to be any survivors on the outside.
- Like Drax, Walker is a Corrupt Corporate Executive who uses his business as a front to forward his scheme to create a secluded utopia for himself and his chosen few while he wipes out the entire human race, only to be foiled when his top henchman betrays him for the woman he loves.
Faux Affably Evil: He's very warm and welcoming... for a guy who wants to kill the world to create his own utopia.
Hate Sink: One of the most vile characters in the entire series.
An Ice Person: He becomes this after Mr. Freeze recreates the accident that created his condition.
Immortality Seeker: He kidnaps Mr. Freeze so he can replicate the accident that turned him into An Ice Person, as it dramatically slows down the aging process.
Knight Templar: He plans to make a crime-free utopia and freeze Gotham thinking it's too corrupt to survive. Granted, he may have a point there.
Mr. Alt Disney: Not only a park owner with dreams of utopia, but also ties into the urban legend that Disney was cryonically preserved with his transformation at Freeze's hands.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: He could be described as "Evil Walt Disney".
Small Role, Big Impact: He may have massively failed to create a frozen utopia, but Walker did put Mr. Freeze back in business by giving him the motivation to save Nora instead of just seeking revenge. Had he not found her, Victor's criminal career would've been much shorter.
Utopia Justifies the Means: Seems to believe that freezing everyone on the planet except for his chosen few will help to create a better world.

Maximillian "Maxie" Zeus

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Voiced by: Steve Susskind

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

Maximillian "Maxie" Zeus was a former shipping CEO turned supervillain.

Adaptational Badass: The animated Maxie has a significantly more godly physique than his comics counterpart.
Ancient Grome: Maxie sometimes slips into ancient Roman references, such as mistaking Two-Face for Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, gates and endings (and who doesn't have a Greek equivalent), but then again, he’s crazy.
Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Maximillian Zeus had something of an Ancient Grome fetish long before he went crazy, if the architecture of his skyscraper is any indication, plus he had a Heroic Build prior to losing his mind (fitting in with the classical Greek physique).
Beard of Evil: Post-breakdown, and it's even styled in the manner of vase paintings featuring Zeus and Poseidon.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Before he went nuts, he did business with the mob.
A God Am I: His delusion runs so deep that, at the end of the episode, he perceives his incarceration in Arkham as a return home to the 'true' Olympus, and identifies Poison Ivy, Two-Face, and the Joker as nature goddess Demeter, two-faced Janus (see Ancient Grome entry above) and trickster Hermes.
Hope Spot: At the climax of the episode. For a brief moment, it looks as if Maxie is finally coming to his senses... only for the Zeus personality to take over and order Clio to be tied to the electron cannon.
Large and in Charge: Maxie is huge, being taller than Bruce/Batman and massively muscled. He uses it mainly as an intimidation factor and as a means to fit into his "Greek God" aesthetic, as his build does him little good against Batman.
Made of Iron: Zeus is electrocuted by his own cannon, blasting him away and he plummets a few stories to a concrete ledge below. He survives despite landing on his head.
Monster of the Week: Only appeared once in the TV series, though he did return in the 34th issue of the Batman: Gotham Adventures comic series.
The Muse: Called “Clio” Droukas, his girlfriend and assistant, though she just sees the title as another sad sign of Maxie’s declining sanity.
Napoleon Delusion: He was a shipping tycoon who got into connections with the mob after experiencing financial troubles. The stress from working with them and his losses forced him into a mental breakdown, and he became deluded that he was the actual Greek god Zeus. It went further after his arrest, that he actually believes Arkham Asylum is Olympus, relating the inmates to other Greek Gods.
Psycho Electro: With his metal thunderbolt and the Lightning Gun he stole from the government.
Split Personality: One personality is Maxie, the other is Zeus.
Tragic Villain: Maxie turned to The Mob to bolster his shipping business after an economic downturn and eventually cracked under the stress, forging a personality based on the Greek God Zeus to deal with running his company. His former girlfriend turned 'muse' Clio and his hired goons know that Maxie's lost it, but all are at a loss of what to do about it. Worse, he likely subconsciously stole the Electrical Discharge Cannon as a means to protect himself from probable threats (the Police and the Mob).
- How about the ending of that episode? When he is wheeled into his cell at Arkham, he rejoices pathetically—Because in his hallucination, he is finally back home among the gods in Olympus.
  Now, at last, mighty Zeus is home…

Roland Daggett

Voiced by: Ed Asner

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

Roland Daggett was a business entrepreneur. His company competed with Wayne Enterprises, which left Daggett resorting to dubious schemes to gain the competitive edge.

Asshole Victim: Both Clayface and Catwoman made attempts at his life. Given what a selfish, greedy and callous scumbag he is, it serves him right.
Canon Foreigner: Though there had been similar characters in the comics, Daggett himself was created for the series.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Deconstructed; in each of his four appearances, Daggett gradually loses his fortune as legal fees and criminal charges catch up to him. He finally faces jail time after his fourth appearance and is not seen again afterwards. Though the spinoff comics had him pathetically attempting one more money-making scheme, but tried to trick both Clayface and Mr. Freeze to make it happen so it failed for him for the last time.
Deconstructed Character Archetype: Roland is a realistic take on what would happen to a Corrupt Corporate Executive if he engaged being a Card-Carrying Villain for a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme. All of Roland's plans just end up losing him more and more money as they tend to be Awesome, but Impractical and each time he tries, the law closes in more and more. It gets to the point were he's basically bankrupt and can't use money or resources any longer to keep out of jail.
Evil Counterpart: He's an evil mirror to Bruce Wayne; Daggett pretends to be the caring philanthropist Wayne really is, and the secrets they hide from the public place them on opposite sides of the law.
Evil Old Folks: Implied due to his resemblance to his voice actor, who was 63 when the show began, and the fact that redheads retain their natural pigmentation longer than other hair colors.
Evil Redhead: He has red hair and is corrupt to the core.
Faux Affably Evil: Daggett often speaks in a pseudo-polite tone, but even then it's fairly slimy and does little to disguise how cruel he really is.
Greater-Scope Villain: Was this to Hugo Strange in "The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne" as he was mentioned to be the owner of Strange's relaxation clinic.
Hate Sink: Daggett is a vicious, corrupt businessman with no scruples in his pursuit of power and status. He exists solely to show how morally bankrupt Gotham's corporate scene is, as well as provide a catalyst for Matt Hagen's tragic transformation into a monster.
Icy Blue Eyes: Depending on the artist, he sometimes has blue eyes that accentuate his evil nature.
Ink-Suit Actor: He does have a resemblance to his voice actor Ed Asner.
Jerkass: He doesn't seem to have any qualms with ruining other people's lives just to get what he wants, as shown in his first two appearances.
Karma Houdini: In "Appointment in Crime Alley", Batman is able to stop his scheme and capture his mooks, but not pin the dirty deeds on him.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: In "Cat Scratch Fever" his criminal activities are exposed, completely ruining his reputation. Later we see by the time of "Batgirl Returns" his failed schemes have left him so in the red, he is forced to steal a priceless artifact for money. When that and his attempt to kill the Bat Family fail, he finally goes to jail.
Kick the Dog: His part in turning Matt Hagen into Clayface.
Kill the Poor: His scheme in "Appointment in Crime Alley" is to kill all the residents in a run-down slum and Make It Look Like an Accident so he can profit from redeveloping the land.
No-Nonsense Nemesis: He does this in "Batgirl Returns". After capturing Catwoman and Batgirl, this conversation takes place.
Batgirl: So what are you going to do? Leave us hanging over one of these vats with acid burning through the rope?
Daggett: *Evil Laugh* If there's one thing I learned over the years, it's that you crime fighting types are very resourceful.
Poison and Cure Gambit: In "Cat Scratch Fever", he has stray animals infected with an incredibly virulent new strain of rabies that he plans to sell the cure for.
Riches to Rags: As Roland Dagget's crimes start to put holes in his wealth due to the court fees, he eventually runs his fortune dry as a result of his actions. The good publicity he had even went down the gutter when his crimes were exposed.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's only around in a few episodes, but if it wasn't for him, Gotham would never know the terror of Clayface. And in a meta-sense too, since that version of Clayface became the default model for the character.
Villain with Good Publicity: He presents himself to the public as an Honest Corporate Executive who had Gotham's best interests at heart. It doesn't last.
Would Hurt a Child: He tries to destroy an inhabited neighborhood in his second appearance, and it's later shown that some of the residents were children.

The League of Assassins

Arkady Duvall

Voiced by: Malcolm McDowell

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

Arkady Duvall was the son of Ra's al Ghul.

