The following is a list of characters that have appeared in the television seriesThe Batman, which ran from September 11, 2004, to March 22, 2008, as well as the show's tie-in comic calledThe Batman Strikes!. The animation style bears a strong resemblance to that ofJackie Chan Adventures, sinceJeff Matsuda was the chief character designer for both shows. Many of the supervillains who appear in the series, like theJoker,Penguin andRiddler, are very different from their comic counterparts, and notable foes of Batman such asTwo-Face,Scarecrow,Ra's al Ghul, andMad Hatter are absent from the series altogether, though Scarecrow had early concept art made for him before he was barred from appearing, and Two-Face was planned to make an appearance in the tie-in comic, before it was ultimately canceled by issue #50 in October 2008. Other characters that were planned for guest appearances in the tie-in comic (but ultimately did not) wereWonder Woman,[1]Bizarro,[1] (who both had concept art made for them),Vigilante[2] andOwlman.[3]
Batman / Bruce Wayne (voiced byRino Romano) is a billionaire playboy and philanthropist who secretly operates as a vigilante. He is depicted as younger than his comics counterpart and joins theJustice League in the fifth season.
Robin / Dick Grayson (voiced by Eve Sabara[nb 1]) is a 12-year-old former circus performer who Batman adopts afterTony Zucco murders his parents, the Flying Graysons. Furthermore, he appears asNightwing in flashbacks depicted in the episode "Artifacts", voiced byJerry O'Connell.
Batgirl / Barbara Gordon (voiced by Danielle Judovits) is Jim Gordon's 16-year old daughter, who becomes a vigilante after being inspired by Batman. Furthermore, she appears as Oracle in flashbacks depicted in the episode "Artifacts", voiced byKellie Martin.
TheGotham City Police Department is the police department who was at odds with Batman's vigilante work until Commissioner Gordon came into view.
Clayface I / Ethan Bennett (voiced bySteve Harris) is a policedetective and childhood friend of Batman. At the end of the first season, he transforms into Clayface after being exposed to gas from Joker's putty. In subsequent appearances, Bennett battles Batman before being cured in "Clayfaces" where he helped Batman fight Basil Karlo. In a potential future depicted in the episode "Artifacts", Bennett succeeds Angel Rojas as Gotham's chief of police.
Jim Gordon (voiced byMitch Pileggi) is the commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department. He would later ally with Batman after he managed to apprehend Joker, Penguin, and Riddler.
Angel Rojas (voiced byEdward James Olmos in the first appearance,Jesse Corti in the second appearance) is thechief of police who believes Batman to be a criminal and wants to capture him. He stops going after Batman when Commissioner Gordon comes into view.
Ellen Yin (voiced byMing-Na Wen) is a police detective who initially antagonizes Batman before becoming his ally. In a potential future depicted in the episode "Artifacts", Yin succeeds Jim Gordon as Gotham's police commissioner.
Cash Tankinson (voiced byPatrick Warburton) is a police officer in the Gotham City Police Department. He was first seen when paired up with Ellen Yin as a brief replacement for Ethan Bennett. In his second appearance, Cash was assigned by Commissioner Gordon to protect Bruce Wayne from Cosmo Krank.
Marion Grange (voiced byAdam West) is the mayor of Gotham City for the first four seasons of the series.
Lucius Fox (voiced byLouis Gossett Jr.), based on the version fromChristopher Nolan'sDark Knight Trilogy, is an employee atWayne Enterprises, an old friend of Bruce Wayne's father, and knowing Bruce's secret identity as Batman. Though he only briefly appears at the end of season 4 and early in season 5, it is revealed he knows Bruce's secret identity and has been helping him behind the scenes for most of the series: having helped him design most of his arsenal, along with the construction of theBatcave.
Various villains as depicted in the episode "Rumors". From left to right are: Riddler, Bane, Poison Ivy, a Riddleman, Black Mask, Man-Bat, Mister Freeze, Temblor, Spellbinder, Firefly, Ragdoll, Killer Croc, Joker, Harley Quinn (visible behind the Joker), Henchman, Penguin, Kabuki Twins, and Cluemaster.
Bane (voiced byJoaquim de Almeida in "Traction",Ron Perlman in "Team Penguin",Clancy Brown in "The Batman/Superman Story") is a South American mercenary who derives superhuman strength from the Venom steroid.
Black Mask (voiced byJames Remar) is a meticulous and ruthless crime lord. He has no fingerprints or distinguishing features, making him difficult to identify.
Number One is the name of several top henchmen who serve Black Mask. When a Number One disappoints Black Mask, he either demotes that person or disposes of them, followed by a random minion becoming the new Number One.