Alas, Poor Villain: His ultimate fate is an old man who is destroyed by hardship and unable to be healed by the Pit as it took his father too long to find him. He is left to die in peace as an old man.
Ambiguously Brown: He's a tanned man with a French last name. His father is Ra's, who may or may not be full Arab in this continuity.
Ambiguously Related: Downplayed. We know Arkady is the son of Ra's and thus Talia's brother, we just don't know if they were born of the same mother. The fact he has the surname of "Duvall" rather than "Al Ghul" implies he might be her illegitimate paternal half-brother.
Ax-Crazy: He gets into duels, hits women, whips subordinates, kills prisoners (well, tries)... You got the idea.
Bad Boss: He gives The Joker a run for his money.
Bastard Bastard: Implied. The fact he doesn't even have his father's surname while his sister Talia does implies he is illegitimate.
Beard of Evil: Well, friendly muttonchops of evil, anyway.
Break the Haughty: It is deserved considering his nasty temper.
The Caligula: The reason Ra's decided against making him heir to his empire was that he realized Arkady would likely become this.
Canon Foreigner: He was created for the series.
Dirty Coward: Once at Jonah Hex's mercy, he begged him miserably for his life after failing to bribe him.
Fate Worse than Death: Sentenced to 50 years of hard labor, and actually living through that whole amount of time? That'll do it.
Good Scars, Evil Scars: His, dating from his years of fencing at Heidelberg, would actually be a typical good one.
It's All About Me: Unlike Ra's, who's a Well-Intentioned Extremist, Duvall only seems to care about gaining an empire for himself.
Laser-Guided Karma: Winds up serving 50 years of hard labour under (we can assume) even worse conditions and harsher treatment than the workmen he lorded over.
Really 700 Years Old: By the early 90's, anyhow.
Royal Brat: He's not royalty (at least, not on Daddy's side of the family), but he definitely has the 'tude.
Smug Snake: Has all of Ra's' ego without any of his nobler qualities. Best exemplified in his duel with Jonah Hex:
Duvall: You cannot defeat me. I am a Heidelberg fencing champion.
Jonah Hex: My heart's all aflutter.
Duvall: I'll chop you to pieces!
Jonah Hex: Talk, talk, talk.

Sandra Wu-San / Lady Shiva

Sandra Wu-San, AKA Lady Shiva

Appearances: Batman and Harley Quinn^note

A member of the League of Assassins who came into conflict with Batman and A.R.G.U.S..

The Ghost: Only mentioned in Batman and Harley Quinn.
Noodle Incident: The only things we know besides her affiliation with the League of Assassins is that she was involved in a conflict in Nanda Parbat that involved Batman and A.R.G.U.S..

Vertigo

Voiced by: Michael York

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

Vertigo was a rogue who tangled with Batman and Talia. He was the leader of a splinter group of the Society of Shadows.

Bastard Understudy: For Ra's al Ghul.
Composite Character: A composite of Ebenezer Darrk and the Green Arrow foe Count Vertigo. His name, powers, and Eastern European heritage come from Count Vertigo, while his status as a pupil of Ra's al Ghul and a turncoat member of the League of Assassins comes from Darrk.
Death by Irony: His Disney Villain Death was caused by the same level of Sensory Abuse to which he repeatedly subjected others.
Disc-One Final Boss: He is introduced simultaneously with the Society of Shadows, and played up as their leader, or at least a major big shot. Actually, he is a renegade and leader of a minor splinter faction of the group, and Batman, by defeating him, unwittingly helps the real leader of the Shadows (namely, Ra's al Ghul) to reconsolidate his hold on the organization.
Disney Villain Death: He's so overwhelmed by the giant bells ringing all around him that he falls from the clock tower into a river; while it's never explicitly stated that he died, it's heavily implied to be the case since he never appears again.
Eyepatch of Power: He wears a high-tech eyepiece with the power to disorientate his victims, making them lose their balance.
Generic Doomsday Villain: Vertigo's motivations are never actually stated, and neither are his intentions with his stolen cannon. He mainly exists to introduce Batman to Talia and the Society of Shadows.
Long-Range Fighter: Never lets Batman or Talia get close to him in battle.
Never Found the Body: It's never explicitly shown or stated that he died (possibly for censorship reasons), and the fact that he's never seen or heard from again only further confounds the issue considering that other characters have survived falls from similar heights. Either way, he's out of the picture.
Rogue Agent: Though Batman does not know this until the still mysterious Talia tells him, Vertigo is no longer part of the Society, but a rogue agent using its resources for his own ends.
Rogues' Gallery Transplant: He was a Green Arrow villain in the comics.
Sensory Abuse: His technology allows him to induce sensory abuse in others; by overloading their visual receptors with his hypnosis ray, he's able to induce extreme dizziness and hallucinations, rendering his enemies defenseless. This trope gets turned against him at the end of the episode when he unwisely decides to hide in a bell tower, allowing Batman and Talia to incapacitate him by ringing the giant bells all around him, overwhelming him with the deafening cacophony until he's so disoriented that he falls out of the tower to his death.
Smug Snake: He's extremely over-confident and feels his Sensory Abuse makes him invincible. While he's a difficult opponent to beat, Batman and Talia prove him very wrong.
This Is a Drill: Stole a rifle-sized drill from Wayne Enterprises that uses sonic vibration to dig. Uses it against Batman and Talia al Ghul.
What the Hell Is That Accent?: He speaks with a bizarre, pseudo-Germanic dialect vaguely similar to that of Doctor Strangelove.

Gotham City Police and Government

Arthur Reeves

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Voiced by: Hart Bochner

Appearances: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

A city councilor of Gotham City.

Adaptational Jerkass: In the comic universe Arthur still antagonized Batman and had Mob connections but he never sank to the level of selling out someone to a hit. He also definitely did not become an insane would-be-murdeous criminal mastermind.
Death by Adaptation: In the original comics the worst thing that happened to Reeves was he had to retire in disgrace. In this movie he gets hit with laughing death from the Joker's toxin. A sequel comic reveals he lived, just to kill him off for sure this time.
Death by Secret Identity: In the sequel comic book Batman & Robin Adventures Annual #1 - "Shadow of the Phantasm", he finds out Bruce is Batman soon before he died.
Disney Villain Death: In the sequel comic, he fell off a high balcony after being tricked by Andrea.
A Fate Worse Than Death: In the sequel comic, the doctors manage to prevent his death from the toxin. As he tells Andrea, he wished they hadn't.
Hoist by His Own Petard: He ends up bringing his own demise by refusing to help Sal Valestra, when he fears that Batman will come after him next, because he's old and no longer needs him. This prompted a desperate Sal to go to the Joker, who eventually put it all together and confronted Arthur himself.
Jerkass: And that's putting it mildly. He's a Know-Nothing Know-It-All who prioritizes Batman's capture rather than the real crime plaguing Gotham based on adamantly believing he is the one responsible for the mobster deaths. Not only that, it is revealed Reeves was the one directly responsible for ruining Andrea's life by selling out her and her father to the mob, leading to her Start of Darkness.
- This can be seen almost immediately at the party where Arthur goes out of his way to bring up Andrea to Bruce before she arrives and pretends like he barely remembers who she is, despite being on the phone with her literally in the previous scene.
Kick the Dog: Arthur brings up Andrea to Bruce at the party and pretends to have trouble remembering her name to troll him, despite just talking to her on the phone and later pursuing a relationship with her.
- In the sequel comic, he attempted to kill Andrea after finding out she's the Phantasm. As revenge for ruining his life, never mind that he was the one who sold her father out (because Carl rejected giving him money to fund his political campaign).
Laser-Guided Karma: Arthur sold out Andrea and her father to the mob for refusing to fund his first election, thereby facilitating Andrea's father's death. As a result, the Joker initially suspects him of either being or hiring the Phantasm to get rid of loose ends and confronts him about it. Though the Joker quickly deduces who's really behind the Phantasm's attacks, he still doses Arthur with Joker toxin, leaving him hospitalized.
- In the sequel comic, his connection with the Valestra mob was exposed, destroying his political career. And was killed by Andrea for selling out her father.
Mistaken for Murderer: He was confronted by the Joker who suspects him of being (or hiring) the Phantasm to kill the mob bosses, since he wouldn't want anyone to know about his past dealings with them. Shocked by the Joker's insinuation, he tried to deny it until Andrea gives him a call.
The Mole: Reeves was Carl's accountant and helped organize both his escape and refinancing the money Carl owned to the mob. When he asked Carl for help with his political campaign and Carl refused, Reeves sold him out to the mob in return.
Revenge: In the sequel comic, he wants revenge on Batman, Phantasm, and the Joker for ruining his life.
Slasher Smile: In the sequel comic, he's left with a permanent maniacal grin similar to the Joker's, as a result of the toxin.
Sleazy Politician: Councilman Arthur Reeves starts out as a typical anti-Batman crusader (who is also friends with Bruce Wayne), but it turns out he used to work for Andrea's father—helping embezzle money for organized crime (although he claims he didn't know what Beaumont was up to until afterwards). When they came demanding their cut, it was tied up in investments that couldn't be freed up within their time limit, so the Beaumonts went on the run. He eventually gave them everything he promised, but they never forgave him for not paying on their deadline. When Reeves first ran for office, he ran out of money and asked Andrea's father for a loan, only to be rejected. So Reeves sold him to the mob. He does claim that the mob told him they only wanted their money back, and in conversation with Andrea seems to honestly believe that Carl Beaumont is still alive, so possibly his biggest crime is gullibility.
Smug Snake: Arthur Reeves is a slimy city councilman who's trying to stir up an anti-Batman crusade to draw voters to him and is fairly obviously using a Dogged Nice Guy veil to try to worm his way into Andrea's heart despite being the one to tip to Valestra the Beaumont's whereabouts and allowing her father's murder. While he's effective in turning the cops against the Batman, he's ultimately given his comeuppance by the Joker who stabs him with his Joker toxin, leaving Arthur's fate ambiguous as to whether he'll survive.
Villainous Breakdown: Near the end of the film, he throws a fit when the police failed to capture Batman again.
"You're telling me there were four precincts on Batman and he still got away?! (slams the phone) Unbelievable."

Gil Mason

Voiced by: Tim Matheson

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A corrupt cop secretly working for Two-Face.

Beauty Is Bad: He's a handsome man with a solid jawline and well-groomed hair whose on Two-Face's side.
Death by Secret Identity: Or rather, becoming comatose, but he falls into a coma thanks to an explosion after learning Barbara is Batgirl.
Dirty Cop: He's secretly working for Two-Face, helping to frame Commissioner Gordon.

J. Carroll Corcoran

Voiced by: Steven Weber

Appearances: The New Batman Adventures

A corrupt city councilman and the staunchest (and loudest) supporter of the mysterious vigilante the Judge.

The Commissioner Gordon: Subverted. Unlike the Trope Namer, he's corrupt, thus he ends up on the shit list of the very man he's supporting.
Corrupt Politician: He took kickbacks and reveals to Two-Face that he has a slush fund when he tries to bribe Harvey into letting him go. This ends up biting him in the ass as the Judge turned out to be yet a third personality of Dent's, causing the Judge to learn about it and come after him.
Dirty Coward
Hypocrite: He hectors about law and order, while being very corrupt himself. Also, he acts all tough on TV, but when captured by Two-Face, he plead for his life.
Jerkass Has a Point: He tells Batman the Judge did everything the people of Gotham wanted: hitting the big criminals hard. He also defended his view by pointing out the poor security at Arkham Asylum that kept letting the criminals escape.

Slavers

Boss Biggis

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Voiced by: George Murdock

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

Boss Biggis is a slaver who kidnaps Gotham's homeless population and forces them to work in his gold mines.

Bad Boss: Even ignoring the fact that he literally owns slaves that he kidnapped from their families, he seems to go out of his way to abuse them however he can. He forces them to work long hours in dangerous mining conditions, and punishes them for eating by forcing them to work twice as hard. Anyone who even thinks of mouthing off to him gets locked up in a metal box in the hot desert sun for hours. He's not any better to the personal henchmen he presumably does pay, threatening them if they fail to catch Batman and even striking the man who tells him that the slaves need to eat.
Bullying a Dragon: He never suspected that one of his abused slaves would be Batman in disguise.
Fat Bastard: He's as repulsively evil as he is morbidly obese.
Fat, Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit: He provides the page image, and for good reason; he's morbidly obese, he's constantly sweating and fanning himself, and he always wears a disheveled white suit.
Greed: He forces his slaves to toil their lives away in his gold mines, keeping all the profits for himself.
Hate Sink: There is nothing remotely likable about him at all; he's a greedy, sadistic, hypocritical slaveowner with disgusting personal habits and no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
Hypocrite: He calls his slaves "lazy" for not working quite as hard as he'd like; pretty rich coming from a guy who does nothing but sit on his duff all day and scarf down unhealthy amounts of food.
I'm a Humanitarian: At one point, he threatens that if his men don't catch the escaped Bruce Wayne, he'll "eat 'em alive" while slurping up food. Whether or not he was serious is left up for interpretation, as that's the point Batman comes in.
Jabba Table Manners: He's always talking with his mouth full, and his shirt is stained with various foodstuffs.
Lack of Empathy: Shows no care for anyone who's not himself, outright stating that the slaves should be spending the time they use to eat working with the implication that it means absolutely nothing to him if they drop dead since he can just get more, even throwing a random slave into the Punishment Box for no other reason than to Make an Example of Them to force them to work harder.
Non-Action Guy: He relies on his henchmen to do the fighting for him because he's too out-of-shape to do so himself. Once Batman has all of Boss Biggis' men taken care of, the slaver's only option is to run.
Sharp-Dressed Man: Subverted; he wears a white suit, but it's disheveled and covered in food stains.
Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: He's a slaveowner and one of the most despicable villains ever to appear on the show.
Too Dumb to Live: When he finds out that Batman has come to rescue the slaves, Boss Biggis and his men chase the Dark Knight into a mineshaft and turn off all the lights, thinking that the Boss' goons will have the advantage (since their helmets come with lights that allow them to see.) All this does is make it easier for Batman to pick them off one at a time until only a terrified Biggis remains to fend for himself.
Villainous Glutton: He's constantly stuffing his face with obscene amounts of food, even having the gall to claim that he is the one who needs to eat while the slaves only need to work.

Sewer King

Voiced by: Michael Pataki

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

"We are the Underdwellers. We are the silent ones. We follow the invisible creed."

The Sewer King ran a child-slavery racket in the sewers of Gotham City.

Abusive Parents: He sees himself as a good parent to his "beloved children", even though he orders them to steal for him, punishes them severely for talking, and makes them live in deplorable conditions.
Adaptation Dye-Job: The Sewer King's hair was black in his original appearance, but red during his appearance in the comics.
Agony Beam: A downplayed, realistic example. He tortures disobedient children by shutting them into a small closet lit by very powerful lamps for extended periods. The heat and light are painful, but won't leave any readily visible marks.
The Beastmaster: The Sewer King has tamed a group of alligators to the point that he is perfectly safe in the water with them, and sending the alligators to attack people is essentially his only means of fighting.
Canon Immigrant: He made an appearance during 52, where he is killed by Bruno Mannheim for refusing to join Intergang.
Dirty Coward: Unsurprisingly for a guy who enslaves and abuses orphaned children who pose zero threat to him, the Sewer King hasn't a brave bone in his body; he acts all smug and superior when he thinks he has the advantage over Batman, but panics and attempts to flee the moment the Dark Knight gains the upper hand.
Dressed to Plunder: For reasons unexplained, he likes to dress like A Pirate 400 Years Too Late: black leather boots, ruffled shirt, old-fashioned brown suit with a red cloak... he even wears black tea shades with one lens missing so as to look like an eyepatch.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He can't understand why Batman would bother saving his life.
Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: While exposing a child to painfully bright lights to punish him for talking, the Sewer King cruelly quips that the lights will make the child "a bright boy," even chuckling to himself after saying it.
Evil Is Petty: When Sewer King discovers one of his children is missing, he goes into a screaming rage, overturns his table with all the food on it, and tells his children that there'll be no food until that child is found. That's rich coming from someone who wasn't sharing any of his food anyway.
The Fagin: He had legions of orphaned children forced to steal for him.
Freudian Excuse: Averted. He is one of the few villains to have absolutely no sympathetic backstory.
Hate Sink: One of the most purely loathsome villains in the series; Batman is sorely tempted to break his one rule with him.
Hypocrite:
- The Sewer King calls Batman a "costumed freak." He's one to talk.
- He is also furious at the very thought of the children talking or making any noise, telling them emphatically how important it is that they stay silent so as not to draw unwanted attention… and yet he can't seem to stop himself from screaming nearly every sentence at the top of his lungs and belting out an Evil Laugh when the mood strikes him.
King of the Homeless: He's enslaved a group of homeless children, and effectively made himself their king.
Large Ham: Has No Indoor Voice, and is not so much as a king as he is a violent dictator.
Light Is Not Good: He punishes a child for breaking his rule against "talking" (he cried out after injuring himself) by locking him in a room filled with bright lights for several hours.
Milking the Giant Cow: He flails his arms and wildly gesticulates whenever he makes an announcement.
Monster of the Week: He is sufficiently creepy for a Batman villain, but it's just as well he never returns, since he is really only good for one story (that is, showcasing the evils of child slavery).
Never Smile at a Crocodile: He keeps his slaves in line by threatening to feed them to his pet crocodiles.
No Indoor Voice: For all his talk of how important it is for his slaves to stay quiet and hidden, he seems incapable of speaking below an animalistic roar.
Psychopathic Manchild: Despite being a grown man, he's less mature than any of his child slaves; he's extremely petty and hedonistic, gets a kick out of harming those weaker than him only to cower and run from someone who can fight back, dresses in a pirate costume for no discernible reason, screams most of his dialogue at the top of his lungs, and speaks the rest of his dialogue in an overly cloying, patronizing tone like a Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher.
Sadist Teacher: He calls himself the "teacher" of the children he reigns over, and the first "lesson" we see him teach them is the consequence for breaking his "no talking" rule.
Shout-Out: His red pirate getup, combined with his long black hair and association with crocodiles, gives him a passing resemblance to Captain Hook.
Verbal Tic: He seems to have a preference for saying "yes-yes-yes-yes-yes" and "no-no-no-no-no", like he's lecturing a misguided child.
Villainous Glutton: Downplayed compared to his fellow slaver Boss Biggis, but the Sewer King is implied to hoard food all to himself. He has his child slaves prepare a lavish smorgasbord for him and him alone while the children just stand there and watch him eat (it's likely he has no intention of actually feeding them anything more than his table scraps.) It's subverted almost immediately when he notices a child has run away, and he flips over the table, declaring that there will be nothing to eat until the boy is found.
Would Hurt a Child: More like Would Torture A Child. Would feed them to alligators, too. Would keep them in awful conditions in the Gotham City sewers. Would scream at them till his throat is hoarse simply for talking. The Sewer King would do all that and more. Batman is so disgusted by his mistreatment of children that he is barely able to restrain himself from taking out the trash personally.

International Mercenaries, Smugglers, and Terrorists

Enrique El Gancho

Voiced by: Sal Lopez

Appearances: The New Batman Adventures

A Colombian smuggler. The heroes teamed up with Catwoman to stop him, but it turned out that his connection with Catwoman was a bit different than she had indicated.

Bald of Evil: He's a monstrous smuggler, and he's totally bald.
Hook Hand: He's got one of these.
Meaningful Name: His name in English means "Enrique the Hook", and it indeed is reflective of the hook prosthetic he has.

Josiah Wormwood / The Interrogator

Josiah Wormwood (The Interrogator)

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Voiced by: Bud Cort

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

The villain of "The Cape and the Cowl Conspiracy", a mercenary who lures key people into death traps, offering a way out if they give up their secrets.