The first Number One (voiced byDiedrich Bader) is a silver-haired man who wore tactical goggles. Though Black Mask used his shock gun on this Number One, he popped up alive in later appearances like getting captured by Rumor or helping to fight Superman.
The second Number One was dressed as a basic Black Mask thug. This Number One's status was unknown.
The third Number One (voiced byJohn Mariano) had black hair and wore tactical goggles. When Black Mask exposed him to the Nth Element when he questioned his plan, this Number One was allowed to fly up towards the atmosphere.
The fourth Number One is an eyepatch-wearing woman.
TheBlack Mask Thugs are the basic minions of Black Mask.
Catwoman / Selina Kyle (voiced byGina Gershon) is a professional cat burglar and activist. Catwoman is the only recurring villain in the series who's never arrested and never unmasked by Batman, leaving it unlikely he even knows her true identity.
Clayface II / Basil Karlo (voiced byWallace Langham in "Clayfaces",Lex Lang in "The Batman/Superman Story") is a failed actor who steals a sample of Joker Putty and gains superpowers in a bid to gain attention. Though he and Ethan Bennett were subjected to the cure by Batman, Basil discovered that he still has his abilities when he reached for a fallen chess piece following his chess game with Joker.
Cluemaster / Arthur Brown (voiced byGlenn Shadix as an adult,Kath Soucie as a child) is a former game show contestant who seeks revenge on those he believes rigged the show and cost him his title as champion. Though he became obese while living in his mother's basement, he somehow built up the strength to support his body weight and is shown to make use of this strength when he fought Batman.
Cluemaster's Minions are the dwarfish servants of Cluemaster who wear full masks. They are implied to be members of Cluemaster's former baseball team.
Captain Slash (voiced byDiedrich Bader) is a villain from an in-universe video game played by Robin and Marty Slack.
Count Vertigo (voiced byGreg Ellis) is a former employee of Queen Industries who uses an eyepiece to induce vertigo.
Everywhere Man / John Marlowe (voiced byBrandon Routh) is a physicist, art collector, and friend of Bruce Wayne. He creates a machine that can duplicate matter and uses it to clone himself only for one of the clones to become evil and take his place. With help from the real Marlowe, Batman and Robin defeated the fake Marlowe and his clones.
Firefly / Garfield Lynns /Phosphorus (voiced byJason Marsden) is an arsonist who wields a bug-like suit. Late in the series, he steals a phosphorus isotope and is accidentally transformed into ametahuman with innate fire abilities.
Dr. Jane "Blaze" Blaisedale (voiced byRachael MacFarlane) is a disgraced nuclear physicist and ally of Firefly.
Gearhead / Nathaniel Finch (voiced byWill Friedle) is a criminal racer who can hack into vehicles and possesses retractable claws.The Batman Strikes! reveals him to be a former underground racing celebrity who was injured in an accident and renderedquadriplegic before an unknown doctor gave him cybernetic implants.
Francis Grey (voiced byDave Foley) is a clockmaker and thief who stole a pocket watch which led to his arrest after he bumped into a police officer and sent a hot dog cart into traffic causing a power outage, a four car pileup, and a tanker truck exploding. After being imprisoned for years, Grey develops the ability to rewind time for a specific amount of seconds and battles Batman. After his son was killed in a poison bomb that was meant to take out Gotham City, he screamed in anguish enough to rewind back to the day he stole the pocket watch. He decides not to steal the pocket watch causing the timeline to change. In the present, he now runs a clock repair company with his son.
The Joining is an extraterrestrial technology-based collective entity intent on absorbing Earth. They battle Batman in the fourth and fifth season finales, "The Joining" and "Lost Heroes", with "The Joining" seeing Batman form the Justice League to combat them.
Joker (voiced byKevin Michael Richardson) is Batman's maniacal nemesis, bent on causing chaos and making people laugh. While this version of Joker has green dreadlocks and is shown to be barefoot, he does wear spats-like coverings when he later wears his traditional suit. He wields various gadgets, but is equally skilled in combat, using his feet as dexterously as his hands to increase his mobility.
Punch and Judy (voiced by an uncredited Rino Romano when impersonated by Clayface) are the Joker's silent henchmen. It appears they do seem to finally speak and insult one of his schemes in the episode "Clayfaces" before it's revealed that "they're" speaking because the duo are being impersonated by Clayface I/Ethan Bennett who (wanting a second chance to reform) then proceeds to capture Joker and turn in both the clown prince and himself to the authorities.
Prank / Donnie (voiced byMichael Reisz) is a classmate of Barbara Gordon who the Joker temporarily recruits as his sidekick.