Adaptation Name Change: His original name was "Jeremy Wormwood" in the comic his story was based on.
Death Trap: His specialty; he lures victims into them and then extorts information in exchange for freeing them. He first steals a lot of money from a charity by trapping its courier in quicksand. Against Batman, he uses an enormous heat lamp, then some nerve gas when Batman predictably breaks the lamp.
Even Evil Has Standards: When Batman sees a woman tied to a railroad track as part of Wormwood's latest death trap, he goes to rescue her... only to discover she's just a hologram. Wormwood then chimes in to as the Caped Crusader if he really thought that he'd stoop so low as to put innocent bystanders in danger just to get to his targets.
Expy: He's essentially a prototype Riddler for the show—a deathtrap specialist who uses riddles in his crimes and has an obsession with knowing secrets and matching wits. A few episodes later, the legit Riddler makes his debut. As a matter of fact, the Venezuelan dub actually calls him "El Acertijo, el interrogador" (The riddler, the Interrogator).
Only in It for the Money: Profit seems to be his only real motive besides sadistically interrogating his victims.
Out-Gambitted: Batman pulls the rug out on him by disguising himself as his client, Wacklaw Joserk, who Wormwood was trying to steal Batman's cowl for in the first place.
Smug Snake: Boasts a great deal about the flawlessness of his traps and getting one over Batman...only to find out the detective was one step ahead of him the entire time.
Took a Level in Badass: After learning that he's been played from the start and becomes forced to deal with Batman without his gimmicks or advanced planning, an unarmed Wormwood is shown to be capable and dangerous in a confrontation by improvising deadly weapons on the spot.
Villain of the Week: He only appeared in one episode and was never heard from again.

Red Claw

Voiced by: Kate Mulgrew

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

"You've finally met your match, Batman. Not Surprising, it's a woman!"

Red Claw was the leader of an international terrorist group, who colluded with a Corrupt Corporate Executive in Gotham to steal a bacteriological weapon from the US military and extort the nation.

Amazonian Beauty: She is very beautiful and has a very strong and muscular body.
Appeal to Force: Her schemes revolve around holding cities for billion dollar ransoms with the WMDs that she steals.
As Long as It Sounds Foreign: She had an unspecific, vaguely "European" accent. Where she and her terrorists came from is not elaborated on, except that they were not locals.
The Baroness: A middle ground between the Sexpot and the Rosa Klebb.
The Bus Came Back: She appeared as a relatively minor villain in "The Cat and the Claw" (which was actually about Catwoman) and then vanished - only to return a couple of years later as the Big Bad in "The Lion and the Unicorn."
Canon Foreigner: She was created for the series.
Canon Immigrant: She appears in issue #43 of the 2018 Catwoman series.
Color Character: She wears red and is named Red.
Dark Action Girl: She appears to be capable of some form of martial arts and fought Batman once or twice. And defeated Catwoman one time.
Empty Quiver: "The Lion and the Unicorn" revolves around Red Claw's hijacking of a nuclear missile.
Even Evil Has Standards: Red Claw keeps her promise not to release the stolen biological agent if the government pays what she demands, taking care to seal it away safely in a deep fallout shelter. Though of course, she also seals Catwoman in with it...
Fashionable Asymmetry: Her outfit only has one sleeve.
Generic Doomsday Villain: She has zero background and little personality. She was also clearly created to provide the conflict Catwoman couldn't.
Genius Bruiser: A pretty buff lady but an ambitious criminal mastermind.
Irony: On her first defeat, she's last shown cowering fearfully under the claws of a mountain lion.
McNinja: More like European kung-fu fighter.
The Plague: She planned to use a government-created one to hold Gotham hostage.
Samus Is a Girl: Batman thought "Red Claw" was a man until they met. Apparently so did the authorities, with Gordon complaining that the Feds have been looking for a male Red Claw for years.
Starter Villain: Air-date wise, she is the first villain that Batman encountered. In the episodes' production order, she was preceded by Man-Bat.
Tattooed Crook: She sports a red claw tattoo on her shoulder.
Terrorists Without a Cause: Her group's immediate plan is to extort the government for money, presumably to fund further activities. What their longer-term aims are is not elaborated on.
The Strategist: A villainous example.
Uncertain Doom: Her final appearance has her ejected out of the Batwing and into the ocean. She's never seen or mentioned again throughout the rest of the DC Animated Universe, which could suggest she drowned.
Western Terrorists: Her and the group she led.

Cultists

Carl Fowler / Nostromos

Carl "Nostromos" Fowler

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Voiced by: Michael Des Barres

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A con artist who predicts disasters (and has a minion who makes sure those predictions come true) in order to get rich people to give him their money for safekeeping from a coming apocalypse.

Phony Psychic: His entire shtick. He pretends that he can see disasters coming in the future in order to convince rich suckers that only he can keep their money safe during coming tribulations.

Thomas Blake

Voiced by: Scott Cleverdon

Appearances: The New Batman Adventures

The leader of a cat-themed cult.

Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: In the comics, he's a costumed criminal called "Catman".
Revenge Before Reason: Catwoman says that Blake lives for revenge.

Other

Anthony "Tony" Romulus

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Voiced by: Harry Hamlin and Frank Welker (in werewolf form)

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

Anthony "Tony" Romulus was a pentathlete and philanthropist turned monster.

The Ace: Started out as a successful pentathlete and philanthropist.
Adaptational Backstory Change:In the comics he came to Professor Milo because he was trying to find a cure for a chronic migraine that he suffered once a month, Milo deduced that the migraines were the result of a recessive gene for "Clinical Lycanthropy" and gave him a formula that would turn him into a full fledged werewolf. In the cartoon the lycanthropy was entirely the result of the formula.
Adaptation Name Change: In the comics, his surname is Lupus.
Adaptational Jerkass: In the comics Lupus was an innocent victim who came to Professor Milo seeking a cure for his strange monthly migraines. In contrast, Romulus was an arrogant jerk and a cheater who asked Milo to make a steroid for him. He's still depicted as a remorseful Tragic Villain, but a much more flawed character.
Big Ol' Unibrow: Sports a thick, black unibrow. In real mythology, it's a telltale sign of a werewolf.
Bio-Augmentation: Thanks to Milo's formula.
Broken Ace: The fame and money made him intolerant of any losses at all. His desperation led to him hiring Dr. Milo to make the drug that turned in into a werewolf.
Evil Is Not a Toy: The only call which could have been less smart than hiring a shady scientist to make you stronger would have been to throw him out once he wasn't needed anymore. Surprisingly, said scientist isn't exactly in a forgiving mood when he actually turns out to be needed once more.
Heroic Build: He is an Olympian athlete, and one who juices at that.
Meaningful Name: Romulus is the name of one of the brothers of Roman lore that was raised by a wolf.
Our Werewolves Are Different: He turns into a Wolf Man due to genetic splicing rather than a magical curse.
Superpowered Evil Side: The werewolf, as can be expected.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: For Anthony Lupus in the Batman comics.
Tragic Monster: Has no control over his animal form and clearly resents it.
Trapped in Villainy: While a Jerkass intolerant of being a loser, it's clear Tony never wanted to be a werewolf and literal attack dog to a Mad Scientist, showing obvious disgust with Milo and some reluctance to kill people. But since Milo has the cure, he doesn't have a choice in the matter.
Uncertain Doom: During his battle against Batman, he got struck by lightning and fell down into a river, with no body found. Towards the end of the episode, we see a wolf howling at the moon but it isn't clear if it's an ordinary wolf howling or it's Romulus in his werewolf form who survived.^note
The Unfettered: Did whatever it took to win and it cost him everything.

Buddy Standler / The Condiment King

Buddy Standler, AKA The Condiment King

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"Heads up, chowhounds! Drop your forks and prepare to cower before the uncanny Condiment King!"

Voiced by: Stuart Pankin

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A oneshot villain who only appeared early in "Make 'Em Laugh". At a glance, he just looks like a small time crook with an incredibly silly theme and costume, but it turns out he was a comedian who (along with two others) was brainwashed by the Joker as payback for kicking him out of a stand-up act (one he wasn't invited to, at that).

Despite only having a few minutes of screentime and solely serving as a joke villain, he gained an unexpected degree of popularity due to the inherently silly nature of him, and was eventually added as a recurring extra in the mainstream DC comics.

Abnormal Ammo: He uses high-pressure guns to squirt out ketchup and mustard, capable of knocking a full grown man at least fifteen feet through the air.
Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce: The Condiment King's most effective attack was squirting a restaurant patron in the mouth with a packet of hot sauce.
Bottomless Magazines: He seems to have an infinite supply of sauces in his barrels.
Brainwashed and Crazy: In his initial appearance, he was just a comedian brainwashed into being a crook by Joker.
Breakout Character: Hard to believe, isn't it? In the years since his one-shot appearance in the series, other Creators just can't resist finding ways to include him in the comics and other DC connected media.
Bring It: As soon as he meets him, King foolishly challenges Batman to a fight. Batman promptly wipes the floor with him.
Bullying a Dragon: He honestly believed himself to be a legitimate threat to Batman and goads him into a fight—in mere seconds, Batman effortlessly takes him down.
Butt-Monkey: He manages to become this in just his few minutes in the limelight. He's all but laughed out of the restaurant he's trying to hold up (until he shows he can be something of a threat to them), gets effortlessly beaten by Batman in a fight, and ends up falling off a building onto a police car by slipping on his own ketchup.
The Cameo:
- In DC Rebirth, he's made two cameo appearances across separate issues, currently serving time at Arkham Asylum again.
- Makes a brief appearance in The Lego Batman Movie as one of Joker's goons. Joker himself lampshades his presence by admitting he's real and that he "might be worth a Google".
Canon Immigrant:
- Originally a oneshot joke villain for this series, he made his way into the mainstream DC universe, where he's still a goofy looking villain, but it is made into something resembling a legitimate, if minor, threat. That said, this version was In Name Only, including undergoing Adaptation Name Change (Mitchell Mayo, instead of Buddy Standler), Age Lift (starting off as a teenager instead of an adult), Adaptational Job Change (a fast food worker instead of a comedian), Red and Black and Evil All Over (as opposed to Standler's white and blue), Lean and Mean as opposed to Standler's stocky build, and Adaptational Villainy (Standler was Brainwashed and Crazy, whereas Mayo willingly became a criminal).
- A Truer to the Text version of Standler debuted in Detective Comics #1000.
Cheap Costume: Just look at him. He wears a jumpsuit that looks like it was dug out of a Goodwill dumpster, dons a pickle headpiece and literally wears underwear as part of his costume.
Chest Insignia: He has a lone C with a lightning bolt on his chest. His comic appearances change it to a cartoonish crown.
C-List Fodder: He's at the bottom of the villain food chain as far as being a threat to Batman.
Curb-Stomp Battle:
- All it takes for Batman to beat him is a single punch to the stomach.
- In his appearance in Batgirl: Year One, Robin defeats him with a simple flip and kick.
- In his second comic appearance, he manages to send Robin and Black Canary into anaphylactic shock, Blue Beetle quickly defeats him by spraying him with milk, which knocks him down and douses his spices.
- In his third comic appearance, Batman just knocks him down with a punch to the face.
- In his cameo in The Lego Batman Movie, Batman quickly defeats him with a Groin Attack.
Disney Villain Death: Averted; he somehow manages to survive a fall from a few stories onto a police car, but he is seriously injured as a result.
Easily Forgiven: Due to being brainwashed while acting as the Condiment King, Buddy is immediately and rightfully acquitted of charges for holding up the restaurant once the Joker's scheme is uncovered.
Edible Ammunition: Employs guns that squirt out ketchup and mustard, and also carries packets of hot sauce with him.
Harmless Villain: He's absolutely no match for Batman in combat. Batman reacts with annoyance upon hearing about him on the Batmobile's radio, and finds him to be such a pathetic foe that he actually offers to go easy on him if he drops the act right then and there.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: However, he at least successfully held up and robbed a restaurant despite only having condiments as his weaponry. In the comics, he manages to get the advantage over Robin and Black Canary by giving them anaphylactic shock with his spices—only for Blue Beetle to defeat him by spraying him with milk.
Hoist by His Own Petard: After Batman mops the floor with him, he tries to squirt Bats with ketchup and tries to make a getaway after some boasting, but he slips on some of it that fell on the floor and nearly falls to his death, only cushioned (and seriously injured) by falling onto a police car.
Hollywood Acid: In the comics, he eventually gets his guns upgraded to shoot corrosive acid instead of kitchen condiments.
Large Ham: His introductory scene has him introduce himself to a fancy dinner banquet with all the bravado of an A-list supervillain.
Improbable Weapon User: You try to find another villain who unironically uses kitchen condiments as weapons.
Internal Homage: He's a parody of the cartoonishly campy villains of the 1960's Batman TV series.
Made of Iron: Downplayed, but anyone who could even remotely survive falling onto a police car from several stories has to count as this, even if he was severely injured from it.
Malicious Misnaming: Batman uses this on him, but its more disdainful than outright malicious, and apparently intended to bring the Condiment King to his senses by pointing out how utterly ridiculous and non-threatening he looks:
Batman: Now listen, Mustard Man, or whatever you call yourself. You're obviously new at this, so I'm willing to go easy provided you give back the loot and never even think about doing this again. Deal?
Pungeon Master: He makes no less than six condiment-related puns in his few minutes of screentime. Makes sense considering he's a brainwashed comedian.
Condiment King: What's this? Ah, the Big Bad Bat Guy. I knew you'd ketchup to me sooner or later. How I've relished this meeting. You, the Dynamic Dark Knight, versus me, the Conceptual Condiment King! Come Batman, let's see if you can cut the mustard.
Batman: (Batman delivers a single punch to CK's stomach) Quiet!
Shout-Out: A fast food-themed character with King in his name? Now where could that have come from...?
Slasher Smile: In his second comic appearance, he donned a pale Joker-like complexion and has a mean set of teeth to go with it.
Small Name, Big Ego: He has a huge ego and is a boisterous, smug braggart. When Batman confronts him, he has the audacity to consider himself his equal and dares him to even fight him.
Smug Snake: His confidence is proportionate to how ridiculous he looks. He has the nerve to even talk Batman down right to his face.
Thin Chin of Sin: By sheer coincidence, Buddy Standler had this before he was brainwashed into becoming the Condiment King—it just so happened to match the crook's nature.
Underwear of Power: He actually wears a pair of tighty-whiteys over his costume.
Villain: Exit, Stage Left: After Batman beats him, he tries to flee after some boasting, but slips on some of his own ketchup and is sent falling off a railing several stories down. Miraculously, he survives, but is seriously injured.
Villain of the Week: A D-List villain who only made one brief appearance in the series, but he eventually made appearances and cameos in other parts of the Batman franchise.
White Gloves: Wears a pair of these as part of his costume. The comics change it to orange and then red gloves.

Klarion

Voiced by: Stephen Wolfe Smith

Appearances: The New Batman Adventures

A childish sorcerer who seizes control of the demon Etrigan and begins wrecking havoc.

Bratty Half-Pint: A child who is self-absorbed and petty. When he gets control of Etrigan he only uses the demon to fulfill petty desires like stealing candy and blowing up theaters who show movies he dislikes.
Devilish Hair Horns: Like most depictions, the DCAU incarnation of Klarion has portions of his hair shaped like devil horns to emphasize that he's untrustworthy and sinister.
Evil Brit: He has a British accent and is a malevolent child who delights in causing havoc after gaining control over Etrigan.
Sealed Evil in a Can: His episode ends with him being imprisoned inside a crystal ball.
Self-Made Orphan: Jason Blood mentions that he turned his own parents to mice. When he says this, we then see a shot focusing on Klarion's familiar Teekl grinning malevolently, strongly implying Klarion's parents were eaten by Teekl afterwards.

Kyodai Ken / The Ninja

Kyodai Ken (The Ninja)

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Voiced by: Robert Ito

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

Kyodai Ken, also known as the Ninja, was a skilled ninja and enemy of Bruce Wayne.

Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He's one of the only characters who can pose a real threat to Batman hand-to-hand… and would've killed him if Bats hadn't sort of cheated ( although their master points out Bruce likewise knew the technique but refused to use i. He's also a complete lunatic who just likes beating people up.
Bald of Evil: He has a shaved head and he is not a nice man at all.
Beard of Evil: A nice goatee to go with his plate.
Canon Immigrant: He originated and died in the series. However, over two and a half decades after his appearances in the animated series, he made his official debut in the comics in Detective Comics #996, although this version is much more noble than he is here.
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Oonemuri aka "eternal sleep", a two-fingered death stab he learned from his ex-master's Secret Art. The only reason it fails is because of Batman's trademark Crazy Preparedness.
The Dreaded: It's implied that one reason he can keep up with Batman is because Bruce isn't sure he can win against him. Kyodai was Always Someone Better during their sparring matches in Japan, and Bruce notably only wins the fight when Robin covers Summer Gleason with a carpet and lets Bruce know he's got his back. Robin notably fights Kyodai to a standstill in their own battle, possibly because he doesn't have any hangups about facing him.
Face Death with Dignity: In his final showdown with Batman, Kyodai is stranded in the middle of lava. While Bruce tries to save him, Kyodai calmly rejects the attempt and stoically bows to him before he's engulfed in lava.
Fighting Fingerprint: Kyodai is able to discover Batman's secret identity by having fought both Bruce Wayne and Batman. Bruce uses these specific words when discussing this with Alfred.
Graceful Loser: At the climax of their duel, Bruce and Kyodai are separated when the ledge they're fighting on breaks in two, leaving Kyodai stranded on a narrow precipice in a sea of magma. After rejecting Bruce's offer of help, Kyodai actually gives Bruce a respectful bow before being killed by a lava geyser.
Hand Seals: A frequent user of these.
Killed Off for Real: Despite Bruce trying to save him, Kyodai is stranded in the middle of lava when Mount Kijiki erupts during their final showdown. All that was left for Kyodai to do was bow to Batman in honor of his Worthy Opponent.
Never My Fault: Later in life, he blames Bruce Wayne for having gotten him thrown out of Yoru's dojo, forcing him to become a thief. Batman retorts that he was expelled because he was already a thief.
Ninja: From Japan, even. He tries to make this claim of Batman as well, but Batman identifies more with the honor of the samurai warrior.
The Paragon Always Rebels: Hinted to have been Yoru Sensei's best student. At least was more experienced than Bruce.
Revenge: He blames Bruce for getting him expelled from Yoru Sensei’s dojo when they were younger, even though he tried to steal one of Yoru’s swords and was caught.
Stock Ninja Weaponry: His katana and shuriken.
Tattooed Crook: Kyodai has a huge tattoo of a Japanese demon's head on his back. This is how Batman first recognizes him, when his ninja suit is torn during battle.