Marty Slack (voiced byPatton Oswalt) is a technician andgamer who works for Joker.
Hideo Katsu (voiced byKeone Young) is the head of aYakuza crime syndicate.
TheDragon's Fangs are a group ofninjas that Katsu summoned to help him deal with Catwoman.
Killer Croc (voiced byRon Perlman) is an anthropomorphic crocodile and crime boss. He rarely works on his own, tending to work with other villains.
Vic (voiced byJim Cummings),Freddy (voiced byJim Cummings), and unnamed man are three robbers who were recruited by Killer Croc to serve him.
Killer Moth (voiced byJeff Bennett) is a low-tier servant of Team Penguin. He later transforms into a monstrous anthropomorphic moth after being exposed to radiation.
Cosmo Krank (voiced byPatton Oswalt) is a toymaker who produces dangerous toys and seeks revenge on Bruce Wayne for shutting down his company. Krank also appears inGotham portrayed byChris Perfetti where he is the son of Griffin Krank. Shops bearing his name appear in theBatman: Arkham series.[6]
Dr. Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat (voiced byPeter MacNicol) is a Wayne Enterprises scientist who transforms himself into a monstrous anthropomorphic bat in an attempt to be feared like Batman. Later in the series, he reforms and becomes Batman's ally.
Smoke (voiced by Amanda Anka) is the Mirror Master's henchwoman.
Victor Fries / Mister Freeze (voiced byClancy Brown) is a professional thief who previously gained ice-based abilities after being locked in a cryonic freezer. In a possible future depicted in the episode "Artifacts", Freeze's body deteriorates and he begins using mechanical spider-like legs.
Oswald Copplebot / The Penguin (voiced byTom Kenny) is an aristocratic member of the Cobblepot family who turns to crime to rebuild his family's reputation and wealth.
TheKabuki Twins are Penguin's silent Asian henchwomen.
Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy (voiced byPiera Coppola) is an environmental activist and classmate of Barbara Gordon who gains the ability to manipulate plants after being exposed to a plant-based mutagen.
Rag Doll (voiced byJeff Bennett) is a thief and contortionist who can bend his body to great lengths.
Edward Nygma / Riddler (voiced byRobert Englund) is a former university scientist who seeks revenge for his prototype memory-enhancing device being sabotaged.
TheRiddlemen are the Riddler's henchmen.
Mario / Rumor (voiced byRon Perlman) is a vigilante who seeks to kill all of Gotham's villains. He is an original character created for the series and was intended as a stand-in forHush, who could not be used in the series.[7]
Shadow Thief (voiced byDiedrich Bader) is a thief who can transform into shadows and an enemy of Hawkman.
Solomon Grundy (voiced byKevin Grevioux) is a swampzombie residing inSlaughter Swamp and the subject of an urban legend stating that he was created to get revenge on Gotham's founders for polluting the environment. Ethan Bennett impersonates Grundy in the episode "Grundy's Night" while the real Grundy appears inThe Batman Strikes!.
Spellbinder (voiced byMichael Massee) is a mystic with a third eye that allows him to create illusions and control the minds of others.
Hugo Strange (voiced initially byFrank Gorshin and subsequently byRichard Green following Gorshin's death) is the head psychiatrist ofArkham Asylum. He is more interested in discovering how the criminal mind works than helping to cure the inmates. After encountering the Joining, Strange asks them to give him ultimate knowledge, which leaves him catatonic.
D.A.V.E. (voiced byJeff Bennett) is a robot created by Hugo Strange and programmed with the personalities and knowledge of several of Batman's adversaries.
Temblor (voiced byJim Cummings) is a mercenary who wields armored gauntlets that emit sonic blasts.
TheTerrible Trio are university students who use variants of Kirk Langstrom's formula to transform into anthropomorphic animals and terrorize their classmates. They consist ofDavid / Fox (voiced byDavid Faustino),Justin / Shark (voiced by Googy Gress), andAmber / Vulture (voiced byGrey DeLisle).
Rupert Thorne (voiced byVictor Brandt) is an aging crime boss who Batman defeats at the beginning of the series. Thorne later appears inThe Batman Strikes!, where he forms an army of enhanced criminals based on Bane, Man-Bat, Firefly, Gearhead, and Temblor.
Rhino and Mugsy (both voiced byJohn DiMaggio) are the Ventriloquist's henchmen.
William Mallory / Wrath (voiced byChristopher Gorham) is the older son of a pair of jewel thieves who were arrested and jailed around the same time Bruce Wayne's parents were killed. He and his younger brother Andy / Scorn become criminals to help other criminals, believing that they have a right to profit as much as heroes and civilians.