Lloyd Ventrix / Mojo

Lloyd "Mojo" Ventrix

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Voiced by: Michael Gross

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

"See you around, Batman. Too bad you can't say the same."

Lloyd Ventrix, also known as Mojo, was an ex-con who acquired a suit that allowed him to turn invisible.

All for Nothing: He posed as his daughter's imaginary friend to earn her trust and take her with him. However, her mother had long since warned her that her father is a bad man and ran away from him as soon as he revealed himself. Once he was arrested, his ex-wife took their daughter and left Gotham, with no way of him ever seeing her again, much less have the close relationship he wanted them to have.
Canon Foreigner: He was created for the series.
Clothes Make the Maniac: He was already slightly unbalanced, but the invisibility suit became toxic when it was activated and apparently drove him completely over the edge into complete psychopathy.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Delivers one twice to Batman thanks to the invisibility suit. Ultimately finds himself on the receiving end during the second time when Batman springs a leak in an overhead reservoir which neutralizes his one advantage.
Determinator: What more can you say about a guy who's willing to pose as his daughter's imaginary friend while stealing gifts for her, just so he can earn her trust?
Deadly Upgrade: It's revealed that the plastic he uses for his suit is toxic.
Disappeared Dad: Due to being a convicted felon, he was never present for much of his daughter's life. His ex-wife even says she wishes he would just disappear – advice which he takes a bit too literally.
Dramatic Drop: When Kimmy tells him they're moving, he drops her doll in shock.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Deconstructed. In his own way, Lloyd loves his daughter and wants to give her the finest life has to offer but his selfishness and criminal activities end up driving her away after he reveals his identity to her.
Expy: He's a homage to The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells.
Freudian Excuse: It is implied that he was already a criminal before, but in his onscreen appearances, he carried out his crimes because he wanted to buy his daughter pretty things, and be able to see her again after her mother left him and took the girl with her.
Genius Bruiser: Downplayed, but he manages to win his first fight with Batman with a combination of his suit, fighting prowess, and knowledge of his environment
Good Scars, Evil Scars: He has what appear to be unsightly acne scars on his cheeks, and he's definitely not a good person.
Imaginary Friend: He uses his invisibility to pose as his daughter's imaginary friend to get close to her.
Invisibility Cloak: Stole a supply of a plastic that could bend light around it, and made himself an invisibility suit out of it. He also similarly outfitted his car. Also an Invisible Jerkass, which is putting it mildly.
Jerkass: He's nothing but a sleazy asshole who prioritizes his selfish wants over the well-being of others, and it's implied that he abused his wife.
Mythology Gag: There was a Silver Age Batman villain named Floyd Ventris, aka Mirror Man, who used mirrors to commit crimes. While Ventrix's suit relies on light refraction for its invisibility effect, invisibility was never a trick performed by Mirror Man.
Not-So-Imaginary Friend: Masqueraded as imaginary for his daughter.
Obviously Evil: It's easy to tell just by looking at him (when you can, anyway) that he's a bad guy; his waxy complexion and glassy red eyes make him look almost inhuman.
Psycho Ex-Boyfriend: Ventrix follows his ex-wife from work to a cafe on her lunch break and tries to flirt with her. She reminds him that she has a restraining order against him.
Sanity Slippage: He ends up becoming more unhinged the longer he uses the suit, until he reaches the point where he doesn't care if it kills him—he just wants his daughter back.
Toxic Phlebotinum: His invisibility suit, the fabric of which bends light in unusual ways when electrically stimulated. Unfortunately, it also gives off dangerous nerve toxins in the process, negatively affecting his sanity.
Tragic Dream: All he did, he did to be with his daughter… but when he reveals himself to her, she rejects him and wants nothing to do with him. At the end, she told Batman that she and her mother will move far enough away that her father will never find them again. He could never be with her.
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: He's not a good looking man at all, having almost reddish brown eyes, pock marks, large lips and a perpetual scowl, but his ex-wife Helen is a stunning blond. Luckily, his daughter Kimberly inherited her mom's looks.
Villainous Breakdown: When Batman tries to warn him about the suit being toxic (and right before he gets defeated), Lloyd replies:
"Who cares if it is? With this suit, I can take back my daughter whenever I want! Her mother won't stop me, and neither will you!"

Lyle Bolton / Lock-Up

Lock-Up (Lyle Bolton)

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Voiced by: Bruce Weitz

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A former security guard at Arkham. Fired for his brutal methods, he decides to take the law in his own hands.

Canon Immigrant: He was created for the show and was eventually introduced to the main DCU. Interestingly enough, he was actually integrated into the mainline comics before Harley Quinn.
Create Your Own Villain: He was formerly a guard at Arkham Asylum who got his position due to endorsement and support from Wayne Enterprises. When he goes insane and begins kidnapping the people he blames for the city's problems (the police, bureaucrats and reporters that he says cause the criminals), Robin snarkily comments "Another fine villain brought to you by the Wayne Foundation." The look Batman shoots him is not happy.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: After arguing that they could have worked together, and Batman responds that his methods on how he treats the prisoners are deplorable, Lock-Up actually is surprised that Batman cares for them, and thinks he is "as crazy as they are".
Informed Ability: Apparently, Lock-Up is such a horrific guard that he has driven even the already-insane inmates of Arkham insane, paralyzing the Scarecrow, "The God of Fear," with fear. When his offenses against the patients are actually given, however, it is debatable as to whether they are extreme or standard asylum fare, apart from his mental abuse of the Ventriloquist, possibly because the show could not portray anything worse.
The Jailer: He likes to lock the objects of his ire into cells.
Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Goes from wanting to lock up Gotham's criminals to wanting to lock up Gotham's authority figures for not being extreme enough (such as people like Gordon, who actually captures the criminals to begin with).
Knight Templar: He may be one of the purest examples of this, being a former head of security at Arkham who was fired for brutalizing the inmates, who comes back as a villain trying to imprison forever the "scum" that he feels represent the people that allowed Gotham to get this way (including the head doctor at Arkham, Commisioner Gordon, Mayor Hill, and Summer Gleeson). In true Knight Templar fashion, he has no idea that he's gone too far (he views Batman as a potential partner, much to the other's disgust).
Police Brutality: Is a total advocate for this trope, given his inhumane treatments of both the Arkham inmates and the people he kidnaps.
Politically Incorrect Villain: A fairly obvious GOP pundit parody. He constantly says that the "liberal media", "coddling doctors", and "gutless police" are responsible for supercrime in Gotham. He believes that the criminals at Arkham don't deserve privileges or even the most basic humane treatment. Obviously, he's hyperbolized, but it's still pretty severe for a kids' show.
Rabid Cop: Though technically not a cop.
Sadist: Thinks that criminals deserve to be tortured and clearly enjoys doing it - and when stopped, expands his definition of "criminals" to those who got him fired or condemned his actions, as well as Gordon, the Mayor and Batman because he thinks they are too "soft" on criminals. He is so scary the other Bat-rogues tried to escape Arkham solely to get away from him.
Steven Ulysses Perhero: A security-themed vigilante named Bolton?
Straw Character: He even disparages the "liberal media."
Villain Has a Point: His methods are extreme and inhumane, but Arkham is a Cardboard Prison, especially for the more dangerous criminals like Joker.
- He is meant to be seen as a hard-headed conservative nutcase with his rant about the inefficient politicians and the "liberal media" being the cause of the superpowered psychos. While "cause" might be a stretch, he's quite right about them being part of the problem. The police routinely fail to combat the maniacs, leaving a vigilante to do 90% of the work, the people running Arkham keep it a barely-functional revolving door, and the politicians for the most part do nothing at all to improve Arkham or Gotham itself. Hell, we even see the news treating Poison Ivy as a media darling instead of a murderous eco-terrorist! If they all did their jobs more efficiently and professionally, maybe there wouldn't be so many costumed freaks terrorizing the city.
  - Partially subverted throughout the series. Batman repeatedly gives Commissioner Gordon credit for the work he does, naturally this would have to remain an Informed Attribute as Gordon's successes would have to happen off-screen, after all this isn't a show about ordinary cops arresting normal criminals. The fact that Task Force X exists in the DCAU means that Arkham might not be a Cardboard Prison after all. The three villains Bolton is shown to have mistreated are Scarecrow, Harley, and the Ventriloquist, while it's unknown what ultimately became of Scarecrow, both Harley and the Ventriloquist ended up reforming, because Batman showed them kindness.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He… well locks up who he thinks is the real source of the problems in Gotham, the lax Police Force (Gordon), the pushover Doctors (Dr. Bartholomew), mindless Bureaucrats (Mayor Hill), and the media (Summer Gleeson) that "glorifies" the Bat-villains. Ironically, he is probably right.
With Us or Against Us: Actually says, "If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem." (Throughout the episode, he also blamed the "liberal media," as well as "gutless police, mindless bureaucrats, and coddling doctors" for society's problems, so he's really more of an outright parody of conservative argumentation.)

Montague Kane

Voiced by: Michael York

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A professional skeptic who announces his intent to reveal how Zatanna does her tricks. He does in fact figure out her secret, but then he exploits that knowledge to steal millions of dollars and frame her while he flies out of town. Batman is forced to team up with Zatanna to stop him.

Abhorrent Admirer: He fancies Zatanna & offers to spare her if she agrees to a hookup. Unfortunately for Kane she responds exactly how you'd expect.
Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He's introduced snidely deriding Zatanna's magic trick of making millions of dollars disappear, but seems impressed and complimentary once she pulls it off. It’s all an act so he can frame her for his theft of the money.
Smug Snake: He is very smug as he makes his getaway.
Sword Cane: Kane cuts a rope Batman and Zatanna are hanging from with a sword from his cane.
Worthy Opponent: Kane repeatedly compliments Batman for managing to track him down.

Nivens

Voiced by: Jeffrey Jones

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

Harvey Bullock's long-suffering landlord. The villain of the episode 'A Bullet for Bullock.'

Laughing Mad: He is reduced to this after his various efforts to kill Bullock fail.

Page Monroe / Calendar Girl

Page Monroe (Calendar Girl)

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Voiced by: Sela Ward

Appearances: The New Batman Adventures

A former supermodel who began to lose work as she aged. Obsessed with maintaining her youthful appearance, she underwent cosmetic surgery after cosmetic surgery, and developed a psychosis where she perceived herself as ugly, leading her to don a white mask to hide her features. She hatches a scheme to kill various figures in the fashion industry as revenge, but meets resistance from Batman and Batgirl.

Appearance Is in the Eye of the Beholder: "She's beautiful." "She can't see that anymore. All she sees are the flaws."
Bait-and-Switch: Batman is told a rumor that in an attempt to retain a youthful look, Monroe underwent a surgery that was ultimately botched and disfigured her. There's a lot of dramatic buildup in her avoidance of unmasking, until it turns out this was just a rumor- she's still a Head-Turning Beauty.
Beautiful All Along: After her Cool Mask is removed, but she can't see how beautiful she is anymore.
Canon Foreigner: She was created for the series as she was a Gender Flip version of Calendar Man from the comics, but with a different and a less obsessive motive.
Composite Character: While her name and MO resemble the Silver Age version of Calendar Man, her motivation and backstory are based on the obscure Bronze Age villain Manikin.
Cool Mask: She believes her face is hideous and deformed, and hides it at all times behind a blank white mask.
Don't Look At Me: Calendar Girl covers her face with a mask at all times, at the risk of her Berserk Button.
The Fashionista: She has a different colored costume for all four seasons.
Foil: To Baby Doll. Both have issues with their appearance, molded and perverted by the entertainment industry. One embraces their childlike appears, the other is convinced she's hideous when she's not.
Gender Flip: She is loosely based on Calendar Man.
Hollywood Old: Once Page turned thirty, the companies she modelled for dropped her in favor of younger models. Her scummy agent was able to get her a role as a mother in a Dom Com, but that show was quickly cancelled because the network wanted younger demographics. Page then spent the next ten years dieting, exercising and getting multiple cosmetic surgeries in order to regain her youth and glory, but it didn't work and she developed Body Dysmorphic Disorder, believing herself to be old and ugly even though she looks exactly the same as she did in her twenties.
I Am Not Pretty: Ageism in Hollywood killed her career, and she keeps her "old, ugly" face hidden from the world because of it. She's not that old and has maintained her youthful appearance.
I Was Quite a Looker: She was an uncommonly beautiful woman in her prime... and the twist of her episode as that she still is. Being told she'd become old and ugly by the media made her actually believe it, and now she can't bear to be seen unmasked.
Ink-Suit Actor: Sela Ward is the spitting image of Page, and has a similar backstory of being turned down for roles for being "too old".
Masking the Deformity: She tried to maintain her beauty through multiple cosmetic surgeries but now wears a White Mask of Doom to cover up her supposedly deformed face. Subverted in the end. After she's arrested, the cops take her mask off, revealing that she's actually still quite beautiful. However, the treatment she received from the fashion industry has her completely incapable of seeing that, so she freaks out and demands nobody look at her. It's even pointed out by Batman and Batgirl.
Batgirl: She's beautiful.
Batman: But she can't see it anymore. All she sees are the flaws.
Older Than They Look: Despite being over thirty, she still looks the same as she did during her glory days.
Sinister Scythe: Wields one of these. Along with her black clothes and hair and white mask, it evokes imagery of The Grim Reaper.
Tragic Villain: She's a mentally troubled woman who was pushed past her breaking point by the cruel and unrealistic standards of the fashion industry to the point where she is unable to see herself as anything but hideous, even though she's still beautiful as she was before.
White-Dwarf Starlet: She's intent on killing the people who had led to her downfall, wearing full-body covering and a featureless mask to hide what she's become since her fame ran out. The Reveal shows that she is still beautiful after all those years, but she "can only see the flaws".
White Mask of Doom: To cover up her supposedly hideous face.
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: She was a former model for calendars, but constantly failed attempts at rectifying her "hideous appearance" left her with nothing else than a desire of vengeance against the people she perceived took away her beauty. She is later revealed to actually be gorgeous, although she still firmly believes her appearance is repulsive despite this.
Younger and Hipper: Both deconstructed, as she was a victim of ageism, but ironically an example of this herself, given she's loosely based on the Calendar Man, yet is younger than Julian Day.

Ted Dymer / The Mad Bomber

Ted Dymer, AKA The Mad Bomber

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Voiced by: Bruce Timm

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

The villain of the episode "Beware the Gray Ghost", a bomber extorting money from the city in a style modeled after an episode of the in-universe show, The Gray Ghost.

Beneath Suspicion: When Simon Trent had his "Eureka!" Moment, he cannot believe it:
Simon Trent: But I'm not the Mad Bomber, Batman. I'm not. I sold my Gray Ghost cars months ago to pay for my… No, it can't be him.
Canon Foreigner: He was created for the series.
Crack is Cheaper: In-Universe. He turned to crime to fund his toy obsession.
Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Seeing how he was smart enough to turn remote control cars into bombs he could hold the city ransom for, and has some business experience as a toy shop owner, he could have at least sold his creations to legitimately earn money he wanted to buy more toys with. Possibly justified by his being a Psychopathic Manchild.
Evil Counterpart: To Batman. Both men are huge Gray Ghost fanboys, but while Batman was inspired by the Ghost to protect the innocent, the Mad Bomber was inspired by one of the Ghost's enemies to commit crimes and hold Gotham City for ransom.
Expy: His name brings to mind Ted Kaczynski and Jeffrey Duhmer while he looks vaguely like Duhmer. While it's unclear if this was intentional, his motivations are much sillier than the real world lunatics what with this being a cartoon and all.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Simon Trent ends up figuring out who he is after realizing the bombs are made from the same merchandise he sold to him, which is why his own fingerprints are on them. He's also ultimately ends up being the one to defeat Ted while he's distracted with Batman, and for added karma the very bombs Ted intended to use to ransom the city to fund his toy obsession destroy his base and his toy collection.
Ink-Suit Actor: Designed after his voice actor.
The Knights Who Say "Squee!": He has a massive fanboy reaction when Simon brings him the original Gray Ghost costume.
Laser-Guided Karma: The Mad Bomber is undone not only by the hands of the Gray Ghost, the very man who he bought the merchandise from and whose show was the inspiration for his scheme, but his entire toy store is blown up by his own bombs.
Loony Fan: Oddly enough, subverted; although he is something of a self-deprecating joke on behalf of (Bruce Timm) and the rest of the creative team, and still enthusiastically buys Trent's old props despite low customer demand, he's willing to destroy the remaining cars in his scheme. Even despite being inspired by the old show and the toys themselves to re-enact the fictional Mad Bomber's scheme, his goal was never to bring the Gray Ghost out of "retirement" for a fight—he just needed money for his true love of toy collecting. In other words, he's much more loon than fan.
Pet the Dog: For all his awful deeds, he repeatedly buys Simon's Gray Ghost memorabillia even though it isn't selling. This is implied to be the only thing keeping a roof over Simon's head.
Psychopathic Manchild: This guy commits terrorism... just so he can buy more toys. When Batman ruins his scheme to blow up the Gotham Library, he throws the kind of temper tantrum you'd expect from a bratty toddler.
They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: He has the appearance of a harmless toy collector.
Villainous Breakdown: He breaks down in tears after his store and all his precious toys are blown up by his own bombs.

Roxy Rocket

Roxy Rocket (Roxanne Sutton)

Voiced by: Charity James
Appearances: The New Batman Adventures | Superman: The Animated Series

A thrill-seeking criminal who is a former stuntwoman and a dangerously avid adrenaline junkie.