Andy Mallory / Scorn (voiced byDaryl Sabara) is the younger brother and sidekick of William Mallory / Wrath.
Maxie Zeus (voiced byPhil LaMarr) is an eccentric billionaire and former mayoral candidate who is obsessed with Greek mythology and culture.
Tony Zucco (voiced byMark Hamill) is a crime boss and former circus performer who killed the Flying Graysons after threatening their circus for protection money and one of his brothers being apprehended by Batman during the confrontation. He used to be part of aknife throwing act with his father, who he accidentally killed during a performance.
Bruiser (voiced byMaurice LaMarche) is thestrongman brother of Tony Zucco. He was apprehended by Batman sometime after the Flying Graysons' murder.
"Juggler" is the juggling brother of Tony Zucco. He was apprehended by Batman sometime after the Flying Graysons' murder.
"Lion Tamer" is the whip-wielding brother of Tony Zucco. It is Batman's apprehension of this brother of Tony Zucco that led to Tony Zucco sabotaging the Flying Graysons' trapeze act.
TheJustice League is a superhero group that was formed following the invasion of the Joining.
The Flash (voiced byCharlie Schlatter) is a superhero from Central City who possesses superhuman speed. His identity is not stated in the series, but producerAlan Burnett states him to be the Barry Allen incarnation of the character.
Hawkman (voiced byRobert Patrick) is aThanagarian police officer who wields an Nth Metal mace. Like with Flash, his real name, Katar Hol, is never mentioned in the series.
Clark Kent / Superman (voiced byGeorge Newbern) is an alien superhero from the planet Krypton who is based inMetropolis. In an interesting reversal from their usual portrayals, Superman was more of a loner, standoffish and was the one who was reluctant to join the Justice League with Batman being the more friendly one.
Bruno Mannheim is a crime boss, the leader orIntergang and an enemy of Superman. He exclusively appears inThe Batman Strikes! #44, in which he works withRupert Thorne and Dr. Lopez to create an army of super-villains and turns himself into a second version ofMetallo only to be defeated by Batman and Superman.
Cat Grant,Ron Troupe andSteve Lombard, are employees of theDaily Planet who exclusively appear in a brief cameoThe Batman Strikes! #44. They appear with Lois Lane, Perry White, Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent for a photograph taken outside the Daily Planet by Jimmy Olsen.
Clea (voiced byAllison Mack) is a museum curator who is John Marlowe's love interest. After the clone of John Marlowe was defeated, Marlowe donated his art to Clea's museum as he begins a love relationship with her.
TheDemons Three are a trio of demons and former enemies of Etrigan. They exclusively appear inThe Batman Strikes!.
Etrigan is a demon who is bound to the human Jason Blood, through which he is influenced to do good. He exclusively appears inThe Batman Strikes!.[8]
Hamilton Hill (voiced byLex Lang) briefly appears in the two-part episode "The Batman/Superman Story", as the new mayor of Gotham City after Marion Grange's apparent resignation. Unlike his comics counterpart, this version is African-American and does not appear to be corrupt. He would make one further cameo appearance inThe Batman Strikes! #47.
Harvey Bullock andRenee Montoya make a brief cameoThe Batman Strikes! #47, where they were seen in the briefing room listening to Commissioner Gordon during one of Black Mask's crime spree. They reuse the designs theirDCAU-counterparts had in theThe New Batman Adventures cartoon.
Hotwire / Yvette Brawner is a new young electrokinetic heroine from Gotham City, an original character created for the series, who only appears inThe Batman Strikes! #42. Hoping to prove herself a hero, she investigates a rumor about a shade deal by Rupert Thorne, not realizing Batman and Robin are there as well. After defeating Thorne's thugs, Hotwire accidentally sets off a fuel storage and causes a large explosion. Batman berates her for ruining his own investigation, before Thorne's hired muscle, Bane, reveals himself. After Robin is taken out, Hotwire charges Bane with her powers, impressing Batman. Still considering her a liability due to her inexperience, he sends her to Martian Manhunter for further training.
Jimmy Olsen (voiced byJack DeSena) is a young employee at theDaily Planet and a friend of Superman.
Lois Lane (voiced byDana Delany) is a reporter for theDaily Planet and a friend of Superman.
Dr. Lopez is a South-American scientist working deep in the Amazon. He only appears inThe Batman Strikes! #12, where it was revealed he was responsible for the creation of the villain Bane. He eventually forms an alliance with Rupert Thorne, who uses his research to create an army of supervillains.
Perry White is the editor-in-chief of theDaily Planet. Though Lois is heard speaking to him on the phone when Metallo first attacks in the cartoon, he remains unseen and exclusively appears inThe Batman Strikes! #44.
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