Affably Evil: To a certain extent. She's a thief, but is cheerful to those she robs and avoids hurting people when it isn't necessary.
Canon Immigrant: Twice—she first appeared in The Batman Adventures Annual #1, then in The New Batman Adventures (along with Superman: TAS), then in the main DCU.
The Dragon: To the Penguin in her debut episode.
Dragon with an Agenda: Only worked with the Penguin to sate her need for thrills. When her stunts began to risk exposing him, he decides to get rid of her.
Fiery Redhead: Moved to crime mostly for the kicks.
Goggles Do Nothing: In her case, she wears them whenever she rides.
Heel–Face Turn: In the tie-in comics—decides that being a vigilante has as much thrill as being a criminal.
In Harm's Way: She's in it at least as much for the thrills as for the loot.
Ms. Fanservice: She has a nice figure and wears a form-fitting out that provides a cleavage.
Not Me This Time: In the tie-in comics. It turns out to be Catwoman, trying to frame her.
"Not So Different" Remark: Tries to pull this on Batman, saying that he'll let her go because he enjoys the thrill of the chase as much as she does. It doesn't work.
Orgasmic Combat: Especially in the climax of the episode, where she tears off her jacket, throwing it at Batman, and starts squirming on her rocket with him and loudly making outburst of passion.
Roxy: Oh baby, you're the best! The ultimate thrill. The final stunt. Me and you! Yeah, yeah... YEAH!
Rocket Ride: Provides the trope image.
Sex Is Violence: When Batman pursues her, she starts laughing more and more and eventually... well, she shows her O-face.
"Take That!" Kiss: Before she escapes from Batman during their first encounter, she flies her rocket next to his damaged Batwing and thanks him for a "great first date" before blowing him a goodbye kiss. In a later encounter, when Batman seems to have her cornered on a steel grinder of an unfinished building, she throws a painting she stole over the edge with Batman diving after it, grabbing on to it with one hand and grabbing to a lower part of the building with his other. Roxy smirks down at him as he holds on before mockingly making a kissing sound at him and blowing up her rocket.
Villainesses Want Heroes:
- She develops a crush on Batman due to him being able to keep up with her in her robberies, and at one point calls the two of them "the perfect couple". She shows to be perfectly accepting, even thrilled, at the idea of her and Batman dying together in a stunt. Unfortunately, she ends up heartbroken when Batman doesn't return her feelings and instead slaps the handcuffs on her even after all they went through together.
- She also finds Superman attractive when he catches her in "Knight Time", complimenting him on his looks and openly saying "I'll be your friend" with clearly flirtatious undertones.
Villainous Crush:
- A mild one for Batman, in The Batman Adventures Annual #1, post her Heel–Face Turn. In TNBA, she's aggressively flirtatious and believes they are Birds of a Feather that love thrills. She's soundly wrong by the end.
- The Penguin also seems slightly entranced by her, based on his suggestive comments about her being chased by "a bird of prey". She doesn't reciprocate the feelings, though.
- At the beginning of "Knight Time" she wastes very little time flirting with Superman, and expresses immediate attraction to his Heroic Build. Supes is amused for a moment before refusing her advances and immediately taking her back to Gotham.

Warren Lawford, Armand Lydecker, and Gunther Hardwick / The Terrible Trio

Warren Lawford, Armand Lydecker, and Gunther Hardwick, AKA The Terrible Trio

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Voiced by: Bill Mumy (Warren "Fox" Lawford), David Jolliffe (Armand "Vulture" Lydecker), Peter Scolari (Gunther "Shark" Hardwick)

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

"Go ahead. Take me in, hero! I've got every judge in town in my pocket! You'll see. I'll get justice, the best that money can buy!"

A trio of snobby, elitist frat brothers, the Terrible Trio have turned to heisting to cure their boredom.

Actor Allusion: The isn't the first time Bill Mumy played a spoiled brat who ruins the lives of everyone he interacts with.
Adaptational Dumbass: The Terrible Trio in the comic books were Lex Luthor-esque rich geniuses who were greatly skilled in developing technology to aid them in their exploits; here, they're a group of spoiled rich punks who are only about one step above your average rank-and-file goon in terms of skill and intellect. They're also shown to have inherited all their wealth without having to work a day in their lives for it, while their comic counterparts were implied to be successful industrialists who earned their fortunes legitimately before becoming criminals.
Adaptational Mundanity: In the comics, they were criminal masterminds using high-tech arsenals to pull off daring crimes; here, they're a bunch of rich frat bros who turned to petty crime out of boredom.
Adaptational Wimp: While they were nowhere near the top of Batman's list of most dangerous enemies, the Terrible Trio in the comics were formidable enough to remain a consistent thorn in the Caped Crusader's side. The Terrible Trio in the show are nowhere near as much of threat to Batman, as it doesn't take him much effort to bring them down for good.
Animal Motifs: Their identities are as The Fox (symbolizing a cunning and ruthless demeanor), the Shark (signifying an animalistic brutality), and the Vulture (representing a need to live off the suffering of others).
Break the Haughty: After his money and connections fail to get him off the hook, Fox is thrown in jail where he's now at the very bottom of the food chain.
Delusions of Eloquence: Fox speaks in very posh, flowery language as he's robbing people blind.
Egomaniac Hunter: They had a passion for hunting which they transferred to crime.
Evil Counterpart: They are essentially evil versions of Bruce Wayne- they inherited their wealth, engage in high-risk thrill seeking behaviour, and wear animal themed costumes. The difference is that Bruce is a crime-fighting vigilante and a genius, while these three are arrogant and ruthless thieves who are nowhere near as clever as they believe themselves to be.
Even Evil Has Standards: Vulture thinks that Fox plotting to kill his girlfriend to keep her mouth shut is going too far. Earlier, both Vulture and Shark object to robbing people they actually know vs going after random targets.
Frat Bro: They're fraternity brothers, albeit with Delusions of Eloquence rather than the typical Lower-Class Lout you'd usually see associated with this trope.
Hate Sink: While all of them definitely qualify due to being stuck-up, condescending, self-absorbed sociopaths who steal from and kill people for fun, and because they think their inherited wealth makes them completely above consequences - Fox in particular fits this trope, as he essentially leads them, and lacks the very few standards of both Vulture and Shark, who at least have their limits as mentioned above. Batman has nothing but the utmost of contempt for the Trio in general, considering them worse than even the Joker (who at least has the excuse of insanity).
Hypocrite: Given what we know about him, it can be quite galling to hear Fox call his girlfriend a "spoiled, willful child" when he suspects she'll report him to the police.
It Amused Me: They're rich, so they don't need the money; they just do what they do because they're bored.
Land, Sea, Sky: Their alter-egos reflect how their families made their vast fortunes (oil, shipping, and aerodynamics, respectively). When we meet their civilian alter egos, some of the hobbies the mention having done are running with the bulls, spear fishing sharks, and bungee jumping from hot air balloons.
Malevolent Masked Men: They pull off their heists while wearing creepy animal masks. Robin even remarks that they wouldn't look out-of-place in a Mardi Gras festival.
Mythology Gag: They're based off a Silver Age comics Terrible Trio who used the same monikers and masks, though the original Trio were three evil scientist/tycoon types in the style of pre-Crisis-Lex Luthor, with similar grandiose aspirations.^note
Nice to the Waiter: Averted; they treat the working class as little more than cannon fodder and are actually offended that Bruce Wayne would even consider being polite to his hired help.
Old Money: Their inherited family fortunes ensure that they'll never have to work a day in their lives. Didn't stop them from turning to armed robbery, though...
One-Shot Character: They never appear after their debut episode.
Rich Boredom: They got tired of all the safaris, treasure hunting, and deep-sea diving they once occupied themselves with and instead took up crime because they like "the thrill of the chase."
Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: NOPE! Despite Fox's posturing that his money and lawyers make him completely untouchable, he still gets found guilty and tossed in prison.
The Sociopath: Fox in particular. Every attachment or ounce of compassion he appears to have is eventually revealed to be fake or manipulation, and he fails to understand why people would feel those things. People, even the other rich, are just tools or toys to him at best.
She Knows Too Much: Fox resolves to kill his girlfriend because she knows about his secret life as a criminal.
The Social Darwinist: They consider themselves to be the superior breed in Gotham City, and that they can therefore treat people however they want.
Terrible Trio: Well, yeah.
Too Clever by Half: Riding the high of their successes and entitlement, they soon come to see themselves as untouchable. This backfires on them as Batman slowly closes in.
Upper-Class Twit: Fox especially, but all of them come from well-off backgrounds and carry themselves with an unearned sense of entitlement.

Wacklaw Josek

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Voiced by: John Rhys-Davies

Appearances: Batman: The Animated Series

A fraudster from Europe.

Aristocrats Are Evil: He claims to be a baron, and he's a corrupt man who has committed a lot of crimes.

Characters / Batman: The Animated Series – Rogues Gallery, Part 3

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Gotham Mafia

Arnold Stromwell

"The Boss"

Boxy Bennett

Buzz Bronski

Carl Beaumont

Carlton Duquesne

Charles 'Chuckie' Sol

Edward "King" Barlowe

James "Jazzman" Peake

Rupert Thorne

Salvatore Valestra

Sidney "Sid the Squid" Debris

Tony Zucco

Vincent "Vinnie the Shark" Starkey

Mad scientists

Doctor Achilles Milo

Dr. Emile Dorian

Enoch Brown

Dr. Gregory Belson

Hugo Strange

Karl Rossum

Businessmen

Cameron Kaiser

Daniel Mockridge

Ferris Boyle

Grant Walker

Maximillian "Maxie" Zeus

Roland Daggett

The League of Assassins

Arkady Duvall

Sandra Wu-San, AKA Lady Shiva

Vertigo

Gotham City Police and Government

Arthur Reeves

Gil Mason

J. Carroll Corcoran

Slavers

Boss Biggis

Sewer King

International Mercenaries, Smugglers, and Terrorists

Enrique El Gancho

Josiah Wormwood (The Interrogator)

Red Claw

Cultists

Carl "Nostromos" Fowler

Thomas Blake

Other

Anthony "Tony" Romulus

Buddy Standler, AKA The Condiment King

Klarion

Kyodai Ken (The Ninja)

Lloyd "Mojo" Ventrix

Lock-Up (Lyle Bolton)

Montague Kane

Nivens

Page Monroe (Calendar Girl)

Ted Dymer, AKA The Mad Bomber

Roxy Rocket (Roxanne Sutton)

Warren Lawford, Armand Lydecker, and Gunther Hardwick, AKA The Terrible Trio

Wacklaw Josek

Alternative Title(s): DCAU Batman The Animated Series Other Criminals And Villains, DCAU Batman The Animated Series Rogues Gallery Part 3

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